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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Quarterly briefing by SAPS on SCM corruption cases pertaining to SAPS officials
3 Nov 2020
Video: Standing Committee on Public Accounts (National Assembly) 03 Nov 2020
The Committee met on a virtual platform to continue its ongoing oversight into the consequence management measures being taken to address supply chain management corruption cases involving members of the South African Police Service (SAPS).
The SAPS reported that ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military Ombud & Military Veterans Appeals Board 2019/20 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
28 Oct 2020
The Portfolio Committee received presentations from the Military Ombud and Military Veterans Appeal Board in a virtual meeting on their Annual Reports for 2019/20.
The Military Ombud reported that it had set 12 targets, of which seven had been achieved, reflecting a 58.3% performance. This was a significant improvement over ...
Defence
Defence Force Service Commission on preliminary assessment of 2019/20 annual report
22 Oct 2020
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence, (NA and NCOP) 22 Oct 2020
The Defence Force Service Commission briefed the Committee on its Annual Activity Report and Financial Statements for the 2019/20 financial year.
Members questioned Commissioners of the lack of implementation of their recommendations, one of the main challenges reported ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DMV on: Quarterly Report; organisational structure; functioning of Appeal Board & amendments to Military Veterans Act and Regulations; with Deputy Minister
21 Oct 2020
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) reported that as part of the government’s recovery plan, its annual budget had been reduced by R137 million, from R683.1 million to R546.1 million. In the first quarter, because of the Covid lockdown, total spending had been only R44.6 million, compared to the targeted ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Consequence management against implicated municipalities: Interaction with KZN COGTA MEC
9 Oct 2020
Video: Standing Committee on Public Accounts (National Assembly) 09 Oct 2020
The purpose of the meeting was for the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) to brief the Committee on the consequence management measures implemented against the KwaZulu-Natal municipalities in relation to the investigations conducted into 34 ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Committee Staff briefings on: DOD; Armscor, CCB & DMV 2019/20 Draft Annual Reports
6 Oct 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans was briefed by the Committee Researcher and Content Advisor on the 2019/20 draft Annual Reports of the Department of Defence, Armscor, Castle Control Board and the Department of Military Veterans. The presentations highlighted the various challenges that each entity faces and raised ...
Defence
Mini-Symposium on SANDFs Force Design & Related Matters; with Deputy Minister
3 Sep 2020
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence, (NA and NCOP) 03 Sep 2020
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence concluded an informative virtual mini-symposium on the South African National Defence Force’s (SANDF’s) design and related matters. The Committee was unanimous on the need for continuing the discourse on the kind of ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DoD 2020/21 Quarter 1 performance; 2019 BRRR recommendations; DoD report on investigations into Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure
2 Sep 2020
The Department of Defence (DOD) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on its first quarter performance report for 2020, ...
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence, 27 August 2020
The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Department of Defence and Military Veterans on the theft of assault rifles at the Littleton Army base, the South African National Defence Force’s (SANDF’s) participation in Operation NOTLELA to combat the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Workshop with DoD on Force Structure, Compensation of Employees, Development of an Exit Mechanism and Force Rejuvenation, briefing on the court judgement against DoD in the Collins Khoza case
26 Aug 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans conducted a workshop via a virtual platform with the South African National Defence Force, Defence Force Service Commission and National Treasury. That was followed by a briefing on the court case brought against the Department of Defence by the family of Mr ...