Chairperson, the answer to the first part of the question is yes. The Department of Home Affairs has installed the integrated electronic security systems in 47 of its offices nationally, in order to monitor staff and detect illegal and corrupt activities. This was done after an evaluation process of the status of security in the respective offices.
The objective of these installations is to protect assets, information and employees. They also provide a means to augment the human resource capacity utilised for physical security purposes at the different offices. A mechanism to detect illicit activities by both members of the public and employees of the department whilst on the premises of the department is yet another objective of these installations.
The department is in the process of rolling out the system to all its other offices. However, the process has huge cost implications, which necessitates that it be undertaken over an extended period of time. Secondly, the preliminary indications regarding the rooting out of corruption and fraud in the department are that the installed integrated electronic security system is indeed assisting in the fight against corruption. It is also working well as a deterrent to would-be perpetrators. On two separate occasions perpetrators were caught on camera and they have been prosecuted, both departmentally and criminally.
The recently installed system at the department's head office in Pretoria also has the capacity to assist the department to monitor the time on task and attendance of employees to their duties. Thank you very much.