eThekwini is in KwaZulu-Natal. eThekwini was previously Durban.
Deputy Chair, this Bill makes provision for establishing an Independent Police Investigative Directorate and regulating the functions of the directorate. The Bill provides for the establishment of a management committee and a consultative forum, and their respective powers. It also provides for reporting obligations and co-operation from members of the SA Police Service and municipal police services.
The essential changes that the Bill seeks to effect are summarised as follows. The directorate will be known as the Independent Police Investigative Directorate. The directorate has a specific and clearly defined mandate.
It is no longer complaints-orientated but investigation-focused. The Bill compels the police to comply with the directorate's disciplinary recommendations. The responsibility to monitor police compliance with the Domestic Violence Act was removed and transferred to the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service.
The Bill creates clear lines of co-operation between the directorate and the municipal police and the SAPS, as well as between the directorate and the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service, and provides a mechanism for referral of matters from the directorate and Civilian Secretariat for Police Service.
The Bill provides for the establishment of a Civilian Secretariat for Police Service in the Republic in accordance with section 208 of the Constitution. The Civilian Secretariat for Police Service functions under the direction of the Minister. Furthermore, the Bill defines the objects, functions and powers of the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service, and, for this purpose, aligns the operations of the secretariat in the national and provincial spheres of government.
The Bill reorganises the secretariat into an effective and efficient organ of state. It regulates the appointment, duties and functions, powers and the removal from office of the secretary for the police and heads of provincial secretariats. Let me conclude and the rest will be read later.
In conclusion, the Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Development, having considered these particular Bills, moves that we adopt these Bills. I thank you. [Applause.]