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Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 1
4 Sep 2018
Video: Constitutional Review Committee: Oral Presentations 4 September 2018
The Committee heard oral submissions from Agribusiness South Africa (AgBiz), Grain South Africa (GSA), Professor Elmien du Plessis and the Alliance for Rural Democracy (ARD) in the morning session.
Members asked Agribusiness South Africa (AgBiz) what was meant by ‘just compensation’ ...
Home Affairs
2019 Elections: IEC preparedness; Immigration Amendment Bill; Gupta early naturalisation
29 May 2018
Relevant document: The GPS app that can give everyone an address
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs was briefed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the country’s preparedness for the 2019 national and provincial elections, and deliberated on the amendments to Section 34 of the Immigration Bill.
First, however, ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Committee Report on Political Party Funding Bill financial implications
20 Mar 2018
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties, dated 28 November 2017
The Ad Hoc Committee met to consider and adopt its Draft Report on the Financial Implications of the Political Party Funding Bill on the State and Draft Committee Minutes dated 14 March 2018. The ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Political Party Funding Bill financial implications: National Treasury & IEC briefing
14 Mar 2018
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties, dated 28 November 2017
The Chairperson contextualised the work of the Committee. An Ad Hoc Committee had presented a report at the end of 2017 and, as was practice in Parliament, anything that had not been finalised ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Political Party Funding Bill: adoption
28 Nov 2017
Prior to adoption of the Political Party Funding Bill, the Committee went through the Bill clause by clause. The Committee had agreed to allow the IEC to utilise 10% of the Multi-Party Democracy Fund to defray expenses but following consultations with experts, the Committee determined that 10% was too generous ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Political Party Funding Bill and Regulations: deliberations on public comments and amendments
21 Nov 2017
All documents confidential drafts: Summary of issues still to be decided; Detailed notes from legal team of 60 pages; Proposals for Changes in Clauses 3, 5, 8, 11; Draft Bill
The intention of the Committee meeting was to give the legal advisor and the drafting team guidance to complete the ...
Arts and Culture
Arts and Culture funding; Fruitless and wasteful expenditure: DAC briefing
14 Nov 2017
“We had it. We lost it. We must find it.” That was one of the impassioned pleas made by the Chairperson of the Committee when it met with the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and reflected on the decline in social cohesion and nation building in recent years. This ...
Arts and Culture
SA Cultural Observatory impact in Arts and Culture sector
7 Nov 2017
Information that the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture had been waiting for since the start of their term was presented by the South African Cultural Observatory (SACO), which reported on the development of the South African Festivals Economic Impact Calculator (SAFEIC) -- a free online tool specifically for cultural ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Political Party Funding Bill: public hearings Day 1
7 Nov 2017
Black First Land First (BLF) addressed private funding and public funding, and particularly how BLF aimed to move the country away from a funding model that embedded corruption within the political organisations of the country. The movement demanded the repeal of the IEC-required deposit of R600 000 to contest the elections ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Regulations: discussion
3 Nov 2017
The Chairperson informed the Committee that 17 of the 21 submitters had agreed to make an oral submission on the Political Party Funding Bill on the 7 and 8 November 2017. Those who had previously made oral submissions would be restricted to comments on the draft Bill, while those that ...