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Standing Committee on Appropriations
MTBPS & Adjustments Appropriation Bill [B28-15]: committee reports; DA proposal to amend Adjustments Appropriation Bill
25 Nov 2015
The Committee Report on the 2015 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement was adopted.
The Democratic Alliance submitted a proposal to amend the Adjustments Appropriation Bill, The motivation for the proposed amendment was the conviction that the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) could not fund the zero fee increase ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Reports: New Development Bank Special Appropriation Bill [B32-15]; Finance Bill [B31-15]; 2015 MTBPS; Adjustments Appropriation Bill [B28-15]
18 Nov 2015
During consideration of the New Development Bank (NDB) Special Appropriation Bill, the Democratic Alliance argued that the country could not afford the R2.2 billion first New Development Bank installment, due in January 2016. Within the context of the higher education funding crisis, it was advisable to use the R2.2 billion ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill [B27-2015]: consideration; Adjustments Appropriation Bill [28-2015]: hearing with Department of Public Works
10 Nov 2015
The Committee firstly discussed its draft Committee Report on the 2015 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill. It was only four pages long and there were a few minor amendments of a technical nature proposed. The Report was adopted, but the DA asked that it be recorded that it reserved its ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
New Development Bank Special Appropriation Bill [B32-15]; Finance Bill [B31-15]: briefing; FFC submissions
6 Nov 2015
National Treasury said the New Development Bank (NDB) was established by an agreement between the governments of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS countries) with the purpose of mobilising alternative sources of financing, strengthening the cooperation among BRICS countries, and complementing existing efforts by other development partners and ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
University Funding & 2015 MTBPS: hearing with DHET & Council on Higher Education, with Minister
4 Nov 2015
A joint meeting of the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations and the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education heard submissions from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the Council on Higher Education (CHE) on the funding of the higher education sector and the post-school education and training ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2015 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS): Public Service Commission briefing
2 Nov 2015
The Public Service Commission (PSC) proposed a strategy for improving management practices in the public service comprising of three elements: professionalising the public service, transforming corporate support practices to focus on outcomes as well as compliance, and improving performance management and accountability structures.
It had identified the country's open system ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2015 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS): Human Science Research Council briefing
30 Oct 2015
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) presented a briefing and analysis of the 2015 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS).The briefing covered the implications and needs of the education and health sectors, the need to have a skilled and capable state, to ensure accelerated economic growth, infrastructure investment, job creation, ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2015 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS): Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) briefing
28 Oct 2015
The meeting was for the presentation by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on the 2015 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). The MTBPS was formulated against the backdrop of an economy that was vulnerable to negative domestic and external factors. Low, fragile growth was making it difficult to tackle ...
Finance Standing Committee
Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) 2015: Parliamentary Budget Office review
27 Oct 2015
The Parliamentary Budget Office provided an analysis of the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement for 2015 to a joint meeting attended by the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations and the Standing and Select Committees on Finance.
The Parliamentary Budget Office generally echoed the concerns contained in National Treasury’s budget policy ...
Finance Standing Committee
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) 2015: Minister of Finance briefing
22 Oct 2015
The Minister of Finance and a delegation from the National Treasury met with a joint committee comprising the Standing Committee on Finance, the Select Committee on Finance, the Standing Committee on Appropriations and the Select Committee on Appropriations. The National Treasury presented the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), which ...