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NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Gender and racial transformation in higher education: Department of Higher Education and Training briefing; Committee oversight reports
11 Nov 2014
The Department of Higher Education and Training provided an overview of the rate of transformation in the higher education and training system. It was noted that there had been marked increases in the participation, enrolment and graduation numbers of African, Coloured and Indian students, compared to the 1993 base year. ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Legal Aid South Africa Bill: input from Department of Justice and Correctional Services, Law Society of South Africa & Legal Aid south Africa
5 Nov 2014
The Law Society South Africa's representative made a submission to the Committee in respect of the Legal Aid South Africa Bill, and the Committee asked also for comment on that submission from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, which summarised its own and the Legal Aid South Africa's remarks ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Mkhize and Sehume: petitions briefings and preliminary deliberations
5 Nov 2014
The Select Committee on the Petitions and Executive Undertakings deliberated on two petitions; the first from Mr Mkhize of the Gugulethu, Cape Town in relation to the death of his late wife Ms Matiwane, and the second from Mr Andrew Sehume from Gauteng Province. Although both had apparently made submissions ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Magistrates grievances: progress report; Legal Aid South Africa Bill: Department of Justice briefings, in presence of Minister
29 Oct 2014
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development briefed the Committee on the progress in dealing with the grievances that the Magistrates associations had raised in regard to salary and conditions of service. They had essentially asked that the pension and medical aid ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Forensic Investigation Findings in Mpumalanga Local Municipalities: briefing by Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Cooperative and Traditional Affairs
28 Oct 2014
The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs met to be briefed on the findings of the forensic investigation into Mpumalanga municipalities, in terms of Section 106 of the Municipal Systems Act, 2000. The report by the Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Cooperative and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) covered allegations of ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Convention on Cluster Munitions and United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Department of Defence briefing
15 Oct 2014
The Department of Defence (DoD) briefed the Committee on the ratification of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). Its purpose is to eliminate the use of cluster munitions on an international scale due to their destructive, indiscriminate and inhumane nature. South Africa had signed the CCM in 2008 and the ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Status of Youth and Women Unemployment: Department of Labour & Department of Women in the Presidency briefing
14 Oct 2014
The Department of Labour briefed the Committee on its efforts in employment creation in South Africa, specifically regarding youth. The Committee was provided with insight on some of the characteristics of the South African labour market. The current unemployment rate in SA sat at 25.5%. This was exacerbated by the ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
SC on Petitions and Executive Undertakings: Orientation; Third Term Committee Programme
17 Sep 2014
The Parliamentary Research Unit took the Select Committee on Petitions and Executive Undertakings through papers that familiarised the Members with the content, work and key concepts pertaining to the Committee. The papers intend to serve as a point of reference for the work the Fourth Committee had done, highlight the ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
2014 Register of Members Interests: adoption
17 Sep 2014
The Committee dealt with the minutes of the 8 of July 2014 at length. The contention was that there was an election of a Committee whip, which the opposition parties felt that seeing that there was no rule providing for one in any Parliamentary Committee; there could have been no ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Magistrates Commission: briefing on suspension of Magistrates from office
17 Sep 2014
The meeting focused mainly on the Magistrates Commission’s inquiries into the misconduct of magistrates who had been suspended, or provisionally suspended, from office because their conduct was unfit and improper to warrant them holding these positions. The purpose of the presentations was to inform Parliament on the suspensions, from which ...