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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Integrated Urban Development Framework: COGTA deputy minister briefing to Social Services cluster
11 Oct 2017
The Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) briefed the Social Services Cluster of Portfolio Committees on the Integrated Urban Development Framework (IUDF), accompanied by the Deputy Ministers of Economic Development and Transport.
The briefing touched on the following aspects: urbanisation and immigration in South Africa; legacy of ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
DPME on key risk areas to attainment of 2014-2019 MTSF Outcomes
11 Oct 2017
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) briefed the Committee on the review of identified programmes and spending areas at risk in the execution of budgets. The purpose of the brief was to reflect on key areas of progress towards the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030, implemented through the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
10 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) made a presentation to the Committee on the integration of the Medium Term Strategic Framework into the government departments’ standard planning processes. The Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) was also encouraged to contribute to the discussion, to ensure cohesion and to suggest possible ...
Economic Development
Minister of Economic Development on Presidential Infrastructure Coordination Commission
10 Oct 2017
The Minister of Economic Development reported on the work by the Presidential Infrastructure Coordination Commission (PICC). He pointed out that PICC is the executive’s tool for monitoring the implementation and impact of infrastructural development on the economy. It is a planning and coordinating body. It is neither a funding structure; ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on National Departments Quarter 4 performance
4 Oct 2017
The purpose of the meeting of the Standing Committee on Appropriations was to consider and adopt the Committee’s Report on the Fourth Quarter Expenditure Patterns of National Departments for the 2016-17 Financial Year.
There was a concern that Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs had underspent it allocated funding. One of ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on KZN Oversight Visit; Committee Operational Plan
3 Oct 2017
Documents handed out:
Committee Report on its KwaZulu-Natal oversight visit
Committee Operational Plan
Committee Programme [All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
It is not known where the money for the free education for the poor is going to come from. This came up during the meeting’s discussions. ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Treasury on Quarter 1 performance & Integrated Financial Management System
8 Sep 2017
National Treasury and the Integrated Financial Management System briefed the Committee on the 2017/18 quarter one departmental spending outcomes.
National Treasury indicated that the 2017 Appropriation Act allocated R765.3 billion to national departments for the 2017/18 financial year (excluding Parliament). At the end of the first quarter, national departments had ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Water and Sanitation Quarter 4: Performance Hearing; with Deputy Minister
6 Sep 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation (including the Water Trading Entity) on its Fourth Quarter Expenditure Patterns for the 2016/17 financial year.
In 2015 the Department had declared eight provinces as disaster stricken due to the drought and in 2017 had declared the Western Cape ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Public Enterprises Quarter 4 performance: hearing
5 Sep 2017
The Committee met to receive a report from the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) on its fourth quarter expenditure patterns for 2016/17 financial year. The Committee was told that the Department had spent 94.7% of its overall budget, and the under-spending of 5.3% had been due to vacancies following the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Small Business Development Quarter 4 performance: hearing, with Minister
1 Sep 2017
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) briefed the Committee on its fourth quarter performance for 2016/17. The delegation was led by the Minister, whose introductory remarks provided a broad political outline of the Department, and highlights of its achievements and the challenges it faced.
The Director General’s report on ...