Question NW3736 to the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
08 December 2017 - NW3736
Ketabahle, Ms V to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
1. Whether (a) his department and / or (b) entities reporting to him procured services from a certain company ( name furnished); if so, (i) what services were procured in each case and (ii) what is the total amount that was paid to the specified company in each case;
Reply:
I have been informed by the Department and Entities reporting to me as follows:
1 (a) Kindly note DTPS only existed May 2014. No services were procured from Travel with Flair by the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services
- Not Applicable
- Not Applicable
1 (b) No services by entities of DTPS that had dealings with Travel with Flair (Pty) Ltd, except USAASA and Sentech have procured services from Travel with Flair.
- USAASA procured travel services.
- USAASA paid R29, 679.00 and USAF paid R17, 106.01.
2. (b)(i)(ii)(iii) USAASA procures services from the company for international travel and the details are as follows:
Who travelled | Date | Travel Route | Invoice Amount | Agency Fee |
P Radebe | 17 Oct 2015 | Sweden | R130 484.72 | R275.00 |
Z Nkosi | 17 Oct 2017 | Sweden | R117 954.72 | R275.00 |
SENTECH
(1)&(2) Sentech procured the following services from Travel with Flair:
Labels Sum of TWF Fee
2016 516 725
Accommodation (Acc) 234 124
Car Hire (Car) 91 522
Conference (Ccc) 31 074
Domestic Air Travel (Dom) 119 366
Insurance (Ins) 130
International Air Travel (Int) 7 985
Regional Air Tickets (Reg) 2 055
Transfers & Shuttles (Tra) 29 969
Trav Other (Sao) 280
Trav_ Accomod (Sac) 220
2017 484 090
Accommodation (Acc) 197 976
Bus & Rail Reservations (Bus) 110
Car Hire (Car) 74 501
Conference (Ccc) 58 428
Domestic Air Travel (Dom) 118 597
Insurance (Ins) 510
International Air Travel (Int) 6 215
Regional Air Tickets (Reg) 4 900
Tours (Tou) 110
Transfers & Shuttles (Tra) 22 113
Trav Other (Sao) 515
Trav_Conference (Sap) 115
2015 161 764
Accommodation (Acc) 51 790
Car Hire (Car) 22 930
Conference (Ccc) 29 207
Domestic Air Travel (Dom) 38 470
International Air Travel (Int) 4 840
Transfers & Shuttles (Tra) 14 412
Air (Ai1) 115
Grand Total 1 162 580
SENTECH
Approved/ not approved
Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP
Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
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