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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Adjustments Appropriation Bill: National Treasury briefing
22 Nov 2017
The joint meeting of the Standing and Select Committees was for a briefing on the 2017 Adjustment Appropriation Bill, but the first hour was taken up by a discussion regarding the legalities of the meeting. The Democratic Alliance (DA), making reference to the Money Bills and Amendment Procedures and Related ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Adjustments Appropriation Bill: hearing with Department of Home Affairs + National Treasury
22 Nov 2017
The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs told the Committee that the automated processes of “Who Am I Online” (WAIO) had led to the Department leaping into the next century insofar as efficiency was concerned. For example, the turnaround time for Identity Documents (IDs) had drastically improved, from 90 days to ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
SAA Board and Executive on its future strategies and recapitalisation
21 Nov 2017
The R10 billion injection given to SAA would never take the airline to the desired positive equity position.
This is what SAA told the Standing Committee on Appropriations when briefing Parliament on its long-term strategy and funding. Finding an equity partner would be crucial for returning the airline to profitability. ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Review of the Public Audit Act: seeking permission to proceed with amendments to Act
16 Nov 2017
The Committee met to approve to a new amendment to the Public Audit Act. The new provision would provide for the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) and National Treasury (NT) to annually agree on the amount of audit fees that could be defrayed from Treasury.
In addition, the Committee approved ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
SAA: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing; Committee Report on Division of Revenue Amendment Bill
13 Nov 2017
Document handed out: PBO Presentation [awaited]
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) briefed the Committee on the key financial issues facing South African Airways (SAA) in order to provide guidance to Members when engaging with departments and entities. The briefing was based largely on SAA’s financial performance reports, including the preliminary results ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2017 MTBPS: Public Service Commission submission
8 Nov 2017
The Public Service Commission commented that the high turnover of departmental leadership was a risk area. The Commission advised that legislative frameworks be amended to curb the excessive independence of State Owned Enterprises. Departments had to exercise their oversight function over State Owned Enterprises. Departments tended to not fill vacancies ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2017 MTBPS: Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) response
3 Nov 2017
The HSRC presented its comments on the 2017 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement. It noted the economic downturn and sluggish recovery in the South African economy; the decline in the growth forecast from 1.3% - 0.7%; the sharp contraction in fiscal revenue which undermines the fiscal framework; the sharp unemployment ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2017 MTBPS: South African Local Government Association (SALGA) briefing
1 Nov 2017
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) briefed the Joint Committee on the 2017 Medium Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). SALGA noted that economic growth generated the tax revenue that allowed the rollout of housing, water and sanitation, health services, education and many other services that government provided. Growth was, therefore, ...
Finance Standing Committee
2017 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
31 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) appeared before the joint committees of Finance and Appropriations (National Assembly and National Council of Provinces) to give a post Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) analysis.
The PBO noted that performance of key macroeconomic variables over the past five years has not been impressive. The ...
Finance Standing Committee
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2017: Minister in the Presidency & Minister of Finance briefing
26 Oct 2017
The Minister in the Presidency together with the Minister of Finance, and National Treasury gave presentations on the 2017 Mandate Paper and the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement.
The Minister in the Presidency explained that the purpose of the Mandate Paper is to function as a shorter-term instrument of national planning, ...