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Commercial courts saddled with 67% backlog in cases
By Mayibongwe Maqhina
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Cape Town - The Special Commercial Crime Court is saddled with 67% backlogs in outstanding cases which date to more than nine months since their enrolment.
This was revealed by Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola when he was responding to parliamentary questions from DA MP Werner Horn.
In his response, Lamola said the statistics kept by the National Prosecuting Authority in the Special Commercial Crimes Unit, the number of outstanding cases in all special commercial crimes courts stood at 1 675 with 1117 backlogs as at the end of January.
“These are cases which are on the roll for more than nine months since enrolment. This means that backlog cases stand at 67%,” Lamola said.
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