Call for Comment

The Department of Home Affairs has published the Green Paper on International Migration, and is asking you to comment. Comments can be emailed to Mr Sihle Mthiyane at [email protected] by 30 September 2016.

The independent High Level Panel to Assess Key Legislation since 1994 invites the public to make inputs on its programme. The public has until 20 August 2016 to respond to the call and submit input on four focal areas: the review of legislation; assessment on the implementation of legislation; identifying gaps in legislation as well as proposing action steps that impact on specific areas of legislation. Go to:  https://pmg.org.za/calls-for-comments

The Panel will conduct its work through three committees: (1) Committee on Tripartite Challenges of Inequality, Poverty and Unemployment (focuses on the growth, poverty and inequality encompassing wage inequality, wealth distribution and unequal labour regulatory environment, unemployment, poverty and access to basic services; unequal access to quality education and health care; spatial inequality and skills development; (2) Committee on Land Reform (focuses on land redistribution and restitution; land reform in the context of the inequality and poverty alleviation; security of tenure and rural people’s capacity to protect and enforce their land rights in the face of countervailing interests; sustainable livelihoods and rural development) and (3) Committee on Social Cohesion and Nation-Building focuses on racial, tribalism, xenophobia and sexism discrimination; social economic exclusion; redress and transformation; levels of trust among and between citizens and institutions and; social solidarity and active participatory citizenship.

The People’s Assembly will be surveying the 330 constituency offices across the country. The survey is intended to find out what these offices do and how they are filling a need in the community. If you would like to be one of our surveyors, or have any questions about it, you can contact Rashaad 021 465 8885 / [email protected]

The Call for comments or objections on the 59 nominees for the Public Protector position based on their CVs ended on 8 July.