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Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Amendment Bill [B38B-2015]: OUTA & Western Cape Provincial Department Input
13 Feb 2018
The Committee engaged in discussion over its programme for the first term of parliament 2018. The discussion was mostly centred on upcoming pieces of legislation that the Committee had to consider. The Committee adopted its Draft Committee Programme January 2018 – March 2018.
Presentation by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SASSA Project: South African Post Office progress report
13 Feb 2018
South African Post Office briefed the Committee on its readiness to migrate social grant beneficiaries to its new integrated grant payment systems. It sought to clarify the confusion and panic surrounding the South African Social Security Agency’s urgent application to the Constitutional Court. SAPO assured Members of Parliament that SASSA ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
USAASA progress report on Mpumalanga oversight visit recommendations
28 Nov 2017
The Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) presented the findings from their oversight visit to the Mpumalanga municipality, which showed there was an issue with the current service providers that the Agency had outsourced to provide connectivity in Mpumalanga. Upon investigation, it had been discovered that the ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Ikamva National eSkills Institute (iNeSI) Bill: briefing
14 Nov 2017
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services provided an update to the Committee on the INESI bill following on its meeting in March. The Department said the bill had been through a long process of extensive consultation which included the Department of Higher Education (DHE) to determine where e-skills training ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Communications Infrastructure Rapid Deployment: Department briefing, with Minister
7 Nov 2017
The Committee met with Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services to be briefed on the rapid deployment of communications infrastructure.
Highlights of the brief from the Department included the process followed on the rapid Information Communication Technology deployment policy; the aim of the policy; a definition of rapid deployment of ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Cost to Communicate: Research ICT Africa; Spectrum licensing; Election of Chairperson
31 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) on the cost to communicate and the spectrum framework in South Africa. The Information Communication and Technology (ICT) uptake and usage showed that in 2015 there were 3 846 332 fixed line subscriptions, 43 666 fixed public phone subscriptions, 72 423 365 ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill technical amendments; Trade and Industry BRRR
18 Oct 2017
Documents handed out:
Copyright Amendment Bill (A list)
A key item in the Budget Review and Recommendations Report was localisation and the Committee recommended that localisation should become an audit outcome in the Annual Reports to Parliament. The investments in infrastructure projects were welcomed but the Committee wanted to ensure ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister and Deputy
17 Oct 2017
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) was commended by the Committee on receiving an unqualified opinion from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), based on its audit of the Department’s 2016/17 annual performance report. At the same time, it attracted criticism for the under-expenditure of ...
Arts and Culture
Meeting with the Iranian Delegation
12 Oct 2017
The Committee met with the Iranian Delegation to discuss issues of mutual interest and handover an invitation to the Committee.
The Iranian delegation highlighted that there were striking similarities between South Africa and Iran, with South Africa having Nelson Mandela fighting against the oppressed state and this was similar to ...
Arts and Culture
PANSALB, Robben Island Museum, Free State Performing Arts Centre 2016/17 Annual Report
10 Oct 2017
The Portfolio Committee met with the Performing Arts Centre of the Free State (PACOFS), the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) and the Robben Island Museum, who presented their annual performance reports.
PACOFS said it had presented a total of 56 performances, of which 21 ...