Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs Strategic & Annual Performance Plan for 2016/17; Immigration Amendment Bill, 2015: deliberations; Consideration of a Candidate to fill a vacancy in Electoral Commission, with Minister in attendance
15 Mar 2016
The presentation of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) focused on its budget and annual performance plan for the 2016/17 financial year, and its five-year goals as outlined in the Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) from 2014 to 2019. The Minister of Home Affairs provided detailed background to the Department’s ...
Home Affairs
Asylum statistics: Department Home Affairs briefing; Immigration Amendment Bill 2016 deliberations
8 Mar 2016
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) gave the Committee an overview of the 2015 Asylum Trends, describing the analysis of applications, the refugee determinations, the numbers of asylum seekers fro countries internationally and from Africa, the results of the determinations, manifestly unfounded cases, review and withdrawal processes, and the determinations ...
Home Affairs
Immigration Regulations: update by Inter-Ministerial Committee; Asylum & Travel statistics, with Minister
1 Mar 2016
The presentation of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) focussed on the implementation of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) recommendations in relation to the unintended consequences of the immigration regulations, and on the 2015/16 festive season operations at Immigration Ports of Entry.
For implementation of the IMC recommendations, measures had been ...
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs on 2015/16 2nd & 3rd Quarter performance
23 Feb 2016
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on its Second and Third Quarter 2015/16 Expenditure and Performance Reports. After briefly summarising the DHA’s vision, mission and values, outcomes and strategic objectives slides were presented on progress achieved in July-December against targets, the ten major challenges in this period ...
Home Affairs
2016 Municipal Elections: Independent Electoral Commission report; Immigration Amendment Bill: Committee report adoption and presentation of public submissions, with Minister present
16 Feb 2016
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) outlined the state of readiness for the 2016 municipal election. Points were raised and discussed around the reduction of category B municipalities, the factoring in of the Tlokwe Constitutional Court decision to IEC operations, finalising of matters concerning the election day recruitment process and the ...
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs on 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
3 Nov 2015
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) briefed the Committee on its first quarter expenditure and performance report for the 2015/16 financial year. It indicated that it was on track in terms of issuing and granting smart ID cards and passports, and clearing travellers. With regard to people visiting South Africa, ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
2015 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS): Public Service Commission briefing
2 Nov 2015
The Public Service Commission (PSC) proposed a strategy for improving management practices in the public service comprising of three elements: professionalising the public service, transforming corporate support practices to focus on outcomes as well as compliance, and improving performance management and accountability structures.
It had identified the country's open system ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Version 7 of the Draft Rules: finalisation
30 Oct 2015
The Sub-Committee on Review of National Assembly Rules met to consider and take political parties' comments on Draft 7 of the Rules. The Chairperson clarified that where the majority of the Committee had agreed upon a principle or wording, it was contained in this Draft as a proposal but where ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Register of Members’ Interests 2015: adoption
28 Oct 2015
Documents handed out: 2015 Register of Members’ Interests
The Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests met briefly to consider and adopt the 2015 Register of Members’ Interests.
Before they could proceed, it was noted that there were not enough Members to form a quorum and a suggestion was made that ...
Home Affairs
Local Government: Electoral Amendment Bill [B22-2015]: public submissions and response by the Electoral Commission; Home Affairs Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
27 Oct 2015
BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee met with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to discuss public submissions on the Local Government: Electoral Amendment Bill [B22-2015]. A submission from the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs suggested that an amendment be made to the definition of “authorised ...