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Sport, Arts and Culture
National Lotteries Commission briefing
27 Jun 2017
The National Lotteries Commission briefed the Committee on its allocations for sport and recreation for the 2016/17 financial year.
The amended regulations relating to allocation of money in the NLDTF showed that 47% needs to go to charities, 28% to sports, 23% to arts and 2% to misc. The direction ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Tennis SA briefing; Committee Reports
13 Jun 2017
The Committee received a briefing from Tennis South Africa (TSA) on its governance, financials, transformation plan, development plan and implementation, and related matters.
The core aim of TSA was transformation, transparency, and performance. It faced challenges with regard to the lack of female participation in the sport, and the federation ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Water Affairs: hearing 2
31 May 2017
SCOPA had arranged the hearing with Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) as a follow-up to an unsatisfactory hearing in November 2016. In addition to irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, the DWS accruals and commitments were added to the agenda. As it turned out, Committee came close to declaring the ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SRSA Quarter 4 performance; Eminent Persons Group Report outcomes and priorities; Lovelife, with Minister and Deputy Minister
30 May 2017
The meeting began with the Minister of Sport and Recreation referring to the 2015/2016 Eminent Persons Group (EPG) Transformation Status report, released officially earlier in May, which had resulted in a certain amount of controversy in relation to the accompanying transformation barometer. There had been charges that the report was ...
Water and Sanitation
Minister of Water and Sanitation briefing; Committee report on Water and Sanitation Budget
25 May 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) told the Portfolio Committee that the National Treasury’s regulations gave the Department’s accounting officer the power to shift funds for the 2017/18 financial year. The Department did not plan to revise the budget allocations, as its projects were not implemented annually and often ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SA Football Association briefing
24 May 2017
SA Football Association briefed the Committee on financials, governance, transformation plan, development plan and implementation and related matters.
Dr Danny Jordaan, President, SA Football Association, said the Executive Members of the Association were employees and business persons outside of SA Football Association and were working voluntarily; therefore, they had to ...
Water and Sanitation
Committee Report on Water and Sanitation Budget
24 May 2017
The Committee met with officials from the Department of Water and Sanitation, to consider and adopt its report on the 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan (APP) and Budget of the Department and entities supporting the work of the Department. During consideration of the report, the Committee was concerned it was adopting ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
SA National Amateur Boxing Organisation briefing; Committee Reports on SRSA Quarter 2 & 3 performance
16 May 2017
The South African National Boxing Association briefing
The South African National Amateur Boxing Organisation (SANABO) said the 2016/17 financial year has been very difficult for the organisation as it operated at a ‘zero budget’ and could not implement projects as per their year plan. The funding was received four months ...
Water and Sanitation
Department of Water and Sanitation on its Annual Performance Plan with Minister & Deputy Minister
9 May 2017
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) presented an overview of its annual performance plan (APP) for the period 2017/18 to 2019/20 to the Portfolio Committee. It listed its goals as
enhancing and protecting water as a resource across the value chain, equitable access to reliable, sustainable and acceptable water ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Sport and Recreation SA on its Annual Performance Plan; Committee Reports
9 May 2017
The Committee received briefings from its support staff on the strategic plan and annual performance plan (APP) of the Department of Sport and Recreation (SRSA) and their entities, and deliberated and considered draft reports on SRSA’s Budget Vote 40, the Department’s performance during the second and third quarters, and the ...