Question NW2929 to the Minister of Public Enterprises

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12 December 2018 - NW2929

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Mashabela, Ms N to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(a) What (i) is the total number of employees that have been outsourced from private companies and/or contractors by (aa) his department and (bb) each entity reporting to him (aaa) in the past three financial years and (bbb) since 1 April 2018 and (ii) is the name of each company or contractor and (b) what amount is each employee paid?

Reply:

DPE RESPONSE

(i) The total number of employees that have been outsourced from private companies and / or total number of employees that have been outsources from Private Companies.

Three Employees (excluding SOC’s employees)

(aa) Department of Public Enterprises

(bb) Each entity reporting to DPE

(aaa)

Financial year

Number of employees

2015/16

0

2016/17

0

2017/18

1

(bbb) Since April 2018

Department of Public Enterprises

Three Employees

(i) Name of each contractor

Financial year

Name of contractor

2015/16

None appointed

2016/17

None appointed

2017/18

Kelly Group

Since April 2018

  1. Kamo Placement
  1. Fempower

 

(b) What amount is each employee paid?

Payments were / are made directly to the company and the company is responsible for paying their own employees.

This response is according to information received from Transnet and South African Express:

Transnet:

(bb) (aaa) (bbb)

Transnet SOC Ltd 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018 per Operating Division

Transnet Freight Rail

Financial Year

Nature of the Outsourced Service

Name/s of service providers

Number of workers undertaking the outsourced service

2015/2016

Cleaning Services, security services; horticultural services, waiters

A number of different service providers were procured throughout TFR’s business units and depots. The names of the service providers are too numerous to list here but are available on request.

Cleaning services: 256

     

Security services : 4172

     

Horticultural services:25

     

Waiters: 20

2016/2017

Cleaning, security, waste management, horticultural services, occupational health, cafeteria services, cafeteria, transport, pest control

 

Cleaning services : 501

     

Security services : 4290

     

Horticultural services: 25

     

Waiters: 20

 

Cleaning Services, horticultural services, waiters

 

Cleaning services: 568

     

Security services : 4384

     

Horticultural services:25

     

Waiters: 20

Transnet Engineering

Financial Year

Nature of the Outsourced Service

Name/s of service providers

Number of workers undertaking the outsourced service

 

Cleaning, security, waste management, horticultural services, occupational health, cafeteria services,




A number of different service providers were procured throughout TE. The names of the service providers are too numerous to list here but are available on request.

Cleaning services: 256

     

Security services : 47

     

Waste Management: 23

     

Horticultural services:22

     

Waiters: 12

2016/2017

Cleaning Services, horticultural services, waiters

 

Cleaning services: 273

     

Security services : 47

     

Waste management: 29

     

Horticultural services: 53

     

Occupational health: 12

     

Transport: 11

     

Pest Control: 6

 

Cleaning, security, waste management, horticultural services, occupational health, cafeteria services, cafeteria, transport, pest control, rail line maintenance

 

Cleaning services: 406

     

Security services : 47

     

Waste management: 37

     

Horticultural services: 113

     

Occupational health: 12

     

Transport: 13

     

Pest Control: 21

Rail line maintenance: 4500

Transnet Port Terminals

Financial Year

Nature of the Outsourced Service

Name/s of service providers

Number of workers undertaking the outsourced service

2015/2016

Cleaning, security, waste management, occupational health, transportation of manganese and iron ore, transportation of employees; ICT, stevedoring, driving services, materials handling

A number of different service providers were procured throughout TFR’s business units and depots. The names of the service providers are too numerous to list here but are available on request.

Cleaning: 312

2016/2017

2017/2018

   

Security: 320

Occupational health: 40

ICT: 20

Materials Handling: 431

Employee transport: 37

Stevedoring: dependant on operational demand

Transportation of manganese and iron ore: dependant on operational demand

Transnet Pipelines, Group Capital, Property

Financial Year

Nature of the Outsourced Service

2015/2016

Cleaning, security, ground maintenance and gardening, Helicopter and aviation services; dredging, pest control, ground and garden maintenance, fire services, mobile crane services, driving services, steel work and general maintenance; occupational health

2016/2017

2017/2018

 

(b) Transnet SOC Ltd is accordingly not responsible for the remuneration and other conditions of service of the contractor. The fees for service rendered by the service provider is regulated by the applicable commercial agreement between Transnet and the service provider.

South African Express:

South African Express Airways has not outsourced employees from private companies and/or contractors.

Alexkor, Denel, Safcol, Eskom and SAA responses not received.

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