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Justice and Correctional Services
SIU Annual Performance Plan; Legal Aid Regulations; Judicial Matters Amendment Bill: public hearings; Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill: deliberations, with Deputy Minister
4 May 2017
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) presented its Annual Performance Plan (APP) for 2017/18. It expected the organisational review to be finalized and relevant key personnel to be appointed following the organisational review process. Further, it expected the Special Investigations Unit legislative amendment to be passed, as well as improvements done ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services & JICS on their Annual Performance Plan, in presence of Deputy Minister
3 May 2017
The Deputy Minister of Correctional Services gave an introduction to both parts of the briefing. He highlighted the progress in the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), noting that in the last year 59 790 sentenced offenders were subjected to correctional programmes, 10 054 inmates were enrolled for adult education and training, ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Office of Chief Justice & Judicial Administration on its Annual Performance Plan
3 May 2017
For the 2017/18 financial year, the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) estimated a total expenditure of R1.98 billion, of which R198 million was budgeted for Administration, R737 million for Superior Court Services, R82 million for Judicial Education and Support, and R966 million for Direct Charges. With regards to the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Legal Aid South Africa on its Annual performance plan
31 Mar 2017
Legal Aid SA took the Committee through its annual performance plan of 2017-18, and advised that it would have a budget shortfall of R202 million in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework period from 2017 to 2020. The 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan would be implemented amid financial challenges, resulting in a ...
Justice and Correctional Services
South African Human Rights Commission on its 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan
30 Mar 2017
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) presented a report to the Committee on its current work, the budget and the Annual Performance Plan. The new Commission, with seven new commissioners and a new Chairperson, Adv Bongani Majola, started its work on 23 January 2017. The Commission was currently in ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Public Protector First 100 Days & Annual Performance Plan
30 Mar 2017
The Public Protector, Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane, introduced the newly appointed CEO, Mr Themba Dlamini, but noted that about 50% of the posts in her Office were vacant owing to a lack of funding. However, a senior investigator had been appointed and she was in the process of appointing a second ...
Justice and Correctional Services
National Prosecuting Authority on its 2017/18 Annual Performance Plan
29 Mar 2017
The National Director of Public Prosecutions, Adv Shaun Abrahams, addressed concerns raised by a Member the previous day on the effects of crime on victims of crime and of economic exclusion. He referred to the Service Charter for Victims of Crime approved in 2004 and said that the Minister had ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on its Annual Performance Plan, with Acting Minister present
28 Mar 2017
A delegation from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD), led by the Acting Minister of Justice, presented the Strategic Plan for 2017/20 and the Annual Performance Plan for 2017/18.
The Department’s challenges were mainly the inability to fill vacancies because of limits placed on the state wage bill, ...
Finance Standing Committee
Illicit Financial Flows & Base Erosion and Profit Sharing: input by government agencies
15 Mar 2017
The Standing Committee on Finance, the Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry and Mineral Resources held a joint meeting on illicit financial flows to hear the views of the following stakeholders in the battle to stop the harmful effects of illicit financial flows (IFFs), transfer pricing and base erosion and ...
Finance Standing Committee
Transformation of the Financial Sector: public hearings
14 Mar 2017
The Finance and Trade and Industry Committees held joint public hearing on Transformation of the Financial Sector. The bank submissions gave reports on their transformation and admitted it was not as good as hoped but Members believed that there was little progress in transformation, especially in terms of ownership. NEDLAC ...