36/1/4/1/200900223
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 2164
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 6 NOVEMBER 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 27- 2009)
Date reply submitted : 7 December 2009
Mrs D A Schäfer (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
How many (a) security guards who did not take part in the SA Transport and
Allied Workersâ Union strike in 2008 were killed as a result of their
nonparticipation and (b) people who perpetrated these killings have been
(i) arrested, (ii) prosecuted, (iii) convicted, (iv) imprisoned and (v)
fined?
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REPLY:
The Crime Administration System (CAS) does not make provision to
distinguish victims who are killed for non-participation in strike actions.
The required information is therefore not readily available and will entail
a labour intensive and time consuming manual exercise necessitating the re-
deployment of police personnel to gather the required information. This
exercise may be to the detriment of essential duties or service to the
community.
The required information can be obtained by the physical perusal of case
dockets, but will require a much longer period of time to gather such
information (+-2 months.)
Reply to question 2164 approved by Minister