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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Reports on Free State oversight & Smart Procurement World Indaba
17 Oct 2018
The Committee convened to consider the reports on its oversight visit to the Free State, and the 12th Annual Smart Procurement World Indaba. Both reports were adopted.
Minutes from 9 and 10 October were considered and adopted.
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Food Control Agency; Food & Nutrition Security Implementation Plan; Listeriosis; Poultry Industry; Agricultural Productivity
16 Oct 2018
The Committee was given an update by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on the recent listeriosis outbreak in the country, and the steps that had been introduced to provide the oversight, monitoring and evaluation required to manage any outbreaks in the future. The Department also reported on ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Quarter 1 Expenditure Patterns of National Departments; SALGA innovative financing for municipal infrastructure conference
16 Oct 2018
The Committee met to consider the Report on Quarter 1 Expenditure Patterns of National Departments and the Report on the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) conference.
Both reports were adopted with amendments..
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue: Financial and Fiscal Commission 2019-20 submission
9 Oct 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on the 2019/18 Division of Revenue.
The briefing focused on the re-engineering of the Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations System (IGFR); recentralisation; provincial fiscal adjustments mechanisms in times of protracted fiscal constraints, using the health sector as an example; the ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Reports on Public Submissions and Provincial & Parliament Hearings
20 Sep 2018
The Committee had requested an extension to complete its work on the review of section 25 of the Constitution to provide for expropriation without compensation. A letter had been drafted and sent to the Speaker’s office requesting the extension. No reply from the Speaker had yet been received.
The Committee ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 4
7 Sep 2018
VIDEO: Constitutional Review Committee: Oral Presentations 7 September 2018
The Constitutional Review Committee allowed stakeholders to make oral submissions about the possible review of Section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, dealing with the government’s proposals for the expropriation of land without compensation.
Organisations which participated ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 2
5 Sep 2018
VIDEO: Constitutional Review Committee: Oral Presentations 5 September 2018
The meeting was the second phase of facilitating public consultation on the proposed amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution to clearly provide for expropriation without compensation. The first phase had already been conducted by the Committee in the various South ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Quarter 4 performance, with Minister
21 Aug 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) briefed the Portfolio Committee on its fourth quarter performance report for 2017/18. It covered the achievements and non-achievements of the six programmes, highlighting transformation in the sector, the implementation of the Agricultural Research Council’s (ARC’s) plan, and progress in dealing with the ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Constitution Section 25: Colloquium
8 Jun 2018
YOUTUBE: Constitutional Review Committees colloquium
In search of answers regarding the single most important political question facing South Africa today - land reform through Expropriation Without Compensation - the Joint Standing Committee on Constitutional Review held a colloquium of experts in Parliament.
A former Judge at the Constitutional Court and ...
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 ...