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19 June 2013
                       
 
 
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12 Jun 2013
 
 
DA: Statement by the Dianne Kohler Barnard, DA Shadow Minister of Police, on the grounded aircraft of the South African Police Service Air Wing (12/06/2013)
STATEMENT
In a reply to a DA parliamentary question, the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa, has admitted that only 19 of 49 aircraft of the South African Police Service Air Wing are currently flying. This...
 
 
28 May 2013
 
Report calls for overhaul of SOE governance, financing and executive pay
STATE-OWNED ENTITIES
The long-awaited report by the Presidential Review Committee (PRC) on State-owned entities (SOEs) has recommended that all commercial State-owned companies be consolidated under a central executive...
 
 
SA: Statement by Dianne Kohler Barnard, DA Shadow Minister of Police, asserts that South African Police Service Act must be amended to prevent future strikes (28/05/2013)
STATEMENT
Tomorrow, over 40 000 South African Police Service (SAPS) administrative staff members will go on a nationwide strike as a result of SAPS’s failure to ensure that administrative staff are brought...
 
 
24 May 2013
 
SA: Statement by AfriForum, civil rights organisation, court orders Matlosana to provide alternative accommodation for Klerksdorp squatters (24/05/2013)
STATEMENT
The application for an eviction order by civil rights organisation AfriForum in the North Gauteng High Court has been postponed today to give the Matlosana Municipality time to provide alternative...
 
 
02 May 2013
 
SA: Statement by Nathi Mthethwa, Minister of Police, on the South African Police Service's transportation of some of the Gupta guests (02/05/2013)
STATEMENT
I have noted the recent developments around the Gupta-Waterkloof Air Force Base matter wherein police VIP protection resources were utilised in transporting some of the guests from the Waterkloof...
 
 
05 Apr 2013
 
SAPS: Statement by the South African Police Service, on the importance of provincial cooperation and information sharing help in crime reduction (05/04/2013)
STATEMENT
Improved cooperation between MECs and the South African Police Service (SAPS) Provincial Commissioners, crime trends analysis and sharing of best practices are some of the approaches that are...
 
 
27 Mar 2013
 
SA: Statement by Dianne Kohler Barnard, DA Shadow Minister of Police, welcomes National Police Commissioner’s agreement that the South African Police Service must be demilitarised (27/03/2013)
STATEMENT
The DA welcomes National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega’s agreement that the South African Police Service (SAPS) must be demilitarised, in that we fought tooth and nail against this...
 
 
19 Mar 2013
 
SA: Statement by Dianne Kohler Barnard, DA Shadow Minister of Police, on South Africa's 1.7-million unreported crimes in 2011 (19/03/2013)
STATEMENT
The South African Institute for Race Relations (SAIRR) has today revealed that 1.7 million crimes went unreported to the police in 2011. This is a telling statistic of how little confidence South...
 
 
15 Mar 2013
 
SERI: Statement by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa, statement on behalf of the deceased miners’ families represented before the Marikana Commission of Inquiry (15/03/2013)
STATEMENT
The families of those killed during the Marikana massacre do not accept National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega’s “condolences”, offered yesterday before the Marikana Commission of...
 
 
10 Mar 2013
 
DA: Statement by Dianne Kohler Barnard, DA Shadow Minister of Police, on the South African Police Service supply chain management crisis (10/03/2013)
STATEMENT
A massive backlog in the analysis of rape and sexual assault DNA is building up as a R75-million machine lies idle at the South African Police Service forensic laboratory in Pretoria. The SAPS has...
 
 
01 Mar 2013
 
DA: Statement by Dianne Kohler Barnard, DA Shadow Minister of Police, asserts that Commissioner Phiyega must tackle the cause not just the symptom of victimised taxi driver's death (01/03/2013)
STATEMENT
The DA will be asking the National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega why the two officers involved in the death of Mido Macia have been suspended and not arrested. While we welcome the move to...
 
 
SAPS: Statement by Siyabonga Cwele, Acting Minister of Police, on investigation of police officers implicated in Daveyton taxi driver's death (01/03/2013)
STATEMENT
The Acting Minister of Police, Dr Siyabonga Cwele has called for a speedy investigation, possible arrest and prosecution of the police officers that were involved in the death of Mr Mido Macia in...
 
 
28 Feb 2013
 
SA: Statement by South African Police Service, Commisioner Riah Phiyega condemns brutal treatment of taxi driver by Daveyton police (28/02/2013)
STATEMENT
The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Riah Phiyega has noted with deep concern the media reports about the alleged brutal treatment of Mr Mido Macia (taxi...
 
 
27 Feb 2013
 
Govt depts promise to tighten administrative controls
DEFENCE
The Department of Defence and the South African Police Services have given Parliament an undertaking that they will brush up on management procedures and address loopholes that saw them being...
 
 
01 Feb 2013
 
SA: Statement by the South African Police Service, Minister Mthethwa to appeal Constitutional Court to halt the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry (01/02/2013)
STATEMENT
The Minister has now decided to make an application for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court. Minister Mthethwa decided to do so because two judgments were delivered in the matter. The...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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