Police
DPCI: Turnaround Strategy on High Profile cases; SANTACO on taxi crimes; with Minister
15 Aug 2018
The meeting consisted of four presentations:
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation or the Hawks who presented on their turnaround strategy and briefed the Committee on certain high-profile cases;
The South African National Taxi Association on taxi violence;
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) on taxi violence and ...
Police
DNA Board Annual Performance Plan & SAPS feedback; Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill: finalisation
14 Aug 2018
The meeting was convened to finalise the Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill, the tabling of a referral from the Speaker on the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), a briefing by the National Forensic Oversight and Ethics Board (DNA Board), and to attend to Committee business.
The Committee agreed that it had ...
Police
IPID & Civilian Secretariat for Police 2017/18 Quarter 3 & 4 performance
6 Jun 2018
The Committee received briefings from the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSPS) and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) on their third and fourth quarter performance and financial reports.
The CSPS highlighted an anti-crime campaign colloquium on gender-based violence and protection of vulnerable groups, which was held with public servants, ...
Police
PSIRA Quarter 4 performance
5 Jun 2018
The Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) briefed the Committee on the performance and financial reports for the third and fourth quarters. Progress within the organisation had been recorded in the areas of auditing the firearms in the private security industry, regulations on the issue, use and possession of firearms, ...
Police
Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill: deliberation; PSIRA Budget Report
30 May 2018
The Committee met to deal with outstanding matters in relation to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill. However, the Committee was still waiting for the outstanding legal opinion from Parliament in relation to clause 26 and there were delays in the process of getting this legal opinion. The Committee decided to wait for ...
Police
Mamelodi West & Engcobo Police Stations: update; Technology Strategy for CCTV, bodycams, digital policing
23 May 2018
The South African Police Service (SAPS) briefed the Committee on the Engcobo police killings in the Eastern Cape. The case had been presented in court on 7 May 2018 and was postponed to 14 June 2018 for further investigation. The charges comprised of six counts of murder, 25 counts of ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Committee Reports: Defence & Military Veterans Budget; SANDF troops in DRC
16 May 2018
The Committee considered and adopted two reports: Draft Budget Vote 19 Report: Defence and Military Veterans and Draft Report on 25 - 29 March 2018 visit to SANDF troops stationed in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as outstanding minutes.
Police
SAPS on its 2017/18 Quarter 3 & 4 performance
16 May 2018
The South African Police Service (SAPS) reported full utilisation of funds in 2017/18 with 99.8%. The virement for all programmes were all within the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) limitation of 8%.
The Compensation of Employees actual spending for the period comprises of 101.4% of allocated budget. A total of ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Armscor, Castle Control Board 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan
9 May 2018
Armscor and the Castle Control Board (CCB) briefed the Committee on their respective annual performance plans for 2018.
Armscor said that it had a mandate to provide services to other organs of state, and currently offered acquisition, research and development (R & D) and quality assurance services to other countries ...
Defence and Military Veterans
Department of Defence 2018/19 Annual Performance Plan & Quarter 4 performance
9 May 2018
The Department of Defence briefed the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans on its 2018 Annual Performance Plan and 2018/19 budgetary allocation. The brief focussed on aims, strategic overview, programme and sub-programme plans and links to other plans. The Department gave an update on the 2018 situational analysis. In ...