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Telecommunications and Postal Services
DTPS, NEMISA, USAASA and USAF 2016/17 Annual Report; with Auditor General input
3 Oct 2017
The Office of the Auditor General spoke to the 2016/17 audit outcomes and the key messages arising. In terms of the overall audit outcomes Sentech had a clean audit for the past four years while SA Post Office and the National Electronics Media Institution of SA ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Rationalisation of ICT State Owned Companies and its impact on broadband rollout
5 Sep 2017
The main objective of the ICT SOE rationalisation was to move away from a fragmented mode of service delivery to a more consolidated approach by grouping entities into two structures. Broadband infrastructure entities would be consolidated to form the State ICT Infrastructure Company or National Broadband Network Company and the ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Cybersecurity; e-Government, national e-Strategy and SMME strategy: DTPS briefing
22 Aug 2017
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) briefed the Portfolio Committee on the content of its e-Strategies, which were comprised of information communication technology (ICT), industrial growth, the internet economy, cyber security and support for Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMME). These were the key components identified towards a ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services Quarter 3 performance
15 Aug 2017
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services and its entities met with the Portfolio Committee to make presentations on their third quarter performances for the 2016/17 financial year.
The South African Post Office (SAPO) reported that they were set to lose R1 billion since December last year, and were losing ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
.zadna on its mandate
20 Jun 2017
The meeting was called because after the last meeting with ZADNA, the entity had felt that they were not well understood and wanted the opportunity to clarify themselves so that the Committee would have a better understanding.
ZADNA outlined the mandate of ZADNA by looking at the ECT Act and ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SA Connect: Department progress report, with Deputy Minister
13 Jun 2017
The Department gave a progress report on the implementation of the strategic pillars of the SA Connect program. The Department had changed how it viewed Broadband, it was now following the worldwide trend to look at it from the point of view of what impact broadband had and what SA’s ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
TVET Colleges Certification challenges: SITA briefing, with Deputy Minister
30 May 2017
The Committee was briefed by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) on challenges around Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College Certification. SITA said it had been working on the matter for over six months and had appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training in December ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
ICT White Paper Policy: Department briefing, with Minister
23 May 2017
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services on the ICT White Paper Policy.
In his preliminary remarks, the Minister said that the White Paper had been approved by Cabinet in September 2016 and gazetted. It replaced previous versions of the White Paper and was ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SITA, USAASA, SAPO & BBI on their Annual Performance Plans
9 May 2017
The Committee heard briefings from the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) as well as the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) and the Universal Service and Access Fund (USAF) on its Strategic Plans and Annual Performance Plans (APPs) for 2017/18.
The State Information Technology Agency said the ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Nemesa & Sentech & .zadna on their Annual Performance Plan; AGSA input; with Deputy Minister
2 May 2017
The Auditor- General of South Africa (AGSA) reported to the Committee on the key considerations when reviewing the 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan (APP) of the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS). An overview of entities within the DTPS portfolio showed a review was performed on the 2017/18 APPs, strategic ...