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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
National departments & entities deviations & expansions in 2018: National Treasury report
23 May 2018
National Treasury provided the Committee with a report on the status of deviations and expansions for the third and fourth quarters of 2017/18, where Eskom, the Department of Defence and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) topped the list of entities with the highest levels of deviations and expansions approved. ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SASSA irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure, deviations: hearing with Minister
22 May 2018
Documents handed out: Deviations 2016/17 [presented at next meeting]; DPCI Presentation [not available to public]
The Committee questioned the absence of former Acting SASSA CEO Ms Pearl Bengu. It was revealed that she was on sick leave, and Members requested the provision of a doctor’s certificate. Concerns were raised about the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Committee Reports: Defence & Military Veterans Budget; SANDF troops in DRC
16 May 2018
The Committee considered and adopted two reports: Draft Budget Vote 19 Report: Defence and Military Veterans and Draft Report on 25 - 29 March 2018 visit to SANDF troops stationed in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as outstanding minutes.
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Municipal Debt owed to Eskom: inputs by Eskom, COGTA, SALGA, National Treasury
16 May 2018
SCOPA met with Eskom, Department of Cooperative Governance (COGTA), South African Local Government Association (SALGA), and National Treasury to discuss municipal debts owed to Eskom. The Committee was concerned about the dangers the mounting debt posed to the financial sustainability of Eskom and the economy.
Eskom had reported in its ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
National Departments & Entities Q1 deviations & expansions: National Treasury briefing (postponed)
9 May 2018
SCOPA cancelled its meeting with National treasury on deviations and expansions for National Departments and entities for the first quarter of 2018 because of the absence of the Director General. The absence of the Director General (DG) irked members of the committee because they were interested in questioning him on ...
Water and Sanitation
Parliamentary Inquiry into Department of Water and Sanitation: terms of reference
8 May 2018
Documents: Draft Terms of Reference for the establishment of a Commission of inquiry into the functioning of the Department of Water and Sanitation; Draft Guidelines on the Scope of Inquiry
A joint meeting was held by the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Forensic Data Analysts (FDA) & other contracts with SAPS: hearing with Police Minister
2 May 2018
The SAPS Commissioner briefed the Committee on Forensic Data Analysts (FDA) switching off the SAPS systems on 4 April 2018. The Property Control and Exhibit Management (PCEM) system, the Firearm Permit System (FPS) and the Analytical Capabilities and Visualisation System had since been switched back on, after the State Information ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SAA 2016/17 financial statements & irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure: hearing
24 Apr 2018
SAA Annual Report 2017
The hearing on South African Airways was attended by the Deputy Finance Minister, Mondli Gungubele, who had been delegated by the Minister of Finance to lead an oversight team from National Treasury to meet weekly with South African Airways during its grave financial crisis. The SAA ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SANRAL irregular, fruitless, wasteful expenditure, deviations, expansions; with Minister and Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2018
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) met to review the irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure incurred by the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL). SCOPA was concerned that that SANRAL had consciously ignored Treasury regulations and failed to adhere to the Public Finance Management Act.
SANRAL had continued on ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Integrated Financial Management Systems (IFMS): National Treasury briefing; with Deputy Minister of Finance
6 Mar 2018
The Director General of the National Treasury gave a report on the status of all outstanding issues that had been raised by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) at the previous meeting, and then made a presentation on the progress the Department had made with the implementation of the ...