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Justice and Correctional Services
Office of Chief Justice on its 2015/16 Annual Performance & on Strategic Plans
21 Apr 2015
The Office of the Chief Justice briefed the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on its strategic plan 2015/20 and the annual performance plan for 2015/16. In the presentation the Secretary-General of the OCJ and the Chief financial Officer outlined the strategic plan and the budget overview. The OCJ ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services Budget and Strategic Plan
16 Apr 2015
The Department of Correctional Services explained the links between the Department’s strategic planning documents and national priorities as contained in the National Development Plan; and how these priorities are targeted over the Medium Term Strategic Framework through specific indicators contained in either the Strategic Plan or Annual Performance Plan. This ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Political Overview for 2015/16 Budget Review
15 Apr 2015
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Adv Tshililo Michael Masutha gave a broad political overview of matters affecting the two departments in his portfolio. After introductory comments around the rule of law and recent events including xenophobic violence and the defacing of statues, he addressed the achievements and challenges faced ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services 2015/16 Budget and Strategic Plan: Briefing by content advisor and researcher
14 Apr 2015
The Committee’s Content Advisor provided a briefing on the Department of Correctional Service’s constitutional and legislative mandate and the interplay between the Department’s strategic documents and the National Development Plan and Medium Term Strategic Framework outcomes relevant to the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security cluster.
Currently, South Africa had 243 ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Election of co-chairpersons
26 Mar 2015
The Committee elected Mr Vincent Smith as the Co-Chairperson of the National Assembly component of the Joint Committee on Constitutional Review and Mr Lewis Nzimande as the Co-Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces component of the Committee.
Justice and Correctional Services
Maintenance Amendment Bill [B16-2014]: credit bureau / electronic service provider deliberations
26 Mar 2015
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development took the Committee through the revised drafting of clauses 1, 2, 4, 7, 11 and 17 of the Maintenance Amendment Bill.
Members were concerned that the Committee’s position on clause 2, which had to do with the costs of getting information from electronic ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill [B18-2014]: Department response to submissions; Legal Aid SA submission
25 Mar 2015
Legal Aid South Africa’s position on the Bill was generally acceptance of all of the clauses and the same applied for its position on the suggestion that clause 7 be amended to place a procedural and financial burden on the state to apply for a child to have their name ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill: public hearings Day 5
24 Mar 2015
The core of the submissions are as follows:
Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
The Congress was of the view that in line with traditional values children should not be engaging in sexual activities, before they are ready to do so. It however felt that a Bill was an ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Maintenance Bill [B16-2014]: Department response to submissions
18 Mar 2015
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development continued its overview of the submissions and responses on the Maintenance Amendment Bill. The Bill aimed to amend the Maintenance Amendment Act by introducing provisions on granting interim orders where there was no maintenance order in place so that beneficiaries of maintenance did ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Maintenance Bill [B16-2014]: Department response to submissions; Suspension of magistrates: progress report by Magistrates Commission
17 Mar 2015
The State Law Adviser from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (the Department) presented a summary of the written submissions, and the Department's response to each, submitted on the Maintenance Amendment Bill (the Bill). The Bill aimed to amend the Maintenance Amendment Act by introducing provisions for granting interim ...