Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. The case docket, Midrand CAS 567/03/2017, is currently with Advocate Broodryk, at the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), in Gauteng.
2. None of the stolen computers have been recovered as of yet.
3. The matter is still under investigation. The accused has been released on bail of R5000,00 and the case has been remanded to 17 October 2017.
4. The matter is being investigated by the Gauteng Provincial Investigation Unit.

Reply:

in line with question 727 here is the answear

(1) No. Research to compare the levels of brutality of murders on farms, with those of murders in urban areas, has not been conducted by the South African Police Service (SAPS).

(2)(a) 17 Murders on farms and small holding were reported to SAPS from 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017.

(2)(b) In four cases, four firearms were stolen.

(2)(c) One firearm was retrieved.

(2)(d) In five cases, five perpetrators were arrested.

 

Reply:

(a) The following number of firearms that have been reported as lost, per financial year, from the South African Police Service’s provisioning stores, are reflected below:

(i) 2000/2001 - 0

(ii) 2001/2002 - 0

2002/2003 - 0

(iii) 2003/2004 - 0

(iv) 2004/2005 - 0

(v) 2005/2006 - 0

(vi) 2006/2007 - 1

(vii) 2007/2008 - 0

(viii) 2008/2009 - 0

(ix) 2009/2010 - 0

(x) 2010/2011 - 0

(xi) 2011/2012 - 0

(xii) 2012/2013 - 0

(xiii) 2013/2014 - 0

(xiv) 2014/2015 - 0

(xv) 2015/2016 - 1

(xvi) 2016/2017 - 43 firearms were discovered missing. The exact date the loss occurred is not known.

(a) A total of 20 exhibit firearms were reported lost/stolen, from SAPS 13 Stores and/or evidence rooms, in the 2017/2018 financial year. The 20 firearms were reported as stolen, at the Bellville South Police Station in the Western Cape. An investigation is currently underway.

 

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)(vii) and (viii)

The information is reflected in the attached annexure.

 

Reply:

a) The total number of vacancies that are currently existing in the South African Police Service (SAPS), is 2 836, taking into consideration the oversupply of salary level four and below, due to the entry level enlistments of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Public Service Act in each financial year.

	Fixed Establishment 2017/2018			Actuals as on 2017-09-30		GAP (vacancies(-) / surplus (+))
	SAPS		SAPS		SAPS
Salary Level		PA	PSA	Total		Salary Level	PA	PSA	Total		Salary Level	PA	PSA	Total
SL16		1	2	3		SL16	0	2	2		SL16	-1	0	-1
SL 15		32	0	32		SL 15	33	1	34		SL 15	1	1	2
SL 14		222	1	223		SL 14	214	4	218		SL 14	-8	3	-5
SL 13		814	4	818		SL 13	684	9	693		SL 13	-130	5	-125
SL 12		2 775	4	2 779		SL 12	2 192	5	2 197		SL 12	-583	1	-582
SL 11	0	0	0		SL 11	0	0	0		SL 11	0	0	0
SL 10	7 297	3	7 300		SL 10	6 406	3	6 409		SL 10	-891	0	-891
SL 9	0	0	0		SL 9	0	0	0		SL 9	0	0	0
SL 8		17 475	51	17 526		SL 8	15 987	131	16 118		SL 8	-1 488	80	-1 408
SL 7		33 184	4 052	37 236		SL 7	32 434	3 625	36 059		SL 7	-750	-427	-1 177
SL 6		29 437	1 372	30 809		SL 6	26 460	2 684	29 144		SL 6	-2 977	1312	-1 665
SL 5		63 135	23 904	87 039		SL 5	61 605	24 498	86 103		SL 5	-1 530	594	-936
SL 4 & below		0	11 235	11 235		SL 4 & below	3 754	11 433	15 187		SL 4 & below	3 754	198	3 952
Total		154 372	40 628	195 000		Total	149 769	42 395	192 164		Total	-4 603	1 767	-2 836

b) The salary levels for the existing vacancies, are as follows:

SL16 = 1

SL 14 = 5

SL 13 = 125

SL 12 = 582

SL 10 = 891

SL 8 = 1 408

SL 7 = 1 177

SL 6 = 1 665

SL 5 = 936

The Medium Term Framework (MTEF) for the SAPS, regulates the enlistment targets of new entry level personnel per financial year. The SAPS has a growing establishment, with set targets in its Human Resource Plan, which accommodate the continual increase in the number of personnel. The SAPS is in the process of enlisting 3 800 new entry level Police Service Act personnel and 1 200 Public Service Act personnel, to ensure the achievement of 98% of the establishment target, by 31 March of each financial year. Some of the vacant posts, or gaps on higher levels, are reserved for the career progression of personnel members.

Promotion, grade progression, internal and external advertisement processes, will also be launched in every MTEF or financial year, to address the differences on higher salary levels and to ensure the effective maintenance of the establishment, per managerial cluster.

Phase one of the 2017/2018 financial year post promotion process, will commence in February 2018.

The Component: Organisational Development, has embarked on a process of rationalising some of the Head Office organisational structures, with the aim of escalating resources to the frontline services, in order to improve service delivery to the community.

c) It will cost the SAPS an amount of R1,793 billion, to fill the indicated vacancies. This is calculated for a full year and does not include benefits, such as housing allowance, service allowance, medical contributions, etc. as additional costs will be determined by the qualification criteria, as well as the employee’s circumstances.

Reply:

(a)(i)(ii)(iii) The information, reflecting the number of councillors killed in each province, from 2009 until 31 August 2017 and each municipality involved, is shown below:

	(a)(i) and (ii)	(a)(iii)
Eastern Cape	5	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan	3
		Ndlambe	1
		Raymond Mhlaba	1
Free State	1	Naledi Municipality Wepener	1
Gauteng	4	Ekurhuleni/Etwatwa	1
		Johannesburg	1
		Region C, Roodepoort	1
		Mogale City	1
KwaZulu-Natal	24	Richmond KZN	2
		Mkhambatini	1
		Msunduze	1
		Amajuba	1
		Ethekwini Municipality	1
		Zululand District	1
		Nongoma Municipality	1
		Abaqulusi	1
		Langalibalele-Estcourt	1
		Uthukela District	2
		Umzimkhulu	4
		Umdoni	1
		Umuziwabantu Municipality	2
		Ray Nkonyeni Municipality	1
		Umzinyathi	1
		Umsinga	1
		Msinga	1
		Nquthu	1
Limpopo	0	-	0
Mpumalanga	7	Govan Mbeki	1
		Mbombela	3
		Dipaliseng	1
		Bushbuckridge	1
		Secunda	1
North West	3	Rustenburg	3
Northern Cape	0	-	0
Western Cape	1	Cape Town	1
TOTAL	45		45

(b) The total number of persons arrested in each province, is as follows:

Eastern Cape	3
Free State	3
Gauteng	6
KwaZulu-Natal	31
Limpopo	0
Mpumalanga	15
North West	4
Northern Cape	0
Western Cape	0
TOTAL	62

Reply:

(1)(a)(b)(i)(aa)(bb)(cc)(ii)

SAPS FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORIES
	ENTRIES
	(i) (aa)	(i) (bb)	(i) (cc)	(ii)
	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	1 April 2017 to 30 August 2017
Gauteng	2 147	13 578	6 997	6 365
Western Cape	774	1 824	1 352	4 681
Eastern Cape	0	0	0	408
KwaZulu-Natal	383	2 915	1500	1 012
Forensic Science Laboratory	3 304	18 317	9 849	12 466

The current backlog, which is 4.8% of on-hand case entries (exhibits) on-hand, is still below the 10% target, as reflected in the South African Police Service Annual Performance Plan 2017/2018.

(2)(a) The most pressing challenge experienced by the Division: Forensic Services, is that resources to support the implementation of the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Act, are not commensurate with the increased number of crime scenes and buccal samples that the South African Police Service (SAPS) is required to respond to.

The Biology Section, within the Forensic Science Division, is responsible for the analysis of these samples and the Forensic Database Management Section, is responsible for the loading of the forensic DNA profiles, onto the DNA database, as well as performing the comparative searches, to provide forensic DNA links.

The total number of additional examiners required in these two specific sections, to analyse the increased number of DNA samples and to conduct comparative searches on the DNA database, have not yet been appointed. There is also an insufficient number of administration personnel to receive, register and handle the increased number of submissions to the various SAPS forensic laboratories.

. The Biology Section is also experiencing challenges with the procurement process of specialised DNA equipment, which will provide preventative and corrective maintenance.

The current DNA system, the STRlab system, that is maintained by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA), is unstable and unsupporting of the optimal work load in finalising the case entries within the time frames.

The Chemistry Section is experiencing a significant increase in the submission of cases, particularly less serious cases. The KwaZulu-Natal Forensic Laboratory experiences challenges with flooding of the premises, which disrupts precise procedures, leading to backlogs.

The budget of the Division: Forensic Services, is not commensurate to the significant increase in exhibit material submitted for forensic analysis. In particular, inadequate funds are available for recurring costs, such as forensic consumables and buccal sample collection kits. The reduction in the allocated budget for the Division: Forensic Services, is expected to have a negative impact on service delivery, as well as the SAPS’s ability to reduce the backlog and to improve turnaround times.

(2)(b) The acting Divisional Commissioner: Forensic Services has requested an additional posts for 76 support staff and 58 posts for forensic analysts, on 29 May 2017, to address the implementation of the DNA Act by the Biology Section and the Forensic Database Management Section.

Currently, interns are employed to assist with the increased volume of exhibits and flexi-hour shifts have been implemented, where required.

The chemistry case load is distributed to other regions, which have the capacity to handle additional cases and an additional laboratory, in the Western Cape, is now functional and also analysing exhibits. Although the capacity at the Western Cape Forensic Laboratory increased, it remains inadequate to address the increasing work load. A pilot project, using new technology with flexi-hour shifts, has also been implemented at the Western Cape Forensic Laboratory, to improve the processing of the less serious cases.

Reply:

(a)(i) Two teachers from the Bothitong High School have had complaints of rape/or sexual assault laid against them, with the South African Police Service (SAPS).

(a)(ii) Bothitong CAS 35/08/2017 - Sexual Assault: reported to the SAPS on 2017-08-22.

Bothitong CAS 1/09/2017 - Attempted Rape: reported to the SAPS on 2017-09-01.

b) Bothitong CAS 35/08/2017 - Sexual Assault.

• The suspect in question was arrested on 2017-09-01.
• The bail hearing was held on 2017-09-04, but was postponed to 2017-09-05, when bail was granted. According to the bail conditions, the suspect must report to the Bothitong Police Station twice a day, three times a week. The suspect must not make contact or interfere with the victim or any of the witnesses.
• The court case has been postponed to 2017-10-24.
• The teacher has been suspended.

Bothitong CAS 1/09/2017 - Attempted Rape.

• The suspect in question was arrested on 2017-09-01.
• The bail hearing was held on 2017-09-04, but was postponed to 2017-09-08 when bail was granted. According to the bail conditions, the suspect must report to the Bothitong Police Station twice a day, three times a week. The suspect must not make contact or interfere with the victim or any of the witnesses.
• The court case has been postponed to 2017-10-24.
• The suspect has been suspended.

(c) An awareness campaign was conducted at the school and was escalated to the surrounding schools, where leaners were told about their rights and where cases should be reported to. The awareness campaign has resulted in additional cases being reported, which are under investigation. The awareness campaign focused on informing learners of their rights and of the bail conditions that are applicable to the suspects.

Reply:

The DPCI Judge has been appointed

Reply:

(1)(a)(b)(c)(d)(i) Colonel MH Modise, Unit Commander of the Provincial Investigation Unit, Gauteng.

(1)(a)(b((c)(d)(i)(ii) Captain AN Mthethwa, Provincial Investigation Unit, Gauteng; Constable TR Shongwe, Provincial Investigation Unit, Gauteng; and

Constable M Mosia, Provincial Investigation Unit, Gauteng.

(2)(a) The police officers were not in the Parliamentary precinct to “execute, serve or tender for service any summons, subpoena or other processes issued by a court; or to arrest another person,” as contemplated in Section (5)(a) and (b) of Chapter 2 of the Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act, 2004 (Act No. 4 of 2004). The police officers were in the Parliamentary precinct to inform Mr Steenhuizen (MP), of the criminal case, in which he is implicated as a possible suspect and to enquire whether he was prepared to make a statement in the case.

(2)(b) Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) are aware of the relevant legislation, governing the serving of processes in the Parliamentary precinct, which requires that the express permission of, or in accordance with the directives of either the speaker, or the Chairperson, or a person authorised by the speaker, must first be obtained, before a member of SAPS may serve or execute processes issued by a court.

(3) The purpose of the interview was to inform Mr Steenhuizen (MP), of the case under investigation, in which he has been implicated as a possible suspect and to enquire whether he was prepared to make a statement in the case.

(3)(a)(b) Not applicable.

Reply:

DPCI Judge has been appointed

Reply:

Details of SAPS employees who have conducted business with the SAPS, are provided in the attachment. It should, however, be noted that SAPS employees performing business with other State Departments or entities, are currently being verified.

Reply:

a) The process of the transferring of personnel, stationed at Crime Intelligence Head Office, has not yet been initiated.

It needs to be mentioned that not all Crime Intelligence personnel, stationed at the Crime Intelligence Head Office, will be transferred to Crime Intelligence Cluster Stations.

Personnel from the Crime Intelligence Head Office, with the skills and ability to function at Crime Intelligence Cluster Stations, will be identified for placement, to capacitate those Crime Intelligence Cluster Stations, with the highest incidence of reported crime.

b) The process of transferring personnel from the Crime Intelligence Head Office, will be done in accordance with the provisions of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Transfer Policy and Procedures and the Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Council Agreement, 5 of 1999.

The employee to be transferred will be issued with a notice of intended transfer, which will give the employee an opportunity to make representation concerning the transfer, within a period of 21 days.

The employee’s representation will be considered and a final decision will be communicated to the employee concerned, within 21 days after his or her representation.

Reply:

The total number of service firearms that have been reported as (i) missing and (ii) stolen:

2014/2015
NATURE OF LOSSES	EC	FS	GP	KZN	LIM	MP	NATIONAL OFFICE	NW	NC	WC
MISSING
DURING SERVICE-\CONTROL CENTRE: HANDING OVER			1	1				1		2
DURING OFFICE TAKE OVER; INSPECTIONS ETC.	6	8	4	13	1	2				4
LOST IN BATHROOMS; TOILETS			4	1	2	2	1	1		1
LOST WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL			3				1			1
HAND IN AFTER OPERATIONS\DUTY\SERVICE TERMINATION	1
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT(SAP 108)SHORTAGE HANDED IN				1
LOSS OF PROPERTY-DURING COLLISION			1	4						1
OUT OF SAP 13-STORE		1			1
	7	9	13	20	4	4	2	2	0	9
STOLEN
ROBBERY-TOWNSHIPS OR OTHER PLACE	42	2	57	80	15	19	32	8	1	14
ROBBERY-LIQUOR INVOLVED				1	1					2
HOUSEBREAKING - PROPERLY LOCKED	22	6	39	32	11	10	19	7	4	7
HOUSEBREAKING-NOT LOCKED	1		1	1	1					1
THEFT OUT OF DWELLING	8	1	7	5	3	5	1	1	4	2
THEFT OUT OF STATE VEHICLE	1		2	2	2	1	2		2	1
THEFT OUT OF PRIVATE VEHICLE	4		3	2	4		7	4
THEFT OUT OF OFFICES/STORE	5	3	4	5	3	1	4	3	1	8
LOST FROM PERSON	5	1	3	4	3	2	3	2		1
LOSS/THEFT - DURING EXECUTION OF OFFICIAL DUTIES	2		4	12	2	3	2		1	5
	90	13	120	144	45	41	70	25	13	41
OTHERS
NOT YET CLASSIFIED	53		7				12		1	2
OTHER				1			2	1
	53	0	7	1	0	0	14	1	1	2
Grand Total	150	22	140	165	49	45	86	28	14	52

2015/2016
NATURE OF LOSSES	EC	FS	GP	KZ N	LIM	MP	NATIONAL OFFICE	N W	NC	WC
MISSING
DURING SERVICE-\CONTROL CENTRE: HANDING OVER	1	2		1			2
DURING OFFICE TAKE OVER; INSPECTIONS ETC.	6	7	20	8		2			1	1
LOST IN BATHROOMS; TOILETS	1		4	2		1				1
LOST WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL				1			3
HAND IN AFTER OPERATIONS\DUTY\SERVICE TERMINATION	1		1
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT(SAP 108)SHORTAGE HANDED IN	1				1			1		3
LOSS OF PROPERTY-DURING COLLISION	2		1	4	1
( 266 ) OUT OF SAP 13-STORE			1
	12	9	27	16	2	3	5	1	1	5
STOLEN
ROBBERY-TOWNSHIPS OR OTHER PLACE	36	11	82	86	11	13	36	3		15
HOUSEBREAKING - PROPERLY LOCKED	16	13	27	33	11	10	19	8	1	10
HOUSEBREAKING-NOT LOCKED	2	1					1			1
THEFT OUT OF DWELLING	4	2		6	6	5	3	6		3
LOST FROM PERSON	2	2		3	4		5	1		1
LOSS/THEFT - DURING EXECUTION OF OFFICIAL DUTIES	2		6	9		2	10	1		2
THEFT OUT OF STATE VEHICLE	4		1	2		1			1
THEFT OUT OF PRIVATE VEHICLE	5		8	6	3	2	2	3	1	1
THEFT OUT OF OFFICES/STORE	8		24	18			4	2	3
	79	29	148	163	35	33	80	24	6	33
OTHERS
NOT YET CLASSIFIED	42		8	1			9
OTHER	1		2						2
	43	0	10	1	0	0	9	0	2	0
Grand Total	134	38	185	180	37	36	94	25	9	38

2016/2017
NATURE OF LOSSES	EC	F S	GP	KZN	LIM	MP	NATIONAL OFFICE	NW	NC	WC
MISSING
DURING SERVICE-\CONTROL CENTRE: HANDING OVER		1		2				1		1
DURING OFFICE TAKE OVER; INSPECTIONS ETC.	25	5	5	7	2	1	1
LOST IN BATHROOMS; TOILETS		1	4	3	2					4
LOST WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL	1
HAND IN AFTER OPERATIONS\DUTY\SERVICE TERMINATION	1		1							1
PERSONAL EQUIPMENT(SAP 108)SHORTAGE HANDED IN	1	1					1		1
LOSS OF PROPERTY-DURING COLLISION	1		1		1			1
( 266 ) OUT OF SAP 13-STORE									2
	28	8	12	12	5	1	1	3	2	7
STOLEN
ROBBERY-TOWNSHIPS OR OTHER PLACE	31	9	58	79	13	11	33	8	1	12
ROBBERY-LIQUOR INVOLVED	1		1		1
HOUSEBREAKING - PROPERLY LOCKED	13	11	21	25	4	5	26	13	1	3
HOUSEBREAKING-NOT LOCKED	2	1	1	2		1	1	1		2
THEFT OUT OF DWELLING	6	1	6	12	1	3	4	3	2	3
THEFT OUT OF STATE VEHICLE	2	2	1	7	1	1	1	3		1
THEFT OUT OF PRIVATE VEHICLE	2	1	4	6	4	6	4	1		1
THEFT OUT OF OFFICES/STORE	3	1	1	8	3	1	1	2	1	2
LOST FROM PERSON	4	2	1	4		1	4	3		3
LOSS/THEFT - DURING EXECUTION OF OFFICIAL DUTIES	6		2	4	3	1	4		1	1
	70	28	96	147	30	30	78	34	6	28
OTHERS
NOT YET CLASSIFIED	50		15	2		1	58	2		2
OTHER					1	1		2		1
	50	0	15	2	1	2	58	4	0	3
Grand Total	148	36	123	161	36	33	137	41	8	38

b) The total number of service firearms that have been reported as (iii)(lost) in each province (aa) in the (aaa) 2014-15, (bbb) 2015-16 and (ccc) 2016-17 financial year

REGISTRATION FINYEAR	2014/15
PROVINCES	LOSS
HEAD OFFICE	81
P COMM EASTERN CAPE	150
P COMM FREE STATE	20
P COMM GAUTENG	139
P COMM KWAZULU/NATAL	165
P COMM LIMPOPO	49
P COMM MPUMALANGA	45
P COMM NORTH WEST	28
P COMM NORTHERN CAPE	14
P COMM WESTERN CAPE	52
Grand Total	743
REGISTRATION FINYEAR	2015/16
PROVINCES	LOSS
HEAD OFFICE	87
P COMM EASTERN CAPE	134
P COMM FREE STATE	37
P COMM GAUTENG	185
P COMM KWAZULU/NATAL	179
P COMM LIMPOPO	37
P COMM MPUMALANGA	36
P COMM NORTH WEST	25
P COMM NORTHERN CAPE	9
P COMM WESTERN CAPE	38
Grand Total	767
REGISTRATION FINYEAR	2016/17
PROVINCES	LOSS
HO	137
EC	148
FS	36
GP	123
KZN	161
LIM	36
MP	33
NW	41
NC	8
WC	37
TOTAL	760

1. Since 1 April 2017 the total number of the specified firearms that has been recovered in each case is:

This information is for the period 1 April 2017 until 31 July 2017.

REGISTRATION FINYEAR	2017/18
PROVINCES	RECOVERY
PISTOL	11
SHOTGUN	2
Grand Total	13

Reply:

1. The 24 members perform only sector patrols and exclude personnel who work at the Community Service Centre (CSC).

2. The Theoretical Human Resource Requirement (THRR), which is based on the workload at the police station, indicates a requirement of 59 posts for the shift-related functions. The police station has a total of 51 members in this environment, against a granted number of 41 funded posts. It is the responsibility of the relief commander to post available members, in accordance with the required shift-related functions.

Reply:

1. Records not kept
2. Records not kept
3. Reported to SAPS and other government departments
4. Records not kept
5. In due course

Reply:

(a) Polokwane Police Station.

(a)(i) The Fixed Establishment (FE) for the Polokwane Detective Service, is as follows:

Rank	Posts
Police Service Act
Colonel	1
Lieutenant Colonel	4
Captain	5
Warrant Officer	12
Sergeant	17
Constable	25
Total:	64
Public Service Act
Data Typist	5
Admin Clerk	2
Secretary	1
Total:	8

(a)(ii) A total of 48 South African Police Service (SAPS) Act posts are filled and eight Public Service Act (PSA) posts are filled.

(a)(iii) A total of 16 SAPS Act posts are vacant and no PSA posts are vacant.

(a)(iv) No officers have been transferred from the station to the Cluster Office, since the beginning of the 2017/2018 financial year, to date.

(a)(v) Not applicable.

(b) Seshego Police Station.

(b)(i) The FE for the Seshego Detective Service, is as follows:

Rank	Posts
Police Service Act
Colonel	1
Lieutenant Colonel	4
Captain	5
Warrant Officer	6
Sergeant	7
Constable	9
Total:	32
Public Service Act
Data Typist	0
Admin Clerk	0
Secretary	0
Total:	0

(b)(ii) A total of 30 SAPS Act posts are filled.

(b)(iii) Two SAPS Act posts are vacant.

(b)(iv) Four SAPS members have been transferred from the Police Station to the Cluster Office, since the beginning of the 2017/2018 financial year, to date.

(b)(v) The FE of the Police Station is not affected when officers are transferred from the Police Station and therefore does not need to be amended.

Reply:

(1) The reply did not include Lieutenant General Mdluli and General Phiyega, however, the response with regards to the above managers, was provided in question 1042, which specifically requested such details, at the time and a reply was provided.

(2) Yes, Lieutenant General Mdluli and General Phiyega’s suspension details, were provided in other questions, which were dealt with simultaneously in question 1042, which specifically requested their suspension details.

Reply:

(a)(i)(aa) The total Fixed Establishment (FE) for Durban North Police Station, in 2015/2016, was 152.

(a)(i)(bb) The total FE for Durban North Police Station, in 2016/2017, was 150.

(a)(ii) The total FE for Durban North Police Station, since 1 April 2017 to date, is 150 (The FE for 2017/2018 is not yet approved).

(b)(i) The number of vacant posts at the start of each financial year, is as follows:

• In the 2015/2016 financial year, the number of vacant posts for Durban North Police Station, was nine.
• In 2016/2017 financial year, the number of vacant posts for Durban North Police Station, was 10.
• Since 1 April 2017 to date, the number of vacant posts for Durban North Police Station, is 10.

(b)(ii) All vacant funded posts are prioritised by the relevant provinces, to be filled within the conventional six months period, via human resource processes.

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(ii) The Division: Forensic Services of the South African Police Service (SAPS), attended and processed all six crime scenes. Fingerprints and Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) evidence were collected, for further analysis.

(aa) Midrand, CAS 567/03/2017: Fingerprints were lifted and processed. However, there was no linkage through fingerprints or DNA. The DNA samples were submitted, however, there were no full profiles obtained for searching and matching purposes.

(bb) Cape Town, CAS 1351/4/2017: Fingerprints were lifted at the scene of the crime. However, there was no linkage through fingerprints, thus far.

(cc) Silverton, CAS 59/07/2017: Linkage was done through fingerprints. However, the matter is still under investigation for elimination/exclusion of the employees of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), who would ordinarily have left prints at the respective scene(s).

(dd) Pretoria Central, CAS 418/07/2017: a suspect has been arrested and is in custody. The suspect was linked through fingerprints.

(ee) Pretoria Central, CAS 1020/07/2017: a suspect has been linked to the following two cases through fingerprints:

• Burglary at the Office of National Prosecuting Authority: Pretoria Central, CAS 418/07/2017; and
• Burglary at the Office of the Chief Prosecutor at Pretoria Magistrate Court: Pretoria Central, CAS 1020/07/2017).

The suspect has been arrested and is in custody. The DNA analysis for Pretoria Central, CAS 1020/07/2017, is in process and the results will be made available once the analysis has been concluded.

(ff) Cape Town, CAS 1823/7/2017: DNA material and fingerprints were lifted at the scene of crime, however, there was no linkage through fingerprints, thus far. The DNA analysis is in process and the results will be made available, once the analysis has been concluded.

Reply:

1. The official was appointed in the position of the Western Cape’s Crime Intelligence Head, in terms of, inter alia, Regulation 45(9) of the South African Police Service’s Employment Regulation, 2008. Appointments to the level of Senior Management Service (SMS), such as the appointment of the official under discussion, were also at the time regulated by the National Instruction 4 of 2010 (Appointments to posts on salary levels 13 to 15), which made provision for the appointment of a person, on condition that such person submits an application for the issuing of a security clearance, of at least up to the level of secret.

2. The official has been issued with a security clearance at the level of Top Secret, with effect from 1 December 2016.

Reply:

a) Old Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei (TBVC) States and Self-Governing Territories (Homelands) prior to 1995.

	Transkei 1994
	Population:	3.39 million (8.2%)
	Land Surface:	43 654 Sq Km (3.6%)
	Sworn Police Officers:	4 993 (9.7% female)
	Civilian Personnel in Police:	96
	Other Personnel:	288
	Total Police Personnel:	5 377
	Police Population Ratio:	681
	Police Stations:	61
	Bophuthatswana 1994
	Population:	2.19 million (5.3%)
	Land Surface: (3,3%)	40 011 Sq Km
	Sworn Police Officers:	6 002 (14.8 % female)
	Civilian Personnel in Police:	577
	Other Personnel:	353
	Total Police Personnel:	6 932
	Police Population Ratio:	365
	Police Stations:	56

	Venda 1994
	Population: (1,5%)	0,61 million
	Land Surface: (0,6%)	6 807 Sq Km
	Sworn Police Officers:	1803 (2,7 % female)
	Civilian Personnel in Police:	164
	Other Personnel:	46
	Total Police Personnel:	2 013
	Police Population Ratio:	341
	Police Stations:	10
	Ciskei 1994
	Population: (2,1%)	0,87 million
	Land Surface: (0,7%)	8 100 Sq Km
	Sworn Police Officers:	1 599 (14,9 % female)
	Civilian Personnel in Police:	207
	Other Personnel:	0
	Total Police Personnel:	1 806
	Police Population Ratio:	550
	Police Stations:	30
	Gazankulu 1994
	Population: (2,0%)	0,82 million
	Land Surface: (0,6%)	7 484 Sq Km
	Sworn Police Officers:	803 (9,2 % female)
	Civilian Personnel in Police:	140
	Other Personnel:	69
	Total Police Personnel:	1 012
	Police Population Ratio:	1 025
	Police Stations:	9
	Kangwane 1994
	Population: (1,8%)	0,76 million
	Land Surface: (0,3%)	3 917 Sq Km
	Sworn Police Officers:	747 (15,3 % female)
	Civilian Personnel in Police:	46
	Other Personnel:	0
	Total Police Personnel:	793
	Police Population Ratio:	1 022
	Police Stations:	9

	Kwandebele 1994
	Population: (1,6%)	0,64 million
	Land Surface: (0,2%)	2 208 Sq Km
	Sworn Police Officers:	1 034 (16,6 % female)
	Civilian Personnel in Police:	171
	Other Personnel:	0
	Total Police Personnel:	1 205
	Police Population Ratio:	625
	Police Stations:	24
	Lebowa 1994
	Population: (7,4%)	3,1 million
	Land Surface: (1,8%)	21 833 Sq Km
	Sworn Police Officers:	2 805 (6,2 % female)
	Civilian Personnel in Police:	358
	Other Personnel:	194
	Total Police Personnel:	3 357
	Police Population Ratio:	1 093
	Police Stations:	26
	Qwaqwa 1994
	Population: (0,9%)	0,36 million
	Land Surface: (0,1%)	1 040 Sq Km
	Sworn Police Officers:	789 (9,3 % female)
	Civilian Personnel in Police:	156
	Other Personnel:	87
	Total Police Personnel:	1 032
	Police Population Ratio:	457
	Police Stations:	5
	Old South Africa 1994
	Population: (56%)	23,34 million
	Land Surface: (86%)	1 052 073 Sq Km
	Sworn Police Officers:	94 267 (10,6 % female)
	Civilian Personnel in Police:	17 790
	Other Personnel:	0
	Total Police Personnel:	112 057
	Police Population Ratio:	248
	Police Stations:	885

Situation after Amalgamation : New South African Police Service : 1995
	New South Africa 1995
	Population: (100%)	41,7 million
	Land Surface: (100%)	1 219 090 Sq Km
	Sworn Police Officers:	120 083 (10,5 % female)
	Civilian Personnel in Police:	20 236
	Other Personnel:	1 070
	Total Police Personnel:	141 389
	Police Population Ratio:	347
	Police Stations:	1 123

(b)and(c) Information regarding the given questions, is not retrievable and no record could be found. It must be noted, that when all the police agencies amalgamated, they were all using different systems, therefore, the recorded they used during the amalgamation process, relating to the staffing establishment, is not available on PERSAL. The annual reports were prepared separately and such information could not be found. The earliest annual report made, was in 1994 and such information was not reported at the time.

Reply:

a) 

DRUG-RELATED CASES THAT WENT TO COURT
2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
445	377	511

b)  DRUG-RELATED CASES WITH SUCCESSFUL CONVICTIONS
2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
42	31	90

Reply:

(1) No, only two vehicles were received.

(1)(a) The station currently has a surplus of one vehicle, designated for visible policing.

(1)(b) Not applicable.

(2) There is a total number of 41 visible policing members.

Reply:

1. Yes, the Primrose Police Station received two vehicles for visible policing.

(1)(a) Not applicable.

(1)(b) Not applicable.

2. Yes, the Primrose Police Station receive three additional visible policing members.

(2)(a) Not applicable.

(2)(b) Not applicable.

3. There are currently 80 visible policing members at the Primrose Police Station.

.

Reply:

1. No, only four members from visible policing were sent to detectives.

(1)(a) Due to the number of pending service terminations and the hampering of service delivery.

(1)(b) The remaining number of members will be allocated upon receipt of the 2017/18 new recruits.

(2) 76 members.

Reply:

(1) Yes, the Tembisa Police Station received the additional seven visible policing vehicles.

(1)(a) Not applicable.

(1)(b) Not applicable.

(2) No, the current shortage of visible policing members is nine, six members were allocated.

(2)(a) The visible policing component is currently only short of three members, due to the number of pending service terminations and the hampering of service delivery.

(2)(b) The remaining number of members will be allocated upon receipt of the 2017/18 new recruits.

(3) The Tembisa Police Station has a current number of 220 visible policing members.

Reply:

1. Yes, the Tembisa South Police Station has received two additional vehicles for the visible policing section.

(1)(a) Not applicable.

(1)(b) Not applicable.

2. Yes, the station received 24 additional visible policing members.

(2)(a) Not applicable.

(2)(b) Not applicable.

3. The Tembisa South Police Station has a total number of 74 visible policing members.

Reply:

(1) 52 members have been declared competent in their firearm competency. The remaining number of members are awaiting the call–up instruction.

(2)(a) Boksburg North Police Station have 138 members.

(2)(b)(i) 31 members attended their firearm competency test, since 1 January 2017.

(2)(b)(ii) 0 members failed their firearm competency test, since 1 January 2017.

Reply:

1. The question refers to “entities” and associated “boards” or “councils”.

2. The inference does not refer to departments such as the South African Police Service (SAPS).  The question therefore, is not appropriate for the SAPS to answer.

3. Public entities are defined in section 1 of the PFMA, 1999 (National and Provincial entities).  PSIRA is listed as such an entity.  The CSP and IPID are also departments as listed in the Public Service Act.

 

Reply:

(1) The number of incidents on farms and small holdings for August 2017, cannot be confrimed, as it is currently undergoing a verification process according to the definition for incidents of farms and small holdings.

(1)(a) To increase capacity at rural police stations in order to ensure equitable policing services to the rural communities. The following policing actions are taken to address safety in rural areas:

• hot spots were identified where incidents occur;
• analysis of incidents in order to determine the trends and modus operandi;
• operations to prevent crime conducted in hot spots;
• increase patrols in hot spots
• visit farm owners;
• simulation exercises to test the reaction capacity to incident specifically on farms;
• Priority Committee meetings for Rural Safety on all levels are conducted;
• awareness campaigns;
• capacity building sessions with Rural Safety Coordinators on all levels; and
• compliance inspections at rural police stations.

(1)(b) Priority continues to be provided to murders that occur on farms. Murders on farms are addressed within the Rural Safety Strategy, which is still in place and is implemented at rural and rural/urban police stations. The status of the implementation of the Rural Safety Strategy is an indicator in Programme 2: Visible Policing, in the Annual Performance Plan (APP) of the South African Police Service, for the current financial year (2017/2018).

2. Rural Safety, which includes food security, is a priority to the South African Police Service. There is no plan in place to establish specialised units, which will only address incidents and murders on farms. The plan is to increase the capacity of rural police stations, to ensure that they can provide equitable police services to all citizens, within rural communities and this includes people staying and working on farms.

3. A statement concerning the capacity building at rural police stations, will be made when the planning is completed and a plan with an allocated budget is in place.

Reply:

(a)(i)(ii) At the time of the meeting, held on 13 June 2017, the ranks and operational positions of the members in question were as follows:

Colonel Smanga Simelane	Section Commander: Crime Intelligence Cluster Commander, Orlando West
Colonel Feroz Khan	Section Commander: Counter Intelligence Investigations, Head Office

(b) Both the officers attended the meeting on the instruction of the then Acting Divisional Commissioner: Crime Intelligence, Major General PM Mokushane. This was an open meeting for all personnel of the Division: Crime Intelligence (all ranks).

Reply:

a) No instruction was given with regards to the arrest of the suspect in this case. Assault Common is not a Schedule 1 offence, as set out in the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No 51 of 1977), and therefore, the correct procedure was followed in this case.

b) Not applicable.

Reply:

1. The Cluster Commander, Major General MV Leshabane, did not promise to build a police station, as per the article on the front-page of the Tembisan, dated 14 July 2017. The entourage of the Mayor of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, was summoned by the community of Birch Acres, to answer on questions regarding service delivery and requested the Mayor’s office to provide land for the building of a police station.

a) No, the building of a new police station has not been budgeted for.

b) Not applicable.

c) Not applicable.

d) Not applicable.

Reply:

The Clusters do not have a rapid reaction capacity. The reaction capacity towards all incidents is already in place and resorts at the police stations. The Cluster Commander can, at any time, mobilise inter-police stations reaction, when and where needed.

 

Reply:

1. No member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) had made the decision, not to arrest the First Lady of Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe, on 15 August 2017, after a case of alleged assault was opened against her, by Gabriella Engels.

(2) None of the reasons provided had influenced any SAPS member not to arrest the First Lady, Grace Mugabe, since no SAPS member made the decision to not arrest the First Lady.

(2)(a) Possession of foreign travel documents – The First Lady was not arrested due to her whereabouts not being unknown, at that stage.

(2)(b) Easy access to private air travel - Upon the investigation at OR Tambo International Airport, it transpired that she arrived on 13 August 2017, via South African Airways (SAA), flight number SAA029, with Passport Number AD005540, which indicated the profession of the incumbent as the First Lady and therefore, could not have used private air travel, in this regard.

(2)(c) Family ties to Zimbabwe – Enquiries of the whereabouts of the First Lady, were made at the Zimbabwean Embassy in Pretoria, but the investigating officer was denied access.

(2)(d) Citizenship ties Application for immunity by the First Lady, Grace Mugabe - On 17 August 2017, the investigating officer received a verbal note from the office of the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, stating that the First Lady had applied for immunity and that their office was processing the application. On the 19 August 2017, the investigating officer received a Minister Minute, from the office of the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation that granted the First Lady immunity and privilege, in accordance with Section 7 (2) of the Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges Act 2001 (Act No 37 of 2001). The docket will be sent to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (Gauteng), for a decision.

Reply:

(a)(i)

PROVINCE	(a) (i) Total SAPS vehicles registered in 2014/15 financial year	(a) (i) Total SAPS vehicles registered in the 2015/16 financial year	(a) (i) Total SAPS vehicles registered in the 2016/17 financial year
WESTERN CAPE	7068	6873	6208
EASTERN CAPE	6202	6327	6072
FREE STATE	3856	3403	3207
NORTHERN CAPE	2370	2525	2430
KWA-ZULU NATAL	8393	7908	7529
MPUMALANGA	2500	2507	2700
LIMPOPO	4020	4637	3639
GAUTENG	9971	10171	8995
NORTH WEST	2393	2565	2402

(a)(ii)

PROVINCE	(a) (ii) Total SAPS vehicle licences renewed in the 2014/15 financial year	(a) (ii) Total SAPS vehicle licences renewed in the 2015/16 financial year	(a) (ii) Total SAPS vehicle licences renewed in the 2016/17 financial year
WESTERN CAPE	7064	6866	6204
EASTERN CAPE	6202	6327	6072
FREE STATE	3856	3403	3207
NORTHERN CAPE	2370	2525	2430
KWA-ZULU NATAL	8393	7908	7529
MPUMALANGA	2500	2507	2700
LIMPOPO	4020	4632	3636
GAUTENG	9971	10170	9970
NORTH WEST	2393	2565	2402

1. At the beginning of each month, a report is drawn from the Logweb. This report is circulated to all stations with the instruction to renew vehicle licenses. Follow up reports are drawn during the month and reminders are then circulated to stations with outstanding vehicle licenses. Stations are continuously reminded to renew vehicle licenses before the license expiry date. Provisioning Administration System (PAS) report with renewable licences are also circulated on a weekly basis, with early warnings to stations and units.

(c)(bb)(ii)

Province: Western Cape
SAPS Nr of vehicle licences not renewed, per financial year:	Reason for non-renewal of vehicle licence in each case:
2014/15
SAPS 174834F	Vehicle stolen (not recovered)
SAPS BPG114B	Vehicle stolen (recovered)
SAPS BPL494B	Vehicle stolen (recovered)
SAPS BTB484B	Vehicle stolen (recovered)
2015/2016
SAPS BPX656B	Vehicle stolen (recovered)
SAPS BRS958B	Vehicle stolen (recovered)
SAPS BSH415B	Vehicle stolen (recovered)
SAPS BSJ297B	Vehicle stolen (recovered)
SAPS BTG943B	Vehicle stolen (recovered)
SAPS BTH036B	Vehicle stolen (recovered)
SAPS BTH178B	Vehicle stolen (recovered)
2016/2017
SAPS BRK614B	Vehicle stolen (recovered)
SAPS BSL90B	Vehicle stolen (recovered)
SAPS BSR418B	Vehicle stolen (recovered)
SAPS BTL976B	Vehicle stolen (not recovered)

PROVINCE: LIMPOPO
SAPS Nr of vehicle licences not renewed, per financial year:	Reason for non-renewal of vehicle licence in each case:
2015/2016
SAPS BPR064B	Quad bike did not appear on pas report for renewal
SAPS BRT774B	Quad bike did not appear on pas report for renewal
SAPS BNY509B	Quad bike did not appear on pas report for renewal
SAPS BPW454B	Quad bike did not appear on pas report for renewal
SAPS BRB425B	Quad bike did not appear on pas report for renewal
2016/2017
SAPS BRG940B	Vehicle boarded and fleet manager ignored renewing licence for boarded vehicles
SAPS CXN246L	Vehicle boarded and fleet manager ignored the renewing the licence for boarded vehicles
SAPS BRZ257L	Vehicle boarded and fleet manager ignored the renewing licence for boarded vehicles

Province: Gauteng
SAPS Nr of vehicle licences not renewed, per financial year:	Reason for non-renewal of vehicle licence in each case:
2015/16
SAPS nr BSB823B	Vehicle stolen (not recovered)
2016/2017
SAPS nr BRR933B	Vehicle stolen (not recovered)

Reply:

(a)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb)(b)(c)(d)

(a) Number of Members	(i)(ii) Injury or Death	(aa) Past Three Financial Years	(bb) April 2017 to date	(b) Charge	(c) Date Action Taken	(d) Outcome of the Proceedings
1	Death	2014/2015	Nil	Murder Limpopo Regulation 20(z)	2014-06-02	Dismissal.
5	Injury	2015/2016	Nil	Assault Mpumalanga Regulation 20(p)(2)	2015-02-06	Three members were found guilty and given written warnings. Two members were not found guilty.
1	Death	2015/2016	Nil	Inquest Mpumalanga Regulation 20(e)(i)(p)(z)	2016-01-13	Counselling and suspension without remuneration for one month.
1	Injury	2015/2016	Nil	Assault Common KwaZulu-Natal Regulation 20(z)	2015-09-27	No departmental steps taken.
5	Injury to Dignity	2015/2016	Nil	Sexual Assault KwaZulu-Natal Regulation 20(p)(q)	2016-09-05	Pending – departmental hearing set for 2017-07-10 to 2017-07-12.

Reply:

(1) Bedfordview CAS 152/04/2017 was closed as it was a duplicate of Bedfordview CAS 205/04/2017.

(1)(a) Bedfordview CAS 205/04/2017 is currently still being investigated.

(1)(b) A charge of culpable homicide was registered.

(2) No suspect has been arrested.

(3)(a) A warning statement was obtained from the driver of the vehicle.

1. The warning statement was obtained on 29 May 2017.
2. The case docket will be submitted to the Senior Public Prosecutor for a decision, once all the relevant statements have been obtained.

(3)(b) Six witnesses have been interviewed.

 (i) The witnesses’ statements were obtained on 20 April 2017, 29 May 2017 and 30 May 2017.

 (ii) The case docket will be submitted to the Senior Public Prosecutor (SPP), for a decision once the investigation has been completed.

(4) The case docket will be submitted to the SPP, for a decision on prosecution, once the investigation has been completed.

Reply:

a) A total number of 5 019 recruits were entered into the Basic Police Development Learning Programme at the following training academies:

Academies	Entered
All Saints	205
Bhisho	423
Bishop Lavis	522
Chatsworth	180
Graaff-Reinet	174
Mthatha	211
Oudtshoorn	450
Philippi	655
Tshwane	2 058
Ulundi	141
Total	5 019

(b)(i) 4 881 Police Recruits graduated.

(b)(ii) Graduates, for the 2016/2017 financial year, per academy, are as follows:

Academies	Graduated
All Saints	205
Bhisho	423
Bishop Lavis	543
Chatsworth	180
Graaff-Reinet	174
Mthatha	211
Oudtshoorn	291
Philippi	655
Tshwane	2 058
Ulundi	141
Total	4 881

In addition to above, a total number of 70 police trainees were invited to join the programme, as their Memorandum of Agreements were suspended, due to medical reasons. The aforementioned members were, however, assigned their administrative duties at various police stations and, therefore, graduated in 2016/2017.

Reply:

(1) The Germiston Police Station has five sectors.

(2)(a) The police station has 149 visible policing members.

(2)(b)(i) One vehicle has been allocated to each sector.

(2)(b)(ii) A vehicle has not been allocated to the Community Service Centre, however, should personnel stationed there require a vehicle, one is made available.

(2)(b)(iii) Ten vehicles are available for other policing functions.

(3)(a)(i) According to the fixed establishment, the Germiston Police Station has a shortage of four officers between levels 8 to 12, and has a surplus of 35 employees between levels 3 to 7, within the visible policing environment.

(3)(a)(ii) The police station does not have a shortage of vehicles.

(3)(b) The Germiston Police Station, will receive one vehicle by the end of October 2017. Critical vacancies, for salary levels 8 to 12, were identified and posts were requested from Head Office, as critical funded posts. However, it needs to be mentioned that posts can only be filled, once the moratium on promotion is uplifted and posts are made available.

Reply:

(1)(a) The Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) is governed by a Council, which is equivalent to a Board. The Council is appointed under section 6 of the Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001 (Act No. 56 of 2001), by the Minister of Police, in consultation with Cabinet.

(1)(i)(aa) and (bb)

- Chairperson of the Council appointed on 19 April 2015 until 20 April 2018, for a period of three (3) years.

- Deputy Chairperson of the Council appointed on 1 January 2017 until 31 December 2020, for a period of three (3) years.

- 3 (Three) Members of the Council appointed on 1 January 2017 until 31 December 2020, for a period of three (3) years.

(1)(ii)(aa) and (bb)

The Council has five (5) members as prescribed by the Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001, of which three (3) are males and two (2) are females.

(1)(a) The Minister of Police is empowered under section 15V of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995), to appoint the chairperson, deputy chairperson and members on a part-time basis to the National Forensic Oversight & Ethics Board (Oversight and Ethics Board). The functions of the Oversight and Ethics Board are to monitor the implementation of legislation pertaining to the use of DNA in combating crime; to advise the Minister of Police; to provide oversight over functions performed by the South African Police Service; to handle complaints relating to the use of DNA in combating crime and to make recommendations to, amongst others, the South African Police Service and the Independent Police Investigating Directorate.

(1)(i)(aa) and (bb)

Nine (9) members of the Oversight and Ethics Board were appointed on 27 January 2015 until 26 January 2020, for a period of five (5) years and one (1) member was appointed on 01 April 2016 until 31 March 2021, for a period of five (5) years.

(1)(ii)(aa) and (bb)

The Oversight and Ethics Board has ten (10) members of which eight (8) are females and two (2) males.

(1)(b) Section 10 of the South African Police Service Act, 1995, establishes the Board of Commissioners, consisting of the National and Provincial Commissioners. The functions of the board are to promote co-operation and co-ordination in the Service. The board is presided over by the National Commissioner or his or her nominee and the board shall determine its own procedure. The National Management Forum, inclusive of the top management of the South African Police Service on National and Provincial level serves as the Board of Commissioners. It is, however, not a Board in the traditional sense, but an internal management and coordination mechanism.

The Civilian Secretariat for Police is established and regulated by the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service Act, 2011 (Act No. 2 of 2011), which Act does not provide for the appointment of a Board.

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) is established and regulated by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Act, 2011 (Act No. 1 of 2011), which Act does not provide for the appointment of a Board.

(2)(a) and (b) Not applicable.

Reply:

No. The Acting National Commissioner is not currently reviewing the ranks of South African Police Service (SAPS) members, who are members of the Umkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association.

a) In 2015, the former Minister of Police established a re-Ranking Committee to investigate and make a recommendation on the ranks of all former Non Statutory Force Members (Umkhonto weSizwe and Azanian People’s Liberation Army), who complained that they were prejudiced during the integration of the Security Forces, as their training, experience and responsibility were not considered when granting them their ranks, during the integration into the SAPS process.

The majority of these members were granted the ranks of Temporary Constable and Lance Sergeant, at the time.

b) The SAPS re-Ranking Committee is currently preparing a report and recommendations to the Minister of Police.

c) However, R4 000 000,00 is available for the project team.

d) A decision has not been made as to which portion of the budget this amount will come from.

Reply:

(1) The internal disciplinary process has not been completed.

Advocate Tip, Senior Council (SC), who was appointed as the Chairperson of the disciplinary inquiry at the time, informed the South African Police Service (SAPS), in December 2012, that he could no longer fulfil the role, due to his involvement in the Marikana Commission of Inquiry.

The former National Commissioner, General Phiyega, was requested to appoint a new Chairperson, early in January 2013, but no such appointment was effected up until her suspension from office, in October 2016.

After his appointment as the Acting National Commissioner, Lieutenant General Phahlane reactivated the process.

(2)(a) The process was initiated on 2 July 2012.

(2)(b) Advocate Tip, SC was initially appointed as the Chairperson, but due to his involvement in the Marikana Commission of Inquiry, his appointment as chairperson was terminated in December 2012. He was replaced with Advocate T Motau, SC in April 2016.

Advocate Myburgh, SC was appointed as the Employer Representative, but was later replaced with Advocate Mokhari, SC in April 2016. Advocate Mokhari’s brief was terminated and Advocate Maenetje, SC was appointed in October 2016.

(3) The employee’s first appearance in the disciplinary inquiry was on, 25 July 2017. At the first appearance the following arrangements were agreed upon:

14 August: employee must deliver request for further particulars

28 August: employer to answer

11 September: point in limine to be raised by employee

25 September: employer to answer

30 September: heads of argument to be exchanged

7 October: points in limine to be argued

1, 2, 3 November: matter to proceed on trial

(4)(a) The employee opted to structure his all-inclusive flexible remuneration package, to make provision for a 13th cheque and as such, no service bonus was “awarded”.

(4)(b) Not applicable, due to paragraph (4)(a), above.

Reply:

a) No, all the duties have been suspended.

b) Members of Public Order Policing (POP) Unit in Empangeni have provided static protection duties at the residence of Minister Nhleko, in the Umthinzini, area since 2014. These duties were suspended on 20 July 2017.

(i)(aa) Two POP members from Empangeni were deployed, per shift - four members per day for 24 hours.

(i)(bb) One Nyala vehicle was deployed on a 24 hour basis. At times, it was supplemented with a soft top vehicle (bakkie/sedan), when the Nyala was required for public order policing duties.

Reply:

(1)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii), (2)(a)(b) and (3) The information is not readily available and must be obtained from the Crime Administration System (CAS). A request is hereby made for an extension, in order for the correct information to be provided.

Reply:

(a)(i)(ii) Yes.

(b)(i)(ii) Yes.

Reply:

(a)(i) A web-based application system has been developed to calculate the number of human resource posts, per level, that are required to perform the duties associated with police stations. The system is called the Theoretical Human Resource Requirement (THRR). The system was developed, whereby ratio analyses and standard times were established for the activities or tasks performed at police stations. Direct work measurement, in the form of time studies and activity sampling, as well as indirect work measurement, in the form of analytical estimates, was used to determine standard times for these policing activities or tasks. The determining of a human resource allocation for police stations in the South African Police Service (SAPS), is a dynamic process, which is influenced by various factors (variables), the internal environment, the external environment as well as taking contingency factors (i.e. absence/leave from duty) into account.

The level of the station commander is determined according to the job weight range (calculated theoretical ideal number of posts) associated with the level of a station commander post. A benchmark exercise was conducted to determine a correlation between the THRR system and the Equate Job Evaluation System, which is utilised for the grading of posts in the broader public service and the outcome thereof, indicates a high correlation (96%) between the two systems. The table below depicts the job weight ranges for station commander level, as determined by the THRR and Equate Job Evaluation Systems:

STATION COMMANDER LEVEL	JOB WEIGHT RANGE THRR	JOB WEIGHT RANGE EQUATE SYSTEM
	LOWER LIMIT	UPPER LIMIT	GRADE (PUBLIC SERVICE ACT)	GRADE (POLICE SERVICE ACT)	MINIMUM	MAXIMUM
8 – Captain	36	90	8	BAND C (Captain)	454	506
10 - Lieutenant Colonel	91	180	9	BAND D (Lieutenant Colonel)	507	559
			10		560	611
12 – Colonel	181	360	11	MMS Band (Colonel)	612	663
			12		664	716
13 – Brigadier	361	Higher	13	SMS1 Band (Brigadier)	717	769

(ii)(aa)(bb) The weight and grading of the post of a station commander (Colonel and Brigadier included) and the lower-level command structure, is based on the evaluation of various factors including crime, environmental factors and policing activities. These will have a definite impact on the factors considered:

• • • Developments in the regulatory framework – in relation to changes to the legislation of the country (By-laws, Traffic Ordinance, Amendments to Acts/Statutes and all other applicable legislation, that will have a direct impact on policing at local level);
    • Environmental developments/factors - New developments in the country in the external environment, for instance: the migration rate, increasing unemployment rate, mushrooming of informal settlements, the integration of undocumented people into the population density factor and residential and business developments, are constantly having an impact on policing methods and human resourcing at local level;
    • Organisational developments – in relation to the need to enhance service delivery at local level;
    • Management needs – in relation to functions that must be added at local level policing to ultimately enhance service delivery;
    • Norms, per type of crime and patterns;
    • Contingency allowances – rest allowances and absenteeism;
    • Demographic layout of a police station area - urban/rural/urban rural mix settlement types;
    • Infrastructure in a police station area;
    • Area size of a police area;
    • Population dynamics;
    • Police station infrastructure; and
    • Distances travelled to courts/places of safety/health and forensic laboratories/mortuaries and correctional facilities.

The annual application of the THRR for police stations, is essential to determine the personnel requirement in a standardised method. This is, however, affected by the fixed establishment (FE), which is purely dependent on the availability of funds, in terms of the current budget and the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). Currently, the SAPS is not able to fund the theoretical requirements for police stations, due to budgetary constraints.

(b) Minimum human resource implication at a Colonel level is 181 personnel and the maximum is 360 personnel. The minimum human resource implication at a Brigadier level is 361 and higher.

Most of the police stations are barely capacitated at their minimum human resource requirement, due to budgetary constraints e.g. a Colonel police station which requires a minimum of 181 personnel, is currently capacitated at 150.

An analysis of a three year comparison of police stations’ THRR, must be conducted. Police stations, whose results are calculated above the upper limit of its assigned category, after a period of three consecutive years, must be considered for upgrading. The rule is that police stations must at least be capacitated to the maximum of their current category, before they can be considered for upgrading (bottom-up approach). Due to the fact that the SAPS is not receiving additional posts, most of the qualifying police stations are upgraded without meeting this requirement (top-down approach), hence the majority of police stations are not capacitated at their minimum requirements.

 

Reply:

a) No disciplinary proceedings were initiated in 130 cases, due to service terminations. The details are reflected in the table below:

Types of termination	FINANCIAL YEAR	TOTAL
	(i) 2012/2013	(ii) 2013/2014	(iii) 2014/2015	(iv) 2015/2016	(v) 2016/2017
Resignation	22	19	32	26	21	120
Death	-	-	2	4	2	8
Retirement	-	-	-	1	1	2
TOTAL	22	19	34	31	24	130

b) The categories of offences, in accordance with section 28 of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Act, 2011(Act No 1 of 2011), for which disciplinary proceedings were not initiated, as required by section 30, are reflected in the table below:

Categories of offences, in terms of sec 28	(i) 2012/2013	(ii) 2013/2014	(iii) 2014/2015	(iv) 2015/2016	(v) 2016/2017	TOTAL
Death in police custody	-	-	1	-	1	2
Death as a result of Police action	-	-	2	7	2	11
Discharge of firearm	1	2	2	2	4	11
Rape by police officer	-	-	8	1	2	11
Rape in police custody	-	-	-	1	1	2
Torture/Assault	9	9	15	13	10	56
Corruption	3	-	-	3	1	7
Any other Criminal offence	9	8	6	4	3	30
TOTAL	22	19	34	31	24	130

Reply:

1. The Provincial Head: Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), KwaZulu-Natal.

2. Yes, provincial heads were appointed in each province.