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Standing Committee on Auditor General
Review of the Public Audit Act: seeking permission to proceed with amendments to Act
16 Nov 2017
The Committee met to approve to a new amendment to the Public Audit Act. The new provision would provide for the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) and National Treasury (NT) to annually agree on the amount of audit fees that could be defrayed from Treasury.
In addition, the Committee approved ...
Public Service and Administration
Department response to Mpumalanga oversight recommendations; Limpopo and Mpumalanga progress on oversight recommendations
15 Nov 2017
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration on the progress made on the signing of performance agreements by Heads of Departments (HoDs) in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, and on the 30-day payment of suppliers.
The DPME reported it had achieved a ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Sugar Industry Regulations proposed amendments: DTI & stakeholders; Debt Relief Committee Bill: adoption for comment
10 Nov 2017
The Committee considered the Committee Bill dealing with Debt Relief and moved to adopt it and have it prepared for public comment. The DA abstained from having the Bill published.
The Committee received briefings from the South African Sugar Association (SASA), South African Cane Growers Association (SACGA), the South African ...
Public Service and Administration
DPME, NYDA, Stats SA & DPSA Quarter 2 performance; with Deputy Minister
8 Nov 2017
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) briefed the Committee on its performance and financial information for the second quarter of the 2017/2018 financial year. The Agency’s achieved 65% of its year to date targets, which equated to 14 of 21 targets being achieved under the second quarter. NYDA spent 95% ...
Public Service and Administration
NSG, CPSI Quarter 2 performance, with Minister
1 Nov 2017
The National School of Governance (NSG) said it played a strategic role in building the capacity of public servants to deliver effective services. It continued to roll out training in the four streams of leadership, management, administration and induction. It was also active in the international sphere, where it supported ...
Public Service and Administration
Free State Oversight Report
18 Oct 2017
The purpose of this meeting was the adoption of the Free State Oversight report and the consideration of the Public Service Amendment Bill.
Corrections and amendments were made to the oversight report and Members suggested additional amendments. Thereafter, the report was adopted with amendments.
The recommendations on the Bill was ...
Public Service and Administration
DPSA; DPME & NYDA; Stats SA Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Oct 2017
The Committee considered and approved three reports:
DPSA and entities Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
DPME & NYDA Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
Stats SA Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
Members corrected minor grammatical and spelling errors in all the reports. In addition, they removed paragraphs from the recommendations section ...
Public Service and Administration
DPSA, NSG, CPSI, PSC, DPME, NYDA, Stats SA 2016/17 Annual Report: AGSA input; DPSA progress on Committee recommendations
10 Oct 2017
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the audit outcomes and performance of the various entities in the Department’s portfolio.
AGSA reported that the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI) had received unqualified findings in ...
Public Service and Administration
DPSA, National School of Government, Centre for Public Service Innovation on Quarter 4 performance; with Minister
13 Sep 2017
The National School of Government (NSG) briefed the Committee on its fourth quarter 2016/17 and first quarter 2017/18 performance. In the fourth quarter, it had achieved 41 of its 45 targets (91%), but overall performance had slipped to 88% in the first quarter this year. The annual training performance had ...
Public Service and Administration
DPME, National Youth Development Agency & Statistics SA on Quarter 4 performance
13 Sep 2017
The Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) said the high rate of unemployment among South Africa’s youth was a challenge which committed it to supporting the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) so that it could achieve its objectives. It had made recommendations for youth development to be made a ...