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Portfolio Committee On Justice And Correctional Services
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services is a portfolio committee of the National Assembly of South Africa. It is responsible for oversight of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the Department of Correctional Services. In addition, it oversees a long list of statutory entities related to justice and law enforcement: the Council for Debt Collectors, the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services, Legal Aid South Africa, the National Prosecuting Authority, the Office of the Chief Justice, the Public Protector, the Rules Board for Courts of Law, the South African Board for Sheriffs, the South African Human Rights Commission, and the Special Investigating Unit. The committee was established during the first post-apartheid Parliament as the Portfolio Committee on Justice, chaired for two terms by Johnny de Lange. It was later renamed as the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development after the Department of Justi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Justice And Constitutional Development
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is the justice department of the South African government. The department provides administrative and financial support to the court system and the judiciary (which are constitutionally independent of the executive), oversees the National Prosecuting Authority, provides legal advice and representation to organs of state, and facilitates law reform. The political head of the department is the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, who is supported by a Deputy Minister of Justice. the minister is Ronald Lamola and the deputy minister is John Jeffery. In the 2020 budget, R22,410.8 million was appropriated for the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, and a further R2,450.8 million for the Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration. In the 2018/19 financial year the department had 22,050 employees, with a further 2,415 employees in the Office of the Chief Justice. References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
26th South African Parliament
The 26th South African Parliament was the fifth Parliament of South Africa to convene since the introduction of non-racial government in South Africa in 1994. It was elected in the general election of 7 May 2014 and consists of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces. The National Assembly contains 400 members, while the National Council of Provinces contains 90 members. Members of Parliament were sworn in on 21 May 2014. The 26th parliament first convened on 21 May 2014 to elect Jacob Zuma as the fifth democratically elected President of South Africa. It was formally opened by president Zuma's State of the Nation Address in a joint sitting on 17 June 2014. 13 Different political parties are represented in this parliament. The majority party in the 25th parliament, the African National Congress (ANC) retained its majority, although it was reduced to 249 (62%) seats, down from 264 seats out of 400 (66%), while the Democratic Alliance (DA) increased its lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limpho Hani
Limpho Hani (; born 31 January 1948) is a Mosotho–South African activist who is the widow of anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani. After her husband was assassinated in 1993, she had her own brief political career in the post-apartheid government, representing the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from May 1994 to August 1999. She also served on the ANC's National Executive Committee during that period. She has since remained in the public eye, partly because of the national symbolic importance of her husband's murder and partly because of her own activism in seeking to oppose parole for the killers. Early life She was born Limpho Sekamane on 31 January 1948 and is from Sea Point in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. Life with Chris Hani: 1973–1993 She married Chris Hani in 1974 at a magistrate's court in Lusaka, Zambia; they had a celebratory wedding lunch at Wimpy. After her wedding, Hani spent time studying overseas in Yugoslavia, but upon h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ntsiki Mashimbye
Joseph Ntshikiwane Mashimbye (born 9 April 1969) is a South African diplomat and former politician. He represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2004. Since leaving Parliament, he has served as South African Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Brazil, and Egypt. Early life and activism Mashimbye was born on 9 April 1969. He was active in the anti-apartheid movement and in 1997 was among a large number of ANC members who approached the Truth and Reconciliation Commission with a collective application for amnesty for their involvement in ANC policy decisions that had resulted in human rights violations. The application was denied because it was too broad for the amnesty rules to be applicable. Career in government He was elected to the National Assembly in the 1994 general election, South Africa's first post-apartheid elections. He served two terms, gaining re-election in 1999. During his second term, he succeeded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewele Modisenyane
Lewele John Modisenyane is a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1994 to 2009, serving the Free State constituency. He lost his seat in the 2009 general election, in which he defected from the ANC to the opposition Congress of the People (COPE). In 2006, he was convicted of stealing from Parliament during the Travelgate scandal. Early life and activism Modisenyane is from the eastern Free State. During apartheid, he was an activist for the United Democratic Front, and after the ANC was unbanned in 1990 he worked as an organiser for the party in the province. Legislative career: 1994–2009 In the 1994 general election, South Africa's first under universal suffrage, Modisenyane was elected to an ANC seat in the new National Assembly. He served three terms in his seat, gaining re-election in 1999 and 2004, and represented the Free State constituency. After his re-election in 2004, he served bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Bloem
Dennis Victor Bloem (born 4 August 1952) is a South African politician who served as the national spokesperson of the Congress of the People (COPE) until his resignation in August 2023. He represented COPE in the National Council of Provinces from 2009 to 2014 and before that he represented the African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament from 1994 to 2009. A former United Democratic Front activist in the Free State, Bloem defected from the ANC to COPE ahead of the 2009 general election. Early life and activism Bloem was born on 4 August 1952. He lived in the Coloured neighbourhood of Brentpark in Kroonstad and was an organiser for the ANC-aligned United Democratic Front (UDF) in the Orange Free State. In 1992, he and three others were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of George "Diwiti" Ramasimong, the leader of Kroonstad's anti-UDF Three Million Gang. Specifically, Bloem had been seen driving with the killer, UDF member Roland Petrus, to the taxi ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Smith (politician)
Vincent Smith may refer to: * Vince Powell (1928–2009), born Vincent Smith, television writer * Vin Smith (1913–1995), Australian footballer *Vince Smith (1938–2008), Australian politician *Vince Smith (boxer), English boxer * Vincent Smith (''Chuck'') *Vincent Smith (American football) (born 1990), American football player *Vince Smith (cybertaxonomist) *Vincent Smith (television presenter) (1943–1991), Australian journalist and broadcaster * Vincent Arthur Smith (1848–1920), Irish-born Indologist, historian and art historian * Vincent D. Smith (1929–2003) American artist, teacher, painter and printmaker known for his vivid and colorful depictions of Black life. *Vincent Powell-Smith (1939–1997), British barrister and author *Vincent Reynolds Smith (1890–1960), judge and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada *Vinnie Smith Vincent Ambrose Smith (December 7, 1915 – December 14, 1979) was an American Major League Baseball baseball player, player and umpire from Richmon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd South African Parliament
The 23rd South African Parliament was the second Parliament of South Africa since the introduction of non-racial government in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ... in 1994. It was elected in the 2 June, 1999 general election, and was opened by newly-elected president Thabo Mbeki's State of the Nation address in a joint sitting on 14 June 1999. It held its final session in early 2004, before the April 2004 elections. See also * List of members of the National Assembly of South Africa, 1999–2004 * List of members of the Senate of South Africa, 1999–2004 References 23rd South African Parliament {{SouthAfrica-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatima Chohan
Fatima Ismail Chohan (formerly known as Fatima Chohan-Kota) is a South African politician and activist who is currently deputy chair of the South African Human Rights Commission. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), Chohan was formerly a member of the National Assembly of South Africa, where she served from 1996 to 2019. From 2010 to 2019, Chohan served as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs under President Jacob Zuma. A Muslim South African, Chohan is a former member of the Executive Committee of the Muslim Student Society. Early life and education Chohan completed her schooling in Laudium, Gauteng. She attended the University of Witwatersrand, where she received her B.Proc degree. As a student, Chohan was a member of the Black Students Society from 1987 to 1990, and also served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Muslim Student Society. Legal career In 1998, Chohan was admitted to the Side Bar. Chohan was a legal advisor to the Gauteng Legislature and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24th South African Parliament
The 24th South African Parliament was the third Parliament of South Africa to convene since the introduction of non-racial government in South Africa in 1994. It was elected in the 14 April, South African general election, 2004, 2004 general election, and was opened by re-elected president Thabo Mbeki's State of the Nation address in a joint sitting on 21 May 2004. The composition of the parliament was only slightly changed by the 2007 South African floor crossing window period, 2007 floor crossing window period, with the ANC retaining its majority and the Democratic Alliance (South Africa), Democratic Alliance retaining its lead of the opposition. It held its final session in February 2009, prior to the South African general election, 2009, April 2009 elections.Linda Ensor. (11 February 2009)Parliament Will 'Have Enough Time' to Discuss Bill AllAfrica. See also * List of National Assembly members of the 24th Parliament of South Africa * List of NCOP members of the 24th Parl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngoako Ramatlhodi
Ngoako Ramatlhodi (born 21 August 1955), a senior member of the African National Congress, was South Africa's Minister of Public Service and Administration from 2015 to March 2017. In the first Zuma administration he had been an MP and a controversial member of the Judicial Service Commission. He resigned as MP in 2017. Up to 2015 he was Minister of Mineral Resources. Ramatlhodi claimed in 2017 that Eskom chairperson Ben Ngubane and chief executive Brian Molefe requested that he terminate Glencor's mining licenses in an apparent ruse to facilitate the sale of its Optimum coal mine to the Gupta family. He was assigned to his subsequent ministerial post after he supposedly did not comply. He was axed in the cabinet reshuffle of March 2017, allegedly without being given reasons. His position was taken by a known Zuma ally, the then Free State economic development MEC Mosebenzi Zwane. In the same reshuffle, finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy, Mcebisi Jonas Mce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luwellyn Landers
Luwellyn Tyrone Landers (died November 2023) was a South African politician who was the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, along with Reginah Mhaule. He participated in the following parliamentary committees: Justice and Constitutional Development, Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence, Joint Committee on Ethics and Members Interest, as well as the ANC National Disciplinary Committee. His death was announced on 25 November 2023. ''Times Live''. Retrieved 25 November 2023. See also * |
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