Question NW576 to the Minister of Communications

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06 December 2019 - NW576

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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

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