36/1/4/1/201200095
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 1021
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 4 MAY 2012
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 11-2012)
Date reply submitted: 29 May 2012
1021. Mrs M A A Njobe (Cope) to ask the Minister of Police:
(1) Whether he has a system in place to monitor the way in which the Secret Service manages its funds; if not, why not; if so, what are the (a) details of the (i) alleged unfettered expenditures of a certain person (name furnished), (ii)(aa) recruiting and (bb) funding of secret agents and (iii) breakdown of expenses and payments from its funds since the 2009-10 financial year and (b)(i) Police and (ii) Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999 (PFMA), rules, regulations and provisions that they rely on when accessing these funds;
(2) whether these rules, regulations and provisions are adhered to; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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REPLY:
(1) and (2) Secret Services as defined in the Secret Services Act, Act 56 of 1978 means that part of the functions of a Department of State which, in the opinion of the President or the responsible Executive Deputy President or Minister, is of such a nature that it is in the national interest that the performance thereof is not directly or indirectly made known, and which is funded from the account known as the Secret Services Account.
Thus the purpose of the Secret Services Account is to fund such activities as carried out by the intelligence function of the South African Police Service (SAPS).
The intelligence function of the SAPS is accountable to a Parliamentary Committee, known as the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI), pertaining to its intelligence and counter-intelligence functions, which include its administration, financial management and expenditure. This is in compliance with the Intelligence Services Oversight Act, Act 40 of 1994.
The above questions by the honourable member, Mrs MAA Njobe, can unfortunately not be answered without exposing certain covert procedures and methodology utilized by the said intelligence function.
Reply to question 1021 approved by the Minister.
Issued by Parliament, May 30 2012
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