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Communications and Digital Technologies
Postbank Annual Reports 2019-2022: AGSA & Department input; SA Postbank Limited Amendment Bill; with Deputy Minister
15 Nov 2022
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) and the Postbank briefed the Committee in a virtual meeting on the audit outcomes and financial statements of the Postbank following its separation from the South African Post Office. Although the liquidity ratio was satisfactory, concerns were raised around the lack of implementation ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SA Postbank Limited Amendment Bill; ICASA councillor performance management
8 Nov 2022
The Committee met virtually with the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) to receive a prepared statement on the feasibility study that the Committee had requested on the Postbank Amendment Bill, its separation from the Post Office and if the Postbank as a stand-alone entity was viable. The ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Department response to the SA Postbank Limited Amendment Bill submissions; Public Protector Reports; with Minister
1 Nov 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee received a briefing from the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies on its responses to the South African Postbank Limited Amendment Bill. It also received a response from the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) on the Public Protector’s Report 113 of 2021/22. ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Postbank Limited Amendment Bill: public hearings; with Minister
25 Oct 2022
The Committee met virtually to hold public hearings on the South African Post Bank Ltd Amendment Bill from the Ombudsman for Banking Services, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), the Banking Association of South Africa (BASA), Right2Know and the Financial Services Conduct Authority (FSCA).
The Bill seeks to ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
DCDT & GCIS BRRRs
18 Oct 2022
The Committee met on a virtual platform to consider and adopt its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report for the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) and the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS).
The Chairperson first briefed the Committee on the current situation regarding ...
Tourism
South African Tourism Annual Report 2021/22
18 Oct 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Tourism told South African Tourism (SAT) it was not excited about its annual report because the entity accounted for 74% of irregular expenditure in the tourism portfolio.
SAT reported its Annual Performance Plan (APP) had a total of 42 targets across five programmes for ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
(Sub-Committee) SABC Board: deliberations
27 Sep 2022
The sub-committee of the Portfolio Committee on Communications met virtually to deliberate on the outcome of the SABC board interviews. The Committee could not proceed with its consideration of the report because it had sought legal advice from Parliamentary Legal Services on the objections and submissions from the public ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Minister Update on Broadcasting Digital Migration; SABC Board recommendations
27 Sep 2022
The Committee met virtually to receive an update from the sub-committee on filling the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board vacancies, and from the Department on the Broadcasting Digital Migration (BDM) project following the Constitutional Court's judgment on the analogue television signal switch-off date.
The Chairperson said advice had ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Briefing by Legal Advisors on the ICASA PMS legal opinion & MDDA legal opinion Consideration of the written submissions on the South African Postbank Limited A/Bill
20 Sep 2022
The Committee met with the Parliamentary Legal Advisers to receive legal opinions on the ICASA Performance Management System (PMS) and on the MDDA. The Committee also considered written submissions it received on the South African Postbank Limited A/Bill.
The legal advisers, on the ICASA PMS, opined that the Committee ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
(Subcommittee) SABC Board: Interviews day 4
16 Sep 2022
In the final day of interviews, the Subcommittee interviewed ten shortlisted candidates for the SABC board: Ms Thandeka Gqubule-Mbeki, Mr Lance Rothschild, Mr Kingdom Moshounyane, Dr Oscar Van Heerden, Ms Fundiswa Skweyiya-Gushu, Ms Yvonne Yolelwa Sikhunyana, Mr Zolani Matthews, Ms Magdalene Moonsamy, Ms Mandisa Titi and Ms Lindiwe Jacqueline ...