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NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Committee Legacy report
26 Apr 2024
The Select Committee convened virtually to consider and adopt its 6th Parliament Committee Legacy Report on activities undertaken from May 2019 to March 2024. Having considered the report's content, the Committee unanimously resolved to adopt the Legacy Report of the 6th Parliament.
The Committee viewed the 6th Parliament as ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Magistrate Commission Reports; Committee Legacy Report
24 Apr 2024
The Select Committee held a virtual meeting to consider Magistrate Commission reports on the removal of Magistrates Raath, Maharaj, Hinxa and Dyeyi, the provisional suspension of Magistrates Govender and Singh, as well as the two-week upliftment of the provisional suspension of Magistrate Bodlani.
All the Magistrate Commission’s reports were ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Committee Legacy Report
24 Apr 2024
Presentation on legacy report (awaited document)
The Committee met on a virtual platform to consider and adopt its legacy report which covered the Committee’s activities during the Sixth Parliament (2019-2024). The Committee focused on challenges and recommendations. Challenges included COVID19, the absence of rules or guidelines to guide the ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: proposed amendments
24 Apr 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Parliamentary Legal Advisor presented the Select Committee proposed amendments (C-list) of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill that included the definition of corporal punishment, admissions policy, language policy, learner conduct, random searches, suspension and expulsion procedures.
Concerns were raised again by a Member ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Independent Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill: Department response to Negotiating Mandates
23 Apr 2024
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 Health and Social Services
Statistics Amendment Bill: deliberations & adoption
23 Apr 2024
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor in her briefing to the Select Committee highlighted the exclusion of private dwellings from the Statistics Act, which posed challenges for data collection and accurate statistics. The Statistics Amendment Bill included an amendment to allow private dwellings to be inspected. However, in its 12 March ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: deliberations
18 Apr 2024
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee continued and completed its deliberations from Clauses 16 to 52 on the B version of Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill as passed by the National Assembly.
Despite differing opinions, the majority of provinces accepted each clause unchanged according to their negotiating mandates. ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Suspension/removal/upliftment of Magistrates from office & Progress Reports
17 Apr 2024
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 Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: response to mandates & deliberations
17 Apr 2024
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor provided detailed feedback on the concerns raised in the negotiating mandates of the nine provinces on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill which dealt with constitutional adherence, public engagement, procedural concerns, financial implications and clause-by-clause deliberations. She emphasised the importance of thorough public engagement and ...
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
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 ...