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Home Affairs
Readiness to open ports of entry; Electoral Act amendment; Electoral Laws Second Amendment Bill; with Minister
9 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, 9 February 2021
Re-opening of South Africa’s borders: The Acting Commissioner of the Border Management Authority gave a briefing on readiness and the milestones to reopen the land ports of entry. Following the humanitarian and health crisis at the Beitbridge and Lebombo ...
Home Affairs
Beitbridge & Lebombo Oversight visits; DHA, IEC & GPW Audit Outcomes & 2019/20 Annual Reports; with Ministry
26 Jan 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, 26 January 2021
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to discuss its report on its oversight visit to the Beitbridge and Lebombo Ports of Entry. The second item on the agenda entailed a briefing by the Auditor-General of South Africa ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Laws Amendment Bill: adoption & committee report
1 Dec 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs
The purpose of this virtual meeting was for the Committee to conduct its clause-by-clause deliberations on the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill [B22-2020], and to adopt the Committee report on the Bill.
The first amendment regarding the A-version of the Electoral Laws Amendment ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Laws Amendment Bill: further deliberations
27 Nov 2020
Video: PC Home, 27 November
The purpose of the meeting was for the Committee to continue its deliberations on the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill [B22-2020]. Special request was tendered for the Committee to hold this meeting because the amendments need to be effected within a specific timeframe to not interfere ...
Police
Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports (BRRR): SAPS, IPID, CSPS, PSIRA
25 Nov 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Police met to approve the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports (BRRRs) which in terms of the Money Bills Amendment Procedures and Related Matters Act, it must annually compile a Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) that assesses service delivery and ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Laws Amendment Bill: deliberations; with Deputy Minister & Home Affairs BRRR
24 Nov 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs
In this virtual meeting, the Committee continued its deliberations on the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill.
The Committee was in general agreement with the bill but expressed concerns about clauses 14 and 21. The Committee recommended that the IEC must consider amending or ...
Police
IPID & PSIRA 2019/20 Annual Reports
18 Nov 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Police met to consider the annual reports of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) and the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA).
The Committee expressed pleasure upon hearing of IPID’s unqualified audit opinion. They were impressed that IPID had achieved this despite not ...
Home Affairs
Prophet Bushiri & wife escape from SA: Ministry & Department briefing; Electoral Laws Amendment Bill: IEC response to public submissions
17 Nov 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, 17 November 2020
Following the escape of Prophet Shepard Bushiri and Ms Mary Bushiri from South Africa while out on bail, the Minister of Home Affairs was invited to a virtual meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs to answer to allegations and ...
Police
SAPS Forensics Division on leadership, systems & turnaround strategy; with Ministry
11 Nov 2020
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the South African Police Service (SAPS) Forensics Division’s leadership matters, organisational systems and overall turnaround strategy.
The SAPS listed a number of reasons that caused the DNA backlog. These were:
insufficient funding for the Forensic Science Laboratory; unstable leadership and management; ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Laws Amendment Bill: consideration of submissions; with Deputy Minister
10 Nov 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed on public submissions and contributions to the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill. Members heard that there were over 12 000 submissions from the general public mainly through the Dear South Africa platform, non-governmental organisations, such as the Helen ...