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Defence
National Conventional Arms Control Committee on 2020 Quarter 2 Report
29 Oct 2020
During the meeting to consider its Quarter 2 performance report, the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) was questioned by the Joint Standing Committee on Defence on its encryption-like information, responses and statistical mistakes in the documents issued to the Committee. The Chairperson remarked that generally NCACC had encrypted the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military Ombud & Military Veterans Appeals Board 2019/20 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
28 Oct 2020
The Portfolio Committee received presentations from the Military Ombud and Military Veterans Appeal Board in a virtual meeting on their Annual Reports for 2019/20.
The Military Ombud reported that it had set 12 targets, of which seven had been achieved, reflecting a 58.3% performance. This was a significant improvement over ...
Defence
Defence Force Service Commission on preliminary assessment of 2019/20 annual report
22 Oct 2020
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence, (NA and NCOP) 22 Oct 2020
The Defence Force Service Commission briefed the Committee on its Annual Activity Report and Financial Statements for the 2019/20 financial year.
Members questioned Commissioners of the lack of implementation of their recommendations, one of the main challenges reported ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DMV on: Quarterly Report; organisational structure; functioning of Appeal Board & amendments to Military Veterans Act and Regulations; with Deputy Minister
21 Oct 2020
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) reported that as part of the government’s recovery plan, its annual budget had been reduced by R137 million, from R683.1 million to R546.1 million. In the first quarter, because of the Covid lockdown, total spending had been only R44.6 million, compared to the targeted ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Committee Staff briefings on: DOD; Armscor, CCB & DMV 2019/20 Draft Annual Reports
6 Oct 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans was briefed by the Committee Researcher and Content Advisor on the 2019/20 draft Annual Reports of the Department of Defence, Armscor, Castle Control Board and the Department of Military Veterans. The presentations highlighted the various challenges that each entity faces and raised ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DoD 2020/21 Quarter 1 performance; 2019 BRRR recommendations; DoD report on investigations into Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure
2 Sep 2020
The Department of Defence (DOD) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on its first quarter performance report for 2020, ...
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence, 27 August 2020
The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Department of Defence and Military Veterans on the theft of assault rifles at the Littleton Army base, the South African National Defence Force’s (SANDF’s) participation in Operation NOTLELA to combat the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Workshop with DoD on Force Structure, Compensation of Employees, Development of an Exit Mechanism and Force Rejuvenation, briefing on the court judgement against DoD in the Collins Khoza case
26 Aug 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans conducted a workshop via a virtual platform with the South African National Defence Force, Defence Force Service Commission and National Treasury. That was followed by a briefing on the court case brought against the Department of Defence by the family of Mr ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Dod & Dmv Budget: Committee Reports
15 Jul 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans, 15 July 2020
The Committee met to consider its Reports on the 2020 Speical Adjustments Budget for Vote 23: Defence and Vote 26: Military Veterans. Members asked for clarity on the amounts in the Reports. It was said the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DoD, DMV, CCB & Armscor 2020/21 Special Adjustments Budget
8 Jul 2020
Video: DOD, DMV, CCB & Armscor on Adjusted Budget & Revised Annual Performance Plan
The Portfolio Committee met to be briefed on the impact of the adjusted estimates of national expenditure with the Department of Defence, the Department of Military Veterans, the Castle Control Board and Armscor.
The Castle ...