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Statistics Amendment Bill: deliberations & adoption
23 Apr 2024
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor in her briefing to the Select Committee highlighted the exclusion of private dwellings from the Statistics Act, which posed challenges for data collection and accurate statistics. The Statistics Amendment Bill included an amendment to allow private dwellings to be inspected. However, in its 12 March ...
NCOP Social Services
Statistics Amendment Bill: Stats SA briefing; with Deputy Minister
12 Mar 2024
The Select Committee on Health and Social Services convened virtually for an initial briefing on the Statistics Amendment Bill [B31B-2023], Sec 75.
The Deputy Minister provided an overview of the roles outlined in the Stats Act 6 of 1999. The legislative reforms initiated by Stats SA in 2014 aimed ...
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
DPME & Brand SA 2019-2024 performance; Stats SA three-year review; with Deputy Ministers
1 Mar 2024
The Portfolio Committee on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation received briefings on the multi-year performance of the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME), Statistics SA and Brand SA.
Members commended the work done by the DPME. However, they raised concerns about the effectiveness of its monitoring and recommendations concerning ...
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Statistics Amendment Bill: Statistics South Africa briefing; with Deputy Minister
1 Dec 2023
The Portfolio Committee was briefed on the Statistics Amendment Bill in a virtual meeting. The Committee was told that following the publication of the Statistics Amendment Bill in October 2023, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) had been the only entity that had responded to the request for comments, ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Unauthorised expenditure hearing: Stats SA; DSD; DBE; IPID: with Ministers
17 Oct 2023
The Committee met in Parliament to conduct hearings with Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), Departments of Basic Education (DBE) and Social Development (DSD), and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) to their unauthorised expenditure dating back to 2006. This comes after National Treasury presented a schedule of unauthorised expenditure ...
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Portfolio Audit Outcomes; DPME, Brand SA & Statistics SA 2022/23 Annual Reports; with Minister & Deputy Ministers
13 Oct 2023
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation (DPME), Brand SA, and Statistics SA on their Annual Reports for 2022/23. The Committee was also briefed by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on ...
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Statistics Amendment Bill: StatsSA briefing; with Deputy Minister
22 Sep 2023
The Portfolio Committee was informed by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) in a virtual meeting that the Statistics Act No.6 of 1999 had to be amended due to a conflict with South African domestic laws. They had conducted study tours and made a comparative analysis of statistical legislation in countries ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Hearings on unauthorised expenditure: DMRE, DoT, DBE, DWYPD & DCS
20 Sep 2023
The Committee called the following departments for briefings on their unauthorised expenditure: Minerals and Energy, Transport, Basic Education, Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Correctional Services. This meeting followed the June 2023 interaction with National Treasury which submitted a schedule of unauthorised expenditure. This task was initially planned in ...
NCOP Social Services
Statistics South Africa 2023/24 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
5 May 2023
The Select Committee convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on its 2023/24 annual performance plan. Members were told that the population census report, which was expected to be released within the next month, would serve as a new national information baseline, ...
Public Service and Administration
DPME, Brand SA & Statistics SA 2023/24 Annual Performance Plans; with Minister and Deputy Ministers
3 May 2023
Planning Monitoring and Evaluation
The Committee convened to be briefed by the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation; Brand South Africa; and Statistics South Africa on their respective 2023/24 Annual Performance Plans. They were joined by the Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation.
The far-reaching ...