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Telecommunications and Postal Services
Costs of telecommunications: Department of Telecommunications, ICASA Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, Telkom & Neotel briefings
7 Nov 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services met for a briefing by the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS), Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, Telkom and Neotel, on the cost of telecommunications in South Africa. MInutes of meetings of previous meetings were ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Postal services & postal strike: South African Post Office & Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services briefing
31 Oct 2014
The Committee had requested a full briefing from the South African Post Office (SAPO) and Minister on the current situation in SAPO, in view of the ongoing strike action and the various issues raised in the media, and the Chairperson made it clear, from the outset, that this was a ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Committee Strategic Planning; Media Development and Diversity Agency Board Vacancy: discussion; Budget Review and Recommendations Report: deferred
28 Oct 2014
The Chairperson proposed an adjustment to the agenda of the meeting to: adoption of minutes; adoption of the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report 2012/2013 (BRRR); discussions on the Committee Strategic Planning 2014 – 2019 and Annual Performance Plan 2014 – 2015; and then discussions on the Media Development and Diversity ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Recommendations of ICT policy review panel: Departmental briefing; Telecommunications Budget Review and Recommendations Report
24 Oct 2014
The Committee received an update on the ICT policy review project by the delegation from the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services. The policy review was to separate the frameworks which had guided the sector since 1994. Much had been changed more especially in the ICT sector as it was ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Department Telecommunications and Postal Services, Sentech, ZADNA, NEMISA, Broadband Infraco, SITA on 2013/14 Annual Reports, in presence of Deputy Minister
21 Oct 2014
The Chairperson noted that South African Post Office had not submitted its Annual Report and this would be taken up with the Minister. The Accounting Officer of the Universal Services and Access Agency were not available to present the report.
Deputy Minister, Professor Hlengiwe Mkhize attended the meeting and gave ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Proclamation & establishment of new Department of Telecommunications & Postal Services: Departmental briefings; Audit Outcomes: AGSA briefing
17 Oct 2014
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) firstly briefed the Committee on the general audit outcomes of the former Department of Communications (DoC), which had recently been split and a new Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS), had taken over some functions. The mandate of AGSA and the purpose of this ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Inquiry into SABC Board Chairperson alleged misrepresentation of academic qualifications to Parliament
14 Oct 2014
The inquiry was about the misrepresentation of academic qualifications from UNISA by SABC Board Chairperson, Ms Zandile Ellen Tshabalala, when she was nominated for the SABC Board. She was also being charged for lying to a commissioner of oaths. Her legal representative insisted that he was not ready to proceed ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC & MDDA on their 3rd Quarter Performance, with Minister
16 Sep 2014
The SABC’s third quarter performance report showed that it had succeeded in achieving good results in some areas. Total revenue was R2.1 billion -- R143 million higher than the budget. Total expenditure was R1.69 billion -- R153 million above the budget. The surplus was R371 million, which was R26 million ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Government and telecommunication companies on broadband connectivity for schools
12 Sep 2014
The Joint Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services and the Department of Basic Education met to discuss the issue of Broadband connectivity in schools using Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and the role which it could play in the educational and socio-economic development of society. The purpose of delivering Broadband ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Film & Publications Board briefing, request to House to conduct inquiry into SABC board Chairperson, in presence of Deputy Minister
9 Sep 2014
The Film and Publications Board (FPB) explained its mission, vision and values to the Committee, noting that it was first constituted as the Censor Board to censor undesirable content, but from 1994 was transformed into the FPB under the Department of Home Affairs, with a shift in its focus from ...