Khasho July 2011 - National Prosecuting Authority

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letter from the editor Contents 03 from the desk of the ceo 04 Focus of the Month 67 minuites of service 05 Sexual offences indaba 07 Mozambican national sentenced to life for human trafficking 08 Multiple life sentences 09 Flight scam syndicate 10 Stock theft under the spotlight 11 Police officer convicted 12 Free state pastor sentenced 13 Virginia man sentenced 14 Npa sabc radio campaign 16 AFU western cape confiscate property and cash 17 NPA events 20Brutal rapist gets life imprisonment 18 July was adopted by the United Nations as Nelson Mandela International Day, in which people across the globe are encouraged to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s life and legacy. This is a global movement to take his life’s work into a new century and change our world for the better. Once again, we were urged to put aside 67 minutes of our time for a charitable cause. Many NPA employees heeded the call and participated in this noble cause, and we are really proud of that. Others came forward and shared their experiences with us. We salute the efforts made by all of you in your individual capacity, to take part in community upliftment projects. This month we bring you an inaugural column ‘‘From the desk of the CEO’’ which will be a regular feature henceforth, covering all matters that relate to governance in the organisation. In this issue, the acting CEO gives us a summary of the positive audit outcome for our financial year 2010/11. We must indeed celebrate this outcome, but not be lost to the fact that we will need to continue to work harder to make sure that our house is in order. The last time we achieved this milestone was five years ago. Together we can all make it. The message from the NDPP will be back in the next issue. On 5th July the Interdepartmental Management Team (IDMT) led by the SOCA unit of the NPA held their fourth Sexual Offences Indaba. The aim of the SOI amongst other things was to strengthen stakeholder cooperation and to standardise governance mechanisms in the management of Gender Based Violence (GBV). This Indaba came at a time when there’s a specific focus on issues that affect women in our country. Challenges such as domestic violence and sexual offences against women continue to plague our society and they require a multi-disciplinary approach and meaningful involvement of NGOs, community based organisations and everybody else in society. The full article on the SOI is in this issue of Khasho, have a look at it and stay informed. Bulelwa Makeke Executive Manager: Communications As you know very well by now, our Radio Campaign with SABC is still going strong until the end of October. As a way to assess our impact in this campaign, the Khasho team sourced comments from procetutors that took part in the campaign. The Vox Pop session in this issue of Khasho brings you closer to the views and comments shared by our NPA listeners of this radio campaign. In keeping with Output 4 of the Delivery Agreement for outcome three: ‘improving perception of crime among the population’ the NPA continues to undertake community outreach programmes and education awareness campaigns whose aim is to inform the public about the criminal justice system and the work of the NPA. We salute all the NPA members that do not tire from participating in these outreach events. In all our editions of Khasho, we bring you the events page that gives you a glimpse of our participation in education awareness activities. Let us all remember that Khasho is a compendium of NPA events, announcements, updates and news items related to the NPA and its people. If you have news items that you would like us to publish you can send them to this address, Khasho@npa.gov.za. Bulelwa Makeke Executive Manager: Communications
from the desk of the ceo The NPA is indeed delighted to have received an unqualified audit opinion from the Auditor-General (A-G) for the year which ended on 31 March 2011. This is an achievement which we need to celebrate, given the fact that over the past few years we have been receiving qualified opinions. The above is an indication that our efforts to put our house in order are really bearing fruit, and I want to encourage all staff to keep up the good work. Our control environment is certainly showing a remarkable improvement, but the battle has not been won yet. In this current financial year, we’ll be putting on the full armour to address some of the issues identified by the A-G that need our undivided attention. Therefore, we commit to doing the following: • Avoid irregular, fruitless or wasteful expenditure by ensuring that everybody adheres to all the applicable policies and procedures of the organisation, as well as the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA); Karen van Rensburg • Ensure that we put in place effective and efficient asset management Acting CEO and control measures in the various areas of the organisation; • Ensure that invoices are paid within 30 days of receipt; • Ensure that leave records are captured and filed on time; • Improve the turn-around time for the filling of all funded vacancies / posts; and • Ensure that no employee performs remunerative work outside the NPA without obtaining the necessary approval. Unfortunately in order to build a culture of compliance in these areas that continue to plague the NPA, noncompliance will be closely monitored and a zero tolerance approach will be followed for those that do not comply with policies, prescripts, regulation and legislation. On the whole, I am very encouraged to see that the level of service offered to the core function is improving. I think that Corporate Services is starting to claim its space within the organisation. I am confident that we are in the process of building a powerful Corporate Services component within the NPA – ready to deliver a service of unquestionable standard. But, as they say, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. If we want to achieve great things, we must start with the small things. If we want to build a great organisation, we need to be consistently disciplined and ethical in everything we do. We need to abide by the policies and procedures of the organisation, and aim to deliver excellent service in accordance with our plans and available resources. If we all pull together in one spirit of determination, we can turn things around and make the NPA a happy place to work for. In conclusion, I want to thank all staff for their hard work and commitment to unleashing the excellence that lies untapped within the organisation. The NPA is indeed a great organisation, but that greatness lies in its people. Like precious gold that lies buried deep under the ground, there is a lot of talent that needs to be mined within the organisation. We must therefore work with one another to achieve our goals. As the saying goes, no man is an island, entire of itself. We need each other to push the performance of the organisations to new heights. THE NPA HOTLINE 0800 212 580 Building a culture of reporting unethical and unlawful practices, promoting and enabling whistle-blowing. PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY, SERVICE EXCELLENCE, ACCOUNTABILITY AND CREDIBILITY 3
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