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GCIS on social grants & water crisis public awareness; 30 per cent ad spend; SABC / MDDA Board appointment procedure; with Minister & Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2018
The Committee met with the new Minister and Deputy Minister as well as the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) to discuss a variety of issues. This included: GCIS audience segmentation model in relation to the public awareness plans on the distribution of social grants and national water crisis and ...
Finance Standing Committee
Pre-Budget briefing by Parliamentary Budget Office
20 Feb 2018
The Standing Committees on Finance and Appropriations, together with the Select Committees on Finance and Appropriations held a pre-budget briefing with the Parliamentary Budget Office.
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) indicated that the state of the nation address (SONA) had paved the way for stakeholders and set an overall positive ...
Finance Standing Committee
Steinhoff International challenges
31 Jan 2018
The Standing Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration held a joint briefing on the Steinhoff crisis together with National Treasury, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), the Financial Services Board (FSB), the ...
Finance Standing Committee
Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Annual Report
30 Jan 2018
The Development Bank of Southern Africa presented its annual report to the Committee, during which it explained its mandate -- infrastructure development both in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa -- and outlined the projects that it was supporting.
The sectors that had ...
Finance Standing Committee
SARS Commissioner on Makwakwa; Symington & SARS intelligence unit
5 Dec 2017
The Committee met with the South African Revenue Service (SARS) for follow-up discussions on Mr Jonas Makwakwa matter; Mr Vlok Symington matter; and further responses to the SARS Commissioner’s letter on KPMG report on SARS intelligence unit.
On the Makwakwa matter, the Committee was first briefed by Hogan Lovells, the ...
Finance Standing Committee
SAA Quarterly Report
29 Nov 2017
The South African Airways (SAA) presented its: quarterly report; progress in implementation of the 5-Year Corporate Plan; specific financial issues relating to government guarantees and repayment obligations; as well as conditions for recapitalisation. National Treasury also highlighted progress in coming up with the new state-owned enterprises (SOE) engagement framework.
The ...
Finance Standing Committee
SARS Commissioner on SARS Annual Report and Makwakwa
28 Nov 2017
The agenda for this meeting was the 2016/17 SARS Annual Report; the return to work of suspended SARS Executive, Mr Jonas Makwakwa; the Vlok Symington matter, the SARS Commissioner letter on the KPMG “intelligence report”; illicit financial flows probes; and a proposed judicial commission on SARS. Due to the time ...
Finance Standing Committee
Insurance Bill; Venda Pension Matter: finalisation
21 Nov 2017
The Committee met for the finalisation of the Insurance Bill and the Venda Pension matter. As mandated by the Committee, National Treasury had made further changes to the transformation clauses of the Insurance Bill. There was nothing new in terms of policy; amendments were meant to ensure consistency in the ...
Finance Standing Committee
Amended Financial Services Sector: DTI briefing; Transformation of the Financial Sector Transformation Committee Report & Proposed Fiscal Policy Framework: finalisation
15 Nov 2017
The Standing Committee on Finance and Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry together with the Department of Trade and Industry met for further discussions on the Transformation of the Financial Sector Report. This was report one of two, the second report would be discussed in 2018.
The Department of Trade ...
Finance Standing Committee
Public Investment Corporation + Government Employees Pension Fund Follow Up Meeting, with Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2017
The Committee met with the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and the Government Employees’ Pension Fund (GEPF) for a follow up meeting based on previously adopted Committee resolutions. In the main, the Committee wanted to be provided with the rationale of the proposed PIC forensic investigations, and to know if there ...