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Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations; Remuneration of IEC Commissioners; Border Management Authority Update, with Minister & Deputy Minister
23 Aug 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Independent Electoral Commission briefed the Committee on proposed amendments to the Electoral Amendment Bill. The Office of the Chief State Law Advisor also briefed Members on the proposed A-list.
In its presentation, the Commission ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations & IEC Input; with Deputy Minister
10 Aug 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs acceded to legal counsel's proposal to drop the requirement of a cooling-off period for a former political party member to participate in an election as an independent candidate. The Committee was of the view that the ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: Motion of Desirability; IEC Commissioner Recommendation; with Deputy Minister
31 May 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
Awaited document: Motion of Desirability
In this virtual meeting, the Committee considered and adopted the Motion of Desirability on the Electoral Amendment Bill [B1 - 2022]. The motion – pending the inclusion of the requirement for general proportionality - ...
Home Affairs
2021 Local Government Elections IEC Report; IEC Commissioner Vacancy: OCJ Report
20 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (the Committee) convened a virtual meeting for a briefing by the Independent Electoral Commission (the IEC) on the 2021 Local Government Elections (LGE) report and to consider the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) report on ...
Home Affairs
Election of Chairperson; DHA & SITA on war on queues and chronic network downtimes at DHA offices; with Ministers and Deputies
31 Aug 2021
The Committee convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) on efforts to address the long queues and the network challenges at the branches of the DHA.
The DHA told the Committee that factors that ...
Home Affairs
Home Affairs 2021/22 Annual Performance Plan; with Ministry
4 May 2021
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) virtual briefing on its 2021/22 Annual Performance Plan and budget emphasised its underfunding and the challenges that COVID-19 has brought. The Committee was taken through the targets that the Department wants to achieve such as birth registrations, passports and smart identity ...
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: public hearings day 2
24 Mar 2021
Video: Ad Hoc Committee on Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution 24 March 2021
Consolidated Report on Public Hearings
Section 25 Review Process
The Committee met on a virtual platform to conduct Day 2 of the public hearings on the Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill.
Welcoming Committee Members ...
Home Affairs
Joint Electoral Reform Workshop; with Minister & Deputy Minister
16 Mar 2021
Video: Electoral Reform Workshop, 16 March 2021
Legal Opinion on New Nation Court Judgment 22 June 2020
New Nation Movement NPC & Others v President of RSA & Others (CCT110/19) [2020] ZACC 11 (11 June 2020)
The Electoral Reform virtual workshop was held jointly by the Portfolio Committee on ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Laws A/B: finalisation
12 Mar 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, 12 March 2021
The Committee convened virtually to consider and adopt the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill and its report on the Bill. The Bill was adopted without the support of the DA and EFF.
The Committee received a report on the NCOP proposed amendments ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Laws A/B: NCOP amendments; Statelessness in SA; DHA Report back on Committee Resolutions: with Minister & Deputy Minister
9 Mar 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs [NA]
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) ...