The justice portfolio committee in South Africa has announced its key priorities for the year, focusing on oversight visits to crucial institutions and addressing challenges within the legal sector. The committee aims to scrutinize the Office of State Law Advisor, Master's Office, court infrastructure, and the Human Rights Commission. Nqola, the committee chairperson, highlighted concerns about the Office of State Attorney, including corruption, resistance to change, and financial constraints. The committee will also monitor the implementation of the legal sector code and critical gender-based violence legislation.
The National Assembly sitting in the Good Hope Chamber. Photographer: Armand Hough / Independent NewspapersOversight visits to the Office of State Law Advisor, Master’s Office, court infrastructure, and Human Rights Commission are some of the priorities of the justice portfolio committee for this year.
Nqola also said the committee would monitor the implementation of the legal sector code, which aimed to accelerate the transformation of the legal sector. “The A-G highlighted the link between delayed projects for the mordernisation of the criminal justice system and the worsening case backlogs. This delays the realisation of integrated and modernised justice system across the cluster.”
The committee is still to recommend the candidate to fill the position of the Deputy Public Protector and a vacancy in the Human Rights Commission.
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