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Joint Constitutional Review Committee
Summary of Outstanding Submissions: Content Advisor briefing; First Term Programme
10 Mar 2023
The Constitutional Review Committee was briefed by the Committee Content Advisor on outstanding matters for decision-making.
The Committee resolved to engage submitters and stakeholders through a public participation process before deciding ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: adoption
12 Dec 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee on Security and Justice adopted the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities (POCDATARA) Amendment Bill [B15B – 2022] (National Assembly – section 75). The Committee also adopted the public participation report and the Committee report on ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: deliberations; with Deputy Minister
9 Dec 2022
The Select Committee on Security and Justice met on a virtual platform to receive responses from the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service to the public comments on the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill (POCDATARA). The Deputy Minister was present at the meeting. Responses ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: response to submissions; with Deputy Minister
8 Dec 2022
The Select Committee met on the virtual platform to receive the Department of Police response to the concerns by the public on the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities (POCDATARA) Amendment Bill. The submissions requested a narrowing of the broad definition of “terrorist activity”; the retention ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: public hearings; with Deputy Minister
7 Dec 2022
The Committee met virtually to consider submissions on the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill (POCDATARA) by FORSA, the Cape Independence Party and the Sussex Terrorism and Extremism Research Network (Stern). The Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (the Department) provided their responses to the submission and ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: briefing; with Deputy Minister
30 Nov 2022
The Select Committee on Security and Justice met on a virtual platform for a briefing from the Department of Police and the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSPS) on the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment (POCDATARA) Bill. The presentation dealt with the purpose of ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Electoral Amendment Bill: adoption
25 Nov 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Committee considered the proposed amendments to the Electoral Amendment Bill as presented by the Office of the Chief State Law Advisor.
The amendments were in respect of clauses 3, 6, 21, and 23 of the Bill were in ...
Joint Multi-party Women’s Caucus
Update on GBVF-related matters: DWYPD (with Minister), SAPS & DoJ&CD input
24 Nov 2022
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus convened on the eve of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign to engage on gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) related matters. The idea of the campaign is to integrate the outcomes into the overall national strategy, to combat crimes against women and to eliminate the ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Electoral Amendment Bill: proposed amendments, with Minister
21 Nov 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Select Committee met to deliberate on the Electoral Amendment Bill.
It considered a new amendment to the Bill, namely that a panel be established to investigate, consult and make recommendations in respect of potential electoral reforms. It came in the wake ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations
16 Nov 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Select Committee had deliberations on the Electoral Amendment Bill [B1B-2022] (section 75). The Bill was currently before the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) after Members of Parliament in the National Assembly voted in favour of passing the legislation last month.
The ...