Defence and Military Veterans
Military Veterans call centre & database upgrade
22 Nov 2017
The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) briefed the Committee on the progress report on military veterans call centre and database.
SITA pointed out that the lack of a credible database is considered a stumbling block to the effective distribution of benefits to deserving military veterans. The Department of Military Veterans ...
Home Affairs
African Union Vision 2063 seminar, with Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2017
Document handed out: Presentation by the UCT Law Clinic [oral submission]
In the presence of the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Members attended a seminar on the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063 as it related to migration, regional integration and an Africa passport. The seminar was prepared and run by ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence & Military Veterans facilities: status report from Public Works & Department
8 Nov 2017
The Department of Defence (DoD) infrastructure portfolio briefed the Committee on the various challenges it was facing with regard to the projects which were being handled by the Department of Public Works (DPW).
There were currently 104 capital works projects and 56 refurbishment projects under execution by the DPW, and ...
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 ...
Home Affairs
White Paper on Migration: border refugee processing facilities: implementation by Home Affairs
24 Oct 2017
The Department of Home Affairs briefed the Committee on implementing the White Paper on International Migration including establishing one stop border posts (OSBP) and refugee processing farcicalities closer to the border.
The DHA noted that in the 2016/17 financial year, it produced the White Paper on International Migration (WPIM) which ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department on Defence backlog; South African Military Veterans Association (SANMVA) briefing
18 Oct 2017
The Department on Defence briefed the Committee on matters relating to its backlog and a status update on the review and completion of certain policies and possible tabling of legislation. The first presentation documented the military court cases received and finalised from 1 April 2017 to 30 September 2017; the ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs BRRR; Committee Report on Sterkspruit, Eastern Cape oversight; Memorandum in support of migrants and Refugees from Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town, with Minister
17 Oct 2017
In the presence of the Minister of Home Affairs, the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs considered and adopted the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) on the performance of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) 2017 and the Oversight Report to Sterkspruit, Eastern Cape as well as considered the memorandum ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
12 Oct 2017
The Committee met to consider the Defence and Military Veterans Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR).
The DA made comments about the role and capacity of Denel, and its relation to the Department of Defence (DoD) and Armscor; and intellectual property. The opinion was that either the Defence Act had ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Armscor & Castle Control Board 2016/17 Annual Report
11 Oct 2017
Armscor presented its 2016/17 Annual Report to the Committee where the presentation touched on financial performance, fiscal reduction, strategic turnaround and performance functions. The Committee was also informed of programmes pursued, research and development, test and evaluation facilities and a brief overview of the Dockyard. The presentation ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs & entities Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report
10 Oct 2017
The Committee Content Advisor briefed the Committee on the Draft Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (DHA) on Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report – 2017/18 Financial Year (the Draft Report). He took the Committee through a 37 page Draft Report and noted that the Committee met with the Auditor General South ...