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Gupta family naturalisation
27 Jun 2017
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The meeting of the Home Affairs Portfolio Committee was intended to provide Committee members with an opportunity to be briefed by the Minister of Home Affairs, the previous Minister of Home Affairs, now Minister of Finance, and the Director-General of the Department of Home ...
Home Affairs
Naturalisation of Guptas; Home Affairs network problems; Mbombela office closure
20 Jun 2017
The Chairperson explained that the Committee had tried to get Home Affairs to come and brief Members on the naturalisation of the Guptas. However, the briefing today would not be possible as the day before he had received a note from the Director-General stating that the Department would be briefing ...
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs funding pressures: National Treasury briefing; with Minister present
30 May 2017
The Committee was briefed by the National Treasury on the funding pressures within the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), especially the impact which the budget cuts were having on the DHA’s ability to employ qualified staff and meet its obligations in respect of border security.
The Treasury gave the Committee ...
Home Affairs
Government Printing Works on its Annual Performance Plan, with Minister
9 May 2017
The Government Printing Works (GPW) presented their the strategic plan for 2017 to 2021, and the annual performance plan (APP) for 2017/18, focusing mainly on the work they had done in the last financial year and what they would be doing in the current financial year.
The GPW produced identity ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Commission (IEC) on its Annual Performance Plan & 2016 Local Government Elections
2 May 2017
In the presence of the new Minister of Home Affairs, Prof Hlengiwe Mkhize, the Electoral Commission (IEC) briefed the Committee on the Annual Performance Plan and Budget for 2017/18 and on the Local Government Elections held in 2016. It was an honour for the IEC to meet with the new ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill; Border Management Authority Bill: deliberations, with Deputy Minister
28 Feb 2017
In the presence of the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, the Home Affairs Chief Director of Legal Services briefed the Committee on the proposed amendments to the Refugees Amendment Bill in accordance with Members inputs and suggestions. Under clause 3, the term “in any way” was substituted by “in the ...
Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture audit: Auditor General briefing, with Minister present; Nelson Mandela Museum status report
11 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee met with the Auditor General and the Minister to receive feedback on the Department of Arts and Culture’s audit outcomes and its entities. The Committee later met with the Nelson Mandela Museum to discuss the state of affairs at the Museum.
Seven entities received clean audit outcomes, ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC Board on Public Protector Report; SCA ruling; appointment of former COO; implications of court & ICASA rulings; Broadcasting Act compliance
5 Oct 2016
The Committee called a meeting to discuss urgent issues about the Public Protector Report: When Governance and Ethics Fail which dealt with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Board. The SABC Board gave a briefing to the Committee on five matters the Committee had requested it to elaborate on. According ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Constitutional Court Nkandla judgment implications for NA Rules, Amendment of Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act, Portfolio Committee for Presidency Budget Vote request; Review of Rules Subcommittee Report
17 May 2016
The Rules Committee decided, after discussion, that the consideration of the circumstances when Members could be removed under rule 53A should be done by the Subcommittee on the Review of the rules of the NA.
Mr J Steenhuizen (DA) had raised the principles behind a ruling by the Deputy Speaker ...
Home Affairs
Deputy Minister request for Immigration Act amendment on people who overstay or are illegal foreigners
18 Nov 2015
Parliamentary Legal Advisors, in the presence of Ms Fatima Chohan, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, presented to the Committee a legislative proposal to introduce a Committee Bill to amend the Immigration Act 13 of 2002 in terms of National Assembly Rule 230(1). Members were briefed on the rationale for the ...