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Finance Standing Committee
Public Finance Management Amendment Bills: Motions of Desirability
15 Jun 2022
The Committee met to consider motions of desirability on two Private Members’ Bills to amend the Public Finance Management Act. The majority of Members rejected the motions.
DA Members sponsoring the Public Finance Management Amendment Bills argued that the Committee should agree to the proposed amendments rather than accept ...
Finance Standing Committee
Public Finance Management Amendment Bills: response to submissions
14 Jun 2022
The virtual meeting dealt with the responses to National Treasury submission on the two Private Members Bills amending the Public Finance Management Act.
• The Public Finance Management Amendment Bill [B41-2018] drafted by MP Lees aims to amend the Public Finance Management Act to provide for parliamentary oversight when ...
Finance Standing Committee
Public Finance Management Amendment Bills: public hearings
7 Jun 2022
The Committee held public hearings on two Private Members’ Bills (Public Finance Management Amendment Bill [B41-2018] and [B13-2020]) seeking to amend the Public Finance Management Act.
Only one oral submission from Lebut Solutions JW was made. The company’s submission proposed additional clauses to both Bills and did not speak ...
Social Development
New regulations on the payment of SRD Grant: DSD & SASSA briefing, with Ministry
3 Jun 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by officials from the Department of Social Development (DSD) and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), regarding the new regulations on the payment of the Social Relief Distress (SRD) grant and other social grants.
The Minister of ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
ESKOM Oversight Visit Report
25 May 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, considered and adopted the report on its ...
Finance Standing Committee
MP Lees PMB Public Finance Management A/B & MP Cachalia PMB Public Finance Management A/B
17 May 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing on two Private Members’ Bills that seek to amend the Public Finance Management Act, namely the Public Finance Management Amendment Bill [B41 – 2018] and the Public Finance Management Amendment Bill [B13 – 2020].
The first bill was proposed by ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Disposal of SAA government majority shareholding; with Ministers
10 May 2022
In a virtual meeting the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) was briefed by the Department of Public Enterprises on the disposal of 51% of SAA. National Treasury was meant to brief SCOPA too but the presentation it sent to the Committee was withdrawn before the meeting.
The DPE ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Road Accident Fund & South African Airways 2017/18 Annual Report, with AGSA input
4 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Auditor-General of South Africa on the audit outcomes of the Road Accident Fund and South African Airways. The Road Accident Fund had been given a disclaimed audit because it used the International Public Sector Accounting Standards 42 (IPSAS 42). ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Quarter 4 2021/22 National deviations & expansions; Treasury Instruction Note 3 of 2021/22
3 May 2022
In this virtual meeting, National Treasury briefed the Committee on the deviations and expansions for National Departments and entities for quarter four of 2021/22.
There was a total of 88 Government institutions that applied, numbering 172 applications, worth a grand total of R14 356 311 098.01. Some of the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
PRASA hearing on irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure 2020/21; with Minister
29 Mar 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee conducted a hearing on the annual report and financial statements for the Passenger Rail of South Africa (PRASA) for the 2020/21 financial year, as well as irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure relating to the entity.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula ...