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Border Management Authority Bill [B9-2016]: discussion on way forward
18 Oct 2016
Due to the letter the Committee received from the Minister of Finance advising it not to deliberate on the South African Revenue Services (SARS) related matters, the Committee resolved to refer the Border Management Authority Bill to the concerned departments for further engagement.
The Committee noted that the letter required ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill: deliberations; Government Printing Works & Electoral Commission 2015/16 Annual Reports
12 Oct 2016
The Electoral Commission briefed the Committee on the 2015/16 Annual Reports. Strategic outcome-oriented goals included to strengthen governance, institutional excellence and professionalism, to enable business processes at all levels of the organisation; to achieve pre-eminence in the area of managing elections and referenda, including strengthening of a cooperative relationship with ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions
20 Sep 2016
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) said that the presentation was to clarify some contextual matters that had informed the Department’s responses to public comments on the Border Management Authority (BMA) bill. The presentation covered the proposed institutional form of the BMA, to be under one government authority. This would ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill [B9-2016]: Department response to submissions & deliberations
14 Sep 2016
The Committee Researcher and Legal Adviser from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) took Members through the various submissions that had been presented at the public hearings on the Border Management Authority (BMA) Bill. The submissions had been grouped under broad headings related to the clauses of the Bill. General ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill [B9-2016]: public hearings, with Minister in attendance
13 Sep 2016
The Minister of Home Affairs briefed the Committee on the outstanding concerns surrounding the Border Management Authority Bill which had been raised at a previous meeting. He described the three underlying principles on which the Cabinet had based the functioning of the BMA. These were that the BMA should be ...
Home Affairs
State Information Technology Agency services to Home Affairs, with Deputy Minister
6 Sep 2016
A joint sitting of the Committees on Home Affairs and on Telecommunications and Postal Services were briefed by the Department of Home Affairs and the State Information Technology Agency.
The Department of Home Affairs said it was facing network connectivity issues. Its presentation spoke to the State Information Technology Agency's ...
Home Affairs
Status and collaboration at harbours and participation in protecting the ocean economy: Department of Home Affairs briefing
30 Aug 2016
The Committee in the absence of the Chairperson elected Mr D Gumede (ANC) as Acting Chairperson.
The briefing kicked off with a brief background. SA was bordered by the ocean on three sides with a coastline of approximately 3924km. Members were provided with insight into SA’s marine jurisdiction in terms ...
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Department of Home Affairs on 4 Quarter 15/16 & 1 Quarter 16/17 performance
23 Aug 2016
In the interest of time the Department, on its performance, concentrated more so on targets not achieved.
4th Quarter of 2015/16
Of a total of 42 targets planned for the Quarter a total of 33 (79%) were achieved with the remainder of 9 (21%) being not achieved. The Committee was ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill [B9-16]: Home Affairs, SAPS & National Treasury briefing
16 Aug 2016
Three departments briefed the Committee on the progress of the Border Management Authority (BMA) Bill, with a particular focus on the key risks and challenges, political mandate and principles informing that Bill.
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) noted that non-secure borders could enable the trafficking of drugs, weapons, contraband, ...
Home Affairs
Local Government Elections: voter registrations; addresses plan for voters' roll: IEC briefing
17 May 2016
The Committee met with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to be briefed on the state of preparedness of the Commission to hold the upcoming local government elections on 3 August 2016. The comprehensive presentation informed the Committee of delimitation, the final wards delivery by the Municipal Demarcation Board for the ...