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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill [B6-2015]: Human Science Research Council comments
13 May 2015
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) gave a presentation to the Committee on the 2015 Appropriation Bill, under themes of education, health, HIV/AIDS, governance and service delivery and the economy.
In relation to education, the bulk of the budget was spent on salaries, but the effective delivery of education was ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill [B6-2015]: Financial and Fiscal Commission comments
12 May 2015
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) briefed the Committee on the 2015 Division of Revenue Bill. It was stated at the outset that the 2015 budget had been tabled within a fiscally constrained environment. The key message of the FFC’s submission on the 2015 Appropriations Bill was that government had ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Health 2014/15 Third Quarter Performance, with Minister
22 Apr 2015
The Minister said the Department of Health (DOH) was making inroads into the clinic and hospital maintenance backlog, working towards a universal national health insurance (NHI) system and developing holistic and integrated health care personnel that could deal with both HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB). The DOH was busy outsourcing the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Science and Technology on 2014/15 Third Quarter Performance
21 Apr 2015
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) took the Standing Committee on Appropriations through its annual performance plan and budget, as at 30 December 2014. The DST had a total of 65 output targets for the 2014/15 financial year and by the end of the third quarter, it was on ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Energy on Third Quarter 2014/15 Performance: hearing
15 Apr 2015
The Standing Committee on Appropriations was briefed by the Department of Energy on its financial performance as at 31 December 2014. The budgeted expenses for the third quarter of the 2014/15 financial year were highlighted, showing that the year-to-date expenditure had been R5.24 billion, against the projected R5.73 billion. This ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2013/2014 audit outcomes: Departments of Energy, Science & Technology, Health, Water & Sanitation, Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, and National Treasury: Auditor-General South Africa briefings
14 Apr 2015
The Standing Committee on Appropriations was briefed by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the 2013/14 audit outcomes, for the Departments of Energy, Science and Technology, Health, Water and Sanitation, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, and National Treasury. The reports also indicated where there had been problems in performance ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Transport & Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa on challenges related to rail & road network system
25 Mar 2015
PRASA told the Committee that it was the implementing arm of the National Department of Transport, providing transport via road and railway. As a government entity, the initiatives for PRASA were driven by policies and transport strategy. The rail sector took up 80% of the business of PRASA, mainly through ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Researchers on analysis of third quarter expenditure patterns of national departments for 2014/15 financial year
24 Mar 2015
The Committee considered the draft report on its oversight visit to the Eastern Cape to be submitted to Parliament, and the presentation by the Committee Researchers on their analysis of the third quarter expenditure patterns of national departments for the 2014/15 financial year.
In discussion of the oversight report, Members ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee’s Draft Report on oversight trip to Eastern Cape, Proposals for Study Tour
18 Mar 2015
The Committee firstly discussed the proposals for a study tour to learn more about procedures for amendment of budgets by Parliament. Three countries had been proposed; Germany, Sweden and Chile, but the first two had systems more similar in structure to those of South Africa, and made regular and significant ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Government Departments' 3rd Quarter 2014/15 Expenditure Analysis: National Treasury briefing
17 Mar 2015
National Treasury (NT) presented the Third Quarter 2014/15 expenditure report, broken down to show total figures and spending of departments and clusters across government. The National Treasury said that 44 per cent of total expenditure to end Q3 was for direct charges against the National Revenue Fund. This was equivalent ...