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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill: National Treasury on Eskom conditions; FFC submission on 2020-21 Division of Revenue
9 Oct 2019
The Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations met for a briefing by the National Treasury on conditions attached to the Eskom Special Appropriation Bill. The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) also gave a briefing on its submission on the 2020-2021 Division of Revenue.
The National Treasury, during its presentation on ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
4 Sep 2019
The Committee met to receive a briefing from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) on the Special Appropriations Bill for cash injection into Eskom.
The PBO highlighted that Eskom’s debt-reliant liquidity situation was the result of decline in sales volumes; the cost of primary energy; high debt service costs; high employee ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Eskom's Special Appropriation Bill: FFC submission
3 Sep 2019
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) commented on the 2019 Special Appropriation Bill, noting Eskom’s dire financial situation and government intervention strategies, and gave turnaround suggestions.
The key issues that had been raised were around corruption and incompetence within Eskom, the privatisation of Eskom and the juxtaposition between historical Eskom ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: National Treasury briefing
28 Aug 2019
National Treasury briefed the Committee on the rationale for the Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]. The Bill asks for R26 billion for the 2019/2020 financial and R33 billion for the 202/2021 financial year to assist Eskom with its financial obligations.
Treasury emphasised that without major changes to Eskom’s business model and ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Treasury Quarter 1 performance; Parliamentary Budget Office on its Quarterly Economic Brief and analysis NDP Outcome 6
27 Aug 2019
The Committee was informed by National Treasury (NT) of the quarterly expenditures by national departments and their entities, indicating those that had overspent and underspent and the ways that Treasury had tried to intervene. Of great concern was that most departments had underspent their budgets, because if money was available ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Induction on Committee Mandate and Work
20 Aug 2019
The Anti-Corruption Task Team (ACTT) briefed the Committee on its mandate, organisational structure, progress report and constraints. Notable progress had been the operational achievement pertaining to convictions. In the current financial year there had been 16 convictions resulting from ten cases. Government officials’ convictions were standing at 210.
Challenges faced ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2019 Appropriation Bill: proposed amendments & Committee Report
19 Jul 2019
The Democratic Alliance put forward a proposal to amend the Appropriations Bill, involving an adjustment of R8.5 billion. It wanted this amount to be allocated to three priority areas – combating crime, job creation and skills development, and for health care programmes. It said the funds could come from savings ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2019 Appropriation Bill: public hearings and Treasury response
16 Jul 2019
The Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations held a joint public hearing on the 2019 Appropriation Bill and heard from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and from Mr Guy Harris.
Cosatu said it had expected the Budget to go further in addressing the economic, governance and budgetary ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2019 Appropriation Bill: Financial and Fiscal Commission briefing
10 Jul 2019
The Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations met jointly for a briefing by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on the 2019 Appropriation Bill.
The Financial and Fiscal Commission, in briefing, pointed out that the Bill was being considered just after the 2019 national elections, which led to several administrative ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2019 Appropriation Bill: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
9 Jul 2019
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) briefing was made to a joint sitting of the Appropriations Committees of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces. The 2019 Appropriations Bill was tabled by the Minister of Finance along with the 2019 Budget. It provided for the appropriation of money for ...