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NCOP Appropriations
Land Care Programme Grant: engagement with National Treasury, DALRRD and selected provinces; with Minister
31 Aug 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee met with the Department of Agriculture and National Treasury to receive a briefing on the expenditure of the Land Care grant during the 2021/22 financial year and the first quarter of 2022/23.
The Department provided an overview of all nine provinces and ...
NCOP Finance
Financial Sector and Deposit Insurance Levies (Administration) and Deposit Insurance Premiums Bill & Financial Sector and Deposit Insurance Levies Bill: finalisation
30 Aug 2022
The Select Committee on Finance met to consider and adopt the Financial Sector and Deposit Insurance Levies Bill (Levies Bill) and the Financial Sector and Deposit Insurance Levies (Administration) and Deposit Insurance Premiums Bill. The Committee also considered the respective draft reports for the Levies and ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Child Support Grant Top Up for orphans in the care of relatives: update with Minister
30 Aug 2022
The Minister, SASSA and the Department provided the background to, rationale for and overview of the Child Support Grant Top Up introduced in June 2022 and for which over 7 000 applications had already been received. Also covered was the legislative framework, target group, documents to accompany applications, implementation ...
NCOP Appropriations
Hearing with National Treasury & provinces on quarterly education grant performance; with Minister
24 Aug 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee met with National Treasury, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and identified provinces, to receive briefings on the quarterly expenditure of the grants for learners with profound intellectual disabilities (LPID) and mathematics, science and technology (MST).
National Treasury described the purpose of the ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
NYDA 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan
16 Aug 2022
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services met for the first time with the newly-appointed National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) board. It was briefed in a virtual meeting on the Agency's 2022/23 annual performance plan (APP) and five-year strategic plan.
The Chairperson expressed the Committee's excitement at finally ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Update on infrastructure projects & plans to deal with infrastructure challenges: DBE briefing with Minister
10 Aug 2022
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Committee in a virtual meeting on the progress it was making with the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative (ASIDI) and Sanitation Appropriate for Education (SAFE) projects.
The DBE stated that every Friday, it meets to review progress on the refurbishment ...
NCOP Appropriations
Informal Settlements Upgrading Grant: National Treasury & Department of Human Settlements briefing; with Minister
10 Aug 2022
The Select Committee on Appropriations was briefed in a virtual meeting by National Treasury and the Department of Human Settlements on the Informal Settlements Upgrading Partnership Grant for provinces.
Members enquired about the inconsistency in the reports emanating from those provinces which reported on the spending of the budgets ...
NCOP Appropriations
FFC on 2023/24 Division of Revenue Bill Submission
3 Aug 2022
The Select Committee on Appropriations met on a virtual platform to receive a briefing on the Division of Revenue Bill for the 2023/24 financial year by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC). The presentation highlighted the current struggling economic context, such as the high unemployment rate and widening inequality. ...
NCOP Finance
Financial Sector and Deposit Insurance Levies (Administration) and Deposit Insurance Premiums Bill & Financial Sector and Deposit Insurance Levies Bill: NT briefing
2 Aug 2022
The Select Committee on Finance convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed by National Treasury (NT) on the Financial Sector and Deposit Insurance Levies (Administration) and Deposit Insurance Premiums Bill, and the Financial Sector and Deposit Insurance Levies Bill.
The legislation provided the resources necessary to execute the ...
NCOP Appropriations
Appropriation Bill & Second Adjustments Appropriation Bill: adoption
22 Jun 2022
The Select Committee on Appropriations met on a virtual platform to adopt its reports on the Appropriation Bill [B7 – 2022] and Second Adjustments Appropriation (2021/22 Financial Year) Bill [B8 – 2022].
Both reports were adopted but with the objection of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and ...