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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Committee Minutes
2 Feb 2022
The Committee considered and adopted all outstanding minutes.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
State of Local Government post elections; Community Work Programme; with Deputy Minister
1 Feb 2022
The Portfolio Committee convened on the virtual platform to receive a briefing from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) on the state of local government post 2021 local government elections and on the remodelling of the Community Work Programme.
During the interaction with the department on ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Presidency on SIU Reports & DPWI DG Disciplinary Case, with Minister & Deputy Ministers
1 Feb 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Public Accounts met on a virtual platform to receive a report from the Minister in the Presidency on reports sent to the Presidency by the Special Investigation Unit following completion of investigations performed under presidential proclamation.
The Minister admitted that there were severe shortcomings in ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Mr M Dirks Letter on alleged misuse of public funds
25 Jan 2022
Letter submitted by Mr Dirks: Allegations related to the misuse of public funds (Internal document)
Parliamentary Legal Opinion (Internal document)
Mr Lees’s written proposal on the matter (Internal document)
In this virtual meeting, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts received an oral submission from a Member of the Committee ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Presidency on SIU Reports & suspended Public Works DG, with Minister in Presidency
8 Dec 2021
The Committee had arranged a virtual meeting to receive an update from the Presidency on all Special Investigations Unit (SIU) reports and on the status of the suspended Public Works Director-General.
The Committee had noted that these reports had findings, determinations and recommendations. However, Members had raised a particular ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
2020/21 PFMA Audit Outcomes: Auditor-General briefing
8 Dec 2021
In this joint virtual meeting of the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Auditor-General tabled its report on the 2020/21 audit outcomes of the 425 national and provincial institutions which it audited under the Public Finance Management Act. The 2020/21 financial year ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SIU progress report on COVID-19 PPE procurement investigations; Digital Vibes investigation
7 Dec 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) briefed the Committee on the progress of its investigations into COVID-19-related procurement contracts, especially for personal protective equipment. The briefing was based on the SIU’s sixth progress report, dated 30 October; its seventh and ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Outcome of investigation of wrong doing and governance challenges at MDB; with Deputy Minister
7 Dec 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs met with both the Municipal Demarcation Board and the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to consider the outcomes of the investigation into allegations of wrongdoing at the MDB.
During their briefing, officials from the MDB indicated that on 12 ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
UIF & Compensation Fund: Department & Ministry on corrective measures
24 Nov 2021
The focus of the meeting was a progress report on the implementation of corrective measures at the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) in terms of a resolution of the Committee from May 2021. The resolutions covered five particular issues: namely the clean audit action plan; the blacklisting of companies; irregular ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Eskom 2020/21 audit & investigations: hearing with Deputy Minister
23 Nov 2021
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) in a virtual meeting conducted a hearing on Eskom’s deviations, expansions, audit report and investigations. The Committee was not pleased with the number of repeat findings in the Eskom audit report. Last year SCOPA was unable to conduct a hearing on the ...