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Rules of the National Assembly
Guidelines for Removal of Speaker; MP Dress Code; Fines for MP Absence; Removal of MP from Chamber Committee
6 Apr 2016
Members of the opposition parties rejected outright the proposed dress code rules for Members of Parliament. They felt the dress code rules are an insult to the intelligence of lawmakers and they do not want to be dictated to about what they wear.
This surfaced when the Subcommittee on the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Correctional Services: hearing with Minister of Justice and Correctional Services (continued)
15 Mar 2016
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services commented on a matter that the National Treasury wanted raised in the meeting, concerning an investigation into a tender issued by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). The Minister objected that this could imply that Treasury was setting itself up as a tender ...
Rules of the National Assembly
National Assembly Rules: Guidelines required by National Assembly Rules: briefing
11 Mar 2016
The Subcommittee on Review of the Assembly Rules were introduced to the draft guidelines required by the National Assembly Rules in preparation for finalisation in the next meeting.
The Chairperson asked Members to finalise their contributions on the guidelines on the dress code. The Committee must finalise the general guidelines, ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Military Veterans 2014/15 Annual Report: hearing with Deputy Minister
9 Mar 2016
Members of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, from both sides of the House, launched a vigorous and forthright interrogation of the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) over its poor performance during the past year. The Deputy Minister, the Acting Director General, the Audit Committee and the turnaround team all ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
South African Post Office 2014/15 Annual Report: hearing
8 Mar 2016
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) sent senior managers of the troubled SA Post Office (SAPO) packing after the board failed to show up at a meeting in Parliament.
Angry SCOPA members told SAPO chief executive Mark Barnes and non-executive director Dawn Marole that the Public Finance Management Act ...
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) ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Correctional Services qualified audit: hearing with Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services
1 Mar 2016
The Committee received a briefing by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services as part of the ongoing engagement about the qualified audit of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS).
National Treasury first gave input on the DCS tender for the Integrated Inmate Management System (IIMS). The problem with the ...
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 ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
PRASA hearing, with Minister of Transport
23 Feb 2016
The Committee met again, in the presence of the Minister of Transport, to continue to interrogate the 2014/15 Annual Report and financial statements of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and the irregularities reported on by the Auditor-General (AG). These included the purchase of oversized passenger trains and ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Oversight reports & First Term Committee Programme: adoption
3 Feb 2016
The Committee firstly dealt with its draft first term programme. It was decided that it would have a briefing by Auditor-General South Africa on SA Xpress, but due to other commitments this briefing, together with consideration of the Department of Military Veterans and the SA Post Office annual reports be ...