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Constitutional Review Committee
Status Report on logistics for public hearings in provinces
21 Jun 2018
The Joint Standing Committee on Constitutional Review met to receive reports on the status of logistics for the public hearings due to commence in the Northern Cape on 26 June 2018 and to make final decisions on certain aspects of the process. The Committee was reminded that an extension had ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Amendment Draft Bill: finalisation
22 May 2018
The Public Audit Amendment Bill was initiated by the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General as a Committee Bill. The principal Act of 2004 did not give the Auditor-General the authority to take remedial action, nor to ensure that losses suffered by the State were recovered, where possible. Year on year ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Amendment Draft Bill: consideration
11 May 2018
The Committee was briefed on drafting changes to the Bill based on the Committee’s suggestions at its previous meeting:
• The definition of executive authority had been revised and that, generally, executive authority was used in reference to national ministers, but legal services had introduced a catch-all phrase to ensure ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review: adoption of programme for public hearings
10 May 2018
The meeting concerned the programme to facilitate public hearings on the proposed review of section 25 of the Constitution to provide for the expropriation of land without compensation.
Chairperson Smith noted the public hearings were originally scheduled to begin at the end of May 2018. The NCOP however had to ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Act Amendment Draft Bill: briefing on public comment
20 Mar 2018
The Parliamentary Legal Adviser responded about comments and proposals received during the public participation process. A number of submissions challenged the constitutional validity of empowering the Auditor-General (AG) to issue a certificate of debt and to collect that debt. It was felt that to empower the AG in that way ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Act Amendment Draft Bill: Auditor-General briefing
14 Mar 2018
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) gave a background of the legislative instruments that informed the discussions of the draft Public Audit Act Amendment Bill, and a response to issues raised during the previous discussions. Key among these were the instruments that established the duties and responsibilities of accounting officers, ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Draft Public Audit Act Amendment Bill: National Treasury briefing
13 Mar 2018
The National Treasury (NT) argued that the proposed power for the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) to refer undesirable audit outcomes for investigation, posed a risk to AGSA independence. It could result in duplication of the roles of Accounting Officers and Accounting Authorities. There could be duplication of investigations by ...
Standing Committee on Auditor General
Public Audit Amendment Draft Bill: briefing on public comments
2 Mar 2018
In the run up to the public hearings on the 6, 7 and 9 March, the Standing Committee on the Auditor General (SCOAG) was briefed on the public submissions on the Draft Public Audit Act Amendment Bill by the Committee’s legal and content advisors which were grouped into themes.
A ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Formulation of Rules to regulate Section 89 of the Constitution (Removal of the President)
25 Jan 2018
National Assembly Rules Committee met to consider, discuss and make proposals on the Notes on Procedures to Remove a President in terms of Section 89 and the Draft Rules Removal of the President from its previous meeting.
The Secretary of the National Assembly (NA) presented the notes and the draft ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Procedure for Removal of President from office in terms of Constitution
10 Jan 2018
The Subcommittee of the National Assembly Rules Committee met to consider, discuss and make proposals on the drafting of Rules to give effect to the Constitutional Court judgement for the Assembly to establish adequate process to deal with Section 89 of the Constitution – removal of a President from office. ...