Media Statements

2022

• Justice Department invites the public comments on the Domestic Violence Act Regulations, Directives and Tariffs, 22 Jun 2022
• No record of request from the Namibian Police Force in relation Phala Phala investigation, 21 Jun 2022

• Ministry of Justice confirms arrest of the Guptas, 06 Jun 2022
• Lamola meets South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 02 Jun 2022
• Lamola offers South Africans a platform to lay complaints against Legal Practitioners, 01 June 2022
• Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola Approves Inquest on Imam Haron, 31 May 2022
• Contingency measures for provision of Masters Services in the wake of fire outbreak at Salu Building in Pretoria, 30 May 2022
• Deputy Minister Jeffery to host a dialogue with the Diepsloot Community in commemoration of Africa Month, 29 May 2022
• Deputy Minister John Jeffery to deliver a lecture on Social Media, Freedom of Expression and the Law, 27 May 2022
• Minister Lamola and MEC Nkomonye to preside over the handover and reburial ceremonies of the exhumed remains of Political Prisoners in Eastern Cape, 24 May 2022
• Minister Lamola to deliver a keynote address at the National Conference to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the 3rd World Conference Against Racism and Xenophobia (WCAR20), 20 May 2022
• Minister Lamola applauds Gender Dynamix and Iranti for Successfully Bidding to host ILGA (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Association) World Conference in 2024, 17 May 2022
• Minister Lamola to table the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development’s Budget Vote, 16 May 2022
• Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development to host Justice Service Delivery on GBV Imbizo in Delft, Cape Town on 13 May 2022, 11 May 2022
• Tabling of the OCJ’S Budget Vote by Minister Lamola, 10 May 2022
• Minister Lamola to officially launch the Year of Community Campaign by hosting an Imbizo at Carolina on 05 May 2022, 03 May 2022
• Ministry responds to DA's propaganda, 25 Apr 2022
• Justice Department to host the Northern Cape Provincial Constitutional Rights Symposium on 05 Apr 2022, 04 Apr 2022
• Lamola Brings Courts closer to the People, 03 Apr 2022
• Justice Department invites Insolvency Practioners and Aspirant Insolvency Practioners to submit their information, 31 Mar 2022
• Minister Lamola to receive child pornography report and three other reports from the South African Law Reform Commission, 27 Mar 2022
• Minister Lamola to deliver a keynote address at the Partners Against Piracy Launch, 23 Mar 2022
• Minister Lamola to deliver a keynote address at SADC Lawyer’s Association Annual General Meeting, 23 Mar 2022
• Minister Lamola to deliver the opening address at the Law Society of South Africa's Conference, 22 Mar 2022
• Justice services restored at the Rustenburg Magistrates’ Court, 22 Mar 2022
• Minister Lamola to participate at the International Bar Association’s Anti-Corruption Committee Debate on OECD Recommendations via Zoom, 21 March 2022
• Deputy Minister John Jeffery to undertake oversight visits to various Eastern Cape Magistrates’ Courts, 16 March 2022
• Minister Lamola to deliver a keynote address at the Mpumalanga Provincial Constitutional Rights Conference [14 Mar]
• Deputy Minister Jeffery to address multi stakeholder engagement in Durban [10 Mar]
• Contingency measures for provision of justice services at the Rustenburg Magistrates’ Court [09 Mar]
• Services restored at the SALU Building [04 Mar]
• US Treasury OFAC Listing of alleged South Africa-Based Financial Facilitators [02 Mar]
• President Ramaphosa to deliver Keynote Address at Intergovernmental National Litigation Forum [23 Feb]
• Lamola spearheads the establishment of additional commercial crimes courts to fight corruption [09 Feb]
• Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development to start consultative meetings regarding the possible Decriminalisation of Sex Work [08 Feb]
• Minister Lamola to deliver a Keynote Address at the Western Cape Provincial Constitutional Rights Conference [07 Feb]
• Deputy Minister Jeffery to deliver Keynote Address at consultative workshop on South Africa’s obligations in terms of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) [06 Feb]
• Appointment of Acting Judges Distortion [05 Feb]
• Justice Department to host a celebratory event to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Constitution coming into effect [03 Feb]
• Deputy Minister conducts unannounced oversight visit to Pretoria Master’s Office [30 Jan]
• Deputy Minister conducts unannounced oversight visit to Master’s Office [13 Jan]