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NCOP Appropriations
Division of Revenue Bill: final mandates; Public Audit Excess Fee Bill: adoption; Committee Report on Eastern Cape ECD Grant; Legacy Report
27 Mar 2019
The Committee considered the final mandates and draft reports on the Division of Revenue Bill [B5-2019]; the Public Audit Excess Fee Bill [B7-2019]; the follow-up meeting with the Eastern Cape on progress with the Early Child Development (ECD) grant implementation. It also approved the draft Annual and Legacy Reports, and ...
NCOP Finance
Financial Matters Amendment Bill: public hearings
26 Mar 2019
The Committee held public hearings on the Financial Matters Bill. The Committee had received two written submissions on the Bill, one from Mr George Buthelezi from KwaZulu-Natal and the other from COSATU. COSATU was the only stakeholder present to give an oral submission.
COSATU welcomed and supported government’s Financial Matters ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
iKamva Digital Skills Institute Bill & Repeal of the Overvaal Resorts Limited Bill: finalisation
20 Mar 2019
The Committee finalised and adopted the Ikamva Digital Skills Institute Bill as well as the Repeal of the Overvaal Resorts Limited Bill.
Members of the Committee were impressed with the framework and the model of the Ikamva Digital Skill Institute presented by the chairperson of the board of National Electronic ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill: finalisation; SADC Protocol on Environmental Management & Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol; Committee Legacy Report
19 Mar 2019
The Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources met to consider and adopt the Committee’s Legacy Report, a number of draft minutes, the Committee Report on Ratification of the SADC Protocol on Environmental Management for Sustainable Development and the Committee Report on Ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
iKamva Digital Skills Institute Bill [B10B-2018]; Committee Legacy Report & Annual Report
13 Mar 2019
The Committee met to adopt the iKamva Digitial Skills Institute Bill. The Department informed the Committee that there were no public comments on the Bill after it was published for comment by the Committee. It was further indicated the Bill went through due process at the Department and Portfolio Committee. ...
NCOP Finance
Carbon Tax Bill; Customs & Excise Amendment Bill; PIC Amendment Bill: briefing
6 Mar 2019
The Carbon Tax would be implemented from 1 June 1 2019 by Treasury. It was part of was part of South Africa’s commitment to global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The tax would start at a low rate of R120 per ton. However, a range of offsets and incentives ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Richtersveld Community & Alexkor Deed of Settlement: progress report
27 Feb 2019
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) gave a progress report on the Richtersveld Deed of Settlement implementation, the land restitution claim; and spoke about the Richtersveld-Alexkor handover task team.
In December 1998, the Richtersveld Communities instituted a land claim against the government and Alexkor. In 2003, after protracted legal proceedings ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Repeal of Overvaal Resorts Limited Bill: Forever Siyonwaba Consortium BBBEE Forum briefing & finalisation
20 Feb 2019
The Forever Consortium briefed the Committee on the Siyonwaba-Forever sale and purchase agreement, and asserted that the agreement contained too many irregularities. They lamented that in 2003, when Aventura Resort was privatised, the employees’ leg of the Aventura Resort Transformation Consultative Forum had been sidelined from participation, whilst Siyonwaba -- ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill [B 35B-2017]: DRDLR briefing; Minamata Convention: Department of Environmental Affairs briefing
29 Jan 2019
Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill - A
Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Bill - B
The Committee met with the Department of Environmental Affairs for a briefing on the ratification of the Minamata Convention. The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform also gave a briefing on the Electronic Deeds Registration ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Films and Publications Bill [B37B-2015]: proposed amendments
10 Oct 2018
The Committee was briefed on the three Select Committee proposed amendments. There was no discussion on these. As there was no quorum, the meeting ended without going through the clauses. The clause by clause finalisation of the Bill will take place on 24 October 2018.