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Communications and Digital Technologies
Urgent meeting to finalise SABC Interim Board Candidates
8 Mar 2017
The Committee on Portfolio Committee on Communications held an urgent meeting to finalise a list of five Candidates to be considered to serve on the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) interim Board. The names were finalised after the National Assembly adopted the report of by the Ad-hoc Committee on the ...
Public Enterprises
Minister of Public Enterprises update on SOE performance
8 Mar 2017
The Minister of Public Enterprises, in her update on the performance and challenges of State Owned Companies (SOCs), spoke about financial stabilities, outputs, and guarantees; financial and operational sustainability; and policy decisions that have an adverse impact on the viability of an SOC operations.
She said Eskom faces uncertainty regarding ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Films and Publications Amendment Bill: proposed amendments arising from hearings
7 Mar 2017
The Department of Communications gave feedback on the deliberations on the Films and Publications Amendment Bill. Amongst other issues, the Department presented on issues around a new tariff structure related to the Bill and the protection of children against harmful content on/offline.
A new tariff structure related to the Bill ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC performance report; SABC Interim Board nominations
28 Feb 2017
An upheaval arose in the meeting as Members sought to receive clarity on how R5.1 billion could be rendered as irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure. Mr James Aguma, Acting Group Chief Executive Officer, went through many attempts to clarify this figure. Many questions were asked by ...
Public Enterprises
Alexkor (Richtersveld) and Safcol land claims challenges: DRDLR briefing; Deputy Minister Rural Development present
22 Feb 2017
The Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform was present at the meeting. The first briefing was given by the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights, who briefly outlined that so far 3.3 million hectares of land had been restored to communities and individuals, and R4.2 billion funding given ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
ICASA Council appointments: recommendations to SubCommittee
21 Feb 2017
The Chairperson as per the agenda reflected on the last subcommittee meeting which took
place in November 2016. Two candidates were finalised for recommendation to the ICASA Council - Ms N Gongxeka and Adv D Qocha. Both of them were noted for having done well during the interviews and proved ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
ICASA Council appointments: recommendations
21 Feb 2017
The Committee noted that upon request of the Minister, the Committee was asked to recommend three candidates for the vacancy of councillor at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). This process took place in accordance with the ICASA Act. A Subcommittee of the Committee conducted interviews in an ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
MDDA, ICASA, FPB, Brand South Africa on Quarter 1 & 2 performance
14 Feb 2017
Four of the entities under the Department of Communications, namely the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA), Brand South Africa (BSA), Films and Publications Board (FPB) and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) presented their first and second quarter performance and expenditure reports for 2016/17.
MDDA addressed some ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
ICASA on its monitoring of SABC regulatory compliance
31 Jan 2017
ICASA gave an overview of its mandate over the SABC, detailed the universal service obligations of the SABC and said that it was ICASA’s job to monitor and enforce compliance. ICASA provided a breakdown of the programming obligations of SABC 1, 2 and 3. A complaint had been lodged in ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Department of Communications & GCIS Quarter 1 & 2 Performance, with the Minister
29 Nov 2016
The Government Communication and Information Systems (GCIS) told the Committee that because of the lack of funding within the Department, it was difficult for it to carry out all its functions and meet its targets. It was able to work only with the money that it was guaranteed to receive, ...