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NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
eMadlangeni Local Municipality report on Section 139 (1) (b)
20 Jun 2017
The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs considered its report on whether to intervene in eMadlangeni Local Municipality in terms of Section 139(1) (b) of the Constitution (1996).
The Committee resolved to disapprove the intervention. Members adopted the report after redrafting some of the paragraphs and make minor ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Judicial Matters Amendment Bill, Courts of Law Amendment Bill: briefing; Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill: adoption
14 Jun 2017
The Department of Justice briefed members on the Courts of Law Amendment Bill and the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill. While the Judicial Bill seeks to amend several laws that hamper the smooth administration of justice, the Courts Bill addresses alleged abuses in the civil debt recovery system, following the Constitutional ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Nobuntu Fuzane Petition Report
7 Jun 2017
Documents handed out:
Draft Report on the Nobuntu Fuzane Petition
The meeting was convened for the consideration and adoption of the Nobuntu Fuzane Petition Report. The petition had been submitted by Ms N Fuzane on behalf of her daughter, Tamara, and had raised complaints against Groote Schuur Hospital and Khayelitsha ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Department of Justice APP; Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill: briefing; Legal Aid Regulations, with Minister and Deputy Minister
31 May 2017
The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development said the Department’s strategic plan had been developed in the light of unfavourable global economic conditions. The areas of concern were a complete overhaul of the criminal justice system (CJS) and the Integrated Justice System (IJS), and their alignment to the democratic order, ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Makudubela & Africa Skills FET College Petition Reports; Executive Undertakings referred to the Committee
31 May 2017
The meeting was convened for the consideration and adoption of the Makudubela petition and the Africa Skills FET College petition.
Consideration and adoption of the Makudubela Petition Report
The Committee debated whether the Committee had the jurisdiction to deal with the matters presented in the petition considering the fact that ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
DPSA on their Annual Performance Plan
30 May 2017
The Committee’s initial agenda included presentations from both the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), but the COGTA delegation was unable to attend as it had other commitments to attend to.
The DPSA presented their Annual Performance Plan (APP) ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) on its Annual Performance Plan
24 May 2017
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) reported it had briefed the new Minister of Police on the 15 April 2017 on the Constitutional Court judgement which ruled that the IPID Act had to be amended to allow compliance with the Constitution, the Farlam Commission’s pronouncements and recommendations and the Auditor ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Love Knysna Petition: hearings
24 May 2017
Love Knysna Petition Report
Mr Mike Hampton brought a petition before the Portfolio Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings. This was an update to his original petition on alleged maladministration at Knysna Municipality. He provided a summary of his petition as well as an update that included new evidence and ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Kannaland Local Municipality: Notice of Intervention
23 May 2017
The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs met to discuss the Notice of Intervention in Kannaland Local Municipality, which followed several years of poor audit reports. The most recent audit finding for the financial year ending June 2016 was adverse, and the municipality had confirmed that it was ...
NCOP Security and Justice
SAPS on its 2017 Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
3 May 2017
A delegation from the South African Police Service (SAPS) presented SAPS’s annual performance plan and strategic management cycle for 2017/2018 to the Select Committee on Security and Justice, covering a number of aspects which related to the implementation of the ‘Back-to-Basics’ policing approach. This approach aimed to focus on every ...