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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 ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: Negotiating Mandates; Committee Legacy Report
27 Mar 2024
In this virtual meeting, the Select Committee convened to receive the provincial negotiating mandates on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill [B2B-2022].
The Gauteng, Free State, Mpumalanga, North West, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Legislatures supported the BELA Bill.
The Eastern Cape Legislature supported the Bill but proposed amendments ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Housing Consumer Protection Bill: Final Mandates & adoption
26 Mar 2024
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 Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill: DBE response to public submissions; with Ministry
20 Mar 2024
The Select Committee convened in a virtual meeting to enable the Department of Basic Education to respond to matters raised during the public hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill.
The Minister said she hoped this Bill would get passed before the end of ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Electoral Matters Amendment Bill: adoption
20 Mar 2024
The Select Committee held a brief meeting to consider the Electoral Matters Amendment (EMA) Bill and its accompanying report.
The Bill makes consequential amendments, which arise from the introduction of independent candidates and independent representatives in the National Assembly and provincial legislatures.
The bill was adopted despite objections from ...
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
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
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 ...