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FILE: Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola addresses the media in Pretoria during a virtual Cabinet briefing on 6 August 2020. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter

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Justice Minister Lamola welcomes ConCourt ruling on Legal Practice Act

By Bernadette Wicks

Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has welcomed the Constitutional Court's decision not to confirm a ruling that had declared the Legal Practice Act...

  • Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola addresses the media in Pretoria during a virtual Cabinet briefing on 6 August 2020. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter.

    Lamola backs teams handling Gupta brothers' extradition, says they're competent

    The minister has updated the country on various extradition processes currently under way, including efforts to have Atul and Rajesh Gupta returned to the country to answer to the charges of fraud, corruption and money laundering.

    21 days ago
  • Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola addresses the media in Pretoria during a virtual Cabinet briefing on 6 August 2020. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter.

    Justice Minister Lamola defends dept against claims that it has regressed

    Lamola said that while more could be done, it was not true that the Department of Justice and Correctional Services was in decline.

    90 days ago
  • FILE: Justice Minister Ronald Lamola. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News

    Lamola: Govt will continue efforts to eradicate GBV, femicide in SA

    Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said that women falling victim to acts of violence at the hands of men remained a cause for serious concern.

    350 days ago
  • A vaccinator preparing the COVID-19 vaccine. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Lamola to launch vaccine rollout for inmates launched in Johannesburg on Monday

    Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola will launch the sector’s vaccination rollout programme in Johannesburg which will see about 138,000prisoners receive their COVID-19 vaccine.

    393 days ago
  • Suspected looters carry goods from the Game Warehouse in Durban on 13 July 2021. Picture: AFP

    Security forces now better prepared to deal with violence, looting - Cele

    Over 200 people were killed and more than 3,400 arrested in the worst violence to grip the country since the dawn of democracy.

    393 days ago
  • Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola addresses the media in Pretoria during a virtual Cabinet briefing on 6 August 2020. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter.

    Lamola: If Zuma applies for presidential pardon, the law will guide process

    Former President Jacob Zuma is serving a 15-month jail term for contempt of court after he shunned a directive by the Constitutional Court to appear before the state capture commission.

    393 days ago
  • FILE: Former South African president Jacob Zuma who is facing fraud and corruption charges greets supporters in the gallery of the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on 17 May 2021. Picture: Rogan Ward/AFP

    Lamola: Zuma can apply for parole within 4 months, or medical parole at any time

    Former President Jacob Zuma started serving his 15-month sentence at the Escourt Correctional Facility in KwaZulu-Natal after he was taken into custody close to midnight on Wednesday night.

    404 days ago
  • Justice Minister Ronald Lamola at a media briefing outside the Estcourt Correctional Service facility where former President Jacob Zuma is serving his 15-month sentence. Picture: YouTube screengrab/SABC.

    Cabinet not divided over Jacob Zuma's incarceration, says Lamola

    Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said that he met Jacob Zuma in person and that he was his usual laughing self and did not say anything about his previous comments that the African National Congress (ANC) had abandoned him.

    404 days ago
  • Justice Minister Ronald Lamola at a media briefing outside the Estcourt Correctional Service facility where former President Jacob Zuma is serving his 15-month sentence. Picture: YouTube screengrab/SABC.

    Lamola: Zuma not receiving any special treatment in jail

    Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said that the medical assessments being done on Zuma were standard procedure to determine how he would be incarcerated and Zuma would be placed in isolation for the first 14 days in line with COVID-19 regulations.

    404 days ago
  • FILE: Former South African President Jacob Zuma stands in the dock during the recess of his corruption trial at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on 26 May 2021. Picture: Phill Magakoe/AFP

    Lamola: Jacob Zuma in prison hospital, isolating for 14 days

    Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said that former President Jacob Zuma would be assessed before a decision was made on how he would be incarcerated.

    404 days ago
  • SA-UAE extradition treaty paves way for Guptas to face criminal charges

    Justice Minister Ronald Lamola confirmed that the extradition treaty between South Africa and the United Arab Emirates had been ratified after the National Prosecuting Authority approached Interpol to assist in the execution of warrants of arrests for brothers Atul and Rajesh Gupta, their wives and four others. The treaty comes into effect on 10 July. #Guptas #UAE

    431 days ago
  • FILE: Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola addresses the media in Pretoria during a virtual Cabinet briefing on 6 August 2020. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter

    Lamola: Money being redirected from other govt programmes to fund Zondo Inquiry

    Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola told Parliament’s justice committee that they were starting to feel the financial squeeze of the Zondo Commission, which had cost taxpayers about R800 million over three years.

    467 days ago
  • FILE: Justice Minister Ronald Lamola. Picture: @DOJCD_ZA/Twitter

    Justice Minister hopes costly Zondo Commission will wrap up in June

    Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola said the state capture inquiry had been costly and forced his department to put some of its programmes on hold.

    468 days ago
  • Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola addresses the media in Pretoria during a virtual Cabinet briefing on 6 August 2020. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter.

    Lamola: Clear indication that state of disaster will be extended beyond 15 Jan

    Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said that if there was to be a review of the current state of disaster, it would happen in the second week of January.

    595 days ago
  • FILE: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    WATCH LIVE: Gordhan, Lamola brief media on Eskom corruption fight

    Pubic Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola and Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter are briefing the media on developments in the fight against corruption at Eskom.

    613 days ago
  • FILE: The leaders of the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church, Mary Bushiri and Shepherd Bushiri. Picture: @psbushiri/Twitter

    Lamola: Bushiris are guaranteed a fair trial in SA

    During a post Cabinet briefing on Thursday, Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola said they intend sending extradition papers to Malawi for the Bushiris within the next two weeks.

    634 days ago
  • FILE: A professional healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) monitors a patient in a tent dedicated to the treatment of possible COVID-19 coronavirus patients at the Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria on 10 July 2020. Picture: AFP

    SA to hold 5 days of mourning for those lost to COVID, gender-based violence

    The five days of mourning will run from 25 to 29 November.

    635 days ago
  • FILE: Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola addresses the media in Pretoria during a virtual Cabinet briefing on 6 August 2020. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter

    Cabinet is serious about tackling fraud and corruption, says Lamola

    The minister said the inter-ministerial committee, appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, was an entity with teeth that would act against those found to be looting from COVID-19 related projects.

    740 days ago
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