Justice and Correctional Services
Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill: Department response to submissions
14 Nov 2017
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJCD) continued with the comments received on the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill, and the responses by the Department to those comments. This section focused on chapters 6-9 to that dealt with mutual legal assistance establishment of 24/7 point of contact, evidence and obligations ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill: Department response to submissions; Review of Executive Members Ethics Act
8 Nov 2017
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJCD) continued with the comments and submissions received on the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill, and the responses by the Department to those comments.
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) submitted that the best interests of the child in cybercrimes and cybersecurity should specifically be acknowledged ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence & Military Veterans facilities: status report from Public Works & Department
8 Nov 2017
The Department of Defence (DoD) infrastructure portfolio briefed the Committee on the various challenges it was facing with regard to the projects which were being handled by the Department of Public Works (DPW).
There were currently 104 capital works projects and 56 refurbishment projects under execution by the DPW, and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill: Department responses to submissions
7 Nov 2017
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) responded to the submissions on the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill dealing with general comments and Chapters 1 and 2 of the Bill.
Questions of clarity arising from the submissions and responses covered the current capacity for the 24/7 point of contact; the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military Veterans database & call centre progress report; 2016 BRRR implementation
25 Oct 2017
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) briefed the Committee on progress with the modernisation and implementation of the Department’s integrated database management system, and the migration of its call centre.
The DMV said it was concerned at the slow progress being made in modernising the database. There were challenges in ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department on Defence backlog; South African Military Veterans Association (SANMVA) briefing
18 Oct 2017
The Department on Defence briefed the Committee on matters relating to its backlog and a status update on the review and completion of certain policies and possible tabling of legislation. The first presentation documented the military court cases received and finalised from 1 April 2017 to 30 September 2017; the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DoD, DMV, Armscor, Castle Control Board, Office of the Military Ombud 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor General input
5 Oct 2017
The AGSA said that the audit of the Department of Defence (DOD) and the Special Defence Account (SDA) was outstanding because there was a significant matter that had not been resolved with regard to whether the SDA was a separate legal entity, and whether the financial transactions needed to be ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Public Protector Report: referred to Joint Defence Committee; Study Tour
6 Sep 2017
The Committee met to discuss the Public Protector’s Report about a violation of the Executive Ethics Code by the former and current Minister of Defence and Military Veterans; however Members agreed that the report should be discussed at the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, which is scheduled to meet the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans Quarter 1 Performance
23 Aug 2017
The Committee dealt with several internal issues, such as changes to its future programme, the adoption of minutes, and its reports on the Military Hospital and the Silvermine Naval Base. The Silvermine report elicited concern over security at the base, following a further break-in since the Committee’s oversight visit, and ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence & Military Veterans Quarter 1 performance & skills audit outcomes; Defence procurement challenges & Surgeon General progress report
16 Aug 2017
The Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefed the Committee on its first quarterly performance report for the 2017/18 financial year. 24 targets (71%) had been achieved, while ten targets (29%) were not achieved. With regard to financial performance, the unaudited expenditure of the Department as at 30 June 2017 ...