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Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence & Department of Military Veterans on their Quarter 3 performance
22 Mar 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Defence (DoD) on its third quarter financial and non-financial performance report. The scope of the briefing by the Secretary of Defence included legislative requirements, non-financial performance information, the overall quarterly performance status, financial performance information and the Budgetary Review and Recommendations (BRRR) ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill [B12B-2016]: voting, with Deputy Minister
8 Mar 2017
The Committee considered the Refugees Amendment Bill clause by clause and adopted it. Prior to this, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) took Members through the Committee’s amendments. The Department noted the minor amendments to the Long Title, clauses 2, 3, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21 and 27 and a ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill; Border Management Authority Bill: adoption, with Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2017
Amendment Bill. Prior to deliberation, the Department of Home Affairs noted that there were minor amendments to clauses 2, 3, 13, 14, 18 and 27. Amendments were made in accordance with the inputs from the Committee and Principal State Law Advisor. A new clause on transitional provisions was inserted. All ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill; Border Management Authority Bill: deliberations, with Deputy Minister
28 Feb 2017
In the presence of the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, the Home Affairs Chief Director of Legal Services briefed the Committee on the proposed amendments to the Refugees Amendment Bill in accordance with Members inputs and suggestions. Under clause 3, the term “in any way” was substituted by “in the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DMV challenges dashboard; National Military Veterans database: DMV and SITA feedback
22 Feb 2017
The Department of Military Veterans and State Information Technology Agency presented a joint report to the Committee which highlighted both the challenges and progress made thus far with regard to the call centre and military veterans’ database.
The call centre was being handled as a top priority for both the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Feedback Sessions: Department of Defence on matters identified in Dashboard; Progress report on 1 Military Hospital Repair & Maintenance programme; Follow-up meeting on procurement challenges in DOD
15 Feb 2017
The Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefed the Committee on progress made on the repair and maintenance of 1 Military Hospital and also responded on matters identified in the dashboard. The Department raised issues of increase in backlog of cases, and delay in completing investigation. This relates to the ...
Home Affairs
International Migration Policy Green/White Paper; Refugees Amendment Bill submissions summary
14 Feb 2017
Relevant Document
Refugees Act 130 of 1998
Green Paper on International Migration, 2016
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) gave an update on the progress made by it towards the development of a new White Paper on International Migration and to seek input from the Committee on the content of ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military Veterans subsidised transport: Status, progress and challenges: Department of Transport briefings
30 Nov 2016
The Department of Transport (DoT) attended the meeting to brief the Committee on the progress of a system of subsidies for military veterans. Prior to the briefing, Members had questioned the Department whether other entities such as Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), South ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
UN Habitat III Conference: report by Minister; Development Finance Institution consolidation
29 Nov 2016
The Minister of Human Settlements briefed the Portfolio Committee on the participation by South Africa at the Third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), which had resulted in the adoption of the New Urban Agenda (NUA).
Habitat III was hosted by the United Nations every ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans progress report on Management Performance
23 Nov 2016
The Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefed the Committee on the information it had requested on the DMV skills audit, its consequence management, its exact number of employees, and the results of the latest Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) assessment conducted by the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation ...