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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Standing Committee on Appropriations Strategic Plan & Planning Session Report
27 Aug 2014
The Committee’s Content Advisor presented the Committee’s Draft Strategic Planning Document to Members. The gist of the presentation was to take the issues raised at the Committee’s planning session, and to turn them into activities for the Committee.
There were altogether four priority issues which were elaborated upon. The priority ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Treasury First Quarter Expenditure Report for 2014/15
26 Aug 2014
The National Treasury briefed the Standing Committee on first quarter expenditure in the 2014/15 financial year. The highest level of underspending was in the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Underspending of R6.4 billion was due to underspending on the capital programme, on local government grants and the cleanup ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Unauthorised, irregular and fruitless expenditure and supply chain issues: National Treasury briefing
26 Aug 2014
The Accountant General and National Treasury briefed the Committee on the definitions of spending that was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful, giving, in each case, examples to illustrate how this spending would be found, how it would be regarded, and how it could be regularised. The Accountant-General made the point ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Auditor-General South Africa briefing on its products and reports, five-year audit outcomes, PFMA compliance
19 Aug 2014
The Chairperson congratulated Ms Ratsela, the newly appointed Deputy Auditor-General (the first woman to hold this position) and Mr Sass, the new Accountant General, on their appointments.
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) presented a report to SCOPA, outlining its constitutional mandate to strengthen and support democracy by enabling oversight, accountability ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill [B4-2014]: Committee Report
22 Jul 2014
The Committee met to consider for adoption the second draft of the Committee report on the 2014 Appropriation Bill. The Committee had read through and considered the content of the first draft on 15 July. However, there was considerable discussion about the content and procedure in the current meeting, as ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on 2014 Appropriation Bill
16 Jul 2014
The Appropriations Standing Committee report on the 2014 Appropriation Bill was first presented by the Committee Content Adviser, and then read through by the Committee, for comments. The report set out the context of the Bill, and provided an overview of it and the hearings held with the National Treasury, ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: briefing by National Treasury
4 Jul 2014
The National Treasury gave a presentation on the 2014 Appropriation Bill. Fiscal policy was guided by counter-cyclicality, debt sustainability and intergenerational fairness. Payments for financial assets was the fastest declining area of expenditure. Payments for capital assets grew substantially. Compensation of employees growth declined strongly. Growth in transfers and subsidies ...
Health
Department and Minister of Health briefing: Strategic Plan 2018 & Annual Performance Plan 2014
2 Jul 2014
The Minister and Department of Health presented the Strategic Plan 2018/19 and Annual Performance Plan 2014/15 to 2016/17. Alignment between the National Development Plan (NDP) to 2030, the Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) and the National Department of Health (DOH) Strategic Plan 2014 – 2019, was clarified, and various aims ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Committee Strategic Plan and Processes; Committee Programme
2 Jul 2014
The Committee met briefy to discuss several issues, including its programme, the roles of the various staff members and its strategic plan and processes.
The Committee was scheduled to meet the following week; however it agreed to put its meetings on hold until 1 August due to the number of ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Processing of budget votes, Committee Mandate: briefings by Researcher and Content Advisor
1 Jul 2014
The Committee Secretaries, Committee Content Advisor and Committee Researcher presented the Committee with an overview of the budgetary process and elaboration on the mandate of the Committee. The Budget was overarching and cut across all departments. The Committee could accept, reject or amend budgets. The main focus areas for the Committee ...