Defence and Military Veterans
Public Protector Report: referred to Joint Defence Committee; Study Tour
6 Sep 2017
The Committee met to discuss the Public Protector’s Report about a violation of the Executive Ethics Code by the former and current Minister of Defence and Military Veterans; however Members agreed that the report should be discussed at the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, which is scheduled to meet the ...
Home Affairs
Gupta family early naturalisation; Home Affairs, Government Printing Works & IEC on Quarter 1 performance, with Deputy Minister
5 Sep 2017
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA), the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Government Public Works (GPW) presented their first quarter performance and expenditure reports for 2017/18.
Prior to the briefings, there was an extended debate on the direction the Committee should take to discuss the early naturalisation of the ...
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 ...
Home Affairs
Gupta Early Naturalisation; North West, Mpumalanga & KZN Home Affairs reports; with Minister
22 Aug 2017
The purpose of the meeting was to engage the current Minister of Home Affairs on the early naturalisation of the Gupta family, and to receive briefings from the Department of Home Affairs’ (DHA’s) provincial managers on the status of the Department in North West province, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.
Members expressed ...
Home Affairs
Gupta family naturalisation
27 Jun 2017
Documents not provided to the public.
The meeting of the Home Affairs Portfolio Committee was intended to provide Committee members with an opportunity to be briefed by the Minister of Home Affairs, the previous Minister of Home Affairs, now Minister of Finance, and the Director-General of the Department of Home ...
Home Affairs
Naturalisation of Guptas; Home Affairs network problems; Mbombela office closure
20 Jun 2017
The Chairperson explained that the Committee had tried to get Home Affairs to come and brief Members on the naturalisation of the Guptas. However, the briefing today would not be possible as the day before he had received a note from the Director-General stating that the Department would be briefing ...
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs funding pressures: National Treasury briefing; with Minister present
30 May 2017
The Committee was briefed by the National Treasury on the funding pressures within the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), especially the impact which the budget cuts were having on the DHA’s ability to employ qualified staff and meet its obligations in respect of border security.
The Treasury gave the Committee ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military Veterans call centre & database: DMV & SITA progress report; Committee Report on DOD Budget
24 May 2017
The Committee considered Committee reports Budget Vote 19 on Defence and Military Veterans; Department of Military Veterans’ Entities: Department of Defence; and Department of Military Veterans Entities: Castle and Control Board, Armaments Corporation of South Africa, and the Military Ombud, all dated 23 May 2017. The three reports were adopted ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DoDMV Annual Performance Plan and Budget; Quarter 4 performance
10 May 2017
The Committee was provided with an analysis of the Department of Defence and Military Veterans’ budget allocations for 2017/18, after which the Department of Military Veterans outlined its annual performance plan for the coming year.
Members were told that the Defence budget allocation was compiled after taking into account the ...
Home Affairs
Government Printing Works on its Annual Performance Plan, with Minister
9 May 2017
The Government Printing Works (GPW) presented their the strategic plan for 2017 to 2021, and the annual performance plan (APP) for 2017/18, focusing mainly on the work they had done in the last financial year and what they would be doing in the current financial year.
The GPW produced identity ...