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Justice and Constitutional Development
Office of Chief Justice on its 2015/16 Annual Report and 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
18 Oct 2016
The Office of the Chief Justice briefed the Committee on its maiden year which was the first year of a separate budget vote after its administration was separated from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Superior Courts were transferred to it. OCJ’s achievements and challenges were ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform & Commission on Restitution of Land Rights on their 2015/16 Annual Reports with Auditor General input
12 Oct 2016
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) presented their 2015/16 annual reports to the Portfolio Committee, after receiving input from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the performance of the Department’s portfolio.
AGSA reported that he portfolio’s ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Shortlisting of candidates to be interviewed for appointment to the SA Human Rights Commission
5 Oct 2016
The Committee met to shortlist candidates to be interviewed for apointment to the South African Human Rights Commission. The Committee shortlisted 18 out of 80 of the applicants and agreed that the interviews would be held on 13 and 14 October 2016.
Justice and Constitutional Development
Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill [B40-2015]: public hearings
14 Sep 2016
Delegations from the Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC), Corruption Watch, and the Congress of South African Trade Unions made submissions on the Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill.
Open Democracy Advice Centre submission
ODAC welcomed the Bill. It commended the new definition of employee, improved remedies, and whistle blowing policies. However, it ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Communal Property Associations performance; Constitutional Court judgment: implications for Commission on Restitution of Land Rights; with Deputy Minister
7 Sep 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) on the performance of Communal Property Associations for March to December 2015. In all, 1 483 Communal Property Associations (CPAs) had been registered since the passing of the Act and 48 were registered in the 2015/16 ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act: Constitutional Court judgement; Ingonyama Trust Board on 4 Quarter 2015/16 performance, with both Deputy Ministers
31 Aug 2016
Ingonyama Trust Board reported on its targets for Quarter 4 2015/16. Policies that had to be approved was not achieved; all movable assets to be recorded was 100% achieved; vacant positions to be filled were 94.83% achieved; 86 land tenure rights were approved against a target of 325; there was ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Department Rural Development and Land Reform on its 4 Quarter 2015/16 performance, with Minister
24 Aug 2016
The Department achieved 56% of Q4 targets and 50% of Annual Performance Report targets in its Administration programme while annual targets on vacancies filled and disciplinary cases were partially achieved. In Geospatial and Cadastral Services, the Department achieved 77% of its Q4 targets and 69% of its APR targets. The ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Local Public Procurement Colloquium: day 1
17 Aug 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry held a colloquium on local public procurement. Those participating were the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Transnet, the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (PRASA), the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) and the suppliers of locomotives to Transnet – Bombardier Transport (BT), ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Industrialisation linkages with trade, procurement, investment & localisation drive
16 Aug 2016
The meeting consisted of three presentations from the Industrial Development Advisory Unit, The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications, and the South African Revenue Service, as well as discussion with Members.
Mr Nimrod Zalk, Advisor: Industrial Development Advisory Unit, Department of Trade and Industry, presented the workshop on Industrialisation and its ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Revitalisation of industrial parks programme: briefing; Budget Vote 34: Trade and Industry: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
12 Apr 2016
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) told the Portfolio Committee that a structured programme had been developed for the revitalisation of industrial parks, and ten had been identified for this purpose. Strategic partnerships between the Department and other stakeholders were being formed to assist with the implementation of the ...