Henry Andries Shembeni

National Assembly

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Minister of Police on 2019/20 Annual Crime Statistics 31 Jul 2020

Mr H Shembeni (EFF) raised a concern with detective services. He strongly believed that detective services needed to be prioritised. It seemed as if visible policing was prioritised most of the time. Crimes were being reported and they needed to be investigated thoroughly. He was happy that the Commissioner announced ...
SAPS, CSPS & IPID Budget: Committee Reports; Minister on appointment of IPID Executive Director 15 Jul 2020

Mr H Shembeni (EFF) said that the law does not say anything about the appointment of the Executive Director after the twelve month period has collapsed. The law does not talk about an extension or if there is any wrong doing the period is extended. He was afraid that the ...
SAPS, IPID & CSPS Adjusted budget & Revised Annual Performance Plan 10 Jul 2020

Mr H Shembeni (EFF) said he did not see anything being done to improve the capacity of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (
Committee Reports 26 Jun 2020

Mr H Shembeni (EFF) agreed with Ms Faku. He said the police work hard to apprehend the perpetrators but then they are released, so a meeting is needed to discuss the role the Department of Justice plays in the bail and release of perpetrators.
PSIRA Quarter 1, 2 & 3 performance; Firearms Amnesty Notice 11 Jun 2020

Mr H Shembeni (EFF) said he is disappointed with the visual issues occurring during the presentation.

Questions asked to the Minister of Police 24 Jun 2020

Whether it is a policy of his department that determines when a member of the SA Police Service has applied and qualified for a post, that when it comes to occupying the. posit the member w! ill be placed in a position that s/he has not applied for; if ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Police 5 Jun 2020

Whether any SA Police Service members applied for certain positions and were appointed to different positions than the ones they applied for; if so, (a) what (i) number of positions and (ii) rank in each case and (b) on what policy is this practice based?
Questions asked to the Minister of Police 5 Jun 2020

Whether, there are sufficient face masks for all the police officers; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what total number of face masks does each police officer get for a 12-hour shift?

WEDNESDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2019 3 Dec 2019

Hon Chairperson, when this Bill was debated here, the EFF opposed it on the basis of some key fundamental points. None of those points have been addressed even by the NCOP. The minor technical amendment proposed by the NCOP does not deal with the substantive issues we raised before.
The ...
- FIREARMS AMNESTY DECLARATION 21 Nov 2019

Chair, we all agree that the levels of crime in South Africa, especially violent crimes that involves guns has raised crisis levels, and this has been the case for a very long time. There are too many illegal
firearms in the streets. While the Firearm Amnesty is a programme that ...

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