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Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Industry in South Africa status and challenges: DOD, Armscor & South African Defence Industry briefing
6 Nov 2019
The Armaments Corporation of South Africa (ARMSCOR), the Department of Defence (DOD) and the South African Aerospace Maritime and Defence Industries Association (AMD) briefed the Committee on the status and challenges facing the South African defence industry.
ARMSCOR indicated that the challenges were mainly the effect of the Department of ...
Defence
Defence Committee duplication; Military Veterans Act interpretation; DMV Skills Audit progress
31 Oct 2019
Parliament's Constitutional and Legal Services Office confirmed the Committee's concern that the regulatory framework appears to duplicate the powers of the Portfolio Committee on Defence, Select Committee on Defence, and the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD).
The legal advisor explained that Section 228(3)(d) of the Interim Constitution that establishes ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Health benefits & Housing allocation list for military veterans: DMV & DoH briefings; BRRR
23 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
The Department of Military Veterans briefed the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on the accessing of health services by military veterans.
The DMV said that access to healthcare was defined as the ease with which a military veteran was able to ...
Defence
2015 Defence Review: Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefing
17 Oct 2019
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) briefed the Committee on the 2015 Defence Review. It stated that the review was predominantly based on eight principles, the most important being Principle VII which held that the SANDF would be organised into military combat formation, where there would be a clear ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Armscor; Castle Control Board & Military Ombud 2018/19 Annual Report
16 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by Armscor. The Committee heard that during the 2018/19 FY, Armscor had managed and executed contracts to a total value of R11.764 billion for the Department of Defence (DOD): this consisted of R7.442 billion for technology and capital acquisition projects as well as ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Current budget shortfall: DOD & National Treasury briefing; Department of Defence 2018/19 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
15 Oct 2019
Relevant Document: Constitution of South Africa, 1996; Defence Act, 2002; Public Finance Management Act, 1998; Defence Review, 2015
The National Treasury briefed the Committee on the current budget shortfall in the compensation of Department of Defence employees, as well as the funding for the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing on the portfolio; Department of Military Veterans 2018/19 Annual Report
9 Oct 2019
The Committee was briefed by the office of the Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) on the Auditor General’s inputs for the budgetary review and recommendations report on the Department of Defence (DoD) and the Department of Military Veterans (DMV).
The portfolio in 2019/19 comprised four entities, ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DOD and DMV 2019 Quarter1 performance; Report back on Committee recommendations in 2019 budget Report; with Deputy Minister
18 Sep 2019
The Department of Defence (DOD) briefed the Committee on its 2019/20 first quarter report, and the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) provided a progress report on recommendations put forward by the Committee at a previous meeting. Due to the time constraints, the DMV was unable to present its first quarter ...
Defence
South African Air Force & Navy budget and capacity constraints
12 Sep 2019
The focus of this meeting was the continued reduction of the budget of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), which compromises its ability to carry out its constitutional mandate. The South African Air Force and Navy components of the SANDF reported on flying and sea hours and the capacity ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Programmes to deliver services to Military Veterans & their beneficiaries; with Minister
11 Sep 2019
In the presence of the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans and the Deputy Minister of Human Settlements, the Department of Defence and Military Veterans (DMV) and the Department of Human Settlements briefed the Committee on issue of providing housing support to Military Veterans. In her opening remarks, the Minister ...