SECTOR SKILLS PLAN FOR THE SAFETY AND …

1 SECTOR SKILLS PLAN FOR THE SAFETY AND security : 2017 - 18 UPDATE 01ST AUGUST 2016 i FOREWORD On the 12th February 2015, the Minister of Education and Training (DHET) placed the SAFETY and security SECTOR Education and Training Authority (SASSETA) under administration as a result of constant levels of poor financial and operational performance. The Minister subsequently appointed an administrator for a period of 12 months. On the 3rd February 2016, he then extended the administration period by 12 months ending on the 12th February 2017 .

2 As part of the turnaround strategy of SASSETA, the administration team in conjunction with management have put in place various interventions and process aimed at addressing and improving both financial and operational systems. Critical to this process has been improving SASSETA SKILLS planning capacity, improving data integrity and management processes. Various measures have now been put in place to address all the systemic challenges that led to inadequacies in the planning and reporting processes within SASSETA. Amongst these, was a revision of all planning processes within SASSETA including revisions to the SKILLS SECTOR Plan (SSP), the Strategic Business Plan and the Annual Performance Plan.

3 The revision also included the introduction of operational plans, a quarterly performance management forum where performance is accessed. This SSP identifies some of the key priority SKILLS that need to be addressed but work is still required to ensure the SETA achieves a more effective and credible SSP in the next planning cycle. Further work on enhancing SKILLS planning that is still underway, this includes: Analysis of additional data sources and data triangulation, Subsector-based and labour market research, and Targeted stakeholder engagements and consultations.

4 SASSETA will continue to actively enhance SKILLS planning and reporting in support of improved SKILLS development delivery in the post-education and training system. This SSP is the outcome of, not only an ongoing research process, but of extensive stakeholder consultation and engagement. Much work has been done to align the SSP with the government priorities particularly in relation to the SAFETY and security SECTOR . The SSP draft is submitted to the Minister of Higher Education and Training in partial compliance with the requirement of the SKILLS Development Act 1998 as amended and the NSDS III.

5 The SSP draft is here endorsed by duly authorised representative. _____ DATE: 01 August 2016 JENNIFER IRISH-QHOBOSHEANE (Ms) SASSETA ADMINISTRATOR ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It is important for SASSETA to understand the needs and the profile of the SAFETY and security SECTOR within the context of South African with reference to the associated issues which criss-cross the geo political and socio-economic spheres in order for it to succeed in its mandate of supporting the SKILLS development needs of the SECTOR . The SAFETY and security SECTOR in South Africa is both public and private.

6 The public security SECTOR consists of government security agencies and law enforcement bodies, whose role is to protect and serve the public and the interests of the state. The private SECTOR element of the security SECTOR comprises those companies and bodies who provide security and legal services to paying clients. The government has identified 2015/20 MTSF cycle Outcome 3: All people in South Africa are and feel safe, which incorporates the following outputs: i. Reduce overall levels of serious crimes and in particular contact crime. ii. An effective Criminal Justice System (CJS).

7 Iii. Corruption within the JCPS cluster combated to enhance its effectiveness and its ability to serve as a deterrent against crime. iv. Perceptions of crime among the population managed and improved. v. Levels of corruption reduced improving investor perception, trust and willingness to invest in South Africa. vi. Effective and integrated border management. vii. Cyber-crime combated. SASSETA has grouped its constituencies into seven subsectors: Policing, Corrections, Defence, Justice, Intelligence Activities, Legal Services, and Private security and Investigation Activities.

8 A large number of trade unions represent the interests of workers in the SAFETY and security SECTOR . The South African government spent R158 million on its defence, public order and SAFETY function in the 2014/15 financial year. Budgets for the defence, public order and SAFETY function are however under pressure, with this evident in the declining proportion of the total government budget that is allocated to this function, as well as in the declining annual increases. The latest figure of of total consolidated government expenditure represents a decline from the proportional allocation of of the total budget in 2011/2012.

9 Looking forward over the next three years, government estimates show that by 2017 /18, spending on the defence, public order and SAFETY function will have increased to a total R 186 million, but proportionally this amount will have declined further to only of the total government expenditure. While the recent and reliable economic information is available through government budget reports on the economic performance of the state portion of iii the SAFETY and security SECTOR , recent information on the private portion of the SECTOR is difficult to accurately assess.

10 The Private security subsector is said to be one of the largest employers in the country and is one of the fastest growing local industries. The number of registered, active security officers in the subsector increased from 411 109 in 2010/11 to 487 058 in 3013/14, which is an average annual growth of over the period. Despite this, it is difficult to find detailed and/or recent figures of the subsector s economic performance. In 2012, it was estimated that the South African private security industry was worth between R50 and R55 billion rand and, from 2011 it was suggested that the subsector contributed around 2% of South Africa s GDP in the preceding years.