Community Safety
(1) With reference to the Grabouw police station, what were the (a) granted number, (b) actual number of total posts, (c) number of vacancies and (d) total number of staff members leaving the station by (i) transfer, (ii) resignation or (iii) retirement in (aa) 2008, (bb) 2009, (cc) 2010, (dd) 2011, (ee) 2012, (ff) 2013, (gg) 2014 and (hh) 2015;
(2) whether the (a) station commander or (b) cluster commander of the Grabouw police station has changed between January 2010 and January 2016; if so, what are the relevant reasons and details;
(3) whether the station has been without a permanent station commander for any period since 2008; if so, (a) for how long was an acting station commander appointed, (b) who was designated as the acting station commander and (c) what was the reason for the permanent station commander being absent?
[1][a] [aa] Granted 2008 - 103
[bb] Granted 2009 - 113
[cc] Granted 2010 - 113
[dd] Granted 2011 - 113
[ee] Granted 2012 - 110
[ff] Granted 2013 - 110
[gg] Granted 2014 - 110
[hh] Granted 2015 - 110 [Jan 2016]
[b] [aa] Actual 2008 – 77
[bb] Actual 2009 – 94
[cc] Actual 2010 – 94
[dd] Actual 2011 – 101
[ee] Actual 2012 – 99
[ff] Actual 2013 – 101
[gg] Actual 2014 – 98
[hh] Actual 2015 – 101 [Jan 2016]
[c] [aa] Vacancies 2008 - [-26]
[bb] Vacancies 2009 - [-19]
[cc] Vacancies 2010 - [-19]
[dd] Vacancies 2011 - [-12]
[ee] Vacancies 2012 - [-11]
[ff] Vacancies 2013 - [-9]
[gg] Vacancies 2014 - [-12]
[hh] Vacancies 2015 - [-9] [Jan 2016]
[d][i] [aa] Transfers 2008 - 0
[bb] Transfers 2009 - 0
[cc] Transfers 2010 - 0
[dd] Transfers 2011 - 0
[ee] Transfers 2012 - 1
[ff] Transfers 2013 - 2
[gg] Transfers 2014 - 0
[hh] Transfers 2015 - 0
[ii] [aa] Resignation 2008/2009: 2
[bb] Resignation 2009/2010: 0
[cc] Resignation 2010/2011: 0
[dd] Resignation 2011/2012: 0
[ee] Resignation 2012/2013: 1
[ff] Resignation 2013/2014: 3
[gg] Resignation 2014/2015: 4
[hh] Resignation 2015/2016: 2
[iii] [aa] Retirement 2008/2009: 1
[bb] Retirement 2009/2010: 1
[cc] Retirement 2010/2011: 0
[dd] Retirement 2011/2012: 0
[ee] Retirement 2012/2013: 0
[ff] Retirement 2013/2014: 0
[gg] Retirement 2014/2015: 1
[hh] Retirement 2015/2016: 1
2. [a] Station Commanders: Grabouw [2010 – 2016]
2009 – 2010 - Colonel Mene [served as Statin Commander up to March 2010 and was promoted to Brigadier in March 2010].
2010 – 2011 - Colonel Mvoto [appointed in June 2010 and replaced Colonel Mene].
2011 - Colonel Saayman [promoted and replaced Colonel Mvoto who was appointed as Cluster Commander: Caledon Cluster on 2011-01-01].
2011 to 2016- Colonel Saayman remains as Station Commander
[b] Station Commanders [2010 – 2016]
Note: Between 2010 and 2011 the Clusters were not officially established
2011 - Brigadier Mvoto was appointed as Cluster Commander: Caledon Cluster on 2011-01-01.
2012 [May] - Brigadier Makawu [replaced Brigadier Mvoto – Mshumpela who was appointed as Station Commander at Gugulethu.
2014 - Brigadier Manci replaced Brigadier Makawu who resigned in September 2014.
2015 [June] - Brigadier Dyantyi replaced Brigadier Manci who was deployed as the Provincial Head: Visible. Policing.
2015 - Amalgamation of the Caledon and Hermanus Cluster to be known as the Overberg Cluster under the command of Brigadier Dyantyi.
2015 - Brigadier Dyantyi promoted to Major General outside of the province in November 2015.
2016 - Brigadier Heilbron deployed in January 2016 as the Cluster Commander.
3. [a] From 2011-01-10 until 2011-10-02
[b] Lieutenant Colonel Leukes
[c] The period from when the permanent Station Commander, Colonel Mvoto, was appointed as Brigadier and the appointment of the new Station Commander, Colonel Saayman.
