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Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Withholding equitable share from municipalities: input by Department of Cooperative Governance; National Treasury & SALGA
12 May 2015
Department of Cooperative Governance
The Department said that the decision to withhold the equitable share funds was a Treasury decision. Its presentation spoke to the engagements with the affected municipalities, general observations from the engagements, future issues of policy that needed discussion, the progress to date of municipal payments to ...
NCOP Security and Justice
SAPS & Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans
6 May 2015
The South African Police Service (SAPS) gave a comparison on the budget growth from the year 2011/12 to the year 2017/18 which showed growth in the budget. Baseline allocations over the medium term grew from R76.3 billion in 2015/16 to R86.3 billion in 2017/18 at an average annual rate of ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Petition for amendment Compensation for Occupational Injuries & Diseases Act: Disabled People SA; Fuzane petition (alleged assault on child whilst in a public hospital)
6 May 2015
Mr Wilson Dudmezela, on behalf of Disabled People South Africa (DPSA) presented a petition to the Committee in relation to the Compensation for Occupational Diseases and Injuries Act. The first request was that the Committee help DPSA to put pressure on the relevant parties to amend the COIDA which was ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Election of co-chairpersons
26 Mar 2015
The Committee elected Mr Vincent Smith as the Co-Chairperson of the National Assembly component of the Joint Committee on Constitutional Review and Mr Lewis Nzimande as the Co-Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces component of the Committee.
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Mkhize petition deferred; Sehume petition: further information to be sought; paternity leave petition: further advice requested
18 Mar 2015
The Committee Chairperson noted his annoyance that Members were arriving late, and said that consideration would be given to arranging for blocks of time to deal with petitions.
The Committee firstly noted that no further details had been received for the Mkhize petition and it was not considered further. Turning ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Suspension of magistrates: Magistrates Commission progress report; KwaZulu-Natal Oversight Committee Report; International Study Tour preparation
18 Mar 2015
The Magistrates Commission presented its quarterly report to the Committee, in terms of the requirements of the Magistrates Court Act, on the progress of disciplinary matters against magistrates who had been provisionally suspended or against whom action was pending. The briefings were set out fully in documentation, and described to ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Mayibuye Road Transport Corporation Petition; Second Term Programme; 2014 Quarterly report deferred
18 Mar 2015
The Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings convened to consider and adopt reports and minutes. Only the Second Term Programme was adopted.
The Committee considered its draft report on the Mayibuye Road Transport Petition, but Members noted that it had come out that Mr Matshaya had been paid for ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
CRL Rights Commission on its Annual Performance Plan 2015/16
17 Mar 2015
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) briefed the Committee on its Annual Performance Plan. The Commission was dealing with issues of diminished heritage. The Commission had tackled the issue of initiation schools and the nation had taken ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Inter-Departmental Annual Report 2013/14; Schedule determining rates: Department of Justice
18 Feb 2015
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented the Inter-Departmental Annual Report of 2013/14, with a special focus on the implementation of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (the Act), and the draft notice and schedules for determining the salaries of magistrates and judges.
In ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Committee guidelines and programme
18 Feb 2015
The Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings met to adopt the Committee guidelines, to consider the 2015 First Term Programme and the adoption of the draft minutes of Committee meetings in November 2014. The Committee agreed that Clause 9 of the Committee guidelines, covering the “submission of petition” process, ...