Questions and Replies

Reply:

(a)(b) The information that is requested is not readily available, as each case must be verified. A request is hereby made for an extension to obtain the information. The information will be submitted, as soon as it is available.

 

Reply:

(a)(b)(c) The requested information is reflected in the attached annexure.

Reply:

1. Yes, the South African Police Service (SAPS), considers rhino poaching to be a priority crime, due to the constant escalation of rhino poaching incidents, since 2010.

Wildlife trafficking as a form of transnational organised crime, has a negative impact on the economic development of the country and job creation, including the development of the country’s bio-diverse economy, which incorporates the tourism sector.

Wildlife trafficking is hampering the government’s ability to ensure socio-economic development, as organised crime syndicates and activities have become embedded in communities, across the country.

President Zuma declared rhino poaching to be a national security threat, in 2011. This led to the threat being attended to by the National Joint Operational Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS), which is the operational arm of the Justice Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cluster of Government.

The JOINTS established National and Provincial Priority Committees, in terms of the NATJOINTS Instruction, 3 of 2011. The purpose of this NATJOINTS Instruction, was to sensitise all provinces about this threat and coordinate the response, by establishing and activating National and Provincial Priority Committees to manage, implement and coordinate all joint integrated actions, as well as the efforts to curb rhino poaching and illegal hunting.

In 2012, the NATJOINTS initiated and conducted national interventions in the Kruger National Park, which was and still is affected significantly, by illegal rhino poaching. In support of provincial activities, Cabinet approved the Integrated Strategic Management Approach, to rhino poaching.

In April 2015, rhino poaching was declared a priority crime of the SAPS, by the Minister of Police. The Joint Operation Centre (JOC), was officially launched by President Zuma, in November 2015. It comprises of the following role-players: the SAPS, South African National Parks, the Department of Environmental Affairs, the South African National Defence Force, Ezemvelo, the South African Revenue Services (Customs) and the State Security Agency.

In 2014, the NATJOINTS initiated and developed the draft National Integrated Strategy to Combat Wildlife Trafficking (NISCWT), which is police-led and intelligence informed, with multi-agency support and has the following objectives:

• Improving law enforcement, supported by the whole of government and society, to effectively investigate, prosecute and adjudicate wildlife trafficking, as a form of transnational organised crime;
• Increasing the Government’s ability to detect, prevent and combat wildlife trafficking in South Africa and beyond; and
• Increasing national, regional and international law enforcement collaboration and cooperation in the combating of wildlife trafficking.

A five pillar operational plan was introduced to address the objectives, as contained in the NISCWT, which is currently implemented in the provinces most affected, through Operation Rhino, i.e. Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo. Operation Rhino is a multi-disciplinary, integrated operation, which is coordinated from the Mission Area Joint Operations Centre (MAJOC), in Skukuza, and comprises of three Tactical Joint Operations Centres (TacJOC`s), in Acornhoek, Hluhluwe and Phalaborwa, to address the five pillar operational plan.

The following is a breakdown of the five pillar operational plan:

Pillar 1: Intelligence gathering, coordination and analysis:

• • This pillar is about information collection, analysis and coordination; and
  • Intelligence structures provide intelligence for prevention, investigation and prosecution of wildlife trafficking-related crimes, within our borders, across our borders and internationally.

Pillar 2: Proactive approach:

• • This involves the maximum deployment of rangers and visible policing officers inside and outside various parks; and
  • The implementation of various community initiatives and programmes around mission areas neighbouring parks or game reserves.

Pillar 3: Combat approach:

• • This pillar includes the conducting Vehicle Control Points (VCP), road blocks, way-lays and observations at strategic points. Intelligence-driven operations, suspect tracing, airborne support and a Canine Unit search and detection capability. A document on the NISCWT was drafted and presented to the JCPS Cluster, for approval.

Pillar 4: Reactive through detection:

• • This comprises an investigative approach, which is focused on integrated crime scene management and specialised investigators, who are addressing local, national and transnational rhino-related organised crime and working with dedicated prosecutors.

Pillar 5: Communication and liaison:

• • Pillar five includes publication through the media on successes including convictions;
  • Continuous sensitising of communities, regarding the security aspects/dangers of illegal poaching;
  • Engagement with various countries, in relation to rhino DNA sampling (e.g. Mozambique, Vietnam, Czech Republic); and
  • Ongoing collaboration with Interpol with regard to operations and crime working groups, on environmental crimes.

(2)(a) The response by the SAPS, together with other role-players, was to deploy the following resources:

(2)(a)(i)(aa)

2014
SAPS Disciplines	Deployment Number
Special Task Force	40
National Intervention Unit	15
Operational Support	04
Air Support	04
TOTAL/AVERAGE DEPLOYMENT	63

(2)(a)(i)(bb)

2015
SAPS Disciplines	Deployment Number
Special Task Force	73
National Intervention Unit	202
Tactical Response Team	25
Tracing Team	21
Forensic Services	13
Operational Support	57
Crime Intelligence Gatherer	48
Air Support	12
Canine Unit	31
Detectives	26
Analysts	20
TOTAL/AVERAGE DEPLOYMENT	528

(2)(a)(i)(cc)

2016
SAPS Disciplines	Deployment Number
Special Task Force	31
National Intervention Unit	406
Tactical Response Team	183
Detective Services	119
Forensic Services	89
Operational Support	138
Crime Intelligence Gatherer	120
Analysts	78
Canine Unit	82
Tracking Team	03
TOTAL/AVERAGE DEPLOYMENT	1 249

(2)(a)(ii)

Since 1 January 2017
SAPS Disciplines	Deployment Number
National Intervention Unit	160
Tactical Response Team	98
Detective Services	81
Forensic Services	47
Operational Support	64
Crime Intelligence Gatherer	62
Analysts	23
Canine Unit	67
TOTAL/AVERAGE DEPLOYMENT	602

(2)(b)

Number of arrests
Year	Cases	Arrests
2014	565	108
2015	929	169
2016	1 070	530
1 January to July 2017	465	249
TOTAL/AVERAGE DEPLOYMENT	3 029	1 056

(3) There are 90 Stock Theft and Endangered Species Units and 22 satellite units, which are responsible for the investigation of all cases, which are related to endangered species, including rhino poaching and related crimes.

(3)(a) These units are situated as follows:

Province	Number of units	Number of satellite units
Eastern Cape	22	8
Free State	11	1
Gauteng	2	0
KwaZulu-Natal	16	3
Limpopo	8	8
Mpumalanga	11	1
North West	7	1
Northern Cape	7	0
Western Cape	6	0
TOTAL	90	22

(3)(b) No further relevant details, in this regard.

Reply:

1. The Division: Protection and Security Services, is not at liberty to disclose detailed security information pertaining to the President and Deputy President. Therefore, the response below covers the total deployment for those financial years.

(1)(a)(b)(i)(aa) 1 066.

(1)(a)(b)(i)(bb) 1 131.

(1)(a)(b)(i)(cc) 1 162.

(1)(a)(b)(i)(dd) 1 369.

(1)(a)(b)(ii) 1 388.

(2) The Presidential Protection Service is not under the subprogramme of Protection and Security Services. In terms of the organisational structure, both are under programme five.

Reply:

(a) No

(b)NDA- No

(a) Department/Entity	(i) Name of transaction advisor	(ii) Tenders	(aaa) Pricing	(iv Amount
DSD	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
NDA	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable

(bb) Yes, SASSA appointed transactional advisors (Tender 01/11/BS) during the preparatory phase for the procurement of a service provider for the distribution of social grants throughout the country. Some aspect of the procurement process were highly technical and required specific expertise in areas such as information and communication technology, legal, finance and human resources related matters. The information related to this matter is contained in the SASSA’s annual report for the financial year in question.

Reply:

Promotions in the South African Police Service (SAPS) are regulated by the SAPS Employment Regulations, 2008, in exceptional circumstances and under normal circumstances by the Promotion and Grade Progression Policy of the SAPS, as per Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Council Agreement, 3 of 2011. The criteria and factors taken into account when deciding on rank promotions in the SAPS, are as follows:

a) Criteria:

In terms of Regulation 45(9) of the SAPS Employment Regulations, 2008 the National Commissioner may promote an employee into a post without advertising the post and without following the selection process, if the National Commissioner is satisfied that the employee qualifies, in all respects for the post. There are exceptional circumstances that warrant a deviation from the said subregulation if such a deviation is in the interest of the SAPS and if the National Commissioner recorded the reasons for the deviation, in writing. The Promotion and Grade Progression Policy of the SAPS provides as follows:

REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADE PROGRESSION

Constable to Sergeant A minimum of seven years service as member of the SAPS (Including periods of training on contract as trainee, periods of apprenticeship or learnership).

From Sergeant to Warrant Officer A minimum of seven years uninterrupted service in the rank of Sergeant.

From Warrant Officer Band B1 to Warrant Officer Band B2 A minimum of one year uninterrupted service in the Service on Band B1 and on notch five of Band B1 or a higher notch.

REQUIREMENTS FOR POST PROMOTION

From Constable to Sergeant At least an NQF 6 qualification and a minimum of two years uninterrupted service on the level of a Constable (including periods of training on contract as trainee, periods of apprenticeship or learnership); OR At least a minimum of four years uninterrupted service on the level of a Constable (including periods of training on contract as trainee, periods of apprenticeship or learnership).

From Sergeant to Warrant Officer At least an NQF 6 qualification and a minimum of two years uninterrupted service on the level of a Sergeant; OR At least a minimum of four years uninterrupted service on the level of a Sergeant.

From Warrant Officer to Lieutenant At least an NQF 6 qualification and a minimum of two years uninterrupted service on the level of a Warrant Officer; OR At least an NQF 4 qualification and a minimum of four years uninterrupted service on the level of a Warrant Officer.

From Captain to Lieutenant Colonel At least an NQF 6 qualification and a minimum of two years uninterrupted service on the level of a Captain; OR At least an NQF 4 qualification and a minimum of four years uninterrupted service on the level of a Captain.

From Lieutenant Colonel to Colonel At least an NQF 6 qualification and a minimum of two years uninterrupted service on the level of a Lieutenant Colonel; OR At least an NQF 4 qualification and a minimum of four years uninterrupted service on the level of a Lieutenant Colonel.

b) Factors:

Grade Progression is based on the following principles:

• Availability of Funds;
• Recognition of Performance;
• Years of service on a Salary Level or Rank;
• Suitability; and
• Subject to the provisions above, the grade progression of members, who qualify for grade progression, must be effected within that financial year.

Post Promotions are based on the following principles:

• Availability of vacant funded posts; and
• Advertisement and selection process.

The selection of a candidate must be based on the candidate’s:

• Competence based on the inherent requirements of the job or the capacity to acquire, within a reasonable time, the ability to do the job;
• Prior learning, training and development;
• Experience gained in the field of the post;
• Compliance with representivity at the level that is applicable to the post (in terms of the guidelines provided by the office of the National Commissioner or the Employment Equity Plan of the relevant business unit);
• Record of pending criminal or disciplinary investigations, previous criminal convictions or valid disciplinary findings of misconduct against him or her; and
• Health, if good health is an inherent requirement of the post.
• Satisfactory performance (evidence of at least satisfactory performance);
• Years of service on a salary level or rank;
• Suitability; and
• The National Commissioner is under no obligation to fill an advertised post.

Notwithstanding the above, the National Commissioner may, for the purposes of improving effectiveness, service delivery or representivity, waive any requirement(s) for promotion, as set out in the Policy, in respect of any employee and promote such employee if he or she is satisfied that the employee is suitable for promotion.

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 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:

The Department received the question, reviewed its contents against its mandate and has determined that the most appropriate respondent should be Eskom through the Department of Public Enterprises.

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)(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:

Due to the secrecy provisions contained in Section 69 of the Tax Administration Act No. 28 of 2011, The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is prohibited from disclosing any taxpayer information (including whether or not a taxpayer is subject to an investigation) to any person other than a SARS official.

SARS treats the tax affairs of all parliamentarians in exactly the same manner as all other taxpayers in accordance with the compliance model. This model is premised on three components to encourage tax compliance: Education, Service and Enforcement.

Reply:

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

The information is reflected in the attached annexure.

 

Reply:

a)  The Rail Transport Branch and PRASA as an implementing agency, is currently responsible for the Moloto Rail Development Corridor Project.

b) (i) The Moloto Rail Development Project is currently not funded. The Department submitted an application for funding to National Treasuary.

(b) (ii) Refer (b) (i)

(c) Refer to (b) (i)

(d) (i) (Refer to (b) (i)

(e) Refer to (b) (i)

(f) Refer to (b) (i)

(g)Refer to (b) (i)

(h) Refer to (b) (i)

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 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:

The DPCI Judge has been appointed

Reply:

698 226 hectares

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 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:

(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:

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:

Black smallholder farmers refer to African, Coloured and Indian smallholder farmers who are natural persons and:

1. “Are citizens of the Republic of South Africa by birth or descent; or
2. Are citizens of the Republic of South Africa by naturalisation before the commencement date of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act of 1993; or
3. Became citizens of the Republic of South Africa after the commencement date of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act of 1993, but who, had it not been for the Apartheid policy, would have qualified for naturalisation before then.

The definition of “Black people” now includes South African Chinese people as per the Pretoria High Court ruling on the 18th June 2008.”

Therefore, the whole 37% was allocated for black smallholder farmers.

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:

DPCI Judge has been appointed

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) 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:

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:

The leadership of the South African Football Association (SAFA) authorized FIFA to make the payment. The details of the payment are with FIFA who made the payment to the Confederation of North, Central and Caribbean Football Associations (CONCACAF). The documentation related to the decision is not in the purview of the Minister of Sport and Recreation. The Olympic Charter, to which South Africa is a signatory, prohibits governments from interfering in the administration of sports bodies. Government relies on the sports bodies to provide details as and when necessary, on a voluntary basis. South Africa has since requested FIFA, the former leaders of SAFA and the government of the United States of America to share documentation in their possession pointing to any alleged wrongdoing in respect of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Until we receive information stating otherwise, we as the South African Government believe that this was a legitimate transfer of funds to CONCACAF. Those who allege that any of our laws have been broken are encouraged to report such transgressions to the appropriate authorities, including law enforcement agencies.

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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:

Yes, action has been taken.

a) The matter is being dealt with internally. The Acting National Head: Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), has also been requested to conduct an investigation.

b) There are no further, relevant details.

Reply:

(1)(a) No,

(1)(b) No

(2)(a) Not applicable.

(2)(b) Not applicable.

(3) Not applicable.

(4)(a) Not applicable.

(4)(b) Not applicable.

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:

(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:

(a) Trio Crime Task Teams have been established, in Clusters to address Trio Crimes, including farm attacks. The Trio Crime Task Teams are monitored by the Cluster Commander and the Deputy Provincial Commissioner: Crime Detection, in each province.

(b) The South African Police Service (SAPS) has increased police visibility through patrols and continuous engagement with farm owners and residents in rural areas.

The Divisions: Visible Policing and Crime Intelligence, monitor all incidents of violence against persons residing on farms and small holdings, in rural areas, on a daily basis. These incidents, including murder and other serious crimes, which occur on farms and small holdings are analysed and captured on a manual data base. This information is shared as operational information during the Rural Safety Priority Committee meetings, to guide the planning of crime prevention operations, programmes and projects to address root causes or contributing factors to crime, as well as to inform the community of current trends, tendencies and modus operandi of suspects, to enhance awareness.

Weekly incident analysis meetings, involving the Division Visible Policing, the Division: Crime Intelligence and the Crime Registrar, take place to analyse these incidents to determine flash points, particular crime trends, the modus operandi that is employed by criminals and other matters related to rural safety and security.

This operational information forms the basis for presentations to the quarterly National Rural Safety Priority Committee meetings, which is inter alia attended by organised agriculture and farming unions Agriculture South Africa (AGRI SA) and the Transvaal Agriculture Union of South Africa (TAU SA). In the event of an increase in the number of incidents, the relevant Provincial Commissioners are instructed to ensure that preventative measures are implemented with immediate effect.

Stakeholders are encouraged to be a part of these established structures to give constructive advice, regarding the policing of rural communities. These established structures are therefore utilised by stakeholders to enhance cooperation and coordination. The SAPS is committed to addressing all crime-related incidents, in rural areas as a priority.

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:

(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)(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) China (with a transit two-day working stop in Hong Kong).

b) Attending the ministerial workshop on China’s Development Experience for Developing Countries in Beijing, China.

c) 

(i)Names of Officials	(ii) Professional Designations
Mr Mahalingum Govender	Deputy Director-General: Small Harbours
Mr Samuel Thobakgale	Acting Deputy Director-General: Construction Project Management
Ms Sue Mosegomi	Chief Director: Project Management Office
Mr Percy Molefe	Chief Director: International Relations

d) Six (6) days.

e) (i) The cost of the trip for Minister Nhleko and three officials (Mr Govender, Mr Thobakgale and Ms Mosegomi) was fully sponsored by the Government of the Peoples’ Republic of China.

(ii) The total cost for a return flight ticket to China (for Mr Molefe), accommodation and ground transport (for Minister Nhleko and Mr Molefe) in Hong Kong amounted to R183 235.

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:

(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) Yes.

(a) The Minister was invited by the South African Football Association (SAFA) to accompany the national senior men’s football team (Bafana Bafana), as the team was to play in a crucial FIFA World Cup qualifiying match against Cape Verde.

(b) (i) and (ii) The traveling costs for the Minister were borne by SAFA.

(2) The only other cost of the trip was subsistence allowance, which was covered by the Department of Sport and Receation South Africa.

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)(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) 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:

a) The Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services undertook five (5) international trips from 1 January until end of August 2017.

b) The purpose, outcome, duration and cost of each trip is attached as Annex A.

c) The names of the official/s from DTPS who accompanied the Minister is attached herewith in Annex A as well as the costs