Questions and Replies

Reply:

1(a). The Chief Executive Officer of PanSALB, has not resigned as is still in the employ of PanSALB, (b-d) falls off.

2(a). Yes, the Chief Financial Officer of PanSALB, resigned in March 2020, (b) Career Development, Better offer (Competitive Salary package), (c) former Acting CFO Ms. VeliswaDwamena, and (d) acted as CFO from March 2020 to 30 September 2020.

3(a). No, the Executive Head of Languages was dismissed effective 15 June 2017, (b) dismissed due to Ill Health / Incapacity, (c) Joint Acting - Mr. LufunoNdlovu(Acting period: April 2019 – 30 June 2019) and 01 August 2019 until 31 July 2020. Dr. Sally Maepa (Acting period: 01 July 2017 and 01 April 2019 to 30 June 2019), former acting Executive Head: Languages. Ms. NikiweMatebula is currently acting, and (d) Ms. Matebula acted as Executive Head: Languages from 01 August 2020 to date.

Reply:

(1). The Department regards all sectors under it as of equal importance; and as per the presentation made to the Portfolio Committee in September 2020; the projections were based on the total balance of budget, to cater for sport, arts and heritage practitioners, there was never a distinction for distribution of funds for either Sports or Arts and Culture. The department approached National Treasury to get approval to utilise the balance, to cater overall for Sport, Arts and Culture.

(2). Initially the available balance of the Budget was for Sport; but after approval from National Treasury; the department was then able to redirect its existing conditional grants toward responding to the outcry due to the pandemic to cater for all practitioners serviced by the department.

(3). Yes, R11 million has been ring-fenced and committed to enable entering into a partnership with the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) to cater for audio-visual, crafts, visual arts and design sector which were not catered for in the second wave. The rest of what remains of the budget was aimed at responding to applications received from both sports and all other cultural domains within the arts, culture and heritage for the second wave of relief funding.  

Reply:

The following is the information provided by the South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee,

a) Olympic Summer Games
Venue	Year	Female	Male	Total
Beijing	2008	57	79	136
London	2012	58	67	125
Rio	2016	45	93	138
b)  Paralympic Summer Games
Venue	Year	Female	Male	Total
Beijing	2008	17	38	55
London	2012	17	45	62
Rio	2016	17	29	46

Reply:

The Minister in May 2019 announced that a new contractor had been appointed to complete the process of converting the Ms Winnie Madikizela-Mandela house in Brandfort into a museum and that a budget of R2 million had been allocated towards the specified project of which the construction was to be completed by November 2019.

a) The construction of the project was not delayed.

b) The construction was completed on 19 November 2019.

c) No action is necessary as the project was completed within the planned time.

Reply:

1. The mandate of the task team was to conduct public hearings in all nine provinces on the transformation of South Africa’s Heritage Landscape. The Task Team was specifically asked to consult the public on the fate of statues, symbols and geographical names that commemorated figures and the heritage of both colonial and apartheid figures and cultures. The Task Team was also requested to consult on the fate of statues, symbols and monuments that do not reflect the constitutional values of a post-colonial and post-apartheid democratic order.

2. (a)The total number of task team members was thirteen (13), they were nominated on 17 April 2015 at Freedom Park during the National Consultation workshop on the Transformation of the Heritage Landscape. I signed the letters of appointing task team members on 04 May 2015.

(b) The Task Team members were nominated during the National consultation workshop at Freedom Park. Members nominated are Heritage Practitioners, Academics specialising in history and heritage and persons representing stakeholder institutions and interest groups within the South African Society to assist the department to implement the 20 resolutions taken during the national consultative workshop. Prof M Ndletyane, Dr D Webb, Ms L Callinicos and Dr S Fikeni are historians and academics. Mr J Mohlala was chairperson on the South African Geographical Names Council, Dr A Bailey represented Afriforum, Mr E Fereira represented the Afrikaans KultuurTaalVereeneging, Mr C Le Fleur represented the National Khoisan Council and Mr C Maxwele represented the Rhodes Must Fall youth movement, Advocate S Mancotywa and Advocate T Ramagoma represented the National Heritage Council, MrDumisaniSibayi represented the South African Heritage Resources Agency and Mr V Ndima represented the then Department of Arts and Culture.

(c)  The South African Heritage Resources Agency will do the national audit of all statues in South Africa and after public consultations a determination will be made where there is a need for the removal and repositioning of some of the symbols and statues, the process will be guided by SAHRA’s removal and relocation guidelines as per South Africa Heritage Resources Act no 25 of 1999.

(d) The affected municipalities will be required to allocate operational budget.

(e) Heritage sites in South Africa are funded by the government.

(f) The public consultation process will inform decisions on the location of theTheme Parks.

4. The final report on the Transformation of South Africa’s Heritage Landscape was published on 23 February 2018.

Reply:

(a). (i) – (ii) The naming and renaming of streets remains the mandate of the local municipalities and does not fall within the mandate of the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture.

(b) The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture is responsible for the naming and renaming of national features as per the South African Geographical Names Council Act, (Act No 118 of 1998).

Reply:

1.(a) The Minister is empowered by the National Sport and Recreation Act, 1998 (Act No. 110 of 1998) to intervene in any dispute, alleged mismanagement, or any other related matter in sport or recreation that is likely to bring a sport or recreation activity into disrepute. Furthermore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) notice dated 11 November 2011 sent to all members headed in relation to “Regulations relating to the Independence of Member Board” provides that Naturally, a government (or any office thereof) would also not be prevented from investigating the affairs of a Member Board in order to ascertain whether any criminal offences have been committed, including fraud, dereliction of directors’ duties (including fiduciary duties) or contravention of any relevant legislation. Similarly, there may be circumstances where a government rightfully seeks to intervene in the event that a Member Board is dysfunctional. The ICC Governance Review Committee believes that this is a question of accountability, not interference.”

(b) There is a difference between intervention and interference. Hence, the Minister is not seeking to interfere in matters relating to the selection of teams, the administration of the game and the appointment of, or termination of the service of, the Executive Members of cricket.

The word “intervene” has, according to its dictionary meaning, a positive connotation of attempting to come between disputing parties, to intercede, to mediate, and to prevent further damage or harm from occurring.

To “interfere” has a negative connotation according to dictionary meanings, and generally people are resentful of attempts to “interfere” because it has connotations of meddling in other people’s business, to interpose in a way that hinders or impedes or that involves colliding with or coming into opposition with another party. It normally is associated with having a damaging or negative effect.

2. The Sport and Recreation Act is the strategic instrument and it will be premature to disclose the modus operandi related to any action as outlined in the Act. By disclosing the envisaged outcome will really compromise the process. As this is a developing story, updated information will be provided at the appropriate time.

Reply:

(a). The Department supports the Federation by providing Basketball South Africa with Financial Support for capacity building programs towards training of coaches programs across the country through our Provincial Associations working with Provincial Departments.

(b). Basketball SA indicated that the Federation has National and Provincial Accredited Facilitators from Basketball's world governing body, Federation of International Basketball (FIBA) to train and accredit coaches who are ready for all Level 1 up to an International coaching license. Basketball South Africa through its National Coaching Commission trains coaches at district and provincial levels with the assistance of Provincial Department of Sport Arts and Culture. During the Lockdown, FIBA organised virtual coaching sessions and at least 50 of the coaches both Men and Women had an opportunity to participate in these sessions. In this capacity building program of coaches, schoolsport coaches are also provided with an opportunity to be trained.

c)(i) Basketball SA further indicated that there are 350 trained black coaches currently involved in active coaching of clubs, schools and universities. (ii) The coaches are situated in all nine provinces including previously disadvantaged communities, coaching clubs, schools and universities.

Reply:

This is the reply to both question number: 2162 and 2223.

The FIFA 2010 World Cup Legacy indicated the following. That;

a) (i) FIFA donated R450,762,816 to the Legacy Trust. The Legacy Trust held this amount in interest bearing bank accounts.

(ii) The total amounts spent on each project are shown on the Management report. See the attached management report as at the end of August 2020, prepared by the appointed independent financial platform performed by EY South Africa.

(iii) The following is the nature of each project

1. Funding for development projects as identified by SAFA: R392,433,691

2. Funding to SAFA regions : R45,755,000

3. Funding to SAFA Local Football Associations : R10,750,000

4. NGO Funding : R36,079,107

i. Funding to the 20 Football for Hope centres

ii. Funding to NGO’s that use football for social development

5. Bursary allocation to approved beneficiaries within football : R2, 569,886

(iv) The following are persons who are signatory to the account

1. Yusuf Carrim – 2010 FWC Legacy Trust manager

2. Mansoor Parker – ENSafrica (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc)

(v) The projects are approved as follows;

1. The Legacy Trust’s management team compiles the applications for grant funding which it presents to the Legacy Trust’s board of trustees, the highest decision making body within the Legacy Trust, for approval.

2. The Trustees consider the applications for grant funding and approve (with or without modifications) or reject these applications at their Trustees’ meetings.

 

Reply:

a) SA Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee indicated that they do not utilize the services of Financial Consultants

b) The Sports Trust indicated that they do not utilize the services of Financial Consultants. They have a full time Accountant and Assistant Accountant to manage the day-to-day financial functions of The Sports Trust.

c) The following is the status from the federations that responded;

Federations	Responses
Badminton South Africa (Badminton SA)	Indicated that they do not pay any financial consultants
Canoeing South Africa (Canoeing SA)	Indicated that they do not pay any financial consultants
Cricket South Africa (CSA)	Cricket South Africa indicated that they use consultants for the elite part of pathway (National Teams and High Performance Programme). Nothing from the grant received from the Sports Ministry on Hubs and Development of Girls / Women is used on consultants
Darts South Africa (DSA)	Indicated that DSA does not utilize financial consultants
Karate South Africa (KSA)	Indicated that they do not pay any financial consultants
Lifesaving South Africa (LSA)	Indicated that they do not pay any financial consultants
Motorsport South Africa (Motorsport SA)	Indicated that they do not pay any financial consultants
Ringball Association of South Africa (RASA)	Indicated that they do not pay any financial consultants
Roller Sport South Africa (RSSA)	Indicated that they do not pay any financial consultants
Rowing South Africa (Rowing SA)	Rowing South Africa indicated that they do not contract any financial consultants or make any payments to financial consultants
SA Association for the Intellectually Impaired (SAAII)	Sasa-II Indicated that they do not use services of financial consultants
South African Amateur Fencing Association (SAAFA)	Indicated that they do not pay any financial consultants
South African Body Building Federation	Indicated that they do not pay any financial consultants
South African Confederation of Cue Sport (SACCS)	SACCS indicated that they do not pay any amounts to financial consultants
South African Ice Hockey Association (SAIHA)	Indicated that they do not make use of any financial consultants
South African Korfball Federation (SAKF)	South African Korfball Federation indicated that they do not engage any consultants
South African Powerlifting Federation (SAPF)	SA Powerlifting Federation indicated that they do not pay amounts to financial consultants
South African Rugby Union (SARU)	Indicated that they do not procure the services of financial consultants
South African Table Tennis Board (SATTB)	The South African Table Tennis Board (SATTB) indicated that they do not pay any amounts to any financial consultants
South African Tug-of War Federation (SATWF)	The South African Tug-of-War Federation indicated that they do not utilise financial consultants, nor do they pay any consulting fees to consultants
South African Weightlifting Federation (SAWF)	South African Weightlifting indicated that they do not make use of consultants
Squash South Africa (Squash SA)	Squash indicated that they do not pay any consultants. Their Treasurer is an accountant and has his own firm. He does not receive an Honorarium from the Federation

Reply:

(a). In instances where geographical names are changed, the costs associated to such changes will relate to the advertisements in local newspapers; venues of local consultation meetings; honoraria paid to the Provincial Geographical Names Committees and the South African Geographical Names Council for their sittings as well as the costs related to the replacing of road information signs by the South African Roads Agency (SANRAL) and affected Municipalities.

Such costs vary depending on process followed, number of consultations etc. Once process is finalised only then can final costs be determined and subsequently be provided to Hon Member.

(b). The South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC) has not yet received the applications to change the names of (i) East London and (ii) King Williams Town.

Reply:

(1).     a) There was a difference in approach between the first wave and the second wave of the Covid-19 Relief Funding. In the first wave the amounts were based on loss of confirmed income by art practitioners and this was capped at R20 000, 00 per application to accommodate the demand. The second wave approach was open to all arts practitioners regardless of whether they had confirmed gigs or not. The intention was to reach as many art practitioners as possible in an attempt to respond to the outcry from the sector that, many did not have the opportunity in the first wave due to the indicated criteria.

b) The first wave Relief Fund had two categories, first was for loss of income and the second was for new digital solutions projects. The loss of income category was capped at R20,000.00 and the new Digital Solutions projects at R75 000,00 per application. In administering all approved Digital Solutions applications the disbursement of funds was divided into two tranches. All applicants awarded the maximum of R75 000,00 grant received R53,000,00 as the first tranche and R22,000,00 as second tranche. This accounts for the figure in question.

(2).    Yes.  The EPWP guidelines for wages were used with slight adjustments. That is, R100 per day on a 22-day month period. It is to be noted that this was not remuneration as no work or services were performed by the applicants. In this case, the Department’s intention was to, within the available resources, provide relief to as many practitioners as was anticipated due to the relaxation of criteria. 

Reply:

1. The former Department of Sport and Recreation and the present Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) continues to implement its responsibilities as indicated in the MOU signed on 30 May 2018.

This is illustrated by the fact that DSAC has aligned its Mass Participation and Sport Development Conditional Grant funding on School Sport, to ensure that the outcomes as it relates to its roles and responsibilities in the MOU are effected. It should be noted that DBE is responsible for levels 1-3 of the MoU and DSAC is responsible for levels 4-6. and to this effect from the Conditional Grant funding, School Sport has a ring-fenced 40% allocation, which is further allocated as follows:

Provinces MUSTring fence R10 million to provide transport, attire and delivery of provincial teams to the National School Sport Championships. An allocation to a province will include all funds that are necessary for the hosting of the National Schools Championships and will include accommodation, breakfast and dinner for the provinces that will be hosting the 4 segments of the National Schools Championships a year, (Autumn, Winter, IG Festival and Summer).

The remaining School Sport allocation is further allocated as follows:

• 10 % for training of people to deliver school sport;
• 20% to purchase equipment and or attire for schools below quintal 1- 3 identified through participation in leagues;
• 40% to deliver district and provincial competitions;
• 15% to remunerate co-ordinators who co-ordinate, support, monitor and evaluate school sport at district and local level; and
• 15 % to support school sport structures.

School Sport is a joint co-operation between the Department of Sport , Arts and Culture and Department of Basic Education and thus each has a responsibility to ensure that School Sport is fully implemented as indicated in the MoU. National Sports Federations are recognized in terms of the Recognition of Sports Bodies Regulations and are custodians of the code of sport. School Sport is a critical pipeline for the honing of skills talent identification and it forms the foundation of the athlete development pathway. No School Sport structure can function on its own, without the support of the Federations. Federations are the custodians of their codes and must take ownership to ensure that there are school sport structures and School Sport has representation within the Structures of the Federation.

There is no intention to close school sport structures, however all school sport structures must adhere to the guidelines for the establishment of school sport structures, must be recognized and an affiliate of the Sports Federations and must be representative of educators for the purpose of accountability and safeguarding. The Department provides dedicated, ringfenced funding to the priority codes for School Sport. There is an allocation of funding within the Conditional Grant allocated to provinces for the establishment of School Sport structures.

2. The stakeholders meet regularly on a quarterly basis as an Extended Joint National Task Team comprising Federations, National Departments of Sport and Education, Provincial Departments of Sport and Education, Teacher unions and School Governing Bodies Associations to discuss programmes and policy matters related to the MoU. Progress reports from all stakeholders are shared.

To date there has not been any indication of confusion about structures. The only matter that has been a challenge is with regard to Athletics SA and their affiliate School Athletics. All School Sport structure know that they must account to the Federation, as the custodians of the code and also report quarterly to the extended JNTT.

Schools Athletics had sought to operate outside the mother body with disregard to resolutions taken at a Council meeting. They were subsequently suspended by the Federation. All our operations regarding sporting codes is done through Sport Federations and not School Sport structures.

3. Indeed, the challenges in School Sport have far reaching implications for the learners. We are guided by the National Sport and Recreation Act which empowers the Minister to recognise one sporting body per code. There is also the Recognition of Sport and Recreation Bodies Regulations, which gives effect to that act. Resources are provided to Federations to implement school sport and work through them to ensure that school sport structures are accountable. We also acknowledge that the active teachers play a central role in the structures and their participation in the programme is important. The resistance of some of the School Sport structures to adhere to this principle creates a challenge that ultimately leads to other undesirable effects. In an effort to sustain such autonomous structures, learners / parents are expected to pay for participation. This, then creates a wide gap between those who have and those who have not. The far-reaching consequence is that athletes participating outside the Federations jurisdiction do not gain official recognition for achievements, setting new records and the awarding of National colours which falls within the jurisdiction of the National Federations.

4. The department stands ready at all times to intervene in resolving these matters and we have intervened previously where there has been misunderstanding between structures and federations. As indicated above, the Department convened a meeting with Athletics SA, the Department of Basic Education and the Teacher Union to resolve the impasse around the Schools Athletics Championship that was disrupted by COVID-19 Lockdown.

Reply:

1.(a) Processes to obtain National Treasury approval for the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture to contribute an equal amount to what the Department of Small Business Development had set aside for this partnership, and the signing of Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) were undertaken in parallel to each other.

1.(b) The Director General of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture and the Acting Director General of the Department of Small Business Development signed the MoA between the two departments on 07 October 2020, prior to the call for applications going out. The MoA is ready and available to be shared with the Portfolio Committee.

2.The total amount of R22 282 000. was solely based on what both departments had available for the COVID-19 Relief funding; and took into account the size of the sub-sectors that needed to be supported.

3.This Relief Funding is being managed by both DSAC and DSBD; with Provincial Implementing Agents that will be doing the end-to-end administration of application, to whom funding will be transferred for processing to successful applicants. This funding is not being routed through CCIFSA

4.This Relief Funding was not routed through CCIFSA; neither is it being managed by them. See response above.

Reply:

(1.a) Both Departments went through a consultation process with sector organisations and to provide them with the opportunity to nominate panel members specifically for the targeted sub-sectors. The Department of Small Business Development and the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, working with each of the nine provinces, have set up adjudication panels comprising of representatives from the following entities/organizations in each province:-

• • A representative from the province’s craft hub or development agency
  • A representative from the Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA)
  • A representative from the South African Screen Federation (SASFED)
  • A representative from the Creative & Cultural Federation of South Africa (CCIFSA)

The Department of Small Business Development and the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, together with the provincial Departments’ of Art and Culture, as well as Economic Development will provide over-sight and support to the above Provincial based adjudication panel.

1. (b) The Department uses Treasury Guidelines for remuneration of committees, which is R327.00 per hour for committee members and R570 for chairpersons of committees. In this case the total amount to be spent will depend of actual number of committee members and the number of hours they spend adjudicating received applications/requests.

2. The names of the companies that will benefit from the R22 282 000.will be known once the adjudication panels in each of the Provinces have sat to evaluate received application/requests.

3. (a) Yes; upon request.

3(b) Processes related to approval of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture contribution to the R 22 282 000. from National Treasury and the signing of the MoA were done parallel to each other.

Reply:

(a)(i)&(b). SASCOC indicated that the Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year-end 31 March 2020 will be presented for adoption at the Annual General Meeting scheduled to be held on the 7 November 2020. These financials contain independently audited financial reporting that provides information on the financial viability and going concern concept for SASCOC. Once the Audited Annual Financial Statements has been adopted by the membership on the 7 November 2020 it will be available for circulation/public consumption.

(a)(ii). The Sports Trust indicated that based on the analysis done regarding financial status of The Sports Trust is moderately healthy. The current ratio (current assets/current liabilities) determines that The Sports Trust will be able to honour its operational expenses for the next 12 months 1.57:1.The business cash flow is also in a moderately healthy position to honour the day – to – day operations of The Sports Trust.

(ii)(b). The Sports Trust further indicated that with the current economic situation, The Sports Trust as an NGO is mainly reliant on collaborations and partnerships with government and the private sector companies for donations and grants. The Sports Trust has also been affected by the current Covid-19 pandemic and is pleased to announce that we managed to secure a few partnerships and collaborations during this time of uncertainty.

The financial viability of The Sports Trust can therefore be defined as moderately healthy and place us in a position to deliver on our mandate, our day-to- day operations and some of the contractual agreements that we have in place.

Another lifeline of The Sports Trust is the interest that we receive from our investments due to our Seed Capital solution.

(a)(iii)&(b). The following federations provided responses / information regarding their financial status and viability:-

See information below:

Federations	Responses
Jukskei South Africa (JSA)	(a) Current financial status Jukskei indicated that they have sufficient resources to continue as a going concern in the medium to long term. However, the Pandemic may have a temporary impact on their Revenue in the 2021 Financial year. (b) Financially viability? Indicated that they are viable and have two streams of revenue. Affiliation fees, these fees were due and payable by mid-July. We have received 8 of the 9 Provinces affiliation fees and are in contact with the last Province to pay their fees. Registration fees, fees for athletes to be registered at JSA. JSA has implemented a Covid operational plan for jukskei activities to continue under Level 3, 2 and 1. Based on the current lockdown regulations the federation is able to host events without spectators and therefore athletes will need to be registered in order to participate. In terms of expenses, the federation has cut down operational budgets to ensure reduced revenue is sufficient to cover all expenses. Indicated that they were able to cut expenses for operational activities, however will not be able to run any of the development projects including high performance programme, development programme on grassroots level (schools and rural areas) and support to national teams in respect of national tours.
Softball South Africa (SSA)	a) Current financial status Federation indicated that the organization is stable b) Financially viability Indicated that they are viable for an amateur sport
South African Hockey Association (SAHA)	a) Current Financial status The federation indicated the following; The SA Hockey Association has the following annual funding streams: Provincial Affiliation Fees – this is a nominal amount that Provinces pay to SA Hockey annually to Affiliate as a Province or Affiliate Member. Member Affiliation Fees – this fee relates to amounts paid annually by all registered hockey players. These fees are set based on our National Office Operational Costs and charges to affiliated members Sponsorship Revenue – this revenue covers specific projects such as the respective 6 National Teams per Gender Coaching Education Fees – these fees are generated from hosting courses Broadcast Rights Fees – these fees are generated from broadcast rights annually for specific projects such as the Premier Hockey League Project Partner Fees – these fees are generated from specific projects such as the Modified Hockey Programme where funders can partner on CSI projects DSAC Grants – these grants have a set portion to assist with operational costs - 10% of the grant and the balance to deliver programmes to grow the game Player Payments – these fees paid by players relate to events that players participate it – leagues, provincial interprovincial tournaments, national camps and events that national teams participate in b) Financially viability The federation indicated that this is a very broad question for the current financial year and can confirm the following regarding the above. As at to date only line item no. 1 has been collected in the current financial year due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. We continue to receive line item no. 4 as these are offered online Funds related to projects, events, national teams etc. have not been received and all events for the hockey season were cancelled. Hockey is a Winter Sport and as such the entire competition season of 2020 was impacted by the National State of Disaster from Levels 5 to Level 1
South African Table Tennis Board (SATTB)	a) Current Financial status The federation indicated that the South African Table Tennis Board (SATTB)’s financial status is sound. b) Financially viability Indicated that the federation is financially viable
Swimming South Africa (Swimming SA)	(a) Current financial Indicated that the organization was only just solvent at the last financial year end 30 April 2020 (b) Financially viability Indicated that normally the organization is viable but due to the lockdown it is in need of financial assistance
South African Equestrian Council (SAEC)	a) Current financial status Indicated that due to Covid-19, memberships stagnated from March to the end of July. In order to get memberships Kick-started we implemented a 50% reduction of membership fees. The SAEF is currently is still in a positive position but expect an impact on memberships moving forward. b) Financially viability Indicated that the SAEF runs a tight ship and are financially viable.
Darts South Africa (DSA)	Indicated that Darts South Africa confirms that despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the organisation is financially viable.
South African National Archery Association (SANAA)	a) Current financial status Indicated that currently the federation’s financial status is sound b) Financially viability Indicated that at the moment the federation is viable, however expect membership income to drop drastically in 2021 due to financial strains on members. This means that clubs could also suffer.
Badminton South Africa (Badminton SA)	Indicated that the Federation is in a) a financially status and (b) financially viable position
Ringball Association of South Africa (RASA)	Federation indicated that a) it is non-profitable national sport federation b) only viable when receiving membership fees however not viable without receiving membership fees
Snow Sports South Africa (SSSA)	Indicates that the federation is a) financially sound and b) financially viable
South African Confederation of Cue Sport (SACCS)	(a) Current financial status The federation indicated that; SACCS is a National Composite Confederation with autonomous membership that includes full members of South African Blackball Federation (SABF) established in 2008, Pool South Africa (PSA) established in 1995 and Snooker and Billiards South Africa (SABSA) established in 1920, also have an associate member called Pool 4 Change established in 2019. The members of these organisations form the Executive Committee on the SACCS Board. These organisations are self-sufficient and generate their income from their members to run their operations. SACCS and their members SABF, PSA and SABSA administrative costs are derived from DSAC funding, and if DSAC funding is reduced in a given year then the administrative contributions to SABF, PSA and SABSA are reduced accordingly. The main purpose of SACCS is to establish itself as a member of good standing with SASCOC and thus get recognition from DSAC. SACCS is funded by DSAC in meeting their goals of mass participation and thus more than 50% of DSAC funding allocations are geared towards projects for our people in the previously disadvantaged communities. SACCS through the years has built up contingency funds of approximately R100,000 to fund the operating costs through the year until our administrative funding is released by DSAC. SACCS is very much a DSAC project driven operation as all National Tournaments are the responsibility of our autonomous members. SACCS is therefore financially stable and can only engage in projects that are DSAC approved. (b) Financially viability Indicated that SACCS is financially viable and a well-managed organisation that does not operate on any loans or bank overdrafts. The SACCS Board’s Treasurer publishes monthly management accounts that are distributed to the Board’s members monthly. SACCS is also managed strictly by an approved budget.
South African Body Building Federation	(a) Current Financial status The Federation indicated that Bodybuilding South Africa current financial status is solvent as its realizable value of its assets is greater than its liabilities. Its cash flow statement, contains 3 sections: cash from operations, cash from grants and sponsors and cash from investing (b) Financially viability Indicated that Bodybuilding South Africa has employed sound financial management practices to remain financially viable over the last 3 decades.

 

Reply:

Due to staff working remotely South African Sports Trust unable to provide us with the response to this question.

Reply:

1. The South African Football Association in its response indicated that;

(a) The only cost incurred is for the letter which amounted to R3,841.00. There is no case to defend from Mr Gay Mokoena and Mr Dennis Mumble noting that he is not a SAFA member. Therefore, there are no costs for associated with the two individual’s cases. SAFA further indicated that its NEC will decide, in its meeting that is scheduled for 19 September 2020, if there should be further action on these matters.

(b) SAFA indicated that there are no cases for SAFA to defend on behalf of any member in any court.

2. SAFA indicated that there are no cases for SAFA to defend on behalf of any member in any court.

Reply:

(a). In response to this question the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee indicated that due to or staff still working remotely, they will need more time to collate the information. They further indicated that they would only be able to retrieve information for the past 5 years.

Reply:

1. The South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee in its response indicated that they received reports from the Chief Medical Officer at each games

a) A total of 6 reports were submitted

b) and c) SASCOC indicated that the details of people implicated and matters highlighted cannot be provided due to the medical legal protocol confidentiality

Reply:

The South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee has indicated that;

a) There is no specific travel agency that arrange trips for SASCOC

b) (i) No tender was advertised and (ii) no new tender will be awarded

c) No amount is spent on travel agency

SASCOC indicated that where possible they book directly online. For the major games they deal directly with airlines to facilitate the travel of the team.

Reply:

(a). In response to this question the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) indicated that due to staff still working remotely, they will need more time to collate the information.

Reply:

1. The South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee in its response indicated that;

a). No spectators attended the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi because no South African athletes were participating at the Games

b). There is no specific person who was supposed to apply for the travel tickets

2. SASCOC indicated no SASCOC Board member attended the Sochi Games because there were no South African athlete participating at the Games

Reply:

We are still waiting for response from SAFA.

Reply:

1. SASCOC indicated that they are unable to determine which sporting codes are not affiliated to the SA Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee.
2. This is primarily because the procedure is such it is the group of individual who have identified a sport to be introduced in the country would approach the Confederation with an application for membership. In additional, sport is evolving on a regular basis with new sport being established globally making it difficult to keep track of what is considered to be sport.

Reply:

The difference is accounted for on the basis of multiple beneficiaries that were identified during assessment of the Appeals

It is fact is that the numbers of beneficiaries will always be more than that of applications received since some applications are making requests for more than just one individual.

Reply:

1. (a). The department awarded the tender to Indingliz Advertising and Marketing on 15 June 2020.

(b). The tender was advertised on the Government Bulletin, Sunday Independent and Sowetan newspapers.

(c). There were only two companies who applied for this tender.

Reply:

1. (a) The details of the Service Level Agreement:

Category 1: Live Streaming Services – Pixel Entropy R 488 750.00 (due to non-performance by the Pixely Entropy, their appointment was Changed to re-appoint Diavantainment for an amount of R 772 900.00.

Category 2: Logistic and Event Management Services – Roadshow Marketing: to the total project amount of R 824 300.00.

Category 3: TV Production Management Services – VWV Group (PTY) LTD: to the total project amount of R 1 983 113.88.

(b) The duration of the contract for each company that the department is doing business in response to the Covid19 was for three (03) months.

2. Yes there were tenders put out by the department for the specified contract and supply chain processes were followed.

• The tender was advertised on 02 April 2020 on the departmental websites of the (former Department of Sports and Recreation South Africa – (SRSA), and the Department of Arts and Culture – (DAC) only due to lockdown. The closing date was on 9 April 2020 at 11h00; and the route of submission of proposals was electronic.

Reply:

1. SASCOC is not aware of any athletes whose National Federation has applied for national colours and has not received the colours. SASCOC processes such applications provided all required documents have been submitted.
2. Prescripts of the National Colours Regulations are very clear that the onus is with the National Federations to submit colours applications to SASCOC.
3. This question is relevant to National Federations not SASCOC as athletes belong to National Federation and NFs, as per their selection policy, determines those who qualify for colours.

Reply:

(1) The following are the details on national competitions as received from the National Federations that responded;

National Federations	Championship(s)	Dates
South African Wrestling Federation	Youth Championships	October 2019
	Senior, Junior and Cadet	June 2019
	Presidents and Masters	March 2019
South African Powerlifting Federation	South African Equipped Powerlifting Championships - Johannesburg	22 February 2020
Roller Sport South Africa	SA Artistic Roller Skating SA Inline Speed skating	17 - 19 May 2019
South African Hockey Association	Indoor Inter Provincial Tournament	11-14 March 2020
Cricket South Africa	Proteas (Men) – Tour to India, match was abandoned without a ball bowled (Covid19 Impacted the rest of the tour).	12 March 2020
	Proteas (Women)- ICC T20 Women’s World Cup (Semifinal	5 March 2020)
Tennis South Africa	Seniors National Competition	7-11 March 2020
South African Table Tennis Board	Para Junior and Senior Championship	8-10 August 2019
	Veterans Championship	8-10 August 2019
	Junior and Senior Inter regional championship	22-28 September 2019
	SA Schools Championship	9-13 December 2019
Motorsport South Africa	Rotax Karting Championship	23 August 2020
Volleyball South Africa	Championship Cup	September 2019
Ringball South Africa	Ringball SA National Championship	June 2019
South African Fencing Federation	National Fencing Competition	15-16 February 2020
Bodybuilding South Africa	Bodybuilding Championship	December 2019
	IFBB SA National show	September 2019
South African Korfball Federation	South African Korfball Championship	1 – 4 August 2019
Cycling South Africa	South African Elite Road Cycling National Championships	February 2020
South African Sport Association for the Intellectually Impaired	National Competitions	September 2019 Bloemfontein
Darts South Africa	National Youth and Senior Darts Championships	24-28 June 2019. PE
South African Ice Hockey Association	National competition	July 2019
South African Gymnastic Federation	National Championship
	Artistic Women	15-17 August 2019 & 26-28 September 2019
	Artistic Men	13-14 September 2019 & 24-25 September 2019
	Rhythmic Gymnastics	25-29 September 2019
	Trampoline Gymnastics	27-29 September 2019 & 18 October 2019
	Tumbling Gymnastics	27-28 September 2019
	Aerobic Gymnastics	23 September 2019
	Acrobatic Gymnastics	24-25 September 2019
	Artistic Women	15-17 August 2019 & 26-28 September 2019
	Artistic Men	13-14 September 2019 & 24-25 September 2019
South African Sport Association for the Physically Disabled	2019 Toyota SASAPD National Championships in	15 to 22 March 2019 Stellenbosch
South African Confederation of Cue Sports	National SA Blackball Championships, SA Opens, SA Master, SA Veterans	Secunda, Mpumalanga, SA Juniors, SA Womens, SA Seniors, in Empangeni, KZN February 2019
	PSA	September 2019 –SA Opens & SA Juniors in Middleburg, Mpumalanga
	SABSA SA Inter-Provincial Championships	September 2019 –Durban, KZN
Ringball South Africa	National Championship	24-28 June 2019 Pretoria
Squash South Africa	S A National Squash Championships	June 2019
	S A Interprovincial Team Championships	June 2019
Canoeing South Africa	SA K2 Championships – Fish River Marathon.	25 – 26 September 2019
Triathlon South Africa	SA Sprint and Para Triathlon Championships	9 February 2020
	SA Long Distance Triathlon Championships	1 December 2019
	SA Duathlon Championships	30 June 2019
	SA Standard Distance Triathlon Championships	24 March 2019
Softball South Africa	National Championship	December 2019
Jukskei SA	National competitions	16-22 March 2019          2019
	SA Junior Championship	7-13 December 2019
Swimming South Africa	SA grand Prix	21-23 February 2020 Durban
Rowing South Africa	Water Rowing Nationals:	April 2019 Gauteng
	SA Schools Championships	March 2020
	Indoor Rowing Championship	June 2019 Mangaung
Lifesaving South Africa	National Championships	24th to 30th March 2019
Bowls South Africa	National Championship	11 – 19 May 2019.
South African Baseball Union	National Baseball Championship	Nelson Mandela Bay in April 2019
South Rugby Union	National Competition – (Provincial ) – Currie Cup Final	7 Sept 2019
	Women IPL ( Provincial ) Finals

(2) SASCOC indicated that they have not closed down any federation. They further indicated that it is not SASCOC’s responsibility to close down NFs as they were not established by SASCOC. Each federation has its own autonomy to manage its affairs.

(3) SASCOC indicated that they don’t have the records on the number of membership applications declined. SASCOC further indicated that mostly applications are declined due to the organisations not meeting the membership criteria requirements e.g. the organisation is not of a national stature (does not have members in at least 5 provinces in the country), no statutes/ founding documents, not democratically set up, some are of the similar sport type as one of the current member of SASCOC (this element is in SASCOC’s Constitution).

Reply:

1. The Department has engaged SAMRO CEO regarding the money that is apparently in the account and it was explained to us that this money relates to undocumented work that is currently in limbo until such time that the true owners have come forth to claim the money. It is a normal practice that if the money is not claimed by any person, such will be distributed to authors after the five year holding period has expired. However, and in the light of the COVID challenges SAMRO has taken a decision to reduce the five year holding period into three years and thus ensuring that a proportion of the amount is made available. It is fair for SAMRO to be in a position to safeguard this money and properly allocate and report it. It also came to our attention that SAMRO is in the process of allocating some of this money targeting senior practitioners, and this would go a mile towards addressing the challenges brought by the pandemic.

I am sure you are aware also that on 18 August 2020, I announced the second wave of the Departmental COVID-19 Relief Funding for the arts, culture and heritage sector. The second wave will take into account the shortcomings and experiences of the first rollout. The relief will be available to mainly categories of performance and celebrations; music; festivals and events; books and publishing as well as heritage practitioners. Other practitioners will be covered through the partnership with the Department of Small Business and Development (DSBD).

In addition, the Solidarity Fund has made available 10 000 food or cash vouchers of R700 to the department, amounting to R7 million. The department is working with sector organisations and the provinces to develop a list of practitioners who will benefit from these vouchers and each province will receive 1 000 vouchers which can either be redeemed as cash or for food, with beneficiaries to be identified as follows: 50% urban and 50% rural areas.

Reply:

(1). The COVID -19 Relief Fund close-out report has not been completed due to the fact that the Appeals Committee has not concluded on all appeals applications. Upon conclusion and reconciliation of the Relief Fund processes a full report will be shared with the Portfolio Committee.

However, as of the end of July 2020, the Department had disbursed 3120 (three thousand, one hundred and twenty) payments to approved beneficiaries to the sum of R63 million.

The Department will be able to provide a detailed report on the Relief Fund upon completion of all processes.

(2). A number of challenges were experienced which contributed to delays in disbursing funds to approved beneficiaries, both individuals (artists and athletes).

• A new online application systems was used and it necessitated training for official assigned to use the system

• Disbursement of funds were facilitated through agencies Business Arts South Africa (BASA) and the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF). The two agencies had to tailor-made their operations for disbursement of funds based on the Relief Fund criteria.

• The various independent committees appointed (Adjudication, Appeals Committees) had to be boarded and trained to use the online application and this also contributed to the delay.

Reply:

1. The Museum is in the process of formalising an Ethical research policy which is a target in the organisation’s Annual Performance Plan for 20/21. It has been an area of concern that the current historical record of South Africa was to a large extent sanitised by colonial and apartheid historians as detailed by the CEO, who has called on the historians of the Museum not to perpetuate this sanitisation of our history but to be proactive and conduct their research in an ethical manner.

The History Department of the Museum has a number of sterling research projects in place and are producing excellent research which is contributing to the decolonisation of South Africa’s history. It is believed that this process of decolonisation will have a positive impact on future research projects undertaken by the History Department of the National Museum.

2. The Museum does not fund students undertaking research projects. We do however, have partnerships with the universities, National Research Foundation (NRF) and other funders and our scientists, and oversee students conducting post graduate research.

3. (a) No panel has been selected as yet.

(b) The panel is the brain child of the CEO and she envisages it being an ad hoc one to be constituted by the CEO when she needs assistance on ethical approaches.

(c) No panel has been selected. However the Museum is well resourced with experts with doctorates in the fields of History, Archaeology and other scientific fields.

4. This ad hoc panel to assist the CEO has not yet been selected.

5. The department assumes that the words above are Honourable Van Dyk’s summary as we have not seen these word appear in that sequence anywhere. If this word sequence exist, I would appreciate receiving a copy thereof.

The Department has been advised by the Museum that they will not participate in any sanitising of history as had been done in our recent past during colonial and apartheid times. Further the research produced by the Museum is done in an ethical manner. Ethical research requires that researchers be aware of these imperatives.

Reply:

1.(a)(i). In terms of the official delegations of the National Museum, all Museum funded research are firstly approved by the CEO

(ii). Same as (i) above

(b). The delegations regarding this aspect is not new or recent as it has always applied.

2. Not all research approved by the Museum goes through a peer review process before dissemination to the public.

3. (a) (b). No, and no extra cost are envisaged

4. None of the research vetted by the CEO has been rejected and or was removed

 

Reply:

1. I wish to advise that the correct case number for the matter in question is 63756/2017. There was out of court a settlement between the PP office, SARA and the Department were the sum of R191 426, 71 to SARA’s attorneys and will be making a further payment in the sum of R187 291, 49 to the attorneys representing the Public Protector South Africa and the Public Protector (PP) on receipt of a claim from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.

2. The Department concluded a contract with the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) on 19 June 2019 and renovations at SARA House are currently underway. Despite the original budget requested by SARA of R15 000 000.00 (Fifteen Million Rand Only); subsequent to the settlement, the Department deemed it fit to increase the budget to R23 000 000.00 (Twenty Three Million Rand Only), taking into account the preliminary work done by DBSA in terms of projected costs of the assessment work.

The Director-General convened a meeting with the Chairperson of the Reference Panel and SARA was represented by Mr Nyathela. Subsequent to that meeting, the aspects dealing with events and technical services were reviewed taking into consideration SARA’s input and events and technical services are a stand-alone Chapter in the Revised White Paper namely, Chapter 4, paragraph 4.8 at pages 40 to 41.

The Department also approved an Arts, Culture Promotion and Development Funding and Transfers policy on 27 January 2020 which policy deals with operational matters and among others, the payment of operations and administrative costs of up to a maximum amount of 10% of the total allocated grant funding to qualifying Beneficiaries including SARA.

Attached is the Revised White Paper and Settlement Agrement:

 

 

Reply:

The Museum does not have a position titled historical archaeologist and therefore no approved funding has been received or stopped. The Department of History at the Museum employs four historians and a number of support staff. The Department of Archaeology and Anthropology employs two archaeologist and a number of support staff.

Reply:

Kindly note that unfortunately, I will not be in a position to respond to this question as the term of the Free State Provincial Arts and Culture Council is the competency of the Provincial Department and not the National Department.

Reply:

1. (a).The NLSA’s Board of Directors met on 13 July 2020 and resolved that the matter be referred to the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee (HR&REMCo). HR&REMCo will conduct an investigation and put forward recommendations to the Board for approval.

(b). No findings can be reported at this stage.

(c). The report with recommendations from HR&REMCo to the Board will guide the Board’s actions with regards to the implementation of the recommendations.

2. The Board will be guided by the outcome and recommendations of the investigation on the remedial action to be taken

3. Any candidate that meets the requirements of the post is eligible to apply.

The requirements of the post will be in-line with the approved job description.

4. (a). The specified person is appointed on a three-year fixed-term contract.

(b). At this point it is premature to pre-empt the outcome of the investigation.

Reply:

a) The South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC has not been able to access information due to national lockdown restrictions.

b) The Sport Trust provided the following response;

As a non-profit organisation, The Sports Trust does not employ or make use of the services of sponsorship agents /consultants to assist with the procurement of sponsorship properties. The Trust has never employed an agent or consultant to help with securing of sponsorships or funding to keep the operations going. This will reduce the funds which are earmarked for projects and initiatives, which are already under pressure. The in-house, full time employees approach corporates ongoing as part of our normal and daily operations. This is despite the challenges and the budget cuts, which are prevalent in the market, currently.

c) No information has been received from the National Federations

Reply:

a) nThe South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC has not been able to access information due to national lockdown restrictions.

b) The Sport Trust provided the following response;

c) As a non-profit organisation, The Sports Trust does not employ or make use of the services of consultants to assist with the procurement of National Lottery Funding. The Trust has never employed a consultant to help with securing of funding to keep the operations going. This will reduce the funds which are earmarked for projects and initiatives, which are already under pressure. The in-house, full time employees approach funders as part of our normal and daily operations. This is despite the challenges and the budget cuts, which are prevalent in the market, currently.

d) No information has been received from the National Federations

Reply:

There is currently (a) no complete consolidated number of statues of (i) colonial and (ii) apartheid figures in the Republic. The management of monuments, memorials and statues is the responsibility of Provincial Heritage Resources Authorities (PHRAs).

Only when the inventory of these resources is submitted to SAHRA by the PHRAs as heritage registers do they get incorporated into the heritage resources inventory on the South African Heritage Resources Information System (SAHRIS).

The table attached as annexure A provides the list of 24 heritage resources that are currently classified as monuments or memorials and listed on SAHRIS. This list is incomplete as PHRAs must still audit and do an inventory of statues in provinces and submit to SAHRA for incorporation into the national inventory.

(d) The formal requirements to remove or relocate a statue or monument are:

• Completion of a permit application form for submission to the Provincial Heritage Resources Authority;
• The Heritage Impact Assessment Report prepared by a qualified heritage practitioner or consultant must be attached as supporting documentation.
• Such report should be based on solid research principles, including an assessment of the impact of the proposed removal/relocation, and if necessary, proposed mitigation measures.
• A public consultation process of at least 30-days that may include, but is not limited to, the following:
• Public Notices and advertisements that must be placed in National as well as local newspapers, indicating:

1. the intention to move or remove the statue/monument; and
2. contacting and inviting comments from interested and affected parties.
3. preparation of a Conservation Management Plan
4. presentation to the PHRA heritage permit committee meeting as may be required.

The committee then makes its findings based on the presentation of the processes above and may require further investigations. In the event that the applicant is not satisfied with the decision of the permit committee, they can appeal to the PHRA Council. Similarly, in the event that they are not satisfied with the decision of the PHRA Council, they can appeal to the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) in terms of Section 49 of the National Heritage resources Act, Act No. 25 of 1999. The MEC is by law required to appoint an Independent Tribunal comprising of experts to consider the matter and give a final recommendation.

The cost of this process is all borne by the applicant.

Reply:

We have neither instructed the SABC nor any collecting societies, we have no legal authority to do as such.

You will understand that under normal circumstances royalties are being paid on a periodic basis. The decision by the SABC to provide an advance was therefore a positive response to close the gap for rights owners (this include record companies and performers) to get advance income. A public statement was issued onFriday, 08 May 2020by the three parties thus the SABC, SAMPRA and IMPRA regarding this matter. The statement is available on the SABC website and it provides full details.

Section A and B can best be responded to by SABC.

Reply:

The South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC has not been able to access information due to national lockdown restrictions.

Reply:

The South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC has not been able to access information due to national lockdown restrictions.

Reply:

1. (a). There is no central record of the total number of statues that have been erected in the Republic since 1994 because statues have been developed and installed by different national government departments, provincial, district and local governments, government entities and agencies, Trusts and Foundations. Statues the Department have developed directly, through its entities such as SAHRA and through grant funding for 63 statutes, including the development of 58 statues as part of the Long March to Freedom developed by the National Heritage Project Company,

(b). The Nelson Mandela Statue is installed at the apex between the right and left wings of the Union Buildings in Pretoria, Gauteng; the statue of Nkosi Albert Luthuli is at the Municipal offices of the KwaDukuza Local Municipality, KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal; the Nelson Mandela statue is installed at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters building in New York, United States of America; NkosiBhambatha statue is in uMvoti Local Municipality Office in Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal, the statue of Robert Sobukwe is in GraafReinette and the statues of the Long March to Freedom names are attached as Annexure A and is currently installed at Century City in Cape Town;

(c). The Nelson Mandela Statue at the Union Buildings cost R8 million to build and is being maintained by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure. The construction of the Nkosi Albert Luthuli statue amounted to R700 000and is part of the Luthuli Museum maintenance costs. The construction of the Nelson Mandela statue costed R1,1 million and is being maintained by the UN. The Bhambatha statue cost R890 000 to develop and is being maintained by the local municipality. The statue of Robert Sobukwe costed R1.8 million. The statues of the Long March to Freedom were funded with R28 million in 2013/2014, R15 million in 2015/2016, and R7 612 850, 00 was paid to the NHMC in 2018.

2. I will make a statement on the matter.

ANNEXURE A

LIST OF BRONZE STATUES WHICH FORM PART OF THE “LONG MARCH TO FREEDOM:

Abdullah Abdurahman	Chief Langalibalele	John Langalibalele Dube
CissieGool	ClemantsKadale	Josie Palmer (Mpama)
King Adam Kok III	King Dalasile	Kgamanyane
Alfred Mangena	King DinganekaSenzangakhona Zulu	King Faku
Anna Silinga	King Dinizulu	King Hintsa
Anton Lembede	Chief Doman	King Makhado
Chief BambatakaMancinzaZondi	Dr Walter Benson Rubusana	King Malaboho (Malaboch)
Bishop W.J Colenso	HadjiOjer Ally	King MgolombaneSandileNgqika
King CetswayokaMpande	Harriet Colenso	King Moshoeshoe
Charlotte ManyeMaxeke	Ida Mntwana	King Nyabella
Chief David Stuurman	Johannes van der Kemp	King Sekukhuni
King Shaka	PixleykaIsakaSeme	Solomon TshekishoPlaatje
Chief KlaasStuurman	Queen LabotsibeniMdluli	Thomas MtobiMapikela
Louis van Mauritius	Ray Alexander	YusafDadoo
King Mzilikazi	Saul Msane	Professor ZK Matthews
Chief Nxele (Makanda)	SefakoMakgatho
Olive Schreiner	SelopeThema

Reply:

There are many individual contracts between private parties that are not necessarily brought to the attention of the Department. However, government is currently in the process of changing the existing legislative regime to fight the exploitation of the creatives; and levelling the playing field.

These two pieces of legislation that are currently being reviewed are the Copyright Amendment Bill(CAB) and the Performers Protection Amendment Bill (PPAB). The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture is working with the Department of Communication and Digital Technologies; and the Department of Trade Industry in addressing this. The President has sent back these two pieces of legislation to Parliament for review. The DSAC is engaging the Department of Trade and Industry with the view to develop a joint approach moving forward, and the outcomes of the engagement will be announced very soon.

Reply:

(i) In terms of the National Sport and Recreation Act and the National Sport and Recreation Plan the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee has as its primary focus High Performance of Sport, Preparation and Delivery of Team South Africa to multi-coded international events and secondly to serve as an umbrella body for sport in South Africa. SASCOC therefore does not necessarily develop sporting codes.

(ii) The Sports Trust was formed with its Vision and Mandate to provide sporting infrastructure, kit and equipment and programmes aimed at developing the young people of South Africa. The initiatives of the Trust are multi-coded in nature, this including the infrastructure projects which serve multi-sport. The Trust therefore does not develop individual sporting codes.

Reply:

The SASCOC and Sports Trust, they are unable to access archived information regarding the rest of the question due to national lockdown regulations.

Reply:

a) (i) My department has spend:

	(aa) Legal Fees	(bb) Consultant Fees
(aaa) 2017/18	R1 414 873.57	R37 281 073.12
(aaa) 2018/19	R5 436 310.34	R19 621 408.95
(aaa) 2019/20	R6 749 944.78	R35 649 806.82
(bbb) 2020/21	R1 316 551.90	R 972 206.69

b) Legal fees were for cases instituted against and by the Department and the details of the services were not contracted in each case. Consultants were appointed to assist the Department in among others, project management and other services and the details of the services were contracted in some cases.

a) (ii) My entities have spend:

Boxing South Africa (BSA)

	(aa) Legal Fees	(bb) Consultant Fees
(aaa) 2017/18	R0.00	R0.00
(aaa) 2018/19	R0.00	R0.00
(aaa) 2019/20	R1 425 000.00	R0.00
(bbb) 2020/21	R0.00	R0.00

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC)

	(aa) Legal Fees	(bb) Consultant Fees
(aaa) 2017/18	R0.00	R0.00
(aaa) 2018/19	R576 000.00	R0.00
(aaa) 2019/20	R773 000.00	R0.00
(bbb) 2020/21	R0.00	R0.00

b) Legal fees were for cases instituted against and by my entities and the details of the services were not contracted in each case. Consultants were appointed to assist the entities in among others, project management and other services and the details of the services were contracted in some cases.

Reply:

The Department does not receive or approve applications for the removal of statues. The National Heritage Resources Act, 1999, (Act No. 25 of 1999) provides for a three-tier heritage resource management system in which heritage resources of national significance are managed by the Department’s entity the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA). Heritage resources of provincial significance are managed by Provincial Heritage Resource Authorities (PHRAs). Heritage of local significance are managed by local authorities. SAHRA would receive applications only if the resources were on a property that is declared as a national heritage site. The removal or relocation of statues would require the issuing of a permit by the relevant PHRA. SAHRA has only participated by commenting on applications made to PHRAs and local authorities.

.The Department through its entity SAHRA has therefore (a) not received any application and (b) not approved any application for the (i) removal and/or (ii) relocation of a statue since the enactment of the National Heritage Resources Act, No 25 of 1999, on 28 April 1999.