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Justice and Correctional Services
Minister on National Council for Correctional Services appointments; Correctional Services contingent liability & legal services capacity; POPI Act appointments
11 Nov 2015
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services addressed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services and the Select Committee on Security and Justice to hear his remarks on the National Council of Correctional Services (NCCS). Minister Masutha illustrated the litany of challenges facing his Department ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Police brutality in Oudtshoorn: SAPS and IPID briefing
4 Nov 2015
The Committee met to hear follow-up responses from the SA Police Service (SAPS) and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) following questions put to them by the Committee after the their visit to the Eden district as part of the “Taking Parliament to the People” initiative.
SAPS said that in ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Fuzane petition; Maluti-A-Phofung petition; Kona petition; Transkei Road Transport Corporation (TRTC) petition: Committee hearing reports
4 Nov 2015
The Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings, together with the Portfolio Committee on Health, met to discuss a report on the Fuzane Petition, which had previously been the subject of hearings at three consecutive meetings during May and June. The hearings had dealt with a petition submitted by Ms ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Defence Laws Repeal Amendment Bill [B7-2015]: Department of Defence briefing; Committee Reports adopted
23 Sep 2015
The Department of Defence briefed the Committee on the Defence Laws Repeal Amendment Bill [B7-2015]. The Department gave a summary of each clause and the reasons for repealing or amending all of the Acts named in the Bill for repeal. These mostly involved “time-specific Acts” which were now redundant as ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Guidelines on Executive Undertakings; Committee 4th term Quarterly Report; Committee Report
23 Sep 2015
The Committee went through the draft guidelines for the processing of Executive Undertakings in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). The Committee wanted there to be a specific time frame and decided to scrutinize executive undertaking progress on a quarterly basis, and submit a quarterly progress report to the NCOP. ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Disaster Management Amendment Bill [B10B-2015]: consideration & adoption; Committee Report on Makana Local Municipality
22 Sep 2015
The Committee met to consider and adopt a C-list on the Disaster Management Amendment Bill, to consider and adopt the Committee’s fourth term programme, and to table the report of the Makana Local Municipality.
The National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) briefed the Committee about the amendments to the bill. These ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Petitions Draft Bill: consideration; Petitions Select Committee Reports
2 Sep 2015
The Parliamentary Legal Adviser briefed the Committee on the status of the draft Petitions Bill. This Bill, although in draft form, had not been introduced or formally assigned to a Committee, and the Legal Adviser discussed the content of the Bill and noted that it seemed to fall under section ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Makana Local Municipality Section 139 intervention; Committee Oversight Reports on Ventersdorp & Tswaing Local Municipalities; Disaster Management Amendment Bill: negotiating mandates
1 Sep 2015
The provincial representatives read out their negotiating mandates in respect to the Disaster Management Amendment Bill. This Bill received support subject to the consideration and consolidation of some recommendations by KZN, Mpumalanga, Western Cape and Gauteng. The Provinces of Free-State, Limpopo, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape voted in favour of ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Maintenance Amendment Bill B16B-2014: adoption
25 Jun 2015
The Report of the Select Committee on Security and Justice on the Maintenance Amendment Bill [B 16B – 2014] (National Assembly – sec 75), dated 24 June 2015 was adopted.
Minutes of Committee meetings held on 18 March 2015; 6 May 2015; 13 May 2015; 26 May 2015; and 17 ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Disaster Management Bill [B10B-2015]: briefing by Department of Cooperative Governance
23 Jun 2015
In its briefing, the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs said the main purpose of the 2002 Disaster Management Act was to ensure implementation of an integrated and coordinated approach to disaster management across all spheres of government involving all relevant stakeholders. ...