By Johnathan Paoli
The Portfolio Committee on Police has strongly criticised the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA) for their persistent failure to implement audit recommendations and curb financial and administrative irregularities.
The committee warned that the ongoing lack of accountability and consequence management within both institutions threatens to erode public confidence in the country’s law enforcement and regulatory systems.
Meeting on Monday to assess the 2024/25 annual reports of entities under the police portfolio, the committee expressed deep concern over recurring audit findings and the limited progress made to resolve them.
The sitting followed an earlier adjournment on 15 October after both the Minister of Police and the National Commissioner of SAPS failed to attend.
“It is completely unacceptable that SAPS and PSiRA have persistently shown non-compliance with supply chain management (SCM) regulations and yet there is little or no action undertaken
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