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Justice and Correctional Services
Bail policy & minimum sentencing legislation on inmate population; Suspension of magistrates
8 Mar 2017
Inmate population in South African prisons has over the last fifty years increased by 114.06%.
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services heard this during a joint presentation by the Department of Correctional Services, Judiciary, SAPS, NPA, and Legal Aid SA.
It was reported that factors that play a ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Amended Financial Services Sector Code: DTI briefing & B-BBEE Commission response
8 Mar 2017
The Committee was briefed on the draft Amended Financial Services Sector Code. The meeting was convened in preparation for the Transformation of the Financial Sector hearings with the Finance Standing Committee the following week.
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) directorate on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment highlighted that B-BBEE Sector ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Pilot projects on community courts & legislation to regulate paralegals: progress report
7 Mar 2017
Prior to the main agenda items, Members debated whether to accept an invitation from the Magistrates Commission for the Committee to visit the Commission in Pretoria. There was discussion whether this invitation was due to recent media reports about possible tension between the Committee and the Commission or if it ...
Justice and Correctional Services
“Esidimeni” Complaint: SAHRC briefing
22 Feb 2017
The meeting was convened due to the more than 94 psychiatric patient deaths after their transfer from Life Esidimeni. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) appeared before the Committee to explain the Commission’s involvement in the matter, detailing the correspondence it had with the Gauteng Department of Health and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Suspension of magistrates: Magistrates Commission briefing; Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill: DoJ&CD briefing
15 Feb 2017
A delegation from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented the Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill to the committee. The delegation apologised for the delay in getting the bill to parliament and noted that the deadline was fast approaching.
The Department explained that the proposed bill gives effect to two ...
Joint Rules
Public Participation Model; Joint Sitting rulings; Review of Joint Rules progress report; Speaker's conduct 22 November 2016
23 Nov 2016
The Committee met to engage on the proposed Public Participation Model, joint sitting rulings, to receive a progress report on the review of the Joint Rules of Parliament, and to discuss the conduct of the Speaker of the National Assembly.
The draft Public Participation Model was circulated but Members complained ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Judicial Matters Amendment Bill [B14-2016]: briefing, with Deputy Minister of Justice
23 Nov 2016
A delegation led by the Deputy Justice Minister briefed the Committee on the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill. It explained that the Bill seeks to amend:
- section 9 of the Magistrate Courts Act of 1944,
- State Liability Act of 1957,
- Institution of Legal Proceedings against certain Organs of ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill: stakeholders’ consultative meeting, with Deputy Minister of Labour
16 Nov 2016
SALGA supports the amendments on tenure grants although it proposed that the provision of bulk services for alternative land and the delivery of municipal services should also be included in the tenure grant. SALGA supports the amendments as it affects limitations on evictions and additional rights to occupiers. The amendments ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Halfway Houses & NGO challenges with rehabilitation programmes; DCS Mid-Year Performance; Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill: adoption
16 Nov 2016
Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill
The Committee adopted the Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill after DA and ACDP members had reiterated their opposition to the criminalisation of false disclosure.
Halfway Houses and NGO challenges for rehabilitation programmes in Western Cape correctional centres
The Committee Researcher explained his findings on Halfway houses in ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment Bill [B24-2015]: stakeholder consultative meeting day 1
15 Nov 2016
The Commission for Gender Equity (CGE), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), the Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) and the Association for Rural Advancement (AFRA) were stakeholders who made submissions to the Committee on the Extension of Security of Tenure Amendment (ESTA) Bill.
The ...