Politician Profile Page
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Inter-Ministerial Committee briefing
10 Nov 2015
Mr Jeff Radebe, Minister in the Presidency, briefed the Committee on the findings of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the recent violent attacks on foreign nationals that had taken place across the country, particularly in KwaZulu Natal. The National Intelligence Coordinating Committee indicated that the instances of violence which flared up ...
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs on 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
3 Nov 2015
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on its first quarter expenditure and performance report for the 2015/16 financial year. It indicated that it was on track in terms of issuing and granting smart ID cards and passports, and clearing travellers. With regard to people visiting South Africa, ...
Home Affairs
Local Government: Electoral Amendment Bill [B22-2015]: public submissions and response by the Electoral Commission; Home Affairs Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
27 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee met with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to discuss public submissions on the Local Government: Electoral Amendment Bill [B22-2015]. A submission from the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs suggested that an amendment be made to the definition of “authorised ...
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 ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Violence against migrants: Centre for Study of Violence and Reconciliation and City of Cape Town submissions
3 Sep 2015
The City of Cape Town briefed the Committee on its strategy to anticipate and deal with violence against foreign nationals. The Social Disorder Hazards Disaster Risk Management Plan was invited on the experiences of violence against foreigners in Cape Town in 2008 and a scientific risk assessment was conducted in ...
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
Department of Home Affairs 4th Quarter 2014/15 Performance
17 Aug 2015
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on the Fourth Quarter Performance and Expenditure Report of 2014/2015, focussing on the Outcome of Government and the National Development Plan (NDP); the Department outcomes and related strategic objectives; an overview of progress and challenges as from January to March 2015; ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Committee Programme: adoption
25 Jun 2015
The Committee adopted the programme on probing violence against foreigners. Because of the serious issues involved, Members were asked to give priority to this Committee, even at the expense of constituency work and oversight visits. The House Chairman would be asked to extend the deadline for the submission of the ...