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Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Justice & NPA 2017/18 Annual Reports, with Deputy Minister
10 Oct 2018
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJCD) and the National Prosecuting Authority’s presented their 2017/18 Annual Reports. The Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development was in attendance.
The Department explained that it had received a qualified audit because it had changed its modified cash standards ...
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) ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Reports on Public Submissions and Provincial & Parliament Hearings
20 Sep 2018
The Committee had requested an extension to complete its work on the review of section 25 of the Constitution to provide for expropriation without compensation. A letter had been drafted and sent to the Speaker’s office requesting the extension. No reply from the Speaker had yet been received.
The Committee ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Process: Reports on Public Submissions and Provincial & Parliament Hearings
13 Sep 2018
VIDEO: Joint Constitutional Review Committee receives briefing on written submissions,13 September 2018
The Committee discussed how to deal with the thousands of submissions it had received concerning section 25 of the Constitution. The Committee was not certain it would meet the deadline of September 28 to report ...
International Relations
Committee minutes
12 Sep 2018
The Committee met briefly to consider and approved outstanding minutes from May to August. Some were approved with no amendments and others with minor changes.
The Chairperson indicated that the Foreign Service Bill was referred to the parties for consultation and discussion would continue when Parliament resumed in the new ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 4
7 Sep 2018
VIDEO: Constitutional Review Committee: Oral Presentations 7 September 2018
The Constitutional Review Committee allowed stakeholders to make oral submissions about the possible review of Section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, dealing with the government’s proposals for the expropriation of land without compensation.
Organisations which participated ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 3
6 Sep 2018
Ten organisations appeared before the Constitutional Review Committee on the third day of public hearings, to present their comments and recommendations on the proposed amendment to Section 25 of the Constitution dealing with the government’s land reform proposals.
Indigenous First Nation Advocacy South Africa (IFNASA) recommended that Section 25 should ...
International Relations
Joint Committee Report on Namibia Oversight Tour
5 Sep 2018
The Committee met briefly to consider and approved outstanding minutes from May to August. Some were approved with no amendments and others with minor changes.
The Chairperson indicated that the Foreign Service Bill was referred to the parties for consultation and discussion would continue when Parliament resumed in the new ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 2
5 Sep 2018
VIDEO: Constitutional Review Committee: Oral Presentations 5 September 2018
The meeting was the second phase of facilitating public consultation on the proposed amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution to clearly provide for expropriation without compensation. The first phase had already been conducted by the Committee in the various South ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 1
4 Sep 2018
Video: Constitutional Review Committee: Oral Presentations 4 September 2018
The Committee heard oral submissions from Agribusiness South Africa (AgBiz), Grain South Africa (GSA), Professor Elmien du Plessis and the Alliance for Rural Democracy (ARD) in the morning session.
Members asked Agribusiness South Africa (AgBiz) what was meant by ‘just compensation’ ...