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Two-day conference in Cape Town
Third Evidence Based Policing Conference

Together with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), we just co-hosted this engaging conference with renowned speakers and stakeholders from different sectors in the large audience.

Advocate Andy Mothibi, National Director of Public Prosecutions, Dr Martin Schönteich, International Consultant in Justice, Security and Rule of Law (online), and Major General Bongani Maqashalala, Deputy Provincial Commissioner: Crime Detection, were part of a panel moderated by Judge Dennis Davis, a renowned South African legal academic, jurist and retired judge.

Advocate Andy Mothibi, National Director of Public Prosecutions, Dr Martin Schönteich, International Consultant in Justice, Security and Rule of Law (online), and Major General Bongani Maqashalala, Deputy Provincial Commissioner: Crime Detection, were part of a panel moderated by Judge Dennis Davis, a renowned South African legal academic, jurist and retired judge.

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“The criminal justice system needs a serious overhaul.” — Advocate Andy Mothibi, National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) 

This was one of the central messages at the Third Evidence-Based Policing South Africa Conference in Cape Town, organised by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the Hanns Seidel Foundation.

As Hanns Bühler, Resident Representative of the Hanns Seidel Foundation in South Africa, emphasised in his Welcome remarks:

“Bottom-up innovation can only be scaled up and lead to sustainable results if it is complemented by top-down institutional reform.”

Three priorities stood out:

  • Leadership and institutional culture are central to effective policing.
  • Strengthen the integration of the criminal justice system by aligning performance indicators between SAPS, NPA and Metro Police - measure outcomes, not simply activities
  • Use scarce resources more effectively: available data should guide operations; prioritise and strengthen partnerships with other sectors.

The conference brought together senior representatives of the criminal justice system, including Advocate Andy Mothibi, National Director of Public Prosecutions, and Advocate Vusi Pikoli, former National Director of Public Prosecutions and Special Adviser to the Minister of Police, alongside police leadership, researchers, government representatives and civil society.

Their participation underscored the importance of effective leadership, institutional accountability and stronger cooperation across the criminal justice system — from police investigations to successful prosecutions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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