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Diverse views from Tshwane residents at land expropriation hearings
Parliament’s Constitutional Review Committee says despite the venue of the hearings being changed at the last minute, that did not affect the outcome.
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Venue for Tshwane land hearings changed
Members of the public will make oral submissions on whether Section 25 of the Constitution should be changed to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation.
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Smith slams political parties for scripting arguments on land expropriation
The chairperson of Parliament's Review Committee on Land, Vincent Smith says far too many political parties have been scripting arguments for their members to make the same presentations before MPs.
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Committee on land review rubbishes AfriForum's claims of unpublicised venues
AfriForum has criticised Parliament's land hearing process, saying venues were not communicated in time and the times the hearings are held do not accommodate people who work.
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Committee ‘overwhelmed’ by public response from land hearings
Parliamentary delegations have been on a national roadshow to hear submissions on whether to amend Section 25 of the Constitution, which deals with land expropriation.
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Land hearings taking a toll on MPs
Committee co-chair Vincent Smiths says they underestimated the interest from South Africans on the issue of expropriation of land without compensation.
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Vincent Smith says Malema & Lekota have smoked the peace pipe
Chairperson of the Parliament's Joint Constitutional Review Committee Vincent Smith says the two politicians seem to have sorted out their differences.
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Constitutional amendments: Quality, not quantity submissions key for committee
Committee chairperson Vincent Smith says the hearings which will be hosted at venues across the country over the next month are open to all South Africans.
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Vincent Smith: It’s important that South Africans are heard on land issue
Smith says their main objective is to ensure that citizens are provided with an opportunity to raise their views in the interest of participatory democracy.
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Smith: Public hearings on land opportunity for all to express views
The nationwide hearings are scheduled to kickoff this week in the Limpopo and Northern Cape on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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[WATCH] #Landreform: More than 700,000 submissions received for land claims
Co-Chairperson of the joint Standing CommitteE, Vincent Smith says due to a large number of submissions from the public the committee procure a service provider to assist with analyzing the submissions.
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‘All systems go for public hearings on land expropriation’
More than half a million written submissions have been received on whether Section 25 of the Constitution should be amended.
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‘SOEs responsible for land reform implementation must be revamped’
Vincent Smith says to implement land redistribution successfully, such institutions need to be capacitated.
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‘Constitution doesn’t need to be amended to expedite land reform’
Vincent Smith also confirmed that parliament’s constitutional review committee received over 980,000 submissions on land expropriation without compensation.
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Flood of submissions on land expropriation without compensation
The Constitutional Review Committee will meet next week to decide how to deal with all the submissions, and how it plans to meet the September deadline to report back to the National Assembly.
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Dates set for provincial hearings on land expropriation
Oral submissions will be heard at Parliament over eight days between 7 and 17 August, after which the committee plans to draft its report.
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Draft Political Party Funding Bill approved
The bill introduces, for the first time, regulations that will govern private donations to political parties represented in the national and provincial legislatures.
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Handling of internal report on Gengezi Mgidlana sparks row among MPs
Secretary to Parliament Gengezi Mgidlana faces disciplinary action relating to allegations of maladministration and abuse of power.
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[OPINION] Unpacking the funding of political parties
Judith February says because SA has no legislation to regulate private donations to political parties, the door is wide open for corruption and the buying of influence.
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Some current & former SABC execs could be charged for mismanagement
The committee found there was mismanagement, political interference & unlawful appointments, some apparently aided by Muthambi.
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SABC inquiry chairperson expressly denies any political influence
Vincent Smith says he is not receiving any instructions from Luthuli House or the ANC chief whip on how to run the committee.
