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Strategies Outputs
24 DCS Annual Report 2007/08
Service delivery
indicators
Legislation
reviewed.
Legal Services
Policy and Legal
Services Procedures
developed
and management
at Head Office
trained.
Management
in Head Office
and all Regional
Offices trained
on anti-corruption
policies and
procedures and
ethics.
Implementation
of recommendations.
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Actual performance
The Correctional Services Amendment Bill was certified
by the Office of the Chief State Law Advisor on
30/04/07 after the constitutionality of certain clauses
was corrected. The Bill was published in the Government
Gazette on 18/05/07 and introduced in Parliament.
The first reading was on 29 August 2007, the
second reading on 18/10/07 after it had gone through
the Portfolio Committee. The Bill was supported by
all political parties. It was processed through the
Select Committee during November 2007 and February
2008 and was due to complete the final stage in
2008/09.
The Department does not have control on Parliamentary
schedules and could therefore not achieve
promulgation by 31 July 2007 as planned.
Policy for Legal Services was approved by the Minister in
March 2008.
• 20 workshops / sessions on anti-corruption policies
and procedures were conducted in the Regions:
• EC: East London, Middledrift, Mthatha and
St.Albans
• KZN: Pietermaritzburg, Durban, Empangeni and
Ncome
• GP: Baviaanspoort and Zonderwater
• LMN: Rooigrond, Polokwane and Rustenburg
• FS / NC: Kroonstad, Grootvlei and Groenpunt
• WC: Pollsmoor, George, Malmesbury, Goodwood
and Drakenstein.
• Two presentations were made to the Parole Board
Chairpersons and deputy Chairpersons comprising
116 attendants.
• Promotional items were distributed to promote zero
tolerance and anti-corruption awareness (bookmarks,
stickers, posters, lanyards, folders, pens, memo clips
and license disk holders.
• The message distributed on all these items calls
upon everyone to fight fraud and corruption through
reporting and to promote zero tolerance and includes
the National Anti-Corruption Hotline toll free number
administered by the Office of the Public Service Commission.
Many of the DCS investigations are referrals
from the Hotline.
Employees are being made aware of the DCS Anti-corruption
strategy, anti-corruption policy and procedures, the
fraud prevention policy as well as the DCS whistle-blowing
policy. It is intended that this will encourage ethical behaviour
on the part of DCS employees.
Implementations of recommendations were monitored
and reports submitted to executive management. More
frequent reporting was impractical due to the fact that
Management Areas have to be given time to implement
recommendations made.