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Defence and Military Veterans
Hydrographic Bill: consideration of written submissions & Department response
12 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans met to consider the written submissions, and formal response by the Department of Defence (DoD) on the Hydrographic Bill.
The Portfolio Committee overall did not have a problem with the presentation except for a few amendments and definitions of the wording.
On ...
Defence
NCACC Annual Reports: 2016 & 2017, with Ministers of Defence & Energy; Deployment resources funding; Mozambique Channel piracy; Department of Military Veterans status
7 Jun 2018
The Committee was briefed by the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) on its outstanding Annual Reports for 2016 and 2017. Ministers MsNosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula and Mr Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe were present at this meeting.
The NCACC reported that it had received a clean Audit for the Financial Year 2016 and ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme
Technical Support Team briefing; Committee Programme
24 May 2018
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme met recently to discuss and adopt the Draft Strategic Plan and Draft Committee Programme documents for the implementation of the terms of reference regarding the review process of the Parmed Act of 1975.
Members agreed they need to ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Committee Reports: Defence & Military Veterans Budget; SANDF troops in DRC
16 May 2018
The Committee considered and adopted two reports: Draft Budget Vote 19 Report: Defence and Military Veterans and Draft Report on 25 - 29 March 2018 visit to SANDF troops stationed in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as outstanding minutes.
Defence and Military Veterans
Office of the Military Ombud 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
10 May 2018
The Office of the Military Ombud briefed the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on its annual performance / corporate plans for 2018/19 financial year and allocated budget to the Office. The Office’s brief focused on the strategic overview, programme and sub-programme plans, and risk management. The Office provided ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Armscor, Castle Control Board 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
9 May 2018
Armscor and the Castle Control Board (CCB) briefed the Committee on their respective annual performance plans for 2018.
Armscor said that it had a mandate to provide services to other organs of state, and currently offered acquisition, research and development (R & D) and quality assurance services to other countries ...
Public Enterprises
Alexkor Annual Report 2016/17 & Alexkor & SAFCOL 2018/19 Performance Plan
9 May 2018
Annual Reports 2016/17
The 2016/17 was a good year for Alexkor. The company produced a record-breaking 162 000 diamond carats with a 112 000 carats produced from deep-sea mining with a total revenue of R758 million. Alexkor made a profit of R6 million compared to a loss of R35 million in ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan & Quarter 4 performance
9 May 2018
The Department of Defence briefed the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on its 2018 Annual Performance Plan and 2018/19 budgetary allocation. The brief focussed on aims, strategic overview, programme and sub-programme plans and links to other plans. The Department gave an update on the 2018 situational analysis. In ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Meeting with Royal Defence College, UK
8 May 2018
The Committee met with a delegation visiting from the Royal Defence College in the UK. The delegation provided Members with information on the background of the college. The students were brought over to learn about South Africa, Southern Africa and the whole region in terms of security, economy, development stability ...
Defence
Committee Business: Letters from the President; Second Term Committee Programme
3 May 2018
The Committee considered the letters from the President dated 26 March and April 2018. The Committee adopted the letters; however, the DA objected due to the delay in the receipt of the letters because Members were not granted sufficient time to follow up on the issues outlined on the letters. ...