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NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Executive Undertakings tabled
20 May 2015
The Committee went through the Register of Tabled Executive Undertakings. Only two submissions were made and tabled, from the Minister of Health, Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, and the Minister of Human Settlements, Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. Members commented that they would have expected to receive more since budget votes had been held. ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Fuzane Petition (alleged assaults on her child whilst in a public hospital)
13 May 2015
Ms Nobuntu Fuzane petitioned on behalf of her daughter Tamara Fuzane who had been admitted to Groote Schuur Hospital for an operation that involved the replacement of her double shunt (drain pipe). During her time under the hospital's care she was allegedly subject to ill-treatment and assaulted. Ms Fuzane also ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Inter-Departmental Annual Report 2013/14; Schedule determining rates: Department of Justice
18 Feb 2015
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented the Inter-Departmental Annual Report of 2013/14, with a special focus on the implementation of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (the Act), and the draft notice and schedules for determining the salaries of magistrates and judges.
In ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
African Charter on Values and Principles of Public Service and Administration: briefing by DPSA
30 Jul 2014
The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) briefed the Committee on the African Charter on Values and Principles of Public Service and Administration. Some of the Charter objectives are:
• Ensure quality and innovative service delivery that meets the requirements of all users;
• Encourage the efforts of ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Composition and Functioning of the Magistrates Commission; Independent Police Investigative Directorate on its 2014 Strategic Plan
23 Jul 2014
The Magistrates Commission delivered a presentation on its functions, giving details related to the appointment, conditions of service and disciplinary procedures followed in the event of misconduct by judicial officers in the lower courts. Members were told that under section 13 of the Magistrates Act, these disciplinary procedures involved the ...