NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 144
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Thursday, 14 February 2013
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 1 of 2013
Mr N J van den Berg (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
(1) How many legal matters were dealt with by her Department (a) in the
(i) 2009/10,
(ii) 2010/11 and (iii) 2011/12 financial years and (b) during the
period 1 April 2012 up to the latest specified date for which
information is available;
(2) (a) how many of the specified legal matters were dealt with by (i)
the State Attorney and (ii) private attorneys during the specified
periods and (b) what are the reasons why her Department was not
represented by the State Attorney in each specified case;
(3) what total amounts were paid by her Department to (a) the State
Attorney and
(b) private attorneys during the specified periods?
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REPLY:
(1)(a) & (b) The information is specified in the table below:
|Financial Year |Number of legal matters |
| |dealt with |
|2009/10 |2970 |
|2010/11 |1148 |
|2011/12 |1099 |
|01/04/2012 to 31/01/2013 |1376 |
|Total |6593 |
(2)(a)(i) The State Attorney dealt with 6586 legal matters during the
specified periods.
(2)(a)(ii) Private attorneys dealt with one labour relations matter in the
2010/11 financial year and a further six labour relations
matters in the 2011/12 financial year.
(b) In certain labour relation matters, expert legal advice is obtained
from private attorneys. In addition, some disciplinary hearings
of officials of the Department are chaired by private attorneys.
State Attorneys, however, remain the Departmentâs attorneys of
record.
(3)(a) & (b) The information is specified in the table below:
|Specified Period |Paid to State |Paid to Private |
| |Attorney |Attorneys |
|2009/2010 |R22,806,346.86 |R613,196.01 |
|2010/2011 |R14,158,781.98 |R2,586,553.21 |
|2011/2012 |R36,186,425.55 |R931,552.45 |
|01/04/2012 to |R27,245,01.53 |R2,300,861.53 |
|31/01/2013 | | |