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NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Postponed: Consideration of Emfuleni Local Municipality Petition
11 Oct 2023
Meeting was postponed due to non-attendance of stakeholders. Members were aggrieved and suggested the stakeholders be summoned.
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Housing Consumer Protection Bill: Negotiating Mandates
10 Oct 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee convened to receive the provincial negotiating mandates on the Housing Consumer Protecting Bill.
The next step would be for the Department to respond to each proposed amendment by each provincial legislature.
A few Members expressed concern about the purpose of the Department’s comments, ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: public hearings day 3
21 Sep 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee heard seven oral submissions on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. Each of them were asked about the eight-year maximum sentence imposed by the National Assembly which had increased it from a three-year maximum sentence.
United Ulama ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: public hearings day 2
20 Sep 2023
Video (Part 1)
Video (Part 2)
Sixteen public submissions were heard with some asking that the Bill be implemented as quickly as possible and others stating that what already existed in law was sufficient. Committee members focused their questions on the definitions, the exemptions and the sanctions. They also asked ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: public hearings day 1
19 Sep 2023
The Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill (B9B-2018) was met with opposition from various organisations. Shema Koleinu, IlithaLabantu, South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD), Centre for Social Justice at Stellenbosch University supported the Bill, arguing that it will protect against hate crimes, combat antisemitism, ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
AU Decentralisation Charter: ratification
19 Sep 2023
AU Decentralisation Charter
In this virtual meeting, the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) briefed the Committee on the African Union Charter on Decentralization which the AU adopted in 2014. It solidifies the commitment to uphold the values and principles of decentralisation, local governance, and local development ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Salaries of Judges and Magistrates; Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: Department response & deliberation; with Deputy Minister
5 Sep 2023
The Select Committee met on a virtual platform for a briefing on the rate at which salaries, allowances and benefits were payable to Constitutional Court judges, judges and magistrates annually, and to receive a summary of the written submissions received on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and ...
NCOP Security and Justice
National Council for Correctional Services Appointment (with Ministry); Committee Reports: DCS & DHA Budgets
14 Jun 2023
The NCOP Select Committee on Security and Justice met with the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and his team on a virtual platform to discuss appointments to the National Council for Correctional Services (NCCS).
The Minister was mandated to appoint the NCCS in consultation with ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Committee Report on 2021/2022 Consolidated Local Government Municipal Audit Outcomes
13 Jun 2023
AGSA: 2021/22 Local Government Audit Outcomes
The Select Committee adopted its report on the 2021/2022 Local Government Audit Outcomes.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) supported the report, but expressed reservation on a recommendation to institutionalise and implement the District Development Model. A Member of the DA said ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Home Affairs Annual Performance Plan 2023/24; BMA progress report; with Deputy Minister
7 Jun 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) presented its 2023/24 Annual Performance Plan (APP) priorities and targets and budget. The Border Management Authority (BMA) also presented its interventions on its service delivery challenges, successes and way forward.
Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) allocations for DHA was ...