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Combat Readiness: Department of Military Veterans briefing; 2017 Committee Programme
2 Dec 2016
Relevant Document
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
White Paper on Peace Mission
The Department of Defence and Military Veterans (DoD) briefed the Committee on its combat readiness, describing the country’s defence policy development since 1993 to date and onwards. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) mandate ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military Veterans subsidised transport: Status, progress and challenges: Department of Transport briefings
30 Nov 2016
The Department of Transport (DoT) attended the meeting to brief the Committee on the progress of a system of subsidies for military veterans. Prior to the briefing, Members had questioned the Department whether other entities such as Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), South ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans progress report on Management Performance
23 Nov 2016
The Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefed the Committee on the information it had requested on the DMV skills audit, its consequence management, its exact number of employees, and the results of the latest Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) assessment conducted by the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation ...
Defence
Turn-around strategy: Department of Military Veterans briefing, with Minister
11 Nov 2016
The Department of Military Veterans briefed the Committee on its turnaround strategy in the presence of the Minister. The Department highlighted that the terms of reference for the Turnaround Strategic Initiative would focus on procurement and the Department aimed at putting in place a fair and transparent procurement system to ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Housing benefits to military veterans: Provincial Departments of Human Settlements progress reports
9 Nov 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) and provincial Departments of Human Settlements -- Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and North West -- on the status, progress and challenges being encountered in delivering housing benefits to military veterans.
The DMV had transferred a total of ...
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee briefed the Committee on its 2015/16 Annual Reports and First and Second Quarterly Reports for 2016/17. The annual report was reported on in full whereas the 2016 quarterly reports were included in the presentation individually. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee noted that the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military veterans benefits: Department of Military Veterans status report
2 Nov 2016
The Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefed the Committee on the implementation of memorandums of understanding (MOUs) and service level agreements (SLAs), and the challenges that impeded service delivery to military veterans. The Committee was updated on the progress on the implementation of the MOUs and SLAs between the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
SANDF Procurement processes: Chief Logistics briefing
26 Oct 2016
The Committee invited the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to clarify areas of concern on procurement processes that had caused a delay in meeting targets, which had been picked up during its oversight visit of 19 to 23 September, 2016. It had specifically requested an update on 1 Military ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence on its 2015/2016 Annual Report; Defence Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
19 Oct 2016
The General Defence Account (GDA) received an unqualified audit opinion. The auditors did not raise any material findings on the usefulness and reliability of the reported performance information for pre-determined programs such as Force employment, Air and Landward defence. However, the Department received a qualified opinion on ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans on its 2015/16 Annual Report
18 Oct 2016
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) reported having underspent by R284million for 2015/16. The key challenges the DMV faced were mainly related to the paying of invoices, the increase of recipients for education support, invoices not being systematically submitted for health and wellness support, issues with the ...