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Minister of Police on SAPS 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan & stakeholder hearings
17 Apr 2018
The Committee held South African Police Service (SAPS) budget hearings in the presence of the Minister where there were submissions from various stakeholders. This was followed by the Minister's briefing on the SAPS budget and plans.
The South African Policing Union (SAPU) said that it hoped that in filling vacant ...
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Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill: deliberations
23 Mar 2018
The Committee continued with its deliberations on the Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill [B22-2017] focusing on the amendments that had been effected by the legal drafting team from the previous engagement.
There were no changes effected to clause 4(2) on the composition of the Council, as the general consensus was that ...
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Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill: deliberations
22 Mar 2018
The Committee received a briefing from the Parliamentary Legal Advisor (PLA) on the legal opinion with regard to the classification of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill [B22-2017]. The PLA highlighted that the Bill had been introduced as a proposed section 75 Bill. The Bill was technical in nature and did ...
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PSIRA briefing
20 Mar 2018
The Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) briefed the Committee on matters in the public domain. It described its role as being to protect the fundamental rights of persons, and to promote a legitimate private security industry which acted in accordance with the principles contained in the Constitution, and with ...
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Hawks high profile investigations
28 Feb 2018
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI) provided the Committee with a detailed explanation of its role in investigating state capture allegations – and its frustration at the delays in getting the go-ahead to make arrests. It also provided a progress report on its specialised units dealing with illegal firearms ...
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Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill: deliberations
21 Feb 2018
The Committee continued with its deliberations on the Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill [B22 2017].
The Department of Police proposed the removal of the verification process in clause 12(9) to earlier in the process, in order to prevent a situation where the application started with the Minister and then had to ...
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Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill: deliberations
20 Feb 2018
The Department of Police proposed to the Committee that the Bill states clearly that a person to whom functions are assigned in terms of this chapter must exercise those powers and perform such duties subject to the Constitution and with due regard to the fundamental rights of every person. Section ...
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Strategic direction, Senior Appointments, Basic Literacy Audit; Harassment Policy, Firearms Amnesty; VIP Protectors’ overtime: SAPS briefing, with Minister
14 Feb 2018
The South African Police Service (SAPS) briefed the Committee on the new strategic direction on which it had embarked, and also covered issues related to senior appointments, the 2018 Firearm Amnesty and the SAPS harassment policy.
The Minister highlighted that although the National Commissioner had already announced the SAPS turnaround ...
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Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill: deliberations
13 Feb 2018
The Committee met to continue with deliberations on the Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill [B22 2017].
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor indicated that the Bill aimed to introduce measures to protect and safeguard critical infrastructure, the establishment of the Critical Infrastructure Council and its functions, and the administration of the Bill when ...
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Crime Intelligence Progress Report & Vetting
1 Dec 2017
The Committee firstly welcomed the appointment of the new national police commissioner. Members were particularly pleased that someone from within the police service - who had so much experience and was familiar with the challenges faced by SAPS - had been promoted. They observed that in their interactions with the ...