Police
Interim Acting National Commissioner introduction; petitions; Bloemfontein VIP Unit accommodation, with Minister
7 Jun 2017
The Interim Acting National Police Commissioner was introduced as a professional police officer who has shown himself to be exemplary and who had leadership skills beyond reproach. General Phiyega’s contract was coming to an end on 10 June 2017 and the process of appointing a National Police Commissioner would begin ...
Police
Committee Reports on SAPS, IPID, CSP Budget
17 May 2017
The Committee considered three reports, namely,
Police
Alleged SAPS interference with IPID investigations: SAPS & IPID briefing
16 May 2017
The Committee convened a meeting to hear from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), and its Executive Director, Mr Robert McBride, and the Acting National Commissioner of Police, Lt. Gen. Khomotso Phahlane, in light of the public tension between the two following allegations of interference in the IPID investigation by ...
Police
Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) on its Annual Performance Plan
10 May 2017
The Chairperson made a statement that the Portfolio Committee on Police had taken note of recent incidents in Vuwani, Coligny and Ennerdale, Eldorado Park and Richards Bay, where protests had escalated to violence and had led to damage of municipal infrastructure and residential housing. The Committee called on community members ...
Police
Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations, Civilian Secretariat for Police & IPID on their Annual Performance Plans
4 May 2017
The Committee met to consider the Annual Performance Plans (APPs) and budgets of entities within the ambit of the police portfolio, namely, Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DCPI), Civilian Secretariat for Police (CSP) and Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID). The DPCI, for the first time, presented its budget independently of ...
Police
SAPS Annual Performance Plan: Programmes 2 to 5, with Deputy Minister
3 May 2017
The meeting was a continuation from the previous day’s meeting in which the overall Annual Performance Plan, 2017 budget and Programme 1 were described. In this meeting, with the Deputy Minister briefly in attendance, SAPS presented the APP and budget for Programme 2: Visible Policing, 3: Detective Service, 4: Crime ...
Police
Police Budget: hearing with Minister, Treasury & stakeholders; Programme 1: Administration
2 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee on Police arranged for hearings on the South African Police Service (SAPS) budget and Annual Performance Plan (APP) over a period of three days, beginning with input from National Treasury, the South African Policing Union and a specialist in international policing.
National Treasury noted that the key ...
Police
Farlam recommendations: SAPS & IPID progress report; Firearms Amnesty: Minister of Police briefing
15 Mar 2017
The Committee received briefings from the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) on the Farlam Commission progress report. The Minister of Police also briefed the Committee on the firearms amnesty.
The first finding from the Farlam Commission on equipment highlighted that all radio communications ...
Police
White Paper on Policing & White Paper on Safety and Security; DPCI "Hawks" office accommodation
8 Mar 2017
The Committee received briefings from the Civilian Secretariat for Police (CSP) on the White Paper on Policing and White Paper on Safety and Security. The overview of public submissions on the White Paper on Policing highlighted that there was lack of clarity on funding responsibilities. The White Paper failed to ...
Police
Specialised Units: SAPS progress report; Politically-motivated killings in KwaZulu-Natal: SAPS briefing
1 Mar 2017
The Committee received a briefing by the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (Hawks) on the establishment of specialised units, namely, the National Bureau for Illegal Firearm and Priority Violent Crime (NBIFCPVC) and South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB). The NBIFCPVC would prioritise forensic linkages, stock control, transactional networks, police killings ...