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Justice and Correctional Services
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 Correctional Services
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 ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
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 Correctional Services
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 Correctional Services
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 ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Office of Chief Justice on its 2015/16 Annual Report and 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
18 Oct 2016
The Office of the Chief Justice briefed the Committee on its maiden year which was the first year of a separate budget vote after its administration was separated from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Superior Courts were transferred to it. OCJ’s achievements and challenges were ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform & Commission on Restitution of Land Rights on their 2015/16 Annual Reports with Auditor General input
12 Oct 2016
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights (CRLR) presented their 2015/16 annual reports to the Portfolio Committee, after receiving input from the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) on the performance of the Department’s portfolio.
AGSA reported that he portfolio’s ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Shortlisting of candidates to be interviewed for appointment to the SA Human Rights Commission
5 Oct 2016
The Committee met to shortlist candidates to be interviewed for apointment to the South African Human Rights Commission. The Committee shortlisted 18 out of 80 of the applicants and agreed that the interviews would be held on 13 and 14 October 2016.
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 ...
Rural Development and Land Reform
Communal Property Associations performance; Constitutional Court judgment: implications for Commission on Restitution of Land Rights; with Deputy Minister
7 Sep 2016
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) on the performance of Communal Property Associations for March to December 2015. In all, 1 483 Communal Property Associations (CPAs) had been registered since the passing of the Act and 48 were registered in the 2015/16 ...