Defence and Military Veterans
Meeting with Royal Defence College, UK
8 May 2018
The Committee met with a delegation visiting from the Royal Defence College in the UK. The delegation provided Members with information on the background of the college. The students were brought over to learn about South Africa, Southern Africa and the whole region in terms of security, economy, development stability ...
Police
Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill: consideration
4 May 2018
The Committee met for clause-by-clause consideration of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill with the Portfolio Committee amendments incorporated into it. Each clause was approved except for Clauses 18 and 26 and Chapter 7.
Members wanted to know who is going to inform the Police Portfolio Committee about Critical Infrastructure Council ...
Police
Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) 2018/19 budget
24 Apr 2018
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 2018/19
The Chairperson raised three issues for discussion ahead of the presentation by the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) of its annual performance plan. He asked Members to provide input on the protests in North West Province, the incident at ...
Police
SAPS 2018/19 Budget: CSP & IPID
20 Apr 2018
Annual Performance Plan (APP) of Government Departments & Entities 2018/19
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) and Civilian Secretariat for Police (CSP) briefed the Committee on budgets and Annual Performance Plans (APP) for the 2018/19 financial year. Both entities briefed Members on key targets, indicators, strategic priorities/objectives and performance of ...
Police
SAPS 2018/19 Budget: Programme 3 Detectives & DPCI; Programme 5 Protection & Security Services
19 Apr 2018
The South African Police Service (SAPS) said that the purpose of Programme 3: Detective Services is to enable the investigative work of the SAPS, including providing support to investigators in terms of forensic evidence and the Criminal Record Centre. Detective Services has four sub programmes: Crime Investigation; Criminal Record Centre; ...
Police
SAPS 2018/19 Budget: Programme 1 Administration; Programme 2 Visible Policing
18 Apr 2018
There was a problem of instability in the leadership of the South African Police Service (SAPS), and this was something that needed to be dealt with. There had been a decline in the levels of violence, but the declines in crime were not significant as the country was yet to ...
Police
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 ...
Police
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 ...
Police
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 ...
Police
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 ...