Cele tables R102bn vote in the fight against crime
Police Minister Bheki Cele has tabled a budget of R102 billion for the South African Police Service during the 2023/2024 financial year.
Cele addressed his department’s budget vote in Parliament on Tuesday.
He says R357 million will be allocated to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, while R150 million will be set aside for the Department of the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service.
"Departmental spending over the medium term is in relation to the core programmes with visible policing consisting of more than 51% of the total Vote in 2023/24,” Cele told MPs in the National Assembly.
"The SAPS has been allocated more than R1.8 billion for the procurement of transport assets, such as vehicles, trucks, buses, depending on the availability in the market."
Cele said an additional R100 million is allocated to provinces and the fight against gender-based violence and femicide response and the strengthening of FCS units.
"An action plan has been developed that aims to respond to crimes related to GBVF, vulnerable groups and sexual offences. This plan also focuses on the resourcing of FCS units, both at national and provincial level with a total of R1,3 billion for both proactive and reactive responses to these crimes."
Additional funds will be allocated for the upgrading and building of new police stations.
"More than R1 billion is allocated for the construction and upgrading of police stations. In addition to that, R30 million is allocated for the procurement and conversion of vehicles to ensure that more mobile Community Service Centres are available to the community," said Cele.
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