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Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Bill: briefing; Department of Defence 2nd & 3rd quarter 2014/15 performance
11 Mar 2015
The Department of Defence (DoD) briefed the Committee on the Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Bill, as well as on the second and third quarterly performance reports for the 2014/15 financial year.
The briefing of the Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Act [B7- 2015] was introductory in nature. The main ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Office of Military Ombud; Defence Force Service Commission: progress report briefing
4 Mar 2015
The Military Ombud briefed the Committee on its status and functioning. It was set up as an independent, external mechanism to deal with the complaints and grievances of members and former members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), and also as a place for the public to lodge ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans on its 2013/14 Annual Report & its 2nd and 3rd quarter Performance for 2014/15
25 Feb 2015
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) briefed the Committee on its 2013/14 Annual Report, and the second and third quarter performance and expenditure reports for the 2014/15 financial year.
The overall performance overview for 2013/14 financial year had shown that the Department had committed itself to 50 targeted performance indicators ...
Joint Standing on Intelligence
Shortlisting of candidates for position of Inspector General of Intelligence
24 Feb 2015
The Sub-committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence met to discuss and shortlist the candidates for the position of Inspector General of Intelligence. This shortlist would be submitted to the full Committee for consideration before it made a recommendation to the President. The Sub-committee spent the majority of the ...
Defence
Public hearings on Defence Review
20 Feb 2015
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence held a public hearing session on the Defence Review, focusing on submissions from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Aerospace Maritime Defence (AMD) and Centre for Study of Democracy, University of Johannesburg. In the opening remarks, the Chairpersons indicated that the Defence ...
Defence and Military Veterans
2014-2019 Committee Strategic Plan & Committee programme
18 Feb 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans met to discuss and adapt their draft minutes from 2014, and Members were also asked to consider and adopt the Committee's programme, strategic plan. However, the meeting became bogged down in a discussion of the current agenda, linked to whether correspondence sent ...
Defence and Military Veterans
PC Defence: Meeting Postponed
19 Nov 2014
The meeting was effectively postponed to the following term, owing to the high number of apologies from members of the committee who were said to be attending to other parliamentary business.
Defence
SANDF Decline, Transformation, Integration, Equity and Morale: Department of Defence Overview
13 Nov 2014
The Department of Defence gave a presentation on the decline of the capabilities of the defence force, including issues of transformation, integration, equity and morale. During the course of the presentation, the Department made reference to both the 1998 and the 2014 Defence Reviews. The Chief of Military Policy, Strategy ...
Defence and Military Veterans
SA National Defence Force Reserves current status report: Department of Defence, recommendation to ratify Arms Trade Treaty
12 Nov 2014
The Department of Defence (DOD) briefed the Committee on the current status of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Reserves, and made the point that this must be considered in the context of the Defence Review. The goal was a “Revitalisation and Transformation” plan that included a feeder system, ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence infrastructure projects: status report by Department of Defence & Military Veterans
5 Nov 2014
The Department of Defence and Military Veterans said under expenditure at the National Department of Public Works has resulted in a huge backlog of maintenance and repairs to DOD facilities. The DOD backlog on facility maintenance and repair was an estimated R12 billion in 2014. These facilities were spread throughout ...