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NCOP Security and Justice
Justice Administered Fund Bill: preliminary briefing and proposed public participation plan; Oversight Visit Report; Update on International Travel
8 Nov 2016
The Department of Justice reported on the Justice Administered Fund Bill, the clauses it contained and how it was aimed to create a legal basis and framework to ensure accountability and control over the large sums of money held by the Department of Justice and Third Party Fund.
These funds ...
National Youth Development Agency appointments
Ad Hoc Committee Programme; Approval of advert: meeting postponed
8 Nov 2016
Due to a lack of quorum, it was agreed that the meeting should be postponed until the next day. Committee members asserted that the staff of the Committee should ensure effective communication with the relevant Committee members in relation to meeting notifications through email, phone call and text messages.
NCOP Security and Justice
Civilian Secretariat for Police on policies and legislation in the sector; SA Police Services on professionalising the service & Public Order Policing Training
2 Nov 2016
The Civilian Secretariat for Police Services gave a presentation on Policies and Legislation of the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service. She outlined that an approach to policing in the 21st century requires a ‘professional, well-resourced, and highly skilled police service’. She emphasised that a demilitarised police service must display a ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Western Cape Municipality performance in 2013/14 & 2014/15
1 Nov 2016
Mpumalanga and Western Cape Departments of Local Government were invited to present on their municipality reports for the years, 2013/14 - 2014/15. Mpumalanga tendered its apologies.
The Western Cape Department of Local Government (DLG) reported on its 30 municipalities. In the 2013/14 year, 149 of 156 Municipal Manager and senior ...
Standing Committee on Appropriations
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2016: Minister of Finance and National Treasury briefings
27 Oct 2016
Documents Handed Out:
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement: National Treasury presentation [awaited]
The National Treasury and the Minister of Finance briefed the Committee with a full and detailed presentation on the main messages of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS). This emphasised the trying economic environment in which the ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Progress Reports on provisionally suspended magistrates: Magistrates Commission briefing; Committee interaction with presentation
12 Oct 2016
The Magistrates Commission presented an update on provisionally suspended magistrates.
In the first case, the magistrate has been provisionally suspended since 2014 and the matter was still pending. The magistrate in question was still receiving remuneration for the last three years. Members raised concerns that taxpayers are bearing these costs ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Africa Skills FET College Petition: hearing
12 Oct 2016
The Select Committee heard submissions on the Africa Skills FET College Petition (Petition requesting the intervention of the NCOP on the alleged ill-treatment of students, corruption and racism by Africa Skills College in George, Western Cape Province). Submissions were made by the petitioners, Africa Skills College Management, the Department of ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Division of Revenue Bill: Financial and Fiscal Commission briefing
11 Oct 2016
The Financial and Fiscal Commission presented the Commission’s submission on the division of revenue in terms of the intergovernmental fiscal relations (IGFR) Act and the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act (MBAPRM). The 2017/18 submission focused on rural development in South Africa, and was aimed at providing a ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Review of the Age of Criminal Capacity
7 Sep 2016
The Committee was told that South Africa was among the few countries that had developed and implemented a criminal justice system for children. The system ensured that children were treated differently from hardened criminals and the legislation had come into effect in 2010. The DoJ&CD was grappling with the implementation ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Embrace Dignity Petition Report: adoption; Chiawelo Petition Report: deferred
7 Sep 2016
The Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings considered the Embrace Dignity Report (Petition requesting the intervention of the NCOP in ensuring an end to all forms of sexual oppression against women); and the Chiawelo Petition Report (Petition on alleged noise disturbance emanating from Unity Fellowship Church in Chiawelo Extension ...