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Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Department of Transport & Public Works debt mitigation; CIDB Grade 9 tender risks; CIDB Grades 1 & 2 service providers
20 Jun 2018
The Department of Transport and Public Works (DTPW) briefed the Committee on the issues raised in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) annual report, and focused on three areas:
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Virements monitoring: Department of the Premier briefing
13 Jun 2018
The Committee met with the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of the Premier, Western Cape Province, to be briefed on the guidelines to the use of virements. The intention was to empower Committee Members to be able to understand the principles and process of virements so that Members could ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Western Cape Education Department: irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure investigations & minimisation; accruals & overpayments
6 Jun 2018
The Committee received an update from the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) on how far implementation had gone regarding the Internal Audit Committee’s recommendations made during the 2016/17 financial year to improve the Department’s work across a number of areas. The briefing also took the time to deliberate on more ...
Police Oversight, Community Safety and Cultural Affairs (WCPP)
Section 19 of Western Cape Community Safety Act implementation: progress report
6 Jun 2018
The Western Cape Department of Community Safety briefed the Committee on the reporting obligations of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the City of Cape Town’s Municipal Police Service (MPS) to assess their efficiency, effectiveness and conduct. The Community Safety Act (CSA) and regulations required the SAPS and the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
Department of Health electronic systems for performance reporting; asset management; salary overpayments & recovery
16 May 2018
Members of the Committee heard a briefing by the Western Cape Department of Health on the roll out of an electronic filing system to improve reliability of information on reported performance; the User Asset Management Plan (U-AMP) including all associated costs and challenges relating to the upgrading and eradication of ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA) (WCPP)
​Department of Community Safety on Wolwekloof Academy 2014/15 financial year
9 May 2018
Report of the meeting to follow.
Police Oversight, Community Safety and Cultural Affairs (WCPP)
ShotSpotter Technology: Beyond Wireless briefing
9 May 2018
The Committee was briefed on the ShotSpotter device which was designed to locate accurately instances in which gunfire occurred by using acoustics and mathematical algorithms. It could detect around 90% of instances of gunfire in public. More than just a tool for the detection of gunfire, ShotSpotter could assist law ...
Education (WCPP)
After School Game Changer: WCED & Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport briefing
24 Apr 2018
The Chairperson welcomed the delegates and said it saddened him to have to inform the delegation that the meeting would conclude earlier than scheduled due to the staff and in particular the meeting coordinators being released early because of the bus strike. The Western Cape Education Department and the Department ...
Budget (WCPP)
Committee Report on the Negotiating Mandate on the Division of Revenue Bill
20 Mar 2018
The Committee met briefly to consider its negotiating mandate report on the Division of Revenue Bill.
The DA's position -which was supported by the majority – was against supporting the Bill. The party highlighted that the cuts in the allocation – amounting to R1,5 billion over the Medium Term Expenditure ...
Education (WCPP)
Western Cape Appropriation Bill: Education
13 Mar 2018
The Western Cape Department of Education, said that the goals they had been working on over the past years had not changed, only now they had less money and more children. There were 25 000 more learners in the current year, and this was putting the Department on the back ...