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Justice and Correctional Services
Traditional Courts Bill: response to public hearings; Chief Justice budget: Committee Report
15 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services met to consider and approve the Committee Reports on the Budget Votes of the Department of Correctional Services and the Office of the Office of the Chief Justice. That was followed by a discussion on submissions in response to the Traditional Courts ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament Amendment Bill: consideration
9 May 2018
The Committee met to consider the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Bill. At the previous meeting, Members had debated the clauses of the Bill but had been unable to adopt the clauses as the meeting had not been quorate.
The Chairperson informed the Members that ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Correctional Services & Judicial Inspectorate 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
19 Apr 2018
The Deputy Minister responsible for Correctional Services led the delegation that presented the Annual Performance Plan and Budget for Correctional Services. He introduced the newly appointed National Commissioner, Mr Arthur Fraser, who was with the Department that day, although he would only be reporting for duty the following day. The ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Public Protector on its 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
17 Apr 2018
The Public Protector, Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane, in presenting the Public Protector South Africa (PPSA) Annual Performance Plan, focused primarily on the severe financial and capacity constraints of the institution and a request for additional funding. Staff were suffering from low morale due to an increasingly large workload. Approximately R250 million ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review: proposed programme for public hearings
20 Mar 2018
The Joint Committee on Constitutional Review was given a mandate by the National Assembly and the National Provincial Council of Provinces to review of Section 25 of the Constitution, and other clauses where necessary, to make it possible for the state to expropriate land in the public interest without compensation. ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Traditional Courts Bill: public hearings day 1
13 Mar 2018
Relevant Document:
Traditional Courts Bill presentation – Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
The Chairperson of the Portfolio announced that the first day of the public hearings on the Traditional Courts Bill would be a short day as the intention was to draw back the curtains and to get some ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act: proposed amendments; international best practice and conventions
29 Nov 2017
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa – Chapter Four
Democratic Alliance v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others (CCTT86/15) [2016]
Presentation - DA vs National Assembly Speaker
Committee Bill process
Terms of Reference
The Committee met to discuss amendments to the Powers, Privileges, and Immunities of Parliament and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Magistrate’s suspension
28 Nov 2017
The Committee met to deliberate on the suspension of Ms VT Gqiba as a magistrate, in accordance with the recommendation of the Minister. However, after the Chairperson had advised Members that Ms Gqiba had requested taking early retirement, a proposal was made that the matter should be postponed to a ...