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Public Enterprises
Election of Chairperson; Public Enterprises Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
25 Oct 2017
Documents handed out: Public Enterprises Budgetary Review Recommendations Report [available once published Tabled Committee Reports]
The Committee elected Ms L Mnganga-Gcabashe (ANC) as Chairperson of the Committee. At the same time, the Committee also agreed that the Ms D Rantho (ANC) who had been Acting Chairperson of the Committee would ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Films and Publications Amendment Bill: deliberations
24 Oct 2017
The Committee met to deliberate on the proposed amendments to the Films and Publications Amendment Bill (B37 of 2015) as captured in the A list. Members expressed displeasure that Parliamentary Legal Services had not incorporated the A list into the Films and Publications Amendment Bill (B37 of 2015) because the ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom Inquiry: Pension Fund hearing about Molefe R30 million payout
20 Oct 2017
The Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (EPPF) Chairperson and CEO appeared at the Eskom Inquiry to answer questions about the pension payout of the former Eskom CEO, Mr Brian Molefe.
The Chairperson said that the Committee needed to understand the circumstances under which the pension payment of Mr Brian Molefe ...
Public Enterprises
Corporate Governance at Eskom; “Who is who in the Zoo”
18 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed by the former CEO of Eskom, Mr Brian Dames, and Mr Ted Blom, Energy Analyst and Energy Head at the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), who was also a former Eskom employee.
Mr Dames commended the Committee for the inquiry but said that it was too ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom Inquiry Reference Book: briefing by UCT State Capacity Research Project
17 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed by Prof Anton Eberhard, a Research Professor at the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business whom along with his colleague Ms Catrina Godinho authored the booklet Eskom Inquiry Reference Book. The Reference Book aimed at providing a fact-based account of instances of governance failure ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Outstanding Eskom debt by municipalities: COGTA, SALGA, National Treasury & Eskom briefing
10 Oct 2017
The Department of Cooperative Governance provided an update on the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) efforts on the constitutional, structural and systemic challenges in electricity reticulation.
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) as the representative of municipalities spoke to electricity distribution industry challenges. The reticulation of electricity in SA was ...
Rules of the National Assembly
System to Monitor Unanswered Questions; Guidelines for Mini-Plenaries
6 Oct 2017
The Subcommittee on the Review of Assembly Rules met to discuss a Decision on Guidelines for Mini-Plenaries and a Decision on a System to Monitor Questions.
The National Assembly Table said the Decision on System to Monitor Questions had been based on rule 136 of the 9th Edition of the ...
Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises 2016/17 Annual Report, with AGSA input
4 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) noted the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) achieved a clean audit, Eskom was qualified and SAFCOL, Transnet, Alexkor and Denel were unqualified with findings. SA Express was still being audited due to its late submission of financial statements. DPE had improved but ...
Joint Rules
Principle of a ruling during the joint sitting on 22 November 2016; Commencement of the Review of the Joint Rules
28 Sep 2017
Relevant Document
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
Powers, Privileges, and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislature Act 4 of 2004
The joint sub-committee was convened to consider the principle of a ruling during the joint sitting on Tuesday, 22 November 2016, and the proposed amendments to Chapter ...
Joint Rules
Principle of a ruling during the joint sitting on 22 November 2016; Commencement of the Review of the Joint Rules
27 Sep 2017
The joint sub-committee on the review of the Joint Rules met to consider proposed amendments to Chapters 1 to 2A, and to consider the principles of a ruling during a joint sitting. The intention was to ensure Chapters 1 and 2A were concluded before the end of the year, especially ...