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Justice and Correctional Services
Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Bill: briefing, with Deputy Minister
30 May 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) on the proposed Cyber Security and Cybercrime Bill. The Deputy Minister of the Department gave a brief background on why the Bill was needed. The DOJCD team described the terminologies used in the Bill and the National ...
Finance Standing Committee
Transformation in the Financial Sector: response to submissions
24 May 2017
The joint meeting heard the Department of Trade and Industry and National Treasury responses to the public submissions on the transformation of the Finance Services Sector. In addition, the EFF made a submission on transformation of the sector.
The EFF presentation referred to differences between empowerment and ownership and said ...
Public Enterprises
Minister of Public Enterprises and Eskom Board on reappointment of Brian Molefe as GCEO; with Deputy Minister present
23 May 2017
The Committee met for an urgent engagement with the Minister and Deputy Minister of the Department of Public Enterprises and the Board of Eskom on the apparent reappointment of Mr Brian Molefe as CEO of the power utility after it was said he had resigned and then became a Member ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Committee Report on Department of Justice, Correctional Services & Office of Chief Justice Budgets
16 May 2017
The Committee considered the draft reports on the budgets for the Department of Justice, the Department of Correctional Services and the Office of the Chief Justice.
The Chairperson headed a page by page analysis of the three documents. In many of the documents, minor changes were required, either to grammar ...
Finance Standing Committee
Insurance Bill: National Treasury and FSB responses to submissions
10 May 2017
National Treasury briefed the Committee on the submissions received during the public hearings on the Insurance Bill. These comments broadly focused on transformation of the sector, financial inclusion, and cost of regulation, certain powers of the regulator, technical amendments and alignment with the Financial Sector Regulation Bill. Transformation on the ...
Finance Standing Committee
Treasury & SARS Annual Performance Plan; Concerns about SARS; with new Minister & Deputy Minister
9 May 2017
The new Minister of Finance and his Deputy appeared before the Committee. The Minister remarked that the acceleration of inclusive growth was an urgent priority for the country and National Treasury had a part to play in offering support for structural reforms within the economy. Numerous efforts were being made ...
Finance Standing Committee
Transformation of the Financial Sector: 22 March public hearings
22 Mar 2017
The Finance and Trade and Industry Committees held joint public hearings on Transformation of the Financial Sector. Members felt the transformation pace was slow and had to be sped up.
Submissions emphasised the need for radical transformation and redressing the apartheid legacy. They noted that the private sector was not ...
Finance Standing Committee
Illicit Financial Flows & Base Erosion and Profit Sharing: input by government agencies
15 Mar 2017
The Standing Committee on Finance, the Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry and Mineral Resources held a joint meeting on illicit financial flows to hear the views of the following stakeholders in the battle to stop the harmful effects of illicit financial flows (IFFs), transfer pricing and base erosion and ...
Finance Standing Committee
Transformation of the Financial Sector: public hearings
14 Mar 2017
The Finance and Trade and Industry Committees held joint public hearing on Transformation of the Financial Sector. The bank submissions gave reports on their transformation and admitted it was not as good as hoped but Members believed that there was little progress in transformation, especially in terms of ownership. NEDLAC ...
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 ...