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NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Section 139 intervention: Free State COGTA on intervention in Municipalities
28 Nov 2023
In an online platform, the Free State Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) presented a report on the four Free State municipalities that had been placed under Section 139 intervention.
The Mafube local municipality had undergone section 139 due to its failure to carry out its service ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Correctional Services A/B: adoption; Judicial Matters A/B: public comment; Ministers of Police & Home Affairs Executive Undertakings
22 Nov 2023
In the virtual meeting, the Minister of Police provided a progress report on the six Executive Undertakings made at the Taking Parliament to the People in the Ugu District in KZN in November 2022. These included items such as the provision of a police station and a mobile community ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Section 139 intervention: termination of intervention in Emfuleni Local Municipality
21 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed on the province’s intervention in the Emfuleni Local Municipality in terms of section 139 (1)(b) of the Constitution.
The Committee was told that the Executive Council of the Gauteng Provincial Government decided to end the intervention by 31 August 2022. The appointed ...
Defence
Feedback on the Reserve Force Indaba; Reserve Force future plans; with Deputy Minister
9 Nov 2023
The Department of Defence and Military Veterans provided feedback to the Committee on the Reserve Force's Indaba Two, and the future focus for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) reserves.
The Deputy Minister assured the Committee that the Department of Defence’s (DoD's) officials had done a lot of ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: Finalisation
8 Nov 2023
The Select Committee on Security and Justice met on the virtual platform to consider and adopt the Committee Report on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill [B9B-2018]. This marks the finalisation of the Bill in terms of the process of the Select Committee.
The ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Protected Disclosures Act: Practical Guidelines for Employees; Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: proposed amendments
1 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee on Security and Justice adopted the Amendments to the Practical Guidelines for Employees on Protected Disclosures in terms of section 10(4)(b) of the Protected Disclosures Act, No 26 of 2000. It noted that it had been briefed on them the week before.
The ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Section 139 Interventions in KZN Municipalities
31 Oct 2023
The virtual meeting of the Select Committee received an update from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on the status of Section 139 interventions in municipalities in the province.
The Committee was told that since 2016, KZN had implemented Section 139 interventions in 12 municipalities, ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: deliberation; Protected Disclosures Act Amendments to the Practical Guidelines for Employees; with Deputy Minister
25 Oct 2023
The Select Committee on Security and Justice convened on a virtual platform to receive a short briefing by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on the Protected Disclosures Act amendments to the Practical Guidelines for Employees, and for deliberations on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Housing Consumer Protection Bill: DHS response to negotiating mandates; with Minister
24 Oct 2023
The Committee met on a virtual platform to receive a briefing from the Department of Human Settlement (DHS) on its responses to the negotiating mandates of the provinces on the Housing Consumer Protection Bill.
The proposed amendments aimed to clarify the roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders; provide clear meaning ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Correctional Services A/B: DCS briefing; Judicial Matters A/B: DoJ&CD briefing; Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: deliberations; with Deputy Ministers
18 Oct 2023
The Select Committee received briefings on the Correctional Services Amendment Bill and the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill. Also, it deliberated on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill.
The Deputy Minister of Correctional Services said the Bill had been developed to give effect to the ...