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Defence and Military Veterans
Military Veterans, Armscor & Castle Control Board BRRR
17 Oct 2018
Military Veterans, Armscor & Castle Control Board BRRR available at Budget Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee gave recommendations about Armscor and the Castle Control Board and these were included. They them adopted their Budget Review and Recommendations Reports for the Department of Military Veterans and for Armscor and the Castle ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans 2017/18 Annual Report
11 Oct 2018
The Department of Defense and Military veterans presented its annual report for the 2017/18 financial year to the committee. The overall performance of the branches of the Department was outlined with specific attention being drawn to areas of concern and areas that require intervention including the quality ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Armscor & Castle Control Board 2017/18 Annual Reports; Defence and Military Veterans audit outcomes: AGSA briefing
10 Oct 2018
Report of the meeting to follow.
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
SA Reserve Force Council on its mandate, capacity, challenges and action plans; DRC Report adoption
7 Sep 2018
The meeting was briefed on the mandate, capacity, challenges and action plans of the Reserve Force Council (RFC) which had been created in 1992 as the part-time force council (PTFC) by officers commanding the reserves of the South African Defence Force (SADF) to represent them during the transition to democracy. In ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Hydrographic Bill: briefing; Defence Amendment Bill: postponed
16 Aug 2018
The Department of Defence (DOD) told the Committee that the Hydrographic Bill was based on the premise that even though the current South African Navy hydrographer offered hydrographic services, the office was not well recognised and there was no specific government authorisation for it. The Defence Review of 2014 had ...
Defence
Defence Force Service Commission: DOD responses to recommendations; DRC Report
8 Jun 2018
The Department of Defence briefed the Joint Standing Committee on Defence on its performance for the 2017/18 financial year; and the South African national Defence Force (SANDF) briefed the Committee about the recommendations of the Interim Defence Force Service Commission.
The Department reported it has approved increased access to healthcare ...
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 ...
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 ...