The South African Police Service's Compliance with Recommendations by the Independent Complaints Directorate

Date: 2008-04-02 to Invalid date

In October 2006, the ICD and the ISS decided to undertake a joint research project to, firstly, establish the extent to which the police comply with recommendations made by the ICD and, secondly, to make recommendations that would address areas of non-compliance. The ICD recommendations relate to cases investigated against members of the police in terms of section 53 of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No 68 of 1995). Current legislation places no obligation on the police to either act on the recommendation or to inform the ICD about whether indeed any steps were taken. It is therefore important for the ICD to determine the extent to which the police do comply with their recommendations, and to determine – in addition to deficiencies within their legal mandate – what other factors negatively impact on their ability to achieve their constitutional object.

Purpose of the seminar

The research has now been completed and a final report has been compiled. The ICD and other key stakeholders were already briefed on the outcome of the study and the seminar will be used to present the key research findings and resultant recommendations to a broader audience. A limited number of copies of the report will be available at the seminar.

Speakers: Mr Cyril Adonis, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (formerly head of research at the ICD)
Dr Johan Burger, Crime and Justice Programme, Institute for Security Studies

Date: Wednesday, 02 April 2008
Time: 10:00 to 12:00 (Lunch will be served afterwards)
Venue: ISS, Block C, Brooklyn Court, Veale Street East, Pretoria
(Parking is available at Brooklyn Mall and ABSA parkades at own cost)

RSVP: Busiswa Nyume; Email: [email protected]; Tel: (012) 346 9500; Fax: (012) 460 0997/8 

This seminar is funded by the Hanns Seidel Foundation