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Defence and Military Veterans
SANDF Procurement processes: Chief Logistics briefing
26 Oct 2016
The Committee invited the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to clarify areas of concern on procurement processes that had caused a delay in meeting targets, which had been picked up during its oversight visit of 19 to 23 September, 2016. It had specifically requested an update on 1 Military ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence on its 2015/2016 Annual Report; Defence Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
19 Oct 2016
The General Defence Account (GDA) received an unqualified audit opinion. The auditors did not raise any material findings on the usefulness and reliability of the reported performance information for pre-determined programs such as Force employment, Air and Landward defence. However, the Department received a qualified opinion on ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans on its 2015/16 Annual Report
18 Oct 2016
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) reported having underspent by R284million for 2015/16. The key challenges the DMV faced were mainly related to the paying of invoices, the increase of recipients for education support, invoices not being systematically submitted for health and wellness support, issues with the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Armscor and Castle Control Board on their 2015/16 Annual Reports
12 Oct 2016
Castle Control Board Annual Report
Armscor told the Portfolio Committee that in terms of its strategic context under the new board, it believed that it was becoming irrelevant and unsustainable, particularly in respect of delivering in time and on time. The funding shortfall in the South African National Defence Force ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence & Military Veterans, Armscor & Castle Control audit outcomes: Auditor-General briefing
11 Oct 2016
The Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2015/2016 audit outcomes of the: Department of Defence (DoD), Department of Military Veterans (DMV), Armscor and the Castle Control Board (CCB). There was a general improvement in the outcomes, ash the CCB and Armscor received a clean audit, the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans on its Jan-Jun 2016/17 performance
7 Sep 2016
The Department of Military Veterans briefed the Committee on the fourth quarter 2015/16 performance and 1st quarter 2016 performance, indicating the targets and achievements for each of the programmes. Overall, in the fourth quarter the Department was committed to achieving 20 targeted performance indicators ,of which it managed to achieve nine ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence on its 1 Quarter 2016/17 & 4 Quarter 2015/16 performance; Defence Works Formation impact on maintenance
31 Aug 2016
The Defence Works Formation presented a report on its performance and impact on the maintenance and repair of defence infrastructure.
The major challenge it faced involved facilities which were not up to standard. This was because of the inability of the Department of Public Works (DPW) to cope with the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Information Systems modernisation: SITA briefing; Committee Third Term programme
24 Aug 2016
A delegation from the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) briefed the Committee on the process of modernising the defence information systems, indicating what it faced in the process, highlighting old and disparate systems across government and how SITA would be addressing the issues. The SITA mandate and approach was outlined, ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence on its 2016 Annual Performance Plan
4 May 2016
The Department of Defence (DOD) presented its 2016/17 Annual Performance Plan and budget. The Secretary for Defence noted that budget remained a major concern, and the fact that the budget was nowhere near the ideal figure meant that the SA Defence Review, a plan that would unfold over the next ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans on its 2016 Annual Performance Plan
3 May 2016
Documents handed out:
Department of Military Veterans 2016 Annual Performance Plan [Document not available email info@pmg.org.za]
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) reported on its 2016 annual performance plan. There were eight priorities. These included ensuring a fully functional Department with an independent budget vote and systems, and the provision ...