Hon Deputy Speaker, hon members and hon Minister, I would like to applaud the introduction of the SA Police Service and the Vodacom crime- fighting App. The IFP welcomes the first effort to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution in this regard. From the outset we saw these obvious advantages to link technology to public participation models of crime. We hope that upon its success, this App is swiftly rolled out to the larger
citizenry but remain mindful of its potential to be hacked where sensitive information may be kept.
Minister, we call on you to ensure that adequate measures are put in place in case this App is hacked and people who report crime anonymously are not exposed. One way to protect the identity of people would be not to require any particularity from a person which may expose their identity or location. While we applaud your efforts with regards to the App, however, we want to draw your attention to the Budget Review and Recommendation Report. Some of the findings have been unacceptable regarding the Auditor- General's report. We note that the SAPS has not sufficiently implemented a plan to address the qualified audit opinion to turn around the huge amounts of irregular expenditure.
Furthermore, the R1 billion and more irregular expenditure figures could not be properly accounted for by the Auditor-General as the SAPS seemingly did not make a full disclosure to the Auditor-General. If this is the case, we feel that this is a gross violation and undermines the intended need for checks and balances
within our state. Minister, you need to ensure that the SA Revenue Service, Sars, makes a full and unechoed disclosure of its irregular expenditure. Finally, we call on you, hon Minister, to spearhead the drive to ensure those who were involved in unauthorised irregular expenditure to face appropriate consequences for the allocations. I support the report.