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NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Implementation of the Zondo Commission Recommendations: DPE briefing (with Minister)
7 Dec 2023
Tracking the Implementation of the State Capture Commission Recommendations
The Standing Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication met to receive a briefing from the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) on the progress in implementing the recommendations from the Zondo Commission Report which seeks to remedy the damaging effects State ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Alexkor update on the community’s leadership stability and the profitability of the entity’s business activities; with Deputy Minister
29 Nov 2023
The Committee received a briefing from the Alexkor diamond mine in a virtual meeting on the leadership stability at the Communal Property Association (CPA), the profitability of the West Coast entity’s business activities, and the status of the planned financial compensation to members of the Richtersveld Community in accordance ...
NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Amendment Bill: Final Mandates
28 Nov 2023
The Select Committee on Appropriations met virtually to adopt the final mandates and report on the 2023 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill.
The final mandates from the provinces were all in favour of the Bill, although the response from the Western Cape was still outstanding. The Committee's report on ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
SA Connect project connecting district municipalities and government institutions (schools, hospitals, clinics, police stations); Deputy Minister present
24 Nov 2023
The Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies on the progress of the rollout of Phase 2 of the SA Connect project.
The Deputy Minister said SA Connect was a flagship programme representing government’s broadband ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill: DMRE briefing; with Minister
21 Nov 2023
In its final meeting for 2022, the Select Committee met on a virtual platform with the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy to discuss the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill.
In his opening remarks, the Minister briefly commented on the intention of the Upstream Petroleum Resources Development (UPRD) legislation ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) 2022/23 Annual Report; with Minister
15 Nov 2023
The Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication was briefed in a virtual meeting by the .ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) on the entity's performance for the 2023/23 financial year.
ZADNA had managed to achieve 88% of its annual targets, and had obtained an unqualified audit outcome. It ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Agricultural Products Standards Bill; National Veld and Forest Amendment Bill: final mandates
14 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received approval for the Agricultural Products Standards Amendment Bill from eight of the nine provinces and the Committee Report on the Bill was adopted. The North West provincial legislature abstained from voting on the Bill.
For the National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill, ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
KZN Report-back on Taking People to Parliament 2022 Report; with Deputy Minister
10 Oct 2023
The Committee met virtually to hear an update from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) on the executive undertakings arising from the public hearings and site tour held in the Ugu District in KZN during the 14–18 November 2022 National Council of Provinces' Taking Parliament To ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
How spectrum availability will reduce cost to communicate; with ICASA & Deputy Minister
27 Sep 2023
In the virtual meeting, the Deputy Minister said that ICASA ensured that all the spectrum that had been auctioned in March 2022 has been paid for and that the national fiscus benefited from the R14.4 billion proceeds. On lowering the cost to communicate by addressing competition in the sector, ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Co-production RSA-France Agreement (postponed)
27 Sep 2023
The Select Committee meeting on the RSA-France Agreement on Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Co-production did not take place because the briefing document the Committee received on the day the meeting was different to the document provided the previous week. The Committee agreed that as a matter of principle they do ...