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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Reports: New Development Bank Special Appropriation Bill [B32-15]; Finance Bill [B31-15]; 2015 MTBPS; Adjustments Appropriation Bill [B28-15]
18 Nov 2015
During consideration of the New Development Bank (NDB) Special Appropriation Bill, the Democratic Alliance argued that the country could not afford the R2.2 billion first New Development Bank installment, due in January 2016. Within the context of the higher education funding crisis, it was advisable to use the R2.2 billion ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2015 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement; Finance Bill [B31-15]; New Development Bank Special Appropriation Bill [B32-15]: public hearings
11 Nov 2015
On the MTBPS, COSATU drew attention to certain core areas. Within the economic context, there was a 34% unemployment crisis and government needed to put in more effort to create jobs. COSATU noted that while some attempts appeared to have been made in respect of fighting corruption, it was concerned ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
New Development Bank Special Appropriation Bill [B32-15]; Finance Bill [B31-15]: briefing; FFC submissions
6 Nov 2015
National Treasury said the New Development Bank (NDB) was established by an agreement between the governments of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS countries) with the purpose of mobilising alternative sources of financing, strengthening the cooperation among BRICS countries, and complementing existing efforts by other development partners and ...
Higher Education
University Funding & 2015 MTBPS: hearing with DHET & Council on Higher Education, with Minister
4 Nov 2015
A joint meeting of the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations and the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education heard submissions from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the Council on Higher Education (CHE) on the funding of the higher education sector and the post-school education and training ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2015 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS): Public Service Commission briefing
2 Nov 2015
The Public Service Commission (PSC) proposed a strategy for improving management practices in the public service comprising of three elements: professionalising the public service, transforming corporate support practices to focus on outcomes as well as compliance, and improving performance management and accountability structures.
It had identified the country's open system ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2015 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS): Human Science Research Council briefing
30 Oct 2015
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) presented a briefing and analysis of the 2015 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS).The briefing covered the implications and needs of the education and health sectors, the need to have a skilled and capable state, to ensure accelerated economic growth, infrastructure investment, job creation, ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill [B27-2015]; Adjustment Appropriation Bill [B28-2015]: briefing
23 Oct 2015
Awaited documents: Draft Report on 2015 Adjustment Budget; Draft Report on 2015 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill[available once published on the ATC]
National Treasury met with both the Standing Committee and the Select Committee on Appropriations to brief them on the Adjustment Budget for 2015 as contained in the two Bills. ...
Finance Standing Committee
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) 2015: Minister of Finance briefing
22 Oct 2015
The Minister of Finance and a delegation from the National Treasury met with a joint committee comprising the Standing Committee on Finance, the Select Committee on Finance, the Standing Committee on Appropriations and the Select Committee on Appropriations. The National Treasury presented the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), which ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
The Jobs Fund: Finance Deputy Minister & National Treasury progress report
22 Sep 2015
National Treasury gave the Committee a progress report on the activities of the Jobs Fund. It gave a brief overview on the level of unemployment in the country and how it was being addressed. It then spoke to the mandate of the Fund and its objectives, how disbursement was managed ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Human Settlements 1st Quarter 2015/2016 performance: hearings
9 Sep 2015
The Department of Human Settlement (DHS) gave the Standing Committee on Appropriations details of its expenditure and performance against its targets for 2014/15 and for the first quarter of the current financial year.
The allocation for the Human Settlements Development Grant (HSDGs) for the previous year had been R17 billion. ...