The Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature will consider a report by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) this afternoon on the audit outcomes of provincial departments for the 2011/12 financial year. Below are the speech notes by Bobby Stevenson speaking on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts report on audit outcomes for the 2011/2012 year. There are a number of issues that concern the Democratic Alliance: The need for competency testing; Irregularities in supply … [Read more...] about The Time is Now
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Historic SCOPA meeting praised
Yesterday was a historic day in the Provincial Legislature in the Eastern Cape. The standing committee of Public Accounts (SCOPA) sat to deal with the 2011/12 audited financial statements of Departments. Usually SCOPA only deals with these audited reports a year or two years later after the fact. I and other members of the house have been calling for this change for many years. This change will ensure that the recommendations made by SCOPA are relevant and current. If quarterly reports, on … [Read more...] about Historic SCOPA meeting praised
Job Creation Requires Sound Administration
From a speech by Bobby Stevenson to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature who sat this afternoon to consider the report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) for the 2010/2011 financial year for provincial departments: When your education system malfunctions, learners future job prospects become more limited. When civil servants trade with the Province at the expense of the Private Sector, you limit opportunities for job creation. When corruption, maladministration and … [Read more...] about Job Creation Requires Sound Administration
