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Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Constitutional Court judgment impact on Powers, Privileges & Immunities of Parliament Act; Ad Hoc Committee terms of reference
2 Sep 2016
The Ad Hoc Committee on Review of Powers and Privileges Act was recently briefed about the salient points raised in the Constitutional Court judgement in the matter of the Democratic Alliance v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others (CCT86/15) regarding Section 11 of the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom on its 2015/16 Annual Report and pressing matters
31 Aug 2016
Eskom’s earnings for the year were R32 billion – an increase of 37.4% from the previous year. The entity had cost savings of R17.5 billion from the implemented cost-cutting measures and this was achieved against the target of R13.4 billion. Eskom received a R23 billion equity injection from government and ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Rules Subcommittee Report on Rule 53A Physical removal of Members, Deputy Speaker ruling on quoting of judgments amended, Committee Report on Review of Rules
24 May 2016
The Chairperson of the Subcommittee dealing with the revision of the National Assembly Rules (the Rules) took the Committee through the changes that had been made to Rule 53A since the last Rules Committee meeting. Essentially, a new subrule 14 had been inserted, which in terms drew the distinction between ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Constitutional Court Nkandla judgment implications for NA Rules, Amendment of Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act, Portfolio Committee for Presidency Budget Vote request; Review of Rules Subcommittee Report
17 May 2016
The Rules Committee decided, after discussion, that the consideration of the circumstances when Members could be removed under rule 53A should be done by the Subcommittee on the Review of the rules of the NA.
Mr J Steenhuizen (DA) had raised the principles behind a ruling by the Deputy Speaker ...
Public Enterprises
Denel board on VR Laser Asia and suspension of its executives
11 May 2016
The meeting provided the Denel Board the opportunity to clarify certain matters that had been the subject of media speculation about the formation of Denel Asia and its joint venture partners. The suspensions of the former Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Company Secretary were discussed. The ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Guidelines & Constitutional Court judgment: Removal of MP; Removal of President, Recusal of Speaker: Legal Advisor inputs
22 Apr 2016
Opinions were presented to the Subcommittee by the Parliamentary Legal Advisors and the State Law Advisors on the implications of the recent Constitutional Court (CC) judgment in the matter of Democratic Alliance v Speaker of the National Assembly. Essentially, that judgment had dealt with the meaning of section 11 of ...
Public Enterprises
Alexkor on its 2014/15 Annual Report; Committee Report on Public Enterprise Strategic Plan & Budget
20 Apr 2016
The Committee met to be briefed by Alexkor on its annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2015, and to consider its report on the Department of Public Enterprises’ strategic plan and budget.
Alexkor reported that it had done quite well in the year under review, ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Rules for Removal from office of President ito Constitution; Guidelines on Removal of MP from Chamber
7 Apr 2016
The Subcommittee on Review of the Assembly Rules continued to work through the Guidelines and the Determinations for Chapters 5 to 12. It deliberated on the proposed Disciplinary Committee which is aimed at looking into the physical removal of a member from the House. This envisaged committee is going to ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Guidelines for Removal of Speaker; MP Dress Code; Fines for MP Absence; Removal of MP from Chamber Committee
6 Apr 2016
Members of the opposition parties rejected outright the proposed dress code rules for Members of Parliament. They felt the dress code rules are an insult to the intelligence of lawmakers and they do not want to be dictated to about what they wear.
This surfaced when the Subcommittee on the ...
Public Enterprises
Localisation: State Owned Companies role: dti briefing with DPE, Eskom & Transnet
16 Mar 2016
The Director General of the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) said Government’s localisation drive had been delayed by a lack of National Treasury approval for designations recommended by the dti. Government’s procurement budget is about R500bn a year and it has set a 75% target for local procurement. One ...