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Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs & GPW Annual Report 2021/22, with Minister and Deputy Minister
18 Oct 2022
The Committee met on a virtual platform to receive briefings from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the Government Printing Works (GPW) on their annual reports and annual financial statements for the 2021/22 financial year.
The Committee discussed the initial GPW computer system crash that occurred ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: adoption
12 Oct 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee convened a virtual meeting to consider and adopt the Electoral Amendment Bill.
The Committee was tasked to amend the Electoral Act 73 of 1998 to allow independent candidates to contest elections.
The State Law Advisors read ...
Home Affairs
DHA Portfolio Audit outcomes; IEC Annual Report 2021/22
11 Oct 2022
Independent Electoral Commission
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) presented the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in a virtual meeting with the Portfolio Committee. The key recommendations were to monitor and regularly follow up with the executive authority ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: Seat Calculation briefing & adoption of A-list
7 Oct 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs met on a virtual platform with the Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Office of the Chief State Law Advisor (OCSLA). The OCSLA and the IEC presented the amended A-list of the Electoral Amendment Bill. Amendments included ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: further deliberations; with Deputy Minister
4 Oct 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs met on a virtual platform with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), the Electoral Commission (IEC) and legal advisors deliberate and finalise outstanding issues on the Electoral Amendment Bill.
The Members agreed that the definition of ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: DHA, IEC & Legal Advisors input; with Ministry
27 Sep 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs met with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), the Electoral Commission (IEC) and Parliamentary Legal Service via a virtual platform. The three stakeholders presented their responses to the additional round of public submissions on the Electoral ...
Home Affairs
Migrant issues, opening of refugee offices, statelessness: stakeholder engagement, with Ministry; Electoral Amendment Bill: summary of public input
20 Sep 2022
Electoral Amendment Bill [B1A-2022]
The Department of Home Affairs met with the Congolese Civil Society of South Africa (CCSSA), the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) via a virtual platform.
The CCSSA briefed the Committee on the issues facing legal ...
Home Affairs
Zimbabwe Exemption Permit; implementation of Ministerial Permit Review Report; suspensions of senior officials; Shepard Bushiri matter, with Ministry
13 Sep 2022
The Committee met with the Department of Home Affairs to receive a briefing on the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP), Shepard Bushiri’s escape, the suspension of senior officials, and the implementation of the Ministerial Reviewing ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: Interim Committee Report; Electoral Integrity Report: IEC briefing, with Deputy Minister
30 Aug 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee considered and adopted (via a majority) its Interim Report on the Electoral Amendment Bill.
The report requested approval from the National Assembly (NA) to extend the scope of the Electoral Amendment Bill [B1-2022], ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations & requesting permission from NA to extend the scope of the bill
25 Aug 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee adopted the A list of the Electoral Amendment Bill.
Following this, the Parliamentary Legal Advisor informed the Committee that it may have affected material amendments that the public may not have had an ...