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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Reports on Quarter 1 & 2 performance & APAC Conference
29 Nov 2016
Documents handed out:
Draft reports and minutes handed out to Members
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
Report of the The draft report on expenditure patterns for 2015/16 fourth quarter and 2016/17 first quarter was considered and adopted with minor technical amendments. The report on the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Programme Term 1 in 2017
23 Nov 2016
Report of the meeting to follow.
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Public Expenditure Review: National Treasury briefing
22 Nov 2016
The Government Technical Assistance Unit (GTAC) in the National Treasury (NT) presented to the Standing Committee. Performance and expenditure reviews (PERs) had been started because the Presidency and the NT needed detailed and reliable information. It was a joint project between the NT and the Department of Planning, Monitoring and ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Sector Education and Training Authority performance: Department of Higher Education &Training briefing
18 Nov 2016
The Standing Committee on Appropriations was briefed by the Department of Higher Education and Training on the performance and expenditure of the Sector Education and Training Authorities. At the outset, Members noted that they had expected to see more slides of direct relevance to the Committee, which was engaged with ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Urban Settlements Development Grant; Expanded Public Works Programme (Social Sector): DPME evaluation
16 Nov 2016
Committee minutes (Members only)
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation stated that the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) was a capital grant that allocated R10 billion per annum to the eight metros. It was introduced in 2011 and replaced the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) for these cities. The USDG ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on Division of Revenue Amendment Bill [ B15-2016]
14 Nov 2016
Documents handed out:
Draft Report of Outstanding Committee on Appropriations on 2016 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill [B15-2016]
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Standing Committee on Appropriations adopted the Draft Report on the 2016 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill. The Democratic Alliance reserved its ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill [B15–2016]: public hearings
11 Nov 2016
The Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations conducted public hearings on the Division of Revenue Amendment Bill. The purpose of the Bill was to amend the Division of Revenue Act passed by Parliament in 2016.
The Rural Health Advocacy Project, in its submission, made a recommendation that the government needed ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill [B15-2016]: National Treasury briefing
10 Nov 2016
The National Treasury briefed the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations on the Division of Revenue Amendment Bill.
On provincial allocations, it was reported that R275.7 million would be rolled over from allocations made in 2015/16 on the provincial roads maintenance grant for KwaZulu-Natal. These funds had not been transferred ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2016 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Human Sciences Research Council briefing
9 Nov 2016
The Committee was addressed by the Human Science Research Council on its observations regarding the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement.
Debt levels had roughly doubled over the last eight years. The biggest item in spending by government had been the repayment of debt. The reason for that had being the halving ...
Finance Standing Committee
2016 Revised Fiscal Framework (MTBPS): Treasury response to public hearings
4 Nov 2016
The Standing and Select Committees on Finance met to receive National Treasury responses to questions raised during the public hearings on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS).
Growth Forecasting
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast for global growth had been revised down in its flagship economic forecast since 2012. ...