Judge Eberhard Bertelsmann - Pretoria High Court judge

Matric 1964 Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool Pretoria BA (Law) Stellenbosch 1968, LLB Unisa 1971
Prosecutor 1972, Member of the Pretoria Bar 1973
Member of various civic, political and religious organizations and movements 1968 – 1989
1986 Treatment in Elim Clinic for addiction to ativan and alcohol
1986 – present:, Involved with clinic in management, pastoral work and community development, director since 1989
1988 Senior Counsel
1989 – 1999 Member of Pretoria Bar Council, three terms as chairperson, four as vice-chairperson, acting chairperson General Council of the Bar,  member of various international law associations
Extensive participation in national and international legal issues, conferences, investigations and legal training, arbitration and lecturing
2000 to date: Judge of the High Court
Convenor of National Initiative to Combat Overcrowded Correctional Institutions, 2005 to date
Member of the Meyerspark Nederduitse Gereformeerde congregation
Married, children, grandchildren and prospective grandchildren

Ronald Ntuli - Director Supervision (Parolees and Probationers)

Mr. Mpuru Ronald Ntuli was born Pretoria, where he matriculated from Malatse-Motsepe High School in 1978. The following year he joined the then Prison Services. He obtained a B.A degree in 1990 in penology and criminology at the University of South Africa and his honours in 1994.
He was appointed as a Deputy Director Community Involvement in the Department Of Correctional Services.  He was mainly responsible for enhancing active participation and involvement community-based, faith-based and non-governmental organizations in the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders into the communities. 

During 1998 he visited the United States of America, Atlanta at the invitation of the State of Georgia. He studied transitional centres (half-way houses, electronic monitoring of offenders as well as detention centres as alternative to pre-trial detention. In 2001he obtained his  M.A. Degree with the University of South Africa after completing a dissertation entitled “Community Corrections: A Penological Perspective”

In 2003 he visited Tokyo at the invitation of the Japanese Government. He actively participated  in the 121st international training workshop “enhancement of community based alternatives to incarceration at all criminal justice process ”. In 2004 he was appointed as Director Supervision (Probationers and Parolees). He is presently responsible for facilitating the social acceptance and effective reintegration of offenders by involving other external service providers.   
 
He co-authored an article on “community based alternatives to incarceration” which was published by United Nations Asia Far East Institute through resource material series.  

Among papers delivered by him are:

• Enhancement of Community-based alternatives to incarceration at all stages of the criminal justice processes, namely : pre-sentencing stage ; sentencing stage and post sentencing stage-
• Alternative sentencing options in South Africa- magistrates

He served in the following committees:

• Served in the task team that launched Batho-Pele Principles in the Department of Correctional Services.    
• Served in research task team that developed policy and procedure on research of the Department.
•  Served in social reintegration task team that developed framework and policy on social reintegration.    
• Presently a member of the National overcrowding Task Team of the Department of Correctional Services

Mike Batley, Chairman Restorative Justice Iniative - Southern Africa

Mike is a social worker by profession. He started his career in the Department of Social Services and Population Development and in this capacity chaired the Family Group Conference Pilot Project of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Young People at Risk from 1996-1997.
He co-founded the Restorative Justice Centre in 1998, and has been Executive Director since 2001, is chairperson of Restorative Justice Initiative Southern Africa and is a member of the driver group of the Child Justice Alliance.
Mike has authored the following:

• a chapter in Victimology In South Africa: Theory, Policy And Practice, edited by Linda Davis and Rika Snyman, van Schaik, Pretoria, 2005,
• several chapters in Beyond retribution: prospects for restorative justice in South Africa, Institute for Security Studies, 2005
•  co-author of “Charting progress, mapping the future: restorative justice in South Africa, Restorative Justice Centre, 2006.

Rev. Hennie Human - Director, Spiritual Care, DCS

• Was born and bred in Bethlehem, Free State. Went to the universities of Free State and Pretoria where I completed my Theological Studies and obtained degrees in Theology. Ordained minister of the Dutch Reformed Church (NGK). Since 1989 chaplain if Department of Correctional Services. Started of at Groepunt Correctional Management Area. During that time I was responsible for the Northern Free State and North West correctional centres. Later moved to Head Office Pretoria. Since 1998 to 2003 I was Director of Labour Relations in the Department of Correctional Services.  At this point in time I’m the Director of Spiritual Care at Head Office, Pretoria. Chair person of IPCA Africa.

Ms Phyllis Mashigo - Bosasa Youth Development Centres

Mashigo Phyllis is a social worker by profession and has five years experience of working with youth at risk and those who are in conflict with the law ( have worked at NICRO – National Institute For Crime Prevention and Reintegration of young offenders – with youth at risk and first time offenders and presently with Bosasa Youth Centre catering for youths awaiting trial, sentencing and designations to either school of industries or reformatory school as a social worker, senior social worker, chief social; worker and presently as a Unit manager). She has passion in working with the youths especially those at risk, facilitating crime prevention awareness programmes to the said youths.

Phyllis is equipped with the counseling skills, presentation skills, developmental assessment skills and supervision and developmental supervision skills. She has been exposed in the following extensive training on working with the youths in conflict with the law:- Child justice bill and Protocol on working with children in conflict with the law.

• Development of minimum standards on how to deal with youths in conflict with the law.
• RAP (Response Ability Pathways): restoring bonds of youths at risk.
• Developmental assessment of youths in conflict with the law.
• Working with foreign children who are in conflict with the law.

Rev. Clive Monacks -

I am married with 3 children and reside in Monument Park, Pretoria, matriculating in
1976 at Coronationville High School. In1983 he obtained a Diploma in Theology at Hammanskraal Theological College - 1988 University of Johannesburg (RAU) his Bachelor of Arts (BA - Humanities) and in 1989 also at RAU his BA Honors (labour relations), finally completing his Master of Arts (MA - Biblical Studies)
From 1984 - 1991 he served as a Full-time Minister of Religion for two congregations in Johannesburg (Riverlea-Noordgesig and Newclare) with the Reformed Church in South Africa

In 1992 is was  Tent making Minister of Religion, followed in 1992 – 1997 SOUTH AFRICAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (SABC).  During the above mentioned period he held the following positions: TV Producer: Producing religious programmes for television (e.g. Church services, epilogues) and Senior Personnel Officer - Employee Relations Consultant.

From June 1997- 14 June 1998 Department of Correctional Services he was responsible  as Director Labour Relations. Then from June 1998 – August 2003 also at  Department of Correctional Services as Director Spiritual CareSince  September 2003 Clive has held the post of Director Risk Profile Management - Department of Correctional Services,  Head Office

Lesley Ann started her own public relations company in 1977 at the age of 22 – her focus always being on the development of projects that uplifted the disadvantaged.  Projects she personally initiated included the Black Consumer Council, the Black Designers Award, the Black Fashion Institute of South Africa, the EMI/Castle Lager Talent Search, the Lion Lager Music Awards and the Usiko Africa Treasure Beadwork Collection.  Several of these award winning initiatives are still in existence.

Between 1990 and 1997 Lesley Ann was associated with internationally acclaimed spiritual leader Credo Mutwa, author of the book “Indaba My Children”, amongst others.  Whilst documenting many of his literary works (four of which have subsequently been published), Lesley Ann was exposed to many indigenous cultures around the world.  This resulted in her developing a unique outcomes-based life skills programme targeted at school-going youth and based on Credo Mutwa’s African short stories.

This was the entry point into the Khulisa programmes.  A pilot project to test the efficacy of this creative means of education was trialed at Leeuwkop Prison School in 1997. 

In 1999 she published the book “Cries Without Tears”, an anthology of writings submitted by rehabilitating offenders on the Leeuwkop Prison programme.  This book has been distributed internationally by the Department of Foreign Affairs and has been used extensively by correctional academics in South Africa.

In 1999 a documentary production on Khulisa won a United Nations Award for Human Rights in Australia.  In 2000 Khulisa won the Nicro Offender Reintegration Award and in 2001 Lesley Ann was elected as an Ashoka fellow, Ashoka being a global organisation committed to the development of leading social entrepreneurs.  In 2002 she was the winner of the Elle-Elizabeth Arden Visible Difference Award.  Khulisa was a finalist in the National Community Builder of the Year Award in 2003 and in 2004 has been nominated for a United Nations Vienna Civil Society Award.   In 2006 Khulisa was the winner of The Department of Correctional Services – Service Provider of the Year Award – Gauteng.

Lesley Ann is married with two children.