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Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Political Party Funding Bill financial implications: National Treasury & IEC briefing
14 Mar 2018
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties, dated 28 November 2017
The Chairperson contextualised the work of the Committee. An Ad Hoc Committee had presented a report at the end of 2017 and, as was practice in Parliament, anything that had not been finalised ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Act Amendment Draft Bill: Auditor-General briefing
14 Mar 2018
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) gave a background of the legislative instruments that informed the discussions of the draft Public Audit Act Amendment Bill, and a response to issues raised during the previous discussions. Key among these were the instruments that established the duties and responsibilities of accounting officers, ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Hawks current cases
13 Mar 2018
The Hawks gave a briefing on the current status of cases being held in the Department, after bringing attention to matters that were in the public domain in relation to state capture. The Department was quick to note that suspects in the investigation into the Estina dairy project had been ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Draft Public Audit Act Amendment Bill: National Treasury briefing
13 Mar 2018
The National Treasury (NT) argued that the proposed power for the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) to refer undesirable audit outcomes for investigation, posed a risk to AGSA independence. It could result in duplication of the roles of Accounting Officers and Accounting Authorities. There could be duplication of investigations by ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Act Amendment Draft Bill: public hearings day 3
9 Mar 2018
The Committee continued its public hearings on the draft Public Audit Act Amendment Bill, with two submissions from private individuals.
Mr Eric Smith referred to the weakness in South Africa’s regulatory regimes in respect of environmental management, monitoring and enforcement, and the Auditor-General’s (AG) mandate to consider and report on ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Act Amendment Draft Bill: public hearings day 2
7 Mar 2018
The Standing Committee on the Auditor General held public hearings on the draft Public Audit Act Amendment Bill, during which a wide range of local government and professional bodies provided opinions and recommendations aimed at enhancing the Act’s effectiveness.
Overstrand Municipality referred to section 3, subsection 1(B) (a) of the ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Act Amendment Draft Bill: public hearings day 1
6 Mar 2018
The Committee met to receive input from civil society through public hearings to aid their work in the drafting of the Public Audit Act Amendment Bill.
The Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa said that too many people who did not know how to do their jobs were involved in ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Amendment Draft Bill: briefing on public comments
2 Mar 2018
In the run up to the public hearings on the 6, 7 and 9 March, the Standing Committee on the Auditor General (SCOAG) was briefed on the public submissions on the Draft Public Audit Act Amendment Bill by the Committee’s legal and content advisors which were grouped into themes.
A ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SAPS irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure; Forensic Data Analysts and other contracts: hearing
28 Feb 2018
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) demanded that the National Police Commissioner resolve the situation concerning the continuation of multimillion rand contracts with Forensic Data Analysts (FDA). The Committee had previously urged the cancellation of FDA’s contracts with the police and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA). The FDA ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Water and Sanitation irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure: hearing
27 Feb 2018
This was quite a tough and uncompromising meeting, during which the Standing Committee on Public Accounts tried to elicit detailed answers from the Department of Water and Sanitation on irregular, wasteful and fruitless expenditure which had previously been identified in briefings to the Committee. Particular attention was focused on borehole ...