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Justice and Correctional Services
(Sub-Committee) Correctional Services Interventions/Rescue Plans; with Deputy Minister
5 Mar 2021
The Sub-Committee received a briefing in a virtual meeting from the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on interventions and rescue plans, focusing on key areas. There had been specific issues since 2019, and the Department was being given a chance in the meeting to explain why no significant progress had ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services 2020/21 Quarter 2 and 3 performance; with Deputy Minister
23 Feb 2021
The sub-committee convened in a virtual meeting to receive a briefing on the performance and financial reports of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) for the second and third quarters of the 2020/21 financial year.
The Department said that although it had not achieved many of its targets, it was ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Update on Covid-19 measures & vaccination programme in Correctional Centres; with Deputy Minister
19 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, 19 February 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services (the Committee) was briefed by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on implementing Covid-19 measures under alert level three of the national lockdown regulations, including the vaccination ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Correctional Services Amendment Bill: public hearings; with Deputy Minister
2 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, 2 Feb 2021
The Portfolio Committee of Justice and Correctional Services received a submission from the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) on the Correctional Services Amendment Bill. The second entity which made a public submission opted not to give an oral submission.
HSF ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services 2019/20 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister (cont)
4 Dec 2020
Video: PC Justice 4 December 2020
The Portfolio Committee received responses to questions posed at the 2 December meeting with the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on its 2019/20 Annual Report and audit.
DCS reported that it has seen an overall improvement in the usefulness and reliability ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services 2019/20 Annual Report; with Deputy Minister
2 Dec 2020
Video: PC Justice, 2 December
The Committee convened to review the 2019/20 Annual Report of the Department of Correctional Services.
The first 40 minutes of the meeting were consumed by a detailed discussion of a viral video in which the chairperson of the audit committee of the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Political overview by Minister on 2019/20 Annual Report, with DCS Deputy Minister present
20 Nov 2020
2019/20 Annual Reports
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services
The Committee convened to receive a political overview from the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on the 2019/20 Annual Report of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJCD), the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and the Office ...
NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings
Executive Undertakings: COGTA, DoJ&CD & DCS; with Deputy Ministers
4 Nov 2020
NCOP: Unrevised hansard
NCOP: Unrevised hansard
In this virtual meeting, the Committee discussed the progress on executive undertakings made by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and Minister of Justice and Correctional Services. Due to a scheduled cabinet meeting, the Ministers were absent but their deputies ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services Quarterly Reports; with Deputy Minister
14 Oct 2020
In this virtual meeting, the Department of Correctional Services briefed the Committee on the performance report for quarter four of the 2019/2020 financial year and the performance report for quarter one of the 2020/2021 financial year. The Deputy Minister for Correctional Services was in attendance.
The Department highlighted that the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Information Regulator vacancy: interviews
6 Oct 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee interviewed four shortlisted candidates for the position of Part-Time Member at the Information Regulator. Initially, five candidates were shortlisted, but one candidate withdrew. The State Security Agency (SSA) had performed security checks on the candidates who were cleared. Members selected interview questions from ...