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NCOP Security and Justice
Magistrates Commission on suspension of magistrates, with Deputy Minister
18 Oct 2017
The Committee met to be briefed by the Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and the Magistrate’s Commission (MC) on the consideration of suspension/removal of Ms J Van Schalkwyk, Ms R Malahlela, Ms S Monaledi, Mr M Kgomo, Mr I Morake. The other items for the Committee to consider ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill: briefing / submissions received
17 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed about the legal uncertainty surrounding the status of tribal authorities that were supposed to have been reconstituted as Traditional Councils. The challenge that had arisen in this particular year was that all structures had to be aligned, and their terms of office had to be aligned ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Committee minutes
14 Sep 2017
The Committee adopted all the outstanding minutes.
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Nobuntu Fuzane, Love Knysna & Mantsopa Petitions
13 Sep 2017
The Committee met to consider and adopt the Nobuntu Fuzane Petition Report, the Love Knysna Petition Report, outstanding minutes from previous meetings, and to table Executive Undertakings for future consideration.
Disagreement over the Committee’s right to pursue some of the recommendations in its Nobuntu Fuzane petition report, led to a ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Traditional Leadership Governance Framework: Department of COGTA briefing; with Deputy Minister
12 Sep 2017
The Committee met briefly to discuss the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill.
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) reported that an extension of the Amendment Bill was needed in order to reconstitute the traditional councils, and to standardise the timeframes between the terms of office ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Minister of Higher Education and Training & Minister of Justice and Correctional Services: progress report
6 Sep 2017
The Committee met to consider the progress reports on the executive undertakings made by the Minister of Higher Education and Training on 9 June 2015, and by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on 26 May 2015.
The Minister of Higher Education and Training (DHET) reported that the Centre ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Committee Report on Free State oversight visit to police stations & correctional centre
6 Sep 2017
Documents handed out:
Oversight visit to police station in Mafube Municipality
Report of the police station in Masilonyana local municipality
Report on Winburg Correctional Centre
[All Committee reports available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Committee considered the report on the oversight visit to the Free State province police ...
Constitutional Review Committee
2016 public submissions: briefing
1 Sep 2017
The Constitutional Review Committee met for a briefing by the Content Advisor on the 2016 submission. The Content Advisor focused on the importance of an adequate reference system to keep track of the submissions, i.e. which submissions have been considered to be outside of the mandate of the Committee, which ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Judicial Matters Amendment Bill & Courts of Law Amendment Bill: consideration; Firearms Amnesty: SAPS briefing
21 Jun 2017
A delegation from the South African Police Services (SAPS) presented SAPS’ Draft Notice on the Declaration of Amnesty in terms of section 139 of the Firearms Control Act of 2000. Among other reasons, the Declaration seeks to reduce the availability of firearms, thereby reducing the incidence of crime in South ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
eMadlangeni Local Municipality report on Section 139 (1) (b)
20 Jun 2017
The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs considered its report on whether to intervene in eMadlangeni Local Municipality in terms of Section 139(1) (b) of the Constitution (1996).
The Committee resolved to disapprove the intervention. Members adopted the report after redrafting some of the paragraphs and make minor ...