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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Public Service Commission consolidated report on compliance with government’s 30 days payment period to service providers
4 Aug 2015
The Committee was briefed on the public hearings which were held regarding compliance with government’s 30 days payment period to service providers.
In May 2012, it was reported by the National Treasury that 3 470 invoices had not been paid by national departments, amounting to approximately R73 million. In addition, ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Reports on Eskom Special Appropriation Bill [B16-2015] & Eskom Subordinated Loan Special Appropriation Amendment Bill [B17-2015]
23 Jun 2015
The Committee adopted the draft report of the Eskom Special Appropriation Bill, which sought to appropriate an additional amount of money for the requirements of the Department of Public Enterprises to increase the State’s equity investment in Eskom Holdings SOC Limited. The Bill provided for an amount of R23 billion ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Eskom Special Appropriation Bill [B16-2015] and Eskom Subordinated Loan Special Appropriation Amendment Bill [B17-2015]: public hearings
19 Jun 2015
The Committee heard three submissions on the Eskom Special Appropriation Bill and Eskom Subordinated Loan Special Appropriation Amendment Bill.
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) presentation set out the state of South Africa's renewable energy sector, and its contributions to the power supply in 2014. The CSIR's analysis ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Eskom Special Appropriation Bill [B16-2015] & Eskom Subordinated Loan Special Appropriation Amendment Bill [B17-2015]: Parliamentary Budget Office & Financial and Fiscal Commission inputs
17 Jun 2015
The committee was briefed by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) and the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on the Eskom Special Appropriation Bill [B16-2015] and the Eskom Subordinated Loan Special Appropriation Amendment Bill [B17-2015].
The PBO submission was divided into four parts: (i) a background to state-owned enterprise (SOE) financing, ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Eskom Special Appropriation Bill [B16-2015]; Eskom Subordinated Loan Special Appropriation Amendment Bill [B17-2015]: Department of Public Enterprises & Eskom briefing
12 Jun 2015
The Committee had asked for presentations by the Department of Public Enterprises and Eskom as part of its preparation for consideration of the Bills under which government would be making special appropriations to Eskom; the Committee had received prior presentations on the Bills themselves. The Department of Public Enterprises firstly ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriations Bill [B16-2015]; Eskom Subordinated Loan Special Appropriation Amendment Bill (2008/09-2010/11 financial years) [B17-2015]: National Treasury briefing
10 Jun 2015
National Treasury presented the contents of the two Bills. Essentially the Eskom Special Appropriations Bill provides for government through the Department of Public Enterprises to purchase R23 billion worth of equity in Eskom, subject to payment of the proceeds from the sale of certain non-strategic assets into the National Revenue ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Reports: Appropriation Bill [B6-2015] & 3rd Quarter 2014/15 Performance Patterns
3 Jun 2015
This was a Meeting of about thirty minutes consisting of Committee Members and Researchers. Members made a few corrections pertaining to wording of the draft reports and the necessary changes were effected. There was also a recommendation made in the reports dealing with third quarter expenditure patterns, that the Human ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Reports on Appropriation Bill [B6-2015] & 3rd Quarter 2014/15 Expenditure Patterns
2 Jun 2015
The Committee Reports on the Appropriation Bill and 3rd Quarter 2014/15 Expenditure Patterns were considered and the proposed amendments will be effected so the reports can be adopted on 3 June 2015.
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill [B6-2015] :Department of Trade and Industry
27 May 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) briefed the Standing Committee on the impact of the Appropriation Bill on its work, setting out its main focus areas, strategic plans, budget and highlighted areas. The Department aimed to contribute to building a dynamic, industrial, globally competitive South African economy that was ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill 2015: implications for Department of Human Settlements
15 May 2015
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) had been asked to give a presentation to the Committee on the effect of the 2015 Appropriation Bill and described its budget, programme structure, amounts budgeted, focus areas and challenges to the Committee. The Strategic Plan for 2014 to 2019 set out that the ...