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Justice and Correctional Services
Legal Aid South Africa and PAIA Regulations; Judges Salaries and Chapter 9 Office Bearers; with Deputy Minister
12 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development briefed the Committee on the amendments to the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act 2 of 2000) as well as the proposed salaries increases for Chapter Nine institutions. The Deputy Minister took the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development & NPA 2021/22 APPs, with Deputy Minister
7 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services
In a lengthy virtual meeting, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) presented their 2021/22 annual performance plans and budgets.
DoJ&CD was targeting seven indicators across ten strategic outcomes, with particular focus ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration 2021/22 Annual Performance Plan
5 May 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) presented its Annual Performance Plan to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services.
The OCJ reported that the baseline reduction in funds would negatively impact the OCJ’s capacity to resource courts in terms of HR, ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Ministerial Overview; DCS & JICS 2021/22 APPs, with Deputy Ministers
5 May 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Minister gave a political overview, introducing targets for the DCS including onboarding youth learners it had trained and becoming self-sustainable through the use of inmate labour, as well as an improvement in audit outcomes. Policy for the DOJCD was focused on continued ...
Justice and Correctional Services
GBV Bills: Legal Opinion; Traditional Courts Bill & Recognition of Customary Marriages A/B: NCOP Amendments; with Deputy Minister
10 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, 10 Feb 2021
Tracking the Gender-Based Violence Bills in Parliament
ATC201126: Report of Select Committee on Security and Justice on Recognition of Customary Marriages Amendment Bill [B 12 – 2019] (National Assembly – sec 76), dated 26 November 2020
ATC201125: ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Integration of criminal justice information systems; functioning of sexual offences courts and TCCs; investigation and prosecution of GBV cases; status of DNA case backlogs; with Deputy Minister
26 Nov 2020
Video: Multiparty Women’s Caucus
The Multiparty Women’s Caucus (MPWC) met in a virtual session for briefings by several stakeholders on gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF), with input being provided by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the South African Police Service (SAPS), the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
GBV Bills: Department response to public submissions; DoJ&CD 2019/20 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
18 Nov 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services
In this virtual meeting, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development Services gave a presentation on its 2019/20 Annual Report with a particular emphasis on the audit outcome and subsequent audit action plan.
The Department reported that it had ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Gender-Based Violence Bills: Department response to public submissions; with Deputy Minister
13 Nov 2020
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services
Audio: Gender-Based Violence Bills: further deliberations
The Office of the Chief State Law Adviser (Department of Justice and Constitutional Development) presented a working-document on the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, Amendment Bill [B16-2020] to the Committee. The Committee ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Executive Undertakings: COGTA, DoJ&CD & DCS; with Deputy Ministers
4 Nov 2020
NCOP: Unrevised hansard
NCOP: Unrevised hansard
In this virtual meeting, the Committee discussed the progress on executive undertakings made by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and Minister of Justice and Correctional Services. Due to a scheduled cabinet meeting, the Ministers were absent but their deputies ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
GBV Bills briefing; with Deputy Ministers
29 Oct 2020
B17-2020 - Criminal and Related Matters Amendment Bill
B16-2020 - Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill
B20-2020 - Domestic Violence Amendment Bill
The Multi-Party Women’s Caucus, in a virtual sitting, met for a briefing on three Bills currently before Parliament, addressing Gender-Based Violence and Femicide ...