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Standing Committee on Appropriations
2019 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill: National Treasury briefing
14 Nov 2019
The National Treasury briefed the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations on the 2019 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill (DoRAB). They were told it proposed relatively small in-year adjustments in the allocation of funds to national, provincial and local government.
The Committees were briefed on the way in which the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
DPME 2019/20 Quarter 2 performance for National Departments; Committee strategy concerning Eskom
13 Nov 2019
The Committee was supposed to have been briefed by the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation DPME on the performance of National Departments but the Committee did not accept that the Department had only sent a single Chief Director. Members found it a sign of disrespect as the Deputy Directors ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2019 MTBPS: Human Sciences Research Council (HRSC) submission
12 Nov 2019
The Human Sciences Research Council (HRSC) gave a submission on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement touching on government debt and the public sector wage bill; health issues in the form of HIV/AIDS, the youth, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), NHI; gender based violence; and education budget priorities. It also giving a ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2019 MTBPS: Public Service Commission briefing
6 Nov 2019
The Committee was briefed on the 2019 Medium Term Budget Policy (MTBPS) by the Public Service Commission (PSC). The PSC spoke to its mandated areas of oversight and administration and adherence to applicable procedures of the Public Service such as personnel; public administration practices; and compliance to the values and ...
Finance Standing Committee
2019 MTBPS: PBO & FFC briefing
5 Nov 2019
Members of the Finance and Appropriations Committees heard opposing views on what should be done to restore the country’s finances when they were briefed on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).
In its presentation, the FFC ...
Finance Standing Committee
PBO Director appointment; MTBPS programme
22 Oct 2019
The two Finance and the two Appropriations Committees of the National Assembly (NA) and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) have agreed on a process to fill the vacant position of Director of the Parliamentary Budget Office. This follows a letter from the Presiding Officers of the two Houses informing ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: committee report
10 Oct 2019
The Committee adopted its report on the Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019], with amendments to reflect the need for more stringent conditions to be imposed on the R59 billion bailout to Eskom over the 2019/20 and 2020/21 financial years
The Committee underlined that it did not want to give Eskom a ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill: National Treasury on Eskom conditions; FFC submission on 2020-21 Division of Revenue
9 Oct 2019
The Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations met for a briefing by the National Treasury on conditions attached to the Eskom Special Appropriation Bill. The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) also gave a briefing on its submission on the 2020-2021 Division of Revenue.
The National Treasury, during its presentation on ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: deliberations
18 Sep 2019
The Committee reviewed the Draft Report on the 2019 Special Appropriations Bill in a page by page fashion. In its deliberations on the oral and written submissions on the Special Appropriation Bill, the Committee was in agreement that stringent conditions had to be attached to the transfer of funds to Eskom. ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: DA’s proposed amendments; Proposed oversight visit
17 Sep 2019
Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met to discuss the DA’s proposal regarding the Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019] for Eskom and the Committee’s forthcoming oversight visit proposed programme.
The Committee grappled with the issue of a non-party-political space such as Parliamentary Committees being ...