36/1/4/1/201400098
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 632
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 18 JULY 2014
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 5-2014)
632. Ms D Kohler (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
(1) How many members of the SA Police Service (SAPS) are currently on
suspension (a) with remuneration and (b) without remuneration (i) in
each province and (ii) for how many days;
(2) what amount of money was spent on suspended SAPS members in the 2013-
14 financial year (a) in total and (b) in each province?
NW715E
REPLY:
1) A total number of 296 members of the SA Police Service (SAPS) were on
suspension as at end of March 2014.
a) With remuneration: 116
b) Without remuneration : 180
Breakdown of requested information is as follows:
|(1)(i) Provinces|(1) (a) With|(1)(ii) |(1)(b) |(1)(ii) |
|/ Divisions |remuneration|Average |Without |Average |
| | |number of |remuneratio|number of |
| | |days |n |days |
|Eastern Cape |8 |246 |10 |48 |
|Free State |2 |84 |7 |16 |
|Gauteng |8 |445 |95 |105 |
|Western Cape |1 |48 |14 |28 |
|KwaZulu-Natal |5 |73 |12 |42 |
|Limpopo |1 |88 |6 |32 |
|Mpumalanga |- | |4 |46 |
|Northern Cape |- | |6 |68 |
|North West |6 |67 |3 |17 |
|DPCI |24 |567 |- | |
|CR & FSS |2 |78 |4 |49 |
|Crime |2 |142 |17 |92 |
|Intelligence | | | | |
|Personnel |- | |1 |5 |
|Management | | | | |
|HRD |49 |35 |- | |
|Financial & |1 |154 |- | |
|Admin | | | | |
|VISPOL |1 |260 |- | |
|PSS |3 |38 |- | |
|Corporate |- | |1 |134 |
|Services | | | | |
|ORS |3 |579 |- | |
(2)(a) An amount of R10,738,149 was spent on suspended SAPS members in
the 2013-14 financial year.
Breakdown of requested information is as follows:
|(2) Provinces / Divisions |(b) Cost of Suspensions |
|Eastern Cape |R2,018,598 |
|Free State |R376,985 |
|Gauteng |R2,550,376 |
|Western Cape |R544,751 |
|KwaZulu-Natal |R764,865 |
|Limpopo |R104,009 |
|North West |R252,978 |
|DPCI |R99,372 |
|CR & FSS |R331,872 |
|Crime Intelligence |R926,044 |
|HRU |R114,549 |
|HRD |R404,212 |
|Financial & Admin |R35,346 |
|VISPOL |R1,375,872 |
|PSS |R112,045 |
|Corporate Services |R704,776 |
|ORS |R21,499 |
|Total |R10,738,149 |