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Gupta family naturalisation
27 Jun 2017
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The meeting of the Home Affairs Portfolio Committee was intended to provide Committee members with an opportunity to be briefed by the Minister of Home Affairs, the previous Minister of Home Affairs, now Minister of Finance, and the Director-General of the Department of Home ...
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Naturalisation of Guptas; Home Affairs network problems; Mbombela office closure
20 Jun 2017
The Chairperson explained that the Committee had tried to get Home Affairs to come and brief Members on the naturalisation of the Guptas. However, the briefing today would not be possible as the day before he had received a note from the Director-General stating that the Department would be briefing ...
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White Paper on International Migration, with Minister present
13 Jun 2017
The meeting focused on the White Paper policy document on international migration. An initial presentation had been made by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) earlier in the year, and Members of the Portfolio Committee had requested a “refresher” presentation to assist with effective engagement on the documents and with ...
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Department of Home Affairs funding pressures: National Treasury briefing; with Minister present
30 May 2017
The Committee was briefed by the National Treasury on the funding pressures within the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), especially the impact which the budget cuts were having on the DHA’s ability to employ qualified staff and meet its obligations in respect of border security.
The Treasury gave the Committee ...
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Department of Home Affairs on its Quarter 4 performance, with Minister and Deputy Minister
23 May 2017
South Africa’s immigration policy came under intense scrutiny when the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) presented a report on its fourth quarter performance to the Portfolio Committee. Members had earlier raised concerns about the impact which the influx of between two and four million undocumented foreign nationals was having on ...
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Committee Report on Department of Home Affairs Budget, with Minister present
16 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee met to consider and adopt its report on the Department of Home Affairs’ budget vote, as well as the Committee’s annual business plan, and agreed on several amendments to the observations and amendments.
One of the issues raised concerned people who still had their identity (ID) numbers ...
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Government Printing Works on its Annual Performance Plan, with Minister
9 May 2017
The Government Printing Works (GPW) presented their the strategic plan for 2017 to 2021, and the annual performance plan (APP) for 2017/18, focusing mainly on the work they had done in the last financial year and what they would be doing in the current financial year.
The GPW produced identity ...
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Electoral Commission (IEC) on its Annual Performance Plan & 2016 Local Government Elections
2 May 2017
In the presence of the new Minister of Home Affairs, Prof Hlengiwe Mkhize, the Electoral Commission (IEC) briefed the Committee on the Annual Performance Plan and Budget for 2017/18 and on the Local Government Elections held in 2016. It was an honour for the IEC to meet with the new ...
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Department of Home Affairs on its 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan
14 Mar 2017
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on its Annual Performance Plan (APP), focusing primarily on its contribution to the 2014-2019 Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) and linkages between the MTSF, ministerial priorities and the 2017/18 APP targets. The briefing also focused on the DHA End State Vision, ...
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Refugees Amendment Bill [B12B-2016]: voting, with Deputy Minister
8 Mar 2017
The Committee considered the Refugees Amendment Bill clause by clause and adopted it. Prior to this, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) took Members through the Committee’s amendments. The Department noted the minor amendments to the Long Title, clauses 2, 3, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21 and 27 and a ...