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NCOP Appropriations
Municipal Infrastructure Grant rollovers for the past 5 financial years: hearings with National Treasury
17 May 2016
The National Treasury briefed the Committee on the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) roll-overs for the past five financial years (2011-2016). It was highlighted that the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo had received the highest MIG allocations in the 2010/11 to 2014/15 financial years, while Gauteng, Northern Cape and Western Cape ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Election of Co-Chairpersons
5 May 2016
The Chairpersons for both the National Assembly (NA) and National Council of Provinces (NCOP) component of the new Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament were elected.
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B2-16]: final mandates
3 May 2016
Final mandates on the Division of Revenue Bill were received from seven provinces and they all approved the Bill. The minimum requirement is five provinces.
The Committee Report on the Division of Revenue Bill was considered and adopted. An important Committee recommendation was that the Department of Monitoring and Evaluation ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B2-2016]: public hearings
12 Apr 2016
The SALGA submission stated that there had to be increased accountability and consequences for management of limited resources by local government. Within the context of decreased allocations, SALGA argued for protection of allocations to poor and rural municipalities. The serious decline in the Municipal Systems Improvement Grant was cause for ...
NCOP Appropriations
Provincial conditional grants 3rd quarter 2015 performance: National Treasury briefing
5 Apr 2016
National Treasury provided the expenditure figures for each of the nine provinces. The required norm is 75% spent by the end of the third quarter. Percentages fell short of the required percentage in many instances. Grants where underspending was most prevalent were Agriculture; Arts and Culture; Social Development, and the ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
Deliberations by Committee on candidates that were interviewed; Adoption of Outstanding Committee Minutes
30 Mar 2016
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) deliberated on the 12 candidates that had been interviewed on 29 March 2016.
The Committee first adopted minutes of its meetings from 2 March 2016 to 29 March 2016. Several Members expressed ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
Interviews of Short-listed candidates for National Youth Development Agency Board
29 Mar 2016
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency interviewed 12 candidates who would serve on the NYDA Board.
The following candidates were interviewed by the Committee:
National Youth Development Agency appointments
Short-listing of candidates for interviews
23 Mar 2016
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency short-listed 13 candidates who would be interviewed on 29 and 30 March 2016.
NCOP Finance
Revenue Laws Amendment Bill [B6-2016]: briefing, consideration and adoption
16 Mar 2016
The Committee was briefed by National Treasury on the Revenue Laws Amendment Bill and considered and approved the Bill, with the DA dissenting. The Bill provides an amendment to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act to postpone the commencement date from 1 March 2016 to 1 March 2018 for certain provisions ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
Joint Committee Programme: adoption
9 Mar 2016
The Ad Hoc Committee on Appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency met for the consideration and adoption of the Joint Committee Programme.
The Ad Hoc Committee on Appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) adopted its Joint Committee Programme.