2              Introduction
                    PCOP visited the Mpumalanga Province on 2-6 February 2015
                    The purpose of the visit was to:
                        Check the Role of SAPS at Lebombo Border Post
                        Check on Role of SAPS in the Anti-Rhino Poaching Task Team
                        Visit police stations in Nelspruit
                        Check on the functioning of the Public Order Police Unit in 
                         Hazyview
                        Visit the Independent Police Investigative Directorate
                    The Committee also visited the Provincial Head Office of SAPS
                    The visits formed part of Parliament’s Oversight Week  
          3              Findings: SAPS Mpumalanga
                        Provincial garages are taking up to 3 weeks to fix vehicles
                        Province only has 309 vehicles in service
                        Provincial discrepancy of 251 vehicles
                        Province has an official shortage of 193 vehicles
                        Nelspruit garage evicted from premises, waiting for DPW with 
                         implementation of R/246
                        Need provincial accommodation of offices for the Units in the 
                         province
                        Members working in the corridors of buildings
                        RAG is not taking into account the growth of informal settlements
                        Shortage of human and material resources
     4      Findings: Lebombo Border Post
     No offices are provided to the police
     Policing needs are largely ignored during construction
     The borderline is not properly secured
     The police members are exposed to a unhealthy work environment with no adequate shelter with 
      temperatures of between 40-42 degrees Celsius; No toilets in the immediate vicinity
     Dust is a major problem because the side of the road is gravel at the border post
     When it rains, the searching stops
     Unavailability of a scanner to check bulk cargo, so it goes unsearched
     There is a shortage of members during the Easter and Festive season periods
     The proposed one stop border post is not in place due to legal impediments raised by the SAPS 
      and has not been operationalised.  
          5               Lebombo Border Post
                            Require 9 dog handlers – only 3 available
                            Negligible amount of illegal firearms and drugs seized
                            Shortage of members, require 50 members
                            Fence is broken and not fixed  along certain areas on 62 km border
                            Lack of visibility of senior managers
                            Integrity and commitment of staff a major issue
                            Traffic jams add to backlogs
                            DPW can assist with infrastructure – arrivals hall roof leaking
          6              Findings: Anti-Rhino Poaching Team
                    827 rhino carcasses found in KNP in 2014, estimated figure will be 1025
                    Numbers of poachers are growing
                    4% chance of being caught
                    Estimated poacher force is 5000
                    179 weapons recovered in KNP
                    174 poachers arrested, 77 in Mozambique
                    Crime syndicates take up to five years to take down
                    Arresting the level 1’s
                    Need more intelligence (+ 1 million people), KNP 2000 staff