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NCOP Rules of the National Council of Provinces
Matters referred to NCOP Rules Sub-Committee
20 Nov 2019
The Subcommittee sat to consider matters referred to the Committee. The Subcommittee agreed that a report on proposed amendments should be submitted to the NCOP Rules Committee for consideration. The Secretariat would prepare a draft proposed Rule Book for approval by the Subcommittee prior to submission to the Rules Committee. ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
2017/2018 post audit remedial action plan & departmental approach to deal with water crisis in municipalities; City of Tshwane on water crisis & intergovernmental plan / engagement to deal with crisis
19 Nov 2019
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Water and Sanitation on remedial plans to deal with the water crisis in municipalities, and the City of Tshwane made a presentation on the specific challenges which were confronting its metropolitan municipality.
The Department reported that its financial balances showed that several ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Minister Progress Report: Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
14 Nov 2019
The continued absence of the Minister from meetings of the Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings led to a vigorous debate among Members as to whether the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) should be allowed to present the progress report on ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Cybercrimes Bill [B6B-2017]: public hearings day 2
13 Nov 2019
The Committee continued with public hearings on the Cybercrimes Bill. The Committee received oral submissions from four entities: the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), MTN, the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS), and Freedom of Religion South Africa (FORSA). The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) responded to each ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Cybercrimes Bill [B6B-2017]: public hearings day 1
12 Nov 2019
The Committee held public hearings on the Cybercrimes Bill. The Bill was introduced because existing laws did not address cybercrime effectively. The Committee heard from Telkom, Michalsons Attorneys and Power Singh Attorneys on behalf of Media Monitoring Africa. All three organisations acknowledged the necessity of the bill and ...
NCOP Security and Justice
BMA Authority Bill: response to DHA proposed amendment; IPID Amendment Bill & Child Justice Amendment Bill: response to written submissions; PAIA Bill: briefings; with Deputy Minister; Committee Report on Magistrates Commission’s progress reports
6 Nov 2019
The Committee considered the adoption of progress reports by the Magistrates Commission on the suspension of four judicial officials. It decided that the Commission should wait for the conclusion of the disciplinary processes, or for future progress reports, in order to further consider the matter.
It was also briefed on ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Workshop on Section 139 Interventions in Municipalities and general observations
5 Nov 2019
The Chairperson gave an outline of Section 139 in the Constitution, and highlighted the difficulties which the Committee had faced due to their approach on Section 139. He invited the Members to discuss some of their observations and recommendations on the approach to interventions at municipalities.
One of the main ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Firearm Amnesty; Hydrographic Bill; Border Management Authority Bill: response to submissions; with Deputy Ministers
30 Oct 2019
The South African Police Service provided responses to Committee questions on the declaration of the firearm amnesty. SAPS indicated that crime in the country was high, and providing amnesty to accept unlicenced firearms without risk of prosecution was not aimed at people who did not renew their licences, but aimed ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Report on inspection in loco to Municipalities in North West under Section 139 intervention
29 Oct 2019
The Committee met to consider and adopt reports on the inspection in loco to municipalities in the North West under Section 139 (1) (b) of the Constitution. Members noted that there were similar issues between all the municipalities; these were irregular expenditure and financial mismanagement.
Members expressed concerned about criminal ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Internal briefing session; Implication of court Judgement with regards to removal of Adv Jiba and Adv Mrwebi from Office by the President
29 Oct 2019
A senior Parliamentary legal advisor briefed the Select Committee on Security and Justice with regard to the removal from office of Advocate Jiba and Advocate Mrwebi by the President.
The Committee was reminded that Adv Jiba had filed an urgent application in August to stop Parliament from starting the process ...