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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality 2022/23 Annual Report
13 Oct 2023
Commission for Gender Equality
The Portfolio Committee convened in a virtual meeting to be briefed by the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) on its annual report for 2022/23. It reported that the financial year 2022/2023 was characterised by a leadership change from a secretariate and Commissioners level. Notably, one ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
SAHRC National Conference Report on Local Government Accountability, Service Delivery and Human Rights
13 Oct 2023
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Municipal Demarcation Board; CRL Rights Commission 2022/23 Annual Reports; with Deputy Minister
12 Oct 2023
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill: finalisation; with Deputy Minister
29 Sep 2023
The Committee met virtually to consider and adopt the Bill. The drafting of additional proposed amendments to clauses 6 and 7 was presented. In clause 6, the number of members of the board of the Council changed from not 'more than 13' to 'not more than 15' as well ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill: clause by clause deliberations
27 Sep 2023
The Committee was presented with the A-List and B-Bill of the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill. Going clause by clause, it adopted all of the clauses along with their amendments. The Department was given ‘homework’ to conduct research on Clause 14 Committees of Board to establish if ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill: deliberations
19 Sep 2023
The Committee met in Parliament for clause-by-clause deliberations on the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Amendment Bill. The Department and the State Law Advisor presented the drafted Committee proposed amendments to the Bill.
On whether this Section 75 Bill should be changed to a Section 76 Bill ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Council on GBVF Bill: DWYPD Response to Public Submissions
12 Sep 2023
In Parliament, the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities briefed the Portfolio Committee on its responses to the 17 oral and 52 written submissions on the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NGBFV) Bill.
All the Members of the Committee voted in favour of the Bill and ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Council on GBVF Bill: Department response to submissions: follow-up meeting
5 Sep 2023
The Portfolio Committee met in person with the Department with of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) to present its responses to the submissions on the National Council on Gender Based Violence and Femicide Bill. The Department went the proposed amendments from the public submissions that it had accepted. ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
National Council on GBVF Bill: response to submissions; with Deputy Minister
29 Aug 2023
In a physical meeting the Portfolio Committee discussed and deliberated on the National Council on Gender Based Violence and Femicide Bill with the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD). There were concerns about the Department's overly summarised response to the provincial consultations and it was advised that ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Progress made with local government anti-corruption cases: engagement with NPA, SIU, DPCI & SAPS
13 Jun 2023