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Report on Firearms Amnesty; with Deputy Minister
16 Feb 2021
The Department of Police presented a report on the two firearm amnesty periods which had recently ended, with specific attention given to the statistics on the number of firearms surrendered, the marketing and communication of the amnesty programme, and the monitoring of compliance at the country’s police stations.
In a ...
Police
Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports (BRRR): SAPS, IPID, CSPS, PSIRA
25 Nov 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Police met to approve the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports (BRRRs) which in terms of the Money Bills Amendment Procedures and Related Matters Act, it must annually compile a Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) that assesses service delivery and ...
Police
SAPS & CSPS 2019/20 Annual Reports & Audit Outcomes; with Deputy Minister
24 Nov 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) presented the financial statements and audit outcomes of the policing portfolio. The SA Police Service (SAPS) presented its 2019/20 Annual Report, as did the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSPS).
The AGSA said Material misstatements were identified ...
Police
IPID & PSIRA 2019/20 Annual Reports
18 Nov 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Police met to consider the annual reports of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) and the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA).
The Committee expressed pleasure upon hearing of IPID’s unqualified audit opinion. They were impressed that IPID had achieved this despite not ...
Police
SAPS Forensics Division on leadership, systems & turnaround strategy; with Ministry
11 Nov 2020
In this virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by the South African Police Service (SAPS) Forensics Division’s leadership matters, organisational systems and overall turnaround strategy.
The SAPS listed a number of reasons that caused the DNA backlog. These were:
insufficient funding for the Forensic Science Laboratory; unstable leadership and management; ...
Police
Legislative update on SAPS, IPID, Firearms Control & DNA Forensic Amendment Bills; with Ministry
28 Oct 2020
In this virtual meeting, the Committee received an update on the status and progress made on four draft Bills: Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill (also known as DNA Bill), Firearms Control Amendment Bill, South African Police Service Amendment Bill and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Amendment Bill.
The Civilian ...
Police
DPCI Judge Annual Report; Establishment of new DNA Board; SAPS, IPID, CSPS & PSIRA BRRRs; with Deputy Minister
21 Oct 2020
In this virtual meeting, the Portfolio Committee on Police met to adopt the Preliminary Draft Committee Report on Budgetary Review and Recommendation Reports (BRRRs) for the South African Police Service ...
Police
IPID on Quarterly Reports; with Deputy Minister
14 Oct 2020
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) reported on its quarterly performance by presenting reports for quarter one and quarter four in a virtual meeting.
The Committee said there was a new energy at IPID. It now has a new direction after being without a leader for some time.
In quarter ...
Police
CSPS & PSIRA Quarterly Reports with Deputy Minister
13 Oct 2020
The Committee discussed the performance reports for the final quarter of 2019/20 and the first quarter of 2020/21 as presented by the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (the Department) and the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority.
Members questioned the continued failure of the Department to meet the target of a ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Committee Staff briefings on: DOD; Armscor, CCB & DMV 2019/20 Draft Annual Reports
6 Oct 2020
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans was briefed by the Committee Researcher and Content Advisor on the 2019/20 draft Annual Reports of the Department of Defence, Armscor, Castle Control Board and the Department of Military Veterans. The presentations highlighted the various challenges that each entity faces and raised ...