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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SASSA irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure, deviations: hearing with Minister
22 May 2018
Documents handed out: Deviations 2016/17 [presented at next meeting]; DPCI Presentation [not available to public]
The Committee questioned the absence of former Acting SASSA CEO Ms Pearl Bengu. It was revealed that she was on sick leave, and Members requested the provision of a doctor’s certificate. Concerns were raised about the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Municipal Debt owed to Eskom: inputs by Eskom, COGTA, SALGA, National Treasury
16 May 2018
SCOPA met with Eskom, Department of Cooperative Governance (COGTA), South African Local Government Association (SALGA), and National Treasury to discuss municipal debts owed to Eskom. The Committee was concerned about the dangers the mounting debt posed to the financial sustainability of Eskom and the economy.
Eskom had reported in its ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
National Departments & Entities Q1 deviations & expansions: National Treasury briefing (postponed)
9 May 2018
SCOPA cancelled its meeting with National treasury on deviations and expansions for National Departments and entities for the first quarter of 2018 because of the absence of the Director General. The absence of the Director General (DG) irked members of the committee because they were interested in questioning him on ...
Water and Sanitation
Parliamentary Inquiry into Department of Water and Sanitation: terms of reference
8 May 2018
Documents: Draft Terms of Reference for the establishment of a Commission of inquiry into the functioning of the Department of Water and Sanitation; Draft Guidelines on the Scope of Inquiry
A joint meeting was held by the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Forensic Data Analysts (FDA) & other contracts with SAPS: hearing with Police Minister
2 May 2018
The SAPS Commissioner briefed the Committee on Forensic Data Analysts (FDA) switching off the SAPS systems on 4 April 2018. The Property Control and Exhibit Management (PCEM) system, the Firearm Permit System (FPS) and the Analytical Capabilities and Visualisation System had since been switched back on, after the State Information ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SAA 2016/17 financial statements & irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure: hearing
24 Apr 2018
SAA Annual Report 2017
The hearing on South African Airways was attended by the Deputy Finance Minister, Mondli Gungubele, who had been delegated by the Minister of Finance to lead an oversight team from National Treasury to meet weekly with South African Airways during its grave financial crisis. The SAA ...
Finance Standing Committee
Steinhoff: follow-up meeting
28 Mar 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ye4XmL6Bu4
The Standing Committee on Finance; the Standing Committee on Public Accounts; the Portfolio Committee on Public Administration and the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry held a second briefing on the Steinhoff matter. Steinhoff legal representatives from Werkmans Attorneys; PricewaterhouseCoopers; the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC); the Johannesburg ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation challenges: SIU, AGSA & National Treasury input
27 Mar 2018
A joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts met to be briefed by the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) and National Treasury on challenges facing the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). The AGSA briefed the Committees on irregular payments and ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
NPA cases: National Director progress report
14 Mar 2018
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) briefed the Committee on cases currently being handled, and acknowledged that the scourge of both private and public sector corruption, money laundering, illicit financial flows, terror financing, collusive behaviour and organised crimes in all their forms and manifestations corroded the very fabric of South Africa’s ...
Water and Sanitation
Parliamentary Inquiry into Department of Water and Sanitation: planning
14 Mar 2018
Documents Presented: Draft Terms of Reference for the Establishment for a Commission of Inquiry [not available for public]
This was a joint meeting between the Parliamentary Committee for Water and Sanitation and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) to discuss terms of reference for an investigation into the Department ...