Question NW2439 to the Minister of Communications

Shinn, Ms MR to ask the Minister of Communications

What amount did (a) her department and (b) each entity reporting to her spend on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun in the (aa) 2012-13, (bb) 2013-14 and (cc) 2014-15 financial years? NW2805E MINISTRY:COMMUNICATIONS REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Private Bag X 745, Pretoria, 0001, Tel: +27 12 473 0164 Fax: +27 12 473 0585 URL: http://www.gov.za NATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION NUMBER: 2439 OF 2015 DATE OF PUBLICATION: 26 JUNE 2015 Ms M R Shinn (DA) to ask Minister of Communications What amount did (a) her department and (b) each entity reporting to her spend on advertising in (i) Sowetan and (ii) Daily Sun in the (aa) 2012-13, (bb) 2013-14 and (cc) 2014-15 financial years? NW2805E REPLY: MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS GCIS advertises on various platfroms based on the objectives of the campaign and the target audience of the message. The department spent the below amounts on the two publications: (i)(aa) No records of the detailed expenditure per publication are available during 2012/13 as media buying procurement was outsourced to a service provider that is now no longer trading. (i)(bb) R181 798.66 (i)(cc) R483 821.86 (ii)(aa) No records of the detailed expenditure per publication are available during 2012/13 as media buying procurement was outsourced to a service provider that is now no longer trading. (ii)(bb) R205 476.79 (ii)(cc) R221 310.20 MR D LIPHOKO [ACTING] DIRECTOR GENERAL GCIS DATE: MS AF MUTHAMBI, MP MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS DATE: