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Home Affairs
DHA Policy on consequential amendments to PPFA; Status of ABIS & BCMS (with Ministry present)
9 May 2023
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs met virtually to receive a status update on the Biometric Movement Control System (BMCS) and Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) projects.
The Committee was greatly frustrated with the lack of progress on the ABIS project. The Committee enquired about the handover process from ...
Home Affairs
Registration of Muslim Marriages Bill: MP Hendricks & DHA briefing; DHA Budget: Committee Report; with Ministry in attendance
2 May 2023
The Committee received a briefing on a Private Members’ Bill from MP Mr Ganief Hendricks, leader of Al-Jama-ah, on the Registration of Muslim Marriages Bill. The Department of Home Affairs, led by the Minister, provided its response to the proposed law.
The Department was of the ...
Home Affairs
Plans to address backlogs in Immigration (permitting section), refugee and civic services; with Deputy Minister
14 Mar 2023
The Committee met on a virtual platform to by briefed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on the measures it was implementing to eliminate the application backlogs affecting its immigration permitting, civic services and refugee appeals operations.
The DHA placed a large part of the blame for the ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs, BMA, IEC, GPW 2022/23 Budget Allocations
28 Feb 2023
The Committee was briefed on the Department of Home Affairs, Independent Electoral Commission, Border Management Authority and Government Printing Works budget allocations for the 2023/24 financial year.
The IEC spoke about its implementation of the recently passed Electoral Amendment Bill for the 2024 national and provincial elections. This includes ...
Home Affairs
State of Nation Address implications for Home Affairs; with Deputy Minister
21 Feb 2023
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2023 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
The 2023 State of Nation Address had implications for the Department of Home Affairs, Electoral Commission and Government Printing Works in these three areas:
• Growing the economy, reducing red tape to scarce skills, tourism and business investment.
• ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations; DHA & Parliament Legal Services on legislative processes to introduce an Executive & Committee Bill; with Deputy Minister
7 Feb 2023
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee convened to deliberate and finalise its decisions on the Electoral ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: Content Advisor briefing on submissions received, with Deputy Minister present
1 Feb 2023
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In a virtual meeting, the Content Advisor briefed the Portfolio Committee on the submissions received on the ...
Home Affairs
Briefing by Department of Home Affairs and Border Management Authority (BMA) on their readiness for the festive season, update on progress on establishing BMA and Draft Regulations; with Ministry
22 Nov 2022
The Border Management Agency Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner briefed the Committee on the readiness of all the ports of entry for the upcoming festive season. This includes staff from different departments to either be deployment or seconded to ports, the borderline or coastline. The necessary arrangements are also in ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Electoral A/B: DHA, IEC, CLSO response to public submissions, with Ministry
14 Nov 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Select Committee on Security and Justice, National Council of Provinces, received responses from the Department of Home Affairs, the Electoral Commission, and Parliamentary Legal Advisors on written submissions received on the Electoral Amendment Bill [B1B-2022].
The Bill would allow independent ...
Home Affairs
DHA & SITA on war on queues and chronic network downtimes at DHA offices; Rollout of DHA services to banks and mobile units; with Deputy Minister
8 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs met on a virtual platform to consider a joint presentation by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) on issues such as the "war on queues" and the progress achieved in improving network uptime at DHA offices. ...