Finance

Congress of South African Trade Unions

Policy Submissions

COSATU maintains a Parliamentary Office in Cape Town. This represents an active intervention on behalf of organised labour in the parliamentary and other policy processes in order to ensure that both legislation and government policy protect the rights of workers and advance democratic transformation. The documents that follow are largely developed and presented by the Parliamentary Office, and have been organised thematically.

Finance Department /Committee

Submission	Date
Budget:
People's Budget Response to the 2005 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement,	2 Nov 2005
Cosatu submission: on the Draft Mineral and Petroleum Royalty Bill,	7 May 2003
Towards a People's Budget: COSATU Comment the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement, Released	8 November 2001
Pension Fund Second Amendment Bill: COSATU Submissionb on the Pension Fund Amendment to the Portfolio Committee,	22 August 2001
Pension Fund Second Amendment Bill: COSATU Submissionb on the Pension Fund Amendment to the Finance Select Committee,	29 October 2001
Capital Gains Tax: COSATU Submission on the Capital Gains Tax, Released	23 Jan 2001
COSATU Submission on the FFC Recommendations for 2001 - 2004 MTEF Cycle and on 2001 / 02 MTEF, Submitted to the Select Committee on Finance,	23 August 2000
Public Response by COSATU to the 2000 / 2001 Budget,	March 2000
COSATU's Submission on the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), Presented to the joint sitting of the Portfolio and Select Committees on Finance,	4 November 1999
COSATU's Submission on the Intergovernmental Fiscal Review, Presented to the Select Committee on Finance,	12 October 1999
COSATU Response to the 1999 / 2000 Budget,	18 February 1999
COSATU's Response to the 1998 / 9 Budget,	12 March 1998
Submission on Money Bills Amendment Procedure Bill -	22 October 1997
Submission on the 1997 / 98 Budget -	20 March 1997
Submission on the 1996 / 97 Budget -	March 1996
Submission on the 1995 / 96 Budget -	23 March, 1995
Tax:
COSATU's Submission on the Draft Revenue Laws Amendment Bill, Presented to the Finance Portfolio and Select Committees,	19 June 2001
COSATU Submission on Capital Gains Tax, Presented to the Portfolio Committee on Finance,	23 January 2001
COSATU Letter of Support for the Residence Basis of Taxation, Sent to the Portfolio Committee on Finance,	5 October 2000
COSATU Proposals to the NEDLAC Public Finance and Monetary Chamber on Increasing The Progressivity Of Elements Of The Tax System,	22 September 1999
COSATU's Submission on the Draft Revenue Laws Amendment Bill, Presented to the Portfolio Committees on Finance,	17 September 1999
Input on the South African Debt,	22 October 1998
Submission regarding amendment to Regional Industrial Development Bill,	23 February 1998
Submission on Sixth Interim Report of the Katz Commission of Inquiry into certain aspects of the Tax Structure of South Africa -	13 October 1997
Submission on Tax Holidays -	11 September 1996
Submission on the Third Interim Report on Taxation	22 January, 1996
SA Reserve Bank:
Submission on Demutualisation,	18 August 1998
Memorandum to the Parliamentary Finance Committee: COSATU's approach to Budget Hearings on the Role of the South African Reserve Bank and Monetary Policy,	6 March 1998
Submission on the South African Reserve Bank Amendment Bill (B21-97) -	5 August 1997
Submission on Alleged Collusion between Banks on Interest Rates -	July 1996
Pensions:
Presentation on the Smith Committee Report - (drafted by Irene Charnely, NUM)	20 May 1996
Submission on the Pension Fund Amendment Bill -	27 February 1996
Other:
Cosatu Submission on the Review of the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act 5 of 2000,	09 September 2003
Labour's Submission on the Preferential Procurement Policy Draft Regulations, Presented to NEDLAC,	27 July 2000
COSATU's Submission on the South African Airways Unallocatable Debt Bill [B1-2000], Presented to the Finance Portfolio Committee,	11 February, 2000
COSATU's Submission on the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Bill, Submitted to the Joint Committee on the Preferential Procurement Policy Bill,	15 December 1999