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Home Affairs
DHA on total number of children travelling into & out of SA & citizens’ related ability to obtain unabridged birth certificates; Municipal Delimitation Board on preparations for 2016 municipal elections
26 May 2015
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on the new immigration regulations regarding the travel of children in and out of South Africa. Regulations were initially to come into effect on 26 May 2014, but in order to enable travellers to prepare for the implementation of the regulation ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill [B19-2015]: Adoption of Memorandum for Committee to introduce this Bill
19 May 2015
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefed the Committee on the consequences that might occur if the Committee failed to comply with the Constitutional Court order in time. She said that the reading-in remedy in the section 21(5) of the Refugees Act, 1998 would come to an end on 26 September 2015 ...
Home Affairs
Constitutional Court judgment declaring section 21(5) of the Refugees Act invalid; Committee Strategic Plan; Gauteng Oversight Report
12 May 2015
A Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefed the Committee on the implications of the decision of the Constitutional Court which declared section 21(5) of the Refugees Act 130 of 1998 to be inconsistent with the Constitution. She noted that it was held that section 21(5) of the Act was particularly inconsistent with ...
Home Affairs
Regional Integration and Regional Migration Trends: Home Affairs, IOM & African Centre for Migration & Society briefing
5 May 2015
Three entities briefed the Committee on regional integration and regional migration trends. The International Organisation on Migration (IOM) placed a particular focus on demographics, push factors, facilitating factors, inhibiting factors, and exacerbating factors. The brief was centred on the countries of DRC, Somalia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Madagascar, Malawi, Zambia ...
Home Affairs
Using Banks for Smart ID Card applications; Visa Facilitation Services (VFS) challenges & recommendations: briefing by Department of Home Affairs
21 Apr 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs received a briefing from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on the use of banks for people to apply for Smart ID Cards, the challenges and recommendations to deal with these challenges. The DHA also briefed the Committee on the Visa Facilitation Services (VFS), ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence on its Strategic and Annual Performance Plans
15 Apr 2015
The Committee Researcher gave an overview of the Department of Defence’s budget, estimates of national expenditure, strategic plan and annual performance plan. The Department’s budget had increased by 4% in the financial year, and stood at R44.579 billion. There were increases in all programmes except for Programme 4: Air Defence. ...
Home Affairs
Deputy Minister and Auditor General on Home Affairs Annual Performance Plan 2015/16 & audit finding action plan
17 Mar 2015
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the Annual Performance Plan (APP) of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The brief included factors to be considered by the Committee when dealing with performance monitoring, a review of DHA 2015/16 APP and a review of its previous ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Bill: briefing; Department of Defence 2nd & 3rd quarter 2014/15 performance
11 Mar 2015
The Department of Defence (DoD) briefed the Committee on the Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Bill, as well as on the second and third quarterly performance reports for the 2014/15 financial year.
The briefing of the Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Act [B7- 2015] was introductory in nature. The main ...
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs on IT Modernisation Programme & 3rd quarter 2014/15 performance
10 Mar 2015
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on the Quarter 3 Performance Report of 2014/2015, the Quarter 3 Expenditure Report, and IT Modernisation. In relation to performance, detailed figures and percentages were presented for each of the programmes and sub-programmes. In general, it was noted that the DHA ...
Home Affairs
Independent Electoral Commission (IEC): recommendation for Commissioner vacancy
24 Feb 2015
The Committee discussed the candidates to fill the IEC Commissioner vacancy which had been vacant since the resignation of IEC Chairperson, Ms Pansy Tlakula. Members had been given a shortlist of eight candidates (recommended by the Chief Justice) together with their curriculum vitaes to peruse and consider before the meeting. ...