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Defence and Military Veterans
Cyber Warfare Policy: Department of Defence briefing
11 Mar 2020
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Defence (DOD) on their cyber warfare policy framework which gives origin to efforts towards developing a cyber-security strategy within DOD for the country. DOD has the overall responsibility for coordination, accountability and implementation of cyber defence matters in South Africa. To understand ...
Defence
NCACC 2018/19 Annual Report, with Minister of Defence & Military Veterans, & Minister in the Presidency
5 Mar 2020
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence (National Assembly & National Council of Provinces) was briefed by the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) on its 2018 and 2019 Annual Report. Minister in the Presidency, Mr Jackson Mthembu, and Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, were present.
Members ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DOD 2019/20 Quarter 3 performance; Military Discipline Bill process; Defence Amendment Bill: NCOP amendment
26 Feb 2020
The Department of Defence (DOD) reported that 16 of its 21 performance indicators for Quarter 3 were achieved (76%). It provided a report on its Strategy; Human Resources; Financial Management; Defence Diplomacy; Armaments Acquisition and Technology Development; Command of Forces; Financial performance; Status on Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR); ...
Defence
Defence Force Service Commission on its mandate, challenges & achievements
20 Feb 2020
The Defence Service Commission presented its mandate, challenges and achievements to the Committee. Its mandate is to make recommendations on a number of matters for the Department and the Minister. Some of those matters include, annual improvement of salaries and service benefits for members of the SA National Defence Force, ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence Audit Action Implementation Plan: AG feedback on progress; Military Discipline Bill: response to public submissions
19 Feb 2020
The office of the Auditor-General provided feedback on the Department of Defence’s Audit Action plans and the progress of implementation. The SANDF representatives were also present to discuss and comment on the Military Discipline Bill.
The office of the Auditor-General highlighted from the status of records review, which was conducted ...
Defence
Database, Skills Audit & Military Veterans Act Amendments progress: DMV briefing
6 Feb 2020
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) picked up from the last interaction with the Committee, and focused on the progress made in cleansing its database. The DMV had a baseline of about 30 000 files that were cleansed and cleared, and 40 000 records were given to the Department of ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence Quarter 2 performance; BRRR feedback & Audit Action Implementation Plan
5 Feb 2020
The Chairperson mentioned that a letter of apology had been received from the Minister’s Office, requesting to excuse the Department of Defence delegation from the meeting. The Committee support staff would brief the Members on its analysis of the Department’s presentation
The support staff indicated that the Defence account had ...
Defence
Reserve Force mandate, challenges, achievements, outcome of Reserve Force Indaba
28 Nov 2019
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence was briefed by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Reserves on the mandate, challenges and achievements, as well as the outcome of the Reserve Force Indaba held in September 2019. The role of the Reserves is to augment the regular soldiers for peace ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Denel, NDIC and DCAC on state of the Defence Industry as well as update on DOD projects; with Minister
27 Nov 2019
The Committee met to be briefed by arms manufacturer Denel, the National Defence Industry Council (NDIC) and the Directorate Conventional Arms Control (DCAC) on the state of the industry, as well as for an update on Department of Defence (DoD) projects.
The Committee heard that Denel had been experiencing a ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Amendment Bill & Military Discipline Bill: briefings
20 Nov 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans was briefed by Department of Defence (DOD) on the Defence Amendment Bill (B18 – 2017) and the Military Discipline Bill (B 21 – 2019), and agreed to finalise the Bills as soon as practically possible. The Committee was reminded that the Defence ...