Honourable House Chairperson, The ACDP notes this Department’s budget allocation of R2.43 billion for the 2025/26 financial year. We are cognisant that the Tourism sector has the potential to uplift communities, especially in rural areas, to create a myriad of jobs,...
BRR Reports for Police Cluster: SAPS, IPID and the CSPS
House Chairperson, I present this response to the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Reports on the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, (IPID) the Civilian Secretariat for Police Services, (CSPS) and the South African Police Service (SAPS) for the 2024/25...
BRRR on Water and Sanitation
House Chairperson, in noting this Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation, the ACDP has consistently affirmed that water is not merely a commodity—access to water is a constitutional right. We welcomed the...
BRRR: Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Electricity and Energy
Honourable Speaker, In noting this Joint Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report, the ACDP observes that the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has achieved near-total expenditure of its adjusted R8.9 billion budget, with 99.4% spent. The ACDP also...
BRRR: National Treasury and institutions and entities in the Finance portfolio
House Chair, The ACDP has taken note of the BRRR report on National Treasury and institutions and entities in the Finance portfolio. We are also grateful that the country was removed from the FATF grey listing. A particular issue that related in that regard was the...
ACDP questions why credit rating agencies tend to err on the side of pessimism
Chairperson, the ACDP notes from the report that the fiscal strategy largely meets the fiscal targets set out in May. It aims to maintain a primary surplus, narrow the budget deficit, and stabilise gross loan debt at 77.9% of GDP for this year which is still, in our...