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Justice and Correctional Services
Halfway houses; rehabilitation & reintegration of parolees / ex-offenders: Correctional Services status report
1 Feb 2017
The National Commissioner of Correctional Services briefed the Committee on the court order that required the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) to develop a plan to address overcrowding, which will be monitored until 31 May 2017, by which time the correctional centre populations must have reduced overall to manageable totals ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC Interim Board appointment process
24 Jan 2017
The Committee stressed the urgency of the appointment of an interim SABC Board, with members agreeing to have the Chief Whips Forum come up with names of candidates to fill vacancies created by resignations during the SABC crisis last year.
The Committee was supposed to discuss Mr Thamasanqa Ntenteni’s removal from ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Halfway Houses & NGO challenges with rehabilitation programmes; DCS Mid-Year Performance; Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill: adoption
16 Nov 2016
Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill
The Committee adopted the Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill after DA and ACDP members had reiterated their opposition to the criminalisation of false disclosure.
Halfway Houses and NGO challenges for rehabilitation programmes in Western Cape correctional centres
The Committee Researcher explained his findings on Halfway houses in ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
Department of Communications & GCIS 2015/16 Annual Reports with Auditor General input & Minister
11 Oct 2016
Department of Communications Annual Report
The Committee met with officials from the Auditor General South Africa and the Minister of Communications to discuss the performance of the Department and some of its entities for the 2015/16 financial year. Presentations were made by AGSA, Department of Communications and Government Communications and Information ...
Communications and Digital Technologies
SABC Board on Public Protector Report; SCA ruling; appointment of former COO; implications of court & ICASA rulings; Broadcasting Act compliance
5 Oct 2016
The Committee called a meeting to discuss urgent issues about the Public Protector Report: When Governance and Ethics Fail which dealt with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Board. The SABC Board gave a briefing to the Committee on five matters the Committee had requested it to elaborate on. According ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services impact: consultative meeting
21 Sep 2016
Stakeholders involved with prison reform were consulted on their views about the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services as an oversight mechanism and its impact. They expressed their frustration over the absence of tangible legislative reform to remedy weaknesses in JICS institutional setup. These weaknesses are JICS’s absence of investigative and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Correctional Supervision and Parole: Successes, Challenges & Future Developments
20 Sep 2016
Lawyers for Human Rights (LFH), the Wits Justice Project (WJP), the Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative (CSPRI), the South African National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders (NICRO), and the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) made submissions to the Committee on the administration of correctional supervision ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services on its 4 Quarter 15/16 & 1 Quarter 16/17 performance; Recommendations for Vacant Posts at SA Human Rights Commission
23 Aug 2016
The Department of Correctional Services briefed the Committee on performance for the fourth quarter. The Committee reviewed its recommendations for appointments to the SA Human Rights Commission.
The Department achieved 29 of its 47 annual targets, equivalent to 62%. The challenges for the Department were:
Appointment of Public Protector
Shortlisting for interviews
13 Jul 2016
The 14 short-listed candidates for interview are:
Judge Sharise Weiner
Judge Sirajudien Desai
Adv Kevin Malunga
Adv Nonkosi Cetywayo
Adv Mhlaliseni Mthembu
Adv Madibeng Mokoditwa
Adv Mamiki Goodman
Adjunct Prof Narnia Bohler-Muller
Prof Bongani Majola
Ms Busisiwe Mkhwebane
Ms Jill Oliphant
Ms Muvhango Lukhaimane
Ms Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh
Mr Willie Hofmeyr ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services on its 2016 Strategic & Annual performance plans
12 Apr 2016
Document missing: Department of Correctional Services 2016 Strategic & Annual performance plan [email info@pmg.org.za]
A delegation from the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) presented its 2016/2017 Annual Performance Plan for 2016/2017 and 2016 Estimates of National Expenditure, including its vision, mandate and strategic goals. Its five programmes covered administration, incarceration, rehabilitation, ...