Question NW1345 to the Minister of Police
24 August 2017 - NW1345
Mokgalapa, Mr S to ask the Minister of Police
Whether the SA Police Service deployed additional VIP Protection Unit officers (a) at the Parliament of South Africa, (b) at the Grand Parade in Cape Town or (c) in the surrounding areas in the week preceding the 2017 State of the Nation Address, including 9 February 2017; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, in each case, (i) who were the officers assigned to protect, (ii) why was the additional protection deemed necessary in each case and (iii) what is the total amount that was (aa) budgeted and (bb) actually paid on (aaa) overtime and (bbb) additional expenses incurred due to the additional deployment?
Reply:
(a) None.
(b) None. Only two VIP Protection Unit Close Protectors from the Division: Protection and Security Services (PSS), were deployed as part of their line function, with no additional costs, from 20:00 to 22:00, on the day of the State of the Nation Address (SONA), on 9 February 2017.
(c) No additional VIP Protection Unit Officers, were deployed.
(c)(i) None. It was part of the normal line function.
(c)(ii) Not applicable.
(c)(iii)(aa) R1 243 964,00
(c)(iii)(bb)(aaa) R1 018 295,78
(c)(iii)(bb)(bbb) It was part of a budgeted amount of R1 243 964,00