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Communications and Digital Technologies
Department of Communications on its amended Annual Performance Plan, with Minister
4 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Communication met with the new Minister of Communication and the team from the Department of Communication (DoC) to discuss the reprioritisation of the Annual Performance Plan (APP). The Committee asked the Department to give it guarantees that its turnaround strategy would be implemented with haste, and ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence Quarter 1 performance & Committee recommendations implementation
29 Aug 2018
The Secretary for Defence presented the first quarter performance report which captured both financial and non-financial performance for the financial year of 2018/2019. The briefing addressed performance in the fourth quarter of the previous financial year, legislative requirements, framework for annual strategic plans and performance indicators. The presentation also looked ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Meeting with Vietnamese National Assembly delegation
28 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans briefed delegates from the Republic of Vietnam on how they worked as a committee of the South African Parliament, and their responsibilities in respect of national defence security. Committee Members said that their responsibility was to oversee the work of the Department ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
CPA Amendment Bill: progress report on Northern Cape & KZN concerns; with Minister and Deputy Minister
6 Jun 2018
Most political principals and the majority of Members of Executive Councils are beneficiaries of the Communal Property Associations.
This revelation came during the debate when the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform was questioning the Northern Cape on concerns raised by communities during public hearings on the Communal ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC Board response to submission made by unions; with Deputy Minister
5 Jun 2018
Following much communication between SABC unions and the Committee, the Portfolio Committee met with the unions on 4 May 2018 in Johannesburg. The unions' main concerns were the two sets of dismissals at the SABC. There was the dismissal of ± 200 employees allegedly involved in medical aid fraud and ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Union submissions during Gauteng oversight visit; ICASA Chairperson; MDDA Board vacancies
29 May 2018
The Committee had been granted permission to hold the meeting, despite the sitting in the House, to conclude some urgent matters. The Committee should have met the SABC Board that day, but the Board had requested time to prepare for the meeting.
Following a meeting between the unions and the ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Limpopo Communal Property Associations concerns: progress report; with Minister and Deputy Ministers
9 May 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) on complaints received at the public hearings on the Communal Property Association (CPA) Amendment Bill during August last year in the districts of Mopani and Waterberg in the Limpopo province.
In some areas, such as ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan & Quarter 4 performance
9 May 2018
The Department of Defence briefed the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on its 2018 Annual Performance Plan and 2018/19 budgetary allocation. The brief focussed on aims, strategic overview, programme and sub-programme plans and links to other plans. The Department gave an update on the 2018 situational analysis. In ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Committee DRLR Budget Report
25 Apr 2018
The Committee met for consideration and adoption of minutes and the Draft Report of the Committee on the Budget Vote of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and its entities for the 2018/19 financial year.
The Committee adopted the Draft Minutes dated 20 March 2018 and18 April 2018 ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
MDDA investigation: discussion; Department Quarter 3 performance: consideration; with Minister
24 Apr 2018
The Chairperson briefed the Committee on the processes concerning the removal of Mr Rubben Mohlaloga as Chairperson and Councillor of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). The Office of the Speaker of Parliament received a letter from Mr Mohlaloga’s lawyers outlining Mr Mohlaloga has not been sentenced and ...