1. Background The Minister in The Presidency: Performance Monitoring and Evaluation tabled the Medium Term Strategic Plan of the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and the Strategic Plans for the GCIS entities for 2010-2013 on 3 March 2010.
The Committee engaged with GCIS and its Entities during their presentations by questioning them regarding their policies, programmes and projects and how the allocated budget will be used to achieve these.
The aim of GCIS is to provide a comprehensive communication service on behalf of government to facilitate the involvement of the majority of South Africans in governance, reconstruction and development, nation building and reconciliation.
Minister O.C. Chabane - Minister in the Presidency Mr Themba Maseko - CEO GCIS Ms Nebo Legoabe - DCEO: Provincial and Local Liaison Ms Baby Tyawa - DCEO: Strategy and Content Management Ms Phumla Williams - DCEO: Centralised Services
ii) Programme 2: Policy and Research - R19 317 000.00 Conduct communication research to assess how government informs the public and people's communication needs and monitors media coverage of government's programmes from a communication perspective.
iii) Programme 3: Government and Media Liaison - R30 539 000.00 Coordinate effective, integrated and comprehensive communication and media liaison services across government.