SAPS
JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING: 31 OCTOBER 2005
Vote 24: Safety and Security
1. Adjustments Estimate of National Expenditure 2005
The adjustments are primarily related to the following purposes and extent:
* The amount of R44 million to be transferred from the Department of Health for the medico-legal mortuaries for the continued maintenance and upgrading of mortuary facilities on request of the Department of Health.
* The amount of R20 million to be transferred from the Department of Transport as part of a multi-year contribution for security infrastructure in Kwazulu Natal (Durban Metro) and Gauteng (WITS and Tshwane Metro).
* The amount of R40,491 million to be transferred to the Department of Public Works for accommodation purposes.
* Virement of R257,749 million within the Vote, to be affected to intensify funding levels of prominent priority items vesting within three programmes.
2. Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)
2.1 The MTBPS in relation to the Vote: Safety and Security, includes the following high level medium term policy priorities:
" Improved access to justice, enhanced policing capacity and better quality of courts administration"
2.2 The key operational priorities of the SAPS are in line with the MTBPS. It includes:
* Dealing with organised crime.
* Combating serious and violent crimes, particularly in the high crime areas and enhancing the control over ownership and possession of firearms.
* The enhancement of service delivery especially through sector policing.
* Combating crimes against women and children.
2.3 The key priorities further conform to the goals of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) cluster, which coordinates interdepartmental initiatives across the criminal justice system.
3. The 2006 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) once again provides means to pursue these policies and priorities in a focused manner.
Additional funding in the 2006 MTEF can be categorized into two main themes, namely capital infrastructure (facilities) and continued capacity building to perform existing and new functions.
It specifically enables the following:
* Capital infrastructure
Increased acquisition, construction and upgrading of policing infrastructure (facilities).
* Borderline control
Equipment and operational costs for the phase-in of the borderline control function which include equipment and detached duties for the functional deployment.
* Additional personnel
Additional personnel and concomitant resources as to further enhance the implementation of sector policing, the Division Protection and Security Services and to allow for increased personnel levels in the detective environment.
* Revised reservist system
The development of capacity to take over the role and function of SANDF commandos in the form of a revised reservist system.