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NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Postponed: Sentech’s Financial Sustainability and Challenges in Supporting Community Radio and Broadcasting Stations
22 Mar 2023
The Select Committee convened virtually to be briefed by Sentech on the entity’s financial sustainability and challenges in supporting community radio and broadcasting stations. The Committee was to also consider the previous meeting’s minutes.
The Chairperson extended the apologies of the Minister who was not able to attend because ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill: briefing with Deputy Minister
14 Mar 2023
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment briefed the Select Committee on the National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill [B24B-2021] which is a Section 76 Bill affecting the provinces. The Bill aims to amend the Principal Act of 1998 to improve its administration, provide technical enhancements, align the ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC Turnaround Plan; DCDT on Analogue Switch-Off, BDM Policy & Competition Commission Report; with Minister
21 Feb 2023
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Availability of the Spectrum and the impact thereof on reducing the costs to communicate: DCDT Briefing; with Deputy Minister
30 Nov 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee received a briefing from the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies on the availability of the spectrum and the impact thereof on reducing the costs to communicate. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.
The Deputy Minister remarked that South Africans rely on mobile ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Summary of Committee work in 2022 & 2023 activities: Committee Staff briefing
29 Nov 2022
The Select Committee held its final meeting for the year. The Committee Researcher briefed the Committee on the work it did in 2022, key oversight outcomes as well as key actions and challenges for 2023.
Members noted that out of the 19 meetings held in 2022, 13 focused on ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Update on GBVF-related matters: DWYPD (with Minister), SAPS & DoJ&CD input
24 Nov 2022
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus convened on the eve of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign to engage on gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) related matters. The idea of the campaign is to integrate the outcomes into the overall national strategy, to combat crimes against women and to eliminate the ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations, with Minister
23 Nov 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Select Committee on Security and Justice sat to deliberate on the refinements made by the Parliamentary Legal Advisors (PLA), at the request of Members, on certain aspects of the proposed amendments to the Electoral Amendment Bill (EAB), particularly those pertaining to ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Recapitalisation and Development Programme (RECAP): cost and successes
22 Nov 2022
The Committee in a virtual meeting received a briefing from the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) on the cost of RECAP to the Department, the success rate of the programme and its total cost to the land reform programme. The briefing included the details of ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Post-settlement process between Safcol and the successful land claimants: DPE briefing, with Deputy Minister
9 Nov 2022
In a briefing to the Select Committee, the Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises highlighted the importance of land claims and their impact on affected individuals and communities. It was stated that a good relationship with the departments affected by land claims and the claiming communities is being continually sought ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Committee Business
8 Nov 2022
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and Environmental Affairs was supposed to brief the Select Committee today. Unfortunately, the senior officials, Minister and the Deputy Minister are attending COP17 in Egypt. The Committee dealt with is internal business instead.