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National Youth Development Agency appointments
Shortlisting of candidates
7 Dec 2016
The Committee at the outset of the meeting briefly discussed the matter of what the appropriate number of shortlisted candidates should be. Members were aware that there were only seven positions on the NYDA Board. The number of applications received for the seven positions totalled 487. The Committee in the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Adjustments Appropriation Bill; Finance Bill: briefing by National Treasury
1 Dec 2016
National Treasury briefed a joint meeting of the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations on the 2016 Adjustments Appropriations Bill and the 2016 Finance Bill.
Members were informed about the different aspects of the Adjustments Appropriations Bill, which included unforeseeable and unavoidable expenditure, virements, roll-overs, self-financing expenditure, and declared unspent ...
NCOP Finance
Taxation Laws & Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bills; Rates & Monetary Amounts & Amendment of Revenue Laws & Administration Bills: briefing
30 Nov 2016
National Treasury and SARS briefed the Members on the two sets of Bills that were already voted on by the Standing Committee on Finance. The brief focused on the main amendments and issues raised during public comments. The main changes are: the Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme has been extended to ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament's performance in first half of 2016/17: briefing by Secretary to Parliament & Parliamentary Budget Office
23 Nov 2016
Parliament was to surrender R72 million to the National Treasury because it had not used it. This emerged during discussion when the Secretary to Parliament briefed the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament about the mid-term performance of the institution. The Committee also heard that the performance ...
Joint Rules
Public Participation Model; Joint Sitting rulings; Review of Joint Rules progress report; Speaker's conduct 22 November 2016
23 Nov 2016
The Committee met to engage on the proposed Public Participation Model, joint sitting rulings, to receive a progress report on the review of the Joint Rules of Parliament, and to discuss the conduct of the Speaker of the National Assembly.
The draft Public Participation Model was circulated but Members complained ...
Finance Standing Committee
Taxation Laws Amendment & Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill; Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bills: voting; “Twin Peaks” Bill deliberations
22 Nov 2016
The Committee met to discuss outstanding matters on the Tax Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB) and Rates and Monetary Amounts Amendment Bill. The Financial Sector Regulation Bill was also discussed and the DA believed that the Committee could not vote on the Bill yet. The Chairperson felt that the DA was ...
Finance Standing Committee
2016 MTBPS: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
1 Nov 2016
The PBO presented its MTBPS analysis to the four Committees. It gave members highlights from the Ministers MTBPS speech and some highlights included stabilising debt as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), stimulating growth, increasing revenue growth and creating more government efficiency. PBO gave an outline of reprioritisation to ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2016: Minister of Finance and National Treasury briefings
27 Oct 2016
Documents Handed Out:
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: National Treasury presentation [awaited]
The National Treasury and the Minister of Finance briefed the Committee with a full and detailed presentation on the main messages of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). This emphasised the trying economic environment in which the ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Committee Report on Parliament’s 2015/16 Annual Report
21 Oct 2016
Documents handed out:
Committee Report on of the Republic of SA’s 2015/16 Annual Report
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament adopted two sets of minutes and a draft report. All the documents are about the Parliament’s ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance & 2017/18 draft budget and annual performance plan
19 Oct 2016
Report of the meeting to follow.