Police
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 ...
Police
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
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 ...
Police
Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) on BRRR implementation plan
8 Feb 2017
The Committee received a briefing from PSIRA on their implementation plan for the Committee’s Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR). Mr Nkosinathi Nhleko, Minister of Police introduced the chairperson of the PSIRA Council and all the new Council Members that had been elected.
PSIRA had achieved 84% of its objectives, ...
Police
SAPS on recent matters in the public domain regarding the police leadership, with Minister present
2 Feb 2017
The South African Police Services (SAPS) provided a detailed summary of the public allegations as well as the findings into the allegations against the SAPS leadership for matters dating as far back as 2012. The allegations were investigated by CPN Forensic and Ernst & Young based on allegations raised by ...