Honourable Speaker and Deputy Speaker
Honourable Premier Mme Hazel Jenkins
Honourable Members of the Executive Council and provincial legislature
Lieutenant-General MNZ Mbombo
All major-generals of South African Police Service (SAPS) present
Members of South African National Defence Force (SANDF)
Members of Mkhonto WeSizwe Veterans Association (MKVA)
Veterans of the movement
Dikgosi and Kgosi Jankie
Distinguished guests
Ladies and gentlemen
Comrades and friends
Honourable Speaker,
Introduction
I am presenting this budget speech here today convinced that we are on the right path to achieve our mission of implementing the overwhelming mandate of the electorate as confirmed during the April 2009 national and provincial general elections.
Honourable Speaker,
The year 2010 remains our next critical moment, together we must make 2010 the year in which we renew our commitment to national unity and nation building, this we must do as all political parties, traditional leaders, business, labour, youth, women, sports bodies, religious leaders, media and all sectors in the province.
It must be a year in which we put South Africa first, and take forward our collective mission to shape this country into one of the most successful constitutional democracies in the world.
The year 2010 must be the year in which for the first time we all communicate positive messages about our province to the world, the successes and possibilities. We have to put the culture of negativity behind us.
The then banned ANC Spokesperson during the exile years comrade, Tom Sebina made the following remarks on the broader struggle for liberation.
"There is an alternative inside history that comes not from historians but from men and women whose lives have been totally dedicated, at great personal risk to the total liberation of our people and their preparedness to pay the ultimate price".
Honourable Speaker,
The following heroes and heroines comes to my mind our Icon Nelson Mandela , Oliver Tambo, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, Joe Slovo, Dulcie September, Ruth First, Lilian Ngoyi, Frances Baard, Chris Hani, Tosh Tlhomelang, Latlhi Mabilo, Khotso Flatela and many others.
We are also reminded that this year is the 30th anniversary of the uprisings in the province against the brutal apartheid regime what we then called the 1980 school boycott. In that year (1980) and subsequent years education came to a complete halt, due to the students demand for a peoples education.
Many people were injured, murdered, tortured and resulted in the long political trial known as the "Galeshewe Five Terrorism Trial", where five young students from Galeshewe were sentenced to lengthy prison sentences to Robben Island. This is what Comraade Tom Sebina had in mind when he made those remarks.
Honourable Speaker,
The priorities of the provincial government are embedded in the 2009 to 2014 medium term strategic framework. I am tasked with the responsibility of the medium term strategic framework (MTSF) priority six which states: "fight against crime and corruption".
Fighting crime and corruption together with the causes of crime will be the priorities of the ANC led government in ensuring that the levels of crimes are drastically reduced and that corruption is stamped out.
I am also directly responsible for one of the 12 outcomes, which is outcome three and it states that "all people in South Africa are and feel safe".
This outcome will be further be broken down to the specific outputs of the Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison's broad mandate, which will be covered under the departmental annual performance plans for the financial year 2010/11.
"Batho ba porofensi ya Kapa Bokone ba rata go dula ba babalesegile ebile ba ikutla ba babalesegile" ke ga moo go leng botlhokwa gore mmuso o tshwanetseng go dira go tlala seatla go thibela botlhoko tsebe ka dinako tshotlhe.
All of us have the right to be free and to enjoy the fruits of liberation that we fought so hard for. We should be free to walk in our streets at anytime and anywhere without fear of being robbed, mugged, assaulted, murdered or raped. Our children have the right to be free to play in the neighbourhood without being abused, intimidated, abducted, raped, killed or kidnapped.
Honourable Speaker,
As a provincial government we have adopted and ascribe to the vision of "Kgotso, Pula, Nala", the desired state of safety and security that we want to achieve in the Northern Cape province is one where people are not only safe in real terms, but also where they feel safe. After all, "Kgotso, Pula, Nala" envisages a Province where there is peace, prosperity and friendship.
I deliver this budget speech within that context and the understanding that we have to work together to turn the tide against crime. It is therefore my fervent wish to dedicate this budget speech first and foremost to all the victims of crime; those defenceless women and children who suffered severe pain, trauma and humiliation at the hands of ruthless thugs, hooligans and hoodlums who have no regard for others.
Honourable Speaker,
When outlining the strategic course and direction of government over the next five year period during her June 2009 State of the Province Address, the honourable Premier, Mme Hazel Jenkins made the following commitment, and I quote:
"The fight against crime and corruption in the province will definitely be taken to a higher level. Key amongst our priorities will be to strengthen our mechanisms and systems for integrated and collaborative work amongst all departments, institutions across all sectors of society and all communities in the province to ensure that we work together in not only fighting crime but also its underlying and contributory causes".
The premier made this commitment upon the realisation that the provincial crime statistics for the preceding financial year 2008/09 were not giving a good impression of our efforts in combating crime and that there was a significant regression if compared with crime statistics of 2007/08 when six of the seven contact crimes showed a decrease.
According to these unverified figures for the period April to December 2009, we have noted a steady downward trend in six of the seven contact crimes including rape and murder. There was also a significant increase in all crimes dependent on police actions, such as possession and dealing in drugs, drunken driving and possession of illegal firearms.
Honourable Speaker,
The department's strategic and annual performance plans outline the strategic goals, objectives, performance indicators and annual performance targets Department has set its self to achieve over the medium and five year strategic term.
Departmental allocation for 2010 to 2013: R497.704 million
The MEC FOR Finance announced in this house that the department is allocated an amount of R497.708 million over the medium term expenditure framework (MTEF) period to implement the mentioned plans.
Departmental allocation for 2010/11: R152.266 million
The allocation for the 2010/11 financial year amounts to R152.266 million with an average growth of 8.25 percent over the two outer MTEF years. The outstanding pressures in this regard are:
Programme two: Civilian Oversight: R9.629 million
Programme two: Civilian Oversight has been allocated and amount of R9.629 million to prioritise monitoring and evaluation of police aimed at influencing and improving police performance and visible policing in the Northern Cape.
Four research projects are amongst the key outputs planned for 2010/11 is to:
- Determine latest perceptions on the safety and levels of confidence in governments
- The implementation of visible and sector policing, ability to deal with crime in the province
- To determine the impact of the resource allocation guideline with specific reference to recruitment and deployment of police officers and vehicles on service delivery as well as visible and sector policing
- On the effectiveness and impact of the department's own monitoring and evaluation activities and systems.
Honourable Speaker,
Programme three: Crime Prevention: R5.018 million
Programme three of the budget vote namely; Crime Prevention and Community Police Relations has been allocated an amount of R5.018 million. The programme prioritises sustainable community mobilisation and partnerships in the fight against crime in support of the police's efforts to reduce crime in the Northern Cape.
The department will lead and coordinate the development of the five year integrated multi-pronged provincial crime prevention strategy to address the specific provincial crime problems.
The article came in the aftermath of the release of the 2008/09 crime statistics by the Minister of Police, Mr Nathi Mthethwa in September 2009 as mentioned earlier, of particular importance and what should be providing food for thought and introspection to this House are the following observations made in the article and I quote:
"We seem to make the mistake each year of thinking that the police are the only people that have to account for the worrying story the statistics tell. The high level of crime indicates that there is a very low regard among many citizens to follow certain legal rules.
"This is not a problem one can simply solve by increasing deterrence, which is what relying on an increased presence of the police assumes. The state has to combine the threat of repression with the willingness of citizens to go along with the rules out of own volition".
These observations clearly favour the approach of this government which is to take along and mobilise all citizens, structures and formations to work together with government to fight crime and corruption. This government understands that crime is a complex phenomenon.
It has roots all over the show, across the social, political and economical spectrum. Therefore, fighting crime can never be a once-off event and certainly not a "sitting in the corner or opposition benches to harp, blame and shame" game.
Our Honourable President, Mr Jacob Zuma has reiterated the understanding on the part of the African National Congress when he delivered the 8 January statement during the celebration of the ANC's 98th birthday here in Kimberly earlier this year when he said:
"The ANC is firmly committed to fighting crime and corruption. The government will not, by itself, address the crime problem. ANC members and indeed all South Africans are expected to form part of efforts to address crime and corruption, by participating in community policing forums (CPFs) and more directly by reporting crime and corruption, where they encounter these. We must also work with our police service in the apprehension of criminals and not harbour them".
Honourable Speaker,
Taking the cue from the honourable president, the premier said the following when she delivered her second State of the Province Address on 18 February 2010, and I quote: “we must mobilise the collective commitment of all community stakeholders to rise up and say: No to crime".
My budget speech therefore seeks to outline the framework for delivery on the honourable premier's pronouncements. Our efforts will be focused on galvanising the entire province into a formidable force and frontier against crime and corruption.
To this end, Executive Council at its annual Lekgotla in February 2010 approved the integrated, multi-pronged Programme of Action whose implementation is to be coordinated by the Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison in pursuit of the strategic outcome referred to earlier, namely a situation where all people in the Northern Cape feel and are safe.
The successful implementation of the strategy however depends on two critical supporting interventions. To this end, we are prioritising firstly the implementation of a structured intervention driven crime prevention partnership with the most critical sectors and stakeholders on board and secondly the implementation of an integrated crime communication strategy.
Honourable Speaker,
Experience has taught us that mobilisation of crime prevention partnerships is not an easy task and that it will remain a serious challenge for as long as potential partners and stakeholders do not come to the party with tangible contributions and solutions to our crime problems.
The observation by Suren Pillay in his mentioned article in the Cape Times, that "the political opposition reinforces this tendency by harping on about the failure of the police as if police have the sole responsibility to reduce increasing crime levels in the country" appears to be spot on when we have Solidariteit and AfriForum marching on the honourable president with wheelbarrows full of petitions or letters on crime to make a statement about government’s perceived inability to curb crime.
We as government will always accept criticism as long as it is constructive and by critics who are actually willing to come to the party with solutions to whose implementation they will contribute and support.
The work the community policing forum (CPF) members are doing in the different communities is challenging and dangerous in that sometimes criminals carry dangerous weapons such as knives and guns, but the volunteers are driven by passion in the work that they are doing, however these structures are not recognised and acknowledged for the good work they are doing out there in the communities.
The department having recognised this gap in the province will be recognising and acknowledging the CPF members who are doing volunteering work for the various communities.
The CPF is the best placed structure for active integrated and multi-agency partnerships against crime. Together with the police we are prioritising for this year, focused attention to CPFs. The aim is to improve the functioning of and support to the CPF and its subsidiary structures namely: sector forums, women and youth against crime and street committees through the development of a provincial CPF strategy.
One of the major weaknesses identified by a recent follow-up research by the department in terms of effectiveness and functionality of existing CPF's is the lack of adequate resources and support for CPFs.
A support strategy which will seek to address the CPF budget and resourcing will therefore be incorporated into the CPF strategy. The police have the legal responsibility to establish and support CPFs to ensure they are functional.
Honourable Speaker,
Gedurende my besoeke aan familie lede wie se nasbestaande slagoffers was van moorde en verkragtings was dit duidelik dat ons mense 'n problem het met messe wat gebruik was tydens die pleeg van hierdie wreedagtige dade.
It is common knowledge that the knife, the O'kapi and the bottle neck are the weapons of choice in the perpetration of violent crime in the province.
The department in collaboration with SAPS, the Department of Justice and Chief State Law Advisor in the Office of the Premier has already commenced a process aimed at the development of provincial legislation to regulate or outlaw the carrying of knives, bottlenecks, panga's and other similar dangerous sharp objects in public spaces such as taverns, pubs or bars, schools, etc. We hope to introduce the draft bill to the legislature during the fourth quarter of this financial year.
One of the flagship projects of the Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison is the Rescue of Public Spaces project which has recently won a silver award in the Premier's Service Excellence Awards.
This project is the typical example of how much more can be done and achieved when private sector, communities and government at local level join hands and work together in the fight against crime.
The premier of the province and the entire provincial government are deeply concerned about the recent spate of rapes and murder against women in our province. There a clear indication that these violent crimes happens mostly in isolated bushy areas near taverns. It is in that view that we will engage municipalities to come on board and assist with cleaning operations at open spaces.
All municipalities must also ensure streetlights are working and damaged bulbs are replaced because we have a situation where in our residential areas streets are dark it takes ages to replace bulbs. Criminals thrive in darkness.
Our law enforcement officers continue to work very hard to ensure we deal with crime situation in our province. We want to encourage liquor traders to attend and participate in Community Policing Forum meetings at their different police stations and to support the establishment of neighbourhood watch structures and local drug action committees within their communities.
Our message is loud and clear members of the police cannot be everywhere, individuals must also take the responsibility for their own safety, they must always be alert, cautious and vigilant at all times.
Honourable Speaker,
The overall responsibilities of the criminal justice system is a national competency, however in the province, our department has the responsibility to ensure that all matters relating to this function are carried out in the Northern Cape province.
The recent number of crimes committed by children in our province including the ones caught in the web or spiral of violent crimes instigated by adults is totally unacceptable.
We appreciate the hard work by members of SAPS and other stakeholders especially the Youth Against Crime and the CPF. The SAPS generals who are present in this House have committed themselves to address the scourge of crime. There will be no mercy for the criminals. Our message is loud and clear stop crime now or face the full might of the law.
We welcome the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 (CJA) which came into effect on 1 April 2010. The aim of this act is to assist with the diversion of children away from the mainstream criminal justice system (CJS) where appropriate.
In principle, the main aim of the CJA is primarily to establish a separate criminal justice system for all children in conflict with the law while making special specific procedures applicable to such offenders.
The act makes special provisions in the case where a child shows remorse with a plan developed to address the original crime in such a way that the child does not fall into a continuous cycle of crime and violence.
The extension of 46 administrative service points that provides family law services to communities where no services were rendered in the past is a clear indication of government mandate of bringing service to the people.
To intensify the fight against crime and corruption two regional courts (backlog courts) were established to improve turnaround times for the finalisation of criminal cases. With commencement of these courts on 12 March 2010, two life sentences were imposed on the same date.
Women in the Northern Cape province like any other province in the country are playing a crucial role in the fight against crime.
"Mma ngwana o tshwara thipa ka fa bogaleng", fortunately we already have a number of such women playing this crucial role and we are encouraging more women to play this role of assisting the Government in the fight against crime in the province.
We will be hosting a provincial Summit on Women Against Crime during financial year of 2010/11. We pay tribute to Mamma T the longest serving CPF member for her selflessness, courage and spirit of community service.
The department with its stakeholders, CPF's, provincial and local traffic, SAPS and other role players will continue to embark on the following intervention programmes and campaigns for 2010/11 financial year:
- Weekend of Sobriety
- Sobriety games
- Cluster Liquor Traders forums
- Stop violence against women and children campaign
- Safer Schools campaig
- Rescue of public spaces
- Expand the programme to the Crime Weight Police Stations
- Anti-Crime Mass Mobilisation campaign
- Women against Crime conference
- Mobilisation of Traditional Leaders to combat crime
- Provincial CPF strategy to mobilise communities around the fight against crime and corruption.
Today as I stand here in this house, I am reeling from shock when I think of the terrible accidents that claimed the lives of nine people on the road between Groblershoop and Upington in March 2010, and the eight children from Windsorton who were involved in a road accident on the N12 on Sunday 2 May 2010.
MAY THEIR SOULS REST IN PEACE!
It is for reasons such as these that when we launched the Transport Month, October 2009 and Arrive Alive campaign in Colesberg that same year the objectives was to ensure that this campaigns flow over to this year's Easter weekend holidays in order to deal extensively with disobedient road users.
This integrated approach was to send out a clear message that as the Northern Cape government we don't compromise law enforcement at the expense of our people's lives.
This year's Easter period has come and gone but our commitment to ensure safety on our roads remains our priority. We should continue as a province to deal with the challenges of road accidents.
We want to take this opportunity to applaud government for amendments to the current road accident fund which stipulates that a once off financial assistance to the tune of R10 000 is paid to the road accident victims families in the event of road accident death. There are already families who have benefited from this gesture of Government albeit the tragic nature of the situation.
The Administration and Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act categorises the traffic violations in terms of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996) into offences and infringements.
This act is an attempt by government to move from the multiple penalties that have been set aside by the different municipalities across the country to one system that will be find across the country, be it in municipalities and in the provinces.
The department have reported in the past of its intention to sign service level agreements with the Municipalities in as far as the collection of revenue is concerned. This work is continuing.
- The upgrading of provincial traffic officers in line with Department of Public Service and Administration's advice and guideline on the implementation of the benchmark job descriptions and grading levels for provincial traffic dated 29 July 2009.
- The payment for overtime work in terms of resolution one of 2007, especially in view of increased demand for road safety measures during the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. This continued reprioritisation has the effect that there is a consistent increase in the compensation budget at the expense of the goods and services budget that in essence funds operations and therefore actual service delivery. Compensation already represents 64.39 percent of the programme budget against a mere 31.3 percent goods and services budget.
The Minister of Transport made a commitment during the launch of Festive Season Arrive Alive campaign in December 2009 that the Department of Transport will initiate the establishment of road safety councils at national and provincial levels as an effort to forge road safety partnerships with communities.
These councils must help government to stop the carnage experienced year on year on South African roads. The primary roles and responsibilities of these councils will be to initiate coordinate and facilitate sustainable road safety programmes and projects as well as to educate communities regarding road safety and the Road Accident Fund (RAF)
A provincial Steering Committee has been established with the key responsibility to work towards the establishment of the provincial Road Safety Council in this current financial year.
We will continue to prioritise the improvement of licensing services to communities over the MTEF period. We are planning to establish and to open driver license testing centres in cooperation with municipalities in order to enhance access of these services to more communities in the province.
The reopening of the Richmond and Garies Drivers Licence Testing Centres, upgrading of Victoria West Drivers Licence Testing Centre's to also offer driver testing and new first ever Drivers Licence Testing Centres at Heuningvlei, Rietfontein, Delportshoop and Windsorton are on the cards for 2010/11.
During my interactions with the leadership of South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) on numerous occasions, challenges such as pirate taxi's and illegal routes were still experienced by the organisation.
Honourable Speaker,
Programme four: Transport operations R48.964 million
Fighting crime is not the only responsibility and mandate assigned to the department. Following the reconfiguration of the department in the previous year the department is henceforth also responsible for the transport operations function that was transferred from Roads and Public Works.
Government's vision is to accelerate modal upgrading and integrated rapid public transport networks by 2020 to ensure that 85 percent of communities are within one kilometres of a rapid public transport network, that the entire public transport fleet and facilities are upgraded and that feeder services are integrated.
Programme four: Transport Operations, has been allocated a budget of R169.282 million over the MTEF of which R48.964 million for this financial year. Of this budget R110.650 million over the MTEF and R30.370 million in 2010/11 is a conditional grant for public transport operations.
The department continues to prioritise public transport operations, infrastructure and rural transport over the MTEF in pursuit of the overall goal to have transformed public transportation systems and infrastructure to ensure accessible, efficient, reliable and affordable public transport to at least 50 percent of the Northern Cape community by 2014.
The public transport operations grant was introduced as a government subsidy to bus operators in all provinces. In the Northern Cape the grant will be funding three bus operators, servicing 55 520 passengers over 1 635 trips across 49 routes in Phokwane, John Taolo Gaetsewe and Frances Baard with 43 buses.
The provincial Taxi Council will be receiving an amount of R2.816 in transfers from the department to support administration of taxi operations in the province.
We recognise the need to urgently correct this situation that clearly does not benefit the pool of public transport operators.
The National Land Transport Act, 2009 will usher in a new dispensation in relation to public transport operations, subsidies and regulating entities that are to replace the operating licensing boards.
Priority attention will therefore be given to the finalisation of the provincial land transport framework and integrated public transport designs that include taxis and learner transport operators by the end of June this year. This is to ensure that from next year onwards the grant will benefit the entire pool of public transport operators and not only bus operators.
The provincial land transport framework once developed will be the overall guide for transport planning in the province and will cover the following aspects:
- Transport coordination
- Transport infrastructure strategy including roads, rail and facilities e.g. taxi ranks
- Public transport strategy including travel demand management, integration of different modes of transport (rail, road, learner and non-motorised), promotion of public transport
- Freight transport and overload control
- Summary of all municipal integrated transport plans.
In the latter regard it is important to note that all Municipalities are expected to develop integrated transport plans.
The department is focusing on giving necessary support and assistance to the five district in this financial year.
In as far as public transport infrastructure is concerned, the department plans to complete the construction and or upgrading of 13 public transport facilities over the MTEF period. These projects are all going to be executed as part of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) and a number of job and skills development opportunities will therefore be created. Eleven of the projects will be completed by the end this year against a budget of R4.439 million namely:
- multi-lane taxi ranks with commuter seating, small office block, stalls, ablution facilities and shelter in Colesberg and Warrenton
- two lane taxi stops at Windsorton, Dithakong, Batlharos, Augrabies and Noudonsies
- fencing of Barkly West and Springbok taxi ranks
- upgrading of existing rank at Upington and Pampierstad.
Honourable Speaker,
The Northern Cape has the challenge of vast distances between home and schools, workplaces, government services and markets. This is particularly true for rural communities where public transport systems are limited if in existence at all.
One of the key interventions with respect to non-motorised transport, is the Shova Kalula (Pedal Easy) Bicycle project through which we plan to deliver 1 850 bicycles to 61 schools, particularly in rural areas. 45 of the 61 schools identified to benefit from this project are in the John Taolo Gaetsewe district.
The schools to which the bicycles are donated have to identify and allocate the bicycles to learners from poor families who experience problems to get to school, whether as a result of distance or due to lack of money for public transport, etc.
Honourable Speaker,
Programme five: Transport Regulations: R59,605 million
A budget of R59.605 million for this year and R190,500 million over the MTEF has been allocated to fund the above mentioned priorities.
Continuous re-prioritisation and un-earmarking of allocations in consultation with Provincial Treasury is taking place to allow the department to address critical budgetary pressures based on external unfunded directives and decisions.
We will initiate more free roadworthy testing campaigns in other parts of the province. The department has planned interventions to deliver on the premier's commitment.
One important aspect already identified is a community satisfaction survey to determine the impact of language as barrier for efficient and effective policing and service delivery.
This need stems from several complaints and concerns raised by communities about police officers who cannot serve them effectively, to the extent that their cases are being thrown out of court due to poor statements by police officers who can simply not speak their language.
Our accountability to communities for effective service delivery, demands of us to correct this phenomenon at policy level if it is found to be a legitimate concern.
Whilst the department has to operate from its baseline allocation with no provision for new or expansion of projects, the budget is geared towards funding the critical priorities outlined by the honourable premier and president in their respective State of the Province and Nation addresses.
We are sensitive to the president's call for ACTION. Through careful reprioritisation we ensured that we build into our plans and programmes the work: HARDER, FASTER AND SMARTER principle particularly in this year that has been declared the year of improved service delivery to the people.
Lastly, it goes without saying that in all our efforts we have prioritised partnerships because we believe that working together, WE CAN AND shall DO MORE.
Honourable Speaker,
Please allow me to take this opportunity to thank the Provincial Commissioner of Police in the Northern Cape Province, Lieutenant–General Ms NZM Mbombo, major-generals, cluster commanders, station commissioners and all SAPS members for having done their work with diligence in the last financial year, the hard work during both the Festive Season and the Easter weekend.
Renaming Transvaal Road police station
Together with the top general of SAPS, we are committed to rename the Transvaal Road station in memory of Phakamile Mabija. The late Phakamile Mabija was arrested and detained at the Transvaal Road police station during the 1976 uprising. He was severely tortured and thrown from the six floor of the then notorious Transvaal Road police station and met his untimely death. We must never ever forget our past in order to understand our present and prepare for our future.
“Mabogo dinku a thibana kgotsa re ka re kgetsi ya tsie e kgona ke go tshwaraganelwa".
Let me also take this opportunity to thank the senior management and employees of the Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison; the staff in the ministry; the CPF; Youth Against crime; Women Against Crime; the chiefs; SANTAGO; the trade unions religious formations and faith based organisations for work well done for the past financial year.
Also a special thanks to the media for their efforts in disseminating information to highlight the fight against crime and corruption. Their presence during our campaigns and operations contributed towards keeping our people informed about our efforts towards serving our people.
Lastly, I want to thank the former Head of Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison Ms Liz Botes who displayed professionalism throughout her tenure at the Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison, we are delighted as the department that she is not lost to the Northern Cape provincial government. We would also like to wish her good luck in her new responsibility as the Head of Department of Nature Conservation and Environmental Affairs.
We would also like to congratulate the newly appointed Major-Generals of SAPS namely: Winston Tyuthuza, Galeshewe Cluster Commander; Major-General Ketlareng Mohajane; Kimberley Cluster Commander and Major-General Liziwe Ntshinga: Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation (The Hawks Commander).
We would also further like to recognise and acknowledge the presence of the Commissioner of Correctional Service for Free State and Northern Cape Mr Zacharia Modise.
I extend my profound gratitude to the Premier, Mme Hazel Jenkins for her visionary and able leadership and also to the members of the Executive Council and the honourable members of the legislature; we further extend our profound thanks to the members of our portfolio committee for your support and guidance throughout.
It is therefore my pleasure to table budget vote three for the 2010/11 financial year. This budget will be funding all departmental deliverables as highlighted in my speech and detailed in the department's annual performance plan.
Ke a leboga.
Baie Dankie.
Nkosi.
I thank you.
