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GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE The Criminal and Related Matters Amendment Act, 2021, is now in force, among other things requiring that: anyone accused of domestic violence should appear in court before bail is considered, and that a court should consider...

Parliament is taking full advantage of the public holiday. It has scheduled a fairly light but eclectic programme. On Wednesday, the NCOP will hold a debate to commemorate Women’s Day. In keeping with previous speeches, lawmakers are expected to focus...

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Act, 2021 is now in force, according to a recent presidential proclamation. The Act is one of three new statutes expected to go some way towards...

NCOP delegates return to Parliament this week for the third term. NA legislators will carry out constituency work for another two weeks and return on 16 August. This session will be relatively short and packed with activities. Some of the highlights...

SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS The national State of Disaster has been extended to 18 August 2022. According to a Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs media statement on the extension: it takes account of the need to continue...

In November 2020, the National Assembly mandated the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour and the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development to conduct comprehensive oversight work on the living and working...

COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND DISEASES The Department of Employment and Labour has gazetted a notice announcing its intention to embark on ‘employer engagements, site visits and audits’ with the aim of ‘establishing effective registration...

COVID-19 SOCIAL RELIEF OF DISTRESS GRANT Input is sought on proposals for amending the April 2022 regulations to: increase the monthly ‘income threshold for insufficient means’ from R350 to R624, and empower the Minister to adjust the threshold ‘from...

It has been a year since the country experienced unprecedented levels of unrest and destruction of public and private property in July 2021. These acts of violence started in KwaZulu–Natal and spread to parts of Gauteng. More than 300 people died. The...

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE According to Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola, the following Acts and their enabling regulations will be operationalised ‘from 31 July 2022’, the: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters)...