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Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Amendment Bill & Military Discipline Bill: briefings
20 Nov 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans was briefed by Department of Defence (DOD) on the Defence Amendment Bill (B18 – 2017) and the Military Discipline Bill (B 21 – 2019), and agreed to finalise the Bills as soon as practically possible. The Committee was reminded that the Defence ...
Home Affairs
Delimitation of municipal wards in preparation of 2021 Municipal Elections: MDB briefing
12 Nov 2019
The Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) briefed the Committee on the delimitation of the municipal wards in preparation of the 2021 municipal elections. Every five years, it delimited wards in metropolitan and local municipalities for electoral purposes. The process ought to be concluded ideally not less than 10 months before the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Industry in South Africa status and challenges: DOD, Armscor & South African Defence Industry briefing
6 Nov 2019
The Armaments Corporation of South Africa (ARMSCOR), the Department of Defence (DOD) and the South African Aerospace Maritime and Defence Industries Association (AMD) briefed the Committee on the status and challenges facing the South African defence industry.
ARMSCOR indicated that the challenges were mainly the effect of the Department of ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Health benefits & Housing allocation list for military veterans: DMV & DoH briefings; BRRR
23 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Department of Military Veterans briefed the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on the accessing of health services by military veterans.
The DMV said that access to healthcare was defined as the ease with which a military veteran was able to ...
Home Affairs
Impact of illegal migration on cities: input from Joburg & Ekurhuleni Mayors, SALGA & Minister
22 Oct 2019
Video: Home Affairs and CoGTA committees meet in Parliament
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the Mayors of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni, and the Department of Home Affairs, briefed the joint Committees on the impact of illegal migration on the country’s cities.
SALGA said there was a perception that foreign ...
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 ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report; Committee Report on Gauteng Oversight visit; 2019/20 Quarterl 1 performance
15 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee met to adopt the Budget Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and its entities. Members made additions concerning increasing the capacity of the inspectorate, harsher treatment of corrupt DHA officials, engagement with SITA, tabling of ...
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, ...
Home Affairs
Audit outcomes of Department and entities: AGSA briefing; DHA & IEC 2018/19 Annual Reports; with Minister
8 Oct 2019
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on capacity building and the audit outcomes of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), the Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Government Printing Works (GPW) for financial year 2018/19.
AGSA stated that the audit outcomes for the GPW was ...