Question NW524 to the Minister of Public Enterprises
25 March 2019 - NW524
Rawula, Mr T to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises
(a) What number of (i) buildings, (ii) properties and (iii) facilities does his department currently (aa) own and (bb) rent, (b) what is the value and purpose of each (i) owned and (ii) rented property and (c)(i) for how long has each property been rented, (ii) from whom is each property rented and (iii) what is the monthly rental fee for each property?
Reply:
a) What number of (i) buildings, (ii) properties and (iii) facilities does his department currently (aa) own and (bb) rent, (b) what is the value and purpose of each (i) owned and (ii) rented property and (c)(i) for how long has each property been rented, (ii) from whom is each property rented and (iii) what is the monthly rental fee for each property?
(a) (i) The Department of Public Enterprises does not own any building
(ii) The Department of Public Enterprises does not own property
(iii) The Department of Public Enterprise does not own any facility
(b) (i) Department of Public Enterprise is renting a building for monthly rental of R 902 928. The purpose of the lease is office accommodation for the Department
(c) (ii)The storage facilities is leased for monthly rental of R 12 550, the purpose of the storage is to store excess and old furniture
(d) For how long has each property been rented and from who?
(i) The building Office Accommodation is rented through DPW for a duration of 36 Months from Delta Property Fund and Storage Facility is rented through MIJA Investment for 6 months.
This company, Delta Property Fund, has been hopelessly incompetent in providing a properly refurbished office block. Thus far, responses from the company have been less than adequate.