Questions and Replies

Reply:

(a) Yes, the department has studied the latest report of the Auditor-General in respect of municipalities.

(b)  The Minister cannot directly take any action before a municipality is given time to do so as prescribed in the Municipal Finance Management Act, Act 56 of 2003 (MFMA). The Minister has, however, initiated the following measures:

 (i)  Introduced an item in the MinMEC meeting’s agenda, whereby the MECs report on how municipalities, in their respective provinces, are performing on the five pillars of Back to Basics (B2B), which if not performed will result into issues in the audit reports.

(ii)  Giving special attention to the fifty (50) municipalities that received disclaimed audit opinion, with particular emphasis on 25 disclaimers in the past five consecutive years.

(iii)  Partnering with the National Treasury to roll out the Financial Management Capacity Maturity Model to understand gaps to ensure support measures are targeted and customised accordingly.

(iv)  Ensure that the competency regulations are complied with.

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available within the Department. We have, however, requested the Province and eThekwini Municipality, to provide the information.

The Honourable Member will be provided with the requested information as soon as it is submitted to us.

Reply:

The new board members will be appointed before the expiry time of the current board members.

Reply:

Hammerhead and Broadnose Sevengill sharks are commercially exploited by fishers. The latter species is targeted by linefishers and are a major source of income for fishing villages in the Western Cape. This species is also targeted by the demersal longline fishery and, therefore, they have a commercial value and need sustainable management rather than prohibiting all catches.

In addition, not all the species/groups listed in the question have “dwindling numbers”. According to KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Bather Protection Programme catch rates, there is evidence for declines of Spotted Raggedtooth sharks, Bull sharks and Scalloped and Great Hammerhead sharks, but increases in Tiger sharks and Smooth Hammerheads. Other studies indicate that for the east coast of South Africa the Spotted Raggedtooth shark population is stable, but generally for the species mentioned there is a lack of suitable data for assessing trends outside of KZN.

Also it should be noted that Hammerhead sharks are now CITES listed, which affects international trade in these species but not local trade. Since 2011, retention of hammerhead sharks by the pelagic longline fishery has been prohibited in the Cape. The demersal longline fishery is prohibited from targeting Bull sharks.

Furthermore, for the first time, marine species are being included in the national Threatened or Protected (ToPS) list. The Tiger shark, Raggedtooth shark and the Scalloped Hammerhead and Great Hammerhead sharks are all among the marine species that are listed on the draft ToPS list that went out for public comment in March 2015.

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Reply:

Extensive discussions have been held with stakeholders in both the government and private sectors.

These include:

National Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs; Rural Development and Land Reform; Environmental Affairs; Economic Development; Public Enterprises; Transport; Water Affairs; Performance Monitoring and Evaluation; Office of the Chief State Law Adviser; the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA); South African Local Government Association (SALGA); Broadband Infraco; Cell C; Dark Fibre Africa; Fibreco; Internet Solutions; Dimension Data; Link Africa; Liquid Telecoms; MTN; Neotel; Sentech; Telkom; Vodacom; Vumatel; Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council; Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Association; Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA); South African Communications Forum (SACF); Wireless Access Providers’ Association (WAPA); Eskom; Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA); South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL); State Information Technology Agency (SITA); Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); Transnet; Cape Town Municipality; Ekurhuleni Municipality; Tshwane Municipality and ATC South Africa.

Following these engagements, the Department of Transport, ICASA, Office of the Chief State Law Adviser and Telkom provided further information in writing. Based on these engagements a discussion paper highlighting the policy issues has been developed and circulated to stakeholders.

The Discussion Paper is also available on the Department’s website. This Discussion Paper has been workshopped with stakeholders on 21 August 2015, the draft Rapid Deployment Policy will be developed based on the input derived therefrom.

Reply:

(a)(i) Yes, an Intervention Team that worked under the supervision of the Administrator did a comprehensive diagnostic work into the difficulties / challenges faced by the South African Post Office (SAPO). The work resulted in a Turn-around plan, which has been approved by Cabinet and proposes a new business model. This Strategic Turnaround plan is being implemented.

(ii) The diagnosis undertaken paid specific attention to the financial difficulties of SAPO and proposed specific interventions to deal with these.

(b) Government is not considering selling either part or the whole of SAPO as the company still has value to offer to the citizens especially those residing in the underservice parts of the country especially the rural areas.

Reply:

1. Response is as follows:

• KILLINGS

This office agrees that a number of people have been killed in Glebelands Hostel, there are 21 people who have been killed in the past 14 months from June 2014 to July 2015.

• POLICE CORRUPTION

No one has come up with any evidence with regard to Police corruption. We encourage anyone with evidence to come with such evidence so that corrupt members will be brought to book.

• SALES OF HOSTEL BEDS

This is the domain of Ethekwini Municipality.

• GANGSTERISM

This office is not aware of any gangsterism at Glebelands Hostel. There was a block chairpersons committee that was existing and later a group opposing block chairpersons was formed. Both of these structures have since been dissolved.

• POLICE COLLUDING WITH HOSTEL THUGS

This office is not aware of any policemen who are colluding with the thugs. Anyone with information is encouraged to come forward with such information.

• POLICE SHARING ROOMS WITH HITMAN

This office is not aware of any police members who share rooms with hitman at the hostel. We are aware that there are SAPS, SANDF and Metro Police members who reside in the hostel.

• DEPARTMENT LEAVING THE SITUATION TO ESCALATE

The SAPS did not leave the situation to escalate. Additional personnel were deployed to the hostel on a 24 hours basis. Different police Units, (POP) Public Order Police, (TRT) Tactical Response Team, Visible Policing, Crime Intelligence and Metro Police Intelligence led Crime Prevention Operations are conducted including Operation Field/ reclaim (where the army was also involved) are conducted at Glebelands Hostel.

The issues of environmental design, such as:-

- Lack of access control,

- No fencing or broken fence in some parts of the Hostel,

- No lighting or insufficient lighting outside the hostel blocks, on the street and in open places and in the passages inside the blocks, and the lack of CCTV cameras,

were identified as some of the crime generators at the Hostel. Ethekwini Municipality have since come on board to address the above mention environmental design issues. An integrated Project Plan was developed. The SAPS, Metro Police, Ethekwini Municipality and the Department of Community Safety and Liaison are working together to implement the plan. There is a noticeable good progress.

2.  The police are doing their best to maintain peace and stability at the hostel and do not favour any faction. The police always perform their duties professionally and impartially.

3. Anyone with information or evidence of any police involvement in corruption is encouraged to come forward with the information so that those police members will be brought to book. At this stage no one has ever come up with any information or evidence.

4.  This certain person was arrested together with (2) two other persons on Umlazi Cas 638/4/214, Attempted Murder. They appeared at Umlazi Court on 2015-07-07 and he was acquitted.

  The remaining co-accused appeared at Umlazi Court on 2015-08-03; they were found not guilty and were discharged. He (the said person) is not directly implicated in any of the other reported cases at this stage. His rooms have also been raided for firearms several times with negative results.

 

 

Signed MAJOR GENERAL

ACTING DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: VISIBLE POLICING

MM MOTLHALA

Date: 4 August 2015

Reply to question 2785 recommended

Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: POLICING

KJ SITOLE (SOE)

Date: 4 August 2015

Agree with reply to question 2785

Signed GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

MV PHIYEGA

Date: 5 August 2015

Reply to question 2785 approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date:

Reply:

The information in question is confidential and cannot be provided.

Reply:

1. Yes. SAPS have, for example, measures in place to handle all persons in custody of the Service. The aforesaid is governed by various Standing Orders instructing the elimination of any type of prejudice towards all the categories of persons in police custody, including undocumented foreign nationals. Standing Order (G) 341 deals with the arrest and the treatment of an arrested person until such person is handed to the Community Service Centre Commander. The handling of persons in custody of the service from their arrival at the police station is outlined by Standing Order (G) 361 including that undocumented foreign Nationals are not allowed to be detained in the same cell with other persons in custody who committed other crimes.
2. A booklet namely “Immigration and Policing Volume 4” was compiled and produced during 2011 by the SAPS Communication and Liaison Services and Division Visible Policing to sensitize and capacitate police officers regarding various contexts when police officers may interact with foreign nationals.

Senior management of SAPS has already received the booklets and will ensure the distribution thereof to all the members in due course.

3.   The Division Visible Policing has engaged with the Lawyers for Human Rights in order to capacitate the police officers in the policing of foreign nationals. It envisaged piloting the training and education to police officers in the problematic provinces first before rolling it out to the rest of the country.

Reply:

(a) The Department of Small Business Development did not spend any amount on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun since its inception.

(b) The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa)

Sefa did not spend any amount on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun in the (aa) 2012-13 financial year.

Sefa spent R45 280 and R48 963 on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun in (bb) 2013-14 financial year respectively.

Sefa did not spend any amount on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun in the (cc) 2014-15 financial year.

(b) The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda)

Seda spent R421 309.80 and R821 370 on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun in the (aa) 2012-13 financial year respectively.

Seda spent R271 351.66 and R194 438.40 on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun in the (bb) 2013-14 financial year respectively.

Seda spent R204 070.60 and R239 260.18 on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun in the (cc) 2014-15 financial year respectively.

Reply:

(1) I have no idea where the Honourable Member gets the figure that he is quoting as according to the records at my disposal, a total of 14 634 work seekers were placed as at the end of June 2015.

(2) Not relevant

Reply:

 

(a) In terms of infrastructure, Full Service Schools have to be provided with facilities that will enable learners with disabilities unhindered access, such as ramps and hand rails and disabled ablution facilities.

(b)  Provincial and District officials have been trained on the Guidelines for Full Service Schools and on Curriculum Differentiation. All School-Based Support teams at Full Service Schools have been trained on the Guidelines for Full Service Schools. Teachers at Full Service Schools have been trained on the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) and on Curriculum Differentiation. Provincial officials have been trained on the implementation of the Policy on Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (SIAS).

(c)  Full service schools receive norms and standard budgets from which they purchase learning and teaching support material. The Department prints and delivers braille workbooks for learners in schools for the visually impaired.

(d) The post provisioning norms policy provides for the relevant weighting of the number of teachers needed according the nature of disability of each learner with disability. Districts are required to provide necessary support to the schools including ensuring that appropriately qualified teachers are appointed in post at full service schools to cater for learners with disabilities.

Reply:

I have no plans to set up a forum of the nature suggested by the Hon Member. Matters relating to supply of skilled labour in the country are dealt with in the National Skills Authority established in terms of the Skills Development Act and the Human Resources Development Council and chaired by the Deputy President.

Reply:

(a)   The National Commissioner approved a re-enlistment process of former members for the 2015/2016 financial year to address the service terminations experienced by the South African Police Service. This is an exercise specific for this financial year only and whether it goes on until 2019 cannot be determined at this stage. The posts for re-enlistment were externally advertised during June 2015 and a total of 3187 applications were received nationally. These applications are currently under consideration and as announced by the National Commissioner only former members with a consistent track record of good performance, disciplinary and attendance record will be re-enlisted. Furthermore former members must have no criminal record and/or criminal cases pending. The number that will be finally recruited/re-enlisted cannot be determined at this stage as they are being subjected to the different standards and criteria for re-enlistment.

(b)   The re-enlistment process of former members will be accommodated in vacant posts in terms of the approved funded fixed establishment of the South African Police Service.

(c)  Re-enlistments will only be considered on the rank of Lieutenant due to budgetary constraints and to allow for the progression of SAPS internal members to higher ranks who are due for promotion.

Reply:

1. The station has conducted one hundred and sixty one (161) operations targeting drug dealers in the 2014/15 financial year as per bellow dates:

2014-05-05, 2014-05-14, 2014-05-15, 2014-05-27, 2014-06-03, 2014-06-12, 2014-06-21, 2014-06-23, 2014-06-24, 2014-07-01, 2014-07-02, 2014-07-21, 2014-08-07, 2014-08-15, 2014-08-18, 2014-09-15, 2014-09-16, 2014-10-27, 2014-12-10, 2014-12-22, 2015-01-12, 2015-01-12, 2015-01-15, 2015-01-17, 2015-01-18, 2015-01-21, 2015-01-23, 2015-01-25, 2015-01-26, 2015-01-30, 2015-02-01, 2015-02-02, 2015-02-07, 2015-02-10, 2015-02-11, 2015-02-14, 2015-02-15, 2015-02-17, 2015-02-18, 2015-02-26, 2015-03-02, 2015-03-06, 2015-03-08, 2015-03-12, 2015-03-14, 2015-03-15, 2015-03-19, 2015-03-22

2.  During the operation there were two thousand one hundred and thirty eight (2138) arrests and one hundred and sixty three (163) persons charged for dealing with drugs.

3.   There were two thousand two hundred and sixty (2260) convictions secured during the operations in respect of drug related crimes.

 

 

Reply:

 

1. The tender contract was awarded to Hauwei through the Gauteng Department of Finance.
2. The funds were from the Gauteng Department of Finance.
3. Please see the above response.

Reply:

1. Department of Basic Education does not meet the full 2% employment equity target set by Government for persons with disabilities. The disability rate within the Department of Basic Education is currently 1.7%.

(2)(a) This is due to retirement and resignations in this category. It has also been found that in some instances officials with disabilities does not want to be categorised as such.

Reply:

(a) and (b) I wish to inform the Honourable Member that the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has limited statistical information in relation to the court cases and resultant convictions made in relation to the violent attacks against foreign nationals in 2008 and 2015. The reason for this is that there is no specific crime category prosecuted or recorded in official data bases relating to “violent xenophobic attacks”. Crimes committed in this regard are therefore normally crimes such as assaults or murders where the victims are foreign nationals. These cases are thus recorded as normal crimes in terms of the SAPS CAS system and the court registers. Limited manual recording of such incidents and cases were dealt with during 2008. During 2015 more detailed capturing of statistics are being done by the South African Police Service and the National Prosecution Authority under auspices of the Justice Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cluster and its NATJOINTS Sub-Committee, and this is reported through the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC: Migration) dealing with Migration issues..

(i) 2008 incidents:

With regard to the 2008 incidents relating to foreign nationals, the department recorded that arrests led to 597 such cases going to court from May 2008. To monitor what happened to these cases, an investigation at the end of October 2009, revealed that 218 of these cases were withdrawn (for various reasons, but in many instances because the witnesses became missing or left the country), 159 of these cases were finalised with a verdict (98 guilty, 61 not guilty), 9 cases were still partly-heard, 75 cases were still to be tried and in 77 cases, further investigation was still being finalised, whilst 27 warrants of arrest were also issued. These matters were part of the normal court rolls at that stage and no further specific monitoring records were kept in relation to these matters.

(ii) 2015 incidents:

According to an IMC press release in May 2015, it was indicated that there were eighty-seven (87) cases, eighty-three (83) of which were postponed for further investigation and four (4) that had been finalized. Of this, three cases resulted in convictions and one case was finalized through Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism (mediation).

As at the end of July 2015, the statistics changed as follows: there were a total of a hundred and ten (110) such cases, of which seven (7) had been withdrawn or struck off the roll, six (6) had been finalized and ninety-seven (97) had not yet been finalized. Of the six (6) cases finalized, there were four (4) convictions, one (1) nolle prosequi (decision not to prosecute) and one (1) finalized through Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism (mediation).

It can be noted that the IMC: Immigration on a regular basis briefs the country on these issues through media briefings. A further media briefing indicating progress in dealing with the issues relating to Foreign Nationals, including the cases finalized, will follow soon (on 22 August 2015).

Background information:

In terms of the breakdown of the 2008 incidents, the 597 cases can be disaggregated per crime category (charges) as follows:

Public Violence	112
Housebreaking	107
Attempted robbery/robbery	96
Murder / attempted murder	62
Theft	58
Malicious Damage to Property	36
Assault/ GBH	31
Intimidation	22
Armed robbery	22
House robbery	11
Arson	9
Rape / attempted rape	8
Business robbery	6
Other crimes	17
Total	597

Reply:

On Tuesday 2014-04-28 at about 12:45, at 346 Akkerlaan, Lanquedoc (ACE Shop) there was a fight between a member of the public known as Given Benans and a Somalian shop owner. Given stabbed the shop owner Ahmed Hussen Ahmed in his head where after the shop owner stabbed him back with his own knife.

After this incident, a group of ± 10 people broke the front door and windows and looting the shop and looted a large amount of groceries from the shop.

Given Benans was transported to Stellenbosch hospital by ambulance.

A case of Public Violence was opened as per Groot Drakenstein CAS 134/04/2015 and four suspects were arrested. One of which was later released.

Case was transferred to the Provincial Detectives for investigation and was remanded to 2015/07/30 at the Magistrates Court in Paarl. (Court case no FH269/15).

As far as can be established, this is the only case related to attacks on foreigners in this district.

 

 

 

Signed MAJOR GENERAL

ACTING DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: VISIBLE POLICING

S PIENAAR

Date: 31 July 2015

Reply to question NO3037E recommended

 

Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: POLICING

KJ SITOLE (SOE)

Date: 3 August 2015

Agree with reply to question NO3037E

Signed GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

MV PHIYEGA

Date: 5 August 2015

Reply to question NO3037E approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date:

Reply:

The provisioning of teachers to rural areas is a chronic challenge that the Department is continuously addressing. The difficulty to attract and retain teachers can be attributed to unfavourable living conditions in such areas which includes poor access to certain basic services, facilities and amenities. The challenge becomes more acute when considering scarce skill areas such as mathematics, physical science, and technology (MST).

Over the years, the Department has used various interventions which include the recruitment and retention incentives in the form of the policy on incentives for teachers; the recruitment of foreign educators qualified in MST areas; and to encourage provinces to appoint Funza Lushaka Bursary Scheme graduates in posts at rural schools.

The Department is in the process of reviewing the policy on incentives for teachers to address some of the policy gaps that currently exist. The aim is to ensure that the policy begins to mitigate the unfavourable conditions that make it difficult to attract and retain teachers in rural areas. This will include, in addition to the existing monetary incentives, provisioning of accommodation; transport; and other non-monetary incentives including easier access to professional development opportunities.

Reply:

(1)(a) Yes, the Anti-Corruption Task Team (ACTT) is investigating this case.

(1)(b)(i) Yes.

(1)(b)(ii) Unknown at this stage.

(1)(b)(iii) Unknown at this stage.

(1)(aa) Unknown.

(1)(bb) Unknown.

(1)(cc) Unknown.

(1)(dd) Unknown.

(2) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable

(3) Not applicable

Reply:

1. Six (6) cases of murder have been investigated prior to the Marikana incident. Three (3) of these cases were in court on 4 August 2015 and are remanded to 22 October 2015 for the parties to study the contents of the released report. One (1) other case will be in court on 6 August 2015 and will also be remanded to 22 October 2015. Two (2) other cases are with the Director for Public Prosecutions for decision on Prosecution. There was an agreement between the Investigation Team, the Chairperson of the Farlam Commission and the Evidence Leaders that the investigation of all six cases be placed on hold until the release of the report by the Commission. The investigation of these six cases has now resumed.
2. Yes, progress has been made.

         (a) Not applicable

         (b) Not applicable

(i)  Four cases are on the court roll and two cases are with the Director of Public Prosecution of North West for a decision on prosecution.

(ii)  The investigations conducted thus far, has not produced any evidence of misconduct on the part of any SAPS member, and therefore no departmental action is contemplated at this stage.

Reply:

(1)(2) No. The Government Pensions Administration Agency has confirmed that there has been no alleged loss regarding Bophuthatswana Pension change since the last response on 19 June 2015. As such, there are no engagements or investigations that have taken place.

Reply:

(a) Edenvale CAS 316/08/2010 – The case against the accused was withdrawn in court.

(b) Sergeant MS Selomane.

Reply:

(1) The Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign is managed nationally by the Department of Basic Education. Kha Ri Gude motto is: “Kha Ri Gude - wherever you are” Therefore learning sites are organized by volunteers and classes are therefore held in churches, schools, community halls, garages or homes of volunteers and learners etc. The Department does not pay rental for these venues and hence it is not possible to provide any figures. The budget is utilized mainly for the stipends and learner and volunteer materials and stationery.

(2) (a) (i) (ii) (iii)

The table below represents the actual stipends paid per province for the 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 financial years. Unfortunately the information is not available per district as the project is managed nationally at the Department of Basic Education.

(b) (i) (ii)

The table below represents the estimated costs of stipends per province for the 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years. Unfortunately the information is not available per district as the project is managed nationally at the Department of Basic Education.

Reply:

(1)(a) The information is not available. It was previously dealt with and kept by the Area Commissioners’ offices.

(1)(b) 73 249

(2)(a) 4

(2)(b) 12

(3)(a)

VISPOL	DETECTIVES	SUPPORT
39	20	11

(3)(b)

VISPOL	DETECTIVES	SUPPORT
67	38	31

(4)(a) Not available. The Polfin System can only draw the information from 2003/2004.

(4)(b) R3 506 842

Reply:

(a)  As mentioned in my previous reply, there is already a multi-lateral police cooperation agreement in place which has been in existence for a number of years. Both Mozambique and Zimbabwe are, as pointed out previously, party to this agreement. Under the auspices of this agreement, the South African Police Service, the Mozambican Police and the South African National Parks meet frequently to discuss operational issues and to put in place operational plans in order to jointly combat rhino poaching. This type of cooperation and interaction is also possible, under the auspices of the multi-lateral agreement, with the relevant authorities in any of the countries in the region which are party to the agreement.

(b)  An interim Memorandum of Understanding is therefore not required, as cooperation is already taking place on the basis of the existing multi-lateral agreement and the frequent operational interaction referred to above.

(c)  Through the frequent interaction and consequential operational plans which arise therefrom, the resources required to address the scourge of rhino poaching are determined and sourced from the relevant entities mentioned in paragraph (a) above.

Reply:

(a) Yes,

(b) No,

(c) Yes.

(i)  The purposes of the visits were to share experiences and international best practice in the functional areas of land reform and rural development, as well as skills development for youth in business.

(ii) (aa) Total: R4 019168.25

(bb)

• Visit 1: To the People’s Republic of China from 27 October to 01 November 2014: R263 089.25
• Visit 2 : ( 24 October – 02 November 2014) : 42 member deligation including 10 officials : R1 109 570
• Visit 3 ( 22 March – 06 April 2014 ) 52 member deligation including 11 officials : R1 356 849
• Visit 4 : ( 22 August—07 September 2014 ) 42 -member delegation including 11 officials: R1 289 660

Reply:

1. The Investigation Case Docket Management System (ICDMS) functionality has been implemented at 711 police stations since inception. These figures reflect the status as on 2015-07-30.

The breakdown per Province is as follows:

PROVINCE	TOTAL
Eastern Cape	58
Free State	61
Gauteng	138
KwaZulu-Natal	102
Limpopo	58
Mpumalanga	76
North West	52
Northern Cape	43
Western Cape	123
TOTAL	711

(2)(a) & (b) (i) & (ii) Yes, detective- and intelligence-led investigations are producing the desired results with regard to the increase of quality dockets and the conviction rate.

(2)(aa) The detective-and intelligence-led training programmes introduced to increase the quality of dockets and the conviction rate for 2014/2015 financial year are:

COURSE	TRAINED MEMBERS
DETECTIVE COURSES
IDENTIFICATION OF EXPLOSIVES/EXPLOSIVE DEVICES	283
BASIC FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION PRACTICE	0
HARMFUL OCCULT RELATED CRIME LP	21
FIREARM INVESTIGATION COURSE	13
VEHICLE CRIME INVESTIGATORS COURSE	60
STOCK THEFT LEARNING PROGRAMME	79
PSYCHOLOGICALLY MOTIVATED CRIME REFRESHER WORKSHOP	22
FAMILY VIOLANCE SEXUAL OFFENCES AND CHILD PROTEC	194
INTRODUCTION TO FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS	51
FORENSIC SOCIAL WORK REPORT WRITING	57
RESOLVING OF CRIME SKILLS PROGRAMME 1	1485
STATEMENT TAKING FOR DETECTIVE	219
CYBER FORENSICS FIRST RESPONDER L/P	39
INTRODUCING THE CHILD WITNESS	32
PROCUREMENT FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS	0
COUNTER TERRORISM INVESTIGATORS COURSE	44
SERIOUS AND VIOLENT CRIMES INVESTIGATION	51
SEX OFFENDER IN CHILD ABUSE CASES	0
PSYCHOLOGICALLY MOTIVATED CRIME COURSE	0
EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE OF CHILDREN	0
COMMERCIAL CRIME FOR LEANING PROGRAMME	101
ORGANISED CRIME INVESTIGATORS	45
BASIC CRIME INVESTIGATIVE PRACTICE	841
BASIC FRAUD INVESTIGATORS COURSE	271
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC RELATED CRIME SCENE LP	36
STATEMENT TAKING FROM A CHILD :FORENSIC SOCIAL WORKER	60
CIRCULATION SYSTEM	16
CAS COURSE(F): INVESTIGATION PERSONNEL	694
CAS COURSE(G): INVESTIGATION COMMAND PERSONNEL	54
CIRCULATION COURSE-VEHICLES-PERSONS-GOODS-STOCK	1853
CIRCULATION SYSTEM : ENQUIRY WANTED PERSONS	33
BASIC FORENSIC TOXIC0LOGY FOR INVESTIGATORS	80
NATIONAL PHOTO IMAGE SYSTEM	716
CIRCULATION SYSTEM:ENQUIRIES VEHICLES (CV-PROFILES	528
E-DOCKET	301
PREPARING CHILDREN FOR COURT	67
BASIC CRIME SCENE MANAGEMENT	353
INFORMERS HANDLING COURSE	443
INVESTIGATING INTERVIEWING	286
IDENTITY PARADE	379
POINTING OUT	206
BIODIVERSITY CRIME SPECIALISED TRAINING	30
SAPS 6 AND DOCKET PROGRESS SYSTEM LEARNING PROGRAM	95
SEXUAL OFFENCES COURSE FOR INVESTIGATING OFFICERS	952
DETECTIVE COMMADERS LEARNING PRIGRAMME	352
CRIME INTELLIGENCE COURSES
BASIC VETTING COURSE	15
CI : UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS COURSE	74
COUNTER INTELLIGENCE COURSE	16
TEXTCHART & CHART EXPLORER	10
INKWAZI SYSTEM LEARNING PROGRAMME	331
OPERATIONAL ANALYST COURSE	100
ADVANCE POLIGRAPHY TRAINING	0
BORDER SECURITY CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT - LAND	0
CAS COURSE(N): CRIME INTELLIGENCE OFFICE	0
COMPUTER SECURITY+	0
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM	108
HIGH ANGLE COURSE 1 AND 2	0
IBM i2 IBASE USER TRAINING COURSE	0
INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS MANAGEMENT COURSE	0
IP GRANATE	0
MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS ASSOCIATE (MCSA)	0
MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SYSTEMS ENGINEER (MCSE)	0
RADIO ELECTRONIC TRAINING	0
RADIO INSTALLATION	0
STRATEGIC ANALYST COURSE	0
CIRCULATION COURSE	16
CIRCULATION COURSE-VEHICLE/PERSON/GOODS/STOCK	1853
N+ COMPUTER COURSE	0
A+ COMPUTER COURSE	0
CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK ASSOCIATE (CCNA)	0
SECURITY RISK CRISIS MANAGEMENT	1
CRIME INFORMATION ANALYSIS LEARNING PROGRAM	108
CRIME INTELLIGENCE GATHERING COURSE	312
BASIC SURVEILIANCE ASSISTANT	0
ORGANISED CRIME THREAT ANAYSIS (OCTA)	0
HUMAN INTELLIGENCE TRADECRAFT LEARNING PROGRAMME	19
SURVEILLANCE COURSE	0
ANALYST NOTEBOOK	20
IBASE DATA CAPTURING	0
INTELLISHARE EXPLORER AND CAPTURE	0
ANACAPA	0
IBASE USER COURSE	0

(2)(bb) Comparing the 1st quarter of the 2015/2016 financial year with the 1st quarter of the 2014/2015 financial year, there is a decrease in the not guilty verdicts in court.

Reply:

The Blacktip Shark, Bronze Whaler Shark and Dusky Shark are commercially exploited species in South Africa and are caught in a permitted shark fishery. The management of fishing effort and fishing quotas is a function of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), which undertakes research in support of shark fishery management. DAFF are best suited to provide additional detail on the management objectives for these species.

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South Africa’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are currently used to provide additional protection to exploited fish species, including sharks, either by prohibiting all exploitation of marine resources or restricting some exploitation activities. MPAs cannot be regarded as a primary fishery management tool as the current network covers less than 1% of South Africa’s Exclusive Economic Zone and MPAs are unevenly distributed between the different eco-regions. Additional MPAs are currently being considered through the Operation Phakisa processes and these will contribute to overall increase in the protection of marine biodiversity.

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Reply:

(c)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb)

The information in respect of SAPS officials is attached.

Reply:

The process of reviewing targets, particularly those highlighted by the Portfolio Committee on Police during the budget vote hearings, is currently underway and aligned to the planning processes and dictates that are outlined in the National Treasury Framework for Strategic Plans and Annual Performance Plans. The revised Annual Performance Plan and targets will be submitted to the Committee during the budget vote hearing process.

Reply:

(1) (a) The Minister has not formally met with the Simodisa Company. The Minister only met informally with the company on the margins of another engagement.

(b) The Department of Small Business Development has never had any interaction with the Simodisa Company.

Reply:

South Africa does not support canned lion hunting. The prohibition is provided for through the National Environmental Management Act (Act No 10 of 2014), which is implemented by the Department of Environmental Affairs. We believe that responsible citizenship would also assist in preventing such occurrences. All known cases of canned lion hunting should therefore be reported to the law enforcement agencies. Discussions with the Ministers of Environmental Affairs and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries have not taken place.

Reply:

With regard to the provision of specialised human resources to service special needs schools, the Department of Basic Education is in the process of developing integrated norms for funding, staffing and infrastructure. These norms are aimed at ensuring an equitable distribution of these scarce resources in each district to serve the needs of learners with specialised needs in ordinary, full-service and special schools. The norms will further be in line with the Policy on Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (2014) which acknowledges that learners with high needs who are admitted to special schools should have access to specialist professional support staff such as therapists, psychologists and nurses on a high frequency basis. Proposals are also being developed to introduce a cadre of mid-level workers such as therapy assistants and counsellors to provide services at special schools on a day-to day basis. The Department plans to complete the norms by March 2016 for incremental implementation up to 2019. Priority will be given to special schools in disadvantaged areas that have been under-resourced to date.

Reply:

 

1. Yes, the Department has taken into consideration the needs and challenges of blind learners and learners with poor vision by procuring the latest technology which is user-friendly and audible to support effective learning and teaching in special schools. In addition, the appropriate e-copies of Learning and Teaching Support Materials (LTSM) have also been procured to ensure adequate resources to support learners with special needs. Additional training has been provided to educators to be able to use the provided equipment to the optimal level.
2. Please see the response above.

Reply:

(1)(a)

Province	Number of Schools
EC	60
FS	36
GP	103
KZN	88
LP	51
MP	46
NC	17
NW	51
WC	48
TOTAL	500

 

(1)(b)

EASTERN CAPE

Butterworth	5
Cofimvaba	5
Dutywa	4
East London	2
King Williams Town	3
Lady Frere	2
Libode	5
Lusikisiki	8
Maluti	4
Mbizana	2
Mt Fletcher	4
Mt Frere	1
Mthatha	7
Ngcobo	3
Qumbu	3
Sterkspruit	1
Uitenhage	1

FREE STATE

Motheo	1
Fezile Dabi	4
Harrismith	1
Lejweleputswa	5
Motheo	10
Sasolburg	1
Thabo Mafutsanyana	12
Welkom	1
Xhariep	1

GAUTENG

Ekurhuleni North	7
Ekurhuleni South	5
Ekurhuleni West	6
Gauteng East	5
Gauteng North	2
Gauteng West	7
Jhb Central	7
Jhb East	14
Jhb North	7
Jhb South	2
Jhb West	4
Johannesburg South	1
Johannesburg West	3
Sedibeng East	2
Sedibeng West	7
Tshwane North	8
Tshwane South	13
Tshwane West	3

KWAZULU - NATAL

Amajuba	13
Ilembe	3
Pinetown	10
Sisonke	5
Ugu	7
Umgungundlovu	6
Umkhanyakude	5
Umlazi	15
Umzinyathi	2
Uthukela	2
Uthungulu	10
Zululand	9

LIMPOPO

Capricorn	16
Greater Sekhukhune	6
Mopani	6
Vhembe	20
Waterberg	3

MPUMALANGA

Ehlanzeni	14
Gert Sibande	13
Nkangala	15
Bohlabela	4

NORTHERN CAPE

Francis Baard	6
Siyanda	2
Namaqua	2
Pixley Ka Seme	3
Kgalagadi	4

NORTH WEST

Bojanala	21
Dr. K.Kaunda	10
Dr. R. S. Mompati	9
Ngaka Modiri Molema	11

WESTERN CAPE

Cape Winelands	5
Central	8
East	7
Eden/Karoo	5
North	6
Overberg	2
South	8
West Coast	5

 

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

Since the financial year 2011/12, Provincial Departments of Education (PEDS) have not used the Dinaledi Conditional Grant to fund teacher posts. The employment of supernumerary teachers by Provincial Departments is at the discretion of the PEDs and no provinces have included this output in their business plans since 2011.

(1)(iii) (aa) (bb)

No teacher posts are currently funded by the Mathematics, Science and Technology Grant.

(2)

No teacher posts were funded by the Dinaledi Conditional Grant. Consequently, no posts have been forfeited.

(3)

No teacher posts were funded by the Dinaledi Conditional Grant.

Reply:

The stations that resort under the Paarl Magistrate`s Court jurisdiction do have functioning Community Policing Forum’s, please see below:

STATION__	COMMUNITY POLICING FORUM(CPF) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Paarl	Chairperson: Muis Muller Vice chairperson: Jaco Visser Secretary: Em-Em Zaayman Treasurer: Trevor Harris
Paarl East	Chairperson: James Pedro Vice chairperson: Hendry Matthews Secretary: Frenique Arendse Treasurer: Mr Matthee
Mbekweni	Chairperson: Dumisani Mziki Vicy chairperson: Phindile Maki Secretary: Mpumi Lallie Treasurer: Sindile Msebenzi
Wellington	Chairperson: Hester de Kock Vice chairperson: Danny van Rooyen Secretary: Robert Germishuys Treasurer: Past Eric Bernardo

The Provincial Commissioner’s office in partnership with the Department of Community Safety facilitated the Station Annual General Meetings (AGM) and conducted the Police Needs and Priority Workshop in May 2015. Further, in June 2015, the Expanded Partnership Programme was convened to ensure fully functional Community Police Forums.

Reply:

The policy framework for promoting a holistic and whole-of-society approach to public safety is set out in the 2015 Draft White Paper on Safety and Security. In this regard the objectives of the White Paper on Safety and Security are:

• To provide an overarching policy for an integrated approach to safety and security, and
• To facilitate the creation of a sustainable, well-resourced implementation and oversight mechanism, to co-ordinate, monitor, evaluate and report on implementation of crime prevention priorities across all sectors.

The 2015 Draft White Paper on Safety and Security clearly outlines the location, nature and role of community safety forums. The Civilian Secretariat for Police also works closely with Provinces and Municipalities so ensure that community safety forums are established and are effective. CSFs were established at varying degree across provinces. On average, CSF meetings are held quarterly. Various CSFs undertake different projects in line with mandate(s) of departments participating in CSFs. The Civilian Secretariat for Police is further engaging SALGA on incorporating CSFs into the Councilor Induction Programme.

Reply:

The South African Police Service went through a process of demilitarisation shortly after its establishment in 1994. In the process the previous ranks, which were similar to that of the military had been replaced by demilitarised ranks. The issue about military ranks being reintroduced in the South African Police Service before the present Minister took office, raised concerns about a possible re-militarisation of the South African Police Service. It must be emphasized that the use of military ranks is not the only measure for a professional dedicated police service providing a quality service to members of the public as required by section 205 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. What is much more important is the measure of respect and dedication shown to members of the public through proper service delivery by the police service.

During the tenure of the present Minister of Police, it became clear, through various incidents of police behavior, the extent of civil litigation against the police service as well as findings of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry, that the ideal of a demilitarised police service has not yet been attained. This ideal of such a demilitarised police service is also a clear aim of Government’s National Development Plan. The Department of Police is busy with a new White Paper on Policing and a Review of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995), processes in which the central theme is improvement of service delivery by the police service, including a dedicated process of professionalising the police service. In the process we must ensure the strengthening of issues such as command and control and discipline which are elements of any professional police service in the world. The aim is to address, as a matter of urgency, these issues in order not to simply improve the image of the police, but to ensure the realisation for the police service of its constitutional mandate as set out in section 205, mentioned above. In the process a dedicated attitude of servicing the community and maintaining excellent relations with the community, demanding respect through service delivery and addressing corruption must be nurtured. This had been an ongoing process, which is receiving all the attention it requires.

It is also clear at this stage that our police members on the ground are profusely targeted by criminals and murdered, making it clear that policing also sometimes require the use of force to protect members of the public, and members of the police service. The police service remains a security service which can be expected to protect citizens, to uphold and enforce the laws of the land and to prevent and investigate crime, within the broader parameters of and with respect to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.

Reply:

1. Yes, SAPS is in compliance with its disciplinary code. South African Police Discipline Regulations, 2006 provides that a disciplinary hearing must as far as practically possible, be finalized within sixty (60) calendar days.

(1)(a)(i) A total of 1113 were charged for misconduct during 01 April 2015 to 30 June 2015;

 

(1)(a)(ii) 861 were finalized within 60 calendar days;

 

(1)(b)(i) 138 exceeded 60 calendar days

(1)(b)(ii)(aa) between 1 to 30 days = 93 cases

(1)(b)(ii)(bb) between 1 month to 12 months = 42 cases

(1)(b)(ii)(cc) between 1 year to 2 years = 3 cases

(1)(c) 1028 received salary

(2)(a) 196 were outstanding during the reporting period

(2)(b) The following reasons amongst others contribute the delay in finalising the cases:

• Complexity of the case;
• Unavailability of witnesses, legal representatives, etc

(2)(c) R303 687,25

(2)(d) The Department of Public Service and Administration has been engaged by the SAPS to assist to deal with the backlog of pending cases on precautionary suspensions. The Disciplinary Trial Units are being established to deal with backlog and complicated cases.

 

 

Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

L NTSHIEA

Date: 4 August 2015

Reply to question NW3042E recommended

Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: CORPORATE SERVICE MANAGEMENT

CN MBEKELA

Date: 4 August 2015

Reply to question NW3042E recommended

Signed GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

MV PHIYEGA

Date: 5 August 2015

Reply to question NW3042E approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date:

Reply:

The Department of Environmental Affairs does not undertake research in order to set sustainable quotas for sharks but does undertake some research on specific aspects of shark ecology which includes tagging sharks to describe the extent of the distribution ranges.

The estimated annual catches of these species as documented by research of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries are given as: Blacktip 1-10 tons, Dusky 11-100 tons, Bronze Whaler 101-200 tons. The sum of the upper ranges of these estimates is 310 tons, short of 500 tons. The setting of fishing quotas is the function of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries which undertakes research in support of shark fishery management.

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Reply:

The South African Police Service conducted the following awareness campaigns with regards to the Domestic Violence Act in the Paarl Magistrate`s Court jurisdiction areas from January 2015 – May 2015:

• Information sessions

• Door to door visits at complainants of domestic violence cases to give support to the families.

• Visits to farms

• Visits to schools

 

 

Signed MAJOR GENERAL

ACTING DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: VISIBLE POLICING

MM MOTLHALA

Date: 3 August 2015

Reply to question NW3040E recommended

 

Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: POLICING

KJ SITOLE (SOE)

Date: 3 August 2015

Agree with reply to question NW3040E

Signed GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

MV PHIYEGA

Date: 5 August 2015

Reply to question NW3040E approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date:

Reply:

(a) (i)The television show is a communication platform between the SAPS and the communities. This platform has enabled the SAPS to engage, and most importantly, educate South Africans on the relevance of the SAPS in their day to day life, which will ultimately improve their understanding. Using this show, we are able to answer questions such as “what is the role of the SAPS in a democratic and developing state” and also in addressing the crime situation facing all South Africans. The programme produces crime awareness campaigns with the purpose of eliciting maximum response from the members of the general public, in order to assist the SAPS with its investigations of criminal activities. When Duty Calls gives visual support to the communication objectives of the police through the episodes produced on;

• crime patterns,
• serious and violent incidents crimes,
• Crime prevention hints,
• profiling the most wanted suspects and missing persons,
• feedback to the public on current investigations, investigative successes,
• as well as highlighting the various units and components of the SAPS- how they operate and how the general public can access their services.

(ii) Through the various segments within the programme, we have been able to communicate some much welcomed successes of the work done by ordinary members of the SAPS. The viewing audiences normally appreciate the feedback they receive each week when watching the programme. The police fight crime every minute, they are arresting suspects every day, and only a small fraction makes headline news. When Duty Calls serves as that additional platform to document the less talked about stories and arrests. Its effectiveness is also measured on the feedback we receive from the viewers (the general public) each week, on the arrests the Police make on a daily basis, but also on the citizens appreciating the often thankless job that the men and women in blue do each and every day. Through the When Duty Calls programme, we have also been able to get tip-off’s from the viewers on the whereabouts of the numerous wanted suspects, sometimes leading to the arrests and/or convictions of said individuals. Another way of measuring the programme’s effectiveness is the percentage share of the audience ratings that we continue to meet every week, based on the number of viewers watching TV during the time slot.

(b) When the television show was incepted in 2000, there was an agreement with the state broadcaster, SABC, that the South African Police Service shall provide the show’s content while the SABC will provide airtime at no cost to the SAPS.

The SAPS is not carrying any costs for the broadcasting of the show on SABC 2 but is responsible for the production of the show at its own studios.

Production costs are borne by the SAPS through the employment of permanent production staff consisting of professionals including an Executive Producer, Content Producers, Scriptwriters, Researchers, Video Editors as well as Camera Operators.

The SAPS supplies 48 programmes per year to the SABC.

The programme has repeats on Soweto TV, Bay TV, and KZN TV at no cost.

Reply:

The Domestic Tourism Management Branch invites Traditional Councils and Leaders to participate in the Capacity Building Seminars of the Department. These seminars are aimed at ensuring that relevant stakeholders at local level have the capacity to contribute to the growth of tourism in their communities, as well as benefiting small businesses, Non-Profit Organisations and cooperatives. Traditional leaders from most of the 27 Rural Nodes have participated.

Some of the Social Responsibility Implementation Projects have targeted areas under the jurisdiction of traditional leaders, who play a vital role in facilitating community participation and beneficiation.

Reply:

With reference to her reply to question 940 on 14 April 2015, in which she stated that Afrikaans and SeSotho have been classified as scarce subjects at all levels in the Eastern Cape, what are the relevant details and time frames of actions that she has taken to rectify this situation?

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is working with the Eastern Cape Provincial Education Department (ECPED) to identify critical vacancies in the province through regular meetings with relevant officials. Afrikaans and SeSotho vacancies where they exist are also included in the list of critical vacancies. The DBE met with the ECPED on 05 August 2015 to adopt a plan to address the critical shortages in the province. All Districts were requested to identify, profile, and submit their vacancies to the Head Office. 577 vacancies had been identified. The Chief Financial Officer had also signed-off the list of the vacancies for the purpose of issuing a bulletin for immediate filling of the posts so that the process of filling those vacancies can ensue immediately. Once the bulletin is issued, it is expected that the identified vacancies will be filled within three months or by the end of October 2015.

Reply:

On 2015-05-13, two male persons were arrested in Paarl East on charges of public violence (Paarl East CAS 223/05/2015). The matter is still appearing in the Paarl Magistrates Court.

 

 

Signed MAJOR GENERAL

ACTING DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: VISIBLE POLICING

S PIENAAR

Date: 31 July 2015

Reply to question NO3036E recommended

 

Signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: POLICING

KJ SITOLE (SOE)

Date: 3 August 2015

Agree with reply to question NO3036E

Signed GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

MV PHIYEGA

Date: 5 August 2015

Reply to question NO3036E approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE

NPT NHLEKO, MP

Date:

Reply:

(a)  The initial question, question 1826, contained only the name Lesedi Biogas (Pty) Ltd, and no reference was made to any specific complainant and/or CAS Numbers, which made it impossible to detect information in this regard. The question was circulated to all the Commercial Crime Investigation Units, but due to the limited information supplied no positive feedback was received.

Mention is made of two (2) case numbers stated above, these reference numbers are incomplete as no station name is indicated where the applicable cases were allegedly registered. Therefore, the details cannot be verified.

(b)  The limited information supplied makes it impossible to establish if there are any registered cases in respect of Lesedi Biogas (Pty) Ltd.

 

Reply:

(a)  Members receive basic training and continuous in-service training through scheduled workshops with regard to National Key Points

(b)  Operational procedures are in place which pertains to:

• Security advisory services in relation to the Minimum Physical Protection Standards for National Key Points and Strategic Installations
• Functions and the functioning of the SAPS members within the contingency plans of all Joint Operational Committees at National Key Points.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i) & (ii) Daily operations were held by members of SAPS Chatsworth.

(1)(b)(i) & (ii) Daily operations were held between 1 April 2014 and 21 March 2015.

(2)(a) 3 082 arrests were made.

(2)(b) 3 082 suspects were charged.

(2)(c) Various cases of possession of drugs in contravention of the Dependence Producing Drugs legislation.

(3) 1 320 convictions.