Question NW684 to the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
19 April 2018 - NW684
Bergman, Mr D to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services
What number of overseas trips were taken by the CEO, Mr Vika Mpisane, of .zaDNA in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017; 2. (a) What(i) was the purposes of each trip, (ii) active role did the person play, (iii) was the detailed breakdown of the cost of each trip and (b)(i) who and/ or (ii) which departmental budget covered the costs in each case; 3. (a) Who accompanied the person on each trip, (b) why in each case and (c)(i) at what cost and (ii) from which budget were the costs paid in each case?
Reply:
I have been informed by .zaDNA as follows:
1. (a) The .zaDNA CEO undertook six overseas trips in 2016 as follows:
(i) ICANN Marrakesh (Morocco) Conference in March 2016;
(ii) Asia-Pacific Internet Resources Capacity Building Program in Beijing; China in May 2016;
(iii) dotAfrica mediation (together with ZACR CEO) in Los Angeles (California) in September 2016;
(iv) ICANN Hyderabad (India) Conference in November 2016;
(v) AfriNIC Mauritius Conference in November 2016; and
(vi) United Nations Internet Governance Forum in Guadalajara (Mexico) in December 2016.
1. (b) and five overseas trips in 2017 as follows:
(i) ICANN Copenhagen (Denmark) Conference in March 2017;
(ii) Deputy Minister’s trip to the Chinese Ministry of ICT in May 2017;
(iii) BRICS ICT Minister’s Conference in Beijing, China in July 2017;
(iv) ITU Telecoms World Conference and Exhibition in Busan, Korea in September 2017; and
(v) ICANN Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in October 2017.
Table 1: V Mpisane 2016 international travel
|
Question no. |
1. ICANN Marrakesh |
2. Asia Pacific Internet Resources Capacity Building Program |
3. ICANN Helsinki |
4. dotAfrica mediation |
5. ICANN Hyderabad |
6. AfriNIC Mauritius |
7. UN-IGF 2016 Guadalajara |
|
(2)(a)(i) Purpose |
Internet Governance conference (domain name system, IP addressing, root zone management) |
Best practices, information-sharing & training in various areas of managing & governing Internet resources |
Internet Governance (domain name system, IP addressing, root zone management) |
Attendance of pre-trial mediation over dotAfrica case between ICANN & DCA. ZACR was an interested party as it manages the dotAfrica registry |
Internet Governance (domain name system, IP addressing, root zone management) |
Bi-annual Internet resource conference of African Internet service providers, domain name registries & regulators, government |
Annual global multistakeholder event focusing on Internet governance, Internet resource management, best practices & associated research |
|
(2)(a)(ii) Role played |
Participant in ccNSO & other ICANN community meetings |
Presenter, attendant |
Participant in ccNSO & other ICANN community meetings |
Accompanying ZACR to dotAfrica mediation in California |
Participant in ccNSO & other ICANN community meetings |
Participant in AfriNIC policy & other meetings |
Participant in IGF meetings + accomanying Minister |
|
(2)(a)(iii) Travel cost |
R43 303.72 |
R33 915.23 |
R48 596.23 |
R61 485.23 |
R31 079.23 |
R11 098.23 |
R56 325.01 |
|
(2)(a)(iii) Accommodation cost |
MAD7 900 (+/- R10 168.00) |
Paid by host |
R21 013.00 |
R14 354.00 |
INR52 000 (+/- R9 464.00) |
EUR910.00 (+/- R13 264.00) |
$655.00 (+/- R7 747.00) |
|
(2)(a)(iii) Per diem cost |
R24 840.75 |
R8 237.70 |
R13 710.61 |
R12 527.57 |
R5 724.69 |
R2 265.29 |
R6 483.31 |
|
(2)(b)(i) & (ii) Budget line |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
|
Question no. |
1. ICANN Marrakesh |
2. Asia Pacific Internet Resources Capacity Building Program |
3. ICANN Helsinki |
4. dotAfrica mediation |
5. ICANN Hyderabad |
6. AfriNIC Mauritius |
7. UN-IGF 2016 Guadalajara |
|
(3)(a) Companion |
2 ZADNA directors + Project Coordinator |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
ZADNA Operations Manager |
|
(3)(b) Reason for companion |
Director orientation |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Stakeholder relations |
|
(3)(c)(i) Companion's cost |
R212 710.41 (travel, accomm & per diem x3) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
R41 808.000 (travel, accomm & per diem) |
|
(3)(c) Companion's budget line |
Travel & accommodation |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Travel & accommodation |
Table 2: V Mpisane 2017 international travel
|
Question no. |
ICANN Copenhagen |
Deputy Minister's China ICT trip |
BRICS ICT Ministers China |
ITU Telecom World Busan |
ICANN Abu Dhabi |
|
(2)(a)(i) Purpose |
Internet Governance conference (domain name system, IP addressing, root zone management) |
Reciprocal event between SA and Chinese ICT Ministries. ZADNA presented & participated in Internet economy discussions |
Annual BRICS event. ZADNA participated in digital economy & associated discussions |
Annual ITU event. ZADNA was part of the SA delegation and attended several discussions and plenaries |
Internet Governance conference (domain name system, IP addressing, root zone management) |
|
(2)(a)(ii) Role played |
Participant in ccNSO & other ICANN community meetings |
Participant, presenter, part of Deputy Minister’s team |
Participant, part of Minister’s team |
Participant, accompanying Minister |
Participant in ccNSO & other ICANN community meetings |
|
(2)(a)(iii) Travel cost |
R41 967.23 |
R39 196.23 |
R41 897.00 |
R48 430,08 |
R37 889.29 |
|
(2)(a)(iii) Accommodation cost |
R14 965.00 |
R12 657.00 |
CNY7 480.00 (+/- R13 978.00) |
R9 165.00 |
AED3 500.40 (+/- R11 278.00) |
|
(2)(a)(iii) Per diem cost |
R10 532.84 |
R4 937.19 |
R10 658.28 |
R10 004.16 |
R10 818.42 |
|
(2)(b)(i) & (ii) Budget line |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
Travel & accommodation |
|
(3)(a) Companion |
None |
None |
None |
None |
None |
|
(3)(b) Reason for companion |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
(3)(c)(i) Companion's cost |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
(3)(c) Companion's budget line |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |