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Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals Report: adoption of final report
18 Nov 2015
The Ad hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence against Foreign Nationals met to attempt to finalise its report, and to adopt minutes of previous meetings. The Committee deliberated extensively on the draft Report but could not finalise the matter, or adopt the minutes, because it did not quorate at the ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Fuzane petition; Maluti-A-Phofung petition; Kona petition; Transkei Road Transport Corporation (TRTC) petition: Committee hearing reports
4 Nov 2015
The Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings, together with the Portfolio Committee on Health, met to discuss a report on the Fuzane Petition, which had previously been the subject of hearings at three consecutive meetings during May and June. The hearings had dealt with a petition submitted by Ms ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Taking Parliament to People in Oudtshoorn - Responses to Executive Undertakings: COGTA briefing
3 Nov 2015
The Deputy Minister described the factors leading to the national and provincial governments’ intervention in the Oudtschoorn municipality under Sections 139(1)(b) and 154 of the Constitution. There had been concern for the state of governance, financial management and service delivery in the municipality. The administrator was vested with all the ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Makana Local Municipality Section 139 intervention; Committee Oversight Reports on Ventersdorp & Tswaing Local Municipalities; Disaster Management Amendment Bill: negotiating mandates
1 Sep 2015
The provincial representatives read out their negotiating mandates in respect to the Disaster Management Amendment Bill. This Bill received support subject to the consideration and consolidation of some recommendations by KZN, Mpumalanga, Western Cape and Gauteng. The Provinces of Free-State, Limpopo, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape voted in favour of ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Violence against migrants: COSATU; FEDUSA & Imizamo Yethu Representatives briefing
25 Aug 2015
The Congress of the South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the Hout Bay community organisation, iMizamo Yethu, briefed the Committee on issues relating to the recent violence against foreign nationals.
COSATU stressed that the issue of migration had a historical context, particularly colonialism and apartheid, and the artificial borders that ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Mkhize petition deferred; Sehume petition: further information to be sought; paternity leave petition: further advice requested
18 Mar 2015
The Committee Chairperson noted his annoyance that Members were arriving late, and said that consideration would be given to arranging for blocks of time to deal with petitions.
The Committee firstly noted that no further details had been received for the Mkhize petition and it was not considered further. Turning ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Suspension of magistrates: Magistrates Commission progress report; KwaZulu-Natal Oversight Committee Report; International Study Tour preparation
18 Mar 2015
The Magistrates Commission presented its quarterly report to the Committee, in terms of the requirements of the Magistrates Court Act, on the progress of disciplinary matters against magistrates who had been provisionally suspended or against whom action was pending. The briefings were set out fully in documentation, and described to ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Mayibuye Road Transport Corporation Petition; Second Term Programme; 2014 Quarterly report deferred
18 Mar 2015
The Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings convened to consider and adopt reports and minutes. Only the Second Term Programme was adopted.
The Committee considered its draft report on the Mayibuye Road Transport Petition, but Members noted that it had come out that Mr Matshaya had been paid for ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
CRL Rights Commission on its Annual Performance Plan 2015/16
17 Mar 2015
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) briefed the Committee on its Annual Performance Plan. The Commission was dealing with issues of diminished heritage. The Commission had tackled the issue of initiation schools and the nation had taken ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Inter-Departmental Annual Report 2013/14; Schedule determining rates: Department of Justice
18 Feb 2015
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented the Inter-Departmental Annual Report of 2013/14, with a special focus on the implementation of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (the Act), and the draft notice and schedules for determining the salaries of magistrates and judges.
In ...