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Turn-around strategy: Department of Military Veterans briefing, with Minister
11 Nov 2016
The Department of Military Veterans briefed the Committee on its turnaround strategy in the presence of the Minister. The Department highlighted that the terms of reference for the Turnaround Strategic Initiative would focus on procurement and the Department aimed at putting in place a fair and transparent procurement system to ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Housing benefits to military veterans: Provincial Departments of Human Settlements progress reports
9 Nov 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) and provincial Departments of Human Settlements -- Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and North West -- on the status, progress and challenges being encountered in delivering housing benefits to military veterans.
The DMV had transferred a total of ...
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee briefed the Committee on its 2015/16 Annual Reports and First and Second Quarterly Reports for 2016/17. The annual report was reported on in full whereas the 2016 quarterly reports were included in the presentation individually. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee noted that the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military veterans benefits: Department of Military Veterans status report
2 Nov 2016
The Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefed the Committee on the implementation of memorandums of understanding (MOUs) and service level agreements (SLAs), and the challenges that impeded service delivery to military veterans. The Committee was updated on the progress on the implementation of the MOUs and SLAs between the ...
Defence
SANDF transformation: DOD briefing; President’s letter on SANDF deployment
28 Oct 2016
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Defence (DOD) on transformation within the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
Major-General Olga Nodola, Chief Director: Transformation Management, South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said that transformation within the military went beyond gender, race, and disability, but also included transformation ...
Defence and Military Veterans
SANDF Procurement processes: Chief Logistics briefing
26 Oct 2016
The Committee invited the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to clarify areas of concern on procurement processes that had caused a delay in meeting targets, which had been picked up during its oversight visit of 19 to 23 September, 2016. It had specifically requested an update on 1 Military ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans on its 2015/16 Annual Report
18 Oct 2016
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) reported having underspent by R284million for 2015/16. The key challenges the DMV faced were mainly related to the paying of invoices, the increase of recipients for education support, invoices not being systematically submitted for health and wellness support, issues with the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Armscor and Castle Control Board on their 2015/16 Annual Reports
12 Oct 2016
Castle Control Board Annual Report
Armscor told the Portfolio Committee that in terms of its strategic context under the new board, it believed that it was becoming irrelevant and unsustainable, particularly in respect of delivering in time and on time. The funding shortfall in the South African National Defence Force ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence & Military Veterans, Armscor & Castle Control audit outcomes: Auditor-General briefing
11 Oct 2016
The Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2015/2016 audit outcomes of the: Department of Defence (DoD), Department of Military Veterans (DMV), Armscor and the Castle Control Board (CCB). There was a general improvement in the outcomes, ash the CCB and Armscor received a clean audit, the ...
Defence
Defence Force Service Commission; Military Ombud; Department of Defence on MSDS Intake
9 Sep 2016
Relevant documents:
Media statement on statistics of case released by Military Ombud Lt Gen (Ret) Temba Matanzima
Annexure
The Defence Force Service Commission reported that the main challenge was lack of funding in relation to the Defence Review, as well as the limited power of the Commission.
The essence of ...