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Finance Standing Committee
Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals: public hearings
4 Mar 2015
The Standing Committee on Finance and the Select Committee on Finance held a joint meeting to hear public comment by various institutions and labour federations on the Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals.
The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) commended the Finance Minister and his National Treasury team for ...
Finance Standing Committee
Fiscal framework and revenue proposals; Division of Revenue Bill: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
3 Mar 2015
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) presented under various headings:
▪ Fiscal Framework: Budget 2015 recognised that the counter-cyclical approach had reached its limits. Fiscal consolidation could no longer be postponed. The current fiscal package was designed to narrow the deficit and stabilise debt. The poor could face the effects of ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B5-2015]; Appropriations Bill [B6-2015]: briefing
27 Feb 2015
A delegation of senior staff from the National Treasury briefed the Joint Meeting of the Select Committee on Appropriations and the Standing Committee on Appropriations on the 2015 Division of Revenue Bill and the 2015 Appropriations Bill. A joint meeting of the Select and Standing Committees on Appropriations to interrogate ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
SAFCOL update on impact of land claims and overall 2013/14 performance
25 Feb 2015
Ms Mona emphasised that, since the new board had commenced, they had spent much time cleaning up the company. Problems such as fraud and corruption had been eliminated, and ineffective policies and strategies had been dealt with. Land claims were unresolved, and SAFCOL was awaiting a strategy from the Department. ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on its 2013/14 Annual Report; Department of Mineral Resources on its 2013/14 Annual Report
24 Feb 2015
The Departments of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Mineral Resources recently presented their 2013/14 annual reports to the Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources.
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) received an unqualified audit opinion. The findings of the Auditor General (AG) revealed inconsistencies between planned and ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Impact of mining, prospecting activities & shale gas exploration in sensitive habitats: DMR & of Environmental Affairs briefings ; DOHA amendment to Kyoto Protocol: Department of Environmental Affairs briefing
25 Nov 2014
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) each made presentations to the Committee on the impact of mining and prospecting activities in ecologically sensitive habitats such as grasslands, wetlands and watersheds, in the coal mining regions of South Africa. The DMR outlined where sensitive ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Science and Technology on its 2013/14 Annual Report
19 Nov 2014
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) briefed the Committee on its Annual Report for 2013/14 Financial Year. The major focus was how to use science and technology to advance socio-economic development in South Africa. It was noted that this Department had been assessed as second in the performance assessments ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Development of the National Extension and Advisory Services Policy: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries briefing; Commission on Restitution of Land Rights briefing
18 Nov 2014
The Committee expressed concern that the political heads (Ministers and Deputy Ministers) from the Departments of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Rural Development and Land Reform failed to attend meetings and agreed to write to them to convey their unhappiness.
The importance of extension and advisory services as a strategic ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Provincial conservation challenges and programmes: Department Environmental Affairs briefing
11 Nov 2014
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the support, resources, challenges and constraints in relation to provincial conservation authorities when implementing the conservation mandate, particularly around the compliance and enforcement of biodiversity legislation. The presentation outlined the challenges, personnel, equipment and budget for each province. ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill for 2015/16: public hearings
7 Nov 2014
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) commented on the Division of Revenue Bill (DoRB), saying it is in everyone’s interest within the context of the tight fiscal space to ensure that local government is properly resourced and capacitated to meet its developmental challenges. While not all items that SALGA ...