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Task team report-back on meeting with Speaker
23 Aug 2017
This meeting held against the backdrop of the 16 August Committee meeting, in which it had adopted a legal opinion from the Parliamentary Legal Office to conduct an inquiry into governance failures at Eskom, Denel and Transnet (hereafter, State Capture inquiry). The Committee had agreed that a sub-committee should meet ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom inquiry: legal opinion
16 Aug 2017
The Parliamentary Legal Office presented a legal opinion on the proposed process for the Committee to conduct the inquiry into State Owned Enterprises. On 25 July 2017, the Committee had considered the process to be followed in conducting an inquiry into the governance failures at Eskom. The Committee was of ...
Finance Standing Committee
South African Airways (SAA) on its Quarter 1 performance, with Minister
4 Aug 2017
The South African Airways (SAA) presented its quarterly report in the presence of the Minister of Finance, Mr Malusi Gigaba.
Minister Gigaba indicated that Mr Vuyani Jarana, an Executive at Vodacom, had been appointed as SAA CEO. The newly appointed CEO would need to be fully supported as he was ...
Finance Standing Committee
South African Reserve Bank briefing
1 Aug 2017
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) presented its annual report, and indicated that financial stability and prudential monetary policymaking were key aspects of its mandate. Ensuring price stability or low inflation was a traditional function of central banks, but monetary policy could not entirely determine the long term growth potential ...
Public Enterprises
SACC “Unburdening”; PARI “Betrayal of the promise”; OUTA “No Room to Hide” Report findings; Eskom inquiry prep
25 Jul 2017
Live Stream PC Public Enterprises 25 July
Sikonathi Mantshantsha: The full Dentons report Eskom doesn't want you to see
In preparation for an inquiry into Eskom, the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises invited the South African Council of Churches (SACC), the Organization Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) and the Public Affairs ...
Finance Standing Committee
Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act
28 Jun 2017
The Constitutional and Legal Services Office took the joint committees through changes to the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act, which were made after instructions received from the Joint Workshop held on 13 June 2017.
The main highlights of the input by Members were the Democratic Alliance’s concern ...
Finance Standing Committee
South African Airways (SAA) Quarterly Performance: briefing postponed
27 Jun 2017
The South African Airways (SAA) was expected to present its fourth quarter report before the Committee. However, the majority of Members expressed concern about the absence of SAA board members. Also, the Committee was dismayed by the quality of the SAA quarterly report which it could not process.
The majority ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Election of Chairperson
21 Jun 2017
The Committee elected Mr V Smith (ANC) as the Chairperson of the Committee.
The Committee also discussed the issues around the scope of the Committee and emphasised that is should be worded as the resolution that had been adopted by the House. The Committee would allow three weeks for written ...
Finance Standing Committee
National Treasury & SARS on their Quarter 4 performance
20 Jun 2017
National Treasury took the Committee through a presentation on its fourth quarter expenditure and performance for the financial year 2016/17. The total quarter four budget amounted to R28.5 billion, with the bulk of it going towards revenue administration, financial intelligence and state security, and international financial relations. A variance of ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: briefing; Debt Relief proposed policy: National Treasury input
30 May 2017
The Committee invited the Members of the Portfolio Committee of Arts and Culture to join it for a briefing by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on the Copyright Amendment Bill and the Performers Protection Amendment Bill. It was also briefed by the National Treasury on debt relief.
The ...