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Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament 2017/18 Annual Report; with AGSA & experts input
31 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
In the past few years, many professional staff members were reported to have resigned from Parliament. Reasons advanced for this haemorrhage were the five year fixed-term contracts, expensive accommodation in Cape Town, and unpleasant work environment and conditions. The Committee had engaged with Parliament to fix the ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Parliament’s Draft 2019/20 Budget & APP: Acting Secretary to Parliament & Treasury briefing
12 Sep 2018
The Committee held a briefing with National Treasury and Parliament’s Acting Secretary on Parliament’s 2019/20 budget and annual performance plan. An update on the disciplinary process involving Secretary to Parliament was also received.
National Treasury indicated that Parliament like other national institutions receive its appropriation through a vote in the ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 2
5 Sep 2018
VIDEO: Constitutional Review Committee: Oral Presentations 5 September 2018
The meeting was the second phase of facilitating public consultation on the proposed amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution to clearly provide for expropriation without compensation. The first phase had already been conducted by the Committee in the various South ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Election of Co-Chairperson
4 Sep 2018
The departure of Mr V Smith meant that there was a vacancy in the Committee leadership. Following a close vote (4 in favour and 3 for another candidate), Dr M Motshekga was elected co-chairperson of the Committee.
The Committee agreed that its next meeting will take place on Wednesday, 12 ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Committee Reports on suspension of magistrates & withholding of remuneration
28 Aug 2018
The Committee met to consider and adopt reports on the suspensions and withholding of remuneration of magistrates in terms of the Magistrates Act.
The reports affected the following magistrates: Mr M J Kgomo, Ms M L Malahlela, Mr I W M Morake, Mr M D Hinxa, Ms L B Freeman, ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review: progress update & selection of oral submission participants
22 Aug 2018
Constitutional Review Committee Meets to Finalise Participants for Oral Submissions
The Joint Constitutional Review Committee met to discuss a preliminary report on the written submissions and a preliminary report on the public hearings that took place all over the country.
Prior to this, the Committee discussed the media reports that ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Traditional Courts Bill: deliberations
21 Aug 2018
The Committee met to deliberate on the Traditional Courts Bill. A Delegation of State Legal Advisors briefed the Committee on amendments the Committee requested in the Bill. The most notable change in the Bill was removal of reference to the voluntariness of Traditional Courts. The Legal Advisors notified the Committee ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill; State Liability Amendment Bill; Legal Practice Regulations; Magistrates' suspension; with Deputy Minister
15 Aug 2018
The Portfolio Committee met to receive briefings on two amendment bills, regulations to the Legal Practice Act and he suspension and withholding of remuneration of several of magistrates. The Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development attended the meeting.
The Department reported that the State Liability Amendment Bill was aimed ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Public Hearings on Review of Section 25 of Constitution (26 July - 4 August 2018)
17 Jul 2018
In February 2018, the National Assembly adopted a motion proposed by the EFF, with amendments by the ANC, that Parliament's Constitutional Review Committee investigate mechanisms through which land can be expropriated without compensation. The Joint Constitutional Review Committee was mandated by the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Public Protector: Tabling of Rules; Policy on Appointment of Special Advisor; Request by MP to remove Public Protector from office
13 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services heard a briefing by the Public Protector (PP) on the rules and the policy on appointment of a special advisor. In addition, the Committee also heard from the Chief Whip of the DA, Mr John Steenhuisen on a request to expedite procedure ...