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Home Affairs
Gupta Early Naturalisation; North West, Mpumalanga & KZN Home Affairs reports; with Minister
22 Aug 2017
The purpose of the meeting was to engage the current Minister of Home Affairs on the early naturalisation of the Gupta family, and to receive briefings from the Department of Home Affairs’ (DHA’s) provincial managers on the status of the Department in North West province, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.
Members expressed ...
Public Service and Administration
Minister & Director-General Absence; Public Service Commission on Jan-Jun 2017 performance
15 Aug 2017
The Committee was supposed to be briefed by the Department of Public Service and Administration, the National School of Government, Centre for Public Service Innovation and the Public Service Commission on their fourth quarter’s performance of 2016/17 financial year and first quarter performance of 2017/18 financial year. The Minister of ...
Home Affairs
Gupta family naturalisation
27 Jun 2017
Documents not provided to the public.
The meeting of the Home Affairs Portfolio Committee was intended to provide Committee members with an opportunity to be briefed by the Minister of Home Affairs, the previous Minister of Home Affairs, now Minister of Finance, and the Director-General of the Department of Home ...
International Relations
Department & African Renaissance Fund on their Quarter 3 & 4 performance
14 Jun 2017
The main highlight of the African Renaissance Fund (ARF) performance was adherence to the performance indicators which include percentage of requests responded to, number of ARF structures and processes convened to identify and recommend projects, democracy and good governance, socio economic development, capacity building, cooperation with other countries and partners ...
International Relations
Committee Minutes
31 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee met for the consideration and adoption of Draft Committee Minutes.
The Committee briefly discussed announcements that were made by the Chairperson.
The Committee adopted 13 sets of outstanding Committee minutes.
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs funding pressures: National Treasury briefing; with Minister present
30 May 2017
The Committee was briefed by the National Treasury on the funding pressures within the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), especially the impact which the budget cuts were having on the DHA’s ability to employ qualified staff and meet its obligations in respect of border security.
The Treasury gave the Committee ...
Home Affairs
Committee Report on Department of Home Affairs Budget, with Minister present
16 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee met to consider and adopt its report on the Department of Home Affairs’ budget vote, as well as the Committee’s annual business plan, and agreed on several amendments to the observations and amendments.
One of the issues raised concerned people who still had their identity (ID) numbers ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Commission (IEC) on its Annual Performance Plan & 2016 Local Government Elections
2 May 2017
In the presence of the new Minister of Home Affairs, Prof Hlengiwe Mkhize, the Electoral Commission (IEC) briefed the Committee on the Annual Performance Plan and Budget for 2017/18 and on the Local Government Elections held in 2016. It was an honour for the IEC to meet with the new ...
Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Finalisation of Commissioners
15 Mar 2017
The Ad Hoc Committee on Filling of Vacancies in the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) deliberated on the names of interviewed candidates. The Committee was initially briefed by the State Security Agency on the vetting and screening of candidates. The recording of this session was closed to the media and ...
Appointment to the Commission for Gender Equality
Interviews: day 2
14 Mar 2017
The Ad Hoc Committee on Filling of Vacancies in the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) interviewed 9 candidates out of the 21 candidates that were shortlisted. One candidate from the 21 shortlisted candidates withdrew from the interview process.
The following 9 candidates were interviewed by the Committee: