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Each major investigation (Lushaba matter, Mokwele matter) has its own separate CAS number.
“I do know that with the Lushaba matter, it is a separate CAS, of course, as is with the Mokwele matter, and that had the other matter been enrolled, it would have also had its own case.”
CAS numbers in docketing represent the month and year the case was opened at the police station, not when individual affidavits were taken in preliminary investigations.
“... the last figures , 025 , denote the year in which that case was opened .... The numbers before the year , 06 , denote the month in which it was opened ... It is the month . It is the register serial number according to the system ... Once you have got all your affidavits and all your evidence , and then you register a case docket , which could be months later ... The CAS number now is on the date when the docket was registered , but the affidavit was taken in January ... That affidavit was taken during the preliminary investigations , so that is why the date is January .”
During preliminary investigations, affidavits are taken but do not have CAS numbers; the CAS number applies only when a docket is registered.
“... during the preliminary investigation , a number of affidavits are taken in the early stages of the investigation ... your witness statement does not have a CAS number ... Nothing is CAS’d ... once you have got all your affidavits and all your evidence , and then you register a case docket ... you will register your case docket .”
An affidavit can be taken and still be recorded as an inquiry if the CAS number is missing, but the docket must have the CAS number for continuity.
“i t s t i l l g o e s o n t h e i n q u i r y , C o m m i s s i o n e r . ... But because the docket at a later stage was registered, in the docket you have got to make sure everything from back to front has got the CAS number .”