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Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
SABC Board Inquiry interim report: consideration of responses
22 Feb 2017
The Committee continued considering the SABC response to its Interim Report and making amendments to it. The SABC response clarified that the Vision View contract was approved 31 July 2015 but was confirmed on 18 September 2015 and that in addition to the Board’s round robin decision, further ratification was ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
SABC Board Inquiry Interim Report: consideration of responses
21 Feb 2017
The Committee met to consider its responses to the Interim Report on the Inquiry into the fitness of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board to hold office.
The Committee had afforded all parties affected in the Interim Report the opportunity to respond to the report’s content. At this meeting, ...
Higher Education, Science and Innovation
NSFAS Student Centred Model: briefing; Action Plan to address issues raised by College management and stakeholders during oversight visit: Department & South West Gauteng TVET College briefing
15 Feb 2017
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme presented the report on the rollout of the new Student Centred Model, which included challenges and progress on student funding applications. The Student Centred Model allowed Matriculants or equivalent pupils that were first-time entrants to Higher Education Institutions, as well as returning students who ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
SABC Board Inquiry Interim Report: consideration of responses
14 Feb 2017
The Committee met to discuss the responses to the Committee’s Interim Report from the affected parties. The Committee had received written submissions from four people: SABC8, Mr Phil Molefe, Mr Dumile Mateza and Mr Sipho Masinga. The deadline for comments (submissions) into the Committee's draft report is Thursday, 16 February ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Interim Committee report: adoption
27 Jan 2017
The Committee met for the adoption of the draft report on the SABC inquiry.
Firstly, the Committee noted the intimidation and attacks that the “SABC 8” continued to be subjected to. All parties condemned this strongly and agreed that the Minister of Police and SAPS should update the Committee on ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Committee Report: further deliberations
26 Jan 2017
The Committee met to deliberate on the second version of its draft report into the SABC Inquiry. Members were asked to give their final inputs in written form to be assimilated into the report which would be sent to relevant parties for comment. Some changes made related to the introduction ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Committee Report: deliberations continued
24 Jan 2017
The Committee met to deliberate on recommendations in its first draft report on the SABC inquiry.
One of the recommendations dealt with the funding model of the SABC. Members strongly asserted that the public broadcaster remained a public funded entity even if it received only a small amount from the ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Ngubane and Tshabalala
13 Jan 2017
After a thorough probe and engagement with former SABC Chairperson, Dr Ben Ngubane, the Chairperson concluded that someone has misled Parliament in their submission or evidence presented through affidavits, as there were gross contradictions between the statements made by Dr Ngubane and those submitted by other witnesses at an earlier ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Rachel Kalidass
15 Dec 2016
The Committee held its last day of hearings for 2016 as part of the inquiry into the SABC Board. Ms Rachel Kalidass appeared before the Committee. Ms Kalidass was part of the Board from 2013 to 2015 as a non-executive member until she was unlawfully removed from the SABC Board. ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
Hearings: Right2Know, Media Monitoring Africa, SOS Coalition, Minister of Communications
14 Dec 2016
In the morning session, the Ad Hoc Committee continued to hear evidence from various bodies around the SABC position. Participants were asked to take the oath, were reminded of their duties and the need to speak openly and truthfully, and questions were led by Senior Parliamentary Legal Advisor Adv Vanara, ...