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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Department of Social Development, with Minister
27 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from the Department of Social Development on the 2022 Appropriation Bill. The DSD portfolio appraised the Committee on a number of issues and provided a detailed report on the R44 billion allocation toward the SRD grant extension. In its presentation, ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Department of Water and Sanitation briefing; with Ministry
24 May 2022
The Committee convened virtually to receive a briefing from the Department of Water and Sanitation, on the 2022 Appropriation Bill. The Minister and Deputy Minister were in attendance.
The Department reported that is in the process of planning and implementing a range of major projects to augment national bulk ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Police on the 2022 Appropriation Bill; with Deputy Minister
20 May 2022
The Committee convened virtually to be briefed by the Department of Police on specific matters that the Committee had asked the Department to address to make contributions to the 2022 Appropriation Bill. The Appropriation Bill aims to divide the funds that have been allocated in the national sphere of ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Audit Framework for disaster relief funds in KZN & Eastern Cape: AGSA briefing
19 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Auditor-General briefed the Committee on the audit framework for the disaster relief funds in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. The Auditor-General saw its role as one part of an accountability ecosystem that included the accounting officers of implementing departments and entities, coordinating departments, political ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: DPWI briefing; with Minister
17 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Standing Committee on Appropriations (hereafter referred to as the Committee) was briefed on the 2022 Appropriation Bill by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI).
The Department presented its proposed allocation of R26.1 billion, the allocation of R9.4 billion for the Expanded Public ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Second Adjustment Appropriation Bill: SASRIA briefing
11 May 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Standing Committee on Appropriations was briefed by the South African Special Risks Insurance Association (SASRIA) on the 2022 Second Adjustment Appropriations Bill.
Members were informed that due to the destruction of commercial properties during the July unrest in 2021, SASRIA had received a sharp ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
FFC Briefing: Appropriation Bill & Second Adjustment Appropriation Bill
10 May 2022
The Committee met virtually with the Financial Fiscal Commission to receive a briefing on the 2022 Appropriation Bill and Second Adjustments Appropriation Bill. The consolidated fiscal framework outlined a consolidated budget deficit of six percent of Gross Domestic Product projected for 2022/23, narrowing to 4.2% in 2024/25. Debt servicing ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill & Second Adjustments Appropriation Bill: PBO assessment
4 May 2022
The purpose of the virtual meeting was for the Parliamentary Budget Office to provide an assessment of the Appropriation Bill. In answer to the Committee members questions, the PBO spoke about whether the allocations to specific departments were adequate for them to carry out their mandate; the effect of ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2022 Division of Revenue Bill: Finalisation & Committee Report
22 Mar 2022
The Committee met to adopt consider and adopt the Committee Report on the 2022 Division of Revenue Bill.
Members made amendments to the Report that:
-National Treasury come up with a mechanism to ensure the work contracted by government is equitably spread amongst service providers, ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2022 Division of Revenue Bill: public hearings
16 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting the Committee held public hearings on the 2022 Division of Revenue Bill. Two organisations presented oral submissions.
The Women on Farms Project said that despite significant gains in democratic South Africa, farmworkers remain poor, marginalised and vulnerable. Women farmworkers and dwellers remain landless, experience evictions, ...