WCG DoTP APP 2023/2024

OUTCOME

KEY RISK

MITIGATION

• Review and update of the intranet details on the WCG intranet portal regarding services provided • Engagements with Provincial Ministers and Heads of Department regarding Legislative projects • Training provided to departments on the legislative process • Ongoing consultation with the state attorney • Escalation of deadlocked matters to the heads of the Office of the State Attorney and Legal Services • Declining to accept or appealing against unsatisfactory recommendations on briefing by the state attorney • Use of My Content as an information sharing platform • Engagements with other directorates where necessary, on matters of mutual importance • Development of collaboration framework Important and relevant judgments/opinions to be uploaded on My Content and accessible to all within 3 days of receipt of judgment/finalisation of opinion. • Managers/SLAs to ensure interaction on an ad hoc basis with other directorates, where necessary on matters of mutual interest in projects • Report problem areas in policy to State Attorney, Solicitor- General and national Director-General • Highlighting cases where negative outcomes have manifested due to the current appointment system • Maintain database of issues and challenges to ensure evidence-based approaches to the State Attorney and national leadership on an evidence basis • Engage with the senior managers of the State Attorney’s office to find mechanisms to address challenges experienced • Escalation of matters at risk to management level for mitigation • Highlighting cases where negative outcomes have manifested due to lack of responsiveness • Investigate option of appointing a panel of private law firms pursuant to a procurement process to represent departments in urgent and/or high profile matters and/or where the State Attorney fails to deliver adequately and on time • Provide input to the Office of the State Attorney to enable the latter to propose that criteria be developed that could be applied for a deviation, and advocate for the devolution of decision-making power to the head of the Office of the State Attorney

Inconsistency in advice and duplication of work rendered to one or more members of the Executive or departments

Compromised ability to secure the appointment of suitable counsel timeously in litigation instituted against the WCG, in Alternative Dispute Resolution and legal advisory matters

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DOTP ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN FOR 2023/2024