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Finance Standing Committee
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2017: Minister in the Presidency & Minister of Finance briefing
26 Oct 2017
The Minister in the Presidency together with the Minister of Finance, and National Treasury gave presentations on the 2017 Mandate Paper and the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement.
The Minister in the Presidency explained that the purpose of the Mandate Paper is to function as a shorter-term instrument of national planning, ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament 2016/ Annual Report: Acting Secretary to Parliament briefing; Election of Co-Chairperson representing NCOP
25 Oct 2017
The Executive Authority, together with the management team of Parliament, briefed the Joint Standing Committee on Parliament’s annual report for the 2016/17 financial year.
The Committee was satisfied with the nature and spirit of the engagement with the top management of Parliament, and appreciated the presence and involvement of the ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament 2016/17 audit: Auditor-General briefing & research analysis
24 Oct 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) and the research teams on Parliament’s 2016-17 annual report. The purpose of the meeting was to prepare the Committee and guide them on questions to pose and issues to probe when they met with the executive authority the following ...
Finance Standing Committee
Pre-MTBPS briefing by Parliamentary Budget Office
24 Oct 2017
The Standing Committees on Finance and Appropriations together with the Select Committees on Finance and Appropriations were briefed by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) on the pre-Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). The briefing was meant to assist Members in identifying focus areas in relation to the MTBPS presentation by ...
NCOP Finance
Committee Oversight Report on Gauteng
18 Oct 2017
The Select Committee on Finance met to consider and adopt the Report on its Oversight visit to Gauteng. It was noted that the report provided a very good picture of what is happening in those metros, and set a benchmark on how to engage with other metros before the fifth ...
NCOP Appropriations
CASP, Ilima/Letsema, Land Care Programme Conditional Grants performance: hearing; with Minister
17 Oct 2017
National Treasury and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) presented on the provincial agriculture grants. According to Treasury, the purpose of the Comprehensive Agricultural Support programme (CASP) was to facilitate agricultural development by targeting beneficiaries of land reform, restitution and redistribution, and other black producers who had acquired ...
NCOP Appropriations
Committee Report on Study Tour to Malaysia; Fourth Term Committee Programme
13 Sep 2017
The Committee discussed and approved its study tour report on the visit to Malaysia.
Members had an overall positive and good impression of their visit to Malaysia and felt that it was a conducive and a high level engagement.
The Committee received a briefing on its draft Fourth Term Programme. ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: FFC submission
12 Sep 2017
The FFC told the Committee that it had focused on urban areas for the current year, after focusing on the rural areas in the previous year. It was unclear if the SA economic growth pattern was pro-poor. The SA workforce was predominantly urban-based. Inequality was high in the metros. Improved ...
NCOP Finance
Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni Metro performance; Committee Report on Provincial Treasuries 2016/17 expenditure
2 Aug 2017
The Ekurhuleni metro told the Select Committee on Finance that it had a 10-point plan, which included the revitalisation of manufacture and land being made available for strategic development. Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) were supported through public procurement, and public transport had been improved. Infrastructure investment and skills ...
NCOP Finance
KZN 2016/17 expenditure: Provincial Treasury report; Transkei Road Transport Corporation Petition report
28 Jun 2017
The National Treasury stated that for KwaZulu-Natal, total accruals and payables increased to R4.2 billion in 2016/17. The bulk of those emanated from Education; Health; Transport and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The province over collected against its own revenue target. The cash balance declined from R3.5 billion to R2.9 ...