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Home Affairs
Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit: Department of Home Affairs update
4 Nov 2014
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on the background to and current situation with the Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permits (ZSPs). It was noted that the Dispensation of Zimbabwe Project (DZP) was started in 2010, when it became clear that a special dispensation was needed to cope with ...
Finance Standing Committee
Accounting Standards Board on its 2013/14 Annual Report; Parliamentary Budget Office on impact of investment in South Africa
29 Oct 2014
The Accounting Standards Board (ASB) briefed the Committee on its annual report, focussing on financial performance, cost containment, strategy of the ASB 2015-19 and discussed a letter dated 23 July 2014. The ASB reported that its performance was limited by its narrow mandate and demanded a review and extension of ...
Finance Standing Committee
Revised Fiscal Framework: public hearings
28 Oct 2014
A joint meeting of the Standing and Select Committees on Finance heard briefings from the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC), the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), and the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) on the revised fiscal framework.
The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) presentation gave an overview of the Medium Term ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs Budget Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR)
21 Oct 2014
The Committee Researcher presented the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report.
The Chairperson remarked that findings are statements of facts and recommendations are plans of action to address these findings. Each finding must have a corresponding recommendation. The Chairperson said that the BRRR should only addresses issues within the allotted ...
Finance Standing Committee
Statistics South Africa on its 2013/14 Annual Report
16 Oct 2014
The Committee heard three presentations on the annual report of Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) for the financial year 2013/2014. The entity’s performance was reported on by the Auditor General of South Africa, the Committee researcher, and by Stats SA themselves.
Members were told that there had been a delay ...
Finance Standing Committee
SA Reserve Bank on its 2013/14 Annual Report; SARS response to comments on Taxation Laws & Tax Administration Laws Amendment Draft Bills
15 Oct 2014
The Governor Designate of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) noted that this year was the first integrated report of the bank. It had been moving toward integrated reporting in line with best practice and international guidelines over the past few years. He provided SARB's views on the economy and ...
Finance Standing Committee
SARS & National Treasury on their 2013/2014 Annual Report; Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing
14 Oct 2014
The Standing Committee on Finance heard briefings from the Auditor-General of South Africa, National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service on Treasury and SARS annual reports for 2013/14.
Department of Finance 2013/2014 Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing
The Auditor-General of South Africa said that the Department had received an unqualified ...
Finance Standing Committee
Medium Term Strategic Framework: briefing; DBSA Amendment Bill: voting; Budgetary Review & Recommendations Report: briefing
17 Sep 2014
The Committee met and adopted the DBSA Amendment Bill [B2-2014] Committee report and the DBSA Amendment Bill [B2-2014] as well as heard briefings from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) on the Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) and the Parliamentary Researcher on the Budgetary Review Recommendation Report (BRRR).
The Parliamentary Budget ...
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs on First Quarter Expenditure and Performance Reports
16 Sep 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs was briefed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on its first quarter expenditure and performance, with 69% of the targets being achieved in three different programmes. Achievements included the approval of user specifications for the National Identity System, the issue of 1.6 million ...
Finance Standing Committee
National Treasury & South African Revenue Service on Double Taxation Agreements & ratification thereof
10 Sep 2014
The Committee met to consider various agreements between South Africa and other countries which were designed to assist tax authorities to combat tax avoidance and evasion. These included the multilateral African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) agreement on mutual assistance in tax matters, to allow for effective exchange of information and ...