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Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: OCSLA, DHA & IEC on proposed amendments
22 Jul 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Office of the Chief State Law Advisor briefed the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on the revised A-List based on the Committee decision from the previous meeting.
The IEC briefed the Committee on proposals to Schedule 1A. The presentation discussed the ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: deliberations; Report on the review of permits, with Minister & Deputy Minister
12 Jul 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the legal counsel of the Department of Home Affairs briefed the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs on outstanding policy matters in relation to the Electoral Amendment Bill. The legal opinion discussed proposed amendments to the Bill. These amendments ...
Home Affairs
Permit Review report: postponed; Electoral Amendment Bill; with Minister
28 Jun 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Committee was unanimously displeased that the Permit Review report by the ministerial task team could not be presented after the 7 March report briefing had been cancelled. This time it was because a sufficient number of task team members were unable ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Traditional Courts Bill: adoption; National Council for Correctional Services appointment, with Deputy Minister
8 Jun 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services considered the names put forward by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, for appointment to the National Council for Correctional Services (NCCS).
In line with Section 83 of the Correctional Services Act (CSA) ...
Justice and Correctional Services
DCS briefing: delays relating to offender profile & legislation on the independence of JICS
3 Jun 2022
The Committee met on a virtual platform to receive briefings from the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS), the Department of Correctional Services and the National Council for Correctional Services (NCCS). The presentation of the JICS focused on the enactments that were necessary to the existing Correctional Services Act, ...
Justice and Correctional Services
TRC prosecutions: NPA Progress Report; Committee Report on Removal of Magistrate
1 Jun 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services received an update in a virtual meeting on the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA’s) recent progress in bringing finality to prosecuting unsolved Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases.
The NPA reported that it now had a dedicated team of ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill: response to submissions; Land Court Bill: proposed amendments; Removal of Magistrate
31 May 2022
Attorney Letters - Ms van Schalkwyk (Internal).
Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) Letter (Internal).
Committee Response to CALS (Internal).
In this virtual meeting, the Magistrates Commission briefed the Committee on the issues relating to the removal of a Magistrate from Office and how far the Magistrate’s Commission was on those issues. ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: Motion of Desirability; IEC Commissioner Recommendation; with Deputy Minister
31 May 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
Awaited document: Motion of Desirability
In this virtual meeting, the Committee considered and adopted the Motion of Desirability on the Electoral Amendment Bill [B1 - 2022]. The motion – pending the inclusion of the requirement for general proportionality - ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Land Court Bill: Department response to public submissions
25 May 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented its responses to public submissions on the Land Court Bill.
The public expressed concern about the ousting of the High Courts ordinary jurisdiction over property and land disputes, however, the Department stated that the jurisdiction of the High ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill: public hearings; Land Court Bill: response to submissions
24 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee held a second round of public hearings on the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill. The hearing was specifically about the Committee's proposed amendments on commercialisation, religious use and exemptions, and cannabis for medicinal use. These three issues did not appear in the Bill that was introduced ...