Question NW2229 to the Minister of Communications

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24 December 2020 - NW2229

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Van Damme, Ms PT to ask the Minister of Communications

With reference to investigations conducted into governance and corruption in her department and all the entities reporting to her, what is the (a) total number of investigations that were referred to the (i) SA Police Service and (ii) National Prosecuting Authority, (b) date on which each specified case was handed over, (c)(i) status of each specified investigation and (ii) docket number for each investigation and (d) total number of cases that are being prosecuted?

Reply:

I have been informed by the Department and Entities as follows:

DEPARTMENT

(a)(i) Nil

(a)(ii) Nil

ENTITIES:

NEMISA, Broadband Infraco, Film and Publication Board, ICASA, Post Bank, ZADNA,

(a)(i) Nil

(a)(ii) Nil

South African Post Office (SAPO)

(a)(i) One incident of alleged corruption in relation to IT Software procurement was referred to South African Police Service

(a)(ii) No incident was reported to National Prosecuting Authority

(b) SA Police Service: 05 July 2017

(c)(i) The case is still under SA Police Service investigation.

(c)(ii) SA Police Service: Lyttleton CAS 200/07/2017

(d) There are no prosecutions as yet. The case is still being investigated by the SA Police Service.

South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)

(a)(i) one (1) case was referred to the SA Police Service

(a)(ii) No incident was reported to National Prosecuting Authority

(b) Brixton SAPS Case 341/11/2019, the case was transferred to the Camps Bay SAPS jurisdiction where the crime was committed on 12/12/2019, Case 69/11/2019

(c)(i) The case is still under investigation.

(c)(ii) Case 69/11/2019

(d) One (1) Case

SENTECH

There is one case referred to the SAPS in April 2020, the case is still ongoing and the Station is Honeydew. The case number is CAS 456/04/2020, the matter to be referred to the National Prosecuting Authority by SAPS for decision.

State Information Technology Agency SOC (Ltd) (SITA)

(a)(i) 2017/2018: eight (8) case investigations were referred to the SAPS

2018/2019: one (1) case investigation was referred to the SAPS

2019/2020: one (1) case investigation was referred to the SAPS

2020/2021: one (1) case in progress

A total of ten (10) cases were reported to SAPS

(a)(ii) No case was referred to the National Prosecuting Authority.

(b) Date upon which case handed over

(c)(i) status of each specified investigation

(ii) docket number for each investigation

(d) total number of cases that are being prosecuted

August 2017

Under Investigation

Brooklyn Cas 408/8/2017

No cases are currently being prosecuted

September 2017

Under Investigation

Brooklyn Cas 318/9/2017

 

August 2017

Under Investigation

Brooklyn Cas 359/8/2017

 

June 2017

Under Investigation

Brooklyn Cas 22/6/2017

 

October 2017

Under Investigation

Brooklyn Cas 258/10/2017

 

May 2017

Under Investigation

Brooklyn Cas 146/5/2017

 

September 2017

Unable to contact Investigation Officer to be determined

Pietermaritzburg Cas 748/9/2017

 

October 2017

Unable to contact Investigation Officer to be determined

Brooklyn Cas 232/10/2017

 

May 2017

Under Investigation

Sunnyside Cas 334/5/2018

 

December 2017

Under Investigation

DPCI H/O Enquiry no. 1/12/2019

 

Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA)_

1. (a) Total number of total number of investigations that were referred to the:

(i) SA Police Services

(ii) National Prosecuting Authority

Date of which each specified case was handed over

Status of each specified investigation

Docket number of each investigation

Total number of cases that are being prosecuted

USAASA is not aware of any being reported to the SAPS.

One (1)

The proclamation was dated March 2014

SIU report was dated 16 April 2018

USAASA does not have this information

USAASA is not aware of any.

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

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