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The minister of correctional services (formerly the minister of prisons) is a minister in the Cabinet of South Africa. The minister is responsible for overseeing the Department of Correctional Services. The office was re-established in June 2024; between May 2014 and June 2024, the correctional services portfolio was the purview of the minister ...
Petrus Johannes "Pieter" Groenewald (born 27 August 1955) is a South African politician who is currently serving as Minister of Correctional Services since July 2024. [1] He has served as the Leader of the Freedom Front Plus since his election in November 2016. He started his political career by being elected Mayor of Stilfontein in 1988.
The Department of Correctional Services is a department of the South African government. It is responsible for running South Africa's prison system. The department has about 34,000 staff and is responsible for the administration of 240 prisons, which accommodates about 189,748 inmates.
Between May 2014 and June 2024, the Department of Correctional Services was subsumed under the ministry, which was led by the minister of justice and correctional services. This merger was reversed at the outset of President Cyril Ramaphosa's third cabinet, when a separate minister of correctional services was appointed.
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 ...
The ministry previously had authority also for the Department of Correctional Services, which was established as a freestanding ministry within the GNU to accommodate members of coalition parties as ministers.
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 ...
Leonah Lindiwe Ntshalintshali (née Mabona; born 11 April 1977) is a South African politician who has been Deputy Minister of Correctional Services and a member of the National Assembly of South Africa since July 2024, representing the African National Congress.