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Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Works Foundation on devolution of responsibilities from DPWI and funding issues
18 Nov 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans received a briefing from the Defence Works Formation (DWF) on the status and progress of the infrastructure delivery function transfer from the Department of Public Works and infrastructure (DPWI).
Members were told that the DWF’s capacity at artisan level had been reached, ...
Defence
National Military Veterans Database: DMV briefing
12 Nov 2020
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence
06 Feb 2020 |
Database, Skills Audit & Military Veterans Act Amendments progress: DMV briefing |
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence was briefed by the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) on its efforts to complete the cleaning of the military veterans’ database within the previously ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Follow-up meeting with Khoisan Nation Self Defence Unit; Meeting with SACC Military Veteran’s Association
11 Nov 2020
22 May 2020 |
The Portfolio Committee was briefed by the Khoisan Nation Self Defence Unit (KNSDU) and the South African Cape Corps (SACC) Military Veterans’ Association on the challenges associated with their ...
Defence
South African Defence Industry challenges; Defence Sector Charter & Fund
5 Nov 2020
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence 05 Nov 2020
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) was briefed by the South African Defence Industry (SADI) on the challenges facing the industry and South Africa's defence capabilities. The Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Industries Association (AMD) compared the South African Defence Industries ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DOD on Human Resource Action Plan & measures put in place to contain budget over-expenditure; with Minister
4 Nov 2020
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to discuss the Department of Defence’s Human Resource Action plan and measures put in place to contain over expenditure on HR.
On the presentation of the Human Resource Action Plan, the Minister asked if it can be presented later, before Parliament recesses, since ...
Defence
National Conventional Arms Control Committee on 2020 Quarter 2 Report
29 Oct 2020
During the meeting to consider its Quarter 2 performance report, the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) was questioned by the Joint Standing Committee on Defence on its encryption-like information, responses and statistical mistakes in the documents issued to the Committee. The Chairperson remarked that generally NCACC had encrypted the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military Ombud & Military Veterans Appeals Board 2019/20 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
28 Oct 2020
The Portfolio Committee received presentations from the Military Ombud and Military Veterans Appeal Board in a virtual meeting on their Annual Reports for 2019/20.
The Military Ombud reported that it had set 12 targets, of which seven had been achieved, reflecting a 58.3% performance. This was a significant improvement over ...
Defence
Defence Force Service Commission on preliminary assessment of 2019/20 annual report
22 Oct 2020
Video: Joint Standing Committee on Defence, (NA and NCOP) 22 Oct 2020
The Defence Force Service Commission briefed the Committee on its Annual Activity Report and Financial Statements for the 2019/20 financial year.
Members questioned Commissioners of the lack of implementation of their recommendations, one of the main challenges reported ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DMV on: Quarterly Report; organisational structure; functioning of Appeal Board & amendments to Military Veterans Act and Regulations; with Deputy Minister
21 Oct 2020
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) reported that as part of the government’s recovery plan, its annual budget had been reduced by R137 million, from R683.1 million to R546.1 million. In the first quarter, because of the Covid lockdown, total spending had been only R44.6 million, compared to the targeted ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Committee Staff briefings on: DOD; Armscor, CCB & DMV 2019/20 Draft Annual Reports
6 Oct 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans was briefed by the Committee Researcher and Content Advisor on the 2019/20 draft Annual Reports of the Department of Defence, Armscor, Castle Control Board and the Department of Military Veterans. The presentations highlighted the various challenges that each entity faces and raised ...