Mr David Douglas Des Van Rooyen

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David Douglas Des Van Rooyen

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Finance Standing Committee 2015 Revised Fiscal Framework Report (MTBPS): consideration
    3 Nov 2015

    The DA submitted that a number of core issues were not included in the observations and recommendations. These included concern over the rate of economic growth; changed policies for growth; expenditure; a lack of long-term fiscal guidelines; cost containment measures; the contingency reserve; debt levels; fiscal risks and the Public ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) 2015: Parliamentary Budget Office review
    27 Oct 2015

    The Parliamentary Budget Office provided an analysis of the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement for 2015 to a joint meeting attended by the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations and the Standing and Select Committees on Finance.

    The Parliamentary Budget Office generally echoed the concerns contained in National Treasury’s budget policy ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Finance Budget Review and Recommendations Report
    20 Oct 2015

    The Committee discussed and adopted the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report with amendments and corrections, as it had to be submitted on that very day. It was considered in order to adopt the report before editing, as long as no changes to content were made after adoption. During consideration, matters ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Taxation Laws Amendment Bill & Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill: National Treasury and SARS response to public hearings; Tax and Harmonisation Reform: National Treasury briefing; Twin Peaks Bill: Expert briefing
    15 Oct 2015

    The Committee first heard representatives from both National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) present draft responses to public comments on the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill and Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill (TLAB & TALAB). The main issues addressed by public comments on the TLAB include efforts to ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Accounting Standards Board (ASB) on its 2014/15 Annual Report
    14 Oct 2015

    The Accounting Standards Board came before the Committee to present its 2014/15 Annual Report. The ASB was a small body comprised of only seven employees with the task of setting standards and assessing the success of these standards’ implementation, among other roles. One of its main projects this year has ...

  • Finance Standing Committee National Treasury and SARS on their 2014/15 Annual Reports; Audit outcomes by Auditor-General
    13 Oct 2015

    The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) presented on the audit outcomes for the finance portfolio for 2014/15. Its areas of focus had been the submitted financial statements, financial health, performance report quality, supply chain management, human resource management and information technology. Some auditees had avoided qualification due to the correction ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Financial and Fiscal Commission 2014/15 Annual Report
    15 Sep 2015

    The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) reported that prior year issues were related to irregular expenditure, misstatement of financial statements, and capacity within the Commission. The Committee was taken through performance information on research; policy advice and recommendations; human resource management; ICT development; compliance with legislation and access to alternative ...

  • Finance Standing Committee South African Airways (SAA) on Turnaround Strategy and performance
    2 Sep 2015

    The South African Airways (SAA) briefed the Committee on its Long-Term Turnaround Strategy (LTTS), which was implemented in April 2013 in order to address the challenges that SAA had been experiencing. The implementation of the LTTS had slowed down in 2014, but picked up more recently. There had been challenges ...

  • Finance Standing Committee “Twin Peaks” & Insurance Industry: “Twin Peaks” and the insurance industry: National Treasury & Financial Services Board briefing
    1 Sep 2015

    A combined team of the National Treasury and the Financial Services Board (FSB) presented. Both long and short-term insurance were prudential concerns since it guaranteed to pay a certain contracted amount when risk or commitment materialised. The current legislative framework addressed both prudential and market conduct concerns. Review of the ...

  • Finance Standing Committee Retirement Reforms: workshop
    26 Aug 2015

    National Treasury held a workshop on Retirement Reforms, giving background on retirement and savings funds before moving on to government proposals for retirement reform. This covered initiatives to boost household savings, key problems in the system, the retirement reform policy proposals, and progress with these proposals.

    The retirement reform policy ...