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Ethics and Members' Interest
Register of Members’ Interests 2015: adoption
28 Oct 2015
Documents handed out: 2015 Register of Members’ Interests
The Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests met briefly to consider and adopt the 2015 Register of Members’ Interests.
Before they could proceed, it was noted that there were not enough Members to form a quorum and a suggestion was made that ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Ethical standards for elected public representatives and implementation: workshop
25 Aug 2015
The workshop on ethical standards for elected public representatives and their implementation, was the first in a series of three workshops for all provincial legislatures, metropolitan municipalities, district councils and local municipalities. It was indicated that South Africa had an elaborative integrity framework which included codes of conduct to guide ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Annual disclosure of members’ interests 2015: setting of deadline; new declaration form; Committee 2014 Annual Report
6 May 2015
The Registrar of Ethics and Members Interest noted that the Committee had met with the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and Sedibeng Municipality on 20 March 2015. She highlighted some of the observations and findings from that engagement:
●There had been a view that there should be further consultation with other provinces ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Hosting of Sedibeng Municipality, Capricorn District Municipality Gauteng Provincial Legislature by the JC on Ethics Committee
20 Mar 2015
Parliament established the first code of conduct for Members in 1997. It was first mainly around disclosure of financial interests. In 2014, Parliament established new a code of conduct. The Committee was mandated to monitor and oversee colleague’s interests. The code of conduct held Members accountable in their exercise of ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Progress Report on Review of Parliament Rules: report back by sub-committee
4 Feb 2015
The chairperson of the subcommittee that had been considering the revised Rules of the National Assembly (the Rules) gave a progress report of the Rules review, informing the full Committee of areas of disagreement and areas where new and substantive changes were being proposed. He outlined the proposals for several ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Joint Committee's Annual Report; Consideration of a complaint by Hon HB Holomisa (complaint handled in closed session)
12 Nov 2014
The Committee meeting started late, as insufficient Members were present to achieve a quorum. A DA Member noted her dissatisfaction with the time wasted, and suggested that in future, should insufficient numbers be present within 15 minutes of the scheduled time, the meeting should be adjourned. However, an ANC Member ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Meeting with City of Johannesburg delegation
22 Oct 2014
The Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests hosted the City of Johannesburg’s Ethics Committee. The purpose of the meeting, as stated by the Chairperson of the Joint Committee, was for the two committees to engage in a conversation on the issue of ethics and the importance of establishing and ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
2014 Register of Members Interests: adoption
17 Sep 2014
The Committee dealt with the minutes of the 8 of July 2014 at length. The contention was that there was an election of a Committee whip, which the opposition parties felt that seeing that there was no rule providing for one in any Parliamentary Committee; there could have been no ...