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Justice and Correctional Services
Legal Aid South Africa Bill [B8B-2104]: voting; Attorneys Amendment Bill [B9-2104]: deliberations; Suspension of magistrates
10 Sep 2014
The Department of Justice and Correctional Services presented the Portfolio Committee final proposed amendments to the Legal Aid Bill as per the B-Version of the Bill [B8B-2014]. The Chairperson proposed amending the short title of the Bill to the Legal Aid South Africa Bill, as it reflects the Bill’s focus ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Attorneys Amendment Bill [B9-2014]: deliberations
9 Sep 2014
The Department took the Committee through its drafting of amendments proposed at the 29 July and 27 August 2014 committee meetings. These included a redefinition of ‘court ‘to indicate that all divisions of the high court and local seats thereof are included in the definition. This would allow candidate attorneys ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Amendment Bill: briefing by Mr D Maynier & response from Department and Parliamentary Legal Advisor; Department briefing on current policy and legislative environment
27 Aug 2014
The presentation on the Defence Amendment Bill [PMB 8 - 2013] covered the reasons and background to the Amendment Bill, projects that were a cause for concern, the proposed changes, the various amendments that were to be proposed as well as the way in which the potential Bill would empower ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Insolvency Practitioners: Appointment Policy
22 Aug 2014
The Chief Master of the High Court presented the Department of Justice and Correctional Services Policy on the Appointment of Insolvency Practitioners which was focused on promoting equality, transparency and fairness in the insolvency industry, aiming for transformation. He detailed the previous system of appointments called the requisition system, which ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Duplication in Functions of Institutions Supporting Democracy: input by Commission for Gender Equality; South African Human Rights Commission; Public Protector; Public Service Commission
19 Aug 2014
Four Chapter Nine institutions supporting constitutional democracy - the Commission for Gender Equality, the South African Human Rights Commission, the Public Protector and the Public Service Commission- were called to present on the subject of overlapping mandates, which had been identified during the process leading up to the budget vote. ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Legal Aid Bill [B8-2014]; Attorney's Amendment Bill [B9-2014]: briefing by Deputy Minister
29 Jul 2014
The Legal Aid Bill came as a post Constitution replacement of the 1969 Act. Some amendments had already been inserted into the 1969 Act particularly pertaining to the recovery of fees and the criteria determining provision of Legal Aid services as there had been many court challenges on that issue. ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Committee Report on Justice and Correctional Services budget
11 Jul 2014
The draft Committee Reports on the budget votes of, respectively, the Department of Correctional Services and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development were tabled for approval by Members. Although the ACDP, DA and EFF indicated that they still needed to take the budget to their caucuses for approval or ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Committee Report on Defence and Military Veterans 2014 Budget
10 Jul 2014
The Committee met to vote on the Budget vote 22 for the Department of Defence and Military Veterans.
At the outset, a Member said that one of the recommendations was incoherent, in that it said that the Department of Defence was under-funded, but that the Committee supported the budget. If ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Special Investigating Unit 2014 Strategic Plan and budget: Committee Researcher introduction & SIU briefing
10 Jul 2014
The Committee Researcher briefed the Committee on the legislative mandate of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), which investigated maladministration and corruption in state institutions, including the 2012 amendments that had led to a revision of the Strategic Plan and budget, since it was now empowered to charge departments for its ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Office of Public Protector & South African Human Rights Commission on their 2014 Strategic Plans
4 Jul 2014
Prior to the South African Human Rights Commission presenting its Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan, the Committee Con gave an overview on the SAHRC's mandate. Members were keen to know about its involvement within the Forum on Institutions Supporting Democracy.
The South African Human gave a breakdown of its ...