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Rules of the National Assembly
Deputy Speaker ruling concerning comments by Mr Malema
22 Feb 2019
The conduct of Mr Malema during the president’s budget vote was not in contempt of Parliament. This was the advice the Subcommittee on Review of Rules was given when it received a legal opinion on the conduct of Mr Malema (EFF) which indicated there was nothing in the rules of ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Deviations & expansions in 2018/19 Quarter 2 & 3: Office of Chief Procurement Officer
13 Feb 2019
The highlighted that entities must only deviate from inviting competitive bids in cases of emergency and sole supplier status. An emergency procurement may occur when there is a serious and unexpected situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or environment which calls an agency to action and ...
Defence
Legacy Report; Committee Annual Report
28 Nov 2018
The Committee adopted its Annual Performance and Legacy Reports without any amendments.
Members bid farewell as this was the last meeting of the year.
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Maintenance devolution from Public Works to Defence, with Public Works Minister
20 Nov 2018
The Appropriations Standing Committee had resolved in September 2018 that an inter-ministerial task team be set up to consider handover of the infrastructure maintenance and refurbishment function from the Department of Public Works to the Department of Defence. The Ministers of Public Works and Defence considered the matter and directed ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Tree diseases impact; Working for Fisheries Programme
20 Nov 2018
The Committee received a presentation from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) “Working for Fisheries Programme” (WfFP). The DAFF highlighted the achievements of the programme and said that since 2014/15, 658 fulltime equivalent jobs (FTEs) had been created, which meant that ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill: Treasury briefing
8 Nov 2018
National Treasury said that when it came to the division of revenue in the MTBS, growth in the provincial and local government allocations had been above inflation and slightly higher than the growth in national allocations. Additional funds had been made available to provinces to extend the provision of free ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament 2017/18 Annual Report; with AGSA & experts input
31 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
In the past few years, many professional staff members were reported to have resigned from Parliament. Reasons advanced for this haemorrhage were the five year fixed-term contracts, expensive accommodation in Cape Town, and unpleasant work environment and conditions. The Committee had engaged with Parliament to fix the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Commercialisation of Black Farmers; Market Access Action Plan; BRRR
30 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee received a report on the National Framework for the Commercialisation of Black Producers from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF). It welcomed the report, saying that deliberate, targeted and well-defined interventions were needed to develop black smallholders into commercial farmers.
The Committee heard that 50 ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
DAFF Quarter 1 performance; ARC audit action plan; DAFF response to oversight visit reports; with Minister
23 Oct 2018
The Committee met to be briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on its first quarter performance, and also to receive a report on the audit improvement plan of the Agricultural Research Council (ARC).
The ARC said the audit outcomes had reported a total of 118 findings, ...
Local Government (WCPP)
Western Cape Department of Local Government 2017/18 Annual Report; with Minister
18 Oct 2018
Western Cape Department of Local Government 2017/18 Annual Report
The Western Cape Department of Local Government presented its Annual Report for 2017/18. The Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Developmental Planning expressed his appreciation for the cooperation between the various spheres of government and sectors in addressing the drought challenge ...