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Justice and Correctional Services
Pilot projects on community courts & legislation to regulate paralegals: progress report
7 Mar 2017
Prior to the main agenda items, Members debated whether to accept an invitation from the Magistrates Commission for the Committee to visit the Commission in Pretoria. There was discussion whether this invitation was due to recent media reports about possible tension between the Committee and the Commission or if it ...
Justice and Correctional Services
“Esidimeni” Complaint: SAHRC briefing
22 Feb 2017
The meeting was convened due to the more than 94 psychiatric patient deaths after their transfer from Life Esidimeni. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) appeared before the Committee to explain the Commission’s involvement in the matter, detailing the correspondence it had with the Gauteng Department of Health and ...
Defence
NCACC 3rd Quarter Report: Minister briefing; Letter from President: SANDF deployment at SONA; Cuba Study Tour
17 Feb 2017
Committee Programme of the Joint Standing Committee
Minutes of 7 December 2016
The NCACC Chairperson and Minister in the Presidency, Mr Jeff Radebe, reported on the 2016 Third Quarterly Report. He noted the legislative requirements of the NCACC were the NCACC Act, No 41 of 2002 as amended by the ...
Constitutional Review Committee
2015 public submissions: deliberations
17 Feb 2017
The Committee met to consider several outstanding constitutional review submissions from 2015.
The submissions were divided into 3 categories.
In category 1, the submissions were to amend Chapter 2 of the Bill of Rights: s7 (2), s10, s11, s25 (3) (c), review chapter 9 institutions to include the South African ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Suspension of magistrates: Magistrates Commission briefing; Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill: DoJ&CD briefing
15 Feb 2017
A delegation from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented the Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill to the committee. The delegation apologised for the delay in getting the bill to parliament and noted that the deadline was fast approaching.
The Department explained that the proposed bill gives effect to two ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Feedback Sessions: Department of Defence on matters identified in Dashboard; Progress report on 1 Military Hospital Repair & Maintenance programme; Follow-up meeting on procurement challenges in DOD
15 Feb 2017
The Department of Defence and Military Veterans briefed the Committee on progress made on the repair and maintenance of 1 Military Hospital and also responded on matters identified in the dashboard. The Department raised issues of increase in backlog of cases, and delay in completing investigation. This relates to the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Child Justice Act section 97 regulations: briefing
14 Feb 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services was briefed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on the amendments to the Regulations relating to the Child Justice Act.
Certain sections of the Act, including sections 11, 28, 43, 56, 75, 77, 85 and 97 were amended by the ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Status of Sepedi, Sesotho sa Leboa, Khelovhedu & Sign Language of South Africa & Khoi, Nama & San Languages: Pansalb, DAC & CRL Rights Commission
3 Feb 2017
In 2000, a complaint was lodged with the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) to recognise Sesotho sa Leboa as an official language. In response to this, PanSALB called for written submissions on the matter. All the submissions that were received were in support of Sesotho sa Leboa. PanSALB resolved ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Halfway houses; rehabilitation & reintegration of parolees / ex-offenders: Correctional Services status report
1 Feb 2017
The National Commissioner of Correctional Services briefed the Committee on the court order that required the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) to develop a plan to address overcrowding, which will be monitored until 31 May 2017, by which time the correctional centre populations must have reduced overall to manageable totals ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Traditional Courts Bill; Implementation of Rome Statute of International Criminal Court Act Repeal Bill: briefing with Minister and Deputy Minister
31 Jan 2017
The Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development highlighted that there were many improvements to the Traditional Courts Bill following concerns with previous versions of the Bill. The main objective of the Bill was to create a uniform legislative framework to regulate the role and functions of traditional courts. Since ...