Thank you very much. Training generally for members of the SA Police Service is an ongoing project. This one that relates to larger numbers of people who are going to be deployed is also receiving attention. Mind you, we are not only dealing with the police; there is another category of people we are helping to bring up because, at the venues where the matches will be played, you will have two types of deployments. The police will work on the outer perimeter of those stadia while inside it will be security companies that take charge. This is in terms of the normal rules of Fifa.
That is what we are going to do but, this time around - we did not do this in the previous tournaments, for instance - we are also going to be training those security guards that will be responsible for protection inside the stadiums. So the issue of training is uppermost in our programme for the preparations for 2010.
Progress made in implementation of Safe Schools Programme
355. Mr M S Moatshe (ANC) asked the Minister of Safety and Security:
What progress has been made with the implementation of the Safe Schools Programme as part of the crime prevention initiatives of the SA Police Service? NO2348E