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NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) 2022/23 Annual Report; with Minister
15 Nov 2023
The Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication was briefed in a virtual meeting by the .ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) on the entity's performance for the 2023/23 financial year.
ZADNA had managed to achieve 88% of its annual targets, and had obtained an unqualified audit outcome. It ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Agricultural Products Standards Bill; National Veld and Forest Amendment Bill: final mandates
14 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received approval for the Agricultural Products Standards Amendment Bill from eight of the nine provinces and the Committee Report on the Bill was adopted. The North West provincial legislature abstained from voting on the Bill.
For the National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill, ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
KZN Report-back on Taking People to Parliament 2022 Report; with Deputy Minister
10 Oct 2023
The Committee met virtually to hear an update from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) on the executive undertakings arising from the public hearings and site tour held in the Ugu District in KZN during the 14–18 November 2022 National Council of Provinces' Taking Parliament To ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
How spectrum availability will reduce cost to communicate; with ICASA & Deputy Minister
27 Sep 2023
In the virtual meeting, the Deputy Minister said that ICASA ensured that all the spectrum that had been auctioned in March 2022 has been paid for and that the national fiscus benefited from the R14.4 billion proceeds. On lowering the cost to communicate by addressing competition in the sector, ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Co-production RSA-France Agreement (postponed)
27 Sep 2023
The Select Committee meeting on the RSA-France Agreement on Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Co-production did not take place because the briefing document the Committee received on the day the meeting was different to the document provided the previous week. The Committee agreed that as a matter of principle they do ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Agricultural Products Standards A/B & National Veld and Forest Fire A/B: Negotiating Mandates (with Deputy Minister)
26 Sep 2023
Select Committee on Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy met on a virtual platform to consider and adopt the provinces’ negotiating mandates on the Agricultural Products Standards Amendment Bill [B15B – 2021], as well as the National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill [B24B – 2021]
Most of ...
NCOP Health and Social Services
Fundraising Amendment Bill: Final Mandates
22 Sep 2023
The Committee had a brief virtual meeting to consider the final provincial mandates on the Fundraising Amendment Bill [B29B - 2020].
All nine provinces voted in favour of the Bill. The Committee also adopted the accompanying report on the Bill.
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
DPE update on the unbundling of Eskom; with Minister
20 Sep 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from the Minister of Public Enterprises on the progress made regarding the unbundling of Eskom. The legal separation of the Eskom transmission business into a subsidiary was at an advanced stage. The operationalisation of the subsidiary was expected to be ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material: DMRE briefing
5 Sep 2023
Amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy briefed the Committee on the Amended Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM), tabled in terms of section 231(2) of the Constitution.
Members wanted to know if ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Progress on Deed of Settlement between Alexkor and Richtersveld Community; with Deputy Minister
22 Jun 2023
The Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication convened virtually for a briefing by the Department of Public Affairs (DPE) on the progress regarding the implementation and completion of the Deed of Settlement between Alexkor and the Richtersveld Community.
The Richtersveld Community won the right for the return of ...