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Defence and Military Veterans
Military Veterans database & call centre progress report; 2016 BRRR implementation
25 Oct 2017
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) briefed the Committee on progress with the modernisation and implementation of the Department’s integrated database management system, and the migration of its call centre.
The DMV said it was concerned at the slow progress being made in modernising the database. There were challenges in ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans Quarter 1 Performance
23 Aug 2017
The Committee dealt with several internal issues, such as changes to its future programme, the adoption of minutes, and its reports on the Military Hospital and the Silvermine Naval Base. The Silvermine report elicited concern over security at the base, following a further break-in since the Committee’s oversight visit, and ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans on its Quarter 2 performance
8 Mar 2017
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) presented a combined report on the performance of the Department in the second and third quarter 2016. Throughout the presentation on the second quarter report, challenges were outlined and the third quarter report highlighted areas where there had been some improvement, although the DMV ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Housing benefits to military veterans: Provincial Departments of Human Settlements progress reports
9 Nov 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) and provincial Departments of Human Settlements -- Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and North West -- on the status, progress and challenges being encountered in delivering housing benefits to military veterans.
The DMV had transferred a total of ...
Energy
Central Energy Fund (CEF) on its Annual Report for 2015/16
8 Nov 2016
Annual Reports 2015/16
The CEF reported that CEF Group had an asset value of R35 billion and currently employed about 2 100 people. Major achievements for the group included an unqualified audit opinion by the Auditor-General. The group of companies had a R16.2 billion cash balance and reported that it ...
Energy
PetroSA R14.5 billion impairment forensic report: Department of Energy & PetroSA Board briefing
1 Nov 2016
The Energy Portfolio Committee met to receive a briefing on the forensic investigation of PetroSA with regard to the R14.5 billion impairment of its assets. However, PetroSA indicated that the report contained confidential information that could not be provided to the public, and it therefore could not provide the full ...
Defence and Military Veterans
SANDF Procurement processes: Chief Logistics briefing
26 Oct 2016
The Committee invited the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to clarify areas of concern on procurement processes that had caused a delay in meeting targets, which had been picked up during its oversight visit of 19 to 23 September, 2016. It had specifically requested an update on 1 Military ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans on its 2015/16 Annual Report
18 Oct 2016
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) reported having underspent by R284million for 2015/16. The key challenges the DMV faced were mainly related to the paying of invoices, the increase of recipients for education support, invoices not being systematically submitted for health and wellness support, issues with the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence & Military Veterans, Armscor & Castle Control audit outcomes: Auditor-General briefing
11 Oct 2016
The Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2015/2016 audit outcomes of the: Department of Defence (DoD), Department of Military Veterans (DMV), Armscor and the Castle Control Board (CCB). There was a general improvement in the outcomes, ash the CCB and Armscor received a clean audit, the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence on its 1 Quarter 2016/17 & 4 Quarter 2015/16 performance; Defence Works Formation impact on maintenance
31 Aug 2016
The Defence Works Formation presented a report on its performance and impact on the maintenance and repair of defence infrastructure.
The major challenge it faced involved facilities which were not up to standard. This was because of the inability of the Department of Public Works (DPW) to cope with the ...