Court Brief Watch intervention introduced for cases thrown out
The Department of Transport and Community Safety has introduced the Court Brief Watch (CBW) intervention, which is an initiative from the police.
Transport MEC Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya announced during her budget speech that the initiative came to be as there was a growing concern that most of the cases reported to the police are thrown out of court because of various reasons ranging from lack of evidence, unavailability of witnesses and bungling of cases by police officers, among others.
“You will be relieved to hear that the ineffectiveness that contributed to failure of conviction in some serious cases is about to become a thing of the past. The department has established the Limpopo CBW in accordance with the constitutional provisions contained in Section 206 (03) of the Constitution.”
The role of the initiative will be to monitor cases that are struck of the roll due to alleged ineffectiveness of police officers.
The unit will physically go to court to listen to some of the bungled cases and report to the provincial commissioner on the appropriate remedial action and the possibility of ensuring the re-instatement of such cases to ensure equal justice for all.
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