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Public Enterprises
SAA, Eskom and Transnet COVID-19 impact: update by Minister & CEOs
6 May 2020
Video: PC on Public Enterprises - Briefing by Minister of Public Enterprises on latest developments in SOCs
Audio: Minister of Public Enterprises on latest developments on state-owned companies
A virtual joint committee meeting of the Portfolio and Select Committees was briefed by the Minister of the Public Enterprises and the ...
Public Enterprises
How can Transnet contribute socio-economic transformation: stakeholder engagement
11 Mar 2020
The Portfolio Committee held a stakeholder engagement to discuss how Transnet can contribute towards the socio-economic transformation such as rural development, job creation and the promotion and support of small and medium businesses. Submissions were heard from Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) and ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2020 Budget (Expenditure and Division of Revenue): FFC briefing
4 Mar 2020
2020 Budget Speech
Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC), briefed the Committee on the fiscal framework and revenue proposals. It said there had been a contraction in the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy, as well as a contraction in fixed asset formation ...
Finance Standing Committee
2020 Budget: Parliamentary Budget Office & Financial and Fiscal Commission briefings
3 Mar 2020
Parliament’s finance and appropriations committees from both houses met jointly to be briefed on the 2020 Budget by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) and the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC).
The PBO expressed the view that the macroeconomic approach of the budget was too narrowly focused on ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Contract Deviations & Expansions 2019/20 Quarter 3: Office of Chief Procurement Officer
19 Feb 2020
The Standing Committee considers the deviations and expansions for the 2019/20 financial year. The report consists of all the deviations and expansions which have either been supported, not supported, conditionally supported or noted by the National Treasury. The acting Chief Procurement Officer, National Treasury explained the concepts and outlined the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Quarter 3 Spending Challenges: Treasury report
18 Feb 2020
National Treasury briefed the Committee on 2019/20 Quarter 3 Spending Outcomes for departments. It spoke about expenditure reporting by public entities and the challenges in verifying this.
The overall spending for the Quarter 3 of 2019/20 shows spending of R683 billion, an underspending of R14.4 billion. The largest deviation was ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Overview of Committee work undertaken during 2019
5 Dec 2019
The Standing Committee on Appropriations deliberated on the work undertaken by the Committee in 2019. The Committee Content Adviser took the Committee through the draft report of the recommendations made by the Committee at the previous meeting. It was decided that it was imperative for Members to attach specific timeframes ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2019 Adjustments Appropriation Bill & MTBPS: finalisation & committee reports
3 Dec 2019
MTBPS Speech by the Minister of Finance
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)
The Standing Committee on Appropriations considered and adopted both the 2019 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement Report and the 2019 Adjustments Appropriation Bill.
The Committee spoke about the need for the private sector to play an important ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2019 Adjustments Appropriation Bill & MTBPS: public hearings
29 Nov 2019
The joint Appropriations Committees of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) received presentations from seven non-governmental organisations at a public hearing on the 2019 Adjustments Appropriation Bill and the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS).
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) said the National Treasury’s fiscal ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Adjustments Appropriation Bill [B16-2019]: briefing
28 Nov 2019
The National Treasury briefed both the Standing Committee and Select Committee on Appropriations on the 2019 Adjustments Appropriation Bill.
Members raised concerns on the unspent funds particularly that of the Jobs Fund stating that continued under expenditure indicated lack of planning. They asked about the impact of virements on ...