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Defence and Military Veterans
Committee reports and programme
4 May 2021
The Committee considered and adopted draft reports and plans for the portfolio, and commended the researcher and content advisor on the excellent manner in which they had been presented.
It also accepted the draft programme for the second term, with a proviso that should anything arise that ...
Defence
President Letters: SANDF Deployment in DRC and Mozambique Channel
18 Mar 2021
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence 18 March 2021
The SANDF Chief of Operations briefed the Joint Standing Committee on Defence that the SANDF deployment of 957 members and related equipment in the DRC has been extended by President Minute no 64/2020 from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Measures to detect and prevent financial irregularities: DoD & DMV Audit Committees and Internal Audits
17 Mar 2021
The Committee met virtually for a briefing from the audit committees and internal audit units of the Department of Defence (DoD) and the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) on measures to detect and prevent financial irregularities.
The Committee was presented with details of the progress achieved in the investigation of ...
Defence
Follow-up meeting with NDIC, AMD, NCAAC, Armscor & DENEL on progress and challenges
11 Mar 2021
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence, 11 March 2021
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence received briefings on a virtual platform from the National Defence Industry Council, Armscor and Denel to report on their progress and challenges. Their presentations highlighted that the struggles of the defence industry as a consequence ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DMV on: 2020/21 Quarter 2 & 3 performance & finalisation of National Military Veterans database; Follow-up with DMV Appeal Board on its functioning; with Deputy Minister
10 Mar 2021
21 Oct 2020 |
The Committee met virtually for a briefing by the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) on its performance during the second and third quarters of the current ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DoD 2020/21 Quarter 2 & 3 performance & update on irregular expenditure and consequence management; Maintenance capability at Armscor Dockyard
3 Mar 2021
The Committee met virtually for a briefing by the Department of Defence (DOD) on its performance in the second and third quarters for the 2020/21 financial year. It also received an update on irregular expenditure and a briefing by Armscor on progress regarding the re-establishment of a maintenance capability at ...
Defence
Joint Oversight Report to select Gauteng military bases & landline border; Report on engagement with SA Defence Industry role players
25 Feb 2021
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence, 25 February 2021
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) met on a virtual platform to consider the consolidated report on its recent engagements with South African defence industry role players, and to approve the report on an oversight visit to selected military bases ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Follow-up: Procurement of Heberon by DoD
24 Feb 2021
17 Feb 2021: Procurement of Heberon by DoD: SAHPRA & DoD briefing; with Minister
The Committee continued its enquiry into the unauthorised importation of the drug interferon from Cuba by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), with further input from the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), the South African ...
Defence
SANDF Deployment; with Minister
18 Feb 2021
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence, 18 February 2021
The Joint standing Committee on Defence met to be briefed on the National Conventional Arms Control Committee’s (NCACC’s) third quarterly report for 2020/21, as well as to consider the letter from the President of 3 February concerning the deployment of South ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Procurement of Heberon by DoD: SAHPRA & DoD briefing; with Minister
17 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans, 17 February 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Committee raised its concerns on how the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) had procured Heberon (Recombinant Human Interferon alpha-2b), and how it was imported into the country without proper registration and clearance from ...