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Constitutional Review Committee
Election of co-chairpersons
26 Mar 2015
The Committee elected Mr Vincent Smith as the Co-Chairperson of the National Assembly component of the Joint Committee on Constitutional Review and Mr Lewis Nzimande as the Co-Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces component of the Committee.
Police
Summit on Firearms Control in South Africa: day 2, with input from Minister and Deputy Minister
25 Mar 2015
The Committee, together with the Civilian Secretariat on Police (CSP), and representatives of the South African Police Service (SAPS) gathered for the second and final day of the Firearms Control Summit with many interested parties, organisations, bodies, the media and members of civil society present. The summit was a national ...
Police
Summit on Firearms Control in South Africa: day 1
24 Mar 2015
The Committee, together with the Civilian Secretariat of Police (CSP), gathered with many interested parties, organisations, bodies, the media and members of civil society as well as representatives from the SA Police Service (SAPS) to begin a two-day summit on firearm control in SA. The summit was a national dialogue ...
Police
SITA on SAPS Communication Projects; CSIR research contract for SAPS: input by CSIR & SAPS on budget, outcomes, timelines and control
11 Mar 2015
The Committee met with the South African Police Service (SAPS), the State Information and Technology Agency (SITA) and the Council for Industrial and Scientific Research (CSIR) to discuss SAPS communications projects between the agencies particularly, budget implications, progress to date and expected outcomes. After receiving a briefing by the Committee’s ...
Police
Committee Programme, Report on Oversight Visit to Police Stations and Central Firearm Registry in Gauteng
4 Mar 2015
The Committee met to consider and adopt a host of outstanding minutes and an outstanding report. The draft Committee Report on the Oversight Visit to Police Stations and the Central Firearm Registry (CFR) in Gauteng was adopted with minor grammatical amendments.
The Committee then thoroughly went through ten sets of ...
Police
SAPS on Implementation of Rural Safety strategy; Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority response to Committee oversight
25 Feb 2015
The Committee met to be briefed by the Committee researcher and content advisor in preparation for briefings by the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA). The first briefing was conducted by the Committee researcher who explained to Members the National Development Plan (NDP) ...
The Committee met with the SA Police Service (SAPS) headed by the National Commissioner for thorough engagement on the Committee’s findings following its Mpumalanga oversight visit especially border policing and rhino operations. The Committee felt the findings were critical and it could not wait for the report to the tabled ...
Police
"Hawks" DPCI Head suspension; IPID Recommendations implementation: joint input by SAPS, IPID, MPS, CSP
30 Jan 2015
The Committee decided that the Police Minister's request to have suspended head of the head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, Anwa Dramat, removed from office, should be referred to the Speaker of Parliament. Section 17 of the SAPS Act says a committee of Parliament must entertain this request ...
Police
IPID recommendations on SAPS discipline: input by SAPS, IPID, Metro Police, Civilian Secretariat; SAPS inspectorate turnaround strategy
19 Nov 2014
The Committee met with the Department/SA Police Service (SAPS) and the entities, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), the metro police for the City of Cape Town and the Civilian Secretariat on Police (CSP/the Secretariat) to discuss challenges faced in monitoring the implementation of recommendations made by IPID on disciplinary ...
Police
IPID Apr-Sept 2014 Cases & Recommendations Report; IPID Act implementation & progress report; Retail shop robberies increase: SAPS briefing
12 Nov 2014
The Committee met with the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) to be briefed on the police watchdog’s performance. The IPID Section 9(n) Report for April-September 2013 and April-September 2014 outlined the investigative activities of IPID for the first six months of the 2013/14 and 2014/15 financial year. The bi-annual Section ...