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Defence Review 2014; deliberations & Committee Report on Defence Review 2014 public hearings
19 Mar 2015
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence met to consider and deliberate on the South African Defence Review 2014.The three functions of the Committee were specifically to comment, make recommendations and investigate any aspect of the Defence Review.
A Member of the Democratic Alliance had submitted a document outlining an alternative ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Human Capital Development: briefing by Department of Science and Technology
18 Mar 2015
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) gave a presentation on Human Capital Development (HCD) initiatives in the DST and the broader science sector. There were a number of systemic challenges, which included low supervisory capacity to improve postgraduate completion rates, low bursary amounts offered, which meant that many students ...
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 ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Public Enterprises on its 2013/14 Annual Report
26 Nov 2014
The Committee expressed disappointment at the continued absence of the Minister and Deputy Minister, who had not appeared before the Committee for the past six months. In future, the Committee would not accept any annual performance plans and annual reports of the state-owned companies (SOCs) in the absence of the ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Impact of mining, prospecting activities & shale gas exploration in sensitive habitats: DMR & of Environmental Affairs briefings ; DOHA amendment to Kyoto Protocol: Department of Environmental Affairs briefing
25 Nov 2014
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) each made presentations to the Committee on the impact of mining and prospecting activities in ecologically sensitive habitats such as grasslands, wetlands and watersheds, in the coal mining regions of South Africa. The DMR outlined where sensitive ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Science and Technology on its 2013/14 Annual Report
19 Nov 2014
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) briefed the Committee on its Annual Report for 2013/14 Financial Year. The major focus was how to use science and technology to advance socio-economic development in South Africa. It was noted that this Department had been assessed as second in the performance assessments ...
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 ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Provincial conservation challenges and programmes: Department Environmental Affairs briefing
11 Nov 2014
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the support, resources, challenges and constraints in relation to provincial conservation authorities when implementing the conservation mandate, particularly around the compliance and enforcement of biodiversity legislation. The presentation outlined the challenges, personnel, equipment and budget for each province. ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services on its 2013/14 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
5 Nov 2014
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services, with input also from the Deputy Minister, presented the 2013/14 Annual Report, emphasising that the task of the Ministry and Department was to ensure South Africans had access to modern technology. The major successes as well as the under-achievements in the year under ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Proposed Accession to Three International Fisheries Bodies
4 Nov 2014
The Select Committee on Land Reforms and Mineral Resources met to engage with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) on three International Agreements. The Deputy Director General (DDG), Fisheries Management, DAFF, presented on the Accession to three International Fisheries Bodies which are the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), ...