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Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Ngubane and Tshabalala
13 Jan 2017
After a thorough probe and engagement with former SABC Chairperson, Dr Ben Ngubane, the Chairperson concluded that someone has misled Parliament in their submission or evidence presented through affidavits, as there were gross contradictions between the statements made by Dr Ngubane and those submitted by other witnesses at an earlier ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Right2Know, Media Monitoring Africa, SOS Coalition, Minister of Communications
14 Dec 2016
In the morning session, the Ad Hoc Committee continued to hear evidence from various bodies around the SABC position. Participants were asked to take the oath, were reminded of their duties and the need to speak openly and truthfully, and questions were led by Senior Parliamentary Legal Advisor Adv Vanara, ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Lubisi; Mokhobo; Mavuso
8 Dec 2016
The Ad Hoc Committee interviewed two former SABC Board members, Mr Ronny Lubisi and Mr Vusi Mavuso as well as former Group CEO, Ms Lulama Mokhobo. They were called as witnesses to testify in the SABC inquiry and an overview of what was taking place during their tenure at the ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Auditor General, ICASA, Public Protector
7 Dec 2016
The Committee has a mandate through National Assembly resolution to conduct an inquiry into the fitness of members of the SABC Board to hold office and then report back to the House on 28 February 2017. The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
SABC Board inquiry: deliberations on the way forward
29 Nov 2016
The Ad Hoc Committee met to deliberate on a few preparatory matters; however the actual work on the inquiry would not go ahead because of the interdict against the Ad Hoc Committee brought by the remaining member of the SABC Board, Chairperson Prof. Maguvhe on Monday, 28 November 2016.
Members ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament's performance in first half of 2016/17: briefing by Secretary to Parliament & Parliamentary Budget Office
23 Nov 2016
Parliament was to surrender R72 million to the National Treasury because it had not used it. This emerged during discussion when the Secretary to Parliament briefed the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament about the mid-term performance of the institution. The Committee also heard that the performance ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament's performance April to September 2016: Parliamentary Researcher and Budget Office briefings
23 Nov 2016
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament had a pre-briefing by the Committee Researcher and Parliamentary Budget Office, preparatory to the Committee's engagement with the Secretary of Parliament on the institution’s performance in the first half of the 2016/17 financial-year.
The Committee Researcher pointed out that expenditure ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Review of Assembly Rules: Mini plenaries & member statements: Report back by Subcommittee
16 Nov 2016
Relevant Documents
Rules of the National Assembly 9th Edition
The Committee met to adopt the Report of the Subcommittee on its Review of Assembly Rules, which had met on 14 October 2016 to look into the procedure for motions without notice. The EFF was not present. The Chairperson of the ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance & 2017/18 draft budget and annual performance plan
19 Oct 2016
Report of the meeting to follow.
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Auditor-General of South Africa 2015/16 Audit Report; Parliament’s 2015/16 Annual Report Analysis: Committee’s Researchers
12 Oct 2016
The Auditor-General of South Africa briefed the Committee about the audit findings of Parliament’s Annual Report for 2015/16, and reported that Parliament had been operating on a deficit of over R110 million, while its vacancy rate was standing at 19.6%, which translated to 336 vacant positions.
The financial statements submitted ...