Question NW1197 to the Minister of Home Affairs
22 November 2019 - NW1197
Roos, Mr AC to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
(1)With regard to litigation against his department, what was the contingent legal liability of his department in terms of (a) Core Business: Immigration & Civic Affairs, (b) labour disputes, (c) Finance and Supply Chain Management, including disputed tenders and contracts, and (d) other matters in the past two financial years; (2) what is the total number of legal proceedings against his department in respect of (a) immigration, (b) Asylum Seeker Management, (c) Civic Services, (d) summonses and (e) labour matters in the past two financial years; (3) what were the total legal fees spent by his department in the past two financial years?
Reply:
1(a)
Immigration: 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 – R10 890 433.84
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 – R11 815 000.00
Civics: 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 – R56 000 000.00
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 – R7 300 000.00
1(b)
Labour: 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 – R72, 478.886
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 – R93, 858 592.59
1(c)
Tenders and Contracts: 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 – R0
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 – R0
Other Matters: 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 – R894 378.00
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 – R2 426 271.53
2(a)
Immigration: 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 – 508
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 – 413
2(b)
Asylum Seekers / Refugee: 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 – 1 318
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 – 1 935
2(c)
Civic Services: 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 – 487
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 – 251
2(d)
Summons: 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 – 31
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 – 43
2(e)
Labour: 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 – 38
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 – 16
3
1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 – R85 159 025.38
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 – R7 373 119.3
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