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Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Amendment Bill: finalisation
23 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans considered and passed the Defence Amendment Bill as well as the report on the Defence Amendment Bill.
The Committee further adopted the third term Committee programme.
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Amendment Bill: deliberations; Department of Military Veterans Quarter 1 performance
22 Aug 2018
The Department of Military Veterans presented a briefing on its performance and progress for the first quarter of 2018-19. The targeted spend in the first quarter had been R138m (22%) from the allocation of R627.1m. Actual expenditure had been R93.2m -- a variance of R44.8m. It had achieved none of ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Hydrographic Bill: briefing; Defence Amendment Bill: postponed
16 Aug 2018
The Department of Defence (DOD) told the Committee that the Hydrographic Bill was based on the premise that even though the current South African Navy hydrographer offered hydrographic services, the office was not well recognised and there was no specific government authorisation for it. The Defence Review of 2014 had ...
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Defence Force Service Commission: DOD responses to recommendations; DRC Report
8 Jun 2018
The Department of Defence briefed the Joint Standing Committee on Defence on its performance for the 2017/18 financial year; and the South African national Defence Force (SANDF) briefed the Committee about the recommendations of the Interim Defence Force Service Commission.
The Department reported it has approved increased access to healthcare ...
Defence
NCACC Annual Reports: 2016 & 2017, with Ministers of Defence & Energy; Deployment resources funding; Mozambique Channel piracy; Department of Military Veterans status
7 Jun 2018
The Committee was briefed by the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) on its outstanding Annual Reports for 2016 and 2017. Ministers MsNosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula and Mr Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe were present at this meeting.
The NCACC reported that it had received a clean Audit for the Financial Year 2016 and ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Committee Reports: Defence & Military Veterans Budget; SANDF troops in DRC
16 May 2018
The Committee considered and adopted two reports: Draft Budget Vote 19 Report: Defence and Military Veterans and Draft Report on 25 - 29 March 2018 visit to SANDF troops stationed in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as outstanding minutes.
Defence and Military Veterans
Office of the Military Ombud 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
10 May 2018
The Office of the Military Ombud briefed the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on its annual performance / corporate plans for 2018/19 financial year and allocated budget to the Office. The Office’s brief focused on the strategic overview, programme and sub-programme plans, and risk management. The Office provided ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Armscor, Castle Control Board 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
9 May 2018
Armscor and the Castle Control Board (CCB) briefed the Committee on their respective annual performance plans for 2018.
Armscor said that it had a mandate to provide services to other organs of state, and currently offered acquisition, research and development (R & D) and quality assurance services to other countries ...
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 ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Meeting with Royal Defence College, UK
8 May 2018
The Committee met with a delegation visiting from the Royal Defence College in the UK. The delegation provided Members with information on the background of the college. The students were brought over to learn about South Africa, Southern Africa and the whole region in terms of security, economy, development stability ...