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Justice and Constitutional Development
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 ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
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 Constitutional Development
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 ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
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 ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Land Rights Management Facility: progress report
9 Nov 2016
The Portfolio Committee was briefed on the work of the Land Rights Management Facility (LRFM), which had been established in 2012 to provide specialised legal and mediation services to indigent farm dwellers, labour tenants and communities who faced the violation of their land rights.
The Department of Rural Development and ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Withdrawal of charges against Minister of Finance: National Director of Public Prosecutions briefing
4 Nov 2016
The Committee questioned the head of the National Prosecuting Authority, Adv Shaun Abrahams on his decision to drop fraud-related charges against Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, former acting SARS Commissioner, Ivan Pillay, and Commissioner Oupa Magashula.
Adv Abrahams explained that the decision to prosecute Gordhan et al was taken in terms ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
SAHRC Commissioner vacancies: finalisation
27 Oct 2016
The Committee agreed that the key criteria for nominating commissioners for the South African Human Rights Commission are race, gender, disability, continuity, experience of working with communities, legal skills, and human rights background. Members nominated and motivated for the following candidates: Prof Firoz Cachalia, Prof Christopher Bongani Majola, Ms Angelina ...
Land Reform and Rural Development
Rural Development and Land Reform Budget Review and Recommendations Report; Proposed study tour
26 Oct 2016
The Committee considered the draft Budget Review and Recommendations Report.
Members raised a point that for as long as the Department still had fruitless and wasteful expenditure these should be investigated because lack of compliance is not condoned; that there was never any report back from the Department on how ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Suspension of Magistrates: Magistrates Commission progress report; Justice Administered Fund Bill: committee report adopted
20 Oct 2016
The Committee met to be briefed by the Magistrates Commission with progress reports on disciplinary hearings of 6 Magistrates charged with misconduct.
The Commission reported that Magistrate Morake had started serving his 4 year sentence in January 2016 emanating from a criminal conviction on 13 November 2011. Mr Morake’s misconduct ...
Justice and Constitutional Development
Public Protector, SA Human Rights Commission, Legal Aid SA on their 2015/16 Annual Reports
19 Oct 2016
Office of the Public Protector
The new Public Protector was present for the Office of the Public Protector (OPP) Annual Report briefing. The OPP witnessed a surplus of R17 million, an improvement on last year’s surplus. Total expenditure was R237 million out of the budget of R246 ...