Question NW1658 to the Minister of Social Development
08 June 2022 - NW1658
Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister of Social Development
Whether there are any costs paid by (a) her department and (b) entities reporting to her for each transactional advisor’s services in relation to the Salvokop building; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
a) Yes, the Department has transferred R10 million, which is a portion of the Transaction Advisory Services fees to GTAC. This is a standard practice for major infrastructure procurement projects of this magnitude. The balance Transactional Advisory Services fees will be transferred upon finalisation of the feasibility study – which is due later in the 2022/23 financial year.
b) No. The Acting Director-General is in the process of engaging the entities as the entire DSD Portfolio stand to benefit from the Tshwane Inner City Regeneration Programme, which is driven by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure. Part of this mixed-use precinct development includes facilitating the construction of five National Government client departments to be permanently accommodated, with the finalisation of the StatsSA head office already achieved in 2016.
The remaining four government head offices to be constructed in the precinct includes the Department of Social Development and its agencies, SASSA and the National Development Agency, the Department of Higher Education and Training, the Department of Home Affairs and the Department of Correctional Services and Constitutional Development. This programme is supported by National Treasury Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC) and the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality as partners and major stakeholders. The construction of the four head offices of Government Departments will be implemented as PPPs bringing about private sector participation throughout the lifecycle of the project.