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Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill: NCOP proposed amendments
21 Nov 2017
The Deputy Minister of Home Affairs told the Committee that there were only a few proposed amendments to the Refugees Amendment Bill from the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), and they were of a technical nature. The Ministry and the Department felt that the proposed amendments improved the Bill, and ...
Home Affairs
African Union Vision 2063 seminar, with Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2017
Document handed out: Presentation by the UCT Law Clinic [oral submission]
In the presence of the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Members attended a seminar on the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063 as it related to migration, regional integration and an Africa passport. The seminar was prepared and run by ...
Home Affairs
Litigation against Department of Home Affairs
7 Nov 2017
A delegation from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on the status of litigation against the Department. It provided examples of several cases in which the Department was currently involved, and highlighted that some of the cases were the result of legislation being regarded as unconstitutional. The ...
Home Affairs
White Paper on Migration: border refugee processing facilities: implementation by Home Affairs
24 Oct 2017
The Department of Home Affairs briefed the Committee on implementing the White Paper on International Migration including establishing one stop border posts (OSBP) and refugee processing farcicalities closer to the border.
The DHA noted that in the 2016/17 financial year, it produced the White Paper on International Migration (WPIM) which ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs BRRR; Committee Report on Sterkspruit, Eastern Cape oversight; Memorandum in support of migrants and Refugees from Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town, with Minister
17 Oct 2017
In the presence of the Minister of Home Affairs, the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs considered and adopted the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) on the performance of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) 2017 and the Oversight Report to Sterkspruit, Eastern Cape as well as considered the memorandum ...
Home Affairs
IEC & Government Printing Works 2016/17 Annual Report
5 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
Government Printing Works (GPW) noted that 28 targets, representing 79%, were achieved. Reporting on financial performance, it had a surplus for the year of R593 million. Revenue grew at a pace of 21% from 2015/16 to 2016/17 compared to 11% from 2014/15 to 2015/16. GPW received ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DoD, DMV, Armscor, Castle Control Board, Office of the Military Ombud 2016/17 Annual Report, with Auditor General input
5 Oct 2017
The AGSA said that the audit of the Department of Defence (DOD) and the Special Defence Account (SDA) was outstanding because there was a significant matter that had not been resolved with regard to whether the SDA was a separate legal entity, and whether the financial transactions needed to be ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs, IEC, Government Printing Works Annual Report & Auditor-General input
3 Oct 2017
Relevant Document
Public Finance Management Amendment Act 1 of 1998 (PFMA)
The Committee met to be briefed by the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), the Electoral Commission (IEC), the Government Printing Works (GPW) and by ...
Home Affairs
Gupta family early naturalisation; Home Affairs, Government Printing Works & IEC on Quarter 1 performance, with Deputy Minister
5 Sep 2017
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA), the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Government Public Works (GPW) presented their first quarter performance and expenditure reports for 2017/18.
Prior to the briefings, there was an extended debate on the direction the Committee should take to discuss the early naturalisation of the ...
Home Affairs
Gupta Early Naturalisation; North West, Mpumalanga & KZN Home Affairs reports; with Minister
22 Aug 2017
The purpose of the meeting was to engage the current Minister of Home Affairs on the early naturalisation of the Gupta family, and to receive briefings from the Department of Home Affairs’ (DHA’s) provincial managers on the status of the Department in North West province, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.
Members expressed ...