Gwen Ngwenya

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Gwen Ngwenya

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Finance Standing Committee Illicit financial flows
    20 Mar 2019

    The Standing Committee on Finance met jointly with the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry for a briefing on illicit financial flows. The following stakeholders and entities gave submissions: the Alternative Information and Development Centre; National Prosecuting Authority; Financial Intelligence Centre; South African Revenue Service; South African Reserve Bank; Department ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Finance Standing Committee Legacy report
    13 Mar 2019

    The Committee met to consider its legacy report. The Committee had up to the following week to adopt the report, and the draft had been sent to Members for their perusal.

    The key issues were that the Committee had a massive oversight and legislative load over the past five years. ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Financial Matters Amendment Bill: deliberations
    5 Mar 2019

    The Committee met with the National Treasury for further deliberations on the Financial Matters Bill. After consultations with parliamentary authorities, the understanding was that the Committee could not fully process the Bill. The Committee would only process the amendments to the Military Pensions Act- which are straightforward, as well as ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Committee Report on 2019/20 Budget
    5 Mar 2019

    The Standing and Select Committees on Finance met for consideration and adoption of the Report on the Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals. The Committees considered the report jointly and adopted it separately.

     

    On observations and recommendations, the Committees believe that the government has managed the economy reasonably well. In ...

  • Finance Standing Committee 2019 Budget: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
    26 Feb 2019

    Parliamentary Budget Office - Pre-budget discussion 20192019 Budget Speech;  2018 MTBPS

    The Finance and Appropriations Committees met jointly for a briefing by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) on the 2019 Budget. This was a follow-up meeting with MPs.

    The PBO said the 2019 Budget priorities included the ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Public Investment Corporation (PIC) Amendment Bills; FFC referral to Committee; Committee Report on Carbon Tax Bill
    6 Feb 2019

    Relevant document: Draft Report on PIC Bills; Committee Report on Carbon Tax [available under Tabled Committee Reports once adopted]

    The Committee met to deliberate on the two Public Investment Corporation (PIC) Bills as well as the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) referral. The Report on the Carbon Tax Bill was also ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Carbon Tax Bill: finalisation & voting; Financial Matters Amendment Draft Bill: briefing
    5 Feb 2019

    The Committee met with the National Treasury for finalisation and adoption of the Carbon Tax Bill. The Committee also received a briefing and discussed the Financial Matters Bill.

    National Treasury highlighted that the Carbon Tax Bill was formally tabled in November 2018. It reflects some of the input received during ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Carbon Tax Bill: deliberations
    5 Dec 2018

    The Committee met with National Treasury to deliberate on the Carbon Tax Bill. Eskom and EcoMetrix Africa gave inputs. The Committee would vote on the Bill during the first week of its sitting next year.

    National Treasury said it had met with some stakeholders following Committee discussions the previous day. ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Carbon Tax Bill: Treasury & stakeholder input
    4 Dec 2018

    The Standing Committee on Finance together with the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs met with National Treasury and NEDLAC for discussions on the Carbon Tax Bill. COSATU and the Association of Cementitious Material Producers (ACMP) gave brief inputs.

    NEDLAC said during a previous parliamentary hearing on the response document to ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Carbon Tax Bill workshop
    27 Nov 2018

    The National Treasury and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) came before the joint Committee to present the responses that had been drafted by Treasury on stakeholder inputs and comments on the Carbon Tax Bill. It had been decided that as Treasury had consulted widely on the Bill, the workshop ...