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In June 1998, it was announced that the SAPS would take in new recruits over the following five years. A total of 1 200 recruits were enlisted in the SAPS in a rolling intake process during which 300 recruits were enlisted at a time. • A management capacity-building programme, allowing learners to prepare for formal management development programmes, was tested in one province. The Swedish government funded the programme. 33 • In September 1998, the government announced the establishment of a unit to crack down on gangs in the Western Cape. The unit consisted of 30 top prosecutors, police investigators, lawyers, tax collectors and chartered accountants. • In 1998, the SAPS initiated for the first time in its history its own public perception, attitude and needs survey. The results of the survey indicated that the public saw the SAPS as the government department responsible for creating a safe and secure environment and that the public was quite willing to cooperate with the police. A SAPS parade … epitomizing ‘to serve and protect’ • In December 1998, the SAPS realigned itself with relevant government strategies and policies and restructured into 10 divisions, namely: - Detective Service - Crime Intelligence - Operational Response Services - Crime Prevention - Personnel Services - Career Management - Logistics - Financial and Administration Service - Management Services - Training
1999 10 Years of Policing in a Democracy 1995 – 2005 34 the crime intelligence component, was appointed Divisional Commissioner of Crime Intelligence. Commissioner Mafemane Makhubela, Area Commissioner in the Far North Area of the Northern Province, was appointed Divisional Commissioner of Crime Prevention. Northern Province Deputy Commissioner Johannes Ferreira was appointed Divisional Commissioner of Training. Mpumalanga Lowveld Area Commissioner Moranodi Joseph Gaobepe was appointed Free State Provincial Commissioner. • Police members at Parkview Police Station were offered a course in basic sign language in order to be able to communicate with the deaf. This followed the designing of a programme aimed at helping the deaf report crimes to police stations. • Tracker Network SA donated 250 police tracking computers, valued at R2, 3 million to the SAPS. The computers added to the existing systems already operational, bringing the total to 1 180 tracking computers. They were fitted at border posts, at the Air Wing and many ground units such as the Highway Patrol, Flying Squad and Dog Units. The late Minister for Safety and Security Steve Tshwete • Mr Steve Tshwete succeeded Mr Sydney Mufamadi as Minister for Safety and Security. • In October 1999, the restructuring of the SAPS received a boost with the appointment of several new commissioners aimed at making police management more representative. It also approved the appointment of six new divisional police commissioners. • It was announced in October 1999 that Foreign Affairs Director-General Jackie Selebi was to be appointed the new National Police Commissioner. • Two women were, for the first time in history, among the seven officials appointed to senior positions. Commissioner Magda Stander was appointed Divisional Commissioner of Personnel Services and Dr Mala Singh the Divisional Commissioner of Career Management. Commissioner Tim Williams, a former member of the Interim Advisory team of the Minister for Safety and Security, and, prior to his appointment, head of • Phumelela Gaming and Leisure Company, which runs horse-racing in Gauteng, agreed to sponsor the SAPS with equipment worth R7-million over the next five years to assist in putting more equestrian police on the streets. • More than 400 police detectives were trained in techniques to trace cellphones. • SAPS hosted the first ever games of the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization (SARPCCO). The aim of the games was to create a betClorking relationship among police members. Teams from Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and South Africa participated in the event. • In 1999, the Arms and Ammunition Amendment Act, 1999 (Act 15 of 1999), which restricts the owners of licensed firearms to lending their weapons only to licensed firearm owners, was approved. The Minister for Safety and Security presented the Draft Policy on the Control of Firearms in South Africa to Cabinet in September 1999. The document recommended that the powers of the police be increased to search vehicles and buildings and to seize ammunition and guns. It proposed the creation of new offences, for instance the possession of a gun while under the influence. It also recommended much harsher
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