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Justice and Correctional Services
Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill: NCOP amendments; International Arbitration Bill: briefing
14 Jun 2017
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented the National Council of Provinces proposed amendments to the Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill. Clause 9A was the proposed amendment. The clause deals with excluding civil and criminal liability for protected disclosures. The Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC) proposed to the Select Committee ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Correctional Services human resource management
13 Jun 2017
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) referred to the Occupational Specific Dispensation (OSD) for correctional officers where the General Public Service Sectoral Bargaining Council (GPSSBC) Resolution 2 of 2009 gave effect to the centre base and non-centre based salary structure. The resolution had been implemented partially due to challenges in ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Committee Report on Department of Justice, Correctional Services & Office of Chief Justice Budgets
16 May 2017
The Committee considered the draft reports on the budgets for the Department of Justice, the Department of Correctional Services and the Office of the Chief Justice.
The Chairperson headed a page by page analysis of the three documents. In many of the documents, minor changes were required, either to grammar ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Courts of Law Amendment Bill; Legal Practice Amendment Bill: briefing
10 May 2017
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented the finalised Portfolio Committee amendments on the Courts of Law Amendment Bill. Members reflected on the Committee Report accompanying the Courts Bill. After clarifying the preamble of the Courts Bill, scope of notice to judgment debtors, use of the phrase ‘just and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Pollsmoor court order: Department of Correctional Services progress report; Committee Report on Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill
9 May 2017
The meeting began with consideration of the report on the proposed amendments to the Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill [B2-2017]. Corrections to the bill were highlighted by a state law adviser. All six ANC Members of the Committee in attendance voted in favour of the adoption of the report, while the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Legal Aid South Africa on its Annual performance plan
31 Mar 2017
Legal Aid SA took the Committee through its annual performance plan of 2017-18, and advised that it would have a budget shortfall of R202 million in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework period from 2017 to 2020. The 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan would be implemented amid financial challenges, resulting in a ...
Justice and Correctional Services
South African Human Rights Commission on its 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan
30 Mar 2017
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) presented a report to the Committee on its current work, the budget and the Annual Performance Plan. The new Commission, with seven new commissioners and a new Chairperson, Adv Bongani Majola, started its work on 23 January 2017. The Commission was currently in ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Public Protector First 100 Days & Annual Performance Plan
30 Mar 2017
The Public Protector, Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane, introduced the newly appointed CEO, Mr Themba Dlamini, but noted that about 50% of the posts in her Office were vacant owing to a lack of funding. However, a senior investigator had been appointed and she was in the process of appointing a second ...
Justice and Correctional Services
National Prosecuting Authority on its 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan
29 Mar 2017
The National Director of Public Prosecutions, Adv Shaun Abrahams, addressed concerns raised by a Member the previous day on the effects of crime on victims of crime and of economic exclusion. He referred to the Service Charter for Victims of Crime approved in 2004 and said that the Minister had ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on its Annual Performance Plan, with Acting Minister present
28 Mar 2017
A delegation from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD), led by the Acting Minister of Justice, presented the Strategic Plan for 2017/20 and the Annual Performance Plan for 2017/18.
The Department’s challenges were mainly the inability to fill vacancies because of limits placed on the state wage bill, ...