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Defence
Repair and Maintenance Programme at 1 Military Hospital: Department of Defence & Military Veterans briefing; with Deputy Minister
2 Sep 2021
The Committee met to discuss the challenges the Department of Defence faced with the repair and maintenance project (RAMP) at the 1 Military Hospital. In a virtual meeting, it also discussed allegations of corruption levelled against the former Minister of Defence and the former Secretary of Defence.
The Department ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Progress of Presidential Task Team on Military Veterans; DMV response to matters raised in AGSA Report on status of records review; with Deputy Minister
1 Sep 2021
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to consider the progress of the Presidential task team on military veterans, and raised its concern at the slow pace of the projects to support the veterans and their dependents, especially those involving health care and educational benefits. On a positive note, however, ...
Defence
National Conventional Arms Control Committee on 2020 Quarter 1 Report; with Minister
26 Aug 2021
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence met on a virtual platform to consider the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) Quarter 1 report. The NCACC indicated in its Quarter 1 report for 2021 that it had contracted with 28 countries and the total value of those authorised contracts came ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Investigations into procurement of Heberon medication from Cuba by DOD: input from Ministerial Task Team, SAHPRA & AGSA; DOD Inspector General & Military Police on all cases of financial misconduct; with Minister
25 Aug 2021
Video
Document handed out: Defence, Looking at the Status of Corruption & Fraud Cases in the DoD [confidential]
The Committee met virtually for a presentation by the Department of Defence (DOD), the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), and the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), on the procurement of Heberon medication ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DOD & DMV on 2020/21 Quarter 4 Performance & implementation of recommendations in Committee Budget Reports; with Deputy Minister
18 Aug 2021
The Committee met virtually for a briefing by the Department of Defence (DOD) and the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) on their past performance, and the implementation of ...
Defence
SANDF deployment to Mozambique, with Minister & Deputy Minister
5 Aug 2021
Letter from the President
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence met on a virtual platform for a briefing by the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans and the Chief of Joint Operations. The meeting was requested for the Committee to receive a presentation of the letter from the President ...
Defence
Committee Report on oversight visit to review Operation Prosper military deployment
30 Jul 2021
The Committee considered and adopted the Committee Report on oversight visit to review Operation Prosper military deployment in Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) and Gauteng, from 20 July to 21 July 2021.
The Committee noted the extensive damage to critical infrastructure such as shopping malls and the N3 ...
Police
Establishment of joint committee to probe July 2021 Violence: with Ministers (Police & Defence) + Deputy Ministers (Police & Justice)
30 Jul 2021
A joint meeting of the Portfolio Committees on Police, Defence, Justice and Correctional Services, the Select Committee on Security and Justice and the Joint Standing Committees on Defence and on Intelligence was held on a virtual platform and chaired by the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police. ...
Defence
SANDF deployment to prevent & combat crime; Update on security situation in the country; with Minister
18 Jul 2021
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence, 18 July 2021
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence met on a virtual platform for a briefing by the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, the Chief of the National Defence Force and the Chief of Joint Operations, on the
South African National Defence ...
Defence
Security situation in the country and related matters, with Minister and Deputy Minister
14 Jul 2021
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence, 14 July 2021
In a virtual meeting, and after several days of unrest and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the Committee met with the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and the Defence Ministry to receive an update on the security situation in the ...