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Standing Committee on Appropriations
2014 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Public Service Commission briefing
4 Nov 2014
The briefing by the Public Service Commission (PSC) on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) focused on the 14 government departments that represented the five priorities of government: decent work and sustainable livelihoods; education; health; rural development, food security and land reform; and the fight against crime and corruption. ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2014 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: Financial and Fiscal Commission & Parliamentary Budget Office briefings
29 Oct 2014
The Joint Meeting of the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations heard briefings from the Financial and Fiscal Commission and the Parliamentary Budget Office on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) 2014.
The Financial and Fiscal Commission gave an overall assessment of the MTBPS. It covered the consolidated fiscal ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2014 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: briefing by Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
28 Oct 2014
The Human Sciences Research Council presented a number of briefings on significant areas, with regard to the MTBPS.
The general context was that of slowed economic growth; a weak global economy; high government debt, and a large budget deficit. The current approach was prudent and restrained, with a commitment ...
Finance Standing Committee
2014 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: briefing by Minister of Finance, with Deputy Minister in attendance
23 Oct 2014
The Minister remarked that the budget policy framework and spending priorities of government for the following three years was produced under trying and unenviable conditions. The Director General explained that the global outlook remained uneven, and that the South African current account and fiscal deficits caused the country to depend ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Status & effectiveness of student funding: DHET ; NSFAS, HESA, FFC, HSRC & Stats SA briefings
21 Oct 2014
The briefing by the Department of Higher Education indicated that NSFAS funding fell short of demand. Some universities spread smaller awards to a larger number of students, a practice called “top slicing”. The cost to family and state of higher education had escalated over the years. The cost of higher ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on Financial and Fiscal Commission 20th Anniversary Conference
17 Sep 2014
Summary to follow
Finance Standing Committee
Processing of Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: input from National Treasury, FFC and Parliamentary Budget Office
16 Sep 2014
The Joint Meeting of the Standing and Select Committees on Finance and the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations heard briefings from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and National Treasury.
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) presentation covered the legislative mandate of the Medium Term ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Health on 1st Quarter Performance; Department of Cooperative Governance on Municipal Infrastructure Grant, Community Work Programme & 1st Quarter Performance
10 Sep 2014
The Department of Health (DoH) briefed the Standing Committee and Members of the Health Portfolio Committee and the Chairperson on expenditure for the first quarter. The Committees were told that there was slow spending on the National Health Insurance (NHI) grant. Major contributors to underspending of conditional grants were the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Transport on 1st Quarter Expenditure Performance, with Deputy Minister
9 Sep 2014
The Select Committee on Appropriations was briefed by the Department of Transport (DOT) on its first quarter expenditure patterns for the 2014/15 financial year. Details were given of the expenditure, broken down by programme and by economic classification. The Department had a total budget for the year of R48.727 billion, ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Standing Committee on Appropriations Strategic Plan & Planning Session Report
27 Aug 2014
The Committee’s Content Advisor presented the Committee’s Draft Strategic Planning Document to Members. The gist of the presentation was to take the issues raised at the Committee’s planning session, and to turn them into activities for the Committee.
There were altogether four priority issues which were elaborated upon. The priority ...