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Transport
Transport Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee considered its draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) of the Department of Transport. Parliament’s Legal Team was present to assist with the process. The Committee acknowledged the improvements and noted that it reflected what transpired in the interaction between the ...
Basic Education
Elevating the Status and to Advance the use of Indigenous Languages: SA National Lexicography Unit and UNESCO briefing; BRRR
16 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee was briefed by the South African National Lexicography Unit on Elevating the Status to Advance the use of Indigenous Languages. UNESCO also contributed to this briefing. The Committee heard that the legal framework which guided the work of the lexicography units ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
CHE, SAQA & QCTO 2018/19 Annual Reports
16 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Council on Higher Education (CHE), the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) and the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) on their 2018/19 Annual Reports. The CHE reported that the organisation achieved 75.9% of its overall targets during the year under ...
Transport
Transport Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR)
15 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee considered its Budget Review and Recommendation Report for the Department of Transport. The recommendations included that the Department should develop and implement an audit action plan and the Department should fill the vacancies on boards as well as in senior management ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing; DHET 2018/19 Annual Report 2018/19 & Quarter 1 performance
15 Oct 2019
AGSA reported that 74 auditees out of a total of 78 (95%) were within the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) portfolio. Financial statement preparation remained a concern as material adjustments were effected to the annual financial statement (AFS) submitted for audit by 15 auditees. A ...
Transport
ACSA, Ports Regulator, SACAA, Department of Transport 2018/19 Annual Reports; with Minister
10 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA), the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA), the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) and the Department of Transport (DoT) on its 2018/19 Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year 2018/19. The Minister of Transport ...
Transport
SANRAL, RAF, C-BRTA on their 2018/19 Annual Reports
9 Oct 2019
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) said its expenditure on road development, improvement had declined for the second consecutive year. The R12.68 billion spent was 19% lower than the previous year. This is partly due to challenges in accessing funding as well the inability to ...
Transport
PRASA & RSR 2018/19 Annual Reports; Transport portfolio audits
8 Oct 2019
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) said the Transport portfolio comprises of 14 audits. The audit outcomes of the portfolio have regressed over the past five year period from 29% clean audits in 2014/15 to 21% in 2018/19. PRASA regressed from a qualified audit opinion in the prior ...
Transport
Autopax & Intersite 2018/19 Annual Reports
8 Oct 2019
The Committee met to discuss the audit outcomes and annual performance reports of Autopax and Intersite, subsidiary entities of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). It felt that Intersite provided little information on its performance targets, and also inquired about the process of consolidation between ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Research & Development Tax Incentive Programme & other DSI initiatives to stimulate R&D
18 Sep 2019
The Committee was briefed by delegates from the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on the research and development (R&D) tax incentive programme and other initiatives of the DSI to stimulate R&D in the country.
The Department’s annual statistical report provided the latest data on the gross expenditure on research ...