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Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services 2019/20 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
2 Dec 2020
Video: PC Justice, 2 December
The Committee convened to review the 2019/20 Annual Report of the Department of Correctional Services.
The first 40 minutes of the meeting were consumed by a detailed discussion of a viral video in which the chairperson of the audit committee of the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
DCS audit outcomes: AGSA input
1 Dec 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services
2019/20 Annual Reports
In this virtual meeting, the Auditor-General of South Africa gave a presentation on the audit outcomes of the Department of Correctional Services for the 2019/20 financial year.
The audit outcome for the Department remains qualified, unchanged for the last ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Gender-Based Violence Bills: Department of Communication and Digital Technology on state readiness to implement laws
25 Nov 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, 25 November 2020
The Department of Communication and Digital Technology (DCDT) briefed the Committee in a virtual meeting on its state of readiness to implement the provisions of Bills related to gender-based violence (GBV).
The DCDT said it had the mandate to ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Correctional Matters Amendment Draft Bill; Cybercrimes Bill: update with Deputy Minister
3 Nov 2020
Justice and Correctional Services
Gender-Based Violence Bills: public hearings day 1
20 Oct 2020
The Committee convened on a virtual platform for day one of the public hearings on the gender-based violence Bills, namely, Criminal Law (Sexual Offences), Domestic Violence Amendment, and Criminal and Related Matters Amendment Bill. Today the Committee heard submissions from the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), Children’s Institute (CI), ...
Justice and Correctional Services
SAHRC Quarterly Reports; Deputy Public Protector Salary; with Deputy Minister
16 Oct 2020
Video: Justice and Correctional Services
In a virtual meeting, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) provided the Committee with an overview of its performance for the cumulative fourth quarter of 2019/20 and the first quarter of 2020/21. The briefing included an overview of its organisational performance environment, the impact ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services Quarterly Reports; with Deputy Minister
14 Oct 2020
In this virtual meeting, the Department of Correctional Services briefed the Committee on the performance report for quarter four of the 2019/2020 financial year and the performance report for quarter one of the 2020/2021 financial year. The Deputy Minister for Correctional Services was in attendance.
The Department highlighted that the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
DCS: measures to address irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure; Covid 19 related matters; with Deputy Minister
2 Sep 2020
The Committee received a presentation from the Department of Correctional Services in a virtual meeting on how it intended to address irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, which had amounted to over R4 billion at the end of the 2019/20 financial year. It was also given details on how the Department ...
Justice and Correctional Services
DoJ&CD, DCS & OCJ Budget: Committee Reports
17 Jul 2020
Audio: DoJ&CD, DCS & OCJ Budget: Committee Reports Part 2
Tabled Committee Reports
Summary
In this virtual meeting, the Committee to consider the reports on the adjustments budgets of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, Department of Correctional Services ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Correctional Services & OCJ Special Adjustments Budgets; with Deputy Minister
15 Jul 2020
The Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) confirmed compliance with COVID-19 regulations and presented its Special Adjustments Budget from which R30 million had been cut. It suggested that the impact of the cut would likely affect circuit court backlogs, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) procurement ability, training and Information Communication Technology ...