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Communications and Digital Technologies
State of Community Media: National Association of Broadcasters, Association of Independent Publishers, SA Communications Forum & National Community Radio Forum comment
22 Sep 2015
Four organisations involved in broadcasting and publishing provided the Committee with their views on the state of community media in South Africa.
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) said it had taken 20 years to grow television audiences from 19 million in 1994, to 33 million in 2014. The report ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour Audit Report on Cape Town building lease; Universities/CCMA MOA on Labour Dispute Resolution Standards
9 Sep 2015
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) reported back on the history and process of the lease arrangements for the Cape Town office, which had been previously queried by the Committee. It had awarded a tender bid to Potlako Properties on 7 January 2013. Potlako subsequently changed its ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Portfolio Committee on Communications Annual Performance Plan evaluation
8 Sep 2015
The evaluation of the Portfolio Committee on Communications’ Annual Performance Plan for 2014/15 – 2015/16 was presented by the content advisor. He dealt with only the first part of the evaluation document without going into the specifics of the four programmes, strategic objectives and indicators.
Many members were absent from ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Legislation passed in Fourth Parliament: National Minimum Wage: workshop
2 Sep 2015
•The workshop on labour law changes made during the Fourth Parliament brought the Committee up-to-speed on what had been achieved:
• The Labour Relations Amendment Act of 2014 amended provisions dealing with collective rights, picketing rules, Essential Services Committee, minimum services, appointment of an administrator, Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Communications Portfolio Committee Oversight Report
1 Sep 2015
While much of the draft documents were reflective of the observations made during the oversight visits, Members could not agree on the validity of the request made by SABC board member, Krish Naidoo, to institute legal action against the board regarding the illegal dismissal of three members. There were also ...
Employment and Labour
Mitchells Plan & Nyanga Labour Centres: Department of Labour response to Committee recommendations
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Labour had been requested to make a response to the findings of the Committee on various labour centres, but rather than confining itself to a report only on the Mitchells Plain and Nyanga Labour Centres, the Department described the problems overall, what had been done to address ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Department of Communications, SABC, ICASA, FPB, MDDA, Brand SA 1st, 2nd, 3rd Quarter 2014/15 performance
17 Aug 2015
The Minister gave her assessment of the performance of the entities of the Department over the first three quarters of the 2014/15 before handing over to the Department and entities themselves to give an account of their performance. She noted that in October 2014, the SABC issued a Request For ...
Employment and Labour
UIF Labour Activation Programme: Department of Labour briefing
12 Aug 2015
The Department of Labour (DoL) briefed the Committee on the Labour Activation Programme of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), introduced by government to mitigate the impact of unemployment and poverty. The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) had identified the opportunity to participate in the labour market programme as supported by Section ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Broadcasting Digital Migration state of readiness: Minister of Communications, Sentech, USAASA & SA Post Office
11 Aug 2015
The Portfolio Committees on Telecommunications and Postal Services, and Communications and the Select Committee on Communications and Public Enterprises had a joint briefing from the Minister of Communications, Sentech, Universal Service Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) and the South African Post Office (SAPO) on the state of readiness for ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Minister of Communications on SABC Memorandum of Incorporation & removal of SABC board members
23 Jun 2015
The Committee met with the Minister of Communications to hear the Minister’s response to the parliamentary legal opinion that the procedure followed to remove three SABC board members had been illegal. Minister Muthambi spoke to the separation of powers and the functions and duties of the legislature, executive and judiciary, ...