The inter-ministerial committee led by Justice Minister Ronald Lamola briefed the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on Friday about its work in coordinating investigations into COVID-19 corruption.
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola on 6 August 2020 briefed the media on the outcomes of a recent Cabinet meeting. Lamola said the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill regulated the use, possession and cultivation of cannabis plants for personal use. #cannnnabis #Marijuana #lamola
Sixty-eight awaiting trial prisoners escaped from the facility on Friday and by early Sunday, all of them had been re-arrested.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said that service providers and store owners would be held criminally liable if customers did not wear masks.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is briefing the nation on the level 3 lockdown regulations that will kick in on 1 June.
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola in Parliament on Monday repeated calls for the reviewing of the Criminal Procedure Act and the Correctional Services Act which he said contributed to high prison numbers.
The minister has assured South Africans that the release of the prisoners will be done in the interest of justice to society.
Meanwhile, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said that they would need more legal practitioners to enforce the regulations aimed at curbing the response of COVID-19.
The minister briefed the media after he convened an urgent two-day meeting with high ranking officials following a number of cases in the Western Cape in which parolees were arrested for child murders.
The minister briefed the media after he convened an urgent two-day meeting with high ranking officials following a number of cases in the Western Cape in which parolees were arrested for child murders.
Chang has been in custody in South Africa since his arrest in December at the request of the United States for his alleged involvement in $2 billion of borrowing US authorities say was fraudulent. He denies wrongdoing.
