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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Audit Outcome 2017/18: Auditor General briefing
10 Oct 2018
A joint meeting between the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) and the Standing Committee on Appropriations received a briefing by the Auditor-General (AG) on the 2017/18 audit outcomes.
A total of 434 government departments and state-owned enterprises were audited. Only 25% received clean audits compared to last year when ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 4
7 Sep 2018
VIDEO: Constitutional Review Committee: Oral Presentations 7 September 2018
The Constitutional Review Committee allowed stakeholders to make oral submissions about the possible review of Section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, dealing with the government’s proposals for the expropriation of land without compensation.
Organisations which participated ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 3
6 Sep 2018
Ten organisations appeared before the Constitutional Review Committee on the third day of public hearings, to present their comments and recommendations on the proposed amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution dealing with the government’s land reform proposals.
Indigenous First Nation Advocacy South Africa (IFNASA) recommended that Section 25 should ...
Finance Standing Committee
Steinhoff matters: Mr Markus Jooste
5 Sep 2018
VIDEO: Steinhoff former CEO grilled in Parliament
The Standing Committee on Finance; the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa); the Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry and; the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration met with the former Steinhoff CEO Mr Markus Jooste, on Steinhoff matters.
Mr Markus Jooste, ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
IPID investigations of high profile cases
4 Sep 2018
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) had a follow up meeting with the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) on investigations of high profile cases. The presentation addressed background to the cases under investigation which included the case of corruption against the former National Commissioner of Police, Gen. Khomotso Phahlane, ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Public Works irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure; Prestige Portfolio report; with Minister and Deputy Minister
29 Aug 2018
The Department of Public Works (DPW) presented a report to SCOPA on contracts awarded to four companies where variation orders had been requested, and which the Committee wanted to interrogate. KI Developers had been given a project at a government facility in Cape Town, and a variation had been done ...
Finance Standing Committee
Steinhoff matter: Ben le Grange
29 Aug 2018
Former Steinhoff CFO to testify before Parliament
The Standing Committees on Finance; the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa); the Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry and; the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration had a 10-hour oversight meeting on Steinhoff matters on Wednesday. The meeting included the Steinhoff ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SITA forensic report on Rofin, Forensic Data Analysts and Fundudzi contracts
28 Aug 2018
The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) reported that investigations into contracts involving Rofin, Fundudzi and Forensic Data Analysts (FDA) had led to 20 dismissals, 26 resignations, and four written final warnings. Six disciplinary hearings were in progress, there had been six mutual separations, and three charges had been drafted but ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Eskom Quarter 4 expansions & deviations & Tegeta: more information
28 Aug 2018
Eskom admitted to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) that its procurement policy was very weak and needed to be aligned with the PFMA. It acknowledged that its control system was lax. The Eskom CEO said that what has been lacking at Eskom for a very long time was ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Eskom Quarter 3 & 4 deviations and expansions: hearing
22 Aug 2018
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) held a hearing with Eskom on deviations and expansions in the fourth quarter of 2017/18, but was was disappointed by the entity’s failure to respond to questions on deviations and expansions.
Engagement with the Committee began with Eskom explaining to the Committee about ...