a) The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) does not own any land or property. However it uses state owned properties that are under the custodianship of the National Department of Public Works.
In the effort of executing its mandate of administration of justice, the DoJ&CD’s Courts make use of physical assets in the form of courts and office buildings. The Department is accommodated in 672 state-owned properties and is leasing only 120 buildings mainly offices throughout the country. In an effort to strike a balance, the composition of the Departments portfolio lies within an acceptable ratio of 80% state owned and 20% leased building.
b) The entities reporting to me have reported as follows:
(i) LEGAL AID SOUTH AFRICA:
Legal Aid SA owns seven (7) pieces of land per the table below. All properties are used for as Legal Aid SA’s local offices.
No. |
Local Office |
Physical Address |
ERF M2 |
Building M2 |
Usage |
Gauteng Province |
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1. |
National Office |
ERF 4410 29 de Beer Street Braamfontein |
1,490 |
8,289 |
Used as Legal Aid SA’s National Office |
2. |
Krugersdorp |
ERF 1737 |
495 |
1,298 |
Krugersdorp local office (Refurbishment in progress and will be occupied on 01 June 2018) |
3. |
Benoni |
ERF 884 |
595 |
1,696 |
Benoni local office. (Refurbishment will commence on 01 June 2018 and will be occupied on 01 October 2018) |
North-West Province |
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4. |
Litchenburg |
ERF 1956 |
1,086 |
258 |
Lichtenburg local office |
Free State Province |
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5. |
Welkom |
Archiquant Building |
373 |
1,073 |
Welkom local office |
Mpumalanga Province |
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6. |
Middleburg |
ERF 408 |
996 |
616 |
Middelburg local office |
7. |
Witbank |
ERF 109 |
2,231 |
1,548 |
Witbank local office |
N.B: The Polokwane and Mitchells Plain Offices operate directly from court buildings maintained by the State.
The Nelspruit Office will in the near future operate from a state owned court building.
(ii) SPECIAL INVESTIGATING UNIT
The Special Investigating Unit does not rent or/and have any exclusive rights on any State owned land.