Calls for Submissions / Public Hearings
UPCOMING HEARINGS & REQUESTS FOR SUBMISSIONS
To confirm hearings details please contact the relevant: committee secretary
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Comment: Electronic Communications Amendment Draft Bill
The Department of Communications has prepared the proposed Electronic Communications Amendment Draft Bill that the Department wishes to submit to Parliament during the course of the 2012 Legislative Programme.
Interested persons can email written comments on the proposed Bill to Lerato Monareng at lerato@doc.gov.za by no later 5 December 2011.
Enquiries tel Lerato Monareng: (012) 427 8217 or Mameetse Mphahlele: (012) 420 7707
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Public Hearings Programme: National Climate Change Response White Paper 2011
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Environmental Affairs (the Committee) recently invited written submissions on the National Climate Change Response White Paper 2011 from all interested parties and stakeholders in South Africa.
Due to time constraints the closing date for submitting written submissions did not allow for much time but the committee has been accepting submissions beyond the deadline and will continue to do so.
The Committee also wishes to acknowledge wide interest in participating in the public hearings which are scheduled to take place next week.
Kindly note that prospective participants can assume that their paper will have been read by the time of their oral submission is made. Each oral submission will be given 30-45 minutes in total for processing by the Committee. Therefore, each participant will be allocated only 10 -15 minutes to orally present the main points of his/her paper. The rest of the time slot will be used for questions and answers.
Please find Public Hearings Programme here . Time limits will be strictly adhered to.
If the time slot allocated to participants does not suit them they can change it with someone with a different time slot, but only if both parties agree in writing. The written confirmation must be given to the Committee Secretary, Ms T Madubela, before any changes will be effected.
Issued by committee Chairperson: Adv. Johny De Lange
For inquiries or interviews with the Chairperson, please contact:Mava Lukani (Mr)
Phone: +27 (0) 21 403 8738 / Cell: +27 (0) 72 589 9355
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Comment: Land Reform Green Paper
The Department of Rural Development & Land Reform has published the Land Reform Green Paper for public comment.
Comments can be emailed to Mr Mtobeli Mxotwa at mmxotwa@ruraldevelopment.gov.za or
landreformgreenpaper@ruraldevelopment.gov.za
by no later than 29 November 2011.
Enquiries tel Mr Mtobeli Mxotwa: cell: 083 578 9023
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Comment: Protection of State Information Bill
Latest version of the bill: Protection of State Information Bill [B6B-2010]
The ANC has set up a committee to consider further public submissions on the Protection of State Information Bill after postponing the parliamentary vote on the bill last week.
“The committee will be responsible for co-ordinating public engagement with representatives from civil society, non-governmental and community-based organisations and interested individuals on the draft bill,” the office of ANC chief whip Mathole Motshekga said on Tuesday.
The committee would hold public meetings across the country to hear people's views on the bill.
A special ANC study group would consider written and oral submissions from interested parties in Parliament.
Submissions should be e-mailed to infobill@parliament.gov.za, faxed to 086-731-6737 or mailed to ANC Information Bill Office, Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, PO Box 15, Cape Town, 8001.
Enquiries about the process could be directed to Silverton Ntushelo on 021-403-2643.
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