Mr Christiaan Frederik Beyers Smit

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Christiaan Frederik Beyers Smit

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements Independent Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill: Department response to Negotiating Mandates
    23 Apr 2024

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    The Select Committee convened virtually to be briefed by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) on its response to the provinces' negotiating mandates on the Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill [B14B-2022].

    COGTA's presentation detailed the suggestions made by the provinces in their negotiating mandates and indicated whether ...

  • NCOP Security and Justice Suspension/removal/upliftment of Magistrates from office & Progress Reports
    17 Apr 2024

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    The Select Committee on Security and Justice held a virtual meeting to receive a briefing from the Magistrates Commission on the removal or suspension of several of its magistrates.

    The Committee described the significant delays in finalising several of these matters as "unacceptable" and called on the chairperson of ...

  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements South African National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency SOC Limited Bill: DWS briefing; with Deputy Ministers
    9 Apr 2024

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    The Select Committee convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation on the South African National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency SOC Limited Bill. The Chairperson apologised for having called the meeting at such short notice, but said the Bill was critical to ...

  • NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication SA Post Office Soc Ltd A/B: DCDT response to public submissions; Adoption of Bill
    27 Mar 2024

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    The Select Committee convened in a virtual meeting for a briefing by the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies to consider submissions received on the South African Post Office (SAPO) Amendment Bill.

    The Department responded to the comments and proposals submitted by the South African Express Parcel Association, the ...

  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements Housing Consumer Protection Bill: Final Mandates & adoption
    26 Mar 2024

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    The Select Committee adopted the Housing Consumer Protection (HCP) Bill, with support from all nine provinces. The Committee also approved the accompanying report.

    The Bill seeks to ensure adequate protection of housing consumers and effective regulation of the home building industry by strengthening protection measures, regulatory and enforcement mechanisms, ...

  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill: COGTA response to negotiating mandates & Legal Opinion on matters raised by WCP and ECPL; with Deputy Minister
    19 Mar 2024

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    The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements convened in a virtual meeting to hear the Department's responses to the tabled negotiating mandates on the Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill, and to hear a procedural and legal opinion on the requests tabled by ...

  • NCOP Security and Justice Electoral Matters Amendment Bill: deliberations (with Deputy Minister)
    19 Mar 2024

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    The Select Committee on Security and Justice deliberated on the Electoral Matters Amendment (EMA) Bill, which seeks to amend the Political Party Funding Act (PPFA), and align various pieces of legislation with the Electoral Amendment Act 2023.

    The DA and IFP objected to the Bill because the 90/10 political ...

  • NCOP Security and Justice IPID A/B: adoption; Electoral Matters Amendment Bill: Content Advisor & PLS briefing (with Deputy Ministers)
    13 Mar 2024

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    The Committee adopted the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Amendment Bill and the accompanying report. The DA objected, and its minority view was reflected in the report. The Chairperson said the Committee has been assured that the Bill sufficiently addressed the McBride judgement and that IPID will have the required ...

  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements Housing Consumer Protection Bill: consideration & adoption
    12 Mar 2024

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    The Committee met with the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) and its entity, the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC), to consider and adopt the D-version of the Housing Consumer Protection Bill. The main aim of the Bill is to provide for the protection of housing consumers, in other ...

  • NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements Update on Negotiating Mandates: Independent Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill
    8 Mar 2024

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    The Select Committee met on a virtual platform to receive updates on the provincial negotiating mandates on the Independent Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill. The Committee was informed that three provinces – Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Limpopo – requested extensions to submit their mandates as more time was needed ...