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Finance Standing Committee
Public Finance Management Amendment Bills: response to submissions
14 Jun 2022
The virtual meeting dealt with the responses to National Treasury submission on the two Private Members Bills amending the Public Finance Management Act.
• The Public Finance Management Amendment Bill [B41-2018] drafted by MP Lees aims to amend the Public Finance Management Act to provide for parliamentary oversight when ...
Finance Standing Committee
Tax administration challenges: Tax Ombudsman, SARS & NT briefing
7 Jun 2022
The Standing Committee on Finance and the Select Committee on Finance were briefed in a virtual meeting by the Tax Ombudsman, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and National Treasury (NT) on tax administration challenges.
The Tax Ombud, Judge Bernard Ngoepe, said that the Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO) ...
Finance Standing Committee
Public Finance Management Amendment Bills: public hearings
7 Jun 2022
The Committee held public hearings on two Private Members’ Bills (Public Finance Management Amendment Bill [B41-2018] and [B13-2020]) seeking to amend the Public Finance Management Act.
Only one oral submission from Lebut Solutions JW was made. The company’s submission proposed additional clauses to both Bills and did not speak ...
Small Business Development
DSBD feedback on Committee BRRR observations and recommendations; with Deputy Minister
1 Jun 2022
The Department of Small Business Development briefed the Committee on progress in implementing the 13 observations and 12 recommendations contained in the Committee’s Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). Key areas it reported on were the project plan on rollout of the National Small Enterprise Amendment (NSEA) Bill; establishment ...
Finance Standing Committee
Committee Report on Oversight visit to SASRIA, Land Bank & Financial and Fiscal Commission
31 May 2022
The Standing Committee on Finance met virtually to consider and adopt the Committee’s report on oversight visits to the South African Special Risk Insurance Association (SASRIA), the Land Bank, and the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC). The report was presented by the Committee’s Content Advisor and ...
Small Business Development
National Treasury briefing on the work of the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer
25 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, National Treasury briefed the Committee on the work of the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO), particularly the developmental impact of the state’s spending.
The Office described its strategic objectives, which were designed to improve the state procurement system's performance and efficiency, develop and implement ...
Finance Standing Committee
Financial Management of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Bill: briefing
24 May 2022
Financial Management of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Act [B1-2014]
Financial Management of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act [Act 10 of 2009]
This Amendment Bill has been proposed to strengthen the budgeting and financial management processes in Parliament and provincial legislatures as identified by the CFOs of these institutions. ...
Small Business Development
Independent Field Technicians Petition - Telkom feedback
18 May 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee met to engage on Telkom's progress report in response to the petition launched by a group of Independent Field Technicians (IFTs) SMMEs based on their experience working with Telkom.
The Telkom delegation indicated that they have a mechanism in place specifically to ...
Finance Standing Committee
Financial Sector and Deposit Insurance Levies Bill & Financial Sector and Deposit Insurance Levies (Administration) and Deposit Insurance Premiums Bill: deliberations & adoption
18 May 2022
The Standing Committee on Finance met on a virtual meeting platform to consider the Financial Sector and Deposit Insurance Levies Bill and the Financial Sector and Deposit Insurance Levies (Administration) and Deposit Insurance Premiums Bill. The accompanying reports on each Bill were also considered.
Present in ...
Finance Standing Committee
MP Lees PMB Public Finance Management A/B & MP Cachalia PMB Public Finance Management A/B
17 May 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing on two Private Members’ Bills that seek to amend the Public Finance Management Act, namely the Public Finance Management Amendment Bill [B41 – 2018] and the Public Finance Management Amendment Bill [B13 – 2020].
The first bill was proposed by ...