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Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: DA’s proposed amendments; Proposed oversight visit
17 Sep 2019
Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act
The Standing Committee on Appropriations met to discuss the DA’s proposal regarding the Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019] for Eskom and the Committee’s forthcoming oversight visit proposed programme.
The Committee grappled with the issue of a non-party-political space such as Parliamentary Committees being ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: public hearings
11 Sep 2019
The joint Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations heard a wide range of views from three organisations -- the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) -- on the impending promulgation of the Special Appropriations Bill, which ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
4 Sep 2019
The Committee met to receive a briefing from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) on the Special Appropriations Bill for cash injection into Eskom.
The PBO highlighted that Eskom’s debt-reliant liquidity situation was the result of decline in sales volumes; the cost of primary energy; high debt service costs; high employee ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]: National Treasury briefing
28 Aug 2019
National Treasury briefed the Committee on the rationale for the Special Appropriation Bill [B10-2019]. The Bill asks for R26 billion for the 2019/2020 financial and R33 billion for the 202/2021 financial year to assist Eskom with its financial obligations.
Treasury emphasised that without major changes to Eskom’s business model and ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
National Treasury briefing: Members’ Orientation
21 Aug 2019
The Standing Committee on Appropriations (SCoA) hosted an induction session with the National Treasury. The Committee was briefed on various structural aspects of public finance, state owned entities and state owned companies.
Highlights included the questioning of the allocation of national revenue to provincial and local government (which it did ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Induction on Committee Mandate and Work
20 Aug 2019
The Anti-Corruption Task Team (ACTT) briefed the Committee on its mandate, organisational structure, progress report and constraints. Notable progress had been the operational achievement pertaining to convictions. In the current financial year there had been 16 convictions resulting from ten cases. Government officials’ convictions were standing at 210.
Challenges faced ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2019 Appropriation Bill: proposed amendments & Committee Report
19 Jul 2019
The Democratic Alliance put forward a proposal to amend the Appropriations Bill, involving an adjustment of R8.5 billion. It wanted this amount to be allocated to three priority areas – combating crime, job creation and skills development, and for health care programmes. It said the funds could come from savings ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Municipal Audit Outcomes 2017/18: Auditor-General briefing
16 Jul 2019
2017/18 Local Governement Audit Outcomes
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts met jointly with the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General to receive a briefing from the Auditor General - South Africa on the 2017/18 local government audit outcomes.
The Auditor General – South Africa (AGSA) pointed out that ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2019 Appropriation Bill: public hearings and Treasury response
16 Jul 2019
The Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations held a joint public hearing on the 2019 Appropriation Bill and heard from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and from Mr Guy Harris.
Cosatu said it had expected the Budget to go further in addressing the economic, governance and budgetary ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Committee Legacy Report
10 Jul 2019
The Committee held discussions on the Legacy Report of the Standing Committee on Auditor-General of the Fifth Parliament.
The Committee Content Advisor took the Committee through the Legacy Report and highlighted a number of areas which required the Committee’s attention. He highlighted challenges faced by the Auditor-General (AG), which could ...