Communications and Digital Technologies
ICASA Council vacancies: Sub-committee short-listing of candidates
11 Feb 2020
The Sub-committee of the Portfolio Committee on Communications met to perform the short-listing of 20 candidates for five vacancies on the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) Council, and to consider and adopt its first term draft programme. The meeting followed requests received from the Minister of Communications and ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
ICASA Council vacancies: shortlisting of candidates
11 Feb 2020
The Portfolio Committee met for the adoption of the report on the filling of vacancies in the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Council (ICASA). This followed a previous engagement held by the sub-committee to fulfil its duty of short-listing 20 candidates for the Council, as mandated by the Minister ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Implementation of Broadcast Digital Migration policy; Draft Performance Management System for ICASA; with Deputy Minister
4 Feb 2020
The Committee received presentations from the Department of Communications on the Broadcasting Digital Migration programme and on the Performance Management System for the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa [ICASA].
The Department reported that the deadline for digital migration has been moved to 2021 after Cabinet approval. The programme remains ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
USAASA progress; International Agreements; MDDA board vacancies; with Deputy Minister
3 Dec 2019
The Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa provided a progress update on the Broadcast Digital Migration project. The Minister is finalising the new BDM delivery model for Cabinet approval. In January 2019, installations contracts expired and the decoder rollout halted. USAASA has halted the BDM implementation and procurement ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
PC Communications: SITA financial statements, governance challenges & operational action plan to respond to matters raised by AG; Department on ICASA Councillor Performance Agreements, with Minister
26 Nov 2019
SITA & SAPO 2017/18 Annual Reports; iKamva Bill: deliberations
Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams: Department’s State of readiness to lead 4IR
The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) indicated that the entity received an unqualified opinion with material findings. The Auditor-General (AG) had found that there was R13.6 billion expenditure on State Information ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SA Post Office (SAPO) progress report; Department response to Committee recommendations
12 Nov 2019
The Portfolio Committee welcomed new board members of the South African Post Office who were inducted on 1 November. The SAPO board chairperson said that the post office is emerging from a long winter. SAPO had previously not been performing well, its investment is under threat and its sustainability is ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
ICASA Council vacancies: programme approval
6 Nov 2019
Programme for Subcommittee on ICASA Council vacancies not yet available to public
The Subcommittee dealing with the ICASA Council vacancies met to discuss the programme for shortlisting the candidates for interview and finally recommendation for appointment. The Committee Secretary said that 75 candidates had been found to meet the basic ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Appointment process of ICASA Councillors; Communications & Telecommunications BRRRs
22 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Communications met on 22 October 2019 to discuss three matters: the adoption of the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports for the Departments of Communications and Telecommunications & Postal Services; consideration of the 1st Quarterly Reports for the two departments; ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
ICASA, Sentech, SITA, Broadband Infranco, USAASA, USAF, SAPO, ZADNA, NEMISA, FPB & SABC 2018/19 Annual Reports
15 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Communications was briefed on the annual financial and performance reports of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and other entities. These included the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), Sentech, the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), Broadband Infraco (BBI), the Universal Service ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing on the portfolio; Department of Military Veterans 2018/19 Annual Report
9 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the office of the Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) on the Auditor General’s inputs for the budgetary review and recommendations report on the Department of Defence (DoD) and the Department of Military Veterans (DMV).
The portfolio in 2019/19 comprised four entities, ...