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Establishment & operations of DNA Board; with Minister & Deputy Minister
2 Mar 2021
In this virtual meeting, the Minister of Police introduced the newly appointed Chairperson and Members of the National Forensic Oversight and Ethics Board (DNA Board) to the Portfolio Committee. The Board Members had experience in forensic science, human rights law and ethics. The Committee welcomed the initiative taken by the ...
Police
SAPS & IPID BRRR recommendations: progress; SAPS Amendment Draft Bill; with Deputy Minister
24 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Police
Budget Review and Recommendation Report by Portfolio Committee on SAPS performance for 2019/20 - 25 November 2020
Budget Review and Recommendation Report by Portfolio Committee IPID performance for 2019/20 - 25 November 2020
South African Police Service Amendment Bill 2020 - draft
The ...
Police
Kinnear Petition; CSPS & PSIRA BRRR recommendations: progress; with Ministry
23 Feb 2021
ATC201125: Budget Review and Recommendation Report of the Portfolio Committee on Police on the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) performance for the 2019/2020 financial year dated 25 November 2020
ATC201125: Budget Review and Recommendation Report of the Portfolio Committee on Police of the Civilian Secretariat for Police Services ...
Police
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 ...