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Justice and Correctional Services
Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill: public hearings
29 Mar 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Justice & Correctional Services held the first day of public hearings on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill. Nine organisations made oral submissions.
Freedom of Religion South Africa began with the premise that Religious Freedom was the right to believe ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Delay in renewing the maintenance contract for Court Recording Transcript Machines; with Minister
23 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Department of Justice on the impact of the delay in renewing the maintenance contract for court recording transcript machines. The contract for maintaining the court recording technology (CRT) equipment had been deployed from 2015 for a period of five years and ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill: deliberations & Interim report requesting permission from House to expand scope
23 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting, the Committee continued its deliberations on the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill. Because the Committee planned to extend the scope of the Bill, it would need to obtain permission from the National Assembly to proceed, and would also need to publish the amended Bill for ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Land Court Bill: Department response to submissions
22 Mar 2022
The Portfolio Committee met on a virtual platform to receive a brief on the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJ&CD) response to the public submissions made on the Land Court Bill. The most notable concerns dealt with the tagging of the Bill, the jurisdiction of the Land Court in ...
Justice and Correctional Services
(SubCommittee) DCS readiness to take over Public Private Partnership Centres at expiration of contracts
18 Mar 2022
The SubCommittee on Correctional Services convened virtually for a briefing by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) on its readiness to take over the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Correctional Centres when the contracts expire.
The expiry dates of the two PPP contracts are 30 June 2026 in respect of ...
International Relations
DIRCO audit action plan; SADPA; Pan African Parliament; consequence management: with Minister
16 Mar 2022
The Portfolio Committee met with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) to receive briefings on: audit action plan and how it was being implemented; investigations on continuing expired contracts; the processes around BT Communications contract; the migration from the African Renaissance Fund to SADPA; separating the Property Management ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Child Justice Act Regulations: Department of Justice and Constitutional Development briefing
16 Mar 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on amendments to the Child Justice Act regulations, which were intended to bring it in line with the Child Justice Amendment Act of 2019. The most important provision of the Amendment Act was ...
Justice and Correctional Services
Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill: deliberations
15 Mar 2022
In this virtual meeting, a Parliamentary Legal Advisor and a Senior State Law Advisor briefed the Committee on a meeting of the technical team to discuss how best to manage the issues that had been previously highlighted by the Committee in relation to the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill.
Members ...
Justice and Correctional Services
(Subcommittee: Correctional Services) DCS on management of state patients in correctional centres; with Deputy Minister
11 Mar 2022
The Correctional Services Sub-committee of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services convened virtually for a briefing by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and the National Department of Health (DoH) on the management of state patients (SPs) in correctional centres.
The Covid-19 pandemic had contributed to relapse ...
International Relations
Committee Report on DIRCO & ARF Quarterly Performance
9 Mar 2022