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Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Correctional Services: 2013/14 Audit: hearings continued, with Department of Public Works input on facilities; Deputy Ministers of Correctional Services & Public Works in attendance
24 Jun 2015
The Committee resumed its hearing on the 2013/14 Annual Report of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). The Department of Public Works (DPW) was also asked to comment on certain issues around the facilities. The Deputy Ministers of Public Works and Correctional Services were both present and gave input, as ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla
Ad Hoc Committee on Minister of Police Report on Nkandla Committee Programme
23 Jun 2015
The Committee met to consider its draft programme. The draft programme proposed that the work of the Committee should start on 21 July 2015 where the Minister of Police would table his report and the report would be deliberated on. The programme also proposed that the Committee undertake a site ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Correctional Services on its 2013/14 Annual Report: hearing with Minister and Deputy Minister present
17 Jun 2015
The Department of Correctional Services and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) resumed the hearing on the issues arising from the Department’s annual report and financial statements, following a previous engagement on 27 May 2015. The aspects engaged upon were human resources, information technology (IT), consultants and internal audit. ...
Ad Hoc Committee on Police Minister's Report on Nkandla
Police Minister's Nkandla Report: Election of Chairperson; Parties to be called by the Committee
11 Jun 2015
The Ad Hoc Committee, having been appointed by the National Assembly, elected Mr Cedric Frolick as its chairperson. He suggested the Committee collate its programme but the meeting quickly turned into a debate on who the Committee could call to appear before it.
Some Members of the ruling party pointed ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Public Service SETA and Local Government SETA: Interrogation of 2013/14 Annual Reports
10 Jun 2015
The Committee interrogated the 2013/14 Annual Report of two Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) - firstly, the Public Sector SETA (PSETA) and secondly the Local Government SETA, which was under administration. The Chairperson emphasised the importance of the SETAs for building a capable state, commenting that there was still ...
Public Accounts (SCOPA)
Department of Correctional Services 2013/14 Annual Report & 3rd Party Funds; with Deputy Minister of Justice & Constitutional Development in attendance
27 May 2015
The Department of Justice and Correctional Services came before the Committee to answer questions on the 2013/2014 annual report and the issue of Third Party Funds.
The meeting was initially delayed following Members’ objections to the fact that senior Department officials were not present to engage with them on the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Bill: extension of deadline to amend and content: Department of Justice briefing; Committee Reports on budget votes 18, 21 and 22
13 May 2015
The Committee firstly considered the draft Committee Reports detailing the Committee's recommendations on the budget votes of the Department of Correctional Services (Budget Vote 18), the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (Vote 21), and the Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration (Budget Vote 22).
In relation to ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services Budget and Strategic Plan
16 Apr 2015
The Department of Correctional Services explained the links between the Department’s strategic planning documents and national priorities as contained in the National Development Plan; and how these priorities are targeted over the Medium Term Strategic Framework through specific indicators contained in either the Strategic Plan or Annual Performance Plan. This ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Political Overview for 2015/16 Budget Review
15 Apr 2015
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Adv Tshililo Michael Masutha gave a broad political overview of matters affecting the two departments in his portfolio. After introductory comments around the rule of law and recent events including xenophobic violence and the defacing of statues, he addressed the achievements and challenges faced ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services 2015/16 Budget and Strategic Plan: Briefing by content advisor and researcher
14 Apr 2015
The Committee’s Content Advisor provided a briefing on the Department of Correctional Service’s constitutional and legislative mandate and the interplay between the Department’s strategic documents and the National Development Plan and Medium Term Strategic Framework outcomes relevant to the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security cluster.
Currently, South Africa had 243 ...