JUSTICE COLLEGE PRESENTATION FOR THE PORTOLIO COMMITTEE : 15 MARCH 2006

1. Restructuring of Justice College 2006 JUSTICE COLLEGE PRESENTATION FOR THE PORTOLIO COMMITTEE : 15 MARCH 2006 Jacqui Ngeva Head: Justice College

2. Justice College is the DOJ&CD’s official training institution for both: the compulsory pre-appointment, and voluntary post-appointment training of judicial officers (incl. Magistrates and Regional Magistrates), and the voluntary post-appointment training of court officials and other occupational groups in the DOJ&CD (incl. Prosecutors, Interpreters, Masters’ Office Personnel, etc) Training programmes are designed on the basis of systematically identified training needs of clients in the DOJ&CD, and are designed and implemented to fast track the development of suitable candidates from historically disadvantaged groups Constitutional values, human rights and social context issues are integrated in all courses Restructuring of Justice College 2006 Role of Justice College

3. Restructuring of Justice College 2006 Approved Establishment

4. Restructuring of Justice College 2006 Functional Structure

5. Restructuring of Justice College 2006 Directorate: Judicial Training Training Programmes Number of Courses 2005/06 Number of Courses 2006/07 * Magistrates 33 57 69 23 Clerks of the Court (Civil, Criminal, Equality, Small Claims, Family Law) Family Advocates/Counsellors 3 5 - 2 Family Advocates’ Office: Admin Staff Children’s Court Assistants (included under Clerks) 4 Intermediaries 11 17 Commissioners of Child Welfare (included under Magistrates) 4 Maintenance Investigators 2 3 Probation Officers 2 3 Registrars of the High Court 2 2 Court & Office Managers - 2 * as per the published Work Programme for that financial year

6. Magistrates Clerks of the Court (Civil, Criminal, Equality, Small Claims, Family Law) Family Advocates & Counsellors Family Advocates’ Office: Admin Staff Children’s Court Assistants Intermediaries Commissioners of Child Welfare Maintenance Investigators Probation Officers Registrars of the High Court Court & Office Managers Restructuring of Justice College 2006 Directorate: Judicial Training Ratio: Lecturers v Officers of the Court/Judicial Officers Lecturers * Officials/Judicial Officers 20 V 1,833 9 V 3,916 1 V 61 (included under Clerks) (included under Clerks) 1 V 31 (included under Magistrates) 1 V 13 1 V (extra-departmental) 1 V 143 1 V (90) (751) = 841 * subject matter experts (lecturers) lecture to several occupational groups

7. Number of Courses 2005/06 Officials Trained Formal * : 29 825 Ad Hoc ** : 46 842 Formal: 10 232 Ad Hoc: 3 46 Formal: 11 257 Ad Hoc: 7 47 TOTALS: 106 2,249 Restructuring of Justice College 2006 Directorate: General Training Training Programmes Number of Courses 2006/07 Prosecutors, State Advocates (NPA) Formal: 26 Ad Hoc: (46) Masters’ Office Personnel Formal: 13 Ad Hoc: (TBA) Interpreters Formal: 9 Ad Hoc: (TBA) TOTAL: (94) * as per the published Work Programme for that financial year ** Ad Hoc training interventions, not included on the Work Programme

8. Lecturers Officials Prosecutors, State Advocates (NPA) 7 : v 3,724 Masters’ Office Personnel 5 v : 1,731 Interpreters 4 v : 2,120 Restructuring of Justice College 2006 Directorate: General Training Ratio: Lecturers v Officials

9. Restructuring of Justice College 2006 Annual VOTED Budgets

10. MASTERS TRAINING* Administration of Deceased Estates* Appointment in Deceased Estates* Decision making and the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act* Appointment in Insolvent Estates* General Administration Process of Deceased Estates/Insolvent Estates* Estate Duty* Estates under Tutorship and Curatorship* Junior Management Course for Masters* Administration of Estates for Service Points

11. INTERPRETERS COURSE* Beginners Interpreters Course* Decentralized Beginner Interpreters Course for Interpreters of (Mpumalanga, Eastern, Western and Northern Cape, Durban; Gauteng and Limpopo)* Advanced Interpreters Course* Advanced Interpreters Course: Sexual Offences

12. PROSECUTORS COURSE* Decentralized Course for Prosecutors (Basic)* Decentralized Course for Prosecutors (Advanced)* Social Context Training for Senior Prosecutors/Chief Prosecutors/Tutors* Trial Advocacy Workshop for Members of the National Prosecuting Authority

13. JUDICIAL EDUCATION* Seminar for Acting Regional Magistrates* Seminar for Acting Magistrates* Intensive Social Context Training Programme for Magistrates* Social Context Training Programme for Managers in the Judiciary* HIV/AIDS Training for Judicial Officers

14. JUDICIAL EDUCATION cont…* Training Programme for Mentors of Judicial Officers * Seminar for Presiding Officers: Equality Courts* Course on the Application of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (PAJA)* Course on the Application of the Access to Information Act (PAIA)* Child Law Course for Judicial Officers

15. JUDICIAL EDUCATION cont…COMPONENT SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS* Fast Track Training Programme for Civil Court Magistrates* Civil Court Quality Assurance* Law of Contract* Law of Delict* Decentralised Civil Court Courses* Workshop for Advanced Civil Court Magistrates* Workshop for Electronic Communications and Transaction Act

16. JUDICIAL EDUCATION cont…CRIMINAL COURT COMPONENT* Regional Magistrates Refresher Seminar* Decentralised Seminar for Criminal Court MagistratesFAMILY COURT COMPONENT* Seminar for Commissioners of Child Welfare* Seminar for Family Law Magistrates

17. TRAINING INTERVENTIONS FOR CLERKS OF THE COURT AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE COURTGENERIC INTERVENTIONS* Court and Office Managers* Intermediaries* Probation Officers

18. COMPONENT SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONSCIVIL COURT COMPONENT* Clerks of the Civil Court: Default Judgement and Microfinance* Clerks of the Civil Court: Costs and Taxation* Clerks of the Small Claims Court* PAJA,PAIA Course for Clerks* Equality Court Course for Clerks* Registrars of the High Court: Default Judgement* Registrars of the High Court: Costs and Taxation

19. FAMILY COURT COMPONENT* Seminar for Family Advocates* Social Context foe Family Advocates* Family Law Clerks* Children's Court Assistants* Clerks of the Criminal Courts* Maintenance Prosecutors* Maintenance Investigators * Family Advocate’s Office: Administrative Personnel

20. TRANSFORMATION OF JUSTICE COLLEGE

21. BACKGROUND • Justice College (JC) is a training arm of the DoJ&CD that focuses on training mostly personnel employed in the judiciary institutions of South Africa • This institution did not keep up with the changes that took place in the South African society since the democratisation of the country, and it has become essential to transform this institution.

22. BASIS FOR THE TRANSFORMATION • The transformation of JC will take place within the strategic plan and objectives of the Department • The transformation is based on the following values and principles: • The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa • Batho Pele • Professionalism • Continuous Development • Good Governance • Open Communication

23. Figure 1: CONCEPTUALISATION OF TRANSFORMED JUSTICE COLLEGE

24. GOVERNANCE • Governance refers to structures that will be implemented to ensure that JC complies with requirements of its stakeholders. For example, an Advisory Board comprised of various experts would advise college management in terms of relevance of training programmes. • It also includes Faculty Boards for various specialisations

25. Figure 2 : SUGGESTED ORGANISATIONAL/GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

26. This graphical illustration shows that the foundation of the transformed college should be formed by:* Curriculum redress and development* Research and development* An effective learner management system* Effective training delivery methods and* A quality assurance system.

27. FOUNDATION FOR THE TRANSFORMED COLLEGE The following would form the foundation of the transformed college: • Curriculum would be transformed into accredited outcome-based learning programmes • A learner management system that will enable adequate control over learner data management • A suitable learning delivery system inclusive of e-learning • Research and development capacity would be created • Structured quality assurance will be put in place

28. The transformed college is based on five pillars namely:* Administrative training* Legal training* Prosecutorial training* College services and* External relations

29. ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING • This division of the College will offer learning programmes for court management. • In addition it is envisaged to transfer the entire human resource development division of the department to the college • Additional training programmes for administration staff will be offered such as finance, project management etc

30. LEGAL TRAINING • It is envisaged to retain the current legal training programmes, but to transform them into outcome-based education, bearing credit value • This will result in a structured, recognised life-long learning path for employees of DoJ&CD • Additional training programmes will be added

31. COLLEGE SUPPORT SERVICES College support services refer to those services that are needed to enable JC to function effectively. It includes aspects such as finance, marketing, computers (IT) and personnel functions.

32. EXTERNAL RELATIONS External relations refer to two aspects namely: • To continue to service bilateral agreements already in place, especially with regard to AU, NEPAD and SADC • To form partnering agreements with existing institutions such as universities and other institutions. In this way capacity is created.

33. Restructuring of Justice College 2006 ENVISAGED BUDGET

34. Restructuring of Justice College 2006 TRANSFORMATION OF JUSTICE COLLEGE COSTING

35. CONCLUSION Key deliverables • Establishing governance, management and educational integrity • Curriculum redress and development • Establishment of student support systems • Establishment of management support systems • Specification, evaluation and procurement of EI-MIS system • Electronic learning system • Human capital development • Change management, communication and marketing • Consultation regarding the development of a physical infrastructure master plan.