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Rules of the National Assembly
Review of National Assembly Rules: Chapter 10: Questions and 12: Committees
10 Apr 2015
During the first hour of discussions, Members’ attention was drawn to a Memorandum on the Proposed Amendment to Rule 109(3) and Rule 115(2) dealing with what to do when the relevant minister was not present in the National Assembly to answer the oral questions placed on the programme of that ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Review of the Rules of National Assembly Chapter 10-11
9 Apr 2015
The Subcommittee of the Rules Committee continued to deliberate on the proposals for review of the National Assembly Rules (the Rules), starting from Rule 10(4), dealing with allocation of time for replies from the Deputy President, when it was indicated that increases in time previously had not shown positive results. ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Review of the Rules of National Assembly Chapter 10-11
8 Apr 2015
Mr Kasper Hahndiek, Consultant to the Subcommittee and former Secretary to the National Assembly, ran swiftly through the changes that were now being proposed in Chapters 10 onwards of the National Assembly Rules (the Rules), with more specific discussion then being directed to rules 107 to 110. It had been ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
CRL Rights Commission on its Annual Performance Plan 2015/16
17 Mar 2015
The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) briefed the Committee on its Annual Performance Plan. The Commission was dealing with issues of diminished heritage. The Commission had tackled the issue of initiation schools and the nation had taken ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
South African Local Government Association (SALGA) on its Annual Performance Plan
10 Mar 2015
The Committee convened to hear a presentation from the South Africa Local Government Association (SALGA) on its annual performance plan, and was told that the Association was starting to engage with people in terms of accomplishing their set goals and objectives. There had been a holistic appraisal of the efforts ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Sub-committee Report on proposed amendments to National Assembly Rules: Chapters 1 to 9; Rule 70 Points of Order; Deployment of security forces in National Assembly
6 Mar 2015
The Sub-committee on Review of Assembly Rules met to continue its deliberations on its Report to the Rules Committee on proposed amendments to the National Assembly Rules. Before actual deliberations got under way, Members took time to express their frustration that there were only four members in attendance. There was ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on their Budgets & Annual Performance Plans, with Minister
3 Mar 2015
The Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) presented their Strategic Plans 2015-2019 and2015/16 Annual Performance Plans t the Portfolio Committee, with the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Mr Pravin Gordhan, in attendance.
The Minister said local government was an important sphere of government and everyone, regardless ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Disaster Management Amendment Bill: briefing by Department of Cooperative Governance
24 Feb 2015
Officials from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs’ Disaster Management sector briefed the Committee on the proposed amendments in the Disaster Management Amendment Bill. Disaster management was a functional area listed in Schedule 4A of the Constitution. The Disaster Management Act of 2002 was intentionally reputed for its ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Progress Report on Review of Parliament Rules: report back by sub-committee
4 Feb 2015
The chairperson of the subcommittee that had been considering the revised Rules of the National Assembly (the Rules) gave a progress report of the Rules review, informing the full Committee of areas of disagreement and areas where new and substantive changes were being proposed. He outlined the proposals for several ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Rules of the National Assembly: Chapters 1 to 9 preliminary review: Sub-committee report, debate on dress code and secret ballots
27 Jan 2015
The subcommittee considering the review of the Rules of the National Assembly (the Rules) continued with its work on chapters 1 to 9. The Committee's draft Report set out the preliminary positions, and in some cases set out options that the full Rules Committee would take a decision on which ...