[18 August 2024]
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[7 July 2014] The May 2014 general election process brought an end to the fourth Parliament to sit in South Africa since democracy. Part of the process of handing over the business of Parliament from the fourth to the fifth Parliament is for parliamentary committees to prepare reports – referred to as Legacy Reports – summarising their activities and focus areas for the previous five years. These are then considered by the incoming committee with the intention of ensuring a degree of continuity and follow-through.
The process has been complicated this time around by the decision of the President to split the former Department of Communications into a Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services and a new Department of Communications.
Presentation on 4th Parliament Legacy Report for the Portfolio Committee for Communications
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[24 January 2014] The provisional programme for the Portfolio Committee for Communications as at 24 January 2014:
| Tuesday28 January 2014 | Consideration of the 2014 First Term Programme of the Committee. Adoption of outstanding minutes. | 09:30 – 13:00 |
| Tuesday4 February 2014 | Briefing by the Minister of Communications on: (i) Special Investigating Unit investigations on the SABC; and (ii) Progress report on the commitments made to the Committee in 2013. Adoption of minutes of 28 January 2013. | 09:30 – 13:00 |
| Tuesday11 February 2014 | Briefing by the South African Broadcasting Corporation and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa on their Skills Audit. Adoption of minutes of 4 and 5 February 2013. | 09:30 – 13:00 |
| Thursday13 February 2014 | State-of-the-Nation Address. | 19:00 |
| Tuesday18 February 2014 | Deliberations on the Electronic Communications and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Amendment Bills 2013 (subject to outcome of the deliberations of the Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises on the Bills) Briefing by Brand South Africa on its activities. Adoption of minutes of 11 February 2013. | 09:30 – 11:00 11:00 – 13:00 |
| Tuesday25 February 2013 | Shortlisting for SABC Board. Adoption of minutes of 18 February 2013. | 09:30 – 13:00 |
| Wednesday26 February 2013 | Budget Speech. | 14:00 |
| Tuesday4 March 2013 | Interviews for SABC Board and adoption of report. Adoption of minutes of 25 February. | 09:30 – 13:00 |
| Tuesday11 March 2013 | Briefing by the South African Post Office, The Institute and USAASA on their business models. (meeting to be held in Johannesburg). Adoption of minutes of 4 March 2013. | 09:00 – 16:00 |