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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
SADC Protocol on Gender and Development: Parliamentary Legal Services, DWYPD, DHA & DoJ&CS
30 Nov 2021
SADC Protocol on Gender and Development
The Committee met virtually to be briefed by stakeholders on SA as a signatory to the SADC Protocol on Gender Development. The Protocol seeks to provide for the empowerment of women; the elimination of discrimination and the achievement of gender ...
Home Affairs
Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) progress & plans to resolve downtimes at DHA offices; with Deputy Minister
30 Nov 2021
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to be briefed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) on the implementation plan to resolve the challenge of system downtimes at the DHA’s offices, and the implementation of the Automatic Biometric Information System (ABIS). ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Information Regulator Vacancies: Interviews
17 Nov 2021
Home Affairs
IEC 2020/21 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
16 Nov 2021
Annual Reports 2020/21
Tabled Committee Reports
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to be briefed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on its Annual Report and financial statements for the 2020/21 financial year.
The Committee heard that the IEC received an overall clean audit opinion from the Auditor-General of ...
Justice and Correctional Services
SAHRC, PPSA & OCJ 2020/21 Annual Report
10 Nov 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received briefings from the Office of the Chief Justice, the Public Protector, and the South African Human Rights Commission on their 2020/21 annual reports, 2021/22 quarterly performance, and medium-term funding needs.
The Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) reported that ...
Home Affairs
DHA Portfolio Audit Outcomes & DHA 2020/21 Annual
9 Nov 2021
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to be briefed by the Auditor-General of South Africa on the audit outcomes for the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), and the Government Printing Works (GPW) for the 2020/21 financial year. The Committee was ...
Home Affairs
DHA Counter-Corruption and Security Services branch on its work and high profile cases; with Minister
7 Sep 2021
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on the work done by the Counter Corruption and Security Services (CCSS) branch.
Members were told that the strategic objective of the branch was to spearhead the implementation of measures to combat fraud ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill: public hearings day 3
2 Sep 2021
In the last day of public hearings on the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill, the Committee heard ten oral submissions, all of which were critical of the Bill.
The Umzimvubu Farmers Support Network, with input from communities in Mpondoland, rejected the Bill. It opposed the prohibitions against the involvement ...
Home Affairs
Election of Chairperson; DHA & SITA on war on queues and chronic network downtimes at DHA offices; with Ministers and Deputies
31 Aug 2021
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) on efforts to address the long queues and the network challenges at the branches of the DHA.
The DHA told the Committee that factors that ...
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs 2020/21 Quarter 4 performance; with Minister and Deputy Minister
24 Aug 2021
The Portfolio Committee convened virtually, and was briefed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on its fourth quarter performance and expenditure reports. It heard that the Department had achieved 17(63%) of its 27 annual performance plan targets. There had been a 1% drop in its performance compared to the ...