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Justice and Correctional Services
Traditional Courts Bill: response to submissions; Magistrate Suspension Committee Report
16 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services dealt extensively with the responses by the Department of Justice to submissions on the Traditional Courts Bill. Consideration of the document was largely intended to determine whether any key points from the submissions had not been addressed as the delay in presenting ...
Justice and Correctional Services
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 Correctional Services
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 ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Office of the Chief Justice Annual Performance Plan
25 Apr 2018
The Office of the Chief Justice made a presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on the administration of the judicial system. The Office supported the Judiciary and was working towards accelerating reforms to implement a judiciary-led court administration. The Office ensured training to the judiciary through ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Special Investigating Unit Annual Performance Plan
25 Apr 2018
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 2018/19
The Special Investigating Unit told the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services that the Unit was building on the improvements of the previous year and would be turning allegations into proclamations, especially as the Unit had seen an increase ...
Justice and Correctional Services
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 Correctional Services
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 Correctional Services
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 Correctional Services
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, ...