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Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: party submissions
13 Nov 2018
VIDEO: Joint Constitutional Review Committee To Consider Report On Land Hearings, 13 November 2018
Committee members presented their political party recommendations on the amendment of section 25 of the Constitution. The ACDP expressed concern at the manner in which the Committee dealt with the written submissions. It stated that a ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Child Justice Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions; with Deputy Minister
13 Nov 2018
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ) informed the Committee that the Bill is working to move the age of criminal responsibility from 10 years to 12 years. The Department reported that it had received submissions from two organisations on the bill: NICRO and the Centre for Child law. ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: minutes and way forward
8 Nov 2018
The Committee considered and adopted the minutes of 20 September; 11, 25, 26 October; 1 November 2018. Members debated whether the minutes of 20 September 2018 were a true reflection of what transpired at that meeting. Some members said there was an omission as the minutes did not capture the ...
Police
Integrated Justice System (IJS): SAPS, Treasury
31 Oct 2018
[PMG missed the first hour of the meeting and subsequently missed National Treasury’s presentation – see presentation attached].
A summary of the presentation showed that National Treasury briefed the Committee on the issues underlying the budget allocation and spending for the implementation of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) 7 Point ...
Police
High Crime Areas: SAPS strategy, Community Policing Forums, CSP research; with the Minister
30 Oct 2018
The five police stations in areas with the highest crime rates in the country came under the spotlight when the Committee was briefed by the South African Police Service, the heads of the local community policing forums (CPFs) and the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSPS).
The five police stations ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: oral submissions
26 Oct 2018
VIDEO: Constitutional Review Committee Oral Presentations, 26 October 2018
Report of the High Level Panel on the assessment of key legislation
The Committee held the last of the public hearings on the question of the Amendment of section 25 of the Constitution and expropriation without compensation.
The FW De Klerk ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: oral submissions
25 Oct 2018
VIDEO: Constitutional Review Committee Oral Presentations, 25 October 2018
The African Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA) said the Land Audit Report of 2017 glaringly shows the land ownership patterns in South Africa as skewed towards whites and corporate entities. The previous land reform programmes were a mere piecemeal with ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Justice and Constitutional Development, DCS & OCJ BRRR
24 Oct 2018
2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Portfolio Committee met briefly to consider three Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports in relation to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, Department of Correctional Services and Office of the Chief Justice.
Members made minor corrections to each document and adopted ...
Police
Transkei/Ciskei police re-enlistment petition
23 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee met to discuss a petition calling for the re-enlistment of former members of the Ciskei and Transkei police. They were first briefed by the representative of the former members, who said they were dissatisfied with the South African Police Service (SAPS) decision not to approve their re-employment ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Special Investigating Unit 2017/18 Annual Report
17 Oct 2018
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) presented its annual report for the 2017/18 financial year, which revealed it had maintained a clean, unqualified audit and had achieved eight of its nine targets. On the ongoing investigations into state-owned entities, investigations into the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) had ...