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Standing Committee on Auditor General
Auditor-General of South Africa 2017/18 Annual Report; Transformation Plan & Review of the Contract: External Auditor
12 Oct 2018
The Audit Committee of the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) said that its report was required in compliance with the Public Audit Act and the King code of governance principles. The mandate of the audit committee was to fulfil its duties as set out in the Act, and to ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Election of Acting Chairperson
9 Oct 2018
Ms N Khunou (ANC) was elected unopposed as the Acting Chairperson of the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General.
Public Service and Administration
DPME, NYDA & Statistics SA 2017/18 Annual Reports; BRRR recommendations progress report
9 Oct 2018
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) stated that Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA) audit outcomes for financial statements have been unqualified with no findings for the 2017/18 financial year and that audit financial statements were submitted on time. Findings on annual performance reports were submitted with no ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
High Level Panel recommendations on Auditor-General SA & Committee Report
13 Sep 2018
The Speaker of the National Assembly referred the Report of the High Level Panel on the Assessment of Key Legislation and Acceleration of Fundamental Change (High Level Panel Report) to several committees, including the Standing Committee on the Auditor General. The committees are required to consider the ...
Public Service and Administration
DPSA, Public Service Commission, Centre for Public Innovation Service, National School of Government 2018 quarterly performance; with Minister
12 Sep 2018
The Public Service Commission (PSC), the National School of Government (NSG), the Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI) and the Department of Public Service and Administration presented their quarterly performance reports to the Portfolio Committee.
The PSC said it had achieved 93.8% of its fourth quarter targets, bringing the full ...
Public Service and Administration
National Development Plan; National Planning Commission: DPME update; Disability/Gender: PSC update; with Deputy Minister
22 Aug 2018
The National Planning Commission (NPC) said the National Development Plan (NDP) goals for 2030 were to eradicate absolute poverty from the 39% of people living below the poverty line to zero, to reduce the unemployment rate to 6% by creating 11 million more jobs, and to significantly reduce inequality through ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Amendment Draft Bill: finalisation
22 May 2018
The Public Audit Amendment Bill was initiated by the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General as a Committee Bill. The principal Act of 2004 did not give the Auditor-General the authority to take remedial action, nor to ensure that losses suffered by the State were recovered, where possible. Year on year ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Amendment Draft Bill: consideration
11 May 2018
The Committee was briefed on drafting changes to the Bill based on the Committee’s suggestions at its previous meeting:
• The definition of executive authority had been revised and that, generally, executive authority was used in reference to national ministers, but legal services had introduced a catch-all phrase to ensure ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
KPMG & Nkonki contract termination: Auditor-General briefing
4 May 2018
The Auditor-General explained the decision by Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) to terminate its contracts with KPMG SA and Nkonki Inc. He said that the retention of both firms would have affected the public trust in Office of the Auditor-General. Risk management and professional competence are key fundamental principles of ...
Finance Standing Committee
Steinhoff: follow-up meeting
28 Mar 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ye4XmL6Bu4
The Standing Committee on Finance; the Standing Committee on Public Accounts; the Portfolio Committee on Public Administration and the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry held a second briefing on the Steinhoff matter. Steinhoff legal representatives from Werkmans Attorneys; PricewaterhouseCoopers; the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC); the Johannesburg ...