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Telecommunications and Postal Services
IKAMVA National E-Skills Institute Bill: consideration of submissions
14 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services could not consider and deliberate on submissions on the Ikamva National E-Skills Institute Bill. The Committee noted that it had received only four submissions but they were not substantive. The Chairperson pointed out that the Committee had followed all the constitutional procedures ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Department Quarter 3 & 4 performance; iKamva National e-Skills Bill: briefing
29 May 2018
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) briefed the Committee on its performance during the last two quarters of the 2017/18 financial year. It had achieved 76% of its targets in the third quarter, and 74% in the fourth, with the main reason for non-achievement being inter-dependencies.
Overall, the ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SA Connect progress; USAASA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
22 May 2018
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) updated Members on the progress made on SA Connect, and confirmed that it was working together with state-owned entities, Broadband Infraco (BBI) and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) to rollout SA Connect. The Committee was informed of the scope of Phase ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Ikamva National E-Skills Institute Bill: briefing with Minister
15 May 2018
The Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services said the IKAMVA National E-Skills Institute (iNeSI) Bill sought to integrate the Department’s three e-skills development-related components -- the National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (Nemisa), the e-Skills Institute (e-Si) and the Institute for Space and Software Applications (ISSA). The Bill was ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Telecommunications and Postal Services Budget: Committee Report, with Deputy Minister
8 May 2018
The Committee decided not to adopt its budget vote report after discussion during the meeting revealed that there were discrepancies and confusion in respect of some of the figures, and these needed to be corrected. It also told the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa Universal Service and ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SAPO & USAASA & BBI Annual Performance Plan
24 Apr 2018
The Committee heard briefings from the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA), the South African Post Office(SAPO) and Broadband Infraco (BBI) on their strategic and annual performance plans for 2018/19.
USAASA said the first of its strategic objectives was improved risk management services. The second was increased ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Status Update on SASSA Readiness: SAPO briefing; SAPO Turnaround, with Minister
20 Mar 2018
The Committee heard a status update from SAPO on its SASSA Readiness and a briefing on SAPO going forward.
SAPO: Status Update on SASSA Readiness
The Committee was concerned about the delay in the issuing of a banking license to the Post Bank. What. What were the Department’s concerns ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
ICT SMME Development Strategy implementation; Cost to Communicate update, with Minister and Deputy Minister
13 Mar 2018
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services briefed the Portfolio Committee on the cost to communicate and the implementation of the ICT SMME Development Strategy. The briefing was the result of the strategy meeting held the previous year.
The high concentration of the broadband market, as well as the vertically ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
USAASA briefing; with Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2018
The Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications said that there were challenges in the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) that the ministry was trying to address. The ministry recommended courses of action to the board, but if nothing happened then interventions were necessary. People had to ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
National e-Strategy + e-Government Strategy implementation
27 Feb 2018
DRAFT MINUTES OF THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SERVICES
DATE : 27 February 2018
TIME : 09:30
VENUE : Committee Room 3, 90 Plein Street
AGENDA : Briefing by Department on National e-Government Strategy
implementation
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