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Desmond Tutu Refugee Reception Office challenges: Minister & Deputy Minister, SAPS & Tshwane Metro Police briefing; Gupta Naturalisation Inquiry: preparation
11 Sep 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs received a report from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), South African Police Service (SAPS), and Tshwane Metro Police in relation to the security challenges around the Desmond Tutu Refugee Reception Office (DTRRO), in Pretoria.
The Deputy Minister remarked that two years ago when ...
Home Affairs
Desmond Tutu Refugee Reception Office challenges, with Deputy Minister; Gupta Naturalisation Inquiry preparations
4 Sep 2018
On 31 August 2018, the Portfolio Committee conducted an oversight visit in Gauteng which included the Desmond Tutu Refugee Reception Office (RRO) in Marabastad, Pretoria. From the engagement, it was clear there were challenges that require urgent attention by Home Affairs and the Police. There were allegations that people who ...
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Immigration Amendment Bill: response to submissions; Civil Union Amendment Bill; Refugee Centres opening delays; Statelessness; IEC Commissioners
28 Aug 2018
Documents from previous meetings:
Civil Union Act Amendment Bill presentation
MVC / CASAC Research Report on 8 shortlisted candidates
University of Cape Town’s Refugee Rights Unit submission
Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) submission
Corruption Watch submission
Law Society Northern Provinces submission
Lawyers for Human Rights (“LHR”) ...
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Electoral Commission appointment process (postponed)
21 Aug 2018
Documents handed out: Call for Input on IEC Commissioner candidates
Members of the committee were presented with the names of eight candidates shortlisted to fill three vacant IEC commissioner positions by December. It was decided that a process should be undertaken to allow the public to make submissions on the ...
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Immigration Amendment Bill: public hearings
16 Aug 2018
The Committee met with stakeholders and the Department of Home Affairs to engage in Public Hearings on the Immigration Amendment Bill. All the stakeholders agreed that the Immigration Act should be amended. However, all stakeholders said that it was contrary to the Constitution and international law and also against the ...
Home Affairs
Civil Union Bill [B11-2018]: briefing; discussion on Gupta early naturalisation
15 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs met to discuss the progress on the Gupta family’s early naturalisation, to receive a brief from Ms Deidre Carter on the Civil Union Amendment Bill, to hear about the challenges faced by stateless individuals to obtain naturalisation, and to table the document received from ...
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SITA on Home Affairs Power Outage; Home Affairs Quarter 4 Performance; Naturalisation of Gupta family; with Deputy Minister
14 Aug 2018
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA), Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) were called to explain the reasons for the downtime in all Home Affairs offices on Friday, 10 August 2018 and Monday 13 August 2018. The explanation was that it was ...
Home Affairs
Immigration Draft Bill; Gupta early naturalisation; Election of Chairperson
30 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs received a briefing from the Parliamentary Legal Services unit on the amendments to Section 34 of the Immigration Bill, as well as an update on the progress by the unit on its research into the early naturalisation of the Gupta family.
Mr P Chauke ...
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2019 Elections: IEC preparedness; Immigration Amendment Bill; Gupta early naturalisation
29 May 2018
Relevant document: The GPS app that can give everyone an address
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs was briefed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the country’s preparedness for the 2019 national and provincial elections, and deliberated on the amendments to Section 34 of the Immigration Bill.
First, however, ...
Home Affairs
Minister's explanation for Home Affairs delay on Immigration Act court order; Fireblade Aviation privatisation
8 May 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Minister of Home Affairs and the Director-General on the reasons the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) delayed informing the Committee to initiate a Committee Bill to amend the Immigration Act in compliance with a Constitutional Court order.
The Department said that they had ...