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NCOP Appropriations
Eskom Appropriation Bills [B16-2015] & [B17-2015]: FFC & Parliamentary Budget Office comments; Appropriation Bill [B6-2015]: briefing & adoption
23 Jun 2015
National Treasury’s briefing on the 2015 Appropriation Bill covered the structure and processing of the Appropriation Bill, the reorganisation of Cabinet and establishment of new departments, the consolidated budget, the reduced expenditure ceiling and the allocation of budget resources.The expenditure ceiling had been reduced by R25b for the last two ...
NCOP Finance
Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, and KwaZulu-Natal spending challenges
19 Jun 2015
This was the third meeting in the first round of engagements with Provincial Treasuries, which would happen quarterly to ensure each province was on strong financial footing and if not, what could be done to solve the problem before it became a crisis. The Provincial Treasuries from the Eastern Cape, ...
NCOP Finance
Northern Cape, North West, Mpumalanga spending challenges
17 Jun 2015
The North West, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga provinces have a higher unemployment rate than the rest of the country. They were invited to speak about their revenue and expenditure and their fiscal position. Accruals and underspending were the main topics discussed.
National Treasury provided its perspective on each province first ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriations Bill [B16-2015]; Eskom Subordinated Loan Special Appropriation Amendment Bill (2008/09-2010/11 financial years) [B17-2015]: National Treasury briefing
10 Jun 2015
National Treasury presented the contents of the two Bills. Essentially the Eskom Special Appropriations Bill provides for government through the Department of Public Enterprises to purchase R23 billion worth of equity in Eskom, subject to payment of the proceeds from the sale of certain non-strategic assets into the National Revenue ...
NCOP Finance
Financial and Fiscal Commission Amendment Bill [B1-2015]: final mandates and committee report
10 Jun 2015
Six Provincial Legislatures read their Final Mandates in respect of the Financial and Fiscal Commission Amendment Bill. The Bill received support from Gauteng, KZN, Northern Cape, North West and Mpumalanga. The Western Cape did not support the Bill. Free State and Eastern Cape did not submit. Limpopo did not submit ...
NCOP Appropriations
National Health Insurance Grant projects; Department of Health and National Treasury on its expenditure & overall performance
9 Jun 2015
The Select Committee on Appropriations was briefed by delegations from the National Treasury and the National Department of Health about the expenditure and performance of the National Health Insurance pilot programme, which was in its fourth year of a 15-year rollout.
The National Treasury presented expenditure trends of the National ...
NCOP Finance
National and Provincial Treasury briefings on provincial fiscal patterns: Limpopo and Western Cape
5 Jun 2015
National Treasury, and the Western Cape and Limpopo Provincial Treasuries presented briefings on the financial and fiscal position in these provinces, including revenue and expenditure budgets. National Treasury gave an overview of the position, highlighting the main patterns of spending and some of the challenges.
National Treasury noted that Limpopo ...
NCOP Finance
Financial and Fiscal Commission Amendment Bill [B1-2015]: negotiating mandates; Committee reports: New Development Bank & Treaty for Establishment of BRICS Contingent Reserve arrangement
3 Jun 2015
The provincial legislatures read out their negotiating mandates in respect of the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) Amendment Bill. This Bill received support from Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KZN, Northern Cape and Limpopo without any amendments.
Mpumalanga was generally in favour of the Bill but suggested that clause 6 be amended, ...
Basic Education
Educational Infrastructure Grants & Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Institute: Department of Basic Education & National Treasury briefing
2 Jun 2015
National Treasury began the presentation discussing the Education Infrastructure Grant and School Infrastructure Backlogs Grant. There had been a significant improvement in spending on the Infrastructure Backlogs Grant. In the current year 2015/2016, provinces had become heavily dependent on grants for infrastructure and were contributing little from their own fiscus. ...
NCOP Finance
Committee Report on Banks Amendment Bill
14 May 2015
The Select Committee on Finance considered the report on the Banks Amendment Bill. The Bill was previously agreed to by the Standing Committee on Finance and was officially referred to the Select Committee on Finance by the National Assembly in the previous week.
The Committee adopted the report on the ...