Western Cape Provincial Police Ombudsman 2019/2020 Annual Performance Report

12 August 2020: Africa Criminal Justice Reform (ACJR) is hosting a discussion with the Western Cape Provincial Police Ombudsman, Johan Brand, regarding his office’s 2019/20 Annual Performance Report. The Western Cape is the only province in South Africa with a Police Ombudsman and thus presents a unique opportunity to explore this institution.
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  • When 12 Aug, 2020 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Africa/Johannesburg / UTC200)
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The role of the Provincial Police Ombudsman is to enhance the efficiency of police services and improve relations between the police and communities by investigating complaints of police inefficiency and by investigating any breakdown of relations between the police and communities in the province. The mandate of this office is limited to the investigation of complaints of inefficiencies against members of the South African Police Service in the Western Cape and members of the Cape Town Metro Police Department. The recently released 2019/2020 Annual Performance Report highlights the successes and challenges encountered by the Office of the Ombudsman during this period. Please join us for a webinar on 12 August 2020.

 Speakers

  • Johan Brand, Western Cape Provincial Police Ombudsman.
  • Chumile Sali, Project Officer, African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF).

Moderator

  • Lukas Muntingh, Project Head, Africa Criminal Justice Reform.

 Questions: In order to make the best use of our speakers’ time, please send questions in advance to cnitsckie@uwc.ac.za as this will provide the speakers the opportunity to prepare a reply. During the webinar we will use the Chat function in Zoom to handle questions.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining each webinar.

Background reading: Muntingh, L. (2018) ‘Modest beginnings, high hopes: The Western Cape Police Ombudsman’ SA Crime Quarterly 64, pp. 17-27. https://journals.assaf.org.za/sacq/article/view/4884

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ACJR wishes to acknowledge the Open Society Foundation-South Africa and the Sigrid Rausing Trust for making this webinar possible.