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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Eskom coal supply agreements with Tegeta: hearing with Minister
30 May 2017
The primary reason for the engagement with was Eskom to get an understanding and clarity about why certain things happened and certain things did not, based on the two reports by PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) that Eskom themselves had commissioned to seek clarity on areas of deficiency and to be able to ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SABC Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure: update with Minister
17 May 2017
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) gave an update on its irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, particularly the contract with the auditing company, Sekela Xabiso. Sekela Xabiso (SkX) was engaged to detect irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure from financial year 2010/11, and to implement sustainable improvements to the Supply Chain ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SASSA court decision implementation; SASSA irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure: hearing
16 May 2017
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) had called for a report from SASSA on the status of implementation of the Constitutional Court decision about Cash Paymaster Services (CPS). The SASSA Manager for Special Projects went through the progress made on the court orders. SASSA was compiling the first quarterly ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Eskom contracts with Tegeta for the supply of coal: Office of Chief Procurement Officer briefing
10 May 2017
The Office of the Chief Procurement Office (OCPO) explained the four Eskom contracts with Tegeta Exploration and Resources for the supply of coal, based on the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report. The four mines investigated in the PwC report were Brakfontein Colliery, Tshedza Mining Manungu Colliery, Keaton Mining Manungu Colliery, and Universal Coal ...
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Conflict of Interest in Government: Auditor General briefing
9 May 2017
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) spoke about conflict of interest in Government since the findings of its 2008 Performance Audit Report on the matter. The briefing included a summary of the 2008 Report findings and recommendations, how AGSA approached auditing conflict of interest since the publishing of the 2008 Performance ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Defaulting municipalities: Eskom briefing
8 Mar 2017
The enormous trade receivables of the power utility has become an increasingly difficult issue to address with the total overdue debt including interest at the end of November 2017 sitting at R10.2 billion, as at 26 February 2017 the overdue debt increased to R9.9 billion from R9.5 billion at the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Minister of Social Development briefing on CPS contract
7 Mar 2017
This was a joint meeting with the Standing Committee on Appropriations and the Portfolio Committee on Social Development in a packed room. The Chairperson noted that it had been hoped to wrap up the matter of the Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) contract the previous Tuesday, following the initial engagement in ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SABC: Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure, in presence of Department of Communications
1 Mar 2017
The Chairperson and several other Members expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the fact that SABC had only submitted the documentation requested by the Committee less than 24 hours before the meeting was scheduled to begin. The figures spoke for themselves, indicating a lack of proper governance, poor transparency and financial mismanagement. ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SASSA: hearing on Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) contract
28 Feb 2017
The Department of Social Development (DSD) and South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) appeared before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) for a hearing into SASSA's irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure and about the Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) contract.
The Minister was absent and Mr Magwaza, SASSA CEO, had ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SOCPEN system rewrite tender award: complaint against Minister; Contingent liabilities, commitments and accruals of national departments
22 Feb 2017
The Committee discussed its first term programme and decided to meet with Eskom first. Based on Eskom's input on municipalities, municipalities would be called to a meeting.
The report from researchers on accruals, contingent liabilities and commitment revealed that that in order to avoid unauthorised expenditure, departments delayed the payment ...