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NCOP Finance
KZN 2016/17 expenditure: Provincial Treasury report; Transkei Road Transport Corporation Petition report
28 Jun 2017
The National Treasury stated that for KwaZulu-Natal, total accruals and payables increased to R4.2 billion in 2016/17. The bulk of those emanated from Education; Health; Transport and Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The province over collected against its own revenue target. The cash balance declined from R3.5 billion to R2.9 ...
NCOP Appropriations
Committee Report on OR Tambo District Municipality referral
28 Jun 2017
The draft report on the OR Tambo district municipality referral was read through by the Chairperson.
The Acting Chairperson highlighted that the National and Provincial Treasuries; the Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, and the Department of Cooperative Governance, had waited too long to intervene to support and strengthen ...
NCOP Finance
Mpumalanga, Western Cape & Gauteng 2016/17 expenditure: Provincial Treasury reports
14 Jun 2017
Documents awaited:
National Treasury: Provincial budgets and expenditure, 2016/17 [awaited]
National Treasury spoke about the financial performance of Mpumalanga, Western Cape and Gauteng for 2016/17. For Gauteng, Treasury noted underspending on Compensation of Employees (CoE), and overspending in Health and Education. Own revenue collection increased. There were medical negligence claims ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Preparatory meeting: adoption of minutes
14 Jun 2017
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament adopted two sets of minutes and discussed matters that arose from the sets of minutes. Issues on the table were around policy documents and feedback that has not been received from the executive authority regarding concerns from previous meetings the ...
Finance Standing Committee
Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act: workshop
13 Jun 2017
Constitutional and Legal Services Office took the committees through a presentation on the review of the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act. He outlined the rationale for the sequencing of appropriations. The requirement that the Division of Revenue Bill (DORB) and the Appropriation Bill may only be referred ...
NCOP Appropriations
OR Tambo District Municipality appeal against stopping its MIG allocation
6 Jun 2017
Documents handed out:
Committee research document on OR Tambo District Municipality
The meeting was convened in an attempt to resolve a problem experienced by the OR Tambo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape as a result of the stoppage by Treasury of R90 million that had been allocated in terms ...
NCOP Finance
Northern Cape & Limpopo 2016/17 expenditure: Provincial Treasury reports; Limpopo post intervention: National Treasury input
31 May 2017
After the National Treasury had presented an overview of the budget performance of South Africa’s provincial governments, the Northern Cape and Limpopo described the progress which their provinces had made in meeting their budget targets.
The main issue with Northern Cape concerned under-spending. The Health Department had under-spent by R116m, ...
NCOP Appropriations
Urban Settlements Development Grant 2016/17 performance: Department of Human Settlements briefing, with Minister
30 May 2017
The Select Committee on Appropriations was told that the National Development Plan (NDP) emphasised the need for urban reform in order to overcome the legacy of apartheid. The Minister of Finance had indicated that expenditure for the advancement of human settlements would be increased by 8%, and would reach an ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B4-2017]: negotiating mandates
3 May 2017
The Select Committee of Appropriations met to consider the negotiating mandates on the Division of Revenue Bill. All 9 provincial legislatures supported the bill; however the delegates voiced concern about specific issues. Three key issues emerged: first, a general concern regarding the equitable share formula; second, the requirement of additional ...
NCOP Finance
Financial Sector Regulation Bill: deliberations
3 May 2017
National Treasury had effected some changes to the Financial Sector Regulation Bill (the Bill) as a result of comments raised at previous meetings, but still wanted to present those changes formally to the Committee and deal with a couple of other issues. For this reason, officials from National Treasury took ...