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Small Business Development
SEFA & SEDA Quarter 3 performance
16 May 2018
The Minister of Small Business and Development introduced the work of the Small Enterprise Finance Agency and the Small Enterprise Development Agency and spoke briefly before leaving for another meeting. In her opening remarks, the Minister stated that the department and entities had been working together and had been speaking ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Traditional Courts Bill: response to submissions; Magistrate Suspension Committee Report
16 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services dealt extensively with the responses by the Department of Justice to submissions on the Traditional Courts Bill. Consideration of the document was largely intended to determine whether any key points from the submissions had not been addressed as the delay in presenting ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Committee Reports: Defence & Military Veterans Budget; SANDF troops in DRC
16 May 2018
The Committee considered and adopted two reports: Draft Budget Vote 19 Report: Defence and Military Veterans and Draft Report on 25 - 29 March 2018 visit to SANDF troops stationed in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as outstanding minutes.
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan & Quarter 4 performance
9 May 2018
The Department of Defence briefed the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on its 2018 Annual Performance Plan and 2018/19 budgetary allocation. The brief focussed on aims, strategic overview, programme and sub-programme plans and links to other plans. The Department gave an update on the 2018 situational analysis. In ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Justice and Constitutional Development Budget: Committee Report
8 May 2018
The Committee reviewed the draft report on Budget Vote 21: Justice and Constitutional Development page by page, and noted minor corrections.
Issues highlighted and discussed included the delay in the blueprint for the development of community courts; budget shortfalls. especially in the Public Protector’s office; the bad image of the ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Legal Aid SA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
24 Apr 2018
Legal Aid South Africa reported that the projected shortfall for 2017/18 is estimated to be R71.5 million. In addition, the actual budget cut for 2018/19 is R92.8 million, making a cumulative budget shortfall of R164.3 million for 2018/19. There were 2 863 employees in 2016/17 and 2 753 in 2017/18. ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan; with Minister and Deputy Ministers
18 Apr 2018
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented its 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan (APP) to the Committee, accompanied by the Minister and Deputy Minister. Minister Masutha updated the Committee on the challenges faced by the Department where overcrowding of prisons and resource constraints were pointedly raised. The Committee was also ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Public Protector on its 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
17 Apr 2018
The Public Protector, Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane, in presenting the Public Protector South Africa (PPSA) Annual Performance Plan, focused primarily on the severe financial and capacity constraints of the institution and a request for additional funding. Staff were suffering from low morale due to an increasingly large workload. Approximately R250 million ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Traditional Courts Bill: public hearings day 3
20 Mar 2018
The Committee continued with public hearings on the Traditional Courts Bill.
The Chairperson informed the public that Portfolio Committee departed from the premise that it was dealing with traditional courts that had been working since time immemorial and that it wanted to hear from all of the participants in order ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Traditional Courts Bill: public hearings day 2
14 Mar 2018
The Bill was in its second day of public hearings where submissions were welcomed from the Land and Accountability Research Centre, Centre for Child Law & Children’s Institute, the Royal Bafokeng Administration, the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Land Access Movement of South Africa. Presenters highlighted positive ...