NPA Annual Report 2011/2012 - National Prosecuting Authority

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NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY – VOTE 24 For the year ended 31 March 2012Table 14: Outstanding and backlog casesOutstanding Cases Backlog Cases Finalised Cases: Backlog courtsForum 2010/11 2011/12 %deviation2010/11 2011/12 %deviation2010/11 2011/12 %deviationHigh Courts 1 175 1 273 8.3% 367 374 1.9% 0 0 0.0%Regional Courts 52 756 49 387 -6.4% 16 875 17 272 2.4% 5 272 5 885 11.6%District Courts 164 729 149 872 -9.0% 19 792 17 280 -12.7% 5 813 10 001 72.0%Total All Courts 218 660 200 532 -8.3% 37 034 34 926 -5.7% 11 085 15 886Since inception of the project in 2006, an 11.8% reduction was achieved in the number of all RegionalCourt backlog cases, from 19 536 backlog cases (on an outstanding roll of 46 901) in November 2006,to 17 272 backlog cases (on an outstanding roll of 49 387) at the end of March 2012. This was achievednotwithstanding a 5.3% increase in the number of outstanding cases. The additional Regional BacklogCourts finalised a total of 24 604 cases since inception of the project from 1 November 2006 until theend of March 2012.The additional District Backlog Courts achieved a 22.3% reduction in the number of backlog cases, from22 238 backlog cases (on an outstanding roll of 178 461) in March 2010, to 17 280 backlog cases (onan outstanding roll of 149 872) at the end of March 2012. A similar reduction of 16% was also achievedin the number of outstanding district court cases. A total of 15 814 cases were finalised by the DistrictBacklog Courts since 1 April 2010 until the end of March 2012.This brings the total number of cases finalised from the Regional and District Court rolls as a result ofthe Backlog Courts, since 1 November 2006 until the end of March 2012, to 40 418 cases. A number ofcases were also removed from the roll which brings the total cases disposed by the Backlog Courts sincetheir inception to a total of 73 564 cases.Clearance Ratio on Decision DocketsProsecutors have dealt with a total of 650 677 (99.5%) dockets from the 654 225 dockets received fordecision. The number of new dockets received for decision has risen by 6.4% from the 605 442 docketsreceived during the previous financial year.Percentage Representations Dealt WithA total of 3 082 new representations were received by the various Divisions. A total of 1 709 were beingdealt with within 5 days of receipt representing 55.5% of the new representations received. A total of 2580 were finalised of which 1 370 were within 30 days of receipt of the representations (53.1%).36
NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY – VOTE 24 For the year ended 31 March 2012NPA Strategic Objective 3: Improved prosecution of JCPSofficials charged with corruptionTable 15: Strategic Objective: Improved prosecution of JCPS officials charged with corruptionStrategic ObjectiveNumber of JCPS Personnel convictedof corruptionValue of assets linked to corruption andfraud frozenAudited/Actual Performance TargetPerformance Against Target2008/09 2009/10 2010/112011/122011/12Actual%Deviation ontargetChange overperiod 2010/11-2011/12Reason forDeviationn/a 4082%2970.7%5077.0%10772.6% 19114% 269% A zerotoleranceapproachfollowed bythe JCPSCluster tofraud andcorruptionwithin itsranksn/a R5m R0 R2m R3.079m 53.9% 100% TargetexceededTable 16: Performance indicators for improved prosecution of JCPS officials charged with corruptionPerformance IndicatorTime to finalise a JCPS corruptionprosecutionAudited/Actual Performance TargetPerformance Against Target2008/09 2009/10 2010/112011/122011/12Actual%Deviation ontargetChangeover period2010/11-2011/12n/a n/a n/a 9months 9.3months -3.3% n/a (newindicator)75% 69.4% 20Reason forDeviationNew IndicatorNumber of freezing orders for JCPSofficialsValue of freezing orders for JCPSofficialsNumber of completed AFU cases reJCPS prosecutions for corrupt activitiesValue of completed cases re JCPSprosecutions for corrupt activitiesn/a n/a 0 5 11 120% 100% Target exceededn/a n/a 0 R2m R3.079m 53.9% 100% Target exceededn/a n/a 0 2 7 250% 100% Target exceededn/a n/a 0 R2m R0.061m -96.9% 100% Substantiallybelow targetdue to lackof largercases. Poorperformancein Q4% of SMS members that are vetted n/a n/a n/a 21 73% 42% 22 -10.9% 3.2% In the previousyear the NPAdid not monitorthe number ofsms membersthat havecertificates_____________________________________19 The percentage represents the conviction rate of cases in JCPS Officials charged with corruption20 The percentage represents the number of cases finalised within the target of 9 months from enrolment of these cases21 In the previous year the NPA did not monitor the number of sms members that have certificates22 NPA measures applications as the vetting process falls outside the ambit of the NPA.23 In the previous financial year the NPA did not monitor the number of prioritised non-sms members that have certificates37
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