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Defence
NCACC 3rd Quarter Report: Minister briefing; Letter from President: SANDF deployment at SONA; Cuba Study Tour
17 Feb 2017
Committee Programme of the Joint Standing Committee
Minutes of 7 December 2016
The NCACC Chairperson and Minister in the Presidency, Mr Jeff Radebe, reported on the 2016 Third Quarterly Report. He noted the legislative requirements of the NCACC were the NCACC Act, No 41 of 2002 as amended by the ...
Defence
Combat Readiness: Department of Military Veterans briefing; 2017 Committee Programme
2 Dec 2016
Relevant Document
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
White Paper on Peace Mission
The Department of Defence and Military Veterans (DoD) briefed the Committee on its combat readiness, describing the country’s defence policy development since 1993 to date and onwards. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) mandate ...
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 ...
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 ...
Defence
Turn-around strategy: Department of Military Veterans briefing, with Minister
11 Nov 2016
The Department of Military Veterans briefed the Committee on its turnaround strategy in the presence of the Minister. The Department highlighted that the terms of reference for the Turnaround Strategic Initiative would focus on procurement and the Department aimed at putting in place a fair and transparent procurement system to ...
Joint Standing on Intelligence
Inspector General of Intelligence appointment: Interviews
8 Nov 2016
The Sub-Committee on Intelligence met for interviews for the post of Inspector General of Intelligence.
The Committee interviewed the following five candidates:
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee briefed the Committee on its 2015/16 Annual Reports and First and Second Quarterly Reports for 2016/17. The annual report was reported on in full whereas the 2016 quarterly reports were included in the presentation individually. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee noted that the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military veterans benefits: Department of Military Veterans status report
2 Nov 2016
The Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefed the Committee on the implementation of memorandums of understanding (MOUs) and service level agreements (SLAs), and the challenges that impeded service delivery to military veterans. The Committee was updated on the progress on the implementation of the MOUs and SLAs between the ...
Joint Standing on Intelligence
Inspector General of Intelligence appointment: shortlisting of candidates by JSCI sub-committee
1 Nov 2016
The Committee met to shortlist candidates to be interviwed for the vacant post of Inspector General of Intelligence. The Committee received 17 applications but only 12 met the minimum advertised requirements. There was a brief debate on whether the shortlist should have 10 or 12 names. The Committee eventually settled ...
Defence
SANDF transformation: DOD briefing; President’s letter on SANDF deployment
28 Oct 2016
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Defence (DOD) on transformation within the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
Major-General Olga Nodola, Chief Director: Transformation Management, South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said that transformation within the military went beyond gender, race, and disability, but also included transformation ...