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Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
Themes Emerging from Land Dialogue workshop
13 Nov 2019
Parliament: Section 25 process
Parliament's Legal Services provided a briefing on themes emerging from the Land Dialogue workshop in the Committee's previous meeting. The briefing noted that the Committee should take international treaties to which South Africa is a signatory into consideration when amending section 25. However, this does not ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Deputy Public Protector appointment: interviews Day 2
13 Nov 2019
Video: Deputy Public Protector interviews | 13 November 2019
The Committee interviewed three candidates: Adv Lwazi Kubukeli; Adv Puleng Matshelo; Adv Kholeka Gcaleka.
Justice and Constitutional Development
Deputy Public Protector appointment: interviews Day 1
12 Nov 2019
Video: Deputy Public Protector Interviews, Parliament: 12 November 2019
The Committee interviewed four candidates for the position of Deputy Public Protector: Adv Shadrack Nkuna, Mr Buang Jones, Adv Moshoeshoe Moshoeshoe and Adv Noxolo Mbangeni
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
Land Dialogue workshop
6 Nov 2019
Parliament: Section 25 process
The mandate of the Committee was to discuss how to make explicit what was implicit with regards to expropriation of land without compensation in the interest of land reform. Parliament’s legal advisory team presented two options for the amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution. A ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Promotion of Access to Information Amendment Bill: deliberation & finalisation
30 Oct 2019
Justice and Constitutional Development
Removal of Adv Jiba & Adv Mrwebi from office: Update from Parliamentary Legal Services; DCS, DoJ&CD & OCJ BRRRs
29 Oct 2019
Available here once adopted: BRRR 2019
Relavent Documents
Media Statement - Justice and Correctional Services Committee Resolves To Suspend Its Meetings on Jiba And Mrwebi Until Urgent Interdict Tomorrow
Relevant Document: NPA Act 30 of 1998
President's letter to Advocate Mrwebi
Relevant Document: Advocate Mrwebi submissions on report
Relevant ...
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
Finalisation of Programme
25 Oct 2019
The Committee adopted its draft framework programme on how it will conduct its work.
The Committee will hold a two-day workshop, on 6 and 7 November 2019 with experts on the question of land and constitutional matters. The Committee will consider the invitation of a ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Deputy Public Protector appointment: shortlisting for interview
24 Oct 2019
The Portfolio Committee conducted the shortlisting of candidates for interview to fill the Deputy Public Protector vacancy. Out 19 candidates, eight nominees were shortlisted: Adv Sonwabile Mancotywa; Adv Kholeka Gcaleka; Adv Shadrack Nkuna; Adv Puleng Matshelo; Mr Buang Jones; Mr Moshoeshoe Toba; Adv Lwazi Kubukeli; Adv Noxolo Mbangeni.
In the ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Deputy Public Protector position: Criteria for shortlisting of candidates; Promotion of Access to Information Amendment Bill: response to submissions
23 Oct 2019
Open letter to justice committee: Voters deserve to know who political donors are
My Vote Counts NPC v Minister of Justice and Correctional Services and Another (CCT249/17) [2018] ZACC 17; 2018 (8) BCLR 893 (CC); 2018 (5) SA 380 (CC) (21 June 2018)
Promotion of Access to Information Act
Political ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Department of Correctional Services 2018/19 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
22 Oct 2019
The Department of Correctional Services briefed the Portfolio Committee on its 2018/19 Annual Report. The Deputy Minister of Correctional Services accompanied the Department and offered apologies for the Minister who was with the Department of Justice that day.
The Department informed the Committee that the total ...