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Constitutional Review Committee
Constitutional Amendment submissions: public hearings
15 Apr 2016
The Constitutional Review Committee met to receive four submissions from the public.
Advocate Hoffman, of Accountability Now, proposed that a new anti-corruption commission called an integrity commission be set up. This commission’s role would be to satisfy five criteria in order to conform to the requirements outlined by the Constitutional ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Committee Report on Auditor General South Africa Strategic Plan
13 Apr 2016
The Committee met briefly to adopt Draft Minutes and the Committee’s report on the AG’s Strategic and Budget Plan.
Amendments to the Committee report were made under ‘Background and Introduction’ because a section of the paragraph read as if the Committee had tabled a report to both the National Assembly ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SA Express 2014/15 audit: hearing with Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises
13 Apr 2016
The hearing on the 2014/15 audit by the Auditor-General on South African Express (SAX) raised numerous questions around the finances of the entity. The issues raised by MPs included the following:
- Poor record keeping procedures and unavailability of documents required by the AG during the audit process,
- The ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Committee Reports on AGSA Annual Report, AGSA Strategic Plan and Oversight Visit to Gauteng
16 Mar 2016
Documents Handed Out:
Committee Minutes: 6 November 2015
Committee Report: Oversight Visit Report to Gauteng
Committee Report on the AGSA 2014/15 Annual Report
Committee Report on the AGSA Strategic Plan and Budget 2014 - 2019
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Committee met to adopt ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Correctional Services: hearing with Minister of Justice and Correctional Services (continued)
15 Mar 2016
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services commented on a matter that the National Treasury wanted raised in the meeting, concerning an investigation into a tender issued by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). The Minister objected that this could imply that Treasury was setting itself up as a tender ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Military Veterans 2014/15 Annual Report: hearing with Deputy Minister
9 Mar 2016
Members of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, from both sides of the House, launched a vigorous and forthright interrogation of the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) over its poor performance during the past year. The Deputy Minister, the Acting Director General, the Audit Committee and the turnaround team all ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Compensation Fund on its 2014/15 Annual Report: hearing
2 Mar 2016
The management of the Compensation Fund and the Department of Labour (DOL) came under intense scrutiny when the Fund’s annual report was presented its 2014/15 to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
The first issue raised concerned the suspension from April last year of the Fund’s chief financial officer (CFO) ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Correctional Services qualified audit: hearing with Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services
1 Mar 2016
The Committee received a briefing by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services as part of the ongoing engagement about the qualified audit of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS).
National Treasury first gave input on the DCS tender for the Integrated Inmate Management System (IIMS). The problem with the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
PRASA hearing, with Minister of Transport
23 Feb 2016
The Committee met again, in the presence of the Minister of Transport, to continue to interrogate the 2014/15 Annual Report and financial statements of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and the irregularities reported on by the Auditor-General (AG). These included the purchase of oversized passenger trains and ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Oversight reports & First Term Committee Programme: adoption
3 Feb 2016
The Committee firstly dealt with its draft first term programme. It was decided that it would have a briefing by Auditor-General South Africa on SA Xpress, but due to other commitments this briefing, together with consideration of the Department of Military Veterans and the SA Post Office annual reports be ...