Police Oversight and Community Safety
In relation to the National Register for Sex Offenders:
(1) Of the sexual and gender-based violence crimes that qualify to be recorded in the National Register for Sex Offenders, how many incidents have been committed in the Western Cape in the (a) 2017/18, (b) 2018/19, (c) 2019/20, (d) 2020/21 and (e) 2021/22 financial years; and
(2) whether this register is currently up to date; if not, when was the last time it was updated?
[1] [a] 2 825
[b] 2 844
[c] 2 761
[d] 2 389
[e] 1 539 [1 April – 31 December 2021]
[2] The register is updated by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.
THE MINISTER OF COMMUNITY SAFETY TO REPLY:
[2] The mandate does not lie within his sphere of government. However, the Department attempted to obtain the information from the National Department of Justice and Constitutional Development [DoJ & CD]. The Department was informed that “the Minister [National] cannot answer any parliamentary questions on behalf of any MEC in the Country. Only Members of Parliament [MPs] from both houses may ask the Departments through the Executive Authority [Minister] Parliamentary Questions. Anyone else who has a question must sponsor such a question through MPs whether for written or oral question.
