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National Youth Development Agency appointments
Joint Committee Programme: adoption
9 Mar 2016
The Ad Hoc Committee on Appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency met for the consideration and adoption of the Joint Committee Programme.
The Ad Hoc Committee on Appointment of Board Members to the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) adopted its Joint Committee Programme.
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Embrace Dignity petition to end all all forms of oppression against women, prostitution & sex trafficking
2 Mar 2016
Embrace Dignity, a non-profit organisation, briefed the Committee on itself and its call to Parliament to assist in ending all forms of oppression against women, prostitution and sex trafficking. Embrace Dignity essentially set out to challenge gender and power inequalities that continued to oppress women and girls and to express ...
NCOP Security and Justice
2014 Defence Review: Department of Defence briefing
24 Feb 2016
A delegation from the Department of Defence (DoD) presented on the Defence Review 2014, but prior to and during the presentation a number of Members of the Committee expressed their dissatisfaction that the Minister and Deputy Minister of Defence were not present, as there were a number of questions on ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Maluti-A-Phofung Petition Hearing Report & Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act Petition Hearing Report: adoption
24 Feb 2016
The Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings met briefly to consider and adopt the Maluti-A-Phofung Petition Hearing Report; the Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA) Petition Hearing Report and two outstanding minutes.
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Love Knysna petition (petition on alleged maladministration, fraud and financial irregularities at Knysna Local Municipality)
10 Feb 2016
The Committee met to be hear a petition by Love Knysna, an advocacy project which had petitioned the Committee on the alleged maladministration, fraud and financial irregularities at Knysna Local Municipality.
Ms Susan Campbell, Legal Advisor Knysna Environmental Forum, said she had knowledge about the Integrated Strategic Development Framework (ISDF) ...
Public Service and Administration
Shortlisting of nominees for NYDA board: postponed
2 Feb 2016
The Committee met to go through the shortlisting of nominees for the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) board of directors.
The Committee agreed to postpone the meeting for a second time as there were too few members due to scheduling problems.
The EFF requested that the advert be re-opened in ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Oudtshoorn Ratepayers Association (ORPA) petition on private commercial flight training school
27 Jan 2016
The Oudtshoorn Ratepayers Association (ORPA) briefed the Committee on the alleged unlawful and unregulated establishment of the private commercial flight training operation in Oudtshoorn which is training pilots for commercial Chinese airlines. The Association complained that the Municipality in Oudtshoorn had denied the public a proper and transparent participation process ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Criminal Matters Amendment Bill[B20-15]; Defence Laws and Repeal Amendment Bill [B7-15]; Judicial Matters Amendment Bill [B2-15]: adoption, in presence of Deputy Minister
25 Nov 2015
The Committee met to consider the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill; the Defence Laws and Repeal Amendment Bill and the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill.
The Committee engaged with the Parliamentary Legal Advisor, in relation to the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill, around whether public hearings were necessary and if so, who had ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Oudtshoorn Local Municipality intervention
19 Nov 2015
The Committee considered and adopted unamended its Committee Report on notices of interventions issued in terms of sections 139(1)(b) and 139(4) of the constitution (1996) in the Oudtshoorn Local Municipality.
Considering the challenges faced in the Oudtshoorn Local Municipality recommendations made by the Committee in the Report were highlighted:
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Embrace Dignity Petition (end prostitution and sex trafficking oppression); Chiawelo Ext 5 Petition (noise disturbance from Unity Fellowship Church in Chiawelo Township): hearings
11 Nov 2015
This meeting was meant to provide a hearing for two petitions: the petition from the Chiawelo Extension 5 residents and the Embrace Dignity petition. However, because of the Parliamentary support staff strike the meeting was adjourned early and the second petition was not heard. The meeting started with the petition ...