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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority on its 2013/14 Annual Report
29 Oct 2014
The Committee met with the Executive and Council of the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) on its 2013/14 annual report. The first part of the briefing covered matters which were raised in the last budget briefing with the Committee and included the lease of the corporate head office, disposal ...
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Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Annual Report 2013/14 briefing
22 Oct 2014
[This meeting was not placed in the Parliamentary Papers and so PMG was not informed about it and did not attend]. The minutes below were obtained from Parliament and have been reproduced in its entirety.
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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.
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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 ...
The Committee researchers briefed the Portfolio Committee on its responsibilities and the key issues facing the four government entities over which it had oversight. The Institute for Security Studies presented its research on the problems associated with SAPS and IPID. The Minister of Police spoke about the role of SAPS ...
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Election of Chairperson
25 Jun 2014
In an unanimous decision, Mr F Beukman (ANC) was elected as Committee Chairperson.
A document packet that included decisions made by the previous Committee in the form of the Legacy Report and the budget of the institutions under the Committee’s oversight was distributed to the Committee members. A draft committee ...