About
The Savings @ Work: Government Spending Reviews Conference created a platform for all officials who have been a part of the various capacity building initiatives offered on the Spending Review methodology to share insights from their spending reviews. It also provided a platform to discuss similar challenges and showcase some of the innovative solutions. It was an opportunity strengthen networks among the budget analysts at the coal face of budget and service delivery and a platform to reflect on the impact and consequences of the 40 technical spending reviews completed in National Treasury between 2013 and 2017. A significant component of the conference focused on the processes around the institutionalization of spending reviews.
Revisit the conference by clicking on the video links on the various agenda points.
SAVINGS@WORK CONFERENCE 6 – 7 MAY 2021 AGENDA
Day 1
| PLENARY (Click here to watch the related plenary sessions per agenda points) | |||
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Registration | Programme directors: Jeremy Timm & Mbali Buthelezi, GTAC | |
| 09:15 – 09:20 | Opening | Lindiwe Ndlela, Acting Head, GTAC | |
| 09:20 – 09:45 | Opening Address | David Masondo, Deputy Minister, National Treasury | |
| 09:45 – 10:05 | The Savings Dilemma | Dondo Mogajane, DG National Treasury | |
| 10:05 – 10:20 | Trajectory of Spending Reviews in South Africa | Ronette Engela, Head: PEPA, GTAC | |
| 10:20 – 10:45 | Spending Review 1
Identifying wasteful expenditure: SITA, as well as events and international trips |
Nomthi Mjuza & Jeremy Upfold, KwaZulu-Natal Treasury |
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| 10:45 – 11:00 | TEA | ||
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| 11:00 – 11:30 | Spending Review 2
Police fleet expenditure: Provision and utilisation of fleet services in the police service |
Velisubuhle Buti, National Treasury | |
| 11:30 – 12:15 | In Conversation | Ronette Engela, GTAC Mbali Buthelezi, GTAC Julia de Bruyn, National Treasury Amanda Jitsing, GTAC |
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| 12:15 – 13:15 | LUNCH | ||
| PARALLEL SESSIONS – SOLUTION ROOMS | |||
| 13:15 – 14:15 |
Solution Room 1 (Video) HPV Immunisation Programme What are effective and efficient ways of rolling out the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine in schools? Lead: Raymond Maleka |
Solution Room 2 (Video) Minimising the costs associated with the infrastructure footprint of the Department of Defence How can the Department of Defence minimise the cost of its office accomodation? Lead: Mabele Mdhluli |
Solution Room 3 (Video) Key cost drivers of foreign missions Analysis of the key cost drivers of Foreign Missions on DIRCO Budget Lead: Mercy Mhlophe |
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| 14:15 – 15:15 | Personnel growth in SA and implications for government expenditure | Antony Altbeker & Hermi Boraine, GTAC | |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Day 1 closing remarks | Jennifer Cooper, Canadian Representative – Head of Cooperation | |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Summary of the day | Jeremy Timm & Mbali Buthelezi, GTAC | |
Day 2
| PLENARY (Click here to watch the related plenary sessions per agenda points) | |||
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome and introductory remarks | Malijeng Ngqaleni – DDG:IGR, National Treasury | |
| 09:15 – 09:45 | Spending Review 3 | Zandile Ramoitheki & Feroza Fredericks, Northern Cape Treasury | |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | TEA | ||
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| 10:00 – 11:00 | Panel Discussion | Pam Yako, MD: Zenande Leadership Consulting & Mcebisi Ndletyana, Prof: Politics and International Relations, UJ | |
| 11:00 – 11:45 | Making it Happen: Navigating the Institutional Maze | Amanda Jitsing, GTAC | |
| Topic introduction – Word Cafe Dialogue Sessions | Health – Jonatan Daven Education – Spencer Janari Agriculture – Bothwell Deka Corporate Services – Conrad Barberton |
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| 11:45 – 12:45 | LUNCH | ||
| PARALLEL SESSIONS – WORLD CAFE DIALOGUES | |||
| 12:45 – 13:45 | Groups form to discuss health, education, agriculture and corporate services Translating spending reviews into actions |
Health – Jonatan Daven & Jonathan Carter Education – Spencer Janari & Amanda Jitsing Agriculture – Bothwell Deka & Andreas Bertoldi Corporate services – Conrad Barberton |
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| 13:45 – 14:15 | Spending Review 4 Why are medical legal claims against the State on the rise? |
Molefe Mokoatja, Free State Treasury | |
| PARALLEL SESSIONS – SOLUTION ROOMS | |||
| 14:15 – 15:00 |
Solution Room 5 (Video) Agriculture Are farmer support programmes efficient and effective? Lead: Donald Onyango |
Solution Room 6 (Video) Health Overtime Commuted overtime Lead: Refiloe Thokoa & Noxolo Madela |
Solution Room 7 ICT in Basic Education The cost of ICT provision in Provincial Departments of Education Lead: Shaneel Ragoo |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | TEA | ||
| PARALLEL SESSION | |||
| 15:15 – 16:00 | Spending Reviews and Budget 2022: What does all the work mean for Budget 2022 and the future? | Mampho Modise, DDG, National Treasury | |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Day 2: Summary of the day | Jeremy Timm, GTAC | |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Acknowledgements and closure | Ronette Engela, GTAC | |