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Ad Hoc Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme
Committee Report on Parmed
14 Nov 2018
The Chairpersons opened the meeting and asked members if they would like to discuss the report on PARMED or if they wanted to dismiss the meeting as quorum was not met. The purpose of the meeting was to adopt the report but due to quorum not being met this could ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Funding model for Defence Review 2015 implementation: DOD & Treasury briefing
14 Nov 2018
The Department of Defence (DOD) reminded Members that the process of developing the Defence Review 2015 started in 2012 and the first draft was finalised in 2014. This 2014 draft was revised and updated in 2015. The Defence Secretary told the two Defence Committees that the DR 2015 cannot be ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Films and Publication Amendment Bill [B37B-2015]: finalisation; Gauteng Oversight Visit Report
24 Oct 2018
The Committee deliberated on and finalised the Films and Publications Amendment Bill [B 37B – 2015].
Before proceeding with the clause-by-clause deliberations, a Member raised an objection about the tagging of the bill, saying that it fell under the ambit of consumer protection and should therefore go to the provinces. ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Films and Publications Bill [B37B-2015]: proposed amendments
10 Oct 2018
The Committee was briefed on the three Select Committee proposed amendments. There was no discussion on these. As there was no quorum, the meeting ended without going through the clauses. The clause by clause finalisation of the Bill will take place on 24 October 2018.
Ad Hoc Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme
EFF Medical Aid Scheme submission; Committee Programme
12 Sep 2018
The Sub-Committee on Parliament and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme met to receive submissions about amendments to the PARMED Act. The EFF was only party ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Films and Publication Bill B37B-2015: public hearings & deliberations
12 Sep 2018
The Committee received oral submissions on the Films and Publications Bill (B37B-2015) from Cause for Justice, Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) and from the Association of Christian Media.
The Cause for Justice submission focused on the lowering of the bar as to what material may not be distributed ...
Defence
SA Reserve Force Council on its mandate, capacity, challenges and action plans; DRC Report adoption
7 Sep 2018
The meeting was briefed on the mandate, capacity, challenges and action plans of the Reserve Force Council (RFC) which had been created in 1992 as the part-time force council (PTFC) by officers commanding the reserves of the South African Defence Force (SADF) to represent them during the transition to democracy. In ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Films and Publications Bill [B37B-2015]: consideration of submissions
5 Sep 2018
Submissions had been received from the media, religious groups and affected persons.
The concerns from the stakeholders included the definition of pornography. The submission was from a religious group which stated that the definition needs to be narrowed down to be aligned with the right to dignity.
Another concern, submitted ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Films and Publication Bill [B37B-2015]: briefing, with Deputy Minister
15 Aug 2018
The Select Committee convened for the presentation of the Films and Publications Amendment Bill by the Department of Communications, and to be briefed on the main issues that had been amended from the initial Act. The general intention of the amendments was to prevent exposure of children to child pornography, ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Communal Property Association Amendment Bill [B12B-2017]: briefing
7 Aug 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform on the Communal Property Association Amendment Bill. Thereafter, the Committee discussed the legislative procedures to be followed.
The intention of the Amendment to the Communal Property Associations Act, 1996, was to address the many challenges that ...