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Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament Quarter 1 Performance
31 Aug 2017
The expenditure of Parliament at the end of the first quarter of 2017/18 was within the accepted range of 25% per quarter.
This was what the Office of the Acting Secretary to Parliament told the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament. The Office of the Acting Secretary ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
PRASA & Department of Transport Quarter 4 performance: hearing, with Deputy Minister present
30 Aug 2017
The Department of Transport (DoT) told the Standing Committee on Appropriations that it had achieved 36 of 48 its fourth quarter targets. The achievements had included a DoT risk management strategy; the development of a National Rail Bill; construction and maintenance of provincial roads, monitored in line with the approved ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament’s Policy Unit: progress report; Human Resources: Acting Secretary to Parliament on outstanding challenges
30 Aug 2017
The Policy Unit and Human Resources division of Parliament briefed the Joint Standing Committee on policies reviewed and outstanding issue within the institution. Members heard of the successful implementation of all HR initiatives which required involvement and genuine commitment by all stakeholders. Parliament management and employees, through organised labour, were ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Correctional Services Quarter 4 performance: hearing, with Minister
29 Aug 2017
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) presented its performance report for the fourth quarter of 2016/17, and informed the Portfolio Committee that it had achieved 25 of the 40 targets (63%) of its predetermined objectives. Only programme 2 (Incarceration) had received a qualified audit opinion -- the rest had all ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Cooperative Governance on Quarter 4 performance, with Minister
25 Aug 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) and the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agency (MISA) on their fourth quarter expenditure patterns for the 2016/17 financial year.
Cogta was primarily responsible for ensuring intergovernmental relations between government departments, stakeholders, and spheres of government, and was ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Basic Education on Quarter 4 performance: with the Deputy Minister
23 Aug 2017
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) briefed the Standing Committee on Appropriations on their fourth quarter performance.
The Deputy Minister said the Department depended largely on the ability of the provinces to implement tasks and they have worked closely with them to execute these tasks. Urbanisation has created unevenness in ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee 2017 Operational Plan
22 Aug 2017
The manager for strategic planning in Parliament took the Standing Committee on Appropriations through its operational plan for 2017/18 to 2019/20. The outcome of the plan would be to increase the accountability of the Executive, as well as the accounting officers, to increase capacity building, to achieve budget efficacy and ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Rolling Out Broadband Connectivity: DTPS, Communications & National Treasury feedback on plan of action
18 Aug 2017
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) and the Department of Communications (DOC) were invited to brief the Committee on progress with South Africa’s broadband connectivity programme. However, prior to presentation, the Chairperson asked whether there would a joint or separate presentation, and the DOC said its inputs were ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
DPME Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) outcomes progress: briefing by Minister
15 Aug 2017
The Minister of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation presented the Department’s mid-term review of the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP), outlining the government’s progress in the implementation of its strategic objectives, identifying programmes that were most at risk in terms of spending, as well as the key challenges and ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Quarter 4 performance by Departments: analysis
3 Aug 2017
The Standing Committee on Appropriations received presentations by its researchers on the analysis of government departments’ fourth quarter expenditure reports.
The researchers had identified six departments that were of concern. These were the Departments of Public Enterprises, Small Business Development, Basic Education, Water and Sanitation, Correctional Services and Transport. They ...