Question NW1194 to the Minister of Social Development
20 July 2020 - NW1194
Abrahams, Ms ALA to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)Whether she will provide Ms A L A Abrahams with the details of the (a) memorandum of understanding and (b) service-level agreement between her department and a certain nonprofit organisation (details furnished) that received a contract from her department for the distribution of food relief across the Republic; if not, why not; if so, by what date, in each case; (2) what is the total (a) amount in Rand that was paid to the specified nonprofit organisation to date and (b) number of households in each province which (i) received food relief from the organisation and (ii) are yet to receive food relief from the organisation?
Reply:
1. Yes, the Minister will provide the requested information.
2. (a) the pledge letter and (b) the contract signed by the Acting Director-General Mr Toni, to commission the services of KIRINOX across the country are attached.
3. (a) An amount of R50 million was paid by 31 May 2020.
(b)(i) The contract was to supply a relief package consisting of food, personal protective equipment (PPEs), blankets and mattresses to the homeless people in shelters (not to households). The table below reflects the number of shelters and individuals who receive the relief package by the end of the contract on 31 May 2020. These numbers still need to audited and may fluctuate when compared to the final audited close-out report.
|
Province |
Beneficiary |
Shelter |
|
EC |
934 |
25 |
|
GP |
381 |
5 |
|
WC |
14 400 |
26 |
|
KZN |
34 |
1 |
|
MPU |
2 000 |
14 |
|
LIM |
466 |
5 |
|
FS |
500 |
5 |
|
NC |
244 |
3 |
|
NW |
1 692 |
22 |
|
Delivered |
20 651 |
106 |
(ii) There are no outstanding items for delivery of food relief from KIRINOX at the conclusion of the project on 31 May 2020.