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Standing Committee on Auditor General
Auditor-General role during COVID-19 disaster & audit delays
22 May 2020
Video: Standing Committee on the Auditor-General, 22 May 2020
Audio: AGSA on work during lockdown, possible delays to PFMA Audits & MFMA Audits
AGSA presentation on 2018/19 Local Government audit outcomes (email monitors@pmg.org.za)
The Auditor General outlined the approach of proactive auditing gleaned from the experiences of countries that had ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Land Bank financial challenges with National Treasury input
20 May 2020
Video: Standing Committee on Appropriations, 20 May 2020
Audio: Land Bank financial challenges with National Treasury input
The Standing Committee on Appropriations heard briefings from the Land Bank and National Treasury on the deteriorating financial position of the Land Bank. The Land Bank noted that as there were sensitive discussions ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
11 May 2020
Audio: Appropriation Bill: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) briefed the Committee on the 2020 Appropriation Bill.
The 2020 budget proposes a significant reduction in expenditure growth. This is to reduce the budget deficit and level of debt. More expenditure cuts could severely harm service delivery. ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Human Sciences Research Council briefing; COVID-19 Update
6 May 2020
Video: Standing Committee on Appropriations, 6 May 2020
“People will not be killed by COVID, but they will be killed by hunger”. This assertion by an African woman in the North West province was among 5 000 written responses the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) had received in a survey which ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Public Service Commission briefing
4 May 2020
Video: Standing Committee on Appropriations, 04 May 2020
The Public Service Commission (PSC) briefed the Committee on the 2020 Appropriation Bill, and highlighted that the difficulties arising from the COVID-19 pandemic had provided lessons on the agility of the government and public administration as a whole. It proposed that Parliament ...
Finance Standing Committee
COVID-19 government intervention to stimulate economy; with Ministry
30 Apr 2020
Youtube Video: JM: Select and SC on Finance, SC on Appropriations & SC on Public Accounts, 30 April 2020
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
Schedule of Services to be phased in as per COVID-19 Risk Adjusted Strategy
President Cyril Ramaphosa: South Africa's response to Coronavirus ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on Division of Revenue Bill [B3-2020]
17 Mar 2020
The Committee met to consider and adopt the Committee”s draft report on the Division of Revenue Bill [B3-2020]. A motion on the desirability of the bill was read and adopted.
Members questioned whether the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) should not also be mentioned as having been consulted, and whether they ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: public hearings
13 Mar 2020
The Committee held public hearings on the Division of Revenue Bill, and received presentations from the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the Pietermaritzburg Pensioners Forum, the Amandla.mobi Campaigner Fellowship and the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA).
SALGA said the issue that most needed attention was the fact that the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B3-20]: briefing
12 Mar 2020
In its briefing on the Division of Revenue Bill, National Treasury said that the country’s population had increased by 1 million from 2018 to 2019 bringing it to about 58.8 million. There were 49.1 million people dependent on public healthcare and 13 million learners in schools with 9 million receiving ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Departments 2019/20 Quarter 3 Expenditure Performance: Committee Staff Analysis
11 Mar 2020
Members were briefed by the Committee Staff on the third quarter expenditure performance of national government departments. The research report recommended that four poorly performing departments be called to appear at committee hearings because of significant underspending of projected expenditure. These were the departments of Human Settlements; Agriculture, Forestry and ...