Mr Michael Waters

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Michael Waters

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry SABC Board Inquiry Final Report: deliberations and adoption
    24 Feb 2017

    The Committee considered the SABC Board Inquiry Final Report and ensured that all the amendments were correctly captured in the revised report.  The Committee formally adopted the SABC Board Inquiry Final Report. The Democratic Alliance (DA) and United Democratic Movement (UDM) reserved their rights until the Report was presented to ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry SABC Board Inquiry interim report: consideration of responses
    22 Feb 2017

    The Committee continued considering the SABC response to its Interim Report and making amendments to it. The SABC response clarified that the Vision View contract was approved 31 July 2015 but was confirmed on 18 September 2015 and that in addition to the Board’s round robin decision, further ratification was ...

  • Rural Development and Land Reform Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24 -2015]: further deliberations
    22 Feb 2017

    The Parliamentary Legal Adviser explained that the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill sought to protect persons whose land tenure was insecure. A recent court judgement had indicated that ESTA should not be one-sided. There should be a balance for both the farm owner and the occupier. Children and ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry SABC Board Inquiry Interim Report: consideration of responses
    21 Feb 2017

    The Committee met to consider its responses to the Interim Report on the Inquiry into the fitness of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board to hold office.

    The Committee had afforded all parties affected in the Interim Report the opportunity to respond to the report’s content. At this meeting, ...

  • Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament Parliament on its Quarter 3 performance
    17 Feb 2017

    The Secretary to Parliament, Mr. G Mgidlana (ANC), presented a comprehensive briefing on the performance and expenditure of Parliament in the third Quarter of 2016/17 (1 October 2016 and 31 December 2016). It was reported that Parliament achieved 46 percent of its targets for the period, while 54 percent were ...

  • Rural Development and Land Reform Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill: deliberations, with Minister & Deputy Ministers in attendance
    15 Feb 2017

    The Portfolio Committee deliberated on the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment (ESTA). The Department reflected on the issues raised by the South African Police Services (SAPS), South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) as well as the Public Protector. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) agreed with proposals and ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry SABC Board Inquiry Interim Report: consideration of responses
    14 Feb 2017

    The Committee met to discuss the responses to the Committee’s Interim Report from the affected parties. The Committee had received written submissions from four people: SABC8, Mr Phil Molefe, Mr Dumile Mateza and Mr Sipho Masinga. The deadline for comments (submissions) into the Committee's draft report is Thursday, 16 February ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry Interim Committee report: adoption
    27 Jan 2017

    The Committee met for the adoption of the draft report on the SABC inquiry.

    Firstly, the Committee noted the intimidation and attacks that the “SABC 8” continued to be subjected to. All parties condemned this strongly and agreed that the Minister of Police and SAPS should update the Committee on ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry Committee Report: further deliberations
    26 Jan 2017

    The Committee met to deliberate on the second version of its draft report into the SABC Inquiry. Members were asked to give their final inputs in written form to be assimilated into the report which would be sent to relevant parties for comment. Some changes made related to the introduction ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry Committee Report: deliberations continued
    24 Jan 2017

    The Committee met to deliberate on recommendations in its first draft report on the SABC inquiry.

    One of the recommendations dealt with the funding model of the SABC. Members strongly asserted that the public broadcaster remained a public funded entity even if it received only a small amount from the ...