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Defence
Defence Force Service Commission on its mandate, challenges & achievements
20 Feb 2020
The Defence Service Commission presented its mandate, challenges and achievements to the Committee. Its mandate is to make recommendations on a number of matters for the Department and the Minister. Some of those matters include, annual improvement of salaries and service benefits for members of the SA National Defence Force, ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence Audit Action Implementation Plan: AG feedback on progress; Military Discipline Bill: response to public submissions
19 Feb 2020
The office of the Auditor-General provided feedback on the Department of Defence’s Audit Action plans and the progress of implementation. The SANDF representatives were also present to discuss and comment on the Military Discipline Bill.
The office of the Auditor-General highlighted from the status of records review, which was conducted ...
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
Draft bill amending section 25 of the Constitution: briefing
3 Dec 2019
Parliament: Section 25 process
RSA Constitution
AgriSA Press Statement
Rules of Parliament
The Ad Hoc Committee met for a briefing by the Parliamentary Legal Services on the wording of the Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill. The Committee also discussed a request to adjust the timing of the call for public ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing on the portfolio; Department of Military Veterans 2018/19 Annual Report
9 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the office of the Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) on the Auditor General’s inputs for the budgetary review and recommendations report on the Department of Defence (DoD) and the Department of Military Veterans (DMV).
The portfolio in 2019/19 comprised four entities, ...
Rules of the National Assembly
NA rules for removal of Chapter 9 office-bearers; Proposed Amendments: Members’ Statements & Motions without Notice
20 Sep 2019
Rules for Removal of Office-Bearers
The Subcommittee on Rules of the National Assembly met to discuss three items referred to it by the Rules Committee.
The Subcommittee found itself in a similar situation to that encountered in the Fifth ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DOD and DMV 2019 Quarter1 performance; Report back on Committee recommendations in 2019 budget Report; with Deputy Minister
18 Sep 2019
The Department of Defence (DOD) briefed the Committee on its 2019/20 first quarter report, and the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) provided a progress report on recommendations put forward by the Committee at a previous meeting. Due to the time constraints, the DMV was unable to present its first quarter ...
Defence
South African Air Force & Navy budget and capacity constraints
12 Sep 2019
The focus of this meeting was the continued reduction of the budget of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), which compromises its ability to carry out its constitutional mandate. The South African Air Force and Navy components of the SANDF reported on flying and sea hours and the capacity ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Programmes to deliver services to Military Veterans & their beneficiaries; with Minister
11 Sep 2019
In the presence of the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans and the Deputy Minister of Human Settlements, the Department of Defence and Military Veterans (DMV) and the Department of Human Settlements briefed the Committee on issue of providing housing support to Military Veterans. In her opening remarks, the Minister ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Introductory briefings by Military Ombud, Defence Force Service Commission & Reserve Force Council; AGSA Training; with Minister & Deputy
21 Aug 2019
The focus of the meeting was the introduction of the South African Military Ombud, the Defence Force Service Commission, the Reserve Force Council and the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA).
The SA Military Ombud, the Defence Force Service Commission and the Reserve Force gave introductory briefings on their mandates ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Civil-military relations in South Africa; with Minister
20 Aug 2019
The colloquium on civil-military relations (CMR) in South Africa was characterised by robust engagements from an academic, Parliamentary, executive, Departmental and military perspective.
The Chairperson’s opening overview described CMR as a contemporary and important issue that was related to a complex web of inter-relationships, established norms and practices between the ...