drafted by the Multiparty Negotiating Forum and enacted by the Parliament of South Africa

“ The committee shall be competent to investigate and make recommendations regarding the budget, functioning, organisation, armaments, policy, morale and state of preparedness of the National Defence Force and to perform such other functions relating to parliamentary supervision of the Force as may be prescribed by law. ”

“ The Premier of a province shall charge a member of the Executive Council of the province with responsibility for the performance by the Service in or in regard to that province of the functions set out in section 219 (1) . ”

“ No provincial law may—
(a)
permit lower standards of performance of the functions of the Service than those provided for by an Act of Parliament; or (b)
detract from the rights which citizens have under an Act of Parliament.
Responsibilities of National Commissioner
218. (1) Subject to section 214 and the directions of the Minister referred to in section 216 (1) , the National Commissioner shall be responsible for—
(a)
the maintenance of an impartial, accountable, transparent and efficient police service ”

“ The result shall, subject to subparagraph (v) , indicate the number of members that such party is entitled to designate on the committee. (v)
Where the application of the above formula yields a surplus not absorbed by the number of members allocated to a party, such surplus shall compete with other similar surpluses accruing to another party or parties, and any member or members which remain unallocated shall be allocated to the party or parties concerned in sequence of the highest surplus. ”