While thousands around the world celebrated Valentine’s Day, National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in conjunction with South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Butterworth cluster made history by launching its first ever floating trophy project. According to regional Senior Public Prosecutor Frans Dlamini the project came as they looked at challenges that the court together with the police are facing. “We hold meeting every month to see how we doing, so we can strategise to improve our service,” said Dlamini. He said that they were launching the floating trophy project of which they funded it from their own pockets to create a competitive environment that will improve their services. There were four trophies presented at Butterworth court where this remarkable gathering took place. The winners were announced by Dlamini, who said that they assessed the winners according to finalisation rate and convictions of trials and also performance rate of police stations supporting the courts. Best District Court for January went to Butterworth court C and was handed over to the prosecutor of that court and Msobomvu Police station won best performing station for supporting the Butterworth district court. Best Regional Court for January was snatched by Willowvale regional court while Dutywa police took best performance by supporting the Willowvale regional court. These trophies will, according to Dlamini move from court o court and from police station to police station each month should the winners of January be passed by other courts in terms of conviction rate and finalising rate of trials. Words of wisdom were also shared to the prosecutors and men and women in blue by other stakeholders. Butterworth Magistrate Nomthandazo Vabaza said that she was very happy with the competitive spirit the NPA and SAPS were showing. She said that they