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Finance Standing Committee
Transformation in the Financial Sector: stakeholder engagement
26 Nov 2019
The Committee met with stakeholder to discuss transformation in the financial sector. This was meant to be a follow-up meeting to check on the progress that had been made since the Committee and
the Portfolio on Trade and Industry passed a report on this matter in 2017. The report had ...
Finance Standing Committee
TLAB, TALAB & Rates Bill: finalisation
20 Nov 2019
The Committee considered and approved two tax bills and the Rates bill.
National Treasury (NT) indicated that the key proposal for the Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendments of Revenue Laws Bill in 2019 was to increase the excise duty of tobacco. Since the Bill was tabled in Parliament on ...
Finance Standing Committee
2019 MTBPS: PBO & FFC briefing
5 Nov 2019
Members of the Finance and Appropriations Committees heard opposing views on what should be done to restore the country’s finances when they were briefed on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).
In its presentation, the FFC ...
Finance Standing Committee
Medium Term Budget Policy statement: Minister & National Treasury remarks
31 Oct 2019
The Finance and the Appropriations Committees of the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces, as well as provincial committee members, met with the Minister of Finance and National Treasury for a preliminary discussion on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement which the Minister had delivered to Parliament the previous ...
Finance Standing Committee
2019 Pre-MTBPS: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
29 Oct 2019
Video: Mboweni fields questions on mini-budget
Key Budget Documents MTBPS 2019
2019 MTBPS
Parliament’s Standing and Select Committees on Finance and Appropriations held a joint session during which they were briefed by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) to be delivered by the ...
Finance Standing Committee
Financial Intelligence Centre 2018/19 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
16 Oct 2019
The Standing Committee was briefed by executives of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) on the FIC’s report for the 2018/19 financial year.
Opening remarks were made by the Deputy Minister of Finance, who said a key priority of the government was to fight corruption and build an ...
Finance Standing Committee
National Treasury & SARS 2018/19 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
9 Oct 2019
The Standing Committee met with the Deputy Minister of Finance and senior National Treasury (NT) officials to be briefed on the NT’s annual report, following a meeting the previous day with the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the Treasury’s audit outcomes, which had highlighted irregular ...
Finance Standing Committee
National Treasury & entities audit outcomes: AGSA briefing
8 Oct 2019
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the annual audits carried out at the 16 regulatory and financial entities making up the government’s finance portfolio. It was part of a process leading to a hearing with the National Treasury on its annual report and the production ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Outcomes of 2019 Women’s Parliament; Caucus mandate and its possible redefinition
19 Sep 2019
The Caucus was first briefed on the outcomes of the 29 August 2019 Women’s Parliament. The theme for the Women’s Parliament this year was Gender and Institutionalism and the Women’s Parliament tried to look at the gender machinery as a response to gender-based violence. Within this theme, the Women’s Parliament ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Matters arising Preparation for full Caucus meeting
19 Sep 2019
The Committee was briefed on matters arising from 4 September 2019. It was explained to Members that on 4 September, when the Steering Committee met, the Content Advisor, Researcher and support team were asked to draft a questionnaire for Caucus Members soliciting their views on various issues from the suggested ...