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Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Election of Co-Chairperson
4 Sep 2018
The departure of Mr V Smith meant that there was a vacancy in the Committee leadership. Following a close vote (4 in favour and 3 for another candidate), Dr M Motshekga was elected co-chairperson of the Committee.
The Committee agreed that its next meeting will take place on Wednesday, 12 ...
NCOP Finance
City of Cape Town on IDP, LED & service delivery
4 Sep 2018
The Committee was briefed by The City of Cape Town, the National Treasury and Cape Town metropolitan municipality on the City’s budget performance, service and infrastructure delivery, and the Integrated Development Plan (IDP).
The Committee heard that the City of Cape Town reported that R6 billion per year was spent ...
NCOP Appropriations
Conditional Grant Reports: Early Childhood Development Grant, Human Settlements Development Grant & Disaster Grant
22 Aug 2018
Conditional grants are used in most decentralised systems of government to enable specified national objectives. The Constitution states that conditional grants must be provided from the national equitable share and that the division of revenue must recognize the role played by conditional grants within the national equitable share.
The Committee ...
NCOP Finance
IDP, LED & NDP: Mangaung & eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality briefing
21 Aug 2018
Documents handed out: Research document by the Committee researcher (to Members only)
National Treasury reported that matters impacting on audit opinion included non-compliance with Supply Chain Management processes and poor management of indigent registers. Fiscal risks related to service delivery included declines in water revenue, unfunded mandates, and the unresolved conflict ...
Ad Hoc Committee on North West Intervention
Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) update on North West intervention, with Ministers
16 Aug 2018
Ministers Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma, Senzeni Zokwana, Thulas Nxesi and Michael Masutha were present as the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) to report on progress. At the conclusion of the analysis into the North West by the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT), five departments were put under section 100(1a) and five were put under ...
NCOP Appropriations
Early Childhood Development Grant performance: hearing; Eastern Cape Department of Social Development: follow-up; with Minister
15 Aug 2018
The Eastern Cape Department of Social Development reported back on their performance with the Early Childhood Development Grant, as a follow-up to their engagement with the Committee in May.
The national and provincial Departments of Social Development (DSD) and National Treasury (NT) presented the expenditure performance of the province from ...
NCOP Finance
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality on IDP, LED & service delivery
14 Aug 2018
The National Treasury (NT) provided an overview of the financial position of all eight metros for the year ending in June 2017. Non-compliance with supply chain management (SCM) processes and ineffective political and administrative leadership were among the salient factors impacting on audit opinion.
In the case of Nelson Mandela ...
Ad Hoc Committee on North West Intervention
Committee Report on North West Province intervention: briefing by Committee Researchers and Content Advisor
7 Aug 2018
The Committee met to consider a draft consolidated report of all its work to date regarding the intervention into the provincial Government of North West Province, in terms of section 100 of the Constitution.
It observed that National Treasury (NT) remained concerned about the province’s under-spending on the Human Settlements ...
NCOP Finance
Committee Report on Provincial Expenditure 2017/18
7 Aug 2018
The Select Committee on Finance adopted the draft report on the provincial treasuries’ preliminary budget outcomes for the 2017/18 financial year.
The Committee resolved it would request the National Treasury and Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) to brief it on the audited figures because the reported figures by the provinces were ...
Ad Hoc Committee on North West Intervention
North West, National Treasury, Auditor General on NWPG fiscal position
27 Jun 2018
The Ad Hoc Committee on the intervention at the North West provincial government was briefed by the National Treasury, the Auditor General (AG), and the province on its fiscal position, governance and financial management.
The province had been placed under administration by the Cabinet, and was now being monitored by ...