Question NW576 to the Minister of Communications
06 December 2019 - NW576
Mokoena, Mr L to ask the Minister of Communications
(1)What number of (a) security, (b) cleaning and (c) general worker personnel who work in buildings, facilities and all other infrastructure are employed through tenders obtained by their companies or third party service providers at (i) the SA Broadcasting Corporation, (ii) the SA Post Office and (iii) Telkom; (2) what total amount does the SA Broadcasting Corporation, the SA Post Office and Telkom spend from their current budget on security, cleaning and general worker personnel who work in their buildings, facilities and all other infrastructure? NW1573E
Reply:
I have been advised by the department and entities as follows:
SA BROADCASTING CORPORATION:
1. (a) Number of Security Personnel
Area |
Number of personnel |
SABC HEAD OFFICE - AUCKLAND PARK |
157 |
SABC MPUMALANGA |
14 |
SABC NORTH WEST |
32 |
SABC LIMPOPO |
29 |
SABC EASTERN CAPE |
23 |
SABC NORTHERN CAPE |
12 |
SABC TSHWANE |
21 |
SABC FREE STATE |
16 |
SABC WESTERN CAPE |
16 |
SABC KZN |
26 |
1. (b) Number of Cleaning Personnel
Area |
Number of personnel |
SABC HEAD OFFICE - AUCKLAND PARK |
117 |
SABC MPUMALANGA |
2 |
SABC NORTH WEST |
17 |
SABC LIMPOPO |
15 |
SABC EASTERN CAPE |
14 |
SABC NORTHERN CAPE |
8 |
SABC TSHWANE |
5 |
SABC FREE STATE |
9 |
SABC WESTERN CAPE |
11 |
SABC KZN |
8 |
(c) Number of General Workers
Zero
2. Total amount budgeted for FY2019/20 on:
Security Services: R64.1 million
Cleaning Services: R23.1 million
General Workers: Zero
SA POST OFFICE
1. (a) SAPO’s total number of guards in all provinces is 6 010.
(b) SAPO’s total number of cleaning service personnel is 134 in all provinces.
(c) SAPO does not have general worker personnel.
2. SAPO security budget for the 2019/2020 financial year is R 827 104 090.00 (eight hundred and twenty-seven million one hundred and four thousand and ninety rand). To date as at the end of October 2019 the amount spent is R 457 000 000 (four hundred and fifty-seven million rand). On cleaning services R22 924 551. 61 was spent and no amount on general workers.
TELKOM
Telkom is exempted from entire provisions of section 51 of the PFMA which deals with, among other things, procurement of goods and services in general and the submission by the public entity of all reports, returns, notices and other information to Parliament.
MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP
MINISTER