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Defence Joint Committee Legacy Report; Sector analysis
23 Aug 2019
Members were briefed on the activities undertaken by the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) during the 5th Parliament, and were given an analysis of the defence sector. Following the presentations, there were few questions from Members, and discussion was largely given over to the scheduling of future JSCD meetings ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Introductory briefings by Military Ombud, Defence Force Service Commission & Reserve Force Council; AGSA Training; with Minister & Deputy
21 Aug 2019
The focus of the meeting was the introduction of the South African Military Ombud, the Defence Force Service Commission, the Reserve Force Council and the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA).
The SA Military Ombud, the Defence Force Service Commission and the Reserve Force gave introductory briefings on their mandates ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Civil-military relations in South Africa; with Minister
20 Aug 2019
The colloquium on civil-military relations (CMR) in South Africa was characterised by robust engagements from an academic, Parliamentary, executive, Departmental and military perspective.
The Chairperson’s opening overview described CMR as a contemporary and important issue that was related to a complex web of inter-relationships, established norms and practices between the ...
Defence
Election of Co-Chairpersons; Deployment of SANDF members to Western Cape
25 Jul 2019
Members elected Mr C Xaba (ANC) and Mr N Nchabeleng (ANC; Limpopo) as the Co-Chairpersons of the Joint Committee from the National Assembly and NCOP components respectively.
The Committee received and considered the letter from the President through the Speaker on the employment of members of the South African National ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence and Military Veterans Budget: Committee Report
10 Jul 2019
The Portfolio Committee considered its report on the 2019/20 annual performance plan and budget allocations of the Department of Defence (DOD) and the Department of Military Veterans.
The committee support staff presented the draft report to the Committee and Members focused their comments on the observations and recommendations sections.
Members ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence & Military Veterans, Armscor & Castle Control Board 2019/20 Annual Performance Plans, with Minister & Deputy Minister
3 Jul 2019
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) presented an overview of how the Department functioned and their plans for the financial year. The key policy considerations that the Department was going to focus on included amending the Military Veterans Act, reconfiguring the structure of the Department in order to align it ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Election of Chairperson
2 Jul 2019
The Committee met to elect its Chairperson. Mr V Xaba (ANC) was nominated unopposed as Chairperson of the Committee, he accepted the nomination and declared as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans.
The newly elected Chairperson alerted Committee Members that the Committee was expected to hit ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans Q3 performance
13 Mar 2019
The Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefed the Committee on its 3rd Quarter expenditure and performance report. The targeted spend as at 31 December 2018 was R470.3 million but only R322.3 million (69%) was spent. The Cost of Employment (CoE) was 1% over budget due to imbalances on the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence Quarter 3 performance
6 Mar 2019
The Department of Defence met with the Portfolio Committee to present the performance and expenditure report for the third quarter of the 2018/19 financial year. It highlighted key performance indicators and gave a strategic overview of the progress thus far, based on the Defence Review of 2015.
Because of budget ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Election of Acting Chairperson
27 Feb 2019
The Committee elected Mr D Gamede (ANC) as the acting chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans until the end of the term.