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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: deliberations
18 Sep 2019
The Committee reviewed the Draft Report on the 2019 Special Appropriations Bill in a page by page fashion. In its deliberations on the oral and written submissions on the Special Appropriation Bill, the Committee was in agreement that stringent conditions had to be attached to the transfer of funds to Eskom. ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: DA’s proposed amendments; Proposed oversight visit
17 Sep 2019
Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met to discuss the DA’s proposal regarding the Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019] for Eskom and the Committee’s forthcoming oversight visit proposed programme.
The Committee grappled with the issue of a non-party-political space such as Parliamentary Committees being ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Eskom's Special Appropriation Bill: FFC submission
3 Sep 2019
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) commented on the 2019 Special Appropriation Bill, noting Eskom’s dire financial situation and government intervention strategies, and gave turnaround suggestions.
The key issues that had been raised were around corruption and incompetence within Eskom, the privatisation of Eskom and the juxtaposition between historical Eskom ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament Division Managers on their roles and responsibilities
29 Aug 2019
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament was briefed by the Parliamentary divisions responsible for member support services, international relations and protocol, and Parliamentary communication services, on their roles and responsibilities.
The Member Support Services Division was asked to provide Members of a list of areas where ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: National Treasury briefing
28 Aug 2019
National Treasury briefed the Committee on the rationale for the Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]. The Bill asks for R26 billion for the 2019/2020 financial and R33 billion for the 202/2021 financial year to assist Eskom with its financial obligations.
Treasury emphasised that without major changes to Eskom’s business model and ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Treasury Quarter 1 performance; Parliamentary Budget Office on its Quarterly Economic Brief and analysis NDP Outcome 6
27 Aug 2019
The Committee was informed by National Treasury (NT) of the quarterly expenditures by national departments and their entities, indicating those that had overspent and underspent and the ways that Treasury had tried to intervene. Of great concern was that most departments had underspent their budgets, because if money was available ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Division Managers on the scope and mandate of their divisions, as well as funding-related challenges
27 Aug 2019
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament was briefed on the scope, mandate, and funding challenges of Parliament’s divisions -- the National Assembly (NA), National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Information Communication and Technology (ICT), and Institutional Support Services (ISSD).
The Committee was informed that the purpose of ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Treasury briefing: Members’ Orientation
21 Aug 2019
The Standing Committee on Appropriations (SCoA) hosted an induction session with the National Treasury. The Committee was briefed on various structural aspects of public finance, state owned entities and state owned companies.
Highlights included the questioning of the allocation of national revenue to provincial and local government (which it did ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Financial and Fiscal Commission briefing: Members' Orientation
20 Aug 2019
The Financial and Fiscal Commission ( FFC) conducted a workshop for the Appropriations Committee to assist it in exercising and improving legislative oversight over government institutions. The presentation answered a wide range of questions that were posed by Members of the Committee, such as how to improve fiscal oversight over ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Induction on Committee Mandate and Work
20 Aug 2019
The Anti-Corruption Task Team (ACTT) briefed the Committee on its mandate, organisational structure, progress report and constraints. Notable progress had been the operational achievement pertaining to convictions. In the current financial year there had been 16 convictions resulting from ten cases. Government officials’ convictions were standing at 210.
Challenges faced ...