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Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla
Minister of Police and Minister of Public Works on Nkandla security upgrades
29 Jul 2015
The Ad Hoc Committee dealing with the security upgrades at the President’s Nkandla residence were briefed by the Minister of Police and the Minister of Public Works on the issues which had led to the inflation of costs, shoddy workmanship, flouting of regulations, allegations of corruption, and demands that the ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla
Nkandla private residence security upgrades: Minister of Police briefing
20 Jul 2015
The Ad Hoc Committee on the Police Minister’s report met in Pietermaritzburg to deliberate on the security upgrades at the private residence of the President, and took a briefing from the Minister of Police, Mr Nkosinathi Nhleko. In answer to a question raised by a Member of the DA, the ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla
Police Minister's Nkandla Report: Election of Chairperson; Parties to be called by the Committee
11 Jun 2015
The Ad Hoc Committee, having been appointed by the National Assembly, elected Mr Cedric Frolick as its chairperson. He suggested the Committee collate its programme but the meeting quickly turned into a debate on who the Committee could call to appear before it.
Some Members of the ruling party pointed ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Correctional Supervision and Parole: Department of Correctional Services on its Parole and Offender Reintegration System
2 Jun 2015
The Department of Correctional Services briefed the Justice and Correctional Services Portfolio Committee on the South African parole system and the new approach towards short term offenders. The Department said parole was an internationally accepted principle which was used in most countries to conditionally release offenders into the community before ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences &Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill approved; Rules Board Briefing Rules of Appeal Procedure, in accordance with Rome Statute: Department's briefing
27 May 2015
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development took the Committee through the last few changes to the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences & Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill (the Bill), flowing from the Committee deliberations on 19 May 2015. A paragraph had been inserted in the Preamble, clarifying the need ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Maintenance Amendment Bill: finalisation & voting; Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill: deliberations
19 May 2015
The Department presented the final proposed amendments to the Maintenance Amendment Bill. Clause 11 which ensures blacklisting of maintenance defaulters with credit bureaus has been retained after all. During the discussion no major matters were raised, although a slight clash occurred between the ANC and DA about a public protest ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Bill: extension of deadline to amend and content: Department of Justice briefing; Committee Reports on budget votes 18, 21 and 22
13 May 2015
The Committee firstly considered the draft Committee Reports detailing the Committee's recommendations on the budget votes of the Department of Correctional Services (Budget Vote 18), the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (Vote 21), and the Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration (Budget Vote 22).
In relation to ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
South African Human Rights Commission supplementary briefing
6 May 2015
The meeting began with the Chairperson inquiring if any progress had been made by Chapter Nine Institutions within the Forum of Institutions Supporting Democracy, particularly as the Committee had wanted these institutions to discuss their overlapping mandates. Further, this would facilitate a discussion on the nature of independence and accountability ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Legal Aid South Africa on its 2015/16 Strategic and Annual Performance Plans
5 May 2015
Legal Aid SA was in the third year of implementation of its current Strategic Plan. It was contextualised to ensure that the service delivery footprint responded to population demographics, in-migration patterns and urban/rural divide, i.e. legal aid services should be accessible. The overall strategic shift to be achieved in the ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
South African Human Rights Commission on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & Strategic Plans
29 Apr 2015
The briefing by the South African Human Rights Commission consisted of an overview of its Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan and budget allocations. It highlighted the achievements of the Commission against the Annual Performance Plan for 2014/15 which included finalising 90% (of a total of 8179) of complaints and completing ...