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SAPS ANTI-CORRUPTION
STRATEGY
OVERVIEW TO THE PORTFOLIO
COMMITTEE ON POLICE – 13 SEPTEMBER
2011
PRESENTATION CONTENTS
 The Minimum Anti-Corruption Capacity
Requirements (MACC)
 The process for the development of the SAPS
Anti-Corruption Strategy (ACS)
 The aim of the four pillars of the ACS
 Overview of the four pillars: priorities,
objectives, current and planned
implementation
 The Prevention Pillar
 The Detection Pillar
 The Investigation Pillar
 The Resolution Pillar
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 Way Forward.
THE MINIMUM ANTI-CORRUPTION
CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS (MACC)
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 Cabinet decided in September
2003 to require all public service
departments and entities to have
a specific ‘minimum level of anticorruption capacity’ within their
departments.
THE PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
SAPS ACS
 DPSA Minimum Anti-corruption Requirements (MACC) Audit
 SAPS was assessed as being 69% compliant with the MACC, in
7th position overall of 27 national departments involved in the
audit
 An internal national workshop was conducted to consult /
develop the strategy
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Consultation and sensitization processes are underway
 The development and refinement of the elements of the ACS,
within the 4 pillars
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 The ACS will be approved by the SAPS National Management
Forum by the end of September 2011.
THE AIM OF THE FOUR PILLARS OF THE
ACS
Prevention
• To develop a culture in SAPS that is
professional and does not tolerate
corruption and criminality
Detection
• To proactively detect corruption within its
ranks as well as other departments in the
JCPS Cluster
Investigation • To investigate all reports and cases of
corruption effectively and efficiently
Resolution
• To counter act the effects of corruption by
taking appropriate action, e.g. disciplinary
action and the improvement of internal
controls
THE PREVENTION PILLAR
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 Prevention Pillar Priority 1 – To develop and
implement an Integrity Management Framework
for the SAPS
 Objective 1 - To establish an effective Ethics and
Integrity Management capacity within the SAPS
 Objective 2 – To ensure managerial assistance to
members in the prevention of corruption and fraud
to empower them with the skills and knowledge
required to avoid unethical, unprofessional and
corrupt and fraudulent conduct
 Objective 3: To identify, assess and manage the
risks related to unethical, unprofessional and
criminal (as well as corrupt and fraudulent)
conduct by SAPS members
 Objective 4: To manage the SAPS’ corruption
prevention policies and procedures
 Objective 5: To support the strategy through the
conducting of research.
THE PREVENTION PILLAR CONT…
 Prevention Pillar Priority 2 – Communicating the ACS
 Objective 1 - Launch the “Look Out” Campaign to create
awareness among members on the 9th of December 2011 to focus
on:
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Explanation of the definition of corruption and fraud
Causes and consequences of corruption and fraud within the SAPS
How and where corruption and fraud involving SAPS members can be
reported, including the promoting of whistleblowing, the Presidential
Hotline and the National Anti-corruption Hotline
Popularizing the SAPS Gifts Policy and Register through internal
communication tools
Recognition of good work done by members
Publicly demonstrating the commitment of the SAPS to clean and
effective governance
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 Objective 2 - External communication of corruption awareness
and reporting with existing and new community-based partners
(e.g. Shout, Primedia, CPFs, BACSA).
THE PREVENTION PILLAR CONT…
 Priority 3 – To monitor and evaluate the ACS
 Objective 1 - Monitoring and Evaluating the
implementation of the ACS.
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 Annual assessment of ACS compliance with the MACC
 Benchmarking of the ACS
 Specific performance indicators will be included
 The number of SAPS members arrested and charged
criminally
 The number of guilty and not-guilty verdicts
 The court-ready case docket rate for corruption and
corruption-related offences
 The number of SAPS members charged
departmentally
 Conducting annual impact evaluation studies on ACS
implementation.
CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION –
PREVENTION PILLAR
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Corruption and fraud by SAPS members prioritized as a strategic risk
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National Risk Committee manages the development and implementation process
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Public statements by the Minister, Deputy Minister and the National Management on the
zero tolerance approach to corrupt SAPS members
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Ethics officers designated at national and provincial levels
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Anti-corruption Communication Plan in place
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Communiqués with members regarding the consequences of corruption and the need to
maintain professional conduct
Sensitization of members initiated on 1 January 2011
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37 387 (19,2%) members sensitized at all levels
Recruitment process strengthened to improve quality of entry level members
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Community involvement in selection process
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Vetting of applicants
Existing anti-corruption skills development modules offered:
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The 2011 entry level members trained on the new sensitization module
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Employee Health and Wellness work ethics and anti-corruption module
Integrity Testing Model currently being developed
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Customized Employee Health and Wellness support programmes implemented
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Consultation with all levels on the further development of the Prevention Pillar, including
the Integrity Management Framework.
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PLANNED IMPLEMENTATION –
PREVENTION PILLAR
 Implementation of corruption prevention policies subsequent to
the approval of the ACS
 Planned launch of the Anti-corruption Strategy on International
Anti-corruption Day on 9 December 2011
 Ethics and Integrity Indaba planned to be held by March 2012
 Finalize formal anti-corruption skills development courses for
all levels
 Conduct research regarding public perceptions of corruption
and impact evaluations
 Establishing a Centre for Service Excellence within the SAPS
to:
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 coordinate reports of unprofessional service delivery; and
 commendations for good service delivery.
THE DETECTION PILLAR
 Priority 1 – Management of reports and
allegations of corruption and fraud
submitted to the SAPS
 Objective 1- Ensure the development of a
Centralized Management Information System
 Objective 2 – Ensure periodic reporting to
the DPSA in line with the MACC
 Priority 2 - Develop an integrated
approach to detecting corruption within
the SAPS
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 Objective 1 – To determine corruption-prone
areas and identify trends for targeted
intervention
 Objective 2 – Ensure an integrated detection
approach by Crime Intelligence, the
Inspectorate and Internal Audit.
CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION –
DETECTION PILLAR
 Risk-based audits and inspections by the Internal Audit
Component and Inspectorate respectively
 Corruption and fraud risk assessments conducted by divisions
and provinces
 Manage reports of corruption and fraud received from the
Presidential Hotline and the National Anti-corruption Hotline
 The management of complaints of unprofessional conduct by
SAPS members from the Ministry, Secretary of Police, the ICD
and those reported to the Inspectorate
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 Profiling and vetting of members by Crime Intelligence and the
DPCI.
PLANNED IMPLEMENTATION – DETECTION
PILLAR
 Updating current information systems to allow for ease of
reporting corruption and fraud
 The analysis of current data to determine trends to support the
detection of corruption and fraud
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 The conducting of lifestyle audits focusing on corruption and
fraud.
THE INVESTIGATION PILLAR
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Priority 1 –Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation
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Objective 1 – Ensure the effective investigation of
criminal charges with an organised or commercial
crime dimension
 Objective 2 - Ensure the effective investigation of
criminal charges with the focus on members of
departments in the JCPS Cluster
Priority 2 –Detective Services
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Objective 1 - Ensure the effective investigation of other
criminal charges of corruption and fraud
Priority 3 – Managing investigations into corruption
and fraud
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Objective 1 - Improve the court-ready case docket and
detection rate in cooperation with other government
departments (court process), e.g. NPA, SARS.
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Objective 1 - Improve the court-ready case docket and
detection rate
Priority 4 – Cooperation with other government
departments
CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION –
INVESTIGATION PILLAR
 Investigation by SAPS of registered charges against SAPS
members
 Detective Services
 DPCI
 Investigation of disciplinary cases
 Prioritizing the investigation of corruption and fraud within the
JCPS Cluster (including SAPS)
 The management of outstanding criminal charges of corruption
and fraud against SAPS members
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 The conducting of a feasibility study into the re-establishment
of internal anti-corruption units has been approved.
THE RESOLUTION PILLAR
 Priority 1 – Effective management of
disciplinary cases
 Objective 1 - Finalize internally generated
and IPID referred departmental /
disciplinary cases against members for
corruption and fraud within set timeframes
 Priority 2 - Improving Internal Controls
 Objective 1 - Review SAPS policies and
procedures compromised by corruption or
fraud
 Priority 3 – Recovery of losses
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 Objective 1 - Effective application of SAPS
Loss Management policy to ensure
recovery of losses as result of corruption.
CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION –
RESOLUTION PILLAR
 Disciplinary trial structures and units
approved and implemented
 479 departmental charges / disciplinary
cases against SAPS members were recorded
in 2010/11
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 Existing system to recover losses incurred
by the SAPS as a result of corruption and
fraud by SAPS members.
PLANNED IMPLEMENTATION –
RESOLUTION PILLAR
 Enhancement of the Loss Management System to
specify recoveries for losses as a result of corruption
and fraud by SAPS members
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 Improving systems and controls compromised by
corruption and fraud.
WAY FORWARD
 The finalizing and approval of the ACS by the
National Management Forum
 Develop an implementation plan for the
phased implementation of the Strategy
 Monitoring and evaluation of the
implementation and the impact of the Strategy
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 Focus on achieving of objectives and targets in
in line with performance indicators.