Mr Vincent George Smith

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Vincent George Smith

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Standing Committee on Auditor General Review of Public Audit Act: further discussion with Auditor-General
    25 Aug 2017

    The Committee was briefed by the Auditor-General on the review of the Public Audit Act and proposed amendments for a Public Audit Amendment Bill (PAAB). The Committee had asked the Auditor-General to clarify certain aspects based on his original March 2017 briefing. These were defining undesirable audit outcomes; criteria for ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties Political discussion on regulatory framework (continued)
    23 Aug 2017

    Documents handed out: Version 2 and 3 of the Working Document (not yet available to public; available later)

    The Committee continued its political discussion on the regulatory framework on the funding of represented political parties, using Version 2 of its Working Document.

    The previous day it had agreed that public ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties Political discussion on regulatory framework
    22 Aug 2017

    Document handed out: Committee Working Document (not available to the public)

    The purpose of the meeting was to consider all the information received from public hearings, to refer to current legislation and to make political decisions about key issues. The basis for work would be a confidential draft document prepared ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties Key areas for inclusion in framework document
    18 Aug 2017

    The research team presented a list of key items that needed to be included in the committee framework document that would be discussed on 22 August.  After the presentation, a productive discussion followed that suggested additions and fleshing out of these key areas.

    It was suggested that before discussing the ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties IEC input on enhanced party funding regulation
    17 Aug 2017

    The IEC Deputy Chairperson said that the IEC believes that it is doing a good job of managing elections but to take on the administration of an enhanced political party funding system would be a bridge too far and could impact negatively on its ability to run free and fair ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties Review of Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act: public hearings day 2
    16 Aug 2017

    The public hearings on political party funding continued. Key issues that arose included the concept of levelling the playing field. Discussion revolved around what it meant in the context of political party funding and to what extent a level playing field had to include those parties that had not met ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties Review of Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act: public hearings day 1
    15 Aug 2017

    The Chairperson explained that the Committee would receive oral submissions from those who had made written submissions on the funding of political parties. He explained that the mandate of the Committee was to look at the current legislation and after the inputs and deliberations, the Committee would have to decide ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties Summary of Submissions; Committee Bill drafting; Programme
    3 Aug 2017

    The Ad Hoc Committee received 16 written submissions and it decided that all those who had made submissions would be invited to the public hearings from 15 to 18 August 2017. The Committee decided that the Chairperson would be flexible about the time available to each presenter to ensure that ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties Election of Chairperson
    21 Jun 2017

    The Committee elected Mr V Smith (ANC) as the Chairperson of the Committee.

    The Committee also discussed the issues around the scope of the Committee and emphasised that is should be worded as the resolution that had been adopted by the House. The Committee would allow three weeks for written ...

  • Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament Parliament 2018/19 draft budget and plans
    14 Jun 2017

    Developments at Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament 
    Committee Puts Record Straight on Purpose of Its Meeting 

    The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament gave the senior managers of the institution a torrid tough time and sent them packing to re-do the financial ...