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Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: adoption; with Deputy Minister
18 Nov 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Police convened to adopt the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities (POCDATARA) Amendment Bill [B15-2022] and its report on the Bill.
The Chairperson said that adoption of the Bill had been a tough process that ...
Police
Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: proposed amendments; with Deputy Minister
16 Nov 2022
In a virtual meeting the Parliamentary Legal Advisor took the Committee through the A-list of the Committee's proposed amendments to Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill. They looked at the B-version of the Bill in which all of these proposed amendments had been included. ...
Home Affairs
Migrant issues, opening of refugee offices, statelessness & backlog project: LHR briefing
15 Nov 2022
In a virtual meeting, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on migrant issues, including opening refugee offices, statelessness and the application backlog project.
The LHR briefed the Committee on refugee and migrant rights, covering the digitisation of the asylum seeker and refugee system, ...
Police
Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: further deliberations; Public Participation Report; with Deputy Minister
11 Nov 2022
The Committee continued its deliberations on the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities (POCDATARA) Amendment Bill.
It adopted the report on the public participation hearings on the Bill, as well as the proposed changes based on the comments received and the Committee's earlier ...
Police
Lt Colonel Kinnear Investigation: IPID, SAPS & DPCI Input; with Minister and Deputy Minister
9 Nov 2022
The Committee convened in Parliament to receive a briefing by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) on the investigation into the murder of Lt Col Charl Kinnear, as well as a briefing by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) on the progress made with the IPID recommendations on the ...
Home Affairs
DHA & SITA on war on queues and chronic network downtimes at DHA offices; Rollout of DHA services to banks and mobile units; with Deputy Minister
8 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs met on a virtual platform to consider a joint presentation by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) on issues such as the "war on queues" and the progress achieved in improving network uptime at DHA offices. ...
Police
Classification IPID Report on murder of Lt. Col Kinnear; POCDATARA Bill deliberations; with Deputy Minister
2 Nov 2022
The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting on the classification of the report of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) on the murder of Lt Col Charl Kinnear, the former section commander for the Western Cape anti-gang unit.
The Committee was critical of the failure ...
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs Q 1 & 2 2022/23 Performance; with Minister and Deputy Minister
1 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs met on a virtual platform to receive a briefing from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on its performance in the first and second quarters of the 2022/23 financial year. The presentation showed that the Department had under-performed drastically in its immigration services, ...
Police
Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: public hearings & Department response; with Deputy Minister
26 Oct 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSPS) provided the departmental response to the public submission by the Fish Hoek Valley Ratepayers and Residents Association on the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities (POCDATARA) Bill. The Committee also received a briefing from "DearSA" ...
Police
DNA Board Annual Report 2021/22; SAPS, IPID, CSPS and PSIRA BRRRs
19 Oct 2022
National forensic oversight and ethics board (DNA Board)
The Committee was briefed on the Strategic and Annual Report 2021/22 of the DNA Board. The DNA board oversees the operations of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) and National Forensic DNA Database (NFDD).
The Committee brought several serious ...