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Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
2 Sep 2015
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development said the key highlights for the First Quarter of 2015/16 included: the extension of its services at municipal buildings in Hermanus, George and Stellenbosch which became additional seats for magistrates courts; a total of 44 988 criminal court cases were finalised through alternative ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance & Internal Control Environment
1 Sep 2015
The Department of Correctional Services provided the Committee with a report on its work on the internal control environment. It was following a combined assurance approach to ensure that the internal control system was effective and efficient in all areas of its operations. This approach would maximise the risk and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Matters Amendment Bill [B20-2015]: briefing on essential infrastructure theft/tampering bill
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development said the Criminal Matters Amendment Bill [B20-2015] intends to deal with the theft, tampering with or destruction of essential infrastructure. The Bill seeks to amend the Criminal Procedure Act provisions on bail to place a reverse onus on people accused of infrastructure related ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Offender management, rehabilitation & independent monitoring standards: CSPRI, NICRO & Correctional Services briefing
17 Aug 2015
The meeting began with a submission by the Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, which highlighted certain areas of concern where South Africa was not fully compliant with international standards and/or domestic law. The areas focussed on included: remand detention, the absolute prohibition of torture, adequate provision of healthcare, rehabilitation focussing ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Filling of vacancy on South African Human Rights Commission: short-listing
11 Aug 2015
The Committee agreed that the issue of Traditional Courts must be resolved soon, and that the length of the process is unacceptable. The Committee admonished the events of the weekend involving the burning of a church in response to transgressions by its pastor. However, the Committee also moved to have ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Department of Correctional Services on its ICT challenges, relationship with SITA, modernisation project and inmate management systems
23 Jun 2015
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) briefed the Justice and Correctional Services portfolio committee on its IT environment. The Department had re-instated the IT branch in 2012 with the aim of acquiring, implementing, advising and coordinating a secured integrated system and relevant ICT which was aligned to that Department’s strategic ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Correctional Supervision and Parole: Department of Correctional Services on its Parole and Offender Reintegration System
2 Jun 2015
The Department of Correctional Services briefed the Justice and Correctional Services Portfolio Committee on the South African parole system and the new approach towards short term offenders. The Department said parole was an internationally accepted principle which was used in most countries to conditionally release offenders into the community before ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences &Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill approved; Rules Board Briefing Rules of Appeal Procedure, in accordance with Rome Statute: Department's briefing
27 May 2015
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development took the Committee through the last few changes to the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences & Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill (the Bill), flowing from the Committee deliberations on 19 May 2015. A paragraph had been inserted in the Preamble, clarifying the need ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Maintenance Amendment Bill: finalisation & voting; Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill: deliberations
19 May 2015
The Department presented the final proposed amendments to the Maintenance Amendment Bill. Clause 11 which ensures blacklisting of maintenance defaulters with credit bureaus has been retained after all. During the discussion no major matters were raised, although a slight clash occurred between the ANC and DA about a public protest ...
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 ...