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Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan; with Deputy Minister
6 May 2022
Justice and Constitutional Development
In this virtual meeting the Committee received a briefing from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on its Annual Performance Plan and Budget for 2022/23.
The Department highlighted that modernising justice services to increase access to justice services was still a key priority ...
Justice and Correctional Services
DCS & JICS 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan, with Deputy Minister
4 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services met on a virtual platform for a briefing by the Department of Correctional Services and the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services on their 2022/23 Annual Performance Plans. Present in the meeting was the Deputy Minister of Correctional Services, Inkosi Sango ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Overview of Budgets by Minister; Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan
3 May 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services met on a virtual platform to consider a political overview of the Department’s achievements and challenges from the Minister in light of the Annual Performance Plans presentations. The Minister said the Department was strengthening the National ...
Committee on Section 194 Enquiry
Litigation about the Enquiry & Appointment of Evidence Leader
29 Mar 2022
Report of the Independent Panel on the Public Protector
Advocate Nazreen Bawa CV (Not made available to the public)
Advocate Ncumisa Mayosi CV (Not made available to the public)
The Committee convened a virtual meeting to receive a briefing by Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Services ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: public hearings
29 Mar 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Justice & Correctional Services held the first day of public hearings on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. Nine organisations made oral submissions.
Freedom of Religion South Africa began with the premise that Religious Freedom was the right to believe ...
Justice and Correctional Services
(Subcommittee: Correctional Services) Community Corrections: DCS briefing; with Deputy Minister
25 Mar 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) briefed the Portfolio Committee on the number of absconders and the capacity of the community corrections system. The presentation highlighted the Community Corrections system's need for more resources because they were working with extreme officer-to-offender ratios. This made it ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Delay in renewing the maintenance contract for Court Recording Transcript Machines; with Minister
23 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Department of Justice on the impact of the delay in renewing the maintenance contract for court recording transcript machines. The contract for maintaining the court recording technology (CRT) equipment had been deployed from 2015 for a period of five years and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Delay in renewing the maintenance contract for Court Recording Transcript Machines; with Minister
23 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Department of Justice on the impact of the delay in renewing the maintenance contract for court recording transcript machines. The contract for maintaining the court recording technology (CRT) equipment had been deployed from 2015 for a period of five years and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Land Court Bill: Department response to submissions
22 Mar 2022
The Portfolio Committee met on a virtual platform to receive a brief on the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) response to the public submissions made on the Land Court Bill. The most notable concerns dealt with the tagging of the Bill, the jurisdiction of the Land Court in ...
Justice and Correctional Services
(SubCommittee) DCS readiness to take over Public Private Partnership Centres at expiration of contracts
18 Mar 2022
The SubCommittee on Correctional Services convened virtually for a briefing by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on its readiness to take over the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Correctional Centres when the contracts expire.
The expiry dates of the two PPP contracts are 30 June 2026 in respect of ...