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NCOP Security and Justice
Mary Mabore Raseale Petition; with Deputy Minister of Health
28 Nov 2023
The Select Committee on Security and Justice held a hybrid meeting to consider a petition by Ms Mary Mabore Raseale. Ms Raseale appealed to the Committee to assist her family in retrieving the body of her son, who died in September 2021.
The family said that, despite numerous trips ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Minister of Police Executive Undertaking on 30 May 2023
23 Nov 2023
The Deputy Minister of Police and the SA Police Service (SAPS) senior management was present to update the Committee on progress made implementing undertakings made by the Minister of Police during a NCOP plenary sitting on 30 May 2023.
The Committee had questions about the underspending and were concerned ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Correctional Services A/B: adoption; Judicial Matters A/B: public comment; Ministers of Police & Home Affairs Executive Undertakings
22 Nov 2023
In the virtual meeting, the Minister of Police provided a progress report on the six Executive Undertakings made at the Taking Parliament to the People in the Ugu District in KZN in November 2022. These included items such as the provision of a police station and a mobile community ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Correctional Services A/B: DCS briefing on public submissions; Divorce A/B; RICA Bill & Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill: DoJ&CD briefing; with Deputy Minister
15 Nov 2023
The Select Committee on Security and Justice held a virtual meeting to receive briefings on the responses to the public submissions on four bills:
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Agricultural Products Standards Bill; National Veld and Forest Amendment Bill: final mandates
14 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received approval for the Agricultural Products Standards Amendment Bill from eight of the nine provinces and the Committee Report on the Bill was adopted. The North West provincial legislature abstained from voting on the Bill.
For the National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill, ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralization, Local Government and Local Development
7 Nov 2023
The Committee met to consider and adopts its report on the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralization, Local Government and Local Development. There was unanimous support of the Committee Report and the Charter itself among all Members present. The DA Members noted the Charter was in line ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Protected Disclosures Act: Practical Guidelines for Employees; Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: proposed amendments
1 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee on Security and Justice adopted the Amendments to the Practical Guidelines for Employees on Protected Disclosures in terms of section 10(4)(b) of the Protected Disclosures Act, No 26 of 2000. It noted that it had been briefed on them the week before.
The ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Emfuleni Local Municipality petition
1 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee considered a petition brought by residents of Emfuleni Local Municipality which called for the assistance of the National Council of Provinces to investigate the state of electricity in their municipality.
The Committee raised concerns that the invited stakeholders had not attended the previous meeting ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Section 139 Interventions in KZN Municipalities
31 Oct 2023
The virtual meeting of the Select Committee received an update from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on the status of Section 139 interventions in municipalities in the province.
The Committee was told that since 2016, KZN had implemented Section 139 interventions in 12 municipalities, ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Housing Consumer Protection Bill: DHS response to negotiating mandates; with Minister
24 Oct 2023
The Committee met on a virtual platform to receive a briefing from the Department of Human Settlement (DHS) on its responses to the negotiating mandates of the provinces on the Housing Consumer Protection Bill.
The proposed amendments aimed to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders; provide clear meaning ...