Police Oversight and Community Safety

Question by: 
Hon Gillion Bosman
Answered by: 
Hon Reagen Allen
Question Number: 
6
Question Body: 

In relation to the state of police station infrastructure in the Western Cape:

  1. (a) Which police stations currently do not have any (i) access control points on their premises and (ii) holding cells and (b) of these that do not, (i) what alternative is being used and (ii) what are the plans to build holding cell facilities at each of these affected stations;
  1. which police stations currently do not have any detention facilities and (b) what alternative is being used and (c) what are the plans to build detention facilities at each of these affected stations?
Answer Body: 

The reply of the South African Police Service (SAPS):

6.      (1)   (a) (i)    All police stations have access control points.

                       (ii)    Barrydale, Caledon, Ceres, Conville, Goodwood, Gordons Bay, Great Brak River, Groot Drakentein, Kensington, Klapmuts, Kleinmond, Knysna, Laaiplek, Ladismith, Laingsburg, Lutzville, McGregor, Montagu, Muizenberg, Oudtshoorn, Paarl, Parow, Philippi East, Porterville, Piketberg, Prince Alfred Hamlet, Riebeeck West, Robertson, St Helena Bay, Standard, Still Bay, Struisbaai, Table Bay Harbour, Vanrhynsdorp, Wellington.

 

                 (b)   (i)   The above-mentioned stations indicated that they use the detention cells or a vacant room in the CSC to process detainees.

                  (ii)  A request for construction detention cell which include holding cells were placed on the User Asset Management Plan (UAMP) for all police stations. The UAMP is managed by the Divisional Commissioner: SCM in conjunction with the National Department of Public Works and Infrastructure.

         (2)   (a)   Belhar, Bothasig Cloetesville, Elands Bay, Kirstenhof, Kwanonqaba, Kwanokuthula, Lingelethu West, Lwandle, Pinelands, Samora Machel, Struisbaai, Suurbraak and Villiersdorp.

                 (b)   Detention facilities at the following stations are utilised:

                                              Station                                                 Detention facilities utilised

                         Belhar                                                  Bellville South

                        Bothasig                                              Parow

                        Cloetesville (leasehold)                     Stellenbosch

                        Elands Bay                                          Lamberts Bay

                        Kirstenhof (leasehold)                        Wynberg

                        Kwanongaba (leasehold)                 Mossel Bay

                        Kwanokuthula (leasehold)                Plettenberg Bay

                        Lingelethu West (leasehold)             Khayelitsha/ Harare

                        Lwandle (leasehold)                          Strand

                        Pinelands                                            Maitland

                        Samora Machel                                 Nyanga

                        Struisbaai (leasehold)                        Bredasdorp

                        Suurbraak                                           Swellendam

                         Villiersdorp                                          Caledon

                 (c)   A request for construction of detention cells, which includes holding cells, is currently pending on the User Asset Management Plan (UAMP). The UAMP is managed by the Divisional Commissioner: SCM in conjunction which the National Department of Public Works and Infrastructure.

Date: 
Friday, March 3, 2023
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