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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Delivery of Health Services: National Department of Health; Auditor-General of SA; Provincial Departments of Health: Free State, North West, and Eastern Cape
22 Mar 2017
The joint meeting was held to consider the effective coordination and alignment of national and provincial spheres of government in the delivery of health services, so as to ensure value for money, efficient planning and resource allocation. The National Department of Health, the Office of the Auditor General, National Treasury, ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament’s 2016/17 mid-year performance; Committee’s 2nd term programme, NEHAWU Letter
16 Mar 2017
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament adopted the draft report the on Parliament mid-year performance for the 2016/17 period and considered its second term programme. The Committee further discussed why the Secretary of Parliament did not appear before the Committee to answer on issues the Members ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on 2017 Division of Revenue Bill
14 Mar 2017
The Standing Committee on Appropriations discussed and approved its report on the 2017 Division of Revenue Bill. The Committee went through the report paragraph by paragraph to make amendments where the members saw necessary. This mainly included making grammatical and wording changes because it was understood that this information will ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B4-2017]: public hearings
13 Mar 2017
Cost of Municipal Basic Services Report by SALGA/FFC Costing of Municipal Services to Inform DORA Allocations
The South Africa Local Government Association (SALGA) submission on the Division of Revenue Bill dealt with the South African economic status and commented on the Finance and Fiscal Commission (FFC) recommendations. SALGA noted that ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill B4-2017: National Treasury & Financial and Fiscal briefing
10 Mar 2017
National Treasury briefed the Joint Committee on the Division of Revenue Bill, 2017. The brief focused on the background to the Bill, overview of the division of revenue for the 2017 Medium Term Expenditure Framework, responses to recommendations on the Bill, changes to clauses of the Bill, provincial allocations and ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Eskom finances: Parliamentary Budget Office research findings
8 Mar 2017
The Parliamentary Budget Office presented its research findings on Eskom’s finances. The role of state own enterprises is a critical one in the transformation of the economy therefore a focus on the efficiency and the effectiveness of how these institutions operate is essential.
It seemed that in the short term ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Treasury on Quarter 3 Spending Outcome
1 Mar 2017
National Treasury briefed Members of the Committee on third quarter expenditure. They explained that the benchmark for government spending was 75 percent and the current budget indicated that government did relatively well by spending 74% across all departments. In total, departments spent R15.6 billion or 2.8 percent less than the ...
Finance Standing Committee
Budget 2017: Parliamentary Budget Office & Financial and Fiscal Commission briefing
28 Feb 2017
A joint sitting of the Standing Committee of Appropriations, Select Committee on Appropriations, Standing Committee on Finance and Select Committee on Finance met to receive briefings from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) and the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on the 2017 budget.
The Budget Office said the 2017 budget ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Meeting with Budget Committee Rapporteurs from Germany
24 Feb 2017
The Standing Committee on Appropriations received delegates from the German Budget Committee. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange views on the budget and budget processes and the implications on the economy.
The Committee had a presentation which explained the role of the Standing Committee on Appropriations in the ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament on its Quarter 3 performance
17 Feb 2017
The Secretary to Parliament, Mr. G Mgidlana (ANC), presented a comprehensive briefing on the performance and expenditure of Parliament in the third Quarter of 2016/17 (1 October 2016 and 31 December 2016). It was reported that Parliament achieved 46 percent of its targets for the period, while 54 percent were ...