Question NW1176 to the Minister of Public Works
28 October 2019 - NW1176
Hinana, Mr N to ask the Minister of Public Works
Whether her department incurred any costs related to the (a) inauguration of the President of the Republic, Mr M C Ramaphosa, held in Pretoria on 25 May 2019 and (b) State of the Nation Address held in Cape Town on 20 June 2019; if so, in each case, (i) what costs were incurred and (ii) for what reason?
Reply:
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
a) With regard to the Inauguration of the President of the Republic, the department incurred costs related to the Inauguration of the President of the Republic, Mr M C Ramaphosa, held in Pretoria on 25 May 2019 the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure did not spend any funds from its baseline budget.
(i) and (ii) fall away.
b) With regard to the State of the Nation Address on 20 June 2019, DPWI reduced the cost of to less than a third of what was spent on SONA in February 2019. The expenditure on marquees, tents and media scaffolding were reduced from R1.17million to R330 000.
In total, the operational costs were reduced by R2 544 670.14 and the Standard Accessories costs were reduced by R152 090.00
(i), (ii) See table below for a detailed breakdown of expenditure in the table below.
OPERATIONAL COSTS:
|
SERVICE |
FEB 2018 |
FEB 2019 |
JUNE 2019 |
|
MAINTENANCE RECESS WORK: EXTERNAL HIGH-PRESSURE CLEANING / TOUCH UP PAINTING SERVICES |
R 921 405.00 |
R 819 078.30 |
R 0.00 |
|
MAINTENANCE RECESS WORK: PROVISION OF INTERNAL DEEP CLEANING SERVICES: CLEANING UPHOLSTERY; LEATHER SOFAS; CURTAINS; CHANDELIERS; |
R 727 196.00 |
R 398 001.40 |
R0.00 |
|
MARQUEES, TENTS, MEDIA SCAFFOLDING, ETC |
R 1 192 573.00 |
R 1 171 850.00 |
R 330 000.00 |
|
SPEED CROWD CONTROL FENCE |
R 343 330.00 |
R 352 363.12 |
R 356 622.68 |
|
PAINTING OF SLAVE LODGE - IZIKO MUSEUM |
R 510 000.00 |
R 490 000.00 |
R 0.00 |
|
PARLIAMENT SECURITY ENHANCEMENT: INSTALLATION OF 98 CAMERAS AND 4 PEDESTRIAN TURNSTILES; UPGRADE OF IP CCTV SYSTEM: REUIRED TO BE IN PLACE PRIOR SONA FEB 2018 – UNDERTAKEN IN DECEMBER 2017 AND JANUARY 2018 |
R 10 500.00 |
R 0.00 |
R 0.00 |
|
SUB-TOTALS |
R 13 392 174.00 |
R 3 231 292.82 |
R 686 622.68 |
STANDARD ACCESSORIES:
|
SERVICE |
FEB 2018 |
FEB 2019 |
JUNE 2019 |
|
Provision of Greenery and Flowers |
R 367 940.00 |
R 307 065.00 |
R 280 000.00 |
|
Standby Engineers and Technicians for Generators; Lifts; HVAC; Access Security equipments |
R 249 400.00 |
R 315 200.00 |
R 190 175.50 |
|
SUB - TOTALS |
R 617 340.00 |
R 622 265.00 |
R 470 175.00 |
|
TOTAL |
R 14 009 514.00 |
R 3 853 557.82 |
1 156 797.68 |