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Appointment of Public Protector
Committee process and programme; public participation
1 Jun 2016
The Committee was briefed by its content advisor on the appointment process for the Public Protector set out in section 193 of the Constitution. The President has to appoint a Public Protector whenever it become necessary, for a non-renewable term of seven years, on the recommendation of the National Assembly ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Rules Subcommittee Report on Rule 53A Physical removal of Members, Deputy Speaker ruling on quoting of judgments amended, Committee Report on Review of Rules
24 May 2016
The Chairperson of the Subcommittee dealing with the revision of the National Assembly Rules (the Rules) took the Committee through the changes that had been made to Rule 53A since the last Rules Committee meeting. Essentially, a new subrule 14 had been inserted, which in terms drew the distinction between ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Constitutional Court Nkandla judgment implications for NA Rules, Amendment of Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act, Portfolio Committee for Presidency Budget Vote request; Review of Rules Subcommittee Report
17 May 2016
The Rules Committee decided, after discussion, that the consideration of the circumstances when Members could be removed under rule 53A should be done by the Subcommittee on the Review of the rules of the NA.
Mr J Steenhuizen (DA) had raised the principles behind a ruling by the Deputy Speaker ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Information Regulator; SAHRC; National Council for Correctional Services vacancies
17 May 2016
Summary
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) briefed the Committee on the proposed potential candidates for appointment to the National Council for Correctional Services. Candidates had to be experts in the field of clinical psychology or be representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the field of correctional services, be academics ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Constitutional Amendment submissions: public hearings
15 Apr 2016
The Constitutional Review Committee met to receive four submissions from the public.
Advocate Hoffman, of Accountability Now, proposed that a new anti-corruption commission called an integrity commission be set up. This commission’s role would be to satisfy five criteria in order to conform to the requirements outlined by the Constitutional ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Committee Reports on Department of Justice & Constitutional Development & Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration budgets
14 Apr 2016
The Committee considered the draft Committee Reports on Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration budgets. Members conducted a page by page perusal of the draft reports to check for omissions and corrections.
Debates arose about requests for the inclusion of some ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) report
13 Apr 2016
The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) briefed the Committee on the functioning and its impact of its investigations and inspections as well its complaints management system, and mandatory reporting units. JICS focused on deaths, use of force and mechanical restraints, segregation, infrastructure, conduct of officials and compliance to legislation. ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services on its 2016 Strategic & Annual performance plans
12 Apr 2016
Document missing: Department of Correctional Services 2016 Strategic & Annual performance plan [email info@pmg.org.za]
A delegation from the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) presented its 2016/2017 Annual Performance Plan for 2016/2017 and 2016 Estimates of National Expenditure, including its vision, mandate and strategic goals. Its five programmes covered administration, incarceration, rehabilitation, ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Public Protector of South Africa on its 2016 Annual Performance Plan
7 Apr 2016
Public Protector South Africa Strategic Plan contains 17 strategic objectives and the budget for 2016/17 is R263.3 million. Its key challenges are poor funding and inadequate human resources, which manifest in a backlog of cases. The emerging risks it faces are operational sustainability through financial constraints, reputational risk through poor ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Justice & Constitutional Development & Office of the Chief Justice on their 2016 Annual Performance Plan
6 Apr 2016
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ & CD) presented the Strategic Plan for 2015/20, Annual Performance Plan for 2016/17, and budget. The Department had been asked to focus on certain areas, and so the first part of the presentation covered the Policy on Traditional Courts, with a briefing ...