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Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
My Vote Counts judgement impact; Regulations amendment
24 Oct 2017
The Chairperson indicated that 21 submissions had been received on the draft Bill on Funding of Represented Political Parties. Public hearings would be held on 7 and 8 November 2017. The Committee would allow those making a submission for the first time to make a full submission. Those who had ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Auditor-General of South Africa 2016/17 Annual Report; Review of the Public Audit Act: consideration
20 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary legal team came before the Committee to brief Members on the proposed amendments to the Public Audit Act. The team took the Members through the various proposed amendments, but no substantive changes were effected after consideration and discussion of the relevant sections of the Bill. The Auditor General ...
Public Service and Administration
Free State Oversight Report
18 Oct 2017
The purpose of this meeting was the adoption of the Free State Oversight report and the consideration of the Public Service Amendment Bill.
Corrections and amendments were made to the oversight report and Members suggested additional amendments. Thereafter, the report was adopted with amendments.
The recommendations on the Bill was ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Audit Outcomes 2016/17: Auditor-General briefing
17 Oct 2017
The report of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) for the 2016/17 financial year showed that there had been little improvement over the past four years in the most common areas of qualification among the government departments and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) which it had audited. What was of concern was ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Committee Draft Bill on Funding of Political Parties: briefing & call for comment
14 Sep 2017
The Committee met to check that the Committee Draft Bill on the Funding of Political Parties had captured all the proposals agreed to and to ensure that the Bill was ready for gazetting and for public comment. Minor amendments were made and the Committee made a note to address the ...
Public Service and Administration
DPSA, National School of Government, Centre for Public Service Innovation on Quarter 4 performance; with Minister
13 Sep 2017
The National School of Government (NSG) briefed the Committee on its fourth quarter 2016/17 and first quarter 2017/18 performance. In the fourth quarter, it had achieved 41 of its 45 targets (91%), but overall performance had slipped to 88% in the first quarter this year. The annual training performance had ...
Public Service and Administration
DPME, National Youth Development Agency & Statistics SA on Quarter 4 performance
13 Sep 2017
The Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) said the high rate of unemployment among South Africa’s youth was a challenge which committed it to supporting the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) so that it could achieve its objectives. It had made recommendations for youth development to be made a ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Review of the Public Audit Act: Parliamentary Legal Adviser & Content Adviser briefings
8 Sep 2017
The Standing Committee on the Auditor-General met with the Parliamentary legal advisers and delegates from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) to review the Public Audit Amendment Bill. The legal advisers presented the proposed amendments, and also expressed their opinions on the proposed provisions in the bill. The presentation ...
Public Service and Administration
Acting Chairperson election
6 Sep 2017
The Committee elected Ms R Lesoma as Acting Chairperson of the Committee.
Some Members of the Committee brought up issues that were not on the agenda, to the disapproval of other Members. Such issues included the steps to be taken when removing a Chairperson of the Committee, the status of ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Review of Public Audit Act: further discussion with Auditor-General
25 Aug 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Auditor-General on the review of the Public Audit Act and proposed amendments for a Public Audit Amendment Bill (PAAB). The Committee had asked the Auditor-General to clarify certain aspects based on his original March 2017 briefing. These were defining undesirable audit outcomes; criteria for ...