Ke a leboga, motlotlegi Mmusakgotla. [Thank you, hon Speaker.]
Let me first deal with two people, two hon members. Hon Kohler-Barnard, you said that the Minister said we must wait. Yes, we will all wait, including you. Hon Ramatlakane, I think the last time you were in touch with police issues was when you were still an MEC, and you have really been left behind.
Motlotlegi Mmusakgotla, Matona a a tlotlegang, Batlatsatona ba ba tlotlegang, Lefapha la Sepodisi, Maloko a Palamente a a tlotlegang, baeng ba rona, nte ke le dumediseng bagaetsho. Ke bua jaana mo boemong ba African National Congress ke re maikaelelo a visible policing ke go thusa ditei?ene tsa mapodisa go diragatsa le go somarela tshireletso le go neelana ka tirelo e e tlhokegang ya go disa melelwane ya naga ya rona. Porogeramo ya sepodisi ke yona e kgolo go di gaisa mo tekanyetsokabong ya sepodisa. Mo puong ya gagwe Poresidente wa naga motlotlegi Jacob Zuma ka Tlhakole monongwaga o gateletse botlhokwa ba go siriletsa bomme le bana. A e baya e le nngwe ya botlhokwa mo pusong ya gagwe, se se swabisang ke gore lefapha le fokoditse tekanyetso. Seelo sa tsa bosenyi ba diporo ke gore railway environment le tlositswe me re lopa le buse ditirelo tse.
Sector policing ga e tsamae ka lebelo le le tshwanetseng tekanyetsokabo e teng lefapha a le sekaseke molawana wa sector policing. Lefapha le re le tla fokotsa go utswiwa ga dijanaga ka 3% le go fokotsa tiriso e e botlhaswa ya diritibatsi ka 3%. (Translation of Setswana paragraphs follows.)
[Hon Speaker, hon Ministers, hon Deputy Ministers, Department of Police, hon Members of Parliament, our guests, I greet you all. On behalf of the African National Congress I would like to inform you that the purpose of visible policing is to help police stations to offer protection services and also to offer necessary services of guarding our country's borders. The visible policing programme is the biggest on the police budget. In his state of the nation address in February this year, the hon President Jacob Zuma emphasised the importance of protecting women and children. He mentioned it as the main focus of his government, but what is disappointing is that the department has reduced its budget.
Crime in the railway transport sector is rife since the removal of security personnel on trains. We therefore request that the security on trains be reinstated and other security-related measures be reinforced by the department. Sector policing is not going at a smooth pace to complement the allocated budget, so the department should discuss the sector policing law. The department says it will minimise vehicle theft by 3% and also minimise the illegal use of drugs by 3%.]
The visible policing programme comprises three subprogrammes, namely crime prevention, border security and specialised intervention.
Mo thibelong ya bosenyi selo se se itumedisang ke gore dikopo tsa dilaesense tsa dithunya di tla tsaya malatsi a le 90 fela. Se se a itumedisa. Ka nako ya metshameko ya lefatshe ya 2010 lefapha le rekile didiriswa tsa boleng jo kwa godimo. Didiriswa tse ga jaana di dira eng. Ga ke reye gore di kabo di sa rekiwa ke raya gore fela di diriswa go dira eng.
Ka ngwaga wa 2007 mo konferenseng ya boset?haba ya ANC kwa Polokwane, ANC jaaka e le mokgatlo o o tshwenyegang ka tshireletso ya baagi ba Aforika Borwa e beile kwa godimo mo lenaneong tshireletsong go lwantsha bosenyi le go itseela e se ka fa molaong ke bua ka corruption.
Dipalopalo tsa bosenyi di a supa mmme di fokotsega mo go kgatlisang. Re a itse re le ANC gore fa re dira mmogo le lefapha go tla tokafala go le gontsi. Sepodisi sa naga ya rona se a bonagala mo mafelong a a kotsi le mo mafelong a tshwana le dimmolo tota le mo mafelong a a itsegeng ka bosenyi ka kakaretso. Re a itumela.
Fa rona ANC re dira mmogo le set?haba re dirisa maitemogelo a go busa dingwaga di le somesupa re tla oketsa lebelo la go lere ditirelo mo bathong ba gabo rona. Mmogo re tla dira go kgona.
Ditekanyetso ke raya dieelo tse di fokoditsweng tse di re tshwenyang re le ANC, bosenyi bo wetse tlase go tswa go 10% go ya go tse di 7% mo ngwageng o o fetileng mme di wetse tlase go 7% go ya go tse 4% monongwaga. Ntlha e e a re tshwenya re le ANC. Dipalo tsa dithunya tse di timelang e a tlhobaetsa. Dithunya di a bolaya ka jalo a lefapha le dire sengwe. (Translation of Setswana paragraphs follows.)
[The exciting thing about crime prevention is that applications for firearm licences will now take only 90 days. This is exciting. During the 2010 Soccer World Cup the department bought valuable resources. What is the use of these resources now? I'm not implying that they should not have been bought but I'm saying, what are they used for?
At the ANC's National Conference in Polokwane in 2007, the ANC, as a party concerned with the safety of South Africans, put fighting crime and corruption at the top of its programme. Crime statistics show that it is decreasing satisfactorily.
We know as ANC that when we work together with the department, a lot will be better. The police of our country are visible in dangerous places and in places like malls and even in crime hot spots. We are happy.
When the ANC works, together with the nation, we use our 17 years' experience of ruling and we will increase the speed of services to our people. Working together, we can achieve more.
The decreased rate that concerns us as the ANC is crime and it decreased from 10% to 7% last year and it decreased from 7% to 4% this year. This concerns us a lot as the ANC. The number of missing firearms is a nightmare. Firearms kill, so the department should do something.]
The department should also have a way of implementing the Turnaround Strategy with regard to the processing of firearm licences, permits and renewals.
Mo tokomaneng ya manifesto wa ANC ya ngwaga ona o, ke a e nopola: [Let me quote this year's ANC manifesto:]
The ANC will strengthen the fight against crime by further increasing the visibility of SAPS personnel and extending the distribution of police stations.
Fa ke bua ka ditirelo tsa tshireletso le pabalesego, maikaelelo ke go sireletsa batlotlegi ka tekanyetso e, mme tekanyetso e e fokoditswe go tloga go dibilione di le 3 mme e fokoleditswe go bilione e le 1 le halofo e e leng R1,5 billion. Tshireletso ya batho ba rona ga e sale e ntse e le kwa setlhoeng mo mokgatlhong wa ANC. E sale e simolotse ka 1912 mme ka jalo re ntse re tswelela pele go rata go sireletsa batho ba rona. (Translation of Setswana paragraph follows.)
[When I speak of safety and security, the aim is to protect the dignitaries with this budget; this budget has been reduced from R3 billion to R1,5 billion. Our people's safety is still at the top of the ANC's agenda. It started in 1912 and we still continue to protect our people.]
Together, we can build better communities.
Fa re bua ka tshireletso ya melelwane sepodisi se re se tla nna se le teng mo madibogong, se tla tloga ka bonya ka bonya. Fa re buisana le mekgatlo ya badiri ba lela ka boima ba sepodisi kwa godimo le gore se tsaya madi a tekanyetso a le mantsi. Mekgatlo e gape ya badiri e bua gore ditirelo tse dingwe ga di fitlhe ka go lekalekana kwa metseng ya magae, lefapha a le nke le tseye tsia.
Kwa bokhutlong bagaetsho nte ke re , kgetse ya tsie e kgonwa ke go tshwaraganelwa, gape ke re, tau tsa tlhoka seboka di siiwa ke none e tlhotsa. (Translation of Setswana paragraphs follows.)
[When we speak of border security, the police say they will always be at the border gates; they will retract slowly. When we speak with the unions, they complain about the high workload of police and that they take a lot of money in the Budget. The unions also complain that the services are not rendered equally when it comes to rural places, and the department should take this into consideration.
In conclusion, I would like to say many hands make light work. Let me also say, if we don't work together, we won't achieve anything.]
Together with the ANC, we can build better communities. The ANC supports Budget Vote No 25: Police. I thank you. [Applause.]