Public
Service Broadcast Bill
Campaign
to get more time for broadcast bill - 2 December
Media Monitoring Africa, a media policy watchdog, yesterday
launched a campaign on its website calling for the public to
petition the director- general of the Department of
Communications, Mamodupi Mohlala, to allow more time to comment
on the controversial Public Service Broadcast Bill, which it
says will fundamentally change broadcasting. As the deadline for
comment looms - next Monday - the department said it would
consider a request for an extension only after the deadline had
passed. - Business Day
website
Second
Hand Books Act
Act
riles second-hand book dealers - 2 December
Second-hand book dealers are protesting that the speaker of the
National Assembly, Max Sisulu, has turned a deaf ear to their
complaint that incorrect procedures followed by the portfolio
committee on safety and security resulted in second-hand books
being erroneously included in the Second-Hand Goods Act. The
1955 act was amended this year in order to prevent the sale of
stolen goods and will now force book dealers to record the
purchase and sale of every book they handle, which could force
them out of business. The chairman of the South African Book
Dealers Association (Sabda), Ian Balchin, said including books
in this act was a gross error brought about by “political
chicanery” rather than consideration of the facts. - Business
Day website
New
on Parliamentary Monitoring Group website
18
November 2009
Department
of Justice and Constitutional Development Annual Report 2008/09
27
November 2009
Local Government :
Draft Disciplinary Code and Procedures for Senior Managers
Regulations
19
November 2009
National
Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Annual Report 2008/09
New
on Polity website
Firearms
Control Act 60 of 2000
Declaration of an amnesty in terms of section 139 of the Act
GN
1112/GG 32738
13
November 2009
Justice,
Crime Prevention and Security Cluster : Briefing on Programme of
Action 2009
National
House of Traditional Leaders Bill - [B56D-2008]
Public
Audit Act 25 of 2004
Audit functions performed by the AGSA
GN
1570/GG 32758
Traditional
Leadership and Governance Framework Amendment Bill -
[B57D-2008]