The South African Human Rights Commission

2009/10 Annual Report

Contents

Overall Analysis: 2009/10 Performance• Performance against pre-determined objectives• Financial Performance• Governance and Compliance

Service Delivery Environment• Promotion of Human Rights• Protection of Human Rights• Monitoring of Human Rights• Promotion of Access to Information

Institutional Environment• Human Resources• Information Technology• Communications and Publications

Overall Analysis2009/10 Performance Against Pre-determined Objectives

Only 52% of the Commission’s objectives were achieved

• Financial constraints• Human resource constraints• IT challenges

Clean Audit• No matters of emphasis• Concerns raised about performance

Overall Analysis2009/10 Financial Performance

Programme

Audited Expenditure Outcomes Actual

2005/6 2006/7 2007/8 2008/9 2009/10

R'000

Personnel 25,073 26,498 31,659 38,966 46,851

Administrative 4,890 3,736 2,936 7,464 9,235

Inventories 756 307 246 309 693

Equipments 1,215 2,937 5,940 1,525 632

Land & Buildings 5,403 6,182 6,109 7,432 7,820

Professional Services 4,985 9,752 10,036 7,287 7,524

Total 42,322 49,412 56,926 62,983 72,755

Baseline allocation 41,774 49,220 55,281 60,603 68,278

Additional funding 585 1,257

Donor funding - 1,315 309 495 996

Overall Analysis2009/10 Governance and Compliance

Internal Audit

Internal Controls

Risk Management

Audit Committee

Service Delivery EnvironmentPromotion of Human Rights

74 Community outreach interventions

371 presentations

182 radio interventions

24 seminars

Service Delivery EnvironmentProtection of Human Rights

Service Delivery EnvironmentMonitoring Human Rights

Public hearings on economic and social rights

Assisted in drafting National Action Plan  to Combat Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

Health Report launched

Service Delivery EnvironmentPromotion of Access to Information

4 audits undertaken; 36 training workshops held and 1 seminar conducted

208 legal assistance requests: 71from public bodies, 57 from private bodies and 80 from individuals

First regional Indaba for information officers in KZN

Institutional EnvironmentHuman Resources

Human resources plan developed

Recruitment and selection strategy implemented

Staff development strategy• 83 staff trained• 5 bursaries awarded• 28 staff inductions

Institutional EnvironmentInformation Technology

Successful upgrade of the Exchange Server to address the Commission’s bandwidth challenges

Server upgrade from 2000 to 2003 environment completed successfully

The Commission changed to a new internet service provider, moving from PCB-IS to Telkom

Institutional EnvironmentCommunications and Publications

The sub-programme facilitated the production and distribution of the following reports:

2009 Annual Report Access to Health A Critical Reflection on an Institutional Journey A report on the Commission’s Investigation into issues of Rule of Law,

Justice and Impunity arising from the 2008 Public Violence against Non-Nationals

Three issues of Kopanong newsletter (4000 per issue) were produced and distributed in line with the sub-programme’s distribution strategy

Addressing Challenges2010/11 to 2011/12

Strategic Planning Sessions

Mid-Term Strategic Review (15 October) Commissioners Strategy Workshop (mid-November) Strategic Review (end November) Restructuring Report – Phase 1 (mid-December) Restructuring Report – Phase 2 (February 2011)

Short Term FocusAugust 2010 to March 2011

Restructuring• Resource allocation (financial and human)• Consultative fora

Relationship with Commissioners• Focal point for Commissioners • Meaningful consultation and feedback

Relationship with Parliament• Office for Institutions Supporting Democracy• Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional

Development• Engaging other Chapter 9s

Medium Term FocusApril 2011 to November 2011

Strategic Realignment• Strategic review• Commissioners’ portfolios

Restructuring• Organisational review• Consultative fora

External Relations• Parliament• Media • Chapter 9s• Stakeholders

Road MapShort, Medium and Long-Term Goals

Restructuring

Commissioners

Parliament

Strategic Realignment

External Relations

Resource reallocation Restructuring Monitor & Review

Weekly reports Review Fortnightly Reports Review

Monitor Implementation Review

Mid-Term Review Implementation

Limited engagement Review Implementation phase

Reporting obligations to Parliament