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John Harold Jeffery (born 31 October 1963) has been the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development in South Africa since 2013. [1] He was appointed by President Jacob Zuma in a cabinet reshuffle on 9 July 2013, [2] [3] [4] and has remained in the post throughout the tenure of current President Cyril Ramaphosa. [5] [6] [7]
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is the justice department of the South African government.The department provides administrative and financial support to the court system and the judiciary (which are constitutionally independent of the executive), oversees the National Prosecuting Authority, provides legal advice and representation to organs of state, and facilitates ...
On 30 June, President Ramaphosa announced her appointment to his third cabinet as Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, [36] with Andries Nel (a fellow ANC MP) as her deputy. [37] They were sworn as minister and deputy minister on 3 July 2024. [ 38 ]
With South Africa set to host the 2024 G20 summit, Lamola traveled to Brazil and met Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira for a working visit at the Itamaraty Palace, in the context of the handover of the G20 presidency from Brazil to South Africa. During the meeting of the two Foreign Ministers underscored the significant contribution of the ...
Andries Carl Nel (born 2 October 1965) is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development. He is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and was a human rights lawyer during apartheid. Nel previously served in the National Assembly of South Africa between May 1994 and ...
Deputy ministers are appointed by the president of South Africa. They are not members of the cabinet. They assist cabinet ministers in the execution of their duties. The current deputy ministers are listed in the table below. The original group of deputy ministers officially took office upon their swearing-in on 3 July 2024. [22]
The political head of the department is the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, who is supported by a Deputy Minister of Correctional Services. [3] As of June 2024 the minister is Pieter Groenewald [4] and the deputy minister is Lindiwe Ntshalintshali. In the 2020 budget, R26,800.0 million was appropriated for the department. In the ...
The minister is the political head of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the Office of the Chief Justice. DoJCD in turn is responsible for administrative support to the courts, oversight of the National Prosecuting Authority , the provision of legal services to departments of state, and law reform.