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SABC on contract deviations & expansions: follow-up; with Deputy Minister
1 Sep 2020
Video: Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 1 September 2020
The Committee held a follow-up virtual meeting with the SABC on expansions and deviations at the public broadcaster. The Deputy Minister of Communications was in attendance.
The SABC indicated that the information submitted on deviations and expansions predates the current board ...
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ESKOM on outstanding matters (meeting postponed)
26 Aug 2020
The Committee was scheduled to have a virtual meeting with ESKOM on outstanding matters related to investigation of the Chief Operation Officer; cases handed over to law enforcement agencies as well as contracts and lifestyle audits for 2018/2019.
However, the Eskom board chairperson informed the Committee that morning via SMS ...
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Beitbridge border fence findings; with Minister, SIU, Treasury
25 Aug 2020
Video: Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 25 August 2020
The virtual meeting was a follow up to the 3 June meeting to investigate irregular conduct around the emergency procurement process for a 2.2m fence put in place at a 40m stretch of the Beitbridge border post between South Africa and ...
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COVID-19 procurement corruption: Inter-Ministerial Committee briefing
21 Aug 2020
Video: Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 21 August 2020
The focal point of the meeting was the effectiveness of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) to expedite consequence management for the COVID-19 procurement corruption allegations. The Portfolio Committee expressed its dissatisfaction that only three of the five Ministers serving on the IMC ...
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SIU on terms of reference for COVID-19 PPE procurement
19 Aug 2020
Video: Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 19 August 2020
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) met to be briefed by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on the terms of reference for the procurement of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the COVID-19 pandemic.
The SIU was tasked to probe the ...
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SABC on deviations and expansions; with Deputy Minister
28 Jul 2020
Video: Standing Committee on Public Accounts, (NA) 28 July 2020
The Chairperson opened the virtual meeting by detailing the fact that the meeting would be divided into three, with three Members taking lead in the questioning of the South African Broadcasting Authority (SABC) and the rest of the Members having ...
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Follow-up correspondences and outstanding information from Content Adviser
15 Jul 2020
Video: Standing Committee on Public Accounts, (National Assembly) 15 July 2020
Audio: Follow-up correspondences and outstanding information from Content Adviser
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) expressed concern at the delays and lack of response to its requests to government departments and entities to provide reports on challenges affecting ...
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State funerals fraud investigation: DPWI corrective measures; with Minister
8 Jul 2020
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) appeared before the Committee to discuss the implementation of disciplinary action relating to allegations of irregularities in the procurement of services for State funerals.
The ...
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UIF disbursements for Covid-19 Lockdown; with Deputy Minister
26 Jun 2020
Video: Standing Committee on Public Accounts, 26 JUNE 2020
Audio: UIF on disbursement of funds during Covid 19 Lockdown
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) was briefed by the Unemployment Insurance Fund on the COVID-19 relief operations for businesses and employees affected by the national lockdown regulations. The UIF ...
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Department of Water and Sanitation investigations: SIU status report
19 Jun 2020
Audio: Part 2
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts was briefed by the Special Investigating Unit on the status of its investigations involving the Department of Water and Sanitation. Cases included Mhlathuze Water Board, Vuwani Steel Pipeline, Lepelle Northern Water, Gauteng Department of Human Settlements, DWS SAP licence contract, Umgeni ...