2012/13 is a significant year for the IPID (formerly known as the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD)) as it was officially launched as the Independent Police Investigative Directorate in April 2012. IPID has a transformed mandate (in terms of the IPID Act, No. 1 of 2011) which includes civilian oversight over and the requirement to investigate a range of specified crimes committed by SAPS and the municipal police services. These include, for example, investigation of complaints relating to the discharge of an official firearm by a police member; allegations of rape by a police member while on or off duty; and matters relating to systemic corruption within the police. In addition to these new investigative functions of IPID, the IPID has identified the following priorities for 2012/13: