Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Public Service SETA and Local Government SETA: Interrogation of 2013/14 Annual Reports
10 Jun 2015
The Committee interrogated the 2013/14 Annual Report of two Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) - firstly, the Public Sector SETA (PSETA) and secondly the Local Government SETA, which was under administration. The Chairperson emphasised the importance of the SETAs for building a capable state, commenting that there was still ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Compensation Fund: Interrogation of 2013/14 Annual Report and Financial Statement, with Minister of Labour
2 Jun 2015
The Compensation Fund (CF) met with SCOPA to provide answers to questions posed by the Members on the Annual Report and generally the state the Fund finds itself in.
The Committee heard that a day before this hearing the Fund has suspended its Commissioner and other top management officials. There ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Correctional Services 2013/14 Annual Report & 3rd Party Funds; with Deputy Minister of Justice & Constitutional Development in attendance
27 May 2015
The Department of Justice and Correctional Services came before the Committee to answer questions on the 2013/2014 annual report and the issue of Third Party Funds.
The meeting was initially delayed following Members’ objections to the fact that senior Department officials were not present to engage with them on the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Water and Sanitation & Water Trading Entity: Interrogation of 2013/14 Annual Reports, with Minister present
26 May 2015
The meeting revolved around discussing and interrogating the qualified annual report for the Department of Water and Sanitation and its Water Trading Entity for 2013/2014.
This Department had received a qualified opinion for five years running, and the Committee was greatly concerned and frustrated with the same story being told ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Increasing access to health services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons: by Department of Health; Protection against violence for LGBTI persons: by Department of Justice
25 Mar 2015
The presentations by the Departments of Health (DOH) and Justice (DOJ) was to provide the Caucus with an overview of services and provisions made for the LGBTI community. The DOH briefed the Caucus on the sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) and HIV prevention policy for people of the LGBTI ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Interrogation of Department of Public Works 2014 Annual Report and Financial Statements, in presence of Deputy Minister
25 Mar 2015
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts, with the Deputy Minister of Public Works also present, interrogated the Annual Report and financial statements of the Department of Public Works (DPW) for the 2014 financial year. Engagement was centred around the qualified audit opinion in relation to the Property Management Trading Entity ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Draft SADC Parliamentary Forum Report on protection against child marriages: Committee Deliberations in preparation for caucus on 25 March
24 Mar 2015
The Parliamentary Research Office presented a draft Report on the protection of children against child marriages in South Africa, which had been compiled for tabling to the SADC-Parliamentary Forum (PF) Plenary Assembly. The Plenary was trying to understand the implications of child marriages in the SADC region, to address such ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Interrogation of Department of Defence 2013/14 Annual Report: Auditor-General's findings
3 Mar 2015
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts met with the National Treasury, and the Secretary for Defence, since feedback from those parties would assist the Committee in coming to a conclusion whether to recommend the condonation of irregular expenditure, which amounted to over R1 billion and fruitless and wasteful expenditure, in ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Home Affairs Unauthorised Expenditure: National Treasury briefing
19 Nov 2014
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts met with the National Treasury and the Department of Home Affairs as a follow-up meeting regarding the Unauthorized Expenditure of the Department Of Home Affairs. The feedback and engagement with the National Treasury and the Department would assist the Committee in making informed decisions ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Committee Report on Auditor-General of South Africa's (AGSA) Integrated Annual Report 2013-14
14 Nov 2014
The Committee report on the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) Integrated Annual Report 2013-14 was deliberated upon by Members and brought many conceptual issues to the fore. Specific points about the Committee’s observations were not clearly represented, compelling Members to rearticulate their sentiments concerning the causes, composition and repercussions of ...