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Home Affairs
Migrant issues, opening of refugee offices, statelessness & backlog project: LHR briefing
15 Nov 2022
In a virtual meeting, Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on migrant issues, including opening refugee offices, statelessness and the application backlog project.
The LHR briefed the Committee on refugee and migrant rights, covering the digitisation of the asylum seeker and refugee system, ...
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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. ...
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Home Affairs BRRR; IEC office-bearer job profiles
25 Oct 2022
Budget Review & Recommendations Reports BRRR
The Committee considered its Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report on the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and finalised recommendations on audit outcomes, security measures, additional office hours and responses by Department officials.
The Committee considered the job profiles of the IEC Office bearers ...
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Home Affairs BRRR: postponed
21 Oct 2022
The Committee agreed to postpone the meeting to allow Members adequate time to engage and consider the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR)
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Electoral Amendment Bill: adoption
12 Oct 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee convened a virtual meeting to consider and adopt the Electoral Amendment Bill.
The Committee was tasked to amend the Electoral Act 73 of 1998 to allow independent candidates to contest elections.
The State Law Advisors read ...
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DHA Portfolio Audit outcomes; IEC Annual Report 2021/22
11 Oct 2022
Independent Electoral Commission
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) presented the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in a virtual meeting with the Portfolio Committee. The key recommendations were to monitor and regularly follow up with the executive authority ...
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Electoral Amendment Bill: Seat Calculation briefing & adoption of A-list
7 Oct 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs met on a virtual platform with the Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Office of the Chief State Law Advisor (OCSLA). The OCSLA and the IEC presented the amended A-list of the Electoral Amendment Bill. Amendments included ...
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Electoral Amendment Bill: further deliberations; with Deputy Minister
4 Oct 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs met on a virtual platform with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), the Electoral Commission (IEC) and legal advisors deliberate and finalise outstanding issues on the Electoral Amendment Bill.
The Members agreed that the definition of ...
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Electoral Amendment Bill: DHA, IEC & Legal Advisors input; with Ministry
27 Sep 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs met with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), the Electoral Commission (IEC) and Parliamentary Legal Service via a virtual platform. The three stakeholders presented their responses to the additional round of public submissions on the Electoral ...
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Migrant issues, opening of refugee offices, statelessness: stakeholder engagement, with Ministry; Electoral Amendment Bill: summary of public input
20 Sep 2022
Electoral Amendment Bill [B1A-2022]
The Department of Home Affairs met with the Congolese Civil Society of South Africa (CCSSA), the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) via a virtual platform.
The CCSSA briefed the Committee on the issues facing legal ...
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Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations; Remuneration of IEC Commissioners; Border Management Authority Update, with Minister & Deputy Minister
23 Aug 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Independent Electoral Commission briefed the Committee on proposed amendments to the Electoral Amendment Bill. The Office of the Chief State Law Advisor also briefed Members on the proposed A-list.
In its presentation, the Commission ...