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Civil Union Bill [B11-2018]: briefing; discussion on Gupta early naturalisation
15 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs met to discuss the progress on the Gupta family’s early naturalisation, to receive a brief from Ms Deidre Carter on the Civil Union Amendment Bill, to hear about the challenges faced by stateless individuals to obtain naturalisation, and to table the document received from ...
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SITA on Home Affairs Power Outage; Home Affairs Quarter 4 Performance; Naturalisation of Gupta family; with Deputy Minister
14 Aug 2018
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA), Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) were called to explain the reasons for the downtime in all Home Affairs offices on Friday, 10 August 2018 and Monday 13 August 2018. The explanation was that it was ...
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2019 Elections: IEC preparedness; Immigration Amendment Bill; Gupta early naturalisation
29 May 2018
Relevant document: The GPS app that can give everyone an address
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs was briefed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the country’s preparedness for the 2019 national and provincial elections, and deliberated on the amendments to Section 34 of the Immigration Bill.
First, however, ...
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Minister's explanation for Home Affairs delay on Immigration Act court order; Fireblade Aviation privatisation
8 May 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Minister of Home Affairs and the Director-General on the reasons the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) delayed informing the Committee to initiate a Committee Bill to amend the Immigration Act in compliance with a Constitutional Court order.
The Department said that they had ...
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Section 34 of Immigration Act amendment; Naturalisation of Gupta family; Budget report
24 Apr 2018
The Committee was briefed on the Terms of Reference (ToR) of its inquiry into the naturalisation of the Gupta family. The Committee heard the inquiry was structured into two phases – Phase One and Two. Phase One included collating documentation, site visits and conducting of interviews – this phase is ...
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IEC & Government Printing Works 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; Gupta family early naturalisation
27 Mar 2018
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) briefed the Committee on its annual performance plan (APP) and budget for the 2018/19 financial year, and said there were new developments arising from the Constitutional Court ruling in June 2016 (Electoral Commission v Mhlope and Others) which affected its operations. Two significant ...
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Department of Home Affairs 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
20 Mar 2018
The Department of Home Affairs briefed the Committee on Annual Performance Plan and budgetary information for the 2018 to 2021 Medium Term Expenditure Framework.
The Department highlighted the contribution of the Department of Home Affairs to the 2014 – 2019 Medium Term Strategic Framework and the National Development Plan, which ...
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Department of Home Affairs 2nd & 3rd quarter performances; Status of the Guptas
13 Mar 2018
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on the Second and Third Quarter performances and budgets for 2017/18 financial year. The brief focused on supporting the priorities and outcomes of government, the Department’s outcomes and strategic objectives and progress as well as budget versus actual expenditure as at ...
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Minister of Home Affairs on Guptas’ early naturalisation; Department on IEC, Government Printing Works Quarter 2 & 3 performance
6 Mar 2018
The Minister of Home Affairs briefed the Committee to clarify the facts on the process followed during the naturalisation of the Gupta family. After acknowledging that it was the duty of Parliament to hold the executive to account, he provided an overview of the performance and vision of the Department ...
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Gupta family early naturalisation: Director-General update; Local Government Elections 2016
27 Feb 2018
Relevant Document: South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1995
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) briefed the Committee on the 2016 Local Government Elections. The municipality demarcation processes were only concluded in December 2015. Outstanding demarcation matters included Vuwani, Tlokwe and Midvaal. Category B municipalities was reduced from 234 ...