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Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations; Remuneration of IEC Commissioners; Border Management Authority Update, with Minister & Deputy Minister
23 Aug 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Independent Electoral Commission briefed the Committee on proposed amendments to the Electoral Amendment Bill. The Office of the Chief State Law Advisor also briefed Members on the proposed A-list.
In its presentation, the Commission ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations & IEC Input; with Deputy Minister
10 Aug 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs acceded to legal counsel's proposal to drop the requirement of a cooling-off period for a former political party member to participate in an election as an independent candidate. The Committee was of the view that the ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: further deliberations; with Deputy Minister
4 Aug 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to consider three key issues related to the Electoral Amendment Bill. These dealt with independent candidates contesting in single or multiple regions; the percentage of signatures required for a candidate to support their candidacy; and ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: OCSLA, DHA & IEC on proposed amendments
22 Jul 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Office of the Chief State Law Advisor briefed the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on the revised A-List based on the Committee decision from the previous meeting.
The IEC briefed the Committee on proposals to Schedule 1A. The presentation discussed the ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: Legal Advisors on draft amendments
19 Jul 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Office of the Chief State Law Adviser briefed the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on the draft amendments agreed to on the Electoral Amendment Bill. This A-List included proposed amendments to clauses 1, 3, 4, 5 and 10. It also detailed ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations; Report on the review of permits, with Minister & Deputy Minister
12 Jul 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the legal counsel of the Department of Home Affairs briefed the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on outstanding policy matters in relation to the Electoral Amendment Bill. The legal opinion discussed proposed amendments to the Bill. These amendments ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill deliberations; Government Printing Works investigation; with Minister
5 Jul 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
A Parliamentary Legal Adviser provided a recap on the Electoral Amendment Bill deliberations, detailing the decisions made. Members agreed in principle that independent candidates should be included in the concept of a “party liaison committee” and that this be amended. The IEC ...
Home Affairs
Permit Review report: postponed; Electoral Amendment Bill; with Minister
28 Jun 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Committee was unanimously displeased that the Permit Review report by the ministerial task team could not be presented after the 7 March report briefing had been cancelled. This time it was because a sufficient number of task team members were unable ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill extension; IEC, DHA, Law Advisor submissions; with Minister
21 Jun 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
Parliament's Constitutional and Legal Services Office (CLSO) briefed the Committee on the granting of a Constitutional Court extension on the Electoral ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations; Committee Annual Plan
7 Jun 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee continued deliberating on the Electoral Amendment Bill and resolved to get further clarity on certain aspects of the Bill from the Electoral Commission (IEC) and Parliament's Constitutional and Legal Services Office (CLSO), particularly on the Bill’s technical aspects such ...