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Home Affairs
2021 Local Government Elections IEC Report; IEC Commissioner Vacancy: OCJ Report
20 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (the Committee) convened a virtual meeting for a briefing by the Independent Electoral Commission (the IEC) on the 2021 Local Government Elections (LGE) report and to consider the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) report on ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: public hearings
18 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee received submissions on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill from six organisations: African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF), Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA), Association of Christian Media (ACM), Campaign for Free Expression (CFE) ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: Further responses by DHA & IEC, with Ministry; DHA Budget: Committee Report
13 May 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (the Committee) was briefed by the Ministry and officials from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the Independent Electoral Commission (the IEC) Commissioners on the public participation report ...
Justice and Correctional Services
South African Human Rights Commission 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan
13 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services met with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on a virtual platform to receive a briefing on the Commission’s annual performance plan (APP) for 2022/23 and its strategic plan for 2020-2025.
The Commission’s declining audit outcome was concerning for the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Information Regulator 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan
11 May 2022
Information Regulator South Africa
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services (the Committee) met virtually with the Information Regulator (IR) for a briefing on its 2022/2023 Annual Performance Plan (APP) and budget.
The presentation by the IR outline included an overview of the entity’s external environmental analysis and annual ...
Justice and Correctional Services
National Prosecuting Authority & Public Protector South Africa 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan
10 May 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services engaged with both the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Public Protector of South Africa (PPSA) on their budgets and annual performance plans for the 2022/2023 financial year.
The National Director of Public Prosecutions reported ...
Justice and Correctional Services
DCS & JICS 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
4 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services met on a virtual platform for a briefing by the Department of Correctional Services and the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services on their 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans. Present in the meeting was the Deputy Minister of Correctional Services, Inkosi Sango ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: DHA response to public submissions; with Ministry
29 Apr 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Ministry and officials from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on their response to public submissions received on the Electoral Amendment Bill.
The Minister emphasised that Parliament had the right to ...
Justice and Correctional Services
(Subcommittee: Correctional Services) Community Corrections: DCS briefing; with Deputy Minister
25 Mar 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) briefed the Portfolio Committee on the number of absconders and the capacity of the community corrections system. The presentation highlighted the Community Corrections system's need for more resources because they were working with extreme officer-to-offender ratios. This made it ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill: deliberations & Interim report requesting permission from House to expand scope
23 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee continued its deliberations on the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill. Because the Committee planned to extend the scope of the Bill, it would need to obtain permission from the National Assembly to proceed, and would also need to publish the amended Bill for ...