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Justice and Correctional Services
Legal Practice Regulations; Integrated Criminal Justice Strategy/IJS/Justice Modernisation programme; with Deputy Minister
17 Aug 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee met with the Legal Practice Council (LPC) and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD).
The LPC briefed the Committee on the amendment to the Legal Practice Act Regulations, which sought establish a unfirm practical vocational training programme for both candidate attorneys ...
Police
Establishment of joint committee to probe July 2021 Violence: with Ministers (Police & Defence) + Deputy Ministers (Police & Justice)
30 Jul 2021
A joint meeting of the Portfolio Committees on Police, Defence, Justice and Correctional Services, the Select Committee on Security and Justice and the Joint Standing Committees on Defence and on Intelligence was held on a virtual platform and chaired by the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police. ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Processes following recent unrest and violence, with Minister & Deputy Ministers
21 Jul 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, 21 July 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee received presentations from the Ministry, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), and the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on the processes to be followed in the ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Impact of National Disaster Management regulations on religious sector; with Minister and Deputy Minister
17 Jun 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 17 June 2021
The Committee convened virtually to be briefed by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs as well as the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Commission) on ...
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Impact of National Disaster Management regulations on the religious sector, with Deputy Minister
15 Jun 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 15 June 2021
The Committee convened virtually to engage with religious leaders on the impact of the Disaster Management Act (DMA) regulations on the religious sector. The religious organisations that made presentations before the Committee included the Gauteng Faith-Based Organisation, the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Meeting with Legal Practice Council to discuss matters of mutual interest
8 Jun 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, 08 June 2021
The Legal Practice Council (LPC) addressed the Committee to discuss matters of mutual interest largely relating to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the legal profession, the challenges facing legal practitioners, and the support available for young black ...
Justice and Correctional Services
State of readiness to implement remaining sections of POPIA: Information Regulator briefing
2 Jun 2021
The Committee was briefed by the Information Regulator (IR) on its state of readiness for the implementation of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA).
Members were informed that the Regulator had developed a readiness plan that would ensure that ...
Justice and Correctional Services
GBV Bills: finalisation; Committee Report on filling SAHRC vacancies
29 May 2021
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The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services met on a virtual platform for a final consideration of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill and the Domestic Violence Amendment Bill. The main activity was to ensure that ...
Justice and Correctional Services
GBV Bills: deliberations; Criminal Procedure Act Amendment Bill: briefing
28 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, 28 May 2021
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services met on a virtual platform for briefings by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on three Bills.
In a previous meeting, changes had been made to the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
SAHRC recommendations; JICS on smuggling cigarettes into Correctional Centre in lockdown
25 May 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services
Deliberations took place on the filling of the two South African Human Rights Commission vacancies. It was highlighted that two of the candidates had failed to disclose a 2019 civil judgment and a 1986 criminal record for a traffic violation, as revealed ...