Department of Justice and Constitutional Development

List 10 other official names: Departement van Justisie en Staatkundige Ontwikkeling (Afrikaans) umNyango wezoBulungiswa nokuThuthukiswa komThethosisekelo (Southern Ndebele) iSebe lezoBulungisa noMgaqosiseko (Xhosa) uMnyango Wezobulungiswa Nokuthuthukiswa Komthethosisekelo (Zulu) Litiko Letebulungiswa Netekutfutfukiswa Kwemtsetfosisekelo (Swazi) Kgoro ya Toka le Tlhabollo ya Molaotheo (Northern Sotho) Lefapha la Toka le Ntshetsopele ya Molao wa Motheo (Sotho) Lefapha la Bosiamisi le Tlhabololo ya Molaotheo (Tswana) Ndzawulo ya Vululami na Nhluvukiso wa Vumbiwa (Tsonga) Muhasho wa Vhulamukanyi na Mveledziso ya Mulayotewa (Venda)
Department overview
Jurisdiction	Government of South Africa
Headquarters	Momentum Centre, 329 Pretorius Street, Pretoria 25°44′52″S 28°11′42″E / 25.74778°S 28.19500°E / -25.74778; 28.19500
Employees	16 063 (2022/23)
Annual budget	R 2.975 billion (2022/23)
Ministers responsible	Ronald Lamola, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services John Jeffery, Deputy Minister of Justice
Department executive	Nonkululeko Msomi, Director-General: Justice and Constitutional Development
Child agencies	National Prosecuting Authority South African Law Reform Commission
Website	www.justice.gov.za
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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 law reform.

The political head of the department is the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, who is supported by a Deputy Minister of Justice.^[1] As of August 2023^[update] the minister is Ronald Lamola^[2] and the deputy minister is John Jeffery.^[3]

In the 2020 budget, R22,410.8 million was appropriated for the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, and a further R2,450.8 million for the Office of the Chief Justice and Judicial Administration. In the 2018/19 financial year the department had 22,050 employees, with a further 2,415 employees in the Office of the Chief Justice.^[4][5]

In 2022/23, the budget for the department was R 2.975 billion.^[6]

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Agencies with department status	Government Communication and Information System Independent Police Investigative Directorate National School of Government Office of the Chief Justice Public Service Commission Statistics South Africa

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Commissions of Inquiry	Farlam Commission Khayelitsha Commission Zondo Commission
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