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NCOP Economic Development & Trade
National Gambling Amendment Bill: final mandates; Copyright & Performers Protection Amendment Bills; Foreign Service Bill: adoption
20 Mar 2019
Seven of nine provinces submitted final mandates on the National Gambling Amendment Bill: three provinces voted in favour of the Bill, three voted against and one province abstained. North West and Free State had not submitted final mandates at the time of the meeting. The voting reflected an impasse on ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill & Public Audit Excess Fee Bill: briefing
7 Mar 2019
Both the Standing and Select Committees on Appropriations were briefed by the National Treasury on the how the nationally collected tax revenue will be shared between the three spheres of government.
Main Budget expenditure will grow by 8% over the medium term. National departments will receive R684.7 billion this year; ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Defence Amendment Bill: finalisation; Committee Legacy Report
6 Mar 2019
Documents handed out: NCOP business continues despite dissolution of NA; Report of the Select Committee on Security and Justice on its activities undertaken during the 5th Parliament; Report of the Committee on Security and Justice on the oversight visit to the Gauteng Province
The Committee briefed on the oversight visit to ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Public Administration
Emadlangen & Inkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Local Municipalities: termination of intervention
5 Mar 2019
The Committee was briefed by COGTA KZN on the termination of interventions at Emadlangeni and Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma municipalities and the institution of interventions under Section 139(1)(b) of the Constitution at Endumeni and Abaqulusi municipalities
COGTA KZN said the interventions at Emadlangeni and Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Mmunicipalities’ had ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Bill: deliberation and finalisation
20 Feb 2019
Relevant documents: Public comments matrix
The Committee met for deliberations on the written comments received from the public on the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Bill. Two submissions had been received from Mpumalanga and Western Cape Provincial Legislatures.
The Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature submitted a proposal to ...
NCOP Public Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Government Advertising Agency Petition
20 Feb 2019
Mr Zenani Sibanyoni brought a petition before the Committee requesting a Government Advertising Agency to be established. He said that the government has many platforms at its disposal that could be used to run this concept. He mentioned the printing of adverts on payslips, government vehicles and government buildings. He ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Defence Amendment Bill [B18-2017]: written comments; Legal Aid SA regulations
19 Feb 2019
The Committee met to discuss the Defence Amendment Bill [B18-2017], the written comments by the Right2Know Campaign, and the regulations of Legal Aid South Africa.
The Right2Know Campaign accused the Department of Defence (DoD) of attempting to give the Minister unfettered powers to regulate access to military areas and assets. ...
NCOP Public Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Elder Care, Cakwebe, Ngqushwa Petitions: Committee Reports
13 Feb 2019
The Select Committee met for the Consideration and adoption of the Elder Care Petition Report (Petition calling for the amendment of section 27 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997), the consideration and adoption of Cakwebe Petition Report (Petition requesting the intervention of the NCOP, in relation ...
NCOP Finance
Izinduna unfunded budget, with COGTA Minister
12 Feb 2019
The KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC briefed the Committee about the Izinduna budget in the presence of COGTA Minister. The initial audit confirmed that KZN has 3 100 Izinduna. The issue at stake is that following the President’s proclamation in 2014, Headmen were to be remunerated on a salary of R80 875 backdated to ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Public Administration
Public Service Commission Amendment Bill & Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Bill: final mandates
4 Dec 2018
The Select Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs adopted the final mandates on both the Public Service Commission and Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Bill.
All provinces agreed to the final mandates on the Public Service Commission Amendment Bill.
Only five provinces – Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Free ...