Justice and Constitutional Development
Foundation for Human Rights mandate and activities, with Deputy Minister
1 Nov 2016
Infographic: Constitutional Awareness in SA
The Foundation for Human Rights (FHR). led by its executive director. presented its Socio-Economic Justice for All (SEJA) Programme to the Committee. It explained the FHR’s mandate, leadership structure, activities, grant making, and partnership with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) and the ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
SAHRC Commissioner vacancies: finalisation
27 Oct 2016
The Committee agreed that the key criteria for nominating commissioners for the South African Human Rights Commission are race, gender, disability, continuity, experience of working with communities, legal skills, and human rights background. Members nominated and motivated for the following candidates: Prof Firoz Cachalia, Prof Christopher Bongani Majola, Ms Angelina ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Justice and Correctional Services Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report; Courts of Law Amendment Bill: deliberations
26 Oct 2016
The Committee deliberated and approved the three Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports. Democratic Alliance members objected to the framing of paragraph 8.1 concerning the Office of the Chief Judge and Judicial Administration because the inclusion of 'decolonisation' does not reflect the unanimous view of the Committee. After debate, members agreed ...
International Relations
International Relations and Cooperation Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
25 Oct 2016
2016 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee met to consider and adopt its draft Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report on the Department’s performance, financial and non-financial for the 2015/16 financial year.
The Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report was meant to assess the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Suspension of Magistrates: Magistrates Commission progress report; Justice Administered Fund Bill: committee report adopted
20 Oct 2016
The Committee met to be briefed by the Magistrates Commission with progress reports on disciplinary hearings of 6 Magistrates charged with misconduct.
The Commission reported that Magistrate Morake had started serving his 4 year sentence in January 2016 emanating from a criminal conviction on 13 November 2011. Mr Morake’s misconduct ...
International Relations
SA foreign policy execution: expert analysis; DIRCO performance analysis by DPME
19 Oct 2016
The delegation from the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) told the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation that their monitoring and evaluation tools were used to examine and rate how well government departments were handling areas of performance, and to establish whether they had procedures in place ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Public Protector, SA Human Rights Commission, Legal Aid SA on their 2015/16 Annual Reports
19 Oct 2016
Office of the Public Protector
The new Public Protector was present for the Office of the Public Protector (OPP) Annual Report briefing. The OPP witnessed a surplus of R17 million, an improvement on last year’s surplus. Total expenditure was R237 million out of the budget of R246 ...
International Relations
DIRCO & African Renaissance Fund 2015/16 audit outcomes; Foreign exchange fluctuations on DIRCO budget: Treasury input
12 Oct 2016
Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) said the audit outcomes of the International Relations and Cooperation portfolio remained stagnant with no improvement over the last three years from 2013/14 to 2015/16. The lack of improvement had Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) receiving a qualified audit opinion on its financial ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Department of Correctional Services & Judicial Inspectorate 2015/16 audit outcomes: Auditor-General briefing
11 Oct 2016
The Minister and Deputy Ministers of Justice and Correctional Services attended and briefed the Committee prior to annual performance reports being presented by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ), the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and the Judicial Inspectorate of Correctional Services (JICS). .
The Minister, in his ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Shortlisting of candidates to be interviewed for appointment to the SA Human Rights Commission
5 Oct 2016
The Committee met to shortlist candidates to be interviewed for apointment to the South African Human Rights Commission. The Committee shortlisted 18 out of 80 of the applicants and agreed that the interviews would be held on 13 and 14 October 2016.