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Defence
National Conventional Arms Control Committee Third Quarter Report 2023; Committee report report on the oversight visit to Rheinmetall Denel Munition and Damen Shipyard
23 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Joint Standing Committee on Defence met to receive the Third Quarterly Report and feedback on outstanding matters from the previous quarter from the National Conventional Arms Control Committee and to consider the draft report of the Joint Standing Committee on an oversight visit to ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Correctional Services A/B: adoption; Judicial Matters A/B: public comment; Ministers of Police & Home Affairs Executive Undertakings
22 Nov 2023
In the virtual meeting, the Minister of Police provided a progress report on the six Executive Undertakings made at the Taking Parliament to the People in the Ugu District in KZN in November 2022. These included items such as the provision of a police station and a mobile community ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Section 139 intervention: termination of intervention in Emfuleni Local Municipality
21 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed on the province’s intervention in the Emfuleni Local Municipality in terms of section 139 (1)(b) of the Constitution.
The Committee was told that the Executive Council of the Gauteng Provincial Government decided to end the intervention by 31 August 2022. The appointed ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: Finalisation
8 Nov 2023
The Select Committee on Security and Justice met on the virtual platform to consider and adopt the Committee Report on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill [B9B-2018]. This marks the finalisation of the Bill in terms of the process of the Select Committee.
The ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralization, Local Government and Local Development
7 Nov 2023
The Committee met to consider and adopts its report on the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralization, Local Government and Local Development. There was unanimous support of the Committee Report and the Charter itself among all Members present. The DA Members noted the Charter was in line ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Protected Disclosures Act: Practical Guidelines for Employees; Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: proposed amendments
1 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Select Committee on Security and Justice adopted the Amendments to the Practical Guidelines for Employees on Protected Disclosures in terms of section 10(4)(b) of the Protected Disclosures Act, No 26 of 2000. It noted that it had been briefed on them the week before.
The ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Emfuleni Local Municipality petition
1 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee considered a petition brought by residents of Emfuleni Local Municipality which called for the assistance of the National Council of Provinces to investigate the state of electricity in their municipality.
The Committee raised concerns that the invited stakeholders had not attended the previous meeting ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Section 139 Interventions in KZN Municipalities
31 Oct 2023
The virtual meeting of the Select Committee received an update from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on the status of Section 139 interventions in municipalities in the province.
The Committee was told that since 2016, KZN had implemented Section 139 interventions in 12 municipalities, ...
Defence
Revised SANDF HR Strategy; SANDF deployment; with Minister and Deputy Minister
26 Oct 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Joint Standing Committee was joined by the Department of Defence and Military Veterans and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to consider the Committee’s proposal for a new human resources (HR) strategy to ensure a permanent exit mechanism for soldiers, and a rejuvenation of ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Executive Undertakings: Minister of Public Enterprises
26 Oct 2023
The Committee received a briefing from the Minister of Public Enterprises on undertakings made during the sitting of 24 May 2023 on the upgrade of the current transmission grid and the investment required to expand the transmission grid. The report touched on five key areas, which included the Government Roadmap ...