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NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Protection, Promotion, Development & Management of Indigenous Knowledge Bill: Northern Cape negotiating mandate
20 Jun 2018
The Chairperson thanked Members and guests present. The agenda of the day was consideration of and voting on the final draft of the negotiating mandate from the Northern Cape provincial legislature and legal clarity and comments by the Department of Science and Technology on the Indigenous Knowledge Bill.
The Department ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
MPRDA Bill: legal opinion on NCOP amendments; Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill: adoption
19 Jun 2018
The Committee agreed to adopt the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24B-2015] without amendments.
On the MPRDA Bill, the Committee was informed that not all the amendments the provinces had proposed and agreed to could form part of the MPRDA Bill as Joint Rule 209(2) states that the ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Bill: negotiating mandates
13 Jun 2018
The Committee considered the negotiating mandates from all provinces on the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Bill [B6B-2016].
The Free State, Gauteng and Mpumalanga voted in favour of the Bill without amendments, while KZN, North West, Western Cape Eastern Cape, Limpopo supported the bill subject to amendments. ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Liquor Products Amendment Bill [B10B-2016]: briefing
12 Jun 2018
The Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources met to be briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on the Liquor Products Amendment Bill [B10B-2016] and to rescind a vote taken on the Extension Of Security Of Tenure Amendment Bill. Initially the Committee caucused whether to even hear ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24B-2015]: finalisation
5 Jun 2018
The Committee approved the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill.
Prior to that, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform briefed the Committee on the seven amendments proposed to the principal Act, which included the following:
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Bill [B6B-2016]: Department of Science and Technology briefing
25 Apr 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) on the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Bill. The Bill aims to clarify the roles of the Department and other stakeholders, and will legislate, solidify and enshrine certain structures that are necessary to promote indigenous ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral & Petroleum Resources Amendment Bill [B15D-2013]: negotiating mandates
24 Apr 2018
The meeting to consider the negotiating mandates of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng on the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment (MPRDA) Bill attracted only five of the nine provinces to participate in the voting procedure.
The KZN mandate supported the Bill, but with substantial amendments. Its proposals suggested updated definitions, conveyed ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Safcol briefing on land claim settlement & Western Cape Forestry Sector Forum on transformation in the forestry sector
18 Apr 2018
Safcol briefed the Committee on land claim settlements.
SAFCOL faces a range of challenges to its business operations, the key one being delays in the land restitution process. In 2008, the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights undertook a verification study of land under SAFCOL, which confirmed the legitimacy of ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral & Petroleum Resources Amendment Bill [B15D-2013]: negotiating mandates; with Deputy Minister
17 Apr 2018
The meeting to consider the provinces’ negotiating mandates in respect of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment (MPRDA) Bill was a continuation of the Select Committee’s session of 27 March. The Chairperson told Members there was substantial pressure to conclude the Committee proceedings on Bill, and that they had ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Reduction of cost to communicate: stakeholder briefing; with Deputy Minister
28 Mar 2018
The four main telecommunications operators in South Africa – Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and Telkom – together with the regulatory body, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA), presented differing views to the Committee on how the cost to communicate could be reduced in the country.
Vodacom said the information ...