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Tribunal members The Tribunal as at January 2013 consisted of 11 members appointed by the President of South Africa 3
Ms Mondo Mazwai – Lawyer Mr Imraan Valoodia – Economist Mr Anton Roskom- Lawyer 4
Mr Norman Manoim – Lawyer (Chair) Ms Yasmin Carrim – Lawyer Mr Andreas Wessels – Economist Ms Andiswa Ndoni - Lawyer Dr Takalani Madima – Lawyer Prof Merle Holden – Economist Ms Medi Mokuena – Lawyer Mr Lawrence Reyburn - Lawyer 5
Economist appointed in January
To be finalised by end June
Determine right structure to: To promote the efficiency and achievement of the Tribunal’s strategic objectives Ensure the appropriate skills and capacity in the 3 divisions 8
3 phases: Gap analysis Job profiling and grading Benchmarking exercise 9
Will the amendments effect us? 10
Only if more matters are referred to us by the Commission as a result of its enquiry 11
Case management system Customer Survey 12
CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Electronic document management system that facilitates the tracking of all cases and yield performance information Officially launched in February
CUSTOMER SURVEY Aim is to understand stakeholder needs and improve Tribunal performance; Appointed Plus94 to do in-depth interviews and telephonic surveys; Project completion date is 20 May
Internships – continue to focus on : Partnership with University of Pretoria for case management internship Internship under Senior Economist Internships in Corporate Services 15
Office space On-going development of CMS – Phase 2 Implementation of gap analysis recommendations 16
OUR EFFICENCY DETERMINES OUR PERFORMANCE 17
Strategic Focus Area 1: TRIBUNAL HEARINGS AND DECISIONSTRIBUNAL HEARINGS AND DECISIONS Goal Statement: Hold hearings and adjudicating matters brought before the Tribunal.Hold hearings and adjudicating matters brought before the Tribunal. Strategic Outcome: Promote and maintain competition within South Africa through the implementation of the Competition Act. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVEOUTPUT TARGETS 2013/14 To promote and maintain competition within South Africa by holding hearings and adjudicating matters brought before the Tribunal that pertain to large and intermediate mergers, interim relief cases, procedural matters, opposed as well as unopposed prohibited practices within the adopted delivery timeframes. Large Mergers and reconsidered mergers: Orders 98% of orders issued within 10 business days of the last hearing date Reasons for decision documents 56% of "reason for decisions" issued within 20 business days of order being issued Opposed Prohibited Practices: Order and reasons for decision documents 80% of orders and reasons for decisions issued within 60 business days of the hearing date
Strategic Focus Area 2: STAKEHOLDER AWARENESS STAKEHOLDER AWARENESS Goal Statement: Communicate the activities and decisions of the Competition Tribunal effectively. Strategic Outcome: Educate and create awareness of Competition Matters to the Tribunal's stakeholders. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVEOUTPUT TARGETS 2013/14 To educate and to create awareness of competition matters to our stakeholders by communicating the activities and decisions of the Competition Tribunal by way of the internet, press releases, the Government Gazette as well as internal publications within the adopted delivery timeframes. "Reasons for Decision" documents 97% of reasons for decisions posted on the Tribunal website within 24 hours of release Tribunal Tribunes produced Three Tribunal Tribunes distributed to 50 stakeholders by 31 March 2014
Strategic Focus Area 3 OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESSOPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS Goal Statement: Enhance the expertise of Tribunal staff.Enhance the expertise of Tribunal staff. Improve the service of the Tribunal to our customers.Improve the service of the Tribunal to our customers. Strategic Outcome: Strengthen the Tribunal's organisational capability and performance to deliver on its legislative mandate STRATEGIC OBJECTIVEOUTPUT TARGETS 2013/14 To enhance the expertise of Tribunal members and staff by sending them on planned International as well as local conferences and training courses. Training feedback form Tribunal members and research staff attend 75% of the budgeted international and national conferences/workshops/training courses by 31 March 2014
FINANCES 21
Do we pay within 30 days? Yes 2 payment cycles per month 22
Total budget – R m 23
CategoryBudget% FILING FEES EDD Grant BAL BFWD INTEREST RECEIVED TotalR % 24
What does it cost us to achieve our objectives? 25
CategoryBudget% Strategic Focus 1 – Tribunal hearings and decisions R Strategic Focus 2 – Stakeholder awareness R Strategic Focus 3 – Operational Efficiency R Competition Appeal CourtR FacilitiesR CapitalR Support ServicesR TotalR % 26
Expenditure Category% Personnel61.70 Administration6.17 Training4.70 Professional Services18.31 Appeal Court2.06 Capital7.06 Total100 27
THANK YOU 28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 29