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Defence
Defence Ombud status report; Military Bases state of security; Military Base Heist report
3 Nov 2017
The Defence Ombud opened the agenda of the day with a presentation on its operational independence, progress made, action plan and challenges. The main issue highlighted was the financial and institutional independence of the Office. Other issues discussed, including staffing deficiencies and reporting failures, were directly linked to the Office’s ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military Veterans database & call centre progress report; 2016 BRRR implementation
25 Oct 2017
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) briefed the Committee on progress with the modernisation and implementation of the Department’s integrated database management system, and the migration of its call centre.
The DMV said it was concerned at the slow progress being made in modernising the database. There were challenges in ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department on Defence backlog; South African Military Veterans Association (SANMVA) briefing
18 Oct 2017
The Department on Defence briefed the Committee on matters relating to its backlog and a status update on the review and completion of certain policies and possible tabling of legislation. The first presentation documented the military court cases received and finalised from 1 April 2017 to 30 September 2017; the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
12 Oct 2017
The Committee met to consider the Defence and Military Veterans Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR).
The DA made comments about the role and capacity of Denel, and its relation to the Department of Defence (DoD) and Armscor; and intellectual property. The opinion was that either the Defence Act had ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Armscor & Castle Control Board 2016/17 Annual Report
11 Oct 2017
Armscor presented its 2016/17 Annual Report to the Committee where the presentation touched on financial performance, fiscal reduction, strategic turnaround and performance functions. The Committee was also informed of programmes pursued, research and development, test and evaluation facilities and a brief overview of the Dockyard. The presentation ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans 2016/17 Annual Report
10 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Military Veterans on the 2016/17 Annual Performance Report.
The unqualified audit with findings was a milestone as the audited outcomes largely said that the Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa had confidence on what the Department had ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DoD, DMV, Armscor, Castle Control Board, Office of the Military Ombud 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor General input
5 Oct 2017
The AGSA said that the audit of the Department of Defence (DOD) and the Special Defence Account (SDA) was outstanding because there was a significant matter that had not been resolved with regard to whether the SDA was a separate legal entity, and whether the financial transactions needed to be ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Public Protector Report: referred to Joint Defence Committee; Study Tour
6 Sep 2017
The Committee met to discuss the Public Protector’s Report about a violation of the Executive Ethics Code by the former and current Minister of Defence and Military Veterans; however Members agreed that the report should be discussed at the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, which is scheduled to meet the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans Quarter 1 Performance
23 Aug 2017
The Committee dealt with several internal issues, such as changes to its future programme, the adoption of minutes, and its reports on the Military Hospital and the Silvermine Naval Base. The Silvermine report elicited concern over security at the base, following a further break-in since the Committee’s oversight visit, and ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Rolling Out Broadband Connectivity: DTPS, Communications & National Treasury feedback on plan of action
18 Aug 2017
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) and the Department of Communications (DOC) were invited to brief the Committee on progress with South Africa’s broadband connectivity programme. However, prior to presentation, the Chairperson asked whether there would a joint or separate presentation, and the DOC said its inputs were ...