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Crime Statistics methodology: SAPS, Stats SA & independent crime analysts briefings
31 May 2017
The Committee met to receive briefings by stakeholders including South African Police Service, Institute of Security Studies, Statistics South Africa and Dr Chris De Kock on crime statistics.
The South Africa Police Service (SAPS) said the crime statistics focused on all the crime reported at the 1 144 police stations, including ...
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Procurement, Polmed, Buildings & Accommodation: SAPS, SAPU and POPCRU briefing
24 May 2017
The South African Police Service (SAPS) briefed the Committee on its procurement and contract management. The procurement of goods, works and services was done through quotations or a bidding process within the threshold values as determined by the National Treasury. All procurement actions in SAPS are governed by Legislation and ...
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Committee Reports on SAPS, IPID, CSP Budget
17 May 2017
The Committee considered three reports, namely,
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Alleged SAPS interference with IPID investigations: SAPS & IPID briefing
16 May 2017
The Committee convened a meeting to hear from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), and its Executive Director, Mr Robert McBride, and the Acting National Commissioner of Police, Lt. Gen. Khomotso Phahlane, in light of the public tension between the two following allegations of interference in the IPID investigation by ...
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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) on its Annual Performance Plan
10 May 2017
The Chairperson made a statement that the Portfolio Committee on Police had taken note of recent incidents in Vuwani, Coligny and Ennerdale, Eldorado Park and Richards Bay, where protests had escalated to violence and had led to damage of municipal infrastructure and residential housing. The Committee called on community members ...
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Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations, Civilian Secretariat for Police & IPID on their Annual Performance Plans
4 May 2017
The Committee met to consider the Annual Performance Plans (APPs) and budgets of entities within the ambit of the police portfolio, namely, Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DCPI), Civilian Secretariat for Police (CSP) and Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID). The DPCI, for the first time, presented its budget independently of ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...