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Police
High Crime Areas: SAPS strategy, Community Policing Forums, CSP research; with the Minister
30 Oct 2018
The five police stations in areas with the highest crime rates in the country came under the spotlight when the Committee was briefed by the South African Police Service, the heads of the local community policing forums (CPFs) and the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSPS).
The five police stations ...
Employment and Labour
Committee Oversight Reports and Programme: meeting adjourned due to lack of quorum
11 Oct 2018
The Committee planned to consider two reports, minutes and its fourth term programme but its quorum collapsed and the meeting was adjourned. The Committee had made amendments to the report on its oversight visits to Gauteng and the Free State but processes were halted as there was no quorum.
The ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Procedures related to Section 89 of Constitution (Impeachment)
24 Aug 2018
The Subcommittee met to discuss the matter of Section 89 of the Constitution, which was the rule dealing with impeachment. A Senior Parliamentary Legal Advisor presented an opinion by Senior Counsel on the amendment to the Rules of Parliament to provide for impeachment.
The first point highlighted was the definitions. ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: Committee processes; BRRR Report
4 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor took the Committee through the progress of the Labour Laws Amendment Bill thus far. In addition, he highlighted that the Department of Labour had identified the use of an incorrect formula in Clause 9 of the Bill which seeks to amend section 13 of the Unemployment ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund Action Plan; UIF Labour Activation Programmes; Committee Reports
6 Sep 2017
The Department of Labour briefed the Portfolio Committee on developments at the Unemployment Insurance Fund, as well as the action plan of the Compensation Fund.
The Compensation Fund reported that the Department had concluded 83% of the goals set out, and had created a programme to clean out inefficiencies. It ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: deliberations
30 Nov 2016
Relevant Document
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
Unemployment Insurance Act 63 of 2001
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor took Members through the latest amendments that had been proposed to the Labour Laws Amendment Bill (the Bill) in accordance with what had been discussed and agreed on in previous ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: deliberations
23 Nov 2016
Relevant Document
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
Unemployment Insurance Act 63 of 2001
The Committee deliberated on the Labour Laws Amendment Bill, after deliberations had been postponed when the matter was discussed at the previous meeting, so that Members could consult their political parties and discuss the ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill costing: Department of Labour briefing; Committee reports adopted
9 Nov 2016
The Department of Labour (DoL) briefed the Committee further on the costing of the Labour Laws Amendment Bill, in answer to the Committee's concerns as expressed at a previous meeting. Three scenarios in regard to the amendments had been proposed. The Nedlac social partners agreed to consider further amendments to ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions
2 Nov 2016
The Department of Labour (DoL) responded to public comments on the Labour Laws Amendment Bill which is a Private Members’ Bill. The submissions proposed changes to clause 3 which states:
- An employee who is a parent and who is not entitled to maternity leave, is entitled to ten consecutive ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour & Auditor-General input on audit disagreements; Labour BRRR
26 Oct 2016
Annual Reports 2015/16
The purpose of this meeting was to assist the Committee to understand the concerns which Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) had raised in its management report, to give a voice to the concerns the Department of Labour had with the AGSA report and thirdly to allow the ...