Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill [B19-2015]: Adoption of Memorandum for Committee to introduce this Bill
19 May 2015
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefed the Committee on the consequences that might occur if the Committee failed to comply with the Constitutional Court order in time. She said that the reading-in remedy in the section 21(5) of the Refugees Act, 1998 would come to an end on 26 September 2015 ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Rules Subcommittee: Rules on SCOPA: input by SCOPA chairperson; Chapters 13-15 of National Assembly Rules; Programme
15 May 2015
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts Chairperson presented proposals for the amendment of the Rules of the National Assembly governing the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. There were two major alterations: the inclusion of a sub-rule empowering the Standing Committee to hold provincial departments and entities directly accountable for funds ...
Home Affairs
Constitutional Court judgment declaring section 21(5) of the Refugees Act invalid; Committee Strategic Plan; Gauteng Oversight Report
12 May 2015
A Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefed the Committee on the implications of the decision of the Constitutional Court which declared section 21(5) of the Refugees Act 130 of 1998 to be inconsistent with the Constitution. She noted that it was held that section 21(5) of the Act was particularly inconsistent with ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Annual disclosure of members’ interests 2015: setting of deadline; new declaration form; Committee 2014 Annual Report
6 May 2015
The Registrar of Ethics and Members Interest noted that the Committee had met with the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and Sedibeng Municipality on 20 March 2015. She highlighted some of the observations and findings from that engagement:
●There had been a view that there should be further consultation with other provinces ...
Home Affairs
Regional Integration and Regional Migration Trends: Home Affairs, IOM & African Centre for Migration & Society briefing
5 May 2015
Three entities briefed the Committee on regional integration and regional migration trends. The International Organisation on Migration (IOM) placed a particular focus on demographics, push factors, facilitating factors, inhibiting factors, and exacerbating factors. The brief was centred on the countries of DRC, Somalia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Madagascar, Malawi, Zambia ...
Home Affairs
Violence against foreign nationals: Police/Home Affairs report with Home Affairs Deputy Minister & Small Business Development Minister
28 Apr 2015
Document awaited: National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure Report on violence against foreign nationals
The Departments of Police, Home Affairs and Small Business Development briefed a joint meeting of the Home Affairs, Police, International Relations and Cooperation, Justice and Small Business Development Portfolio Committees about the recent attacks against foreign ...
Home Affairs
Using Banks for Smart ID Card applications; Visa Facilitation Services (VFS) challenges & recommendations: briefing by Department of Home Affairs
21 Apr 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs received a briefing from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on the use of banks for people to apply for Smart ID Cards, the challenges and recommendations to deal with these challenges. The DHA also briefed the Committee on the Visa Facilitation Services (VFS), ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Discussion of Chapters 12-15 of the National Assembly Rules
17 Apr 2015
The Chairperson summarised the procedure and noted the Speaker's request that the process for the new Rules should be completed by end August 2015. This meant that May would be set aside for discussion in the parties, with submissions then to be referred back to the Subcommittee, and thence to ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Review of the Rules of National Assembly Chapter 10-11
9 Apr 2015
The Subcommittee of the Rules Committee continued to deliberate on the proposals for review of the National Assembly Rules (the Rules), starting from Rule 10(4), dealing with allocation of time for replies from the Deputy President, when it was indicated that increases in time previously had not shown positive results. ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Review of the Rules of National Assembly Chapter 10-11
8 Apr 2015
Mr Kasper Hahndiek, Consultant to the Subcommittee and former Secretary to the National Assembly, ran swiftly through the changes that were now being proposed in Chapters 10 onwards of the National Assembly Rules (the Rules), with more specific discussion then being directed to rules 107 to 110. It had been ...