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.
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.
The five days of mourning will run from 25 to 29 November.
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.
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola is briefing the media on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday.
The controversial Umlazi Magistrate gave a man who raped a six-year-old girl a suspended sentence, claiming the victim showed no signs of trauma.
Wearing a face mask is now mandatory under revised lockdown regulations.
This is double the R350 million price tag that Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said the inquiry had cost as of September last year.
The Department of Women, Youth and People with Disabilities said that government couldn’t police households, communities must also contribute in bringing about behavioural changes at home when it came to women and children.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said new legislation has been published to strengthen the justice system when it came to dealing with perpetrators of gender-based violence crimes.
Ministers in the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) cluster are briefing the media on matters related to the enforcement of level 3 lockdown regulations.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the release of just under 19,000 inmates as part of the COVID-19 parole dispensation.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has provided details of the COVID-19 parole dispensation announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa, saying that this was one of government’s ways of rolling out the restorative justice system. #Coronavirus #COVID19 #JusticeSystem
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the release of just under 19,000 prisoners to contain the spread of the virus in correctional facilities.
KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Kwazi Mshengu said a total of 225 schools were vandalised since the start of the nationwide lockdown.
The amended Justice directives gazetted on Tuesday said that essential justice services would be available at courts at a limited time.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said that they also needed more legal practitioners to prosecute culprits who may break these rules.
The convicted murderer's currently serving a life sentence for the killing of Hani outside his Boksburg home in 1993.
