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Multi-Party Women’s Caucus
Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) chapter launch; Sanitary Towel VAT exemption and Gender Based Budgeting: Treasury briefing
14 Sep 2016
Ms Thoko Didiza, newly-elected Chairperson of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) briefed the joint Multi-Party Women’s Caucus (MPWC) on the launch of the CWP Chapter. As a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), her main focus would be to promote democracy and sustainable development, as well as to engage ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill [B40-2015]: public hearings
14 Sep 2016
Delegations from the Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC), Corruption Watch, and the Congress of South African Trade Unions made submissions on the Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill.
Open Democracy Advice Centre submission
ODAC welcomed the Bill. It commended the new definition of employee, improved remedies, and whistle blowing policies. However, it ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Review of the Age of Criminal Capacity
7 Sep 2016
The Committee was told that South Africa was among the few countries that had developed and implemented a criminal justice system for children. The system ensured that children were treated differently from hardened criminals and the legislation had come into effect in 2010. The DoJ&CD was grappling with the implementation ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Justice Administered Fund Bill [B26-2015]: Department response to submissions
6 Sep 2016
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development said the only one comment was from the General Council of the Board which assumed the Bill also catered for the Guardian Funds and talked about all maintenance. The maintenance referred to in clause 3(a) was that directed by the Court to be ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Courts of Law Amendment Bill [B8-2016]: public hearings
31 Aug 2016
Delegations from the Cape Bar Council, the Association of Debt Recovery Agents (ADRA), the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) and the Banking Association of South Africa (BASA) presented their positions on the Courts of Law Amendment Bill. They were in agreement that the Bill sought to alleviate the plight ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Promotion of Access to Information and Promotion of Administrative Justice Rules: deliberations
30 Aug 2016
The Department of Justice Rules Board briefed the Committee on the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000, and the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act.
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development came before the Committee in April 2016 when a full presentation on the Promotion of Administration Act and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Courts of Law Amendment Bill [B8-2016]: Department of Justice and Constitutional Development briefing
24 Aug 2016
The Department briefed the Committee on the Courts of Law Amendment Bill, while the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) briefed the Committee on what it had done, together with the Department of Justice.
The Department said the Bill was very technical. Abuses of the Magistrates’ Courts Act (MCA) had ...
Constitutional Review Committee
Legacy submissions: deliberations
19 Aug 2016
The Content Advisor to the Committee, Ms Sipamla, briefed the Committee on submissions made by the Ms Mosiane, Mr O Shembe, Mr L Mahlatsi, the Support Public Broadcasting Cooperation (SOS), the Deaf Federation of South Africa (DEAFSA), the Holy Faith Mission Evangelical Church, the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), ...
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 ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Interviews of candidates for appointment to the Information Regulator: postponed
19 Apr 2016
The Committee postponed the interviews due to a lack of quorum.