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Justice and Correctional Services
Political Overview of Annual Reports; JICS & DCS Annual Report 2021/22, with Minister & Deputy Ministers
13 Oct 2022
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services presented a political overview of the Departments and entities falling under the broader justice and correctional services umbrella
In addition, the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services and the Department of Correctional Services presented their 2021/22 annual reports.
Minister Lamola ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Justice & Correctional Services Portfolio Audit Outcomes; Legal Aid SA & Information Regulator Annual Report 2021/22
12 Oct 2022
The Office of the Auditor-General briefed the Committee on the audit comes of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) and entities.
Members heard that the DCS received an unqualified audit with findings and achieved ...
Home Affairs
Electoral Amendment Bill: further deliberations; with Deputy Minister
4 Oct 2022
Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs met on a virtual platform with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), the Electoral Commission (IEC) and legal advisors deliberate and finalise outstanding issues on the Electoral Amendment Bill.
The Members agreed that the definition of ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Report on Oversight visits to the Western Cape, KZN, Mpumalanga & Gauteng
23 Sep 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee considered and adopted the report on its oversight visits to Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, and Gauteng. The visits were undertaken in January 2022.
The Committee noted that Members had also undertaken individual visits and they will be submitting reports that ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Drugs and Drug Trafficking Amendment Bill: adoption; Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: Department response to submissions; with Deputy Minister
21 Sep 2022
The Committee considered and adopted the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Amendment Bill in this virtual meeting and the accompanying report.
The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, 1992, to repeal the Minister’s delegated plenary legislative powers to amend Schedules. The effect thereof ...
Home Affairs
Migrant issues, opening of refugee offices, statelessness: stakeholder engagement, with Ministry; Electoral Amendment Bill: summary of public input
20 Sep 2022
Electoral Amendment Bill [B1A-2022]
The Department of Home Affairs met with the Congolese Civil Society of South Africa (CCSSA), the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) via a virtual platform.
The CCSSA briefed the Committee on the issues facing legal ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Land Court Bill: finalisation of A-list
14 Sep 2022
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented the latest working document on the Land Court Bill. It included amendments to the following clauses: Clause 8, which dealt with the appointment of judges to the Land Court; and clause 17, which dealt with appeals.
With clause 8, an amendment ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Land Court Bill: deliberations; with Deputy Minister
13 Sep 2022
The Portfolio Committee Justice and Correctional Services met to deliberate on the Land Court Bill.
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented a working document that was amended in light of the Portfolio Committee discussions that took place the previous week. The Department had inserted the new amendments ...
Home Affairs
Zimbabwe Exemption Permit; implementation of Ministerial Permit Review Report; suspensions of senior officials; Shepard Bushiri matter, with Ministry
13 Sep 2022
The Committee met with the Department of Home Affairs to receive a briefing on the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP), Shepard Bushiri’s escape, the suspension of senior officials, and the implementation of the Ministerial Reviewing ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: exclusion of public input from summary of submissions, with Deputy Minister
9 Sep 2022
The Committee was originally supposed to meet so that the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development could share its response to the submissions on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. However, they were informed that several submissions were excluded from the summary that was ...