Cdes, can anybody help me with information regading the time by which the President is going to release the Donen report on the 0oilgate scandal and if its gonna be on TV?
On 12/5/11, Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> wrote: > > SA Crest > > *Special Cabinet Press Statement, **5 December 2011* > > * > Limpopo Provincial Government is taken over by National* > > > Cabinet convened a special meeting today, 5 December 2011 > > *1. National Government intervenes in Free State, Gauteng and Limpopo > provinces* > > Cabinet has been concerned about the state of financial management and > governance in certain provinces for some time. Cabinet has received > reports on trends in provincial under spending, overspending and > challenges with supply chain management. > > The three provinces affected in varying degrees are Limpopo, Free State > and Gauteng, the synopsis is as follows. > > *1.1 Limpopo province* > > At the Cabinet meeting of 23 November 2011 the Minister of Finance > reported on the request received by National Treasury from the Province > of Limpopo for the approval of an additional overdraft facility. > > Limpopo experienced a cash crisis two weeks ago. They used up their > R757,3 million overdraft facility with the Corporation for Public > Deposits (CPD). The CPD is the subsidiary of the South African Reserve > Bank which facilitates banking arrangements that national, provincial > governments and state owned entities have with the Reserve Bank within > which they inter-lend to each other with the approval of the National > Treasury. Limpopo had requested that their facility should be increased > by R1 billion (to R1,7 billion) from the National Treasury for the > province to pay salaries and wages on 23 November 2011. This request > was declined but alternative arrangements were made for an early > transfer (two days before the actual date of transfer) of their > equitable share in order to be able to pay salaries. > > The Minister of Finance was asked by Cabinet to urgently review the > situation in Limpopo and other provinces and report back to Cabinet on > proposed actions to be taken to improve the financial situation and its > impact on service delivery and provincial functions. > > *1.2 Gauteng and Free State* > > Furthermore, Gauteng and Free State provinces requested assistance from > the National Treasury. Gauteng requested assistance to address the > challenges in the Health Department while the Free State identified > Financial Management and non-compliance to Supply Chain Management > processes in their Police, Roads and Transport department as issues that > needed urgent attention. > > The National Treasury and other relevant national departments have been > engaging with various provincial departments over time with a view to > assisting in improving financial management and service delivery. > However, while some provinces have taken appropriate actions, the > situation remains unsatisfactory. > > Having considered the current situation in some of the provinces, > Cabinet today decided that: > > * Limpopo Provincial Government be placed under a section 100 (1) > (b) intervention of the Constitution; > * Free State be placed under section 100 (1) (a) intervention of > the Constitution; > * Gauteng Premier signs an agreement with the Minister of Health > and the Minister of Finance to address financial management > challenges in the Department of Health in Gauteng province and > other matters; > * Forensic investigations with strict timelines be carried out; > * There should be consequences for any illegal conduct or > maladministration that may be uncovered in the course of such > investigation; > * MECs, HODs, CFOs and any other appropriate official to be > replaced by National acting deployees on a case by case basis; and > * Monitoring committee under the leadership of National Treasury > and comprised of the following ministries Department of Higher > Education and Training, Department of Basic Education, > Department of Transport, Department of Health, Department of > Public Works, Department of Justice, Department of Public > Service and Administration under the chairmanship of National > Treasury. This committee will be empowered to co-opt any other > ministry as it deems appropriate. > > > In the Limpopo province, members of the National Executive will assume > responsibility for the following departments in line with section 100 > (1) (b): > > 1. Provincial Treasury; > 2. Education; > 3. Transport & Roads; > 4. Health; and > 5. Public Works. > > > In the Free State province with the agreement of the Premier, directives > will be issued in line with section 100 (1) (a) by the relevant members > of the National Executive for the following departments: > > 1. Provincial treasury; and > 2. Police/Roads & Transport. > > > In Gauteng province, the health department has been facing chronic > problems with large accruals and other financial issues. The Ministers > of Health and Finance will assist the Premier and MEC with: > > 1. Financial management issues; and > 2. Supply chain management issues. > > > In addition, urgent action will be taken in respect of the Gauteng > Shared Services Centre (GSSC). > > * > * > *From: > http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=23815&tid=51274 > <http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=23815&tid=51274>* > > > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. 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