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NCOP Appropriations
National Health Insurance Grant projects; Department of Health and National Treasury on its expenditure & overall performance
9 Jun 2015
The Select Committee on Appropriations was briefed by delegations from the National Treasury and the National Department of Health about the expenditure and performance of the National Health Insurance pilot programme, which was in its fourth year of a 15-year rollout.
The National Treasury presented expenditure trends of the National ...
NCOP Finance
National and Provincial Treasury briefings on provincial fiscal patterns: Limpopo and Western Cape
5 Jun 2015
National Treasury, and the Western Cape and Limpopo Provincial Treasuries presented briefings on the financial and fiscal position in these provinces, including revenue and expenditure budgets. National Treasury gave an overview of the position, highlighting the main patterns of spending and some of the challenges.
National Treasury noted that Limpopo ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Election of Chairperson
4 Jun 2015
The Committee met briefly to conclude the election of the co-chairpersons for the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals. Those elected were Ms N Bhengu (ANC) and Mr T Motalshuping (ANC; North West) No further recommendations or proposals were discussed.
NCOP Finance
Financial and Fiscal Commission Amendment Bill [B1-2015]: negotiating mandates; Committee reports: New Development Bank & Treaty for Establishment of BRICS Contingent Reserve arrangement
3 Jun 2015
The provincial legislatures read out their negotiating mandates in respect of the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) Amendment Bill. This Bill received support from Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KZN, Northern Cape and Limpopo without any amendments.
Mpumalanga was generally in favour of the Bill but suggested that clause 6 be amended, ...
Basic Education
Educational Infrastructure Grants & Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Institute: Department of Basic Education & National Treasury briefing
2 Jun 2015
National Treasury began the presentation discussing the Education Infrastructure Grant and School Infrastructure Backlogs Grant. There had been a significant improvement in spending on the Infrastructure Backlogs Grant. In the current year 2015/2016, provinces had become heavily dependent on grants for infrastructure and were contributing little from their own fiscus. ...
NCOP Finance
Committee Report on Banks Amendment Bill
14 May 2015
The Select Committee on Finance considered the report on the Banks Amendment Bill. The Bill was previously agreed to by the Standing Committee on Finance and was officially referred to the Select Committee on Finance by the National Assembly in the previous week.
The Committee adopted the report on the ...
NCOP Appropriations
How Local Government & Provincial Equitable Share Formulas work: Treasury briefing; Stoppage of Local Government Equitable Share to 60 municipalities: FFC briefing
13 May 2015
National Treasury
Treasury said that local government and provinces were entitled to the equitable share to provide basic services and perform prescribed functions. Budgetary conditions were set as well others requirements to ensure the money was used as allocated. There were controls over how the money was spent based on ...
NCOP Finance
Auditing Profession Amendment Bill: National Treasury briefing & adoption; Banks Amendment Bill, Financial &Fiscal Commission Amendment Bill: National Treasury briefings
6 May 2015
National Treasury presented a briefing on the Auditing Profession Amendment Bill. Auditors were regulated by the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA), whose primary objective was to protect the public through the regulation of the auditing profession. The objects of the Amendment Bill were to provide for the regulation of ...
NCOP Finance
National Treasury briefings: Tax treaties & double-taxation agreements with Cameroon, Qatar, Hong Kong, Lesotho, Cyprus; Exchange Information agreement with Grenada; BRICS New Development Bank & Contingent Reserve Arrangement
28 Apr 2015
National Treasury briefed the Committee on the purpose and effect of tax treaties, protocols and double taxation agreements in general, pointing out where these were authorised by the Constitution, what the requirements were, particularly the requirement that they be ratified by Parliament, and how any tax treaties so adopted were ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B5-2015] negotiating mandates: National Treasury response; Final mandates
28 Apr 2015
National Treasury responded to comment and recommendations made by Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga Negotiating Mandates.
In the discussion that followed, Members suggested that perhaps provincial legislatures needed to meet with the Financial Fiscal Commission more than once a year. There seemed to be divergent views amongst ...