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SAPS Annual Performance Plan: Programmes 2 to 5, with Deputy Minister
3 May 2017
The meeting was a continuation from the previous day’s meeting in which the overall Annual Performance Plan, 2017 budget and Programme 1 were described. In this meeting, with the Deputy Minister briefly in attendance, SAPS presented the APP and budget for Programme 2: Visible Policing, 3: Detective Service, 4: Crime ...
Police
Police Budget: hearing with Minister, Treasury & stakeholders; Programme 1: Administration
2 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Police arranged for hearings on the South African Police Service (SAPS) budget and Annual Performance Plan (APP) over a period of three days, beginning with input from National Treasury, the South African Policing Union and a specialist in international policing.
National Treasury noted that the key ...
Police
Farlam recommendations: SAPS & IPID progress report; Firearms Amnesty: Minister of Police briefing
15 Mar 2017
The Committee received briefings from the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) on the Farlam Commission progress report. The Minister of Police also briefed the Committee on the firearms amnesty.
The first finding from the Farlam Commission on equipment highlighted that all radio communications ...
Police
White Paper on Policing & White Paper on Safety and Security; DPCI "Hawks" office accommodation
8 Mar 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Civilian Secretariat for Police (CSP) on the White Paper on Policing and White Paper on Safety and Security. The overview of public submissions on the White Paper on Policing highlighted that there was lack of clarity on funding responsibilities. The White Paper failed to ...
Police
SAPS Crime Statistics: April to December 2016, with Minister
3 Mar 2017
The South Africa Police Service reported on the crime statistics for the last nine months of 2016/17 and compared them to 2015/6. There were 960 000 serious crimes cases reported to SAPS over the nine-month period (that is, 3 550 crimes every day or 148 crimes per hour). The biggest ...
Police
Specialised Units: SAPS progress report; Politically-motivated killings in KwaZulu-Natal: SAPS briefing
1 Mar 2017
The Committee received a briefing by the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (Hawks) on the establishment of specialised units, namely, the National Bureau for Illegal Firearm and Priority Violent Crime (NBIFCPVC) and South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB). The NBIFCPVC would prioritise forensic linkages, stock control, transactional networks, police killings ...
Police
Petitions: consideration
28 Feb 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Police met to discuss five petitions of a general nature that were referred from the National Assembly. The Committee together with the Committee’s Content Advisor,discussed the petitions, some of the issues that came up include:
The uncertainty of some Committee Members on how to deal with ...
Police
Police BRRR implementation; Moffatview Police Station & Operations during festive period: SAPS briefing
22 Feb 2017
The Committee received briefings from the South African Police Service (SAPS) on the implementation of the Budget Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) implementation. The Committee had recommended that the Department needed to provide Members with an Action Plan to ensure effective monitoring of pocket books and the implementation of monitoring ...
Constitutional Review Committee
2015 public submissions: deliberations
17 Feb 2017
The Committee met to consider several outstanding constitutional review submissions from 2015.
The submissions were divided into 3 categories.
In category 1, the submissions were to amend Chapter 2 of the Bill of Rights: s7 (2), s10, s11, s25 (3) (c), review chapter 9 institutions to include the South African ...
Police
Civilian Secretariat for Police & IPID on BRRR implementation plan; High Profile cases: IPID briefing
15 Feb 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Civilian Secretariat for Police (CPS) and Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) on the Budget Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) implementation plan. IPID also briefed the Committee on a number of ongoing high profile cases in the country.
CSP highlighted that it would include a ...