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Left to right: Minister Sydney Mufamadi, Former Deputy Minister Joe Matthews, Former National Police Commissioner George Fivaz, Former Secretariat Azhar Cachalia 25 - The Inspectorate for Explosives, which exercised control over the manufacture, import, export, use and storage of explosives. Division Visible Policing: The division was established primarily to carry out crime prevention duties. It consisted of the following units: - The Special Guard Unit, which guarded various ministerial residential areas and office complexes, the President, SAPS Headquarters in Pretoria, as well as ministers, deputy ministers and other important people while they were travelling. - The Special Task Force, which specialized in dealing with hostage and similar situations. - The Air Wing (established in 1985). - The WaCling, which had a coastal branch and an inland branch. - The Diving units whose divers traced exhibits in criminal cases, searched for drowned persons and rescued people in distress. Division Internal Stability: The division was mainly responsible for combating violence in South Africa, primarily by means of preventive actions such as patrols in areas where unrest, intimidation and other unrest-related offences occurred. The Air Wing continues to play an important role
1995 10 Years of Policing in a Democracy 1995 – 2005 26 • On 29 January 1995, President Nelson Mandela, appointed the first National Commissioner of the new South African Police Service, George Fivaz. He was assisted by four deputy commissioners, namely National Deputy Commissioners Morgan Chetty, Zolisa Lavisa, Mike Bester and John Manuel. In February 1995, the complete demilitarization of the police service was proposed. Other proposals included the abolition of military titles held by officers. • A ten-point community policing programme was launched in February 1995, the first of two stages of transforming the SAPS. The programme included the following: - Establishing station management forums to channel grievances. - Appointing shop stewards and complaints officers at district level. - Rotating schedules to prevent black police members from being assigned inferior jobs. - Redistributing resources between over-resourced and under-resourced stations. - Speeding up the incorporation of police assistants into the SAPS. - Improving the working environment of SAPS employees. - Implementing effective labour relations. • The SAPS Representivity and Equal Opportunities Programme (REOP), which formed the cornerstone of the SAPS transformation process, was launched at the end of May 1995. • A new rank structure for the SAPS was introduced on 1 December 1995. The new system heralded a visible and concrete break with the militaristic police culture of the past. • The new emblem of the SAPS was unveiled. Still based on a star design, the new emblem had as its centerpiece the aloe plant which symbolizes resilience and steadfastness. • New uniforms and insignia for the various ranks were phased in. The new uniform included a darker cap and a new name badge. Castle symbols denoting rank on epaulets were replaced by a hexagon showing the aloe plant. • Divisions that were established in addition to existing ones included the following: Division National Standards and Management Services: The division focused on providing management services in line with the constitutional and legislative functions of the SAPS, and determining and evaluating national standards in the delivery of policing services. The division consisted of three components, namely National Policy and Strategy, which formulated and implemented national operational policy and strategies; National Corporate Development, which interpreted and developed organizational policy into effective policing structures, management systems and procedures; and National Service Evaluation, which monitored and evaluated the services rendered by the SAPS in fulfilling its operational policies and strategies. The division followed a constructive, problem-solving approach, liaising internally with other SAPS divisions and externally with relevant communities and interested stakeholders. This approach assisted the SAPS in obtaining valuable input from crime-affected communities and in ensuring that the specific needs, fears and priorities of individual communities were addressed in the crime-combating activities of the SAPS. The Community Safety Plan was announced by former President Nelson Mandela in 1995, after being approved by all participants in the Government of National Unity. Division National Crime Investigation Services (NCIS): As every other division in the SAPS, the NCIS was also taking a new approach. In the past, the majority of the investigation units had followed a reactive approach to crime and solutions to crime. The division adopted a more preventive, proactive methodology and structure. In this way, crime was addressed by means of the effective utilization of information and the application of expert methods of investigation. Six components were assigned to the division, namely the Commercial Crime component, the National Priority Crimes component, the Organized
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