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NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Sigogo Petition on Khayelitsha District Hospital: hearing continuation
20 Mar 2019
The Select Committee met for a third hearing on the Sigogo Petition about reported irregularities, maladministration, fraud, poor working conditions and victimization of employees at the Khayelitsha District Hospital as well as an alleged cover up by the Public Service Commission (PSC).
The Committee was briefed by Parliamentary Legal Services ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Executive Undertaking; Committee Legacy Report
19 Mar 2019
There were three items on the agenda: consideration of the Draft report on the executive undertaking made by the Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs during the house sitting of 4 May 2015, the adoption of the legacy report and the adoption of the minutes of the meeting held ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: briefing, with Deputy Minister
19 Mar 2019
The Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development briefed the Committee on the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. He stated that the Protocol aims to strengthen efforts and measures by state parties to United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Defence Amendment Bill [B18-2017]: consideration; Magistrate Nzimande provisional suspension
27 Feb 2019
The Select Committee on Security and Justice met to discuss two matters: the consideration of the Defence Amendment Bill [B18-2017] and a briefing by the Magistrates Commission to consider and confirm the provisional suspension of Magistrate Eric Nzimande. .
On the bill, Members of the ANC disagreed with the DA’s ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Bill: deliberation and finalisation
20 Feb 2019
Relevant documents: Public comments matrix
The Committee met for deliberations on the written comments received from the public on the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Bill. Two submissions had been received from Mpumalanga and Western Cape Provincial Legislatures.
The Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature submitted a proposal to ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Defence Amendment Bill [B18-2017]: written comments; Legal Aid SA regulations
19 Feb 2019
The Committee met to discuss the Defence Amendment Bill [B18-2017], the written comments by the Right2Know Campaign, and the regulations of Legal Aid South Africa.
The Right2Know Campaign accused the Department of Defence (DoD) of attempting to give the Minister unfettered powers to regulate access to military areas and assets. ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Elder Care, Cakwebe, Ngqushwa Petitions: Committee Reports
13 Feb 2019
The Select Committee met for the Consideration and adoption of the Elder Care Petition Report (Petition calling for the amendment of section 27 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997), the consideration and adoption of Cakwebe Petition Report (Petition requesting the intervention of the NCOP, in relation ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Committee Reports: Ministers of Cooperative Governance & Tourism Executive Undertakings Progress
7 Nov 2018
COGTA Provides Progress to Select Committee on Undertakings Made
The Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs updated the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Select Committee on the undertakings that had been made on 4 May 2016, and described the progress made in four areas. These were the ward-based ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill [B22B-2017]: public hearings
7 Nov 2018
The Select Committee on Security and Justice, after calling the public to submit any comments concerning the Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill, conducted a public hearing with the South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) and the Banking Association of South Africa (BASA).
SANEF’s main concern was that the State Security Agency ...
NCOP Security and Justice
IPID Amendment Bill; Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill; Powers, Privileges & Immunities of Parliament Amendment Bill: briefing
31 Oct 2018
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefed the Committee on the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Bill [B18-2018]. This Committee Bill complies with the Constitutional Court order to amend Section 11 do it does not apply to Members who create a disturbance in the House or in ...