Question NW1080 to the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture
19 April 2022 - NW1080
Marawu, Ms TL to ask the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture
(1).Whether, given the state of affairs in Basketball South Africa (BSA) and the Auditor-General report on the possible misuse of funds by his department, he will account on who sits in all the provincial structures of BSA; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2). whether he will declare the amounts that each province received from his department towards the implementation of basketball activities; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3). whether he will take the Republic into his confidence that the funds allocated to provinces were used in accordance with the guiding legislative prescripts and for the purposes of relevant sporting codes; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
- My Department is not aware of the Auditor General’s Report on the possible misuse of funds by this Department. The information on the names of people who sit on the Provincial Structures of Basketball SA is attached.
- The Department has not paid any funds to the Provinces towards the implementation specifically of basketball activities.