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Standing Committee on Appropriations
2014 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Financial and Fiscal Commission & Parliamentary Budget Office briefings
29 Oct 2014
The Joint Meeting of the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations heard briefings from the Financial and Fiscal Commission and the Parliamentary Budget Office on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) 2014.
The Financial and Fiscal Commission gave an overall assessment of the MTBPS. It covered the consolidated fiscal ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Forensic Investigation Findings in Mpumalanga Local Municipalities: briefing by Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Cooperative and Traditional Affairs
28 Oct 2014
The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs met to be briefed on the findings of the forensic investigation into Mpumalanga municipalities, in terms of Section 106 of the Municipal Systems Act, 2000. The report by the Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Cooperative and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) covered allegations of ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Convention on Cluster Munitions and United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Department of Defence briefing
15 Oct 2014
The Department of Defence (DoD) briefed the Committee on the ratification of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). Its purpose is to eliminate the use of cluster munitions on an international scale due to their destructive, indiscriminate and inhumane nature. South Africa had signed the CCM in 2008 and the ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Status of Youth and Women Unemployment: Department of Labour & Department of Women in the Presidency briefing
14 Oct 2014
The Department of Labour briefed the Committee on its efforts in employment creation in South Africa, specifically regarding youth. The Committee was provided with insight on some of the characteristics of the South African labour market. The current unemployment rate in SA sat at 25.5%. This was exacerbated by the ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
SC on Petitions and Executive Undertakings: Orientation; Third Term Committee Programme
17 Sep 2014
The Parliamentary Research Unit took the Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings through papers that familiarised the Members with the content, work and key concepts pertaining to the Committee. The papers intend to serve as a point of reference for the work the Fourth Committee had done, highlight the ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Magistrates Commission: briefing on suspension of Magistrates from office
17 Sep 2014
The meeting focused mainly on the Magistrates Commission’s inquiries into the misconduct of magistrates who had been suspended, or provisionally suspended, from office because their conduct was unfit and improper to warrant them holding these positions. The purpose of the presentations was to inform Parliament on the suspensions, from which ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Section 139 Intervention: Mpofana Local Municipality & Ngaka Modira Molema District Municipality; Committee Programme
5 Sep 2014
The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs met for the consideration of Committee Programme on Notices of Interventions in terms of Section 139 (1) (c) of the Constitution at Mpofana Local Municipality and Ngaka Modira Molema District Municipality.
Members endorsed both notices of Mpofana Local Municipality and Ngaka ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
African Charter on Values and Principles of Public Service and Administration: briefing by DPSA
30 Jul 2014
The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) briefed the Committee on the African Charter on Values and Principles of Public Service and Administration. Some of the Charter objectives are:
• Ensure quality and innovative service delivery that meets the requirements of all users;
• Encourage the efforts of ...
NCOP Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: National Treasury briefing & finalisation
29 Jul 2014
The National Treasury told the Select Committee that a balance was sought in the Appropriation Bill between the need to support a contracting economy and the need to consolidate the fiscus. Funding for infrastructure development was a priority, but the Treasury was clamping down on frivolous expenditure. The Treasury had ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Composition and Functioning of the Magistrates Commission; Independent Police Investigative Directorate on its 2014 Strategic Plan
23 Jul 2014
The Magistrates Commission delivered a presentation on its functions, giving details related to the appointment, conditions of service and disciplinary procedures followed in the event of misconduct by judicial officers in the lower courts. Members were told that under section 13 of the Magistrates Act, these disciplinary procedures involved the ...