Joint Standing on Intelligence
Inspector General of Intelligence: interviews for filling of vacancy
9 Jun 2015
The Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence met for the interviews of candidates for the Inspector General Vacancy. The following candidates were interviewed by the Committee:
Ms Jayashree Govender
Mr Mahlubandile Radebe
Mr Mathe Diseko
Mr Mampogoane Nchabeleng
Mr Imtiaz Fazel
Defence
South African National Defence Reserve Force on its mandate; capacity; challenges; and action plan
4 Jun 2015
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) briefed the Committee on the status and revitalization of the Force’s reserves. The main issues raised during the presentation dealt with transformation, budget cuts and constraints, training and the intake of reserves.
Transformation in the Defence Force was happening at a slow rate, ...
Joint Standing on Intelligence
Inspector General of Intelligence: 2nd short-listing for interviews by JSCI Sub-Committee & report-back
3 Jun 2015
In this meeting that was open to the public, the Sub-Committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) shortlisted three names for interviews for the position of Inspector General of Intelligence. These names were amongst eighteen nominations submitted during a second call for nominations. In the first call for ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence 4th Quarter Performance Report 2014/15 & progress on strengthening Defence Works Formation; DMV 4th Quarter Performance Report 2014/15 & update on establishing & maintaining a reliable military veterans database
27 May 2015
The Secretary for Defence gave a summary of the quarterly performance targets, and outlined the programmes of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). These included Landward Defence, Air Defence, Military Health Support and Defence Intelligence. The budget allocation was R42.856 billion, of which the Department had spent R42.842 billion, or 99.97%. ...
Defence
Defence Review : Draft Committee Report adopted (objections from DA), Letters from President deferred
30 Apr 2015
The Committee met to adopt its Draft Report on the Defence Review. A DA Member had submitted a document, at a previous meeting, in which he set out 21 suggestions on the Defence Review, which had been circulated to and read by all Committee Members. Mr Maynier was given the ...
Defence
Defence Review 2014; deliberations & Committee Report on Defence Review 2014 public hearings
19 Mar 2015
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence met to consider and deliberate on the South African Defence Review 2014.The three functions of the Committee were specifically to comment, make recommendations and investigate any aspect of the Defence Review.
A Member of the Democratic Alliance had submitted a document outlining an alternative ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Office of Military Ombud; Defence Force Service Commission: progress report briefing
4 Mar 2015
The Military Ombud briefed the Committee on its status and functioning. It was set up as an independent, external mechanism to deal with the complaints and grievances of members and former members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), and also as a place for the public to lodge ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans on its 2013/14 Annual Report & its 2nd and 3rd quarter Performance for 2014/15
25 Feb 2015
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) briefed the Committee on its 2013/14 Annual Report, and the second and third quarter performance and expenditure reports for the 2014/15 financial year.
The overall performance overview for 2013/14 financial year had shown that the Department had committed itself to 50 targeted performance indicators ...
Joint Standing on Intelligence
Shortlisting of candidates for position of Inspector General of Intelligence
24 Feb 2015
The Sub-committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence met to discuss and shortlist the candidates for the position of Inspector General of Intelligence. This shortlist would be submitted to the full Committee for consideration before it made a recommendation to the President. The Sub-committee spent the majority of the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
2014-2019 Committee Strategic Plan & Committee programme
18 Feb 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans met to discuss and adapt their draft minutes from 2014, and Members were also asked to consider and adopt the Committee's programme, strategic plan. However, the meeting became bogged down in a discussion of the current agenda, linked to whether correspondence sent ...