Question NW1045 to the Minister of Communications
16 May 2016 - NW1045
Marais, Mr S to ask the Minister of Communications
Whether she, her department and/or any entities reporting to her (a) awarded any tenders to and/or (b) concluded any contracts and/or financial transactions with (i) Sahara Holdings, (ii) Oakbay Investments, (iii) The New Age Media, (iv) Vusizwe Media, (v) Mabengela, (vi) Islandsite Investments 255, (vii) Afripalm Horizons Stakes, (viii) Dunrose Investments and/or (ix) JIC Mining Services since 1 May 2014; if so, (aa) which company or entity, (bb) what are the relevant details of the value of each specified tender, contract and/or financial transaction and (cc) what are the names of the companies who were unsuccessful for each specified tender, contract and/or financial transaction that was awarded?
Reply:
DoC and GCIS:
(a) Both the Department of Communications and GCIS - considering shared procurement systems in the initial year of the DoC’s operation - have not entered into contracts with the above mentioned companies since 1 May 2014, outside of normal procurement transactions.
(b) Yes, the Departments transacted with TNA Media to procure advertising. Payments made are detailed below:
DEPARTMENT |
FISCAL 2011-2012 |
INVOICE AMOUNT |
GCIS |
Protection of Information Bill |
R132 526.37 |
SONA |
R153 900.00 |
|
SONA |
R1 700 000.00 |
|
Information Dissemination |
R874 888.00 |
|
GCIS Total |
R2 861 314.37 |
|
FISCAL 2012-2013 |
INVOICE AMOUNT |
|
GCIS |
National Orders |
R450 000.00 |
Orders of Companions of OR Tambo |
R77 319.00 |
|
SONA |
R893 475.29 |
|
State Funeral |
R92 836.93 |
|
GCIS Total |
R1 513 631.12 |
|
FISCAL 2013-2014 |
INVOICE AMOUNT |
|
Mandela Memorial Campaign: State Funeral |
R62 928.00 |
|
Recruitment |
R50 068.80 |
|
SONA |
R821 128.32 |
|
GCIS Total |
R934 125.12 |
|
|
FISCAL 2014-2015 |
INVOICE AMOUNT |
Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) |
Database registration |
R 14 945.40 |
|
Profiling Campaign |
R 720 990.72 |
|
Recruitment |
R 301 195.75 |
|
Recruitment Phase 3 |
R 57 078.43 |
|
SONA 2014 |
R 100 137.60 |
|
SONA 2015 |
R 101 888.64 |
GCIS Total |
|
R 1 296 236.54 |
|
FISCAL 2015/2016 |
|
GCIS |
SONA 2016 |
R 145 555.20 |
|
Voter Education |
R 81 874.80 |
GCIS Total |
|
R227 430.00 |
ICASA has not (a) awarded any tenders to and/or (b) concluded any contracts and/or financial transactions with (i) Sahara Holdings, (ii) Oakbay Investments, (iii) The New Age Media, (iv) Vusizwe Media, (v) Mabengela, (vi) Islandsite Investments 255, (vii) Afripalm Horizons Stakes, (viii) Dunrose Investments and/or (ix) JIC Mining Services since 1 May 2014.
MDDA has not (a) awarded any tenders to and/or (b) concluded any contracts and/or financial transactions with (i) Sahara Holdings, (ii) Oakbay Investments, (iii) The New Age Media, (iv) Vusizwe Media, (v) Mabengela, (vi) Islandsite Investments 255, (vii) Afripalm Horizons Stakes, (viii) Dunrose Investments and/or (ix) JIC Mining Services since 1 May 2014.
South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC):
(a) SABC has not awarded any tenders to (i) Sahara Holdings, (ii) Oakbay Investments, (iii) The New Age Media, (iv) Vusizwe Media, (v) Mabengela, (vi) Islandsite Investments 255, (vii) Afripalm Horizons Stakes, (viii) Dunrose Investments and/or (ix) JIC Mining Services since 1 May 2014.
(b) SABC concluded contracts with The New Age Media for Newspaper subscriptions at a cost of R733,930 since 1 May 2014.
Brand South Africa has not (a) awarded any tenders to and/or (b) concluded any contracts and/or financial transactions with (i) Sahara Holdings, (ii) Oakbay Investments, (iii) The New Age Media, (iv) Vusizwe Media, (v) Mabengela, (vi) Islandsite Investments 255, (vii) Afripalm Horizons Stakes, (viii) Dunrose Investments and/or (ix) JIC Mining Services since 1 May 2014.
Film and Publications Board has not (a) awarded any tenders to and/or (b) concluded any contracts and/or financial transactions with (i) Sahara Holdings, (ii) Oakbay Investments, (iii) The New Age Media, (iv) Vusizwe Media, (v) Mabengela, (vi) Islandsite Investments 255, (vii) Afripalm Horizons Stakes, (viii) Dunrose Investments and/or (ix) JIC Mining Services since 1 May 2014.
MR NN MUNZHELELE
DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
DATE:
MR D LIPHOKO
DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]
GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
DATE:
MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS
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