Question NW1500 to the Minister of Public Works
09 June 2017 - NW1500
Matsepe, Mr CD to ask the Minister of Public Works
Whether (a) his department and (b) each entity reporting to him procured any services from and/or made any payments to (i) a certain company (name furnished) or (ii) any other public relations firms; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, what (aa) services were procured, (bb) was the total cost, (cc) is the detailed breakdown of such costs, (dd) was the total amount paid, (ee) was the purpose of the payments and (ff) is the detailed breakdown of such payments?
Reply:
(a) Services procured and payments made by his Department
According to supply chain records at the disposal of the Department, which were sourced and verified against the ERP systems, no services were procured from:
(i) Bell Pottinger.
(ii) No services were procured from any other public relations firms.
(aa), (bb), (cc), (dd), (ee), and (ff) Not Applicable
(b) Public Entities Reporting to the Department
(i) All the public entities reporting to the department of public works namely:
Independent Development Trust (IDT), Agrement South Africa (ASA), Council for Built Environment (CBE) and Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) did not procure any services nor did they make payments to Bell Pottinger or any other public relations firms.
(ii) Only the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) procured services from other public relations firms
Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) in the 2016/17 financial year end, procured services from and/or made any payments to Blackmoon advertising and Research (Pty) Ltd and Litha Communications (Pty) Ltd, public relations firms for the following services and costs:
bb) 1,615,673.39
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(aa) & (ee) Services procured |
Blackmoon and Advertising (Pty) Ltd |
Litha Communications (Pty) Ltd |
(dd) & (ff) Total paid |
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(cc) Detailed breakdown of costs |
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Design, layout & printing of Annual reports |
504,232.37 |
85,215.00 |
589,447.37 |
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Design and layout of internal newsletters |
52,119.66 |
52,119.66 |
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Design, layout and printing of external newsletters |
71,139.14 |
70,548.40 |
141,687.54 |
|
Design, layout and printing of poster, invitation cards and programmes |
12,950.40 |
12,950.40 |
|
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Reprinting of existing documents |
497,472.24 |
97,059.60 |
594,531.80 |
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Research, conceptualising and writing of articles |
33,143.51 |
33,143.51 |
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Advertising in different media |
- |
- |
- |
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Corporate gifts sourcing and branding |
100,218.08 |
28,371.75 |
128,589.83 |
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Photography |
37,324.74 |
25,878.50 |
63,203.24 |
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(bb) Total cost |
1,308,600.14 |
307,073.25 |
1,615,673.39 |