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Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans (DMV) audit action plan; with Deputy Minister
23 Feb 2022
There was a focus on preventative measures, fraud and corruption cases, consequence management, and irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, in the audit action plan the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) presented in response to the Auditor-General findings in its 2021/22 audit report. In addition to these matters, ...
Defence
Forensic Audit Report on 1 Military Hospital, with Minister; Fire at Waterkloof Airforce Base; Committee Annual Performance Plan
17 Feb 2022
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The Joint Standing Committee on Defence received a full briefing in a virtual meeting on the forensic report ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Minister & Armscor on the future of Project Biro, Hotel and Hoefyster, plans to address combat vehicle requirements for SA Army & status of maintenance of SA Air Force fleet
16 Feb 2022
The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Department of Defence on the challenges it faced in delivering on its projects, addressing its combat vehicle requirements, and providing maintenance for its facilities and equipment.
Armscor said its various engagements with Denel had revealed the risks of Denel ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DMV 2021/22 Quarter 2 & 3 Performance; Policies on services and benefits; with Minister and Deputy Minister
9 Feb 2022
The Committee met virtually for presentations by the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) on its performance in the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Findings of Ministerial Task Team on procurement of Heberon from Cuba, with Deputy Minister
26 Jan 2022
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Defence
NCACC Quarterly Reports & End User Certificate feedback; with Minister
9 Dec 2021
On a virtual meeting platform, the Joint Standing Committee on Defence received a report from the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) on its second and third quarter performance for 2021/22.
The Committee was told that impediments to exports were creating a backlog of R3.5 billion in orders, especially ...
Defence and Military Veterans
SANDF on Human Resource requirements amid current fiscal constraints and how Force Design and Force structure may need to be adjusted; DoD on Utilisation and plans for Reserves; with Deputy Minister
8 Dec 2021
The Committee convened virtually to be briefed by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on its human resource requirements amid the current fiscal constraints, and how its design and structure may need to be adjusted according to the Minister’s statement that strategically it had now transitioned from being ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Findings on procurement of Heberon medication from Cuba: DoD, SAHPRA & AGSA input; with Deputy Minister
1 Dec 2021
The Committee met on a virtual platform to briefed on the procurement by the Department of Defence of Heberon medication from Cuba during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic last year.
It was told that the Department had ordered 970 895 vials of Heberon between 27 April and ...
Defence
Status of ongoing SANDF missions; Challenges faced with respect to vehicle smuggling along South Africa’s land borders
25 Nov 2021
The Committee met virtually for presentations from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on the operational status of ongoing missions, and from Netstar and Tracker on the challenges that they were encountering in dealing with vehicle smuggling and other criminal activities at South Africa’s borders.
The Committee encouraged ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Alternative funding models for SANDF, mechanisms to contain CoE expenditure, cases of irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure within DOD; BRRR; with Deputy Minister
24 Nov 2021
2021 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Department of Defence (DOD) described its plans to implement an employee-initiated severance package and early retirement option in order to cope with budget cuts, but told the Committee that National Treasury could not support its request for additional funding to ...