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Finance Standing Committee
Eskom Section 92 PFMA Exemption (withdrawn); with Minister
5 Apr 2023
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Bailouts to SOEs & government-backed guarantees: National Treasury briefing
14 Mar 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from National Treasury on state-owned company (SOC) bailouts and government guarantees. The presentation highlighted a significant decline in the performance of major SOCs over the last decade. Operational costs had increased, net profits had fallen, and debt levels had become ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Postponed:SABC 2021/22 Annual Report & related matters hearing; with Deputy Minister
1 Mar 2023
The Committee convened to receive a briefing from the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on their annual report and financial statements for the financial year 2021/22, all investigations, as well as irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure.
Members expressed their dissatisfaction with the Minister’s failure to attend the meeting, ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Update by Presidency on all reports referred by the SIU, with Minister in attendance
21 Feb 2023
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts received an update briefing from the Presidency on all reports submitted by the Special Investigating Authority (SIU). In attendance was the Minister in the Presidency, a delegation from the Presidency and a delegation from the SIU.
The presentation highlighted that 234 Proclamations authorising SIU ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Update by State Security Agency on the vetting of Eskom officials; with Minister and Deputy Minister
30 Nov 2022
The Committee convened in Parliament to receive an update from the State Security Agency (SSA) on the vetting of Eskom officials.
The Committee set out its position and the Minister understood its position and indicated that he was consulting on certain legal aspects of the matter. The report for the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Hearing on the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (PRASA) Annual Report and financial statements for 2021/22, with Minister
29 Nov 2022
Passenger Rail Agency of SA (PRASA)
The Committee met with the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) for a hearing on the material irregularities and irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure at the SOE. The Minister of Transport was in attendance.
The Minister of Transport said that in March 2022, he ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Legal Opinion on SSA 2014 Cabinet directive on vetting; Follow up engagement with law enforcement agencies on DWS, Eskom, Transnet, Denel, SAA & Prasa investigations
16 Nov 2022
The Committee convened in Parliament to discuss the parliamentary legal opinion regarding the State Security Agency’s 2014 Cabinet directive on vetting, and to have a follow-up meeting with the investigating agencies -- the Special Investigating Unit, the HAWKS and the National Prosecuting Authority -- on cases being investigated.
The legal ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SAA progress update & SIU investigations, with Minister
15 Nov 2022
The Committee met with the Board of South African Airways (SAA) and officials from the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), including the Minister, to receive a report back on the developments relating to the airline’s performance since the resumption of its operations in September 2021; matters related to the Auditor-General ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Transnet; SAPO; Postbank; PRASA & SABC audit outcomes: AGSA briefing
2 Nov 2022
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts received a briefing from the Auditor-General of South Africa on the audit outcomes for the financial year of 2021/22 for the South African Broadcasting Corporation, the South African Post Office, the South African Postbank, Transnet, and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa. ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
National Treasury, UIF, Compensation Fund Annual Report non-tabling: with Ministers
1 Nov 2022
The Minister of Employment and Labour and the Department updated the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on the Unemployment Insurance Fund and Compensation Fund which had not tabled their 2021/22 Annual Reports, making them non-compliant with the Public Finance Management Act.
The Committee established that neither the UIF ...