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NCOP Appropriations
Provincial conditional grants 3rd quarter 2015 performance: National Treasury briefing
5 Apr 2016
National Treasury provided the expenditure figures for each of the nine provinces. The required norm is 75% spent by the end of the third quarter. Percentages fell short of the required percentage in many instances. Grants where underspending was most prevalent were Agriculture; Arts and Culture; Social Development, and the ...
Finance Standing Committee
2016 Budget: National Treasury responses & further clarification
4 Mar 2016
The National Treasurer gave responses questions raised at public hearings, and provided further clarifications on the budget. He noted that the Office of the National Treasury had received enormous inputs and comments in the aftermath of the 2016 budget speech. Questions were responded to without making reference to them, because ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Final Special Economic Zones regulations: Department briefing
2 Mar 2016
The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Select Committee on Trade and International Relations on regulations in terms of the Special Economic Zones Act of 2014.
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) informed the Committee that the Special Economic Zones Act (SEZ) has been operational since February 2016 ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B2-2016]: National Treasury briefing
26 Feb 2016
At the outset, the Democratic Alliance Members raising concerns whether this meeting was properly called, in terms of the Constitution and the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act (the Money Bills Act). They asserted that Parliament should only consider the Division of Revenue Bill after the adoption of ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Love Knysna petition (petition on alleged maladministration, fraud and financial irregularities at Knysna Local Municipality)
10 Feb 2016
The Committee met to be hear a petition by Love Knysna, an advocacy project which had petitioned the Committee on the alleged maladministration, fraud and financial irregularities at Knysna Local Municipality.
Ms Susan Campbell, Legal Advisor Knysna Environmental Forum, said she had knowledge about the Integrated Strategic Development Framework (ISDF) ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Criminal Matters Amendment Bill[B20-15]; Defence Laws and Repeal Amendment Bill [B7-15]; Judicial Matters Amendment Bill [B2-15]: adoption, in presence of Deputy Minister
25 Nov 2015
The Committee met to consider the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill; the Defence Laws and Repeal Amendment Bill and the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill.
The Committee engaged with the Parliamentary Legal Advisor, in relation to the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill, around whether public hearings were necessary and if so, who had ...