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Justice and Correctional Services
Child Justice Amendment Bill: deliberations & adoption
14 Nov 2018
PMG arrive late and did not attend the full meeting.
The Committee adopted its report on the Child Justice Bill.
The Committee approved the report on the provisional suspension of Mr E S Nzimande.
Justice and Correctional Services
Child Justice Amendment Bill: Department response to submissions; with Deputy Minister
13 Nov 2018
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ) informed the Committee that the Bill is working to move the age of criminal responsibility from 10 years to 12 years. The Department reported that it had received submissions from two organisations on the bill: NICRO and the Centre for Child law. ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: minutes and way forward
8 Nov 2018
The Committee considered and adopted the minutes of 20 September; 11, 25, 26 October; 1 November 2018. Members debated whether the minutes of 20 September 2018 were a true reflection of what transpired at that meeting. Some members said there was an omission as the minutes did not capture the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
SA-UAE Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance treaties; with Deputy Minister; Committee Report on Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill
7 Nov 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ) on the Extradition Treaty with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty.
Members asked why there had been such a long delay in signing the treaty with the UAE, as ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Cybercrimes Bill: consideration and adoption; with Deputy Minister
6 Nov 2018
The Committee met for final considerations and adoption of the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill. The State Law Advisors took Members through a few minor amendments which needed to be made to the Bill. The Deputy Minister of Justice was in attendance.
Members discussed the need for amendment of the Bill ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Review of Section 25 of Constitution: draft Committee Report
1 Nov 2018
Draft Committee Report not availabe to public
The Constitutional Review Committee met to review the draft report on the possible review of section 25 of the constitution. The working document outlines the methodology that was used to elicit views from the public on the review of section 25, the summary ...
Justice and Correctional Services
State Liability Amendment Bill: public hearings
31 Oct 2018
There was a consensus from the submissions that the State Liability Amendment Bill should not be passed and that it is unconstitutional. Reasons for the rejection of the Bill include it is unfair to take away lump sum or instalment payments to implement periodic payments, it is a burden to ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Child Justice Amendment Bill: briefing; Cybercrimes Bill: proposed amendments
30 Oct 2018
The primary objectives of the Child Justice Amendment Bill are to amend the Child Justice Act of 2008 to increase the minimum age of criminal capacity of children from 10 years to 12 years. Secondly, to remove the requirement of proving criminal capacity for the purposes of diversion and to ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Section 25 review of Constitution: oral submissions
25 Oct 2018
VIDEO: Constitutional Review Committee Oral Presentations, 25 October 2018
The African Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA) said the Land Audit Report of 2017 glaringly shows the land ownership patterns in South Africa as skewed towards whites and corporate entities. The previous land reform programmes were a mere piecemeal with ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Justice and Constitutional Development, DCS & OCJ BRRR
24 Oct 2018
2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Portfolio Committee met briefly to consider three Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports in relation to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, Department of Correctional Services and Office of the Chief Justice.
Members made minor corrections to each document and adopted ...