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Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
StatsSA on food insecurity & agriculture; Soygro research; Fetsa Tlala progress & planting plans: DAFF & Provinces; with Minister
6 Mar 2018
Eight Provincial Departments of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefed the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on progress for the planting season of 2018/19 financial year and Fetsa-Tlala targets set for the 2017/18 period.
The provincial departments took the Committee through their programmes on the commercialisation ...
Finance Standing Committee
2018 Budget: Treasury briefing; Minister & Deputy Minister of Finance Input
22 Feb 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2018 State of the Nation Address
The Standing Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Appropriations, together with the Select Committee on Finance and Select Committee on Appropriations were briefed on the 2018 Budget by the National Treasury in the presence of the Minister of Finance.
The Minister ...
Finance Standing Committee
Public Investment Corporation + Government Employees Pension Fund Follow Up Meeting, with Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2017
The Committee met with the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and the Government Employees’ Pension Fund (GEPF) for a follow up meeting based on previously adopted Committee resolutions. In the main, the Committee wanted to be provided with the rationale of the proposed PIC forensic investigations, and to know if there ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Inter-Ministerial Committee briefing on SASSA and SAPO impasse, with Ministers present
8 Nov 2017
The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Social Development briefed the Joint Meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) and the Portfolio Committee on Social Development. The briefing related to the request by the Committee for a National Treasury review of the SASSA/SAPO procurement process, as well as to attend ...
Finance Standing Committee
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2017: Minister in the Presidency & Minister of Finance briefing
26 Oct 2017
The Minister in the Presidency together with the Minister of Finance, and National Treasury gave presentations on the 2017 Mandate Paper and the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement.
The Minister in the Presidency explained that the purpose of the Mandate Paper is to function as a shorter-term instrument of national planning, ...
Finance Standing Committee
KPMG & Deloitte investigations: IRBA progress report; JSE transformation; National Treasury Annual Report, with Auditor-General input; with Deputy Minister
3 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
The Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors (IRBA) reported on progress on the KPMG investigations. On June 30 2017, IRBA announced that it would launch an investigation into the 2014 KPMG audit of Linkway Trading. Investigating letters were issued to respondents on the same date and an ...
Finance Standing Committee
SAA Board Chair contract extension; Treasury & SARS Quarter 1 Report, with Minister & Deputy; Office of Tax Ombud: delayed refunds investigation
13 Sep 2017
The South African Airways (SAA) presented its first quarter expenditure and performance report for the financial year 2017/18, in the presence of the Deputy Minister. SAA was expected to lay emphasis on progress made in the implementation of its turnaround strategy and corporate plan since its last appearance before the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
PRASA & Department of Transport Quarter 4 performance: hearing, with Deputy Minister present
30 Aug 2017
The Department of Transport (DoT) told the Standing Committee on Appropriations that it had achieved 36 of 48 its fourth quarter targets. The achievements had included a DoT risk management strategy; the development of a National Rail Bill; construction and maintenance of provincial roads, monitored in line with the approved ...
Finance Standing Committee
South African Airways Corporate Plan & Turnaround Strategy with Finance Deputy Minister
17 May 2017
The Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr Sifiso Buthelezi, spoke of the challenges at SAA, but that there was a belief that the airline could be returned to profitability. National Treasury had had to give a guarantee of R4.72 billion to ensure that the challenge of SAA remaining a going concern ...
Finance Standing Committee
Treasury & SARS Annual Performance Plan; Concerns about SARS; with new Minister & Deputy Minister
9 May 2017
The new Minister of Finance and his Deputy appeared before the Committee. The Minister remarked that the acceleration of inclusive growth was an urgent priority for the country and National Treasury had a part to play in offering support for structural reforms within the economy. Numerous efforts were being made ...