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Appointment of Public Protector
Shortlisting for interviews
13 Jul 2016
The 14 short-listed candidates for interview are:
Judge Sharise Weiner
Judge Sirajudien Desai
Adv Kevin Malunga
Adv Nonkosi Cetywayo
Adv Mhlaliseni Mthembu
Adv Madibeng Mokoditwa
Adv Mamiki Goodman
Adjunct Prof Narnia Bohler-Muller
Prof Bongani Majola
Ms Busisiwe Mkhwebane
Ms Jill Oliphant
Ms Muvhango Lukhaimane
Ms Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh
Mr Willie Hofmeyr ...
Appointment of Public Protector
Committee process and programme; public participation
1 Jun 2016
The Committee was briefed by its content advisor on the appointment process for the Public Protector set out in section 193 of the Constitution. The President has to appoint a Public Protector whenever it become necessary, for a non-renewable term of seven years, on the recommendation of the National Assembly ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Information Regulator; SAHRC; National Council for Correctional Services vacancies
17 May 2016
Summary
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) briefed the Committee on the proposed potential candidates for appointment to the National Council for Correctional Services. Candidates had to be experts in the field of clinical psychology or be representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the field of correctional services, be academics ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Constitutional Amendment submissions: public hearings
15 Apr 2016
The Constitutional Review Committee met to receive four submissions from the public.
Advocate Hoffman, of Accountability Now, proposed that a new anti-corruption commission called an integrity commission be set up. This commission’s role would be to satisfy five criteria in order to conform to the requirements outlined by the Constitutional ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Committee Reports on Department of Justice & Constitutional Development & Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration budgets
14 Apr 2016
The Committee considered the draft Committee Reports on Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration budgets. Members conducted a page by page perusal of the draft reports to check for omissions and corrections.
Debates arose about requests for the inclusion of some ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) report
13 Apr 2016
The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) briefed the Committee on the functioning and its impact of its investigations and inspections as well its complaints management system, and mandatory reporting units. JICS focused on deaths, use of force and mechanical restraints, segregation, infrastructure, conduct of officials and compliance to legislation. ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Committee Reports on Salaries, Allowances & Benefits for Judges & Magistrates; Provisional Suspension of Magistrate
8 Mar 2016
The Justice and Correctional Services Portfolio Committee considered three reports and accepted all of them.
The first the report of the Committee on Justice on the Draft Notice and Schedule determining the rate, with effect form 1 April 2015, at which salaries, allowances and benefits were payable to Constitutional Court ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Department of Justice & Constitutional Development, Office of Chief Justice 2nd and 3rd quarter 2015 performance reports
16 Feb 2016
The Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) presented their performance reports for the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the 2015/16 financial year.
The Office of the Chief Justice reported that a number of the targets for quarters 2 and 3 were ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Minister on National Council for Correctional Services appointments; Correctional Services contingent liability & legal services capacity; POPI Act appointments
11 Nov 2015
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services addressed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services and the Select Committee on Security and Justice to hear his remarks on the National Council of Correctional Services (NCCS). Minister Masutha illustrated the litany of challenges facing his Department ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Justice and Constitutional Development & Correctional Services Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports 2014/15
22 Oct 2015
BRRR Archive: BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee met to discuss their Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports (BRRR) on the Departments of Justice and Constitutional Development and Correctional Services. Both were adopted with minor amendments. In the case of the Justice BRRR, there was some disagreement about ...