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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 ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Office of Chief Procurement Officer: progress report by National Treasury
24 Apr 2018
The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO) met with the Standing Committee on Appropriations (SCOA) to discuss the work of the OCPO. The OCPO presented a briefing report, highlighting new initiatives, the progress of the Public Procurement Bill, major challenges to OCPO, and developments since previous meetings. Much of ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Restructuring of public entities; New Budget facility; Office of the Chief Procurement Officer & status on payment of suppliers per Budget Vote: National Treasury briefing
27 Mar 2018
State expenditure, especially in procurement, was one of the key mechanisms that would enable the government to implement its developmental policy. Effectiveness in infrastructure spending, nationalised and streamlined public entities, curbing wasteful and fruitless expenditure, preventing procurement deviations and price escalations were the priority focus area in the medium term. ...
Transport
Minister of Transport on PRASA state capture allegations; SAMSA & ATNS audit challenges
14 Nov 2017
The Minister of Transport was invited to give an implementation update on the 2015 Public Protector “De-railed” Report. Members of the Committee were disappointed that all PRASA board members, including the chairperson were absent at the meeting as the questions asked by the Committee required answers from the ...
Transport
Department of Transport 2016/17 Annual Report: Auditor-General input; with Minister and Deputy
10 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the 2016/17 annual report of the Department of Transport (DoT) and its entities. The Department had received an unqualified report, but with findings. However, this year’s performance was an improvement from the previous ...