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Minister of Police on Farlam Commission Recommendations implementation; Civilian Secretariat for Police & IPID 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
2 Sep 2015
The Committee met to work through a very packed agenda for the day beginning with a briefing by the Minister of Police on the implementation of the recommendations of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the Marikana tragedy. The Minister took Members through the comprehensive presentation noting that the objective ...
Transport
UBER & National Land Transport Act; NSRI on Medical Evacuations from Ships; Ex-PRASA sub-contracted workers
1 Sep 2015
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spoke about the low capacity of South Africa to perform helicopter medical evacuation services. The dangers of current techniques for rescue missions using boats were highlighted, and the need for the South African Air Force (SAAF) to maintain its helicopter fleet and make them ...
The Committee adopted its Terms of Reference (ToR) into the National Assembly Rules Section 201 Inquiry into the statements released by senior management of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and provincial commissioners in support of National Commissioner, Riah Phiyega, following the release of the report of the Farlam Commission ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Violence against migrants: COSATU; FEDUSA & Imizamo Yethu Representatives briefing
25 Aug 2015
The Congress of the South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the Hout Bay community organisation, iMizamo Yethu, briefed the Committee on issues relating to the recent violence against foreign nationals.
COSATU stressed that the issue of migration had a historical context, particularly colonialism and apartheid, and the artificial borders that ...
Police
Farlam Commission recommendations; Operation Combat & Operation Fiela & Operation Tornado: SAPS briefing; Roll-out of generators at SAPS stations: SAPS/Public Works
19 Aug 2015
The Committee, in a full programme for the day, met with various divisions of the SA Police Service (SAPS) to be briefed on the progress made on a number of operations. The first item on the agenda was a briefing by the Committee researcher on the recommendations of the Farlam ...
Police
Domestic Violence Act implementation: SAPS, CSP & IPID report; SAPS provincial commissioner apology; National Commissioner alleged SMS to MP
17 Aug 2015
The Civilian Secretariat for Police (CSP) described the establishment of a Compliance Forum that developed a set of Standard Operating Procedures, seeking to provide guidance in reporting and ensure coordination with the South African Police Service (SAPS). Members of the police had however failed to attend the Compliance Forum meetings ...
Transport
Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport on the recent Mamelodi bus commuters’ challenges: Status update on the latest developments & way forward
17 Aug 2015
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport provided the Committee with an overview of the status of the Mamelodi/Autopax bus contracts. The briefing included a detailed background of the issues involved, the eight affected contracts, an insight into Autopax -- its current operations and operational challenges -- objections from the ...
Transport
Merchant Shipping Amendment Bill [B12- 2015]: adoption; Third Term Committee Programme
21 Jul 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Transport adopted the Merchant Shipping Amendment Bill (B12-2015)2015) in its entirety, as the clauses discussed contained technical amendments that the Committee had previously agreed upon, especially the substitution of “seaman” to “seafarer”.
In relation to the third term Committee programme, Members agreed to invite the Railway ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Committee Programme: adoption
25 Jun 2015
The Committee adopted the programme on probing violence against foreigners. Because of the serious issues involved, Members were asked to give priority to this Committee, even at the expense of constituency work and oversight visits. The House Chairman would be asked to extend the deadline for the submission of the ...
Police
SAPS on proclamations; State Security Agency follow-up briefing, Vetting: IPID & CSP update; Criminal Justice System infrastructure: Public Works briefing
24 Jun 2015
The Committee met with the Department of Public Works (DPW) to discuss the portfolio of the SA Police Service (SAPS) leases/infrastructure. The presentation covered the dispensations by National Treasury and the conditions of the renewal of leases under these dispensations, backlogs leases and outstanding leases, action plans and better management ...