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Ad Hoc Committee - President's Submission in response to Public Protector's Report on Nkandla
Nkandla Security Upgrades: Public Protector and SIU Reports: consideration 30/09
14 Oct 2014
The Committee met to continue its work with only its ANC members present. The Committee heard inputs from two content advisors who discussed commonalities and differences between the reports of the Public Protector and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) after which they started their consideration of the reports. A complexity ...
Ad Hoc Committee - President's Submission in response to Public Protector's Report on Nkandla
Public Protector's Report on Nkandla security upgrades
25 Sep 2014
After adoption of the minutes of the previous meeting, the only matter arising was the legal opinion regarding the Committee’s ability to access the Cabinet Memorandum of 2003. The Parliamentary Legal Advisor indicated that Constitution empowers the Committee to subpoena anyone to come before it to give oral testimony or ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Digital Terrestrial Television state of readiness: input by Department of Communications, Post Office, Sentech, ICASA and USAASA
19 Sep 2014
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) and its entities – the South African Post Office (SAPO), Sentech, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), and the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) -- briefed the Committee on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) migration programme’s ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Government and telecommunication companies on broadband connectivity for schools
12 Sep 2014
The Joint Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services and the Department of Basic Education met to discuss the issue of Broadband connectivity in schools using Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and the role which it could play in the educational and socio-economic development of society. The purpose of delivering Broadband ...
Ad Hoc Committee - President's Submission in response to Public Protector's Report on Nkandla
President's Response to Public Protector: Election of Chairperson
9 Sep 2014
Mr S Tshabalala, Committee Section Manager, noted that he was sitting as representative of the Secretary of Parliament to facilitate the appointment of a Chairperson for the Committee, and called for nominations. The ANC nominated Mr Cedric Frolick (ANC), but the opposition parties felt that at this stage the terms ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Emerging trends in telecommunications and postal services: capacity building workshop for new Members
5 Sep 2014
Ericsson, a multi-national provider of communications technology and services, and the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS), briefed the Committee on the current market, technology, policy and regulatory trends in mobile broadband technology.
The pace at which the world had changed over the past 20 years was greater than during ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Joint meeting with Independent Communications Authority of South Africa as an Institution Supporting Democracy
22 Aug 2014
The Committee was briefed on the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) mandate and way forward as an Institution Supporting Democracy (ISD). The Committee was concerned about the fact that the CEO of ICASA had not tendered an apology. The reason given by the Chairperson of ICASA was considered ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
PC Telecommunications and Postal Services: Second Term Committee Programme; Orientation paper for new Committee Members
1 Aug 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services adopted the agenda and draft minutes of the 24 June 2014 without amendments. The briefing by the Minister, scheduled for 29 August, was highlighted as this would provide information on the legislative programme and explain the investigation into the Post Office. The ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Committee Reports on Communications, Telecommunications and Postal Services Budget
11 Jul 2014
The two Portfolio Committees on Communications and Telecommunications and Postal Services met to deliberate on the budget reports of the joint committees.
Members went through all three documents page by page and deliberated on the issues. There was some discussion on issues such as the leadership of the South African ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
ICASA, MDDA, Sentech & SABC on their 2014 Strategic Plans, in presence of Minister of Communications
4 Jul 2014
A joint sitting of the Portfolio Committees on Communications, and on Telecommunications and Postal Services, in the presence of the Minister of Communications, heard presentations from Sentech, the Media Development and Diversity Agency(MDDA) , Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) and the SABC, on their budgets and strategic plans ...