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.
The Department of Correctional Service briefed the Justice and Correctional Services Committee on Friday on the parole system and its challenges.
The Justice Minister said communities would now play a bigger role in parole processes following several cases of parolees appearing in court for rape and murder.
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni presented new budget allocations for the NPA, the priority investigative unit (the Hawks) and other law enforcement agencies, which were expected to tackle the massive backlogs in corruption cases.
Pretoria Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair was suspended while an investigation into his alleged links to scandal-plagued Bosasa is carried out.
Nair was the first member of the judiciary to be implicated at the state capture commission.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola, who was once Malema’s deputy when he was still leader of the ANC Youth League, took aim when he wrapped up the second and final day of debate on the President’s State of the Nation Address (Sona).
The NPA's Phindi Mjonondwane said that a date for the inquest still needed to be determined.
Nine people were hanged in 1961 by the apartheid government after they took part in the Cato Manor uprising on 24 January 1960.
South Africans need more action over talk, and the Guptas answering for allegations against them is a good way to show that, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola on Sunday announced that Cekeshe qualified for parole but would not confirm whether the activist would receive a presidential pardon.
Speaking at the closing of the special congress of the SACP, Nzimande said they would oppose any action to release him.
