Community Safety
With reference to prosecutions in the province:
How many cases were (a) lodged, (b) brought to court and (c) successfully prosecuted in the province in the (i) 2016/17, (ii) 2017/18, (iii) 2018/19, (iv) 2019/20 and (v) 2020/21 financial years up to the latest date for which information available?
The National Prosecuting Authority informed me as follows:
(a) (i) to (v)
(b) (i) to (v)
(c) (i) to (v)
Financial Year | New cases enrolled[1] | Verdict Finalisations[2] | Convictions[3] | ADRM[4] |
2016/2017 | 193 248 | 80 225 | 76 736 | 47 278 |
2017/2018 | 187 237 | 73 745 | 70 770 | 49 589 |
2018/2019 | 168 026 | 60 126 | 57 308 | 44 341 |
2019/2020 | 163 635 | 52 044 | 49 736 | 42 242 |
2020/2021 | 100 973 | 25 288 | 24 001 | 18 640 |
[1] Total number of new cases enrolled in the district court.
[2] Total number of cases finalised with a verdict in all three tiers of courts.
[3] Total number of convictions secured in all three tiers of courts.
[4] Total number of cases finalised through Alternate Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in the lower courts.
