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Independent News reports that the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has come under fire from MPs for spending the bulk of its R315 million budget on paying salaries instead of running its operations.
This was after Ipid advised that out of its budget of R315m for the 2018/19 financial year, R212m had gone to the salaries of its employees, which had left little for the organisation’s operations. Ipid warned the same was likely to happen in the current financial year as its projections showed that even more would be spent on salaries. This would leave R52m for the organisation’s operations, while the balance of R55m would be redirected to contractual obligations. But members of the portfolio committee on police were not impressed and said that Ipid had to prioritise its business and focus on its core function of investigating misconduct cases against the police. However, Ipid acting head Victor Senna said their resources were stretched and that Ipid had for years been trying to get an increase on its budget. Head of investigations at Ipid, Matthew Sesoko, also told the committee they needed to deal with a backlog of cases and went on to indicate: “In terms of the structure of Ipid, it is supposed to employ more than 535 people, but employs far less because of budgetary constraints.”
- Read the full original of Siyabonga Mkhwanazi’s report in the above regard at Independent News
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