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Justice and Correctional Services
Cradock Four matter & Resignation of NPA Investigating Directorate Head: Ministry & NPA briefing
8 Dec 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee met with the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to be briefed on the resignation of Adv Hermione Cronje, Head: Investigating Directorate (ID), and the reasons for the NPA missing the deadline for issuing a prosecutorial decision ...
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
Follow up meeting on SADC Protocol on Gender & Development; Implementation of National Strategic Plan on Gender Based Violence & Femicide; with Minister and Deputy Ministers
7 Dec 2021
30 Nov 2021 |
SADC Protocol on Gender and Development: Parliamentary Legal Services, DWYPD, DHA & DoJ&CS |
In this virtual meeting, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD), the Department of Police (South African Police Service/SAPS), and the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) presented their ...
NCOP Security and Justice
Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill: Ministry response to written submissions
17 Nov 2021
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ) briefed the Committee on the Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill [B12-2021 (section 75)].
The deadline for written submissions on the Amendment Bill was 12 November 2021. The South African National Editors’ Forum and Media Monitoring Africa made submissions. In addition to this, ...
Justice and Correctional Services
DoJ&CD & NPA 2020/21 Annual Report, with Deputy Minister
12 Nov 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services (the Committee) convened in a virtual meeting for briefings by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on their 2020/21 Annual Reports.
The Committee was concerned about the ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Executive Undertakings: Justice and Correctional Services & Social Development; with Deputy Minister
11 Nov 2021
Video
NCOP: Unrevised hansard (27 October 2020)
NCOP: Unrevised hansard (22 July 2020)
The Committee considered the progress made on the undertakings made by the President of the Republic of South Africa during the NCOP session on 27 October 2020. Undertakings related to the establishment of additional Specialised Commercial Crime ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Information Regulator: shortlisting; Justice Portfolio Audit Outcomes; DCS & JICS 2020/21 Annual Report; with Minister & Deputy Minister
9 Nov 2021
Video (1)
Video (2)
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received briefings on the 2020/21 audit reports of all Justice portfolio entities and, following a political overview by the Minister, briefings on the 2020/21 annual reports of the Department of Correctional Services and the Judicial Inspectorate for ...
Justice and Correctional Services
GBV bills: adoption; Information Regulator Appointment Process; with Deputy Minister
8 Sep 2021
Tracking GBV bills
Video
Tabled Committee Reports
In a virtual meeting attended by the Deputy Minister, the Committee adopted the Domestic Violence Amendment Bill and the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill.
The Department took the Committee through the C-version of both bills, which incorporated ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill: DOJCD response to public submissions & adoption; GBV bills: NCOP amendments; with Deputy Minister
7 Sep 2021
Video
Tracking GBV bills
ATC210812: Report of the Select Committee on Security and Justice on the Domestic Violence Amendment Bill [B 20B – 2020] (National Assembly – sec 75), dated 11 August 2021.
ATC210816: Report of the Select Committee on Security and Justice on the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences ...
Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
National Strategic Plan on Gender Based Violence: Lead departments’ report-back; 2021 Women’s Parliament preparatory briefing; with Ministers and Deputy Ministers
25 Aug 2021
The National Strategic Plan (NSP) on Gender-based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) was developed by a steering committee comprised of a variety of government stakeholders, including the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) and the Department of Social Development (DSD). It provided a multi-sectoral strategic framework that ...
Justice and Correctional Services
National Cannabis Master Plan: DALRRD & DTIC briefing; with Deputy Ministers
25 Aug 2021
The Committee met virtually to receive briefings on the National Cannabis Master Plan from the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC).
Both departments had also prepared to provide input on the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill, which the ...