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Justice and Correctional Services
Special Investigating Unit on its 2015/16 Budget and Strategic Plan
28 Apr 2015
Special Investigating Unit (SIU) Budget and Delivery Plans for 2015/16
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) reported that there were currently 45 active investigations covering 53 proclamations, including extensions or amendments to some proclamations. Revenue was projected to increase from R445.9 million in 2015/16 to R512 million in 2017/18, with an ...
Justice and Correctional Services
National Prosecuting Authority on its 2015 Strategic Plan
24 Apr 2015
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) presented an executive summary of its strategic planning documents. The NPA presentation began by setting out the five sub-programmes, four of which were linked directly to the four strategic objectives, which were summarised as increasing the numbers of successful prosecutions, improving the prosecution of cases ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on its 2015/16 Budget and Strategic Plans
23 Apr 2015
The meeting was a continuation of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development Department’s responses to Members’ questions at the previous day’s meeting.
The Department replied to the question about the transformation of the legal system and how it related to the principles of Ubuntu. It said the Constitution provided ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Office of Chief Justice on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & on Strategic Plans
21 Apr 2015
The Office of the Chief Justice briefed the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on its strategic plan 2015/20 and the annual performance plan for 2015/16. In the presentation the Secretary-General of the OCJ and the Chief financial Officer outlined the strategic plan and the budget overview. The OCJ ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans
16 Apr 2015
The Department of Military Veterans briefed its oversight Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on its strategic plans for 2015 to 2019 and it Annual Performance Plan for 2015/16. The presentations outlined the breakdown of the Medium-Term Expenditure Estimate of R582.2 million across its three programmes and the baseline. ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services Budget and Strategic Plan
16 Apr 2015
The Department of Correctional Services explained the links between the Department’s strategic planning documents and national priorities as contained in the National Development Plan; and how these priorities are targeted over the Medium Term Strategic Framework through specific indicators contained in either the Strategic Plan or Annual Performance Plan. This ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Political Overview for 2015/16 Budget Review
15 Apr 2015
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Adv Tshililo Michael Masutha gave a broad political overview of matters affecting the two departments in his portfolio. After introductory comments around the rule of law and recent events including xenophobic violence and the defacing of statues, he addressed the achievements and challenges faced ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence on its Strategic and Annual Performance Plans
15 Apr 2015
The Committee Researcher gave an overview of the Department of Defence’s budget, estimates of national expenditure, strategic plan and annual performance plan. The Department’s budget had increased by 4% in the financial year, and stood at R44.579 billion. There were increases in all programmes except for Programme 4: Air Defence. ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Election of co-chairpersons
26 Mar 2015
The Committee elected Mr Vincent Smith as the Co-Chairperson of the National Assembly component of the Joint Committee on Constitutional Review and Mr Lewis Nzimande as the Co-Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces component of the Committee.
Justice and Correctional Services
Maintenance Amendment Bill [B16-2014]: credit bureau / electronic service provider deliberations
26 Mar 2015
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development took the Committee through the revised drafting of clauses 1, 2, 4, 7, 11 and 17 of the Maintenance Amendment Bill.
Members were concerned that the Committee’s position on clause 2, which had to do with the costs of getting information from electronic ...