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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Electricity Generation Technology Choice: briefing by Parliamentary Budget Office
7 Sep 2016
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) provided a presentation on the costs and considerations of electricity generation choices. The briefing by the PBO was very technical looking at the costing and comparison measures utilised to draw assumptions.
Many countries in the world engage in energy planning. Electricity is not like other ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2017/18 Division of Revenue: Financial and Fiscal Commission Submission
6 Sep 2016
The theme of the 2017/18 FFC submission was the intergovernmental fiscal relations system and rural development. The majority of the South African poor were living in rural areas, which lagged behind on economic performance indicators. The rural economy was no longer just a farm economy. The potential of land reform ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Cost & outcomes of Industrial Development initiatives: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
31 Aug 2016
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) briefed the Standing Committee on Appropriations with a report on the costs and outcomes of industrial development initiatives for the period from 1994 to 2015.
The PBO provided an analysis of the government’s commitment to industrial development, the development of policies, and also the development ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
State-Owned Entities: analysis of 4 Quarter 2015/16 and 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
30 Aug 2016
The Committee researchers briefed the Committee on a list of 12 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and other public entities. Strategic roles and major challenges received attention. Challenges were centered on procurement; expenditure, finance and consequence management; leadership and governance; financial and operational sustainability; human resources, and non-compliance with the Public Finance ...
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Prioritisation of departments for Committee oversight: briefing by Committee researcher
24 Aug 2016
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met to deliberate on the Committee Researchers’ Reports on the Prioritisation of departments for oversight by the Committee. The researchers briefing explained key departments for prioritisation by the Committee for 2016
The following issues were highlighted:
Part 1: Strategic contributions in developmental and budgetary indicators
To ...
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National Treasury on its 4 Quarter 15/16 & 1 Quarter 16/17 performance
23 Aug 2016
The National Treasury presented on the preliminary revenue and expenditure outcomes for national departments. The main budget deficit amounted to 4.2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). Departments had spent R699 billion against the final available budget of R706 billion, indicating under-spending of one percent. There had been significant ...
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Appropriation Bill [B3-2016]: DA proposed amendments; Committee Report consideration and adoption
17 May 2016
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met for the consideration and adoption of the 2016 Appropriation Bill. The Democratic Alliance submitted and presented proposed amendments to the 2016 Appropriation Bill.
The Committee discussed the proposed amendments presented by the DA but they were concerned about the time that had lapsed for ...
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Appropriation Bill 2016: hearing with Minister of Small Business Development
13 May 2016
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) briefed the Committee on how it was planning to spend its allocated budget, in the presence of its Minister, Ms Lindiwe Zulu. The Minister highlighted that the Department had now appointed a permanent Director-General, which was a step in the right direction to ...
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Appropriation Bill [B3-2016]: hearing with Department of Human Settlements
10 May 2016
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) gave inputs to the Committee on the 2016 Appropriations Bill. The briefing covered the revised strategic plan targets for 2015-2020; a summary of the Annual Performance Plan (APP) priorities and APP targets per programme, the budget allocation and comment on the focus areas as ...
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Appropriation Bill 2016: comments by Financial and Fiscal Commission
10 May 2016
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) noted that the 2016 Appropriation Bill was enacted during a period of both internal and external challenges for the nation’s economy. There was a cumulative downward revision of 2.5% in the economic growth forecast for the country between 2014 and 2017. The low fragile ...