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Finance Standing Committee
Carbon Tax Draft Bill: National Treasury briefing
13 Feb 2018
The briefing by National Treasury on the draft Carbon Tax Bill consisted of two presentations. The first presentation clarified South Africa’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reduction system, while the second detailed South Africa’s Draft Carbon Tax Bill, 2017.
In 2015, Cabinet had approved South Africa’s climate change mitigation system framework. ...
Constitutional Review Committee
2016 public submissions: legal opinions
23 Nov 2017
Report of the meeting to follow.
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Adjustments Appropriation Bill: National Treasury briefing
22 Nov 2017
The joint meeting of the Standing and Select Committees was for a briefing on the 2017 Adjustment Appropriation Bill, but the first hour was taken up by a discussion regarding the legalities of the meeting. The Democratic Alliance (DA), making reference to the Money Bills and Amendment Procedures and Related ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Adjustments Appropriation Bill: hearing with Department of Home Affairs + National Treasury
22 Nov 2017
The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs told the Committee that the automated processes of “Who Am I Online” (WAIO) had led to the Department leaping into the next century insofar as efficiency was concerned. For example, the turnaround time for Identity Documents (IDs) had drastically improved, from 90 days to ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill: final mandates; Committee Report on Division of Revenue Amendment Bill
21 Nov 2017
Committee Report on Division of Revenue Amendment Bill [available under Tabled Committee reports once published]
The Chairperson opened the meeting by asking the committee members and the delegates to introduce themselves. Apologies from Ms T Motara (ANC, Gauteng), Ms B Mathevula (EFF, Limpopo) and Mr Steven Kenyon, National Treasury, whose ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill: negotiating mandates
17 Nov 2017
All the provinces presented their negotiating mandates on the Division of the Revenue Amendment Bill [B24-2017]. Eight provinces accepted the Bill. The Western Cape did not support the bill and cited the following reasons: National Government did not place strong support of the Division of the Revenue Bill and Equitable ...
Constitutional Review Committee
2016 public submissions: legal opinions
16 Nov 2017
Documents handed out: Opinion on Submission by Ms Evelyn Motlhaping (Submission CR 16/36) [awaited]; Legal Opinion on the submission by Adv. N M Masemola (Submission CR 16/39)[awaited]; Submission by J Greaves Regarding the Electoral System (Submission CR 16/27) [awaited]; Submission by PK Maibelo Regarding Electoral System (Submission CR16/41) [awaited]; S103(1) of Constitution Proposed Amendment ...
Joint Rules
Bills before Parliament and Legislation in 2017; Parliamentary Programme Framework for 2018
16 Nov 2017
JOINT PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Chairpersons: Committee Secretaries:
Ms B Mbete: Speaker of the NA Andrew Mbanga (2623
Ms T R Modise: Chairperson of the NCOP Jeremy Michaels (3245
DRAFT MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS ...
Constitutional Review Committee
2016 public submissions: legal opinions
9 Nov 2017
The Joint Committee on Constitutional Review met to hear legal opinion on public submissions received in 2016. Four Parliamentary Legal Advisors presents their opinions on individual submissions.
Among the submissions noted for further consideration was a submission by Mr Gabriel Mathe. He proposed that the Constitution be amended to allow ...
Finance Standing Committee
Rates & Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill: finalisation; Committee Report on MTBPS Revised Fiscal Framework
7 Nov 2017
The Standing and Select Committee on Finance met to deliberate their Revised Fiscal Framework Report. The report was compiled following public hearings on the medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS). The Committees noted that while they agreed that the primary reason for the revenue shortfall (of R50 billion) was the slow ...