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Defence and Military Veterans
Military Veterans: delivery of benefits and services - progress reports by departments & agencies
10 Jun 2015
The Departments of Human Settlement and Military Veterans plus nine other entities made submissions before the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans regarding their role in the socio-economic upliftment of the military veterans.
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) revealed it has signed a number of MOUs and service ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Public Service SETA and Local Government SETA: Interrogation of 2013/14 Annual Reports
10 Jun 2015
The Committee interrogated the 2013/14 Annual Report of two Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) - firstly, the Public Sector SETA (PSETA) and secondly the Local Government SETA, which was under administration. The Chairperson emphasised the importance of the SETAs for building a capable state, commenting that there was still ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Compensation Fund: Interrogation of 2013/14 Annual Report and Financial Statement, with Minister of Labour
2 Jun 2015
The Compensation Fund (CF) met with SCOPA to provide answers to questions posed by the Members on the Annual Report and generally the state the Fund finds itself in.
The Committee heard that a day before this hearing the Fund has suspended its Commissioner and other top management officials. There ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Office of Chief State Law Advisor briefing on Rules, SCOPA submission for amendment to Rule 206
29 May 2015
The Office of the Chief State Law Advisor (OCSLA) had been asked to brief the Committee on the Rules, and to comment on certain proposals. They noted that sections 57 and 70 of the Constitution set out provisions for Parliament to determine and control its internal arrangements, proceedings and procedures. ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Correctional Services 2013/14 Annual Report & 3rd Party Funds; with Deputy Minister of Justice & Constitutional Development in attendance
27 May 2015
The Department of Justice and Correctional Services came before the Committee to answer questions on the 2013/2014 annual report and the issue of Third Party Funds.
The meeting was initially delayed following Members’ objections to the fact that senior Department officials were not present to engage with them on the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Water and Sanitation & Water Trading Entity: Interrogation of 2013/14 Annual Reports, with Minister present
26 May 2015
The meeting revolved around discussing and interrogating the qualified annual report for the Department of Water and Sanitation and its Water Trading Entity for 2013/2014.
This Department had received a qualified opinion for five years running, and the Committee was greatly concerned and frustrated with the same story being told ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Rules Subcommittee: Rules on SCOPA: input by SCOPA chairperson; Chapters 13-15 of National Assembly Rules; Programme
15 May 2015
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts Chairperson presented proposals for the amendment of the Rules of the National Assembly governing the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. There were two major alterations: the inclusion of a sub-rule empowering the Standing Committee to hold provincial departments and entities directly accountable for funds ...
Public Service and Administration
Committee Reports on DePME & Public Service & Administration budget & Oversight report on Thusong Service Centres & National Development Agency
30 Apr 2015
The Committee met briefly to discuss and adopt the Draft Committee Reports on Budget Votes 8 and 10, for, respectively, the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation and the Department of Public Service and Administration CHECK.
The Committee formally adopted that Report, with the DA Members recording that they were ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Armaments Corporation of South Africa (Armscor) 2015 Strategic plan and funding requirements
29 Apr 2015
Armaments Corporation of South Africa (Armscor) presented its Corporate Plan and strategic objectives for 2015, which were broadly aimed at improving accountability on the execution of the mandate, customer satisfaction through service delivery and financial responsibility, improving efficiency, effectiveness and economical service delivery as well as the utilisation of human ...
Public Service and Administration
Centre for Public Service Innovation, National School of Governance, Public Service Commission and the Department of Public Service and Administration on their Strategic Plans and Budgets
21 Apr 2015
The Centre for Public Sector Innovation (CPSI) recently completed their transfer out of the parent company the Department of Public Sector and Administration and were now a stand-alone entity.
The Committee was generally dissatisfied with their performance stating their activities as none innovative. The Committee called for specific projects that ...