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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Non-Tabling of Annual Report: Department of Water and Sanitation
11 Mar 2020
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The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) was briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on the non-tabling of its Annual Report, and condemned what seemed to be an abuse ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
ESKOM Update on SCOPA recommendations on oversight
4 Mar 2020
The Board of Eskom was greeted with strong criticism from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for its absence at the previous meeting, and for the late arrival of documentation which impacted on its ability to conduct effective oversight. The Chairperson said the Board was the accounting authority, and if ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Inter-Ministerial Task Team & stakeholders on Eskom debt; with COGTA Minister
4 Mar 2020
ATC191016: Report of SCOPA on its oversight visit to ESKOM and its projects of Medupi and Kusile, from 26 to 30 August 2019, dated 16 October 2019
ESKOM Update on SCOPA recommendations following oversight visit, with Deputy Minister
The Chairperson said that there seemed to be no coordinated approach that ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
DPW & Property Management Trading Entity Annual Reports: hearing with Minister
3 Mar 2020
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) appeared before the Committee for a hearing that focused on issues involving management of contract expenditure, and investigations into alleged corruption involving senior officials in supply chain management.
The Members questioned why the Department had such a large backlog ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SAA outstanding matters: update, with Minister
19 Feb 2020
Public Finance Management Act
06 December 2019 - SAA business rescue process
05 December 2019 - SAA to enter into business rescue
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) held a joint meeting with the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises to receive an update on the state of affairs at ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
ESKOM Update on SCOPA recommendations following oversight visit, with Deputy Minister
18 Feb 2020
The purpose of the meeting was for Eskom to address the Report of the Standing Committee on Public ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
PRASA financial management and regression: follow-up meeting; with Minister & Administrator
5 Feb 2020
The Committee held a follow-up meeting with PRASA to discuss the entity’s financial management and regression. The Minister of Transport was ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Public Works on plan to address ESKOM debt, with Minister
4 Feb 2020
Appearing before SCOPA on Tuesday, Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille unveiled the work of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) in addressing the municipal services debt owed by government departments to municipalities. Government is required to pay rates for properties owned by it and for ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
COGTA plans to resolve municipal debt to Eskom; with Deputy Ministers
3 Dec 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) on its plans to resolve the problem of municipal debt to Eskom. Representatives of Eskom, the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and National Treasury were in attendance. The presentation noted that not just municipalities but ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Correctional Services 2018/2019 financial statements, deviations, expansions, irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure: Follow-up hearing
27 Nov 2019
The Committee continued its review of the registers of fruitless, wasteful and irregular expenditure of the Department of Correctional Services. It discussed the Department’s capacity challenges, and then the Committee probed several individual cases of fruitless and wasteful expenditure, and continued to probe particular cases in the register of irregular ...