Cycle 1 Courts: Limpopo – Lebowakgomo
Focus Area
Sexual Offences and maintenance case backlogs. Reduce civil and criminal matters on the roll.
Keywords
100-Day Challenges
Cycle 1
Court
NSP Pillar 3
Limpopo
Lebowakgomo
Sexual Offence
Domestic Violence
Maintenance
Civil and criminal matters
Goals
Civil Matters: Reduce the current total civil matter from 4473 to 2236 (a 50% reduction) within 100 days.
Domestic Violence: Eliminate the backlog of active maintenance cases, reducing the total from 134 (including a backlog of 30 cases) to 0 within 100 days. Also, reduce the turnaround time from 30 days to 20 days.
Sexual Offences: Reduce the current total backlog of sexual offence cases from 58 (45% of total offences) to 46 (25%) within 100 days.
Maintenance: Reduce the maintenance matters from 203 to 24 (an 88% reduction) within 100 days. Additionally, ensure DNA collection is done once a month by engaging the service provider, instead of the current frequency of once every two months. Reduce the turnaround time for serving documents locally from 6 weeks to 3 weeks, and for service outside the province from 8 weeks to 4 weeks.
The Team
Team Leader
L.Tsoka
Team Coach
P Lethole
Mentor
E Nchabeleng
Ambassadors
Ponani Sinhle Shiubane: PonaniN@legal-aid.co.za