Prof Mathole Serofo Motshekga

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Mathole Serofo Motshekga

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Justice and Correctional Services Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Bill: extension of deadline to amend and content: Department of Justice briefing; Committee Reports on budget votes 18, 21 and 22
    13 May 2015

    The Committee firstly considered the draft Committee Reports detailing the Committee's recommendations on the budget votes of the Department of Correctional Services (Budget Vote 18), the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (Vote 21), and the Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration (Budget Vote 22).

    In relation to ...

  • Justice and Correctional Services South African Human Rights Commission supplementary briefing
    6 May 2015

    The meeting began with the Chairperson inquiring if any progress had been made by Chapter Nine Institutions within the Forum of Institutions Supporting Democracy, particularly as the Committee had wanted these institutions to discuss their overlapping mandates. Further, this would facilitate a discussion on the nature of independence and accountability ...

  • Justice and Correctional Services Legal Aid South Africa on its 2015/16 Strategic and Annual Performance Plans
    5 May 2015

    Legal Aid SA was in the third year of implementation of its current Strategic Plan. It was contextualised to ensure that the service delivery footprint responded to population demographics, in-migration patterns and urban/rural divide, i.e. legal aid services should be accessible. The overall strategic shift to be achieved in the ...

  • Justice and Correctional Services South African Human Rights Commission on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans
    29 Apr 2015

    The briefing by the South African Human Rights Commission consisted of an overview of its Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan and budget allocations. It highlighted the achievements of the Commission against the Annual Performance Plan for 2014/15 which included finalising 90% (of a total of 8179) of complaints and completing ...

  • Justice and Correctional Services Public Protector on 2015 Strategic Plan
    29 Apr 2015

    An overview was provided by Adv Thuli Madonsela, Public Protector. The strategy of the Office of the Public Protector was presented by its Chief Executive Officer; and a briefing on human resources and budget was given by the Chief Financial Officer.

    After reaffirming Public Protector Vision 2020 as the lodestar ...

  • Justice and Correctional Services Special Investigating Unit on its 2015/16 Budget and Strategic Plan
    28 Apr 2015

    Special Investigating Unit (SIU) Budget and Delivery Plans for 2015/16

    The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) reported that there were currently 45 active investigations covering 53 proclamations, including extensions or amendments to some proclamations. Revenue was projected to increase from R445.9 million in 2015/16 to R512 million in 2017/18, with an ...

  • Justice and Correctional Services National Prosecuting Authority on its 2015 Strategic Plan
    24 Apr 2015

    The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) presented an executive summary of its strategic planning documents. The NPA presentation began by setting out the five sub-programmes, four of which were linked directly to the four strategic objectives, which were summarised as increasing the numbers of successful prosecutions, improving the prosecution of cases ...

  • Justice and Correctional Services Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on its 2015/16 Budget and Strategic Plans
    23 Apr 2015

    The meeting was a continuation of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development Department’s responses to Members’ questions at the previous day’s meeting.

    The Department replied to the question about the transformation of the legal system and how it related to the principles of Ubuntu. It said the Constitution provided ...

  • Justice and Correctional Services Office of Chief Justice on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & on Strategic Plans
    21 Apr 2015

    The Office of the Chief Justice briefed the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on its strategic plan 2015/20 and the annual performance plan for 2015/16. In the presentation the Secretary-General of the OCJ and the Chief financial Officer outlined the strategic plan and the budget overview. The OCJ ...

  • Constitutional Review Committee Election of co-chairpersons
    26 Mar 2015

    The Committee elected Mr Vincent Smith as the Co-Chairperson of the National Assembly component of the Joint Committee on Constitutional Review and Mr Lewis Nzimande as the Co-Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces component of the Committee.