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Eskom feedback on the challenges facing it
22 Apr 2015
In a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committees on Public Enterprises and on Energy, the Eskom Board with support of the Eskom executive, provided feedback on progress made with the challenges facing it.
Questions and concerns raised by Members included:
- Governance instability which included the suspension of the four ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC handing over control to MultiChoice; Department of Communications; GCIS; ICASA; SABC; Brand South Africa 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans, with Minister & Auditor General; MDDA Board recommendations
21 Apr 2015
The Minister of Communications said that the Department’s Strategic Plan imperatives were the product of a collaborative effort to take the Department forward. ICASA had reduced its strategic goals from eight to three to enable the Department and Committee to measure them. This approach also enabled ICASA to focus on ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Interviews of candidates for the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) Board: day 2
1 Apr 2015
The Sub-Committee of the Portfolio Committee on Communications interviewed two candidates for vacancies on the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) board. This followed the 11 interviews that the Committee had conducted on the previous day. The Committee thereafter deliberated in a closed meeting and indicated that the successful candidates ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Interviews of candidates for the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) Board: day 1
31 Mar 2015
The Sub-Committee of the Portfolio Committee on Communications met to interview candidates for vacancies on the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) board. There were 13 candidates that had been shortlisted out of 46 nominations received to fill the three vacancies on the board. This follows the resignation of Dr ...
Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises Strategic and Annual Performance Plan 2015/16, in presence of Minister
25 Mar 2015
The Minister and Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) met with the Committee to present the Department's Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan (APP) for 2015/16. The Minister gave an overview of the six State Owned Companies (SOCs) - Transnet, Eskom, SA Express, Denel, South African Forestry Company (SAFCOL) and Alexkor ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Shortlist of candidates for Media Development and Diversity Agency Board & South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Board
24 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Communications met to approve the shortlist of interview candidates for the Media Development and Diversity Agency and the South African Broadcasting Corporation as referred by the Sub-committee on Communications. The Committee decided to dismiss the late submission of names by the EFF as the choice of ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC and MDDA Boards: discussion on shortlisting for interviews
24 Mar 2015
The Sub-committee of the Portfolio Committee on Communications had a late start as Members had not been furnished with the CVs of the applicants for the vacant board positions at the Media Development and Diversity Agency and the South African Broadcasting Corporation. It was agreed that the Committee could not ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Minister of Communications on the state of the SABC
17 Mar 2015
The Communications Minister, Ms Faith Muthambi, and a delegation from the Department and the SABC briefed the Committee on the status of progress at the SABC. The Acting Chief Executive Officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, and Acting Board Chairman, Professor Mbulaheni Obert Magushe, actively engaged with Members during the discussions. The Minister, ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Broadcasting Digital Migration state of readiness: Department of Communications, Sentech, SA Post Office; Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA)
10 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committees on Communications and on Telecommunication and Postal Services were jointly briefed by the Department of Communications, Sentech, USAASA and the South African Postal Service on their preparedness to rollout Broadcasting Digital Migration. After concerns were raised about the absence of the Communications Minister, Members queried the three-time ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Media Development & Diversity Agency 2013/14 Annual Report, State of Community Radio Stations around the country
3 Mar 2015
The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) briefed the Committee on its Annual Report for 2013/14, noting that for the eleventh consecutive year, it had achieved a clean audit. A total of 570 media projects had been supported with MDDA grants worth R275 million since its establishment; more than 2 ...