Community Safety
(1) (a) What (i) is the number and (ii) are the details of the court cases that have been monitored by the Court Watching Brief Programme in (aa) 2019, (bb) 2020, (cc) 2021 and (dd) 2022 to date and (b) of these, (i) how many were dismissed and thrown out of court and (ii) how many were reinstated and successfully concluded because of the intervention of the programme;
(2) whether the Court Watching Brief Programme has monitored the cases of certain persons, whose name has been furnished to her Department for the purpose of her reply; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
[1] [a] ([] [aa] 942 cases
[bb] 393 cases
[cc] 463 cases
[dd] 107 cases
[ii] [aa] All the cases that were recorded relate to serious common law offences including Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases that were struck off the court rolls.
[bb] As above
[cc] As above
[dd] As above
[b] [i] For the period 2019 until 2022 to date a total of 1 905 cases have been removed from various courts.
[ii] This question cannot be answered by the Department as the reinstatement of cases lies with SAPS to finalize all outstanding investigations and then to request the National Prosecuting Authority to endorse these cases to be placed back in court. The Court Watching Brief Programme brings these cases to the attention of the Provincial Commissioner for remedial action to be taken.
[2] Mr Farrell Payne – The case against Mr. Payne has been postponed to June 2022 for trial in the Cape Town Regional Court.
Mr Wesley Baatjies – The matter was provisionally withdrawn against the accused as the complainant was not in a position to testify.
