First Term Draft Committee Programme; 2015 outstanding minutes: adoption

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Communications and Digital Technologies

02 February 2016
Chairperson: Ms J Moloi-Moropa (ANC)
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Meeting Summary

Documents handed out:
First term draft Committee Programme
Committee Minutes dated 22 September 2015
Committee Minutes dated 22 October 2015

The Committee briefly discussed and approved its first term programme. The next meeting would be held after the State of the Nation Address in order to take into account as well as address all public policy issues brought up by the President. The agenda for the meetings included the appointment of two candidates for the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa board, outstanding issues raised during the precious year and the Films and Publications Amendment Bill. 

The Committee also adopted the minutes for two previous meetings.

Meeting report

The Chairperson welcomed all Members and guests present for the first meeting of the year. She then presented the agenda of the meeting, which included a summary of the First Term Draft Committee programme as well as the adoption of outstanding minutes from 2015. Apologies were made for Committee Members, Mr M Ndlozi (EFF), who was absent and Ms P Van Dam (DA), who was running late.

First Term Committee Programme

The Chairperson moved on to brief Members on the first term agenda highlighting that all meetings have to commence after the State of Nation Address (SONA) in order to address public policy issues that will be brought up at SONA. She emphasised that these public policy issues will provide a map for committee meetings for the first term.

The Chairperson then highlighted the dates and agenda for the meetings that were scheduled for the first term. The first meeting will focus on the shortlisting of two candidates to serve on the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). This meeting will be held on 16 February 2016. This date was chosen because the candidates have been interviewed and the house will be busy with the interview process until then. The list will therefore be ready on that day, whereby the suitable candidates will be shortlisted. In addition, there will be an advertisement put out for two vacancies at ICASA on the same day. However these vacancies can only be posted after the suitable board candidates had been chosen.

Thereafter, the next meeting is scheduled for 23 February where once again the focus will be on the shortlisting and screenings of board candidates as well as a short briefing of the Films and Publications Amendment Bill.

The Committee is scheduled to have additional meetings on 1, 8, 15 and 22 March 2016. Most of these meetings will be focusing on issues that arose from the previous year. The last meeting of the term will be held on 22 March 2016.

Mr W Madisha (COPE) emphasised that in order for proper planning of the committee meetings, all issues highlighted at SONA should be taken into context and asked the Committee to wait for finalisation of the first term committee programme.

The Chairperson replied that all meetings are set to be held after SONA and ensured Mr Madisha that all issues affecting the committee will be taken into consideration.

Mr R Tseli (ANC) asked for clarification of the stage at which the final adoption of board member candidates for ICASA will be done, as according to the agenda there was supposed to be a subcommittee meeting on the same day.

The Chairperson replied that the Committee will be given an exemption on that day to resolve all committee issues.

The Chairperson highlighted that the inclusion of the adoption of candidates will be the final outline of the terms programme.

The adoption of the programme was moved by Ms V Van Schalkwyk and seconded by Mr R Tseli.

Committee Minutes dated 22 September 2015

The Chairperson read out all important points from each page of the minutes. The minutes were adopted by the Committee.

Committee Minutes dated 21 October 2015

The Chairperson read out page by page with no corrections made from any committee members. The the minutes were adopted by the Committee.

The meeting was adjourned.

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