Questions and Replies

Reply:

(1) Yes, all members of the senior management service (SMS) in the Department of Public Works have submitted their financial disclosures for the 2017/18 financial year.

As such, (a), (b), and (c), (i) and (ii) fall away.

(2) Falls away.

(3) (a) and (b) None.

(4) Not applicable.

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Reply:

(a) The purpose of the Vesting Committee:

Prior to the democratic dispensation in South Africa, State land parcels were registered in various historical names, including names of governments of the former bantustans, which today no longer exist. Some of these registered titles comprised of the Union of South Africa, Republic of South Africa, the Provincial Administrations of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Republic of Transkei, Republic of Bophuthatswana, Republic of Venda, Republic of Ciskei (TBVC States), as well as the self-governing territories of Gazankulu, Lebowa, KaNgwane, KwaNdebele, KwaZulu and Qwaqwa.

The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, the Department of Public Works and Provincial Custodians constitute the Provincial State Land Vesting and Disposal Committee (PSLVDC). The PSLVDC was established to recommend vesting of land parcels either to the national or the provincial sphere of Government, depending on the use or intended use of land as at 27 April 1994. The main purpose of vesting is to confirm ownership of the land parcels, assign it to the appropriate custodian and to eliminate historical names in order to safeguard the properties of the State.

(b) What is the organisational structure of the Vesting Committee?

The roles of presiding (Chairpersonship) and Secretariat services interchange amongst the members of the PSLVDC on an annual basis. The verifier and authoriser for the issuing of Item 28 (1) Certificates is the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform.

(c) To whom does the Committee report?

The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform manages the vesting processes from verifier to the Chief Director up to when the Item 28 (1) Certificate is issued by the Chief Director on behalf of the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform. The vesting applications are prepared on the Land Administration Web portal administered by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. At the administration level the PSLVDC reports to the GIAMA Technical Committee, which in turn reports to the Technical MinMec.

(d) Details of the powers of the Committee and its office bearers:

 

The PSLVDC is empowered to make recommendations on vesting applications presented before the committee in order to confirm the vesting of land parcels.

(e) Properties have been transferred as a result of the Committee’s work (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018:

(i) and (ii) 18 144 land parcels have been vested since 27 April 1994 to date. 4 018 land parcels have been vested from 2013/14 to 2017/18. Members of the public wishing to access information on the Land Administration Web portal must register on the following website: www.dla.org.za. Applications for access are to be done both online and manually, by downloading the form, filling it and sending it to the following fax number: (012) 312-8135.

Reply:

(1) Yes, all newly appointed Ministers and Deputy Ministers have occupied their allocated Ministerial Residences.

As such (b), (c) (i) and (ii) and (d) fall away.

(2) Yes, all former Ministers have vacated the Ministerial houses.

As such (a), (b), (c) (i) and (ii) fall away.

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Reply:

(1) (a) Number of accidents in last three financial years:

(i) 2015/16 - None

2016/17 - Two accidents

2017/18 - None

(ii) Since 01 April 2018 - None

(b) Cost of repairs:

For accident number 1 the cost was R4 638.00.

In the case of accident number 2 the cost of writing off the motor vehicle was covered by the insurer.

(c)

(i) One vehicle written off.

(ii) Motor vehicle was declared uneconomical to repair by the damage assessors appointed by the insurance company.

2.No tracking devices have been fitted in the motor vehicles.

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Reply:

QUESTION (1)

What is the total number of incidents of sexual harassment that were reported to the human resources offices of entities reporting to him in;

QUESTION (1)	Agrément South Africa (ASA)	Council for the Built Environment (CBE)	Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)	Independent Development Trust (IDT)
(a) (i) 2016	None	None	None	None
(a) (ii) 2017	None	None	One	One
(b) What are the details of each incident that took place?	Not applicable	Not applicable	There was a sexual harassment incident wherein a male security officer made allegations against a female employee of CIDB at one of the Provincial Offices. This allegation was not brought to the attention of Human Resources office and the Provincial Manager, but it came about in March 2017 during an investigation on a different matter and upon further engagement with the accuser, he decided not to proceed any further with the allegation.	The employee (applicant) had alleged that her male colleague had acted inappropriately when he embraced her, and regarded it as an unwelcomed gesture. The matter was dealt with through internal process and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) as explained in (2), below.

QUESTION (2)

Was each incident investigated; if not, why not in each case; if so, what were the outcomes of the investigation in each case?

ASA	CBE	CIDB	IDT
Not Applicable		Yes, although the employee had decided not to proceed with the claim, CIDB nonetheless appointed an independent investigator to gather all facts and advice management of the most appropriate action to take. Furthermore, CIDB wanted to afford the accused employee the right of response. CIDB would have liked to finalise this matter as timeously as possible had it not been for the prolonged absence due to illness of the accuser. CIDB expects the final report on this matter before the end of July 2018.	The above-mentioned incident was investigated by the IDT. However, during the investigation the temporary employment contract of the alleged victim came to an end. As a result, the matter was then referred to the CMA because the applicant was no longer an employee of the organisation. In the evidence provided by the alleged perpetrator there was seemingly a misunderstanding of his gesture by the applicant. According to the alleged perpetrator he had got to know that the applicant carried a similar surname to that of his mother and thus, as is normally done in most African cultures, he interpreted it that she was part of his clan or extended relatives. He therefore approached the applicant whilst reciting the clan’s praise names and welcomed her with an embrace. This gesture was unfortunately construed by the applicant as inappropriate and the alleged perpetrator apologised. It was management’s understanding that the matter was resolved when the apology was made. However, when the matter was brought back by the applicant through the CCMA the IDT participated fully in that process with a view to resolve it amicably. Through the counsel of the Commissioner at the CCMA, the parties entered into a settlement agreement where the IDT was directed to pay 6 months’ equivalent of the applicant’s monthly salary. The fact that the alleged perpetrator had taken responsibility, the IDT ordered him pay half of the total 6 months’ pay, while the IDT committed to pay the other portion of the settlement agreement.

Reply:

(1) The National Department of Public Works owns the said property.

(2) Yes.

(a) The property is leased out to Mr Raymond Maowasha.

(b) The occupational rental is R5 270.76 per month.

(c) The property has been leased to the said individual as of 10 October 2010.

(d) The maintenance of the property is the responsibility of the tenant as per the lease agreement.

(e) As stated in (d) above the responsibility for the upkeep of the house is on the tenant. It is expected that when the tenant vacates the property upon the termination of the lease that they shall restore the property to the original good and clean state in which they found it. The lessee shall be liable for all costs incurred by the Department of Public Works in enforcing the obligations of the lessee, including the upkeep of the premises.

(3) Currently there is no intention to sell or dispose of the property.

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Reply:

I appreciate this question from the Honourable Member, as it has brought to my attention a crucial matter regarding the payment of rental costs for Ministerial houses. The officials of the Department of Public Works are currently in the process of verifying the debt owed to the Department with the relevant Ministries. Thus, it would be premature of me to release unverified figures at this stage.

Nevertheless, what is apparent is that there may have been a systemic lapse in terms of the collection of rent from Members of the National Executive, because some amounts are beyond what would be regarded as normal debt (i.e. under 3 months of rental owed).

To this effect I have asked the Departmental officials to reconcile the debt and verify all the amounts owed to the Department of Public Works in respect of Ministerial houses. I have also sought assurance that measures have been undertaken to ensure that rent for Ministerial houses is collected on a monthly basis from all the Ministers and Deputy Ministers who are supposed to be paying that rent.

I can assure the Honourable Member that the Members of the Executive are fully committed to paying their rental costs. What we must ensure is that we address the systemic gap that has caused the debt to escalate for certain Ministerial houses.

Reply:

In 2015, Mr T W Nxesi, MP, as the Minister of Public Works and accompanied by his spouse, Mrs Nombulelo Nxesi, undertook an international trip from 27 to 31 March 2015 to Singapore to represent the Government and the President of the Republic of South Africa at the State funeral of Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew. The cost with respect to the spouse as the accompanying person was R145 810.60. The trip was approved by the President of the Republic in terms of the provisions of Section 1, Annexure A, of the Ministerial Handbook.

In 2015, the Minister was accompanied by Mrs Nxesi on an official trip to Cuba from 13 to 20 December 2015 in preparation for the recruitment of Cuban Technical Advisors to the country, for purposes of skills transfer and capacity development to the benefit of the Department of Public Works. The cost in respect of the accompanying person was R112 561.42. The trip was approved by the President of the Republic in terms of the provisions of Section 1, Annexure A, of the Ministerial Handbook.

In 2017, the then Minister of Public Works, Mr N Nhleko, was accompanied by his spouse, Dr Yvonne Nomcebo Mthembu, to China, from 22 to 31 August 2017. The purpose of the trip was to attend the Ministerial Workshop on China’s developmental experience for developing countries. The cost in respect of the accompanying person was R119 307.14. The trip was approved by the President of the Republic in terms of the provisions of Section 1, Annexure A, of the Ministerial Handbook.

In 2017 the former Minister of Public Works was accompanied by his spouse, Dr Mthembu, to France on 6 - 12 July 2017, in order to attend the 101st Commemoration of the Battle of Delvillewood. The cost in respect of the accompanying person for the trip was R71, 830.14. The trip was approved by the President of the Republic in terms of the provisions of Section 1, Annexure A, of the Ministerial Handbook.

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Reply:

(a) and (b) Yes,

Overview Progress Report on the Implementation of the 1997 and 1999 Public Works White Papers can be summarised as follows:

Construction Sector

Since the adoption of the 1997 and 1999 Public Works White Papers respectively the Department of Public Works (DPW) led a process that culminated in the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) Acts of Parliament, as well as the Construction Sector Charter and Codes. The Department is currently in the process of reviewing the cited Acts.

The Emerging Contractor Development Programme is a key intervention that has been implemented. This has enabled participation of black owned small and medium enterprises in the construction sector. However, there is still room for improvement to deepen transformation in the sector. Opportunities availed to these enterprises through set-asides have afforded these business entities opportunities to gain skills and knowledge, as well as expand their asset-base.

Property Sector

The State has been beset with a number of intertwined challenges in respect of the management and administration of its immovable property portfolio. To provide a uniform framework and ensure coordination in the management of immovable assets the Government Immovable Assets Management Act, 2007 (GIAMA) [Act No. 19 of 2007] was enacted. The process of institutionalisation of the Act started immediately thereafter and continuous monitoring is being undertaken.

In an endeavour to enhance implementation of GIAMA, the Department of Public Works embarked on a programme to produce a complete and Generally Recognised Accounting Practice (GRAP) compliant Immovable Asset Register (IAR). The IAR enhancement programme was successfully completed in the 2015/16 financial year.

The IAR is a critical mechanism that enables the State to have accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive information on its immovable assets.

One of the challenges identified through the operational Policy Framework was the lack of a pre-eminent property and facilities management hub for the State. In September 2014 Cabinet approved the establishment of the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE). The Entity is primarily charged with the management of State properties. We are currently in the process of operationalizing the PMTE.

Public Employment/Works Programmes

The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is in its third phase, having been formally launched in 2004. The EPWP Strategy and EPWP Guidelines for implementation have been developed to give direction towards the implementation of the intervention.

Central to the implementation of the EPWP is the application of labour intensive methods, which have resulted in massive job creation, skilling and community asset building. Major social infrastructure assets include police stations, schools, community halls, courts and internal access roads, amongst others. The StatsSA 2015 Quarterly Household Survey confirmed that the EPWP has had a significant impact in addressing the challenge of hunger as a result of poverty for thousands of households. The EPWP has been a safety net for many who struggle to find employment in the mainstream economy. Moreover, to an extent, the EPWP has contributed to reducing socio-economic inequalities and has had a positive effect on social cohesion.

Deracialisation and Radical Transformation in the Construction Sector

The Department of Public Works provides leadership in facilitating the transformation of the built environment (BE). The enactment of the Council for the Built Environment Act, 2000 [Act No. 43 of 2000] and the Acts related to the 6 Built Environment Professions Councils (BEPCs) attests to the efforts towards the transformation of the BE sector. The BEPC talk to the following disciplines:

• Architecture;
• Landscape Architecture;
• Quantity Surveying;
• Engineering;
• Construction project management; and
• Property Valuers.

Though challenges still exist, a lot of groundwork has been covered leading to a steady throughput of BE professionals from designated groups.

To foster inclusivity and broad participation in the property sector, particularly with respect to State-owned immovable assets, the Property Management Empowerment Policy was developed and approved in January 2018 and subsequently became operational.

The Property Sector Charter and Codes were developed to facilitate transformation in the Property sector. The amended Codes were approved by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in June 2017.

The Construction Sector Transformation Charter provides the basis for the development of the Construction Sector Code as it reflects the commitment of various parties to actively promote a vibrant, transformed and competitive construction sector. The Construction Sector Charter and Codes have recently (December 2017) been approved by the DTI.

All the efforts alluded above demonstrate that the Department of Public Works is committed to creating an enabling environment for reconstruction, growth and development in the Property and Construction Sectors.

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Reply:

(1) (a) (i) and (ii) (aa) and (bb),

No incidents of racism have been reported for both the Department of Public Works and the entities reporting to the Minister of Public Works in the stipulated period.

As such, (1) (b) and (2) Fall away.

Reply:

a) There is currently no maintenance budget set aside specifically allocated to the Umhlali Police Station. The Department of Public Works (DPW) has a consolidated day-to-day maintenance budget and attends to emergencies and defects for all State-owned buildings utilising this budget.

b) There neither major renovations nor an upgrade project planned for the Umhlali Police Station in the current financial year. Should the South African Police Service (SAPS) prioritise and request that DPW execute upgrading works to the infrastructure, a procurement instruction along with confirmation of funding from the SAPS CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) budget will have to be forwarded to the DPW.

In the interim, the DPW attends to emergencies and day-to-day maintenance requests from the station when reported.

The DPW has also implemented annual maintenance contracts for the following disciplines, of which the Umhlali Police Station is covered:

• electrical maintenance;
• air-conditioning for HVAC (Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system) / Plant systems; and
• lifts.

The Department is also currently planning for the implementation of the following maintenance contracts for the following disciplines within this financial year:

• fire-fighting equipment;
• generators;
• plumbing; and
• general building repairs and maintenance.

c) Officials from the DPW do visit State facilities when inspections have to be conducted to compile specifications reports and for planning purposes

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Reply:

With respect to the Department of Public Works:

(a)

1. 46 cases have been referred to the South African Police Service (SAPS) for further investigations.
2. The Department does not refer cases directly to the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI). The SAPS is the one that decides which cases it will refer to the DPCI.

(b)

1. 46 cases been investigated by the SAPS;
2. The 46 cases reported to the SAPS have been followed up by the respective accounting officers;
3. to date none of the cases referred to SAPS for further investigation has resulted  in a conviction.      

With respect to the 4 Entities reporting to the Minister of Public Works:

(a) (bb)

Name of the Entity	(i)	(ii)
Agrément South Africa (ASA)	N/A	N/A
Council for the Built Environment (CBE)	2 cases referred to SAPS	None
Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)	One case was referred to the SAPS	None
Independent Development Trust (IDT)	N/A	N/A

(b)

Name of the Entity	(i)	(ii)	(iii)
ASA	None	N/A	N/A
CBE	Two (2)	Two (2)	None (both cases are still under investigation)
CIDB	One (1) has been referred to SAPS	One (1) has been followed up by the respective Accounting Officer	None
IDT	None	None	None

Reply:

a) The details of the properties identified for human settlements, restitution and land reform in relation to address, value, size and current use of each property are contained in the attached lists of properties, marked as A (Human Settlements), and B (Land Reform).

b) The identified properties will be released as and when official requests are received with all the supporting documents, including confirmations of funding from the following: the Department of Human Settlements and its provincial counterparts, the municipalities, the Housing Development Agency, as well as the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (represented by the Land Claims Commission and its regional offices).

Reply:

(1) The Department of Public Works has not conducted any lifestyle audits in the categories stipulated by the Honourable Member. Nonetheless, Government uses a system of financial disclosures as prescribed by the Public Service Regulations of 2016. The system provides for the disclosure of shareholding; directorships and partnerships; equities; income generating assets; sponsorships; remunerative work outside an employee’s formal employment; gifts and hospitality; and other financial interests. Additionally, employees are required to make related party disclosures.

Financial interests disclosed by senior managers are verified by the Public Service Commission (PSC). The same is monitored by the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and any situation hinting at a conflict of interest is identified and addressed with the employee concerned by first informing the Executive Authority. Moreover, the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA), has unfettered access to financial disclosures of employees by virtue of Section 15 (1) of the Public Audit Act, 2004 [Act No. 25 of 2004]. The AGSA is therefore empowered to conduct an audit on the lifestyle of any public service employees to verify the financial position of such persons and establish conflicts of interests, if any.

One of my key priorities as the Minister of Public Works ever since my appointment to this portfolio in 2011 has been zero tolerance to fraud and corruption. To this extent, through the Turnaround programme, systems have been put in place to deal with these challenges with visible successes. We have established the Anti-Corruption Unit, which has conducted a number of investigations on suspicious activities. In some instances, the cases were investigated together with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). We therefore support the call by the President, His Excellency, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, to conduct lifestyle audits and believe that these will be an effective tool in the fight against fraud and corruption.

(2) No. There are no reports of such audits, since the lifestyle audits, in the strict sense of the term, have yet to be conducted by the Department. Once the guidelines are finalized on how these audits should be conducted we will be in a position to implement them.

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Reply:

No, the Department of Public Works has not paid performance bonuses for the 2017/18 performance management cycle. Assessments and moderations are still being conducted.

(a), (b), (c) and (d) fall away.

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Reply:

The property known as the Old Post Office building in Irene, Centurion, Pretoria, is privately owned and therefore not the responsibility of the National Department of Public Works.

(a) and (b) The department is not empowered to undertake any works on privately owned buildings.

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Reply:

(1) (a) A report was compiled by the Department of Public Works’ Professional Services branch, which indicated that the property is not habitable, and not suitable for use.

(b) This report was subsequently handed to the occupant for their immediate remedial action. The occupant duly committed to reinstate the house to its original state.

(2) No, remedial action has not been carried out by the occupant. A process of eviction has since been instituted by the Department of Public Works.

The current zoning of the erf is residential.

 

Reply:

For the National Department of Public Works:

(a) (i), (ii), (iii), (aa), (bb), (cc) and (cc) refer to Annexures A1 and A2

For the Entities reporting to the Minister of Public Works:

(b) (i), (ii), (iii), (aa), (bb), (cc) and (dd) on behalf of the Entities reporting to the Department of Public Works, see attached responses as follows:

Annexure B 1: Agrément South Africa (ASA);

Annexure B 2: Council of the Built Environment (CBE);

Annexure B 3: Construction Industry Development Board and

Annexure B 4: Independent Development Trust

Reply:

1. (a) The Department of Public Works has been informed by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform of land parcels within its portfolio that are earmarked for the resolution of land claims. The detailed list of properties under the Department’s custodianship earmarked for land claims is attached as Annexure A.

(b) (i), (ii) and (iii) The location of these properties is indicated in the list of properties attached.

(2) The land parcels have remained vacant, in the main, for the same reasons that vacancy exists in the bigger portfolio under the custodianship of the National Department of Public Works (NDPW). In this regard, and among other things:

• the land in the portfolio is reserved to address future accommodation needs of national User departments, noting that well situated land is a scarce resource; and
• the land in the portfolio is also kept in trust to address other key Government objectives, such as human settlements and land reform programmes in alignment with the requirements of the relevant departments running these programmes;

Notwithstanding the above, the NDPW seeks to let out all unutilised land with the objective of raising income to cover rates and taxes costs and to ensure the properties are secured through use.

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Reply:

a) At the time of responding, the Department of Public Works had received invoices amounting to R9 083 283.90, which have been paid. We went further to meet with the Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality on 20 March 2018 to reconcile the debt, upon which we found there is still an outstanding amount of R13 203 678.45, of which R7 748 925.96 was paid on 22 March 2018 and the balance of R5 454 752.49 belongs to properties, which are not under the custodianship of the National Department of Public Works.

b) The Department of Public Works pays invoices as and when they are received. However, there are times when a reconciliation needs to be done in order to verify the debt, resulting in some delays in payment.

c) All verified invoices were paid on 22 March 2018.

d) The Department of Public Works’ Polokwane Regional Office has 27 municipalities under it.

(i) We have only received the invoice for an outstanding amount of R13 203 678.45 from one municipality, namely the Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality. There are continuous engagements with municipalities to provide the Department of Public Works with their invoices on a timeous basis and all verified invoices shall be paid.

(ii) Falls away

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Reply:

1. Yes, the Department of Public Works is still leasing Curator Building in Pretoria.

(a) The initial lease end date was 31 March 2017. The lease period was subsequently extended by a period of 12 months.

(i) The lease agreement was signed on the 1st April 2014.

(ii) The extended lease expired on 31 March 2018.

b) To date the Department has spent R25 564 507.24.

c) The current cost to rent and maintain the building is R478 411.69 per month.

2. According to our records, the portion of building we leased has never been vacant / unoccupied during the lease period.

(a) and (b) falls away.

3. According to our records, the portion of building we leased has never been sublet during the lease period.

(a), (b) and (b) falls away.

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Reply:

1. The Department of Public Works (DPW) has got an approved Sexual Harassment Policy in place since 2005 (Annexure A).

(i) Reports are investigated by the DPW Labour Relations unit.

(ii) The Departmental policy does not specify the detail on consequence management, but it is guided by the Policy and Procedures on the Management of Sexual Harassment in the Public Service sanctioned by the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA). (Annexure B)

2. (a)

(i) One case of sexual harassment was reported during the 2014/2015 financial year.

Four cases of assault were reported during the 2014/2015 financial year.

No case of sexual harassment was reported during the 2015/2016 financial year.

One case of assault was reported during the 2015/2016 financial year.

No case of sexual harassment was reported during the 2016/2017 financial year.

Three cases of assault were reported during the 2016/2017 financial year.

(ii) No cases of sexual harassment and assault were reported in the financial year 2017/2018.

(b)

(i) Eight cases of misconduct relating to assault were opened and concluded.

(ii) None.

(iii) One case of sexual harassment is still pending due to an employee’s ill health.

(c) Three employees had sanctions imposed on them by way of one month’s suspension from work without pay coupled with final written warnings for assault.

Three employees were given final written warnings for assault.

One employee’s contract expired before misconduct charges could be preferred against them.

 

 

Reply:

(1) (a) The cost for dismantling and re-erecting the scaffolding at the Marks Building, Parliamentary Precinct is R175 341.00.

(b) No maintenance work was suspended due to the dismantling of the scaffolding.

(2) No maintenance work was suspended as stated in 1(b) above.

(3) The State is responsible for the cost of the dismantling and re-erection of the scaffolding.

(4) (a) A joint decision was made where representatives of Parliament, Protection Services Unit of Parliament, South African Police Service and the Department of Public Works were in attendance and it was resolved that the scaffolding be removed by 02 February 2018 for security, safety and aesthetics purposes.

(b) The safety and security aspects of the scaffolding became of paramount importance when the decision was taken, as this area was identified as high-risk.

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Reply:

To reduce water consumption the following measures have been put in place by the Department of Public Works in line with the water restrictions set by the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality at the three Parliamentary villages:

1. all ponds and water features have been switched off;
2. irrigation has been stopped since the implementation of level 3 water restrictions (October 2016), even though the City of Cape Town had granted a special exemption;
3. washing and hosing down of hard-surfaces and paved areas with potable water has been stopped;
4. for pressure cleaning of blocked sewer systems, only non-potable water from the Parliament Precinct is being used;
5. filling of swimming pools with potable water has been stopped;
6. cleaning of wheelie bins are done with non-potable water only;
7. all gutter cleaning, roof cleaning is done by means of non-potable water only;
8. where any maintenance work requires water, only non-potable water is used;
9. taps have been removed in common areas as far as possible, to prevent misuse;
10. increased frequency of inspecting any area or items that could possibly leak or cause water loss (e.g. valves and pumps, cisterns in common facilities) and
11. there is an immediate response to any reported leaks (e.g. geysers, pipe bursts).

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Reply:

(a) (i) and (aa) and (bb) I would like to refer the Honourable Member to the Annual Reports of the last three financial years in terms of the information requested here, which has been made public by way of tabling in Parliament.

(b) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) In line with the Protection of Personal Information Act, (Act No. 4 of 2013) and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, (Act No. 75 of 1997) I am unable to provide the Honourable Member with such confidential information. I can however assure the Honourable Member that the Department normally avails the personal files of the officials to the Auditor General for scrutiny as prescribed by law.

The Department follows guidelines as provided in the Ministerial Handbook in respect to the appointment of the staff in the Private Office of the Minister. The Handbook also provides recommendations on the salary levels of each post. The salary levels are adjusted on an annual basis as prescribed in the Public Service Regulations.

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Reply:

None of the swimming pools at the Ministerial residences have been replenished with water during the water restriction period.

(a) and (b) Falls away.

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Reply:

1. (a) The property in question is privately owned. (See Annexure A).

(i), (ii) and (b) Fall away

(2) Falls away.

Reply:

1. (a) The property located at 6455, Erf number (6568) Mooki Street in Orlando East, City of Johannesburg is privately owned.

(b) See Annexure A.

(2) Not applicable.

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Reply:

1. (a) The premises located at 673 Letsatsi Street, are currently used as a hospice home.

(b) The property is privately owned. (See Annexure A).

2. Not applicable.

Reply:

1. The property located at 7 Horvitch Street in Fochville in the Merafong City Local Municipality is owned by the National Department of Public Works (Department). (a) The property has been owned by the Department since 1980. (b) The property needs basic maintenance such as painting and the carpet needs replacing. (c) Yes refer to (b). (d) The property is used for residential purposes. (e) There is currently no income.

2. Yes, there is an outstanding bill of R16 409.56 for services with Merafong City Local Municipality.

3. Yes. There is no signed lease agreement with the occupant. A notification of eviction was sent to the occupier of the premises and the Department has written to the municipality to have the services cut/stopped. Also, a team has been assigned to investigate further, so as to ensure that apart from an eviction order, other corrective measures are explored.

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Reply:

1. Yes, the Department of Public Works does have building maintenance plans in place outlined as follows:

(i) Day-to-day maintenance, which involves responding to daily maintenance calls as and when required;

(ii) Repair and Refurbishment (R&R), which is done year on year;

(iii) In addition, recently the Department has developed a structured program by identifying the top 300 buildings to be prioritised for the implementation of Total Facility Management (TFM) approach in effecting planned maintenance. As pilot 15 buildings have been prioritised, to date condition assessments have been completed on 13 buildings by the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) on behalf of the Department of Public Works.

(iv) The Department of Public Works, through DBSA, is in the process of creating a panel of service providers earmarked to provide a full Facility Management spectrum addressing the current maintenance related challenges;

The Department will continue to increase the number of buildings to be included in the TFM model as and when budgets are approved.

(2) (a) The Department has commenced with the physical verification process of the occupancy status of the suspected 1 299 illegally occupied properties.

(b) Through the verification process, there will be engagement with the occupants, to either to:

(i) Conduct physical inspection of alleged illegally occupied properties;

(ii) confirmation of illegal or unauthorised occupation without a valid lease agreement;

(iii) engage with relevant stakeholders such as municipalities, Department of Human Settlements (DHS), Department of Rural Development and land Reform (DRDLR), as well as the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) to provide alternative accommodation where required;

(iv) formalise legal occupation with the current occupants through lease agreements; or

(v) follow the eviction processes in an event where it is deemed necessary.

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Reply:

a) The Department of Public Works did not advertise on print, radio or any national media for the OR Tambo Centenary celebration during the specified period.

(i), (ii) (aa) and (bb), (iii) and (iv) (aa) and (bb) Fall away.

b) The following Public Entities reporting to the Department of Public Works namely: the Independent Development Trust (IDT), Agrement South Africa (ASA), the Council for Built Environment (CBE) and Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) did not advertise on print, radio or any national media for the OR Tambo Centenary celebration during the specified period.

(i), (ii) (aa) and (bb), (iii) and (iv) (aa) and (bb) Fall away.

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Reply:

RESPONSE BY THE INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT TRUST:

(1) (a) R758 084 922,38 (Inclusive of Construction Cost, Professional Fees and ID;T Management Fees)

(see attached Annexure A with more details on the budget)

(b) The original contractual period was 24 months.

(c) The New buildings are 95% complete.

(see attached Annexure B with more details on the milestones and target dates)

(d) R782 688 325,88 as at 15 December 2017.

(e) The expected completion date is 03 October 2018.

(2) (a) The name of the contractor is Group Five

(b) No, the contractor was never replaced.

(c) There is no new contractor

(3) The contractor has received payment for services rendered and the Independent Development Trust is processing payments that were in dispute, but have now being resolved.

(4) No. No payment was received by a contractor for preliminary and general costs before commencement of construction work.

Thus, (4) (a), (b) and (c) fall away.

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Reply:

With reference to John Dube House in Durban, (a) what damages were suffered in April 2016, (b) maintenance or repair work done in each case and (c) costs were involved;
a) The damages were mainly caused by storms, which damaged the tower. These included the broken skylight windows, smashed glass ceiling panels and the subsequent flooding of the floors.	b) The only repairs done were to install plywood boards to the tower to stop rain water ingress, thus preventing further damages.	c) The repairs were done in house by the workshop team.
2. Whether John Dube House is fit for occupation: if so, (a) on what date was it declared fit for occupation and (b) what is the current use of the property?
(a) The house is currently not fit for occupation due to the current renovation project, which commenced in February 2018.	(b) The property is currently not in use.

Reply:

1. There are two buildings within the Parliamentary Precinct that are fitted with the time based automatic flushing mechanisms, at Marks Building M13, 4 urinals and Good Hope Building between room 54C and room 54D, 2 urinals.

2. The Department’s Business Continuity Plan for the Parliamentary Precinct does accommodate the replacement of the mechanisms with water saving ones .The work will commence in April 2018 and shall be concluded by the end of June 2018.

3. The storage tanks/reservoir are used to harvest this non-potable/ underground water and generators are used to pump it out for use.

4. Infrastructure already exists, which is mentioned in point (3) above.

5. To date the Department has used this harvested non-potable water for all external cleaning purposes, such as wheelie bins, high pressure cleaning, window cleaning and or construction projects currently in progress within Parliament Precinct.

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Reply:

Yes, the Department of Labour in Tzaneen, Limpopo, will be accommodated in the previous Land Bank Building, in Kew Street, Tzaneen. It is anticipated that the property will be available for occupation on the first (01st) April 2018.

Reply:

1. The Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE) had a bank overdraft, whereas the Main Account had a favourable bank balance at end of October 2017.

(1)(a) The reason for the PMTE overdraft is mainly due to its operating model. The entity spends on leasehold, construction projects and municipal services and subsequently recovers amounts from client departments. On average, the entity spends R800 million per month which is then recovered over 90 days. This time lag in recovering the amounts due has an impact of approximately R2.4 billion which is slightly off-set by the augmentation received; that is received quarterly in advance.

Outstanding debtors’ balances at the end of October amounted to R4.4 billion of which R1.4 billion relates to the previous financial year which is 99% of the bank overdraft.

(1)(b) The amount of the PMTE overdraft was R1.4 billion, whereas, the Main Account had a favorable balance of R 105 million at the end of October 2017;

2. The PMTE’s overdraft increased in the 2016/17 financial year to R1.9 billion from the previous year (R1.4 billion - 31 March 2016), as well as the Main Account which increased to R753 million from the previous year (R649 million - 31 March 2016). However, as at 31 October 2017, the PMTE’s overdraft has decreased to R1.4 billion and the main account had a favourable bank balance of R105 million.

The main reason for the increase in the bank overdraft of the PMTE for the 2016/17 financial year was payment of backlog rates to municipalities that had not been recovered from client departments. The reason for the decrease as at 31 October 2017 was as a result of the transfer of funds (augmentation) received for the third quarter.

The main reason for the increase in the bank overdraft for the main account was due to an outstanding payment from the PMTE to the DPW which was not cleared at 31 March 2017. The reason for the favourable balance as at 31 October 2017 was due to the voted funds received for the third quarter.

Reply:

a) A work opportunity is defined as “paid work for an individual working on an EPWP project for any period of time”. The same person can be employed on different projects and each period of employment is counted as a work opportunity.

b) As per the EPWP Ministerial Determination 4 of 2012, eight (8) hours of work constitute a work day. A training day is constituted by seven (7) hours of training. Any of these two is counted as a person day, a total of which make up a work opportunity.

Reply:

In respect to the Department:

1a) what are the details including the ranks of service providers and/or contractors from which (a) his department procured services in the past five years.

The SCM Prescripts applied during the period 01 April 2012 till 31 March 2017 did not allow for awards to be made in accordance with Suppliers / Contractors’ ownership status. Only the B-BBEE Status Level of Contributor was utilised to allocate points. During that period, there were no reporting requirements for Government Departments to provide statistics / analysis of awards based on ownership status. As such, the historic data for the last five years lacked the details of whether the awarded suppliers / contractors where black-owned or not.

In order to structure the information in a way as to respond to the question, it necessitated a manual screening process to be followed using the National Treasury Central Supplier Database (CSD). The CSD came into operation on 01 April 2016. It is worth noting that the CSD data is limited to inputs captured by the Suppliers when they self-registered therein. Information pertaining to suppliers who were awarded contracts in the last five years but have not to date registered on CSD will not reflect ownership status. There is a limitation in that regard.

The details including ranks (B-BBEE Levels) of service providers and/or contractors from which the Department procured services in the past five years is attached as Annexure A1. This Annexure reflects 5 481 infrastructure projects that were awarded. The details of each transaction were extracted from the Department’s projects Works Control System (WCS). Information pertaining to general goods and services has been attached as Annexure A2. The Annexures provide comprehensive information that addresses questions below.

1b) what are the details including the ranks of service providers and/or contractors from which the entities reporting to him procured services in the past five years.

See Annexures A1 and A2

2a) what service was provided by each service provider and/or contractor?

See Annexures A1 and A2

2b) what amount was each service provider and/or contractor paid?

See Annexures A1 and A2

3a) how many of these service providers are black-owned entities?

See Annexures A1 and A2

3b) what contract was each of the black-owned service providers awarded

See Annexures A1 and A2

3c) how much was each black-owned service provider paid?

See Annexures A1 and A2

(b) DEPARTMENTAL ENTITIES:

Agrement South Africa (ASA)

 

1(b) 2 (a), 3 (a) (b) (c)

Not applicable

In respect of Agrément South Africa for the past five years the entity has been procuring under the CSIR as a division. Therefore the information is reported under the CSIR and not Agrément South Africa. For the current 2017/2018 period going forward, this information will be collated and will be available after audit.

Independent Development Trust (IDT), Council for the Built Environment and Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)

1(b) 2 (a), 3 (a) (b) (c)

The detailed information is attached as Annexure B for Independent Development Trust (IDT), Annexure C for Council for the Built Environment (CBE) and Annexure D for Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)

Reply:

1. The unsolicited offers received in May 2017 were not considered and the Department is in the process of advertising all its surplus properties to solicit
offers from the public.

2. Yes. The Department has appointed security services to safeguard the property.

3. No. The Department has not been informed of any assessment done on the structure relating to the preservation of the property.

Reply:

(a) (i) 2014/15 financial year: Nil

2015/16 financial year: Nil

2016/17 financial year: Nil

(ii) 2017/18 financial year: R111.1 million

 

(b) 2014/15 financial year: 50 million

2015/16 financial year: 50 million

2016/17 financial year: Nil

2017/18 financial year: Nil

2018/19 financial year: R 28.4 million

 

(c) 2014/15 financial year

No additional allocation

2015/16 financial year

No additional allocation

2016/17 financial year

Nil Allocation

2017/18 financial year

No additional allocation

2018/19 financial year

No additional allocation

Reply:

a) The current staff composition of the team in terms of cost of staff per salary level in Cape Town (21 permanent staff members and 2 contract staff members) as follows:

 

Cape Town
Position	Description of the position and responsibilities in each case.	Salary level	2015-2016 (i)	2016 -2017 (ii)	2017-2018 (iii)
1x Director	The effective and efficient procurement and maintenance of offices, residential accommodation and household furniture for Prestige. The effective monitoring of Capital, Planned and Unplanned Building programme. The effective management of administrative functions of the Prestige Section and interaction with internal service providers The interaction with Prestige Clients, other State Institutions, Private entities, Service Providers and Contractors.	13	R819 126.00	R898 743.00	R984 174.00
4x Deputy Directors	The effective management of the Departmental Estate events and Prestige properties. The effective management of the component. The effective management of annual building programme for Capital Works and Planned maintenance projects for Prestige. The provision of effective management of client’s requests and complaints from prestige clients.	12	R674 979.00	R726 276.00	R891 039.00
6x Assistant Directors	Attend to clients requests, client briefing, projects update and consistent feedback to the clients and DPW. The assistance with the inputs towards compilation of annual building programme for Capital Works and Planned maintenance projects. Provide assistance with the analyses and monitoring of the Capital, Planned and Unplanned maintenance budget and expenditure for Prestige. The provision of management support with various administration functions of the Section Arrange appointments to access the Ministerial residences and offices as per complaints lodged by clients for day to day maintenance Assist in planning and co-ordination of all state functions, state visits and state funerals. Register services on the WCS and issue Procurement Instruction to Project Managers Co-ordinate procurement process within the section, update prestige asset register and spreadsheet for projects Monitor and conduct system administration on WCS Provide Effective and efficient management of Prestige Helpdesk for day to day maintenance and complaints from Prestige clients Manage and coach personnel.	10	R361 659.00	R431 881.00	R470 364.00
2x Senior Admin Officer (Interior Designers)	The coordination of activities related to the allocation of residence within the parliamentary village. The provision of management support on the effective administration parliamentary villages.	8	R243 747.00	R262 272.00	R321 774.00
6x Admin Officers	The provision of interior design services to Ministerial offices. Formulating of viable Interior design schemes.	7	R196 278.00	R211 194.00	R259 104.00
2x Assistant Admin Officers	The delivery of administrative support. The delivery of secretarial support.	6	R158 985.00	R171 069.00	R216 216.00
1x Admin Officer contract	The administration of requests received for the provision of prestige services.	7	R196 278.00	R211 194.00	R259 104.00
1x Admin Support contract	The administration of requests received for the provision of prestige services.	9	R289 761.00	R311 784.00	R344 545.00

 

Pretoria
Position	Description of the position and responsibilities in each case	Salary level	2015-2016 (i)	2016 -2017 (ii)	2017-2018 (iii)
Chief Director	The effective and efficient procurement and maintenance of offices, residential accommodation and household furniture for Prestige. The effective monitoring of Capital, Planned and Unplanned Building programme. The effective management of administrative functions of the Prestige Section and interaction with internal service providers The interaction with Prestige Clients, other State Institutions, Private entities, Service Providers and Contractors.	14	1042500	1068564	1144251
Director	The effective and efficient procurement and maintenance of offices, residential accommodation and household furniture for Prestige. The effective monitoring of Capital, Planned and Unplanned Building programme. The effective management of administrative functions of the Prestige Section and interaction with internal service providers The interaction with Prestige Clients, other State Institutions, Private entities, Service Providers and Contractors.	13	716400	898743	948174
Deputy Director	The effective management of the Departmental Estate events and Prestige properties. The effective management of the component. The effective management of annual building programme for Capital Works and Planned maintenance projects for Prestige. The provision of effective management of client’s requests and complaints from prestige clients.	12	695379	748227	814884
Deputy Director	The effective management of the Departmental Estate events and Prestige properties. The effective management of the component. The effective management of annual building programme for Capital Works and Planned maintenance projects for Prestige. The provision of effective management of client’s requests and complaints from prestige clients.	12	695379	748227	802848
Control Works Manager	The management and implementation of plumbing and electrical programmes/ services in prestige and none prestige horticultural duties. The effective supervision of the component.	10	389604	425499	431883
Estate Manager	Attend to clients requests, client briefing, projects update and consistent feedback to the clients and DPW. The assistance with the inputs towards compilation of annual building programme for Capital Works and Planned maintenance projects. Provide assistance with the analyses and monitoring of the Capital, Planned and Unplanned maintenance budget and expenditure for Prestige. The provision of management support with various administration functions of the Section Arrange appointments to access the Ministerial residences and offices as per complaints lodged by clients for day to day maintenance Assist in planning and co-ordination of all state functions, state visits and state funerals. Register services on the WCS and issue Procurement Instruction to Project Managers Co-ordinate procurement process within the section, update prestige asset register and spreadsheet for projects Monitor and conduct system administration on WCS Provide Effective and efficient management of Prestige Helpdesk for day to day maintenance and complaints from Prestige clients Manage and coach personnel.	10	383844	413016	449817
Chief Works: Manager: Technical Maintenance	The management and implementation of technical programmes in prestige and none prestige horticultural duties. The effective supervision of the component.	9	321576	346017	376848
Chief Works Manager: Technical Maintenance	The management and implementation of technical programmes in prestige and none prestige horticultural duties. The effective supervision of the component.	8	243747	266214	285648
Chief Works Manager: Technical Maintenance	The management and implementation of technical programmes in prestige and none prestige horticultural duties. The effective supervision of the component.	9	316827	346017	376848
Senior Admin Officer: Interior Décor	The provision of interior design services to Ministerial offices. Formulating of viable Interior design schemes.	8	254883	278373	307713
Senior Admin Officer: Interior Décor	The provision of interior design services to Ministerial offices. Formulating of viable Interior design schemes.	8	254883	278373	307713
Senior Admin Officer: Interior Décor	The provision of interior design services to Ministerial offices. Formulating of viable Interior design schemes.	8	254883	278373	307713
Admin Officer: KAM	The administration of requests received for the provision of prestige services.	7	217839	237909	262992
Assistant Admin Officer: KAM	The administration of requests received for the provision of prestige services.	6	173847	187059	206769
Assistant Admin Officer: Technical Maintenance	The administration of requests received for the provision of prestige services.	6	155370	178881	197742
Admin Clerk: Events	The provision of interior design services to Ministerial offices. Formulating of viable Interior design schemes.	6	132399	171069	183558
Admin Clerk: Events	The provision of interior design services to Ministerial offices. Formulating of viable Interior design schemes.	6	132399	142461	152862
Admin Clerk: Technical Maintenance	The provision of interior design services to Ministerial offices. Formulating of viable Interior design schemes.	5	49861.32	49861.32	152862
Registry Clerk: Technical Maintenance		5	43200	43200	152862
Clients Coordinator		8	287121	308943	331497
Driver/Messenger		4	117531	126462	139809
Messenger		5	123738	142461	152862

Reply:

PRETORIA
Residence	Scope (b)	Cost of Security Installation (a)
1	Installation of Security Cameras,Alarm System, beam detectors, security fence and intercom.	R 549,196.00
2	Installation of Security Cameras,Alarm System, beam detectors, security fence and intercom.	R 740,661.00
3	Installation of Security Cameras,Alarm System, beam detectors, security fence and intercom.	R 714,045.87
4	Installation of Security Cameras,Alarm System, beam detectors, security fence and intercom.	R 858,044.40
5	New Installation of Security Cameras,Alarm System, repairs to beam detectors, repairs to security fence and intercom.	R 87,636.00
	Installation of new Security Cameras and using recently installed/functioning cameras,Installation of new Alarm System, panic buttons, security fence and some repairs to existing intercom.	R 478,065.00
6	Installation of New Security Cameras,panic buttons , Alarm System, repairs to security fence and intercom.	R 131,864.00
7	Installation of new Security Cameras, panic buttons and using the functioning and simingly recently installed security cameras,New installation of Alarm System,security fence , repairs to the beam detectors, and intercom.	R 198,275.40

8	Installation of Security Cameras,Alarm System, beam detectors, security fence and intercom.	R595 326.54
9	Installation of Security Cameras,Alarm System, beam detectors, security fence and intercom.	R598 792.24
10	Installation of Security Cameras,Alarm System, beam detectors, security fence and intercom.	R598 792.94
11	Installation of Security Cameras,Alarm System, beam detectors, security fence and intercom.	R598 792.94
12	Installation of Security Cameras,Alarm System, beam detectors, security fence and intercom.	R598 792.94
13	Installation of Security Cameras,Alarm System, beam detectors, security fence and intercom.	R598 792.94

Cape Town

RESIDENCE	Security Measures/ Upgrades	Works Description
1	R1,843,796	Construction of Guard hut, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
2	R2 017 778.46	Construction of Guard hut, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence, installation of palisade fencing.
3	R800,537	Installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
4	R1,577,403	Construction of Guard hut, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
5	R909 178.58	Construction of Guard hut, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
6	R740 296.26	Construction of Guard hut, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence, installation of palisade fencing.
7	R1 424 990.71	Construction of Guard hut, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
8	R1 577 163.93	Construction of Guard hut, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
9	R1 277 020.84	Construction of boundary wall, Installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence, construction of boundary wall.
10	R1,633,106	Installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence, boundary fence.
11	R2 314 295.09	Construction of Guard hut, construction of boundary wall, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
12	R2,079,495	Construction of Guard hut, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
13	R3,025,157	Construction of Guard hut, construction of boundary wall, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
14	R1 388 126.30	Construction of Guard hut, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
15	R1 677 185.52	Installation of palisade fencing, Installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence and construction of guard hut.
16	R1 927 147.29	Installation of palisade fencing, Installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
17	R1 774 199.82	Installation of palisade fencing, Installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
18	R1,083,913	Construction of Guard hut, construction of boundary wall, installation of palisade fence, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
19	R 3 830 050.66	Construction of Guard hut, construction of boundary wall, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
20	R 2 141 127.07	Construction of Guard hut, construction of boundary wall, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.
21	R 3 420 177.74	Construction of Guard hut, construction of boundary wall, installation of cameras, monitors, alarm system, electric fence.

Reply:

a) The evaluation section is currently busy valuating the properties, the latest information will be provided as soon as it is available.

b) In terms of security reasons we cannot disclose which Minister occupies which property.

The Ministerial residences in Cape Town are located in:

• Rondebosch
• Groote Schuur Estate
• Kenilworth
• Claremont
• Oude Westhof
• Gardens
• Newlands
• Van Riebeeckshof
• Platekoof
• Mouille Point
• Milnerton
• Bishopscourt
• Welgemoed
• Parliament Village
• Sunset Beach
• Mowbray
• Woodstock
• Seapoint

The Ministerial residences in Pretoria are located in:

• Bryntirion Estate
• Waterkloof
• Fearie Glen
• Moreleta Park
• Brooklyn
• Mooikloof
• The Wild Estate

c) Maintenance Expenditure

Cape Town:

Property	(i) 2014/15 Oct 2014-Mar 2015	(ii) 2015/16 Apr 2015-Mar 2016	(iii) 2016/17 Apr 2016- Mar 2017
1	62,479.98	155,723.95	154,802.88
2	16,861.74	86,056.76	34,733.52
3	72,271.44	226,883.39	174,726.97
4	105,826.20	355,908.13	705,797.16
5	67,959.96	176,119.12	165,370.87
6	141,979.02	327,572.31	313,827.96
7	66,625.02	231,348.56	194,234.24
8	134,008.14	316,195.80	279,961.34
9	67,930.32	259,840.64	449,981.19
10	120,948.30	308,431.49	253,007.95
12	121,553.64	246,294.72	246,294.72
13	145,962.18	293,258.16	293,258.16
14	107,418.78	239,411.08	215,637.84
15	104,348.76	209,495.52	236,643.48
16	144,097.14	299,509.74	309,058.56
17	352,320.42	1,960,033.67	828,366.80
18	149,473.38	596,665.12	301,137.84
19	136,451.16	281,788.85	274,475.52
20	117,552.24	248,602.06	238,606.56
21	72,347.82	238,108.33	262,343.91
22	82,595.28	172,544.93	170,542.81
23	97,737.90	197,812.25	196,526.88
24	101,896.62	206,555.69	220,111.20
25	96,007.38	201,386.06	210,158.90
26	77,069.70	161,839.65	169,817.71
27	80,250.30	167,726.95	168,339.24
28	112,443.90	255,889.67	303,727.33
29	82,207.68	178,308.04	176,560.73
30	78,027.30	157,529.76	164,871.52
31	67,507.38	136,430.64	180,480.02
32	114,308.94	549,985.32	256,291.38
33	63,145.74	196,832.62	169,603.11
34	79,746.42	214,542.54	217,707.65
35	68,173.14	212,825.50	462,111.38
36	62,400.18	141,654.92	515,571.54
37	60,627.48	141,890.48	217,049.10
38	98,061.66	223,121.78	320,707.80
39	84,103.50	189,661.95	197,490.96
40	89,821.74	205,080.18	200,138.40
41	77,437.92	172,013.87	288,480.63
42	109,675.98	235,810.52	240,699.60
43	101,760.96	280,127.63	515,039.33
44	116,786.16	234,967.68	234,967.68
45	85,378.02	198,747.94	589,947.50
46	121,585.56	301,902.34	282,295.66
47	73,783.08	190,880.76	184,722.41
48	27,964.20	56,922.48	56,922.48
49	28,226.40	57,250.80	63,526.60
50	20,982.84	76,840.36	44,875.43
51	59,268.60	143,810.57	155,329.21
52	57,262.20	151,081.02	151,088.41
53	112,804.14	239,647.83	283,916.03
54	100,897.98	202,847.04	218,390.18
55	54,550.14	110,151.36	123,865.70
56	53,660.94	167,869.28	108,372.96
57	54,686.94	114,238.73	133,341.70
58	53,729.34	127,321.20	125,909.02
59	50,193.06	114,654.75	105,167.80
60	50,307.06	101,710.80	101,710.80
61	76,976.22	261,580.08	299,899.71
62	64,020.12	182,400.01	234,515.07
63	79,294.98	194,842.04	736,907.09
Grand Total	5,535,780.72	14,886,485.45	15,729,966.11

c) Maintenance Expenditure

Pretoria:

PROPERTY	(c) 2014 – 15 FY	2015 – 16 FY	2016 – 17 FY
1	R 98 062,21
2	R 10 409,67		R89, 940
3	R 312 956,70	R375, 259	R148, 567
4	R 8 629,42	R44, 026	R7, 173
5	R 130 892,42	R7, 480	R59, 756
6	R 82 980,56	R11, 507	R308, 013
7	R 429 430,50	R400, 010	R75, 336
8	R 6 657,60	R6, 657	R15, 394
9		R8, 263	R16, 249
10	R 112 005,00
11
12
13	R 40 413,06
14
15
16		R38, 818	R332, 125
17	R 2 300,00	R2,300	R5, 073
18	R 1 852,04	R214, 933	R29, 176
19	R 1 648 181,00	R1, 106, 419	R2, 706, 338
20	R 438 345,20	R424, 997	R14, 198
21		R418, 550	R39, 297
22	R 113 311,50	R890, 798	R51, 703
23	R 129 716,30	R129, 136	R180, 494
24		R74, 038	R289, 364
25		R1, 334, 274	R221, 158
26		R19,614	R92, 116
27		R785, 545	R126, 798
28		R1, 121, 381	R64, 876
29		R1, 855, 682	R174, 558
30		R29, 568	R48, 387
31		R2, 145, 814	R123, 256
32		R205, 687
33		R197, 314	R135, 307
34		R547, 882	R32, 018
35	R 10 697,39	R158, 540	R156, 598
36	R 147 836,40	R1, 028, 012	R189, 624
37		R40, 106	R147, 898
38		R6, 564	R76, 579
39	R 32 479,84	R421, 847	R463, 552
40		R35, 644	R403, 290
41		R1, 218,565	R283, 406
42	R 12 003,00	R183, 032	R113, 156
43	R 45 930,42	R948, 443	R473, 396
44	R 5 640,00	R173, 464	R313, 890
45	R 50 801,95	R1, 009, 990	R458, 879
46	R 27 629,03	R2, 689, 301	R302, 634
47		R617, 585	R488, 831
48			R86, 691
49		R85, 203	R81, 680
50	R 2 885,67	R21, 317	R107, 459
51		R3, 293	R50, 261
52			R28, 660
53			R103, 042
54			R162, 163
55
56			R1, 163
57
58		R24, 202	R37, 470
59			R198, 087
60			R178, 132
61			R103, 847

c) Upgrades

Cape Town:

RESIDENCE	PROJECT AMOUNT	SCOPE OF WORKS
1	R 2 141 127.07	Construction of boundary walls, Construction of guard hut, Installation of cameras and monitors, Installation of electric fence.
2	R 3 420 177.74	Construction of boundary walls, Construction of guard hut, Installation of cameras and monitors, Installation of electric fence.
3	R 3 830 050.66	Construction of boundary walls, Construction of guard hut, Installation of cameras and monitors, Installation of electric fence.
4	R 58 771.61	Entertainment Facility
5	R 34 468.03	Entertainment facility

c) Upgrades

Pretoria:

PROPERTY	2014/2015	2015/16	2016/17
1	R 0.00	R 158 301.19	R 2 107 035.90
2	R 0.00		R 1 835 818.72
3	R 0.00		R 1 319 303.55
4	R 0.00	R 2 398 350.77	R 89 124.35
5	R 0.00	R 0.00	R 2 597 583.51
6	R 0.00	R 0.00	R 2 828 604.88
7	R 0.00	R 0.00	R 2 784 102.34
8	R 0.00	R 3 133 499.05	R 333 263.99
9	R 0.00	R 197 826.19	R 2 501 531.73
10	R 0.00	R 920 961.98	R 1 200 680.99
11	R 0.00	R 0.00	R 2 658 529.98
	Grand Total	R0.00	R 6 808 939.18	R 20 255 579.94

(2) (a)

Acquisitions:

Cape Town
RESIDENCE	PURCHASE PRICE	AREA
1	R 8, 000 000.00	Van Riebeeckshof
2	R 6 039 363.00	Claremont
3	R 6 100 000.00	Platekloof
4	R 7 000 000.00	Van Riebeeckshof
5	R 5 950 000.00	Milnerton
6	R 6 142 203.00	Claremont
7	R 6 041 917.00	Newlands
8	R 4 138 878.00	Newlands
9	R 5 500 000.00	Milnerton
10	R 5 700 000.00	Van Riebeeckshof
11	R 8 900 000.00	Kenilworth
12	R 8 500 000.00	Van Riebeeckshof
13	R 6 650 000.00	Van Riebeeckshof
14	R 7 203 398.00	Sunset Beach
15	R 5 139 515.00	Kenilworth
16	R 8 600 000.00	Kenilworth
17	R 5 942 166.00	Newlands
18	R 4 850 000.00	Van Riebeeckshof
Grand Total	R116,397,440

2. (a)

Acquisitions (Pretoria)

Residence	(ii) Purchase price	(iii) Purpose for which the property was purchased	(iv) Total amount spent on upgrades and maintenance
1	R5 445 131	Residential accommodation
2	R4 747 822	Residential accommodation
3	R4 033 091	Residential accommodation
4	R4 546 625	Residential accommodation
5	R4 548 107	Residential accommodation
6	R5 814 200	Residential accommodation	R882,645.33
7	R6 351 080	Residential accommodation	R1, 191, 328.00
8	R6 351 080	Residential accommodation	R1, 611, 423.00
9	R6 148 800	Residential accommodation	R1, 039 ,586.00
10	R4 941 190	Residential accommodation	R1, 230, 492.00
11	R3 663 210	Residential accommodation
12	R6 245 950	Residential accommodation
13	R3 634 780	Residential accommodation	R542, 336.00
14	R2 928 585	Residential accommodation
15	R2 425 165	Residential accommodation	R1,774,540.37
Grand Total	R71,824,816		R8,272,350.70

(v) The Valuation Section is still busy with valuations.

Reply:

a) No fire pools have been built during the past three financial years (FY 2014/15, FY2015/16 & FY 2016/17).

(i) & ii) Not applicable.

b) i) – iv) Not applicable.

 

Reply:

3990. Mrs A M Dreyer (DA) asked the Minister of Public Works:

With reference to the Fernwood Master Plan, what is the:

a) Purpose of the Fernwood facility;

Answer: To provide a function venue as well as a sports and recreation facility for parliamentarians.

b) Total amount that has been spent in the past 10 years on upgrades and maintenance of the facility; R12, 411, 213.15

c) current value of the facility;

Answer: The Department is busy with the evaluation and a report will be made available.

d) Main purpose of the Fernwood Master Plan:

Answer: To do an environmental, historical and infrastructure status quo investigation to determine and develop the most appropriate use of Fernwood.

(e) & (f) Since it is a Master Plan, there is no budget allocated as yet. We envisage that the following projects will take place:

• • • Tree works and removal of alien vegetation,
    • Perimeter fencing and security,
    • Restoration, renovations and upgrade of the Manor House and Long House,
    • Construction of Sports and Recreation field,
    • Construction of new Bowling Green Clubhouse,
    • Construction of maintenance block,
    • Conservation and upgrade of formal gardens and irrigation

Budget will be determined as soon as the allocation processes are complete.

 

Reply:

CONSTRUCTION INDUSRTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD (CIDB) SALARIES

(a)(i) Salary level category	Amount	2015 / 16(bb)	2016 / 17(cc)	2017 / 18 (b) for salaries
				Actual paid to date (01 April to 30 November 2017)	Forecasted (01 December to 31 March 2018)
A3		108 601.83	114 574.93	79 667.77	39 833.88
B2		81 011.56	109 318.28	78 199.01	39 099.50
B3		5 972 950.02	5 904 101.70	4 041 785.16	2 074 211.05
B5		4 939 752.75	5 361 147.93	4 099 098.54	1 977 246.26
C1		4 433 350.37	3 774 497.02	2 629 053.80	1 314 526.90
C2		5 132 165.93	3 963 063.98	3 018 766.34	1 472 733.08
C3		6 096 539.88	7 515 030.53	5 014 326.23	2 507 163.11
C4		2 799 052.01	3 006 300.63	2 136 888.69	1 068 444.34
C5		5 680 598.33	5 528 087.62	4 006 603.17	2 134 691.82
D1		6 576 143.29	5 884 907.65	3 853 306.50	1 668 628.14
D2		6 959 341.41	7 217 336.84	5 137 709.31	2 568 854.66
D3		1 192 364.32	684 939.14	489 959.80	244 979.90
D4		9 529 724.42	9 937 631.12	7 064 688.56	3 532 344.28
E1		3 847 359.00	3 105 907.17	991 181.48	495 590.74
E2		1 431 752.26	1 539 849.56	1 101 505.72	550 752.86
E3		1 384 387.56	1 240 757.35	-	-
TOTAL		66 165 094.95	64 887 451.46	43 742 740.07	21 689 100.54

For employees in the salary level category A3 – C5, no performance bonuses are paid. In this category, only 13th Cheque is paid which is totalling to R2, 914,542 (2017/18), R 2,715,764 (2016/17) & R2,746,277 (2015/16)

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD (CIDB) BONUSES

(a)(i) Salary level category	Amount	2015 / 16	2016 / 17	2017 / 18	(b) Projected budget for bonuses for the 2017-18 financial year?
D1		378 860.29	417 840.59		350 411.91
D2		442 902.04	500 486.59		539 459.48
D3		44 579.95	47 945.74		51 445.78
D4		640 528.49	695 634.18		741 792.30
E1		269 315.13	96 993.53		104 074.06
E2		100 222.66	107 789.47		115 658.10
E3		96 907.13	-		-
TOTAL		1 973 315.68	1 866 690.10		1 902 841.62

INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT TRUST (IDT) SALARIES

2014 /15

(aa) 2014/15 Final Year (FY)

	Salary Level	Salary cost	No of Employees	Bonuses paid
1	Executive ( Grade 01-04)	19 374 043	12	1 307 041
2	Senior management (Grade 05-06)	70 785 646	74	4 510 050
3	Management (Grade 07-09)	72 629 181	139	6 434 699
4	Staff (Grade 10-18)	34 743 290	119	2 850 524
	TOTAL	197 532 160	344	15 102 314

(bb) INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT TRUST (IDT) SALARIES 2015/16 FY

	Salary level	Salary cost	No of Employees	Bonuses
1	Executive (Grade 01-04)	22 541 570	14	No Bonuses
2	Senior management (Grade 05-06)	76 000 491	74
3	Management (Grade 07-09)	77 342 101	133
4	Staff (Grade 10-18)	38 123 855	119
	TOTAL	214 008 016	340

(cc) INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT TRUST BOARD SALARIES 2016/17 FY

	Salary Level	Salary Cost	No of Employees	Bonuses
1	Executive (Grade 01-04)	29 376 562	20	No Bonuses
2	Senior management (Grade 05-06)	62 168 513	69
3	Management (Grade 07-09)	78 254 648	137
4	Staff (Grade 10-18)	35 101 486	130
	TOTAL	204 901 210	356

b) INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT TRUST BOARD SALARIES 2017/17 F/Y (Budget)

	(a) Salary Level	(i) Salary Cost	No of Employees
1	Executive (Grade 01-04)	38 948 351	20
2	Senior management (Grade 05-06)	87 066 986	69
3	Management (Grade 07-09)	90 804 206	137
4	Staff (Grade 10-18)	48 886 547	130
	Total	265 706 000	356

c) NDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT TRUST SALARIES 2017/18 FY ( Most Current Projected Excluding Impact of Possible operational design cost of R55.2M)

	Salary Level	Salary Cost	No of Employees	Bonuses
1	Executive (Grade 01-04)	36 646 976	19	No Bonuses
2	Senior management (Grade 05-06)	81 922 384	70
3	Management (Grade 07-09)	85 438 780	133
4	Staff (Grade 10-18)	45 997 860	130
	TOTAL	250 006 000	352

COUNCIL FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT (CBE)

SALARIES

(a)(i) Salary level category	2014/15 R	2015/16 R	2016/17 R	2017/18 R	Projected budget for salaries and salaries for the 2017-18 financial year? R
Top Management	1 371 000.00	4 375 000.00	2 606 000.00	1 840 000.00	1 840 000.00
Senior Management	3 828 000.00	3 806 000.00	4 130 000.00	4 518 000.00	4 518 000.00
Professional Qualified	2 189 0000.00	2 431 000.00	2 260 000.00	1 573 000.00	1 573 000.00
Skilled	3 475 000.00	3 229 000.00	3 125 000.00	725 000.00	725 000.00
Semi- Skilled	1 790 000.00	1 828 000.00	1 639 000.00	4 368 000.00	4 368 000.00
Unskilled	92 000.00	99 000.00	155 000.00	123 000.00	123 000.00
TOTAL	12 745 000.00	15 768 000.00	13 915 000.00	13 146 000.00	13 146 000.00

COUNCIL FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT BONUSES

(a)(i) Salary level category	2014/15 R	2015/16 R	2016/17 R	2017/18 R	Projected budget for salaries and salaries for the 2017-18 financial year? R
Top Management	0	43 000.00	0	0	74 000.00
Senior Management	0	115 000.00	28 000.00	0	181 000.00
Professional Qualified	25 000.00	86 000.00	43 000.00	0	63 000.00
Skilled	94 000.00	175 000.00	62 000.00	0	29 000.00
Semi- Skilled	0	121 000.00	36 000.00	0	175 000.00
Unskilled	4 000.00	9 000.00	0	0	5 000.00
TOTAL	123 000.00	550 000.00	169 000.00	0	527 000.00

AGREMENT SOUTH AFRICA (ASA)

SALARIES

(a)(i) Salary level category	Amount	2015 / 16	2016 / 17	2017 / 18	(b) Projected budget for salaries and salaries for the 2017-18 financial year?
A3
B2
B3
B5
C1		550,043.64	585,796.44	880,006.00
C2		2,201,166.48	2641242.48	3,878,610.84
C3
C4		516,132.36	549,681.00	590,907.12
C5
D1		1,315,542.12	1,401,052.32	681,834.00
D2		1,372,634.64	1,461,855.96	2,341,262.00
D3				1,955,554.00
D4		1,217,800.44	1,296,957.48	1,385,150.64
E1
E2
E3
TOTAL		7,173,319.68	7,936,585.68	11,713,324.60	15,014,000.00

BONUSES

(a)(i) Salary level category	Amount	2015 / 16	2016 / 17	2017 / 18	(b) Projected budget for salaries and bonuses for the 2017-18 financial year?
D1		22,436.19	24,978.92	5,617.89
D2		35,692.73	68,267.02	8,363.00
D3
D4		43,280.90	69,815.25	10,698.15
E1
E2
E3
TOTAL		101,409.82	163,061.19	24,679.04	15,014,000.00

Reply:

The National Department of Public Works does not have records of the request from the Bela-Bela Local Municipality for the transfer of Portion 1 of Farm Roodekuil 498 KR. Although the property is vested under the National Department of Public Works, the property has always been utilised by the Limpopo Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 

Reply:

1. With reference to the construction of a braai facility, WCS: 052477, as indicated in the Portfolio Committee on Public Works on 14 November 2017: a) What are the full relevant details of the: Answer: The facility at the 3 residences is an external braai entertainment facility, (ii) The scope of works entailed the construction of enclosed braai facilities with roof covering. b) What is the purpose of the facility: Answer: To provide an external braai entertainment facility. c) (i) where: Answer: Cape Town (ii) at what Ministerial residence is it located: Answer: Groote Schuur Estate and Oranjezicht 2. Are there other similar facilities that have been built for other Ministerial residences: Answer: see attach Annexure “A” for ease of reference.

Reply:

What are the full details of each of the two international trips undertaken by him recently in terms of:

(a) International trip one: details of the trip were replied to and submitted to Parliament as per PQ No. 2749. International trip two: official visit to Ethiopia.

(b) Mr Stanley Henderson, Deputy Director General: EPWP

Mr Ignatius Ariyo, Chief Director: EPWP Infrastructure Sector

Ms. Kgomotso Zantsi, Director: EPWP Evaluation and Research

Mr Percy Molefe, Chief Director: International Relations

Mr Thabo Mavimbela, Minister’s Private Assistant

Mr Neo Nage, Minister’s Protector

(c) Total costs of the trip in respect of Mr Henderson, Mr Ariyo and Ms Zantsi were fully paid by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Total costs of the trip in respect of Minister Nhleko, Mr Molefe, Mr Mavimbela and Mr Nage amounted to R279 779

(d) Attending the 17th International Labour Organisation (ILO) Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 13 – 17 November 2017 under the theme: “Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Employment-Intensive Investment Approach”.