Committee Reports on Development Bank South Africa and Kwazulu-Natal Municipalities visits
NCOP Finance
18 October 2006
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FINANCE
SELECT COMMITTEE
18 October 2006
COMMITTEE REPORTS ON DEVELOPMENT BANK SOUTH AFRICA AND KWAZULU-NATAL
MUNICIPALITIES VISITS
Chairperson: Mr. T
Ralane (ANC) [Free State]
Documents handed out:
Committee Report: Oversight visit to Development Bank of Southern Africa
Committee Report: Oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal Municipalities
[Reports available once tabled at Committee Reports]
SUMMARY
The Committee met to discuss the reports on the oversight visits to the
Development Bank of Southern Africa and another joint oversight visit to
KwaZulu-Natal municipalities. As the reports had not been distributed to
members early enough, it was agreed that the Committee discuss the reports at
its next meeting. The Committee discussed its programme for this session.
MINUTES
Committee Reports
Members of the Committee expressed their concern that they had received the
Oversight Visit Reports only that morning, just before the meeting. Hence they
had not had time to read through the reports and did not know what was in them.
The Committee agreed to postpone discussion on the reports until the next
meeting.
Mr T Ralane pointed out an error in the Report on the Oversight to the
Development Bank of Southern Africa. On page two of the report it stated that
the Committee suggested that the DBSA had a lack of funding from the
government, when in fact the Committee had never agreed on that.
Committee Programme
Ms B Robinson (DA) suggested that the Committee have a workshop to prepare
for the upcoming budget discussions and the Department must be requested to
send its presentation documents, reports and other information before to enable
the Committee to prepare themselves for the meeting.
Mr Ralane stressed the need for the Committee to have the budget statements of
MECs to enable the Committee to monitor them properly. He expressed his
concerns about the provinces that have different priorities, which then alter
the budgets they have been given to suit their needs without informing the
Department or the Committees of the changes they have made.
Further he asked the Committee if it could meet again with Eskom together with
the municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal because of the mismatch in stories from
both parties. Eskom claimed that they were complying with the regulations
whereas some municipalities disagreed with Eskom.
He suggested that the Committee do an oversight tour of the municipalities in
the Eastern Cape and arrange a meeting with the provincial department dealing
with Local Government and its Treasury to see what the issues were with regards
to roads and other infrastructure in the municipalities.
Mr D Botha (ANC, Limpopo) suggested that rigorous oversight be done on
provincial treasuries because of the mismanagement of funds that had occurred
in the past.
The meeting was adjourned.
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