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Justice and Correctional Services
Bosasa contracts with Correctional Services, with Minister & Deputy
27 Feb 2019
Correctional Services contracts with Bosasa had totalled an astounding R7.1 billion. The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services said he would focus on the Bosasa contracts. If the Committee was interested in the prosecutorial actions taken, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and South African Police Service ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Public Protector removal from office request
5 Dec 2018
The Committee considered whether it should expedite procedures to remove the Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, from office. Members were presented with her response to the formal complaint submitted by the Democratic Alliance Chief Whip in reference to the Absa Bank lifeboat court judgement. The DA felt that the Public Protector ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Child Justice Amendment Bill: briefing; Cybercrimes Bill: proposed amendments
30 Oct 2018
The primary objectives of the Child Justice Amendment Bill are to amend the Child Justice Act of 2008 to increase the minimum age of criminal capacity of children from 10 years to 12 years. Secondly, to remove the requirement of proving criminal capacity for the purposes of diversion and to ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services & JICS 2017/18 Annual Reports, with AGSA input and Deputy Ministers present
9 Oct 2018
The Committee received briefings on the audit outcomes of the justice and correctional services portfolio. In addition, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons presented their 2017/18 Annual Reports. Both Deputy Ministers were present at the meeting.
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) briefing
12 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services invited several officials of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS), including the Inspecting Judge, Hon. Johann Van Der Westhuizen, to brief the Committee on the conditions of correctional facilities across the country. They were asked to give a presentation on the ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Committee Report on Political Party Funding Bill financial implications
20 Mar 2018
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties, dated 28 November 2017
The Ad Hoc Committee met to consider and adopt its Draft Report on the Financial Implications of the Political Party Funding Bill on the State and Draft Committee Minutes dated 14 March 2018. The ...
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. ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Political Party Funding Bill financial implications: National Treasury & IEC briefing
14 Mar 2018
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties, dated 28 November 2017
The Chairperson contextualised the work of the Committee. An Ad Hoc Committee had presented a report at the end of 2017 and, as was practice in Parliament, anything that had not been finalised ...
Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties
Political Party Funding Bill: adoption
28 Nov 2017
Prior to adoption of the Political Party Funding Bill, the Committee went through the Bill clause by clause. The Committee had agreed to allow the IEC to utilise 10% of the Multi-Party Democracy Fund to defray expenses but following consultations with experts, the Committee determined that 10% was too generous ...
Constitutional Review Committee
2016 public submissions: legal opinions
23 Nov 2017
Report of the meeting to follow.