Police
Police stations: Public Works facilities management
13 Nov 2018
The South African Police Service (SAPS) described a litany of challenges it was experiencing in respect of services provided by the Department of Public Works (DPW). When the DPW indicated that they had not come to the meeting prepared to respond to the SAPS complaints, the debate became heated and ...
Police
SAPS on Contract Management; Irregular Expenditure; Consequence Management; SITA Contracts; Bid Committees
7 Nov 2018
The Committee met with the SA Police Service (SAPS) to be briefed on matters relating to contract management, status of the bid committees, irregular expenditure and to get a sense of the broader governance matters and plans in place which led to qualified findings in the past to avoid possible ...
Police
Firearms Control Amendment Bill (Private Member’s Bill): briefing
6 Nov 2018
The Committee was briefed by Hon P Groenewald on his Private Member’s Bill on firearms licensing currently.
Dr Groenewald said that his proposal was to address the current dilemma were 400 000 plus firearms licensed gun owners had found themselves to be illegally in possession of firearms after a constitutional court ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Defence Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
31 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans considered and adopted the Defence Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report.
Members discussed whether it was a good idea to engage with National Treasury directly on gaps that were in the budget of the Department. They reasoned it was an area they never ...
Police
High Crime Areas: SAPS strategy, Community Policing Forums, CSP research; with the Minister
30 Oct 2018
The five police stations in areas with the highest crime rates in the country came under the spotlight when the Committee was briefed by the South African Police Service, the heads of the local community policing forums (CPFs) and the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSPS).
The five police stations ...
Police
Transkei/Ciskei police re-enlistment petition
23 Oct 2018
The Portfolio Committee met to discuss a petition calling for the re-enlistment of former members of the Ciskei and Transkei police. They were first briefed by the representative of the former members, who said they were dissatisfied with the South African Police Service (SAPS) decision not to approve their re-employment ...
Police
SAPS, IPID, Civilian Secretariat for Police Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports
17 Oct 2018
2018 Budget Review & Recommendations Reports – BRRR
The Committee met to consider and adopt the 2017/18 Budget Review and Recommendation Reports (BRRR) of three entities in the police portfolio namely, the South African Police Service (SAPS), Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSPS) and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), ...
Police
Statistics South Africa Crime Survey; Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) 2017/18 Annual Report
12 Oct 2018
The Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) appeared before the Committee to present it’s 2017/18 Annual Report. The presentation covered the operational overview and key highlights and milestones, performance information per programme, law enforcement, registration, industry training, governance, human capital management, financial information and commitments to ...
Police
Civilian Secretariat for Police Services, IPID & DNA Board 2017/18 Annual Reports
11 Oct 2018
The Committee met to hear the 2017/18 Annual Reports of the entities in the police portfolio namely, Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSPS), the National Forensic Oversight and Ethics Board (DNA Board) and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).
The CSPS presented its Annual Report to ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Military Veterans 2017/18 Annual Report
11 Oct 2018
The Department of Defense and Military veterans presented its annual report for the 2017/18 financial year to the committee. The overall performance of the branches of the Department was outlined with specific attention being drawn to areas of concern and areas that require intervention including the quality ...