Question NW4011 to the Minister of Transport

Reply:

South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

1. No protection services in (i) the form of human resources and (ii) another form were provided to (aa) the Chairperson of the Board of Directors and (bb) any other member of the Board of Directors of the South African Civil Aviation Authority in the (aaa) 2012-13, (bbb) 2013-14 and (ccc) 2014-15 financial years, (b) (i) N/A and (ii) N/A and (c) N/A.

Air Traffic & Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

1. ATNS has not provided any protection services (i) in the form of human resources nor (ii) in any other form to (aa) the Chairperson of the ATNS Board, (bb) nor any other member of the ATNS Board (aaa) in 2012 – 13 (bbb) 2013 – 14 or (ccc) 2014 -15 financial years.
2. No money was (i) allocated in the budget and (ii) no actual money was spent in each of the specified financial years
3. Therefore there was no criterion required to provide protection services in any of the specified cases.

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

ACSA does not provide protection services for (aa) The Chairperson of the Board of Directors and (bb) any other members of the Board of Directors.

Cross- Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA)

a) There were no protection services (i) in the form of human resources or (ii) in another form that were provided to (aa) the chairpersons of boards of directors and (bb) any other members of the specified boards of directors of the of the Cross Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) in the aaa) 2012-13, (bbb) 2013-14 and (ccc) 2014-15 financial years. (b) (i), (ii) and (c) are not applicable to the C-BRTA as no protection services were provided.

Road Accident Fund (RAF)

(a) No protection services in (i) the form of human resources and (ii) another form were provided to (aa) the chairpersons of the RAF board and (bb) any other members of the RAF board in the (aaa) 2012-13, (bbb) 2013-14 and (ccc) 2014-15 financial years, the (b) (i) budget allocation was R 0-00 and (ii) actual cost in each specified financial year was R 0-00, and (c) no criteria were used to provide protection services as such services were not provided.

Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA)

(a) There has never been protection services offered in anyway.

Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC)

(a) The Human Resources is allocated on adhoc basis, depending on the threat analysis conducted from time to time

(aaa) In 2012-13 – there was no protection services offered.

(bbb) In 2013-14 there was no protection services offered

(ccc) In 2014-15, the protection services for the Chairperson is from time to time provided by the National Traffic Police officials employed in the National Traffic Law Enforcement Unit. They are budgeted for in the National Law Enforcement personnel expenditure.

(b) The security risk and threat analysis indicate that there is an ongoing penetration of crime syndicates in various forms throughout the Organization, to facilitate and further their aim to illegally profit from RTMC. The stringent steps led by the Board led by the Chairperson of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer to counter and eradicate these criminal elements from the business environment have positioned them as a prime targets of these criminal elements and syndicates. These include steps to identify, prevent and stop collusion between service providers and employees who illegally profit from crime within RTMC, which have increased the threat to the life of the Leadership.

South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL)

1. SANRAL does not provide any kind of personal protection, nor has it done so, to any of its Board members. Therefore the rest of the question falls away."

Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)

1. The RSR has not provided any protection services in the form of human resources or any other form to the Chairperson of the Board or any other members of the Board in any of the financial years 2012-13; 2013-14 and 2014-15.

Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA)

The Ports Regulator did not provide protection services in the form of (i) human resources or (ii) in any

other form to (aa) chairperson of the board (bb) other members/directors, in any of the specified years

(aaa), (bbb) and (ccc) and in terms (b), the budget allocation and actual costs were both zero in terms

of (i) and (ii). Item (c) is therefore not applicable.

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa: (PRASA)

(aaa) PRASA did not provide any security to the Chairperson or any of the Board of Directors for 2012-13 financial year.

(bbb) PRASA did not provide any security to the Chairperson or any of the Board of Directors for 2013-14 financial year.

(ccc) PRASA provides security to the Chairperson of the Board Directors for 2014-15 financial year. This is informed by the security challenges facing the Chairman emanating from threats directed at the Chairperson of the Board. The security was instituted during the 2014/15 financial year.

2014-15 FINANCIAL YEAR

#	Item	complement	Value Per Annum
1	Protection for Chairman	1	R370 811

(b) (i) The budget allocations are tabulated above for the respective financial years.

(b) (ii) The cost for each financial year are tabulated above for the respective financial years.

(c) The criteria is informed by the security risks that prevailed at the time and prevail. In the case of the Chairperson it was informed by threats that were made against him due to his duties as Chairperson of the PRASA Board.

South African Maritime Safe Authority (SAMSA)

No protection services in the form of human resources or any other form was provided for the Chairperson of the Board of Directors or any other Board member.