August 9, 2020
editorial….July 13 2020… High Noon… Parliament recently saw a drama being played out that was reminiscent of the old and famous movie where, after a long number of small confrontations, the two parties shoot it out in Main Street. With the critical matter of the approval of South Africa’s […]
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August 9, 2020
….article dated 20 July 2020…. Balance between needs and cuts required…. The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC), the independent body which reports to Parliament on intergovernmental financial relations (IGFR) in terms of the Constitution, has told MPs of its deep concern that Minister Mboweni’s budget cuts, announced in the Supplementary Budget Bill, may adversely affect […]
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August 6, 2020
…..July 7 article….. De Ruyter keeps his cards close When asked by parliamentarians if Eskom would be calling upon retirees and ex-employees to assist with the Eskom recovery plan, CEO André de Ruyter told a joint Public Enterprises meeting called to hear progress on the Eskom unbundling, that at this stage it had not been […]
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July 19, 2020
……may 15 2020…… A damaged NECSA plans its energy future ….. The South African Nuclear Corporation (NECSA), with an employee role beyond its capacity as a result of waiting for a R750bn nuclear programme which never arrived, might be getting back on track with the possibility of nuclear down the track. Having lost some extremely […]
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July 19, 2020
…… may 15 2020….. CEF outlines plan to save PetroSA …… In a series of statements to Parliament’s Mining and Energy Portfolio Committee, acting CEO of Central Energy Fund (CEF), Lufuno Makhuba, surprised many with a promise of not only totally restructuring government’s stake in the energy sector but to save ailing oil and gas […]
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July 14, 2020
.…Finance Standing Committee gets update …May 2020….In a recent meeting of the Finance Standing Committee, the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Illicit Financial Flows told MPs and chair Joe Maswanganyi that from 2108 until the present that investigations had resulted in the recovery of R400m. SARS also told parliamentarians at the same meeting that in […]
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June 20, 2020
Covid relief & BEE don’t mix, say MPs When the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) were presenting their 2020/21 performance plan to Parliament and after stating that all Covid19 distress funding would be allocated using B-BBEE guidelines, DTIC’s director general, Lionel October, found himself in a spot during questions. He was asked directly […]
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June 17, 2020
….editorial, 30 May 2020 Regulations mania hits South Africa ….. Winston Churchill, perhaps the greatest political and parliamentary figure of the last century, said that if you make 10,000 regulations you destroy all respect for the law. Take a look at South Africa where far too many conflicting and nonsensical regulations are espoused on a […]
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