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Defence
Election of Co-Chairpersons; Deployment of SANDF members to Western Cape
25 Jul 2019
Members elected Mr C Xaba (ANC) and Mr N Nchabeleng (ANC; Limpopo) as the Co-Chairpersons of the Joint Committee from the National Assembly and NCOP components respectively.
The Committee received and considered the letter from the President through the Speaker on the employment of members of the South African National ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence and Military Veterans Budget: Committee Report
10 Jul 2019
The Portfolio Committee considered its report on the 2019/20 annual performance plan and budget allocations of the Department of Defence (DOD) and the Department of Military Veterans.
The committee support staff presented the draft report to the Committee and Members focused their comments on the observations and recommendations sections.
Members ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence & Military Veterans, Armscor & Castle Control Board 2019/20 Annual Performance Plans, with Minister & Deputy Minister
3 Jul 2019
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) presented an overview of how the Department functioned and their plans for the financial year. The key policy considerations that the Department was going to focus on included amending the Military Veterans Act, reconfiguring the structure of the Department in order to align it ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Election of Chairperson
2 Jul 2019
The Committee met to elect its Chairperson. Mr V Xaba (ANC) was nominated unopposed as Chairperson of the Committee, he accepted the nomination and declared as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans.
The newly elected Chairperson alerted Committee Members that the Committee was expected to hit ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform briefing
20 Feb 2019
The Presidency hosts Second National Land Reform Colloquium
The Presidential Advisory Panel on Land Reform briefed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform, the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. The Advisory Panel had asked ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Properties & land parcels earmarked for land reform through land restitution process, with Deputy Minister
19 Feb 2019
The Department of Public Works briefed the Committee on the legislation governing the state’s immovable assets, outcome of the legal opinion for transfer of land for restitution purposes and properties earmarked for land reform. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.
With the operationalisation of the Property Management Trading Entity ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
DRDLR structure and staff establishment; with Deputy Ministers
13 Feb 2019
The Committee met to discuss issues surrounding the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform’s (DRDLR’s) organogram and structure, as well as to consider the focus areas for the term that was under review.
The DRDLR’s presentation covered the details of the micro and macro structure of the Department, the ...
Health
National Health Laboratory Services Amendment Bill: adoption
13 Feb 2019
The amendments to the National Health Laboratory Service Amendment Bill (NHLS) by the Select Committee on Social Services were discussed.
Members mainly discussed amendments to Clauses five, six, nine and 15 which were concerned with provincial representation technicalities, dissolution of the Board and the appointment of the Board and Laboratory ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Elandskloof Communal Property Association: DRDLR update; Annual & Legacy Report; with Deputy Minister
5 Dec 2018
The Committee met with a team from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and citizens from the Elandskloof community to discuss the current status of its Communal Property Association (CPA), its challenges and the way forward. It also briefed the Committee on progress on the Elandskloof CPA’s ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Deputy Speaker rulings: 23 May 2018; House Chairperson ruling: 7 November 2018: consideration of principles
27 Nov 2018
The National Assembly rules committee sat to consider the rulings of the Deputy Speaker on remarks made by a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly. One was considered to be a reflection on the character of another Member, while the other comment was related to the occupation of land, ...