Committee Notice Details

Committee Notice Details

Have Your Say: 2022 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement

The Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations invite stakeholders and interested parties to submit written submissions on the 2022 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) that will be tabled before Parliament on 26 October 2022.

The Minister of Finance will table the 2022 MTBPS (including the Division of Revenue Amendment Bill, Adjustments Appropriation Bill and Special Appropriation Bill) in accordance with section 6 (1) and section 12 of the Money Bills and Related Matters Act No. 9 of 2009 (as amended) (the Act). The National Assembly and National Council of Provinces’ Appropriations Committees are required according to the Act, to consider and report on the following issues:

  • the spending priorities of national government for the next three years
  • the proposed division of revenue between the spheres of government and between arms of government within a sphere for the next three years; and
  • the proposed substantial adjustments to conditional grants to provinces and local government, if any.

Joint virtual public hearings will be held as follows: 

  • Friday, 11 November 2022: 2022 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill (Standing Committee on Appropriations: NA and Select Committee on Appropriations: NCOP). Submissions and/or an indication of your intention to make a verbal presentation must be received by no later than 16:00 on Monday, 7 November 20222 
  • Friday, 25 November 2022: 2022 MTBPS, 2022 Adjustments Appropriation Bill and 2022 Special Appropriation Bill (Standing Committee on Appropriations: NA and Select Committee on Appropriations: NCOP). Submissions and/ or an indication of your intention to make a verbal presentation must be received by no later than 16:00 on Friday, 18 November 2022. 

Submissions must be directed to the Committee Secretaries, Mr D Arends and Mr L Nodada, 3rd Floor, 90 Plein Street, Cape Town, 8000 or daarends@parliament.gov.za / Lnodada@parliament.gov.za / or cell 071 363 2273 / 083 412 1526 or fax: 086 6374 444 / 086 515 6822.

Copies of the 2022 MTBPS and related Bills will be available at www.parliament.gov.za and www.treasury.gov.za from 26 October 2022.

Issued by Mr SN Buthelezi, MP, Chairperson: Standing Committee on Appropriations (National Assembly) and Ms DG Mahlangu, MP, Chairperson: Select Committee on Appropriations (National Council of Provinces).