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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
Department of Justice & Constitutional Development, Office of Chief Justice 2nd and 3rd quarter 2015 performance reports
16 Feb 2016
The Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) presented their performance reports for the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the 2015/16 financial year.
The Office of the Chief Justice reported that a number of the targets for quarters 2 and 3 were ...
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 ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Justice and Constitutional Development & Correctional Services Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports 2014/15
22 Oct 2015
BRRR Archive: BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee met to discuss their Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports (BRRR) on the Departments of Justice and Constitutional Development and Correctional Services. Both were adopted with minor amendments. In the case of the Justice BRRR, there was some disagreement about ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Matters Amendment Bill [B20-2015]; Judicial Matters Amendment Bill[B2-2015]: Ministry response to submissions, with Deputy Minister
20 Oct 2015
The Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Services presented the Ministry's responses to public submissions on the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill and the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill.
On the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill, an important submission that warranted DOJ&CD’s attention was the submission by the Congress of South African Trade ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Matters Amendment Bill [B20-2015]: COSATU submission; Public Protector & SA Human Rights Commission on their 2014/15 Annual Reports
16 Oct 2015
Cosatu presented its submission on the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill. Cosatu was whole heartedly behind the Bill, stressing that the theft of copper affected individuals and business, and it was necessary to counteract this strongly. It supported proposals that the bail conditions should be decided upon by judges and courts ...
Justice and Correctional Services
National Prosecuting Authority, Special Investigating Unit, Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on their 2014/15 Annual Reports, with Minister & Deputy Minister
15 Oct 2015
The Committee heard performance reports from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) presentation, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. Several issues were raised repeatedly, including vacancy rates, the question of court language and the transformation of the justice system to accommodate principles of African ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services; Legal Aid South Africa; Office of the Chief Justice on their 2014/2015 Annual Reports; Audit outcomes by Auditor-General
14 Oct 2015
During the course of a lengthy engagement, the Committee was briefed by Auditor-General South Africa on the Department of Justice and the Department of Correctional Services 2014/15 audit outcomes. The Minister of Justice, Adv Michael Masutha, delivered an unscheduled address, after which Legal Aid South Africa and the Office of ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Matters Amendment Bill [B20-2015]: public hearings
13 Oct 2015
Eskom focussed on the reinstatement of the crime of electricity theft. This was to be achieved through the amendment of the definitions of “basic services” and “essential infrastructure”. Further, Eskom proposed adding the sanction of fines for the commission of the offence. The submission was based on the estimated losses ...
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 ...