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Joint Rules
High Level Panel recommendations impact on Parliament’s Public Participation Model
27 Nov 2018
The Joint Rules Committee met to discuss the High Level Panel’s (HLP’s) report on Parliament’s public participation model.
The report pointed out some of the challenges faced by the current model, indicating that the country’s electoral system needed to be reviewed. It proposed a change from a proportional representation model ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Agri-Parks & Blended Funding Model: DRDLR briefing with Minister and Deputy Minister
31 Oct 2018
The Committee received briefings from the Land Bank on the ‘Blended Funding’ model for the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and from Agri-Parks, which presented its annual report for the 2017/18 financial year. Prior to the commencement of the meeting there was an issue from matters arising ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill: deliberations (postponed)
29 Aug 2018
The Committee was supposed to do a clause-by-clause deliberation on the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill [B 19 – 2017]. However, the meeting was postponed due to the lack of a quorum and the unavailability of the parliamentary legal advisor.
Land Reform and Rural Development
MalaMala land claim settlement; Communal Property Associations without Title Deeds; Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill
13 Jun 2018
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) presented the steps that will be taken to assist CPAs to acquire their land and/or title deeds in each of the provinces. It has made interventions in most of the CPAs but some interventions will be finalised by the end of ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament Amendment Bill: committee report
29 May 2018
The Committee met briefly to approve the report on the processes followed in amending the Powers and Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act.
Members of the Committee pointed out instances where, for purposes of absolute accuracy, it would be preferable for the report to use the exact ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Limpopo Communal Property Associations concerns: progress report; with Minister and Deputy Ministers
9 May 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) on complaints received at the public hearings on the Communal Property Association (CPA) Amendment Bill during August last year in the districts of Mopani and Waterberg in the Limpopo province.
In some areas, such as ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament Amendment Bill: consideration
9 May 2018
The Committee met to consider the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Bill. At the previous meeting, Members had debated the clauses of the Bill but had been unable to adopt the clauses as the meeting had not been quorate.
The Chairperson informed the Members that ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament Amendment Bill: public submission
2 May 2018
Despite a late start and a lack of quorum, the Chairperson resolved the meeting continue in order to discuss the public submission on the draft Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and the Provincial Legislatures Amendment Bill. The Parliamentary Legal Advisor, noted several technical amendments which still had to be ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Committee DRLR Budget Report
25 Apr 2018
The Committee met for consideration and adoption of minutes and the Draft Report of the Committee on the Budget Vote of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform and its entities for the 2018/19 financial year.
The Committee adopted the Draft Minutes dated 20 March 2018 and18 April 2018 ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Legal Aid SA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
24 Apr 2018
Legal Aid South Africa reported that the projected shortfall for 2017/18 is estimated to be R71.5 million. In addition, the actual budget cut for 2018/19 is R92.8 million, making a cumulative budget shortfall of R164.3 million for 2018/19. There were 2 863 employees in 2016/17 and 2 753 in 2017/18. ...