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Finance Standing Committee
Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Amendment Bill: public hearings
2 Aug 2017
The committees heard public submissions on the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Bill.
Dr Sean Muller, Senior Lecturer: School of Economics & Public and Environmental Research Centre, University of Johannesburg, in submitting, queried the timing of the oversight process stipulated by the Act. The Money Bills Act was ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue 2018/19: Financial and Fiscal Commission submission
1 Aug 2017
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) presented its submission for the 2018/19 Division of Revenue in the context of rapid urban development in South Africa and the macroeconomic parameters underpinning urban development. The submission centred on key areas of urbanisation such as: transport and mobility; housing; industrial development and economic ...
Finance Standing Committee
Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act
28 Jun 2017
The Constitutional and Legal Services Office took the joint committees through changes to the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act, which were made after instructions received from the Joint Workshop held on 13 June 2017.
The main highlights of the input by Members were the Democratic Alliance’s concern ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Departments Quarter 4 Expenditure patterns: Treasury briefing
21 Jun 2017
Apologies were tendered on behalf on the Minister and Deputy Minister.
The Committee noted that it was important that the Minister and Deputy Minister attend; the Minister had to provide an overview. If the Minister or his Deputy could not come, the Committee had to be informed timeously, so that ...
Health
National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) Amendment Bill: Department of Health briefing
20 Jun 2017
The meeting was held to enable the Department of Health (DoH) to brief the Committee on the amendments to the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) Amendment Bill, but the Committee took advantage of the opportunity ask the Department to provide feedback on the forensic pathology officers issue, and the investigation ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Preparatory meeting: adoption of minutes
14 Jun 2017
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament adopted two sets of minutes and discussed matters that arose from the sets of minutes. Issues on the table were around policy documents and feedback that has not been received from the executive authority regarding concerns from previous meetings the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on 2017 Appropriation Bill
7 Jun 2017
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met for the consideration and adoption of the 2016 Appropriation Bill [B5-2017].
Several issues were discussed at length by the Members. At the outset, there was concern that the draft report indicated there was no consensus on the number of State Owned Entities (SOEs) in ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Rural Development and Land Reform submission, with Minister
2 Jun 2017
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) demonstrated how it would be using its budget allocation in the 2017 Appropriation Bill. The Minister highlighted that there is an internal monitoring and evaluation that is meant to ensure that the Department was effective and was able to achieve its ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Integrated Financial Management System project: National Treasury briefing
1 Jun 2017
National Treasury was called in to explain the 2015/16 internal audit report which was recently leaked to the media. It reported on its review of 2014/15 payments for the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) project and stated there were extremely poor financial and operating controls for the IFMS project ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill 2017: Democratic Alliance & Department of Human Settlements submissions
31 May 2017
DA Submission
Prior to the presentation, the ANC questioned the cover of the proposal as it clashed with a previous decision taken by the Committee that no political party present proposals. The DA agreed to change the cover of the proposal. The DA presented its proposal for amendments to the ...