Voorsitter, ek stel sonder kennisgewing voor:
Dat die Raad -
(1) sy ernstige besorgdheid uitspreek oor die situasie in die Kroonstadse hof, waar - (a) daar reeds langer as 'n jaar twee aanklaers te min is, hangende bedrogsake teen die vorige aanklaers;
(b) daar nie meer geld beskikbaar is vir die betaling van 'n aflosaanklaer se toelae nie;
(c) een hoofaanklaer 'n kursus van drie maande bywoon;
(d) die hoofaanklaer net administratiewe sake behartig;
(e) 'n leerlingaanklaer op Vrydag, 29 September 2000, met al die huidige sake belas is en talle sake teen vermeende misdadigers gevolglik teruggetrek moes word en hulle vrygelaat is;
(f) die streekhoof van die departement, mnr Thabang Makola, blykbaar eers hierdie week werklik van die situasie bewus geword het; en
(g) 'n nuwe hofgebou opgerig is wat voorsiening maak vir drie addisionele hofsale; en (2) versoek dat daar onmiddellik opgetree word om hierdie situasie, wat vir die publiek, die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens en die werknemers van die Departement van Justisie onaanvaarbaar is, te beredder. (Translation of Afrikaans draft resolution follows.)
[Ms C BOTHA: Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
(1) expresses its serious concern about the situation at the Kroonstad court where -
(a) for more than a year there has been a lack of two prosecutors pending fraud cases against the previous prosecutors;
(b) there is no money available to pay a relieving prosecutor's allowance;
(c) one court prosecutor is attending a three-month course;
(d) the chief prosecutor handles administrative matters only;
(e) a trainee prosecutor had to handle all the current cases on Friday, 29 September 2000, and that as a result many cases against suspected criminals had to be withdrawn and the persons released;
(f) the regional head of the department, Mr Thabang Makola, apparently only this week became aware of the situation; and
(g) a new court building has been constructed which makes provision for three additional courtrooms; and
(2) requests that immediate action be taken to remedy this situation, which is unacceptable to the public, the South African Police Service and the employees of the Department of Justice.]
Order! Is there any objection to the motion? There is an objection. The motion will therefore become notice of a motion.