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NCOP Appropriations
Early Childhood Development Grant: follow-up with Eastern Cape Department of Social Development
13 Feb 2019
The Eastern Cape Department of Social Development appeared before the Committee to provide feedback regarding progress they had made with regards to implementing the early childhood development grant. National Treasury as well as the National Department of Social Development were also present and gave inputs.
The meeting proved to be ...
NCOP Appropriations
Committee Reports on 2018 MTBPS; Adjustments Appropriation Bill & Special Appropriation Bill
29 Nov 2018
The Committee met for consideration and adoption of the following reports: Report on the Adjustments Appropriations Bill; Report on the Special Appropriation Bill; and Report on the proposed division of revenue and conditional grant allocations to provinces and local government. The three reports were adopted and the DA reserved its ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
SAA on R5 billion Special Appropriation Bill; Adjustments Appropriation Bill
21 Nov 2018
The 2018 Special Appropriation Bill for allocating R5bn to SAA was presented by Treasury. The R5bn would only be used to assist SAA to pay guaranteed debts that are coming due on 30 November 2018 but SAA would still be insolvent. It will continue making losses until 2020/21. SAA's identified ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Adjustments Appropriation Bill 2018: Department of Transport motivation
21 Nov 2018
The Department of Transport (DoT) explained and motivated for adjustments to its 2018/19 appropriation. It explained that the additional allocation of R33 million was for the City of Cape Town for Phase 2A of MyCiti Bus Rapid Transit System infrastructure project. The R33 million will be used to finalise the ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Committee Report on Review of Section 25 of Constitution: adoption
15 Nov 2018
VIDEO: Will section 25 of the Constitution be amended?
The Chairperson noted the observations and recommendations made by Members on behalf of their political parties the day before. There were points of divergence and convergence which the Committee can highlight in its observations. The Committee must have a final recommendation ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: party submissions
13 Nov 2018
VIDEO: Joint Constitutional Review Committee To Consider Report On Land Hearings, 13 November 2018
Committee members presented their political party recommendations on the amendment of section 25 of the Constitution. The ACDP expressed concern at the manner in which the Committee dealt with the written submissions. It stated that a ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill: Treasury briefing
8 Nov 2018
National Treasury said that when it came to the division of revenue in the MTBS, growth in the provincial and local government allocations had been above inflation and slightly higher than the growth in national allocations. Additional funds had been made available to provinces to extend the provision of free ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: minutes and way forward
8 Nov 2018
The Committee considered and adopted the minutes of 20 September; 11, 25, 26 October; 1 November 2018. Members debated whether the minutes of 20 September 2018 were a true reflection of what transpired at that meeting. Some members said there was an omission as the minutes did not capture the ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Review of Section 25 of Constitution: draft Committee Report
1 Nov 2018
Draft Committee Report not availabe to public
The Constitutional Review Committee met to review the draft report on the possible review of section 25 of the constitution. The working document outlines the methodology that was used to elicit views from the public on the review of section 25, the summary ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: oral submissions
25 Oct 2018
VIDEO: Constitutional Review Committee Oral Presentations, 25 October 2018
The African Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA) said the Land Audit Report of 2017 glaringly shows the land ownership patterns in South Africa as skewed towards whites and corporate entities. The previous land reform programmes were a mere piecemeal with ...