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Standing Committee on Appropriations
2019 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill: National Treasury briefing
14 Nov 2019
The National Treasury briefed the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations on the 2019 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill (DoRAB). They were told it proposed relatively small in-year adjustments in the allocation of funds to national, provincial and local government.
The Committees were briefed on the way in which the ...
Finance Standing Committee
Committee Report on 2019 Revised Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals (MTBPS)
12 Nov 2019
The Standing Committee on Finance of the National Assembly and the Select Committee on Finance of the National Council of Provinces held a joint meeting to consider a Report to be tabled in Parliament on the 2019 Revised Fiscal Framework. After Members had agreed on changes to the Report, the ...
Finance Standing Committee
2019 Revised Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals: public hearings
6 Nov 2019
The Finance Committees of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces held a joint public hearing to receive submissions on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS).
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) told the committees that it found the MTBPS “shockingly weak and inadequate". Government ...
Finance Standing Committee
2019 MTBPS: PBO & FFC briefing
5 Nov 2019
Members of the Finance and Appropriations Committees heard opposing views on what should be done to restore the country’s finances when they were briefed on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).
In its presentation, the FFC ...
Finance Standing Committee
Medium Term Budget Policy statement: Minister & National Treasury remarks
31 Oct 2019
The Finance and the Appropriations Committees of the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces, as well as provincial committee members, met with the Minister of Finance and National Treasury for a preliminary discussion on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement which the Minister had delivered to Parliament the previous ...
Finance Standing Committee
2019 Pre-MTBPS: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
29 Oct 2019
Video: Mboweni fields questions on mini-budget
Key Budget Documents MTBPS 2019
2019 MTBPS
Parliament’s Standing and Select Committees on Finance and Appropriations held a joint session during which they were briefed by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) to be delivered by the ...
NCOP Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: Committee Report
23 Oct 2019
The Eskom Appropriation Bill was adopted by the National Assembly (NA) on 22 October, and the Opposition party argued that the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) was being coerced into adopting the Bill so soon after the NA -- on the following day. It was submitted that the Bill process ...
NCOP Finance
State of Local Government Finances and Financial Management: National Treasury briefing
15 Oct 2019
National Treasury briefed the Select Committee on the state of local government and financial management as at 30 June 2018, and said there had been a decrease in clean audits. They bemoaned the lack of consequences for transgressions and irregularities. The environment had become more difficult for auditors and other ...
NCOP Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: Financial and Fiscal Commission & Parliamentary Budget Office briefings
18 Sep 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Parliamentary Budget Office and the Financial and Fiscal Commission on the Special Appropriation Bill.
The PBO highlighted the unsustainable financial position in which Eskom finds itself. The Bill empowers the Minister of Finance to impose conditions on Eskom before and after an amount or ...
NCOP Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: National Treasury briefing
17 Sep 2019
The Committee met with the National Treasury for a briefing on the Special Appropriations Bill. The Department of Public Enterprises and Eskom gave inputs.
National Treasury, in presentation on the Special Appropriation Bill, highlighted that owing to Eskom’s failure to meet commitments and obligations on debt, government needed to intervene, ...