Question NW2024 to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
27 June 2018 - NW2024
Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
What are the details of the (a) number of accidents that vehicles owned by his department were involved (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018, (b) cost for repairs in each case and (c)(i) number of and (ii) reasons for vehicles being written off in each case; (2) whether all vehicles owned by his department have tracking devices installed?
Reply:
Abbreviations:
NO – National Office
EC - Eastern Cape
WC - Western Cape
GP - Gauteng
NW- North-West
KZN- KwaZulu-Natal
NC- Northern Cape
FS- Free State
MP - Mpumalanga
LP- Limpopo
1. (a) NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS:
|
YEAR |
NO |
EC |
WC |
GP |
NW |
KZN |
NC |
FS |
MP |
LP |
Total |
|
2015/2016 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
20 |
15 |
16 |
3 |
11 |
86 |
164 |
|
2016/2017 |
4 |
24 |
1 |
13 |
23 |
39 |
18 |
3 |
15 |
75 |
215 |
|
2017/2018 |
4 |
28 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
16 |
19 |
0 |
8 |
36 |
126 |
|
2018/2019 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
|
Total |
15 |
53 |
5 |
27 |
48 |
72 |
55 |
6 |
37 |
200 |
(1) (b) COST FOR REPAIRS IN EACH CASE:
Part 1:
|
YEAR |
NO |
EC |
WC |
GP |
NW |
|
2015/2016 |
R 84 377,71 |
0 |
0 |
R97,514,55 |
R 538 786,29 |
|
2016/2017 |
R68 239,73 |
R 310 094,24 |
R2 401.06 |
R88,171.55 |
R 526 424,47 |
|
2017/2018 |
R 44 119,15 |
R 359 350,74 |
R2 800.00 |
0 |
R 478 135,38 |
|
2018/2019 |
0 |
R 6 885,61 |
R6 949.15 |
R42,483.14 |
R 103 094,31 |
|
Total |
R196 736.59 |
R676 330.59 |
R12 150.21 |
R228 169,24 |
R 1 646 440,45 |
Part 2:
|
YEAR |
KZN |
NC |
FS |
MP |
LP |
|
2015/2016 |
R 186 067.16 |
R 202 396,00 |
R146 467.28 |
R170 678.36 |
R 592.044.59 |
|
2016/2017 |
R631 248.48 |
R 362 463,20 |
R35 219.83 |
R156 729.81 |
R651.592.41 |
|
2017/2018 |
R187 683.76 |
R 116 136,28 |
0 |
R 129 378.97 |
R199.631.75 |
|
2018/2019 |
R3 392.50 |
0 |
0 |
R 88 714.45 |
R 7382.20 |
|
Total |
R 820 708,14 |
R 680 995,48 |
R 181 687,11 |
R 545 501,59 |
R 1 450 650,95 |
1(c) (i) NUMBER OF VEHICLES WRITTEN OFF
|
YEAR |
NO |
EC |
WC |
GP |
NW |
KZN |
NC |
FS |
MP |
LP |
Total |
|
2015/2016 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
12 |
|
2016/2017 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
|
2017/2018 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
2018/2019 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
TOTAL |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
31 |
(ii) Reasons: In all instances it was uneconomical to repair the vehicles and as such the vehicle was written off.
2. No. The Department does not have any tracking devices installed in the Departmentally Owned Vehicles, due to cost containment measures implemented by National Treasury and budget constraints within the department.
Office of the Chief Justice
- The responses to question 1 are presented in the table below:
|
(a)(i) and (ii) Number of accidents per year |
(b) Cost for repairs in each case |
(c) (i) Number of vehicles written off |
(c) (ii) Reasons for vehicles written off |
|
|
2015/16 |
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|
Vehicles were still under the control of Department of Justice and Constitutional Development at the time during this period. The information will be provided by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. |
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|
2016/17 |
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|
Two (02) accidents reported for the year:
R 3 434.04
R67 756.87 |
R71 190.91 |
No vehicles were written off. |
Not applicable. |
|
|
2017/18 |
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|
Four (04) accidents reported for the year:
R22 980.30
R23 969.47
R16 232.12
R25 353.38 |
R88 535.27 |
No vehicles were written off. |
Not applicable. |
|
|
2018/19 |
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|
Two (02) accidents reported for the year to date
R36 266.83
R 5 468.78 |
R41 735.61 |
No vehicles were written off. |
Not applicable. |
2. None of the Office of the Chief Justice’s vehicles have tracking devices installed.