Independent Police Investigative Directorate Amendment Bill

The Select Committee on Security and Justice invites you to submit written submissions on the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Amendment Bill [B21B-2023].

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate Amendment Bill [B21B-2023] seeks to :
• amend the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Act, 2011, to provide for the Directorate’s institutional and operational independence; that the Directorate must be independent, impartial and must exercise its powers and functions without fear, favour, prejudice, or undue influence in order to give effect to the judgment of the Constitutional Court in the case of McBride v Minister of Police and Another;
• amend the provisions relating to the appointment of the Executive Director of the Directorate;
• broaden the Executive Director’s responsibilities in respect of the referral of recommendations regarding disciplinary matters;
• provide for pre-employment security screening investigations to be conducted by the Directorate;
• provide for the conditions of service of investigators to be determined by the Minister; to provide for the Directorate to investigate any deaths caused by the actions of a member of the South African Police Service or a member of a municipal police service, whether such member was on or off duty;
• provide for the Directorate to investigate a rape by a member of the South African Police Service or a member of a municipal police service, whether such member was on or off duty;
• strengthen the provisions relating to the implementation of disciplinary recommendations;
• provide for a savings provision regarding the conditions of service of existing investigators and provincial heads;
• amend other provisions so as to ensure that the Directorate executes its mandate effectively and efficiently.

Submissions or general enquiries can be emailed to [email protected] by no later than 13:00 on Friday, 2 February 2024.


Issued by Hon. S Shaikh, MP, Chairperson: Select Committee on Security and Justice (National Council of Provinces)

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