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Premier & Constitutional Matters (WCPP)
Committee Report on Department of Premier 2018/19 Annual Report; Draft Committee Quarterly Report; Traditional Courts Bill: briefing by NCOP Permanent Delegate
30 Oct 2019
The Committee engaged in an informal discussion with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on the Traditional Courts Bill. A formal briefing by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) permanent delegate could not take place because the Bill had not been formally referred to the Committee. The focus was ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning and Cape Nature 2018/2019 Annual Reports; deliberation
24 Oct 2019
The Committee met to consider the 2018/19 Annual Reports of Cape Nature and the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning.
Serious concerns were raised about the lack of transformation within the Cape Nature organisation, and Members insisted that this needed to be addressed urgently. Other matters ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Department of Social Development 2018/2019 Annual Report: discussion; with Minister
23 Oct 2019
The meeting was convened to discuss Part C (Governance) and Part E (Financial Information) of Department of Social Development’s Annual Report 2018/19. The Provincial Minister was present.
For Part C (Governance), Members asked about the Department’s plan to address capacity constraints, the cost of compliance with the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Department of Agriculture & Casidra 2018/19 Annual Reports
22 Oct 2019
Members of the Committee were briefed by the Auditor-General of South Africa on Casidra and the Western Cape Department of Agriculture’s Annual Reports for 2018/19 in a closed session. Members raised questions on both Reports in an open session with the MEC in attendance. Members raised concerns on the dispute ...
Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism (WCPP)
WC Department of Economic Development and Tourism & entities 2018/19 Annual Report
18 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed on the 2018/19 Annual Reports from the Department of Economic Development and Tourism; WESGRO and Saldanha Bay IDZ Licensing Company. In general Members noted the importance of economic growth and the need for increased investment which would lead to job creation. The MEC ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
WC Department of Economic Development and Tourism & entities 2018/19 Annual Report; with Provincial Minister
18 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by Wesgro, the Department of Economic Development and the Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone on their respective 2018/19 Annual Reports. The Western Cape Provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities commended the Department and its entities on attaining clean audits and for their hard work throughout ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Department of Local Government 2018/19 Annual Report: deliberations
17 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Local Government of the Western Cape Government on its 2018/19 Annual Report. Members of the Committee were satisfied with the fact that the Department had achieved a clean audit. Members were particularly impressed with the fact that the Department ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Western Cape Department of Health Audit Outcome
16 Oct 2019
The Western Cape Provincial Department of Health, led by MEC Mbombo, engaged with the Public Accounts Committee on its 2018/19 Annual Report. This was the first time the Department had a clean audit.
Members probed the Department on a variety of matters including risk management, corruption, fraud, ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
WCED Audit outcomes: 2018/19 Annual Report
15 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Western Cape Education Department on its audit outcome. Members of the Committee were informed that the Department had regressed in its audit findings from a clean audit to an audit with qualified findings. The Department expressed its dissatisfaction with the findings and assured the ...
Finance, Economic Opportunities and Tourism (WCPP)
Eskom on National System Status & Provincial Network Plan for Energy in the Western Cape
9 Oct 2019
The Standing Committee met with Eskom to discuss the company’s Network Development Plan for the Western Cape and the current status of its debt.
Eskom outlined the financial and infrastructural investments it would be making in the province over the next five years. It expected to invest R200m to R300m ...