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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Restructuring of public entities; New Budget facility; Office of the Chief Procurement Officer & status on payment of suppliers per Budget Vote: National Treasury briefing
27 Mar 2018
State expenditure, especially in procurement, was one of the key mechanisms that would enable the government to implement its developmental policy. Effectiveness in infrastructure spending, nationalised and streamlined public entities, curbing wasteful and fruitless expenditure, preventing procurement deviations and price escalations were the priority focus area in the medium term. ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Treasury Quarter 2 & 3 performance
20 Mar 2018
The Department of National Treasury presented on the consolidated third quarter expenditure report for the 2017/18 financial year, focusing on the main areas of concern regarding the spending patterns of departments. The aim was to enable the Committee to invite identified departments to Parliament and hold them to account.
While ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on 2018 Division of Revenue Bill
14 Mar 2018
The Standing Committee on Appropriations considered and adopted its Committee Report on 2018 Division of Revenue Bill. The Committee Report stated that the Committee received a briefing on the Bill from the National Treasury and also had engagements with the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the South African Local ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: public hearings
13 Mar 2018
The Standing Committee on Appropriations held a public hearing on the 2018 Division of Revenue Bill, and said that although it had highlighted the importance of educating communities about the significance of the Bill, it had received only one response, which was from Equal Education (EE).
In their submission, EE ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: FFC & SALGA briefing
9 Mar 2018
The Committee met to consider inputs from the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and SA Local Government Association (SALGA) on the 2018 Division of Revenue Bill [B2-2018]. The FFC was in agreement with the general thrust of the Bill and revised clauses. It commended efforts by government to protect social ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: National Treasury briefing
8 Mar 2018
National Treasury briefed the Standing Committee on Appropriations on the 2018 Division of Revenue Bill. The Committee heard that despite the tough fiscal environment the budget still reflects increased allocations to national and provincial government, and that reductions in the budget related more to curbing the rate at which budgets ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Learner Transport: Departments of Basic Education & Transport & Equal Education; with Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2018
The Departments of Transport and Basic Education gave a briefing on the implementation challenges of learner transport. The national learner transport policy had been approved by Cabinet in 2015 and was currently in the implementation mode. The establishment of the policy was in response to the realisation of a policy ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
NDP outcomes and alignment to budgets: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
6 Mar 2018
DPE Mandate Paper for Budget 2018
2018 Budget Speech
The Parliamentary Budget Office briefed the Committee on the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP). Performance indicators in 2017/18 departmental Annual Performance Plans (APPs) were compared to the MTSF sub-outcome performance indicators. The objectives of the MTSF sub-outcomes were assessed ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Learner Transport in South Africa: HSRC briefing
28 Feb 2018
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) conducted a briefing on the status of learner transport in South Africa to the Standing Committee on Appropriations. It was emphasised that learner transport was important to realise the right of access to quality education.
The HSRC outlined its research methodology, but indicated that ...
Water and Sanitation
DWS audit action plan & outcome of contestation of audit findings; response to Limpopo oversight visit committee report
21 Feb 2018
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the responses to the findings of the Auditor-General and the contestations thereof by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS); outstanding issues from the last meeting between the Committee and the Department; and issues arising from the oversight visit to Limpopo.
The ...