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Standing Committee on Appropriations
World Bank on its Report on the South African Economy
15 Feb 2017
The World Bank presented the ninth edition of the South African Economic Update, which focused on private investment for job creation. Four main points were made:
• The World Bank foresees only a modest and fragile economic recovery in South Africa for 2017/18 unless private investment accelerates.
• It suggests ...
Finance Standing Committee
Money Bills Amendment Procedure Act review: joint workshop
8 Feb 2017
Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Services Office (CLSO) presented at the joint workshop to the Finance and Appropriations Standing and Select Committees. It noted that the National Assembly had passed a resolution in May 2016 that the Finance Standing Committee should review the Money Bills Act with a view to introduce ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Reports on 2016 MTBPS, Adjustment Appropriation Bill & Finance Bill
5 Dec 2016
Documents handed out:
Report on the 2016 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement
Report on the 2016 Adjustments Appropriation Bill [B16-2016]
Report on the Finance Bill [B21-2016]
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
Relevant Documents:
Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act 9 of 2009
Medium ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Adjustments Appropriation Bill; Finance Bill: briefing by National Treasury
1 Dec 2016
National Treasury briefed a joint meeting of the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations on the 2016 Adjustments Appropriations Bill and the 2016 Finance Bill.
Members were informed about the different aspects of the Adjustments Appropriations Bill, which included unforeseeable and unavoidable expenditure, virements, roll-overs, self-financing expenditure, and declared unspent ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Engagement with the Appropriations Committee of the Nigerian National Assembly
30 Nov 2016
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met with its counterpart in the Nigerian National Assembly. Both sides expressed a need for cross-fertilisation. There was no formal presentation from the Nigerian side. A spokesperson explained to the Committee how their Committee did its work and what its mandate was. In Nigeria revenue ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Reports on Quarter 1 & 2 performance & APAC Conference
29 Nov 2016
Documents handed out:
Draft reports and minutes handed out to Members
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
Report of the The draft report on expenditure patterns for 2015/16 fourth quarter and 2016/17 first quarter was considered and adopted with minor technical amendments. The report on the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Programme Term 1 in 2017
23 Nov 2016
Report of the meeting to follow.
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Public Expenditure Review: National Treasury briefing
22 Nov 2016
The Government Technical Assistance Unit (GTAC) in the National Treasury (NT) presented to the Standing Committee. Performance and expenditure reviews (PERs) had been started because the Presidency and the NT needed detailed and reliable information. It was a joint project between the NT and the Department of Planning, Monitoring and ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Sector Education and Training Authority performance: Department of Higher Education &Training briefing
18 Nov 2016
The Standing Committee on Appropriations was briefed by the Department of Higher Education and Training on the performance and expenditure of the Sector Education and Training Authorities. At the outset, Members noted that they had expected to see more slides of direct relevance to the Committee, which was engaged with ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Urban Settlements Development Grant; Expanded Public Works Programme (Social Sector): DPME evaluation
16 Nov 2016
Committee minutes (Members only)
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation stated that the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) was a capital grant that allocated R10 billion per annum to the eight metros. It was introduced in 2011 and replaced the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) for these cities. The USDG ...