THEME COMMITTEE 6

Theme Committee 6 dealt with Specialised Structures of Government. Given the expanse of its work, the Theme Committee decided to establish four Sub-Theme Committees for convenience and expediency’s sake:

  • Sub-Theme Committee 6.1 dealt with public administration 
  • Sub-Theme Committee 6.2 dealt with financial institutions and public enterprises
  • Sub-Theme Committee 6.3 dealt with transformation and monitoring
  • Sub-Theme Committee 6.4 dealt with security services 

Theme Committee 6 in numbers:

The Theme Committee also resolved for the sake of the smaller parties to allow each party to nominate additional members to serve in the Sub-Theme Committees. The Theme Committee itself held 8 meetings.

Chairpersons: Sam De Beer (NP); Ms Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile.

Members: Theo Alant; Abraham Balie ; Bekker HJ (alt); Dennis Bloem (alt); Mnyamezeli Shedrack Booi (alt); Willem Botha (alt); Sheila Camerer (alt); Collins Chabane (alt); Joseph Chiole  (alt); Rob Davies; Patricia De Lille; Philip Dexter; Dayni MMZ; Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim (alt); Alexander Erwin; Felix Fankomo; Sentle Lavius Emmanuel Fenyane; Nkosinathi Banson Fihla  (alt); Faith Xolile Gasa; Cikizwa Gcina; Douglas Gibson (alt); Mluleki Editor George; Ntsiza Gogotya; Petrus Johannes Groenewald; Limpho Hani (alt); Mkhuleko Hlengwa; Francois Jacobsz; Jacobus Jordaan; Josias Kgauwe (alt); Thulisile Khoza (alt); Leon Louw (alt); Janet Love; Luthuli Inkosi BN; Joyce Mabhdufhasi (alt); Sipho Makana (alt); Henry Gordon Makgothi; Theunetta Malan (alt); David Malatsi; Meisi Malumise (alt); Gabriel Marais; Ntsiki Mashimbye (alt); Mdutyana SNN; Mwayi ZW; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; Peter Moatshe; Modise Casalis Mokitlane; Mathupa Mokoena; Rapulane Molekane (alt); Ruth Mompati; Caleb Motshabi (alt); Mandisi Bongani Mpahlwa (alt); Thenjiwe Mtintso; Linda Mti; Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi; Jay Naidoo; Billy Nair; Hemanthkumar Neerahoo; Munyadziwa Netshimbupfe; Balwin Sipho Ngubane; Harriet Ngubane; Joe Nhlanhla; Robert Nogumla (alt); Ian Phillips (alt); Jennifer Schreiner; Mpho Scott (alt); James Selfe; Narend Singh; Lindiwe Sisulu; Zola Skweyiya (alt); Mgonyama Smuts; Jabu Sosibo (alt); Mantombazane ‘Manto’ Edmie Tshabalala (alt); Mary Turok (alt); Ismail Vadi; Jan Van Eck (alt); Suzanne Vos; Armiston Watson; Peter Welgemoed; Gavin Woods; Tony Yengeni (alt); Dingaan Zitha.

Theme Committee 6.1

Theme Committee 6.1 dealt with public administration and the electoral commission.

Theme Committee 6.1 in numbers:
Theme Committee 6.1 held 24 meetings between 24 October 1994 and 1 August 1995 and processed 159 submissions. 13 public hearings were held from 25 January to 1 June 1995. The committee participated in workshops on public administration with a number of international experts from the United Kingdom, United States of America, France, Netherlands, Namibia, Mozambique and Tanzania. Workshops on the electoral commission engaged experts from Kenya and Zambia.

Chairperson: Ismail Vadi (ANC).

Members: Theo Alant; Mnyamezeli Booi (alt); Chiole J; Sam De Beer SJ; Philip Dexter; Fankomo FC; Mluleki George M (alt); Gogotya NJ; Mkhuleko Hlengwa; Jordaan JA; Thulisile Khoza (alt); Janet Love; David Malatsi; Mkwayi ZW; Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; Modise Casilas Mokitlane; Neerahoo HM; Balwin Sipho Ngubane; Narend Singh; Zola Skweyiya (alt); Dene Smuts; Mantombazane ‘Manto’  Tshabalala (alt); Armiston Watson; Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim; Joelien Pretorius; Sikakane MR.

Technical Committee on Public Administration: Prof P Van Der Merwe; Ms Lucy Nyembe.

Technical Committee on Electoral Commission: Ms Dhaya Pillay; Mr A Tredoux; Mr Peter Harris.

Staff: Nkateko Nyoka, Managing Secretary; Saaliegah Zardad, Minute Secretary; Penny Carelse, Administrative Secretary.

Theme Committee 6.2

Theme Committee 6.2 dealt with the Auditor General, Reserve Bank, Financial and Fiscal Commission and general financial matters.

Theme Committee 6.2 in numbers: Theme Committee 6.2 held 28 meetings from 24 January 1995 to 5 September 1995 and processed 96 submissions. Nine public hearings and seminars were held, engaging all major stakeholders in the financial sector.

Chairperson: Robert Hydn Davies (ANC).

Members: Ken Andrew; Hendrik Bekker; Willem Botha; Joseph Chiole; Alec Erwin; Barbara Hogan; Francois Jacobsz; Jordaan WA; Henry Makgothi; Gabriel Marais; Gill Marcus; Billy Nair; Max Sisulu; Peter Welgemoed;  Gavin Woods.

Technical Committee: Niel Morrison; Cyrus Rustomjee.

Staff: Nkateko Nyoka, Managing Secretary; Patricia Fahrenfort, Minute Secretary; Agness Murubata, Administrative Secretary.

Theme Committee 6.3

Theme Committee 6.3 dealt with the Public Protector, Human Rights Commission, Commission for gender equality and land rights.

Theme Committee 6.3 in numbers: Theme Committee 6.3 held 29 meetings between 24 October 1994 and 11 September 1995 and processed 200 submissions. Eight seminars were held dealing with the Commission for Gender Equality, Public Protector, Human Rights Commission and Commission for Land Restitution. The Theme Committee also attended national sector hearings dealing with National Machinery for the Advancement of Women and Land Rights. Representatives from over 150 organisations attended the last-mentioned workshops. Speakers from the Australian Law Reform Commission, Zambia, University of Saskatchewan in Canada, and the Maori Land Court in New Zealand also attended these workshops.

Chairperson: Ms B Mbete-Kgositsile (ANC).

Members: Abraham Balie; Willem Botha; Sheila Camerer; Sentle Lavius Emmanuel Fenyane; Faith Xolile Gasa; Mluleki George; Francois Jacobsz; Leon Louw; Bhekizizwe Luthuli; Theunetta Malan; Mdutyana SN; Peter Moatshe; Mathupa Mokoena; Errol Moorcroft; Ruth Mompati; Munyadziwa Netshimbupfe; Harriet Ngubane; Balwin Ngubane; John Nkadimeng; Nqwemesha KW; James Selfe; Dene Smuts; ‘Manto’ Tshabalala; Mary Turok; Annelize Van Wyk; Isak Van Zyl; Suzanne Vos; Dingaan Zitha. 

Technical Committee on Public Protector, Human Rights Commission and Commission for Gender Equality: Dr Cathi Albertyn; Prof R Erwee. 

Technical Committee on Land Rights: Dr Antonie Gildenhys; Ms Aninka Claassens; Dr F Njobe.

Staff: Nkateko Nyoka, Managing Secretary; Bronwen Levy, Minute Secretary; Penny Carelse, Administrative Secretary.

Theme Committee 6.4

Theme Committee 6.4 dealt with the security services and dealt with the following areas:

  • Police
  • Defence
  • Intelligence
  • Correctional services

Theme Committee 6.4 in numbers:
Theme Committee 6.4 held 29 meetings from 24 October 1994 to 8 August 1995 and processed 191 submissions. Five workshops were held dealing with correctional services, the security services, police service, defence and intelligence services. While no public hearings were held by the Theme Committee, members of the committee did attend constitutional public meetings and national sector hearings hosted by the Constitutional Assembly.

Chairperson: Ms Jennifer Schreiner (ANC).

Members: Theo Alant; Marthinus Appelgryn; Dennis Bloem (alt); Mnyamezeli Booi (alt); Wynard Breytenbach; Collins Chabane (alt); Joseph Chiole (alt); Malcolm Dyani; Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim (alt); Mike Ellis; Nkosinathi Banson Fihla (alt); Douglas Gibson (alt); Ntsiza Gogotya; Petrus Johannes Groenewald; Limpho Hani (alt); Jacobus Jordaan; Josais Kgauwe (alt); Leon Louw (alt); Rejoice Mabudafhasi (alt); Sipho Makana (alt); Theunetta Malan (alt); Meisi Malumise (alt); Johannes Marais; Ntsiki Mashimbye (alt); Rapulane Molekane (alt); Caleb Motshabi (alt); Mandisi Bongani Mpahlwa (alt); Thenjiwe Mtintso; Linda Mti; Hemanthkumar Neerahoo; Joe Nhlanhla; Robert Nogumla (alt); Ian Phillips (alt); Phillip Powell; Mpho Scott; (alt); James Selfe; Lindiwe Sisulu; Jabu Sosibo (alt); Jan Van Eck (alt); James Waugh; Tony Yengeni (alt).

Technical Committee: Azhar Cachalia; Prof Annette Seegers.

Staff: Nkateko Nyoka, Managing Secretary; Katharine McKenzie, Minute Secretary; Agness Mrubata, Administrative Secretary.

EXPLORE THE ARCHIVE

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President Mandela gives his State of the Nation address in Parliament. Mandela ends his address with the words, “Let us all get down to work”.

“We must construct that people-centred society of freedom in such a manner that it guarantees the political and the human rights of all our citizens.”– President Mandela, extract from State of the Nation Address, 24 May 1994

President Nelson Mandela announces his cabinet. It includes members of the African National Congress, National Party and Inkatha Freedom Party.

“There was pride in serving in the first democratic government in South Africa, and then the additional pride of serving under the iconic leadership of Nelson Mandela … [He] represented the hopes of not just our country, but of oppressed, marginalised and the poor in the world.”– Jay Naidoo, then Minister of RDP housing
“We place our vision of a new constitutional order for South Africa on the table not as conquerors, prescribing to the conquered. We speak as fellow citizens to heal the wounds of the past with the intent of constructing a new order based on justice for all.”– President Nelson Mandela, 10 May 1994