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NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill: briefing / submissions received
17 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed about the legal uncertainty surrounding the status of tribal authorities that were supposed to have been reconstituted as Traditional Councils. The challenge that had arisen in this particular year was that all structures had to be aligned, and their terms of office had to be aligned ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Minister of Higher Education and Training & Minister of Justice and Correctional Services: progress report
6 Sep 2017
The Committee met to consider the progress reports on the executive undertakings made by the Minister of Higher Education and Training on 9 June 2015, and by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on 26 May 2015.
The Minister of Higher Education and Training (DHET) reported that the Centre ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Committee Report on Free State oversight visit to police stations & correctional centre
6 Sep 2017
Documents handed out:
Oversight visit to police station in Mafube Municipality
Report of the police station in Masilonyana local municipality
Report on Winburg Correctional Centre
[All Committee reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Committee considered the report on the oversight visit to the Free State province police ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Judicial Matters Amendment Bill & Courts of Law Amendment Bill: consideration; Firearms Amnesty: SAPS briefing
21 Jun 2017
A delegation from the South African Police Services (SAPS) presented SAPS’ Draft Notice on the Declaration of Amnesty in terms of section 139 of the Firearms Control Act of 2000. Among other reasons, the Declaration seeks to reduce the availability of firearms, thereby reducing the incidence of crime in South ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Minister of Social Development; Minister of Small Business Development Executive Undertakings: progress report
21 Jun 2017
The Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings was briefed by the Minister of Social Development and the Department of Social Development (DSD) on the Progress Reports on Executive Undertakings made by the Minister of Social Development during policy debate on the Budget Vote 17: Social Development on 26 May ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
eMadlangeni Local Municipality report on Section 139 (1) (b)
20 Jun 2017
The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs considered its report on whether to intervene in eMadlangeni Local Municipality in terms of Section 139(1) (b) of the Constitution (1996).
The Committee resolved to disapprove the intervention. Members adopted the report after redrafting some of the paragraphs and make minor ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Judicial Matters Amendment Bill, Courts of Law Amendment Bill: briefing; Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill: adoption
14 Jun 2017
The Department of Justice briefed members on the Courts of Law Amendment Bill and the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill. While the Judicial Bill seeks to amend several laws that hamper the smooth administration of justice, the Courts Bill addresses alleged abuses in the civil debt recovery system, following the Constitutional ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Nobuntu Fuzane Petition Report
7 Jun 2017
Documents handed out:
Draft Report on the Nobuntu Fuzane Petition
The meeting was convened for the consideration and adoption of the Nobuntu Fuzane Petition Report. The petition had been submitted by Ms N Fuzane on behalf of her daughter, Tamara, and had raised complaints against Groote Schuur Hospital and Khayelitsha ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) on its Annual Performance Plan
24 May 2017
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) reported it had briefed the new Minister of Police on the 15 April 2017 on the Constitutional Court judgement which ruled that the IPID Act had to be amended to allow compliance with the Constitution, the Farlam Commission’s pronouncements and recommendations and the Auditor ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Love Knysna Petition: hearings
24 May 2017
Love Knysna Petition Report
Mr Mike Hampton brought a petition before the Portfolio Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings. This was an update to his original petition on alleged maladministration at Knysna Municipality. He provided a summary of his petition as well as an update that included new evidence and ...