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Constitutional Review Committee
Review of Section 25 of Constitution: draft Committee Report
1 Nov 2018
Draft Committee Report not availabe to public
The Constitutional Review Committee met to review the draft report on the possible review of section 25 of the constitution. The working document outlines the methodology that was used to elicit views from the public on the review of section 25, the summary ...
Science and Technology
Sustainable Development Goals: Science,Technology and Innovation landscape approach
31 Oct 2018
The presentation on the landscape approach to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) provided the Committee with an overview of the contribution of the Department of Science and Technology towards their attainment. Knowledge capabilities and the development of technology and innovation towards each SDG was discussed. Countries were at different stages ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: oral submissions
26 Oct 2018
VIDEO: Constitutional Review Committee Oral Presentations, 26 October 2018
Report of the High Level Panel on the assessment of key legislation
The Committee held the last of the public hearings on the question of the Amendment of section 25 of the Constitution and expropriation without compensation.
The FW De Klerk ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: oral submissions
25 Oct 2018
VIDEO: Constitutional Review Committee Oral Presentations, 25 October 2018
The African Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA) said the Land Audit Report of 2017 glaringly shows the land ownership patterns in South Africa as skewed towards whites and corporate entities. The previous land reform programmes were a mere piecemeal with ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology & NACI 2017/18 Annual Report
17 Oct 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Science and Technology on their Annual Report 2017/18. The Department had received a clean audit. The Committee was updated by the Minister on the new board members in the various entities and expressed confidence in the new appointees. The ...
Science and Technology
National Research Foundation & SA National Space Agency 2017/18 Annual Report, with AGSA input
10 Oct 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Auditor General on the audit outcomes of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and its entities. Annual reports for 2017/2018 were presented by the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and the National Research Foundation (NRF). The Auditor General ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Reports on Public Submissions and Provincial & Parliament Hearings
20 Sep 2018
The Committee had requested an extension to complete its work on the review of section 25 of the Constitution to provide for expropriation without compensation. A letter had been drafted and sent to the Speaker’s office requesting the extension. No reply from the Speaker had yet been received.
The Committee ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Process: Reports on Public Submissions and Provincial & Parliament Hearings
13 Sep 2018
VIDEO: Joint Constitutional Review Committee receives briefing on written submissions,13 September 2018
The Committee discussed how to deal with the thousands of submissions it had received concerning section 25 of the Constitution. The Committee was not certain it would meet the deadline of September 28 to report ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology Quarter 1 performance
12 Sep 2018
The Department of Science and Technology briefed the Committee on their First Quarter Expenditure and Performance Report 2018/2019 detailing the Department’s achievements in terms of financial and programme administration. The highlights of the First Quarter Report were an overall quarterly achievement of 19 (86%) out of the Department’s 22 targets ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review: progress update & selection of oral submission participants
22 Aug 2018
Constitutional Review Committee Meets to Finalise Participants for Oral Submissions
The Joint Constitutional Review Committee met to discuss a preliminary report on the written submissions and a preliminary report on the public hearings that took place all over the country.
Prior to this, the Committee discussed the media reports that ...