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Finance Standing Committee
Committee Report on 2018/19 Budget
6 Mar 2018
The Standing Committee on Finance together with the Select Committee on Finance met for consideration and adoption of the Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals (Budget) Report.
The main highlights of the report was as follows: The Committees noted that this was probably the most difficult and challenging budget presented since ...
Finance Standing Committee
2018 Budget: Treasury briefing; Minister & Deputy Minister of Finance Input
22 Feb 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2018 State of the Nation Address
The Standing Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Appropriations, together with the Select Committee on Finance and Select Committee on Appropriations were briefed on the 2018 Budget by the National Treasury in the presence of the Minister of Finance.
The Minister ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament Quarter 3 performance 2017/18: briefing by Acting Secretary to Parliament
21 Feb 2018
Document: Research and Content Analysis Report on Parliament Quarter 3 performance 2017/18 (not available to the public)
After briefings on Parliament Quarter 3 performance 2017/18 by both the Acting Secretary to Parliament and the researchers and analysts, the following concerns were identified:
• Unspent funds should be redirected to the ...
Finance Standing Committee
Pre-Budget briefing by Parliamentary Budget Office
20 Feb 2018
The Standing Committees on Finance and Appropriations, together with the Select Committees on Finance and Appropriations held a pre-budget briefing with the Parliamentary Budget Office.
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) indicated that the state of the nation address (SONA) had paved the way for stakeholders and set an overall positive ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament mid-year performance: Acting Secretary to Parliament
16 Nov 2017
The Acting Secretary to Parliament briefed the Committee on Parliament’s 2017-18 mid-year performance and expenditure. She listed Parliament’s six outcome-oriented goals, and reported that the targets of seven of its 11 indicators (68%) had been achieved during the period. Parliament had spent R1.091 billion, which was 44.9% of the annual ...
Constitutional Review Committee
2016 public submissions: legal opinions
9 Nov 2017
The Joint Committee on Constitutional Review met to hear legal opinion on public submissions received in 2016. Four Parliamentary Legal Advisors presents their opinions on individual submissions.
Among the submissions noted for further consideration was a submission by Mr Gabriel Mathe. He proposed that the Constitution be amended to allow ...
Finance Standing Committee
Rates & Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill: finalisation; Committee Report on MTBPS Revised Fiscal Framework
7 Nov 2017
The Standing and Select Committee on Finance met to deliberate their Revised Fiscal Framework Report. The report was compiled following public hearings on the medium-term budget policy statement (MTBPS). The Committees noted that while they agreed that the primary reason for the revenue shortfall (of R50 billion) was the slow ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2017 MTBPS: Financial and Fiscal Commission submission
7 Nov 2017
The Financial and Fiscal Commission briefed the Committee on the 2017 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement. The main problem, currently, was that the 2017 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement was formulated against a backdrop of an economy mired in low growth, which acted as a dead weight on the country’s ...
Finance Standing Committee
2017 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
31 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) appeared before the joint committees of Finance and Appropriations (National Assembly and National Council of Provinces) to give a post Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) analysis.
The PBO noted that performance of key macroeconomic variables over the past five years has not been impressive. The ...
Finance Standing Committee
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2017: Minister in the Presidency & Minister of Finance briefing
26 Oct 2017
The Minister in the Presidency together with the Minister of Finance, and National Treasury gave presentations on the 2017 Mandate Paper and the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement.
The Minister in the Presidency explained that the purpose of the Mandate Paper is to function as a shorter-term instrument of national planning, ...