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NCOP Appropriations
FFC 2024/24 DoR Annual Submission
11 Oct 2023
The Select Committee on Appropriations met in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing from the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC). The presentation consisted of six chapters covering the escalating global inflation, the impact of the performance of state-owned entities (SOEs) and the proposed basic income grant (BIG) on ...
NCOP Finance
SASRIA Annual Report; Municipal FISCAL Powers and Functions Amendment Bill: Committee Report
10 Oct 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee met to be briefed by SASRIA on its annual report. SASRIA experienced unprecedented losses and claims due to the July 2021 unrest. There was a total of 17589 claims (R30,7 billion worth of claims) which exceeds the yearly claims of approximately 3 700 ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: public hearings day 3
21 Sep 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee heard seven oral submissions on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. Each of them were asked about the eight-year maximum sentence imposed by the National Assembly which had increased it from a three-year maximum sentence.
United Ulama ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: public hearings day 1
19 Sep 2023
The Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill (B9B-2018) was met with opposition from various organisations. Shema Koleinu, IlithaLabantu, South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), Centre for Social Justice at Stellenbosch University supported the Bill, arguing that it will protect against hate crimes, combat antisemitism, ...
NCOP Finance
Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions A/B: National Treasury response to public submissions
19 Sep 2023
The Select Committee convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed by National Treasury on their response to public submissions on the Municipal Fiscal Powers and Functions Amendment Bill [B21B-2022].
Treasury first dealt with the concerns and suggestions the City of Cape Town (CoCT) raised. One of the key ...
NCOP Appropriations
Departments of Social Development and Basic Education underspending between 2011/12 and 2020/21: PBO briefing
6 Sep 2023
The Parliamentary Budget Office briefed the Committee on the underspending of the Departments of Social Development and Basic Education between the 2022/12 and 2020/21 financial years.
The PBO provided the reasons for the underspending of these departments, such as supply chain management problems, compensation of employees, challenges with new ...
NCOP Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Committee Report; Underspending on the Health Conditional Grants: PBO Briefing
14 Jun 2023
The Select Committee on Appropriations began the meeting by considering the Appropriation Bill. The Committee Members were asked to vote on the report on the Bill. After the Members voted, the Bill was adopted.
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) voiced that the healthcare system remains overstretched ...
NCOP Finance
Financial Matters Amendment Bill: Committee Report
14 Jun 2023
The Select Committee met briefly to consider its report on the Financial Matters Amendment Bill.
The Chairperson and Committee Members went through the report, and Members were asked to vote if they supported the report.
Members from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Democratic Allowance (DA) and ...
NCOP Appropriations
2023 Division of Revenue Bill Final Mandates
3 May 2023
The Select Committee on Appropriations met on a virtual platform to receive the final provincial mandates on the Division of Revenue Bill [B2 – 2023]. The North West and Limpopo legislatures had not yet adopted their final mandates by the time of this meeting. The Western ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: Negotiating Mandates
26 Apr 2023
The Select Committee on Appropriations met on a virtual platform to consider and adopt the provinces' negotiating mandates on the Division of Revenue Bill [B2 – 2023].
During discussion on the Bill, provinces raised a number of issues. For instance, some complained about the lack of ambulances and vandalism ...