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Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review: adoption of programme for public hearings
10 May 2018
The meeting concerned the programme to facilitate public hearings on the proposed review of section 25 of the Constitution to provide for the expropriation of land without compensation.
Chairperson Smith noted the public hearings were originally scheduled to begin at the end of May 2018. The NCOP however had to ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: final mandates
1 May 2018
The National Treasury briefed the Committee on the responses to recommendations contained in the negotiating mandates of provincial legislatures. Several provinces had raised concerns about the state of provincial roads and funding for maintenance and improvement. There were concerns about the equitable share and the criteria used to determine it. ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B2-2018]: negotiating mandates
24 Apr 2018
The Select Committee of Appropriations met to consider the provincial negotiating mandates on the Division of the Revenue Bill by the nine South African Provinces. Eight out of the nine provinces voted in favour of the Bill; the Western Cape voted against the Bill. North West had held its meeting ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: Kagiso Trust & Equal Education submissions & Treasury response
17 Apr 2018
Key focus areas for Kagiso Trust included support early child development (ECD), emerging farmers, and emerging businesses in construction, real estate and agriculture. Kagiso motivated for ease of state partnerships with non profit organizations (NPOs), as it related to opportunities for access to grants for co-funding partnerships with the state ...
NCOP Appropriations
2018 Division of Revenue Bill: National Treasury briefing, Financial Fiscal Commission & SALGA submission
20 Mar 2018
The Committee received input from National Treasury, the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and South African Local Government Association (SALGA) on the 2018 Division of Revenue Bill.
The National Treasury briefing focussed on the consultative Division of Revenue Bill process that involved many stakeholders like the Budget Council (Finance Minister ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review: proposed programme for public hearings
20 Mar 2018
The Joint Committee on Constitutional Review was given a mandate by the National Assembly and the National Provincial Council of Provinces to review of Section 25 of the Constitution, and other clauses where necessary, to make it possible for the state to expropriate land in the public interest without compensation. ...
Finance Standing Committee
Land Bank 2016/17 Annual Report
7 Mar 2018
2016/17 Annual Reports
The Standing Committee on Finance and the Select Committee on Finance were briefed by the Land Bank on its 2016/17 annual report.
The Land Bank, in placing its financial results in context, highlighted that the agricultural sector was still recovering from the two years of drought, and ...
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 ...
Defence
International peacekeeping operations: SANDF & DIRCO briefing
2 Mar 2018
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) spoke about SANDF involvement in international peacekeeping operations. The brief was particularly relevant as the Joint Committee would visit SANDF members deployed in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from the 25 ...
Finance Standing Committee
2018 Budget: public hearings
28 Feb 2018
The Standing Committee of Finance and the Select Committee on Finance held public hearings on the 2018 Budget (Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals).
The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) acknowledged that during the 2018 Budget presentation, the Minister had reinforced the message of the President in that this ...