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Standing Committee on Appropriations
2016 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS): SALGA input
2 Nov 2016
SALGA welcomed the recognition of urban planning reforms to encourage rapid growth in large cities. Municipalities had to work at making doing business easier. Member municipalities were encouraged to adhere to cost containment guidelines in Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) circulars. SALGA welcomed the launch of the Municipal Money website ...
Finance Standing Committee
2016 MTBPS: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
1 Nov 2016
The PBO presented its MTBPS analysis to the four Committees. It gave members highlights from the Ministers MTBPS speech and some highlights included stabilising debt as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), stimulating growth, increasing revenue growth and creating more government efficiency. PBO gave an outline of reprioritisation to ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2016: Minister of Finance and National Treasury briefings
27 Oct 2016
Documents Handed Out:
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: National Treasury presentation [awaited]
The National Treasury and the Minister of Finance briefed the Committee with a full and detailed presentation on the main messages of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). This emphasised the trying economic environment in which the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee report on expenditure patterns: discussion; Committee Programme
25 Oct 2016
The consideration and adoption of the Committee report on expenditure patterns was postponed. There had to be further recommendations from Members, and engagement with the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).
Discussion of the Committee programme centered on the proposed study tour. Agreement was reached that the tour had to be undertaken ...
Finance Standing Committee
Pre-Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) briefing by Parliamentary Budget Office
19 Oct 2016
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) presented its pre-Medium Term Policy Statement (MTBPS) analysis to the four committees. The presentation was to provide members with the macroeconomic environment informing the 2016 MTBPS and current progress made with the implementation of the 2016/17 budget. The presentation also gave members preliminary results for ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
PRASA on its performance: hearing
19 Oct 2016
The Committee received a full briefing from the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) on its financial and non-financial performance. It was noted frankly that PRASA continued to experience challenges in the efficiency of providing affordable public transport as PRASA had an ageing rolling stock and infrastructure. It firstly ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Higher Education funding: Parliamentary Budget Office research findings
18 Oct 2016
The Standing Committee on Appropriations was briefed by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) on their Analysis of the Cost of Higher Education in South Africa.
The PBO delegation gave their findings on the issue facing South Africa’s higher education system, noting that the system is heavily weighted, both educationally and ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Fourth Quarter 2015/16 & First Quarter 2016/17 Expenditure Patterns
13 Oct 2016
The Committee met to adopt the Draft Report on the Fourth Quarter Expenditure Patterns for the 2015/16 financial year and for the First Quarter Expenditure Patterns for 2016/17 financial year, and to be briefed by Committee support staff on the submissions to the Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education. However, ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
South African Post Office 1 Quarter 2016 performance: hearing
12 Oct 2016
The South African Post Office (SAPO) Chief Executive Officer reported that:
- The analysis of revenue in this period showed stability despite prolonged delay in release of funds. This delay caused 79% overall revenue performance
- Positive cash flows were not generated from operations and under-performance was observed in the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Monitoring of performance and expenditure on outcomes of National Development Plan: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
12 Oct 2016
The Committee met with the Parliamentary Budgetary Office to be briefed on its monitoring on performance and expenditure on the outcomes of the National Development Plan.
Government has already started the process of aligning the long term plans of departments with the NDP and to identify areas where policy change ...