Justice and Constitutional Development
Paralegals and Community Courts legislation: progress report
15 Aug 2017
The Department of Justice, the National Alliance for the Development of Community Advice Offices (NADCAO), and the Association of Community Advice Offices of South Africa (ACAOSA) reported on legislation to regulate paralegals, the blueprint for community courts, and the Scottish model for legal aid.
The Department of Justice explained that ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Committee Report on 2015 public submissions
21 Jun 2017
The Committee met to consider and adopt its Draft Report on 2015 Public Submissions and to consider its Third Term Programme. The Draft Report was considered page by page. The Committee agreed there was need for the use of simpler terminology in the wording of the Constitution. There was heated ...
International Relations
South African Council on International Relations on a wide range of issues
21 Jun 2017
A delegation from the South African Council on International Relations (SACOIR) met with the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation to discuss the seminar on South Africa’s strategic role on the continent, the proposed SACOIR workshop on global governance, the conflict between Israel and Palestine, the Pan African Parliament, ...
International Relations
Department & African Renaissance Fund on their Quarter 3 & 4 performance
14 Jun 2017
The main highlight of the African Renaissance Fund (ARF) performance was adherence to the performance indicators which include percentage of requests responded to, number of ARF structures and processes convened to identify and recommend projects, democracy and good governance, socio economic development, capacity building, cooperation with other countries and partners ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill: NCOP amendments; International Arbitration Bill: briefing
14 Jun 2017
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented the National Council of Provinces proposed amendments to the Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill. Clause 9A was the proposed amendment. The clause deals with excluding civil and criminal liability for protected disclosures. The Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC) proposed to the Select Committee ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Correctional Services human resource management
13 Jun 2017
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) referred to the Occupational Specific Dispensation (OSD) for correctional officers where the General Public Service Sectoral Bargaining Council (GPSSBC) Resolution 2 of 2009 gave effect to the centre base and non-centre based salary structure. The resolution had been implemented partially due to challenges in ...
International Relations
Committee Minutes
31 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee met for the consideration and adoption of Draft Committee Minutes.
The Committee briefly discussed announcements that were made by the Chairperson.
The Committee adopted 13 sets of outstanding Committee minutes.
Justice and Constitutional Development
Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Bill: briefing continued
31 May 2017
The Committee met to be briefed on the remaining part of the proposed Cyber Security and Cybercrime Bill. The team from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) presented a chapter by chapter explanation of the remaining parts of Chapters five to 13 of the draft Bill.
During the ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Bill: briefing, with Deputy Minister
30 May 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) on the proposed Cyber Security and Cybercrime Bill. The Deputy Minister of the Department gave a brief background on why the Bill was needed. The DOJCD team described the terminologies used in the Bill and the National ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Judicial Matters Amendment Bill: Department response to public comments, with Deputy Minister
23 May 2017
The Committee was briefed on the comments and responses to the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill [B14-2016]. The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), Rape Crisis, the Women’s Legal Centre, the Rape Survivors’ Justice Campaign and the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) had all made submissions and recommendations on the Bill. ...