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Defence
2015 Defence Review: Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefing
17 Oct 2019
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) briefed the Committee on the 2015 Defence Review. It stated that the review was predominantly based on eight principles, the most important being Principle VII which held that the SANDF would be organised into military combat formation, where there would be a clear ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Armscor; Castle Control Board & Military Ombud 2018/19 Annual Report
16 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by Armscor. The Committee heard that during the 2018/19 FY, Armscor had managed and executed contracts to a total value of R11.764 billion for the Department of Defence (DOD): this consisted of R7.442 billion for technology and capital acquisition projects as well as ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Current budget shortfall: DOD & National Treasury briefing; Department of Defence 2018/19 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
15 Oct 2019
Relevant Document: Constitution of South Africa, 1996; Defence Act, 2002; Public Finance Management Act, 1998; Defence Review, 2015
The National Treasury briefed the Committee on the current budget shortfall in the compensation of Department of Defence employees, as well as the funding for the ...
Defence
Extension of SANDF members in Western Cape
10 Oct 2019
The Committee met to consider the report of the President on the extension of employment of the South African National Defence Force for service in cooperation with the South African Police Service which was tabled in Parliament on 13 September 2019. Members supported the extension.
The Committee then adopted its ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing on the portfolio; Department of Military Veterans 2018/19 Annual Report
9 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the office of the Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) on the Auditor General’s inputs for the budgetary review and recommendations report on the Department of Defence (DoD) and the Department of Military Veterans (DMV).
The portfolio in 2019/19 comprised four entities, ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DOD and DMV 2019 Quarter1 performance; Report back on Committee recommendations in 2019 budget Report; with Deputy Minister
18 Sep 2019
The Department of Defence (DOD) briefed the Committee on its 2019/20 first quarter report, and the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) provided a progress report on recommendations put forward by the Committee at a previous meeting. Due to the time constraints, the DMV was unable to present its first quarter ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Update on cases referred to the SIU: SABC
18 Sep 2019
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts was briefed by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on the progress made in their investigations into financial irregularities at the South African Broadcasting Corporation. It was told that the investigations had produced sufficient evidence to initiate or join in civil litigation instituted by the ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Mafube & Masilonyana: audit outcomes hearing
17 Sep 2019
The Committee convened to interrogate two municipalities from the Free State province -- the Masilonyana and Mafube municipalities -- on the findings of the Auditor General (AG) and the steps they had taken to implement the recommendations. The two municipalities had aroused the displeasure of the Committee because their administrators ...
Defence
South African Air Force & Navy budget and capacity constraints
12 Sep 2019
The focus of this meeting was the continued reduction of the budget of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), which compromises its ability to carry out its constitutional mandate. The South African Air Force and Navy components of the SANDF reported on flying and sea hours and the capacity ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Mogalakweng; Mopani District; Thabazimbi; Vhembe District; Joe Morolong and Phokwane: audit outcomes hearing; with COGTA Deputy Minister
10 Sep 2019
AGSA - 2017/18 local government audit outcomes
Municipal Audit Outcomes 2017/18: Auditor-General briefing
A litany of maladministration and corruption was laid bare before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) when five municipalities with adverse audit findings from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) were called to account for ...