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Higher Education, Science and Innovation
University of Fort Hare progress report on challenges; Tshwane University of Technology corruption allegations
19 Nov 2019
The Portfolio Committee met to conduct preliminary investigations into allegations of corruption and maladministration at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) and the University of Fort Hare (UFH). The Committee frowned on the failure of the TUT to attend the meeting. The university had pleaded for additional time in order ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
2019 Integrated Resource Plan: Minister & Department briefing
29 Oct 2019
The Committee received a briefing on the 2019 Integrated Resource Plan. The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy was in attendance.
In his opening remarks, the Minister explained that the Plan considered a combination of supply-side and demand-side resources over a specified future period. The Plan was developed taking into ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Grid and non-grid electrification: Department briefing
23 Oct 2019
The Committee was told the Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP) sought to increase the number of electrified households in South Africa. It was a government initiative to provide capital subsidies to municipalities to address the electrification backlog of permanently occupied residential dwellings. 87% of households now had access to electricity. ...
Defence
2015 Defence Review: Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefing
17 Oct 2019
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) briefed the Committee on the 2015 Defence Review. It stated that the review was predominantly based on eight principles, the most important being Principle VII which held that the SANDF would be organised into military combat formation, where there would be a clear ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Current budget shortfall: DOD & National Treasury briefing; Department of Defence 2018/19 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
15 Oct 2019
Relevant Document: Constitution of South Africa, 1996; Defence Act, 2002; Public Finance Management Act, 1998; Defence Review, 2015
The National Treasury briefed the Committee on the current budget shortfall in the compensation of Department of Defence employees, as well as the funding for the ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Necsa Organised Labour briefing
15 Oct 2019
The Committee met to hear submissions from the NECSA Branch of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU), a trade union at the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (NECSA). The Committee had invited the Union to communicate its concerns to Parliament, after it had met Union leaders ...
Defence
Extension of SANDF members in Western Cape
10 Oct 2019
The Committee met to consider the report of the President on the extension of employment of the South African National Defence Force for service in cooperation with the South African Police Service which was tabled in Parliament on 13 September 2019. Members supported the extension.
The Committee then adopted its ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing on the portfolio; Department of Military Veterans 2018/19 Annual Report
9 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the office of the Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) on the Auditor General’s inputs for the budgetary review and recommendations report on the Department of Defence (DoD) and the Department of Military Veterans (DMV).
The portfolio in 2019/19 comprised four entities, ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
CSIR, NRF, HSRC & TIA 2018/19 Annual Reports
9 Oct 2019
The Committee received briefings from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Human Sciences Research Council (CSIR), Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and National Research Foundation (NRF) on their 2018/19 Annual Reports.
The CSIR informed Members that it experienced challenges in attracting and retaining high-end skills. ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
DMRE legislative programme & litigation
13 Sep 2019
The Committee heard that the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy faced a number of ongoing and pending legal cases. A Senior Legal Administration Officer said there were at least seventy ongoing cases, but the Department highlighted nine prominent Energy cases and eleven Mineral Resources cases.
Several cases were of ...