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Police
SAPS Q3 2022/23 Crime Statistics, with Ministry
17 Feb 2023
Police
National Policing Plan/Strategy; discussion on petition by Ms Mashale regarding alleged mismanagement and corruption in the Free State
30 Nov 2022
The whistle-blower who was sacked by the South African Police Service (SAPS) in February because she allegedly reported instances of corruption within the police, was told by the Committee that her petition to Parliament for protection could not be accepted because it had not been submitted in the correct ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Joint Illegal Mining Report
25 Nov 2022
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy held a joint virtual meeting with the Portfolio Committees on Police and Home Affairs, to consider and adopt the Joint Illegal Mining report. The Committee discussed the report and agreed to adopt it, with a need for amendments ...
Police
SAPS Crime Statistics Q2 2022/23, with Ministry
23 Nov 2022
SAPS provided a detailed presentation of the 2nd quarter crime statistics for the 2022/2023 financial year. The statistics reflected crimes that were reported to the South African Police Service from 1 July up to 30 September 2022. These crime figures are compared to the same period in 2021 when ...
Police
Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: proposed amendments; with Deputy Minister
16 Nov 2022
In a virtual meeting the Parliamentary Legal Advisor took the Committee through the A-list of the Committee's proposed amendments to Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill. They looked at the B-version of the Bill in which all of these proposed amendments had been included. ...
Police
Classification IPID Report on murder of Lt. Col Kinnear; POCDATARA Bill deliberations; with Deputy Minister
2 Nov 2022
The Committee was briefed in a virtual meeting on the classification of the report of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) on the murder of Lt Col Charl Kinnear, the former section commander for the Western Cape anti-gang unit.
The Committee was critical of the failure ...
Police
Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: public hearings & Department response; with Deputy Minister
26 Oct 2022
In a virtual meeting, the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSPS) provided the departmental response to the public submission by the Fish Hoek Valley Ratepayers and Residents Association on the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities (POCDATARA) Bill. The Committee also received a briefing from "DearSA" ...
Police
DNA Board Annual Report 2021/22; SAPS, IPID, CSPS and PSIRA BRRRs
19 Oct 2022
National forensic oversight and ethics board (DNA Board)
The Committee was briefed on the Strategic and Annual Report 2021/22 of the DNA Board. The DNA board oversees the operations of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) and National Forensic DNA Database (NFDD).
The Committee brought several serious ...
Police
SAPS, DPCI, Civilian Secretariat 2021/22 Annual Report; with AGSA & Minister
12 Oct 2022
The Committee was briefed by Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) on the audit outcomes for the Police portfolio. Thereafter, the South African Police Service (SAPS); Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI) and the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSPS) presented their 2021/22 Annual Reports
Committee members were concerned with ...
Police
Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill: comments
28 Sep 2022
Public comments will be extended until 18 October 2022 on the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment Bill. In a virtual meeting, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) commented on the Department's response to its public submission.
The ICRC maintained ...