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NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Communal Property Association Amendment Bill [B12B-2017]: briefing
7 Aug 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform on the Communal Property Association Amendment Bill. Thereafter, the Committee discussed the legislative procedures to be followed.
The intention of the Amendment to the Communal Property Associations Act, 1996, was to address the many challenges that ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Bill: consideration of C & D -list
27 Jun 2018
The agenda of the meeting was consideration of proposed amendments to the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Bill ‘C list’ (B6C-2016). This arose out of the last meeting that the Committee which had voted on alignment of the ‘B List’ to incorporate issues raised in the negotiating ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Marine Spatial Planning Bill [B9D-2017]: briefing
26 Jun 2018
The Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources was briefed by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) on the details of the Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) Bill.
The background and context to the Bill were clarified. The purpose of the Bill was to take marine spatial planning from single-sector planning ...
NCOP Finance
Free State & Gauteng 2017/18 expenditure outcomes: Provincial Treasury
22 Jun 2018
The Select Committee on Finance (National Council of Provinces) was briefed by the National Treasury and the Free State and Gauteng provincial treasuries on their preliminary 2017/18 budget outcomes.
National Treasury (NT) focused on health and education matters in the Free State. Problems highlighted included the low throughput pass rates ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Protection, Promotion, Development & Management of Indigenous Knowledge Bill: Northern Cape negotiating mandate
20 Jun 2018
The Chairperson thanked Members and guests present. The agenda of the day was consideration of and voting on the final draft of the negotiating mandate from the Northern Cape provincial legislature and legal clarity and comments by the Department of Science and Technology on the Indigenous Knowledge Bill.
The Department ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
MPRDA Bill: legal opinion on NCOP amendments; Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill: adoption
19 Jun 2018
The Committee agreed to adopt the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24B-2015] without amendments.
On the MPRDA Bill, the Committee was informed that not all the amendments the provinces had proposed and agreed to could form part of the MPRDA Bill as Joint Rule 209(2) states that the ...
NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication
Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Bill: negotiating mandates
13 Jun 2018
The Committee considered the negotiating mandates from all provinces on the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Bill [B6B-2016].
The Free State, Gauteng and Mpumalanga voted in favour of the Bill without amendments, while KZN, North West, Western Cape Eastern Cape, Limpopo supported the bill subject to amendments. ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Liquor Products Amendment Bill [B10B-2016]: briefing
12 Jun 2018
The Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources met to be briefed by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on the Liquor Products Amendment Bill [B10B-2016] and to rescind a vote taken on the Extension Of Security Of Tenure Amendment Bill. Initially the Committee caucused whether to even hear ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Constitution Section 25: Colloquium
8 Jun 2018
YOUTUBE: Constitutional Review Committees colloquium
In search of answers regarding the single most important political question facing South Africa today - land reform through Expropriation Without Compensation - the Joint Standing Committee on Constitutional Review held a colloquium of experts in Parliament.
A former Judge at the Constitutional Court and ...
NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24B-2015]: finalisation
5 Jun 2018
The Committee approved the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill.
Prior to that, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform briefed the Committee on the seven amendments proposed to the principal Act, which included the following: