Police
Illegal Mining: Hawks & Department of Mineral Resources briefing
25 Aug 2017
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) reported that illegal mining incidents occur on both the East and West Rand of Gauteng, with most incidents occurring at the Grootvlei, Anglo-Gold Ashanti, Sibanye and Kusasalethu gold mines, as well as in the Roodepoort, Benoni and Florida areas. In Kwazulu-Natal, illegal gold ...
Police
Hawks Illegal Firearms Unit; SAPS Anti-Gang Strategy; Quarter 1 performance; Vetting Senior Management
23 Aug 2017
The South African Police Service (SAPS) outlined the gang problems that the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape are facing, detailing the nature of these gangs. The National Anti-Gangsterism Strategy, approved in early 2017, is based on four key areas to promote a holistic and multi governmental approach: Human ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Volleyball SA: status report and SRSA on prioritisation for school support
22 Aug 2017
The Committee met to be briefed by Volleyball South Africa (VSA) on its Plans to utilise the once-off allocation of R10 million from SRSA, development, governance, transformation, financial performance, allocations for sport and recreation and this was followed by a briefing by Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) on prioritisation ...
Police
Private Security provident fund
22 Aug 2017
The Association of African Private Security Owners of South Africa (TAAPSOSA) briefed the Committee on grievances it was experiencing with the Private Security Sector Provident Fund on Structure and Governance (PSSPF). TAAPSOSA noted the trustee board was supposed to be represented by 50% of trustees who are elected by employers ...
Police
Vetting reports: Acting National Commissioner & Counter Intelligence briefing; DPCI Procurement/Security measures
16 Aug 2017
The South African Police Service (SAPS) briefed the Committee on the current status of vetting reports, focusing on the vetting process and irregularities which had been identified. This was followed by a briefing from the Hawks, known officially as the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (DPCI), on the procurement of ...
Police
Hawks (DPCI) Illegal Firearms Unit
15 Aug 2017
The Hawks, officially the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (DPCI), briefed the Committee on the establishment of its Illegal Firearms Unit but it was curtailed due to DPCI’s lack of knowledge on specifics about the delay in its permanent establishment. The anti-gang strategy presentation by the South African Police Service ...
Sport, Arts and Culture
Western Cape Department of Sport oversight
1 Aug 2017
The Committee conducted a provincial oversight meeting with the Western Cape Department of Sport, the Provincial Sport Confederation, the Provincial Academy, Sport and Recreation (SRSA), and the Department of Basic Education. The issues discussed included provincial sport plans and sport facility development programmes, financial performance and reporting, the provincial academy ...
Police
IPID reports on performance & police action crime; SAPS Crime Intelligence refocus
27 Jun 2017
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) reported on Quarter 3 and 4 performance, gave an update on high profile cases plus statistical information on crimes reported to be as a result of police action. IPID Executive Director Mr Robert McBride noted that key to IPID performance was underfunding which had ...
Police
Domestic Violence Act annual reports
21 Jun 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Civilian Secretariat for Police on the statistics relating to the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act (DVA) as required on a bi-annual basis by the legislation. Despite previous outstanding reports, the reports tabled and discussed in the meeting showed that there were significant challenges ...
Police
PSIRA on Quarter 4 performance
20 Jun 2017
The Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) presented its fourth quarter performance report, and indicated that the organisation had achieved almost all of its targets in the period under review. However, in terms of financial performance, only 67% of the revenue had been collected. Total revenue was 12% below budget, ...