ARMSCOR and Wahlmansdal Reports: adoption

DEFENCE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
28 March 2006
ARMSCOR AND WAHLMANSDAL REPORTS: ADOPTION

Chairperson: Ms T Tobias (ANC)

Documents handed out:
None.

SUMMARY
The Committee met to adopt the Department’s budget and strategic plan, ARMSCOR and Wahlmansdal reports. Members of the Committee agreed that in future the Committee should dedicate sufficient time to interrogate reports before adopting them.

MINUTES
Adoption of ARMSCOR Report
Mr O Monareng (ANC) moved for the adoption of the report under the condition that ARMSCOR would be invited again to explain areas that were not clear in the report. Mr S Ntuli (ANC) seconded the motion and the report was adopted.

Mr M Sayedali-Shah expressed his concern that that the ARMSCOR budget was not in line with the Department’s strategic plans.

The Chairperson responded that to suggest that the budget report was not in line with the strategic planning in the absence of ARMSCOR would be contrary to the deliberations and conclusions reached by the Committee. All members of the Committee were allowed ample of time to raise such issues. The purpose of the meeting was to adopt or not adopt the report and not to raise further issues.

Adoption of Wahlmansdal Report
The Chair took the Committee through the letter that explained the processes taken by the Department to award complainants the land they required. The Committee congratulated the delegation that worked on the Walhmansdal issue and the report was unanimously adopted.

The meeting was adjourned.