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If Glynnis Breytenbach were Minister of Justice...

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What would Glynnis Breytenbach do if she were the Minister of Justice? In a face-to-face interview from the Latitude Aparthotel studio in Cape Town, BizNews asks her for solutions. Breytenbach, the Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) Shadow Minister of Justice, says that her first priority would be to ensure that the functionality of the criminal justice system was restored. “The entire system needs a serious overhaul, and that includes the police, the prosecution, the judiciary and correctional services.” Currently, Breytenbach is working hard towards the establishment of an Anti-Corruption Commission that would relieve the overburdened National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of the task of prosecuting very high-level corruption- and organised crime cases. She is optimistic that the bill will sail through Parliament - with the expected support from the African National Congress (ANC) - and that the Commission could be set up within about a year - and that this completely independent Chapter 9 institution could start prosecuting these complex cases within 18 months so that South Africans can start seeing accountability and consequences. - Chris SteynYour early morning brew of the BizNews Insider keeps you up to speed with the content that matters. The newsletter will land in your inbox at 5:30am weekdays. Register here - https://bit.ly/3lfVRYP.---Timestamps:00:00 - Introductions00:28 - Glynnis Breytenbach on the state of the Justice Deparment in SA and what changes she would make if she were Justice Minister06:35 - On if the dire state of the Justice Department can be turned around timeously07:22 - On the National Prosecuting Authority11:20 - On the public scepticism toward the Justice Department and NPA12:49 - On the safety and protection of whistleblowers in SA15:59 - On the Anti-Corruption Commission Bill18:40 - On the endemic corruption in South Africa20:27 - On the timeline for the Anti-Corruption Commission Bill21:16 - On what drives her passion for justice22:51 - On her relationships with the Ministers of Police and Justice and the Thabo Bester debacle24:11 - On President Cyril Ramaphosa24:42 - On the state of justice in South Africa25:52 - Concludes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
14 Jul 2023 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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