Question NW1478 to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

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11 June 2021 - NW1478

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Sarupen, Mr AN to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

Whether his department has concluded any work exchange and/or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba from the 2010-11 financial year up to the 2020-21 financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) total number of Cuban nationals (i) have been employed in each of the specified financial years and/or (ii) are due to be employed in the 2021-23 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework period, (b) are the details of the work that each of the specified Cuban nationals was and/or will be employed to perform, (c) are the details of the specific skills sets that each of the specified Cuban nationals possessed and/or will possess that South African nationals did or will not possess and (d) are the details of the total cost of employing each of the specified Cuban nationals in each case; (2) whether his department took any steps to ensure that the specific skills set of the specified Cuban nationals were and/or will not be available in the Republic amongst South African citizens; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) steps taken and (b) outcomes of the steps taken in this regard?

Reply:

1. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) has never concluded any agreement with the Republic of Cuba or any entity in Cuba for work exchange and/or employment during the period from the 2010-11 financial year up to the 2020-21 financial year.

The DoJ&CD is currently negotiating an Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance agreements with Cuba. These agreements have not yet entered into force and are not linked to any work exchange programme and/or employment between the two countries.

The position is that the DoJ&CD does not currently have any plans to conclude work exchange programme and/or employment with any entity of the Republic of Cuba.

Neither the Department of Correctional Services concluded any work exchange or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba since 2010/11 financial year up to 2020/ 21 financial year.

(a) Not applicable

(i) Not applicable

(ii) Not applicable

(b) Not applicable

(c) Not applicable

(d) Not applicable

2. Not applicable

(a) Not applicable

(b) Not applicable

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