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Communications and Digital Technologies
Governance Matters at MDDA, DCDT on: Quarterly Performance, BDM Policy update, status of SAPO funding; with Minister
23 Aug 2022
DCDT progress update on BDM (awaited document)
The Committee met virtually with the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies and its entities to be briefed on their third and fourth quarter performance.
The Department also provided an update on the Broadcasting Digital Migration (BDM) project influenced by the recent ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Broadcasting Digital Migration progress; Public Protector Report on SITA; with Minister
24 May 2022
Electronic Communications Act: Broadcasting digital migration policy
The Committee met virtually with the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies to receive an update on the implementation of Broadcasting Digital Migration. It also deliberated on the Public Protector's report 114 of 2021/22 referred to it by the Speaker of Parliament. ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
DCDT, ICASA, FPB, BBI, USAASA/USAF, Sentech, SITA, .ZADNA, NEMISA, SAPO & SABC 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans; with Ministry
3 May 2022
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Communications and Digital Technologies
Progress report by Minister on analogue switch off
29 Mar 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Communications convened on a virtual platform to receive an urgent update from the Minister on progress of the analogue switch-off (ASO). The Minister said she suspected that there were members on the SABC board who were working with other broadcasters to attempt ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SAPO turnaround strategy; USAASA performance; ICASA, SABC, MDDA Board appointments; with Minister
15 Mar 2022
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
The Minister provided reasons and an action report on USAASA's poor performance on broadcasting digital migration (BDM) and the broadband connection project and its irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure. The reason for unachieved targets for the first two programmes did ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
DCDT & entities' 2021/22 Quarter 1 & 2 performance; with Ministry
8 Mar 2022
The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies presented a performance report for it and its entities: SAPO, SABC, FPB, ICASA, NEMISA, BBI, MDDA, SITA, GCIS, USAASA. Each entity overview spoke to performance for each quarter for each programme; financial information; audit outcomes; and reasons for under-achievement.
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NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
SABC on addressing financial and operational challenges; with Minister
17 Nov 2021
The Select Committee convened virtually for a briefing by the South African Broadcasting Commission (SABC) concerning stabilising and/or resolving its financial and operational challenges, to turn the broadcaster into a sustainable business entity. The Minister was in attendance.
The Minister indicated that the Department was determined to support the ...
Home Affairs
Election of Chairperson; DHA & SITA on war on queues and chronic network downtimes at DHA offices; with Ministers and Deputies
31 Aug 2021
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) on efforts to address the long queues and the network challenges at the branches of the DHA.
The DHA told the Committee that factors that ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
DCDT & entities Quarter 3 & 4 2020/21 performance; with Minister
17 Aug 2021
The Portfolio Committee met in a virtual sitting for a briefing by the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies and its entities on their 2020/21 fourth quarter performance and expenditure reports. It also discussed its second term resolutions, and considered and adopted its third term draft programme.
The entities which ...
Small Business Development
DSBD and SEDA 2020/21 Quarter 4 performances; with Minister
26 May 2021
The Portfolio Committee met virtually to receive a briefing on the 2020/21 fourth quarter performance of the Department of Small Business Development (DSDB) and Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA). The Minister said there had been improvements in the Department, and its challenges were being dealt with.
For DSBD, in the ...