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Finance Standing Committee
Fiscal Responsibility Bill: legal briefing and discussion of public submissions
25 Aug 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing on legal issues arising from public submissions on the Fiscal Responsibility Bill, a Private Member’s Bill sponsored by Mr G Hill Lewis (DA). Thereafter the Committee discussed the public submissions, with further input from National Treasury.
Parliamentary legal services reported ...
Finance Standing Committee
SARB & Prudential Authority 2020/21 Annual Reports
18 Aug 2021
The Committee met virtually to receive a briefing on the annual reports of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and the Prudential Authority for the 2020/21 financial year.
SARB opened the briefing with a presentation on South Africa’s macroeconomic outlook. Following the shock of the ...
Finance Standing Committee
Draft Tax and Rates Bills: National Treasury & SARS briefing
17 Aug 2021
2021 Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB)
2021 Draft Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill (TALAB)
2021 Draft Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill (Rates Bill)
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by National Treasury (NT) and the South African Revenue Services (SARS) ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Delayed Replies to Questions; Section 194 Inquiry; Electing Speaker; New Committee
13 Aug 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee discussed a mechanism to monitor delayed replies to parliamentary questions; the implications of a ...
Rules of the National Assembly
(Subcommittee) Mechanism to monitor delayed replies to questions
6 Aug 2021
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Finance Standing Committee
Fiscal Responsibility Bill: public hearings
1 Jun 2021
Video: Standing Committee on Finance, 01 June 2021
The Standing Committee on Finance met to discuss the DA-proposed Fiscal Responsibility Bill. The Bill proposed a debt ceiling for South Africa. The Bill sought to promote “fiscal responsibility” by obligating government debt exposure reduction, as well as introducing fiscal rules for ...
Finance Standing Committee
Financial Sector Laws Amendment Bill: National Treasury & SARB response to submissions
26 May 2021
Video: Standing Committee on Finance, 26 May 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by National Treasury (NT) and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) on their response to the Financial Sector Laws Amendment (FSLA) Bill submissions.
Treasury agreed to the amendments to clauses 6, 8, 32, 34 ...
Finance Standing Committee
Pension Funds Amendment Bill: public hearings
19 May 2021
Video: Standing Committee on Finance
The Standing Committee on Finance held a public hearing on a virtual platform to hear oral submissions on the Pension Funds Amendment Bill, a Private Member’s Bill drafted by DA MP Dion George. Six stakeholders made presentations, two of whom joined in a single ...
Finance Standing Committee
Financial Sector Laws Amendment Bill: public hearings
18 May 2021
Video: Standing Committee on Finance
The Standing Committee on Finance met on a virtual platform to hear public comment on the Financial Sector Laws Amendment Bill. Two organisations made presentations: the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and Betweenity, an independent news ‘app’ that tracks competition law and policy ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Composition of Section 194 Committee and proposal for a weighted voting system
5 May 2021
Video: Rules Committee (Virtual)
In a virtual meeting, the Committee considered the composition of a section 194 Committee (looking into removal of the head of a Chapter Nine Institution) at the request of the Speaker of the NA, who had asked for its input so that she could make her ...