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NCOP Finance
KwaZulu-Natal 2017/18 expenditure outcomes: Provincial Treasury
19 Jun 2018
The National Treasury reported that in KZN there were overall fiscal risks pertaining to education and health, and high accruals. Capacity enhancements, better planning and project execution skills had to be sought by departments to reduce under-spending, especially of conditional grants. Thirteen out of 15 departments had under-spent, largely in ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties NCOP
Political Party Funding Bill: National Treasury & IEC briefing
7 Jun 2018
The Independent Electoral Commission and National Treasury briefed the Committee on the Political Party Funding Bill [B33-2017].
The National Treasury explained that the costing of the envisaged structure is to be financed following the phased-in approach with about R20 million required. The compensation of employees would cost about R5.5 million, ...
NCOP Finance
Western Cape 2017/18 expenditure outcomes: Provincial Treasury
5 Jun 2018
Documents handed out: Committee research document (not available to the public)
National Treasury reported that there were fiscal risks in education and health, and high accruals. Skills capacity had to improve for project execution, along with improved planning skills to reduce underspending, especially with conditional grants. Total underspending amounted to ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties NCOP
Technical Team briefing; Committee Programme
24 May 2018
The Ad Hoc Committee on Funding of Political Parties met briefly to approve the programme for processing the Political Party Funding Bill. The programme included two half-days for oral submissions on the Bill. The intention was to have a final meeting on 27 June 2018 to adopt the Bill, but ...
NCOP Appropriations
Early Childhood Development Grant Quarter 4 performance: hearing
16 May 2018
The Committee was briefed by the National Treasury and the National Department of Social Development, and received submissions from the Eastern Cape, the North West Province and the Northern Cape, on the Early Childhood Development Conditional Grant.
National Treasury (NT) focused on the purposes of the grant, whether those purposes ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Annual Performance Report 2018/9; Secretary to Parliament disciplinary matter
10 May 2018
Annual Performance Report 2018/9 presentation awaited
The funding for political parties is the only thing that has not been affected by budgetary cuts while the core business of Parliament has been allocated less.
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament was left wondering why the budget for ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: final mandates
1 May 2018
The National Treasury briefed the Committee on the responses to recommendations contained in the negotiating mandates of provincial legislatures. Several provinces had raised concerns about the state of provincial roads and funding for maintenance and improvement. There were concerns about the equitable share and the criteria used to determine it. ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill [B2-2018]: negotiating mandates
24 Apr 2018
The Select Committee of Appropriations met to consider the provincial negotiating mandates on the Division of the Revenue Bill by the nine South African Provinces. Eight out of the nine provinces voted in favour of the Bill; the Western Cape voted against the Bill. North West had held its meeting ...
NCOP Appropriations
2018 Division of Revenue Bill: National Treasury briefing, Financial Fiscal Commission & SALGA submission
20 Mar 2018
The Committee received input from National Treasury, the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and South African Local Government Association (SALGA) on the 2018 Division of Revenue Bill.
The National Treasury briefing focussed on the consultative Division of Revenue Bill process that involved many stakeholders like the Budget Council (Finance Minister ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review: proposed programme for public hearings
20 Mar 2018
The Joint Committee on Constitutional Review was given a mandate by the National Assembly and the National Provincial Council of Provinces to review of Section 25 of the Constitution, and other clauses where necessary, to make it possible for the state to expropriate land in the public interest without compensation. ...