Question NW1549 to the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
13 September 2016 - NW1549
James, Ms LV to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
(a) What amount did (i) her department and (ii) each entity reporting to her spend on advertising in the 2015-16 financial year and (b) how much has (i) her department and (ii) each entity reporting to her budgeted for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year?
Reply:
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(a)(i) The department has spent R 4,094,600.01 on advertising in 2015-16 financial year.
- Advertising: Promotional Items & Marketing R 3,343,401.15
- Advertising: Recruitment R 528,711.08
- Advertising: Tenders R 222,487.78
It should be noted that the expenditure on advertising include procurement of promotional items that are mainly used by missions which is classified as advertising according to Standard Chart of Accounts(SCOA) as well as advertising cost for recruitment and tenders.
(a)(ii) The entity (African Renaissance International Cooperation Fund) does not have and operational budget, all operational costs are covered by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.
(b)(i) The department budgeted R6,417,475.00 for advertising in 2016-17 financial year for procurement of missions’ promotional items, adverts for recruitment as well as adverts for tenders and
(b)(ii) The entity (African Renaissance International Cooperation Fund) does not have an operational budget, all operational costs are covered by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation.
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