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Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill: public hearings Day 1
3 Mar 2015
The meeting began with the adoption of a Committee Report to the National Assembly about the application to the Chief Justice for an extension of the period by which Parliament must have amended the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act. The Committee then heard submissions on the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans on its 2013/14 Annual Report & its 2nd and 3rd quarter Performance for 2014/15
25 Feb 2015
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) briefed the Committee on its 2013/14 Annual Report, and the second and third quarter performance and expenditure reports for the 2014/15 financial year.
The overall performance overview for 2013/14 financial year had shown that the Department had committed itself to 50 targeted performance indicators ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Maintenance Amendment Bill: public hearings
25 Feb 2015
The Committee deliberated on the Maintenance Amendment Bill. Notable amendments include clause one of the bill seeks to amend Section 6 of the Act to oblige a maintenance officer to investigate a matter with the view of institution a maintenance inquiry where good cause exists for the substitution or discharge ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Judicial Matters Amendment Bill [B2-2015]: briefing by Deputy Minister
24 Feb 2015
The Deputy Minister prefaced the briefing on the Bill by saying that Judicial Amendment Bills are intended to effect a number of amendments to a variety of Acts, generally inspired by practical experience. He requested that comments and questions be dealt with after each clause, given that the legislation dealt ...
Defence
Public hearings on Defence Review
20 Feb 2015
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence held a public hearing session on the Defence Review, focusing on submissions from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Aerospace Maritime Defence (AMD) and Centre for Study of Democracy, University of Johannesburg. In the opening remarks, the Chairpersons indicated that the Defence ...
Defence and Military Veterans
2014-2019 Committee Strategic Plan & Committee programme
18 Feb 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans met to discuss and adapt their draft minutes from 2014, and Members were also asked to consider and adopt the Committee's programme, strategic plan. However, the meeting became bogged down in a discussion of the current agenda, linked to whether correspondence sent ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Determination of Remuneration of Judges and Magistrates
18 Feb 2015
The Committee adopted the determination from the Independent Commission on Remuneration of Public Office Bearers recommending an increase of 6% to magistrates and judges who earn below one million and 5% to those that earn above with effect from April 2014. The lowest rank magistrate will earn R788 155 while ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act: introductory briefing
3 Feb 2015
The Department of Justice said the Bill aimed to amend the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007, by giving effect to the two separate judgments of the Constitutional Court, namely the Teddy Bear case dealing with sections 15 and 16 of the Act and the J ...
Defence and Military Veterans
United Nations Arms Trade Treaty & Human Resource Strategy: Department of Defence briefing
11 Nov 2014
The Department of Defence (DoD) led the Committee through a presentation on the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. It was adopted in April 2013 in the United Nations General Assembly, and in September 2013, South Africa’s President signed the Arms Trade Treaty. According to the South African Constitution, ratifying the ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Enquiry into the Conduct of 20 EFF MP: Adoption of Final Report
10 Nov 2014
The Committee went through the draft report of the hearing into allegations of conduct constituting contempt of Parliament by members of the National Assembly. No substantial amendments were made. The Committee wanted to make sure that the report was a true reflection of the events that had taken place at ...