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Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament Quarter 3 performance 2017/18: briefing by Acting Secretary to Parliament
21 Feb 2018
Document: Research and Content Analysis Report on Parliament Quarter 3 performance 2017/18 (not available to the public)
After briefings on Parliament Quarter 3 performance 2017/18 by both the Acting Secretary to Parliament and the researchers and analysts, the following concerns were identified:
• Unspent funds should be redirected to the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
IPID investigations: progress and challenges
20 Feb 2018
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) briefed the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on its investigations, especially that of former acting SAPS National Commissioner General Khomotso Phahlane. The Committee was surprised by the amount of detail presented by the Head of Investigations, including the almost unbelievable story of SAPS ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Committee Reports
7 Feb 2018
The meeting sought to deliberate the Committee’s programme for the first term which would focus on completing the consultation process for the Draft Public Audit Amendment Bill which was currently in the public domain. The closing date for submissions from the public was 19 February 2018. This would be followed ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Transnet deviations & expansions: hearing, with Minister of Public Enterprises
23 Jan 2018
This meeting between the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) and the board and management of Transnet was called following the aborted meeting that should have taken place on 6 December 2017, when the Members of the Committee had gathered for the meeting together with representatives from the Directorate of ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SAPS irregular expenditure; Forensic Data Analysts contracts: hearing with SAPS, SITA, IPID
29 Nov 2017
SITA document annexures available on request
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts met to discuss patterns of irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure within SAPS and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA). A DA MP began the hearing by providing photo evidence from a SAPS trip to the UK in 2011 ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Political Party Funding Bill: adoption
28 Nov 2017
Prior to adoption of the Political Party Funding Bill, the Committee went through the Bill clause by clause. The Committee had agreed to allow the IEC to utilise 10% of the Multi-Party Democracy Fund to defray expenses but following consultations with experts, the Committee determined that 10% was too generous ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Appointment of the External Auditor for AGSA; Committee Reports
24 Nov 2017
There was a briefing by the Chairperson of the Audit Committee of AG on the appointment of the External Auditor. The AG was really struggling to get a new external auditor and one of the reasons for that was because the AG is contracted to a lot of private firms. There ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Political Party Funding Bill and Regulations: deliberations on public comments and amendments
21 Nov 2017
All documents confidential drafts: Summary of issues still to be decided; Detailed notes from legal team of 60 pages; Proposals for Changes in Clauses 3, 5, 8, 11; Draft Bill
The intention of the Committee meeting was to give the legal advisor and the drafting team guidance to complete the ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Review of Public Audit Act: National Treasury on proposed amendments + Auditor General response
17 Nov 2017
The Committee received briefings from National Treasury on its proposed amendments to the Public Audit Act, while the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) was asked to provide a response to the proposals that had been made.
Treasury reported that it had already provided proposed amendments to the Public Audit ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Review of the Public Audit Act: seeking permission to proceed with amendments to Act
16 Nov 2017
The Committee met to approve to a new amendment to the Public Audit Act. The new provision would provide for the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) and National Treasury (NT) to annually agree on the amount of audit fees that could be defrayed from Treasury.
In addition, the Committee approved ...