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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Eskom recapitalisation & debt relief funding
26 Apr 2018
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met with Eskom for a briefing on the expenditure and performance progress by Eskom following the approval of the recapitalization and debt relief funding.
Eskom indicated the newly appointed board and management had been well-received by the investor community and this was positive. Significant progress ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
SAA & SA Post Office recapitalisation: performance progress report
25 Apr 2018
In his opening remarks, the Deputy Finance Minister acknowledged that South African Airways (SAA) had a financial and corporate governance and operational model crisis. These problems needed urgent attention. Unless these problems were sorted out, it would be difficult to accommodate new ideas. The path to recovery for SAA had ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Office of Chief Procurement Officer: progress report by National Treasury
24 Apr 2018
The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO) met with the Standing Committee on Appropriations (SCOA) to discuss the work of the OCPO. The OCPO presented a briefing report, highlighting new initiatives, the progress of the Public Procurement Bill, major challenges to OCPO, and developments since previous meetings. Much of ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Restructuring of public entities; New Budget facility; Office of the Chief Procurement Officer & status on payment of suppliers per Budget Vote: National Treasury briefing
27 Mar 2018
State expenditure, especially in procurement, was one of the key mechanisms that would enable the government to implement its developmental policy. Effectiveness in infrastructure spending, nationalised and streamlined public entities, curbing wasteful and fruitless expenditure, preventing procurement deviations and price escalations were the priority focus area in the medium term. ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Treasury Quarter 2 & 3 performance
20 Mar 2018
The Department of National Treasury presented on the consolidated third quarter expenditure report for the 2017/18 financial year, focusing on the main areas of concern regarding the spending patterns of departments. The aim was to enable the Committee to invite identified departments to Parliament and hold them to account.
While ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Committee Report on 2018 Division of Revenue Bill
14 Mar 2018
The Standing Committee on Appropriations considered and adopted its Committee Report on 2018 Division of Revenue Bill. The Committee Report stated that the Committee received a briefing on the Bill from the National Treasury and also had engagements with the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and the South African Local ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: public hearings
13 Mar 2018
The Standing Committee on Appropriations held a public hearing on the 2018 Division of Revenue Bill, and said that although it had highlighted the importance of educating communities about the significance of the Bill, it had received only one response, which was from Equal Education (EE).
In their submission, EE ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: FFC & SALGA briefing
9 Mar 2018
The Committee met to consider inputs from the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and SA Local Government Association (SALGA) on the 2018 Division of Revenue Bill [B2-2018]. The FFC was in agreement with the general thrust of the Bill and revised clauses. It commended efforts by government to protect social ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: National Treasury briefing
8 Mar 2018
National Treasury briefed the Standing Committee on Appropriations on the 2018 Division of Revenue Bill. The Committee heard that despite the tough fiscal environment the budget still reflects increased allocations to national and provincial government, and that reductions in the budget related more to curbing the rate at which budgets ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Learner Transport: Departments of Basic Education & Transport & Equal Education; with Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2018
The Departments of Transport and Basic Education gave a briefing on the implementation challenges of learner transport. The national learner transport policy had been approved by Cabinet in 2015 and was currently in the implementation mode. The establishment of the policy was in response to the realisation of a policy ...