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Telecommunications and Postal Services
IKAMVA Bill: deliberations, with Deputy Minister
21 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services met to deliberate on the IKamva National Bill. The discussion mainly centred on the definitions, the number of members required on the board, disqualification of politicians and public officials from the board, and the role of the Department in relation to the ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SA Connect progress; USAASA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
22 May 2018
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) updated Members on the progress made on SA Connect, and confirmed that it was working together with state-owned entities, Broadband Infraco (BBI) and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) to rollout SA Connect. The Committee was informed of the scope of Phase ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Ikamva National E-Skills Institute Bill: briefing with Minister
15 May 2018
The Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services said the IKAMVA National E-Skills Institute (iNeSI) Bill sought to integrate the Department’s three e-skills development-related components -- the National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (Nemisa), the e-Skills Institute (e-Si) and the Institute for Space and Software Applications (ISSA). The Bill was ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
Telecommunications and Postal Services Budget: Committee Report, with Deputy Minister
8 May 2018
The Committee decided not to adopt its budget vote report after discussion during the meeting revealed that there were discrepancies and confusion in respect of some of the figures, and these needed to be corrected. It also told the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa Universal Service and ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
ICT SMME Development Strategy implementation; Cost to Communicate update, with Minister and Deputy Minister
13 Mar 2018
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services briefed the Portfolio Committee on the cost to communicate and the implementation of the ICT SMME Development Strategy. The briefing was the result of the strategy meeting held the previous year.
The high concentration of the broadband market, as well as the vertically ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
USAASA briefing; with Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2018
The Deputy Minister of Posts and Telecommunications said that there were challenges in the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) that the ministry was trying to address. The ministry recommended courses of action to the board, but if nothing happened then interventions were necessary. People had to ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
SA Connect: Department progress report, with Deputy Minister
13 Jun 2017
The Department gave a progress report on the implementation of the strategic pillars of the SA Connect program. The Department had changed how it viewed Broadband, it was now following the worldwide trend to look at it from the point of view of what impact broadband had and what SA’s ...
Telecommunications and Postal Services
TVET Colleges Certification challenges: SITA briefing, with Deputy Minister
30 May 2017
The Committee was briefed by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) on challenges around Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College Certification. SITA said it had been working on the matter for over six months and had appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training in December ...
Small Business Development
Department of Small Business Development, SEFA and SEDA Annual Performance Plan
3 May 2017
The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) presented its 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan. The Department has been undergoing a structural organisational change as a result of the DPME and National Treasury’s proposal to change its strategic approach to its mandate. This triggered a new structure which will now focus on ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services on its Annual Performance Plan
3 May 2017
The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) presented the 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan the Department to the Select Committee on Communications and Public Enterprises. DTPS 2017/18 APP priorities identified included drafting of ICT legislation, broadband connectivity, finalisation and approval of the national e-strategy, finalisation and approval of the e-government ...