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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Devolution of the infrastructure maintenance function from DPWI to SANDF; with Ministers
19 Sep 2023
The Department of Defence (DOD) and the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) briefed the Committee in a virtual meeting on the progress made regarding the devolution of infrastructure maintenance functions.
The DOD said they had the capacity to implement the projects they would be taking over from ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Government`s performance against the NDP targets & 7 priority areas in the MTSF; with Deputy Minister in the Presidency
13 Sep 2023
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation briefed the Committee on government's performance against the National Development Plan targets, and the seven priority areas in the medium term strategic frameworks.
The Department said that they were not happy with the performance of some departments, which lacked ...
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
DPME Frontline Monitoring & Support; Presidential Hotline Performance; with Minister
8 Sep 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) reported details of its frontline monitoring and support, and progress on implementing the Presidential Hotline.
The Committee observed that the DPME had been doing the monitoring and coming up with recommendations thereafter, but there was little to ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
FFC 2024/25 Division of Revenue Annual Submission
5 Sep 2023
The Financial Fiscal Commission briefed the Committee on the division of revenue for the 2024/25 financial year, highlighting that state-owned enterprises posed a risk to the financial well-being of the country’s economy. They also suggested that oversight and monitoring of municipalities needed to be improved.
Committee Members raised questions ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Treasury Q1 2023/24 Performance (focus on national departments & SOEs)
29 Aug 2023
National Treasury briefed the Committee in a virtual meeting on the expenditure and financial standing of government departments and state–owned enterprises during the first quarter of the 2023/24 financial year.
It highlighted that although many departments were deviating from their expected expenditure projections, this deviation was better than in ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Oversight Visit Report to Transnet and PRASA
13 Jun 2023
The Committee met to consider and adopt its oversight report to Transnet and Prasa from 27-31 March 2023.
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Committee Report
6 Jun 2023
The Committee reviewed its report on the Appropriation Bill, and raised concern about the lack of tracking mechanisms, which hampered their ability to fully conduct their oversight responsibilities. As a result, in its recommendations, the Committee said the Parliamentary Budget Office should avail its services to ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: National Treasury (NT) response to public submissions; Preliminary spending outcomes as at the end of Q4; NT update on state-owned companies
30 May 2023
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met virtually with National Treasury for a briefing on its responses to the public submissions on the 2023 Appropriation Bill, and for an update on the state-owned enterprises and the preliminary spending outcomes as at the end of the fourth quarter of the 2022/23 ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: public hearings
26 May 2023
The Standing Committee on Appropriations convened virtually to receive submissions from the public on the 2023 Appropriation Bill.
The Committee heard presentations from Youth Capital (YC), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Equal Education (EE) and the Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM).
Youth Capital said that the ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Appropriation Bill: Department of Transport Briefing; with Minister
23 May 2023
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met virtually with the Department of Transport (DoT) on the 2023 Appropriation Bill. The Department projected an underspending by the end of the 2022/23 financial year on the compensation of employees, goods and services and some transfers. Goods and services underspend due to delayed ...