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Defence and Military Veterans
Procurement of Heberon by DoD: SAHPRA & DoD briefing; with Minister
17 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans, 17 February 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Committee raised its concerns on how the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) had procured Heberon (Recombinant Human Interferon alpha-2b), and how it was imported into the country without proper registration and clearance from ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Council on Military Veterans Report; Oversight report to landline borders; with Deputy Minister
10 Feb 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee held a discussion with former members of the Advisory Council on Military Veterans whose term of office had expired the previous October. The former members complained of a lack of policy on issues affecting liberation war veterans. They said their recommendations were ignored and ...
Defence and Military Veterans
HR Action Plan & measures to contain budget over expenditure; Audit Action Plan; PPE Expenditure Audit
3 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans, 03 Feb 2021
The Committee met with the South Africa National Defence Force (SANDF), the Department of Defence (DoD) and the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) in a virtual meeting for a briefing on the SANDF’s initiatives to reduce expenditure on the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DoD & DMV Budgetary Review and Recommendation Reports
2 Dec 2020
2020 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
Video: PC Defence, 2 December
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Defence was presented with the draft Budgetary Review and Recommendation Reports (BRRRs) of the Department of Defence (DOD), the Department of Military Veterans (DMV), the Armaments Corporation of South Africa ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence 2019/20 Annual Report
1 Dec 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans [NA]
The Department of Defence issued a warning that because of a lack of resources, there was a risk that South Africa may not have a Defence Force equipped to deliver on its constitutional mandate, and would have to ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Armscor, Military Veterans, Castle Control Board 2019/20 Annual Reports
25 Nov 2020
Department of Military Veterans, Armscor and Castle Control Board presented 2019/20 Annual Reports.
The new Armscor board will commence on 1 December 2020. It was congratulated on a clean audit. Armscor was asked to explain the two legal claims it was defending; funding of landward systems; financial ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DoD, DMV, Armscor & Castle Control Board audit outcomes
24 Nov 2020
The Committee met with Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) for a briefing on the 2019/20audit outcomes for the Defence portfolio. Department of Defence (DoD) obtained qualified audit with findings; Department of Military Veterans (DMV) and Cape Castle Board (CCB) maintained its unqualified audit with findings; Armscor had improved ...
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
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 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 ...