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Denel on its 2014/15 Annual Report; Public Enterprise Budget Review and Recommendations Report
28 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Denel Group was seen as a success story by moving from a state of decline to an entity that had achieved far above the set targets, increased sales by 28%, and increased its profit by R270 million during the year under review. ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Committee Report on Filling of Vacancies in ICASA Council
27 Oct 2015
Document handed out: Committee Report on Filling of Vacancies in ICASA Council [Committee Reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published on the ATC]
The Subcommittee of the Portfolio Committee on Communications met to consider its report on the filling of vacancies in the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) Council. ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC and Brand South Africa on their 2014/15 Annual Reports, with Minister
21 Oct 2015
Brand South Africa (BSA) had three strategic focus areas: a coordinated marketing strategy approach, communication and reputation management. The entity attained 82% of its set targets. The 18% not achieved related to challenges arising because there had not been a smooth transition in replacing the USA country manager resulting in ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
GCIS, ICASA, MDDA, FPB on their 2014/15 Annual Reports; Communication portfolio audit outcomes: Auditor-General briefing
20 Oct 2015
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) focused on the scope of the AGSA audits; overall audit outcomes for the Communications portfolio; unauthorised, irregular or fruitless and wasteful expenditure, root causes and recommendations, assessment of assurance providers, and Minister’s commitments to address root causes. The GCIS received an unqualified opinion with ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
State of Community Media: National Association of Broadcasters, Association of Independent Publishers, SA Communications Forum & National Community Radio Forum comment
22 Sep 2015
Four organisations involved in broadcasting and publishing provided the Committee with their views on the state of community media in South Africa.
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) said it had taken 20 years to grow television audiences from 19 million in 1994, to 33 million in 2014. The report ...
Public Enterprises
State-owned companies corporate governance challenges: progress report; Department of Public Enterprises 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
9 Sep 2015
The Minister of Public Enterprises told the Committee that the concept of government ownership, and the government conducting itself as a shareholder in essential sectors, was emerging as an important vehicle by which the state could achieve its strategic economic objectives. The success of such an approach required a specific ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Communications Portfolio Committee Oversight Report
1 Sep 2015
While much of the draft documents were reflective of the observations made during the oversight visits, Members could not agree on the validity of the request made by SABC board member, Krish Naidoo, to institute legal action against the board regarding the illegal dismissal of three members. There were also ...
Public Enterprises
State-Owned Companies contribution to Industrial Develpment: briefing by Department of Trade & Industry
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) said the National Development Plan (NDP) identified the risk to sustainable, inclusive growth if the country did not purposively diversify its economy. Government’s 9-Point Plan is a response to the current global and domestic challenges. The Plan identifies the role of State Owned ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Department of Communications, SABC, ICASA, FPB, MDDA, Brand SA 1st, 2nd, 3rd Quarter 2014/15 performance
17 Aug 2015
The Minister gave her assessment of the performance of the entities of the Department over the first three quarters of the 2014/15 before handing over to the Department and entities themselves to give an account of their performance. She noted that in October 2014, the SABC issued a Request For ...
Public Enterprises
Transnet on Africa Strategy
12 Aug 2015
Transnet briefed the Committee on its Africa Strategy. The presentation looked at a SWOT analysis, the risks for Transnet entry into the rest of Africa, a market analysis of container traffic in the African market, the challenges facing ports in Africa, the rail market sector and locomotive and wagon building ...