Deputy Chair, on hon Mofokeng's question as to whether the SA Police Service has a comprehensive audit report of all premises leased, the answer is yes.
The SAPS conducted its own audit of all premises leased by the Department of Public Works on behalf of the SAPS, even though this is the mandate of the Department of Public Works, which is the custodian of, and thus responsible for, the leases of all government buildings.
The SAPS captures information regarding its leased buildings on the asset register of the SAPS. This information is physically verified against the Property Management Information System of the Department of Public Works. It is also verified against the lease contracts that have been received from the Department of Public Works. However, not all the lease contracts have been received from the Department of Public Works. Amendments and additions are effected on the asset register of the SAPS as and when the outstanding and any new lease agreements are received from the Department of Public Works. Thank you.
Establishment of temporary or permanent specialised unit focusing on eliminating trafficking of young girls in South Africa and details relating thereto
29. Ms N D Ntwanambi (ANC) asked the Minister of Police:
(1) Whether the SA Police Service will establish a temporary or permanent specialised unit that will focus on eliminating the trafficking of young girls in South Africa (details furnished); if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether any of the 16 girls who have been rescued from the brothel in KwaZulu-Natal have been reunited with their families; if not, why not; if so, how many;
(3) whether he or his department will follow up on all of these cases; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether there has been an indication of the modus operandi regarding (a) how the girls (i) disappeared or (ii) have been lured to the brothel from their homes and (b) the areas where they came from; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?