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Ad Hoc Committee - President's Submission in response to Public Protector's Report on Nkandla
Nkandla Security Upgrades: Public Protector and SIU Reports: consideration 30/09
14 Oct 2014
The Committee met to continue its work with only its ANC members present. The Committee heard inputs from two content advisors who discussed commonalities and differences between the reports of the Public Protector and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) after which they started their consideration of the reports. A complexity ...
Ad Hoc Committee - President's Submission in response to Public Protector's Report on Nkandla
Public Protector's Report on Nkandla security upgrades
25 Sep 2014
After adoption of the minutes of the previous meeting, the only matter arising was the legal opinion regarding the Committee’s ability to access the Cabinet Memorandum of 2003. The Parliamentary Legal Advisor indicated that Constitution empowers the Committee to subpoena anyone to come before it to give oral testimony or ...
Police
SAPS on 1st Quarter Performance
19 Sep 2014
The South African Police Service (SAPS) presented a report on its expenditure during the first quarter of the 2014-15 financial year. The meeting was attended by fewer Members of the Portfolio Committee than usual, owing to the annual announcement of crime statistics and subsequent debate in Parliament.
SAPS pointed out ...
Police
Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI): Mandate and Activities
17 Sep 2014
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) briefed the Committee on its mandate and activities and information on the performance levels of the DPCI in the fight against corruption and serious criminal offences. The presentation focused on the background to the establishment of the DPCI and an emphasis of its ...
Police
Civilian Secretariat for Police 1st Quarter Performance; Implementation of Civilian Secretariat Act; Issues raised during the Nyanga/Phillipi oversight visits
10 Sep 2014
The Committee received briefings from the Committee Researcher on the Nyanga police station and from the Committee Content Adviser on the implementation of the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service Act. This was followed by a briefing by the Civilian Secretariat for Police briefing on its implementation of the Act and ...
Ad Hoc Committee - President's Submission in response to Public Protector's Report on Nkandla
President's Response to Public Protector: Election of Chairperson
9 Sep 2014
Mr S Tshabalala, Committee Section Manager, noted that he was sitting as representative of the Secretary of Parliament to facilitate the appointment of a Chairperson for the Committee, and called for nominations. The ANC nominated Mr Cedric Frolick (ANC), but the opposition parties felt that at this stage the terms ...
Police
Private Security Regulatory Authority on its 2014 Strategic Plan
30 Jul 2014
The Committee convened for a briefing on the Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) Strategic Plan. PSIRA is an independent entity that receives no government funding and it is overseen by the Portfolio Committee on Police. The Committee asked questions on member compliance, firearm registration, financial instability, training of security officers, ...
Police
Committee Reports on Police and Independent Police Investigative Directorate 2014 budgets
11 Jul 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Police met to consider and adopt the budget reports and annual performance plans presented by the South African Police Service, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, and the Civilian Secretariat of Police. The Committee voted to adopt the reports, pending implementation of grammatical corrections.
Police
SAPS 2014 Strategic Plan: Programme 4: Crime Intelligence; IPID Annual Performance Plan & Budget
4 Jul 2014
The National Commissioner for Police presented the plans for Programme 4: Crime Intelligence. During the discussion, MPs asked questions about mandatory psychological debriefings; the Mdluli matter; abuse of covert operations; over-classification in vetting and political interference in the vetting process. The Chairperson stated that the Committee plans to look very ...
Police
SAPS 2014 Annual Performance Plan: Programme 2: Visible Policing & Programme 3: Detective Services
3 Jul 2014
The South African Police Service, led by National Commissioner Riah Phiyega, presented on Programme 2: Visible Policing and Programme 3: Detective Services. The Committee asked questions about SAPS University, Jackie Selebi's legal costs, the mental wellbeing of SAPS members, corruption and criminality in SAPS, the effectiveness of public order policing ...