In light of the fact that faulty court machinery has been identified as the reason a rape case of a certain person (name furnished), which has been dragging for nearly two years, was postponed yet again in early February in the Parow Regional Court and the reason for the umpteenth postponement was that the stenotype machine was not working, which is a perennial problem in the specified court and others countrywide, what is he and/or his department doing to ensure that proper (a) contracts and (b) maintenance plans for the machinery are in place to ensure optimum utilisation of court time?