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Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations
3 Jun 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee had a broad discussion on the main issues that were raised in public hearings and which needed to be considered in the deliberations.
The Committee resolved to refer legal matters to the Parliamentary Legal Services and ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: Motion of Desirability; IEC Commissioner Recommendation; with Deputy Minister
31 May 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
Awaited document: Motion of Desirability
In this virtual meeting, the Committee considered and adopted the Motion of Desirability on the Electoral Amendment Bill [B1 - 2022]. The motion – pending the inclusion of the requirement for general proportionality - ...
Home Affairs
2021 Local Government Elections IEC Report; IEC Commissioner Vacancy: OCJ Report
20 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (the Committee) convened a virtual meeting for a briefing by the Independent Electoral Commission (the IEC) on the 2021 Local Government Elections (LGE) report and to consider the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) report on ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: key issues for consideration
17 May 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Parliamentary Content Advisor highlighted several key issues to help guide the deliberations on the Electoral Amendment Bill. These matters arose during previous engagements and in the responses by the IEC and Department of Home Affairs. Issues that ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: Further responses by DHA & IEC, with Ministry; DHA Budget: Committee Report
13 May 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (the Committee) was briefed by the Ministry and officials from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the Independent Electoral Commission (the IEC) Commissioners on the public participation report ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: public participation report; IEC Commissioner Vacancy: OCJ Report
10 May 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs received a comprehensive report on submissions made in the public participation process on the Electoral Amendment Bill [1- 2022]. This was part of the thorough process the Committee was undertaking to process the ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: Parliament Legal Services on constitutional issues & public participation report; DHA Budget: Committee Report
6 May 2022
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to receive a legal opinion from the Parliamentary Legal Services on the legal and constitutional issues raised during the public consultation processes around amending the Electoral Act 73 of 1998.
This meeting formed part of the broader process to ...
Home Affairs
IEC & GPW 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans; with Ministry
3 May 2022
Independent Electoral Commission
Government Printing Works
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to be briefed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Government Printing Works (GPW) on their annual performance plans (APPs) and budgets for the 2022/23 financial year.
The IEC told the Committee that it had ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: DHA response to public submissions; with Ministry
29 Apr 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Ministry and officials from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on their response to public submissions received on the Electoral Amendment Bill.
The Minister emphasised that Parliament had the right to ...
Home Affairs
DHA 2022/23 APP; DHA intervention in KZN & EC State of Disaster; with Ministry
26 Apr 2022
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to be briefed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on its Annual Performance Plan (APP) and budget for the 2022/23 financial year. DHA also briefed the Committee on its intervention in the recent floods and state of disasters in ...