Question NW1147 to the Minister of Communications

Reply:

(i)

1. The Government Communication and Information Systems (GCIS) does not subscribe with any media house but follow the normal procurement process as per PFMA and PPPFA through which the prospective service providers are invited to bid for supplying and delivering of various newspapers for the period of six months. The department does not hold subscriptions with any media house. The GCIS procures newspapers for the Department of Communications.

 

The following amounts were spent on newspapers during the financial year, (aaa) 2011 – 2012 R671 607.39

(bbb) 2012 – 2013 R678 410.40

(ccc) 2013 – 2014 R670 473.96

(bb) 2014 – 2015 R793 916.44.

i.  Financial Year 2011/2012 (R671 607.39)

Name of the newspaper	Number of copies per day	Quantity of newspaper procured per year
Beeld	10	4698
Business Day	44	3079
Citizen	25	9614
Daily Sun	15	6003
TNT Media	32	3872
Pretoria News	35	12015
Sowetan	45	15094
Star	46	14834
Financial Mail	3	152
Mail & Guardian	45	2934
Rapport	5	832
DIAMOND Fields Advertiser	4	522
Cape times	8	1364
Saturday Star	5	832
Pretoria news Saturday	5	676
Beeld Saturday	5	676
Sunday Times	10	156
Sunday World	5	60
The Times	7	522
City Press	10	5176
Sunday independent	10	1468
Sunday sun	10	1222
Citizen Saturday	5	416

ii.  Financial Year 2012/2013 (R678 410.40)

Name of the newspaper	Number of copies per day (Monday to Friday)	Quantity of newspaper procured per year
Beeld	20	5260
Business Day	44	11572
Citizen	31	8153
Daily Sun	33	8679
New Age	37	9731
Pretoria News	46	12098
Sowetan	50	13150
Star	49	12887
Financial Mail	23	6049
Mail & Guardian	52	13676
Rapport	7	1841
Saturday Pretoria News	4	208
Saturday Citizen	4	208
Saturday Star	5	260
Sunday Independent	12	624
Sunday Sun	15	780
Sunday Times	16	832
Sunday World	9	468
The Times	25	1300
City Press	12	624

Name of the newspaper	Number of copies per day (Monday to Sunday )	Quantity of newspaper procured per year
Beeld	26	6 838
Business Day	53	13 939
Citizen	38	9994
Daily Sun	50	13150
New Age	43	11 309
Pretoria News	57	14991
Sowetan	61	16043
Star	63	16569
Financial Mail	34	8942
Mail & Guardian	59	15517
Rapport	16	4208
Beeld Naweek	4	208
Saturday Pretoria News	12	624
Saturday Citizen	12	624
Saturday Star	12	624
Sunday Independent	22	1144
Sunday Sun	18	936
Sunday Times	27	1404
Sunday World	19	988
The Times	48	2496
City Press	38	1976

iii. Financial Year 2013/2014 (R670 473.96)

iv.

ii. Financial Year 2014/2015 (R793 916.44)

Name of the newspaper	Number of copies per day (Monday to Sunday)	Number of copies per year
Beeld	18	4 734
Business Day	42	11 046
Citizen	30	7 890
Daily Sun	35	9 206
New Age	37	9 731
Pretoria News	46	12 098
Sowetan	48	12 624
Star	49	12 887
Financial Mail	24	6 312
Mail & Guardian	52	13 676
Rapport	7	1 841
Beeld Naweek	3	156
Saturday Pretoria News	4	208
Saturday Citizen	4	208
Saturday Star	5	260
Sunday Independent	14	728
Sunday Sun	8	416
Sunday Times	16	832
Sunday World	9	468
The Times	25	1300
City Press	13	676

(ii)

BrandSA

(aaa) 2011/2012: R49 195.25

(bbb) 2012/2013: R55 694.40

(ccc) 2013/14: R72 221.17

(bb) 2014/15: R23 432.00

 

(b) The number of copies of each newspaper that were ordered are as follows:

(i) 2011/2012: 3 copies of each newspaper were ordered on each day of the week.

2012/2013: 4 copies of each newspaper were ordered on each day of the week.

2013/2014: 6 copies of each newspaper were ordered on each day of the week.

 

ii)2014/2015: 2 copies of each newspaper were ordered on each day of the week.

Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)

(aaa) 2011/2012: R262 282.55

(bbb) 2012/2013: R305 856.65

(ccc) 2013/2014: R242 110.14

(bb) 2014/2015: R93 261.51

(b)The number of copies of each newspaper that were ordered are as follows:

i) 2011/2012: Daily purchase: 18 copies of the Sowetan, 40 copies of The Star, 1 copy of The Star (afternoon edition), 36 Business Day, 38 Mail and Guardian (weekly), 28 Financial Mail, 28 Citizen on Thursdays and 7 copies daily, 1 copy of the Beeld, 1 copy of the Finance Week, 4 copies of The Economist on Mondays, 3 copies of the Financial Times on Thursdays, 1 copy of the Daily Sun, 2 copies of the Saturday Star, 4 copies of the City Press, 4 copies of the Sunday Times,1 copy of the Sunday Independent, 1 copy of the Sunday Sun, 1 copy of the Sunday World.

2012/2013: 2011/2012: Daily purchase: 18 copies of the Sowetan, 40 copies of The Star, 1 copy of The Star (afternoon edition), 36 Business Day, 38 Mail and Guardian (weekly), 28 Financial Mail, 7 Citizen, 1 copy of the Beeld, 1 copy of the Finance Week, 4 copies of The Economist on Mondays, 3 copies of the Financial Times on Thursdays, 1 copy of the Daily Sun, 2 copies of the Saturday Star, 4 copies of the City Press, 4 copies of the Sunday Times,1 copy of the Sunday Independent, 1 copy of the Sunday Sun, 1 copy of the Sunday World.

2013/2014: Daily purchase: 17 copies of the Sowetan, 41 copies of The Star, 1 copy of The Star (afternoon edition), 35 Business Day, 39 Mail and Guardian (weekly), 27 Financial Mail (Thursdays), 7 Citizen, 1 copy of the Beeld, 1 copy of the Finance Week (Thursdays), 4 copies of The Economist on Mondays, 3 copies of the Financial Times on Thursdays, 1 copy of the Daily Sun, 1 copy of the Saturday Star, 3 copies of the City Press, 3 copies of the Sunday Times,1 copy of the Sunday Independent, 1 copy of the Sunday Sun, 1 copy of the Sunday World and 1 copy of the Engineering News (weekly).

ii) 2014/2015: Daily purchase: 9 copies of the Sowetan, 11 copies of The Star, 1 copy of The Star (Saturday), 12 Business Day, 8 Mail and Guardian (weekly), 3 Financial Mail (Thursdays), 1 Citizen, 1 copy of the Beeld, 3 copies of the Financial Mail on Thursdays, 1 copy of the Daily Sun, 1 copy of the Saturday Star, 1 copy of the City Press, 1 copy of the Sunday Times,1 copy of the Sunday Independent, 1 copy of the Sunday Sun, 1 copy of the Sunday World and 1 copy of Fin Week (weekly).

Film and Publication Board

(aaa) 2011/2012: R806.04

(bbb) 2012/2013: R8144.76

(ccc) 2013/2014: R6959.28

(bb) 2014/2015: R8250.46

(b)

i) Newspapers purchased for each financial year:

Sowetan: 2 copies daily and 480 per year

The Star: 2 copies daily and 480 per year

Business Day: 2 copies daily and 480 per year

City Press: 2 copies weekly and 96 copies per year

Sunday Times: 2 copies weekly and 96 copies per year

Mail & Guardian: 2 copies weekly and 96 copies per year

ii) Same as above

MDDA

(aaa) 2011/2012: R 8899.59

(bbb) 2012/2013: R 9038.88

(ccc) 2013/2014: R 7079.64

(bb) 2014/2015: R6543.12

(b)The MDDA order two copies of the following newspapers per day for the week:

i) 2011/2012: Financial Mail, Mail and Guardian, Citizen, The Star and Business Day

2012/2013: Financial Mail, Mail and Guardian, Citizen, The New Age and Business Day.

2013/2014: Publisher, Financial Mail, Mail and Guardian, The Star and The New Age.

ii)2014/2015: Financial Mail, Business Day and Sowetan

SABC

(a)

THE NEW AGE NEWSPAPER

(aaa) 2011/12: R238 356,52

(bbb) 2013/14: R337 662.80 and

(ccc) 2014/2015: R43 887.50

MEDIA 24

(aaa) 2009/2010: R229 886.11

(bbb) 2011/2012: R269 403.00 and

(ccc) 2013 R104 910.93 financial years R619 906.82

SABC procures Media 24 subscriptions through Times Media Group due to varying procurement processes

TIMES MEDIA GROUP

(aaa) 2011/2012: R1 659 736 .72

(bbb) 2013/2014: R2 120 559.82 and

(ccc) 2015: R702 899.50

MR NN MUNZHELELE

[ACTING] DIRECTOR GENERAL

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

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MS AF MUTHAMBI, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

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