Defence and Military Veterans
Military Discipline Draft Bill and other draft bills: progress report by Department of Defence
18 Mar 2015
A senior delegation, led by the Secretary General of the SANDF, briefed the Committee on the status and timeframes for the tabling of the draft bills Military Discipline Bill, the draft Defence Amendment Bill and the draft Hydrographic Bill. Discussion was limited to comments and observations as the draft Bills ...
Home Affairs
Deputy Minister and Auditor General on Home Affairs Annual Performance Plan 2015/16 & audit finding action plan
17 Mar 2015
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the Annual Performance Plan (APP) of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The brief included factors to be considered by the Committee when dealing with performance monitoring, a review of DHA 2015/16 APP and a review of its previous ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Bill: briefing; Department of Defence 2nd & 3rd quarter 2014/15 performance
11 Mar 2015
The Department of Defence (DoD) briefed the Committee on the Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Bill, as well as on the second and third quarterly performance reports for the 2014/15 financial year.
The briefing of the Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Act [B7- 2015] was introductory in nature. The main ...
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs on IT Modernisation Programme & 3rd quarter 2014/15 performance
10 Mar 2015
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on the Quarter 3 Performance Report of 2014/2015, the Quarter 3 Expenditure Report, and IT Modernisation. In relation to performance, detailed figures and percentages were presented for each of the programmes and sub-programmes. In general, it was noted that the DHA ...
Home Affairs
Plans & progress in relocation of Refugee Reception Offices a& on implementation of Refugee Regulations: Departmental briefing
3 Mar 2015
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on amendments to the Refugee Act and on the establishment of a refugee reception centre in Lebombo, Mpumalanga.
The DHA gave a background to legislation currently in place which governs refugee affairs. The presentation then centred on the challenges the Department ...
Defence and Military Veterans
2014-2019 Committee Strategic Plan & Committee programme
18 Feb 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans met to discuss and adapt their draft minutes from 2014, and Members were also asked to consider and adopt the Committee's programme, strategic plan. However, the meeting became bogged down in a discussion of the current agenda, linked to whether correspondence sent ...
Home Affairs
Impact of State of Nation Address on Home Affairs
17 Feb 2015
The Committee met briefly to discuss the impact of the 2015 State of the Nation Address (SONA) on the work of the Committee.
The Content Advisor of the Committee outlined some of the issues which the President had addressed in the SONAs of 2014 and 2015. In his 2014 speech, ...
Defence and Military Veterans
PC Defence: Meeting Postponed
19 Nov 2014
The meeting was effectively postponed to the following term, owing to the high number of apologies from members of the committee who were said to be attending to other parliamentary business.
Defence and Military Veterans
SA National Defence Force Reserves current status report: Department of Defence, recommendation to ratify Arms Trade Treaty
12 Nov 2014
The Department of Defence (DOD) briefed the Committee on the current status of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Reserves, and made the point that this must be considered in the context of the Defence Review. The goal was a “Revitalisation and Transformation” plan that included a feeder system, ...
Defence
2014 Defence Review: Minister and Defence Committee briefing
6 Nov 2014
The Committee was briefed by the Defence Review Committee on the Defence Review 2014. The Minister of Defence was present at the meeting and stated that the Defence Review recognised the mismatch between what was expected from the SANDF, and the capacity resources allocated to it. The persistent disconnect between ...