1) The Select Committee noted from the reports that the Minister provisionally suspended Mr Makamu from office on 23 November 2005 in terms of section 13(3)(a) of the Magistrates Act, 1993 and that, on 31 March 2006, the Magistrates Commission, in terms of section 13(4A)(a) of the Act, determined to withhold his remuneration. The reports indicating the reasons for Mr Makamu's provisional suspension and the withholding of his remuneration were tabled in Parliament on 24 November 2005 and 7 April 2006, respectively, in compliance with sections 13(3)(b) and 13(4A)(b) of the Magistrates Act, 1993.