Question NW1489 to the Minister of Higher Education and Training
09 June 2017 - NW1489
Lotriet, Prof A to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training
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) (i)-(ii) No.
(aa)-(ff) Not applicable.
b) As per information received from the entities, the responses are as follows.
The following entities provided responses as “No” to (a)(i) as well as (a)(ii) and “not applicable” in response to (aa)-(ff):
- Agriculture Sector Education and Training Authority (AGRISETA)
- Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA)
- Construction Education and Training Authority (CETA)
- Council on Higher Education (CHE)
- Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA)
- Education, Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority (ETDP SETA)
- Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority (EWSETA)
- Food and Beverage Manufacturing Industry Sector Education and Training Authority (FoodBev SETA)
- Fibre Processing and Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority (FP&M SETA)
- Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA)
- Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority (INSETA)
- Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (merSETA)
- Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority (MICT SETA)
- Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA)
- National Skills Fund (NSF)
- National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS)
- Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority (PSETA)
- Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO)
- South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
- Safety and Security Sector Education and Training Authority (SASSETA)
- Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Services SETA)
- Transport Education Training Authority (TETA)
Three SETAs responded in the affirmative and the details are tabulated below.
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1. Banking SETA (BANKSETA) |
(b) |
(i)(a) |
No |
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(i)(b) |
No |
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(ii)(a) |
Seasoned Concepts Busi Ntuli Communications Blackmoon Advertising |
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(ii)(b) |
Yes |
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(b)(ii) |
Advertising in print and online publications |
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(aa) |
Media buying for corporate profiling and the skills@work awards project |
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(bb) |
R997 232.66 |
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(cc) |
Corporate Profiling - R744 310.20 skills@work awards - R252 922.46 |
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(dd) |
R997 232.66 |
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(ee) |
Corporate advertising in print and online publications |
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(ff) |
Corporate Advertising
Blackmoon Advertising
skills@work awards publicity campaign
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2. Finance and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority (FASSET) |
(b) |
(i)(a) |
No |
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(i)(b) |
None |
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(ii)(a) |
Ideahub Group At That Point (Pty) Ltd |
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(ii)(b) |
Yes |
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(b)(ii) |
FASSET tested the market in January 2015 and invited suitable Public Relations firms to submit their proposal based on the terms of reference released. A competitive bidding process was followed to source the service providers mentioned above; with an exception to At That Point (Pty) Ltd which was a single source procurement followed by Board. |
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(aa) |
Ideahub Group – Media liaison, public relations, media training and media monitoring services. At That Point (Pty) Ltd – Communication advice around leadership changes at FASSET |
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(bb) |
Ideahub Group – R1 106 865.90 (2-year contract) At That Point (Pty) Ltd - R 6 697.50 (Once-off) |
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(cc) |
Please refer to Annexure A |
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(dd) |
Ideahub Group - R508 212.00 At That Point (Pty) Ltd - R 6 697.50 |
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(ee) |
For services rendered. |
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(ff) |
Please refer to Annexure B |
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3. Wholesale and Retail SETA (W&RSETA) |
(b) |
(i)(a) |
No |
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(i)(b) |
No |
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(ii)(a) |
Jarred Doyle Consultants. |
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(ii)(b) |
Jarred Doyle Consultants. |
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(b)(ii) |
There was a need to publicise and create hype on the Good Practice Awards in 2016 on behalf of the SETA. |
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(aa) |
Publication and awareness creation around Good Practice Awards. |
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(bb) |
R85 000.00 |
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(cc) |
R28 000.00 for April 2016; R28 000.00 for May 2016 and R29 000.00 for June 2016. |
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(dd) |
R85 000.00 |
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(ee) |
Generation of publicity for Good Practice Awards. |
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(ff) |
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COMPILER/CONTACT PERSONS:
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DIRECTOR – GENERAL
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QUESTION 1489 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED
Dr BE NZIMANDE, MP
MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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