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Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Portfolio Audit Outcomes; DMV & CCB 2020/21 Annual Report; with Minister
10 Nov 2021
The Portfolio Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of the Department of Defence (DOD) portfolio, and considered the 2020/21 annual reports of two of its entities -- the Department of Military Veterans (SMV) and the ...
Defence
Repair and Maintenance Programme at 1 Military Hospital: Department of Defence & Military Veterans briefing; with Deputy Minister
2 Sep 2021
The Committee met to discuss the challenges the Department of Defence faced with the repair and maintenance project (RAMP) at the 1 Military Hospital. In a virtual meeting, it also discussed allegations of corruption levelled against the former Minister of Defence and the former Secretary of Defence.
The Department ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Progress of Presidential Task Team on Military Veterans; DMV response to matters raised in AGSA Report on status of records review; with Deputy Minister
1 Sep 2021
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to consider the progress of the Presidential task team on military veterans, and raised its concern at the slow pace of the projects to support the veterans and their dependents, especially those involving health care and educational benefits. On a positive note, however, ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Investigations into procurement of Heberon medication from Cuba by DOD: input from Ministerial Task Team, SAHPRA & AGSA; DOD Inspector General & Military Police on all cases of financial misconduct; with Minister
25 Aug 2021
Video
Document handed out: Defence, Looking at the Status of Corruption & Fraud Cases in the DoD [confidential]
The Committee met virtually for a presentation by the Department of Defence (DOD), the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), and the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), on the procurement of Heberon medication ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DOD & DMV on 2020/21 Quarter 4 Performance & implementation of recommendations in Committee Budget Reports; with Deputy Minister
18 Aug 2021
The Committee met virtually for a briefing by the Department of Defence (DOD) and the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) on their past performance, and the implementation of ...
Defence
SANDF deployment to prevent & combat crime; Update on security situation in the country; with Minister
18 Jul 2021
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence, 18 July 2021
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence met on a virtual platform for a briefing by the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, the Chief of the National Defence Force and the Chief of Joint Operations, on the
South African National Defence ...
Defence
Security situation in the country and related matters, with Minister and Deputy Minister
14 Jul 2021
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence, 14 July 2021
In a virtual meeting, and after several days of unrest and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the Committee met with the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and the Defence Ministry to receive an update on the security situation in the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Challenges with Supply Chain Management /Procurement in the SANDF; with Deputy Minister
2 Jun 2021
The Committee met virtually for a briefing on supply chain management and procurement issues in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), but because of the absence of the chief logisitics officer, Members voted to defer the presentation because they did not want it to be presented by another Department ...
Defence
Military Ombud on investigation of alleged misconduct by soldiers; Progress to improve conditions of service of soldiers; Follow-up on allegations against Minister
27 May 2021
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence, 27 May 2021
The Joint Committee was convened on a virtual platform to receive two briefings from the Military Ombud and the Defence Force Service Commission. The Ombud briefed the Committee on its progress with the cases it investigated into misconduct by soldiers of ...
Defence and Military Veterans
AGSA on DoD status of records review; DoD on Operation Thusano; with Deputy Minister
26 May 2021
The Committee met virtually for presentations from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on its Department of Defence (DOD) audit findings, and for an update on the status of Operation Thusano -- a departmental initiative with the Cuban armed forces that involves the maintenance and repairing of the South African ...