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Joint Rules
Petition Framework; Proposed Subcommittee Amendments to Joint Rules; Legacy Report
20 Mar 2024
The Committee considered and endorsed a new Petitions Framework. The objectives of the framework are to provide a common definition for a petition across Parliament, develop a standardised approach to petitions, and ensure that all players understand the processes and their roles.
The Joint Subcommittee on Rules’ proposed amendments ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Electoral Matters Amendment Bill: adoption
20 Mar 2024
The Select Committee held a brief meeting to consider the Electoral Matters Amendment (EMA) Bill and its accompanying report.
The Bill makes consequential amendments, which arise from the introduction of independent candidates and independent representatives in the National Assembly and provincial legislatures.
The bill was adopted despite objections from ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill: COGTA response to negotiating mandates & Legal Opinion on matters raised by WCP and ECPL; with Deputy Minister
19 Mar 2024
The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements convened in a virtual meeting to hear the Department's responses to the tabled negotiating mandates on the Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill, and to hear a procedural and legal opinion on the requests tabled by ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Electoral Matters Amendment Bill: deliberations (with Deputy Minister)
19 Mar 2024
The Select Committee on Security and Justice deliberated on the Electoral Matters Amendment (EMA) Bill, which seeks to amend the Political Party Funding Act (PPFA), and align various pieces of legislation with the Electoral Amendment Act 2023.
The DA and IFP objected to the Bill because the 90/10 political ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Electoral Matters Amendment Bill: deliberations (with Deputy Minister)
15 Mar 2024
The Select Committee on Security and Justice (the Committee) convened virtually to deliberate on the Electoral Matters Amendment Bill [B 42–2023].
The clause-by-clause deliberations focused only on the amended provisions proposed by the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs. Before discussing the relevant clauses, the Content Advisor summarised the proposed amendments. ...
NCOP Security and Justice
IPID A/B: adoption; Electoral Matters Amendment Bill: Content Advisor & PLS briefing (with Deputy Ministers)
13 Mar 2024
The Committee adopted the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Amendment Bill and the accompanying report. The DA objected, and its minority view was reflected in the report. The Chairperson said the Committee has been assured that the Bill sufficiently addressed the McBride judgement and that IPID will have the required ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Housing Consumer Protection Bill: consideration & adoption
12 Mar 2024
The Committee met with the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) and its entity, the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC), to consider and adopt the D-version of the Housing Consumer Protection Bill. The main aim of the Bill is to provide for the protection of housing consumers, in other ...
NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements
Update on Negotiating Mandates: Independent Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill
8 Mar 2024
The Select Committee met on a virtual platform to receive updates on the provincial negotiating mandates on the Independent Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill. The Committee was informed that three provinces – Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Limpopo – requested extensions to submit their mandates as more time was needed ...
Defence
DFSC mid-year performance and expenditure; Update on status of Future Strategic Direction; with Minister
7 Mar 2024
The Joint Standing Committee on Defence convened via a virtual platform to receive a briefing by the Defence Force Service Commission (DFSC) on its mid-year performance and expenditure and an update by the Defence Secretariat on developing the Future Strategic Direction. The Minister was present.
The DFSC presented updates ...
NCOP Security and Justice
NPA A/B: adoption; IPID A/B: deliberation (with Deputy Ministers)
6 Mar 2024
In this virtual meeting, the Select Committee on Security and Justice met to consider the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Amendment Bill.
The Committee adopted the NPA Amendment Bill. There were no objections.
The Chairperson believed that the NPA Bill would strengthen the work of the NPA in ensuring that ...