NPA Annual Report 2011/2012 - National Prosecuting Authority

NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY – VOTE 24 For the year ended 31 March 2012Figure 4: District Courts: Cases finalised 2011/12CASES FINALISED: DISTRICT COURTSRegional Court PerformanceThe Regional Courts finalised 40 408 cases comprising 38 600 verdict cases (95.5%) and 1 808 ADRMcases (4.5%). This represents a finalisation rate of 0.5 cases per court per day. The Regional Courtsexcelled whilst striving to curb serious crime and increased the number of finalised cases by 3.1% byfinalising 1 211 more cases compared to the previous year. An increased conviction rate of 74.3% wasfurther achieved by all Regional Courts. In addition to the speedy finalisation of cases, 9 683 (19.2%)formal bail applications were also dealt with compared to the 8 120 applications recorded during theprevious year (increase of 1 563). A total of 446 compensation orders to the value of R28.6m weregranted to victims of crime which is a 127.6% increase from the 196 compensation orders granted duringthe previous financial years.31