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Justice and Correctional Services
International Arbitration Bill [B10-2017]: public hearings
12 Sep 2017
The Committee heard submissions from the Victoria Mxenge Group, Arbitration Foundation of South Africa (AFSA), the China-Africa Joint Arbitration Centre (CAJAC) and the Maritime Law Association (MLA) on the International Arbitration Bill.
The Victoria Mxenge Group unconditionally supported the Bill, but expressed concerns on the definitions of ‘arbitration agreement’ and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration on Quarter 1 performance
23 Aug 2017
The Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) presented its report for the first quarter of the 2017/18 financial year, focusing on its financial and non-financial performance. It had three strategic goals. These were the efficient and effective administration of the OCJ, improved administrative and technical support to the judiciary, and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on Quarter 1 performance
22 Aug 2017
A delegation from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) reported on its first quarter performance. The report showed that it achieved 43 of the 60 indicators that constitute its targets for the first quarter, giving it an overall success of 72%. Its primary challenge is budget cuts, which ...
Justice and Correctional Services
TRC regulations and community rehabilitation: progress report
16 Aug 2017
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJCD) reported on its implementation of the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and TRC draft Regulations. It identified major challenges in the Regulations as: limitation of rehabilitation projects to 18 communities, undisclosed criteria for identification of benefitting communities, insufficient consultation ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Paralegals and Community Courts legislation: progress report
15 Aug 2017
The Department of Justice, the National Alliance for the Development of Community Advice Offices (NADCAO), and the Association of Community Advice Offices of South Africa (ACAOSA) reported on legislation to regulate paralegals, the blueprint for community courts, and the Scottish model for legal aid.
The Department of Justice explained that ...
Finance Standing Committee
Sugary Beverages Tax; Rates and Monetary Amounts Bill: public hearings
31 May 2017
National Treasury indicated that revisions in the Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Draft Bill were made after extensive consultations. Treasury took all inputs into consideration to come up with the revised Draft Bill.
Design changes based on comments on the sugary beverages tax or health promotion ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Bill: briefing, with Deputy Minister
30 May 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) on the proposed Cyber Security and Cybercrime Bill. The Deputy Minister of the Department gave a brief background on why the Bill was needed. The DOJCD team described the terminologies used in the Bill and the National ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Committee Report on Department of Justice, Correctional Services & Office of Chief Justice Budgets
16 May 2017
The Committee considered the draft reports on the budgets for the Department of Justice, the Department of Correctional Services and the Office of the Chief Justice.
The Chairperson headed a page by page analysis of the three documents. In many of the documents, minor changes were required, either to grammar ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Courts of Law Amendment Bill; Legal Practice Amendment Bill: briefing
10 May 2017
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented the finalised Portfolio Committee amendments on the Courts of Law Amendment Bill. Members reflected on the Committee Report accompanying the Courts Bill. After clarifying the preamble of the Courts Bill, scope of notice to judgment debtors, use of the phrase ‘just and ...
Health
Health Department on its Annual Performance Plan
4 May 2017
The Department of Health presented its Annual Performance Plan (APP) highlighting the Department made a lot of improvement regarding life expectancy, infant mortality rate and other programmes. Life expectancy increased from 57.1 to 63.3 years as of 2015, there was a significant decrease in Under Five Mortality Rate- reportedly 56 ...