Question to the Minister of Basic Education - NW500

05 April 2017 - NW500

Kalyan, Ms SV to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(a) How many official domestic trips did the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Umalusi undertake (i) in each of the past seven financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2016 and (b) what was the (i) destination, (ii) purpose, (iii) cost of flights, (iv) cost of accommodation, (v) names of any hotels in which the CEO stayed at and (vi) subsistence costs in each case?

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Domestic trips include any travel inside of the South African borders, where a hotel or flight was booked.

The number of domestic trips by the Chief Executive Officer of Umalusi for the past seven financial years are as follows:

	09/10	10/11	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16
Number of official domestic trips	18	15	22	18	21	21	21

For the current financial year (2016/2017), the following domestic trips were undertaken:

1. 6 – 7 April 2016	Cape Town – Portfolio Presentation
(i) destination	Cape Town
(ii) purpose	Presentation to Portfolio Committee of Basic Education regarding the APP of 2016/2017.
(iii) cost of flights	R 5 602
(iv) cost of accommodation	R 1 447
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	Protea Hotel Fire & Ice Cape Town
(vi) subsistence costs	R 108

2. 20 – 22 April 2016	Cape Town
(i) destination	Cape Town
(ii) purpose	21 – Executive Committee meeting of Umalusi Council 21 – Minister of Higher Education – Budget Vote 22 – Attending the funeral of Tim Dunne
(iii) cost of flights	R 5 835
(iv) cost of accommodation	R 2 973
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	City Lodge Hotel Grandwest and Entertainment World
(vi) subsistence costs	R 324

3. 9 May 2016	Limpopo Department of Education
(i) destination	Polokwane
(ii) purpose	Presentation on 2015 NSC results at MEC’s workshop hosted by Department of Education in Limpopo
(iii) cost of flights	R 5 718
(iv) cost of accommodation	- (This was a day trip)
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	-
(vi) subsistence costs	-

4. 10 – 11 May 2016	Cape Town
(i) destination	Cape Town
(ii) purpose	Budget vote- Department of Basic Education & Training
(iii) cost of flights	R 5 740
(iv) cost of accommodation	R 1 882
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	Tsogo Sun Waterfront
(vi) subsistence costs	R 115

5. 17 – 20 May 2016	Cape Town
(i) destination	Cape Town
(ii) purpose	SAQA Conference
(iii) cost of flights	R 7 564
(iv) cost of accommodation	R 11 557
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	Tsogo Sun Waterfront
(vi) subsistence costs	R 460

6. 13 June 2016	Cape Town – National Benchmark Test meeting
(i) destination	Cape Town
(ii) purpose	Meeting with National Benchmark Test at UCT
(iii) cost of flights	R 5 062
(iv) cost of accommodation	- (This was a day trip)
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	-
(vi) subsistence costs	-

19 – 27 August 2016	Cape Town – IAEA Conference
(i) destination	Cape Town
(ii) purpose	IAEA International Conference – Hosted by Umalusi
(iii) cost of flights	R 5 733
(iv) cost of accommodation	R 15 500
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	The Westin Hotel, Cape Town
(vi) subsistence costs	R 920

7. 30 – 31 August 2016	Cape Town – Portfolio Committee on Higher Education
(i) destination	Cape Town
(ii) purpose	Portfolio Committee on Higher Education
(iii) cost of flights	R 5, 697
(iv) cost of accommodation	R 1,537
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	Tsogo Sun Waterfront
(vi) subsistence costs	R 115

8. 1 – 2 September 2016	National Research Foundation Awards
(i) destination	Polokwane
(ii) purpose	2016 National Research Foundation Awards
(iii) cost of flights	R 5 704
(iv) cost of accommodation	R 1 545
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	Protea Hotel The Ranch
(vi) subsistence costs	R 115

9. 11 –12 October 2016	Cape Town – Portfolio Committee on Basic Education
(i) destination	Cape Town
(ii) purpose	Presentation to Portfolio Committee on Basic Education regarding Umalusi’s Annual Report
(iii) cost of flights	R 5 715
(iv) cost of accommodation	R 1 891
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	Tsogo Sun Waterfront
(vi) subsistence costs	R 115

10. 8 December 2016	UFS Graduation Ceremony
(i) destination	Bloemfontein
(ii) purpose	Guest Speaker at UFS Graduation Ceremony – Master’s and Doctoral degrees
(iii) cost of flights	All costs paid by UFS
(iv) cost of accommodation	-
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	-
(vi) subsistence costs	-

11. 11 – 12 January 2017	Western Cape Education Department NSC Awards Ceremony
(i) destination	Cape Town
(ii) purpose	Western Cape Education Department NSC Awards Ceremony
(iii) cost of flights	R3 977
(iv) cost of accommodation	R1 350
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	City Lodge Cape Town
(vi) subsistence costs	R115

12. 24 – 25 January 2017	Meeting Prof G Ellis
(i) destination	Cape Town
(ii) purpose	Meeting to discuss the commissioning of a study on Standards - Prof G Ellis
(iii) cost of flights	R7 106
(iv) cost of accommodation	- (This was a day trip)
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	-
(vi) subsistence costs	-

13. 16 – 17 February 2017	Cape Town
(i) destination	Cape Town
(ii) purpose	Workshop at Parliament on Standardisation
(iii) cost of flights	R7 105
(iv) cost of accommodation	R1 546
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	Strand tower hotel, Cape Town
(vi) subsistence costs	R115

14. 7 March 2017	Appointment of ASC member
(i) destination	Durban
(ii) purpose	Appointment and induction of ASC member: Dr Naidoo
(iii) cost of flights	R 2116
(iv) cost of accommodation	-
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	-
(vi) subsistence costs	-

15. 8 March 2017	Appointment of ASC member
(i) destination	Bloemfontein
(ii) purpose	Appointment and induction of ASC member: Dr Mosia
(iii) cost of flights	R 5 393
(iv) cost of accommodation	R 1 200
(v) names of hotels in which the CEO stayed at	Tsogo Sun Hotel
(vi) subsistence costs	-

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