Questions to Ministers

29 March 2019 - NW714

Ngwenya, Ms G to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

What is the (a) make, (b) model, (c) price (d) date on which each vehicle was purchased for use by (i) her and /or the former Minister and (ii) her Deputy (aa) in the (aaa) 2016-17 and (bbb) 2017-18 financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2018?

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Minister		Deputy Minister
(i) N/A	(ii) Audi
(i) N/A	(ii) Q7
(i) N/A	(ii) R960 140.00
(i) N/A	(ii) 18/05/2017
(aaa) N/A (bbb) N/A	(aaa) N/A (bbb) 18/05/2017
N/A	N/A

25 March 2019 - NW646

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

What work does her department and the entitles reporting to her do with state-owned enterprises?" NW776E

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11 March 2019 - NW527

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(a) What number of (i) buildings, (ii) properties and (iii) facilities does her department currently (aa) own and (bb) rent, (b) what is the value and purpose of each (i) owned and (ii) rented property and (c)(i) for how long has each property been rented, (ii) from whom is each property rented and (iii) what is the monthly rental fee for each property?”

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27 February 2019 - NW286

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

What number of (a) tender briefings were held in 2018 by (i) her department (ii)and each of the entities reporting to her and (b) the specified briefings were compuIsory?

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	Number of tender briefings in 2018		Number of Compulsory briefings
Department of Science Technology	6		5
Entities reporting to the DST
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research		86	82
National Research Foundation		22	22
Technology Innovation Agency		3	3
Human Sciences Research Council		11	11
South African National Space Agency		5	1
Academy of Science of South Africa		None	None

21 December 2018 - NW3853

Bodlani, Ms T to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1) Whether (a) her department and/or (b) any entity reporting to her contracted the services of a certain company (name and details furnished), in each of the past 10 financial years; if so, what (i) number of contracts were signed, (ii) was the date on which each contract was signed, (iii) was the duration of each contract, (iv) services did the company render and (v) was the monetary value of each contract in each case; (2) whether any irregular expenditure relating to the contracts was recorded and/or condoned in each case; if so, what are the relevant details?

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14 December 2018 - NW3920

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

Whether, with reference to the reply of the Minister of Public Service and Administration to question 141 for oral reply on 7 September 2018, her department and the entities reporting to her implemented the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council resolution that all persons employed in the Public Service as Assistant Directors must have their salary level upgraded from level 9 to level 10, and that all Deputy Directors must have their salary level upgraded from level 11 to level 12; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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1. The Department implemented Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) resolution 3 of 2009, for employees that qualified. There was no one on salary level 9 and 11 who qualified for upgrade.
2. This resolution is not applicable to entities

26 November 2018 - NW3457

Londt, Mr J to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1) (a] On what date did her department last conduct an audit of artwork owned by Government which is under her department’s curatorship and (b} what are the details of each artwork under the curatorship of her department according to the Generally Recognised Accounting Practice 103; (2) whether any artworks under her department’s curatorshlp have gone missing (a) in each of the past five financial years and (b) since 1 April 2018, if so, what are the relevant details?

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1. (a) The department cloes not own any artwork.

(b) Not applicable.

2. (a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

20 November 2018 - NW3288

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

Whether (a) her department and/or (b) entitles reporting to her awarded any contracts and/or tenders to certain companies (names and details furnished) from 1 January 2009 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; if so, in each case, (I) what service was provided, (ii) what was the (aa) value and (bb) length of the tender?"

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16 November 2018 - NW3391

Bozzoli, Prof B to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

1. Whether she has found it within normal parameters for three members of the Board of the National Research Foundation to come from a single University, the University of Johannesburg?

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1.1 Yes, The Board of the National Research Foundation (NRF) was appointed in line with section 6(3) of the NRF Act,1988 (Act No 23 of 1988) as amended by the Science and Technology Laws amendment, 2014 (Act No 7 of 2014). In terms of the Act, members of the NRF Board must all be persons who havs achieved distinction in the fields of research, technology, technology management, business or civil society, and they must broadly represent the higher education, broad scientific disciplines the business sector and civil society.

1.2 The three Board members from the University of Johannesburg were appointed to represent the sectors, namely; Higher Education; Broad Scientific Disciplines and Governance. Due consideration was also given to, among other things, the capacity of an individual to influence preferred outcomes (internally and externally) through his/her involvement on the Board, and the availability to meaningfully contribute their time and abilities to the affairs of the Board irrespective of their institutional association.

14 November 2018 - NW3150

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

1. What number of scientists currently receives funding from (I) her department and (ii) the entities reporting to her and (b) what is the amount of funding received by each individual or group?

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The Department of Science and Technology (DST) Oversees six entities, namely, the National Reseamh Foundation (NRF), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). Currently 6 967 researchers and scientists are supported by the DST and its entities through a number of projects and programmes. A total investment of R2.5b has been made towards this in the current year, details are provided in Table 1, below.

Table 1: DST and entitiss’ support towards scientists/researchers

Source of Funding	Number	Researcher/Group	Funding (R)
DST	403		212,087,703
	144	Sector Innovation Fund	73,593,241
	41	Water Technologies Demonstration and Management Programmes	19,248,499
	43	Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) Catalysts, Infrastructure and System	1,000,000
	5	USAID Peer Projects	218,000
	08 10	European Union Collaborale P acts Indigenous Knowledge System	7,285,863 26,360,000
	39	Strategic Health Innovation Partnership	SHIP)	66,588,000

Source of Funding	Number	Researcher/Group	Funding (R)
	15	Nuclear Technologies in Medicine and Biosciences Initiative (NTeMBl)	3,000,000
	4	Sterile Insect Technique for Malaria Mosquitoes Project	1,273,000
	4	Wheat and Breeding Platform	13,500,000

NRF	4708		1,684,293,868
	31	Academic Statistics Programme	6,130,126
	7	African Coelecanth Ecosystem Programme	3,217,949
	31	Academic Statistics Programme	6,130,126
	7	African Coelecanth Ecosystem Programme	3,217,949
	29	African Origins Platform	14,337,917
	1	African Origins Platform - Research	147,499
	1	Astronomy in Africa (Newton Fund)	1,500.000
	15	Astronomy Sub-Agency Funding Programme	1,919,625
	25	Blue Skies Research Programme	9,968,239
	5	Centre of Excellence (CoE) Grants	59,601,428
	1	CoE: Indigenous Knowledge Systems	8,000,000
	40	Community Engagement Programme	13,507,ze2
	477	Competitive Programme for Rated Reseamhers	127,486,515
	244	Competitive Support for Unrated Researchers	43,403,363
	11	Development Grant for Knowledge Fields Development (KFD)	1,345,679
	1	DST-NRF CoE in Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis	8,445,635
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Biomedical TB Research	11,862,714
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Birds	7,161,899
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Catalysis	s,ses,oo
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Integrated Mineral Resoumes and Analysis	12,151,063
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Invasion Biology	10,334,033
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Strong Material	14,287,643
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Tree Health Biotechnology	7,161,899
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Tree Health Biotechnology	4,268,445
	1	DST-NRF CoE in Palaeoeciences	12,155,063
	20	DST-NRF Conference Fund	13,934,819
	9	Education Research in South Africa	481,657
	4	Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)/NRF Collaborative Research: Urban Transformation in SA	1,528,268
	5	ESRC/NRF Higher Education In Africa	3,519,957
	4	ESRC/NRF International Centre Partnership	610,150
	54	Foundational Biodiversity Programme	9,788,293
	2	French South Afnca Institute of Technology/ Cape Peninsula University of Technology	2,760,548
	40	Global Change Grand Challenge	47,104,215
	18	Human and Social Dynamics in Development	7,432,663

Source of Funding	Humber	Researcher/Group	Funding (R)
	4	Human Capital Development for Multi- Wavelength Astronomy	282,500
	2	IEPD - Institutional Engagement and Partnership Development	509,632
	1	Institutional Engagement and Partnership Development (IEPD) Flagship - UKZN	1,084,909
	1	IEPD Flagship - UWC	830,407
	1	IEPD Mobililty Support for UMP	150,000
	3253	Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers	146,ses,s37
	36	Indigenous Knowledge Systems	9,798,034
	24	International Council of Scientific Unions	1,150,263
	122	International Science and Technology Agreements	38,723,226
	5	International Research Grants (IRG) - Argentlna / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	673,458
	8	IRG - BRICS Multilateral Joint Call	847,183
	6	IRG - China / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	1B4,678
	14	IRG - Egypt / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	1,307,71g
	3	IRG - Finland / South Africa Reseamh Cooperation Programme	879,580
	6	IRG - Flemish / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	2,698,674

	14	IRG - France / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	1,249,520
	12	IRG - Germany / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	3,391,626
	14	IRG - India / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	2,238,121
	8	IRG - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science / NRF Research Cooperation Programme	2,145,635
	11	IRG - Kenya / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	1,081,289
	10	IRG - Namibia / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	1,095,444
	3	IRG - National Natural Science Foundation of China / NRF Research Cooperation Programme	389,905
	3	IRG - NEPAD Flagship Programme	10,223,799
	5	IRG - NRF/International Centre for Theoretical Physics Joint Collaboration for Science Advancement	216,081
	6	IRG - Poland / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	847,378
	10	IRG - Romania / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	1,194,403
	16	IRG - South Africa / Austria Joint Scientific and Technological Cooperation Programme	1,976,553

Source of Funding	Number	Researcher/Group	Funding (R)
	6	IRG - South Africa / Canada Research Chairs Mobility Initiative	459,053
	2	IRG - South Africa / Canada Research Chairs Trilateral Partner9hips initiatives	431,907
	6	IRG - South Africa / Uganda Cooperation Bilateral Programme	1,023,46e
	4	IRG - South Africa / Wallonia-Brussels Federation Science and Technology Research Collaboration Programme	369,899
	1	IRG - South Africa/China Joint Science and Technology Research Collaboration (Water Research Flagship Projects)	6,660
	5	IRG - South Africa/Tunisia Research Cooperation Programme	800,312
	12	IRG - South Africa-Joint ln9titute for Nuclear Research (SA-JINR)-Grants for JINR Student Practice	277,531
	20	IRG - Sweden / South Affica Research Cooperation Programme	4,679,652
	12	IRG - Switzerland / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	5,065,o7e
		IRG - Taiwan / South African Research Cooperation Programme	1,149,283

	12	IRG - UK / South Africa Rasearchar Links Grants for Travel	1,961,770
	4	IRG - Zambia / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	187,201
	447	Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration	11,390,207
	4	Nanotechnology Flagship Programme	389,348
	22	National Bioinformatics functional Genomics bursary & research granting	7,167,714
	59	National Equipment	154,914,522
	1	National Institute for Theoretical Physics	8,000,000
	3	Natural History Collections Funding Instrument	715,747
	4	NRF - European Research Council Partnership	367,827
	1	National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)/NRF Awards (Under Thuthuka)	1,492
	1	Palaeo/Anthropology Trust	2,050,000
	6	Research and Innovation Reward Programme	11,050,240
	81	Research and Technology Fund	22,651,474
	77	Research Development Grants for Y-Rated Researchers	8,094,221
	87	Research Equipment Programme	6,977,415
	29	SA National Antarctic Programme	38,680,172
	15	SA Research Chairs	44,615,506
	1	SA Research Chairs - Indigenous Knowledge	1,822,144
	3	SA Research Chairs - Maths Education Chair Initiative	7,326,367
	2	SA Research Chairs - Nano Technology	8,683,390
	2	SA Research Chairs - Numeracy Chairs Initiative	6,92g,593

Source of Funding	Number	Researcher/Group	Funding (R)
	171	SA Research Chairs - Open	443,833,663
	1	SA Research Chairs - PBMR	3,336,198
	4	Sancor	214,843
	17	Special Transformation Awards	1,572,537
	101	Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP)	72,331,645
	624	Thuthuka	66,200,126
	5	Vulnerable Disciplines - Developing Health Sciences Research	700,000

CSIR	1664		530,010,802
	84	Biosciances	77,437,020
	159	Bullt Environment	52,132,354
	382	Defence, Peace, Safety and Security	53,398,900
	220	Implementation Unit	8,80,5000
	72	Integrated Energy Centre	43,073,000
	236	Materials Science and Manufacturing	106,818,631
	86	Modelling and Digital Science	32,675,450
	174	Meraka Institute	37,333,700
	72	National Laser Centre	39,839,756
	179	Natural Resources Environment	78,496,991

	12		7,799,635
SANSA	1	Rhodes University	40,000
	1	Universlty College London	150,000
	9	NRF Funding	7,033,710
	1	European Commission	576,025

TIA	180	TIA Programmes	115,000,000
HSRC	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable Not applicable
ASSAf	Not applicable	Not applicable

14 November 2018 - NW3246

Mokgalapa, Mr S to ask the Minister of Science and Technology:

What (a) amount did (i) her department and (ii) each entity reporting to her borrow from any entity in the People’s Republic of China (aa) in each of the past three flnanclal years and (bb) since 1 April 2018, (b) is the name of the lender of each loan, (c) conditions are attached to each loan and (d) are the repayments periods for each loan in each case? REPLY: (a) (i) and (ii) (aa) (bb) (b) (c) (d) 2015/16 R’000 2016/17 R'000 2017/18 R'000 Since 1 April 2018 R'00O Department of Science and Technology(DST) Nil Nil Nil Nil N/A N/A N/A Technology lnnovationAgency(TIA) Nil Nil Nil Nil N/A N/A N/A South African National Space Agency(SANSA) Nil Nil Nil Nil N/A N/A N/A Council for Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) Nil Nil Nil Nil N/A N/A N/A National Research Foundation(NRF) Nil Nil Nil Nil N/A N/A N/A Academy of Science of South Africa(ASSAf) Nil Nil Nil Nil N/A N/A N/A Human Sciences Research Council(HSRC) Nil Nil Nil Nil N/A N/A N/A 4

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(a) (i) and (ii)	(aa)	(bb)	(b)	(c)	(d)
	2015/16 R’000	2016/17 R'000	2017/18 R'000	Since 1 April 2018 R'00O
Department of Science and Technology(DST)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	N/A	N/A
Technology lnnovationAgency(TIA)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	N/A	N/A
South African National Space Agency(SANSA)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	N/A	N/A
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	N/A	N/A
National Research Foundation(NRF)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	N/A	N/A
Academy of Science of South Africa(ASSAf)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	N/A	N/A
Human Sciences Research Council(HSRC)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	N/A	N/A

01 November 2018 - NW3124

Groenewald, Mr HB to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

Whether, since she served in Cabinet, she (a)(i) was ever influenced by any person and/or (ii) influenced any of her department's employees to take any official administrative action on behalf of any (aa) member, (bb) employee and/or (cc) close associate of the Gupta family and/or (b) attended any meeting where any of the specified persons were present; if so, what are the relevant details in each case? NW 3489E

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(a) (i) No

(ii) (aa) No

(bb) No

(cc) No

(b) No

29 October 2018 - NW2841

King, Ms C to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

Whether an audit has been conducted on each building occupied by (a) her department and (b) each entity reporting to her for compliance; if not, why not; if so, what were the outcomes of each audit?”

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22 October 2018 - NW2842

King, Ms C to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(a) What is the total number of partnership projects that her department embarked on with the Chinese government since 1 January 2014 and (b) What is the estimated investment made by her department and the Chinese government?

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(a) The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in China run a Joint Research Programme under the Science and Technology Agreement signed by the parties in 1999. The Joint Research Programme is a joint mechanism for soliciting joint research projects from science communities in both countries, which are evaluated, ranked and funded with matched funds provided by the DST and the MOST. The DST funds the South African researchers and the MOST funds the Chinese researchers, with equal matched funds.

(b) The collaborative areas of joint research supported includes themes such as mining, traditional medicines, advanced materials, renewable energy, biotechnology, water research, palaeontology, environment and geosciences.

PLEASE FIND HERE: The tables below indicate the joint projects funded in line with the agreements negotiated between the DST and the NRF and the MOST and the Natural Science Foundation, China (NSFC).

02 October 2018 - NW2454

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

What is the (a) name of each investing company that invested on land owned by (i) her department (ii) each entity reporting to her; and (b)(i) Nature (ii) value (iii) and length of each investment.

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Department	a)(i) name of each investing company t hat invested on land	b)(i) Nature of investments.	b)(ii)) value investments.	b)(iii) length of each investment.
DST	None	None	None	None

Entity	a)(i) name of each investing company t hat invested on land	b)(i) Nature of investments.	b)(ii)) value investments.	b)(iii) length of each investment.
CSIR	None	None	None	None
NRF	None	None	None	None
SANSA	None	None	None	None
HSRC	None	None	None	None
TIA	None	None	None	None
ASSAF	None	None	None	None

01 October 2018 - NW2714

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

Whether her department is funding any research into renewable energy, block chain, and water saving; if so, what (a) is the total amount of the funding in each case and (b) are the relevant details of each research?

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(1) Block Chain is supported by the DST through research projects and human capital development. The total funding provided is R550 000.00 with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) spending R4 081 800.00 of their Parliamentary Grant on the application and understanding of blockchain and the wider distributed ledger technologies.

(2) Details of the research:

Between 2011 and 2017, the DST funded a human capacity development programme in Information Security. The programme funded mostly MSc and PhD candidates. Amongst the students funded were two MSc candidates who completed their studies in 2016, and their areas of research were related to the Blockchain, i.e.

(2.1) A study of the Blockchain involving its application to the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) was conducted. The study assessed how the Blockchain functions and also assessed the application of the Blockchain to other systems other than cryptocurrencies, e.g. electronic voting, smart contracts, and intellectual property rights.

(2.2) On 19-20 July 2018, the DST through the Office of Digital Advantage (ODA), hosted a workshop that looked at Blockchain beyond its application in crypto-currencies. The workshop pulled together SMEs, and other role players. The long-term aim is to stimulate innovations for socio-economic benefits of distributed ledger technologies (DL Ts) and Blockchain technology in areas such as public health, agriculture, food safety/security, energy availability, environmental management etc. The DST, ODA and the CSIR are working on a concept to further unpack this work whose funding will extend beyond the CSIR.

(3) Renewable Energy initiatives supported by the DST amounts to R167 million (2018/19) that is split amongst the following interventions:

(3.1) Solar energy and Wind energy technologies - R27 million per annum;

(3.2) Bio-energy - R14 million per annum (algae based, lignocellulose based and decision support tools - R7 million and Research Chairs - R7 million);

(3. 3) Energy storage (to support performance of alternative/renewable energy) - R 15 million per annum; and

(3.4) Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies - R96 million per annum.

(4) The above mentioned investments are made in support of broader government initiatives in support of the National Development Plan, energy security and access (Integrated Resource Plan) with the intent of diversifying South Africa's energy portfolio (Integrated Energy Plan). The different focal areas have specific strategic plans articulating the desired outcomes.

(5) Water savings initiatives supported by the DST amounts to R2 540 000.00.

This includes demonstration projects and post-graduate research.

(6) Details of the demonstrations and post-graduate research:

(6.1) The DST through the Water Research Commission conducted a study into Water Efficiency for R200 000.00. The main finding in relation to non-revenue water and broader efficiency is that it is a highly mature and well invested RDI area in SA The major challenges lie in the implementation of recommendations by government (particularly at municipalities). In our view, water reuse needs to be considered in relation to water savings as well.

(6.2) In addition the DST funded 3 post-graduate students to a total of R640 000.00 with a focus on water savings through the following projects: Economic Analysis of water recovery from flue gas: A South African Case Study, UWC; Water recovery from flue gas through membrane technology, UWC; Assessment of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment and reuse, UKZN with one student focussed on agricultural water efficiency and savings.

(6.3) Three demonstration projects were conducted with the City of Johannesburg, who offered up test sites after a call to all municipalities to a total of R1.7 million. The City of Johannesburg not only provided test sites but also their staff to be trained on the technologies. The three technology demonstrations were for:

(6.3.1) Look.See Do, which is an augmented reality tool to assist technicians in municipalities to fix machinery. This can get around waiting for specialised technicians to fly out from Europe and elsewhere to assist with maintenance. The technician can assist the municipal technician through this tool without being physically present.

(6.3.2) Aquatrip is a technology that can assist with water leaks through detecting a drop in pressure, signifying a leak, and closing the valve in the pipe. This then alerts the consumer that there is a problem and the leak can be fixed and the valve reset, much like the trip switch on an electrical distribution board.

(6.3.3) Arumloo is a low flush toilet developed on Biomimicry principles.
The shape of the arum lily was the inspiration for the design of the toilet It allows for a complete flush to occur on 1.5 - 2.0 litres of water, which is significantly better than the current 6 litre flush of the smallest cistern.

28 September 2018 - NW2593

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

1. What (a) is the total number of (i) deputy Directors-General and (ii) chief directors employed in (aa) an acting and (bb) a permanent capacity in her department and (b) what is the total number of women in each case; 2. what is the total number of (i) chief executive officers and (ii) directors of each entity reporting to the Minister and (b) what is the total number of women in each case.

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1. (a)(i) 6 Deputy Director-Generals (DDG)

(ii) 21 Chief Directors (CD)

(aa) 3 Acting Chief Directors (CD)

(bb) 18 permanent Chief Directors (CD)

(b) 11 females in each case (1 DDG and 10 CD)

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Entity	(a)i Number of Chief Executive Officers	(a)ii Number of directors of each entity reporting to the department	(b) Number of women in each case
CSIR	01	06	04
NRF	01	06	02
SANSA	01	06	04
HSRC	01	10	06
TIA	01	05	03
Assaf	None	None	None
NACI	01	None	None

The National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI) is not a public entity. It is a Council, which is comprised of specialists that reports to CEO as secretariat to council. Currently the Council has an Acting CEO, who was seconded from the Department.

27 September 2018 - NW2737

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

1. Whether her department has any standing agreements and/or contracts with a certain person (Mr Melusi Ntuli), if not what is the position in this regard; if so,(a) when were the agreements and/or contracts signed and (b) what they for in each case?

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The Department of Science and Technology (DST) does not have any standing agreement with Mr Melusi Ntuli.

The DST is the custodian of the Grassroots Innovation Programme, which is implemented by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on behalf of the department. Mr Ntuli was a beneficiary to the programme. He concluded a Memorandum of Agreement with the CSIR on 29 November 2016 which was terminated on 21 July 2017, at his request.

Mr Ntuli has innovated the Chargeless Electric Engine, which is meant to be an alternative to the current piston and turbine engines. It has a PSDC motor that operates as the heart of the engine. The chargeless motor engine is also intended to be used in aircrafts and helicopter propulsion.

operates as the heart of the engine. The chargeless motor engine is also intended to be used in aircrafts and helicopter propulsion.

a) The Memorandum of Agreement between the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Mr Ntuli was signed on 29 November 2016 and was terminated on 21 July 2017.

b) The agreement between Mr Ntuli and the CSIR was concluded to assist Mr Ntuli's innovation, the chargeless electric engine, with a technology assistance package. The Grassroots Innovation Programme assists beneficiaries with the following;

- Product research and development with a subject matter expert at institutions of higher learning, science council and/ or technology transfer office;
- Product design and machining support through a technology station with machining expertise;
- Product electronic support through a technology stations with eleGtronics specific expertise;
- Product testing with testing and certification bodies to meet/comply with standards body;
- Intellectual Property protection of the innovation/ invention; and
- Marketing and profiling of the innovators and their innovations.

The assistance granted to Mr Ntuli through the programme is valued at R205 096.00 and covered the payment for design and machining expertise, provision of management development support and training as well as marketing and profiling his innovation.

10 September 2018 - NW2334

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Mr N Paulsen to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

1. (a) What number of labour disputes are currently being faced by (i) her department and (ii) the entities reporting to her, (b) what is the cause of each dispute, (c) what is the nature of each dispute and (d) what dale was each dispute (i) reported and (ii) resolved; 2. (a) (i) what number of employees have been dismissed by her department in the past five years and {ii) for what reason was each employee dismissed and (b) (i) what number of the specified employees were paid severance packages and (ii) what was the monetary value of each severance package?. NW2512E

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31 August 2018 - NW2394

Wessels, Mr W to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

1. What number (a) of employees in her department at each post level are currently suspended on full salary and (b) of the specified employees at each post level have been suspended for (i) less than 60 days, (ii) 60 to 90 days, (iii) 90 to 120 days and (iv) longer than 120 days; 2. What is the total amount of cost attached to the days of service lost as a result of the suspensions in each specified case?

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Reply:

1. 0

(a) NIA

(b) (i) N/A

(ii) N/A

(iii) N/A

(iv) N/A

2. NIA

10 July 2018 - NW2053

Wessels, Mr W to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

1.Whether all members of the senior management service (SMS) in her department had declared their interests for the past year as required by the Public Service Regulations; if not, (a) why not, (b) what number of the specified members did not declare their interests and (c) what are the (i) names and (ii) ranks of the specified noncompliant members of the SMS; 2. Whether noncompliant SMS members have been charged; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; 3. What number (a) of employees in her department at each post level are currently suspended on full salary and (b) of the specified employees at each post level have been suspended for the specified number of days (details furnished); 4. What is the total amount of cost attached to the days of service lost as a result of the suspensions in each specified case? NW2207E

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Reply:

1. Yes
(a) N/A

(b) N/A

(c) (i) N/A
(ii)NIA

2. N/A

3. (a) N/A
(b) N/A

4. N/A

02 July 2018 - NW1936

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

What is the total number of incidents of sexual harassment that were reported to the human resources offices of (i) her department and (ii) entities reporting to her in (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017 and (b) are the details of each incident that took place; 2. Was each incident investigated; if not, why not in each case; if so, what were the outcomes of the investigation in each case? NW2093E

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Reply:

1. The Department statistics stand as follows:

(i) Zero· from the department.

(ii) Entities.

(aa) 2016· two incidents.

(bb) 2017- two incidents.

(b) Yes.

2. Was each incident investigated, yes: what were the outcome of the investigation in each case? In 2016, the employee was dismissed during the disciplinary hearing process and in another incident, the employee resigned. In 2017, one employee resigned and another was given a final written warning and suspended for one month to attend a rehabilitation centre

02 July 2018 - NW1720

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

1. (a) What total amount of land owned by her department and the entities reporting to her in each province is {i) vacant and (ii) unused or has no purpose and {b} what is the (i) location and (ii) size of each specified plot of land. 2. (a) how much of the land owned by her department and entities reporting to her has been leased out for private use and {b) what is the (i} Rand value of each lease and {ii)(aa) location and (bb) size of each piece of land.

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(1)	(2)
(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)
(i)	(ii)	(i)	(ii)		(i)	(aa)	(bb)
none	none	none	none	none	none	none	none

02 July 2018 - NW2033

Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1) What are the details of the (a) number of accident that vehicles owned by her department were involve(i) in each of the past three years financial years and (ii) since1 April 2018, (b) cost of repairs in each case and, (c)(i) number of and (ii) reason for vehicle being written off in each case; (2) Whether all vehicles owned by her department have tracking, devices Installed?

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1

	(ii) 2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019
(a)	(i) 01 (one)	N/A	01 (one)	01 (one)
(b)	R14 112.76	N/A	N/A	R11 469.94
(c)	(i)	N/A	N/A	N/A
	(ii)	N/A	Disposed through Auction	N/A

2. YES

18 June 2018 - NW1833

James, Ms LV to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1) Whether (a) her spouse and/or (b) an adult family member accompanied her on any official international trip (i) in each of the past five financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018; if not, what is the position in this regard ; if so, what (aa) is the name of the person(s), (bb) was the (aaa) purpose and (bbb) destination of the trip and (cc) was the (aaa) total cost and (bbb) detailed breakdown of the costs of the accompanying person(s) to her department; (2) whether each of the specified trips were approved by the President in terms of the provisions of Section 1, Annexure A of the Ministerial Handbook; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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1. (a) Spouse accompanied the Minister on her international trips (b) No other family member accompanied her

(i) in the financial year 2017 /18 spouse qualified for two trips and he accompanied Minister on one trip to Germany

(ii) Since April 2018 Minister travelled with her husband to Switzerland, as per the Ministerial Handbook Chapter 6:3.1

(aa) Mr. S J Ngubane

(bb),(aaa) in the financial year 2017/18 Germany attending G20 Summit and the year 2018/19 Switzerland, Genava to attend the United Nations

Commission on Science and Technology for Development;

(bbb) Germany; and Switzerland, Geneva;

(cc), (aaa) R121, 139.25;

(bbb) Germany R55,042.49; and Switzerland R66, 096.76.

2. Both trips were approved by the Honourable President and there are no

further details.

MS MT KUBAYl-NGUBANE, MP

MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DATE: 15/06/2018

12 June 2018 - NW1885

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

What (a) is the total number of incidents of racism that were reported to the human resources offices in (i) her department and (ii) entities reporting to her and (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017 and (b) are the details of each incident that took place; 2. Was each incident investigated; if not, why not in each case; if so, what were the outcomes of the investigation in each case?

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Reply:

1. (a) 0.

(i) 0.

(ii) 0.

(aa) 0.

(bb) 0.

(b) Not applicable.

2. Not applicable

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12 June 2018 - NW1664

Majola, Mr TR to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(a) What number of cases relating to the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004, as amended, have been referred to the (i) SA Police Services (SAPS) and (ii) Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) by (aa) her department and (bb) each entity reporting to her for further investigation since the Act was assented to and (b) what number of the specified cases have (i) been investigated by SAPS and DPCI, (ii) been followed up by the respective accounting officers and (iii) resulted in a conviction in each specified financial year since 2004?

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29 May 2018 - NW1482

Rabotapi, Mr MW to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1) Whether, with reference to the reply of the President, Mr. C Ramaphosa, to the debate on the State of the Nation Address on 22 February 2018 to implement lifestyle audits, (a) she, (b) senior management service members in her department and/or (c) any of the heads of entities reporting to her have undergone a lifestyle audit in the past three financial years; if not, have any plans been put in place to perform such audits; if so, in each case, what are the details of the (i) date of the life style audit, (ii) name of the person undergoing the audit, (iii) name of auditing firm conducting the audit and (iv) outcome of the audit.

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(a) No, the Honourable President made the announcement in year 2018 and therefore the matter can't relate to the past 3 years

(b) No
(c) No

(i) N/A.

(ii) N/A

(iii) N/A

(iv) N/A

(2) N/A

29 May 2018 - NW1493

King, Ms C to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

What is the total number of hectares of commercial farm land which have been declared as astronomy advantage areas in the Karoo"

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(a) The Karoo Central Astronomy Advantage Area declared by the Minister of Science and Technology in 2014 through a public participation process (Government Gazette Number 37434 of 2014, Notice Number 198) in terms of the Astronomy Geographic Advantage Act of 2007, includes 4459 farm portions with a total area of 11,349,628 hectares. This is approximately 30.5% of the entire land in the Northern Cape. Within the declared area, the two most common economic activities taking place on some of these farm portions are renewable energy facilities and sheep farming. Of the 4459 farm portions, 36 have been purchased for the purposes of SKA project roll-out and the total extent of this land is 128,000 hectares, about 1.1% of the declared area.

10 May 2018 - NW1111

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1) What (a) number of consulting firms or companies are currently contracted by (i) her department and (ii) the entities reporting to her and (b) (i) is the name of each consultant, (ii) are the relevant details of the service provided in each case and (iii)is the (aa) start date, (bb) time period, (cc) monetary value in Rands of each individual who signed off on each contract? NW1203E

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Reply:

(1) The information we have is unverified. I will provide details once the information is available.

10 May 2018 - NW572

Mashabela, Ms N to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1) Does her department have a working relationship with Mr Melusi Ntuli, who invented a chargeless electric engine, which is 100% green technology, if so, (a) what are the details of the specified relationship, (b) how is her department assisting him in developing and making prototypes of this invention and (c) what amount of funding has her department allocated towards this project? NW640E

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(1) Does her department have a working relationship with Mr Melusi Ntuli, who invented a chargeless electric engine, which is 100% green technology, if not why not?

The department established the Grassroots Innovation Programme as a means to improve access and participation in the national system of innovation. This programme specifically targets innovators who are not part of formal institutions of innovation nor have access to formal facilities critical for their innovative solutions. The department appointed the Technology Localization Implementation Unit (TLIU), of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) as an implementing agent of the Grassroots Innovation Programme. When Mr. Ntuli approached the department requesting assistance with the development of his invention in 2016, the department swiftly responded and advised him to enroll in the Grassroots Innovation Programme. As this programme was implemented by the CSIR's TLIU, all participants of this programme entered into a contractual relationship with the CSIR. Mr. Ntuli duly signed a contract on 24 April 2016. The contractual relationship between Mr. Ntuli and the CSIR was terminated at Mr. Ntuli's insistence. The termination was finalized by 21 July 2017.

Prior to voluntarily terminating the contractual relationship which effectively ended his participation as a beneficiary of the Grassroots Innovation Programme, Mr. Ntuli was receiving prototype design assistance from the Durban University of Technology; had been provided with computer aided design equipment; had been profiled nationally and participated at the India Festival of Innovation, a platform intended to assist innovators to market and profile their innovations in India.

(2) if so, (a) what are the details of the specified relationship?

Since Mr. Ntuli's insistence of terminating the contractual relationship, there is no longer a relationship between him and the department. The department in its communication with indicating him that he is still . welcome to participate in the Grassroots Innovation Programme within its existing terms and conditions.

(b) how is her department assisting him in developing and making prototypes of his invention?

The Grassroots Innovation Programmes funds prototype development, technical training e.g. machining and tooling, computer aided design, markets and profiles innovation to raise awareness, etc. It does not fund accommodation costs nor does it pay stipends.

(c) what amount of funding has her department allocated towards his project.

The assistance granted by the programme to Mr. Ntuli is valued at R205 096.00 and covered the payment for prototype development, design and machining expertise, provision of management development support and training as well as marketing and profiling his innovation. This amount excludes the costs of CSIR and DST staff who assisted Mr. Ntuli in the development of his networks and for marketing his innovation.

12 March 2018 - NW368

Malatsi, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(a) What is the total amount that was (i) budgeted for and (ii) spent on her private office (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2017 and (b) what was the (i) remuneration, (ii) salary level, (iii) job title, (iv) qualification and (v) job description of each employee appointed in her private office in each of the specified periods?

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Reply:

I was not a Member of the Executive for the period requested. I only became a member of the Executive from 31 March 2017 and as a Minister of Science and Technology with effect of 26 February 2018.

QUESTION 368 FOR WRITTEN REPLY: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: MR MS MALATSI (DA): BUDGET FOR THE MINISTER OF SCIENNCE AND TECHNOLOGY'S PRIVATE OFFICE

INTRODUCTION

1. The above-mentioned question appears on the internal Question Paper No.2-2018 dated 16 February 2018 for written reply in the National Assembly. (Tag A).

2. A draft reply to the question is enclosed in Pocket 2 for the Minister's consideration.

RECOMMENDATIONS

3. It is recommended that the Minister approves the draft reply enclosed in Pocket 2.

DIRECTOR GENERAL
DATE: 07/03/2018

Reply approved
Proposed date for discussion:

MS M T KUBAYl-NGUBANE, MP

MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Date: 11/03/2018

26 February 2018 - NW121

King, Ms C to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

Whether, with reference to the research conducted by the University of Cape Town's molecular endocrinologist which found that the contraceptive Depo-Provera increases the risk of HIV, her department has conducted its own study to find out (i) whether the synthetic hormone could affect the body's immune system and increase the risk of contracting HIV; if not; (ii) why not; if so, (iii) what were the findings?"

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Reply:

(i) The Department of Science and Technology has not supported studies aimed at investigating whether Depo-Provera could affect the body's immune system and increase the risk of contracting HIV.

(ii) My department is aware that there are other studies underway - that include researchers from WITS university in the "Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes (ECHO) study, supported by the South African Medical Research Council- to determine the relationship, and there is therefore not a need for a duplicative study by the Department of Science and Technology.

(iii) N/A

26 February 2018 - NW333

Gqada, Ms T to ask the Minister of Science and Technology:

(1) (a) What amount did her department and (b) each entity reporting to her spend on the promotion or celebration of the Year of OR Tambo on the (i) Africa News Agency 7 channel, (bb) radio stations, (iii) national commercial radio stations and (iv) community,(aa) television and (bb) radio stations since 1 January 2017?

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Reply:

1. (a) Non-applicable.

(a)(i) Non-applicable.

(a)(ii) Non-applicable.

(aa) Non-applicable and (bb) Non-applicable.

(a)(iii) Non-applicable.

(a)(iv) Non-applicable.

(aa) Non-applicable and (bb) Non-applicable.

1. (b) Non-applicable.

(b)(i) Non-applicable.

(b)(ii) Non-applicable.

(aa) Non-applicable and (bb) Non-applicable.

(b)(iii) Non-applicable.

(b)(iv) Non-applicable.

(aa) Non-applicable and (bb) Non- applicable.

18 February 2018 - NW142

Gqada, Ms T to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

With reference to the reply of the Minister of Public Service and Administration to question 3797 on 21 December 2018, what was the total expenditure incurred by the department relating to the travel privileges contained in the 2007 Ministerial Handbook of former (a)(i) Minister and (ii) their spouses, (b)(i) Deputy Minister and (ii) their spouse, (c) Ministers’ widows or widowers and (d) Deputy iYlinisters' widows or widowers (i) in each of the past five financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018?

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Reply:

(a)(i) None

(a)(ii) None

(b)(ii) None

(c) None

(d) None

18 December 2017 - NW3762

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(a) Whether (a) her department and/or (b) entities reporting to her procured services from a certain company (Travel With Flair Ltd ); if so, (i) what services were procured in each case and (ii) what is the total amount that was paid to specified company in each case. (b) Whether the specified company provided services related to to international travel to (a) her department and/or (b) entities reporting to her; if so, (i) what is the name of each person who travelled, (i) what was the travel route and (ii) what is the total amount that was paid for each person?

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1(a)	i) Services were procured	ii) Total amount paid
	Services were procured	Total amount paid
Yes, the DST procured services through Travel With Flair Ltd from April 2012 to March 2015	International Air Travel (Int)	33 529 172
	Domestic Air Travel (Dom)	30 673 628
	Accommodation (Acc)	24 704 386
	Paid to TWF	3 957 367
	Car Hire (Car)	2 700 065
	Transfers Domestic (Tra)	2 607 826
	Accommodation International & Cross Borders (Aci)	2 024 718
	Group Conference & Incentives (Cfr)	1 564 018
	Air Charter International (Che)	1 340 151
	Air Charter Domestic (Chw)	436 516
	Car Hire Booking Cxl Penalty (Cap)	128 288
	Airport Parking (Aap)	79 956
	Insurance (Ins)	40 717
	Railways, Bus , Ferry Res. (Rai)	28 460
	Restaurant Reservation (Res)	23 156
	Regional Ticket (Reg)	7 799
	International Accommodation (Inh)	7 351

1(b)
Entity	Services were procured	Total amount paid
NRF	Yes, the NRF procured services through Travel With Flair Ltd from March 2016 to October 2017	Accommodation	R 4 696 493.53
		Transfers and Shuttles	R 265 210.66
		Car Hire	R 334 277.95
		Conference	R 6 355 549.01
		Domestic Air Travel	R 2 249 213.11
		Insurance and Foreign exchange	R 15 930.12
		International Air Travel	R 7 456 141.58
		Visas and Passports	R 176 053.00
ASSAf	Yes, ASSAf procured services through Travel With Flair Ltd from 16 July 2016 to 31 October 2017	Booking of flights	R 2 200 989.80
		Booking of accommodation	R 376 164.38
		Car hire	R 32 407.95
		Conferencing	R 47 8941.34
		Travel insurance	R 7 580.00
SANSA	Yes, the SANSA procured services through Travel With Flair Ltd from 1 July 2017 to 20 November 2017	International Air Travel	R 532,308.00
		Domestic Air Travel	R 527,910.00
		Accommodation	R 405,122.00
		Car Hire	R 96,723.00
		Food & Beverage	R 39,722.00
		Railway /Bus / Ferry	R 27,025.00
		Transfers	R 25,275.00
		Other	R 10,486.00
		Regional Air Travel	R 3,449.00
		Visas And Passports	R 2,879.00
		Groups Conference & Incentives	R 2,850.00
		Conference Venue Hire	R 1,000.00
		Deposit Refundable	R 0.00
CSIR, TIA and HSRC	No, the CSIR, TIA and HSRC has not procure any services from Travel With Flair Ltd	Not applicable	Not applicable

2(a)
Entity	Person travelled	Route travelled	Total amount paid
Yes, Travel with Flair Ltd provided services related to International Travel	Please refer to Annexure A

2(b)
Entity	Person travelled	Route travelled	Total amount paid
NRF	Yes, Travel with Flair Ltd provided services related to International Travel	Please refer to Annexure B
ASSAf	Yes, Travel with Flair Ltd provided services related to International Travel	Please refer to Annexure C
SANSA	Yes, Travel with Flair Ltd provided services related to International Travel	Please refer to Annexure D
CSIR TIA, and HSRC	No, the CSIR, TIA and HSRC has not procured services from Travel with Flair Ltd in relation to international travel	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

29 November 2017 - NW3637

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

Whether (a) her department and/or (b) any entity reporting to her own land; if so, in each case (i) where is each plot of land located, (ii) what is the size of each specified plot and (iii) what is each plot currently being used for

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	(a) and (b) Whether Department/ Entity owns land	(i) where each plot of land is located	(ii) what is the size of each specified plot	(iii) what each plot is currently used for
Department of Science and Technology (DST)	Yes	The land is located on Portion 3, Scientia 627 Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria, Pretoria East	4.9496 hectares	Office building for the DST
Technology Innovation Agency	Yes	Remainder of Portion 84 of the Farm Moerasrivier No. 233; Division George in the Eastern Cape Province	11.8737 hectares	The land was acquired as security for funding a project that failed, that was housed at the farm. Ministerial approval has been obtained in terms of PFMA Section 54(2) to dispose of the farm and the transfer is expected to be completed before the end of March 2018
South African Space Agency (SANSA)	Yes	Westcliffe suburb of Hermanus in the Western Cape.	16 hectares	The land is used to house the Space Science Facility of SANSA, which includes a magnetically clean area and is specified in the title deed as for "scientific use only".
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)	Yes	Pretoria- Scientia 627 Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria, Pretoria East.	170 hectares	Research and Development
	Yes	Stellenbosch- Erf 4909, Stellenbosch, Western Cape (Jan Cillers Street)	4.3650 hectares	Research and Development
	Yes	Rosebank - Erf 140278 and remaining Extend of Erf 44291, Cape Town (Lower Hope Road)	1.0442 hectares	Research and Development
	(a) and (b) Whether Department/ Entity owns land	(i) where each plot of land is located	(ii) what is the size of each specified plot	(iii) what each plot is currently used for
	Yes	Johannesburg - Portion 167 of the farm Braamfontein 53 IR, (Cnr Menton and Frost Avenues) and Portion 10 of the Farm Emmarentia 52 IR, City of Johannesburg (Cnr Rustenburg and Carlow Roads)	3.5261 hectares	Research and Development
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)	Yes	Erf 3242, City of Tshwane, Gauteng Province; 134 Pretorius Street, Pretoria	7.655 square meters	The land is used for housing the HSRC.
National Research Foundation (NRF)	Yes	Portion 1 of the farm Scientia No. 627, Meiring Naude Road CSIR Campus Brummeria; Pretoria	2.8187 hectares	Office buildings for RISA and Corporate constructed on the land
	Yes	Portion 4 of the farm No. 996, Blue Downs, Stellenbosch; Old Faure Road; Faure Cape Town	37.2254 hectares	Research laboratories, mainly with some office space for iThemba LABS
	Yes	Portion 6 of the farm Kuilenburg No. 96, Sutherland	535.5667 hectares	Research and office buildings for SAAO
	Yes	Stand 26423, Observatory, Cape Town	9.7620 hectares	Research and office buildings for SAAO
	Yes	Stand No. 2859, 211 Nana Sita Street, Pretoria	5102 sqm	Office buildings for use by SAASTA, of which some office space let out
National Research Foundation - Square Kilometer Array (SKA)	Yes	Portion 1 Erf 1, Observatory, Johannesburg 18 A Gill street	3.8495 hectares	Office building for use by SAASTA, of which some of the space is let out SAASTA
	Yes	Mey's Dam Farm No 68, Fraserburg Regional District Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	7046.0463 hectares	Office building and storage facility. Science and MeerKAT antennaes constructed
	(a) and (b) Whether Department/ Entity owns land	(i) where each plot of land is located	(ii) what is the size of each specified plot	(iii) what each plot is currently used for
	Yes	LAND003 Blauuw Heuvel No96 Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	5465.0025 hectares	Science (Antennae's to be constructed) - SKA Phase 1
	Yes	LAND004 Groot Paarde Kloof Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District NC	7779.923 hectares	Science (Antennae's to be constructed) - SKA Phase 1
	Yes	LAND005 Waterkloof & DeHoek Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	6494.0401 and 4667.1001 hectares	Science (Antennae's to be constructed) - SKA Phase 1
	Yes	LAND006 Ptn1 Farm Schiet Poort Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	1571.9601 hectares	Science (Antennae's to be constructed) - SKA Phase 1
	Yes	LAND007 Ptn2 Farm Schiet Poort Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	1571.9748 hectares	Science (Antennae's to be constructed) SKA Phase 1
	Yes	LAND008 Boter Leegte (Lovedale) Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	5382.0434 hectares	Science (Antennae's to be constructed) SKA Phase 1
	Yes	Pnt 3 Farm Visserskloof No 69 Pnt 2 Farm Blaauwpoort No 71 RE Plot 4 Van Wyksvlei Plot 149 Van Wyksvlei Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	4355.4765 hectare 2753.9231 hectare 1827.8670 hectare 913.9345 hectare	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
	(a) and (b) Whether Department/ Entity owns land	(i) where each plot of land is located	(ii) what is the size of each specified plot	(iii) what each plot is currently used for
	Yes	Pnt 4 Farm Narrogna No 200 Pnt 2 Farm Zout Rivier No 71 Farm Zout Rivier 71 Karoo Hppgland Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	1322.4205 hectare 1462.0489 hectare 1487.3191 heectare	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
	Yes	Pnt 1 Farm Rooizand No 72 Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Nortern Cape	3809.8590 hectare	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
	Yes	Rooizand 72 Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	3809.9209 hectare	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
	Yes	Pnt 2 Farm Visserkloof No 69 Farm Dubbelde No 63 Pnt Farm Willem Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	4364.4744 hectare 3471.6445 hectare 2648.2299 hectare	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
	Yes	Erf 1883 Carnarvon Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	1982 hectare	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
	Yes	Pnt 3 Farm Zoutrivier Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	4386.0966 hectare	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
	(a) and (b) Whether Department/ Entity owns land	(i) where each plot of land is located	(ii) what is the size of each specified plot	(iii) what each plot is currently used for
	Yes	Farm Jaskloof No 76 Karoo Pnt 1 Farm Jaskloof no 76 Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	3681.6733 hectare 3660.8330 hectare	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
	Yes	Pnt 1 Farm Visserskloof No 69 Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	8730.1999 hectare	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
	Yes	Pnt 1 Farm Swartfontein 496 Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	2288.3589 hectare	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
	Yes	Pnt 1 Farm Zoutrivier No 71 Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	4386.0966 hectare	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
	Yes	Pnt 2 Farm Pofadderfontein No 494 Pnt 1 Farm Pofadderfontein No 495 Farm 117 Farm 118 Farm 119 Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	2220.2674 hectare 2220.2627 hectare 1243.305 hectare 23.1264 hectare 46.2527 hectare	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
	(a) and (b) Whether Department/ Entity owns land	(i) where each plot of land is located	(ii) what is the size of each specified plot	(iii) what each plot is currently used for
	Yes	Pnt 2 Farm Pofadderfontein No 495 Pnt 3 Farm Pofadderfontein No 495 KarooHoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	1882.1315 hectare 1756.9467 hectare	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
	Yes	Farm Scietpoort no 64 Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	3165.0657 hectare	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
	Yes	SERVITUDES: Pnt 1 of Farm Waterval Farm Waterval Pnt 1 Riet Poort 75 Karoo Hoogland, Fraserburg Regional District Northern Cape	Unknown Unknown	Science (Antennae's to be constructed)
South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON)	Yes	Erf 66 Floris street, Colbyn, Hatfield, Pretoria	2500 sqm	Office Building
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF)	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
National Advisory Committee on Innovation (NACI)	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO)	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

27 November 2017 - NW3585

Matsepe, Mr CD to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

What is the total number of supplier invoices that currently remain unpaid by (i) her department and (ii) each entity reporting to her for more than (aa) 30 days, (bb) 60 days, (cc) 90 days and (dd) 120 days and (b) what is the total amount outstanding in each case.

Source
Link

Reply:

(i)	(aa)	(bb)	(cc)	(dd)
	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)
DST	Nil	R0.00	Nil	R0.00	Nil	R0.00	Nil	R0.00

(ii) Entities	(aa)	(bb)	(cc)	(dd)
	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)
HSRC	13	R160 432.55	6	R64 673.43	20	R358 300.44	Nil	R0.00
TIA	96	R747 415.30	3	R638 162.00	Nil	R0.00	Nil	R0.00
SANSA	9	R20 387 413.93	1	R132 558.67	3	R66 755.42	2	R1 142 322.42
NRF	53	R549 973.00	23	R709 602.00	14	R1 311 780.00	121	R1 332 878.00
CSIR	758	R13 300 978	165	R2 096 378.00	93	R890 065.00	286	R5 127 789
ASSAF	Nill	R0.00	Nil	R0.00	Nil	R0.00	Nil	R0.00

15 November 2017 - NW3468

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

1. How many officials and /or employees in her department were granted permission to have businesses and/or do business dealings in the past three financial years. 2. are any if the officials and/or employees that have permission to have businesses and/or do business dealings doing business with Government; if so, (a) what was the purpose of each business transaction, (b) when did each business transaction occur and (c) what was the value of each business transaction?

Source
Link

Reply:

1. The Department granted permission to employees as follows:

2015-2016 = 01 employee
2016-2017 = 07 employees
2017-2018 = 09 employees

2. Only 1 employee was doing business with the government.

(a) Cleaning and vegetation with Eskom

(b) 2014-2016;

(c) R35 506,95 payable every second or third month. The employee has since resigned from company.

15 November 2017 - NW3496

King, Ms C to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1)What is the total amount of her department's budget that was spent on research and development into cybersecurity measures in the 2016-17 financial year?

Source
Link

Reply:

(1) In 2016/17 there were 2 multi-year projects that were being funded and are in the cyber/information security space.

a) The development of a prototype for the Biometric Recognition of Minors. Its total budget over 2015/16 - 2017/18 is R 14 977 561, of which R 8 648 983 was for 2016/17. In its conceptualisation the project received endorsement from the South African Social Services Agency (SASSA), and is being implemented by the CSIR.

b) The implementation of the Network Emulating and Simulation Laboratory (NESL). Its total budget over 2014/15-2016/17 was R7 887 000. of which R1 049 500 was for 2016/17. The project was funded through the High-end Infrastructure grant. The NESL is a platform that aims to provide cybersecurity researchers with the ability to perform network bandwidth modelling, cybersecurity training, device security research and advanced analytics to study cyber risk and to deliver effective and practical security solutions. It is implemented by CSIR.

Therefore, the total investment for investment for 2016/17 is R9 698 483.

15 November 2017 - NW3365

Bozzoli, Prof B to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1) (a) What programmes of the National Research Foundation's (NRF's) budget will benefit from its decision to cut funding to over 2 000 rated researchers by 90% from 1 January 2018, (b) what amount will be saved, and (c) what precisely will the savings be used for; (2) were other areas of possible savings considered so as to reduce the shock effect of the 90% decrease; if not why not; if so, (a) what are the details, and (b) why were these areas not included in the NRF's savings plan, (3) has the NRF done a cost-benefit analysis of what will be lost as a result of the 90% decrease, in terms of (a) student education and (b) research outputs; if not, in each case, why not, if so, what were the findings in each case?

Source
Link

Reply:

1. The number of A and B rated researchers is 831 and not 2 000. The restructuring of the Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers (IFRR) instrument will benefit emerging and early career researchers as well as established researchers through the following instruments, viz., (i) Competitive programme for Rated Researchers (CPRR); (ii) Competitive Support for Unrated Researchers (CSUR); and (iii) Thuthuka.

Based on the current MTEF budget, it is estimated the approximately R30 million per annum will be re-directed and used to supplement the above funding instruments.

2. Yes, all areas of possible savings were considered in terms of the NRF's operational and financial sustainability plans. However, only the IFRR programme was deemed relevant in terms of the directive from the National Treasury that the NRF must implement measures to increase cost savings without compromising its core mandate of research support and advancement.

3. The IFRR programme was never intended to be a primary instrument of the allocating research grants and driving student education or research output. The R30 million released from restructuring the IFRR constitutes only 1.25% of the R2.4 billion annual allocations for researcher and postgraduate and student support. The released funds will be re-allocated for researcher and student support through other funding instruments.

15 November 2017 - NW3190

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1) What are the details including the ranks of service providers and/or contractors from which (a) her department and (b) the entities reporting to her procured services in the past five years; (2) what (a) service was provided by each service provider and/or contractor and (b) amount was each service provider and/or contractor paid; (3) (a) how many of these service providers are black-owned entities, (b) what contract was each of the black owned service provider paid?"

Source
Link

Reply:

1. (a) Refer to Annexure A for the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

(b) Refer to Annexure B for entities.

2. (a) Refer to Annexure A, column H for the services provised, for the DST.

Refer to Annexure B for the entities.

(b) Refer to Annexure A, column F for the amount spent per service provider for DST.

Refer to Annexure B for entities.

3. (a) The following has reference:

	Black Owned
The DST	759
Entities	1453

(b) Refer to Annexure C, column H for the contracts awarded to black owned suppliers by the DST.

Refer to Annexure B for the entities.

(c) Refer to Annexure C, column G for amount paid to black owned suppliers for the DST.

Refer to Annexure B for entities.

06 November 2017 - NW3330

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1) Whether the (a) Chief Executive Officer and (b) Chief Financial Officer of entities reporting to her are employed on a permanent basis; if not, (2) Whether the specified officers are employed on a fixed term contract; if so, (a) what are the names of each of the officers and (b) when (i) was each officer employed and (ii) will each officer’s contract end? NW3719E

Source
Link

Reply:

No	Entity	1 (a)	1 (b)
1	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)	No	No
2	Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)	No	No
3	South African National Space Agency ( SANSA)	No	No
4	Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)	No	No
5	National Research Foundation (NRF)	No	Yes
6	Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF)	No	N/A*
7	National Advisory Council on Innovation (NACI)	No	N/A

2.

Entity	2 (a)	2(a)	2(b)(i)	2(b)(ii)
CSIR	CEO	Dr T Dlamini	1 February 2017	31 January 2022
	CFO	Ms A van Tonder ( Acting CFO )	1 September 2017	30 November 2017
TIA	CEO	Mr Barlow Manila	1 April 2015	31 March 2020
	CFO	Mr Wener van der Merwe	1 January 2015	31 December 2019
SANSA	CEO	Dr V Munsami	1 January 2017	31 December 2021
	CFO	Ms Bulelwa Pono	1 May 2016	30 April 2021
HSRC	CEO	Prof Crain Soudien	1 September 2015	31 August 2020
	CFO	Ms Crystal Abdol	1 September 2017	30 August 2019
NRF	CEO	Dr Molapo Qhobela	1 January 2016	31 December 2018
ASSAF	CEO	Prof Roseanne Diab	1 May 2008	31 December 2018
NACI	CEO	Dr Mlungisi Cele (Acting)	17 August 2015	16 February 2018

20 October 2017 - NW3016

Hoosen, Mr MH to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1)What is the (a) total amount that was paid out in bonuses to employees in her department and (b) detailed breakdown of the bonus that was paid out to each employee in each salary level in the 2016-17 financial year; (2) What is (a) total estimate amount that will paid out in bonuses to the employees in her department and (b) detailed breakdown of the bonus that will be paid out to each employee in each salary level in the 2017-18 financial year?”

Source
Link

Reply:

1. Question 1 answers on bonuses paid out to employees in 2016/17:

(a) The total amount to be paid in bonuses to employees is not available. The projections have not been submitted as yet for the Minister’s approval.

(b) Detailed breakdown of the bonus will be made available as soon as the Minister has approved the payment of bonuses to employees.

2. Question 2 answers on bonuses to be paid out to employees in 2017/18:

(a) The total estimate amount that will be paid out in bonuses for 2017/18 financial year will be 1.5% of the compensation budget.

(b) Detailed breakdown of the bonus that will be paid out to each employee in each salary level will be known after 2017/18 annual assessments are finalised.

16 October 2017 - NW2095

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

Whether (a) her department and/or any entities reporting to her are funding, including by way of discretionary funding, any institution of research and development (i) domestically and /or internationally; if so, (aa) (aaa) what are the names of the specified institutions and (bbb) what are their functions, (bb) from what date has her department or any entity reporting to her been funding them and (cc) what amount has her department contributed towards such funding?

Source
Link

Reply:

(a) Department of Science and Technology

The Department has a mandate of overseeing the national system of innovation (NSI), thus to create and enabling environment for the NSI to unlock the potential for economic growth trough science, technology and innovation. The basis for this is the creation of new knowledge through research and development (R&D), and exploitation thereof. In achieving this, the Department and its six entities , namely, the

Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), the Academy of Science South Africa (ASSAF), and the National Research Foundation (NRF) perform research and disburse funding to various institutions that conduct research and development. Table details of funding transferred to various institutions for R&D projects (bbb).

Table 1: Institutions supported by DST

Institution (aa)(aaa)	Supported since: (bb)	Funding (cc)
University of the Western Cape	2008	R5.3m
North-West University	2014	R7.6m
Agricultural Research Council	2003	R400.m
South African Medical Research Council	2012	R316.4m
Nelson Mandela University	2016	R750 000
Forestry South Africa	2014	R25m
Winetech	2015	R12m
Fresh Produce Exports Forum	2014	R30m
Sugar Milling Research Institute	2016	R15m
Paper Manufactures Association of South Africa	2015	R9m
Citrus Research International	2015	R15m
Stellenbosch University	2016	R341 824
Water Research Council	2014	R35.5m
South African National Biodiversity Institute	2015	R1.5m
Department of Environmental Affairs	2015	R2.8m
University of Cape Town	2015	R12.8m
Pelchem	2012	R93.8m
Tswane University of Technology	2014	R330 000
University of the Witwatersrand	2014	R330 000

(b) DST entities

The disbursement of research and technology development funds is primarily the function of the NRF and TIA, respectively. The NRF has a dual mandate to disburse research funds and conduct in-house R&D through national facilities. In 2013, the Minister of Science and Technology published a set of regulations on which institutions the NRF can support ("Declaration of Research Institutions fundable by the NRF"). The NRF adheres to this 'Declaration' document in deciding which institutions to support. It must be pointed out that according to the Declarations, these institutions are public research institutions that conduct basic research (in line with the mandate of the NRF) and are established by relevant Acts to support basic research priorities of different line departments. Examples in this regard include the South African National Parks, the South African Weather Services, and the Onderstepoort Biological Products. TIA supports organisations that are aligned with its mandate of innovations through technology development, and o not have grant-making functions. Tables 2 to 4 provide details of the institutions funded by TIA,NRF, and SANSA.

Table 2: TIA

Institution (aa)(aaa)	Supported since (bb)	Funding (cc)
Agricultural Research Council	2010	R48.5m
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	2010	R82.3m
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research	2010	R98.1m
Central University of Technology	2010	R34.1m
Durban University of Technology	2010	R28.6m
Fort Hare University	2010	R5.4m
MINTEK	2010	R0.2m
Medical Research Council	2010	R2.2m
Mangosuthu University	2012	R36.2m
The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation SOC Limited	2010	R5.3m
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	2010	R134.6m
North West University	2010	R87.1m
Onderstepoort Biological Products	2012	R37.1m
Rhodes University	2010	R3.2m
Tshwane University of Technology	2010	R110.5m
University of Cape Town	2010	R136.8m
University of the Free State	2010	R40.3m
University of Johannesburg	2010	R57.4m
University of Kwazulu Natal	2010	R17.8m
University Limpopo	2010	R26.1m
University of Pretoria	2010	R77.1m
University of Stellenbosch	2010	R67.7m
University of Venda	2010	R5.0m
University of Zululand	2012	R1.9m
University of Western Cape	2010	R16.8m
Wits University	2010	R34.3m
Vaal University of Technology	2012	R57.0m
Walter Sisulu University of Technology	2012	R11.1m
mLab	2015	R5.5m
Innovation Hub	2012	R29.2m

Table 3: NRF

Institution (aa)(aaa)	Period (bb)	Funding (cc)
Africa Institute of South Africa	2014	R94 000
African Equations	2003	R120 000
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences	2016	R6.7m
African Renaissance Development Institute	2002	R54, 000
Agricultural Research Council	2002-2016	R186,7m
Albany Museum	2002-2016	R3,2m
Amathole Museum	2005-2016	R613 540
Atomic Energy Corporation	2005	R11 804
Bayworld Centre for Research and Education	2015-2016	R1,3m
Black Science, Technology and Engineering Professionals	2006	R30 000
Border Technikon	2002-2006	R723 795
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	2002-2016	R184.4m
Central University of Technology	2002-2016	R71.9M
Centre for Advancement of Science and Mathematics Education	2002 and 2005	R357 966
Centre for Education Policy Development	2008-2009	R740 878
Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research (CPGR)	2015	R110 489
Centre of Science & Technology of the Non-aligned and other Development	2006	R63 870
Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)	2007-2016	R22.3m
Coaltech 2020	2007-2008	R3.1m
Committee on data for Science and Technology	2003-2006	R104 638
Consumer goods council of South Africa	2006	R21 043
Council for Geoscience	2006-2016	R4.5m
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research	2002-2016	R335.8m
Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	2011-2016	R1.2m
Department of Environmental Affairs	2004-2011	R38.3m
Ditsong National Museum of Natural History	2002-2016	R3.7m
Institution (aa)(aaa)	Period (bb)	Funding (cc)
Durban University Technology	2002-2016	R945 106
Durban Natural Science Museum	2013-2016	R176.3m
East Coast Biotech Trust T/A Lifelab	2008-2010	R1.4M
East London Museum	2009-2016	R705 577
Eastern Cape Technikon	2002-2006	R2.1m
Elsenburg Agricultural Research Centre	2007-2016	R13.3m
Endangered Wildlife Trust	2005	R11 060
eThekwini Muncipality	2005-2008	R320 716
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife	2002-2016	R3.1m
Foundation for education, science and technology	2003	R150 000
Gwala khumalo vilakazi aids cancer research centre	2004	R80 000
Hartebeeshoek Radio-Astronomical Observatory	2004 and 2006-2012	R64.5M
Hermanus Magnetic Observatory	2003 and 2055-2011	R19.9m
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)	2002-2016	R15.8M
Institute for Soil, Climate and Water	2002-2006	R216 796
Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Crops	2004-2006	R684 920
International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB)	2008 and 2013-2016	R14.3m
iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator- Based Sciences	2002-2016	R208.8m
Iziko Museums of Cape Town	2002-2016	R17.1m
KwaZulu-Natal Museum	2002-2016	R3.1m
KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board	2002, 2005, 2006 and 2016	R248 843
Mangosuthu University of Technology	2002-2016	R26.2m
McGregor Museum	2005, 2014-2015	R640 147m
Mintek	2003-2012	R45.0m
Mpumalanga Parks Board	2006 and 2008	R12 191
MTN Sciencentre	2003	R25 000
National Bioinformatics Network	2005	R1.4m
National Centre of Atmosperic Research	2003	R71 265
National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS)	2002-2015	R5.9m
National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)	2009-2014	R6.5m
National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA)	2009-2011 and 2013	R820 672
National Museum	2002-2016	R13.1m
National Zoological Gardens	2008-2016	R54.2m
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	2002-2016	R72.3m
North-West University	2002-2016	R740.3m
Nuclear Energy Corporation of SA (NECSA)	2005 and 2007-2016	R46.6m
Oceanographic Research Institute (SAAMBR)	2002-2016	R12.9m
Palaeo-Anthropology Trust	2002-2016	R30.4m
PBMR (PTY)Ltd	2008-2010	R228 056
Peninsula Technikon	2002-2016	R13.1m
Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld)	2002-2016	R16.6m
Institution (aa)(aaa)	Period (bb)	Funding (cc)
Port Elizabeth Technikon	2002-2011	R24.8m
Rhodes University	2002-2016	R467.4m
SA Medical Research Council	2002-2005	R724 920
Sea Fisheries Research Institute	2006-2007	R150 000
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University	2012-2016	R 21.2m
South African Astronomical Observatory	2005-2012	R110.4m
South African Environmental Observation Network	2005 and 2008-2012	R55.3m
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	2002-2012	R74.7m
South African Institute of Chartered Accountants	2005-2012	R220.1m
South African Medical Research Council (SAMRAC)	2006-2012	R25.4m
South African National Biodiversity Institute	2002 and 2005-2016	R16.8m
South African National Space Agency (SANSA)	2011-2016	R22.7m
South African Sugar Association Experiment Station	2003-2004	R102 000
South African Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI)	2007-2016	R2.5M
South African Weather Services	2009 and 2013-2016	R585 520
Southern Cape Herbarium	2002,2006 and 2008	R85 000
Square Kilometre Array South Africa	2008,2010 and 2013	R1.5m
Stellenbosch University	2002-2016	R2.1b
Technikon Northern Gauteng	2002-2004	R794 439
Technikon North-West	2002-2004	R67 608
Technikon Pretoria	2002-2007	R16.7m
Technikon SA	2002-2004	R298 717
Technikon Witwatersrand	2002-2007	R13.8m
Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)	2010	R735 000
Tshwane University of Technology	2005-2012	R388.5m
University of Cape Town	2002-2016	R2.4b
University of Fort Hare	2002-2016	R209.5m
University of Johannesburg	2002-2016	R557.4m
University of KwaZulu-Natal	2002-2016	R1.1b
University of Limpopo	2002-2016	R172.4m
University of Mpumalanga	2016	R181 905
University of Pretoria	2002-2016	R1.3b
University of South Africa	2002-2016	R169.1m
University of Free State	2002-2016	R409.8m
University of the North	2002-2008	R18.2m
University of the North (Qwaqwa Campus)	2002-2004	R3.9m
University of the Western cape	2002-2016	R724.4m
University of the Witwatersrand	2002-2016	R1.6b
Institution (aa)(aaa)	Period (bb)	Funding (cc)
University of Venda	2002-2016	R138.1m
University of Zululand	2002-2016	R109.0m
Vaal University of Technology	2002-2016	R84.0m
Vista University	2002-2003	R1.1m
Walter Sisulu University	2002-2016	R90.5m
Water Research Commission	2006	R12 000
International
Brigham Young University	2003-2004	R215 729
Brown University	2002	R205 095
Clarkson University	2003-2005	R238 341
Cornell University	2002-2004	R231 681
Emory University	2004	R5 000
Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nuernberg	2003-2004	R228 660
Global Biodiversity Information Facility	2005-2006	R691 425
Icamagu Institute	2003	R65 550
International Continental DRILLING Programme	2005-2006	R274 300
International Federation for Information Processing	2005-2006	R25 255
International Union of Microbiological Societies	2005-2006	R33 155
Inyathelo Training & Development	2002-2003	R115 000
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	2003-2006	R325 265
Leiden University	2002-2005	R373 370
Mcgill University	2004	R5 000
Mobile Telephone Networks (MTN)	2003-2004	R53 911
Monash South Africa	2010-2012	R67 040
Musicon	2004	R2 000
Northwestern University	2003	R5 000
Nova Southeastern University	2006	R5 000
Oregon State University	2004	R5 000
Pennsylvania State University	2005-2006	R237 332
PSYSSA	2006-2007	R66 722
Queen's University at Kingston	2002-2004	R259 677
Rutgers University	2003	R83 790
Sebmor Exclusive Clothing Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	2004	R10 000
Swedish School of Agricultural Science	2003	R5 000
The London School of Economics & Political Science	2003	R101 585
The University of IOWA	2003-2005	R282 401
The University of Reading	2005-2006	R248 857
Universiteit Antwerpen	2002-2003	R308 238
University College London	2004	R5 000
University of Arizona	2003	R253 085
University of Cambridge	2004-2005	R15 000
University of Chicago	2005	R5 000
Institution (aa)(aaa)	Period (bb)	Funding (cc)
University of Connecticut	2005	R102 995
University of Dhuram	2004-2006	R313 723
University of East Anglia	2005-2006	R100 000
University of Florida	2005-2007	R240 678
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	2003-2004	R250 975
University of London	2002-2008	R604 138
University of Manchester	2005-2007and 2011	R442 893
University of Maryland	2003	R5 000
University of Oxford	2005	R5 000
University of Southampton	2004	R420 428
University of Strathclyde	2002	R5 000
University of Tasmania	2002-2003	R190 062
University of Uppsala, Sweden	2004-2005	R200 465
University of Victoria	2002	R5 000
University of Washington	2002-2003	R199 071
University of Wisconsin-Madison	2002	R5 000
University of Zurich	2002-2003	R228 078
Wageningen University	2005	R5 000

Table 4: SANSA

Institution

(aa)(aaa)

Period of support

(bb)

Funding

(cc)

University of Kwazulu Natal

2011-2017

R2.1m

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

2015-2017

R16.5m

10 October 2017 - NW2228

Bozzoli, Prof B to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

With reference to the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARCHI), (a) how many chairs have been established in the past fifteen years and (b) in each case, what are relevant details with regard to the (i) chair field, (ii) university host, (iii) occupant and (iv) total cost of the chairs programme in each specified year; (2) (a) how many chairs have (a) been renewed and (b) not been renewed at the end of each five – year cycle and (b) what were the reasons in each case?”

Source
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Reply:

1. (a) The South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) was established in 2005; and to date, 199 research chairs have been awarded, of which 195 are filled and four are vacant.

(b) (i) Of the 195 filled research chairs, 81 (42%) are in the natural and agricultural Sciences, 59 (30%) are in the humanities and social sciences 39 (20%) are in health and medical sciences, and 16 (8%) are in engineering and applied technology fields.

(ii) of the 199 awarded research chairs, 12 (6%) are hosted by the universities of technology (UoTs), 25 (13%) by comprehensive universities and 162 (81%) by traditional universities;

(iii) SARChI is a strategic programme of government aimed at attracting established researches from industry and abroad to the higher education sector. Of the 195 filled research chairs, 152 (78%) research chairs are occupied by established researchers drawn from local higher education institutions, and 43 (22%) research chairs are occupied by established researchers attracted from industry and abroad; and

(iv) a total amount of R2 billion has been invested by the Department of Science and Technology (DST); and in the same period, more than 4 billion was leveraged from other sources by the research chairs. The total cost of SARChI in each specified year is summarized in Table 1.

Table 1: SARChI investment over years

Service Year	Award Year	Total No. of Chairs	Total (R '000)
0	2017	195	482 200
1	2016	190	471 500
2	2015	149	376 500
3	2014	142	350 400
4	2013	124	309 800
5	2012	91	229 700
6	2011	90	227 000
7	2010	79	183 500
8	2009	72	166 000
9	2008	70	161 000
10	2007	34	80 000
11	2006	3	7500

2. (a) All research chairs that underwent the first five-year review cycle were renewed. In 2015/16 financial year, a research chair in indigenous Knowledge Systems that was held by Prof. NI Goduka at the Walter-Sisulu University (WSU) was rescinded due to internal institutional issue which led to lack of performance by chair.

(b) During the last quarter of the 2016/17 financial year, a second five-year review process was initiated for a total of 70 research chairs that were established between 2005 and 2008. This process is still underway. A comprehensive report with reasons for not renewing some research chairs will be made available before the end of the 2017/18 financial year.

03 October 2017 - NW2897

Hoosen, Mr MH to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

What is the detailed (a) breakdown of and (b) valuation for current and non-current assets and investments held by (i) her department and each entity reporting to her according to (aa) listed assets (aaa) directly held and (bbb) indirectly held and (bb) unlisted investments (aaa) directly held and (bbb) indirectly held by each of the entities, in each case breaking the current assets and investments down by 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months and beyond 12 months?

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Reply:

(a)(b)(i) CURRENT AND NON-CURRENT ASSETS

ACCOUNT NAME	CURRENT ASSETS	NON-CURRENT ASSETS	TOTALS
Staff debts	143,584.32	62747.41	192,791.56
Claims recoverable: Households	973,964.05	82,606.61	1,056,570.66
Claims recoverable: Interdepartmental claims	9,693.22	-	9,693.22
Damaged vehicles	159,131.60	250,615.42	409,747.02
	1,286,373.19	395,969.44	1,682,342.63

(a)(b)(i)(bb)(aaa) UNLISTED INVESTMENT DIRECTLY HELD

NAME OF THE ENTITY	NET ASSET VALUE OF THE INVESTMENT
Biological Vaccine Institute (BIOVAC)	86,123,000.00

(a)(b)(ii) CURRENT AND NON- CURRENT ASSETS AS AT 31 MARCH 2017

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research	R'000
Non-Current assets	794 654
Property Plant and Equipment	762 907
Interest in joint ventures and associates	20 216-
Interest in subsidiaries	5 436
Trade and other receivables	6 095
Current Assets	1 475 465
Trade and other payables	275 777
Cash and Cash Equivalents	1 099 124
Inventory and contracts in progress	100 564

Technology Innovation Agency	R'000
Non-current assets	50 234
Property and equipment	15 892
Loans and Receivables	5 029
Investments in associates	3 013
Other financial assets	26 300
Current assets
Trade and other receivables	3 417
Cash and cash equivalents	64 567
Prepayments	3 578

Academy of Science of South Africa	R'000
Non-current assets	526
Property and equipment	420
Intangible assets	106
Current assets	28 441
Other financial assets	7 886
Receivables from non-exchange transactions	118
Receivables from exchange transactions	1 776
Cash and cash equivalents	18 659

Human Sciences Research Council	R'000
Non-current assets	238 000
Property and equipment	234 459
Intangible assets	3 383
Pre-payments and advances	35
Operating lease receivables	123
Current assets	123 172
Cash and cash equivalents	61 307
Trade and other Receivables	43 727
Inventories	5 986
Pre payments and advances	6 373
Vat receivables	5 779

SANSA	R'000
Non-current assets	364 813
Property and equipment	344 714
Intangible assets	20 099
Current assets	172 021
Cash and cash equivalents	150 758
Receivables from exchange transactions	20800
Inventories	463

National Research foundation	R'000
Non-current assets	2 248 134
Property and equipment	2 148 038
Intangible assets	46 200
Heritage assets	15 479
Investments in associates	18 447
Employee benefit asset	3 701
Prepayments	16 269
Current assets	1 998 576
Inventories	7 080
Other financial assets	615 914
Grants paid in advance	409 205
Receivables from exchange transaction	471 602
Cash and cash equivalents	494 775

(aa)(aaa) LISTED ASSETS, DIRECTLY HELD

(aa)(bbb) LISTED ASSETS,INDIRECTLY HELD

(bb)(aaa) UNLISTED INVESTMENTS, DIRECTLY HELD

(bb)(bbb) UNLISTED INVESTMENT, INDIRECTLY HELD

Entity	(aa)(aaa)	(aa)(bbb)	(bb)(aaa)	(bb)(bbb)

CSIR	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TIA	N/A	N/A	All TIA investment are directly held in unlisted entities	N/A
ASSAF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NRF	N/A	N/A	The NRF has an unlisted investment of R18,5 million at the SALT foundation (Pty) Ltd. The investment is directly held.	N/A
SANSA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HSRC	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

BREAKDOWN OF CURRENT ASSETS

CSIR	Total	0-3 months	3-6 months	6-12 months	More than 12 months
Trade and other receivables	234 202	193 303	19 254	17 009-	4 636
Fixed Deposit	844 394	-	-	-	844 394

TIA	Total	0-3 months	3-6 months	6-12 months	More than 12 months
Trade and other receivables	3 417	2 903	514	-	-
Cash and cash equivalents	64 567	44 556	20 011	-	-
Prepayments	3 578	1 533	2 045	-	-

ASSAF	Total	0-3 months	3-6 months	6-12 months	More than 12 months
Receivables from non-exchange transactions		7 363	7 524	7 886-	--
Receivables from exchange transactions		556	2 543	1 776
Cash and cash equivalents		10 467	13 518	18 659-	-

14 September 2017 - NW2598

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

When are the application dates (a) opening and (b) closing for the board positions of all entities and councils reporting to her?

Source
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Reply:

Entities reporting to the Minister of Science and Technology:

Entity	Current Board/Council expiry date	(a) Opening of applications	(b) Closing of applications
HSRC	31/10/2017	31 March 2017	21 April 2017
NACI	31/07/2018	Not later than December 2017	Within 30 days after publication of the advert
SANSA	31/08/2018	Not later than January 2018


NRF	30/09/2018	Not later than February 2018
CSIR	31/12/2018	Not later than April 2018
SACNASP	30/04/2019	Not later than August 2018
ASSAF	31/10/2020	Not later than February 2020
TIA	30/04/2021	NOT later than August 2020

Comments:

There are no specific application dates of opening and closing for the board positions of entities and council reporting to the Minister. However, the reconstitution process to appoint the new Boards/Councils is initiated eight months prior to the expiry date of an individual Board/Council.

05 September 2017 - NW2479

Lotriet, Prof A to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1) A preliminary investigation to establish the veracity of the allegations made in a protected disclosure has been instituted by the Minister of Science and Technology and the CSIR Board. The investigation is still underway and is expected to be concluded on or before December 2017.

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Link

Reply:

(a) The preliminary investigation is still underway and there are no outcomes;

(b) A preliminary investigation to establish the veracity of the allegations made in a protected disclosure has been instituted by the Minister of Science and Technology and CSIR Board.

25 August 2017 - NW2339

Lotriet, Prof A to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

(1)Whether, since her reply to question 1890 on 30 September 2016, the task team has completed its investigation into the sale of the Technology Innovation Agency's 49% shareholding in a certain company (name furnished) to American shareholders; if not, (a) why not and (b) by what date is the investigation expected to be concluded, if so, (i) what are the main findings and (ii) have the findings been communicated to the Cabinet; (2) will she table the findings in the National Assembly for the consideration of the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology; if not, in each case, why not; if so, on what dates in each case?"

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Link

Reply:

(1) Has the Task Team completed its investigation?

No, the investigation has not been concluded.

(i) what are the main findings?

There are no findings yet.

(ii) Have the findings been communicated to the Cabinet?

No, the matter is still under investigation.

(2) Will the Minister table the findings in the National Assembly for the consideration of the Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology; if not, in each case, why not, if so on what dates in each case?

At the appropriate time the Minister will advise the Portfolio Committee.

I will determine the next steps once I have the findings

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10 September 2018 - NW2334

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Mr N Paulsen to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

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31 August 2018 - NW2394

Wessels, Mr W to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

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