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Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Mandate, Function and Powers of Committee: briefing; Committee Programme
23 Sep 2016
The Committee expressed concern at the absence of the Secretary to Parliament, as an accounting officer, from the meeting to discuss its mandate, functions and powers. This would prevent them from seeking guidance and clarification on the issues involved. Several Members called for the meeting to be postponed, but after ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Anti-Corruption Task Team & South African Revenue Service: hearing
14 Sep 2016
The Anti Corruption Task Team (ACTT) provided a status report on its operations in fighting corruption and cases of fraud involving government departments while leaving out information on state owned entities (SOEs). Since its inception in October 2010, the total number of cases dealt with is 189 and the number ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Unauthorised expenditure of Department of Sports and Recreation & Department of Public Service and Administration: National Treasury briefing
7 Sep 2016
The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) said that it had gone over budget by R8.8m because two advisory bodies, comprising a total of nine members, had been established, and because the model of operation of the advisory bodies had involved extensive travel between Cape Town and Pretoria. When ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Chief Procurement Officer quarterly briefing
6 Sep 2016
The meeting got off to an uncertain start when the Committee was informed that the Chief Procurement Officer would not be attending, as he had gone to a pre-planned information communication technology (ICT) statutory tour to Europe. Members were particularly upset that he had failed to communicate this to the ...
Public Service and Administration
DPSA, DPME, National School of Government, Centre for Public Service Innovation, Public Service Commission, NYDA; Statistics South Africa 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
31 Aug 2016
An Acting Chairperson was appointed to stand in for Ms B Mabe (ANC) who had been nominated as a Councillor during the last elections. Her position was to be determined by the House in due course.
First quarter performance reports were presented by the Department of Public Service & Administration, ...
Public Service and Administration
Committee Reports on Department of Planning, Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation; and Statistics South Africa Budget
14 Apr 2016
The Committee met for consideration and adoption of the Report on Budget Vote 8: Department of Planning, Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation and consideration and adoption of the Report on Budget Vote 12: Statistics South Africa.
Members of the DA complained about not receiving the reports beforehand so that they could ...
Public Service and Administration
Department of Planning, Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics South Africa & National Youth Development Agency on their 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance
9 Mar 2016
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) presented its third quarter performance report to the Committee. While the total budget for 2015/16 was R431 million, R46 million had been allocated to economic participation, R42 million to education and skills development, and R189 million for employee costs.
The Agency provided details of ...
Public Service and Administration
DMPE on Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) 2014 results; Amendment to Public Service Commission Amendment Bill [B21A-15], with Minister
24 Feb 2016
The Department of Planning, Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation (DMPE) presented the Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) 2014 results. Human resource management remains the most challenging key performance indicator (KPI). There has been continual improvement in departments from 2012 to 2014 but there are still challenges such as departments merely complying ...
Public Service and Administration
Shortlisting of nominees for NYDA board: postponed
2 Feb 2016
The Committee met to go through the shortlisting of nominees for the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) board of directors.
The Committee agreed to postpone the meeting for a second time as there were too few members due to scheduling problems.
The EFF requested that the advert be re-opened in ...
Public Service and Administration
Interviews of candidates for position of Public Service Commission chairperson
14 Jul 2015
The Sub-Committee of the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration met to interview candidates for the position of the Public Service Commission Chairperson and this follows the end of the term of the current National Commissioner of Public Service Commission (PSC). The Committee thereafter deliberated in a closed meeting ...