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Communications and Digital Technologies
Reconfiguration of Departments of Communications & Telecommunications, with Deputy Minister
27 Aug 2019
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) and the Department of Communications (DOC) gave a progress report on the merger of the two Departments and their entities into one Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) by 1 April 2020.
The Deputy Minister of for Communications and Digital Technologies ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Election of Chairperson; Communications Legacy Report
21 Aug 2019
Legacy Reports Fifth Parliament (2014-2019)
Mr Boyce Makhosonke Maneli was elected unopposed as Chairperson.
The Committee Content Advisor briefed the Committee on the Fifth Parliament Committee's Legacy Report and highlighted key issues requiring the Committee’s engagement. The challenges were noted.
• The tight scheduling of parliament during the Fifth Parliament was ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Communications and Telecommunications and Postal Services Budgets: Committee Reports
9 Jul 2019
The Committee met to consider and adopt its Reports on Budget Votes 3 and 32, respectively, these being the Department of Communications and Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services. The Reports were adopted with amendments.
During deliberations on the Reports, Members were still unclear on a number of matters ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Departments of Communications & Telecommunications & Postal Services Annual Performance Plans, with Minister & Deputy
3 Jul 2019
Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams noted the separate Annual Performance Plans presented today by the Departments of Communications and Telecommunications and Postal Services and their entities However, the deadline for the departments’ reconfiguration into a single department in the Sixth Administration is 1 April 2020 and by September 2019 the departments will ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Election of Chairperson
2 Jul 2019
The Committee convened to elect its Chairperson. Mr H Papo (ANC) was nominated unopposed. He accepted the nomination as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications
The Committee then considered and adopted its draft programme for the term.