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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority 2018/19 Annual Report
11 Oct 2019
The briefing on the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) 2018/19 Annual Report provided performance information, a governance and financial report including the commitment to improve internal control. The numbers of registered as well as active security officers and security businesses in each province were provided. PSIRA ...
Police
IPID & Civilian Secretariat 2018/19 Annual Reports; with Deputy Minister
10 Oct 2019
The Committee expressed its concern on the unauthorised publication of the Notice in terms of the Firearms Control Act in the Government Gazette. Despite the Committee’s lack of approval, the Department had published it. This undermined the Committee. The Deputy Minister apologised for the Department's lack of ...
Police
SAPS & DPCI 2018/19 Annual Reports; with Deputy Minister
9 Oct 2019
As a continuation from the previous day, SAPS proceeded with the presentation on their 2018/19 Annual Report for Programme 1: Administration, Programme 2 (Visible Policing), Programme 3 (Detective Services), Programme 4 (Crime Intelligence) and Programme 5 (Protection and Security Services). The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) ...
Police
SAPS 2018/19 Annual Report Programme 1: Administration, with AGSA & Audit Committee input; with Minister & Deputy Minister
8 Oct 2019
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) discussed the audit outcomes of the annual reports of the Department of Police and its entities. Overall, the Committee was concerned with some of the outcomes, particularly those involving non-compliance and those related to the apparent lack of record keeping, and missing ...
Home Affairs
Audit outcomes of Department and entities: AGSA briefing; DHA & IEC 2018/19 Annual Reports; with Minister
8 Oct 2019
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Committee on capacity building and the audit outcomes of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), the Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Government Printing Works (GPW) for financial year 2018/19.
AGSA stated that the audit outcomes for the GPW was ...
Home Affairs
State of province 2018/2019: Western Cape; Minister on matters affecting Department
17 Sep 2019
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in the Western Cape briefed the Committee on its state for the 2018/19 financial year. Earlier, Members had been disappointed with the presentations from the Northern and Eastern Cape provinces because the documents they presented were different from the documents sent to Parliament prior ...
Police
Crime Stats; with Minister and Deputy Minister
12 Sep 2019
VIDEO: Minister Bheki Cele briefs Portfolio Committee on 2018/19 crime statistics
The Minister of Police and Deputy Minister released the 2018/19 annual crime statistics. This was an initial release to the Committee while the in-depth engagement on the statistics would take place in the following week. Minister Bheki Cele prefaced ...
Police
Police Legislative Programme; PSIRA proposed regulations; AGSA new powers
11 Sep 2019
Auditor General South Africa presented on the new amendments which give extended powers to the Auditor General to enhance the ability for consequence management. It also gave a summary of past audit findings for the Police portfolio.
Members asked how often the Committee as an oversight body could expect progress ...
Home Affairs
State of provinces 2018/2019: North West, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal
10 Sep 2019
Provincial managers of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in North Province, Free State and KwaZulu Natal (KZN), briefed the Committee on the state of the provinces for the 2018/19 financial year. All three provinces provided details of their performance in respect of civic services, immigration services, finance and supply ...
Police
Committee hosting Chinese delegation
6 Sep 2019
The Portfolio Committee on Police hosted a briefing with a Chinese delegation representing the Supervisory and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress on 6 September 2019. The Committee expressed the hope that learnings could be shared between the two. The purpose of the delegation’s visit is to understand ...