FOREWORD The 2005/2006 financial year will go overhauling the services provided to down the annals of the Department’s communities. The Afrika Concept calls for and the Province’s history as the year in the introduction of basic policing which massive consultation was principles and the creation of people undertaken, laying a firm foundation for centred police service. The Civilian future successes. We were able to Secretariat’s role of creating a engage with our stakeholders to bring conducive environment for policing will about change in the lives of the people. impact positively on policing activities in the Province, whilst the monitoring and The Domestic Violence Summit in Tonga evaluation of the police service will be laid a firm foundation for dealing with conducted in a more friendlier issues of violence against women and environment thus improving our children. Our programme is now more monitoring and evaluation. informed by the realities on the ground. The resolutions of the summit coupled by General crime trends showed a decline, our undertaking not to allow for the reporting of cases of child abuse also withdrawal statements in cases involving improved. An observation that people women and children will go are starting to heed the call a long way to break the by acting on the message victimisation cycle. However can be made. The festive active community season’s plan also participation remains a demonstrated the correctness challenge as communities of our approach. The continue to harbour partnership between the perpetrators of this crime. communities and the police brought contact crimes down Rural communities by 4%. especially children have not enjoyed satisfactory The appointment of women engagement with into senior echelons of the government. The childre n ’ s department needs attention. Imbizo in Wonderfontein gave us an In the 2006/2007 financial year we opportunity to listen to the views of this should at least reach a 30% women community and to address their representation in management. concerns. The Paralegal workshops that are held The appointment of both the Head of with the farming communities have laid a Department and the Provincial firm foundation for the implementation of Commissioner of the South African Police the Rural Safety Framework. The rural Service closed the leadership vacuum. safety summit brought attention to the Relations between the SAPS and the manner in which our rural areas are Civilian Secretariat improved greatly policed. ensuring that programmes are integrated. We undertook to turn Mpumalanga into a policing model for the country by PR58/2006 MEC DINA D PULE (MPL) ISBN: 0-621-36540-8 CONTENT Section 1 - General Information INTRODUCTION 2 BACKGROUND 3 - 4 CIVILIAN SECRETARIAT 4 Section 2 - Programme Performance Programme 1 Administration SUB-PROGRAMME: FINANCE 5 - 6 SUB-PROGRAMME: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 7 SUB-PROGRAMME: COMMUNICATIONS 8 - 10 SUB-PROGRAMME: TRANSVERSAL ISSUES 11 - 12 Programme 2 SOCIAL CRIME PREVENTION 13 - 15 Programme 3 SECURITY SERVICES 16 - 17 Programme 4 MONITORING AND EVALUATION 18 - 20 Section 3 - Report of the Audit Committee AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT 21 Section 4 - Financial Statements MANAGEMENT REPORT 22 - 24 AUDITOR-GENERAL’S REPORT 25 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND RELATED MATTERS 26 - 30 1. Appropriation per Programme 31 - 32 2. Detail per Programme 33 - 36 3. Notes to the Appropriation Statement 37 4. Statement of Financial Performance 38 5. Statement of Financial Position 38 6. Cash Flow Statement 39 7. Notes to the Annual Financial Statements 40 - 42 8. Disclosure Notes to the Annual Financial Statements 43 9. Annexures a. Annexure 1 - Statement of Conditional Grants Paid to Municipalities 44 b. Annexure 2 - Statement of Transfers / Subsidies to Households 44 c. Annexure 3 - Statement of Financial Guarantees Issued as at 31 March 06 - Local 44 d. Annexure 4 - Capital Tangible Asset Movement Schedule for the year ended 31 March 2006 45 e. Annexure 4.1 - Disposals Movement Schedule for the year ended 31 March 2006 45 f. Annexure 4.2 - Disposals Movement Schedule for the year ended 31 March 2006 45 g. Annexure 4.3 - Capital Tangible Asset Movement Schedule for the year ended 31 March 2005 45 Section 5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 46 - 54 Annexure A: ORGANOGRAM 55 - 57 PR58/2006 ISBN: 0-621-36540-8 INTRODUCTION HOD - ND INTRODUCTION HOD - ND The 2005/6 financial year has gone by. Out We have identified certain focus areas that of it we have had successes, but some relate to crime prevention. The first one was challenges were before us to deal with as in relation to domestic violence. A summit on AB well. It is out of such challenges that we domestic violence was held in which AB could be better positioned to plan for the resolutions were taken, such resolutions have A M MKHIZE A M MKHIZE future. Our planning processes will always informed the planning for the forthcoming give cognisance to the fact that we are a financial year. growing organisation. Second to that was to recognise the need for The most serious challenge that we are faced the safety of our farming communities. This with is that of scientifically measuring to emanated in a Rural Safety Summit which what extent we are able to achieve our gave an opportunity to these communities to mission. We have been running social crime voice their concerns and have provided input prevention related projects at an extensive in terms of how they want to be developed. level, however, with no tool to measure the impact of such on the ground. We have We also realised that it is important to henceforth made a partner with communities if we commitment that every event are to be successful in fighting must be followed by a crime. This was done through measuring process in respect the holding of a Community of the impact. Policing Forum (CPF) Indaba. It was at this level that we One of our core could get suggestions from responsibilities is to play an CPFs as to how proper oversight role in respect of the policing, that is community activities of the South African based, could be better Police Service (SAPS). In this implemented. regard we have identified a dire need to develop a commonly agreed Administratively, we have improved on our upon tool to assist in monitoring and management mechanisms. We have done evaluating the activities performed by SAPS this through trying to work on issues raised in our communities. The aim is to find a tool in our Internal Audit Report as well as the that talks to the instruments that are currently report of the Auditor-General. used by SAPS. As management and staff of the department It is of good note to recognise the fact that a we continue to commit ourselves to good lot has gone into formulating good working and ethical governance which is relations with the SAPS unit of the characterised by our loyalty to our mission department. This has assisted in projecting that we so much value. and marketing the department as a single unified entity. To some extent it has clarified issues for the understanding of our communities as well. PR58/2006 SECTION 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION 02 ISBN: 0-621-36540-8 BACKGROUND AIM OF THE VOTE priorities of the provinces as determined by The aim of the Department of Safety and the provincial executives. Security is to make Mpumalanga a safe, secure and crime free province and to 2. SECTION 206 (3) OF THE encourage community participation in social CONSTITUTION ENTITLES EACH crime prevention, thus inculcating a culture of democratic accountability within the police PROVINCE TO; service by monitoring policy implementation a. monitor police conduct; and carrying out political oversight of the b. oversee the effectiveness and efficiency of SAPS. the police service, including receiving reports on the police service; c. promote good relations between the VISION STATEMENT police and the community; To make Mpumalanga a safe, secure and d. assess the effectiveness of visible policing; crime free province by encouraging and community participation in crime prevention. e. liaise with the Cabinet member responsible for policing with respect to MISSION STATEMENT crime and policing in the province. To improve public safety in the province by ensuring the following: According to section 208 of the Constitution, 1. Monitoring and evaluating the policing a Civilian Secretariat for the police service activities in order to analyse the efficiency must be established by National Legislation and effectiveness of the implementation of to function under the direction of the Cabinet the national policing policy in Member responsible for policing. Mpumalanga. 2. Facilitate the building of positive 3. THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE relationships between the police services, ACT (ACT 68 OF 1995) community and the local municipality. According to subsection 2 (1)(b) of the 3. Initiating and co-ordinating social crime South African Police Service Act, a provincial prevention activities with all stakeholders. government may establish a provincial 4. Co-ordinate the Criminal Justice Cluster to secretariat to be called Provincial Secretariat improve the efficiency and effectiveness of for Safety and Security: Provided that the the Criminal Justice System. date on which a provincial secretariat will 5. Safeguarding government property by come into operation shall be determined by monitoring the private security service a provincial government in consultation with providers. the Minister. LEGISLATIVE AND OTHER MANDATES 4. WHITE PAPER ON SAFETY AND The department derives its mandate from the following: SECURITY, 1998 The objectives of the White Paper are to outline: 1. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC 1. Strategic priorities to deal with crime. OF SOUTH AFRICA (ACT 108/1996) 2. Roles and responsibilities of various role According to section 206 (1) of the players in the safety and security sphere.