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Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Western Cape Department of Health Audit Outcome
16 Oct 2019
The Western Cape Provincial Department of Health, led by MEC Mbombo, engaged with the Public Accounts Committee on its 2018/19 Annual Report. This was the first time the Department had a clean audit.
Members probed the Department on a variety of matters including risk management, corruption, fraud, ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Audit outcomes: Department of the Premier Annual Report
10 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Auditor-General South Africa on performance of the Department of the Premier.
Members asked for clarity about consequence management in the case involving an official that was allegedly soliciting kickbacks, and later was found guilty of fraud and corruption. When did this ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Audit Outcomes: Department of Transport and Public Works & Government Motor Transport 2018/19 Annual Reports
8 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Auditor General of South Africa and the Audit Committee on the 2018/19 annual reports of the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works and the Government Motor Transport entity. The Minister was in attendance. The presentation highlighted the Auditor-General’s report ...
Budget (WCPP)
Western Cape 2018/19 audit outcomes; Legislative Oversight through Annual Reports
2 Oct 2019
Auditor-General South Africa provided the Committee with a high level overview of the Western Cape audit outcomes for departments and entities for 2018/19. This was followed by a briefing on the Annual Report process and guidelines for legislative oversight by the Provincial Treasury. All Legislature Members were invited to the ...
Local Government (WCPP)
Western Cape 2017/18 audit outcomes: AGSA briefing; Corrective measures at underperforming municipalities: Department of Local Government & Provincial Treasury; Quarter 1 performance
1 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Auditor-General (AG) and the Department of Local Government (DLG) on the 2017/18 audit outcomes of municipalities in the Western Cape, and heard that 26 out of 30 municipalities had obtained an unqualified audit. Notwithstanding the drop in the number of clean audits, no disclaimers ...
Premier & Constitutional Matters (WCPP)
Department of the Premier Annual Performance Plan
11 Sep 2019
The Committee met to discuss the Annual Performance Plan (APP) of the Western Cape Premier. The Chairperson suggested five topics for discussion relating to the APP that the Department had to present on -- the five year provincial strategic plan; the master plan for provincial-wide data governance; the broadband strategy; ...
Infrastructure (WCPP)
Salt River affordable social housing opportunities and best practices in terms of other social housing forums: City of Cape Town briefing
28 Aug 2019
The Standing Committee was briefed by the City of Cape Town on the Salt River affordable social housing opportunities, and also by the Communicare low-income housing and urban development company on the challenges associated with its programmes for the current financial year; the best practices in terms of other social ...
Infrastructure (WCPP)
DHS Quarter 1 performance
14 Aug 2019
The Department of Human Settlement (DoHS) briefed the Committee on its first quarterly report, on innovations that align with provincial policy and on challenges from new programmes from the Department’s strategic plans.
The Department informed Members that targets in the first quarter were not achieved. It explained that this was ...
Local Government (WCPP)
Department of Local Government Quarter 1 performance; Organisational restructuring & filling of vacancies
13 Aug 2019
The scheduled briefing by the Department of Local Government on its first quarterly performance report for the period April to June 2019 was postponed for a week, after Members complained that the documentation had arrived only on the morning of the meeting, leaving them with inadequate time to study it ...
Infrastructure (WCPP)
Department of Human Settlements briefing on appointment of Rental Housing Tribunal board members
7 Aug 2019
The Department of Human Settlements briefed the Committee on the shortlisting of candidates for members of the Rental Housing Tribunal board. It said the recommendation should be for four members, including the position of chairperson. The Department had scored Mr Lionel Esterhuizen higher than the other candidates for having experience ...