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Justice and Correctional Services
Executive Members' Ethics Act review as part of remedial action of State of Capture Report
5 Sep 2017
The meeting dealt with the remedial action contained in paragraph 8.9 of the Public Protector’s State of Capture Report. This required Parliament to review the Executive Members Ethics Act to provide for increased accountability and transparency in conflicts of interest pertaining to the Executive. The Speaker of Parliament had referred ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on Quarter 1 performance
22 Aug 2017
A delegation from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) reported on its first quarter performance. The report showed that it achieved 43 of the 60 indicators that constitute its targets for the first quarter, giving it an overall success of 72%. Its primary challenge is budget cuts, which ...
Justice and Correctional Services
TRC regulations and community rehabilitation: progress report
16 Aug 2017
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJCD) reported on its implementation of the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and TRC draft Regulations. It identified major challenges in the Regulations as: limitation of rehabilitation projects to 18 communities, undisclosed criteria for identification of benefitting communities, insufficient consultation ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Correctional Services human resource management
13 Jun 2017
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) referred to the Occupational Specific Dispensation (OSD) for correctional officers where the General Public Service Sectoral Bargaining Council (GPSSBC) Resolution 2 of 2009 gave effect to the centre base and non-centre based salary structure. The resolution had been implemented partially due to challenges in ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Bill: briefing continued
31 May 2017
The Committee met to be briefed on the remaining part of the proposed Cyber Security and Cybercrime Bill. The team from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) presented a chapter by chapter explanation of the remaining parts of Chapters five to 13 of the draft Bill.
During the ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Bill: briefing, with Deputy Minister
30 May 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) on the proposed Cyber Security and Cybercrime Bill. The Deputy Minister of the Department gave a brief background on why the Bill was needed. The DOJCD team described the terminologies used in the Bill and the National ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Judicial Matters Amendment Bill: Department response to public comments, with Deputy Minister
23 May 2017
The Committee was briefed on the comments and responses to the Judicial Matters Amendment Bill [B14-2016]. The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), Rape Crisis, the Women’s Legal Centre, the Rape Survivors’ Justice Campaign and the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) had all made submissions and recommendations on the Bill. ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Committee Report on Department of Justice, Correctional Services & Office of Chief Justice Budgets
16 May 2017
The Committee considered the draft reports on the budgets for the Department of Justice, the Department of Correctional Services and the Office of the Chief Justice.
The Chairperson headed a page by page analysis of the three documents. In many of the documents, minor changes were required, either to grammar ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Courts of Law Amendment Bill; Legal Practice Amendment Bill: briefing
10 May 2017
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development presented the finalised Portfolio Committee amendments on the Courts of Law Amendment Bill. Members reflected on the Committee Report accompanying the Courts Bill. After clarifying the preamble of the Courts Bill, scope of notice to judgment debtors, use of the phrase ‘just and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Pollsmoor court order: Department of Correctional Services progress report; Committee Report on Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill
9 May 2017
The meeting began with consideration of the report on the proposed amendments to the Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill [B2-2017]. Corrections to the bill were highlighted by a state law adviser. All six ANC Members of the Committee in attendance voted in favour of the adoption of the report, while the ...