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Justice and Correctional Services
Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill: briefing; DCS staff violence; Cybercrimes Bill
4 Sep 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice & Correctional Services (NA) 04 Sep 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Correctional Services briefed the Committee on its response to unprocedural dismissals of officials and abuse of power. The Department said it is common cause that officials have expressed their dissatisfaction against ...
Justice and Correctional Services
DCS: measures to address irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure; Covid 19 related matters; with Deputy Minister
2 Sep 2020
The Committee received a presentation from the Department of Correctional Services in a virtual meeting on how it intended to address irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, which had amounted to over R4 billion at the end of the 2019/20 financial year. It was also given details on how the Department ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Correctional Services & OCJ Special Adjustments Budgets; with Deputy Minister
15 Jul 2020
The Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) confirmed compliance with COVID-19 regulations and presented its Special Adjustments Budget from which R30 million had been cut. It suggested that the impact of the cut would likely affect circuit court backlogs, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) procurement ability, training and Information Communication Technology ...
Justice and Correctional Services
DCS & JICS 2020/21 Annual Performance Plans; with Deputy Minister & COVID-19 Matters
20 May 2020
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
The Committee met in a virtual meeting format with the Department of Correctional Services and the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services to review their Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan and Budget for 2020/21. The Deputy Minister of Correctional Services was ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Political overview by Minister of Justice and Correctional Services & Deputies; Legal Aid South Africa 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan
18 May 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, 18 May 2020
Audio: Political overview by Minister of Justice and Correctional Services; Legal Aid South Africa 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 20/2021
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services presented a political overview ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Measures taken by Department to deal with COVID-19; with Minister & Deputy Ministers present
28 Apr 2020
VIDEO: Joint Meeting:PC on Justice and Correctional Services and SC on Security and Justice, 29 April 2020
COVID-19: Regulations and Guidelines
Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002
Risk adjusted strategy for economic activity post lockdown
President Ramaphosa: SA Response to COVID-19
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services and ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Correctional Services 2018/2019 financial statements, deviations, expansions, irregular, fruitless & wasteful expenditure
19 Nov 2019
In a long and sometimes tense discussion, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts reviewed the register of irregular expenditure of the Department of Correctional Services. Representatives of the Special Investigations Unit, National Treasury and the Auditor-General of South Africa were also present. Out of 875 cases of irregular expenditure amounting ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services 2018/19 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
22 Oct 2019
The Department of Correctional Services briefed the Portfolio Committee on its 2018/19 Annual Report. The Deputy Minister of Correctional Services accompanied the Department and offered apologies for the Minister who was with the Department of Justice that day.
The Department informed the Committee that the total ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Security and overcrowding in correctional facilities: briefing; Assessing health & welfare services for female offenders: CGE briefing; with Deputy Minister
4 Sep 2019
The Committee was told by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) that overcrowding posed a serious threat in correctional facilities, where the most common concerns were the safety of inmates and officials, insufficient bed spaces, corruption within correctional facilities, and the prevalence of escapes.
Overcrowding negatively impacted the imperatives of ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services & Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services 2019/20 Annual Performance Plans, Deputy Minister
4 Jul 2019
The Department of Correctional Services and the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services briefed the Committee on their respective Annual Performance Plans and Budgets. Both
the Department of Correctional Services and the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services reported that their Annual Performance Plans had been developed within the context of persistently ...