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Communications and Digital Technologies
DCDT, GCIS & entities Q1&2 2022/23 Performance; with Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2023
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Postponed:SABC 2021/22 Annual Report & related matters hearing; with Deputy Minister
1 Mar 2023
The Committee convened to receive a briefing from the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on their annual report and financial statements for the financial year 2021/22, all investigations, as well as irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure.
Members expressed their dissatisfaction with the Minister’s failure to attend the meeting, ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Postbank IT overhaul & governance issues; SAPO financial crisis & operations; BBI & Sentech Merger
28 Feb 2023
Communications and Digital Technologies
SA Postbank Limited A/B; BBI Annual Report 2021/22; Outstanding legal cases in the Portfolio; PPSA Report; with Deputy Minister
17 Feb 2023
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Availability of the Spectrum and the impact thereof on reducing the costs to communicate: DCDT Briefing; with Deputy Minister
30 Nov 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee received a briefing from the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies on the availability of the spectrum and the impact thereof on reducing the costs to communicate. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.
The Deputy Minister remarked that South Africans rely on mobile ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC on going concern addressed by AGSA; SAPO and Postbank on contract value chain and cyber security incidents; with Deputy Minister
29 Nov 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Communications received a briefing from the South African Broadcasting Corporation on the on-going concern addressed by the Auditor-General of South Africa. The Committee also received a briefing from the South African Post Office and the Postbank on contract value chain and ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC Board recommendations: adoption; SA Postbank Ltd Amendment Bill: proposed amendments
24 Nov 2022
Committee Report on the filling of 12 board vacancies on South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
The Portfolio Committee was presented with its Sub-Committee report on the recommended candidates for the SABC Board. Members of the full Committee were hesitant to adopt the report as they had reservations about two ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Postponed: SABC 2021/22 Annual Report Hearing; with Deputy Minister
23 Nov 2022
In a physical meeting at Parliament, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) was compelled to adjourn its engagement with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) due to the absence of the broadcaster’s board as an accounting authority. The former board's term of office had ended on October 15, ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Postbank Annual Reports 2019-2022: AGSA & Department input; SA Postbank Limited Amendment Bill; with Deputy Minister
15 Nov 2022
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) and the Postbank briefed the Committee in a virtual meeting on the audit outcomes and financial statements of the Postbank following its separation from the South African Post Office. Although the liquidity ratio was satisfactory, concerns were raised around the lack of implementation ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SA Postbank Limited Amendment Bill; ICASA councillor performance management
8 Nov 2022
The Committee met virtually with the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) to receive a prepared statement on the feasibility study that the Committee had requested on the Postbank Amendment Bill, its separation from the Post Office and if the Postbank as a stand-alone entity was viable. The ...