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Defence
2015 Defence Review: Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefing
17 Oct 2019
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) briefed the Committee on the 2015 Defence Review. It stated that the review was predominantly based on eight principles, the most important being Principle VII which held that the SANDF would be organised into military combat formation, where there would be a clear ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Armscor; Castle Control Board & Military Ombud 2018/19 Annual Report
16 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by Armscor. The Committee heard that during the 2018/19 FY, Armscor had managed and executed contracts to a total value of R11.764 billion for the Department of Defence (DOD): this consisted of R7.442 billion for technology and capital acquisition projects as well as ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report; Committee Report on Gauteng Oversight visit; 2019/20 Quarterl 1 performance
15 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Committee met to adopt the Budget Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and its entities. Members made additions concerning increasing the capacity of the inspectorate, harsher treatment of corrupt DHA officials, engagement with SITA, tabling of ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DOD and DMV 2019 Quarter1 performance; Report back on Committee recommendations in 2019 budget Report; with Deputy Minister
18 Sep 2019
The Department of Defence (DOD) briefed the Committee on its 2019/20 first quarter report, and the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) provided a progress report on recommendations put forward by the Committee at a previous meeting. Due to the time constraints, the DMV was unable to present its first quarter ...
Home Affairs
State of province 2018/2019: Western Cape; Minister on matters affecting Department
17 Sep 2019
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in the Western Cape briefed the Committee on its state for the 2018/19 financial year. Earlier, Members had been disappointed with the presentations from the Northern and Eastern Cape provinces because the documents they presented were different from the documents sent to Parliament prior ...
Defence
South African Air Force & Navy budget and capacity constraints
12 Sep 2019
The focus of this meeting was the continued reduction of the budget of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), which compromises its ability to carry out its constitutional mandate. The South African Air Force and Navy components of the SANDF reported on flying and sea hours and the capacity ...
Defence
Defence Joint Committee Legacy Report; Sector analysis
23 Aug 2019
Members were briefed on the activities undertaken by the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) during the 5th Parliament, and were given an analysis of the defence sector. Following the presentations, there were few questions from Members, and discussion was largely given over to the scheduling of future JSCD meetings ...
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs Quarterly Performance, with Minister & Deputy
20 Aug 2019
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on its first quarter performance in the 2019/20 financial year. The Minister and Deputy Minister of Home affairs were in attendance.
The Department had a total of 25 targets planned for the quarter 1. 18 targets were achieved representing a 72% ...
Defence
Election of Co-Chairpersons; Deployment of SANDF members to Western Cape
25 Jul 2019
Members elected Mr C Xaba (ANC) and Mr N Nchabeleng (ANC; Limpopo) as the Co-Chairpersons of the Joint Committee from the National Assembly and NCOP components respectively.
The Committee received and considered the letter from the President through the Speaker on the employment of members of the South African National ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs Budget: Committee Report; Legacy Report
9 Jul 2019
Budget Review & Recommendations Reports BRRR
The Committee Content Advisor took the Committee through the Budget Vote Report, which summarised the interactions and recommendations made at the meeting held on 2 July with the Department of Home Affairs, the Independent Electoral Commission and the Government Printing Works on their annual ...