Telecommunications and Postal Services
ICT SMME Development Strategy implementation; Cost to Communicate update, with Minister and Deputy Minister
13 Mar 2018
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services briefed the Portfolio Committee on the cost to communicate and the implementation of the ICT SMME Development Strategy. The briefing was the result of the strategy meeting held the previous year.
The high concentration of the broadband market, as well as the vertically ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
USAASA briefing; with Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2018
The Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications said that there were challenges in the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) that the ministry was trying to address. The ministry recommended courses of action to the board, but if nothing happened then interventions were necessary. People had to ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
National e-Strategy + e-Government Strategy implementation
27 Feb 2018
DRAFT MINUTES OF THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SERVICES
DATE : 27 February 2018
TIME : 09:30
VENUE : Committee Room 3, 90 Plein Street
AGENDA : Briefing by Department on National e-Government Strategy
implementation
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Telecommunications and Postal Services
Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services, SENTECH; Broadband Infraco + USAASA and USAF on Quarter 1 & 2 performance
20 Feb 2018
The Committee heard presentations from the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS), SENTECH; Broadband Infraco (BBI); and USAASA and USAF on their performance information for quarters one and two 2017/18.
Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS)
The DTPS said that, in the first quarter, 22 out of 26 ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SASSA Project: South African Post Office progress report
13 Feb 2018
South African Post Office briefed the Committee on its readiness to migrate social grant beneficiaries to its new integrated grant payment systems. It sought to clarify the confusion and panic surrounding the South African Social Security Agency’s urgent application to the Constitutional Court. SAPO assured Members of Parliament that SASSA ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
USAASA progress report on Mpumalanga oversight visit recommendations
28 Nov 2017
The Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) presented the findings from their oversight visit to the Mpumalanga municipality, which showed there was an issue with the current service providers that the Agency had outsourced to provide connectivity in Mpumalanga. Upon investigation, it had been discovered that the ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Ikamva National eSkills Institute (iNeSI) Bill: briefing
14 Nov 2017
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services provided an update to the Committee on the INESI bill following on its meeting in March. The Department said the bill had been through a long process of extensive consultation which included the Department of Higher Education (DHE) to determine where e-skills training ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Communications Infrastructure Rapid Deployment: Department briefing, with Minister
7 Nov 2017
The Committee met with Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services to be briefed on the rapid deployment of communications infrastructure.
Highlights of the brief from the Department included the process followed on the rapid Information Communication Technology deployment policy; the aim of the policy; a definition of rapid deployment of ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Cost to Communicate: Research ICT Africa; Spectrum licensing; Election of Chairperson
31 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) on the cost to communicate and the spectrum framework in South Africa. The Information Communication and Technology (ICT) uptake and usage showed that in 2015 there were 3 846 332 fixed line subscriptions, 43 666 fixed public phone subscriptions, 72 423 365 ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Telecommunications and Postal Services Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Oct 2017
The Committee considered and approved the Budgetary Review and Recommendation for the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services. Members made final editing changes to the document – these were mainly minor consisting of grammatical and spelling errors.