Telecommunications and Postal Services
Nemesa & Sentech & .zadna on their Annual Performance Plan; AGSA input; with Deputy Minister
2 May 2017
The Auditor- General of South Africa (AGSA) reported to the Committee on the key considerations when reviewing the 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan (APP) of the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS). An overview of entities within the DTPS portfolio showed a review was performed on the 2017/18 APPs, strategic ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Establishment of Ikamva National eSkills Institute (iNeSI), with Minister present
14 Mar 2017
The Committee met to receive an update from the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) on the establishment of iNesi and its revised business plan, as well as the adoption of outstanding minutes and the Department’s second quarter performance report.
The Minister introduced the discussion by explaining the important ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SITA on services rendered to Government Departments
7 Mar 2017
The State Information Technology Agencybriefed the Committee.
Since 2002 the mandate of SITA has been improvement of service delivery to the public using Information Communication Technology. This allowed SITA to be aligned with the accounting officers for the departments, moving from IT metrics of success to service delivery metrics of ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Cybersecurity: Department & SABRIC briefing, with Deputy Minister present
28 Feb 2017
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) on the current state of and way forward regarding cybersecurity in South Africa. There was also a briefing by the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) on the banking sectors experience of and response to ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
DTPS, SAPO, SITA, NEMISA, Sentech, BBI & .zadna on Quarter 2 performance; with Deputy Minister
21 Feb 2017
According to the Department’s report, the road map identifying and prioritising legislative amendments emanating from the Policy was developed as a consequence of the approval of the National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper. On Stated Owned Company rationalisation, the State Information Technology Agency State Owned Company assessment report on rationalisation ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Latest Technology in the ICT sector, with Minister in attendance
14 Feb 2017
In the presence of the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, the Committee heard from BMI-Techknowledge, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Research ICT Africa. Research ICT Africa emphasized efficient and effective costing of data must be a priority for the Department and that the Committee should ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SA Post Office on implementation on turnaround strategy and future prospects, with Minister & Deputy present
31 Jan 2017
The Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services Siyabonga Cwele led the Department to discuss the implementation of the strategic turnaround plan for the Sthe South African Post Office (SAPO). The Minister said although the organisation was more than 100 years old it was not ageing but adapting to new challenges. ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Ratification of International Treaties: Department briefing; ICT Council role, with Minister in attendance
24 Jan 2017
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services briefed and asked the Committee to support and approve the ratification of two international treaties.
First, the Department briefed the Committee on the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference that took place in Mexico in 2010. Amongst other things, the conference advanced the ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
International Telecommunications Regulations, World Radio Communications Conference Final Acts, with Minister; Committee Report on Cost to Communicate
15 Nov 2016
Ratification of the International Telecommunications Regulations (ITR)
The Minister, Mr Cwele, said it was important that South Africa ratified the regulations because the old regulations were outdated and affected the interoperability of mobile telephony which had increased dramatically since 1988 and to increase the transparency on pricing which needed to ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Special Investigating Unit investigations in Telecommunications and Postal Services, with Deputy Minister
8 Nov 2016
The Chairperson noted the lack of updates on the progress of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigations affected the Committee’s ability to do its oversight work. The Deputy Minister added that the Department could not follow up matters contained in SIU reports to the President, because the report belonged to ...