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Estimates of the Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) 2023/24 Financial Year

The Institution further considered the 2021/22 financial year Combined Annual Financial Statement as part

of the oversight function. During the 2022 academic year, the Members of Provincial Legislature conducted
school visits programme in July 2022 to check the state of the readiness for the state of readiness for the
remaining months of the academic year.

The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) were held and considered 2021/22 financial year

audited financial report of the departments and public entities.

In terms of the public participation committees in all three clusters for the Social Needs, Economic Growth,
and Governance Clusters and through the Standing Committees on Women’s Caucus and Public

Participation, Petitions and Education was done.

2.2 Public Participation and Education

In order to deepened democracy, public participation with citizens and continued engagements through
sectoral parliaments the following programmes were facilitated:

x Young Men’s Dialogue;

x Facilitated Nelson Mandela International Day across all the Districts in the Province;

x Facilitated consideration of petitions which resulted in 4 quarterly reports being tabled and adopted

by the House;

x Facilitated a Public Participation Week for the Standing Committee to consider 47 petitions in the
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality;

x Facilitated public education programs which were integrated with the consideration of petitions;

x Engaged on public education workshops in preparation for public hearings for Sectional Titles
Amendment Bill; and

x Held public education workshops for the Children’s Amendment Bill.

2.3 Law Making

The Legislature has continued to ensure that public hearings and consultations are done on a timely basis
for all Bills introduced.13 NCOP Bills and 06 Provincial Bills coordinated to support law making processes;
also supported public hearings on the Sectional Titles Amendment Bill;

2.4 Information Communication Technology Infrastructure Strategy

Procurement of Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure upgrades are is currently
underway and the greatest achievement being implementation of the ERP system.

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