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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill [B3-2016]: briefing by National Treasury
6 May 2016
National Treasury appeared to be unsure from where the budget for the acquisition of the VIP presidential jet would be coming. This was the view of the Committee when it engaged National Treasury on the 2016 Appropriation Bill. Treasury said that the VIP jet was not budgeted for in the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Deputy Minister of Basic Education on his Department 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance
4 May 2016
The Department of Basic Education (DBE)presented the 3rd quarter expenditure report of the DBE. Overall, spending was at 79% of allocations, which is slightly above what is to be expected at 3rd quarter. However, she noted that key contributing activities had taken place early in the financial year to inflate ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Minister of Health on his Department 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance
3 May 2016
Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi said maintenance of infrastructure was very important. He suggested the current ratio of 25% spent on maintenance and 25% on refurbishment should be further changed to 30% for maintenance and 20% for refurbishment to cover the maintenance backlogs. It had been a battle dealing with ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Water and Sanitation on its 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance: hearing
20 Apr 2016
The Department of Water and Sanitation presented its third quarter performance to the Standing Committee on Appropriations, and reported that it had under-performed in all its core programmes. These included administration, water sector management, water structure development, water and sanitation services and water sector regulations. As a result, the Department’s ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
DPME on department progress with National Development Plan alignment & MTSF implementation
19 Apr 2016
Of 43 national departments, 30 were found to be aligned to the Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF). Of the 30, 11 were fully aligned and 19 partially aligned. A summary of progress toward MTSF 2014-2019 targets per outcome was presented in graph form. There was an overview of progress related ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Auditor General South Africa on the 2014/15 sector outcomes
15 Apr 2016
The Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) toilets which the Department of Human Settlements had built were found to have so many structural defects that one had to hold on to the seat in order not to fall off, and in one instance, half a plastic ginger beer bottle had been passed ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Progress with its efficiency drives: Office of the Chief Procurement Officer briefing
13 Apr 2016
Members again lamented the late submission of the presentation document, which meant they were unable to fact check or facilitate public participation on the information. National Treasury apologised and the Committee resolved to take the matter up with the Director General of National Treasury.
The Office of the Chief Procurement ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Treasury on its 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance
12 Apr 2016
Members were critical of the fact that once again they had received the presentation documents late, and the National Treasury apologised and undertook that this would not happen again. National Treasury (NT) then presented the expenditure for the third quarter (Q3) of 2015/16. Total voted expenditure was R513.9 billion. R345 ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Development Plan alignment with Medium Term Strategic Framework & progress 2014/15: Parliamentary Budget Office assessment
5 Apr 2016
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) reviewed the NDP in order to assess where it was in the achievement of its targets. The NDP was the guiding framework for budgetary allocations and South Africa's planning framework. There was no oversight of the NDP by Parliament at present. Perhaps it was time ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B2-2016]: adoption of Committee Report
15 Mar 2016
The Committee considered and adopted its Report on the Division of Revenue Bill.