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Public Service and Administration
DPME, NYDA & Statistics SA on quarterly performance
5 Sep 2018
The Committee received briefings from the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), and the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) on their 2017/18 fourth quarter and 2018/19 first quarter performances.
The NYDA reported that it had spent R455.1 million out of an annual budget of ...
Public Service and Administration
National Development Plan; National Planning Commission: DPME update; Disability/Gender: PSC update; with Deputy Minister
22 Aug 2018
The National Planning Commission (NPC) said the National Development Plan (NDP) goals for 2030 were to eradicate absolute poverty from the 39% of people living below the poverty line to zero, to reduce the unemployment rate to 6% by creating 11 million more jobs, and to significantly reduce inequality through ...
Public Service and Administration
Pension payout delays: Government Employees Pension Fund; Steinhoff pension challenges: FEDUSA, NEHAWU, PSA, SAFTU input
15 Aug 2018
The Committee was told that the Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA) was established to render pensions administration and other relevant services to the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) and the National Treasury. The Public Service Commission (PSC) had identified areas of concern which included delays in pension pay-outs, incorrect documentation ...
Public Service and Administration
30-day payment to service providers; National Youth Development Agency Act & Public Administration Management Act amendments
6 Jun 2018
The Department of Public Service and Administration, Department of Monitoring and Evaluation, and the National Youth Development Agency briefed the Portfolio Committee on the Public Administration Management Act, progress on the payment to suppliers and progress on the amendment of the National Youth Development Agency Act.
The challenges regarding the ...
Public Service and Administration
Government mandates & budget allocation; PSC promotion of constitutional values in public service; Election of Chairperson; with Minister
30 May 2018
The formal election of Mr Joe Maswanganyi (ANC) as its new Chairperson was the first order of business for the Committee when it met to hear briefings from the Public Service Commission (PSC), National Treasury (NT) and the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME).
The Minister of Public Service ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2018 National Budget Dialogue
16 May 2018
Report of the meeting to follow.
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill 2018: input from Human Sciences Research Council & DA
11 May 2018
The Standing Committee on Appropriations was briefed by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) on the 2018 Appropriation Bill. The Committee also considered DA proposals on the Appropriations Bill.
HSRC raised a number of pertinent socio-economic issues relating to early childhood development (ECD), post-school education, land reform and the wider ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill 2018: input from Public Service Commission; Parliamentary Budget Office
9 May 2018
The Public Service Commission (PSC) gave its comments on the 2018 Appropriations Bill to the Committee. The presentation covered the PSC’s areas of oversight and the outputs of its oversight function. The PSC acknowledged that it was not a financial institution, but was the custodian of good administration and would ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill 2018: Financial and Fiscal Commission briefing
8 May 2018
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) came before the Standing Committee on Appropriations (SCOA or “the committee”) to present comments and recommendations regarding the 2018 Appropriation Bill (“the Bill”). The presentation was thorough and discussed the Bill, economic outlook, investment and job creation, baseline changes across votes, risks to the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
SAA & SA Post Office recapitalisation: performance progress report
25 Apr 2018
In his opening remarks, the Deputy Finance Minister acknowledged that South African Airways (SAA) had a financial and corporate governance and operational model crisis. These problems needed urgent attention. Unless these problems were sorted out, it would be difficult to accommodate new ideas. The path to recovery for SAA had ...