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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Municipalities owing Eskom debt: Inter-Ministerial Task Team report
14 Jun 2018
The briefing presented an update on the work of the Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) on the constitutional, systemic and structural challenges in electricity reticulation. This meeting stems from a meeting the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) had with Eskom, South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and the Department of ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Eskom debt: hearing with municipalities
13 Jun 2018
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts held a meeting with ten municipalities that owe Eskom to explain their debts. The municipalities in attendance were as follows: Maluti A Phofung, Matjhabeng and Ngwathe in the Free State; Emfuleni in Gauteng; Ditsobotla and Naledi in North West and eMalahleni, Govan Mbeki, Lekwa ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Defence deviations and expansions: hearing
12 Jun 2018
The Committee met with the Department of Defence for a hearing on deviations and expansions.
The Committee had noticed that the special dispensation on deviations, which should cater for emergencies and exceptional circumstances was actually becoming a new normal in departments. There was thus need for firm and decisive action ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SITA deviations and expansions: hearing
12 Jun 2018
SITA appeared before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) to account for deviations and expansions for 2016/17 and 2017/18. Concerns were raised on deviations for the renewal of licences which were a sign of poor planning. To address the challenge of licences, SITA revealed that it had employed 100 ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Public Works (DPW) deviations & expansions: hearing
7 Jun 2018
The Department of Public Works (DPW) appeared before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) for a hearing which dealt with issues around expansions and deviations, which were meant to assist in very rare and difficult situations. The Committee’s interest was to see figures as low as possible around this ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SARS deviations & expansions: hearing
7 Jun 2018
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) appeared before the Standing Committee of Public Accounts (SCOPA) to explain its requests for deviations and expansions from National Treasury. Some of the matters the Committee raised include the request to send executive staff to Harvard and London Business School (LBS) to capacitate them, ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Water and Sanitation & Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority deviations & expansions: hearing with Minister
6 Jun 2018
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and the Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) briefed the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on deviations and expansions in 2016/17. The meeting was however adjourned early, only to reconvene in the afternoon after the Department appeared not to be prepared. Members expressed ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS): hearing with National Treasury
5 Jun 2018
National Treasury updated the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on progress made towards the implementation of IFMS which had required a forensic investigation. Treasury had taken several steps to address weaknesses by strengthening its governance structures, finalising the recruitment of a Chief Director in charge of IFMS, employing additional ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
National departments & entities deviations & expansions in 2018: National Treasury report
23 May 2018
National Treasury provided the Committee with a report on the status of deviations and expansions for the third and fourth quarters of 2017/18, where Eskom, the Department of Defence and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) topped the list of entities with the highest levels of deviations and expansions approved. ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SASSA irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure, deviations: hearing with Minister
22 May 2018
Documents handed out: Deviations 2016/17 [presented at next meeting]; DPCI Presentation [not available to public]
The Committee questioned the absence of former Acting SASSA CEO Ms Pearl Bengu. It was revealed that she was on sick leave, and Members requested the provision of a doctor’s certificate. Concerns were raised about the ...