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Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance & 2017/18 draft budget and annual performance plan
19 Oct 2016
Report of the meeting to follow.
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Auditor-General of South Africa 2015/16 Audit Report; Parliament’s 2015/16 Annual Report Analysis: Committee’s Researchers
12 Oct 2016
The Auditor-General of South Africa briefed the Committee about the audit findings of Parliament’s Annual Report for 2015/16, and reported that Parliament had been operating on a deficit of over R110 million, while its vacancy rate was standing at 19.6%, which translated to 336 vacant positions.
The financial statements submitted ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Committee Report on Parliament’s 2015/16 Annual Report; Engagement with a delegation from Assembly of Republic Mozambique’s Board of Administration
12 Oct 2016
During the period under review, the RSA Parliament spent R1.6 million on flowers and antiques, bought a new fleet of vehicles which it could not satisfactorily account for, and staff members owe the institution R19 million while retired executive members were given 48 business class plane tickets.
All these surfaced ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Mandate, Function and Powers of Committee: briefing; Committee Programme
23 Sep 2016
The Committee expressed concern at the absence of the Secretary to Parliament, as an accounting officer, from the meeting to discuss its mandate, functions and powers. This would prevent them from seeking guidance and clarification on the issues involved. Several Members called for the meeting to be postponed, but after ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Questions to the Executive, Motions without Notice, Declarations of vote
6 Sep 2016
The Secretary to the National Assembly briefed Members on Motion without Notice, and highlighted that new Rule 123 was devised to manage the challenges experienced with motions without notice in the House. The rule stated that before a motion can be moved, five political parties including the ANC, DA and ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Constitutional Court Nkandla judgment implications for NA Rules, Amendment of Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act, Portfolio Committee for Presidency Budget Vote request; Review of Rules Subcommittee Report
17 May 2016
The Rules Committee decided, after discussion, that the consideration of the circumstances when Members could be removed under rule 53A should be done by the Subcommittee on the Review of the rules of the NA.
Mr J Steenhuizen (DA) had raised the principles behind a ruling by the Deputy Speaker ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Election of Co-Chairpersons
5 May 2016
The Chairpersons for both the National Assembly (NA) and National Council of Provinces (NCOP) component of the new Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament were elected.
Rules of the National Assembly
Rules for Removal from office of President ito Constitution; Guidelines on Removal of MP from Chamber
7 Apr 2016
The Subcommittee on Review of the Assembly Rules continued to work through the Guidelines and the Determinations for Chapters 5 to 12. It deliberated on the proposed Disciplinary Committee which is aimed at looking into the physical removal of a member from the House. This envisaged committee is going to ...
Rules of the National Assembly
National Assembly Rules: Guidelines required by National Assembly Rules: briefing
11 Mar 2016
The Subcommittee on Review of the Assembly Rules were introduced to the draft guidelines required by the National Assembly Rules in preparation for finalisation in the next meeting.
The Chairperson asked Members to finalise their contributions on the guidelines on the dress code. The Committee must finalise the general guidelines, ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Review of National Assembly Rules: consideration of Subcommittee Report
20 Nov 2015
The Rules Committee met to consider the Subcommittee Report on the Review of the National Assembly Rules. The ANC supported the proposed new criteria for the processing of motions without notice. The criteria were now that at least five parties including the majority party and the largest minority party should ...