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Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Parliament of Republic of South Africa vs Hon F Shivambu and 19 others
20 Oct 2014
Three witnesses testified before the Committee: the Head of ICT in Parliament, the Sergeant at Arms and the Deputy Chief Whip of the majority party. The Chief Whip of the Opposition Party was supposed to testify but she was attending the funeral of the late MP Mr Watson. Further witnesses ...
International Relations
DIRCO on its 2013/14 Annual Report & African Renaissance Fund
16 Oct 2014
Before embarking on the presentation of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) 2013/14 Annual Report, Members asked for a briefing on the recent events in Nigeria and Lesotho. The DIRCO noted that the bodies of those who had been identified as South African citizens who were involved in ...
Police
SAPS & Police Secretariat on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
16 Oct 2014
The National Police Commissioner told the Committee the objective of crime intelligence was to contribute to the neutralising of crime by gathering, collating and analysing intelligence that led to an actionable policing activity. About 34 534 network operations were conducted in crime intelligence operations. 309 165 intelligence products had been ...
Employment and Labour
Analysis of DoL & its entities financial performance: Parliamentary Researcher Unit briefing; Audit outcomes: AGSA briefing
15 Oct 2014
The Committee was briefed by researchers of the Appropriations Committee on the financial performance of Department of Labour and its entities, and by the Auditor General of South Africa on the audit outcomes.
The researchers described Department’s expenditure and variances for the year. Total expenditure had amounted to R2.37bn, which ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Parliament vs Hon F Shivambu and 19 others
15 Oct 2014
The opposition political parties namely DA, UDM, IFP and EFF wrote a letter to the Chairperson expressing their concern on the way in which the hearing was proceeding. Matters raised in the letter include taking into consideration the submission by Mr Malema, the need for the Committee to call witnesses, ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Audit Outcomes on Defence Portfolio: AGSA briefing; Third Term Committee Programme
14 Oct 2014
The Committee met to discuss and adopt the Committee's third term programme, and was briefed by the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on audit outcomes of the Department of Defence and Military Veterans for the 2013/2014 financial year.
The Chairperson and the Committee went through the detailed programme, with ...
Police
Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI): Mandate and Activities
17 Sep 2014
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) briefed the Committee on its mandate and activities and information on the performance levels of the DPCI in the fight against corruption and serious criminal offences. The presentation focused on the background to the establishment of the DPCI and an emphasis of its ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence & Military Veterans 1st Quarter 2014 Performance
10 Sep 2014
In detailing the purpose of the Defence and Military Veterans Portfolio Committee to a visiting delegation, a committee members noted that the new Defence Review proposes that the defence committee meets behind closed doors like the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence.
The Department of Defence presented its Administration Programme overview, ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Matters arising from last meeting on composition of Committee, Parliamentary Legal Adviser's briefing, Nomination of Initiator
4 Sep 2014
The Chairperson clarified the membership of the Committee, and the presence of some alternate Members. The Committee spent considerable time debating whether a letter addressed to the EFF by the Speaker could be discussed as an additional agenda item, and it was eventually decided to deal with it under “Matters ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Committee Report on Defence and Military Veterans 2014 Budget
10 Jul 2014
The Committee met to vote on the Budget vote 22 for the Department of Defence and Military Veterans.
At the outset, a Member said that one of the recommendations was incoherent, in that it said that the Department of Defence was under-funded, but that the Committee supported the budget. If ...
Employment and Labour
Committee Report on Department of Labour and its entities 2014 Budget
10 Jul 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Labour met to adopt the report of the recommendations made by the Committee on Budget Vote 18: Labour and on the Strategic Plans of the Department of Labour (2014 – 2019) and its Entities.
The Committee was generally satisfied with the plans of the Department of ...
Police
Election of Chairperson
25 Jun 2014
In an unanimous decision, Mr F Beukman (ANC) was elected as Committee Chairperson.
A document packet that included decisions made by the previous Committee in the form of the Legacy Report and the budget of the institutions under the Committee’s oversight was distributed to the Committee members. A draft committee ...