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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Eskom contracts with Tegeta for the supply of coal: Office of Chief Procurement Officer briefing
10 May 2017
The Office of the Chief Procurement Office (OCPO) explained the four Eskom contracts with Tegeta Exploration and Resources for the supply of coal, based on the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report. The four mines investigated in the PwC report were Brakfontein Colliery, Tshedza Mining Manungu Colliery, Keaton Mining Manungu Colliery, and Universal Coal ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Conflict of Interest in Government: Auditor General briefing
9 May 2017
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) spoke about conflict of interest in Government since the findings of its 2008 Performance Audit Report on the matter. The briefing included a summary of the 2008 Report findings and recommendations, how AGSA approached auditing conflict of interest since the publishing of the 2008 Performance ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Defaulting municipalities: Eskom briefing
8 Mar 2017
The enormous trade receivables of the power utility has become an increasingly difficult issue to address with the total overdue debt including interest at the end of November 2017 sitting at R10.2 billion, as at 26 February 2017 the overdue debt increased to R9.9 billion from R9.5 billion at the ...
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 ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SABC: Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure, in presence of Department of Communications
1 Mar 2017
The Chairperson and several other Members expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the fact that SABC had only submitted the documentation requested by the Committee less than 24 hours before the meeting was scheduled to begin. The figures spoke for themselves, indicating a lack of proper governance, poor transparency and financial mismanagement. ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SASSA: hearing on Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) contract
28 Feb 2017
The Department of Social Development (DSD) and South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) appeared before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) for a hearing into SASSA's irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure and about the Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) contract.
The Minister was absent and Mr Magwaza, SASSA CEO, had ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SOCPEN system rewrite tender award: complaint against Minister; Contingent liabilities, commitments and accruals of national departments
22 Feb 2017
The Committee discussed its first term programme and decided to meet with Eskom first. Based on Eskom's input on municipalities, municipalities would be called to a meeting.
The report from researchers on accruals, contingent liabilities and commitment revealed that that in order to avoid unauthorised expenditure, departments delayed the payment ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
PRASA: hearing on irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure
30 Nov 2016
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) met to hear and deliberate about the irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA).
The meeting was told that PRASA was the most worst performing government entity when it came to irregular expenditure. Transparency had been ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SANRAL: hearing on irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, with the Minister in attendance
29 Nov 2016
The committee interrogated the board of the South African National Road Agency (SANRAL) on the R1.1 billion in expenditure for the current financial year which did not comply with the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA), despite the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) having found that between the years ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
SASSA, with Minister: hearing on irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure
23 Nov 2016
The Minister of Social Development, the Auditor General and the Hawks were present for the hearing on of irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA).
SASSA was asked to explain the irregular expenditure involving R316 million (CPS contract), R414 million (physical security), R233 million ...