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Communications and Digital Technologies
Media Development and Diversity Agency & Film and Publications Board on their 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans, with Minister in attendance
22 Apr 2015
MDDA’s board chairperson said that the entity was entrusted with the responsibility of promoting media development and diversity in South Africa. One way of promoting this was through provision of financial support to community non-profit and small commercial media projects but also encouraging ownership, control of and access to media ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC handing over control to MultiChoice; Department of Communications; GCIS; ICASA; SABC; Brand South Africa 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans, with Minister & Auditor General; MDDA Board recommendations
21 Apr 2015
The Minister of Communications said that the Department’s Strategic Plan imperatives were the product of a collaborative effort to take the Department forward. ICASA had reduced its strategic goals from eight to three to enable the Department and Committee to measure them. This approach also enabled ICASA to focus on ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Discussion of Chapters 12-15 of the National Assembly Rules
17 Apr 2015
The Chairperson summarised the procedure and noted the Speaker's request that the process for the new Rules should be completed by end August 2015. This meant that May would be set aside for discussion in the parties, with submissions then to be referred back to the Subcommittee, and thence to ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Review of National Assembly Rules: Chapter 10: Questions and 12: Committees
10 Apr 2015
During the first hour of discussions, Members’ attention was drawn to a Memorandum on the Proposed Amendment to Rule 109(3) and Rule 115(2) dealing with what to do when the relevant minister was not present in the National Assembly to answer the oral questions placed on the programme of that ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Review of the Rules of National Assembly Chapter 10-11
9 Apr 2015
The Subcommittee of the Rules Committee continued to deliberate on the proposals for review of the National Assembly Rules (the Rules), starting from Rule 10(4), dealing with allocation of time for replies from the Deputy President, when it was indicated that increases in time previously had not shown positive results. ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Review of the Rules of National Assembly Chapter 10-11
8 Apr 2015
Mr Kasper Hahndiek, Consultant to the Subcommittee and former Secretary to the National Assembly, ran swiftly through the changes that were now being proposed in Chapters 10 onwards of the National Assembly Rules (the Rules), with more specific discussion then being directed to rules 107 to 110. It had been ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Interviews of candidates for the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) Board: day 2
1 Apr 2015
The Sub-Committee of the Portfolio Committee on Communications interviewed two candidates for vacancies on the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) board. This followed the 11 interviews that the Committee had conducted on the previous day. The Committee thereafter deliberated in a closed meeting and indicated that the successful candidates ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Interviews of candidates for the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) Board: day 1
31 Mar 2015
The Sub-Committee of the Portfolio Committee on Communications met to interview candidates for vacancies on the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) board. There were 13 candidates that had been shortlisted out of 46 nominations received to fill the three vacancies on the board. This follows the resignation of Dr ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC and MDDA Boards: discussion on shortlisting for interviews
24 Mar 2015
The Sub-committee of the Portfolio Committee on Communications had a late start as Members had not been furnished with the CVs of the applicants for the vacant board positions at the Media Development and Diversity Agency and the South African Broadcasting Corporation. It was agreed that the Committee could not ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Broadcasting Digital Migration state of readiness: Department of Communications, Sentech, SA Post Office; Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA)
10 Mar 2015
The Portfolio Committees on Communications and on Telecommunication and Postal Services were jointly briefed by the Department of Communications, Sentech, USAASA and the South African Postal Service on their preparedness to rollout Broadcasting Digital Migration. After concerns were raised about the absence of the Communications Minister, Members queried the three-time ...