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x The department also conducts research to influence the SAPS policy formulation and social crime

prevention programmes;
x Also monitors and evaluates the compliance with the Domestic Violence Act of 116 of 1988;

x The SAPS implementation of recommendations from the Independent Police Directorate is also
subject to the monitoring by the department;
x The department is implementing the Court Watch Brief programme which entails analysing all GBV

dockets that have either been thrown out of court or withdrawn for purposes of a possible review and
returned back into the court roll for conclusion.

1.5 Demands for and expected changes in the services

The department is planning to strengthen community safety programmes and campaigns to bring
individuals, agencies and organisations together in the fight against crime. These programmes will entail
education, prevention and intervention and they will complement the enforcement measures towards the

creation of safer communities.

1.6 The Acts, rules and regulations

x Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;

x Public Service Act, 1994, South African Police Service Act, 1995;
x National Crime Prevention Strategy, 1996;

x South African Police Amendment Act, 1998;
x White Paper on Safety and Security, 1998;
x Public Finance Management Act, 1999,

x Independent Police Investigative Directorate Act, 2011.

1.7 Aligning departmental budgets to achieve government’s prescribed outcomes
The department is mandated to focus its efforts on ensuring that SAPS adheres to the outputs and

activities outlined in terms of outcome 3 of the National Development Plan which states that “All people
in South Africa are and feel safe” as well as priority six of the Provincial Medium Term Strategic

Framework that focuses on social cohesion and safer communities.

In pursuance of the above, the department exercises oversight of Eastern Cape SAPS, enhance
community participation against crime and promotes community-police relations in a bid to improve safety,

security and service delivery. This is achieved through the following:
x Intensifying civilian oversight over policing;
x Intensifying safety initiatives and social mobilization in the fight against crime;

x Developing research capacity in order to inform policy formulation and crime prevention, particularly
social crime prevention and creating capacity to conduct safety audits on those vulnerable sectors of

the community; and
x Implementation of the Provincial Safety Strategy with an emphasis on social crime prevention activities.

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