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Ethics and Members' Interest
Meeting with City of Johannesburg delegation
22 Oct 2014
The Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests hosted the City of Johannesburg’s Ethics Committee. The purpose of the meeting, as stated by the Chairperson of the Joint Committee, was for the two committees to engage in a conversation on the issue of ethics and the importance of establishing and ...
Health
Health Budget Review and Recommendations Report
22 Oct 2014
The Committee met to examine the Department of Health’s (DoH) budgetary review and recommendations report. Key issues raised by members included concerns about the format of the report, the information provided regarding the mandate of the Committee and the data itself and its accuracy. Could it be more recent? Clarification ...
Health
Analysis of Department of Health's budget, spending patterns & recommendations: Financial & Fiscal Commission briefing
21 Oct 2014
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) briefed the Committee on the Department of Health’s (DoH) budget and spending patterns after explaining their function and mandate. Targets for 2013/14 were outlined according to the National Development Plan (NDP) and the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Health sector outputs from 2009 were ...
Finance Standing Committee
Statistics South Africa on its 2013/14 Annual Report
16 Oct 2014
The Committee heard three presentations on the annual report of Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) for the financial year 2013/2014. The entity’s performance was reported on by the Auditor General of South Africa, the Committee researcher, and by Stats SA themselves.
Members were told that there had been a delay ...
Health
Department of Health on its 2013/14 Annual Report; Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing
15 Oct 2014
The Committee was briefed by the Auditor-General South Africa on their findings on the National Department of Health (NDOH), the Medical Research Council (MRC), the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) and the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS). The presentation spoke of poor financial management, poor performance reporting and weak areas, ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
2014 Register of Members Interests: adoption
17 Sep 2014
The Committee dealt with the minutes of the 8 of July 2014 at length. The contention was that there was an election of a Committee whip, which the opposition parties felt that seeing that there was no rule providing for one in any Parliamentary Committee; there could have been no ...
Health
Medical Innovation Bill: briefing by Mr N Singh MP; Department of Health 1st Quarter Performance
17 Sep 2014
Mr Narend Singh, M.P., made a presentation to the Committee on the Medical Innovation Bill. He said that cancer was a growing concern in the world and was predicted to affect one in three people in the near future. He expressed concern over how billions of dollars were being spent ...
Finance Standing Committee
Land Bank, Pension Fund Adjudicator and Ombudsman for Financial Services on their roles and mandates
9 Sep 2014
The Standing Committee on Finance received briefings from the Land Bank, the Pension Fund Adjudicator and the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Ombud.
Briefing by Land Bank
The Land bank gave a background of the bank and the bank’s performance for the last financial year. It spoke to its contribution ...
Finance Standing Committee
Draft Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill, Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill & Draft Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill : public hearings day 2
27 Aug 2014
The Standing Committee on Finance received presentations presentations from Pricewaterhouse Cooper, Old Mutual, KPMG, The Motor Industry Bargaining Council, the African Farmers Association of South Africa and the SA Breweries Foundation at public hearings on the Draft Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (DTLAB) and the Draft Taxation Administration Laws Amendment Bill ...
Finance Standing Committee
Government Employees Pension Fund, Government Pension Administration Agency & Financial Services Board on their roles and mandates and contribution to the NDP and economy
19 Aug 2014
The Standing Committee on Finance was briefed by the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), the Government Pension Administration Agency (GPAA) and the Financial Services Board (FSB) on their roles and mandates.
The GEPF was described as the largest pension fund in Africa, with assets of R1.4 trillion under management. The ...