Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. (a)(i) None. On the announcement by the Minister in the Presidency on 23 June 2022 the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) issued a Departmental Circular reiterating the aspect of 100% return to work was announced. All personnel inclusive of personnel with comorbidities had to return to work with a 100% of the workforce back at their workstations. As of 23 June 2022, all comorbidities related to Covid-19 were/will be managed in accordance with the “Determination and directive on leave of absence in the public service”: issued in August 2021.

(ii) Falls away.

(iii) Falls away.

(b) Falls away.

(2) No.

Reply:

The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights does not have a record of a land claim lodged by Hoxani Traditional Council nor a record of claim with reference number KRP 912.

Reply:

1. The boundaries of all Disease Management Areas (DMAs) for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) were determined using a risk-based approach taking into account evidence of recent spread, in an effort to limit the negative effects of the disease as much as possible.

(2)(a) Cattle were mostly affected in the recent outbreaks and the movement of live cattle clearly poses the highest risk. The initial movement ban was thus limited to cattle in order to limit the negative effects on other sectors of the livestock industry. Since sheep were involved in some recent outbreaks, sheep and goats have now been included in the Gazette Notice of 8 September 2022.

(b) Pigs continue to be excluded in order to limit the economic impact on an industry that so far has not been affected by the outbreaks.

(3) No. The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development will continue to update everyone if there is new information.

Reply:

a) Verification for Lower Ngqumeya and Lower Zingcuka has been finalized. The Claimant Committee is to adopt final verification lists by 30 September 2022

b) Phase 1 of claim consisting of Lower Ngqumeya and Lower Zingcuka is projected to be settled in Quarter 3 of 2022/23 Financial Year, on condition that the Commission receives full co-operation from the community.

Reply:

1. Yes, the Department received reports from the industry and official media releases that Botswana and Namibia are imposing import restrictions (border closures) as an instrument to protect domestic producers from import competition. These border closures impact largely on the vegetable products exported by South Africa to these countries. The Department is working with the industry and the Departments of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) (lead department) and International Relations & Cooperation to address this challenge.

(2) Yes, border closures are being imposed as a unilateral act. Botswana and Namibia claim the measure is provided for in the South African Cultural Union (SACU) Agreement.

(3) Yes, The Minister received a submission from the industry regarding the challenges of persistent border closures in Botswana and Namibia. She will be engaging with the industry on the matter before addressing it with her counterparts in the two countries. Furthermore, the Department is working with the DTIC, National Treasury, South African Revenue Service (SARS) and International Administration Commission (ITAC) to investigate a permanent long-term solution to all trade challenges in the SACU. The Agricultural Trade Industry is regularly consulted and engaged through the Agricultural Trade Forum (ATF).

Reply:

Yes. DALRRD has approved subsidies of R58,588 million in the financial year 2021/2022 in terms of section 4 of the Extension of Security of Tenure Act, 2018 (Act No. 2 of 2018) ESTA and sections 26 and 27 of the Labour Tenants Act, 1996 (Act No.3 of 1996) for installation of electricity as well as installation of solar panels. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is also providing mediation services and Legal Aid South Africa provides legal representation under the Land Rights Management Facility to farm dwellers in circumstances where landowners are refusing to consent to the Municipality and or Eskom to provide electricity.

Furthermore, the courts have ordered that it is the responsibility of Local Government through municipalities to provide all basic services to the people living, staying and working on the farms.

Reply:

1. The Minister received a briefing from the MEC of Health in Gauteng on issue pertaining Babita Deokoran, Thembisa Hospital and precautionary suspension of two senior officials related to the matter.

2. The Minister will await the outcome of the disciplinary process from the Provincial department

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Reply:

a) (i) No doses that were stored at the vaccine distributors have expired.

(ii) There have been three shelf-life extensions of the Pfizer Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine. The shelf-life extensions were effective on the following dates, and the stock on hand at the vaccine distributors at the time of the extension is reflected below:

• 1 October 2021 - three-month shelf-life extension. Stock on hand at the time of extension = 9,145,590 doses.
• 14 December 2021 - three-month shelf-life extension. Stock on hand at the time of extension = 9,209,880 doses.
• 12 May 2022 - three-month shelf-life extension. Stock on hand at the time of extension = 10,449,150 doses.

(b) The Republic is not in the process of purchasing more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Reply:

1. Payment was made to 24 Community Health Workers in Mariti (16) and Madras (8).

2. In terms of the information received from Mpumalanga Department of Health, all Community Health Workers had received their stipend by the end of August 2022.

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Reply:

a) The Department does not maintain migration data disaggregated by nationality on other types of visa except in respect of critical skills, business and general work visa.

b) There are currently 26 European nationals with active section 24 permits (Refugee Status).

c) The total number of Europeans in the Republic with work visas is 2 770 with effect from 04 January 2016 (this is from the period when the Department introduced an Online Visa Adjudication System).

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Reply:

(a). 27 written submissions were received by the Department.

(b). Various submissions were received, some were just acknowledging and appreciating the invitation to be part of the policy development process. Whilst others were talking directly to policy focus areas such as education and training, research and information, 4th Industrial Revolution in Arts, funding, artists’ rights, social benefits, bursaries, networking, companies and career paths, awards, and recognition. These submissions are being consolidated into policy documents for ease reference.

(c). Submissions are currently being analysed, aligned, and consolidated into the final draft policy.

(d). Invitations were done through the Provincial Task Team members representing the sector. In addition, independent practitioners and institutions were invited from within different theatre and dance structures, including State theatre, Playhouse, Market theatre, PACOFS, Arts Cape, the Nelson Mandela Bay Theatre Complex, ASSITEJ, TADA, SAID, SADAF, SACCYF, CCIFSA

Over and above the specified structures, invitations were also issued to various role players across the value chain of the theatre and dance sector. A virtual link was also shared for a wider reach to ensure that all those who wish to participate, can. We are not aware of anyone, or any structures being deliberately excluded from the Policy Conference

(e). We are not aware of the invitation that was sent out to Mr TW Mhlongo at 19h21.

(f). A service provider was appointed to project manage the policy development process inclusive of the policy conference on behalf of the Department.

Reply:

(1) (a), (b) and (c)

While provision of sport and recreation facilities are, in terms of Schedule 5B of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, a mandate of local government/ municipalities, the department has been able to ensure that such mandate is fulfilled through ring-fencing and allocation of a portion of 5% earmarked for sport facilities in the Municipal Infrastructure Grant. Through this ring-fenced Grant, department has among others allocated the following facilities that caters for karate, judo, and boxing:

Reply:

National Treasury has encouraged municipalities to enforce its credit control and debt management policies and bylaws. This implies that if any organ of state neglects to honor their payment arrangement for services rendered by municipalities within the legislative timeframe of 30 days as per the PFMA and MFMA, the municipal, by law, must proceed to terminate or restrict the services to those customers (including government departments and businesses) with immediate effect.

Even if the customer questions the accuracy of the bill issued by municipalities, which may be a valid concern, it is not acceptable behavior not to honor the payment for services knowing very well that services have been consumed. In some cases, dependent on the specific credit control and debt management policy, the customer may have to pay first before any dispute is resolved.

There are number of initiatives that government is undertaking to address systemic challenges in the management of revenue as well as guidance issued to assist municipalities which are summarized and articulated in an Annexure A to this response.

Annexure A:

Section 38(1)(f) of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999) (PFMA) read together with Treasury Regulation 8.2.3, requires accounting officers of departments to settle all contractual obligations and pay all money owing, including intergovernmental claims, within 30 days or other period agreed with the creditors or suppliers.

Municipal liquidity and/ or cash flow is a complex challenge underpinned by various matters not only related to arrears owed by government departments and/ or businesses.

Smart metering solution - to improve revenue collection in municipalities, the National Treasury is exploring a SMART solution with the Department of Minerals and Energy and the Department of Trade and Industry to, through the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO), issue a transversal tender for national roll out. It is envisaged this will transform the current backward-looking culture of payment for municipal services and property rates taxes to a forward-looking pre-paid payment solution of a consolidated municipal bill (for both services and property rates) also as it relates to organs of state and businesses. Unless funding can be facilitated, this will be a medium to longer term initiative to be funded from municipal own resources.

Organs of state debt - during the latter part of 2021, Government’s Multi-disciplinary Revenue Committee (MdRC) (as an organs of state consultation platform) initiated the Department of Public Works’ collection of information from all national organs of state on debt owed to municipalities and the reasons for them not paying. The project is delayed due to organs of state’s late or incomplete information. It is our understanding that the Department of Public Works is embarking on a similar project for provincial organs of state.

To ensure all government consumers of services are billed, a coordinated resolution is underway to correct the ownership of 80 000 government properties identified as registered to the incorrect government owner in the Deeds Office. This problem directly relates to the establishment and disestablishment of departments across 6 administrations since 1994. This has been stated by numerous organs of state as preventing them to pay the respective municipalities for property rates and services. This is unfortunately a costly and time-consuming process. The National Treasury will be engaging the Deeds Office to explore legal options to fast-track these corrections and more cost-effective ways to affect such going forward.

A project is also underway to assist municipalities to ensure that their valuation rolls agree to the asset registers of the Department of Public Works for all organs of state. It is anticipated that a nationwide reconciliation of this nature will provide a further list of variance properties that needs to be corrected in the Deeds Registry by the Department of Public Works and / or other organs of state. The second part of this project involves a long-term project to individually correct every property at the relevant Deeds Office on a case-by-case basis as mentioned above.

Reply:

According to the information received from the Kwazulu-Natal Provincial Department of Health-

a) There has been no further allocation towards compensation of employees (COE) for us to address actual vacancies of nurses in the Province, However, to ensure that there are minimal disruption of services, the Provincial Department has introduced several interventions to address the shortage of health workers in health facilities and this amongst others includes –

• Increased hours of work for health workers those that are working part-time to full time and approved overtime for permanent serving staff,
• Continues to engage with the Provincial Treasury for approval to fill posts in the current financial year
• Appointed 671 community service professional nurses to underserved and rural areas
• Redistribution of personnel to areas where the vacancy rate is higher to balance the equation, .

(b) (i) There were no budget adjustment instead the Department is experiencing further budget cuts.

(ii) As mentioned above on b(i), no budget adjustments were made.

(c) (i) The total number of nurses vacancies in KwaZulu-Natal is currently 6 435 details as per the table below:

SPECIFIED RANKS	TOTAL
Nursing Assistants	1011
Professional Nurses	3086
Staff Nurses	2338
Grand Total	6435

(ii) Measures put in place by the KwaZulu Natal Provincial Department of Health .

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Reply:

The recruitment policy or appointment of Mr Tembe by the orchestras is an internal matter of the boards of those orchestras.

These orchestras are not entities of the Department, so they do not report to us. The Honourable Member can contact the orchestras themselves for clarity on the matter.

Reply:

1. The table indicates total number of deaths by Province 

Province	(a)((i) 2018/19	(a)((ii) 2019/20	(a)((iii) 2021/22	(a)((iv) 2022/23	(a)01 April 2023 to date
Eastern Cape	outstanding	outstanding	outstanding	outstanding	outstanding
Free State	outstanding	outstanding	outstanding	outstanding	outstanding
Gauteng	17940	18324	16243	20221	9392
KwaZulu- Natal	outstanding	outstanding	outstanding	outstanding	outstanding
Limpopo	4658	5008	4406	5416	2439
Mpumalanga	4892	4949	4994	5098	2246
Northern Cape	outstanding	outstanding	outstanding	outstanding	outstanding
Northwest	1256	1225	1194	1423 to date
Western Cape	5666	5824	5362	5965	2416

 

Province	(aa) Motor vehicle	(bb) drownings
Eastern Cape	outstanding	outstanding
Free State	outstanding	outstanding
Gauteng	602	102
KwaZulu- Natal	outstanding	outstanding
Limpopo	701	45
Mpumalanga	10108	1201
Northern Cape	outstanding	outstanding
Northwest	2045	318
Western Cape	917

2. No.

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Reply:

The Provincial Departments of Health have provided the following information regarding the payment status of South African Citizen students who pursuing medical studies in Russia:

Name Provinces	Student sent to Russia Yes/No	Stipends being paid Yes/No	When will the crisis be solved	Who has been held accountable
Eastern Cape	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Free State	Yes	All active students in Russia are receiving stipends as authorization was given for the whole financial year 2022/23.	No crisis.	Not applicable
Gauteng	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
KwaZulu-Natal	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Limpopo	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Mpumalanga	Yes 229	32 of the 229 students not paid. Reason for delayed payments is due to the fact that these students have technical glitches with their banking details and they are already in Russia and the Province is exploring ways to process payments	Students were advised to open Digital banking accounts through e.g. Tymes bank in order to be able to send the bank confirmation letter for payment through BAS(Basic Accounting System). Once bank confirmations are received, the stipends will be paid accordingly for the 32 students.	No one as the challenge was not caused by employees.
Northern Cape	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
North West	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Western Cape	No	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

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Reply:

1. Yes, the board instructed the Medical Advisory Committee of Boxing South Africa (MABBSA) to conduct the full investigation in this matter. The investigation is led by Dr Selepe who is the Chairperson of Boxing South Africa Medical Advisory Committee.

The committee has released a draft report which is yet to be discussed with the family and then be shared with oversight committees. There is a current police inquest being led by the Greyville Police Station and that process is currently ongoing.

Boxing South Africa is the regulator of safety standards in boxing. As the Minister, I will await the current investigation and recommendations thereof. Thereafter, I will in consultation with BSA determine if there is a need to update the existing safety protocols. While the death of an athlete may suggest that there is such a need, the technicalities of the required changes will be advanced by Boxing South Africa.

Reply:

1. My department and the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) have long committed that as a norm medallist at major multi-coded international events shall be awarded and given prize money as incentives. The date for ceremony to present the Awards and Prize money to Commonwealth Games Medallists is yet to be determined.

We trying to finalise a common date that will suite everyone involved to award the Commonwealth Games Medallists their dues.

Reply:

a) The mandate of the Department of Home Affairs is to manage international migration. In discharging its mandate, the Department of Home Affairs ensures compliance with South Africa’s international obligations as they relate to migrants and their rights. This includes the United Nations 1951 Convention and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Convention of 1969. In addition, South Africa is a signatory to the United Nations Protocol against Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air; the United Nations Protocol against Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children; and the relevant Convention on International Civil Aviation regulating international travel.

Furthermore, the Global Compact for Migration requires that international migration should be safe, orderly and regular. Therefore, South Africa is duty bound to address irregular migration, as the Immigration Act already provides legal pathways through a number of Visas which migrants can apply for, enter and reside in South Africa. Enforcement against irregular migration is therefore not unique to South Africa, but an international practice of sovereign States.

In providing for the regulation of admission of foreigners to and their residence in the Republic of South Africa, the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No 13 of 2002), inter alia, aims to promote economic growth through the employment of needed foreign labour which does not adversely impact on existing labour standards, rights and expectations of South African workers.

b) Adherence to the legislative prescripts ensures orderly migration and national security. It is critical that the DHA deals with illegal migration which is a criminal offence in terms of the Immigration Act. Any violation of laws undermines national security, territorial integrity and social cohesion.

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Reply:

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Reply:

1. (a) A total of R 47 884 114 was spent on this project. Of this, R 36 184 114 was spent on construction and R 11 700 00 was spent on creating employment opportunities through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) and transport of EPWP workers.

(b) From the EPWP budget allocation

(c) The Honourable Member is advised to make a request in line with the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA), Act No. 2 of 2000.

(2) Yes. The project was advertised in 2011 and Implementing Agent appointed in the same year.

(3) The handover of the project was not done because the project was not completed.

(4) A case has been opened with SAPS, State Attorney was instructed to recover the loses and implicated officials were charged.

 

 

Reply:

1(a)(b)(i). The document with the names and locations of softball clubs is attached.

(ii). The following are the four softball diamonds in (aa) Cape Town region and (bb) Western Cape Districts:

Softball Diamond	Capacity
Turf Hall Stadium Athlone	3500
Lavender Hill	500
Beaufort West	500
Malmesbury	1500

(2)(a). The total building cost of the 3 500 –seater softball stadium in Polokwane is R90,960,827.34.

(b). The projected time frame for the completion of the project is 28 February 2023.

Reply:

a) The Department of Home Affairs has in the past five years developed five policy papers, namely:

• The 2017 White Paper on International Migration,
• The White Paper on Repositioning DHA,
• The Official Identity Management Policy,
• The One-Stop Border Post Policy as well as the
• White Paper on Marriages in South Africa.

These policies are available on the departmental website – www.dha.gov.za

b) The South African Constitution makes it pertinent that in any form of decision-making, public participation must be conducted in order for such decision or policy to pass the test of legality and rationality.

The Constitution makes provision for public involvement in law-making, oversight and other processes of Parliament. South Africa’s democratic system not only provides for citizens to elect their representatives, but also allows citizens to have a say in matters that affect them.

The Department has held consultations with different structures outside government. In this regard, the department held consultations with various stakeholders including non-governmental organisations, academics, private sector, religious groupings, traditional leaders and members of the public. Further, the National Economic Development and labour Council (NEDLAC) was engaged on policies that have an impact on the economy such as the One-Stop Border Post Policy.

 

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Reply:

1. The relationship with the specified person is that of a service provider who has been appointed to project manage the process of the development of the Theatre & Dance Policy. The DSAC cannot comment further on why he may or may not have lied as posed in your question.

Reply:

No, there is no dedicated resources allocated to Whistle-blowers protection programme in the Department of Health.

Nevertheless, the Department rely on the measures that are in place for the protection of whistle blowers in government at large, the first being based on the existing measures dependent on the Department’s relationship with the South African Police Services (SAPS).

Secondly, the department in collaboration with the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has approved concept by UNODC to develop and establish a whistle blowing protection and risk assessment and mitigation in the procurement system within the health sector which is due to be launched soon, details will be provided upon finalisation of the concepts by the department of Health.

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Reply:

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has in their response indicated that they are unable to respond to this question as they state it may result in third party interference which they indicate is forbidden by FIFA and has dire consequences to the National Federation. See attached letter received from SAFA in this regard.

Reply:

1. The department has always had good co-operation from the government of the Kingdom of Lesotho when it comes to repatriating their nationals who are found to be illegal in South Africa. The position of the department is to continue this co-operation which includes the Lesotho government confirming their nationals prior to deportation.

(2)(a) The Inspectorate as at 1 September 2022 has 700 members.

(2)(b) Funding was provided for the filling of 293 posts in quarter 1 of this financial year. The process to fill the posts has already commenced with 196 offers of employment being issued.

(3)(a) The number of deportation recorded for the last 3 financial years is as following:

• 1. 2019/20 – 29376
  2. 2020/21 – 14859
  3. 2021/22 - 14113

There was a notable decrease during the course of the state of disaster arising from the Covid Pandemic.

(3)(b) The budget allocation for deportations this financial year was R20,901,000.00

(4)(a) The department is aware of the figures given by the Statistician General Risenga Maluleke a figure of 3.95 million foreign nationals are in South Africa according to their mid-year population estimates in 2021. This figure includes foreign nationals regardless of status. The department therefore refutes the figure of 12 million as we are not aware of the verifiable source that figure comes from. In order to deal with the challenges arising from persons who are undocumented the department is vigorously conducting operations and inspections to deal with this.

(4)(b) The department has been active in engagements with communities like Krugersdorp and has ensured that local, provincial and national elected representatives, community groups and other stakeholders have direct access to the senior management of the department to respond to these challenges. The department has been part of the multi-disciplinary team that is responding to the challenges of illegal immigration. A team of 60 immigration officers has been part of this effort. Prior to this the department was part of the team that was involved in crime combatting efforts in Diepsloot from April 2022 to July 2022.

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Reply:

The provision and maintenance of Sport and recreation facilities is the constitutional responsibility of Local Government through the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) and the Metropolitan Municipalities through the Urban Settlement Development Grant (USDG).

My department is in contact with the Provincial Department and the City of Cape Town to get more details in terms of the project.

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(ii) The Special I investigating Unit (SIU) will be in a better position to respond to this question.

Reply to question 2460 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
SF MASEMOLA
Date: 22-09-2022

Reply to question 2460 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
Date: 27/09/2022

Reply:

(1)(a) To date the Department has paid a sum of R293 754 950-57 to appointed service providers against ABIS Phase 1 milestone delivery:

• EOH: R280 877 475.75
• IDEMIA: R12 877 474.82

1(b) Implementation of ABIS Phase 1 is not complete as measured against the requirements within the Master Services Agreement (MSA). The programme is currently at 85% of the Phase 1 deliverable. This includes -

• 100% development of two dedicated Disaster Recovery Sites and;
• Procurement of IT equipment and infrastructure needed for development of ABIS architecture, interfaces and systems with payments to EOH comprising R113 383 482.12 for hardware, a further R110 972 282.7 for licensing and software and a sum of R56 521 710.91 against professional service fees.

(2)(a) Phase 1 remains in development, but work-in-progress is advanced and some of the Workstreams are fully delivered, namely:

• 100% of Infrastructure development in the form of Data Centres and Security Integration is complete and ready for Production.
• Three (CONLV, ONLV, IJS) of the six Interfaces are complete whilst the outstanding three interfaces (Live Capture, NPR and NIIS are advanced and soon to conclude end-to-end testing.
• Change Management is complete at 100% whilst training of business users and SAPS officials is ongoing in preparation for use of the system.
• Latent Search capability at work station level has successfully passed testing, Integration testing at Interface level is undergoing enhancement.
• Facial recognition capability is enhanced at the Back Office and will soon conclude testing.
• Data Migration stands at 99.76% complete, however the Department requires 100% of the HANIS database to be migrated to ABIS. This is a prerequisite to ensure complete integrity prior to its deployment into Production, and ensure that every existing client of the DHA will be able to access a service within the ABIS solution
• By November 2022, it is anticipated that as ABIS moves into a Production environment, the system will become the primary biometric platform of the department, and HANIS will operate as a secondary, back-up. As the ABIS system stabilises, inclusion of new functionality will be introduced. Considering this, it may not be appropriate to appointment another service provider at this late stage of the programme as it will inevitably hold the risk of setting the ABIS Programme further aback.

(2)(b) It is estimated that a budgeted spend of R183 650 240.23 is required for conclusion of the ABIS Programme (all phases)

(3) The Department has meticulously managed its commercial contract with IDEMIA and the service provider is being held to account for its failure to conclude and ensure milestone delivery against the Master Services Agreement. Through this legal process, penalties will be applied for late or non-delivery. The Department has already communicated its intention to leverage such contractual penalties with effect from 1 April 2021.

Operationally, the department, and IDEMIA, have confirmed their commitment to finalise outstanding work and to commence with a phased release of functional ABIS components by end November 2022. This plan will be supported by enhanced ABIS testing within its development environments.

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Reply:

Yes. The Minister of Finance is responsible for administering the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) in all the 257 municipalities in the country. The National Treasury in collaboration with the Eastern Cape Provincial Treasury continue to perform the monitoring and oversight role to Makana Local Municipality in terms of the MFMA.

In addition, the municipality is currently placed under intervention in terms of Section 139 (1) and (5) of the Constitution because of a crisis in its financial and service delivery affairs. This is a mandatory intervention by the Eastern Cape Provincial Executive; however, the Municipal Finance Recovery Services unit in the National Treasury has drafted the Financial Recovery Plan for this intervention as is required in all mandatory interventions.

The financial recovery plan was prepared in July 2021 and handed to the municipality for implementation. The recovery plan is monitored by the National Treasury and the Eastern Cape Provincial Treasury.

Reply:

1. (a) The only data available records for South African medical students studying outside the Republic is limited to those students studying under government to government agreements

(b) The completed and eligible data of recorded South African medical students studying outside the Republic are provided in 2 below (i) with gender per specified students .

(2) The data as recorded in the Internship and Community Service Program (ICSP) online System, is available from 2018 and the data can therefore be provided for the past five (5) years:

a)  total number of South African medical students who have studied outside the Republic have been allocated to serve their community service duties in the past five (5) years is 323

Year	Citizen	Gender	Total
2018		Male	1
	SA	Female	39
		Male	20
	Grand Total		60
	Citizen	Gender	Total
	SA	Female	35
Year		Male	26
2019	Grand Total		61
	Citizenship	Gender	Total
	SA	Female	4
		Male	16
	Grand Total		20
Year
2020	Citizenship	Gender	Total
	SA	Female	25
		Male	28
	Grand Total		53
Year
2021	Citizenship	Gender	Total
	SA	Female	62
		Male	47
	Grand Total		109

b) The following table reflects the details in this regard.

Medical Community Service Studied Abroad Allocations past 5 years per facility
Facility names	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	Grand Total
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
ec Humansdorp Hospital	2								2		4
ec Khotsong TB Hospital	2										2
ec Laetitia Bam CHC		1							1		2
ec Madwaleni Hospital	1								1		2
ec Mhlakulo CHC	1										1
ec Mjanyana Hospital		1									1
ec Sipetu Hospital	1										1
ec Victoria Hospital		2					1				3
fs Boitumelo Hospital	1										1
fs Diamond (Diamant) Hospital		1	1	1							3
fs Dr JS Moroka Hospital		1				1					2
fs Elizabeth Ross Hospital		1			1						2
fs Embekweni Hospital		1	1	1							3
fs Fezi Ngumbentombi Hospital		1									1
fs Itemoheng Hospital		1									1
fs Katleho Hospital	1										1
fs PAX CHC	1										1
fs Phuthuloha Hospital		1									1
fs Senorita Ntlabathi Hospital		1									1
fs Winburg Hospital	1										1
gp Bronkhorstspruit Hospital		1									1
gp Charlotte Maxeke Hospital	2	1	1								4
gp Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital		1				1				1	3
gp City of Johannesburg District Office	2			1							3
gp Edenvale Hospital	1								1		2

Medical Community Service Studied Abroad Allocations past 5 years per facility
Facility names	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	Grand Total
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
gp Far East Rand Hospital		1									1
gp Helen Joseph Hospital	2					1					3
gp Mamelodi Hospital	1										1
gp Sebokeng Hospital	1								1		2
gp Sedibeng District Office	2	1									3
gp South Rand Hospital	1	1									2
gp Tembisa Hospital	1							1			2
gp West Rand District Office		1									1
kz Church of Scotland Hospital		1									1
kz East/Boom CHC	1		1	1		1					4
kz Hlabisa Hospital	1										1
kz Hlengisizwe CHC	1										1
kz Inanda C CHC		1		1							2
kz Ladysmith Hospital	1										1
kz Madadeni Hospital	1	1		1	1						4
kz Ndwedwe CHC	1			1		1					3
kz Phoenix CHC		2		1							3
kz Pholela CHC		1			1		1				3
kz Pomeroy CHC	1										1
kz St Chads CHC	1										1
kz St Mary's Hospital (Mariannhill)	1		2								3
lp Dr CN Phatudi Hospital		1		1							2
lp Mankweng Hospital	2	2									4
lp Pietersburg Hospital	2										2
lp Tshilidzini Hospital	2										2

Medical Community Service Studied Abroad Allocations past 5 years per facility
Facility names	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	Grand Total
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
mp Bethal Hospital	1										1
mp Elsie Ballot Hospital	1	2									3
mp Evander Hospital	2	1	1				6	1		1	12
mp Lydenburg Hospital		1									1
mp Matikwana Hospital		1									1
mp Middelburg Hospital		1									1
mp Piet Retief Hospital	2							2			4
mp Rob Ferreira Hospital		1								1	2
mp Shongwe Hospital		1									1
mp Standerton Hospital	2						2	1	1		6
mp Tonga Hospital	2								1		3
mp Witbank Hospital	1	1									2
nc Dr Harry Surtie Hospital		1									1
nc Port Nolloth CHC		1									1
nc Postmasburg Hospital	1										1
nw Joe Morolong Memorial Hospital	1						1	1		1	4
nw Kgetlengrivier sub-District Office	1										1
nw Klerksdorp-Tshepong Tertiary Hospital		1								1	2
nw Koster Hospital		1									1
nw Moses Kotane Hospital	1										1
nw Moses Kotane sub-District Office	1										1
nw Potchefstroom Hospital	1			1							2
nw Rustenburg sub-District Office	1	1						1	1		4
wc Alexandra Hospital	1										1
wc Citrusdal Hospital		1									1

Medical Community Service Studied Abroad Allocations past 5 years per facility
Facility names	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	Grand Total
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
wc Eerste River Hospital		1									1
wc False Bay Hospital	1										1
wc George Hospital	1										1
wc Helderberg Hospital	2								1		3
wc Mowbray Maternity Hospital	1		1				1				3
wc Paarl Hospital		2							2		4
wc SAMHS 2 Military Hospital	1										1
wc Stellenbosch Hospital		1									1
wc Swartland Hospital		1									1
wc Victoria Hospital	1										1
wc Worcester CDC	1										1
wc Worcester Hospital	1										1
nw Witrand Psychiatric Hospital			2								2
kz Newtown A CHC				1					1		2
nw Ganyesa Hospital				1			1				2
kz St Margaret's TB MDR Hospital			1								1
kz Mahatma Gandhi Hospital				1							1
lp Philadelphia Hospital				1				1			2
kz St Andrew's Hospital				1							1
kz SAMHS AFB Durban Military Medical Clinic			1								1
nw Itsoseng CHC			1								1
fs Mofumahadi Manapo Mopeli Hospital			1				1	1			3
nc Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital			1						1	1	3
fs SAMHS Bloemfontein Military Medical Clinic			1								1
gp Dr George Mukhari Hospital			1								1

Medical Community Service Studied Abroad Allocations past 5 years per facility
Facility names	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	Grand Total
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
kz King Dinuzulu Hospital				1							1
nc Northern Cape Province Placeholder			1	1							2
nw Tigane CHC			1								1
fs Mangaung District Office			1								1
nw Ganyesa CHC			1								1
kz Tongaat CHC			1		1	1					3
kz St Apollinaris Hospital			1			1					2
wc Caledon Hospital			1								1
fs Thabo Mofutsanyana District Office			1	1							2
wc Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital			1								1
gp Tambo Memorial Hospital				1							1
kz Northdale Hospital				1							1
kz KwaZulu Natal Province Placeholder				3							3
nc SAMHS Midlands Sickbay				1							1
gp Ekurhuleni District Office				1			1				2
mp Carolina Hospital				1					1		2
nw Madibeng sub-District Office				1							1
kz Clairwood Hospital				1							1
fs Stoffel Coetzee Hospital				1							1
kz General Justice Gizenga Mpanza Hospital				1					1		2
kz Charles Johnson Memorial Hospital				1			1		2		4
kz Wentworth Hospital				1							1
kz Vryheid Hospital						1					1
kz Itshelejuba Hospital						1					1
fs Tokollo Hospital						1			1	1	3

Medical Community Service Studied Abroad Allocations past 5 years per facility
Facility names	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	Grand Total
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
nw SAMHS Potchefstroom Military Base Clinic						1					1
kz Appelsbosch Hospital						1			1		2
gp Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital						1					1
nw Mahikeng Provincial Hospital						1		1			2
lp Kgapane Hospital						1			1		2
ec Amathole District Office						1					1
kz Catherine Booth Hospital							1				1
ec Canzibe Hospital							1				1
ec Tayler Bequest Hospital (Matatiele)							1				1
kz Osindisweni Hospital							1				1
kz Dundee Hospital							1				1
gp City of Tshwane District Office							2		1		3
nc Springbok (Dr Van Niekerk) Hospital							1			1	2
nc SAMHS Lohatla Military Base Hospital							1				1
mp Ermelo Hospital							1	2			3
nc SAMHS Upington Sickbay							1				1
kz Umphumulo Hospital							1	1			2
kz Montebello Hospital							1				1
mp Barberton Hospital								1	1	1	3
mp Embhuleni Hospital								1		1	2
nw SAMHS Molopo Sickbay								1			1
ec Willowmore Hospital								1			1
ec St Patrick's Hospital								1			1
gp Leratong Hospital								1			1
kz Untunjambili Hospital								1			1

Medical Community Service Studied Abroad Allocations past 5 years per facility
Facility names	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	Grand Total
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
nw Bophelong Psychiatric Hospital							1				1
mp Ehlanzeni District Office							1				1
fs Xhariep District Office							1	2			3
mp Matibidi Hospital							1				1
nw Job Shimankana Tabane Hospital							1				1
lp Letaba Hospital							1				1
kz uMgungundlovu District Office							1				1
kz GJ Crooke's Hospital							1				1
kz Harry Gwala District Office								1			1
kz Impilwenhle Clinic								1			1
fs Lejweleputswa District Office								1			1
nc SAMHS Kimberley Sickbay								1			1
nw Ventersdorp Sub-District Office								1			1
lp SAMHS Ba-Phalaborwa Sickbay								1			1
gp Steve Biko Academic Hospital								1			1
ec Wilhelm Stahl (Middelburg) Hospital									1		1
ec Tower Hospital									1		1
fs SAMHS Kroonstad Sickbay									1		1
fs Botshabelo Hospital									1		1
kz Benedictine Hospital									1		1
ec St Elizabeth's Hospital									2		2
lp Seshego Hospital									1		1
ec Empilweni Gompo CHC									1		1
gp Carletonville Hospital									1		1
nc John Taolo Gaetsewe District Office									1		1

Medical Community Service Studied Abroad Allocations past 5 years per facility
Facility names	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	Grand Total
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
wc Elsies River CHC									1		1
wc Kraaifontein CHC									1		1
wc Khayelitsha (Site B) CHC									1		1
kz Rietvlei Hospital									1		1
wc Beaufort West Hospital									1		1
mp KwaMhlanga Hospital									1		1
ec Dora Nginza Hospital									1		1
ec Empilisweni Hospital									1		1
mp Themba Hospital									1		1
lp Malamulele Hospital										1	1
wc Breede Valley sub-District Office										1	1
lp Helene Franz Hospital										1	1
ec Bambisana Hospital										1	1
kz Nkandla Hospital										1	1
lp Siloam Hospital										1	1
ec Settlers Hospital										1	1
kz eThekwini District Office										1	1
kz Christ the King Hospital										1	1
gp Jubilee Hospital										1	1
gp Pholosong Hospital										1	1
Grand Total	67	48	26	32	4	16	37	29	43	21	323

(3) (a) The number of community service positions reserved for female and male doctors are 1 897;

(b) requirements for each job is complying with registration requirements to register as a community service doctor as set by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).

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No, there were no loan requests made or granted at the recent International Monetary Fund / World Bank Spring Meetings held in Washington DC. Loan requests are typically not discussed at the Spring Meetings.

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The lead department for the South African Pavilion at the Dubai Expo was the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition. As per reply to Question no 2340, tabled on 6 July 2022, it is suggested that the Honourable member redirect his question to the relevant Minister.

(a) to (b) Not applicable

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(a) & (b),(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)

The Honourable Member is referred to the Statement made by Minister on 11th August 2022 in this respect, wherein Minister announced the first of three steps to be taken by the Department to secure the integrity of the South African passport, and make it foolproof against fraudulent acquisition. The Department thus has plans in place to combat fraudulent passports by intensifying the security measures in the South African passport and these plans will be implemented in phases. The following measures have been implemented:

• A passport can only be collected strictly from office where it was applied for, whereas previously you could collect from any office in the country.
• Only the person who applied for that passport can come and collect it by activating it through a fingerprint.
• For minor children, their parents or guardians who helped them to apply for that passport will be the only ones allowed to come and collect it and activate using their own fingerprints.
• The Director-General of the Department of Home Affairs has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Interpol on 29 July 2022 on reporting lost and stolen passports.
• South Africa is a signatory to the Convention on International Civil Aviation Origination (ICAO) and is subjected to regular audits including on how it handles including on lost and stolen passports.
• The Department has also revised its Standard Operating Procedures, Manuals and Policies regarding lost and stolen passports, and these are being implemented.

Further measures are also underway at our Government Printing Works facility to continue to secure our passports. The Department will make a determination and will make further announcements on the implementation of the further plans to be implemented in due course, when the ABIS programme has been completed.

(c)(aa) In the past three financial years, 500 passports were identified as fraudulent. Each time an investigation uncovered a fraudulently issued passport, they were referred for blocking of the passport numbers on the National Population Register so that the holders thereof cannot be able to use them. These were also referred for V-listing on the Movement Control System, which means that should the holders thereof attempt to use them at a Port of Entry, an Immigration Officer will be alerted.

(c)(bb) Since January 2022, 185 passports were investigated and the passport numbers were blocked on the National Population Register and also placed on the Movement Control Systems’ V-Stoplist.

(d) Whistle-blowers reported allegations pertaining to fraudulent passports. The Department then conducted investigations on those allegations and also profiled the User IDs of the implicated officials which uncovered that more passports were issued fraudulently.

(e) Twelve (12) officials were charged with misconduct with eight (8) dismissals and the remainder are still pending disciplinary hearings. The officials and members of the public involved have also been charged criminally for fraud, corruption, money laundering, racketeering and contravention of the Immigration Act with the cases still pending in court.

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(1) (a) (i) Hybrid working arrangements have been withdrawn for all employees including employees with co-morbidities (now handled in line with standard sick leave procedures as per DPSA circular 38/2022).

(ii) N/A

(iii) N/A

(b) N/A

(2) N/A

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There was no other role played by Market Theatre Foundation other than providing a venue for the said policy conference.

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An adverse event (not effect) following immunisation (AEFI) is any untoward medical occurrence which follows immunisation and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the usage of the vaccine. The adverse event may be any unfavourable or unintended physical sign, abnormal laboratory finding, symptom or disease.

i) From 17 May 2021 to the 8 August 2022 a total number of 6561 AEFIs (total minor and severe) following the use of either the Pfizer (Comirnaty) or J&J (COVID-19 vaccine Janssen) were reported to the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA).

ii) Only severe and serious AEFIs are investigated. A total of 2771 clinical investigations are either concluded or under way.

iii) Following investigation, the case files are sent to the National Immunisation Safety Expert Committee (NISEC) for assessment.  For assessments completed up to the 2 September 2022:

• 81 AEFIs have been linked to the use of a COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer 52 and J&J 29)
• these events include immunisation stress related reactions (fear of vaccination) and vaccine product related reaction or were related to the immunisation programme

The causality assessment outcomes are shared with the provincial health departments to provide feedback to the vaccine injured parties, regardless of the outcome.

The purpose of causality assessment is to ensure that high levels of vaccine confidence are maintained in the immunisation programme, and it is therefore essential to identify if an AEFI was causally linked to the use of the vaccine or whether the AEFI was coincidental to vaccination.

Accurate communication about AEFI is essential to prevent misinformation circulating in the community.

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The management of Durban Beaches is the responsibility of the eThekwini Municipality as the relevant Local Authority. In the event that the Honourable member wishes to obtain information on such matters, it would only be prudent for the member to directly engage with the relevant Local Authority.

 

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(1) (a) There is significant progress being made regarding the preparations. The following is progress on key delivery areas.

1. The venue and seating layout plans have been finalized.
2. Training venues have been identified
3. Accommodation plans for teams have been finalized
4. Accreditation and security plans are progressing well with the assistance of State Security Agency and SAPS.
5. The Travel agency has been appointed.
6. Transport plans for teams will be finalized once the announcement has been made of qualified teams that will participate in the Netball World Cup 2023.
7. A Marketing agency has been appointed and is finalizing the following plans:
   1. A. International
   2. B. Domestic and
   3. C. Public Relations plans
8. The official ball has been revealed and named (Kganya).
9. Official Mascot (Letsatsi) was launched at the Africa Regional Qualifiers in Pretoria.
10. The Timing, Scoring and Result system has been procured and evaluated including the umpire alert system.
11. The title and first tier sponsors have been secured.
12. First phase of ticket sales will go on sale at the end of October 2022 which will be the hospitality and tour packages.
13. The draw will take place in November 2022 after the conclusion of Regional Qualifiers.
14. On the 25 May 2023 we will receive the Trophy in KZN and begin the trophy tour in all Provinces.

(1) (b) The following are the financial implications of plans and preparations

Projected income:

1. R196,673,798 which is made up of Public Funding, Sponsorship, Ticketing, Broadcast, Merchandising, Accommodation and Other Income.
2. Projected Expenditure:
3. R189,867,110 which is made up of Business Operations, Tournament Operations, Workforce costs, Legacy costs and Hosting Fees to World Netball.

Profit / Deficit:

(i) Currently NWC23 projects a profit of R7,414,017 against an original deficit budget of (R30,245,756)

2)(a) Yes, the Department is offering financial assistance to Netball South Africa. As part of the annual grant Netball Ball identifies areas that require support. (b) As part of growing netball and making the national team competitive the Department is implementing the legacy programme. Key element of the legacy programme is the roll-out of the netball courts in schools.

(3) Various netball specific and sport specific events are being used to promote the 2023 Netball World Cup. These include but are not limited to the Quad series which involves Australia, England, and New Zealand to encourage sports tourism which will be held in Cape Town. The Spar Diamond challenge which will be held in Durban involving Scotland and Zimbabwe will also be used to promote Sport Tourism.

The Trophy tour will take place in all provinces therefore generating domestic interest and domestic tourism. The broadcasting plan involves a thirty second tourism video, which will be played at the beginning of each live broadcast at various build up competitions. There is strong collaboration with Tourism South Africa to effectively encourage sports tourism.

The broadcast partners have committed to give the Host City / Country a sixty second video at the start of each match during the World Cup2023 which will be broadcasted to the global audience to promote tourism to the country beyond the World Cup.

(4). A sustainability village will be set up by South African Tourism at the venue which will promote local crafters. Cultural performances will be included throughout the event commencing with the showcasing of South African Arts Culture during the Opening and the Closing ceremonies. The Western Cape Province has also translated the Netball Rule book to IsiXhosa. This contributes to social inclusion, promotes indigenous language and access to the sport in the first language.

(5) The Department of Tourism is one of the Departments that are part of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on NWC2023 as approved by Cabinet. The Department of Tourism through Tourism SA are key in amplifying and promoting the World Cup in all missions abroad. South African Tourism will assist the appointed ticketing agency with the promotion and marketing of travel packages for the NWC 2023 and quality assure the packages for teams and visitors.

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According to the Children's Act, it is expected that all Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes that provide services to children with disabilities must have specialised training to provide quality ECD services that will benefit those children. In line with this, training of ECD practitioners, in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), has a module that looks at working with children with disabilities. Over and above this, the Department is funding Uhambo, which is a disability organisation which continues to support and capacitate practitioners in stimulating children with different disabilities. In terms of inclusion, the developed infrastructure designs take into consideration the needs of children with disabilities. The Department has also begun reviewing the Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (SIAS) policy to establish gaps in regard to children in ECD living with disabilities. This will be used to capacitate ECD practitioners. 

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1. The Nelson Mandela Bay University (NMU) has not been approached to carry out any research on alternative water resources to mitigate against the drought. The NMBM conducted its own research as guided Department of Water and Sanitation Algoa Reconciliation Strategy which was used to develop the NMBM Drought Mitigation Plan (DMP). The NMU is however a stakeholder at the NMBM Joint Operations Centre (JOC) where the DMP is reported which the university can provide their comments and inputs.

2. Yes, my Department has conducted the Algoa Reconciliation Strategy since 2011, which aims to reconcile bulk water sources with water requirements over a planning period of at least 25 years to prevent the risk of a water shortages. An annual update of the strategy, called the Status Report, is done which describes the status of the Algoa Water Supply System (WSS) in terms of bulk water infrastructure, water resources, current and future water requirements and yield balance, and recommended interventions and other actions.

One of the key recommendations have been made through the Algoa Reconciliation Strategy was that the NMBM should complete implementation of the Nooitgedacht Coega Low Level Scheme Phase 3 which will provide an additional 70Ml/day potable water to the NMBM. This project will be commissioned at the end of September 2022. Further recommendations of the Reconciliation Strategy were:

• That the Metro should continue with the implementation of re-use schemes to meet the water demands of the Coega Special Economic Zone
• Ensure implementation-readiness for implementation of reuse schemes from the Fish Water Flats WWTW and the planned Coega WWTW; within the constraints of available development funds
• Proceed with planning for a potable reuse scheme, which should be preceded by a pilot scheme; and implementation of the 15Mℓ/d Coega seawater desalination scheme
• Update the comparative costs and potential impacts of raising the Kouga and the Guernakop Dams against investing in a desalination plant as a long-term augmentation option, considering that an EIA application for a 60Ml/d desalination plant has already been granted to CDC by DEA. This should be dependent on the updated yields, once the updated Algoa WSS model is available.
• Evaluate the Lower Sundays River Return Flows scheme at a more detailed reconnaissance level. This should be followed by a Feasibility-level Study by NMBM and considered as one of the next interventions to be considered for implementation. Consideration should be given to treating the water for industrial-quality use; and the municipality should timeously establish whether this scheme is worth pursuing further.
• Implement Water Use Efficiency / Water Conservation Water Demand Management projects to reduce the demand for water
• The Kouga LM should continue with groundwater evaluations and implementation of groundwater schemes, particularly those schemes that can easily integrated into the existing Water Supply System infrastructure. Groundwater initiatives undertaken by Kouga LM will further aim to make the various small towns less reliant on surface water supply. Potential groundwater yields should be updated when additional information becomes available.

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The department periodically develops and reviews policies and this process involves extensive consultations with external stakeholders and the broader public. As such, draft policies are gazetted for public to provide comments.

Once departmental policies are finalised, the documents are gazetted and published on DWS website thus becoming public documents.

a) All policies of the Department can be accessed on the official website www.dws.gov.za

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Reply:

All appointments in the department are subject to open recruitment and selection processes and are not subject to Minister having meetings outside the public sector.

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Reply:

The allegations in the question are untrue. It should be noted that the Master’s Office: Kimberley is open for the public from 7h45 – 12h15 and again from 13h45 – 15h30. Officials however, have lunch break 13h00-13h45 and remain in the office until 16h15 (as per normal working hours).

The time between 12h15 and 13h00 as well as between 15h30 and 16h15, is utilized for attending to administrative, office work and attend to the members of the public that are still in the office.

No public is assisted during the lunch break period, as the office does not want a situation in the office, where a female official sits alone with members of the public during the lunch break (13h00 – 13h45), to avoid possible intimidation or harassment allegations.

Any complaints suggesting the contrary should be brought under the attention of the Head of the Office, Mr Craig Davids, and will be investigated immediately.

Reply:

The Nandoni-Nsami Pipeline Project consists of Construction of two (2) bulk water pipelines to provide water to Giyani and the greater Malamulele areas as well as a pump station at the Nandoni Water Treatment Works to supply water to the pipelines.

The 33.98km out of 40.50km of the Nandoni-Nsami line has been completed. There have been several delays with Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) pipe delivery. To date, 21.32km out of 26.58km the Nandoni-Malamulele pipeline has been laid. The project is left with chambers, pressure testing, Luvhuvu crossing and some finishing touches.

The project started on 07 March 2016 with an initial completion date of 09 November 2020. This could not be realised due to several unforeseen circumstances. The adjusted practical completion date is 14 March 2023.

The Water Service Authority (WSA), the Mopani District Municipality is also implementing additional reticulation to 55 villages that are supplied from the Giyani Water Treatment Works. Reported current progress with the reticulation project is as follows:

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