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NCOP Security and Justice
SAPS on its 2018 Annual Performance Plan: Meeting postponed
18 Apr 2018
The South African Police Service (SAPS) was supposed to present its 2018/19 annual performance plan. However; SAPS was not allowed to proceed after the Committee noted that the Minister and Deputy Minister were not present at the meeting. The National Commissioner was also currently appearing before the Portfolio Committee on ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Public Service Commission Amendment Bill: Public Service Commission briefing
17 Apr 2018
The Department of Public Services and Administration briefed the Committee on the proposed amendments to the Public Service Commission Act. The first amendment sought to allow for a renewal of the term of the Commissioner on recommendation from the National Assembly or Provincial Legislatures. The second amendment sought to allow ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Magistrates Commission on suspension of magistrates/removal from office & withholding of remuneration
28 Mar 2018
The Magistrates Commission came to the Committee to seek confirmation of the recommendations they had made regarding magistrates who had been charged with misconduct. It provided details of the specific allegations against them, when the misconduct had occurred, the disciplinary processes followed and subsequent involvement by the courts. Their recommendations ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Minister of Health & Minister of Human Settlements Progress Reports
22 Nov 2017
The Committee met with the Minister of Human Settlements to be briefed on the progress made with an Executive undertaking made by the Minister during a policy debate on human settlements on 12 May 2015. The Minister outlined that the Department of Human Settlements was responsible for providing housing to ...
NCOP Security and Justice
International Arbitration Bill & Legal Practice Amendment Bill: finalisation, Deputy Minister; Suspension of Magistrate V Gqiba
22 Nov 2017
The Committee met to adopt the International Arbitration Bill and Legal Practice Amendment Bill – the Committee adopted the Bills along with their Committee Reports on the Bills. On the Legal Practice Amendment Bill, a briefing by the Department of Justice, in the presence of Deputy Minister John Jeffery, was ...
NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture
Department of Arts and Culture 2016/17 Annual Report, with Minister
22 Nov 2017
The Minister of Arts and Culture, Mr Nathi Mthethwa, provided the Committee with a broad overview of the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) 2016/17 Annual Report. The Minister reported that the Enyokeni Cultural Precinct project was carried out without following proper guidelines. As such, the ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Ministers of Health & Human Settlements: progress reports on Executive Undertakings: meeting postponed
8 Nov 2017
The meeting was cancelled and postponed until further notice after a deliberation on whether the Committee would allow the senior officials to account on behalf of the Ministers. Members felt that the meeting could not take place irrespective of the fact that Ministers had delegated their Director Generals to brief ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Legal Practice Amendment Bill: Department briefing, with Deputy Minister
8 Nov 2017
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development briefed the Select Committee on the Legal Practice Bill. The Bill amended the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014. The aim of the Bill was to address practical and technical issues of a non–contentious nature that would enhance a smooth transition to the ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Department of Public Services and Administration briefing: meeting postponed; Application of NCOP Rule 91
7 Nov 2017
The Committee was supposed to receive a briefing from the Department of Public Services and Administration on its performance. The Minister had indicated beforehand that she would be unavailable to attend the meeting but that the Deputy Minister would attend instead. However; the Committee decided not to proceed with the ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Food Security and Food Safety joint workshop Day 2
3 Feb 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries hosted a two-day joint workshop on Food Security and Safety with the Portfolio Committees of Health and Social Development and the Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources. The second day of the workshop focussed on food safety. It began with an ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
National Development Plan & Transformation of Economy to encourage Women's full participation: roundtable discussion day 2
1 Sep 2015
Ms M Semenye (ANC) gave a brief summary on what had been presented to the first day of the Roundtable discussions. She outlined that the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr L Tsenoli, had explained why this Roundtable was important, summarised the objectives of Parliament and explained the theme ...
Public Works and Infrastructure
Public Works Budget Analysis Workshop
22 Mar 2010
The Applied Fiscal Research Centre observed that the Department of Public Works was an interesting example as it also provided services to provincial and local government and was involved in the transfers and subsidies to those spheres. Historically budget analysis had focused on financial matters; however, it was now important ...