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 ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Status of Women Report 2018; National Strategic Plan on GBV Shadow Framework by Stop Gender Violence Campaign; Sanitary products zero rating
17 May 2018
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus met to discuss the report on the 2018 Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the zero-rating of sanitary products and a presentation of the Stop Gender Violence Campaign. Members were taken through the CSW report in relation to what the 62nd session fo the CSW ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Municipal Debt owed to Eskom: inputs by Eskom, COGTA, SALGA, National Treasury
16 May 2018
SCOPA met with Eskom, Department of Cooperative Governance (COGTA), South African Local Government Association (SALGA), and National Treasury to discuss municipal debts owed to Eskom. The Committee was concerned about the dangers the mounting debt posed to the financial sustainability of Eskom and the economy.
Eskom had reported in its ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
National Departments & Entities Q1 deviations & expansions: National Treasury briefing (postponed)
9 May 2018
SCOPA cancelled its meeting with National treasury on deviations and expansions for National Departments and entities for the first quarter of 2018 because of the absence of the Director General. The absence of the Director General (DG) irked members of the committee because they were interested in questioning him on ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
KPMG & Nkonki contract termination: Auditor-General briefing
4 May 2018
The Auditor-General explained the decision by Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) to terminate its contracts with KPMG SA and Nkonki Inc. He said that the retention of both firms would have affected the public trust in Office of the Auditor-General. Risk management and professional competence are key fundamental principles of ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
UN CSW Report: briefing; SALRC Report on Adult Prostitution Summit: way forward; Traditional Courts Bill: discussion
25 Apr 2018
The Steering Committee considered the replacement of one of the opposition party members and how it was to go about it procedurally. It discussed the Commission on the Status of Women report focusing on the key issues which affect rural women and girls that came up in the different sessions. ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SAA 2016/17 financial statements & irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure: hearing
24 Apr 2018
SAA Annual Report 2017
The hearing on South African Airways was attended by the Deputy Finance Minister, Mondli Gungubele, who had been delegated by the Minister of Finance to lead an oversight team from National Treasury to meet weekly with South African Airways during its grave financial crisis. The SAA ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SANRAL irregular, fruitless, wasteful expenditure, deviations, expansions; with Minister and Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2018
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) met to review the irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure incurred by the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL). SCOPA was concerned that that SANRAL had consciously ignored Treasury regulations and failed to adhere to the Public Finance Management Act.
SANRAL had continued on ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Integrated Financial Management Systems (IFMS): National Treasury briefing; with Deputy Minister of Finance
6 Mar 2018
The Director General of the National Treasury gave a report on the status of all outstanding issues that had been raised by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) at the previous meeting, and then made a presentation on the progress the Department had made with the implementation of the ...