The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA; Afrikaans: Staande Komitee oor Openbare Rekeninge) is a standing committee of the National Assembly of South Africa, the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa. It oversees the financial statements of all government departments and state institutions, any audit reports issued on those statements, reports compiled by the Auditor-General on government departments and state institutions, as well as any other financial statements or reports referred to by the committee.[1]
The membership of the committee is as follows:[2]
Party | Member | |
---|---|---|
IFP | Mkhuleko Hlengwa (chairperson) | |
ANC | Alexandra Beukes | |
ANC | Bheki Hadebe | |
DA | Alf Lees | |
EFF | Veronica Mente | |
ANC | Sakhumzi Somyo | |
ANC | Nokuzola Tolashe | |
DA | Benedicta van Minnen | |
ANC | Beauty Zibula |
The following people serve as alternate members of the committee:
It is customary for a member of an opposition party to serve as chairperson of the committee.[3]
Chairperson | Party | Term Start | Term End | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Andrew | Democratic Party | 1994 | 1999 | |
Gavin Woods | Inkatha Freedom Party | 1999 | 2002[4] | |
Francois Beukman | New National Party | 2002[5] | 2004 | |
Vincent Smith | African National Congress | 2004[6] | 2004 | |
Francois Beukman | New National Party | 2004[7] | 2005[8] | |
Themba Godi | Pan Africanist Congress | 2005[9] | 2007 | |
African People's Convention | 2007 | 2019 | ||
Mkhuleko Hlengwa | Inkatha Freedom Party | 2019[10] | Incumbent |