Question NW496 to the Minister of Higher Education and Training
11 April 2018 - NW496
Van der Westhuizen, Mr AP to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training
(1)For each of the bids that closed on 17 June 2016 for the construction of 10 new technical vocational education and training college campuses, (a) where will each campus be situated, (b) what is the maximum number of students that will be accommodated at each campus, (c) what is the current status of the bids and/or the contracts and (d) what is the estimated cost of each bid; (2) on what date is it expected that each campus will be ready to enrol students; (3) has her department provided for the equipment and staff that will be needed to utilise the sites; if so, what is the estimated cost for (a) furnishing and/or equipping the training sites and (b) the annual operation of each campus?
Reply:
- (a ) - (d) Refer to Table 1 below.
Table 1: List of the 10 new TVET College Campuses
|
No. |
TVET College |
Campus |
1 (a) Location of campuses |
1 (b) Student Capacity |
1 (c) Bid Status |
1 (d) Estimated Cost (at the time of tender) |
|
|
Municipality |
Physical Address |
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|
Eastcape Midlands |
Graaff-Reinet |
Camdeboo Local Cacadu District |
Erf 9012, 4140 and 4150, Graaff-Reinet |
365 |
Contract awarding in process |
R 99 273 673 |
|
|
Ingwe |
Ngqungqushe |
Ngquza Hill Local OR Tambo District |
ERF 2786, Lusikisiki |
470 |
Contract awarding in process |
R 111 184 488 |
|
|
Ikhala |
Sterkspruit |
Senqu Local Joe Gqabi District |
Portion 11 of Farm 82, Herschell Road, Sterkspruit |
470 |
Contract awarding in process |
R 124 999 718 |
|
|
Aliwal North |
Maletswai Local Joe Gqabi District |
Erven 3094, 3095, 3099 and 3100, Aliwal North |
470 |
Contract awarding in process |
R 108 128 554 |
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|
Esayidi |
Umzimkhulu |
uMzimkhulu Local Sisonke District |
ERF 152 being ERF 1918, 1952 – 1960, 1920 – 1949 and 1951, Umzimkhulu |
470 |
Contract awarding in process |
R 94 554 838 |
|
|
Umfolozi |
Nkandla B |
Nkandla Local uThungulu District |
Portion of the Farm Reserve No.19, No.15839, Nkungumathe |
470 |
Pending |
R 116 564 134 |
|
|
Umgungundlovu |
Greytown |
uMvoti Local uMzinyathi District |
Erf 1455, situated in Greytown |
470 |
Contract awarding in process |
R 124 999 718 |
|
|
Umgungudlovu |
Msinga |
Msinga Local uMzinyathi District |
Portion 24 of the Farm Klip River Location No.4665 – GT, situated in Msinga |
470 |
Contract awarding in process |
R 127 157 312 |
|
|
Letaba |
Giyani |
Greater Giyani Local Mopani District |
Erf 1502, Giyani |
532 |
Contract awarding in process |
R 92 573 494 |
|
|
Gert Sibande |
Balfour |
Dipaleseng Local Gert Sibande District |
Portion 0 of the farm Balfour 557 IR, Balfour |
470 |
Contract awarding in process |
R 106 722 624 |
2. Construction of the 10 new Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college campuses has an estimated completion period of 15 months per site from the date of site handover (barring unforeseen delays in construction relating to extension of time requests). At this stage, the Department cannot give an anticipated date for enrolments as 9 of the 10 new sites are currently engaged in the contract award phase and physical construction is yet to commence.
3. (a) Parallel to the construction of the sites is the process of securing operational budgets and start-up capital for the new campuses. At present, there is no funding in the base-line budget of the Department over the Medium Term Expenditure Framework. In addition to requesting funding from National Treasury, the Department will be conducting a funding campaign by inviting the relevant end-users such as Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) and industry to play a role in the development and utilisation of the new TVET college campuses. It is critical that role-players buy-in for the resourcing and utilisation of the new sites as part of their mainstream skills delivery planning.
(b) The indicative operational and start-up capital amounts for all 10 campuses are set out in Table 2 below.
Table 2: MTEF Indicative Operational and Start-up Capital for 10 new TVET Campuses:
|
Year 1 R ‘000 |
Year 2 R ‘000 |
Year 3 R ‘000 |
Total R ‘000 |
|
|
Operations |
R 151 712 |
R 320 111 |
R 675 435 |
R 1 147 258 |
|
Capital |
R 915 789 |
R 144 000 |
R 12 000 |
R 1 180 789 |
|
Student Support |
R 34 688 |
R 73 192 |
R 133 128 |
R 241 008 |
|
Total |
R 1 102 189 |
R 537 303 |
R 929 563 |
R 2 569 055 |