The Department of Justice and Correctional Services
(a) Yes
(b) Yes
(c) The table below is the summary of the DOJ&CD Day-to-Day maintenance budget and expenditure report.
|
Province |
Budget |
Expenditure |
|
National Office |
R1,808,000.00 |
R652,592.30 |
|
Eastern Cape |
R4,634,000.00 |
R1,485,168.04 |
|
Free State |
R1,970,000.00 |
R1,969,684.84 |
|
Gauteng |
R10,931,000.00 |
R8,759,690.39 |
|
KwaZulu Natal |
R2,631,000.00 |
R2,631,327.82 |
|
Limpopo |
R795,000.00 |
R708,416.74 |
|
Mpumalanga |
R7,082,000.00 |
R5,889,792.71 |
|
North West |
R1,760,000.00 |
R1,760,150.34 |
|
Northern Cape |
R2,655,000.00 |
R2,655,659.99 |
|
Western ... |
1. Yes, there are mechanisms in place to address cases in courts which are regularly postponed. These include the quarterly meetings of senior members of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, with the Regional Court Presidents’ Forum as well as separately with the Chief Magistrates’ Forum, as Magistrates are in charge of Case-flow Management in courts. These meetings discuss blockages in the system ...
(a)
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STATUS OF CUMULATIVE RE-ARREST CASES AND REASONS REPORTED BY REGIONS AS AT 26 OCTOBER 2023 |
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REGION |
REASONS |
TOTAL RE-ARRESTS |
|
EC |
1 x offender released unconditionally on 23/08/2023 was readmitted on 11/09/2023 for Theft; 1 x offender released unconditionally on 23/08/2023 was readmitted on 11/09/2023 for House Breaking and Theft; 1 x offender released unconditionally on 21/08/2023 was readmitted on 11/09/2023 for Damage of ... |
As at the project end date of 02 November 2023, a total of 16 472 offenders were released comprising of 2 459 conditional and 14 013 unconditional releases.
The below table depicts the total number of those rearrested, charged, found guilty, out on bail and currently standing trial:
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REGION |
(a)(i) arrested |
(a)(ii) charged |
(a)(iii) found guilty |
(b)(i) out on bail |
(b)(ii) currently standing trial ... |
South Africa signed the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) in January 1993 and ratified it in December 1998. It also signed the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) in September 2006. Due to mounting pressure on South Africa, both at international and national levels, to ratify OPCAT, the National Assembly and the National Council ...
Granting of Special Remission of sentence is the prerogative of the President in terms of the powers vested in him by Section 84 (2) (j) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No 108 of 1996).
DCS continuously implements the direct and indirect measures outlined by the DCS Overcrowding Reduction Strategy in dealing with population levels in all correctional facilities. ...
(a) what are the details of specific challenges that were experienced in the handover of the files which he referred to
1.. BACKGROUND
The impact that the budget cuts have on the Aspirant Prosecutor Programme is that the group that is due to complete their training in January 2024, cannot be absorbed into the NPA and appointed into the entry level District Court posts, as has been tradition. However, the NPA is considering another option to be able to keep them within NPA’s employ, through their current ...
1. Whether lifestyle audits are conducted: Yes
a) How often? Annually, in accordance with the schedule provided by the Public Service Regulations on Financial Interests Disclosure Framework, DPSA Directives and DPSA Guide on Lifestyle audit.
b) When last was lifestyle audit conducted? As the first phase of the audit, lifestyle review was last conducted in the 2022/2023 financial year [financial disclosure ...