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NCOP Appropriations
Cities integrated and inclusive development: National Treasury support framework
1 Aug 2017
The Select Committee on Appropriations hosted delegates from National Treasury (NT) for a presentation on the framework to support integrated and inclusive development in the cities. The presentation was to create clarification for the meetings with three metropolitan areas -- Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni -- the following day.
The NT ...
NCOP Finance
KZN 2016/17 expenditure: Provincial Treasury report; Transkei Road Transport Corporation Petition report
28 Jun 2017
The National Treasury stated that for KwaZulu-Natal, total accruals and payables increased to R4.2 billion in 2016/17. The bulk of those emanated from Education; Health; Transport and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The province over collected against its own revenue target. The cash balance declined from R3.5 billion to R2.9 ...
NCOP Appropriations
Committee Report on OR Tambo District Municipality referral
28 Jun 2017
The draft report on the OR Tambo district municipality referral was read through by the Chairperson.
The Acting Chairperson highlighted that the National and Provincial Treasuries; the Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, and the Department of Cooperative Governance, had waited too long to intervene to support and strengthen ...
Finance Standing Committee
Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act
28 Jun 2017
The Constitutional and Legal Services Office took the joint committees through changes to the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act, which were made after instructions received from the Joint Workshop held on 13 June 2017.
The main highlights of the input by Members were the Democratic Alliance’s concern ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Committee Report on 2015 public submissions
21 Jun 2017
The Committee met to consider and adopt its Draft Report on 2015 Public Submissions and to consider its Third Term Programme. The Draft Report was considered page by page. The Committee agreed there was need for the use of simpler terminology in the wording of the Constitution. There was heated ...
NCOP Finance
FAIS Ombud Annual Performance Plan
21 Jun 2017
The Financial Advisor and Intermediary Services (FAIS) Ombudsman, responsible for the regulation of financial service providers, reported to the Committee on its annual performance plan. It had received 10 846 complaints in the 2016/17 financial year, of which 5 183 cases were dismissed, 4 769 were referred to other entities, ...
NCOP Finance
Mpumalanga, Western Cape & Gauteng 2016/17 expenditure: Provincial Treasury reports
14 Jun 2017
Documents awaited:
National Treasury: Provincial budgets and expenditure, 2016/17 [awaited]
National Treasury spoke about the financial performance of Mpumalanga, Western Cape and Gauteng for 2016/17. For Gauteng, Treasury noted underspending on Compensation of Employees (CoE), and overspending in Health and Education. Own revenue collection increased. There were medical negligence claims ...
Finance Standing Committee
Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act: workshop
13 Jun 2017
Constitutional and Legal Services Office took the committees through a presentation on the review of the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act. He outlined the rationale for the sequencing of appropriations. The requirement that the Division of Revenue Bill (DORB) and the Appropriation Bill may only be referred ...
NCOP Finance
Free State 2016/17 expenditure: Provincial Treasury report
7 Jun 2017
The National Treasury briefed the Committee on provincial budgets and expenditure for the fourth quarter, 2016/17. There was overspending on compensation of employees (CoE), and underspending on goods and services and infrastructure related conditional grants in the social sector, especially in education and social development. The Department of Education overspent ...
NCOP Appropriations
OR Tambo District Municipality appeal against stopping its MIG allocation
6 Jun 2017
Documents handed out:
Committee research document on OR Tambo District Municipality
The meeting was convened in an attempt to resolve a problem experienced by the OR Tambo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape as a result of the stoppage by Treasury of R90 million that had been allocated in terms ...