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Justice and Correctional Services
Correctional Centre Infrastructure: Department of Correctional Services briefing
5 Nov 2014
The Department of Correctional Services said that the Department of Public Works (DPW) was the custodian of government buildings and manages the municipality accounts for DCS facilities. DCS leases government owned properties directly from DPW and pays accommodation charges to DPW. For the 2014/15 to 2019/20 financial period, it requires ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Court infrastructure building & maintenance: briefing by Department of Justice
4 Nov 2014
The Department of Justice spoke about the state of its current infrastructure projects at magistrate and high courts, the state of maintenance of buildings occupied by the Department, the disability access plan and its leased property portfolio.
The situation for the current capital works projects underway was grim with there ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Justice and Correctional Services Budget Review and Recommendations Report
29 Oct 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, having received the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) for the Department of Correctional Services only that morning, postponed its consideration to the following day. It proceeded to read through the draft BRRR for the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, page ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Parliament of Republic of South Africa vs Hon F Shivambu and 19 other - Summary of evidence by Mr van Voore
28 Oct 2014
Mr Randal van Voore summarised the evidence laid before the Committee in relation to EFF Members who faced allegations of contempt of Parliament. The evidence included the video footage, evidence by the Sergeant at Arms, the Deputy Chief Whip of the majority party, the Chief whip of opposition party, the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Public Protector on its 2013/14 Annual Report & 2014 performance
22 Oct 2014
The Public Protector of South Africa presented its Annual Report, including a brief exposition of the work done by the Office over the year including the number of cases received (26 195), finalised (24 642), referred (3 072) and the staff complement (314, with 100 trainee investigators) which handled the ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Parliament of Republic of South Africa vs Hon F Shivambu and 19 others
20 Oct 2014
Report of the meeting to follow
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Parliament of Republic of South Africa vs Hon F Shivambu and 19 others
20 Oct 2014
Three witnesses testified before the Committee: the Head of ICT in Parliament, the Sergeant at Arms and the Deputy Chief Whip of the majority party. The Chief Whip of the Opposition Party was supposed to testify but she was attending the funeral of the late MP Mr Watson. Further witnesses ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Legal Aid South Africa on its 2013/14 Annual Report
17 Oct 2014
Legal Aid South Africa presented its annual report, saying its major successes in the 2013/14 financial year were its ability to provide assistance to the poor and the vulnerable, especially women and children. It had managed to cover all the criminal courts in the country, and had received an unqualified ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Justice 2013/14 on its Annual Report & 1st Quarter 2014/15 with stakeholder input & Auditor-General report
16 Oct 2014
The Auditor General said the Justice Portfolio was doing relatively well except for problems complying with Supply Chain Management regulations. Third Party Funds had again received a disclaimer but the Auditor General said they were providing advice on instituting controls and a new IT accounting programme would eventually assist in ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Parliament vs Hon F Shivambu and 19 others
15 Oct 2014
The opposition political parties namely DA, UDM, IFP and EFF wrote a letter to the Chairperson expressing their concern on the way in which the hearing was proceeding. Matters raised in the letter include taking into consideration the submission by Mr Malema, the need for the Committee to call witnesses, ...