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Budget Vote 9 Speech 2019/20 BUDGET VOTE 9 SPEECH 2019/20: PRESENTED TO THE KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE BY MEC FOR TRANSPORT, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON, HONOURABLE T.M KAUNDA, MPL, PIETERMARITZURG, TUESDAY ,16 JULY 2019. Madame Speaker; The Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Honourable Mr S. Zikalala; Members of the Provincial Executive Council; Honourable Members of the Provincial Legislature; Amakhosi AseNdlunkulu present; Mayors and Councillors of Municipalities; Excellences, members of the diplomatic corps; Director-General and Heads of the various Departments; Provincial Commissioner and your management team; The South African Police Service; Senior officials of government departments; Members of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster; The leadership of the Community Safety Structures; Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen; All stakeholders; Members of the media; and People of KwaZulu-Natal, 1 1. FOLLOWING UP ON OUR COMMITMENTS TO THE PEOPLE: “MAKING YOUR FUTURE WORK BETTER” Madame Speaker, It is with great pleasure to stand before you in this reputable house today to present the 2019/20 budget policy statement for Vote 9, the Department of Community Safety and Liaison, under the theme “BUILDING A UNITED FRONT AGAINST CRIME” “JOURNING TOWARDS CREATING SAFER COMMUNITIES FOR ALL” Madame Speaker allow me to start by I wish to start by extending my countless appreciation to the former Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Baba Willies Mchunu for his un- ended support during his term as the Premier. His words and actions of guidance towards achieving a safe and secure environment will always remain with us even though he is in retirement. The same gratitude goes to the 5th Executive Administration for their unwavering support in making sure that by working together we delivered on the fundamental needs of our people Madame Speaker, as we are celebrating 25 years since our people gained freedom and enjoyed democracy it is about time we implement and deliver what we committed to our people. It is in that essence we are leading opening this budget vote with the theme our President, His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa gave us when he was delivering the State of the Nation Address “Lets grow South Africa together as we celebrate 25 years of freedom”. The President said it loud and clear that the 6th democratic parliament or administration should focus mong many other things at building a stable and secure environment for all. He continues to say for the last 25 years’ government working with different stakeholders and communities “We laid a firm foundation on which we can build a country in which all may know peace and comfort and contentment”. Madame Speaker, during the State of the Province Address, the Honourable Premier Sihle Zikalala highlighted among other challenges, the challenges of social ills such as the high level of drug abuse and alcohol. The Department of Community Safety 2 and Liaison is working with the Department of Social Department we will implement strategies like demand reduction strategy, supply reduction strategy and harm reduction strategy that are available on the Provincial Drug Master Plan in fulfilling the vision of our people of a Province that is free of substance abuse. Again working with the Department of Social Department we will continue to stage educational and awareness campaigns to protect people living with albinism and many disabled people suffer discrimination. Madame Speaker, the honourable Premier also spoke about issue of school safety in our Province, saying some schools are war zones and centres of crime, drugs, and sexual abuse. In response of this, Madame Speaker, the Department of Community Safety and Liaison has signed a memorandum of understanding where the Department of Community Safety and Liaison had provided the Department of Education volunteers who will serve as security guards in more than 3000 schools. The Honurable Premier also made the following pronouncements: • Implementing the Moerane Commission recommendations on preventing political related killings, Combating stock theft, Combating ‘xenophobic’ attacks, Establishing Street Committees, Community Safety Forums and Community Policing Forums where they don’t exist. Where such structures exist, these will be strengthened and Revamping policing by ensuring proper functioning of police stations and ensuring that police respond to complaints with urgency. Madame Speaker, fighting crime and winning the battle of crime is a collective responsibility. Together we can defeat this one common enemy because we are serving under the unity of purpose, which is keep our Province safe and secure. Department of Community Safety and Liaison fulfil its mandate by performing duties of two programmes that are within the Department. Programme 1 covers administration of the Department while programme two talks to Provincial Civil Secretariat. 3 2. PROGRAMME 1: ADMINISTRATION “OPERATION TAKE YOUR POSITION FOR EXCELLENCE” Honourable Members, the Department is continuing to put in place measures that will ensure that we deliver in an expected manner and speed. In year 2018, the Department received an unqualified report, with very few matters that had to be taken into consideration. We are working hard this financial year to achieve a clean audit. The structure of the Department remains the same with 13 district offices in the Province. In all these districts, we have dedicated officials who are working with all our stakeholders to ensure that we make significant gains in the fight against crime. Indeed, we are working towards achieving excellence when it comes to creating safer living conditions for our people. Currently, the total number of the staff is sitting at 163 with 20 interns. The department took upon itself, working with different institutions, to secure a space for students who need experience before they get a full qualification for their diplomas and degrees. Madame Speaker, under the 6th administration “zizojika izinto” the Department of Community Safety and Liaison is already operating under the above mentioned theme of “Operation take your position for excellence”. The purpose of the operation is to achieve the following and more: • Inculcate a culture of discipline, ethical behaviour and professionalism • Conduct a thorough introspection on how far we have come and how best we can continue to execute our responsibilities. • Put our monitoring and evaluation at the centre of our operation • Effective and efficient execution of our responsibilities as civil servants. We envisage a public institution that is well driven, competent and value driven. A public administration that goes beyond compliance with public service regulations and Treasury Regulations and obtain clean audits. At the same time, we need to be innovative, adaptability dedication, patriotism and people-centredness in the public service. 4 We must build and institutionalise systems that are responsive to the aspirations and needs of our people. Definitely, we must fast track procurement reforms to accommodate previously disadvantaged communities and enable them to participate fully in the main stream economy. Radical Socio-Economic Transformation must continue to be our strategic thrust and be expedited. Our Community Service points must be centres of knowledge and development. They must be critical tools to change material conditions of our communities. This will undoubtedly restore the people`s confidence and hope to the public service. Madame Speaker, on top of that the Department has revived the project called Annual Departmental Service Delivery Excellence Awards which are in line with Batho Pele; as an initiative to get public servants to be service orientated, strive for excellence in service delivery and commit to continuous service delivery improvement. It is a simple, transparent mechanism, which allows customers to hold public servants accountable for the type of services they deliver. This project will help improve public service delivery by supporting the transformation of the public service into a citizen-orientated organisation, through a deeper understanding and application of Batho Pele. The Annual Departmental Service Excellence Awards seek to achieve the following objectives: • To identify areas of service delivery that need improvement. • To promote a culture of professionalism, dedication, integrity and encouraging collaboration amongst officials of the Department at all levels. • To facilitate a culture of continuous improvement, empowerment, innovation and service excellence. • To encourage active participation, commitment, sacrifice of individuals and teams when facilitating service delivery improvement to clients. • To recognise effective leadership traits, and employee’s service excellence that contribute to delivering quality services to the citizens of KwaZulu Natal. • To celebrate the success of individuals and teams in the quest for an effective and efficient Department. 5 2.2 Social Crime Prevention Programme Madame Speaker, the Volunteer Social Crime Prevention Programme (VSCPP), is one of the vehicles the Department utilises in delivering peace and stability in the Province. Our volunteers are attached to different wards to facilitate engagements between the community and the law enforcement agencies. Every after two years the Department recruit’s a new intake of volunteers through issuing the advert and allow anyone who qualifies for such posts to apply. They are interviewed in their respective areas of stay. For this financial year 2019/20 the intake and training
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