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Justice and Correctional Services
Public Protector of South Africa on its 2016 Annual Performance Plan
7 Apr 2016
Public Protector South Africa Strategic Plan contains 17 strategic objectives and the budget for 2016/17 is R263.3 million. Its key challenges are poor funding and inadequate human resources, which manifest in a backlog of cases. The emerging risks it faces are operational sustainability through financial constraints, reputational risk through poor ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services on its 3rd Quarter Performance for 2015/16
17 Feb 2016
The Department of Correctional Services briefed the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on its third quarter performance for 2015/16.
The National Commissioner, in his introductory remarks, informed the Committee that the Department had a very successful campaign in dealing with escapes from jail. The Department also had an ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Electronic Monitoring System progress; Department of Correctional Services on its 2nd quarter 2015/16 performance
18 Nov 2015
The Department of Correctional Services explained that the electronic monitoring system was a way of tracking and recording an offender’s location and movements with a device, usually attached to the ankle, linked to global positioning system satellites, enabling rapid investigation of and response to suspicious movements by the tagged offender. ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Minister on National Council for Correctional Services appointments; Correctional Services contingent liability & legal services capacity; POPI Act appointments
11 Nov 2015
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services addressed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services and the Select Committee on Security and Justice to hear his remarks on the National Council of Correctional Services (NCCS). Minister Masutha illustrated the litany of challenges facing his Department ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Processing of Legacy Submissions
4 Sep 2015
The Joint Committee met to deliberate on the way forward with legacy public submissions for Constitutional Amendments from 2013. The issue of the Sesotho sa Leboa language also arose, but discussion of the matter was postponed. The Committee Researcher summarised each of the 13 proposed amendments. Amendments were presented within ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance & Internal Control Environment
1 Sep 2015
The Department of Correctional Services provided the Committee with a report on its work on the internal control environment. It was following a combined assurance approach to ensure that the internal control system was effective and efficient in all areas of its operations. This approach would maximise the risk and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Offender management, rehabilitation & independent monitoring standards: CSPRI, NICRO & Correctional Services briefing
17 Aug 2015
The meeting began with a submission by the Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, which highlighted certain areas of concern where South Africa was not fully compliant with international standards and/or domestic law. The areas focussed on included: remand detention, the absolute prohibition of torture, adequate provision of healthcare, rehabilitation focussing ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Filling of vacancy on South African Human Rights Commission: short-listing
11 Aug 2015
The Committee agreed that the issue of Traditional Courts must be resolved soon, and that the length of the process is unacceptable. The Committee admonished the events of the weekend involving the burning of a church in response to transgressions by its pastor. However, the Committee also moved to have ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla
Nkandla private residence security upgrades: Minister of Police briefing
20 Jul 2015
The Ad Hoc Committee on the Police Minister’s report met in Pietermaritzburg to deliberate on the security upgrades at the private residence of the President, and took a briefing from the Minister of Police, Mr Nkosinathi Nhleko. In answer to a question raised by a Member of the DA, the ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla
Ad Hoc Committee on Minister of Police Report on Nkandla Committee Programme
23 Jun 2015
The Committee met to consider its draft programme. The draft programme proposed that the work of the Committee should start on 21 July 2015 where the Minister of Police would table his report and the report would be deliberated on. The programme also proposed that the Committee undertake a site ...