Question NW999 to the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Reply:

I have been informed by the department and entities as follows:

(i) – (bb) -None

(b) ENTITIES:

BBI

(i) – (bb) -None

.zaDNA

(i) – (bb) -None

USAASA

(i) – (bb) –None

Nemisa

1. – (bb) –None

SAPO

(i) SAPO owns 442 sites as per Deeds Office. This includes seven sites which have been mortgaged (sold, donated, and wrongly transferred to SAPO and restitution claim on). SAPO therefore owns 435 sites which are not mortgaged and the area is 162,2932ha.

(ii) SAPO has exclusive rights to the following sites not registered in the Deeds Office.

• Permission to Occupy (PTO) 65 sites 7,8120ha
• Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei (TBVC) 103 sites area 18,0769ha
• Category 1B (CAT1B) Owned building but site to be registered 18 sites area 3,3145ha

(iii) Leasehold registered is four sites area 0,2638ha

(aa)(bb) All sites are used and occupied for Post Office purposes.

SENTECH

(i)(ii) Sentech owns approximately 950 hectares of land which is used

exclusively for providing telecommunication services and location for its operational offices.

(iii)(aa)(bb) Sentech leases approximately 8.5 hectares from government. The land sizes vary depending on land servitude and requirements for usage.

SITA

(i) 26.677 hectares owned by SITA (Beta, Erasmuskloof and Centurion Offices) were transferred to SITA at a payment of R0 as a result of the inception of SITA in 1999 from the Department of Public Works. The net book value of the land is R22 243 595 (Excluding the value of the buildings on the land with a net book value of R103 798 655). The services rendered at his building is currently and historically exclusively been delivered to Government instruction.

(ii) 10 988 m2 (Numerus) (transfer still in process) is in the process of being transferred from the Department of Public Works as a payment of R0 as a result of the inception of SITA in 1999. The net book value of the land is R2 500 000(excluding the value of the building on the land with a net book value R7 065 193). The services rendered at his building is currently and historically exclusively been delivered to the South African Police Service.

(iii) 5522m2 in total of offices leased from the state.

(aa) Bloemfontein Data Centre (1128m2) – Used as Data centre, Printing shop and for office space. The value of this lease is R3 333 906.

(bb) Pietermaritzburg (4000m2) – Used as Data centre and for office space. The value of this lease is R18 255 075.

Mafikeng (394m2) used for office space. The value of this lease is R891 444.