South Africa: Communications Committee welcomes Presentation by Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) on its Adjusted Budget
National Treasury has appropriated to GCIS an additional R60 million to
strengthen government communication and to raise awareness about
Covid-19 pandemic
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 9, 2020/ -- The Portfolio Committee on Communications has welcomed a presentation
on the special adjustment budget for the 2020/21 financial year by the
Government Communication and Information System (GCIS).
The adjustment budget is presented in line with the 2020 Revised Fiscal
Framework and the Adjustments Appropriation Bill, tabled by the Minister of Finance to the hybrid sitting of the National Assembly on 24 June
2020.
In May, the GCIS presented the annual performance plan (APP) and budget
of R720.5 million for the current financial year. Now, through the
special adjustment budget, the National Treasury has appropriated to the GCIS an additional R60 million to strengthen government communication,
and to raise awareness about the Covid-19 pandemic.
The GCIS undertook to spend the additional budget as follows: R50.1
million on electronic and print media, R3.9 million on print products
and distributions, and R6 million on advertising.
The committee believes that GCIS is doing good work with regard to
delivering on its mandate during this pandemic, and that it is doing so
while ensuring good governance. The committee encouraged the entity to
channel an equitable share of the additional budget to community media.
It further welcomed GCIS’s idea to procure a Sentech line for community
radio broadcasts.
Additionally, the committee agreed with the President’s determination to freeze at 0% an increase on salaries of the Chairperson and Councillors of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa).
The committee further held that the Department of Communications and
Digital Technologies should return to present on the performance
management system of the Icasa Chairperson and Councillors in terms of
section 6A(1) of the Icasa Act.
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