Questions and Replies

(1) What was the average police-to-population ratio of the (a) Cape Town metropolitan area and (b) Western Cape in the (i) 2019/20 and (ii) 2020/21 financial years;

(2) whether these ratios include (a) student constables and (b) support staff; if so, what are the ratios excluding (a) and (b);

(3) what is the police-to-population ratio of each individual police station in the Cape Town metropolitan area;

(4) what is the budget allocated to the (a) South African Police Service and (b) province in (i) 2019/20 and (b) 2020/21;

(5) what was the shortage of police officers in (a) 2019/20 and (b) 2020/21?

With reference to the support provided by his Department’s Court Watching Brief Unit:

(a) How many (i) gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) and (ii) sexual-offences-related cases have been (aa) struck off the roll and (bb) delayed since December 2020 in the province, (b) what are the reason for (aa) and (bb), (c) of the cases referred to in (a)(aa) and (a)(bb), how many that have been struck off the roll or that have been delayed can be attributed to unprocessed DNA evidence and (d) what are the other main reasons for cases of GBVF and sexual offences being struck off the roll?

With regard to the emission of greenhouse gases in the Western Cape:

1. (a) How many parts per million of greenhouse gases have been emitted in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005, (iii) 2006 and (iv) 2007 and (b) what are the relevant details in this regard;

2. (a)(i) what are the 10 sectors that contribute the most to the emission of greenhouse gases in the province and (ii) what are the relevant details of each, (b) how many parts per million of greenhouse gases have been emitted by each of these sectors for the same period as in (1)(a), (c)(i) which sectors, if any, have demonstrated a sustained increase in greenhouse emissions and (ii) what are the relevant details and (d)(i) which sectors, if any, have demonstrated a sustained decrease in greenhouse emissions and (ii) what are the relevant details?

With reference to the Premier’s Safety Plan:

1. How is the Safety Plan’s budget of R1 billion being allocated;

2. whether the Safety Plan includes the procurement of equipment, firearms and vehicles; if so, (a) who will procure and own the equipment, firearms and vehicles and (b) in terms of what power, legislation or policy will the equipment, firearms and vehicles be distributed to municipalities in the province;

3. (a) who will employ the additional 3 000 law-enforcement officers, (b) what type of employment contract (for example permanent, contract or EPWP) will be offered to these law-enforcement officers and (c) when will the first 1 000 law-enforcement officers commence their employment;

4. whether these law-enforcement officers will be deployed in the province in accordance with a specific declaration of powers and functions granted to the City of Cape Town or in accordance with the “Declaration of peace officers for law enforcement officers appointed by a municipality” issued by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services in terms of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act 51 of 1977), on 19 October 2018;

5. whether the City of Cape Town has a separate or unique declaration of peace officers or powers; if so, what are the details of these powers and jurisdiction;

6. when these law-enforcement officers are deployed in municipalities in the province in accordance with either declaration mentioned in (4), (a) how will these law-enforcement officers operate under the “command and control” of the provincial government, (b) what will be the structure of that command, (c) who will be the commanding officer or authority, (d) how will they be deployed in the province and (e) what technology will be used to determine their deployment?