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Defence
NCACC Quarterly Reports & End User Certificate feedback; with Minister
9 Dec 2021
On a virtual meeting platform, the Joint Standing Committee on Defence received a report from the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) on its second and third quarter performance for 2021/22.
The Committee was told that impediments to exports were creating a backlog of R3.5 billion in orders, especially ...
Defence and Military Veterans
SANDF on Human Resource requirements amid current fiscal constraints and how Force Design and Force structure may need to be adjusted; DoD on Utilisation and plans for Reserves; with Deputy Minister
8 Dec 2021
The Committee convened virtually to be briefed by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on its human resource requirements amid the current fiscal constraints, and how its design and structure may need to be adjusted according to the Minister’s statement that strategically it had now transitioned from being ...
The Joint Standing Committee (JSC) invited both the Department of Defence (DOD) and the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) to brief it on the forensic audit report on the 1 Military Hospital Refurbishment, the upgrading of section headquarter buildings for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Findings on procurement of Heberon medication from Cuba: DoD, SAHPRA & AGSA input; with Deputy Minister
1 Dec 2021
The Committee met on a virtual platform to briefed on the procurement by the Department of Defence of Heberon medication from Cuba during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic last year.
It was told that the Department had ordered 970 895 vials of Heberon between 27 April and ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Alternative funding models for SANDF, mechanisms to contain CoE expenditure, cases of irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure within DOD; BRRR; with Deputy Minister
24 Nov 2021
2021 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Department of Defence (DOD) described its plans to implement an employee-initiated severance package and early retirement option in order to cope with budget cuts, but told the Committee that National Treasury could not support its request for additional funding to ...
Defence
Office of Military Ombud 2020 Annual activity Report & update on investigations conducted
18 Nov 2021
The Office of the Military Ombud made its presentation in a virtual meeting to the Joint Standing Committee on its 2020 annual activity report, and provided an update on the investigations it had conducted during the period under review.
Members of the Committee raised their concern at the lack ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence & Armscor 2020/21 Annual Report; with the Minister
17 Nov 2021
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to received presentations from the Department of Defence (DOD) and Armscor on their annual reports for the 2020/21 financial year.
The Committee expressed its concerns at the reduction in air force flying hours, and how this was having a negative ...
Defence
Minister on implementation of recommendations for DFSC; DFSC 2020 Annual Activity Report and follow up on related matters
11 Nov 2021
The Committee met to be briefed on the status of the implementation of recommendations made by the Defence Force Service Commission. The Committee heard that on the issue of medical support services, there are insufficient numbers of Health Care Practitioners (HCPs) including medical doctors, and not enough female HCPs ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Portfolio Audit Outcomes; DMV & CCB 2020/21 Annual Report; with Minister
10 Nov 2021
The Portfolio Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of the Department of Defence (DOD) portfolio, and considered the 2020/21 annual reports of two of its entities -- the Department of Military Veterans (SMV) and the ...
Defence
SANDF deployment for Local Government Elections 2021
29 Oct 2021
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence considered the 26 October 2021 letter from the President informing Parliament of his decision to deploy 10 000 members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to support the South African Police Services (SAPS) for the establishment of a safe and secure ...