Justice and Constitutional Development
Meeting with Ghanaian Constitutional, Legal & Parliamentary Affairs Parliamentary Committee
12 Jun 2018
A delegation from the Ghanaian Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs met with the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services to discuss issues of common interest, the highlights of which were the countries’ efforts to combat corruption, and South Africa’s approach to dealing with land restitution. The delegation ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) briefing
12 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services invited several officials of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS), including the Inspecting Judge, Hon. Johann Van Der Westhuizen, to brief the Committee on the conditions of correctional facilities across the country. They were asked to give a presentation on the ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Traditional Courts Bill: response to public hearings; Chief Justice budget: Committee Report
15 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services met to consider and approve the Committee Reports on the Budget Votes of the Department of Correctional Services and the Office of the Office of the Chief Justice. That was followed by a discussion on submissions in response to the Traditional Courts ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review: adoption of programme for public hearings
10 May 2018
The meeting concerned the programme to facilitate public hearings on the proposed review of section 25 of the Constitution to provide for the expropriation of land without compensation.
Chairperson Smith noted the public hearings were originally scheduled to begin at the end of May 2018. The NCOP however had to ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Justice and Constitutional Development Budget: Committee Report
8 May 2018
The Committee reviewed the draft report on Budget Vote 21: Justice and Constitutional Development page by page, and noted minor corrections.
Issues highlighted and discussed included the delay in the blueprint for the development of community courts; budget shortfalls. especially in the Public Protector’s office; the bad image of the ...
International Relations
International Relations and Cooperation Budget: Committee Report
2 May 2018
In preparation for the debate on the budget that will take place within the next few weeks, the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation met to consider and adopt the draft Committee report on the Department’s budget vote. The Content Adviser quickly read through the draft report, highlighting the ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Legal Aid SA 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
24 Apr 2018
Legal Aid South Africa reported that the projected shortfall for 2017/18 is estimated to be R71.5 million. In addition, the actual budget cut for 2018/19 is R92.8 million, making a cumulative budget shortfall of R164.3 million for 2018/19. There were 2 863 employees in 2016/17 and 2 753 in 2017/18. ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Information Regulator 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
24 Apr 2018
The Information Regulator reported that it had been cited as the seventh respondent in the Black Sash v Minister of Social Development case. A series of engagements have since ensued with the South African Social Security Agency, Cash Paymaster Services and South African Post Office. The engagements were to assess ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
National Prosecuting Authority 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
24 Apr 2018
The National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Shaun Abrahams, reported on the Annual Performance Plan and budget for 2018/19. He spoke of the work that his team at the National Prosecuting Authority had done and the successes that they had achieved but he highlighted his concern about the budget cuts ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
South African Human Rights Commission 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
19 Apr 2018
The South African Human Rights Commission informed the Committee that the entity had been restructured so that instead of having one Commissioner per province, each of the eight Commissioners had been assigned a different area of responsibility in terms of the mandate of the Human Rights Commission, such as healthcare, ...