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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 ...
International Relations
BRICS Summit; AU Summit outcomes: Department of International Relations & Cooperation report, in presence of Deputy Minister; Al Bashir issues deferred
12 Aug 2015
The Chairperson added an additional agenda item, taking the opportunity to make remarks about the significance of Women's Day and Women's month. The Chairperson asked the Department to report on the number of female members in international bodies, such as the AU and the UN, whilst other suggestions were that ...
Police
SAPS Provincial Commissioners on media statement supporting National Commissioner; Domestic Violence Act implementation: civil society input
12 Aug 2015
The Committee met the Deputy Minister of Police and nine SAPS provincial commissioners to follow-up on a statement issued by the Board of Commissioners (BOC) entitled “the SAPS Board of Commissioners fully supports General Riah Phiyega”. The Committee wanted to hear from the provincial commissioners, SAPS senior management and the ...
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 ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military Veterans: delivery of benefits and services - progress reports by departments & agencies
10 Jun 2015
The Departments of Human Settlement and Military Veterans plus nine other entities made submissions before the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans regarding their role in the socio-economic upliftment of the military veterans.
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) revealed it has signed a number of MOUs and service ...
Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals
Election of Chairperson
4 Jun 2015
The Committee met briefly to conclude the election of the co-chairpersons for the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Probing Violence Against Foreign Nationals. Those elected were Ms N Bhengu (ANC) and Mr T Motalshuping (ANC; North West) No further recommendations or proposals were discussed.
International Relations
South Sudan political situation; Department of International Relations and Cooperation 4th quarter 2014/15 performance
3 Jun 2015
At the outset of the meeting concern was raised that the Committee did not have a Committee Programme or calendar in place.
The DIRCO briefed the Committee on its Performance and Financial Report for the Fourth Quarter of 2014/15.
Programme 1: Administration
The new structure of the DIRCO was approved ...
Police
Civilian Secretariat for Police on DVA reports; National & Provincial Community Police Boards on its establishment, mandate & activities
27 May 2015
The Committee met to be briefed on a number of issues including by the Civilian Secretariat for Police (CSP) on the report of the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act (DVA), the CSP and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) on vetting of their senior management and the National Community ...
Employment and Labour
Private Member’s Amendment Bill proposed for Labour Relations Act (Ollis MP): rejected
20 May 2015
Proposed amendments to the Labour Relations Act of 1995, presented to the Portfolio Committee by the Democratic Alliance, were rejected outright by Members of the ANC.
The Committee was informed the purpose of the Bill was to protect the general public from violence and intimidation during strike action, and to ...