2024-w3805 - 02 January 2024

Christian Themba Msimang to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

What total number of correctional facilities are under construction in each province; (2) Whether he has found that the specified facilities comply with the National Building Regulations in respect of accessibility for persons living with disabilities; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on 2 Jan 2024

  1. The total number of correctional facilities under construction in each province are as follows:

Name of Province

Number

Gauteng

01

Eastern Cape

01

KwaZulu-Natal

01

North West

03

Free State

01

TOTAL

07

2. The details are as follows:

  • Gauteng: Emthonjeni - Baviaanspoort:
  • The centre has ramps to access all the sections;
  • All single cells do not have disability toilets;
  • Hospital cells have bathtubs ...
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2024-w4061 - 02 January 2024

Glynnis Breytenbach to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

What are the reasons that the matter of four people who were allegedly arrested on Sunday, 12 November 2023 of which three were ordered to appear in court on Monday, 13 November 2023 were not enrolled, following the incidents that occurred on Sunday, 12 November 2023 concerning a peaceful and authorised gathering by various Christian church groups set to be held in Sea Point, Cape Town which was disrupted by an aggressive, confrontational and eventually violent mob of pro Palestine supporters?

Reply from the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on 2 Jan 2024

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Western Cape reports as follows:

On 12 November 2023 three males were arrested by Metro Police Officers employed by the City of Cape Town. It was alleged that the three males were part of a group of pro-Palestinian supporters. It was further alleged that the group of pro-Palestinian supporters were initially peaceful but refused to move when they were ...

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2024-w3577 - 02 January 2024

Nomathemba Hendrietta Maseko-Jele to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(1) Whether any practical results have been noted after he signed the Cybercrime Cooperation Protocol Agreement with the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, which offered training to judicial officers and prosecutors to improve the investigation of cybercrimes, that will benefit the Republic and particularly the Special Investigating Unit; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) what further measures has he put in place to expand the specified training?

Reply from the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on 2 Jan 2024

I wish to inform the honorable Member that I have been informed that

The following interventions has been identified for training of Judicial Officers, Prosecutors and Investigators within the Anti-Corruption and Law Enforcement Agencies, to build cybercrime expertise on the following courses:

Cyber Forensic First Responder Course

This course gives a broad view of Cyber equipment and the methods to collect and seize information ...

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2023-w4043 - 18 December 2023

Christian Themba Msimang to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

What is the number of prison warders who (a) were retained, (b) resigned from his department and (c) retired in 1994?

Reply from the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on 18 Dec 2023

The public service went through an administrative and structural transformation post the Democratic transition in 1994. The Government of the Republic of South Africa subsequently introduced a Personnel and Salaries Administration (PERSAL) system.

The PERSAL system is able to draw reports up to 2001 only, records for the period in question are not readily available, however, they may be sourced from the Archives and ...

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2023-w4110 - 18 December 2023

Sophie Suzan Thembekwayo to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(1) What urgent interventions has he taken regarding the Diphtheria outbreak at Pollsmoor Correctional Centre, where a young inmate has already died with several other inmates are placed in isolation?

Reply from the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on 18 Dec 2023

1. The urgent interventions, with, are as follows:

  • All the contacts of the index patient were traced and symptomatic patients were isolated while all asymptomatic contacts were quarantined;
  • Several inmates have been placed in isolation as a precautionary measure;
  • Case finding was conducted by sending throat swabs of all the contacts to National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) for testing;
  • Antibiotics treatment was given to ...
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2023-w3576 - 18 December 2023

Anthea Ramolobeng to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

What plans has his department put in place with regard to the safety of officials working at the (a) Tzaneen and (b) Tswelopele Correctional Centres in Kimberly, who do not have official accommodation?

Reply from the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on 18 Dec 2023

a) It should be noted that after the completion of the construction of the new generation Correctional Centre at Tzaneen, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) tasked the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) to commence with the planning and design of the official staff accommodation on the existing site, in close proximity to the Correctional Centre. It is anticipated that the planning ...

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2023-w3579 - 04 December 2023

Anthea Ramolobeng to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

What steps has he taken to deal with the shortages of psychologists in correctional centres, in particular the Tswelopele Correctional Centre, which notably impacts the applications of inmates’ eligibility for parole?

Reply from the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on 4 Dec 2023

The position of a Psychologist at Tswelopele Correctional Centre (TCC), Kimberley Management Area, has been vacant since 31 January 2021. It was advertised in September 2021 and September 2022, respectively without suitable candidates. The post was again advertised in February 2023, and eventually filled as from 01 September 2023.

Whilst waiting the filling of the post, in order to mitigate the backlogs on lifers ...

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2023-w3822 - 04 December 2023

Christian Themba Msimang to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

Whether his department has set and/or achieved any short-term targets to fulfil its constitutional obligation of ensuring that the judiciary reflects the racial and gender composition of the Republic; if not, why not; if so, what total number of (a) judges, (b) magistrates and (c) counsel are (i) black, (ii) women and (iii) living with disabilities in each province?

Reply from the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on 4 Dec 2023

Prior to the advent of our democracy, the Judiciary just like any other sector of our society was untransformed and dominated by White males. With this in mind the drafters of our Constitution took a deliberate decision to transform the Judiciary by including a constitutional injunction in section 174 of our Constitution which enjoined us to transform the Judiciary so as to broadly reflect ...

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2023-w3760 - 24 November 2023

Sinawo Tambo to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

What (a) was his role at the 2023 Rugby World Cup Final in France and (b) were the total costs to his department for his (i) accommodation, (ii) travel and (iii) other related expenses?

Reply from the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on 24 Nov 2023

  1. I attended the World Cup as a spectator in my private capacity.
  2. There were no costs to my departments.
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2023-w3592 - 24 November 2023

Glynnis Breytenbach to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

With reference to the Solicitor-General’s determination that the legal fees incurred by the former President, Mr J G Zuma, in multiple unsuccessful legal challenges to almost every aspect of the State’s corruption case against him, which he has been instructed to repay by the Supreme Court of Appeal, have doubled since the initial assessment was made, what are the (a) full relevant details of the person who conducted the reassessment and (b) further relevant details regarding the investigation, including the reasons that the original estimation has nearly doubled?

Reply from the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on 24 Nov 2023

a) what are the full relevant details of the person who conducted the reassessment?

The reassessment was conducted by the senior and junior advocates involved in the matter, along with the attorney of record and state accountants attached to the Office of State Attorney, Pretoria.

and

b) further relevant details regarding the investigation, including the reasons that the original estimation has nearly doubled?

The ...

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