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NCOP Finance
SARS & Financial and Fiscal Commission 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans; Committee Reports
22 Sep 2015
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) presented on the 2015/16 to 2019/20 Strategic Plan and the 2015/16 Annual Performance Plan. SARS would continue to invest in employees to serve taxpayers and to address sophisticated tax avoidance and evasion. To increase customs compliance, SARS would improve the management of bonded warehouses ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services & Universal Services Access Agency mandate & role in communication sector
2 Sep 2015
The Universal Services Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) gave a presentation on its mandate and role in the communications sector, covering the programmes that it was currently working on and the projects which it was running, linking these to the overall strategic goals of digital migration that government had ...
NCOP Appropriations
Eskom Appropriation Bills [B16-2015] & [B17-2015]: adoption
25 Jun 2015
The Committee met to consider two reports on the Eskom Bills. Prior to the consideration, some Members voiced conern about reviewing the reports without Eskom appearing before the Committee to brief Members on its functions, operations activities, strategic objectives and targets achieved. Despite these concerns, the Committee proceeded to approve ...
NCOP Appropriations
Eskom Appropriation Bills [B16-2015] & [B17-2015]: FFC & Parliamentary Budget Office comments; Appropriation Bill [B6-2015]: briefing & adoption
23 Jun 2015
National Treasury’s briefing on the 2015 Appropriation Bill covered the structure and processing of the Appropriation Bill, the reorganisation of Cabinet and establishment of new departments, the consolidated budget, the reduced expenditure ceiling and the allocation of budget resources.The expenditure ceiling had been reduced by R25b for the last two ...
NCOP Finance
Financial and Fiscal Commission Amendment Bill [B1-2015]: final mandates and committee report
10 Jun 2015
Six Provincial Legislatures read their Final Mandates in respect of the Financial and Fiscal Commission Amendment Bill. The Bill received support from Gauteng, KZN, Northern Cape, North West and Mpumalanga. The Western Cape did not support the Bill. Free State and Eastern Cape did not submit. Limpopo did not submit ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Environmental Affairs on air quality management, budget for fight against wildlife crime, & resource management programmes, with Minister & Deputy Minister
9 Jun 2015
A delegation from the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), which included the Minister and the Deputy Minister, submitted presentations on three areas of their activity. These were air quality management, the budget for the fight against wildlife crime, and resource management programmes. The DEA's Medium Term Expenditure Framework was also ...
NCOP Finance
National and Provincial Treasury briefings on provincial fiscal patterns: Limpopo and Western Cape
5 Jun 2015
National Treasury, and the Western Cape and Limpopo Provincial Treasuries presented briefings on the financial and fiscal position in these provinces, including revenue and expenditure budgets. National Treasury gave an overview of the position, highlighting the main patterns of spending and some of the challenges.
National Treasury noted that Limpopo ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Fuzane Petition (Alleged assaults on child whilst in a public hospital): hearing continued
3 Jun 2015
The Committee continued with its hearing on the petition lodged by Ms Nobuntu Fuzane in relation to her daughter Tamara’s treatment at Groote Schuur Hospital on 1 August 2011 and at Khayelitsha Hospital in February 2014. Members asked clarity-seeking questions of the delegation from the Department of Health of Western ...
Basic Education
Educational Infrastructure Grants & Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Institute: Department of Basic Education & National Treasury briefing
2 Jun 2015
National Treasury began the presentation discussing the Education Infrastructure Grant and School Infrastructure Backlogs Grant. There had been a significant improvement in spending on the Infrastructure Backlogs Grant. In the current year 2015/2016, provinces had become heavily dependent on grants for infrastructure and were contributing little from their own fiscus. ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Public Enterprises on its 2015 Strategic and Annual Performance Plans, Minister in attendance
20 May 2015
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), with the Minister of Public Enterprises also making input, presented its 2015 Strategic and Annual Plans. The Minister stressed that DPE fully acknowledged the degree of work that needed to be done and was taking an active and positive step in addressing the challenges. ...