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Justice and Correctional Services
Public Protector on its 2013/14 Annual Report & 2014 performance
22 Oct 2014
The Public Protector of South Africa presented its Annual Report, including a brief exposition of the work done by the Office over the year including the number of cases received (26 195), finalised (24 642), referred (3 072) and the staff complement (314, with 100 trainee investigators) which handled the ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Parliament of Republic of South Africa vs Hon F Shivambu and 19 others
20 Oct 2014
Report of the meeting to follow
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Parliament of Republic of South Africa vs Hon F Shivambu and 19 others
20 Oct 2014
Three witnesses testified before the Committee: the Head of ICT in Parliament, the Sergeant at Arms and the Deputy Chief Whip of the majority party. The Chief Whip of the Opposition Party was supposed to testify but she was attending the funeral of the late MP Mr Watson. Further witnesses ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Legal Aid South Africa on its 2013/14 Annual Report
17 Oct 2014
Legal Aid South Africa presented its annual report, saying its major successes in the 2013/14 financial year were its ability to provide assistance to the poor and the vulnerable, especially women and children. It had managed to cover all the criminal courts in the country, and had received an unqualified ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Parliament vs Hon F Shivambu and 19 others
15 Oct 2014
The opposition political parties namely DA, UDM, IFP and EFF wrote a letter to the Chairperson expressing their concern on the way in which the hearing was proceeding. Matters raised in the letter include taking into consideration the submission by Mr Malema, the need for the Committee to call witnesses, ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Audit Outcomes on Defence Portfolio: AGSA briefing; Third Term Committee Programme
14 Oct 2014
The Committee met to discuss and adopt the Committee's third term programme, and was briefed by the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on audit outcomes of the Department of Defence and Military Veterans for the 2013/2014 financial year.
The Chairperson and the Committee went through the detailed programme, with ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services 2013/14 Annual Report: Research Analysis & Stakeholder Hearings
14 Oct 2014
The Committee Researcher gave a briefing on the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services 2013/14 Annual Report to assist the Portfolio Committee in its oversight. The mission of the JICS includes prevention of human rights violations through the monitoring of mandatory reporting systems, the maintenance of an independent complaints system and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Cultural, religious & linguistic human rights: briefing by Cultural, Religious & Linguistic Rights Commission (CRLRC) & Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB)
19 Sep 2014
The Cultural, Religious and Language Rights Commission (CRLRC) explained it makes recommendations to the appropriate organ of state regarding legislation that impacts on the rights of cultural, religious and linguistic communities. The Commission increases the body of knowledge on indigenous matters to inform national policy positions. Strategic areas included diminished ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Rehabilitation and reintegration programme challenges Correctional Services briefing
17 Sep 2014
The briefing by the Department of Correctional Services covered four critical areas in its presentation on the challenges it faced in delivering rehabilitation and reintegration programmes and services to inmates in South Africa’s correctional facilities. It dealt with the operational efforts regarding rehabilitation, the human resource constraints, the obstacles to ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence & Military Veterans 1st Quarter 2014 Performance
10 Sep 2014
In detailing the purpose of the Defence and Military Veterans Portfolio Committee to a visiting delegation, a committee members noted that the new Defence Review proposes that the defence committee meets behind closed doors like the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence.
The Department of Defence presented its Administration Programme overview, ...