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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Compensation Fund on its 2014/15 Annual Report: hearing
2 Mar 2016
The management of the Compensation Fund and the Department of Labour (DOL) came under intense scrutiny when the Fund’s annual report was presented its 2014/15 to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
The first issue raised concerned the suspension from April last year of the Fund’s chief financial officer (CFO) ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Department of Cooperative Governance on 2015/16 3rd & 4th Quarter performance; Budget Vote 3 & Annual Performance Plan: briefing, with Minister present
1 Mar 2016
The Minister and officials from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) presented the Department’s performance report for the 2014/15 financial year and its annual performance plan for 2016/17.
The Department achieved a considerable percentage of its targets (70%), with a substantial portion still in progress (27%). Some ...
Public Service and Administration
DMPE on Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) 2014 results; Amendment to Public Service Commission Amendment Bill [B21A-15], with Minister
24 Feb 2016
The Department of Planning, Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation (DMPE) presented the Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) 2014 results. Human resource management remains the most challenging key performance indicator (KPI). There has been continual improvement in departments from 2012 to 2014 but there are still challenges such as departments merely complying ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill [B23-2015]: public hearings Day 2
3 Feb 2016
The Committee continued with the second day of its public hearings on the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill. The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) commented that the levels of recognition were contradictory since clause 3 spoke to the President ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi San Leadership Bill [B23-15]: public hearings Day 1
2 Feb 2016
The Committee heard submissions from Natural Justice, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), Land and Accountability Research Centre (LARC), Legal Resources Centre (LRC) and the Finance and Fiscal Commission (FFC). There were also oral inputs from the Commission for Gender Equality, Western Cape Legislative Khoisan Council, a representative ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Correctional Services 2014/15 Annual Report: hearing, with Deputy Minister
1 Dec 2015
The Committee had a wide-ranging engagement the Department of Correctional Services on matters arising from its Annual Report 2014/15. The Committee was unsatisfied with most of the department's responses which they found overly general and lacking detail.
There were a number of serious performance issues in the department which emerged. ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
PRASA 2014/15 Annual Report: hearing
18 Nov 2015
Passenger Rail Agency South Africa (PRASA) was interrogated by the Committee on its financial statements and Annual Report for 2014/15. Because the meeting started earlier than scheduled, PMG's notes on the first part are not available. However, it became apparent as the Committee tried to interrogate the issues in the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Withholding/late transfer of equitable share; Department of Cooperative Governance BRRR; Demarcation Transitional Grant; Report on municipal forensic reports; MISA Post Audit Action Plan, in presence of Deputy Minister
28 Oct 2015
The Department of Cooperative Governance (the Department) in the presence of the Deputy Minister, gave a presentation and tabled reports to the Committee on the progress made on various recommendations from the Committee. The Department firstly outlined the progress in addressing the recommendations of the Committee in the 2014 Budgetary ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Traditional and Khoi San Leadership Bill [B23-2015]: briefing, with Deputy Minister
27 Oct 2015
The Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional said Chapter 12 of the Constitution recognised the role of traditional leaders. Parliament would, from time to time, give guidance and define the role of traditional leaders, in particular, aligning certain matters within the structures from the Traditional Affairs Framework Act into ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Budget Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
BRRR Archive: BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee deliberated on its draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR).
The deliberations revolved around the following issues. The Committee had not received a response from the previous year’s BRRR, money budgeted for by the Municipal Demarcation Board for 28 ...