On Tuesday, 29 July 2014, Eskom briefed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committees for Energy and Public Enterprises. Attended by Ministers for Energy and Public Enterprises, the joint meeting came about as the result of the enormous challenges that Eskom is facing. The entity briefed the Committees on the ...
In his Police Budget Vote address in Parliament on Monday, Minister of Police Nkosinathi Nhleko, said that policing cannot exist without community support and participation, and that policing needs to continue to be subjected to public scrutiny to keep them accountable.
“The NDP [National Development Plan] envisions a state with ...
Last week the Standing Committee on Finance adopted the Financial Management of Parliament Bill. The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) had passed an amendment to the Bill, which was referred back to the NA, but the bill had lapsed with the ending of the fourth Parliament but was revived in ...
MPs will be relieved that the grueling budget vote schedule will conclude this week. This process usually takes 2-3 months but was compressed into 4 weeks because of the elections. It started with the training of MPs on the processing of the budget votes and was followed by portfolio committees ...
In his Budget Vote address yesterday, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan, told MPs “the test of change is when citizens themselves attest that they have a decent living environment, they enjoy safety for themselves and their children, they can easily access educational and health facilities, they are ...
The Select Committee on Economic and Business Development held its first meeting with Public Works, with the Minister and Deputy Minister present on Tuesday, 15 July 2014. However, as the Committee progressed into discussion following the Department’s presentation, I was struck – not by the Minister’s announcement that the Department ...
On Wednesday during the Budget Vote debates, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Michael Masutha, told MPs that the prison population has decreased by 31 000 from 187 036 in 2004 to 157 170 by the end of March 2014 - a 16% reduction in ten years largely as a ...
Yesterday's meeting with the Select Committee on Economic and Business Development saw the Department of Public Works (DPW) brief MPs on its Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan. However, the discussion between the Committee and the DPW revealed more than just the targets and budget expenditure for the year ahead. ...
Children featured in both the Budget Vote 15: Basic Education yesterday, and Vote 19: Social Development today. Peoples Assembly took at look at what MPs said about their rights and the services young people were receiving.
Yesterday, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga reported that her Department’s overall budget for 2014/15 ...
Yesterday’s meeting of the Multi Party Women’s Caucus (MPWC) in Parliament ended up in a squabble between Chairperson Rosalia Morutoa from the ANC and the DA’s Dianne Robinson. The meeting started off with the election of the Deputy Chairperson. After the UDM’s NoCollege Majeke nominated IFP’s Sibongile Nkomo, Robinson said ...