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Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence on its 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance and measures to resolve audit findings
26 Aug 2015
The Secretary of Defence and Military Veterans explained the significant achievements of the program so far, as well as the financial performance up to June 30 2015. He went through DOD's performance on its targets and noted which were high risk (major action is required), moderate risk (remedial/corrective action required) ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans briefing on its 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance, audit findings progress report
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) gave its first quarter 2015 performance report. It was reported that the audit had been done, and it showed a better result from the previous year, with two qualifications on asset management and transfer management.
In this financial year, the DMV operated through three ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Bill [B7-2015]: South African Law Reform Commission input; Committee Programme
12 Aug 2015
The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) briefed the Committee on intention and purpose of the Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Bill, but since Members did not have the document in front of them it was decided that this would be a preliminary briefing on which more detail and more ...
Defence
National Conventional Arms Control Committee on its 2013 Annual Report and 2014 Quarterly Reports, in presence of Minister in Presidency
6 Aug 2015
The Chairperson of the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) briefed the Committee on the 2013 Annual Report and the 2014 First and Second Quarterly Reports. At the outset, he expressed his concern that the 2013 Annual Report had been described as "outstanding", when in fact it had been tabled ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla
Nkandla private residence security upgrades: Minister of Police briefing
20 Jul 2015
The Ad Hoc Committee on the Police Minister’s report met in Pietermaritzburg to deliberate on the security upgrades at the private residence of the President, and took a briefing from the Minister of Police, Mr Nkosinathi Nhleko. In answer to a question raised by a Member of the DA, the ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla
Ad Hoc Committee on Minister of Police Report on Nkandla Committee Programme
23 Jun 2015
The Committee met to consider its draft programme. The draft programme proposed that the work of the Committee should start on 21 July 2015 where the Minister of Police would table his report and the report would be deliberated on. The programme also proposed that the Committee undertake a site ...
Defence
Committee business: Consideration and adoption of outstanding minutes; Consideration of a Letter from the President
18 Jun 2015
The outstanding minutes of the Committee were adopted, as well as a letter from the President pertaining to Operation Fiela. Concerns had been raised over the implementation of the operation, particularly with regard to the deployment of troops domestically. The Committee decided it would request a briefing from the Minister ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla
Police Minister's Nkandla Report: Election of Chairperson; Parties to be called by the Committee
11 Jun 2015
The Ad Hoc Committee, having been appointed by the National Assembly, elected Mr Cedric Frolick as its chairperson. He suggested the Committee collate its programme but the meeting quickly turned into a debate on who the Committee could call to appear before it.
Some Members of the ruling party pointed ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military Veterans: delivery of benefits and services - progress reports by departments & agencies
10 Jun 2015
The Departments of Human Settlement and Military Veterans plus nine other entities made submissions before the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans regarding their role in the socio-economic upliftment of the military veterans.
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) revealed it has signed a number of MOUs and service ...
Joint Standing on Intelligence
Inspector General of Intelligence: interviews for filling of vacancy
9 Jun 2015
The Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence met for the interviews of candidates for the Inspector General Vacancy. The following candidates were interviewed by the Committee:
Ms Jayashree Govender
Mr Mahlubandile Radebe
Mr Mathe Diseko
Mr Mampogoane Nchabeleng
Mr Imtiaz Fazel