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2010/08/13
N Mapisa-Nqakula: Incidences of violence at Kimberley Correctional Centre
Honourable Speaker
Deputy Speaker
Chairperson
Honourable members
We want to thank the National Assembly, the parties and the Presiding Officers for granting our request to make a statement in this House relating to reported incidences of violence at our new generation correctional facility in Kimberley last week.
Normally we would not have brought this matter before the House here, but given some of the media ... [highlighted result]
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2010/08/11
N Mapisa-Nqakula: Women?s Day celebrations
Women had already organised marches against pass laws as early as 1913 when black and coloured women marched in the Orange Free State and in the 1930s and 40s the Bantu Women s League protested against pass laws under the leadership of stalwart Charlotte Maxeke.
The struggle for women emancipation and for the recognition of the role and place of women in our society formed an integral part of our people s struggle for freedom. We have sought to provide comfort for ... [highlighted result]
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2010/05/17
N Mapisa-Nqakula on new National Commissioner
Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has expressed confidence that the department is set for a turn around. Minister Mapisa-Nqakula made the comments in welcoming the new National Commissioner of Correctional Services Mr Tom Moyane and the new Chief Financial Officer Mr Eric Sokhela in Pretoria today, 17 May 2010.The minister introduced the new executive management appointees to correctional officials in Pretoria today. If he could do it with the KwaZulu-Natal ... [highlighted result]
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2010/05/17
N Mapisa-Nqakula on new National Commissioner
Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has expressed confidence that the department is set for a turn around. Minister Mapisa-Nqakula made the comments in welcoming the new National Commissioner of Correctional Services Mr Tom Moyane and the new Chief Financial Officer Mr Eric Sokhela in Pretoria today, 17 May 2010.
Addressing head office correctional managers and officials for the first time, National Commissioner Moyane appreciated the confidence the Minister and ... [highlighted result]
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2010/05/06
N Mapisa-Nqakula on appointment of National Commissioner Tom Moyane
Correctional Services Minister, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, MP, yesterday informed the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services in Parliament of Cabinet's decision to confirm Mr Tom Moyane's appointment as the Department of Correctional Services' new National Commissioner (Director-General).The announcement follows a process of inviting candidates to apply to fill this position in the department, which has been vacant since February 2010.Minister Mapisa-Nqakula further ... [highlighted result]
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2010/04/19
N Mapisa-Nqakula: United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
South Africa has adopted domestic legislation to address issues of human trafficking at various levels.South Africa seeks to emphasise the role of technology in criminal justice reform to assist in tracking criminal activities. South Africa is therefore pleased that the Salvador Congress also focussed on this challenge.South Africa became a member of the Financial Action Task Force in June 2003. For this reason, South Africa advocates for closer collaboration and cooperation ... [highlighted result]
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2010/04/13
Correctional Services Minister, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, MP, will lead South Africa's delegation to the 12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice taking place in Salvador, Brazil on 18 and 19 April 2010.Minister Mapisa-Nqakula, together with her colleagues from the international community, will ratify outcomes of two weeks of deliberations by member countries aimed at achieving synchronicity and international best practices in crime prevention, ... [highlighted result]
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2010/03/25
N Mapisa-Nqakula: Correctional Services Dept Budget Vote 2010/11
Chairperson
Deputy Minister of Correctional Services
Members of the Correctional Services Portfolio Committee
Honourable Members of the Extended Public Committee
Acting National Commissioner of Corrections and senior Management of Department of Correctional Services (DCS)
Judge Van Zyl, Office of the Inspecting Judge
Chairperson and members of the National Council on Correctional Services
Officials and offenders watching from our centres
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2010/02/22
N Mapisa-Nqakula on escape of awaiting trial detainees
Minister of Correctional Services, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, has noted the escape of eight (8) awaiting trial detainees from the Durban Westville Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal this morning.A preliminary investigation into the escape by the Awaiting Trial Detentions (ATD) points to clear signs of collusion with some officials at the facility.Minister Mapisa-Nqakula is currently consulting her Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster colleagues, Ministers Nathi ... [highlighted result]
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2010/02/22
N Mapisa-Nqakula terminates contract of Correctional Services National Commissioner
Correctional Services Minister, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula MP, in consultation with the Minister of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) has decided to re-determine the expiry date of the employment contract of Correctional Services National Commissioner Ms Xoliswa Sibeko.This follows Minister Mapisa Nqakula s decision to extend National Commissioner Sibeko s special leave in December last year, after she had been cleared of any wrong doing in the matter of rented accommodation ... [highlighted result]
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2010/02/19
N Mapisa-Nqakula appoints task team to audit offender categories
The terms of reference will also be made available to members of the media upon request.The minister s task team comprises of three members as well as a secretariat made up of three persons and is led by Dr Mongezi Guma.
I trust the task team will enjoy the support of officials in our department and achieve the desired outcomes as we endeavour to place the Department of Correctional Services on the path of rendering a professional service to society.Officials of the ...
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2010/02/19
N Mapisa-Nqakula on correctional services housing policy
Minister of Correctional Services, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula MP, has learnt with shock of labour union POPCRU s decision to contest the department s newly formulated housing policy in the courts.The drafting of the policy followed years of successive warnings by Treasury regarding the issue of double-dipping or double benefitting by some of our officials, who while receiving housing allowances as part of their salary packages were also incorrectly benefiting from state ... [highlighted result]
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2009/12/14
Correctional Services Minister, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, today received the judgment in the disciplinary enquiry related to the matter between Correctional Services National Commissioner, Ms Xoliswa Sibeko and the department.The findings in the disciplinary enquiry have cleared Ms Sibeko on all three charges brought against her including the rental of private property at state expense and travel abroad with her husband at State cost.To this end, Minister Mapisa-Nqakula has... [highlighted result]
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2009/11/19
N Mapisa-Nqakula on Special Investigating Unit's (SIU) report
Department of Correctional Services Minister, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula MP, clarifies status of the Special Investigating Unit s (SIU) report on alleged procurement irregularities in the department.In terms of section 4 of the Act that regulates the Special Investigating Unit, evidence which points to the commission of an offence must be referred to the National Prosecuting Authority.In line with the Act the SIU has referred its report on alleged procurement irregularities ... [highlighted result]
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2009/09/22
N Mapisa-Nqakula: Ncome Management Area
I think it is critical that I, as Minister, go beyond the glossy reports that I get in Pretoria and Cape Town but also see the other side of life in the Department of Correctional Services.Ladies and gentlemen, the primary project that brings us here is to observe offender labour in action. I have stated that the Department of Correctional Services must increasingly identify areas where offender labour can be used to touch the lives of our people.Offender labour is not a new ... [highlighted result]
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2009/09/21
N Mapisa-Nqakula: Corrections Week event at Groenpunt Correctional Centre
This Corrections Week is a national program of the Department of Correctional Services. This work must be directed at ensuring a reduction in poverty levels in our communities, infrastructure development and rural development.The Correctional Services Act is very clear that offender labour shall not be used as a form of punishment. Offender labour can benefit the skills base of offenders whilst benefiting our broader society. [highlighted result]
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2009/09/16
N Mapisa-Nqakula: Correctional Supervision and Parole Boards Summit
Ministers and Deputy Ministers
Senior managers from our sister departments
Acting National Commissioner
Chief Deputy Commissioners and Department of Correctional Services management here today
Our partners from the Non-Governmental Organisational sector and broader civil society
Colleagues
Ladies and gentlemenWe meet here today to discuss a matter that has long needed this kind of attention. This presentation, amongst other things, reflected ...
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2009/09/16
N Mapisa-Nqakula on parole system
Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has called for an open debate on the performance of the country's new parole system that has been in place for four and half years.Minister Mapisa-Nqakula was addressing over 100 delegates that include Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons of the country's 52 parole boards that gathered in Boksburg today for a two-day summit organised by Correctional Services."We must all agree that parole as a legal dispensation happens ... [highlighted result]
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2009/09/12
N Mapisa-Nqakula: Answers to questions in National Assembly on vehicle for minister
Question No: 362Mr A T Fritz (Democratic Alliance) to ask Minister of Correctional Services:
(1) Whether she purchased a new vehicle on her appointment to office; if so, (a) why, (b) what make and model is the vehicle, (c) what did the vehicle cost and (d)(i) what accessories were included in excess of the vehicle s purchase price and (ii) what was the cost of such accessories; if not,
(2) Whether she inherited an existing vehicle; if so, (a) what was the make and model ...
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2009/09/09
N Mapisa-Nqakula on life sentence offenders' parole
The Minister of Correctional Services, Mrs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has today approved the placement on parole of nine offenders sentenced to life over 20 years.Minister Mapisa-Nqakula granted parole to nine "lifers" after considering recommendations of the National Council on Correctional Services (NCSS) for placing 18 lifers who have served at least 20 years in custody. The Act determines that the case of an offender who has served 20 years of his sentence must be submitted to the ... [highlighted result]
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