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Telecommunications and Postal Services
Cost to Communicate: Research ICT Africa; Spectrum licensing; Election of Chairperson
31 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) on the cost to communicate and the spectrum framework in South Africa. The Information Communication and Technology (ICT) uptake and usage showed that in 2015 there were 3 846 332 fixed line subscriptions, 43 666 fixed public phone subscriptions, 72 423 365 ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Telecommunications and Postal Services Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
17 Oct 2017
The Committee considered and approved the Budgetary Review and Recommendation for the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services. Members made final editing changes to the document – these were mainly minor consisting of grammatical and spelling errors.
Science and Technology
Science and Technology Budget Review and Recommendations Report
12 Oct 2017
Documents handed out:
Draft Budget Review and Recommendations Report [available Tabled Cmmittee Reports once published]
The Committed considered and approved the Draft Budget Review and Recommendations Report. Members made minor changes to the document, re-worded several sentences and inserted new ones.
Some of the Committee observations in the report were as ...
Science and Technology
South African National Space Agency 2016/17 Annual Report
11 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed by the SANSA on its 2016/17 Annual Programme.
SANSA had achieved 15 of its 17 targets which translated into an 88% success rate. Two key performance highlights were: the production of five high impact national products and supporting close to 11 000 satellite ...
Economic Development
Minister of Economic Development on Presidential Infrastructure Coordination Commission
10 Oct 2017
The Minister of Economic Development reported on the work by the Presidential Infrastructure Coordination Commission (PICC). He pointed out that PICC is the executive’s tool for monitoring the implementation and impact of infrastructural development on the economy. It is a planning and coordinating body. It is neither a funding structure; ...
Science and Technology
HSRC, ASSAf & SACNASP 2016/17 Annual Report
5 Oct 2017
Three entities of the Department of Science and Technology – the Human Sciences Research Council (HRSC), South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP), and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) presented their annual reports for 2016/17 to the Portfolio Committee.
The HSRC had ...
Science and Technology
DST, NACI, CSIR, TIA, NRF 2016/17 Annual Report
4 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and four of its entities – the National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) -- on their ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology + entities 2016/17 Annual Reports, with Auditor-General input
3 Oct 2017
The Office of the Auditor General of South Africa briefed the Committee on the financial reports and audits of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and its entities for the 2016/17 financial year. The key audit outcomes and message was that the DST had retained ...
Science and Technology
Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IK) Bill: adoption; Department of Science and Technology on Quarter 1 Performance
13 Sep 2017
Documents handed out:
Department of Science and Technology DST First Quarter Performance and Financial Report
Final 2017/18 First Quarter Performance Report [awaited]
The Committee was briefed by the Department on its First Quarter Performance and Financial Report (April 2017 – June 2017). The Department reported that the measure of success ...
Tourism
SA Tourism on its Annual Report 2016/17, with Minister & Deputy Minister
8 Sep 2017
SA Tourism briefed the Committee on its Annual Report for 2016/17. SA Tourism had received its sixteenth unqualified audit report for this reporting period. On the performance of SA Tourism for 2016/17 it only managed to achieve six of its fourteen key performance indicators. On the number of international tourist ...