Member |
Total Meetings Held |
Number of meetings attended |
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Appointment Date |
Discharge Date |
Dr SC Cwele * Mr JJ Kgarimetsa * Mr NN Kekana Mr MK Lekgoro Mr ES Magashule Miss MN Magazi Ms L Maloney Mr SJ Mongwaketse * Mr AM Maziya Mr FT Maserumule Ms MS Morutua Ms NS Mtsweni Ms I Mutsila Mr AC Nel Mrs WS Newhoudt-Druchen Mr RD Pieterse Mr MG Phadagi |
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Mr VB Ndlovu * Dr R Rabinowitz * Ms SC Vos |
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Mr JJ Dowry Mr JJ Durand Mrs A van Wyk * |
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Mr S Abram Ms ON Mndende * |
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Mr LM Green |
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Dr PWA Mulder |
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Mrs P de Lille |
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Composition of Sub-Committees None
Sub-Committee 1:
Convenor:
Task:
Membership:
Party |
Name of Member |
Sub-Committee 2:
Convenor:
Task:
Membership:
Party |
Name of Member |
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4. DELIBERATIONS (Major activities, accomplishment, etc.)
4.1 Legislation dealt with
Bill No. |
Short title |
Public Hearing |
No of Submissions |
Amendments |
No of hrs spent |
B 2-2002 |
Media Development and Diversity Agency Bill |
Yes |
14 |
Yes |
33: 35 |
B 8-2002 |
Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill |
Yes |
58 |
Yes |
72: 28 |
B34-2002 |
Broadcasting Amendment Bill |
Yes |
28 |
Yes |
48: 55 |
B34B-2002 |
Broadcasting Amendment Bill |
No |
0 |
Yes, NCOP proposed amendments |
0:15 |
Other matters dealt with (e.g. Briefings, Green Paper, White Paper, Committee Policy Documents)
Document |
Action to be taken |
Date Discussed |
No of hrs spent |
Vote 7: GCIS Briefing |
10 May 2002 |
8:15 |
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Vote 26: Department of Communications Briefing |
Presentations/Inputs: ICASA, SABC, SAPO, Telkom |
26 October 2002 |
4:10 |
SABC Board Briefing |
Restructuring of SABC |
13 August 2002 |
3:55 |
Committee Programme: Adoption |
12 Feb 2002 |
2:20 |
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Receive Nigerian Parliamentary delegation |
Exchanging experiences with Nigerias Communications Committee |
29 October 2002 |
1:35 |
REPORTS TABLED
Title |
Objective/s |
Result/Outcome |
APPEARANCES BEFORE COMMITTEE
6.1 Cabinet / Deputy Minister: Minister of Communications: Dr I Matsepe-Casaburri
Minister in the Office of the President: Dr EG Pahad
Government Officials:
Title |
Date of Publication |
Comments/Key Issue |
No of hrs spent |
Auditor-General's Report
Title |
Date of Publication |
Key Issues |
No of hrs spent |
Papers, Matters referred to Committee in ATC
Subject |
Date considered |
Publication Date of Report |
Key Issues |
No of hrs spent |
Filling of vacancies on Icasa Board Report and Financial Statements of the Information Systems, Electronics and Telecommunication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority for 2000-2001, including the Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements for 2000-2001. Letter from the Minister of Communications, dated 19 January 2002, addressed to the Speaker explaining the late tabling of the report and financial statements of the South African Post Office for 2000-2001 were delayed due to the vacuum in senior management, the appointment of the new Board, the appointment of the new auditors and the termination of the Strategic Management Partnership with the New Zealand Post. Written explanation, dated 19 January 2002, from the Minister of Communications in terms of section 65(2)(a) of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No 1 of 1999), setting out reasons why the Annual Report and Financial Statements of the South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority for 2000-2001 could not be tabled in time. Memorandum on Vote No 7 "Government Communications and Information System", Main Estimates, 2002-2003. Memorandum on Vote No 26 "Communications", Main Estimates, 2002-2003. Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Department of Communications for 1999-2000. Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Media, Advertising, Publishing, Printing and Packaging Sector Education and Training Authority for 2001-2002, including the Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements for 2001-2002 [RP 105-2002]. Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Information Systems, Electronics and Telecommunications Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority for 2001-2002, including the Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements for 2001-2002. Report and Financial Statements of Sentech (Pty) Limited for 2001-2002. Letter, dd 4 Oct 2002 from the President of the Republic informing Parliament of the resignation of Councillor Néel Smuts from the ICASA Council referred to the committee 6 Nov 2002. |
25 Apr 2002 |
2 May 2002 |
Public Process of nominating Candidates to be interviewed by committee, considered by National Assembly and recommended to President for appointment. |
25:00 |
Matters referred to Committee by Chairperson/Deputy Chairperson of Committees and Capacity Building for Members
TRAINING
7.1
Subject Matter |
Date |
Number of Attendants |
Venue |
No of hrs spent |
Planning Sessions
Subject Matter |
Date |
Number of Attendants |
Venue |
No of hrs spent |
Conferences
Subject Matter |
Date |
Number of Attendants |
Venue |
No of hrs spent |
Subject |
Date |
Public Hearings Held |
Total Submissions |
No of hrs spent |
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Yes |
14 |
33: 35 |
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Yes |
54: 58 |
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Yes |
28 |
48: 55 |
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Yes |
15 |
13: 50 |
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Yes |
35 |
8: 17 |
Oversight and Fact Finding Activities
Oversight Activity |
Date |
Title of Report |
Date Tabled in the House |
(a) VISITS
National Visits
Period |
Purpose of visit |
Number of Members |
Number of Staff |
Date Report Tabled |
Costs |
Period |
Purpose of visit |
Number of Members |
Number of Staff |
Date Report Tabled |
Costs |
MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGISLATION
Date |
Legislation |
Report |
Date Tabled |
MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PFMA
Date |
Department or Entity |
Report |
Date Tabled |
TABLING OF COMMITTEE REPORTS
Title/Topic |
Publication Date |
Date Reported |
Media Development and Diversity Agency Bill [B2-2002] |
12 April 2002 |
18 March 2002 |
Filling of vacancies on ICASA Board |
2 May 2002 |
25 April 2002 |
Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill [B8-2002] |
4 June 2002 |
3 June 2002 |
Appointment of Board of Media Development and Diversity Agency |
26 August 2002 |
22 August 2002 |
Broadcasting Amendment Bill [B34-2002] |
18 October 2002 |
18 October 2002 |
Broadcasting Amendment Bill [B34B-2002] |
12 November 2002 |
12 November 2002 |
Hearings on Advertising and Marketing Industry |
13 November 2002 |
13 November 2002 |
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES/INTERACTION WITH INSTITUTIONS
Organisation |
Subject Matters |
Date Reported |
Donor |
Purpose |
POs Approval Date |
Amount |
REVIEW OF YEAR'S WORK RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSIONS
15 FORMAL ADOPTION OF ANNUAL REPORT BY THE COMMITTEE
Annual Report of the Portfolio Committee on Communications, having been put to the committee, was adopted by the Committee on
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