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Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC Interim Board: progress report
1 Aug 2017
SABC Board Inquiry Final Report
The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee advised the meeting that 362 applications for positions on the SABC Board had been received. The Committee’s support team was analysing applications to determine who met the criteria and what qualifications they had. The short-listing process would begin in ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Committee Reports on Quarter 4 performance, GCIS & KwaZulu-Natal oversight visits
20 Jun 2017
Documents hande out:
Committee Reports on DOC Quarter 4 performance
GCIS & KwaZulu-Natal oversight visits [Committee Reports available Tabled Committee Reports once published]
Members of the opposition were not pleased that the Committee meeting began an hour later than scheduled while ANC Members met privately with the Department beforehand - ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC on its Quarter 4 performance & SABC Board inquiry recommendations, with Minister
13 Jun 2017
The Communications Minister and the SABC Interim Board briefed the Committee on recent developments surrounding the dismissal by the court of acting but suspended COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng.
The Minister told members that she felt the decision by the court was fair. The SABC Interim Board chairperson Ms Kweyama repeatedly told ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
GCIS on its Quarter 4 performance
9 Jun 2017
During the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) presentation and discussion period only ANC members and one DA member were present. Overall, the Committee said it was happy with the progress. However it did express concerns that GCIS was not doing enough to get crucial information such as about jobs ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC Board Inquiry report recommendations; Department of Communications on its Quarter 4 performance
30 May 2017
A Parliamentary Legal Adviser presented the SABC Board Inquiry Report recommendations pertaining to the Portfolio Committee on Communications. Recommendations by the SABC Board Ad Hoc Committee included the need for the Portfolio Committee to investigate the validity of the memorandum of incorporation (MOI) currently in use by SABC; the need ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Films and Publications Amendment Bill: socio-economic impact assessment system, interim report; MDDA Board member removal
23 May 2017
Parliamentary Legal Services briefed the Committee on the removal of a board member from the Media Development Diversity Agency (MDDA) Board. The board member had been recommended by the Committee in June 2015. A security screening followed which gave him security clearance. However, the State Security Agency came up with ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Film & Publication Amendment Bill: socio-economic impact assessment & amendments; MDDA & ICASA vacancies, with Minister
16 May 2017
Socio-Economic Impact Assessment System of 2015 [awaited]
In the presence of the Minister of Communications, the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) briefed the Committee on the compliance of the Films and Publication Amendment Bill with Socio-Economic Impact Assessment System (SEIAS).
DPME noted that Parliament had instructed that ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC on its Annual Performance Plan; SABC Board Inquiry recommendations
10 May 2017
The SABC Acting Group Chief Executive Office briefed the Committee on the SABC’s corporate and annual performance plan for 2017/18, as well as progress in implementing recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on the SABC Board Inquiry. The delegation stated that the SABC is not only facing a financial crisis ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Eskom contracts with Tegeta for the supply of coal: Office of Chief Procurement Officer briefing
10 May 2017
The Office of the Chief Procurement Office (OCPO) explained the four Eskom contracts with Tegeta Exploration and Resources for the supply of coal, based on the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report. The four mines investigated in the PwC report were Brakfontein Colliery, Tshedza Mining Manungu Colliery, Keaton Mining Manungu Colliery, and Universal Coal ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Film and Publication Board & ICASA on their Annual Performance Plans
3 May 2017
The Films and Publications Board (FPB), and Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) presented their 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan reports. FPB expressed concern on the increase in the number of online sexual abuse content. A robust online content policy had to be put in place and FPB appealed for ...