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Science and Technology
Committee Business: Adoption of Committee minutes
17 Feb 2016
Documents handed out
Report minutes on Norwegian visit dated 28 January 2016
Budgetary review report (BRR) minutes dated 21 October 2015
Annual report brief minutes dated 15 October 2015
Annual report brief minutes dated 09 August 2015
South African Council for Natural scientific professions (SACNASP) briefing minutes dated 09 September ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Spectrum policy: Minister, Department and ICASA on processes moving forward
16 Feb 2016
The Minister, Dr Siyabonga Cwele, said that he expected the radio frequency spectrum policy to be finalised by the end of the month. The policy was part of the national interest ICT policy. Stakeholders have had input and what emerged from consultation was that policy should be premised on the ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Meeting with Norwegian Standing Committee on Education, Research and Churches
28 Jan 2016
The Portfolio committees on Science and Technology & Higher Education and Training (DHET) had a joint meeting with the Norwegian Standing Committee on Education, Research and Churches. The Norwegian delegation was visiting South Africa to forge partnerships with the Department of Higher Education and Training on matters of research and ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Broadband rollout: Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services briefing, cancelled
27 Jan 2016
The planned meeting was cancelled because of the late withdrawal of the Department. The Minister had written that it was the protocol of Cabinet not to anticipate or engage publicly on the content of the State Of The Nation Address, and instructed the Department and its entities not to attend ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Over-the-Top (OTT) policy and regulatory options
26 Jan 2016
The Committee met with various role players in the mobile telephony industry to discuss the possibility of regulating so-called Over-the-Top (OTT) service providers. The question of the appropriate governance of OTT services was expected to be a topical issue in 2016, and a platform needed to be created for a ...
Science and Technology
Human and Social Dynamic Grand Challenge: Department of Science and Technology (DST) briefing
11 Nov 2015
Despite the protest involving but not limited to the Committee Secretaries, Members continued with their work. Members were not able to interrogate the presentation fully, because the equipment necessary to view the presentation was unavailable.
The Chairperson said the presentation was very interesting and the Department was able to make ...
Science and Technology
Science and Technology Budget Review and Recommendations Report
21 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee considered its Draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) on the performance of the Department of Science and Technology for the 2014/15 financial year. Member considered the report page by page and suggested some grammatical changes to the observations and some ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Telecommunications and Postal Services Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
20 Oct 2015
The Committee met briefly for the Adoption of the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). The matters were reviewed swiftly with minimal dissent, approved and adopted by the Members.
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Ikamva National e-Skills Institute (iNeSI - formerly NEMISA), State Information Technology Agency, Sentech on their Annual Reports 2015
16 Oct 2015
The Committee was briefed by three entities of the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) on their 2015/16 annual reports. Sentech said that revenue had grown from R950 million to just over R1 billion. Although it had received a clean audit there were issues needing to be addressed, including ...
Science and Technology
TIA; HSRC; SANSA; ASSAf and CSIR on their 2014/15 Annual performance
15 Oct 2015
Five entities of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) reported to the Porfolio Committee on the annual reports for 2014/15.
The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) said it had gone through an organisational redesign and now had a new board of directors. There had been no forced retrenchments, and only ...