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National Youth Development Agency appointments
Short-listing of candidates for interviews
23 Mar 2016
The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency short-listed 13 candidates who would be interviewed on 29 and 30 March 2016.
NCOP Security and Justice
Adoption of Outstanding Minutes
16 Mar 2016
The Committee met to adopt the minutes of 4 November, 25 November 2015, 24 February 2016 and 2 March 2016. The minutes of 4 and 25 November 2015 were adopted without amendments while the minutes of 24 February was adopted with amendments. The Committee decided not to adopt the second ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
Joint Committee Programme: adoption
9 Mar 2016
The Ad Hoc Committee on Appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency met for the consideration and adoption of the Joint Committee Programme.
The Ad Hoc Committee on Appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) adopted its Joint Committee Programme.
NCOP Security and Justice
Judges and Magistrates 2015 Remuneration: Department of Justice briefing
2 Mar 2016
The Department of Justice briefed the Select Committee on Security and Justice on the draft notice and schedule in order to obtain their approval for the proposed increase in the remuneration of Constitutional Court judges, judges and magistrates.
The proposed increases were as follows:
The Chief Justice, up to the ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Embrace Dignity petition to end all all forms of oppression against women, prostitution & sex trafficking
2 Mar 2016
Embrace Dignity, a non-profit organisation, briefed the Committee on itself and its call to Parliament to assist in ending all forms of oppression against women, prostitution and sex trafficking. Embrace Dignity essentially set out to challenge gender and power inequalities that continued to oppress women and girls and to express ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Black Industrialists Policy: Department of Trade and Industry briefing
24 Feb 2016
The Department of Trade and Industry provided a background to the Black Industrialists Policy (BIP) and described how it was expected to bolster economic development in South Africa. The DTI explained that the South African economy had experienced stunted growth as a result of the legacy of Apartheid, which excluded ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Maluti-A-Phofung Petition Hearing Report & Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act Petition Hearing Report: adoption
24 Feb 2016
The Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings met briefly to consider and adopt the Maluti-A-Phofung Petition Hearing Report; the Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA) Petition Hearing Report and two outstanding minutes.
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Mayor of Mkhanyakude District Municipality on s 139 (1)(b): input; Committee report on Mkhanyakude District Municipality
23 Feb 2016
The Mayor of UMkhanyakude District Municipality briefed the Committee on the resolution that had been taken by the Free State Provincial Executive in terms of section 139(1) (b) of the Constitution. There was a strong belief that the intervention would assist the Municipality in aaddressing a number of challenges such ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Criminal Matters Amendment Bill[B20-15]; Defence Laws and Repeal Amendment Bill [B7-15]; Judicial Matters Amendment Bill [B2-15]: adoption, in presence of Deputy Minister
25 Nov 2015
The Committee met to consider the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill; the Defence Laws and Repeal Amendment Bill and the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill.
The Committee engaged with the Parliamentary Legal Advisor, in relation to the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill, around whether public hearings were necessary and if so, who had ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Oudtshoorn Local Municipality intervention
19 Nov 2015
The Committee considered and adopted unamended its Committee Report on notices of interventions issued in terms of sections 139(1)(b) and 139(4) of the constitution (1996) in the Oudtshoorn Local Municipality.
Considering the challenges faced in the Oudtshoorn Local Municipality recommendations made by the Committee in the Report were highlighted: