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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Chief Procurement Officer quarterly briefing
6 Sep 2016
The meeting got off to an uncertain start when the Committee was informed that the Chief Procurement Officer would not be attending, as he had gone to a pre-planned information communication technology (ICT) statutory tour to Europe. Members were particularly upset that he had failed to communicate this to the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SA Express 2014/15 audit: hearing with Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises
13 Apr 2016
The hearing on the 2014/15 audit by the Auditor-General on South African Express (SAX) raised numerous questions around the finances of the entity. The issues raised by MPs included the following:
- Poor record keeping procedures and unavailability of documents required by the AG during the audit process,
- The ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
South African Post Office: hearing with Minister
12 Apr 2016
The Post Office received a grilling by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts when it admitted that management systems had collapsed and resulted in mismanagement, late Annual Reports and dire financial problems
The 2014/15 Annual Report which reflected more than R1 billion in losses raised the possibility that the Post ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Correctional Services: hearing with Minister of Justice and Correctional Services (continued)
15 Mar 2016
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services commented on a matter that the National Treasury wanted raised in the meeting, concerning an investigation into a tender issued by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). The Minister objected that this could imply that Treasury was setting itself up as a tender ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Military Veterans 2014/15 Annual Report: hearing with Deputy Minister
9 Mar 2016
Members of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, from both sides of the House, launched a vigorous and forthright interrogation of the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) over its poor performance during the past year. The Deputy Minister, the Acting Director General, the Audit Committee and the turnaround team all ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
South African Post Office 2014/15 Annual Report: hearing
8 Mar 2016
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) sent senior managers of the troubled SA Post Office (SAPO) packing after the board failed to show up at a meeting in Parliament.
Angry SCOPA members told SAPO chief executive Mark Barnes and non-executive director Dawn Marole that the Public Finance Management Act ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Compensation Fund on its 2014/15 Annual Report: hearing
2 Mar 2016
The management of the Compensation Fund and the Department of Labour (DOL) came under intense scrutiny when the Fund’s annual report was presented its 2014/15 to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
The first issue raised concerned the suspension from April last year of the Fund’s chief financial officer (CFO) ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Department of Cooperative Governance on 2015/16 3rd & 4th Quarter performance; Budget Vote 3 & Annual Performance Plan: briefing, with Minister present
1 Mar 2016
The Minister and officials from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) presented the Department’s performance report for the 2014/15 financial year and its annual performance plan for 2016/17.
The Department achieved a considerable percentage of its targets (70%), with a substantial portion still in progress (27%). Some ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Correctional Services qualified audit: hearing with Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services
1 Mar 2016
The Committee received a briefing by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services as part of the ongoing engagement about the qualified audit of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS).
National Treasury first gave input on the DCS tender for the Integrated Inmate Management System (IIMS). The problem with the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
PRASA hearing, with Minister of Transport
23 Feb 2016
The Committee met again, in the presence of the Minister of Transport, to continue to interrogate the 2014/15 Annual Report and financial statements of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and the irregularities reported on by the Auditor-General (AG). These included the purchase of oversized passenger trains and ...