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National Burden of Disease Study: SA Medical Research Council briefing
8 Mar 2017
The South African Medical Research Council's unit on National Burden of Disease (NBD) presented its report on the second National Burden of Disease Study and comparative risk assessment research. The Unit has a mandate to assess and monitor the country's health status and determinants of disease. It aims to improve ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Minister of Social Development briefing on CPS contract
7 Mar 2017
This was a joint meeting with the Standing Committee on Appropriations and the Portfolio Committee on Social Development in a packed room. The Chairperson noted that it had been hoped to wrap up the matter of the Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) contract the previous Tuesday, following the initial engagement in ...
Health
Health Sector Report: briefing by Auditor-General
1 Mar 2017
The Office of the Auditor-General presented the Health Sector report to the Committee. It provided information which had the potential of empowering the Committee during its oversight functions by focusing on key areas of service delivery. The report was based on findings of audits conducted in selected hospitals from the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Treasury on Quarter 3 Spending Outcome
1 Mar 2017
National Treasury briefed Members of the Committee on third quarter expenditure. They explained that the benchmark for government spending was 75 percent and the current budget indicated that government did relatively well by spending 74% across all departments. In total, departments spent R15.6 billion or 2.8 percent less than the ...
Finance Standing Committee
Budget 2017: Parliamentary Budget Office & Financial and Fiscal Commission briefing
28 Feb 2017
A joint sitting of the Standing Committee of Appropriations, Select Committee on Appropriations, Standing Committee on Finance and Select Committee on Finance met to receive briefings from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) and the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on the 2017 budget.
The Budget Office said the 2017 budget ...
Health
Information sharing meeting with the German Delegation
24 Feb 2017
The Committee met with the delegates from the Budget Committee on Health from Germany. The delegates declared that their intention for coming to South Africa was to learn more about the South African health system and to explore opportunities for co-operation, with a focus on the issues of HIV/AIDS. The ...
Health
Pharmaceuticals management at Departments of Health: Auditor General briefing
22 Feb 2017
A delegation from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) presented their report on the performance audit of the management of pharmaceuticals at the Department of Health. Key findings of the report were separated into different levels of the distribution of pharmaceuticals. These included policies and planning, procurement, distribution to ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on Study Tour to Germany and Sweden
17 Feb 2017
The Committee met to adopt the report on the study tour to Sweden and Germany from 28 January to 5 February 2017. The Committee also considered prioritisation of the agencies and institutions to be invited in the process of reporting on the fiscal framework and the division of revenue, the ...
Defence
NCACC 3rd Quarter Report: Minister briefing; Letter from President: SANDF deployment at SONA; Cuba Study Tour
17 Feb 2017
Committee Programme of the Joint Standing Committee
Minutes of 7 December 2016
The NCACC Chairperson and Minister in the Presidency, Mr Jeff Radebe, reported on the 2016 Third Quarterly Report. He noted the legislative requirements of the NCACC were the NCACC Act, No 41 of 2002 as amended by the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
World Bank on its Report on the South African Economy
15 Feb 2017
The World Bank presented the ninth edition of the South African Economic Update, which focused on private investment for job creation. Four main points were made:
• The World Bank foresees only a modest and fragile economic recovery in South Africa for 2017/18 unless private investment accelerates.
• It suggests ...