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Small Business Development
Committee Report on Department of Small Business Development Budget; Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill: consideration
10 May 2017
Document handed out: Committee Report on Department of Small Business Development Budget [available once published Tabled Committee Reports]
The Committee convened to consider its report on the Department of Small Business Development’s (DSBD’s) Budget Vote for 2017/18, and the implications of proceeding with the Red Tape Impact Assessment Bill.
The ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
MDDA & Brand SA Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy Minister
9 May 2017
The Committee hosted the Minister of Communications and the Deputy Minister, the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) and Brand South Africa to receive briefings on the annual performance plans and engage both agencies.
The Minister in her address on MDDA highlighted that the objective of the MDDA was to ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Film and Publication Board & ICASA on their Annual Performance Plans
3 May 2017
The Films and Publications Board (FPB), and Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) presented their 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan reports. FPB expressed concern on the increase in the number of online sexual abuse content. A robust online content policy had to be put in place and FPB appealed for ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Department of Communications and GCIS Annual Performance Plans, with Deputy Minister
2 May 2017
The Committee Content Advisor, the Department of Communications and Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) presented reports on the 2017/18 Annual Performance Plans. Highlighted in the presentations were concerns about underfunding and delays in meeting digital migration deadlines.
Members expressed concern about posts occupied by personnel in acting capacities. The ...
Energy
PetroSA impairment & turnaround strategy, with Minister
14 Mar 2017
The purpose of the meeting was to get closure on the enormous impairment suffered by PetroSA in the 2014/2015 financial year. The Committee requested information about what led to the loss, who was responsible for it and how those people were held accountable. The Chairperson emphasised the importance of establishing ...
Energy
DOE on its Quarter 2 & 3 Performance, with Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2017
The Department on Energy adjusted total budget is R7.5 billion for 2016/17. The year-to-date budget at the end of Quarter 2 (1 April to 31 August 2016, which was six months), was R5.1 billion. Year-to-date the Department had spent R4.6 billion, leaving a variance of R438 million. The variances were: ...
Energy
Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) & Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) update, with Deputy Minister
14 Feb 2017
The Department of Energy (DoE) took the Committee through the updates on the modelling and conclusion of the Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) and Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). Both policy tools had been allocated a consultation process from November 2016 to March 2017, which has not been finalised as stakeholders’ contributions ...
Energy
Nuclear New Build Programme contracted investigations
29 Nov 2016
The Committee were briefed by the Department of Energy (DOE) on the contracts that it entered into over a five-year period to investigate the procurement of the Nuclear New Build programme (NNBP). The DOE reported on each of the studies carried out highlighting their purpose, output, cost and duration.
The ...
Energy
PetroSA R14.5 bn impairment: decision on whether to close meeting
15 Nov 2016
The Committee held a closed meeting with the senior parliamentary legal advisor to receive guidance on when it is appropriate to close a meeting. This was for the Committee to decide whether to close that day's meeting with PetroSA to discuss the forensic audit report on the R14.5bn impairment. As ...
Energy
Central Energy Fund (CEF) on its Annual Report for 2015/16
8 Nov 2016
Annual Reports 2015/16
The CEF reported that CEF Group had an asset value of R35 billion and currently employed about 2 100 people. Major achievements for the group included an unqualified audit opinion by the Auditor-General. The group of companies had a R16.2 billion cash balance and reported that it ...