The Portfolio Committee on Communications, having considered the request by the Minister in The Presidency: Performance Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Administration, to the National Assembly to recommend a candidate in terms of section 4 of the MDDA Act 2002 (Act No 14 of 2002) to fill a vacancy for the unexpired portion of Ms Louise Vale's term of office, referred to it for consideration and report on 18 September 2012 (see ATC, 18 September 2012), reports as follows: