Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko briefs Media on Programme of Action for SAPS
Briefing
23 Jan 2016
Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko Media briefing on Programme of Action for SAPS on the 23 January 2016
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1. BACK-TO-BASICS APPROACH
The SAPS’ Constitutional Remit, as per Section 205 of the Constitution, is inextricably linked to Outcome 3 of the National Development Plan, all people in South Africa are and feel safe. “Feel safe” relates directly to citizen’s perceptions of safety and security, which is influenced to a large extent by “are safe”, or actual levels of serious and specifically certain violent crimes, such as contact crimes and the police’s ability to effectively investigate these crimes and contribute towards bringing the perpetrators to justice, thereby removing them from society. The Minister of Police, the Honourable and the Acting National Commissioner, together with the senior management of the SAPS, have concluded a thorough analysis of the past and recent performance of the SAPS and are in agreement that urgent, focused action is required to turn the SAPS’ performance around to ensure that it is an organisation every South African can be proud of.
Critical deficiencies and key challenges and were identified during the in-depth analysis. The majority of the deficiencies and challenges identified relate to the tried and tested, fundamental principles of policing, which have been neglected for a long period of time. In addition, there are specific areas of under-performance within the police’s annual performance plan that are linked to the three fundamental functions of policing: crime prevention, crime investigation and crime intelligence. This analysis has necessitated the introduction of a “Back-to Basics” approach to policing, which focuses on every police officer doing the basics of policing and on doing these basics properly and consistently. This approach is centred around a few critical organisational concerns that will be rigorously addressed going forward. These issues include:
Discipline, and the manner in which police officers conduct themselves, as a distinctive characteristic of policing;
Enhanced police visibility, which implies more police officers in uniform, thereby minimising opportunities to commit crime; and
The targeted, informed deployment of operational resources to ensure the optimal utilisation of the limited resources that the Police have at their disposal, ensuring that they are applied for maximum effect.
In addition, those areas of chronic under-performance must be corrected through specific recovery plans targeting the visible policing and detective service capabilities in SAPS, thereby linking the recovery plans to the crime prevention and investigation of crime imperatives. The recovery plans are not only focussed on ensuring the improvement of performance and the achievement of annual targets, but are also driving the Back-to-Basics approach. The performance analysis conducted by SAPS’ senior management also included the identification of the worst performing police stations in terms of both the reported incidence of serious crime as well as the detection of crime. This enabled the targeting of these under-performing stations for the immediate implementation of the visible policing and detective service recovery plans.
The Visible Policing Recovery Plan focuses on a number of crime prevention and station management priorities, including: ensuring crime advice and awareness; improving police visibility to address the “opportunities to commit crimes”; the conducting of special police action operations to prevent crime; the conducting of social crime prevention operations (including partnership policing) to address the “desires to commit crime”; addressing crimes against women and children; ensuring effective border security management; the proper policing of all incidents of a public disorder or security nature, which are not deemed to be “normal” crime from “first response” (as per SAPS protocols); assisting the detectives in the tracing and arrests of wanted persons; addressing the proliferation of firearms, drugs, gang conflict, liquor abuse, stolen and robbed vehicles as contributors to serious crime; the targeting of the proliferation of stolen goods; quality service delivery and responsiveness; victim support; personnel and physical resourcing availability at stations; addressing the internal organizational climate and culture at stations; leadership and governance at stations; performance monitoring, evaluation and reporting; and addressing criminality.
The Detective Service Recovery Plan, designed to dovetail with the Visible Policing Recovery Plan to ensure synergised operational activities between the two policing capabilities, addresses the following crime investigation priorities: improve and measure the investigation and management of case dockets; implement measures to continuously update the crime administration system to continuously capture actual performance to avoid an annual performance spike; conduct a docket age analysis to inform the management of individual case dockets; assess the docket allocation methodology (1st and 2nd Quarters 15/16) to match case complexity with detective experience / expertise; ensure the effective management of wanted suspects lists and the tracing and arrest of confirmed wanted suspects; verify the manner of closure of case dockets as undetected and withdrawn to determine whether dockets were correctly closed or if further investigation is required; determine timelines for investigating categories of crime to determine standard resolution rate per crime type; ensure the effective management of crime scenes; the effective management of exhibits; optimize the utilization of forensic evidence and leads; ensure the taking of buccal samples by authorized persons of all persons arrested in terms of Schedule 8 of the DNA Act; develop a system solution to determine case docket links based on forensics-based leads, e.g. 1 suspect linked to 10 distributed dockets, improve the management of bail applications to improve performance; track and trace dismissed appeals; investigate the reintroduction of the uniform investigation capability to reduce the workload on Detectives; addressing / activating relevant stakeholders that detectives require within the investigation value chain ; and operationalise the Organised Crime Threat Analysis (OCTA).
The country has witnessed the unabated, heartless murder of police officers in various parts of South Africa; acts of criminality that have gone unabated on the men and women entrusted with the safety of all inhabitants of the Republic of South Africa. Speaking in September 2015 at the National Police Commemoration Day, President Jacob Zuma said that “The callous murder of your loved ones was an attack not only on them, but on the State itself. The police represent the authority of the State. They form the bulwark between order and anarchy”. An attack on a police officer is an attack on this democratic dispensation. Such anarchy should be cut short and not allowed to spread so as to endanger citizens of this country. The murder of police officers can, however, also be minimized by adherence to basic policing practices, which talk to the operational readiness of police officers and include the requirements that officers be briefed prior to their deployment, that they wear the bullet-resistant vests that have been issued to them and that they are in possession of the critical equipment that they require. The message to police officers is not ambiguous. When they are under attack in the course of executing their mandate it is expected that they function within the parameters of the laws of the country. They will apply proportional force to make irrelevant the perception that the police are brutal. This is not an impossible mission as the policing of the recent student protests have proven. In the midst of burned properties, acts of vandalism and anarchy that characterized some of the protests, police officers exercised maximum restraint and there were no casualties.
Interventions with police management in each of the nine provinces have been conducted to share the results of the analysis of performance, interrogate the areas of under-performance and the factors contributing to such and communicate the specific recovery plans, thereby contextualising the Back-to-Basics approach. These interventions have involved every level of management in each province, including provincial commissioners, cluster and station commanders and the commanders of the various specialised capabilities. The expectation of these managers is that they take the message back to their members to ensure that there is a common understanding of this approach among all members, but importantly, that they lead by example in the implementation of the Back-to-Basics approach.
It is important to emphasise that the essence of the Back-to-Basics of Policing approach requires that the public play a central role in changing the outlook of the police. This will ensure that we have a police service that is responsive to the safety and security needs of society, a police service that is known to be upholding a high standard of conduct and that is in sync with the constitutional imperative that is described in its mandate. The public should therefore not just be critical about the police’s faults or shortcomings, but also offer suggestions on how they can better serve the community.
Police management has adopted a simple slogan, encapsulating the intended outcome of the Back-to-Basic approach, namely: #CrimeMustFall. The Minister of Police and the Acting National Commissioner have stated that the fight against crime must become a reality that permeates every sector of South African society, led by the men and women in blue and supported by involved and informed communities.
2. OPERATION FESTIVE SEASON 2015/2016
2.1 Background
Operation Festive Season 2015/2016 was initiated on the 1st of October 2015 and will be terminated on the 31st of January 2016. The reporting period for this report is from 01 October 2015 to 15 January 2016.
The Government, through the JCPS Cluster, reaffirmed its commitment to achieve the outputs of the Delivery Agreement which deals with Outcome 3: “All people in South Africa are and feel safe”, by going beyond the call of duty in protecting the society by implementing extra ordinary safety and security measures to eliminate the opportunities for crime during the Festive Season.
The operation focused on the combating of all serious and violent crimes especially crimes against women, children and vulnerable groups. An interdepartmental approach in conjunction with all relevant role players was followed.
To address all crimes and possibilities identified above, a six pillar approach was adopted:
- Pillar One: Aggravated Robberies;
- Pillar Two: Enforcement of Firearms Control Act, Liquor Act, Second Hand Goods Act and Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act (SASREA);
- Pillar Three: Crime Against Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities;
- Pillar Four: Wanted Suspects;
- Pillar Five: Road Safety Enforcement (Traffic Management); and
- Pillar Six: Border Security.
2.2 Operation Festive Season 2015/2016 Deployment
A daily average of 20 940 police members were deployed nationally including a daily average deployment of 5 399 police members in Gauteng, 4 146 police members in Kwazulu-Natal and 2 935 in the Western Cape.
2.3 Provincial Activities
The graphs below provide a summary of operational activities executed in the respective provinces during the period in question:
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Roadblocks
Vehicle Checkpoints, Patrols and Stop and Search
A total of 4 721 071 operation specific activities were performed in 2015/2016 financial year. The primary focus was on patrols executed in identified high crime areas. The leading province with regard to activities in 2015/2016 is KwaZulu-Natal with 1 889 250 activities followed by Gauteng with 1 162 466 activities and Western Cape with 635 632 activities.
1. Searches conducted
The table below provides a statistical overview of searches conducted during the period under review. The searches were conducted on people and vehicles during patrols and roadblocks, and premises where suspects or drugs were reasonably suspected to be concealed.
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Persons, Vehicles and Premises
A total of 5 964 572 searches conducted in the period under review. The searches included persons, vehicles and premises. The leading search category was persons searched, with Gauteng leading with 994 089, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 632 179 and the Free State with 601 200. In general, Gauteng was the leading province with 1 464 564 searches, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 932 577 searches and the Free State with 776 703 searches.
2.5 Breakdown of all arrests according to the pillars
2.5.1 Pillar 1: Aggravated / Armed robberies
The focus of Pillar 1 is on aggravated robberies including bank robberies and robberies of cash in transit
The following table depicts the arrests statistics for Pillar 1 from 01 October 2015 to 15 January 2016:
PILLAR 1: AGGRAVATED ROBBERIES |
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Crime Categories |
WC |
NC |
FS |
EC |
KZN |
MP |
LIM |
GP |
NW |
TOTAL |
House robbery |
155 |
21 |
90 |
165 |
310 |
39 |
93 |
329 |
84 |
1 286 |
Attempted house robbery |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
32 |
Robbery with firearm |
203 |
22 |
40 |
200 |
276 |
42 |
75 |
32 |
71 |
961 |
Attempted robbery aggravating |
19 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
20 |
3 |
5 |
512 |
6 |
573 |
Car hijacking |
56 |
3 |
31 |
44 |
148 |
15 |
21 |
159 |
8 |
485 |
Truck hijacking |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
17 |
0 |
22 |
Cash in transit |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
16 |
Bank robberies |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Business robberies |
148 |
31 |
122 |
152 |
197 |
44 |
187 |
355 |
126 |
1 362 |
Attempted business robbery |
7 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
12 |
45 |
Robbery with weapon other than firearm |
298 |
31 |
257 |
180 |
301 |
30 |
193 |
538 |
140 |
1 968 |
Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition |
377 |
10 |
92 |
410 |
661 |
116 |
82 |
798 |
106 |
2 652 |
Total Arrests |
1 266 |
119 |
640 |
1170 |
1931 |
290 |
657 |
2 773 |
560 |
9 406 |
A total of 9 406 arrests were made in this category including 2 652 arrests for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, 1 968 arrests for robbery with weapon other than firearm and 1 362 arrests for business robberies. The highest number of arrests were effected in Gauteng followed by KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape.
2.5.2 Pillar 2: Enforcement of Firearm Control Act, Liquor Act, Second Hand Goods Act as well as Safety at Sport and Recreational Events Act.
Crimes in this category is generally referred to as crimes dependent on police actions. The following table depicts the arrests statistics for Pillar 2 from 01 October 2015 to 15 January 2016:
PILLAR 2 (FIREARM. LIQUOR AND SECOND HAND GOODS AS WELL AS SAFETY AT SPORT AND RECREATIONAL EVENTS ACT ENFORCEMENT) |
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Crime Categories |
WC |
NC |
FS |
EC |
KZN |
MP |
LIM |
GP |
NW |
TOTAL |
Drug related crime |
22 474 |
767 |
2273 |
3492 |
12324 |
1833 |
2175 |
15129 |
1628 |
62 095 |
Drinking in public place |
268 |
149 |
920 |
425 |
1976 |
1702 |
1521 |
3417 |
1681 |
12 059 |
Drunk in public place |
13 328 |
3038 |
2 510 |
4 952 |
1 583 |
141 |
139 |
2982 |
404 |
29 077 |
Illegal dealing in liquor |
1 099 |
26 |
344 |
890 |
2198 |
104 |
120 |
1763 |
361 |
6 905 |
Illegal dealing in secondhand goods |
3 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
25 |
20 |
5 |
134 |
7 |
201 |
Total Arrests |
37 172 |
3 980 |
6 054 |
9 759 |
18 106 |
3 800 |
3 960 |
23 425 |
4 081 |
110 337 |
A total of 110 337 arrests were made in this category including 62 095 arrests for drug related crime, 29 077 arrests for public drunkenness and 12 059 for drinking in a public place. The highest number of arrests were effected in the Western Cape followed by Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.
2.5.3 Pillar 3: Crimes against women and children as well as persons with disabilities
This pillar focuses specifically on the crimes committed against women, children and persons with disabilities.
The following table depicts the arrests statistics for Pillar 3 from 01 October 2015 to 15 January 2016:
PILLAR 3 (CRIME AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS WELL AS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES) |
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Crime Categories |
WC |
NC |
FS |
EC |
KZN |
MP |
LIM |
GP |
NW |
TOTAL |
Rape |
400 |
102 |
435 |
668 |
1 086 |
221 |
449 |
935 |
478 |
4 774 |
Attempted rape |
31 |
10 |
30 |
43 |
30 |
7 |
29 |
55 |
40 |
275 |
Sexual assault |
74 |
15 |
33 |
66 |
166 |
43 |
40 |
162 |
46 |
645 |
Other sexual offences |
50 |
2 |
80 |
9 |
57 |
35 |
14 |
61 |
8 |
316 |
Child abuse |
31 |
5 |
42 |
11 |
13 |
6 |
18 |
58 |
19 |
203 |
Kidnapping |
29 |
11 |
30 |
44 |
134 |
12 |
25 |
212 |
24 |
521 |
Abduction |
7 |
0 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
16 |
7 |
48 |
Total Arrests |
622 |
145 |
654 |
848 |
1491 |
324 |
577 |
1499 |
622 |
6 782 |
A total of 6 782 arrests were made in this category including 4 774 arrests for rape, 645 arrests for sexual assault and 521 arrests for kidnapping. The highest number of arrests were effected in Gauteng followed by KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.
2.5.4 Pillar 4: Wanted suspects
Wanted suspects are defined as suspects who are sought in connection for their alleged involvement in crime and in terms of which a warrant of arrest has been issued. The following number of wanted suspects were arrested during the period under review:
PROVICES |
WC |
NC |
FS |
EC |
KZN |
MP |
LIM |
GP |
NW |
TOTAL |
Wanted Suspects |
1 026 |
57 |
167 |
115 |
913 |
105 |
93 |
739 |
184 |
3 579 |
2.5.5 Pillar 5: Road safety enforcement (Traffic Management)
Road safety enforcement crime categories include driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol and culpable homicide. Driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol is regarded as one of the main contributors to road accidents and associated fatalities.
The following table depicts the arrests statistics for pillar 05 from 01 October 2015 to 15 January 2016:
PILLAR 5 (ROAD SAFETY ENFORCEMENT (TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT) |
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Crime Categories |
WC |
NC |
FS |
EC |
KZN |
MP |
LIM |
GP |
NW |
TOTAL |
Driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol |
2 002 |
146 |
699 |
1 610 |
3 336 |
1 082 |
1 313 |
8 576 |
662 |
19 426 |
Culpable Homicide |
11 |
1 |
17 |
13 |
35 |
6 |
16 |
53 |
10 |
162 |
Total Arrests |
2 013 |
147 |
716 |
1 623 |
3 371 |
1 088 |
1 329 |
8 629 |
672 |
19 588 |
A total of 19 588 arrests were made in this category including 19 426 arrests for driving under the influence of drugs/liquor and 162 arrests for culpable homicide. The highest number of arrests were effected in Gauteng followed by KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape.
2.5.6 Pillar 6: Border Security
Traffic through our ports of entry increases significantly during the festive season. Crime in the category includes crime relating to undocumented persons, contraband, wanted persons, stolen/ hijacked vehicles and stock theft.
The following table depicts the arrests statistics for Pillar 6 from 01 October 2015 to 15 January 2016:
PILLAR 6: BORDER CONTROL |
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Crime Categories |
WC |
NC |
FS |
EC |
KZN |
MP |
LIM |
GP |
NW |
TOTAL |
|
Undocumented persons |
16 |
10 |
0 |
1 228 |
51 |
142 |
298 |
22 |
198 |
1 965 |
|
Fraudulent documents |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
4 |
39 |
|
Theft of motor vehicles |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
Possession of drugs |
28 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
9 |
20 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
67 |
|
Counterfeit goods |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Other crimes |
29 |
14 |
7 |
5 |
26 |
10 |
18 |
20 |
10 |
139 |
|
Hits (warrant of arrests) |
5 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
9 |
18 |
18 |
14 |
0 |
76 |
|
Hits |
(Persons) |
29 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
22 |
30 |
98 |
20 |
270 |
|
(Vehicles) |
0 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
77 |
56 |
0 |
124 |
337 |
Firearms |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
Marine resource |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Corruption |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Arrests |
120 |
97 |
30 |
1 237 |
175 |
291 |
428 |
177 |
358 |
2 913 |
2.5.7 Other arrests not included in above categories (Pillars)
The table below reflects the number of arrests made for crimes not included in the previous categories (pillars) during the period under review:
Crime Categories |
WC |
NC |
FS |
EC |
KZN |
MP |
LIM |
GP |
NW |
TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Murder |
450 |
61 |
275 |
905 |
989 |
152 |
194 |
677 |
138 |
3 841 |
Attempted murder |
287 |
62 |
148 |
207 |
521 |
50 |
128 |
609 |
87 |
2 099 |
Indecent assault |
306 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
306 |
Crimen injuria |
3271 |
4 |
348 |
88 |
143 |
18 |
185 |
129 |
73 |
4 259 |
Assault GBH |
2526 |
874 |
3393 |
3951 |
8062 |
1739 |
3456 |
10083 |
2523 |
36 607 |
Assault common |
312 |
78 |
2890 |
895 |
2341 |
595 |
1687 |
5701 |
776 |
15 275 |
Burglary business |
13 |
22 |
265 |
240 |
381 |
162 |
629 |
60 |
151 |
1 923 |
Attempted burglary business |
1639 |
1 |
20 |
10 |
13 |
16 |
5 |
60 |
15 |
1779 |
Burglary residential |
71 |
199 |
829 |
969 |
2137 |
294 |
208 |
3504 |
505 |
8 716 |
Attempted burglary residential |
30 |
5 |
18 |
21 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
68 |
8 |
188 |
Attempted theft of motor vehicle and motor cycle |
64 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
20 |
2 |
3 |
51 |
3 |
155 |
Attempted theft off/from motor vehicle |
42 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
15 |
4 |
5 |
16 |
3 |
102 |
Arson |
273 |
11 |
22 |
54 |
70 |
12 |
63 |
87 |
25 |
617 |
Fraud |
90 |
12 |
137 |
150 |
531 |
90 |
133 |
1446 |
124 |
2 713 |
Public violence |
2831 |
21 |
45 |
55 |
179 |
38 |
160 |
191 |
30 |
3 550 |
Shoplifting |
65 |
193 |
826 |
1049 |
3166 |
538 |
1032 |
5927 |
435 |
13 231 |
Theft general |
2971 |
269 |
1129 |
1126 |
31 |
544 |
8 |
6081 |
751 |
12 910 |
Attempted theft general |
1491 |
2 |
17 |
10 |
3499 |
20 |
890 |
125 |
19 |
6073 |
Malicious damage to property |
850 |
138 |
1036 |
783 |
1874 |
358 |
787 |
3385 |
481 |
9 692 |
Common robbery |
45 |
114 |
382 |
443 |
1273 |
193 |
585 |
1351 |
309 |
4 695 |
Attempted common robbery |
277 |
1 |
12 |
15 |
23 |
1 |
7 |
43 |
8 |
387 |
Intimidation |
3 |
4 |
174 |
71 |
229 |
41 |
131 |
550 |
88 |
1 291 |
Possession of dangerous weapons |
2 130 |
15 |
1 266 |
51 |
777 |
59 |
126 |
317 |
91 |
4 832 |
Possession of suspected stolen property |
508 |
160 |
907 |
581 |
1073 |
530 |
508 |
3289 |
333 |
7 889 |
Undocumented persons
|
1198 |
70 |
2174 |
108 |
1144 |
1311 |
4122 |
4612 |
735 |
15 474 |
Theft off/from motor vehicle |
406 |
49 |
0 |
159 |
326 |
46 |
85 |
357 |
69 |
1 497 |
Theft of Live Stock, Poultry and Birds |
135 |
10 |
47 |
190 |
180 |
77 |
54 |
229 |
122 |
1 044 |
Theft of motor vehicle and motor cycle
|
69 |
22 |
40 |
85 |
255 |
66 |
4261 |
56 |
14 |
4 868 |
Total |
22 353 |
2 398 |
16 410 |
12 234 |
29 264 |
6 968 |
19 350 |
49 004 |
7916 |
166 013 |
Crime Categories |
WC |
NC |
FS |
EC |
KZN |
MP |
LIM |
GP |
NW |
TOTAL |
Other SAPS arrests (B Crimes such as: Riotous behavior and pedestrian source of danger) |
11 317 |
5 029 |
2 229 |
2 465 |
8 009 |
1 406 |
2 027 |
11 051 |
644 |
44 177 |
A total of 166 013 arrests were made in this category (excluding 44 177 arrests for Category B crimes) including 36 607 arrests for assault GBH, 15 474 undocumented persons and 15 275 arrests for common assault. The highest number of arrests were effected in Gauteng followed by KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape.
2.6 Fines issued
Spot fines with an option of paying admission of guilt or appearance in court forms part of the operational activities conducted.
The following table depicts the different categories of fines issued from 01 October 2015 to 15 January 2016.
Crime Categories |
WC |
NC |
FS |
EC |
KZN |
MP |
LIM |
GP |
NW |
TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J534 |
17 600 |
6 693 |
10 379 |
7 562 |
28 175 |
13 751 |
6 881 |
16 247 |
4 356 |
109 674 |
Liquor Related |
5 129 |
8 950 |
1 860 |
4 215 |
1 647 |
1 219 |
8 185 |
2 091 |
1 120 |
33 241 |
Traffic Related |
180 643 |
525 |
8 538 |
1 539 |
4 895 |
1 611 |
24 725 |
11 497 |
6 263 |
241 411 |
Other (By-Laws, Customs and Home affairs) |
882 |
54 |
402 |
27 965 |
1 067 |
47 |
86 |
3 615 |
24 |
34 142 |
Total Fines |
204 254 |
16 222 |
21 179 |
41 281 |
36 766 |
16 628 |
39 877 |
33 450 |
11 763 |
421 420 |
A combined total of 421 420 fines were issued. A total of 204 254 fines were issued in the Western Cape, 41 281 in the Eastern Cape, 33 450 in Gauteng and 39 877 in Limpopo.
2.8 Confiscations
Various items were confiscated during police operations such as patrols, searches, roadblocks and vehicle check points. The following table shows the national breakdown of all confiscations for the period under review:
ITEMS |
WC |
NC |
FS |
EC |
KZN |
MPU |
LIM |
GP |
NW |
TOTAL |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vehicles |
258 |
9 |
109 |
166 |
1015 |
121 |
118 |
1 193 |
68 |
3 057 |
|
Firearms
|
Handgun |
387 |
16 |
283 |
162 |
1336 |
91 |
223 |
1 960 |
80 |
4 538 |
Rifle |
29 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
94 |
9 |
26 |
238 |
7 |
410 |
|
Shotgun |
21 |
4 |
12 |
13 |
69 |
8 |
11 |
98 |
4 |
240 |
|
Auto / Semi-Auto |
6 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
18 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
39 |
|
Homemade |
20 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
43 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
83 |
|
Ammunition
|
14275 |
886 |
2621 |
1081 |
15498 |
758 |
2313 |
73682 |
1225 |
112339 |
|
Explosives:
|
Commercial Explosives |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
46 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
Hand Grenade |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
Drugs:
|
Cannabis / Dagga (grams) |
4849113 |
5934706 |
4231531 |
11729965 |
2021924 |
1828024 |
2788287 |
6E+06 |
75393.8 |
39709283.17 |
Cannabis / Dagga Plants |
3627 |
485 |
2466 |
10251 |
5851 |
3508 |
18911 |
1840 |
755 |
47694 |
|
Cocaine powder (grams) |
447.831 |
27 |
133.604 |
145.685 |
1064.96 |
39 |
2519 |
1507.2 |
110 |
5994.322 |
|
Crack Cocaine / Rocks (grams) |
144.72 |
4853.4 |
32.5 |
141.71 |
1006.66 |
11 |
37.064 |
3096.6 |
33 |
9356.633 |
|
Crystal Meth TIK TIK(grams) |
313802 |
1270.93 |
173.171 |
94228.23 |
4 |
0 |
26 |
3281.5 |
194.28 |
412980.338 |
|
Ecstasy (tablets) |
364.25 |
0 |
6.5 |
242.75 |
1094 |
0 |
0 |
91 |
0 |
2162.75 |
|
Ecstasy powder (grams) |
285.521 |
0 |
15 |
2 |
531.751 |
0 |
0 |
387.27 |
80.5 |
1302.044 |
|
Hashish (Grams) |
400 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
550.1 |
961.1 |
|
Heroine Thai White (grams) |
5166.28 |
6 |
0 |
66.681 |
30207.4 |
510.2 |
53.5 |
2784.1 |
102.311 |
38896.481 |
|
Khat (grams) |
63938.5 |
544.22 |
300.5 |
8575.5 |
57 |
3946922 |
124 |
10798 |
0 |
4031259.016 |
|
LSD (units) |
94 |
0 |
0 |
67 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
193 |
|
Mandrax (1 tablet) |
179551 |
1835 |
765 |
31933 |
3864 |
4 |
0 |
2408 |
49 |
220409 |
|
Mandrax (½ tablet) |
7816 |
257 |
387 |
1152 |
311 |
6 |
0 |
349 |
8 |
10286 |
|
Mandrax (¼ tablet) |
2416 |
705 |
68 |
933 |
126 |
2 |
0 |
23 |
27 |
4300 |
|
Mandrax powder (grams) |
3859.17 |
1048.32 |
80.3 |
12766.55 |
830.604 |
12.6 |
0 |
1876.5 |
43.286 |
20517.302 |
|
Methcathinone (CAT) (g) |
7.3 |
581.72 |
50.9 |
209.17 |
238 |
59.46 |
0 |
3811.7 |
252.1 |
5210.357 |
|
Nyaope (grams) |
0 |
0 |
204.2 |
3.25 |
0 |
609.951 |
41 |
9769 |
84.418 |
10711.848 |
|
Rivotril (tablets) |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
14 |
0 |
980.18 |
195.5 |
0 |
1197.681 |
|
Rivotril powder (grams) |
0 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
0.019 |
0 |
0 |
2.1 |
0 |
27.119 |
|
Whoonga (grams) |
1072.05 |
0 |
0 |
515 |
6793.18 |
1 |
0 |
442 |
0 |
8823.23 |
|
TIK Pipes (lollypops) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Livestock:
|
Cattle |
0 |
1 |
29 |
176 |
469 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
43 |
727 |
Sheep / Goat |
200 |
45 |
18 |
516 |
716 |
20 |
67 |
10 |
124 |
1716 |
|
Other Livestock |
0 |
0 |
7 |
60 |
46 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
116 |
A total of 3 057 vehicles were confiscated during the period under review. 1 193 vehicles were confiscated in Gauteng, 1 015 in KwaZulu-Natal and 258 in the Western Cape.
A total of 5 310 firearms were confiscated including 4 538 handguns, 410 rifles, 240 shotguns, 83 homemade firearms and 39 semi-automatic firearms. The highest number of firearms were confiscated is Gauteng (2 309), KwaZulu-Natal (1 560) and the Western Cape (463).
A total of 112 339 rounds of ammunition were confiscated. The leading province with regard to ammunition confiscation is Gauteng with 73 682, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with a total of 15 498 and Western Cape with a total of 14 275.
Explosive confiscation was also noted with a total of 60 different explosives confiscated. Limpopo was the leading province with 50 explosives confiscated.
Drugs were also confiscated in numbers in the provinces. Dagga, crystal meth (TIK), khat, heroine Thai white and mandrax tablets formed the majority of drugs which were confiscated nationally. Dagga led all drugs with the number of confiscations. There was a total of 39 709 283.17 grams of dagga confiscated nationally. The top province with regard to this drug confiscation is Eastern Cape with the total of 11 729 965 grams, followed by Gauteng with 6 250 339 grams confiscated and Northern Cape with 5 934 706 grams confiscated. The second top drug confiscated is Khat with a total of 4 031 259.016 grams confiscated. The top province with regard to this drug is Mpumalanga with 3 946 922 grams confiscated, followed by western Cape with 63938.5 grams and Gauteng with 10797.7 grams confiscated. The third top drug is TIK with the total of 412 980.338 grams confiscated. The top province is Western Cape with 313802 grams confiscated, followed by Eastern Cape with 94228.23 grams and Gauteng with 3281.47 grams confiscated. The fourth top drug is heroine Thai white with a total of 38 896.481 grams confiscated. The top province is KwaZulu-Natal with 30207.36 grams confiscated, followed by Western Cape with 5166.28 grams confiscated and Gauteng with 2784.15 grams confiscated. Mandrax tablets were also confiscated in numbers. There was a total of 226 627 tablets confiscated during this operation. The leading province was Western Cape with 184 063 tablets, followed by Eastern Cape with 32 742.25 tablets and KwaZulu-Natal with 4 051 tablets.
Livestock was among confiscations noted for this period. The most confiscations were on sheep with a total of 1716 confiscations, followed by cattle with 727 confiscations. Other livestock was 116 confiscations.
2.9 Other extra ordinary activities to supplement day to day deployment
Deployment of police students especially at Shopping Malls and Centres
PROVINCE |
AREA OF DEPLOYMENT |
---|---|
Eastern Cape |
Mthatha CBD (Circus Triangle, North Crest and BT Ngaba) East London (Retail Park Mall, Kings Mall, Gillwell Mall, Sunning Ridge Mall and Boxer Mall) Mdantshane (NU6 Mall, NU1 High Way Mall, Hemming Way Mall and Vincent Park Mall) King Williams Town (Stone Towers Mall and Metlife Life Mall) Graaf-Reinette (Shoprite Shopping Complex, Spandu Spar, Came Debo Spar and Industrial Zone) A total number of 14 Beaches in Port Elizabeth and East London Areas |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Kwadukuza CBD Chatsworth (Brighton Beach, Towers Mall, Montclair Mall and Chatsworth Centre) Umlazi (Galleria Mall, Isipingo Mall and Umlazi Kwamnyandu Mall) Umkomaas CBD Durban (Durban Beach Front) KwaMashu (Bridge City and Ithala Center) |
Western Cape |
Wynberg (Cavendish Square, Kenilworth Centre, Mowbray CBD, Riverside Mall / Rondebosch CBD, Mainstream Centre / Hout Bay Beach, Maynard Mall / CBD, Wynberg CBD, Blue Route Mall, Capricorn, Muizenberg Beach and Long Beach Mall) Khayelitsha (Tembani Centre, Nonqubela Link Mall and Site C Plaza) Harare (Monwa Bisi Beach) Lingelethu-West (Khayelitsha Mall) Macassar (Macassar beach) Lwandle (Lwandle Broadway & U-safe Centers) Somerset West (Somerset Mall and Water Stone Mall) Strand (Strand Beach and Strand Mall) Bellville (Tyger Valley and Willow Bridge) Milnerton (Canal Walk Milnerton, John Montague Sqaure Milnerton, Bayside Mall Table View, Sandown Retail Mall Table View, Eden on the Bay and Atlantis City Mall) Cape Town (Golden Acre, Long Street, Station Deck and Gardens,St Georges Mall) Nyanga (Imirika Centre) Gugulethu (Gugulethu Mall) Bishop Lavis (Charlesville) |
Gauteng |
PTA Central (Quagga Mall, Forest Hill, Mayville and Attlyn Mall) Sunnyside (Menlyn Shopping Centre, Centurion Mall, Irene Mall and Brooklyn Mall) Mamelodi (Kollonade, Silverton Mall, Wonderboom Junction and The Grove) Alexandra (Sandton City, Pan African Mall Alexandra and Woodmead Mall) Ga-Rankuwa (Wonderpark Centre, Gar-Rankuwa Mall and Soshanguve Crossing) Temba (Soshanguve Centre and Jubilee Mall) Hilbrow (Rosebank Mall, Balfour Mall and Killarney Mall) Honeydew (Fourways Malls, Westgate Mall and North Gate) JHB Central (South Gate, Carlton Centre and Oriental Plaza) Krugersdorp (Cradle stone and Key West) Benoni (Lakeside Mall) Tembisa (Festival Mall, Village in Edenvale and Greenstone Centre) |
Police trainees were deployed nationally from the 17th to 23rd December 2015 at identified Malls and Shopping Centres. Out of nine provinces, only four had Police trainees deployed as the remaining provinces do not have police training institutions.
2.11 Brief overview of major events planned, coordinated and policed
The following Cabinet approves major events that took place during the Festive Season period were also successfully planned and policed in terms of the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act 2/2010.
2.11.1 Forum of China – Africa Cooperation (FOCAC): 04 to 05 December 2015 at Sandton Convention Centre
The South African Government through the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) hosted the FOCAC summit in Gauteng Province, Johannesburg-Sandton Convention Centre from the 2nd to 6th of December 2015. A total of 56 Heads of States/Government including spouses and 111 Ministers attended. The event was successfully policed through the NATJOINTS Structure.
2.11.2 National Reconciliation Day Celebrations: 16 December 2015 at VISTA University Campus in Port Elizabeth
The Department of Arts and Culture hosted the National Day of Reconciliation Celebration at VISTA University, Port Elizabeth on the 16th of December 2015. The President of South Africa, Minister of Arts & Culture, Premier of Eastern Cape, MEC’s, Councillors, Ambassadors and other Government Officials attended the event. The event was successful and no negative incidents were reported.
2.11.3 January 8th Statement on 09 January 2016 at Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg
The African National Congress hosted the January 8th Statement event at Rustenburg, Royal Bafokeng Stadium on the 9th of January 2016. The President of South Africa, Deputy President, 49 Ministers, 07 Premiers, 40 members of the National Executive Council and the attendance at about 47 822. The event was successful and no negative incidents were reported.
2.12 Conclusion
It can be concluded from the preliminary report that 2015 Integrated/Cluster Approach yielded positive results. The impact of the operation on the overall crime situation in the country will be outlined in the final report
- CRIME IN BRIEF
A comparison of the broad crime categories, provides insights into the levels of serious crime, including crimes that have a significant impact on feelings of safety and security.
A preliminary comparative analysis of serious crime reported in December 2015 indicates a reduction in reported crime in 5 of the 9 provinces compared to the same periods in 2014/2015:
Figure 1: Reported serious crime - December 2015
Three of the four provinces where an increase in crime was recorded with an increase ranging from 0.28% to 1.47%. The highest recorded increase was recorded in Limpopo Province with 8.6%
A similar preliminary comparative analysis of serious crime reported in the period April 2015 to December 2015 (nine months) indicates a decrease in reported serious crime in seven of the nine provinces. An increase of 0.27% was recorded in the Northern Cape and the highest increase was recorded in Limpopo, 4.6%:
Figure 2: Reported serious crime - April 2015 to December 2015
Considering the potential impact of increased police visibility during the festive season on property related crime it must be noted that a decrease in reported property related crime was recorded in eight of the nine provinces in December 2015. A preliminary comparative analysis of property related crime reported in December 2015 indicates an increase in crime in only one province, namely KwaZulu-Natal.
Figure 3: Reported property related crime - December 2015
A longer term comparative analysis of reported property related crime indicates a decrease in reported crime in six of the nine provinces. Property related crime reported in the period April 2015 to December 2015 (nine months) increased in three provinces as indicated below:
Figure 4: Reported property related crime - April to December 2015
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