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NCOP Security and Justice
Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill: public hearings & Department response
15 Feb 2017
The Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC) and Corruption Watch (Corruption Watch) made submissions on contentious provisions in the Bill and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ) responded to these submissions.
The Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC) commended the Bill. However it is concerned about Section 9B of the ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Nquthu & Emadlangeni interventions; Indaka, Ingwe, Mbabazane: termination of interventions
14 Feb 2017
The Member of Executive Council for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal briefed the Committee on the Intervention in terms of section 139 (1) (c) of the Constitution in Nquthu Local Municipality; and on termination of interventions in Local Municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal (Indaka, Ingwe, Mbabazane). There was also a ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Justice Administered Fund Bill: preliminary briefing and proposed public participation plan; Oversight Visit Report; Update on International Travel
8 Nov 2016
The Department of Justice reported on the Justice Administered Fund Bill, the clauses it contained and how it was aimed to create a legal basis and framework to ensure accountability and control over the large sums of money held by the Department of Justice and Third Party Fund.
These funds ...
The National Conventional Arms Control Committee briefed the Committee on its 2015/16 Annual Reports and First and Second Quarterly Reports for 2016/17. The annual report was reported on in full whereas the 2016 quarterly reports were included in the presentation individually. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee noted that the ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Civilian Secretariat for Police on policies and legislation in the sector; SA Police Services on professionalising the service & Public Order Policing Training
2 Nov 2016
The Civilian Secretariat for Police Services gave a presentation on Policies and Legislation of the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service. She outlined that an approach to policing in the 21st century requires a ‘professional, well-resourced, and highly skilled police service’. She emphasised that a demilitarised police service must display a ...
Defence
SANDF transformation: DOD briefing; President’s letter on SANDF deployment
28 Oct 2016
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Defence (DOD) on transformation within the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
Major-General Olga Nodola, Chief Director: Transformation Management, South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said that transformation within the military went beyond gender, race, and disability, but also included transformation ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Maiden bursary investigative report at Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal
25 Oct 2016
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) presented a report to the joint committees on its investigation into a government-funded bursary administered by the uThekela District Municipality (UDM) that was restricted to girls who were virgins, and who had to undergo virginity testing. The CGE ruled that the conditions imposed in ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Progress Reports on provisionally suspended magistrates: Magistrates Commission briefing; Committee interaction with presentation
12 Oct 2016
The Magistrates Commission presented an update on provisionally suspended magistrates.
In the first case, the magistrate has been provisionally suspended since 2014 and the matter was still pending. The magistrate in question was still receiving remuneration for the last three years. Members raised concerns that taxpayers are bearing these costs ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Richtersveld Community benefits from Pooling and Sharing Joint Venture: briefing by Alexkor
12 Oct 2016
Alexkor gave a presentation on the status of the Deed of Settlement, the Pooling and Sharing Joint Venture (PSJV) of which Alexkor owned 51% and the RVC owned 49%, corporate social investment (CSI), and its social labour plan (SLP). The presentation stressed the importance of the community-owned nature of Alexkor, ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Promotion of Access to Information Act Revised Rules of Procedure
21 Sep 2016
The Department of Justice briefed the Committee on the amended Rules of Procedure for the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA), No 2 of 2000. The purpose of the amendments was to bring about uniformity to the Court Rules as well as in response to certain court pronouncements such ...