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NCOP Finance
Eastern Cape 2017/18 expenditure outcomes: Provincial Treasury
15 May 2018
The National Treasury provided the Committee with the preliminary outcomes of the Eastern Cape’s 2017/18 provincial expenditure as at 31 March 2018. Medico-legal claims remained the biggest risk for the Department of Health (DoH). There was a need for consequence management for general wrongdoing and medical negligence. The DoH was ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Annual Performance Report 2018/9; Secretary to Parliament disciplinary matter
10 May 2018
Annual Performance Report 2018/9 presentation awaited
The funding for political parties is the only thing that has not been affected by budgetary cuts while the core business of Parliament has been allocated less.
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament was left wondering why the budget for ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: final mandates
1 May 2018
The National Treasury briefed the Committee on the responses to recommendations contained in the negotiating mandates of provincial legislatures. Several provinces had raised concerns about the state of provincial roads and funding for maintenance and improvement. There were concerns about the equitable share and the criteria used to determine it. ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B2-2018]: negotiating mandates
24 Apr 2018
The Select Committee of Appropriations met to consider the provincial negotiating mandates on the Division of the Revenue Bill by the nine South African Provinces. Eight out of the nine provinces voted in favour of the Bill; the Western Cape voted against the Bill. North West had held its meeting ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: Kagiso Trust & Equal Education submissions & Treasury response
17 Apr 2018
Key focus areas for Kagiso Trust included support early child development (ECD), emerging farmers, and emerging businesses in construction, real estate and agriculture. Kagiso motivated for ease of state partnerships with non profit organizations (NPOs), as it related to opportunities for access to grants for co-funding partnerships with the state ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Public Service Commission Amendment Bill: Public Service Commission briefing
17 Apr 2018
The Department of Public Services and Administration briefed the Committee on the proposed amendments to the Public Service Commission Act. The first amendment sought to allow for a renewal of the term of the Commissioner on recommendation from the National Assembly or Provincial Legislatures. The second amendment sought to allow ...
Finance Standing Committee
Land Bank 2016/17 Annual Report
7 Mar 2018
2016/17 Annual Reports
The Standing Committee on Finance and the Select Committee on Finance were briefed by the Land Bank on its 2016/17 annual report.
The Land Bank, in placing its financial results in context, highlighted that the agricultural sector was still recovering from the two years of drought, and ...
Finance Standing Committee
Committee Report on 2018/19 Budget
6 Mar 2018
The Standing Committee on Finance together with the Select Committee on Finance met for consideration and adoption of the Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals (Budget) Report.
The main highlights of the report was as follows: The Committees noted that this was probably the most difficult and challenging budget presented since ...
Finance Standing Committee
2018 Budget: public hearings
28 Feb 2018
The Standing Committee of Finance and the Select Committee on Finance held public hearings on the 2018 Budget (Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals).
The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) acknowledged that during the 2018 Budget presentation, the Minister had reinforced the message of the President in that this ...
Finance Standing Committee
2018 Budget: Parliamentary Budget Office & FFC briefing
27 Feb 2018
The Standing Committee on Finance and Standing Committee on Appropriations, together with the Select Committee on Finance and Select Committee on Appropriations met with the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC), and the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) for 2018 Budget discussions.
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) stated that three key ...