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Public Enterprises
Department of Public Enterprises on its 2015/16 Annual Report
12 Oct 2016
The Committee met to be briefed by the Department of Public Enterprises on the Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2015/16 financial year.
The Department reported that the shifting of the macroeconomic environment made the operational environment even tougher for the SOCs. Economic growth has struggled to ...
Social Development
Department of Social Development & NDA on their 2015/16 Annual Reports with AGSA / FFC input & Minister present
12 Oct 2016
National Development Agency Annual Report
Department of Social Development Annual Report
The National Development Agency (NDA) received an unqualified opinion with findings. The financial statements submitted by NDA were not prepared in accordance with the prescribed financial reporting framework. This is due to inadequate monitoring and review of the preparation of ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Department of Communications & GCIS 2015/16 Annual Reports with Auditor General input & Minister
11 Oct 2016
Department of Communications Annual Report
The Committee met with officials from the Auditor General South Africa and the Minister of Communications to discuss the performance of the Department and some of its entities for the 2015/16 financial year. Presentations were made by AGSA, Department of Communications and Government Communications and Information ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC Board on Public Protector Report; SCA ruling; appointment of former COO; implications of court & ICASA rulings; Broadcasting Act compliance
5 Oct 2016
The Committee called a meeting to discuss urgent issues about the Public Protector Report: When Governance and Ethics Fail which dealt with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Board. The SABC Board gave a briefing to the Committee on five matters the Committee had requested it to elaborate on. According ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Films and Publications Amendment Bill [B37-2015]: critical inputs from public hearings
21 Sep 2016
The Committee met to consider critical stakeholder inputs from Parliamentary public hearings into the Films and Publications Amendment Bill, which were presented by the Department of Communications (DOC).
Major issues highlighted by the SA Communications Forum (SACF) included a proposal to substitute the terminology “child pornography” with “child sex abuse ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Films and Publications Amendment Bill [B37-2015]: Departmental response to public submissions
20 Sep 2016
The Portfolio Committee was intending to discuss the responses of the Department of Communications (the Department) and the Film and Publication Board to the submissions made during the public hearings on the Films and Publications Amendment Bill (the Bill). However, the Department had not managed to circulate that document in ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Broadcasting Digital Migration: update by Ministers Muthambi & Cwele, SAPO, Sentech, USAASA
15 Sep 2016
Both Ministers of Communications and Telecommunications and Postal Services, the South African Post Office (SAPO), Sentech and Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) were present to provide a progress report on Broadcasting Digital Migration.
Minister of Communications, Faith Muthambi, said that with the split of the two ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Constitutional Court minority judgment & review of Act
14 Sep 2016
A Member who partakes in a disturbance in the precincts while Parliament or House or a Committee is meeting, can not be arrested or removed from the precincts.
This what the Ad Hoc Committee heard when it was briefed by Parliamentary Legal Advisers on the implications of the majority and ...
Public Enterprises
Transnet on its 2015/16 Annual Report
14 Sep 2016
Transnet briefed the Committee on its annual report and financial statements for 2015/16 financial year. Revenue had increased by 1.7%, to R62.2 billion for the year, driven by a 4.2% increase in rail containers’ and automotive volumes as a result of concerted efforts to shift rail-friendly cargo ...
Public Enterprises
Denel Asia: Denel Board, National Treasury & Department of Public Enterprises briefing
7 Sep 2016
The presentation by Denel on the circumstances surrounding the establishment of Denel Asia in a joint venture with VR Laser was delayed by a stormy debate triggered by the absence of three major role-players in the controversial deal. Opposition Members said the fact that the Ministers of Finance and Public ...