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Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Act proposed amendments: Auditor-General briefing
17 Mar 2017
The Auditor General (AG) presented its review of the Public Audit Act (PAA) and highlighted the issues affecting the quality of the financial statements of government entities and departments, which continued to remain a challenge. 58% of the auditees with adverse and/or disclaimed opinions had had similar opinions for the ...
Transport
AARTO Amendment Bill: summary of submissions; PRASA Inquiry: discussion
14 Mar 2017
Documents handed out:
Advert on PMG
The Portfolio Committee had invited further written comments as it wanted to propose amendments that extend beyond the scope of the Bill. These were advertised as follows:
▪ The inclusion in the proposed definition of “infringement” of “National Land Transport Act, 2009 (and ...
Transport
Festive Period Road Accident Statistics: Department of Transport briefing
10 Mar 2017
The Department of Transport briefed the Committee on the recent festive period road accident statistics. A 6% increase in road fatalities was recorded for the 2016/17 festive season when compared to the 2015/16 period. Major fatalities and injuries were recorded in Gauteng, Free State and Limpopo during the 2016/17 festive ...
Transport
PRASA Board and Metrorail service delivery challenges
8 Mar 2017
The meeting was scheduled to discuss the Status of Metrorail but Members opted to continue the heated discussion from the previous day on the firing of Acting Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Collins Letsoalo, by the PRASA Board and the performance of the Board. Members requested written responses from the ...
Transport
Road Accident Fund recent challenges: RAF & DOT briefing; RAF Amendment Bill: briefing
28 Feb 2017
The Committee met to be briefed by the Road Accident Fund (RAF) on the recent freezing and subsequent release of their central bank accounts. The RAF said that although R8.6 billion was validly due to claimants, the fiscal reality as set out by the Finance Minister was that one could ...
Transport
Department of Transport on its Quarter 3 performance
21 Feb 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Transport met to be briefed by the Acting Director General, Department Transport on its 2016/17 Third Quarterly Report. The briefing highlighted the achievements, and non-achievements as well as the financial performance of the third Quarter in the seven programmes. The statistics indicated that out of 51 ...
Transport
AARTO Amendment Bill: Portfolio Committee Amendments
14 Feb 2017
The Committee went through the amended Portfolio Committee amendments to the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment (AARTO) Bill compiled from recent discussions, with the assistance of the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA). The Portfolio Committee amendments were approved and these would be published for public comment. Provisionally the closing ...
Transport
Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill: proposed amendments
31 Jan 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Transport went through the recent drafting of the proposed Portfolio Committee Amendments to Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Bill with the assistance of the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA). An important focus was the appeals tribunal established by section 28 which was a critical intervention ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Committee Reports on AGSA 2015/16 Annual Report & 2017-2020 Strategic Plan
29 Nov 2016
Documents:
Draft Minutes of Proceedings Standing Committee on Auditor-General, 4 November 2016
Draft Minutes of Proceedings Standing Committee on Auditor-General, 25 November 2016
Report of Standing Committee on AG on Integrated Annual Report of Auditor General for Financial Year 2016/17
Draft Report of Standing Committee on AG on Auditor-General South ...
Transport
Department of Transport on its Quarter 1 & 2 performance
29 Nov 2016
The Department of Transport briefed the Committee on its 2016/17 first and second quarter expenditure.
The Department had 50 planned targets for Quarter 1, 32 targets were achieved and 18 targets were not achieved. The overall performance percentage of the Department for Quarter 1 was 64%. All the targets for ...