Hon Deputy Speaker, hon members, the ANC welcomes and supports the Budget Review and Recommendation Report of the Portfolio Committee on Police. The report acknowledges the commitment by the department to implement the priorities outlined by the President in the state of the nation address on the fight against gender-based violence, corruption and community oriented policing. This include the finalisation of the strategic plan on gender-based violence by the department, the strengthening of the capacity and record keeping of family violence, child protection and sexual offences units. The portfolio committee welcomes the establishment of the Investigating Directorate in the Office of the National Director for Public Prosecutions to deal with and prosecute serious corruption and associated offences.
The portfolio committee is concerned about the irregular expenditure by the department. The committee has resolved to ensure that the department must turn things around on irregular expenditure. This includes the implementation of the audit action plan which will be monitored by the portfolio committee on a quarterly basis and the
appointment of the new audit committee not later than 1 November 2019 and an enforcement of consequence management for any irregular expenditure.
We welcome the undertaking by the department to recruit more reservists to assist in the fight against crime and the inclusion of community policing in all departmental outreach and awareness events. We urge the department to ensure that all police stations have DNA rape kits to fast track cases of rape. The department is also urging to meet the target for employment of people with disabilities. The ANC supports the BRRR on Police.