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Home Affairs
Electoral Matters Amendment Bill: DHA briefing (with Deputy Minister)
12 Dec 2023
In this virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs and the Select Committee on Security and Justice met jointly to receive a briefing on the Electoral Matters Amendment Bill and the outcome and implications of the recent Constitutional Court judgements relating to the Electoral Act.
The Bill amends ...
Home Affairs
Constitutional Court judgement on the Electoral Act and its implications: IEC & Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefing
8 Dec 2023
In the his virtual meeting, the Committee received a briefing from the Parliamentary Legal Services and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on the outcome and implications ...
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Programme to process Electoral Matters A/B; Committee Report on the establishment of the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel; Committee Legacy Report
4 Dec 2023
In this virtual meeting, the Committee considered its draft legislative programme to process the Electoral Matters Amendment Bill.
The Committee was informed that the Bill had already been presented in Cabinet, so the next step is for the Minister to introduce the Bill in Parliament. Once the Bill is ...
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Minister on Electoral Reform Consultation Panel; Border Management Authority Plans for Festive Season
1 Dec 2023
In a virtual meeting the Minister of Home Affairs requested that the Committee and the National Assembly, as contemplated in section 23(9)(b) of the Electoral Amendment Act No 1 of 2023, approve the names of identified nominees to be appointed as members of the Electoral Reform Consultation Panel. In ...
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IEC Q1 & 2 2023/24 Performance; Voter Registration Progress Report; Committee Legacy Report; with Deputy Minister
21 Nov 2023
The Portfolio Committee held a virtual meeting with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for a report back on the voter registration weekend, and for a briefing on the Commission's performance and expenditure report for the first two quarters of the 2023/24 financial ...
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IEC readiness for Voter Registration Weekend; DHA response to Members’ queries, eHomeAffairs system and functioning of Contact Centre; with Minister and Deputy Minister
14 Nov 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) on the readiness for Voter Registration Weekend. The Committee was also briefed on the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) response to Members’ queries; the eHomeAffairs system and the functioning of the Contact ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Commission Amendment Bill: Dr Lotriet (DA) Briefing; with Minister
7 Nov 2023
The Committee met briefly to receive a briefing from Dr Annelie Lotriet (DA) on her Private Member’s Bill – the Electoral Commission Amendment Bill. The Bill proposed amending the Electoral Commission Act, 1996, to clarify that the President may declare a national referendum; and to provide that a Premier ...
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Department of Home Affairs, Border Management Authority and Government Printing Works: Q2 performance reports for 2023/24; with Ministry
31 Oct 2023
In Parliament, the Department of Home Affairs; the Border Management Authority; and the Government Printing Works briefed the Committee on their performance in the second quarter of the 2023/24 financial year.
The Department had 36 targets planned for the second quarter and only 24 were achieved (67%). Several bills did ...
Home Affairs
Postponed: Consideration of Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) 2023: Home Affairs Portfolio
17 Oct 2023
2023 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR)
The meeting to consider and adopt the Committee’s Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the Home Affairs Portfolio was postponed. This was due to written responses to questions posed in the Annual Report deliberations in the prior week, being received late. ...
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DHA on State Capture Report recommendations; Progress on response to Committee queries; with Minister and Deputy Minister
19 Sep 2023
The Committee convened virtually to discuss the Department of Home Affairs' (DHA's) response to the recommendations from the Zondo Commission's state capture report. The Department also described its efforts to clear the backlog of residency visas and permit applications, and measures introduced to deal more quickly with requests for ...