Document title Court Preparation Component Strategic Document Creation date 25 July 2015 Amended date Status Final Draft Version V1. Owner title, name and contact details Adv. S Ramaite 012 845 600 (w) Author title, name and contact details National Coordinator: Court Preparation NPS Deputy Director: Court Preparation Head Office Karen Tewson 012 845 6399 Contributors Robert S Kaplan ,David P. Norton, ”The Strategy Focused Organisation’ (Harvard Business School Press, Boston, Massachusetts. USA. Founding and current Court Preparation documents. Distribution Ke Bona Lesedi Court Preparation Component Security classification Open Source Revision frequency: l. ABBREVIATIONS
7.1 Strategic Objective 1: Vision and Mission understood and communicated 57 7.2 Strategic Objective 2: Good governance: Effective leaders linking court preparation and VIS with prosecutions, meeting customer expectations and meeting NPA’s strategic objectives. 57 7.3 Strategic Objective 3: Customer perspective: Achieve customer satisfaction. 57 7.4 Strategic Objective 4: Internal processes perspective: Achieve operational excellence 57 7.5 Strategic Objective 5: Learning and growth perspective: Motivated and prepared cadre of CPO’s and managers 58 7.6 Strategic Objective 6: Financial perspective: Adequately resourced Programme 58 lll. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
“The challenge for the modern prosecutor is to become a lawyer for the people. It is your duty to build an effective relationship with the community and to ensure that the rights of victims are protected. It is your duty to prosecute fairly and effectively according to the rule of law; and to act in a principled way without fear, favour or prejudice. It is your duty to build a prosecution service that is an effective deterrent to crime and is known to show great compassion and sensitivity to people it serves.” (Acceptance Speech 1998 at International Association of Prosecutors by Former President N Mandela). In 1999, the NCPS was replaced by the Justice Crime Prevention strategy (JCPS). The intention of the JCPS strategy improves on and broadens the scope of the NCPS to cover issues beyond the scope of criminal justice system. The JCPS has an established a number of coordinating structures in order for it to be able to execute its mandate, to receive reports and to play its oversight role. These are: • National and Provincial DEVCOM led by Department of Justice – NCPS • National, Provincial and District VE Forums led by DSD • The Gender based Violence Council that is facilitated by the Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities • The newly established Inter Ministerial Committee (Root causes of GBV) led by DSD Minister. • The IMC Technical Task Team led by DSD. • Victim Charter Task Team, Domestic Violence Task Team led by justice • Human Trafficking Task Team and Sexual Offenses Task team led by NPA • The IMC Technical Task Team led by DSD. • Victim Charter Task Team, Domestic Violence Task Team led by justice • Human Trafficking Task Team and Sexual Offenses Task team led by NPA The intentions of these coordinating structures are to: • Establish a platform for collaboration • Opportunity for government to respond as a government and not as a department
Quality and good value for money Quality, safety and service add unmeasurable value to standard of court preparation and victim impact statements we offer. Consistency As a team we act and deliver with professionalism and consistency Fit for team We share and live the values and goals with a common purpose fit for the team Team Work We commit to the development of a legacy and investing in the team as it guarantees a high return for effort because a team can do so much more than an individual Commitment We honor all our commitments. We take ownership with accountability and deliver on all our commitments. Honesty We conduct ourselves and interact with integrity, transparency and honesty Service Orientated We are committed to ensure service excellence for our witnesses and their caregivers in order to meet their needs and concerns and thereby contribute towards the reduction of secondary traumatisation. Professionalism In pursuit of excellence we strive to know what to do, when to do it, how to do it, and then to really do it with quality Easy to work with We strive to build long term relationships and strive to be the top court preparation service in South Africa and beyond Purposeful partnerships
RCPGF Regional Governance for Court Preparation (DPP Level) LCPGF Local Governance for Court Preparation (Cluster level) International participation Research NPA (National Prosecuting Authority) Other Prosecution – Peoples Lawyer Court Preparation for State Witnesses and Victim Impact Statements Referral to service providers for continuum of care Stakeholder engagement Training DSD (Department of Social Development) Prevention and Awareness Psychosocial Support Restorative Justice Services Sheltering Research M&E DoH (Department of health) Medical Services Medico Legal Research M&E DOJ&CD (Department of Justice) Court Infrastructure Sex Offender register (NRSO Convictions Research M&E DCS (Department of Correctional Services) Reintegration Restorative Justice Victim Offender Mediation