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Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence Audit Action Implementation Plan: AG feedback on progress; Military Discipline Bill: response to public submissions
19 Feb 2020
The office of the Auditor-General provided feedback on the Department of Defence’s Audit Action plans and the progress of implementation. The SANDF representatives were also present to discuss and comment on the Military Discipline Bill.
The office of the Auditor-General highlighted from the status of records review, which was conducted ...
Defence
Database, Skills Audit & Military Veterans Act Amendments progress: DMV briefing
6 Feb 2020
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) picked up from the last interaction with the Committee, and focused on the progress made in cleansing its database. The DMV had a baseline of about 30 000 files that were cleansed and cleared, and 40 000 records were given to the Department of ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence Quarter 2 performance; BRRR feedback & Audit Action Implementation Plan
5 Feb 2020
The Chairperson mentioned that a letter of apology had been received from the Minister’s Office, requesting to excuse the Department of Defence delegation from the meeting. The Committee support staff would brief the Members on its analysis of the Department’s presentation
The support staff indicated that the Defence account had ...
Defence
Reserve Force mandate, challenges, achievements, outcome of Reserve Force Indaba
28 Nov 2019
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence was briefed by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Reserves on the mandate, challenges and achievements, as well as the outcome of the Reserve Force Indaba held in September 2019. The role of the Reserves is to augment the regular soldiers for peace ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Denel, NDIC and DCAC on state of the Defence Industry as well as update on DOD projects; with Minister
27 Nov 2019
The Committee met to be briefed by arms manufacturer Denel, the National Defence Industry Council (NDIC) and the Directorate Conventional Arms Control (DCAC) on the state of the industry, as well as for an update on Department of Defence (DoD) projects.
The Committee heard that Denel had been experiencing a ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Independence of Office of the Military Ombud: input from Parliamentary Legal Adviser & Office of the Military Ombud
13 Nov 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans was briefed by the Parliamentary Legal Adviser and the Military Ombud on the independence of the Office of the Military Ombud. A legal opinion had been sought to determine the autonomy of the Office, and the effect of its responsibility to report ...
Defence
Defence Committee duplication; Military Veterans Act interpretation; DMV Skills Audit progress
31 Oct 2019
Parliament's Constitutional and Legal Services Office confirmed the Committee's concern that the regulatory framework appears to duplicate the powers of the Portfolio Committee on Defence, Select Committee on Defence, and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD).
The legal advisor explained that Section 228(3)(d) of the Interim Constitution that establishes ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Health benefits & Housing allocation list for military veterans: DMV & DoH briefings; BRRR
23 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Department of Military Veterans briefed the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on the accessing of health services by military veterans.
The DMV said that access to healthcare was defined as the ease with which a military veteran was able to ...
Defence
2015 Defence Review: Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefing
17 Oct 2019
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) briefed the Committee on the 2015 Defence Review. It stated that the review was predominantly based on eight principles, the most important being Principle VII which held that the SANDF would be organised into military combat formation, where there would be a clear ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Armscor; Castle Control Board & Military Ombud 2018/19 Annual Report
16 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by Armscor. The Committee heard that during the 2018/19 FY, Armscor had managed and executed contracts to a total value of R11.764 billion for the Department of Defence (DOD): this consisted of R7.442 billion for technology and capital acquisition projects as well as ...