POLITICS

Criminal/disciplinary cases against SANDF members - Lindiwe Sisulu

375 individuals faced charges for statutory/common law offences in 2011

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND MILITARY VETERANS
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 689
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 16 MARCH 2012 

Mrs D A Schäfer (DA) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans:

Whether any members of (a) the SA Army, (b) the SA Air Force, (c) the SA Navy, (d) the SA Military Health Services and (e) any other specified formation have been charged with an offence under the (i) civilian criminal code and/or (ii) military disciplinary code (aa) in 2009, (bb) in 2010, (cc) in 2011 and (dd) since 1 January 2012; if so, in each specified type of offence, (aaa) how many members have been charged, (bbb) how many cases have been completed, (ccc) how many cases are pending and (ddd) how many cases resulted in a conviction? NW851E

REPLY

Please refer to the table below for the information requested.

Year: 2009

Specified type of offences

Number of members charged

Number of cases completed

Number of cases pending

Number of cases resulting in conviction

SA Army

Statutory / Common Law Offences

255

184

125

104

MDC Offences

1 613

1 358

509

917

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAAF

Statutory / Common Law Offences

79

64

18

47

MDC Offences

171

139

60

80

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA Navy

Statutory / Common Law Offences

21

10

43

8

MDC Offences

107

97

130

82

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAMHS

Statutory / Common Law Offences

18

8

11

4

MDC Offences

116

71

74

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year: 2010

Specified type of offences

Number of members charged

Number of cases completed

Number of cases pending

Number of cases resulting in conviction

SA Army

Statutory / Common Law Offences

294

249

160

112

MDC Offences

2 103

1 816

604

1 047

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAAF

Statutory / Common Law Offences

65

39

21

19

MDC Offences

212

132

62

129

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA Navy

Statutory / Common Law Offences

106

29

42

6

MDC Offences

209

144

124

97

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAMHS

Statutory / Common Law Offences

44

15

34

7

MDC Offences

137

112

71

58

Year: 2011

Specified type of offences

Number of members charged

Number of cases completed

Number of cases pending

Number of cases resulting in conviction

SA Army

Statutory / Common Law Offences

263

123

182

48

MDC Offences

2 149

1 463

689

1 043

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAAF

Statutory / Common Law Offences

51

9

42

4

MDC Offences

278

245

100

123

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA Navy

Statutory / Common Law Offences

15

27

29

2

MDC Offences

157

205

73

104

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAMHS

Statutory / Common Law Offences

46

20

20

5

MDC Offences

144

138

52

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year: 2012

Specified type of offences

Number of members charged

Number of cases completed

Number of cases pending

Number of cases resulting in conviction

SA Army

Statutory / Common Law Offences

151

36

136

17

MDC Offences

638

307

417

191

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAAF

Statutory / Common Law Offences

31

1

32

1

MDC Offences

70

42

49

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA Navy

Statutory / Common Law Offences

18

18

20

8

MDC Offences

33

49

52

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAMHS

Statutory / Common Law Offences

14

4

4

2

MDC Offences

56

43

32

16

Issued by Parliament, April 30 2012

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