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Constitutional Review Committee
Public Hearings on Review of Section 25 of Constitution (26 July - 4 August 2018)
17 Jul 2018
In February 2018, the National Assembly adopted a motion proposed by the EFF, with amendments by the ANC, that Parliament's Constitutional Review Committee investigate mechanisms through which land can be expropriated without compensation. The Joint Constitutional Review Committee was mandated by the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces ...
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
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 ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources on its Strategic/ Annual Performance Plans 2015/16
18 Mar 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Parliamentary researcher and content advisor on the issues in the 2014 Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR), and by the Auditor General of South Africa and the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on the 2015/16Annual Performance Plan of the Department.
The 2014 BRRR had ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Meeting with Norwegian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy and Environment
25 Feb 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources met with the Norwegian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy and Environment. The Norwegian Committee indicated that oil and gas were very dominant parts of the Norwegian economy, similar to the position in South Africa. The main topics for discussion were the impact of mining ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill [B15B-2013]: consideration of constitutionality reservations by the President
25 Feb 2015
The Chairperson noted the rescue of 468 miners at Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu mine and said that the Committee would have to closely follow the consequent investigation so that it could ensure health and safety is prioritised throughout the industry.
The Committee considered the reservations of the President on the Minerals ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill [B15B-2013]: legal opinion on President’s reservation about its constitutionality
18 Feb 2015
A parliamentary legal advisor gave a briefing on the four grounds of reservation which had seen the President not appending his signature to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill [B15B-2013]. These grounds in brief were: the potential unconstitutionality of empowering the Minister to amend the codes, charter and ...
Ad Hoc Committee - President's Submission in response to Public Protector's Report on Nkandla
Public Protector's Report on Nkandla security upgrades
25 Sep 2014
After adoption of the minutes of the previous meeting, the only matter arising was the legal opinion regarding the Committee’s ability to access the Cabinet Memorandum of 2003. The Parliamentary Legal Advisor indicated that Constitution empowers the Committee to subpoena anyone to come before it to give oral testimony or ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Development of Ikhwezi Quarry Mine in Libode and Civil and General CC in Queenstown: Department of Mineral Resources briefing
10 Sep 2014
The Department of Mineral Resources briefed the Committee on the development of the Ikhwezi Quarry Mine in Libode and Civil and General CC in Queenstown. The DMR was tasked with providing the Committee with a progress report which emanated from the previous Committee’s site visit and interactions with the two ...