Question NW1344 to the Minister of Communications
20 June 2016 - NW1344
Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Communications
(1)(a) What is the name of the CEO of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) Chief Executive Officers that ever paid any amount of money into an MDDA staff member’s account to pay service providers; (a), (b) who approved the transfer of such monies to staff members’ accounts, (c) which service provider(s) was paid and (d) which supply chain procedures were followed in each specified instance; (2) whether the MDDA’s previous acting CEO, (name furnished) ever (a) authorised and/or (b) made payments into the MDDA’s current acting CEO’s, (name furnished), staff account to pay a service provider; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
(1) (a) Duduzile Nchoba was the Acting CEO of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) who paid money into an MDDA staff member’s account to pay service providers.
(b) Duduzile Nchoba and Talifhani Khubana (Acting CFO) approved the transfer of such monies to staff members’ accounts.
(c) The University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) was the service provider(s) paid.
(d) The following supply chain procedures were followed in line with the following regulations relating to emergency situations:
- Treasury Regulation 16A64
- The National Treasury Practice Note No 8 of 2007/2008, paragraph 3.4.3
Supporting documents are available on site for inspection.
(2) (a) The MDDA’s previous acting CEO, (name furnished) authorised the payment.
(b) The details of payments made into the MDDA’s acting CEO’s, (name furnished), staff account to pay a service provider relate to the re-imbursement of printing costs incurred on behalf of MDDA by the said employee. MDDA had been requested to present hard copies of the SBP in Parliament and did not have the internal capacity to print these over-night and therefore acquired the services of a third party, that is, University of Witwatersrand.
MR NN MUNZHELELE
DIRECTOR GENERAL [ACTING]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
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MS AF MUTHAMBI (MP)
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS
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