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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill & Special Appropriation Bill: Committee Reports
1 Jun 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, 01 June 2021
This was the Committee's final meeting for the term, during which it went through the amendments and adoption of its reports on the Appropriation and Special Appropriations Bills. It also approved its draft third term programme, and the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill: public hearings
28 May 2021
Video: Standing Committee on Appropriations, 28 May 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Standing Committee heard concerns from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) College of Business and Economics, OUTA and COSATU. National Treasury and the Parliamentary Legal Advisor were asked to respond to these concerns.
The University of Johannesburg said ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: DHET briefing
26 May 2021
Video: Standing Committee on Appropriations, 26 May 2021
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) briefed the Committee on the impact of budget cuts for the 2021/22 financial year. The meeting took place on a virtual platform, during which the Chairperson appealed to the Department to try to achieve ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: public hearings
26 May 2021
Video: Standing Committee on Appropriations, 26 May 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Standing Committee on Appropriations heard submissions on the Appropriations Bill from the Children's Institute and the Center for Child Law; Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA); the Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM); and the Congress of South African Trade Unions ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Correctional Services & Department of Defence input
25 May 2021
Video: Standing Committee on Appropriations
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met to receive briefs from the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and Department of Defence (DoD) on the 2021 Appropriations Bill.
The address by the Deputy Minister of Correctional Services focused on the budget cuts and the implications for DCS ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: DoH & DLRRD briefing; with Ministers and Deputy Minister
19 May 2021
Video: Standing Committee on Appropriations
The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) and the Department of Health (DOH) responded to a request to brief the Committee on the 2021 Appropriation Bill and Special Appropriations Bill. The Ministers of both Departments were present to address the virtual meeting and ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Department of Social Development briefing, with Minister and Deputy Minister
18 May 2021
The Standing Committee on Appropriations convened a virtual meeting to be briefed by the Department of Social Development and representatives from certain of its agencies on the Appropriation and Special Appropriation Bills.
It was presented that the Department has always been historically underfunded. The proposed reduction of R38.6 billion was ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill & Special Appropriation Bill: National Treasury briefings
4 May 2021
Video: Standing Committee on Appropriations
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by National Treasury on the Appropriation Bill and Special Appropriation Bill. Treasury stated that the Committee has the power to change the allocations if it feels the Executive’s decisions are not aligned to public interests. South Africa’s ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2021 Division of Revenue Bill: SALGA briefing
3 Mar 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) on the 2021 Division of Revenue Bill.
The Committee asked questions on capacity building, consequence management, conditional grants and infrastructure grants. SALGA reported that the debt owed to municipalities and by municipalities could ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
DWYPD 2019/20 Annual Report; Audit challenges; with Ministry
17 Nov 2020
The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities presented its 2019/2020 Annual Report to the Committee.
The Department received an unqualified audit opinion for 2019/2020 financial year with 27 findings, an improvement from 2018/2019 that had 59 findings. On annual performance and set targets for 2019/2020 financial year, the ...