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NCOP Security and Justice
Defence Amendment Bill [B18-2017]: written comments; Legal Aid SA regulations
19 Feb 2019
The Committee met to discuss the Defence Amendment Bill [B18-2017], the written comments by the Right2Know Campaign, and the regulations of Legal Aid South Africa.
The Right2Know Campaign accused the Department of Defence (DoD) of attempting to give the Minister unfettered powers to regulate access to military areas and assets. ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Elder Care, Cakwebe, Ngqushwa Petitions: Committee Reports
13 Feb 2019
The Select Committee met for the Consideration and adoption of the Elder Care Petition Report (Petition calling for the amendment of section 27 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997), the consideration and adoption of Cakwebe Petition Report (Petition requesting the intervention of the NCOP, in relation ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Committee Reports: Minister of Tourism & Minister of Public Works and Deputy Executive Undertakings Progress
6 Feb 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Tourism on the Progress Report on the Undertakings made by the Minister of Tourism to the NCOP Plenary held on 17 May 2016. The plans around signage and installation dates around the installation of national heritage sites that depicted significant milestones in ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Public Service Commission Amendment Bill & Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Bill: final mandates
4 Dec 2018
The Select Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs adopted the final mandates on both the Public Service Commission and Traditional and Khoisan Leadership Bill.
All provinces agreed to the final mandates on the Public Service Commission Amendment Bill.
Only five provinces – Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Free ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill: adoption; United Arab Emirates (UAE) Extradition Treaty; with Deputy Minister
27 Nov 2018
Mr G Michalakis (DA, Free State) made a proposal relating to section 4(2)(c) of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill. He said there seemed to be a void in the Bill regarding expertise in the advisory committee on the issue of cyber security. Both the South African Police Services (SAPS) and ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Sigogo Petition on Khayelitsha Hospital
8 Nov 2018
The Sigogo Petition dealt with the alleged cover-up by the Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding reported irregularities, maladministration, nepotism, fraud, poor working conditions and victimisation of employees at the Khayelitsha District Hospital (KDH). Mr Sigogo and other petitioners gave oral testimony on irregularities at the hospital in the area of ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Committee Reports: Ministers of Cooperative Governance & Tourism Executive Undertakings Progress
7 Nov 2018
COGTA Provides Progress to Select Committee on Undertakings Made
The Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs updated the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) Select Committee on the undertakings that had been made on 4 May 2016, and described the progress made in four areas. These were the ward-based ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill [B22B-2017]: public hearings
7 Nov 2018
The Select Committee on Security and Justice, after calling the public to submit any comments concerning the Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill, conducted a public hearing with the South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) and the Banking Association of South Africa (BASA).
SANEF’s main concern was that the State Security Agency ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Committee Report on Joint Oversight Visit of KwaZulu-Natal & Eastern Cape
6 Nov 2018
The Committee Researcher and the Committee Content Adviser provided the Committee with insight into section 139(1)(b) interventions in three municipalities: Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality, Great Kei Local Municipality and Uthukela District Municipality. This was done in anticipation of the Committee undertaking an oversight to the three municipalities the following week. ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Review of Section 25 of Constitution: draft Committee Report
1 Nov 2018
Draft Committee Report not availabe to public
The Constitutional Review Committee met to review the draft report on the possible review of section 25 of the constitution. The working document outlines the methodology that was used to elicit views from the public on the review of section 25, the summary ...