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NCOP Security and Justice
Firearm Amnesty; Hydrographic Bill; Border Management Authority Bill: response to submissions; with Deputy Ministers
30 Oct 2019
The South African Police Service provided responses to Committee questions on the declaration of the firearm amnesty. SAPS indicated that crime in the country was high, and providing amnesty to accept unlicenced firearms without risk of prosecution was not aimed at people who did not renew their licences, but aimed ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Report on inspection in loco to Municipalities in North West under Section 139 intervention
29 Oct 2019
The Committee met to consider and adopt reports on the inspection in loco to municipalities in the North West under Section 139 (1) (b) of the Constitution. Members noted that there were similar issues between all the municipalities; these were irregular expenditure and financial mismanagement.
Members expressed concerned about criminal ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Internal briefing session; Implication of court Judgement with regards to removal of Adv Jiba and Adv Mrwebi from Office by the President
29 Oct 2019
A senior Parliamentary legal advisor briefed the Select Committee on Security and Justice with regard to the removal from office of Advocate Jiba and Advocate Mrwebi by the President.
The Committee was reminded that Adv Jiba had filed an urgent application in August to stop Parliament from starting the process ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Traditional Courts Bill, Child Justice Amendment Bill & Cybercrimes Bill: Department briefings, with Deputy Minister
9 Oct 2019
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development briefed the Committee on three bills: the Traditional Courts Bill, Child Justice Amendment Bill and the Cybercrimes Bill. The Deputy Minister was in attendance.
Traditional Courts Bill
The Department said that the object of the Bill was to create a uniform legislative framework ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Child Justice Amendment Bill [B32B-2018], Cybercrimes Bill [B6B-2017], Traditional Courts Bill [B1B-2017]; Civil Union Amendment Bill [B11B-2018]: preliminary briefing
8 Oct 2019
The Committee researcher and a parliamentary legal advisor briefed the Committee on four of the seven Bills that lapsed at the end of the Fifth Parliament and which would be revived: Cybercrimes Bill; Child Justice Amendment Bill; Civil Union Amendment Bill and Traditional Courts Bill.
Cybercrimes Bill
This Bill was ...
Defence
South African Air Force & Navy budget and capacity constraints
12 Sep 2019
The focus of this meeting was the continued reduction of the budget of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), which compromises its ability to carry out its constitutional mandate. The South African Air Force and Navy components of the SANDF reported on flying and sea hours and the capacity ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Firearm Amnesty: SAPS briefing; IPID Amendment Bill: status & way forward
11 Sep 2019
The South African Police Services (SAPS) briefed on the proposed 2019/20 Firearm amnesty. The amnesty would grant indemnity against possession of illegal firearms. Owners could bring in firearms without being prosecuted, and could also apply for licensing of the surrendered weapon. The amnesty period would be from 1 October 2019 ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Minister Progress Reports: Human Settlements & Social Development
5 Sep 2019
This Committee was briefed on progress made in various programmes of the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) and the Department of Social Development (DSD).
One of the main issues addressed by the DHS was that of title deeds, which was seen as a pervasive issue in the housing subsidy programme. ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Section 139 Interventions: Phokwane, Msunduzi and Mtubatuba Local Municipalities
4 Sep 2019
The Committee met for consideration and adoption of Oversight Reports. The Committee had conducted in loco inspections in Phokwane, Msunduzi and Mtubatuba local municipalities pursuant to the request by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) to consider and report on the intervention notices invoked in terms of section 139(1) (b) ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Progress report on misconduct inquiries: Magistrates Commission briefing
4 Sep 2019
The Magistrate’s Commission briefed the Committee on the matters of 4 magistrates facing disciplinary action: Mr Nzimande, Mr Hinxa, Ms Freeman and Ms Van Schalkwyk. The Commission noted its difficulties in getting these magistrates to face justice at independent tribunals given their willingness to use tactics including dismissal of attorneys, ...