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NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill: final mandates; Committee Report on Division of Revenue Amendment Bill
24 Nov 2015
The Committee had held a meeting on 17 November and two matters were raised that necessitated the need to obtain legal opinion. These were: whether the Select Committee may consider a Bill and the negotiating mandates from Provincial Legislatures prior to the National Assembly passing the Bill which it only ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill [B27-2015]: final Mandates: Decision deferred
18 Nov 2015
The Committee met to consider the final mandates on the 2015 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill from Provinces. The Parliamentary Legal Advisers were present to give guidance to Members. The Committee Secretary announced that six final mandates had been presented, and of those, five were in favour of the Bill. ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill [B27-15]: negotiating mandates
17 Nov 2015
The Committee met to hear the negotiating mandates presented by the provinces on the 2015 Division of Revenue Bill (DORB). Members discussed at length whether or not it was procedurally correct for the Committee to hear negotiating mandates at this meeting, because the National Assembly (NA) would only be dealing ...
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 ...
NCOP Finance
Taking Parliament to the People: Committee Researcher's Analysis; Follow up on Western Cape financial issues considered during earlier oversight: Provincial Treasury briefing
4 Nov 2015
The Select Committee on Finance noted that the MEC for Finance, Western Cape, had responded to concerns that were discussed previously, and had submitted a full response to the House Chairperson. Fourteen matters of concern were addressed in that letter. It was noted that the Select Committee on Finance, together ...
Finance Standing Committee
2015 Revised Fiscal Framework Report (MTBPS): consideration
3 Nov 2015
The DA submitted that a number of core issues were not included in the observations and recommendations. These included concern over the rate of economic growth; changed policies for growth; expenditure; a lack of long-term fiscal guidelines; cost containment measures; the contingency reserve; debt levels; fiscal risks and the Public ...
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 ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill [B27-2015]; Adjustment Appropriation Bill [B28-2015]: briefing
23 Oct 2015
Awaited documents: Draft Report on 2015 Adjustment Budget; Draft Report on 2015 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill[available once published on the ATC]
National Treasury met with both the Standing Committee and the Select Committee on Appropriations to brief them on the Adjustment Budget for 2015 as contained in the two Bills. ...
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 ...
NCOP Finance
Turks and Caicos Islands; Brazil; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Uruguay; Zimbabwe tax agreements; Committee Reports on Provincial Treasuries & Kwa-Zulu Natal oversight
14 Oct 2015
The Select Committee on Finance was briefed on the amended Tax Treaty with Zimbabwe by National Treasury. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) conducted a briefing on five international agreements with Brazil, Turks and Caicos Islands, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Uruguay which aimed to remove barriers to cross-border trade ...