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Finance Standing Committee
Money Bills Amendment Procedure Act review: joint workshop
8 Feb 2017
Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Services Office (CLSO) presented at the joint workshop to the Finance and Appropriations Standing and Select Committees. It noted that the National Assembly had passed a resolution in May 2016 that the Finance Standing Committee should review the Money Bills Act with a view to introduce ...
The National Department of Health presented to the Portfolio Committee. According to the Chairperson, the Health Ombudsman released a report related to the death of mentally-ill patients. The Chairperson said that the report was very disturbing. Last year 36 mentally-ill patients were reported to have died in various NGO facilities. ...
Finance Standing Committee
Taxation of Sugar Sweetened Beverages: public hearings
31 Jan 2017
The Department of Health told a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Health and Standing Committee Finance that 38 million people die due to non-communicable diseases. 28 million deaths occur in low and middle income countries. 16 million people die before the age of 70. Cardiovascular diseases are the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Reports on 2016 MTBPS, Adjustment Appropriation Bill & Finance Bill
5 Dec 2016
Documents handed out:
Report on the 2016 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement
Report on the 2016 Adjustments Appropriation Bill [B16-2016]
Report on the Finance Bill [B21-2016]
[All Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
Relevant Documents:
Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act 9 of 2009
Medium ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Adjustments Appropriation Bill; Finance Bill: briefing by National Treasury
1 Dec 2016
National Treasury briefed a joint meeting of the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations on the 2016 Adjustments Appropriations Bill and the 2016 Finance Bill.
Members were informed about the different aspects of the Adjustments Appropriations Bill, which included unforeseeable and unavoidable expenditure, virements, roll-overs, self-financing expenditure, and declared unspent ...
Health
Nursing Strategy: Chief Nursing Officer progress report; Nigerian delegation meeting
30 Nov 2016
The first part of the meeting was an interaction between a delegation of the Nigerian Parliament led by Senator Olarenwaju Tejuosho, Chairman of the Nigerian Senate Committee on Health. It was explained that the Nigerian Assembly is divided into a Senate (the upper house) and House of Representatives, and the ...
Health
Medical Innovation Bill: Department of Health input
23 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Health on the Medical Innovation Bill of 2014. This Bill, which originated from the private Member's Bill by the late Dr Oriano-Ambrosini, provides for innovation in medical treatment, legalising the use of cannabinoids for medical purposes and legalising commercial and industrial ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Public Expenditure Review: National Treasury briefing
22 Nov 2016
The Government Technical Assistance Unit (GTAC) in the National Treasury (NT) presented to the Standing Committee. Performance and expenditure reviews (PERs) had been started because the Presidency and the NT needed detailed and reliable information. It was a joint project between the NT and the Department of Planning, Monitoring and ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Sector Education and Training Authority performance: Department of Higher Education &Training briefing
18 Nov 2016
The Standing Committee on Appropriations was briefed by the Department of Higher Education and Training on the performance and expenditure of the Sector Education and Training Authorities. At the outset, Members noted that they had expected to see more slides of direct relevance to the Committee, which was engaged with ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Urban Settlements Development Grant; Expanded Public Works Programme (Social Sector): DPME evaluation
16 Nov 2016
Committee minutes (Members only)
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation stated that the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) was a capital grant that allocated R10 billion per annum to the eight metros. It was introduced in 2011 and replaced the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) for these cities. The USDG ...