Question NW3311 to the Minister of Police

Reply:

a)      Residential Accommodation requirements for SAPS members serving at border posts are submitted via the SAPS User Asset Management Plan (UAMP) to the Border Control Operations Co-ordination Committee (BCOCC) at Department of Public Works for the provisioning of the required accommodation.

b)      Office Accommodation requirements for SAPS members serving at border posts are submitted via the SAPS User Asset Management Plan (UAMP) to the Border Control Operations Co-ordination Committee (BCOCC) at Department of Public Works for the provisioning of the required accommodation.

c)      Yes, the approach with regard to provision of shelters is catered in the collective budget that prioritizes the rebuilding of the ports. It must be further mentioned that apart from the rebuilding process, there is also a Repair and Maintenance Programme (RAMP) for all ports in order to deal with day to day challenges and that programme is also financed and budgeted through the collective budget from Treasury.

(d) Yes.

The National Management Forum took a decision that all SAPS garages must fall under Divisional Commissioner: Supply Chain Management in order to improve the availability of vehicles for policing purposes. A turnaround strategy has subsequently been put in place by the SAPS and lengthy procurement processes were shortened and capacity was increased at the garages in terms of infrastructure (e.g. purchasing of diagnostic equipment, hoists and specialized tools).

Spare parts stores were also established in all SAPS garages with fast moving spares.

A contract for spare parts was also awarded nationally in 2014 for the supply and delivery of vehicle spare parts but the SAPS does not solely rely on the spare parts contract to ensure an operable vehicle fleet. It also makes use of the following methods to not affect the downtime of the SAPS vehicles:

• Purchase vehicle body parts on the three (3) quotation basis;

• Repairs to drive line units in terms of contract 19/1/9/1/38TV (11);

• Outsourcing of repairs on a strip and quote basis to single source suppliers;

• Obtaining parts from the vehicle manufacturer’s agents;

• Utilizing of serviceable parts from SAPS vehicles already boarded (“cannibalizing”), and

• Maintaining vehicles in terms of contract RT46.

All SAPS garages are expected to ensure that a minimum of 80% or more of the vehicle fleet is available for policing at all times, and it is continually monitored to ensure this target is met or exceeded. The current national vehicle availability ratio is 83.35% average as on 30 June 2015.

It will be very time consuming to collate all the statistics relating to each border post and post of entry where there are SAPS members and vehicles; however the average time spent for SAPS vehicles in the garages for services was two (2) days during the 2014/15 financial year and we are striving to improve thereon and reduce the average to one (1) day.

(e) Since 2010 all members assigned to Border Policing completed the Z204 vetting forms for vetting process, all documents were received and forwarded to the Division Crime Intelligence for vetting processes. Over and above that process, the government departments, through the BCOCC, have collectively arranged with the National School of Government, previously known as PALAMA, for workshops on corruption that included attendance by various ports members.

Cases of corruption against members at Ports of Entry during the period 30 June 2010 to 30 June 2015 is as follows:

CORRUPTION CASES APRIL 2010 - MARCH 2011

Name of Ports	Case No	Members involved	Outcome of Case
Beitbridge	170/02/2011	1 x SAPS Official	Withdrawn
ORTIA	54/08/2010	1 x SAPS Official	Filed
	200/06/2010	1 x SAPS Official	Filed
Kopfontein	27/04/2010	1 x SAPS Officials	Remanded 2015-08-05
Durban Harbour	98/11/2010	1 x SAPS Officials	Not guilty

CORRUPTION CASES APRIL 2011 - MARCH 2012

Name of Ports	Case No	Members involved	Outcome of Case
ORTIA	56/06/2011	1 x SAPS Official	Withdrawn
Golela	226/05/2011	1 x SAPS Official	Withdrawn
	305/06/2011	1 x SAPS Official	Not guilty/Acquitted
Durban Harbour	201/11/2011	2 x SAPS Officials	Fine R2 000.00
OR Tambo	202/11/2011	2 x SAPS Officials	Not guilty
Durban Harbour	89/01/2012	4 x SAPS Officials	Withdrawn

CORRUPTION CASES APRIL 2012 - MARCH 2013

Name of Port	Case No	Members involved	Outcome of Case
ORTIA	36/07/2012 51/11/2012	1 x SAPS Official 3 x SAPS Official	Guilty- imprisonment Guilty- fine
Beit Bridge	Musina 303/06/2012	1 x SAPS member	Not guilty
Jeppes Reef	Schoemansdal 82/11/2012	1 x SAPS Member	Withdrawn
Durban HBR	Maydon wharf 13/12/2012	2 x SAPS Official	Not guilty

CORRUPTION CASES APRIL 2013 - MARCH 2014

Name of Port	Case No	Members involved	Outcome of Case
Beit bridge	299/12/2013 405/12/2013 406/12/2013	1 x SAPS 1 x SAPS 1 x SAPS	Not guilty Guilty/ Imprisonment/ Fine Withdrawn
Jeppes Reef	Schoemansdal 16/07/2013	1 x SAPS	Withdrawn
KSIA	37/07/2013	1 x SAPS	Booked out to Senior State Prosecutor 2015-05-19
Van Rooyens	Wepener 77/02/2014	1 x SAPS	Withdrawn

CORRUPTION CASES APRIL 2014 - MARCH 2015

Name of Port	Case No	Members involved	Outcome of Case
Beit Bridge	Musina 287/05/2014	4 x SAPS Members	Withdrawn 2014-08-29.
Durban Harbour	Maydon Wharf 16/11/2014	2 x SAPS Members	1 member resigned and the other member to appear in court. Docket with IPID.
Vioolsdrift	08/06/2014	1 x SAPS Member	Still under investigation.
ORTIA	160/09/2014	2 x SAPS Members	Withdrawn
Pafuri	Masisi 50/02/2015	3 x SAPS Members	Booked to court 2015-03-27; no further status