Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence & Department of Military Veterans on their Quarter 3 performance
22 Mar 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Defence (DoD) on its third quarter financial and non-financial performance report. The scope of the briefing by the Secretary of Defence included legislative requirements, non-financial performance information, the overall quarterly performance status, financial performance information and the Budgetary Review and Recommendations (BRRR) ...
Defence
Turnaround strategy: DMV briefing; Defence Review Implementation Plan: Task Team Introductory briefing
10 Mar 2017
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) presented on dashboard issues that has been raised and identified at a previous meeting in November 2016 on the work and structures of the Department. Although the Department was continuously working to align the funds available for supporting military veterans, there had been an ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill [B12B-2016]: voting, with Deputy Minister
8 Mar 2017
The Committee considered the Refugees Amendment Bill clause by clause and adopted it. Prior to this, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) took Members through the Committee’s amendments. The Department noted the minor amendments to the Long Title, clauses 2, 3, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21 and 27 and a ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans on its Quarter 2 performance
8 Mar 2017
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) presented a combined report on the performance of the Department in the second and third quarter 2016. Throughout the presentation on the second quarter report, challenges were outlined and the third quarter report highlighted areas where there had been some improvement, although the DMV ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill; Border Management Authority Bill: adoption, with Deputy Minister
7 Mar 2017
Amendment Bill. Prior to deliberation, the Department of Home Affairs noted that there were minor amendments to clauses 2, 3, 13, 14, 18 and 27. Amendments were made in accordance with the inputs from the Committee and Principal State Law Advisor. A new clause on transitional provisions was inserted. All ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill; Border Management Authority Bill: deliberations, with Deputy Minister
28 Feb 2017
In the presence of the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, the Home Affairs Chief Director of Legal Services briefed the Committee on the proposed amendments to the Refugees Amendment Bill in accordance with Members inputs and suggestions. Under clause 3, the term “in any way” was substituted by “in the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
DMV challenges dashboard; National Military Veterans database: DMV and SITA feedback
22 Feb 2017
The Department of Military Veterans and State Information Technology Agency presented a joint report to the Committee which highlighted both the challenges and progress made thus far with regard to the call centre and military veterans’ database.
The call centre was being handled as a top priority for both the ...
Defence
NCACC 3rd Quarter Report: Minister briefing; Letter from President: SANDF deployment at SONA; Cuba Study Tour
17 Feb 2017
Committee Programme of the Joint Standing Committee
Minutes of 7 December 2016
The NCACC Chairperson and Minister in the Presidency, Mr Jeff Radebe, reported on the 2016 Third Quarterly Report. He noted the legislative requirements of the NCACC were the NCACC Act, No 41 of 2002 as amended by the ...
Home Affairs
Refugees Amendment Bill [B12-2016]: public hearings
24 Jan 2017
Refugees Act 130 of 1998
Refugees Amendment Act 12 of 2011
Green Paper on International Migration, June 2016
The Committee heard submissions from the Centre for Constitutional Rights (CFRC), Amnesty International South Africa (AISA), Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), Rwandan Refugee Community Association (RRCA) and Consortium for Refugees and Migrants ...
Home Affairs
Department of Home Affairs Annual Report 2015/16: Auditor-General and Department's briefings: Minister and Deputy Minister present
6 Dec 2016
Annual Reports 2015/16
The Minister and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs were present at the meeting. The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on the audit outcomes for 2015/16 of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The Annual Report had only just been submitted to Parliament. The AGSA stated ...