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Standing Committee on Appropriations
FFC on 2023/24 Division of Revenue Bill Submission
24 Aug 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on the 2023/24 division of revenue.
The FFC presented how government has had to balance the maintenance of fiscal sustainability alongside the need to provide social relief interventions in the face of the pandemic, ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill & Second Adjustments Appropriation Bill: adoption
8 Jun 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Standing Committee adopted the 2022 Appropriation Bill and Second Adjustments Appropriation (2021/22 financial year) Bill. The Committee Reports on both Bills were approved without additions. The DA voted against and the EFF abstained for both Bills.
The Committee Researchers presented research ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Treasury Q4 2021/22 Performance for National Departments & Update on SOEs
1 Jun 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from National Treasury on the 2021/22 fourth quarter expenditure for national departments, and the current state of state-owned enterprises.
National Treasury said that for the year 2021/22, the overall under-spending by departments had amounted to R14.9 billion, which reflected a ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Second Adjustments Appropriation Bill: public hearing; Appropriation Bill: response to submissions; with Deputy Miniser
1 Jun 2022
In a joint virtual meeting, the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations received a submission from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) on the Second Adjustments Appropriation Bill which it supported. It welcomed the R18.1 billion SASRIA appropriation. The appropriation enabled workers who had lost wages, to ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: public hearings
31 May 2022
In a joint meeting, the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations held public hearings on the Appropriation Bill. The Committees heard submissions from Equal Education, SAICA and COSATU. The main points in the submissions included the shrinking spend on school infrastructure; the inexplicable R3.4 billion budget for VIP protection ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Department of Social Development, with Minister
27 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from the Department of Social Development on the 2022 Appropriation Bill. The DSD portfolio appraised the Committee on a number of issues and provided a detailed report on the R44 billion allocation toward the SRD grant extension. In its presentation, ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Department of Employment and Labour; with Deputy Minister
25 May 2022
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met with the Department of Employment and Labour on the 2022 Appropriation Bill in a virtual meeting.
The Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour told the Committee that the tough economic conditions call upon everyone to be extraordinarily creative and innovative. Even though the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Department of Water and Sanitation briefing; with Ministry
24 May 2022
The Committee convened virtually to receive a briefing from the Department of Water and Sanitation, on the 2022 Appropriation Bill. The Minister and Deputy Minister were in attendance.
The Department reported that is in the process of planning and implementing a range of major projects to augment national bulk ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: DPWI briefing; with Minister
17 May 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Standing Committee on Appropriations (hereafter referred to as the Committee) was briefed on the 2022 Appropriation Bill by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI).
The Department presented its proposed allocation of R26.1 billion, the allocation of R9.4 billion for the Expanded Public ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Second Adjustment Appropriation Bill: SASRIA briefing
11 May 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Standing Committee on Appropriations was briefed by the South African Special Risks Insurance Association (SASRIA) on the 2022 Second Adjustment Appropriations Bill.
Members were informed that due to the destruction of commercial properties during the July unrest in 2021, SASRIA had received a sharp ...