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Films and Publications Bill [B37B-2015]: consideration of submissions
5 Sep 2018
Submissions had been received from the media, religious groups and affected persons.
The concerns from the stakeholders included the definition of pornography. The submission was from a religious group which stated that the definition needs to be narrowed down to be aligned with the right to dignity.
Another concern, submitted ...
NCOP Finance
City of Cape Town on IDP, LED & service delivery
4 Sep 2018
The Committee was briefed by The City of Cape Town, the National Treasury and Cape Town metropolitan municipality on the City’s budget performance, service and infrastructure delivery, and the Integrated Development Plan (IDP).
The Committee heard that the City of Cape Town reported that R6 billion per year was spent ...
NCOP Appropriations
Conditional Grant Reports: Early Childhood Development Grant, Human Settlements Development Grant & Disaster Grant
22 Aug 2018
Conditional grants are used in most decentralised systems of government to enable specified national objectives. The Constitution states that conditional grants must be provided from the national equitable share and that the division of revenue must recognize the role played by conditional grants within the national equitable share.
The Committee ...
NCOP Finance
IDP, LED & NDP: Mangaung & eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality briefing
21 Aug 2018
Documents handed out: Research document by the Committee researcher (to Members only)
National Treasury reported that matters impacting on audit opinion included non-compliance with Supply Chain Management processes and poor management of indigent registers. Fiscal risks related to service delivery included declines in water revenue, unfunded mandates, and the unresolved conflict ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Films and Publication Bill [B37B-2015]: briefing, with Deputy Minister
15 Aug 2018
The Select Committee convened for the presentation of the Films and Publications Amendment Bill by the Department of Communications, and to be briefed on the main issues that had been amended from the initial Act. The general intention of the amendments was to prevent exposure of children to child pornography, ...
NCOP Finance
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality on IDP, LED & service delivery
14 Aug 2018
The National Treasury (NT) provided an overview of the financial position of all eight metros for the year ending in June 2017. Non-compliance with supply chain management (SCM) processes and ineffective political and administrative leadership were among the salient factors impacting on audit opinion.
In the case of Nelson Mandela ...
NCOP Finance
Committee Report on Provincial Expenditure 2017/18
7 Aug 2018
The Select Committee on Finance adopted the draft report on the provincial treasuries’ preliminary budget outcomes for the 2017/18 financial year.
The Committee resolved it would request the National Treasury and Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) to brief it on the audited figures because the reported figures by the provinces were ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Bill: consideration of C & D -list
27 Jun 2018
The agenda of the meeting was consideration of proposed amendments to the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Bill ‘C list’ (B6C-2016). This arose out of the last meeting that the Committee which had voted on alignment of the ‘B List’ to incorporate issues raised in the negotiating ...
NCOP Finance
Public Audit Amendment Bill: briefing & finalisation
26 Jun 2018
Documents Handed Out: Office of the Premier of the Free State comment on the Bill [Responses were not handed to the public]
The Committee received a briefing on the Public Audit Amendment Bill and approved the proposed law with no amendments. The Bill was approved by the National Assembly and referred ...
NCOP Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: briefing; Committee Report on 2018 Appropriation Bill
20 Jun 2018
The 2018 Appropriation Bill was presented to the Select Committee on Appropriations by National Treasury, in line with the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act of 2009 which required the tabling before the National Council of Provinces and the National Assembly of the fiscal framework and revenue proposals, ...