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Justice and Correctional Services
Public Protector of South Africa Annual Report 2021/22
20 Oct 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services was briefed by the Public Protector of South Africa (PPSA/PP) on its Annual Report for the 2021-22 Financial Year.
Members were pleased to hear that PPSA managed to achieve a third consecutive clean audit, maintain a vacancy rate below ...
Justice and Correctional Services
South African Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2021/22
19 Oct 2022
In a virtual meeting, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on its Annual Report. The SAHRC received an unqualified audit for the year; however, material misstatements identified on payables and commitments, material findings on performance ...
Justice and Correctional Services
SIU & OCJ Annual Report 2021/22; OCJ update on procurement irregularities
18 Oct 2022
Finance Standing Committee
General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill: National Treasury response to public submissions
18 Oct 2022
In this virtual meeting, National Treasury and the Financial Intelligence Centre briefed the Committee on their responses to the public submissions of the General Laws Amendment Bill (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing).
A presentation detailed the responses to specific and general comments of 43 stakeholders. The majority of ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development Annual Report 2021/22, with Deputy Minister
14 Oct 2022
Justice and Constitutional Development
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development briefed the Committee on its 2021/22 annual report.
Members heard that significant progress had been made on the re-organisation and re-design of the Department. The Minister for Public Service and Administration had finally concurred with the proposed ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Political Overview of Annual Reports; JICS & DCS Annual Report 2021/22, with Minister & Deputy Ministers
13 Oct 2022
The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services presented a political overview of the Departments and entities falling under the broader justice and correctional services umbrella
In addition, the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services and the Department of Correctional Services presented their 2021/22 annual reports.
Minister Lamola ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Justice & Correctional Services Portfolio Audit Outcomes; Legal Aid SA & Information Regulator Annual Report 2021/22
12 Oct 2022
The Office of the Auditor-General briefed the Committee on the audit comes of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) and entities.
Members heard that the DCS received an unqualified audit with findings and achieved ...
Finance Standing Committee
General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill: public hearings
11 Oct 2022
The Committee convened a virtual meeting to hold public hearings on the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill [B18-2022] (“General Laws Bill”).
The Bill was tabled in Parliament so the country can avoid the economic ramifications of greylisting by the Financial Action Task Force. The ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Report on Oversight visits to the Western Cape, KZN, Mpumalanga & Gauteng
23 Sep 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee considered and adopted the report on its oversight visits to Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, and Gauteng. The visits were undertaken in January 2022.
The Committee noted that Members had also undertaken individual visits and they will be submitting reports that ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Drugs and Drug Trafficking Amendment Bill: adoption; Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: Department response to submissions; with Deputy Minister
21 Sep 2022
The Committee considered and adopted the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Amendment Bill in this virtual meeting and the accompanying report.
The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, 1992, to repeal the Minister’s delegated plenary legislative powers to amend Schedules. The effect thereof ...