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Home Affairs
2016 Municipal Elections: Independent Electoral Commission report; Immigration Amendment Bill: Committee report adoption and presentation of public submissions, with Minister present
16 Feb 2016
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) outlined the state of readiness for the 2016 municipal election. Points were raised and discussed around the reduction of category B municipalities, the factoring in of the Tlokwe Constitutional Court decision to IEC operations, finalising of matters concerning the election day recruitment process and the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Force Service Commission and Military Ombud on their 2014/15 Annual Reports
21 Oct 2015
[Documents awaited: Defence Force Service Commission 2014/15 Annual Report email info@pmg.org.za]
The Defence Force Service Commission (DFSC) highlighted the areas in which they had underperformed, why this was the case and what measures they have taken or will take in order to correct the situation. The Chairperson appealed to Members ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence, Armscor and Castle of Good Hope on their 2014/15 Annual Reports
20 Oct 2015
The Department of Defence (DOD) told the Portfolio Committee that the defence budget for 2014/15 had been R42.8 billion, which was 1.13% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and 3.75% of government expenditure. This inadequate budget allocation had sustained a declining defence capability, declining supporting commitments, and the rejuvenation ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence & Military Veterans 2014/15 audit outcomes and challenges requiring more vigilant scrutiny: briefing by Auditor-General
14 Oct 2015
The Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the 2014/15 audit outcomes of the Department of Military Veterans (DMV), and challenges that required more vigilant scrutiny. There had been a general improvement in the 2014/15 financial year as Armscor had received a clean audit and ...
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs, Electoral Commission & Government Printing Works on their 2014/15 Annual Report; Audit outcomes by Auditor-General
13 Oct 2015
The Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) presented the audit outcomes of the DHA, IEC and GPW for the 2014/15 financial year. There were further presentations by the DHA, IEC and GPW of their annual reports for the 2014/15 financial year. The report of the AGSA showed that ...
The Committee met to adopt service delivery report from four provinces -- North West, Mpumalanga, Kwazulu-Natal and the Western Cape -- and to be briefed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the local government municipal electoral amendment bill. It also briefly considered an immigration petition submitted in terms of ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs service delivery improvement in Gauteng, Limpopo, Free State & Eastern Cape; Petition for 12-month suspension of certain immigration provisions to conduct regulatory impact assessment
1 Sep 2015
The Committee received briefings from four Department of Home Affairs (DHA) provincial managers -- from Limpopo, Gauteng, the Free State, and Eastern Cape – on the service delivery in their respective provinces. It also considered a petition for a 12-month suspension of certain immigration provisions in order to conduct a ...
Home Affairs
Attracting foreign critical skills in line with National Development Plan: Home Affairs & Engineering Council of SA briefing
25 Aug 2015
The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) briefed the Committee on its role in attracting foreign skills, especially critical skills, in line with the National Development Plan (NDP). Its primary mandate was to regulate the engineering profession, which it did through the registration of engineering practitioners. The ECSA’s regulations did ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill [B19-2015]: briefing by Parliamentary Legal Adviser; New immigration regulations: Consideration of problems
9 Jun 2015
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefed the Portfolio Committee Home Affairs on the Refugees Amendment Bill, 2015 which had been initiated by the Committee in order to remedy the constitutional defect of section 21(5) of the Refugees Act, and confer discretion upon the Refugees Appeals Authority to allow the public and ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence 4th Quarter Performance Report 2014/15 & progress on strengthening Defence Works Formation; DMV 4th Quarter Performance Report 2014/15 & update on establishing & maintaining a reliable military veterans database
27 May 2015
The Secretary for Defence gave a summary of the quarterly performance targets, and outlined the programmes of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). These included Landward Defence, Air Defence, Military Health Support and Defence Intelligence. The budget allocation was R42.856 billion, of which the Department had spent R42.842 billion, or 99.97%. ...