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NCOP Security and Justice
Legal Practice Council Regulations; Constitution 18th A/B; IPID & CSPS 2023/24 APP; with Deputy Minister
10 May 2023
Civilian secretariat for police
Independent police investigative directorate
In a virtual meeting, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) and the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSPS) presented their Annual Performance Plans (APPs) and Budgets for 2023/2024. The Deputy Minister of Police was in attendance. The Committee was also briefed ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Land Court Bill: deliberations; Legal Practice Regulations; with Deputy Minister
3 May 2023
The Select Committee on Security and Justice received presentations from the Department of Justice and the Legal Practice Council in a virtual meeting. The Committee was presented with the second working document of the Land Court Bill, the proposed amendments to regulations regarding the rendering of ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: Department briefing; Repeal of the Transkeian Penal Code Bill update
19 Apr 2023
The Committee was briefed on the provisions of the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill.
Concerns were raised about the Bill’s implications for freedom of speech. Members said it lacked clear definitions of hate speech. They asked whether revolutionary songs and expressions in ancient scriptures ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Land Court Bill: tagging & deliberations; Repeal of the Transkeian Penal Code Bill: DoJ&CD briefing
22 Mar 2023
The Select Committee on Security and Justice met on a virtual platform to receive a briefing from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on the Repeal of the Transkeian Penal Code Bill [B34- 2022]. The Bill aimed to repeal the last piece of apartheid legislation in South Africa, ...
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Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: deliberations; with Deputy Minister
9 Dec 2022
The Select Committee on Security and Justice met on a virtual platform to receive responses from the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service to the public comments on the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill (POCDATARA). The Deputy Minister was present at the meeting. Responses ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: response to submissions; with Deputy Minister
8 Dec 2022
The Select Committee met on the virtual platform to receive the Department of Police response to the concerns by the public on the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities (POCDATARA) Amendment Bill. The submissions requested a narrowing of the broad definition of “terrorist activity”; the retention ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: public hearings; with Deputy Minister
7 Dec 2022
The Committee met virtually to consider submissions on the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill (POCDATARA) by FORSA, the Cape Independence Party and the Sussex Terrorism and Extremism Research Network (Stern). The Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (the Department) provided their responses to the submission and ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: briefing; with Deputy Minister
30 Nov 2022
The Select Committee on Security and Justice met on a virtual platform for a briefing from the Department of Police and the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSPS) on the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment (POCDATARA) Bill. The presentation dealt with the purpose of ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations, with Minister
23 Nov 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Select Committee on Security and Justice sat to deliberate on the refinements made by the Parliamentary Legal Advisors (PLA), at the request of Members, on certain aspects of the proposed amendments to the Electoral Amendment Bill (EAB), particularly those pertaining to ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Electoral Amendment Bill: proposed amendments, with Minister
21 Nov 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Select Committee met to deliberate on the Electoral Amendment Bill.
It considered a new amendment to the Bill, namely that a panel be established to investigate, consult and make recommendations in respect of potential electoral reforms. It came in the wake ...