Questions and Replies

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:

DPCI Judge has been appointed

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:

(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:

The DPCI Judge has been appointed

Reply:

(a)(i) From 2011 to the end of 2016, 935 poachers have been arrested in the Kruger National Park. The numbers are as follows:

2011 = 82

2012 = 73

2013 = 123

2014 = 174

2015 = 202

2016 = 281

From 1 January to 30 September 2017, 206 poachers have been arrested in the Kruger National Park.

(a)((ii)(aa) The number of illegal immigrants arrested is linked to the line function of the South African National Defence Force and South African Police Services and the question should thus be directed to those respective Ministers.

(a)(ii)(bb) For specific information on the number of arrests by the South African Police Service outside of the Kruger National Park, but related to poaching in the Kruger National Park over the seven year period, this information has to be sourced from the the Minister of Police.

(b) For specified arrests resulting in successful prosecutions, this question should be directed to the Minister of Police and the National Prosecuting Agency, respectively.

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Reply:

698 226 hectares

Reply:

1. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has not disbursed any funds to the Blue Karoo Trust and/or Camdeboo Satellite Aquaculture Project in three financial years, i.e. 2015/16; 2016/17 and 2017/18.
2. The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has not provided financial support to the project in three financial years i.e 2015/16; 2016/17 and 2017/18, therefore does not have any financial records in that regard.

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:

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)(a) and (b) The response to these questions are similar than the reply under question 2278 above.

(2) Minimum conditions of employment for the private security industry are determined by the Minister of Labour. Other than what is provided for in terms of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Act, 1997 (Act No. 61 of 1997), there is currently no other provision for medical cover or aid for security guards in terms of labour legislation or the Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001.

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:

Once I have received the finalised CSIR report, I will determine whether to publish or not, as such documents usually contain company sensitive information where publication of the full report may not be permissible.

Reply:

I have been informed by the Department and entities as follows:

DEPARTMENT

(b)(aaa)

ENTITIES

(b) (ii)Current and non-current assets

Entity	(aa) Listed Assets	(aaa) Directly Held	(bbb) Indirectly Held
BBI	None	None	None
Sentech	None	None	None
SAPO	None	None	None
USAASA	None	None	None
ZADNA	None	None	None
SITA	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Nemisa	Current Assets: Bank Balance Receivables from exchange transections Non-current assets: Property, Plant & Equipment	R45 012 640 R6 243 257 R594 149

(bb) Unlisted Investment

Entity	(aaa)Directly held	0-3 months	3-6 months	6-12 months	Beyond 12 months
Sentech	ABSA CFC-USD R7 550 206 ABSA CFC-EUR R2 262 304 ABSA CFC-GBP R3 866 579 ABSA Current Account R15 446 752 ABSA Call Deposit R22 815 470 ABSA Call Fixed Deposit R200 000 000 Standard Bank Call Fixed Deposit R8 287 690 Investec Money Market Call Deposit R39 750 Sanlam Capital Markets Call Deposit R1 000 000 Sanlam Capital Markets Call Fixed Deposit R30 000 000 Nedbank Call Deposit R45 481 STANLIB Corporate Money Market Fund R195 344 650 Investec Asset Management Corporate Money Market Fund R6 644 382	R7 550 206 R2 262 304 R3 866 579 R15 446 752 R22 815 470 R8 287 690 R39 750 R1 000 000 R30 000 000 R45 481 R195 344 650 R6 644 382	R8 287 690 R30 000 000	R200 000 000
SAPO	Non- Current Assets Property, Plant & Equipment R2 594 921 Investment Properties R173 208 Heritage Assets R46 271 Intangible Assets R127 462 Other financial Assets R792 295 Other non-current assets R38 394 Current Assets Inventories R76 908 Trade & non-trade Receivables R670 905 Other financial Assets R5 376 174 Operating Lease Assets R115 Prepayments R42 472 Cash & Cash Equivalents R3 478 880	R76 908 R670 905 R5 376 174 R3 478 880	R115 R42 472
USAASA	USAASA Cash and cash equivalents R104 538 005.55 USAF Cash and cash equivalent R1 867 015 077.72
zaDNA	Current Assets ABSA Cheque Acc R838 338.08 ABSA ADR Acc R184 012 .25 ABSA Credit Card (R201 100.77) Non-Current Assets Cost Valuation Furniture and fixtures R231 674 Motor Vehicle R422 425 Office Equipment R35 886 IT Equipment R361 153 Computer Software R14 270 Cellphone Equipment R5 702
SITA	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Nemisa	None	None	None	None	None

(bb) Unlisted Investments

Entity	(bbb) Indirect Held	0-3 months	3-6 months	6-12 months	Beyond 12 months
Sentech	Sanlam Collective Investments Alternative Income Fund R424 969 126	R424 969 126
SAPO	None	None	None	None	None
USAASA	None	None	None	None	None
ZADNA	None	None	None	None	None
SITA	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Nemisa	None	None	None	None	None

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:

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:

a) 

(i) Tigers are alien in South Africa and are kept for among others zoological and breeding purposes. Tigers are not regulated in terms National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act (Act No. 10 of 2004) or Threatened & Protected Species Regulations(TOPS). The national Department of Environmental Affairs , therefore, does not keep statistics on numbers of registered breeders, tigers in captivity, and hunting in South Africa as it is done with the key indigenous big mammals (Rhino, Elephants) as well as other big cats (Lions and Leopards). Provincial Authorities may have statistics on a number of registered captive facilities and hunting as such may be regulated through respective provincial legislation.

(ii) the question has been answered in paragraph (a)(i) above;

(iii) the question has been answered in paragraph (a)(i) above;

(b) The question has been answered in paragraph (a)(i) above.

 

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Reply:

The current database cannot give the breakdown of such information however it reflect that the majority of the companies are black owned.

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:

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:

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:

(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:

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) 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. 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. 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)(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) In terms of the Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001 there is no statutory obligation by the private security industry to report any injuries or fatalities of security officers to PSiRA. However, all security businesses must be lawfully registered with the office of the Compensation Commissioner and report any workplace accidents to the Compensation Commissioner in terms of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Act, 1997 (Act No. 61 of 1997) and the circumstances relating to the injury, illness or death of an employee.

In view of the fact that security businesses are not required to report the above information to PSiRA, the security regulator liaises with the office of the Compensation Commissioner to obtain said information. The Compensation Commissioner’s gave the following information of workplace accidents within the private security industry from 1 April 2016 to 28 February 2017:

1.1 Injuries on duty - 5 705; and

1.2 Fatalities on duty - 14

In addition to the above, the PSiRA also liaises with the Private Security Sector Provident Fund (PSSPF), established in terms of Sectoral Determination 6 by the Minister of Labour. The PSSPF provides for, inter alia, retirement benefits, death benefits and permanent disability cover for security service providers in the guarding sector. Whilst the PSSPF is not in a position to differentiate between death and disability in or outside of the workplace, the following statistics in respect of claims received from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 were provided in respect of security officers:

1.1 Death claims - 1 213

1.2 Disability claims - 270

In view of the challenges in obtaining statistical information in respect of the foregoing and PSiRA’s reliance on the office of the Compensation Commissioner to provide said information, the Authority is in the process to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Labour. This agreement will include the sharing of information on injuries and fatalities of security officers on duty.

(b) Compensation for injuries on duty is provided for in terms of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Act, 1997 (Act No. 61 of 1997) and depends on the nature of the injury. The Private Security Sector Provident Fund established in terms of Sectoral Determination 6 by the Minister of Labour, also provides for death benefits and permanent disability cover for security service providers in the guarding sector. The benefits includes, inter alia, life cover for a member and spouse up to R30 000-00 as well as life cover for the member’s children.

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:

(a) The PSiRA and SAPS Central Firearm Registry previously embarked on an audit of the Firearm Registry’s database in respect of security businesses. This audit focused on the different categories or classes of security service providers where the use of firearms are more prevalent, such as the general guarding sector, assets in transit services, reaction services, close protection and the anti-poaching sector.

Whilst PSiRA plays a role in assisting with the control of firearms within the industry, the ultimate control responsibility lies with the office of the Central Firearms Register (CFR) of the South African Police Service (SAPS) who is responsible for not only considering firearm license applications, but also monitoring compliance in terms of the Firearms Control Act.

The scope of the audit primarily focused on identifying the security business from the 8 345 institutions licensed for firearms by the Central Firearms Register. From the audit conducted, PSiRA identified 3 340 security businesses licensed for firearms. Although the audit did have some limitations, it revealed that of the 122 788 firearms that were licensed to the 8 345 institutions, 101 612 (83 %) thereof were licensed to the private security industry.

Firearm control within the private security industry is high on the agenda of both PSiRA and SAPS. Following on from a Memorandum of Agreement signed between the two entities, a firearms sub-committee has been established to improve firearm control within the industry. The sub-committee is currently implementing the following:

• Database integration and access to both entities;
• Enhancing the institution database to include coding for all security businesses licensed for firearms in order to extract the details of these businesses more accurately and timeously;
• Sharing of information between the two entities and reporting any changes in relation to registration statuses, addresses, investigations, etc. of security businesses by either entities; and
• Joint inspections and operations.

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:

(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:

(1)(a) Four members per shift, for five sectors.

(1)(b) Two vehicles per shift, for five sectors.

(2)(a) Two members per shift, per sector.

(2)(b) One vehicle per sector, for five sectors.

(3)(a)(i) Short-fall officers – six

(3)(a)(ii) Vehicles – three

(3)(b) Members will be allocated upon receipt of the 2017/18 new recruits. The station has currently four vehicles in the garage, no new allocations will be made for this financial year.

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:

PSiRA is involved in a number of operations with different stakeholders, including the SAPS. These operations are initiated by PSiRA or at times, the SAPS. The focus of these operations is on compliance in terms of the PSIR Act which includes the deployment of registered and trained security officers, illegal immigrants and compliance with the Firearms Control Act. During the 2016/2017 financial year, 26 PSiRA/SAPS operations were held that resulted in the arrest of 390 security officers. Of these 390 security officers, 387 were arrested for not being legally registered with PSiRA.

In addition to PSiRA inspections and investigations conducted, certain areas of non-compliance by the private security industry also warrant criminal prosecution and this forms part of the PSiRA’s enforcement strategy.

Investigations are conducted to detect unregistered security service providers as well as other criminal contraventions of the Act for the purposes of opening criminal cases against them with the South African Police Service.

During the 2016/2017 financial year, a total of 855 criminal cases were opened by inspectors of the Authority compared to 686 cases during the 2015/2016 financial year.

As at 31 March 2017, a total of 2 243 criminal cases were pending with the South African Police Services countrywide against security service providers where PSiRA opened the cases for contraventions of the PSiR Act and regulations.

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) According to PSiRA’s records as at end August 2017, there are just under 500 000 registered active employee security officers deployed by over 9 000 registered and active security businesses. These security businesses and employee security officers represent all the different categories or classes of security service providers as defined in the Private Security Industry Regulation Act, with the majority, falling within what is generally described as the guarding sector.

The geographic breakdown of the private security industry was at August 2017 as follows:

Registered and active security businesses per province:

• Gauteng - 3 789
• Eastern Cape - 707
• Western Cape - 1 019
• Limpopo - 827
• N/West Prov. - 367
• Free State - 217
• N/Cape - 141
• KZN - 1 444
• Mpumalanga - 533

Total - 9 044

Registered and active security officers per province:

• Gauteng - 194 358
• Eastern Cape - 42 996
• Western Cape - 54 900
• Limpopo - 37 438
• N/West Prov. - 26 756
• Free State - 16 233
• N/Cape - 4 706
• KZN - 87 335
• Mpumalanga - 34 774

Total - 499 496

(b)(i) All security businesses are required to report to PSiRA, in terms of the Private Security Industry Regulation, 2002 the details of any security officer employed or deployed within 10 days. PSiRA therefore keeps records of all security officers employed and reported by the 9 044 registered and active security businesses. Details of each business as well as the details of the security officers in its employ can be provided.

(b)(ii) The positions each of the security officers hold within the security business are not known to PSiRA and it is also not a requirement for businesses to report information of this nature to PSiRA. The regulator does however record the details of the owners/partners/members/directors, etc. of security business on an electronic database or register of security service providers

Reply:

I have been informed by the Department as follows:

1. Yes, please see attached Annex A.

(2) Yes, the Minister was accompanied by guests to Kigali, Rwanda from 10 – 12 May 2017 as well as Estonia 28 -30 May 2017 as well as Hangzhou, China from 26 – 29 July 2017.

(a) Names provided in Annex A.

(b) No relations to the delegation.

(c) Details provided in Annex A

(d) No cost to the Department.

(3) The Department did not cover any costs for the representatives. The guest’s costs were covered by their respective organisation.

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:

I have been informed by the Department as follows:

1. The deadline to conclude the study has been met; however, CSIR is in the process of finalising the report.

(a) The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) represented by Ericsson Huawei and Nokia; Chipset Integrators, represented by Intel and Qualcomm; Operator’s Forum represented by Cell C, MTN, Liquid Telecom (formerly Neotel), Rain (formerly iBurst/WBS), Vodacom, and Telkom and Internet Service Providers.

(b) The main outcomes will be specified in the final report.

2. None of the organisations or companies approached by CSIR declined to participate.

3. No organisations or companies approached by CSIR withdrew their participation.

Reply:

1. The Elsburg Police Station has three sectors.

(2)(a) The police station has 81 visible policing members.

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

(2)(b)(ii) One vehicle has been allocated to the Community Service Centre.

(2)(b)(iii) One vehicle is utilised for other policing functions.

(3)(a)(i) According to the fixed establishment, the Elsburg Police Station has a surplus of 12 members within the visible policing environment.

(3)(a)(ii) The Elsburg Police Station does not have a shortage of vehicles.

(3)(b) The Elsburg Police Station has a surplus of 12 members, within the visible policing environment. By the end of October, one vehicle will be provided to the Elsburg Police Station.

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) 

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 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:

a) Since the approval of the reservist policy, by the former Minister of Police in 2012, the implementation of the new reservist policy is still in progress. The approved policy for reservists does not cater only for farming or rural areas but it was developed to cover ALL the provinces of South Africa and to manage the command and control of reservists at police stations.

b) The total number of reservists who have been enlisted in terms of the policy:

PROVINCE	ACTIVE RESERVISTS
Gauteng	3 182
Western Cape	1 649
Eastern Cape	1 191
KwaZulu-Natal	572
Free State	844
Mpumalanga	1 226
North West	934
Northern Cape	815
Limpopo	1 584
TOTAL	11 997

c) The response with regards to the total number of newly enlisted reservists that were employed from the farming and/or rural areas of the country, will be submitted in due course.

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. 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 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) The purpose of the Private Security Industry Regulation Act 56 of 2001 is to provide for the regulation of the private security industry. The purpose of the PSiR Act is to establish a regulatory Authority and to provide for matters connected with the regulation of the industry.

The primary object of PSiRA is to regulate the private security industry and to exercise effective control over the practice of the occupation of security service providers in the public and national interest and the interest of the private security industry itself.

Basic to the regulation of the security industry is the requirement that all those who fall within the definition of “security service provider” and who propose to render a “security service”, must comply with registration procedures and be registered before becoming active in the industry. The PSiR Act therefore set reasonable and appropriate registration requirements that must be satisfied by applicant security businesses, their owners as well as all security officers. The basic object of these registration requirements is to achieve a trustworthy, legitimate and competent private security industry which has the effect that not all applicants will be able to secure legitimate entry to the industry and that the admission to or exclusion from the industry is based on proper grounds.

One of the registration requirements is that a person may not have been convicted of a criminal offence as highlighted in a Schedule to the PSiR Act. Any person convicted of a Scheduled offence will be disqualified from registration. In addition, a person found guilty of a Scheduled offence after registration as a security service provider, registration may be withdrawn by the PSiRA. The PSiR Act therefore provides for screening of all persons prior to registration in order to eliminate undesirable individuals from entering the industry in the first place. Part of this screening also includes an official clearance certificate for any ex-members of any official military, security, police or intelligence force or service (in or outside the Republic) to determine whether the applicant is fit and proper.

In addition, the conduct of the private security industry is also regulated in terms of a statutory Code of Conduct for Security Service Providers, 2003, made in terms of section 28 of the Act. This Code provides for rules and obligations a security service provider has towards the state security agencies, the public, clients, etc. Any contravention of the Code constitute improper conduct and a security service provider convicted, are subject to a variety of penalties or sanctions which includes withdrawal of registration as a security service provider or a fine of up to R1 million per count.

The PSiRA has not convicted any security service provider for human rights violations during apartheid but have generally prosecuted security service providers for human rights offences conducted in the course of their deployment as security officers. This is particularly in cases where security officers abuses their powers and the use of disproportioned force.

(b) As far as violations in other countries are concerned, and although the PSiR Act do have extraterritorial application, there are limitations in the Act. These limitations are being addressed in the Private Security Industry Amendment Act, which is currently with the President for promulgation