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Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Annual Performance Report 2018/9; Secretary to Parliament disciplinary matter
10 May 2018
Annual Performance Report 2018/9 presentation awaited
The funding for political parties is the only thing that has not been affected by budgetary cuts while the core business of Parliament has been allocated less.
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament was left wondering why the budget for ...
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 ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Amendment Draft Bill: report-back on audit fees; new draft version
8 May 2018
The Office of the Auditor-General was pleased to report back that the challenge of defraying audit fees for struggling municipalities had been taken care of. An agreement had been reached with National Treasury on excess and unpaid audit fees. Previously, these had to be taken from the Treasury Vote. A ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
KPMG & Nkonki contract termination: Auditor-General briefing
4 May 2018
The Auditor-General explained the decision by Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) to terminate its contracts with KPMG SA and Nkonki Inc. He said that the retention of both firms would have affected the public trust in Office of the Auditor-General. Risk management and professional competence are key fundamental principles of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Act Amendment Draft Bill: briefing on public comment
20 Mar 2018
The Parliamentary Legal Adviser responded about comments and proposals received during the public participation process. A number of submissions challenged the constitutional validity of empowering the Auditor-General (AG) to issue a certificate of debt and to collect that debt. It was felt that to empower the AG in that way ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Committee Report on Political Party Funding Bill financial implications
20 Mar 2018
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties, dated 28 November 2017
The Ad Hoc Committee met to consider and adopt its Draft Report on the Financial Implications of the Political Party Funding Bill on the State and Draft Committee Minutes dated 14 March 2018. The ...
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. ...