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.

This merger was reversed at the outset of President Cyril Ramaphosa's third cabinet, when a separate minister of correctional services was appointed.

[2] They reported to the same parliamentary body, the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services, but separately.

[11] Appointing his third cabinet on 30 June 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa reversed the merger effected by Zuma, appointing a minister of justice and constitutional development alongside a separate minister of correctional services.

Jan Smuts J. G. Strijdom Hendrik Verwoerd P. W. Botha F. W. de Klerk John Jeffery Cyril Ramaphosa (I) Thabang Makwetla (DCS) Patekile Holomisa (DCS) The following institutions are housed in the justice and correctional services portfolio, although most have a significant degree of operational and statutory independence: