Question NW3243 to the Minister of Police
29 November 2017 - NW3243
Kohler-Barnard, Ms D to ask the Minister of Police
(1)What number of surveillance cameras does the SA Police Service (SAPS) (a) own and (b) operate in each province; (2) whether, with regard to the shootings that took place in the Marikana informal settlement in Philippi in the Western Cape in October 2017, the SAPS has (a) gathered and (b) analysed surveillance footage of the specified areas at the time of the incidents from (i) their own surveillance cameras and/or (ii) privately owned surveillance cameras; if not, why not, in each case; if so, in each case, how many hours of footage was analysed?
Reply:
(1)(a)(b) A total of 106 South African Police Service (SAPS) sites have surveillance cameras. A total of 37 sites are operational which include:
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- Division: Forensic Services – eight sites.
- Eastern Cape – seven sites.
- KwaZulu-Natal – 16 sites.
- Northern Cape – one site.
- North West – one site.
- Western Cape – four sites.
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There is currently no surveillance cameras installed and owned by SAPS in public places. Where surveillance cameras are installed by other government departments within the metropolitan areas, the SAPS will either have personnel posted in the control room, or in some instances, have access to the surveillance footage in the Provincial Joints Operational Centre (ProvJOC).
(2)(a) No.
(2)(b) No.
(2)(b)(i) No.
(2)(b)(ii) There is no SAPS or privately owned surveillance camera footprint in the Marikana informal settlement, in Philippi.