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NCOP Security and Justice
Criminal Matters Amendment Bill[B20-15]; Defence Laws and Repeal Amendment Bill [B7-15]; Judicial Matters Amendment Bill [B2-15]: adoption, in presence of Deputy Minister
25 Nov 2015
The Committee met to consider the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill; the Defence Laws and Repeal Amendment Bill and the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill.
The Committee engaged with the Parliamentary Legal Advisor, in relation to the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill, around whether public hearings were necessary and if so, who had ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Embrace Dignity Petition (end prostitution and sex trafficking oppression); Chiawelo Ext 5 Petition (noise disturbance from Unity Fellowship Church in Chiawelo Township): hearings
11 Nov 2015
This meeting was meant to provide a hearing for two petitions: the petition from the Chiawelo Extension 5 residents and the Embrace Dignity petition. However, because of the Parliamentary support staff strike the meeting was adjourned early and the second petition was not heard. The meeting started with the petition ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Minister on National Council for Correctional Services appointments; Correctional Services contingent liability & legal services capacity; POPI Act appointments
11 Nov 2015
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services addressed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services and the Select Committee on Security and Justice to hear his remarks on the National Council of Correctional Services (NCCS). Minister Masutha illustrated the litany of challenges facing his Department ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Police brutality in Oudtshoorn: SAPS and IPID briefing
4 Nov 2015
The Committee met to hear follow-up responses from the SA Police Service (SAPS) and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) following questions put to them by the Committee after the their visit to the Eden district as part of the “Taking Parliament to the People” initiative.
SAPS said that in ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Fuzane petition; Maluti-A-Phofung petition; Kona petition; Transkei Road Transport Corporation (TRTC) petition: Committee hearing reports
4 Nov 2015
The Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings, together with the Portfolio Committee on Health, met to discuss a report on the Fuzane Petition, which had previously been the subject of hearings at three consecutive meetings during May and June. The hearings had dealt with a petition submitted by Ms ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Register of Members’ Interests 2015: adoption
28 Oct 2015
Documents handed out: 2015 Register of Members’ Interests
The Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests met briefly to consider and adopt the 2015 Register of Members’ Interests.
Before they could proceed, it was noted that there were not enough Members to form a quorum and a suggestion was made that ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Criminal Matters Amendment Bill [B20B-15]; Judicial Matters Amendment Bill [B2-2015] & Defence Laws Appeal Amendment Bill [B7-2015]: briefings
28 Oct 2015
The Department of Justice presented on the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill. Particular emphasis was placed on crimes involving essential infrastructure, the creation of this new crime and the various amendments to measures and the associated procedures. The bill proposed certain bail restrictions and reversing the onus to the defendant, as ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Executive Undertakings Guidelines: consideration; Tabling of Executive Undertakings referred to Committee
28 Oct 2015
Documents handed out
Consideration of Executive Undertakings Guidelines (Brief Executive Undertaking document for information purposes
Consideration and adoption of outstanding minutes
Consideration and adoption of Maluti-A-Phofung Report
Consideration and adoption of the Committee progress report
The Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings met to consider and adopt outstanding reports ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Mkhize petition; Paternity leave petition; Sehume petition; Transnet-Mayibuye petition: hearings
14 Oct 2015
The Committee was engaged in a number of issues particularly the administration of the petitions. Members raised serious concerns around the fact that documents were still not being made available to Members on time; getting documents the day before a meeting was unacceptable. However another matter which was raised was ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Defence Laws Repeal Amendment Bill [B7-2015]: Department of Defence briefing; Committee Reports adopted
23 Sep 2015
The Department of Defence briefed the Committee on the Defence Laws Repeal Amendment Bill [B7-2015]. The Department gave a summary of each clause and the reasons for repealing or amending all of the Acts named in the Bill for repeal. These mostly involved “time-specific Acts” which were now redundant as ...