Question NW1323 to the Minister of Finance
04 July 2018 - NW1323
Ross, Mr DC to ask the Minister of Finance
Whether, with regard to the National Treasury’s report on the State of Procurement spent in National and Provincial Departments for the 2017-18 financial year, a submission in terms of National Treasury’s Annual Performance report, he will furnish Mr D C Ross with copies in Excel format of (a) a list of all the 2 704 state employees who are actively doing business with the State, (b) the department where each person is employed, (c) the company name that they are associated with, (e) the nature of the business that they are conducting with the State and (f) the Rand value of each contract?
Reply:
A list of state employees who conducted business with government in 2017-18 is provided to the Member. (The list is pending confirmation from Provincial Treasuries on whether listed staff members are employees of the State or if they are appointed as audit committee members, members of Boards or participate on governance structures of professional bodies as representatives of government. Confirmation of data captured on Human Resource Management systems is awaited from Provincial Treasuries)
The list depicts:
A) Names of state employees conducting business with government (data is based on employee records for all national and provincial departments, employee records of 236 of 257 municipalities and 8 public entities);
b) Department, municipality or entity where each of the identified persons are employed;
c) The name of the business entity of which the identified state employee is an owner, director or non-executive director. Business entity type ranges from Public Companies (LTD), Private companies (PTY LTDs), Non-Profit Companies, Personal Liability Companies (INC), Closed Corporations, Co-operatives, Non-Profit External Companies, Partnerships, Joint Ventures, Consortiums, Section Companies, Individuals, Sole Proprietors, Trusts and Voluntary Associations;
d) Nature of the goods or services for which payment were made to the business entity;
e) Rand value of payments made to the business entity.