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Home Affairs
SITA on Home Affairs Power Outage; Home Affairs Quarter 4 Performance; Naturalisation of Gupta family; with Deputy Minister
14 Aug 2018
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA), Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) were called to explain the reasons for the downtime in all Home Affairs offices on Friday, 10 August 2018 and Monday 13 August 2018. The explanation was that it was ...
Science and Technology
Mining Phakisa; DST International Cooperation and Resources Programme: Department briefing
6 Jun 2018
The Department of Science and Technology briefed the Committee on the Mining Research Development and Innovation Programme and Phakisa. A disappointing announcement was made that South African mining was in crisis. Post Mining Phakisa represented some of the following: No significant price movement; Cost increases were greater than the Consumer ...
Home Affairs
Immigration Draft Bill; Gupta early naturalisation; Election of Chairperson
30 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs received a briefing from the Parliamentary Legal Services unit on the amendments to Section 34 of the Immigration Bill, as well as an update on the progress by the unit on its research into the early naturalisation of the Gupta family.
Mr P Chauke ...
Science and Technology
Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Digital Economy: brief by Department of Science and Technology
30 May 2018
The Department of Science and Technology briefed the Committee on its position on the 4th Industrial Revolution and the Digital Economy. Also, on the agenda was the convergence of digital technologies which included autonomous robots, Cybersecurity and the Industrial Internet of Things. The risks regarding companies like Uber, Airbnb and ...
Home Affairs
2019 Elections: IEC preparedness; Immigration Amendment Bill; Gupta early naturalisation
29 May 2018
Relevant document: The GPS app that can give everyone an address
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs was briefed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the country’s preparedness for the 2019 national and provincial elections, and deliberated on the amendments to Section 34 of the Immigration Bill.
First, however, ...
Science and Technology
Sovereign Innovation Fund: Uptake of Locally-developed Technologies Strategy: Department progress report
23 May 2018
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) provided the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology with a progress update on increasing the uptake of locally developed Technologies; and the Sovereign Innovation Fund. The proposal to Cabinet on seven key work packages of locally developed technologies had been approved, and a ...
Science and Technology
Science, Technology & Innovation Institutional Review: Department briefing & way forward
16 May 2018
The Department of Science and Technology briefed the Committee on the Review of the South African Science, Technology and Innovation Institutional Landscape (STIIL) Report. Minister Naledi Pandor had appointed the STIIL Panel in November 2015 to deal with a number of key questions, including whether the current structure and function ...
Home Affairs
Minister's explanation for Home Affairs delay on Immigration Act court order; Fireblade Aviation privatisation
8 May 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Minister of Home Affairs and the Director-General on the reasons the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) delayed informing the Committee to initiate a Committee Bill to amend the Immigration Act in compliance with a Constitutional Court order.
The Department said that they had ...
Science and Technology
CSIR & SA National Space Agency 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
25 Apr 2018
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research briefed the Committee on their Strategic and Annual Performance Plan for 2018/19. One of the highlights of the report was one of the strategic objectives of the organisation which was to conduct relevant research to foster industrial development. The key areas here were ...
Home Affairs
Section 34 of Immigration Act amendment; Naturalisation of Gupta family; Budget report
24 Apr 2018
The Committee was briefed on the Terms of Reference (ToR) of its inquiry into the naturalisation of the Gupta family. The Committee heard the inquiry was structured into two phases – Phase One and Two. Phase One included collating documentation, site visits and conducting of interviews – this phase is ...