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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Transport & Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa on challenges related to rail & road network system
25 Mar 2015
PRASA told the Committee that it was the implementing arm of the National Department of Transport, providing transport via road and railway. As a government entity, the initiatives for PRASA were driven by policies and transport strategy. The rail sector took up 80% of the business of PRASA, mainly through ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Researchers on analysis of third quarter expenditure patterns of national departments for 2014/15 financial year
24 Mar 2015
The Committee considered the draft report on its oversight visit to the Eastern Cape to be submitted to Parliament, and the presentation by the Committee Researchers on their analysis of the third quarter expenditure patterns of national departments for the 2014/15 financial year.
In discussion of the oversight report, Members ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee’s Draft Report on oversight trip to Eastern Cape, Proposals for Study Tour
18 Mar 2015
The Committee firstly discussed the proposals for a study tour to learn more about procedures for amendment of budgets by Parliament. Three countries had been proposed; Germany, Sweden and Chile, but the first two had systems more similar in structure to those of South Africa, and made regular and significant ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Government Departments' 3rd Quarter 2014/15 Expenditure Analysis: National Treasury briefing
17 Mar 2015
National Treasury (NT) presented the Third Quarter 2014/15 expenditure report, broken down to show total figures and spending of departments and clusters across government. The National Treasury said that 44 per cent of total expenditure to end Q3 was for direct charges against the National Revenue Fund. This was equivalent ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on 2015 Division of Revenue Bill
11 Mar 2015
The Committee adopted its Committee Report on 2015 Division of Revenue Bill. The 2015 Division of Revenue Bill was to be debated in the House on Thursday, 12 March 2015. The DA wished it to be noted that it reserved the right to object to the Bill in the House. ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on 2015 Division of Revenue Bill
10 Mar 2015
The First Draft Report on the 2015 Division of Revenue Bill was placed before the Committee for consideration. Members were encouraged to make comment or changes to the Draft Report where deemed necessary. The Committee was taken through the Draft Report page by page and substantive changes were made, especially ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2015 Division of Revenue Bill: comments by South African Local Government Association
6 Mar 2015
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) made a presentation to the Committee with comments on the Division of Revenue Bill (DORB) in great detail, covering a number of issues that drew mixed reviews from Committee Members. SALGA several times highlighted its concern that the equitable share distribution had allocated ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2015 Division of Revenue Bill: Financial and Fiscal Commission submissions
4 Mar 2015
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) presented its submissions on the 2015 Division of Revenue Bill, noting that government's response to the 32 recommendations had been positive and the consultation process was greatly appreciated, but what was now required was an implementation plan for each of those recommendations.
The FFC ...
Finance Standing Committee
Fiscal framework and revenue proposals; Division of Revenue Bill: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
3 Mar 2015
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) presented under various headings:
▪ Fiscal Framework: Budget 2015 recognised that the counter-cyclical approach had reached its limits. Fiscal consolidation could no longer be postponed. The current fiscal package was designed to narrow the deficit and stabilise debt. The poor could face the effects of ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B5-2015]; Appropriations Bill [B6-2015]: briefing
27 Feb 2015
A delegation of senior staff from the National Treasury briefed the Joint Meeting of the Select Committee on Appropriations and the Standing Committee on Appropriations on the 2015 Division of Revenue Bill and the 2015 Appropriations Bill. A joint meeting of the Select and Standing Committees on Appropriations to interrogate ...