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Justice and Correctional Services
Office of the Legal Services Ombud capacitation and funding
9 Nov 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Office of the Legal Services Ombud briefed the Committee on its goal and mandate, its achievements since its inception in June 2022, and its future financial needs and plans.
Members asked questions about the Office’s role in South Africa’s legal oversight system and how ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: deliberations; with Deputy Minister
8 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee met on a virtual platform with the Department of Justice and Correctional Services to continue its deliberations on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill.
Two Members of the Committee made submissions on the draft bill. The first drew on various past ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Deliberations on Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill; with Deputy Minister
4 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services continued deliberations on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. A sticking point in the meeting was the categories against which hate can ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Election of Deputy Chairperson, Committee Business
3 Nov 2022
The Caucus met to nominate and elect its deputy chairperson. Ms M Hlengwa (IFP) and Ms N Sharief (DA) were nominated. Ms Hlengwa was elected through voting.
The Committee also considered its programme for the remainder of the year.
Justice and Correctional Services
Update on SIU investigations relating to DCS
1 Nov 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on its investigations into four allegations of irregularities at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS).
Proclamation R18 of 2016 focused on the investigation into the irregularities involving a company called Engineered System Solutions (ESS), which ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Progress report on implementation of the Integrated Inmate Management System: DCS briefing
28 Oct 2022
In the virtual meeting, the National Commissioner and his team from the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) presented progress with implementing the Integrated Inmate Management System (IIMS).
The Department outlined the concept of IIMS, which aimed at implementing a more reliable, centralised inmate database, and an agile inmate management ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: Department comparative research briefing; with Deputy Minister
26 Oct 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Department of Justice and Correctional Services presented its research note in response to the Portfolio Committee Chairperson’s question about hate crime legislation in other jurisdictions.
Members asked the Department whether pursuing a criminal law route would be more effective in deterring such crimes, as ...
Justice and Correctional Services
National Prosecuting Authority Annual Report 2021/2022
25 Oct 2022
National Prosecuting Authority
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services received a briefing from the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA) on its annual report for the 2021/22 financial year.
The NPA said that its rebuilding efforts were yielding great results as the number of convictions for ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Public Protector of South Africa Annual Report 2021/22
20 Oct 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services was briefed by the Public Protector of South Africa (PPSA/PP) on its Annual Report for the 2021-22 Financial Year.
Members were pleased to hear that PPSA managed to achieve a third consecutive clean audit, maintain a vacancy rate below ...
Justice and Correctional Services
South African Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2021/22
19 Oct 2022
In a virtual meeting, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on its Annual Report. The SAHRC received an unqualified audit for the year; however, material misstatements identified on payables and commitments, material findings on performance ...