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Justice and Correctional Services
Legal Aid SA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
24 Apr 2018
Legal Aid South Africa reported that the projected shortfall for 2017/18 is estimated to be R71.5 million. In addition, the actual budget cut for 2018/19 is R92.8 million, making a cumulative budget shortfall of R164.3 million for 2018/19. There were 2 863 employees in 2016/17 and 2 753 in 2017/18. ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister and Deputy Ministers
18 Apr 2018
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented its 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan (APP) to the Committee, accompanied by the Minister and Deputy Minister. Minister Masutha updated the Committee on the challenges faced by the Department where overcrowding of prisons and resource constraints were pointedly raised. The Committee was also ...
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 ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Traditional Courts Bill: public hearings day 3
20 Mar 2018
The Committee continued with public hearings on the Traditional Courts Bill.
The Chairperson informed the public that Portfolio Committee departed from the premise that it was dealing with traditional courts that had been working since time immemorial and that it wanted to hear from all of the participants in order ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Traditional Courts Bill: public hearings day 2
14 Mar 2018
The Bill was in its second day of public hearings where submissions were welcomed from the Land and Accountability Research Centre, Centre for Child Law & Children’s Institute, the Royal Bafokeng Administration, the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Land Access Movement of South Africa. Presenters highlighted positive ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence Quarter 2 & 3 performance; Defence Amendment Bill
14 Mar 2018
The Department of Defence (DOD) briefed the Committee on its third quarterly performance and expenditure report for the 2017/18 financial year, and also gave a presentation on the Defence Amendment Bill.
Performance indicators showed that the total number of achieved targets was significantly lower in the third quarter than in ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Traditional Courts Bill: public hearings day 1
13 Mar 2018
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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 ...
Police
NPA progress on prosecution of State Capture cases
7 Mar 2018
The joint meeting between the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services and the Portfolio Committee on Police was called because the previous week Lt Gen Yoliswa Matakata, Acting Head, Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation had informed the Police Portfolio Committee that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) was hindering progress in ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Public Protector on serious matters of public interest affecting her Office
6 Mar 2018
The Committee requested the Public Protector to comment on two specific matters of public interest: her report into the Vrede Dairy farm in Free State; the adverse findings against her in two separate court judgments in the Gauteng High Court, which set aside aspects of her remedial action in the ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
1 Mar 2018
2017 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
Department of Defence
The Portfolio Committee considered and adopted (with amendments) the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the Department of Defence. Members focused, particularly, on the recommendations of the BRRR and submitted their inputs.