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Constitutional Review Committee
2015 public submissions: deliberations
17 Feb 2017
The Committee met to consider several outstanding constitutional review submissions from 2015.
The submissions were divided into 3 categories.
In category 1, the submissions were to amend Chapter 2 of the Bill of Rights: s7 (2), s10, s11, s25 (3) (c), review chapter 9 institutions to include the South African ...
Science and Technology
Protection, Promotion, Development & Management of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill: Department responses to submissions
15 Feb 2017
The Department of Science and Technology provided the Committee with a summary of all the submissions received and their response to these submissions. In light of the submissions received, the Bill generated a lot of interest from the public. Of importance was that most of the submissions were actually in ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Status of Sepedi, Sesotho sa Leboa, Khelovhedu & Sign Language of South Africa & Khoi, Nama & San Languages: Pansalb, DAC & CRL Rights Commission
3 Feb 2017
In 2000, a complaint was lodged with the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) to recognise Sesotho sa Leboa as an official language. In response to this, PanSALB called for written submissions on the matter. All the submissions that were received were in support of Sesotho sa Leboa. PanSALB resolved ...
Science and Technology
Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill: public hearings day 3
26 Jan 2017
Submissions were made by several entities on the third day of public hearings on the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Bill. The Bill sparked different reactions from indigenous communities and raised extensive discussion as it pertained to the rights of ownership of indigenous knowledge and the profit-sharing agreement. The definition of ...
Science and Technology
Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill: public hearings day 2
25 Jan 2017
The South African Rooibos Council broadly supported the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill but expressed areas concern. These areas were the possibility of competing jurisdictional responsibility when the Bill was considered in the context of other legislation; the interpretation and effects of certain clauses due ...
Science and Technology
Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill: public hearings day 1
24 Jan 2017
Prior to the public submissions, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) gave a historical context to the IKS Bill which history dates back to the late 1990s. The IKS Bill attempts to address issues of redress and transformation within the nation, it is also a powerful tool for national ...
Science and Technology
Department of Science and Technology on its Quarter 2 performance
30 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee received a briefing from the Department of Science and Technology (DST) on its second quarter financial and non-financial performance of the 2016/2017 financial year, and was told that only 57% of the DST’s total of 49 planned output targets had been achieved. Some of the reasons for ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Parliamentary Legal Advisors on 2015 public submissions
25 Nov 2016
The Committee Content Advisor firstly briefed the Committee on the submissions that had been sent to the Committee in the 2015 and 2016 years. She noted that she had broadly divided them into three categories, which were not cast in stone but might help Members to categorise. For those that ...
Science and Technology
Legislative drafting: briefing by Office of the State Law Advisor
2 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee of Science and Technology hosted an informative session to cover legislative tools and bill structuring, with the assistance of a state law advisor, who took the Committee through the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge System Bill in order to illustrate structural matters and common ...
Science and Technology
Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Department of Arts and Culture progress report; BRR Report on performance of Department of Science and Technology and entities
26 Oct 2016
With both the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) in attendance at the meeting, the Heritage Promotion and Preservation branch of the DAC presented the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Bill to the Committee. Overall, both departments welcomed the Bill. An area of ...