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Justice and Correctional Services
Election of Chairperson; Public Protector response to MP request for her removal from office (postponed)
29 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee met to discuss the responses by the Public Protector, after the request by Mr J Steenhuisen (DA) to expedite procedures to remove the Public Protector from office
At the outset, the Committee was alerted by the Committee Secretary that as from the today Mr MMotshekga had been ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Committee Reports on suspension of magistrates & withholding of remuneration
28 Aug 2018
The Committee met to consider and adopt reports on the suspensions and withholding of remuneration of magistrates in terms of the Magistrates Act.
The reports affected the following magistrates: Mr M J Kgomo, Ms M L Malahlela, Mr I W M Morake, Mr M D Hinxa, Ms L B Freeman, ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Amendment Bill: deliberations; Department of Military Veterans Quarter 1 performance
22 Aug 2018
The Department of Military Veterans presented a briefing on its performance and progress for the first quarter of 2018-19. The targeted spend in the first quarter had been R138m (22%) from the allocation of R627.1m. Actual expenditure had been R93.2m -- a variance of R44.8m. It had achieved none of ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Public Protector: Tabling of Rules; Policy on Appointment of Special Advisor; Request by MP to remove Public Protector from office
13 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services heard a briefing by the Public Protector (PP) on the rules and the policy on appointment of a special advisor. In addition, the Committee also heard from the Chief Whip of the DA, Mr John Steenhuisen on a request to expedite procedure ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Meeting with Ghanaian Constitutional, Legal & Parliamentary Affairs Parliamentary Committee
12 Jun 2018
A delegation from the Ghanaian Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs met with the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services to discuss issues of common interest, the highlights of which were the countries’ efforts to combat corruption, and South Africa’s approach to dealing with land restitution. The delegation ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
COGTA Minister on drought, Back to Basics, State Capture media allegations
6 Feb 2018
The Committee invited the Minister to speak on the state of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The Minister addressed the drought, Phase 2 of the Back to Basics programme and media allegations about his relationship with Mohamed Bobat, Trillian and Regiments Capital and a one-day trip to ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Department of Cooperative Governance on Quarter 4 performance, with Minister
25 Aug 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) and the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agency (MISA) on their fourth quarter expenditure patterns for the 2016/17 financial year.
Cogta was primarily responsible for ensuring intergovernmental relations between government departments, stakeholders, and spheres of government, and was ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
COGTA on 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan, with Minister & Deputy present
14 Mar 2017
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs briefed the Committee on its revised 2015-2020 Strategic Plans, its 2017/18 Annual Performance Plans and its 2017 MTEF Budget Allocations. It also reported back to the Committee on the progress made on the BRRR recommendations of the Portfolio Committee Municipal Infrastructure Support ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Eskom debt owed by municipalities; SONA impact on local government, with Minister
21 Feb 2017
Eskom said that they were making good progress with implementing the Promotion of Administrative Justice Amendment Act (PAJA) process initiated in November 2016. The PAJA process has helped Eskom recover debt of R1.3b. The total overdue debt had been growing over the past three years and only started decreasing after ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on its 2015/16 Annual Report, with Minister and Deputy Minister in attendance
12 Oct 2016
The Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs presented their 2015/16 annual reports to the Committee, which also heard progress reports on the implementation of the Integrated Urban Development Framework and the finalisation of transitional measures in newly-established municipalities. A status report on the application of Section 139 of the ...