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Water and Sanitation
Municipal water debt: Department; COGTA; Treasury; SALGA update with Minister
14 Nov 2018
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) provided details of the municipal debt to water boards, and said an Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) had been established to devise a plan to resolve the outstanding debt in more structured way. The Committee was told that the municipalities owed a total of ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill: Committee Report adoption
12 Nov 2018
PMG did not attend this meeting
The Committee met to adopt its report on the 2018 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill. The Bill was tabled in Parliament on 24 October 2018 by the Minister of Finance during the presentation of the 2018 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). The report ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2018 MTBPS: Human Sciences Research Council briefing
7 Nov 2018
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) briefed the Committee on their overall assessment of the 2018 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). It highlighted that the spending priorities included reducing poverty and inequality, and increasing employment and inclusive growth. It stressed the need for an improvement in spending efficiency, government capacity ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2018 MTBPS: Public Service Commission input
6 Nov 2018
The Public Service Commission observed that a detailed and integrated planning across departments was needed for economic recovery. Stronger oversight of state-owned entities (SoEs) was needed. There had to be better support systems for underperforming departments, through better alignment between planning and performance management systems. Informed decisions had to be ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2018 MTBPS: SALGA input
31 Oct 2018
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) briefed the Committee on their response to the 2018 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). It focused on the macro economic climate and said that the MTBPS had three key priorities.
The first one was implementing the economic stimulus and recovery plan launched ...
Finance Standing Committee
2018 MTBPS: Parliamentary Budget Office & FFC briefing
30 Oct 2018
Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on economic stimulus and recovery plan
DPE Mandate Paper for Budget 2018
National Development Plan 2030: Our future - make it work
2018 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)
MTPBS Speech & Money Bills
The Standing and Select Committees on Finance together with the Standing ...
Finance Standing Committee
2018 MTBPS: Minister of Finance briefing; with Deputy Minister present
25 Oct 2018
2018 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)
MTPBS Speech & Money Bills
The Standing Committees on Finance and Appropriations together with the Select Committees on Finance and Appropriation met for the MTBPS (medium-term budget policy statement) briefing with National Treasury in the presence of the Minister and Deputy Minister of ...
Finance Standing Committee
Pre-MTBPS: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
23 Oct 2018
The Standing Committees on Finance and Appropriations together with the Select Committees on Finance and Appropriation met for a pre-MTBPS (medium-term budget policy statement) briefing with the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).
The PBO highlighted that global economic outlook indicates that prospects for recovery in growth through foreign investment and trade ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Reports on Free State oversight & Smart Procurement World Indaba
17 Oct 2018
The Committee convened to consider the reports on its oversight visit to the Free State, and the 12th Annual Smart Procurement World Indaba. Both reports were adopted.
Minutes from 9 and 10 October were considered and adopted.
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Quarter 1 Expenditure Patterns of National Departments; SALGA innovative financing for municipal infrastructure conference
16 Oct 2018
The Committee met to consider the Report on Quarter 1 Expenditure Patterns of National Departments and the Report on the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) conference.
Both reports were adopted with amendments..