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NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
South African Post Office progress and plans
7 Jun 2017
The South African Post Office (SAPO) presentation focused on the 2016/17 financial year progress, what went wrong, what went right, and how to go about fixing those wrongs in 2017/18. One of the things that went wrong in the previous year were the financials. SAPO spends approximately R70 million per ...
NCOP Appropriations
OR Tambo District Municipality appeal against stopping its MIG allocation
6 Jun 2017
Documents handed out:
Committee research document on OR Tambo District Municipality
The meeting was convened in an attempt to resolve a problem experienced by the OR Tambo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape as a result of the stoppage by Treasury of R90 million that had been allocated in terms ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Communications & GCIS on their Annual Performance Plan
10 May 2017
The Government Communication and Information System briefed the Committee on their Annual Performance plan (2017/18 -2019/20). The overarching strategic objective of the organisation was to provide adequate and effective Corporate Services functions in pursuit of good governance.
Challenges included:
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B4-2017]: public hearings
2 May 2017
South Africa’s municipalities had a total overdue electricity debt at the end of March this year of R9.4 billion. This figure was revealed by Eskom during a meeting of the Select Committee on Appropriations to consider submissions on the Division of Revenue Bill. The Committee was also briefed by the ...
Finance Standing Committee
Budget 2017: Parliamentary Budget Office & Financial and Fiscal Commission briefing
28 Feb 2017
A joint sitting of the Standing Committee of Appropriations, Select Committee on Appropriations, Standing Committee on Finance and Select Committee on Finance met to receive briefings from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) and the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on the 2017 budget.
The Budget Office said the 2017 budget ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
State Owned Companies oversight: Department of Public Enterprises briefing, with Deputy Minister
22 Feb 2017
Relevant documents
Public Finance Management Act
The Department of Public Enterprises, in the presence of and with input from the Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises, briefed the Committee on its oversight and governance of the State Owned Companies (SOCs). In his introductory remarks, the Deputy Minister noted that the main ...
Finance Standing Committee
FICA Bill and Committee Report: adoption
21 Feb 2017
The meeting began with deliberations on the Committee Report on the referral of the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Bill [B 33B–2015]. This report contains the Committee’s conclusions regarding comments from the President on the Financial Intelligence Centre Amendment Bill.
There were no further changes to the Committee proposed amendments to ...
Finance Standing Committee
Budget 2017: pre-budget briefing by Parliamentary Budget Office
21 Feb 2017
A pre-budget briefing was given to the four finance committees by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO). The presentation highlighted lower-than-expected revenues as a key challenge facing the fiscus. Also discussed were the main avenues of expenditure, the trajectory of the budget and the potential tools available to government to reduce ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Small-scale commercial fisheries challenges: DAFF briefing, with Minister present
21 Feb 2017
The Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources met to be briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on the on-going challenges experienced by the department in developing small-scale commercial fisheries with a focus on quotas, abalone poaching, dwindling west coast rock lobster numbers and unhappiness about ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Research and Development in South Africa mandate and role: National Research Foundation briefing
15 Feb 2017
The Chairperson noted apologies from the Deputy Minister.
The National Research Foundation highlighted its position within the National System of Innovations and the organs of government, policy makers, regulators and agencies that it works with to achieve its mandate. The Foundation supports Researchers with infrastructure, grants and issues bursaries ...