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                                      Plural Policing in South Africa

SOUTH
AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE AND POLICE RESERVES
MUNICIPAL /
CITY POLICE
PRIVATE SECURITY INDUSTRY SOUTH AFRICAN
NATIONAL
DEFENCE FORCE
(SANDF) – SA ARMY
AUTHORISED COMMUNITY-BASED BODIES Neighbourhood Watches

LEGAL
MANDATE:

  • SAPS Act 68 of 1995 (as amended by the SAPS Amendment Act 83 of 1998)
  • KEY OVERSIGHT BODY:

    Independent Complaints Directorate

    SAPS NUMBERS:

    Total Number of Police (excluding civilians) as at mid-2004:

    106 200

    RESERVIST NUMBERS:

    Eastern Cape 2580

    Free State 2759

    Gauteng 3043

    KwaZulu-Natal 1884

    Mpumalanga 2306

    North West 1965

    Northern Cape 1174

    Limpopo 1911

    Western Cape 3439

    TOTAL 21061

    LEGAL
    MANDATE:

  • SAPS Act 68 of 1995 (as amended by the SAPS Amendment Act 83 of 1998)
  • KEY OVERSIGHT BODIES:

    Oversight Committees

    Independent Complaints Directorate

    NUMBERS:

    Total: 4 976

    Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (operational staff): 1 350

    Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department: 787

    Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Service: 719

    Durban Metropolitan Police Service: 1 240

    Cape Town City Police Department: 880

    LEGAL MANDATE:

    Private Security Industry Regulation Act 56 of 2001 and others

    KEY OVERSIGHT BODY:

    Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA)

    NUMBERS:

    Total Number of Active Registered Security Officers as at June 2004:

    265 000

    Growth Rate since December 1999:

    ↑ 61%

    LEGAL MANDATE:

    Defence Act 42 of 2002

    KEY OVERSIGHT BODIES:

    Joint Standing Committee on Defence

    Defence Secretariat

    NUMBERS:

    Army Territorial Reserve (Commandos*): 50 070

    Provincial numbers:

    Eastern Cape: 7 808

    Free State: 7 385

    Gauteng: 4 950

    KwaZulu-Natal: 4 525

    Limpopo: 4 837

    Mpumalanga: 5 890

    Northern Cape: 4 393

    North West: 5 097

    Western Cape: 5 185

    *Commandos in process of disbandment.

    LEGAL
    MANDATE:

    Unregulated but have to adhere to the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 (as amended)

    KEY OVERSIGHT BODIES:

    South African Police Service

    Department of Community Safety

    Community Police Forums

    NUMBERS:

    Reliable figures not known

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