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Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Matters Amendment Bill [B20-2015]: briefing on essential infrastructure theft/tampering bill
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development said the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill [B20-2015] intends to deal with the theft, tampering with or destruction of essential infrastructure. The Bill seeks to amend the Criminal Procedure Act provisions on bail to place a reverse onus on people accused of infrastructure related ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans briefing on its 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance, audit findings progress report
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) gave its first quarter 2015 performance report. It was reported that the audit had been done, and it showed a better result from the previous year, with two qualifications on asset management and transfer management.
In this financial year, the DMV operated through three ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Offender management, rehabilitation & independent monitoring standards: CSPRI, NICRO & Correctional Services briefing
17 Aug 2015
The meeting began with a submission by the Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, which highlighted certain areas of concern where South Africa was not fully compliant with international standards and/or domestic law. The areas focussed on included: remand detention, the absolute prohibition of torture, adequate provision of healthcare, rehabilitation focussing ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Bill [B7-2015]: South African Law Reform Commission input; Committee Programme
12 Aug 2015
The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) briefed the Committee on intention and purpose of the Defence Laws Repeal and Amendment Bill, but since Members did not have the document in front of them it was decided that this would be a preliminary briefing on which more detail and more ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Filling of vacancy on South African Human Rights Commission: short-listing
11 Aug 2015
The Committee agreed that the issue of Traditional Courts must be resolved soon, and that the length of the process is unacceptable. The Committee admonished the events of the weekend involving the burning of a church in response to transgressions by its pastor. However, the Committee also moved to have ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services on its ICT challenges, relationship with SITA, modernisation project and inmate management systems
23 Jun 2015
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) briefed the Justice and Correctional Services portfolio committee on its IT environment. The Department had re-instated the IT branch in 2012 with the aim of acquiring, implementing, advising and coordinating a secured integrated system and relevant ICT which was aligned to that Department’s strategic ...
Defence
Committee business: Consideration and adoption of outstanding minutes; Consideration of a Letter from the President
18 Jun 2015
The outstanding minutes of the Committee were adopted, as well as a letter from the President pertaining to Operation Fiela. Concerns had been raised over the implementation of the operation, particularly with regard to the deployment of troops domestically. The Committee decided it would request a briefing from the Minister ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Military Veterans: delivery of benefits and services - progress reports by departments & agencies
10 Jun 2015
The Departments of Human Settlement and Military Veterans plus nine other entities made submissions before the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans regarding their role in the socio-economic upliftment of the military veterans.
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) revealed it has signed a number of MOUs and service ...
Defence
South African National Defence Reserve Force on its mandate; capacity; challenges; and action plan
4 Jun 2015
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) briefed the Committee on the status and revitalization of the Force’s reserves. The main issues raised during the presentation dealt with transformation, budget cuts and constraints, training and the intake of reserves.
Transformation in the Defence Force was happening at a slow rate, ...
Defence
SA National Defence Force on transformation progress, challenges, plans
28 May 2015
The South African National Defence Force briefed the Committee on transformation in the Force (SANDF). It was noted that mechanisms that facilitated transformation included transformational leadership at all levels, empowerment programmes, implementation of mentoring and coaching programmes and monitoring of programmes designed to enhance representivity. The Department had set up ...