Updated Media Alert: SCOPA to Conduct Oversight Visits to Eskom and PRASA

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Parliament, Sunday, 6 October 2024 – The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) will conduct oversight visits to Eskom and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) next week.

The oversight visit to Eskom continues the work conducted by the 6th Parliament’s SCOPA, which monitored Eskom, specifically the Medupi power station matter and other Eskom-related issues. The committee visit follows up on the 2019 and 2022 oversight trips to Eskom. SCOPA is scheduled to meet with the power utility’s Board and management to get an update on the entity’s performance.

SCOPA’s oversight visit to PRASA will predominately focus on the outcomes of the Auditor-General’s (AG) audit reports. The AG briefed SCOPA last month on PRASA’s audit outcomes for the 2022/23 financial year, where procurement and contract management, expenditure management, and consequence management were identified as areas of material non-compliance. PRASA received a qualified audit opinion. The Special Investigating Unit also updated SCOPA on the investigations currently underway at PRASA.

The 2023/24 financial year audit outcomes for both entities will be presented before SCOPA during the next term. The transport and logistics sector, an important portfolio, significantly impacts the everyday lives of South Africans and the business community. For SCOPA, it is critical that this industry maintains its best possible operational and financial health.


Details of the oversight visits are as follows: 

Date

Time

Activity

Tuesday, 8 October 2024

10:30 – 13:30

Site visit to Medupi Power Station

Wednesday, 9 October 2024









08:30 – 11:00

11:30 – 13:30







Meeting with the Eskom Board and Executive Management
DISCUSSION

  • SCOPA oversight observations
  • Recovery plan

a. Operational performance
b. Financial performance
c. Governance and compliance
d. Cost savings initiatives
e. Consequence management

Thursday, 10 October 2024
















06:00 – 07:00

07:00 – 08:00
08:00 – 09:10

09:50

10:00 – 11:30

13:00 – 17:30







Meet at Umjantshi House, 30 Wolmarans Street Braamfontein.
Drive to Naledi Station in Soweto
Catch the train from Naledi Station to Park Station.
Depart to Braamfontein Depot for site visit
Site visit to Braamfontein Depot in Johannesburg
Meeting with the PRASA Board and Executive Management at Umjantshi House
DISCUSSION
- SCOPA oversight observations
- Recovery plan
a. Operational performance
b. Financial performance
c. Governance and compliance
d. Cost savings initiatives
e. Consequence management


Journalists who wish to accompany the committee on the oversight visits should send their details to fndenze@parliament.gov.za.

ISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION SERVICES

For media enquiries, please contact the committee’s Media Officer:
Name: Ms Faith Ndenze
Parliamentary Communication Services
Tel: 021 403 8268
Cell: 081 377 0686
Email: fndenze@parliament.gov.za