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Justice and Correctional Services
Budgets of Departments of Justice and Constitutional Development, Correctional Services & Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration: Overview by Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
5 Apr 2016
The Committee met to receive an overview by the Minister on the budgets of the Department of Justice and Correctional Services, and the Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration. Owing to time constraints, he was able to highlight only aspects of Justice and Correctional Services in his presentation. ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Committee Reports on Salaries, Allowances & Benefits for Judges & Magistrates; Provisional Suspension of Magistrate
8 Mar 2016
The Justice and Correctional Services Portfolio Committee considered three reports and accepted all of them.
The first the report of the Committee on Justice on the Draft Notice and Schedule determining the rate, with effect form 1 April 2015, at which salaries, allowances and benefits were payable to Constitutional Court ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Organisational restructuring and related matters, including progress made as far as the improved management of its regions: Department of Correctional Services briefing
2 Mar 2016
The Department of Correctional Services briefed the Committee on the progress made with its organisational restructuring and improved management. The controversial '10x4' shift system was addressed which left the facilities understaffed on Mondays and Fridays, however due to the disagreement with employees on the issue, this system was preferred to ...
Justice and Correctional Services
IT modernisation project implementation: Department of Correctional Services briefing
23 Feb 2016
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) gave feedback on the implementation of its IT-modernisation project. Before the presentation commenced, the National Commissioner recapped the projects of the DCS and highlighted some developments and challenges in the Department. He noted that the DCS had previously engaged in a programme involving consultants, ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services on its 3rd Quarter Performance for 2015/16
17 Feb 2016
The Department of Correctional Services briefed the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on its third quarter performance for 2015/16.
The National Commissioner, in his introductory remarks, informed the Committee that the Department had a very successful campaign in dealing with escapes from jail. The Department also had an ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Justice & Constitutional Development, Office of Chief Justice 2nd and 3rd quarter 2015 performance reports
16 Feb 2016
The Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) presented their performance reports for the 2nd and 3rd quarters of the 2015/16 financial year.
The Office of the Chief Justice reported that a number of the targets for quarters 2 and 3 were ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Review of National Assembly Rules: consideration of Subcommittee Report
20 Nov 2015
The Rules Committee met to consider the Subcommittee Report on the Review of the National Assembly Rules. The ANC supported the proposed new criteria for the processing of motions without notice. The criteria were now that at least five parties including the majority party and the largest minority party should ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Electronic Monitoring System progress; Department of Correctional Services on its 2nd quarter 2015/16 performance
18 Nov 2015
The Department of Correctional Services explained that the electronic monitoring system was a way of tracking and recording an offender’s location and movements with a device, usually attached to the ankle, linked to global positioning system satellites, enabling rapid investigation of and response to suspicious movements by the tagged offender. ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Minister on National Council for Correctional Services appointments; Correctional Services contingent liability & legal services capacity; POPI Act appointments
11 Nov 2015
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services addressed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services and the Select Committee on Security and Justice to hear his remarks on the National Council of Correctional Services (NCCS). Minister Masutha illustrated the litany of challenges facing his Department ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Justice and Constitutional Development & Correctional Services Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports 2014/15
22 Oct 2015
BRRR Archive: BRRR 2015-2010: Budgetary Review & Recommendations Reports
The Committee met to discuss their Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports (BRRR) on the Departments of Justice and Constitutional Development and Correctional Services. Both were adopted with minor amendments. In the case of the Justice BRRR, there was some disagreement about ...