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Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill deliberations; Government Printing Works investigation; with Minister
5 Jul 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
A Parliamentary Legal Adviser provided a recap on the Electoral Amendment Bill deliberations, detailing the decisions made. Members agreed in principle that independent candidates should be included in the concept of a “party liaison committee” and that this be amended. The IEC ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill extension; IEC, DHA, Law Advisor submissions; with Minister
21 Jun 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
Parliament's Constitutional and Legal Services Office (CLSO) briefed the Committee on the granting of a Constitutional Court extension on the Electoral ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: Parliament Legal Services on constitutional issues & public participation report; DHA Budget: Committee Report
6 May 2022
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to receive a legal opinion from the Parliamentary Legal Services on the legal and constitutional issues raised during the public consultation processes around amending the Electoral Act 73 of 1998.
This meeting formed part of the broader process to ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill; DHA Quarter 1, 2 & 3 2020/21 Performance; with Minister
15 Feb 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2022 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to address issues related to electoral law reform and to be briefed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on its performance and expenditure reports for the first, second and third quarters of ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: follow-up briefing, with Minister & Deputy; Electoral Laws Second Amendment Bill update
8 Feb 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee was given an overview of the Electoral Amendment Bill [B1-2022] and the Minister commented on the Private Members Bill tabled by Mr Mosiuoa Lekota, MP – the Electoral Laws Second Amendment Bill [B34-2020].
The Home Affairs Minister explained that subsequent ...
Home Affairs
Ministerial Advisory Committee Report on Electoral Reform & Electoral Amendment Bill; with Minister
7 Dec 2021
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing by the Minister of Home Affairs on the Ministerial Advisory Committee Report on the Electoral Reform and the Electoral Amendment Bill.
The Minister informed Members that the Ministerial Advisory Committee had developed two ...
Home Affairs
Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) progress & plans to resolve downtimes at DHA offices; with Deputy Minister
30 Nov 2021
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to be briefed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) on the implementation plan to resolve the challenge of system downtimes at the DHA’s offices, and the implementation of the Automatic Biometric Information System (ABIS). ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
National Strategic Plan on Gender Based Violence: engagement with lead departments
25 Nov 2021
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus met to receive briefings on the Implementation of Pillar 2: Prevention, Rebuilding, and Social Cohesion in terms of the Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) National Strategic Plan. The Caucus heard from the Department of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD); Department of Social Development ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority (BMA) rollout plan and funding; Home Affairs BRRR 2021; with Deputy Minister
23 Nov 2021
2021 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs and the Select Committee on Security and Justice, sitting together in a joint meeting, on the rollout plan and funding for the Border Management Authority (BMA).
The BMA ...
Home Affairs
IEC 2020/21 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
16 Nov 2021
Annual Reports 2020/21
Tabled Committee Reports
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to be briefed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on its Annual Report and financial statements for the 2020/21 financial year.
The Committee heard that the IEC received an overall clean audit opinion from the Auditor-General of ...