Question NW3334 to the Minister of Higher Education and Training
27 November 2017 - NW3334
Mbatha, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training
(1)How is her department monitoring the spending of (a) government funding and (b) research funding from other departments by institutions of higher learning; (2) What total amount has been spent by each institution of higher learning on contracting security companies (a) in the (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17 financial years and (b) since 1 April 2017?
Reply:
- (a)(b) The Department does not monitor spending of Government funding nor research funding from other departments by institutions of higher learning, as it is the responsibility of those Departments.
- (a) Table 1 below provides audited data of the total amounts spent by universities on security contracts as provided in their annual reports:
(i) |
(ii) |
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NO |
UNIVERSITY |
R/000 |
R/000 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
||
North West University |
21 800 |
81 355 |
|
Rhodes University |
3 828 |
4 517 |
|
University of Stellenbosch |
0 |
43 796 |
|
University of Cape Town |
51 767 |
33 358 |
|
University of Fort Hare |
17 248 |
16 188 |
|
University of KwaZulu Natal |
44 513 |
111 850 |
|
University of Limpopo |
23 866 |
33 427 |
|
University of Pretoria |
107 326 |
63 292 |
|
University of the Free State |
14 375 |
38 270 |
|
University of the Western Cape |
50 029 |
88 038 |
|
University of the Witwatersrand |
37 713 |
73 812 |
|
Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
53 603 |
88 652 |
|
Central University of Technology |
11 417 |
15 130 |
|
Durban University of Technology |
31 553 |
32601 |
|
Mangosuthu University of Technology |
17 042 |
21 369 |
|
Tshwane University of Technology |
90 202 |
160 477 |
|
Vaal University of Technology |
32 878 |
65 733 |
|
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University |
27 353 |
22 674 |
|
University of Johannesburg |
48 074 |
70 602 |
|
University of South Africa |
78 219 |
102 410 |
|
University of Venda |
11 585 |
1 866 |
|
University of Zululand - insourced |
0 |
0 |
|
Walter Sisulu University of Technology |
0 |
44 709 |
|
Sol Plaatjie University |
2 921 |
5 121 |
|
University of Mpumalanga |
2 921 |
7 933 |
|
Sefako Makgatho University |
0 |
0 |
(b) 2017 annual reports are only due on 30 June 2018, and the information can be provided at that time.
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It is recommended that the Minister signs Parliamentary Question 3334.
MR GF QONDE
DIRECTOR–GENERAL: HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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