Justice and Constitutional Development
SAHRC appointment process; Courts of Law Amendment Bill: Department responses to submissions
22 Sep 2016
List of 80 SAHRC nominations plus CVs
For the appointment process for commissioners to the South African Human Rights Commission, the Committee resolved to publish the list of 80 candidates until 30 September 2016 in order to ensure public scrutiny and possible objections. It agreed to shortlist 15-21 candidates by ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services impact: consultative meeting
21 Sep 2016
Stakeholders involved with prison reform were consulted on their views about the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services as an oversight mechanism and its impact. They expressed their frustration over the absence of tangible legislative reform to remedy weaknesses in JICS institutional setup. These weaknesses are JICS’s absence of investigative and ...
International Relations
SA Parliament's oversight over Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs): meeting with the UK Parliament
20 Sep 2016
The Committee met with the United Kingdom (UK) All Party Parliamentary Group on Africa, and discussed issues regarding Parliamentary oversight and legislative responsibilities arising from the impact of international trade agreements, such as the economic partnership agreement (EPA) on South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
The ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Correctional Supervision and Parole: Successes, Challenges & Future Developments
20 Sep 2016
Lawyers for Human Rights (LFH), the Wits Justice Project (WJP), the Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative (CSPRI), the South African National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders (NICRO), and the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) made submissions to the Committee on the administration of correctional supervision ...
Home Affairs
Border Management Authority Bill [B9-2016]: Department response to submissions & deliberations
14 Sep 2016
The Committee Researcher and Legal Adviser from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) took Members through the various submissions that had been presented at the public hearings on the Border Management Authority (BMA) Bill. The submissions had been grouped under broad headings related to the clauses of the Bill. General ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill [B40-2015]: public hearings
14 Sep 2016
Delegations from the Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC), Corruption Watch, and the Congress of South African Trade Unions made submissions on the Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill.
Open Democracy Advice Centre submission
ODAC welcomed the Bill. It commended the new definition of employee, improved remedies, and whistle blowing policies. However, it ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Review of the Age of Criminal Capacity
7 Sep 2016
The Committee was told that South Africa was among the few countries that had developed and implemented a criminal justice system for children. The system ensured that children were treated differently from hardened criminals and the legislation had come into effect in 2010. The DoJ&CD was grappling with the implementation ...
International Relations
SADC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations impact on SA Foreign Policy; South African Jews for a Free Palestine (SAJFP) on current Palestine/Israel political situation
7 Sep 2016
Both the Department of Trade and Industry and of International Relations and Cooperation briefed the Committee on the South African Development Community and European Union Economic Partnership Agreement. The departments were in agreement that trade negotiations were informed by and were in line with national development objectives set out in ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Justice Administered Fund Bill [B26-2015]: Department response to submissions
6 Sep 2016
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development said the only one comment was from the General Council of the Board which assumed the Bill also catered for the Guardian Funds and talked about all maintenance. The maintenance referred to in clause 3(a) was that directed by the Court to be ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Courts of Law Amendment Bill [B8-2016]: public hearings
31 Aug 2016
Delegations from the Cape Bar Council, the Association of Debt Recovery Agents (ADRA), the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) and the Banking Association of South Africa (BASA) presented their positions on the Courts of Law Amendment Bill. They were in agreement that the Bill sought to alleviate the plight ...