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Money Bills and Related Matters Act: Parliamentary legal services & Parliamentary Budget Office briefings
8 Oct 2019
Money Bills Amendment Procedure And Related Matters Amendment Act
The Committee received two briefings on the Money Bills and Related Matters Act and how it relates to its work.
A Parliamentary Legal Advisor explained that the Money Bills and Related Matters Act of 2009 gives effect to section 77(3) of ...
NCOP Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: Financial and Fiscal Commission & Parliamentary Budget Office briefings
18 Sep 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Parliamentary Budget Office and the Financial and Fiscal Commission on the Special Appropriation Bill.
The PBO highlighted the unsustainable financial position in which Eskom finds itself. The Bill empowers the Minister of Finance to impose conditions on Eskom before and after an amount or ...
NCOP Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: National Treasury briefing
17 Sep 2019
The Committee met with the National Treasury for a briefing on the Special Appropriations Bill. The Department of Public Enterprises and Eskom gave inputs.
National Treasury, in presentation on the Special Appropriation Bill, highlighted that owing to Eskom’s failure to meet commitments and obligations on debt, government needed to intervene, ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: public hearings
11 Sep 2019
The joint Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations heard a wide range of views from three organisations -- the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) -- on the impending promulgation of the Special Appropriations Bill, which ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: Department of Public Enterprises and Eskom briefings; with Minister
10 Sep 2019
The Minister said Eskom was a vital utility and crucial to the economy. It had been the target of state capture, and damage had been done to it. There had now been a two year period of recovery in the areas of governance, finance and operations, but the company was ...
NCOP Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: briefing & adoption; Eskom’s Section 16 of PFMA financial support
24 Jul 2019
National Treasury briefed the Committee on the 2019 Appropriation Bill. The 2019 Budget outlined the economic and fiscal measures to move the economy into a new trajectory and reduce long-term risks. Government’s central economic policy goal was to accelerate inclusive growth and create jobs. The main fiscal objective was to ...
NCOP Appropriations
Induction continued
23 Jul 2019
PMG was not present at the meeting. The below is compiled based on the Committee’s official minutes
The Select Committees on Appropriations and Finance met to continue its induction workshop started in the previous week. The induction today concerned the NCOP Rules that govern the work of Committees and an analysis of ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Induction to Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament (Part 1): JSCFMP mandate and functions; Parliament’s responsibilities in terms of the FMPPLA; Legacy Report
19 Jul 2019
The Committee was briefed about the mandate of Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament (JSCFMP), its powers and functions, their connection with the mandate of the Parliament, as well as the issues and challenges which required its existence. It was also briefed about the key issues and ...
NCOP Appropriations
Parliamentary Budget Office role; Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act
17 Jul 2019
The Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act No 9 of 2009 provides for the establishment of the Parliamentary Budget Office. The PBO briefed the Committee on its core functions:
- Undertaking research and analysis for the Standing and Select Committees on Finance and Appropriations;
- Providing reviews and ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2019 Appropriation Bill: public hearings and Treasury response
16 Jul 2019
The Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations held a joint public hearing on the 2019 Appropriation Bill and heard from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and from Mr Guy Harris.
Cosatu said it had expected the Budget to go further in addressing the economic, governance and budgetary ...