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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B2-2016]: adoption of Committee Report
15 Mar 2016
The Committee considered and adopted its Report on the Division of Revenue Bill.
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B2-2016]: public hearings
11 Mar 2016
At the outset, the Chairperson allowed time for the Democratic Alliance to air its views on the process that the Committee was following. The DA had raised issues in a previous meeting that it did not believe that the presentations were in line with either the Constitution or the Parliamentary ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Council for the Built Environment on its 2014/15 Annual Report
9 Mar 2016
The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) briefed the Committee on its 2014/15 Annual Report. The four programmes of the CBE were described, with particular points highlighted. In this financial year the CBE had managed to achieve 96% of the Annual Performance Plan (APP) targets, an improvement on the 86% ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Department of Public Works Turnaround Strategy: progress report with Minister
8 Mar 2016
The Department briefed the Committee on the progress made on the Turnaround Strategy in the presence of the Minister of Public Works, Mr Thulas Nxesi. There are a number of notable achievements after the implementation of the Turnaround Strategy and these include stabilisation in management and leadership, movement of Property Management ...
Finance Standing Committee
2016 Budget: Public hearings
2 Mar 2016
The joint sitting of the Standing and Select Committees on Finance heard submissions from six entities on the Revenue Laws Amendment Bill. The entities were the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the Witwatersrand University’s School of Economics and Business Science, the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA), ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2016 Division of Revenue Bill: South African Local Government Association comments & input from National Treasury
2 Mar 2016
The meeting began with deliberations about the legality of the meeting itself. Members of the DA, including Shadow Minister of Finance, Mr D Maynier (who was sitting in on the meeting), argued that the meeting was inconsistent with the Constitution as it was out of place in terms of the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B2-2016]: National Treasury briefing
26 Feb 2016
At the outset, the Democratic Alliance Members raising concerns whether this meeting was properly called, in terms of the Constitution and the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act (the Money Bills Act). They asserted that Parliament should only consider the Division of Revenue Bill after the adoption of ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4B-15]: adoption; Department of Public Works on its 2nd & 3rd Quarter 2015 performance
2 Feb 2016
The Committee adopted the Expropriation Bill with opposition from the Democratic Alliance, United Democratic Movement and Economic Freedom Fighters while Inkatha Freedom Party abstained from voting.
The DA explained that the party was opposed to the Bill because the current definitions of “expropriation” and “property” contained ambiguity and therefore still ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Expropriation Bill [B4B-2015]: consideration
26 Jan 2016
The Committee continued with deliberations on its proposed amendments to the Expropriation Bill. Members were afforded an opportunity to express the views of their political parties on a clause-by-clause basis. The Democratic Alliance was opposed to the definition of “expropriation” claiming that the definition was vague and still required further ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Reports: New Development Bank Special Appropriation Bill [B32-15]; Finance Bill [B31-15]; 2015 MTBPS; Adjustments Appropriation Bill [B28-15]
18 Nov 2015
During consideration of the New Development Bank (NDB) Special Appropriation Bill, the Democratic Alliance argued that the country could not afford the R2.2 billion first New Development Bank installment, due in January 2016. Within the context of the higher education funding crisis, it was advisable to use the R2.2 billion ...