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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill 2017: Public Service Commission comment
30 May 2017
The Public Service Commission (PSC) presented the Committee with a comprehensive account of its comments on the 2017 Appropriations Bill. After looking at the mandate of the PSC, its areas of oversight and output of oversight function, the presentation discussed general comments on the 2017 Appropriation Bill with regard to ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill 2017: public hearing
24 May 2017
The Standing Committee on Appropriations went to meet the residents of Khayelitsha to hear them voice their comments, concerns and questions regarding the 2017 Appropriations Bill. The Committee also called upon public stakeholders to come forth and present their submissions and recommendations relating to specific issues around how the appropriations ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Comment by Parliamentary Budget Office
19 May 2017
The Parliamentary Budget Office said that any amendments made to the Appropriations Bill must be consulted with the National Assembly or the Standing Committee on Appropriations. In addition, any conditions that needed to be met must be communicated to the Committee, and the Committee must recommend these conditions to the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill 2017: comments by Financial and Fiscal Commission
17 May 2017
The Financial and Fiscal Commission highlighted areas that it believed pose a risk to the fiscus, major revisions contained in the Bill and department budget votes with respect to inclusive growth and economic transformation as requested by the Committee; an assessment of progress towards targets in the Medium-Term Strategic Framework ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2017 Appropriation Bill: briefing, with Minister
16 May 2017
National Treasury presented the 2017 Appropriation Bill. Economic growth was insufficient, and fiscal constraints were faced. The budget aimed at redistribution to poor and working class families, and the rural poor. Public investment had to support economic transformation. Spending was growing in priority areas like post-school education and training. Expenditure ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Committee Strategic Planning Workshop
12 May 2017
The Parliament of South Africa is not doing oversight, but merely compliance. This comment by the Chairperson emerged during the discussion by the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament in its first strategic planning workshop.
Since 1994, Parliament has never changed the way it works. The number ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Secretary to Parliament response to oversight questions
11 May 2017
Document awaited
The Secretary to Parliament appeared before the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament to provide explanations on matters the Committee had raised during previous meetings between November 2016 and February 2017.
Answers from the Secretary dealt with filling of vacancies; performance management system; centralization ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Medium Term Strategic Framework outcomes progress; National Development Plan & MTSF alignment with budget priorities: DPME input
2 May 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) on progress made in terms of the Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) against National Development Plan (NDP) goals, and the alignment of plans and budgets.
The Department said that the government would use three levers to advance ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Delivery of Health Services: FFC briefing
24 Mar 2017
A delegation from the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) presented on the effective coordination and alignment of the national and provincial spheres of government in the delivery of health services in order to ensure value for money, efficient planning and resource allocation. The presentation discussed the relationship between health care ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Delivery of Health Services: Provincial Departments of Health: KwaZulu-Natal; Limpopo; Northern Cape; Gauteng; Mpumalanga; & Western Cape
23 Mar 2017
The KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Northern Cape Departments of Health presented on the alignment of national and provincial budgets, strategies and objectives within their respective departments. In the afternoon session, Gauteng, Western Cape and Mpumalanga briefed the Committee. They had similar challenges relating to budget constraints, limited funding to refurbish and ...