Question NW1080 to the Minister Communications

Reply:

GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GCIS):

(a) To the knowledge of the Accounting Officers of both the Department of Communications and the GCIS, senior managers of the departments did not meet with the above-mentioned people on their official capacity, between 2009 and 2015.

(b) No contracts were entered into with Sahara Holdings, Comair, Oakbay Investment, Islandsite Investment, Afripalm Horizons Stakes, TNA Media, JIC Mining Services and Vusizwe Media between 2009 and 2015 outside of normal procurement transactions.

Yes, there has been transactions with TNA Media to procure advertising. Payments made from the budget appropriated to Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) to TNA Media 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

ENTITIES REPORTING TO DOC:

ICASA did not award any contracts to Sahara Holdings, Comair, Oakbay Investments, Islandsite Investments, Afripalm Horizons Stakes, The New Age Media, JIC Mining Services and Vusizwe Media during 1 January 2009 up to 31 December 2015.

Brand South Africa did not award any contracts to Sahara Holdings, Comair, Oakbay Investments, Islandsite Investments, Afripalm Horizons Stakes, The New Age Media, JIC Mining Services and Vusizwe Media during 1 January 2009 up to 31 December 2015.

Media Diversity and Development Agency did not award any contracts to Sahara Holdings, Comair, Oakbay Investments, Islandsite Investments, Afripalm Horizons Stakes, The New Age Media, JIC Mining Services and Vusizwe Media during 1 January 2009 up to 31 December 2015.

South African Broadcasting Corporation

    (a) N/A

     (b) Yes, The New Age Media.

      (i) 1. Newspaper subscriptions

           2. The SABC and The New Age (TNA) have an agreement that the SABC will cover live all the TNA Business Breakfasts. This agreement is for a period of three years. The agreement stipulates that the TNA will arrange and organise the Business Breakfasts by providing the venue (as well as catering) and secure the participants. The SABC in turn broadcasts the event. The advantage for the SABC is the acquisition of content.

       (ii) 1. R 733,930.

            2. Nil

Film and Publications Board did not award any contracts to Sahara Holdings, Comair, Oakbay Investments, Islandsite Investments, Afripalm Horizons Stakes, The New Age Media, JIC Mining Services and Vusizwe Media during 1 January 2009 up to 31 December 2015.

 

MR NN MUNZHELELE

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

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MR D LIPHOKO

DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]

GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM

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MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

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