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Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Department of Social Development 2017/18 Annual Report, with AGSA input & MEC present
9 Oct 2018
The Committee met with the Department of Social Development to discuss its 2017/18 Annual Report following a briefing by the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA). The Provincial Minister was present.
The Provincial Minister, in his remarks, said the Department has a very broad mandate and extensive statutory framework. Its primary role ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Western Cape Government Quarter 1, 2 & 3 investigation: Provincial Forensic Services briefing
19 Sep 2018
SCOPA met to receive a report from Provincial Forensic Services (PFS) on the outcomes of its investigations in quarters 1, 2 and 3 of 2017/18. It was also briefed by the Department of Transport and Public Works (DOTP) Government Motor Transport (GMT) on the benefits it provided for user departments. ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board 2016/17 performance; CapeNature & Western Cape Nature Conservation Board conflict of interest
12 Sep 2018
The Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board (WCGRB) reported on its 2016/17 performance.
The Board presented that the planned target Board meetings for the year 2016/ 2017 was 35, however the Board had 14 additional meetings in that period. The WCGRB stated that the value derived from the additional meetings ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Community Development Workers: briefing by Department of Local Government
22 Aug 2018
The Western Cape Department of Local Government (DLG) briefed the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on the effectiveness of the Community Development Workers Programme (CDWP).
The role of the community development workers (CDWs) was to bring government closer to the people. They gave people access to government services and relevant ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Department of Transport & Public Works debt mitigation; CIDB Grade 9 tender risks; CIDB Grades 1 & 2 service providers
20 Jun 2018
The Department of Transport and Public Works (DTPW) briefed the Committee on the issues raised in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) annual report, and focused on three areas:
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Virements monitoring: Department of the Premier briefing
13 Jun 2018
The Committee met with the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of the Premier, Western Cape Province, to be briefed on the guidelines to the use of virements. The intention was to empower Committee Members to be able to understand the principles and process of virements so that Members could ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Western Cape Education Department: irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure investigations & minimisation; accruals & overpayments
6 Jun 2018
The Committee received an update from the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) on how far implementation had gone regarding the Internal Audit Committee’s recommendations made during the 2016/17 financial year to improve the Department’s work across a number of areas. The briefing also took the time to deliberate on more ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Department of Health electronic systems for performance reporting; asset management; salary overpayments & recovery
16 May 2018
Members of the Committee heard a briefing by the Western Cape Department of Health on the roll out of an electronic filing system to improve reliability of information on reported performance; the User Asset Management Plan (U-AMP) including all associated costs and challenges relating to the upgrading and eradication of ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
​Department of Community Safety on Wolwekloof Academy 2014/15 financial year
9 May 2018
Report of the meeting to follow.
Budget (WCPP)
Committee Report on the Negotiating Mandate on the Division of Revenue Bill
20 Mar 2018
The Committee met briefly to consider its negotiating mandate report on the Division of Revenue Bill.
The DA's position -which was supported by the majority – was against supporting the Bill. The party highlighted that the cuts in the allocation – amounting to R1,5 billion over the Medium Term Expenditure ...