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: 

See links:
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.

See link:
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

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)

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)

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)

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

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

  1. 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:

Provinces with increasing rate of serious crime

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%:

Provinces with increasing rate of serious crime

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.

Province with increasing rate of property crime

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:

Provinces with increasing rate of property crime

Figure 4: Reported property related crime - April to December 2015

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