Mr Simphiwe George Mthimunye

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Simphiwe George Mthimunye

About Simphiwe George Mthimunye

Committee Meetings Attended

  • NCOP Security and Justice Legal Practice Act Regulations: adoption, with Deputy Minister
    21 Aug 2018

    The Deputy Minister of Justice gave a briefing on the Legal Practice Act Regulations, 2014 made in terms of Section 109 of the Act. The Committee approved the Legal Practice Act Regulations. It also approved the Committee Reports on Magistrate Freeman and the Free State Oversight Visit.

  • NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings Minister Progress Reports: Environmental Affairs & Mineral Resources
    15 Aug 2018

    The Select Committee met for the Consideration and adoption of Progress Reports on Executive Undertakings made by the Minister of Environmental Affairs (during Question and Answer Session of the NCOP on 27 October 2015); Consideration and adoption of Progress Reports on Executive Undertakings made by the Minister of Mineral Resources ...

  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements Walter Sisulu Municipality & Maluti A Phofung Municipality: Section 139 interventions
    26 Jun 2018

    The Select Committee considered the reports arising from oversight visits to Walter SIsulu Local Municipality and Maluti-A Phofung Local Municipality, and adopted certain amendments.

    The amendments proposed for the Walter Sisulu Local Municipality report were:

    • Extra pressure was needed to hold the Municipality accountable, and therefore time frames should be ...
  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements Public Service Commission & Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bills: Department response to negotiating mandates
    19 Jun 2018

    The Committee discussed the negotiating mandates on two bills: Public Service Commission Amendment Bill and Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill.

    Discussing the Public Service Commission Amendment Bill, the Department of Public Services and Administration advised that some provincial comments were still outstanding and that only 6 of the ...

  • NCOP Security and Justice Correctional Services and Judicial Inspectorate: Deputy Minister policy overview
    13 Jun 2018

    The Select Committee on Security and Justice met to engage with the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and the Judicial Inspectorate of Correctional Services (JICS) on their annual performance plans (APPs) and budgets.

    The Deputy Minister said the APPs were in line with the medium term strategic framework (MTSF) and ...

  • NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings Lunga Kona Petition Report & Transkei Road Transport Corporation (TRTC) Petition
    13 Jun 2018

    Lunga Kona petition report was adopted with amendments.

    On the Transkei Road Transport Corporation Petition, the issue before the Committee was non-payment of benefits. Legal opinion stated that the issue was the Province agreed to employ all of those people. Even though the case happened, Umanyano did not fulfill its ...

  • NCOP Security and Justice Protected Disclosure Act & Legal Aid Regulations; Withholding Remuneration of Magistrate
    6 Jun 2018

    The Select Committee met for the consideration and discussion of the Protected Disclosure Act regulations and the Legal Aid regulations, for comment to the Minister of Justice. It also debated withholding the remuneration of a suspended magistrate – a matter that had been dragging on for three years.

    The Parliamentary ...

  • NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings Minister Progress Reports: Health and Human Settlements
    6 Jun 2018

    The Select Committee met for the consideration and adoption of Progress Reports on Executive Undertakings made by the Minister of Health (during policy debate of 7 May 2015); Consideration and adoption of Progress Reports on Executive Undertakings made by the Minister of Human Settlements (during policy debate of 12 May ...

  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill & Public Service Commission Amendment Bill: negotiating mandates
    5 Jun 2018

    The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs met to receive the negotiating mandates for two bills: the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill and the Public Service Commission Amendment Bill.

    The North West voted did not support the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Bill while the Western ...

  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements Committee Oversight Reports
    30 May 2018

    The committee met to consider two reports relating to in-loco inspections that had been undertaken at two municipalities in KwaZulu Natal.

    During the consideration of the reports it was agreed that the committee’s observations as recorded had to reflect that they had been made on the basis of submitted reports ...