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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on 2018 Division of Revenue Bill
14 Mar 2018
The Standing Committee on Appropriations considered and adopted its Committee Report on 2018 Division of Revenue Bill. The Committee Report stated that the Committee received a briefing on the Bill from the National Treasury and also had engagements with the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the South African Local ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: public hearings
13 Mar 2018
The Standing Committee on Appropriations held a public hearing on the 2018 Division of Revenue Bill, and said that although it had highlighted the importance of educating communities about the significance of the Bill, it had received only one response, which was from Equal Education (EE).
In their submission, EE ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: National Treasury briefing
8 Mar 2018
National Treasury briefed the Standing Committee on Appropriations on the 2018 Division of Revenue Bill. The Committee heard that despite the tough fiscal environment the budget still reflects increased allocations to national and provincial government, and that reductions in the budget related more to curbing the rate at which budgets ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Learner Transport: Departments of Basic Education & Transport & Equal Education; with Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2018
The Departments of Transport and Basic Education gave a briefing on the implementation challenges of learner transport. The national learner transport policy had been approved by Cabinet in 2015 and was currently in the implementation mode. The establishment of the policy was in response to the realisation of a policy ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Amendment Draft Bill: briefing on public comments
2 Mar 2018
In the run up to the public hearings on the 6, 7 and 9 March, the Standing Committee on the Auditor General (SCOAG) was briefed on the public submissions on the Draft Public Audit Act Amendment Bill by the Committee’s legal and content advisors which were grouped into themes.
A ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Learner Transport in South Africa: HSRC briefing
28 Feb 2018
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) conducted a briefing on the status of learner transport in South Africa to the Standing Committee on Appropriations. It was emphasised that learner transport was important to realise the right of access to quality education.
The HSRC outlined its research methodology, but indicated that ...
Finance Standing Committee
Pre-Budget briefing by Parliamentary Budget Office
20 Feb 2018
The Standing Committees on Finance and Appropriations, together with the Select Committees on Finance and Appropriations held a pre-budget briefing with the Parliamentary Budget Office.
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) indicated that the state of the nation address (SONA) had paved the way for stakeholders and set an overall positive ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Committee Reports
7 Feb 2018
The meeting sought to deliberate the Committee’s programme for the first term which would focus on completing the consultation process for the Draft Public Audit Amendment Bill which was currently in the public domain. The closing date for submissions from the public was 19 February 2018. This would be followed ...
Finance Standing Committee
Steinhoff International challenges
31 Jan 2018
The Standing Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration held a joint briefing on the Steinhoff crisis together with National Treasury, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), the Financial Services Board (FSB), the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Adjustments Appropriation Bill: DTPS & SA Post Office recapitalisation: hearing
28 Nov 2017
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) presented on its Second Quarter performance and updated the Committee on its projects especially the much anticipated SA Connect Broadband Project intended to improve telecommunications and internet connectivity.
DTPS supported SAPO’s funding application through the 2017 budget adjustment process. Engagements have started ...