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Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Parliament of Republic of South Africa vs Hon F Shivambu and 19 others
20 Oct 2014
Three witnesses testified before the Committee: the Head of ICT in Parliament, the Sergeant at Arms and the Deputy Chief Whip of the majority party. The Chief Whip of the Opposition Party was supposed to testify but she was attending the funeral of the late MP Mr Watson. Further witnesses ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Castle Control Board & Armscor on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
16 Oct 2014
The Castle Control Board (CCB) presented its 2013/14 Annual Report and Financial Statements to the Committee. The presentation focused on the overview of overall expenditure for the financial year 2013/14, outlined the programme performance, indicated that certain programmes required more funding, and set out the challenges that impacted on the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Analyses of 2013/14 Annual Reports of Department of Defence, Armscor, Castle Control Board
15 Oct 2014
Parliamentary Researchers briefed the Portfolio Committee on their analysis of the Department of Defence, Armscor and Castle Control Board performance and expenditure reports over the past five years. The researchers identified concerns that the Committee should raise during its next meeting with these entities.
The Chairperson commented that some issues ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Audit Outcomes on Defence Portfolio: AGSA briefing; Third Term Committee Programme
14 Oct 2014
The Committee met to discuss and adopt the Committee's third term programme, and was briefed by the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on audit outcomes of the Department of Defence and Military Veterans for the 2013/2014 financial year.
The Chairperson and the Committee went through the detailed programme, with ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Amendment Bill: finalisation and adoption of Committee Report
17 Sep 2014
The Committee met briefly to consider and adopt its report on the Defence Amendment Bill. The Bill was introduced in the Fourth Parliament but later revived in the Fifth Parliament for consideration. The legislative proposal sought to amend the Defence Act (No 42-2002) in order for Parliament to receive defence procurement ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence & Military Veterans 1st Quarter 2014 Performance
10 Sep 2014
In detailing the purpose of the Defence and Military Veterans Portfolio Committee to a visiting delegation, a committee members noted that the new Defence Review proposes that the defence committee meets behind closed doors like the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence.
The Department of Defence presented its Administration Programme overview, ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Matters arising from last meeting on composition of Committee, Parliamentary Legal Adviser's briefing, Nomination of Initiator
4 Sep 2014
The Chairperson clarified the membership of the Committee, and the presence of some alternate Members. The Committee spent considerable time debating whether a letter addressed to the EFF by the Speaker could be discussed as an additional agenda item, and it was eventually decided to deal with it under “Matters ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Amendment Bill: briefing by Mr D Maynier & response from Department and Parliamentary Legal Advisor; Department briefing on current policy and legislative environment
27 Aug 2014
The presentation on the Defence Amendment Bill [PMB 8 - 2013] covered the reasons and background to the Amendment Bill, projects that were a cause for concern, the proposed changes, the various amendments that were to be proposed as well as the way in which the potential Bill would empower ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Committee Report on Defence and Military Veterans 2014 Budget
10 Jul 2014
The Committee met to vote on the Budget vote 22 for the Department of Defence and Military Veterans.
At the outset, a Member said that one of the recommendations was incoherent, in that it said that the Department of Defence was under-funded, but that the Committee supported the budget. If ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Deputy Minister & Department of Military Veterans on its 2014 Strategic Plan
3 Jul 2014
The Deputy Minister of Defence was asked to explain recent media reports involving contempt of court, and explained that this had arisen from an action brought by the Military Skills Development System recruits, who attempted to gain permanent employment when advising that their contracts would not be reviewed. A judgment, ...