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Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Commission for Gender Equality on its Jan-Jun 2016 performance
6 Sep 2016
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) told the Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency that it had achieved 87% of its annual strategic outcomes. It reported that many women had lodged complaints about maintenance, gender discrimination, estates and gender-based violence. The highest number of estate-related complaints was from Mpumalanga, ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Department of Women in the Presidency on its 4 Quarter 2015/16 & 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
30 Aug 2016
The Department of Women in the Presidency (DoW) briefed the Committee on quarter four of the 2015/16 financial year and quarter one of the 2016/17 financial year.
Members expressed disappointment with regard to the under- and over-spending of the Department. They drew attention to the number of targets that had ...
Appointment of Public Protector
Committee Report on Nomination of Public Protector appointment
30 Aug 2016
The Committee finalised and adopted its Committee Report with minor amendments. The report was The report would be presented to the National Assembly on Wednesday, 7 September 2016.
Appointment of Public Protector
Committee recommendation for Public Protector: finalisation
24 Aug 2016
The Ad Hoc Committee recommended Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane as the preferred candidate to the National Assembly when it tables its report on 31 August 2016. All Committee Members, apart from the DA, reached consensus agreement on the name of Adv Mkhwebane. Members spoke very positively of the recommended candidate noting ...
Appointment of Public Protector
Appointment of Public Protector: Shortlisting of five of the interviewees
18 Aug 2016
The Ad Hoc Committee tasked with recommending a new Public Protector wasted no time in reducing the 14 candidates’ shortlisted and interviewed last week to five who would remain for further consideration next week. Emphasising the nature of a multiparty system and the need to reach consensus, Members considered each ...
Appointment of Public Protector
Interviews for Public Protector Position
11 Aug 2016
The Ad Hoc Committee formed to interview the 14 candidates for the post of Public Protector asked searching and relevant questions in the course of the marathon session.
The most commonly asked questions aimed at establishing the candidates’ notions regarding their fitness and propriety to fill the post. They were ...
Appointment of Public Protector
Shortlisting for interviews
13 Jul 2016
The 14 short-listed candidates for interview are:
Judge Sharise Weiner
Judge Sirajudien Desai
Adv Kevin Malunga
Adv Nonkosi Cetywayo
Adv Mhlaliseni Mthembu
Adv Madibeng Mokoditwa
Adv Mamiki Goodman
Adjunct Prof Narnia Bohler-Muller
Prof Bongani Majola
Ms Busisiwe Mkhwebane
Ms Jill Oliphant
Ms Muvhango Lukhaimane
Ms Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh
Mr Willie Hofmeyr ...
Appointment of Public Protector
Committee process and programme; public participation
1 Jun 2016
The Committee was briefed by its content advisor on the appointment process for the Public Protector set out in section 193 of the Constitution. The President has to appoint a Public Protector whenever it become necessary, for a non-renewable term of seven years, on the recommendation of the National Assembly ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
CEDAW Implementation 5th Report 2009-2014: Department of Women in the Presidency briefing
24 May 2016
The Department of Women in the Presidency (the Department) presented South Africa’s 5th Periodic Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), during the period 2009-2014. The history and background of the signing and ratification of the instrument, and the years in ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Malawi Multi-Party Women’s Caucus: joint discussion
12 May 2016
The Multi-Party Women’s Caucus met with the Malawi Multi-Party Women’s Caucus to share their experience of working in Parliament. As the Chairperson of the Steering Committee was attending the SADC Parliamentary Forum Ms Khunou was elected Acting Chairperson of the meeting.
Ms Joy Watson, Senior researcher for the South African ...