Questions and Replies
05 August 2022 - NW1791
Steenhuisen, Mr JH to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
With reference to the reply of the Minister of Police, Mr B H Cele, to question 703 on 17 March 2022, what is the current status of the prosecution of each of the 19 accused instigators of the July 2021 unrest; 2) whether any additional persons have (a) been arrested and/or (b) appeared in court since 17 March 2022; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what is the (i) name of each additional person arrested and (ii) current status of the prosecution of each of the additional arrested persons?
Reply:
1. Below is the current status of the prosecution of each of the nineteen (19) accused instigators of the July 2021 unrest:
- Orifile Oratile Sedika: The matter was struck off the roll in terms of section 342A of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 due to delays in investigation.
- Crispin Bethwell Sibongiseni Sikhakhane: The matter is adjourned to 02 August 2022 for legal representation and instructions.
- Themba Gundwane Emmanuel Minisi: The matter was postponed to 18 July 2022 for plea.
- Montsamai Phineas Letsoalo: The matter was provisionally withdrawn for further investigations to be conducted.
- Bonginkosi Khanyile: The matter was postponed for plea and trial purposes to 15-26 August 2022.
- Mdumiseni Kheta Zuma: The matter was remanded to 10 May 2022 for the outcome of consultations and attorney to confirm fees. 4-5 August and 1-2 September 2022 trial.
- Zamaswazi Zinhile Majozi: The matter was struck off the roll and subsequently declined to prosecute.
- Joe Bernington Mabaso: The matter was withdrawn on 30 May 2022 due to insufficient evidence.
- Mbonani Clarance Tabane: The matter was withdrawn on 20 October 2021.
- Brian Ngizwe Mchunu: The matter has been adjourned for plea and trial to 12-13 October 2022.
- Bruce Nimmerhoudt: The matter was postponed for plea and trial purposes to 25-29 July 2022.
- Sibusiso Mavuso: The matter was withdrawn on 15 March 2022 due to insufficient evidence.
- Sabelo Msomi: The accused appeared in court and the matter has been postponed to 22 July 2022 for trial.
- Ike Thamsanqa Khumalo: The matter was remanded to 19 August 2022 for the results of the Mutual Legal Assistance application to the USA.
- Solani Silawule, Sifiso David Nhlapo, Daluxolo Sizwe Weyi and Cebolazakha Sabelo Zondo: The Deputy Public Prosecutor did not pursue incitement charges but theft charges are preferred. The case is no longer being monitored as incitement case, and the matter was last in court on 22 June 2022.
- Mandla Mahlangu: The matter was withdrawn on 07 December 2021.
2. There have been no additional persons arrested since 17 March 2022. The details as set out above has thus not change.
END
05 August 2022 - NW2222
Arries, Ms LH to ask the Minister of Social Development
What measures of intervention will her department take to accommodate the more then 500 000 people that will be excluded from the Social Relief of Distress Grant due to budget constraints?
Reply:
For the 2022/23 financial year, SASSA has been allocated a budget that can accommodate approximately 10.5 million COVID-19 SRD eligible applicants, which is slightly less than the previous iterations of the SRD Grant. It is also important to note that the National Treasury has made additional budget allocation to various government departments to create the much-needed job opportunities.
Currently, SASSA is in the process of establishing a data sharing relationship with the Departments of Public Works and Infrastructure and Employment and Labour with the goal of assisting COVID-19 SRD recipients gain access to employment opportunities. Furthermore, the Department has finalised a framework on linking social protection beneficiaries to sustainable livelihoods initiatives, with the view to provide skills targeting the unemployed and those on the SRD database to enhance chances of employment.
These initiatives are complemented by sustainable livelihoods programme that empowers vulnerable individuals, with particular focus on youth and women who are disproportionately affected by unemployment. Through this programme, the Department and its entities, working development agencies, provides skills development project that have a potential to generate income and create employment opportunities. These measures are intended to provide for those who cannot be accommodated through the social grants or the Special COVID-19 SRD Grant and to channel them into more sustainable jobs and other economic activities.
05 August 2022 - NW1942
Clarke, Ms M to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
What are the reasons that (a) nurses and (b) specialist medical personnel have been left out of the critical skills list, considering the high number of vacancies in the regards?
Reply:
(a) and (b)
The Critical Skills List was Published on 2 February 2022 with a detailed Technical Report by the Department of Higher Education and Training that provided a detailed methodology used to include and exclude certain occupations.
Subsequent to the publication of the final Critical Skills List 2022 of 2 February 2022, the Minister of Home Affairs received substantive representations from stakeholders within the health sector, including associations and organisations such as the Hospital Association of South Africa (HASA), motivating for the re-inclusion of certain Medical Specialist occupations into the List.
Following a high level meeting between the Minister of Home Affairs, senior officials from the National Department of Health, representatives from the Nursing Council and the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA) a resolution was taken to amend the Critical Skills List published earlier this year to include Specialist Nurses and Medical Personnel.
The Critical Skills List was gazetted by the Minister of Home Affairs on 02 August 2022 and is inclusive of both Nurses and Specialist Medical Personnel as listed from the Occupation number 102 to 133 in the gazette.
END
05 August 2022 - NW2305
Breytenbach, Adv G to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
With reference to the limited and slow pace of progress made by the National Prosecuting Authority’s Priority Crimes Litigation Unit in the prosecution of matters emanating from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), what steps will he take to improve the (a) communication process with the families of victims who are not receiving speedy justice for crimes committed against family members and (b) slow pace of progress with the prosecution of matters emanating from the TRC?
Reply:
a) Steps taken to improve the communication process with the families of victims who are not receiving speedy justice for crimes committed against family members
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has already taken steps to improve the communication process with families of victims emanating from Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) matters. The Office of the Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions (DNDPP), Adv de Kock, issued an internal memorandum on 2 June 2022, directing all dedicated TRC prosecutors to engage actively and directly with family members in respect of their matters. This is in line with the NPA’s victim-centered approach. A deadline was set in respect of which the contact details and names of all families affected, had to be compiled and forwarded to the National Office by 29 July 2022. Strict monitoring of regular updates to families will be captured on the monthly TRC reports, with particular communication dates documented thereon.
b) Steps to be taken to improve the slow pace of progress with the prosecution of matters emanating from the TRC:
The NPA acknowledges that the delay in finalising outstanding cases is unacceptable. However, the NPA does not have an investigative capacity, annd the functions of an investigator rests with the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI). Prosecution Guided Investigation (PGI) methodology is being followed in respect of all TRC investigations. The NPA is working closely with colleagues/officials in the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the DPCI to ensure that it is able to deal with all outstanding cases on an urgent basis.
The following measures have been implemented to expedite the speedy finalisation of investigations and decisions whether or not to institute a prosecution:
- Scoping exercise completed to identify additional resource allocation to NPA and DPCI;
- Appointing dedicated capacity within the NPA and DPCI to specifically deal with TRC matters;
- Joint collaboration with DPCI to expedite investigations and prosecutions/decisions;
- Creation of a separate portfolio at Head Office to manage, monitor and evaluate progress in respect of TRC matters;
- Identified matters for prioritisation within the DPP divisions of the High Courts;
- Divisions set action plans and time-frames for completion of investigations and decisions;
- Monthly progress reports submitted to Head Offices of the NPA and DPCI: Monitoring, evaluation and assessment;
- Identification of challenges and impediments in respect of each case and how to overcome it;
- Addressing challenges pertaining to dockets, inquests documents that are destroyed, witnesses/perpetrators who are old, tracing of witnesses and suspects;
- Immediate redress and guidance to prosecutors and investigators in respect of outstanding investigations;
- Interventions employed where there’s no progress within divisions;
- Quarterly joint, accountability instituted sessions between NPA and DPCI;
- Training and skills transfer between NPA and DPCI implemented;
- Ongoing coordinated guidance and support from Head Office; and
- Ongoing consultation with victims and family members and continuous feedback to families via the offices of the NPA and DPCI.
END
05 August 2022 - NW2344
Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Social Development
With reference to the report of the Auditor-General for the 2020-21 financial year, regarding investigations which have been outstanding since 2011, what total number of the specified investigations (a) were finalised and (b) are still outstanding?
Reply:
Department of Social Development (DSD)
(a)(b)
As at 31 March 2021, the Department of Social Development has recorded the following outstanding investigations:
Category of cases |
Total number of the specified investigations for the year 2020/21 |
(a) were finalised as at 31 May 2022 |
(b) are still outstanding |
Irregular expenditure |
09 |
09 |
0 |
Fruitless and wasteful expenditure |
69 |
61 |
8 |
- Irregular Expenditure (9 cases):
The investigations have been completed and has been referred Labour Relations to institute the disciplinary processes.
- Fruitless and Wasteful expenditure (69 cases):
- Sixty-one (61) cases have been investigated and finalised.
- Thirty-seven (37) cases have been recommended for recovery from the departmental officials
- Eight (8) cases have been recommended for recovery from the travel agency.
- Sixteen (16) cases were written-off
- Seven (7) out of the thirty-seven (37) cases for recovery were referred to Labour Relations to institute the disciplinary processes
- The remaining eight (8) cases has been investigated and will be presented at the next Loss Control Committee.
South African Social Security Agency (SASSA)
As at March 2021, the following are the financial misconduct cases which the investigations were not finalised:
Category of cases |
Total number of the specified investigations for the year 2020/21 |
(a) were finalised as at 31 May 2022 |
(b) are still outstanding |
Irregular expenditure |
778 |
353 |
425 |
Fruitless and wasteful expenditure |
38 |
25 |
13 |
- Of the Four Hundred and Twenty-Five (425) irregular expenditure cases in the table above under (b), SASSA has completed investigation and consequence management of the Two Hundred and Twenty- Six (246) cases which are currently with National Treasury for consideration and approval of condonation.
- Of the Fourteen (14) fruitless and wasteful expenditure cases in the table above (b), four (4) are going through civil or court process where SASSA is pursuing recovery against affected persons
- SASSA is focusing efforts in ensuring all the cases are finalised by the end of 2022/23.
National Development Agency (NDA)
Background
The National Treasury Irregular Expenditure Framework requires the investigation of expenditure incurred to determine whether any official is liable for losses. Disciplinary steps must be taken against officials who caused or permitted the irregular expenditure, and losses incurred as a result must be recovered from the person liable.
As at the 2020/2021 financial year, the NDA had a total of 195 cases made up of 166 Irregular Expenditure cases and 29 Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure cases.
a) A total number of 71 cases have been finalised. These cases are made up of 64 Irregular Expenditure cases and 7 Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure cases. The finalisation of these cases resulted in the condonation of Irregular Expenditure to the value of R96,115,315.51 for the 2015/2016 to 2019/2020 financial years. The officials responsible for Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure have been issued with written warnings following disciplinary proceedings.
b) A total number of 124 cases are outstanding. These cases are made up of 102 Irregular Expenditure cases amounting to R 78,752,277.99 and 22 Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure cases amounting to R168 239.84. These cases have since been referred to the Loss Control Committee for further investigation. The Loss Control Committee was established in line with the National Treasury Irregular Expenditure Framework and assumed duty on 01 July 2022.
Below is a table of the total number of cases finalised and outstanding as at 2020/21 financial year:
Category of cases |
Total number of the specified investigations for the year 2020/21 |
(a) Cases Finalised |
(b) Cases outstanding |
Irregular expenditure |
166 |
64 |
102 |
Fruitless and wasteful expenditure |
29 |
7 |
22 |
Total |
195 |
71 |
124 |
05 August 2022 - NW2173
Abrahams, Ms ALA to ask the Minister of Social Development
What total number of homeless (a) adults and (b) children are recorded within the Republic (i) at night shelters and (ii) living on the street in each province as at the latest specified date for which information is available?
Reply:
It is important for the Honourable to note many of the homeless people are in and out of shelters, which serve as the point of contact. While there is no national database on homelessness, the table below gives a provincial data on homeless people accessing services at the time of replying to the question:
Province |
(a) |
(b) |
(i) |
(ii) |
Adults |
Children |
Night shelters |
Street living |
|
Limpopo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Free State |
199 |
44 |
243 |
74 |
Eastern Cape |
161 |
0 |
161 |
0 |
Gauteng |
1949 |
98 |
2047 |
0 |
Mpumalanga |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
KZN |
602 |
0 |
602 |
0 |
Western Cape |
2308 bed spaces |
41 |
2308 bed spaces 41 children |
764 |
North West |
8 |
51 |
59 |
721 |
Northern Cape |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
05 August 2022 - NW1700
Ceza, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
In light of the right to practice cultural and religious believes being guaranteed in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, what action has been taken by her department to introduce national legislation that will rescind discriminatory by-laws relating to permits often required in municipalities to slaughter cows and goats for customary purposes in urban areas?
Reply:
Government has not introduced additional legislation on the slaughtering of animals in urban areas for customary purposes. These practices are currently guided by municipal by-laws and guidelines which are also informed by the Abattoirs Hygiene Act. The CRL Rights Commission has also released a Guidelines Report on the African Ritual of animal slaughter. The Report notes, amongst others, that seeking a municipality’s permission to slaughter should be encouraged and approached as a courtesy, as no municipality may refuse an individual’s right to slaughter animals.
Municipal by-laws are there to ensure that the slaughtering of animals is not done in an inhumane manner and takes into consideration applicable health requirements as well as the rights of others. In the recent work done by the CRL Rights Commission on the review of by-laws that impact on the slaughtering of animals for cultural and religious purposes in the 8 Metropolitan Municipalities in the previous financial year, the Commission observed that the time period for application for slaughtering of animals in some of the Metropolitan Municipalities needs to be revised to accommodate slaughtering for funerals. Similarly, the Commission found that in other municipalities, the by-laws need to be made more explicit when it comes to expectations regarding slaughtering in a residential area. As part of its intervention to assist, the Commission is arranging to meet with these municipalities to take these matters forward.
Based on the above work of the Commission and its on-going engagements with affected municipalities, we believe that it may not be necessary to promulgate national legislation at this stage. However, in the meantime where communities feel that they face discrimination when they want to slaughter for cultural purpose, they may liaise with the CRL Rights Commission for the necessary assistance.
05 August 2022 - NW2401
Breytenbach, Adv G to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
What are the reasons for the delay of approximately three months by the National Prosecuting Authority to respond to a request by the United Arab Emirates for photographs of and fingerprints of the Gupta Brothers, for whom an Interpol Red Notice was issued?
Reply:
There was no delay in providing the requested fingerprints and photographs. The following timeline reflects how this process progressed:
a) 02 March 2022: Request received from Interpol Pretoria, on a request that they received from Abu Dhabi on 01 March 2022 for fingerprints and photographs of the Gupta brothers.
b) 03 March 2022: Fingerprints requested from the Criminal Record Centre.
c) 04 March 2022: Requested fingerprints obtained from Criminal Record Centre.
d) 10 March 2022: Fingerprints forwarded to Interpol Pretoria.
e) 14 March 2022: Fingerprints and photographs sent to Abu Dhabi. Photographs were in fact sent with the Red Notices in June 2021 but sent again in March 2022.
05 August 2022 - NW277
Motsepe, Ms CCS to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
What is the policy position of his department with regard to judges who take leave of absence without having delivered judgments on urgent applications that were heard by them before they took leave?
Reply:
I would like to inform the Honourable member that; the office is waiting for a feedback from the Office of the Chief Justice.
05 August 2022 - NW2279
Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Social Development
(a) What is the total number of community nutritional development centres (CNDCs) that are funded by her department and currently operating in the Northern Cape, (b) where is each centre located and/or situated, (c) what is the total number of CNDCs, funded by her department, that are currently functioning in the (i) Hantam Local Municipality and (ii) Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality and (d) where are the CNDCs situated in the Namaqua District of the Northern Cape?
Reply:
2279 (a) What is the total number of community nutritional development centres (CNDCs) that are funded by her department and currently operating in the Northern Cape
- There are currently 22 CNDCs in the Northern Cape Province.
2279 (b) Where is each centre located and/or situated
- Refer to the attached list (Annexure A)
2279(c) What is the total number of CNDCs, funded by her department that are currently functioning in the;
2279(c)(i) Hantam local Lunicipality.
- No CNDCs funded in Hantam Local Municipality.
2279(c)(ii) Karoo-Hoogland Local Municipality
- 1 Organization - Amandelboom CDC.
2279(d) Where are the CNDCs situated in the Namakwa district of the Northern Cape
- Amandelboom CNDC –Williston
- Gharana CNDC – Garies
- Luvuyo CNDC - Port Nolloth
- Ubuntu CNDC – Steinkopf
02 August 2022 - NW2367
Engelbrecht, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
(1)Whether interaction with the (a) victims and (b) their families is a requirement in the parole hearing of the perpetrator; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) what are the number of cases in which victims and/or their families were not consulted before parole was granted since 1 March 2019?
Reply:
1. The Department of Correctional Services (DCS), in support of Government Victim Empowerment Programme (VEP), developed procedures to facilitate and promote the involvement of victims in Correctional Supervision and Parole Boards (CSPB) meetings whern an offender is considered for possible placement on parole.
in order to facilitate the involvement of victims in the Parole Board meetings, provisions were made in both Section 75 (4) of Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act 111 of 1998), as well as Section 299 A of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act 51 of 1977) to regulate matters in this regard.
1. (a) & (b) Yes, it is a requirement to consult only victims of offences that are specified in section 299A of Act 51 of 1997. Such a victim, whether was present or absent during the sentencing of the offender, have the right to be informed of his right to make representations when placement of an offender on parole, day parole or correctional supervision is being considered. The victim is notified of the date, time and place of the Parole Board meeting. Formats of the representations, process of the meeting, and influence of representation on the decision are also explained to the victim.
In case where the primary victim was murdered the family is also considered as victim and is invited to make a representation when an offender is considered for possible placement. It is important to note that the notification/ invitation is sent to the victim at least 30 days to the scheduled date of the Parole Board meeting.
A list of such offences in which victims may participate in the parole processes is provided as follows in section 299A of the Act 51 of 1977:
a) Murder or any other offence which involves the intentionally killing of person;
b) Rape;
c) Robbery where the wielding of a fire-arm or any other dangerous weapon or the infliction of grievous bodily harm or the robbery of a motor vehicle in involved;
d) Assault of a sexual nature;
e) Kidnaping or any conspiracy, incitement or attempt to commit any offence contemplated in paragraphs (a) to (b)
However, a victim of any other offence not listed above is also allowed to make representations to the Parole Board and the Board may not disapprove such a request without good reason.
The Department has employed Auxiliary Social Workers who are amongst others assisting with victim tracing in each Management Area.
2. The table below outlines the number of cases in which victims and\/ or their families were not consulted before parole was granted:
Region |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
Eastern Cape |
20 |
81 |
15 |
Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
245 |
470 |
351 |
Free State & Northern Cape |
21 |
39 |
07 |
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
235 |
605 |
947 |
Gauteng |
836 |
776 |
551 |
Western Cape |
39 |
62 |
11 |
Grand Total |
1396 |
2033 |
1882 |
Covid-19 had a negative impact on victim participation in the Parole Board meetings, which made it difficult for more victims to be traced during that period. Although some participated in Victim Offender Dialogue they have registered a need not to participate when parole is considred.some victims that were traced had relocated to unknown areas. It should be noted that efforts have been made to trace all victims with no success.
For the same reported period the following number of victims participated in the Parole Board meetings through various forms of representations during parole processes such as physical, written and audio recordings.
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
1456 |
1765 |
1721 |
END
29 July 2022 - NW2281
Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Social Development
(a) What is the budget of community nutritional development centres (CNDCs) nationally, (b) what amount does each province get for CNDCs, (c) what number of (i) registered and (ii) operational CNDCs are in each province and (d) where are the centres located?
Reply:
a) Since the financial year 2019/20, the food relief budget from the national level is distributed directly from the National Treasury to the Provincial Equitable Share (PES) of provinces. The budget of Community Nutritional Development Centres (CNDCs) allocated in the PES is R8 280 141 per province from the R74 521 272 national allocation, which is divided equally amongst the 9 provinces.
b) The amount that each province allocated for CNDCs in 2022/23 financial year is as reflected below:
Province |
Number of CNDCs |
Amount allocated (2022/23) |
Eastern Cape |
36 |
R13 599 000 |
Free State |
51 |
R9 300 000 |
Gauteng |
25 |
R17 148 588 |
KwaZulu Natal |
49 |
R19 425 000 |
Limpopo |
19 |
R20 404 000 |
Mpumalanga |
11 |
R9 704 000 |
Northern Cape |
22 |
R6 000 000 |
North West |
33 |
R22 626 645 |
Western Cape |
36 |
R15 826 000 |
Total |
282 |
R134 033 233 |
c) Please see the list above reflecting the number of CNDCs per province (i) registered and (ii) The listed CNDCs are operational in each province and;
d) Also attached is the database of CNDCs indicating where they are located:
29 July 2022 - NW2228
Komane, Ms RN to ask the Minister of Transport
On what date is it envisaged that the R556 road to Sun City will be repaired?
Reply:
Repairs on road R556 near Sun City would have been done, but it has been delayed by the court matters relating to 2017 Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act. Now that this matter has been clarified, the procurement processes will commence during the third quarter of the financial year and a suitable contractor will be appointed.
29 July 2022 - NW2328
Mey, Mr P to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)What (a) operations is the SA National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (Sanral) and/or entities reporting to him conducting and/or have conducted from the property at 59 Schoeman Street Mokopane, Limpopo, (b) total number of employees of Sanral and/or the specified entities reporting to him work and/or worked at the specified property, (c) were the reasons to use the property and (d) division and/or entities reporting to him were responsible for selecting the site for operation; (2) (a) what process was followed to enter into a contract with the owners of the property, (b) who signed the lease with the registered owners and (c) what is the period of the lease and total amount of rental being paid; (3) what process was followed to change the land purpose from residential to commercial and did the owners of the property agree to the zone change; (4) whether rehabilitation was done at the property; if not, why not; if so, were the owners satisfied with the rehabilitation of the property; (5) whether he will make a statement on the matter
Reply:
1. (a) SANRAL is not conducting any operations from 59 Schoeman Street Mokopane, Limpopo. SANRAL appointed Quality Plant Hire/Expectra 388 JV (Contractor) through an open tender process on contracts R.518-020-2016/1 & R.518-020-2016/2 which started on 03 October 2016 and was completed on 29 April 2019. In terms of the conditions of contract, once appointed, contractors enter into private arrangements for the accommodation of their staff and for sourcing of offices from which they may execute the contract. In line with this approach, Quality Plant Hire/Expectra 388 JV established their site office at 59 Schoeman Street Mokopane, Limpopo. Since this is a private contract between the contractor and the landlord, SANRAL is not a party to the agreement signed between the Quality Plant Hire/Expectra 388 JV and property owners. Additionally, since this matter is subject to litigation under case number 9088/2021 in the High Court of South Africa (Limpopo Division, Polokwane), it remains sub- judice’.
(b) As indicated the contracts with SANRAL ended on 29 April 2019, and since SANRAL is not a party to the agreement signed between Quality Plant Hire/Expectra 388 JV and the property owners, SANRAL does not have the full details of the number of people who might have worked at the site. These details would be in the possession of Quality Plant Hire.
(c ) As indicated Quality Plant Hire/Expectra 388 JV established their site office at 59 Schoeman Street Mokopane, Limpopo for SANRAL projects R.518-020-2016/1 & R.518-020-2016/2. The reason for selecting this site would have been considered by Quality Plant Hire/Expectra 388 JV as a private entity. SANRAL has asked Quality Plant Hire/Expectra 388 JV for their input, but they have indicated that this matter is subject to a litigation under case number 9088/2021 in the High Court of South Africa (Limpopo Division, Polokwane) and hence they cannot comment on this matter.
(d) As indicated the site was selected by a private contractor Quality Plant Hire/Expectra 388 JV, and SANRAL was not involved in that process.
2. (a), (b), (c) SANRAL is not a party to the agreement signed between the Quality Plant Hire/Expectra 388 JV and property owners and can thus not respond to these questions.
3. It is our understanding that the lease between the parties allowed for the commercial use of the property. SANRAL further notes that changes in land-use will generally be managed by the property owner. In this regard, SANRAL has no further information on the processes that might have been followed for a change in land-use, if any.
(4) In terms of the records SANRAL has, there were no outstanding matters relating to the site that SANRAL is aware of.
(5) As the honourable member may be aware, SANRAL is an independent statutory company established in terms of the South African Companies Act and is governed by a board of directors with Minister of Transport being the sole Shareholder representing Government. Since the Board is the Accounting Authority of the Entity, the Board is in a better placed to make the necessary pronouncement at the opportune time in this regard.
29 July 2022 - NW2372
Hunsinger, Dr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)What is the current status of the designated Taxi Relief Fund; (2) whether his department has made any financial contributions towards taxi associations in the past three financial years; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. The Taxi Relief Fund Project was successfully launched 11 January 2022. The Taxi Relief fund project was extended by Cabinet till end March 2023.
Total number of Operating Licenses successfully applied as 20 June 2022 – 74 320 out of 142 075 = 52.31%
Province |
Total Qualifying OL's |
Total Applied |
% |
Eastern Cape |
13117 |
6960 |
53.06% |
Free State |
8258 |
3040 |
36.81% |
Gauteng |
39810 |
19159 |
48.13% |
KZN |
18152 |
9906 |
54.57% |
Limpopo |
13833 |
9294 |
67.19% |
Mpumalanga |
16260 |
9213 |
56.66% |
North West |
12751 |
7215 |
56.58% |
Northern Cape |
2602 |
668 |
25.67% |
Western Cape |
17292 |
8865 |
51.27% |
Total |
142075 |
74320 |
52.31% |
2. The Department has not made any financial contributions towards taxi associations in the past three financial years. Taxi associations are voluntary structures that are self-sustainable from member contributions.
29 July 2022 - NW2214
Langa, Mr TM to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
Whether, following the discovery of a cell phone in the possession of Philemon Lukhele while he is in remand custody for the murder of Hillary Gardee, his department ascertained (a) how he got to be in possession of the cell phone, (b) what did he use the cell phone for and (c) how will this affect the ongoing investigation into the case; if not, what is the position in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
Reply:
a) Upon enquiry remand detainee, Philemon Lukhele alleged that a cell phone was delivered to him by unknown Correctional Official. The Department and South African Police Services conducted an investigation, subsequently an official who is suspected of giving the mentioned inmate the cell phone was issued with a contemplation of suspension letter as part of the departmental disciplinary process.
b) The matter was reported to South African Police Services (SAPS) under case number 420/05/2022, which should determine what the cell phone was used for.
c) The criminal investigation by SAPS which is currently underway will determine its impact on the ongoing murder investigation.
END.
28 July 2022 - NW1362
Chirwa-Mpungose, Ms NN to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
Noting that a group of leaner support agents who work in schools under her department have raised certain issues in relation to their working conditions (details furnished), (a) how will she address the specified issues across the board and (b) what are the prospects of having such learner support agents permanently employed by her department?
Reply:
How will the minister address these issues across the board? What are the prospects of having them permanently employed by the department?
1.Learner Support Agents Recruitment, Roles and Responsibilities and Working Environment.
- Learner Support Agents are placed in schools by the Department of Basic Education and sector partners supporting the implementation of Co-curriculum programmes including the USAID and the Global Fund. To ensure that the implementation is standard and LSAs are not exploited, the DBE has developed a standard contract for LSAs which articulates the roles and responsibilities of the LSAs and schools. Provinces also conduct an orientation workshop for the school community and the LSAs on the contracts, roles and responsibilities .
- Furthermore, the Department is in the process of developing the LSA Operational Framework which aims to standardise the LSA programme and provide a clear field guide for the implementation and management of LSA programme across the country.
2. Prospects of them being permanently employed.
- The LSA offering is an empowerment or learnership programme which seeks to assist young people by giving them an opportunity to get skills and work experience. They are employed through the EPWP Code of good practice which clearly outlines the nature of the employment – e.g. Section 4 (Beneficiaries of special public works programmes), Section 7 (Duration of Participation), Section 8 (Forced labour is prohibited), Section 9 (Unemployment insurance), Section 10 (Payment), Section 11 (Hours of work), Section 13 (Health and Safety) amongst others.
27 July 2022 - NW2384
Van Der Walt, Ms D to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What is the language policy status of the top 20 performing schools in each province in terms of whether they are (a) single medium, (b) double medium, (c) parallel medium and (d) other?
Reply:
Please find attached the response on Single medium, Double Medium, Parallel Medium.
27 July 2022 - NW2316
Ceza, Mr K to ask the Minister of Finance
What remedial action has been taken to ensure that the four districts in the North West, which were listed as being in financial distress, fulfil their obligations of delivering on the allocated grants in their local municipalities?
Reply:
The North West province has four districts namely, Ngaka Modiri Molema, Bojanala Platinum, Dr Kenneth Kaunda and Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati Molema District municipalities. These districts receive grant allocations in terms of the annual Division of Revenue Act (DoRA) in accordance with the powers and functions allocated to them in terms of section 84 of the Municipal Structures Act and Regulations (Act No. 117 of 1998). Therefore, various districts and local municipalities in North West would have different powers and functions allocated to them in terms of the Structures Act. These powers are in the main the powers to provide the water, sanitation, roads, refuse, and electricity services.
In the North West province, Bojanala Platinum and Dr Kenneth Kaunda districts municipalities have no powers and functions to provide services for water, sanitation, refuse, roads and electricity, while Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati and Ngaka Modiri Molema districts municipalities are delivering these services on behalf of their local municipalities.
It is therefore important to distinguish and note that the local municipalities in the Bojanala Platinum and Dr Kenneth Kaunda districts are the ones responsible for delivering these services, while the other two districts in the North West province, Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati and Ngaka Modiri Molema districts municipalities are responsible for both receiving and spending the DoRA allocations on behalf of their local municipalities.
Through the principle of delegated and non-delegated responsibility, the Provincial Treasury is directly responsible to support these municipalities to ensure that tabled budgets are assessed and adopted in time and to ensure that municipalities consider the recommendations provided to them for various Council’s considerations. Only Rustenburg and Mahikeng local municipalities are non-delegated and remains a direct responsibility of National Treasury whilst the rest of the local and district municipalities are under a direct support of the Provincial Treasury.
The Provincial Treasury has been providing support to the municipalities in distress through placing various support skills and capacity support in those municipalities. A number of deployees through the National Treasury’s Municipal Finance Improvement Programme (MFIP) continues to support in the affected municipalities. Further, National Treasury continues to identify struggling municipalities through the process of Invoice Verification Process (IVP) wherein, payments and transfers of grants can only be made to the municipalities only after the work done and invoiced has been verified by both National Treasury (PT) and DCoG (MISA). On an annual basis, National Treasury and DCoG agree on a list of municipalities that are placed under these micro-management support.
In exceptional circumstances or persistent and material breach of the measures on prudent financial management, National Treasury may consider exploring the feasibility of utilising other organs of state to deliver these services on behalf of the municipalities that are in distress. These measures are, the utilisation of the district municipality to be a delivery vehicle against a municipality in distress to avoid conditional grants misuse or vice versa, wherein, the local municipality is considered to assist its district.
27 July 2022 - NW2405
Phillips, Ms C to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
What (a) number of water use licenses have been issued to existing chrome wash plants in the Bojanala Platinum District since 1 January 2011, (b) are the names of the (i) individuals and (ii) companies who hold the licenses and (c) is the location of each of the wash plants?
Reply:
a) There are 7 Water Use Licences issued to existing chrome wash plants in the Bojanala Platinum District since 1 January 2011.
b) The list below indicates the details of the applicants.
No |
Name of Applicant |
Property Details |
Region |
Date of Issuance |
1 |
Rustenburg Platinum Mine: Amandelbult Fine Chrome Recovery Plant |
Land Parcel 383 of the Major Region KQ |
NW |
2022/03/26 |
2 |
Elgagen (Pty) Ltd–Zandfontein Chrome Wash Plant |
Portion of portion 181 (a Portion of Portion 2) of the Farm Zandfontetn 447 JQ |
NW |
2018/05/16 |
3 |
Kumene Technologies |
Rustenburg on Farm and Townlands of Rustenburg 272 JQ |
NW |
2020/12/08 |
4 |
Xstrata Alloys Wonderkop plant |
Brakspruit 229 JQ, Spruitfontein 341 JQ and Hoedspruit 298 JQ |
NW |
2011-02-12 |
5 |
Evraz Vametco Alloys (Pty) Ltd |
Krokodilkraal 426 JQ |
NW |
2017-05-31 |
6 |
Eagle Granite (Pty) Ltd |
Portion 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183 and the remaining extent of the Farm Hartebeestpoort B410JQ |
NW |
2015-04-30 |
7 |
Anglo American Platinum (Pty) Ltd: Amandelbul Complex Fine Chrome Complex Recover Plant |
Schilpadnest 385 KQ |
NW |
2022-03-26 |
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27 July 2022 - NW2406
Phillips, Ms C to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
What (a)(i) total number of water use licenses applications for chrome wash plants in the Bojanala Platinum District have been received since 2016 and (ii) have not yet been processed, (b) are the names of the (i) individuals and (ii) companies who applied for the licenses and (c) is the identified location of the wash plants in each case?
Reply:
a) Since 2016 the Department received four (4) water use licenses applications for chrome wash plants in the Bojanala Platinum District. Currently there are no applications that are yet to be finalised for chrome wash plants in the Bojanala Platinum District.
b) Please refer to the table below:
No |
Name of Applicant |
Property Details |
Region |
Application Date |
1 |
Glencore Operations South Africa(PTY)LTD Glencore Chrome Plant |
Portion 3 of Land Parcel 462 of the Major Region JQ |
NW |
2018/09/03 |
2 |
Rustenburg Platinum Mine: Amandelbult Fine Chrome Recovery Plant |
Land Parcel 383 of the Major Region KQ |
NW |
2019/04/05 |
3 |
Kumene Technologies |
Rustenburg on Farm and Townlands of Rustenburg 272 JQ |
NW |
2016/06/01 |
4 |
Anglo American Platinum (Pty) Ltd: Amandelbul Complex Fine Chrome Complex Recover Plant |
Schilpadnest 385 KQ |
NW |
2019-04-05 |
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27 July 2022 - NW1524
Buthelezi, Ms SA to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
What (a) areas has his department identified nationally, as being the most (i) affected by the water crisis and (ii) likely to have major water and sanitation issues and (b) plans does his department have in place to prevent day zero?
Reply:
a) Areas experiencing water shortages are mostly rural areas in the provinces of the Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, KwaZulu Natal, Free State and the Northern Cape. In addition, 32% households in South Africa do not have access to a reliable services due to dilapidated infrastructure as well as lack of proper operations and maintenance of existing infrastructure which results in disruptions and shortage of water supply.
Access to sanitation services is less than 85% in six provinces including in the Free State (82.3%), KwaZulu Natal (KZN) (80.9%), Limpopo (63.7%), North West (68.8%), Mpumalanga (63.7%), and Northern Cape (83.9%). Access in the provinces of, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West are below the national average at 82.1%. in the efforts to remedy these challenges, the DWS will be submitting a National Sanitation Framework (NSF) to Cabinet for approval.
The framework seeks to:
- Revise the national norms and standards for sanitation and provide for equitable sanitation provision across all settlement types
- Strengthen monitoring and compliance to the standards, and
- Sets out measures to improve service delivery such as support in various forms to address service delivery lapses.
b) The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is in the process of planning and implementing a range of major projects to augment national bulk water resource infrastructure and is in the process of establishing the National Water Resource Infrastructure Agency (NWRIA) to finance and implement the large-scale investments in national water resource infrastructure that are required to ensure that South Africa has sufficient bulk water supply now and in future. The use of groundwater, desalination of seawater and rainwater harvesting are also being implemented to address local water requirements.
The DWS will strengthen its role in supporting and intervening in municipalities where water and sanitation services are failing, in conjunction with provinces, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, National Treasury and the South African Local Government Association. This will be done in the spirit of cooperative governance in the Constitution to avoid creating inter-governmental conflict. The service delivery imporvement plan will include:
- Optimal use of the legislative framework
- Reconfiguration of Water Boards
- Positioning of reconfigured Boards to work closely with Municipalities with regards to ensuring capacity for service delivery
- Development and implementation of rolling plans for providing support and intervention for water and sanitation services to municipalities, drawing on a range of national support programmes
- Partnerships with the private sector that includes funding as well as technical and managerial expertise
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27 July 2022 - NW2302
Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
Whether the National Prosecuting Authority has taken any decision on whether any prosecution will be instituted in respect of case number CAS 109/09/2021 opened at the Parkweg Police Station, with regard to possible financial crimes committed within the administration of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality; if not, what is the reason for the failure to take such a decision; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The Director of Public Prosecutions: Free State confirmed that the Specialised Commercial Crime Unit received the said criminal case docket, allocated to a Senior Advocate to deal with the docket. Additional information was subsequently submitted by the Investigating Officer towards the end of May 2022 for evaluation. The decision in respect of all matters is pending.
27 July 2022 - NW2424
Langa, Mr TM to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
On what date is it envisaged that his department will assist with providing an adequate water supply to the residents of Tongaat in KwaZulu-Natal, whom have been without water since the floods?
Reply:
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) established a WAR room to assist the Ethekwini Metro Municipality to manage the impacts of the floods on water services provision, on 15 April 2022. Officials of the DWS are members of the WAR room and are monitoring interventions to ensure water services are restored and alternative water supplies provided.
The Ethekwini Metro has appointed a contractor to reinstate the Tongaat Water Treatment Works (WTW). The construction is scheduled to be complete and the works commissioned by 30 September 2022.
In the interim the Ethekwini Metro is providing water via approximately 20 water tankers and 33 static tanks installed in the Tongaat area.
Some parts of Tongaat including Watsonia, Buffelsdale, Mithanager, Trurolands, Gandhinagar, Chelmsford Heights and parts of Tongaat Central that are supplied from the Tongaat South Reservoir, are receiving water for a few hours a day.
Other parts of Tongaat that are receiving water from alternative systems include parts of Belvedere area, Raj Kumar’s farm areas, Walter Reid Road, Amanzimnyama area, Brake Village, Plain Street and parts of the Gandhinagar area.
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27 July 2022 - NW2407
Phillips, Ms C to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
(a) What (i) total number of use licenses applications for chrome wash plants were rejected since 2016, (ii) are the names of the (aa) individuals and (bb) companies who applied for the licenses and (b) where were the wash plants going to be located?
Reply:
a) Based on our database there is one (1) water use licence application for chrome wash plant that was withdrawn by the applicant since 2016.
b) The details are indicated below:
No |
Name of Applicant |
Property Details |
Region |
Date of withdrawal |
1 |
Glencore Operations South Africa (PTY) LTD Glencore Chrome Plant |
Portion 3 of Land Parcel 462 of the Major Region JQ |
NW |
2021/10/25 |
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26 July 2022 - NW2172
Abrahams, Ms ALA to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)Given that the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework budget tabled for the 2022-23 financial year makes no specific reference to the increasing crisis of homelessness and noting that the subprogramme Families, where the process of family reunification falls, is the only social development programme dedicated to address homelessness, what are the reasons that she has not dedicated a specific budget to address homelessness in terms of providing dignity to such individuals; (2) what budget allocations have provincial departments made to address homelessness and street persons in the specified financial year; (3) what is the budget breakdown of the R10,5 million for the Families sub-programme in the specified financial year; (4) what (a) total amount was allocated towards the reunification of homeless persons with their families and (b) has been the success rate of the family reunification programme in each province?
Reply:
1. Homelessness is a complex and cross-cutting issue that no single Department or entity of Government can address on its own. The Department is currently leading efforts to develop a policy framework that will guide and coordinate interventions by various key role players in addressing homelessness.
The policy framework will outline the roles and responsibilities, norms and standards within which such services should be provided. The department further has to provide psychosocial support and reunification services which are part of the package of services included within the current baseline.
2. Currently, two provincial departments, namely Gauteng (R 11 545 986) and Western Cape (R R2 898 560) have a dedicated budget to address homelessness.
(3)
NATIONAL BUDGET BREAKDOWN 2022/2023 |
|
Compensation of employees |
R5 168 |
Goods and Service |
R3 295 |
Transfers |
R1 868 |
Capital payments |
R 241 |
Total |
R10 573 |
(4) The table below indicate the total amount allocated towards the reunification of homeless persons with their families and the success rate of the family reunification programme per province.
Province |
(a) Allocated Budget |
(b) Recorded Numbers |
Limpopo
|
No dedicated budget. Reunification services is part of the basket of services rendered by social workers. |
No official record at the time of reply |
Free State |
No dedicated budget. Reunification services is part of the basket of services rendered by social workers. |
117 |
Mpumalanga
|
No dedicated budget. Reunification services is part of the basket of services rendered by social workers. |
No official record at the time of reply |
Northern Cape
|
No dedicated budget. Reunification services is part of the basket of services rendered by social workers. |
602 |
Western Cape
|
Refer to 2 above |
602 |
Eastern Cape
|
No dedicated budget. Reunification services is part of the basket of services rendered by social workers. |
463 |
Gauteng
|
Refer to 2 above |
2 279 |
North West
|
No dedicated budget. Reunification services is part of the basket of services rendered by social workers. |
97 |
KwaZulu-Natal
|
No dedicated budget. Reunification services is part of the basket of services rendered by social workers. |
1 799 |
26 July 2022 - NW2343
Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)With reference to the report of the Auditor-General for the 2020-21 financial year, with what total amount did the debtors book increase in the specified financial year, due to the R350 grant overpayment; (2) (a) what total number of ineligible beneficiaries received (i) food parcels and/or (ii) vouchers in the past financial year and (b) to what total monetary value?
Reply:
(1) To date, there is no COVID-19 SRD Grant debtors recorded by either SASSA or DSD. Pending further investigation, an estimated amount of R11 million was recorded as a disallowance under miscellaneous due to recipients who may have potentially wrongfully benefited from the grant. However, I must point out that this an estimated figure as the final will only be known after the investigation has been completed. The debt management process will only resume once a definitive overpayment has been confirmed or established.
2 (a) (i) and (ii) None. Any applicant who does not meet the eligibility criteria for the SRD does not receive it.
(b) None.
26 July 2022 - NW2432
Montwedi, Mr Mk to ask the Minister of Social Development
With regard to the old age centre in Podimoe Location in Taung in the North West, which was completed three years ago but has not been occupied and remains a white elephant with some social workers appointed and not doing anything on a daily basis, (a) on what date is it envisaged that her department will open the old age centre, (b) what total amount did the centre cost her department and (c)(i) what total number of social workers are currently working from the specified centre and (ii) for how long?
Reply:
a) The province does not have a date as yet for the opening of the old age centre in Podimoe Location in Taung. The actual date of opening is dependant on the following which are still pending:
- Appointment of a Nursing Manager and other nursing personnel
- Delivery of furniture in accordance with the norms and standards
- Registration of the facility in terms of the provisions of the Older Persons Act 13 of 2006.
Once the province has conclude on the above upon which it is working on, the old age home will be opened.
b) The total amount that the centre cost her department was R 73, 064 777.10
(c) |
(i) |
3 Social Workers. They are currently delivering statutory services at community level. |
(ii) |
The Social Workers have been delivering statutory services at community level from 2017/2018 financial year to date. |
26 July 2022 - NW2280
Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)(a) What is the total number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that are funded by her department who provide feeding in the Northern Cape, (b) where is each NGO situated, (c) what is the name of each NGO, (d) what number of persons does each organisation feed, (e) how do they target the people they support and/or where are they from and (f) what criteria do they use in order to support the persons; (2) what (a) is the total number of persons recorded by her department who are living below the food poverty line in the Northern Cape, (b) are the reasons for extreme poverty in the specified province and (c) where is poverty the most extreme in the province?
Reply:
(a)What is the total number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that are funded by her department who provide feeding in the Northern Cape
- 213 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) funded (detailed in “List A” below).
(b) where is each NGO situated
- See areas listed below under heading “List A”
(1)(c) what is the name of each NGO,
- See organizations listed below under heading “List A”
(1)(d) what number of persons does each organisation feed,
- Number of persons listed below under heading “List A”.
(1)(e) how do they target the people they support and/or where are they from
- Each NPO services the food insecure people in the community where they are located.
(1)(f) what criteria do they use in order to support the persons;
- R0 income households, with no employment and income;
- Beneficiary households that access DSD food provision services at the 213 Nutrition Centres. These are:
- Chronically food insecure households that experience hunger and have no access to one balanced meal per day;
- Households with unemployed people living with HIV/AIDS and other chronic diseases;
- Households with malnourished individuals referred by clinics and hospitals;
- SRD beneficiary households;
- Child headed households; and
- Households with learners benefitting from the School feeding scheme
List A: Applicable to NAPQ 2280 of 2022 question 1(a) – 1(d).
Details of the 213 funded NGO’s in the Northern Cape where feeding is provided.
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION |
Child and Youth Care Centres |
|||
District |
NAME |
NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES |
TARGET GROUP |
CRITERIA |
Frances Baard |
Helen Bishop |
45 |
Children found to be in need of care and protection in the Northern Cape |
|
Jannie Roux |
85 |
|||
Christina Kiddie |
28 |
|||
Bophelo 1 |
10 |
|||
Bophelo 2 |
10 |
|||
Sinothando |
35 |
|||
ZF Mgcawu |
Jogabed |
10 |
||
Namaqua |
VGK Herberg |
70 |
||
Bright Lights |
65 |
|||
Pixley Ka Seme |
De Aar Precinct |
16 |
||
TOTAL |
374 |
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION |
Residential programs for older persons |
|||
DISTRICT |
NAME |
NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES |
TARGET GROUP |
CRITERIA |
Namaqua |
Huis Namakwaland |
61 |
Frail older persons who need 24-hour care |
|
Huis Harmonie |
37 |
|||
Huis Sophia |
13 |
|||
E.J. Appies |
45 |
|||
Sorgvliet |
56 |
|||
Amandelhof |
16 |
|||
Emmanuel |
43 |
|||
Johenco |
47 |
|||
Onse Rust |
18 |
|||
Pixley Ka Seme |
Heldersig |
19 |
||
Frank du Toit |
40 |
|||
Freda Kempen |
13 |
|||
H Du P.Pickard |
66 |
|||
Danie van Huysteen |
14 |
|||
Sonder Sorge |
40 |
|||
Huis Daneel |
14 |
|||
Huis Kiepersol |
20 |
|||
Spes Bona |
47 |
|||
Frances Baard |
Resthaven |
44 |
||
Ons Huis |
36 |
|||
ZF Mgcawu |
Oranjehof |
80 |
||
Jan Voster |
25 |
|||
JT Gaetsewe |
Kgomotsego |
24 |
||
Mimosahof |
35 |
|||
TOTAL |
853 |
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION |
Service centres for older persons |
||
DISTRICT |
NAME |
NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES |
TARGET GROUP AND CRITERIA |
Frances Baard |
Resego |
30 |
|
Dr. Mandela |
25 |
||
Ikageng |
39 |
||
Living Waters |
30 |
||
Shining Stars |
24 |
||
Sunshine |
30 |
||
Thebe-ya-Kgomotso |
30 |
||
Theron Math |
40 |
||
Pniel |
20 |
||
Deborah |
30 |
||
Rolihlahla |
30 |
||
GAASCA |
80 |
||
Gopolanang |
40 |
||
Tshwaraganang(FB) |
45 |
||
Phutanang |
40 |
||
Pixley Ka Seme |
BadisaLowryville |
50 |
|
Rehoboth Centre |
40 |
||
Masakhane |
40 |
||
Morester |
30 |
||
Uyaphendula |
30 |
||
Silwerkrone |
25 |
||
Petrusville |
80 |
||
Van Wyksvlei |
31 |
||
ZF Mgcawu |
Gee my jou hand |
30 |
|
Goeiejaar |
25 |
||
Goeiemoed |
40 |
||
KopanangBagodi |
25 |
||
Lesedi Centre |
20 |
||
Morningside |
20 |
||
Nuwe Hoop |
30 |
||
On the Top |
25 |
||
Rethuseng |
35 |
||
Rooisand |
25 |
||
Ruach |
30 |
||
Sarah Kotze |
34 |
||
SkitterendeBejaarde |
40 |
||
Tabita |
30 |
||
Thembelihle |
90 |
||
Ubuntu Abantu |
30 |
||
VlytigeBejaardes |
30 |
||
St Marys |
30 |
||
Zamani |
20 |
||
Dibasen |
20 |
||
Khani Kla |
40 |
||
Lena Mouers |
20 |
||
Thembelihle |
90 |
||
Namaqua |
Concordia |
22 |
|
Sonneblom |
40 |
||
Sonskyn |
60 |
||
Andrew Denise |
55 |
||
Bulletrap |
25 |
||
JT Gaetsewe |
Oarabile centre |
25 |
|
Kopanang club |
24 |
||
Tshwaraganang(JTG) |
27 |
||
ThusanangBagodi |
51 |
||
TOTAL |
1877 |
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION NUTRITIONAL CENTERS - SOUP KITCHENS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTERS |
|||
DISTRICT |
NAME |
AREA |
NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES |
Frances Baard |
1. 3L Development |
Barkly West |
245 |
2. Broader Delportshoop CDC |
Delportshoop |
283 |
|
3. Hope Christian Centre CDC |
Galeshewe |
76 |
|
4. Mogomotsi Drop-in Centre |
Pampierstad |
228 |
|
5. Thabang CDC |
Hartswater |
235 |
|
6. Helping Hands CDC |
Colville |
0 New Organization funding in process |
|
7. Readira Soup Kitchen |
Galeshewe, Stok n stok |
207 |
|
8. Abongile Soup Kitchen |
Beaconsfield |
283 |
|
9. Ark of Noah Soup Kitchen |
Phutanang / Snake Park |
126 |
|
10. BancedeniNgabantu Soup Kitchen |
Lerato park |
117 |
|
11. Batho Pele Soup Kitchen |
Galeshewe / Vergenoeg |
285 |
|
12. Bloemanda Soup Kitchen |
Galeshewe |
380 |
|
13. Kopano Soup Kitchen |
Warrenton |
249 |
|
14. Boitumelo Feeding Scheme |
Romance Farm |
264 |
|
15. Bokamoso Home-Based Care |
Warrenton |
99 |
|
16. Bophelo CNDC |
Ricthie |
200 |
|
17. Colville Soup Kitchen |
Colville |
108 |
|
18. Donkerhoek Soup Kitchen |
Galeshewe |
384 |
|
19. El Shaddai Soup Kitchen |
Roodepan |
157 |
|
20. Galeshewe Care Centre |
Galeshewe |
340 |
|
21. Ganspan Soup Kitchen |
Ganspan |
103 |
|
22. Katlego Soup Kitchen |
Majeng |
321 |
|
23. Kgatelopele Soup Kitchen |
Koopmansfontein |
173 |
|
24. Kopanang Soup Kitchen |
Holpan |
273 |
|
25. Kopano Soup Kitchen |
Bonita Park, Hartswater |
178 |
|
26. Kutlwanong Soup Kitchen |
Galeshewe, Kutlwanong |
351 |
|
27. Longlands Soup Kitchen |
Longlands |
228 |
|
28. Masakeng Soup Kitchen |
Tadcaster |
224 |
|
29. Mountain View Soup Kitchen |
Pampierstad |
132 |
|
30. Norman Mpisi Soup Kitchen |
Roodepan |
376 |
|
31. Pampierstad Soup Kitchen |
Pampierstad |
197 |
|
32. Pniel Soup Kitchen |
Pniel |
156 |
|
33. Riverton Feeding Scheme |
Riverton |
197 |
|
34. Sakhile Soup Kitchen |
Pampierstad |
174 |
|
35. Santa Soup Kitchen |
Santa |
112 |
|
36. Lesedi Soup Kitchen |
Florianville |
186 |
|
37. Bambanani Soup Kitchen |
Ritchie |
142 |
|
38. Southern San SA Soup Kitchen |
Platfontein |
89 |
|
39. Batho Botle Soup Kitchen |
Greenpoint |
174 |
|
40. Tsolofelo Soup Kitchen |
Tidimalo - Delportshoop |
131 |
|
41. Re-A-Thusa Soup Kitchen |
Proefplaas |
196 |
|
42. Kokomane Building inovaters Soup Kitchen |
Vergenoeg - Galeshewe |
96 |
|
43. Simanye Soup Kitchen |
Lethabo Park - Roodepan |
142 |
|
44. Riem-vas-maak Support Centre |
Ritchie |
87 |
|
45. Maswabi Soup Kitchen |
Greenpoint - Thompson Shacks |
103 |
|
46. Reakofella Feeding Scheme |
Tswelelegang |
89 |
|
47. Masibambaneni Care DIC |
Galeshewe - Retswelele Shanties |
112 |
|
48. Kopano Ke Maatla Soup Kitchen |
Kimberley |
109 |
|
49. New Stands Soup Kitchen |
Put sonder water |
205 |
|
50. Devine Glory DIC |
Bufferzone |
99 |
|
|
Gong Gong |
131 |
|
|
Refitlhile |
117 |
|
|
New York / Jacksonville |
89 |
|
|
Vat jouklipsaam |
101 |
|
|
Greenpoint - Old Diamond Park |
99 |
|
|
Bloemanda Shanties |
102 |
|
|
7De Laan |
0 New Organization funding in process |
|
|
Gatvol |
0 New Organization funding in process |
|
|
Barkly West - Smithsmine |
198 |
|
|
Galeshewe |
0 funding in process |
|
|
Hartswater |
124 |
|
|
Valspan |
117 |
|
|
Jan Kempdorp |
199 |
|
|
Windsorton |
598 |
|
|
Galeshewe, Bantu Hall |
191 |
|
|
Galeshewe |
245 |
|
Pixley Ka Seme |
|
Prieska |
268 |
|
Strydenburg |
376 |
|
|
Lowryville |
326 |
|
|
Carnarvon |
216 |
|
|
Victoria West |
382 |
|
|
De Aar |
294 |
|
|
Colesburg |
358 |
|
|
Douglas |
219 |
|
|
Steynville, Hopetown |
178 |
|
|
Leeuwenshof |
213 |
|
|
Britstown |
191 |
|
|
Britstown |
322 |
|
|
Richmond |
152 |
|
|
Marydale |
293 |
|
|
Lukhanyenisweni, Phillipstown |
164 |
|
|
Hanover |
261 |
|
|
Norvalspont |
288 |
|
|
Griekwastad |
221 |
|
|
Griekwastad |
203 |
|
|
Niekerkshoop |
308 |
|
|
Carnavon |
239 |
|
|
Bongani |
232 |
|
|
Noupoort |
184 |
|
|
De Aar |
265 |
|
|
Petrusville/CBD |
815 |
|
|
Hutchinson |
93 |
|
|
Smidtsdrift |
117 |
|
|
Kuyasa 1 |
87 |
|
|
Kareeville |
146 |
|
|
Richmond |
169 |
|
|
De Aar |
104 |
|
|
Loxton |
194 |
|
|
Kleurtjieskloof |
253 |
|
|
Van Wyksvlei |
399 |
|
Kitchen |
Vosburg |
352 |
|
ZF Mgcawu |
Vroue Aksie OntwikkelingProjeck |
Askham |
349 |
Development Forum |
Danielskuil |
396 |
|
Kitchen |
Kakamas |
355 |
|
Kitchen |
Keimoes |
316 |
|
|
Upington |
269 |
|
Kitchen |
Andriesvale |
318 |
|
Kitchen |
Karos |
169 |
|
Kitchen |
Friersdale |
359 |
|
Kitchen |
Groenwater |
265 |
|
Kitchen |
Jenn Heaven |
138 |
|
Kitchen |
Lennertsville |
278 |
|
Kitchen |
Louisvale |
263 |
|
Kitchen |
Maramane |
0 funding in process |
|
|
Arendsorg |
167 |
|
Kitchen |
Philandersbron |
188 |
|
Kitchen |
Progress, Upington |
125 |
|
Kitchen |
Rietfontein |
195 |
|
Kitchen |
Rosedale, Upington |
225 |
|
Kitchen |
Skeyfontein |
141 |
|
Centre |
Groblershoop |
272 |
|
Kitchen |
50 Hectors |
200 |
|
Kitchen |
Topline |
357 |
|
Women Community Centre |
Postmasburg |
153 |
|
|
UAP |
100 |
|
|
Boegoeberg |
156 |
|
Development Centre |
Carnation |
187 |
|
Development and Care Centre |
Groblershoop |
133 |
|
Kitchen |
Lambersdrift |
148 |
|
that gives |
Postmasburg |
201 |
|
|
Dakotaweg |
188 |
|
|
Jurgenskamp |
137 |
|
Skills Centre |
Leerkans |
142 |
|
Centre |
Louisvale Dorp |
144 |
|
|
Groot Drink |
202 |
|
|
Rosedale |
199 |
|
Development Forum (Satellite) |
Maranteng |
106 |
|
Kitchen |
Welkom |
104 |
|
Namaqua |
CNDC |
Williston |
315 |
|
Garies |
235 |
|
|
Port Nolloth |
121 |
|
|
Hondeklipbaai |
129 |
|
|
Steinkopf |
301 |
|
Kitchen |
Onseepkans |
0 funding in process |
|
Kitchen |
Brandvlei |
119 |
|
Sopkombuis |
Komagas |
296 |
|
Kitchen |
Lekkersing |
123 |
|
|
Leliefontein |
250 |
|
Kitchen |
Nababeep |
323 |
|
Voedselhulp Soup Kitchen |
Alexanderbaai |
316 |
|
|
Okiep |
263 |
|
|
Kuboes |
240 |
|
Soup |
Rooifontein |
157 |
|
Soup Kitchen |
Rooiwal |
316 |
|
|
Sutherland |
240 |
|
Kitchen |
Sandrift |
208 |
|
Soup Kitchen |
Concordia |
331 |
|
|
Bergsig, Springbok |
217 |
|
|
Nieuwoudville |
123 |
|
Kitchen |
Swartkop |
194 |
|
Support |
Vioolsdrift |
247 |
|
Soup Kitchen |
Pofadder |
0 New Organization has been identified funding in process |
|
Soup Kitchen |
Kharkams / Kamiesberg |
152 |
|
Kitchen |
Loeriesfontein |
0 New Organization has been identified funding in process |
|
Kitchen |
Calvinia |
0 New Organization has been identified funding in process |
|
life |
Fraserburg |
156 |
|
Initiative |
Kheis |
283 |
|
Group Soup Kitchen |
Carolusberg |
252 |
|
JT Gaetsewe |
Group SK |
Dibeng |
176 |
|
Tsineng |
172 |
|
|
Perth |
122 |
|
CDC |
Bankhara |
0 New Organization has been identified funding in process |
|
Kitchen |
Mapoteng/Sesheng |
199 |
|
Support Group |
Bendel |
155 |
|
Caring Group Soup Kitchen |
Cassel |
186 |
|
Kitchen |
Gadiboe |
149 |
|
Soup Kitchen |
Magojaneng West |
104 |
|
|
Dingleton |
281 |
|
|
Dithakong |
279 |
|
|
Ipontsheng |
123 |
|
Kitchen |
Wrenchville |
192 |
|
Kitchen |
Penryn |
105 |
|
Kitchen |
Camden |
87 |
|
Kitchen |
Seoding |
160 |
|
|
Colston |
210 |
|
Community Based Organisation |
Loopeng |
126 |
|
Community Nutritious Development Centre |
Vanzylsrus |
166 |
|
Soup Kitchen |
Ellendale |
197 |
|
Faith Orphanage |
Manyeding |
181 |
|
Kitchen |
Batlharos |
146 |
|
Kitchen |
Maipeing |
116 |
|
Kitchen |
Madibeng |
153 |
|
Kitchen |
Kagung |
219 |
|
Soup Kitchen |
Heuningvlei |
209 |
|
Kitchen |
Laxey |
133 |
|
Soup Kitchen |
Seven Miles |
206 |
|
Kitchen |
Washington |
0 New Organization funding in process |
|
Kitchen |
Madula Ranch |
80 |
|
Elderly Club |
Olifantshoek |
97 |
|
Kitchen |
Bothithong |
0 New Organization funding in process |
|
Bagodi for the Aged |
Maruping |
102 |
|
Soup Kitchen |
Ditshoswaneng |
98 |
|
Orphans Care |
Mapoteng |
0 New Organization funding in process |
|
|
Gantatelang/Magojaneng |
162 |
|
|
Vergenoeg |
0 New Organization funding in process |
|
|
Gamorona |
135 |
|
|
Gasese |
110 |
|
Centre |
Pietersham |
198 |
|
HBC |
Maphiniki |
109 |
|
|
Bothetheletsa |
117 |
|
Soup Kitchen |
Perdmonkie |
187 |
|
Lorato Community Organisation |
Letlhakajeng |
209 |
|
Centre |
Mecwetsaneng |
188 |
|
TOTAL |
40 510 |
Responses to Parliamentary Questions 2280
Question 2(a) What is the what (a) is the total number of persons recorded by her department who are living below the food poverty line in the Northern Cape,
- There are approximately 354 306 households in the Northern Cape.
- Of these 354 306 households, 139 395 households have an income of less than R624 per month.
- This constitutes 39.34% of the total number of households in the Northern Cape.
- The average household size in the Northern Cape, in 2020, was 3.7 people per household.
- Therefore, approximately 515 760 people in the Northern Cape, were living below the food poverty line of R624 per month in 2020.
2 (b) are the reasons for extreme poverty in the specified province and
- The Northern Cape is a vast and rural province with the smallest population in the country.
Job opportunities are scarce in the rural areas, leading to people flocking to urban areas, in the hopes of finding employment. This leads to more mouths to be fed while the chances for employment are slim. Unemployment is also a big contributing factor towards the burden of poverty – according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey of Statistics South Africa, 1st Quarter, the Northern Cape had an unemployment rate of 24.9%.
2 (c) where is poverty the most extreme in the province? NW2697E
In order to obtain information on the most extreme incidences of poverty in the Northern Cape, the only available data on income poverty, broken down to lower levels, is the Census 2011 information from Statistics South Africa. This information is also only available in income categories, i.e. No Income, R1 – R400, R401 – R800, etc. For the purpose of this report, the afore-mentioned categories were used to obtain information on income poverty; thus, people earning R800 or less per month. A total of 697 761 people earned R800 or less per month in 2011 – approximately 60.89% of the total population of 1 145 862 people in the Northern Cape as per the Census 2011 information.
The table below gives a breakdown of the number of people earning less than R800 per month per local municipality, in the Northern Cape according to the Census 2011 data available.
Table 1: Breakdown of individual income per local municipality
Local municipalities |
Nr of people earning less than R800 per month |
Total nr of people |
% earning less than R800 |
DC6: Namakwa |
62973 |
115842 |
54.36% |
NC061: Richtersveld |
6471 |
11982 |
54.01% |
NC062: Nama Khoi |
25749 |
47040 |
54.74% |
NC064: Kamiesberg |
5583 |
10185 |
54.82% |
NC065: Hantam |
12237 |
21579 |
56.71% |
NC066: Karoo Hoogland |
6819 |
12588 |
54.17% |
NC067: Khâi-Ma |
6120 |
12465 |
49.10% |
DC7: Pixley ka Seme |
116517 |
186351 |
62.53% |
NC071: Ubuntu |
11889 |
18600 |
63.92% |
NC072: Umsobomvu |
18465 |
28374 |
65.08% |
NC073: Emthanjeni |
26094 |
42357 |
61.60% |
NC074: Kareeberg |
6924 |
11673 |
59.32% |
NC075: Renosterberg |
6885 |
10980 |
62.70% |
NC076: Thembelihle |
9207 |
15699 |
58.65% |
NC077: Siyathemba |
13491 |
21591 |
62.48% |
NC078: Siyancuma |
23556 |
37074 |
63.54% |
DC8: ZFM |
131928 |
236784 |
55.72% |
NC081: Mier |
4140 |
7002 |
59.13% |
NC082: Kai !Garib |
31425 |
65868 |
47.71% |
NC083: //Khara Hais |
54813 |
93492 |
58.63% |
NC084: !Kheis |
10809 |
16638 |
64.97% |
NC085: Tsantsabane |
19695 |
35094 |
56.12% |
NC086: Kgatelopele |
11046 |
18687 |
59.11% |
DC9: Frances Baard |
233562 |
382086 |
61.13% |
NC091: Sol Plaatjie |
142851 |
248043 |
57.59% |
NC092: Dikgatlong |
30978 |
46842 |
66.13% |
NC093: Magareng |
16788 |
24204 |
69.36% |
NC094: Phokwane |
42948 |
63000 |
68.17% |
DC45: John TaoloGaetsewe |
152781 |
224799 |
67.96% |
NC451: Joe Morolong |
70368 |
89532 |
78.60% |
NC452: Ga-Segonyana |
65040 |
93651 |
69.45% |
NC453: Gamagara |
17376 |
41616 |
41.75% |
Total - NORTHERN CAPE |
69 7761 |
1 145 862 |
60.89% |
Areas where poverty is the most extreme in the province
- John Taolo Gaetsewe District: Joe Morolong Local Municipality with 78.60% earning R800 or less per month;
- Frances Baard District: Magareng Local Municipality with 69.36% of the people earning R800 or less per month;
- Pixley ka Seme District: Umsobomvu Local Municipality with 65.08% earning R800 or less per month;
- ZF Mgawau District: !Kheis Local Municipality with 64.97% earning R800 or less per month; and
- Namakwa District: Hantam Local Municipality with 56.71% earning R800 or less per month.
_______________________
Ms S Wookey
Acting Head of Department
Date……………………….
_______________________
Ms N.E. Vilakazi, MPL
MEC: Social Development
Date……………………….
26 July 2022 - NW2105
Abrahams, Ms ALA to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)Whether, in the light of certain first-hand accounts contained in The Sunday Times newspaper dated 8 May 2022 regarding child malnutrition and hunger (details furnished), she has found that child malnutrition and hunger is at crisis levels in the Republic; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (2) whether her department has provided any support to the families; if not, why not; if so, what (a) is her department’s response and/or position regarding the accounts contained in the articles and (b) is her department’s (i) short-, (ii) medium- and (iii) long-term plan to tackle child malnutrition, hunger and death; (3) whether she will increase the Child Support Grant to be in line with the food poverty line; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, on what date; (4) whether she will furnish the Portfolio Committee on Social Development with a copy of the maternal support policy; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, on what date; (5) on what date will the maternal support policy be ready for implementation?
Reply:
1. Yes, child malnutrition and hunger have reached crisis levels in the Republic. This can be attributed to the following key drivers of food insecurity and vulnerability:
a) Economic decline and unemployment - The slowdown in the national economy has resulted in mass job losses over the past two consecutive years. With no employment and reduced income, millions of people could not afford to buy sufficient food including basic food items.
b) The outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic globally and in South Africa led to the necessary introduction of lockdown restrictions. It is pivotal to note that the country entered the COVID-19 pandemic with high levels of unemployment and a decade of weak job creation. The implementation of restrictions had a negative impact on the jobs, and the resultant reduction in household income and the purchasing power of households.
c) Food price inflation has significantly increased by 30% or more as observed for certain products within the food basket. Food prices have a major impact on food access in South Africa as households and individuals struggle to purchase even the most basic food items.
d) Climate change and environmental impact - Prior to the recent floods that affected provinces such as Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN), Eastern Cape (EC) and North West (NW), the country has also experienced drought in certain areas, which has negatively affected food production. All of these factors have had a severe impact on child nutrition, thus contributing to heightened malnutrition.
The Department is mandated by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa: Section 27 (1) (c) to make provision for the right of access to appropriate social assistance to individuals that are unable to support themselves and their dependants.
The Department has, and continues to provide support to vulnerable individuals in households in the form of social grants including the social relief of distress for families with insufficient means. Our social assistance programme is one of the biggest social protection programmes in the country, currently reaching just over 18.7 million beneficiaries for eligible children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities.
Currently, just over 13.1 million children are beneficiaries of the Child Support Grant (CSG) at R480 per child. The Department has recently gazetted the proclamation of the Social Assistance Amendment Act No. 16 of 2020 and regulations thereof, on 30 and 31 May 2022 respectively. The legislation makes provision for supplementary payments of social grants in the form of top up (50% more on the CSG) Orphans in the care of their relatives are eligible to receive the basic CSG amount at R480 plus a top up at R240 which amounts to R720 in total. By increasing the value of the CSG, we strive to ensure that these children are enabled to achieve their full adult potential by growing in a secure environment that ensures adequate nutrition.
The Department concurs with the research findings from the Child Gauge Report (2020), which identifies exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months following birth of a child as a key protective factor for the child’s survival, cognitive development and protection against Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the adult years. Our surveys have repeatedly shown a low prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding, with the most recent South African Demographic Health Survey (SADHS) reporting that just 32% of infants below the age of six months were exclusively breastfed in 2016. Many women stop exclusive breastfeeding prematurely due to food insecurity, a hostile home environment, inadequate support from their workplace and the weaknesses in our health care system.
Poor feeding practices contribute to particularly high levels of stunting (32%) during the first six months of life. These challenges continue into the second year of life, with only 23% of infants aged 6 – 24 months reported to have consumed a minimum acceptable diet (a composite measure of dietary diversity and food frequency). Inappropriate complementary feeding practices are associated with being overweight and obesity in childhood and later in puberty. Formula feeding has been identified as a possible cause of subsequent overweight.
The Department’s (i) short- term plan to tackle child malnutrition, hunger and death is the provision of the Child Support Grant and the Social Relief of Distress to affected families;
In addition, it must be highlighted that malnutrition requires an intersectoral approach, where social grants are only one component of a broader package of services including access to school nutrition programmes and other economic interventions to reduce the cost of food and improve its accessibility.
The (ii) medium plan to tackle child malnutrition, hunger and death includes the expansion of the social protection coverage and benefits to cater for the needs of vulnerable children and adults. The Department has on 01 June 2022 commenced with implementation of CSG Top Up and has since 2020 provided the Special COVID-19 R350 SRD Grant, which will continue until March 2023. Payment of this latest iteration commenced in mid-June 2022. The intention to link the SRD grant beneficiaries to other job creation programmes within and outside government, and sustainable livelihoods and social enterprise opportunities to expand the income generation opportunities for poor households so that they can be empowered to provide for themselves and their children.
This approach of providing social grants is supported worldwide, including by the World Bank and other multilateral institutions, which have confirmed that well-designed social protection systems support incomes and domestic consumption, build human capital and increase productivity”; and
The (iii) long-term plan to tackle child malnutrition, hunger and death includes building resilience in our communities through investing in community-based food systems and building sustainable livelihoods in our communities. In addition, the Department is developing policy proposals for extension of income support to those aged between 18-59, so that households can have a more consistent income support programme to augment the very low child support grant, which is currently below the food poverty line.
e) The Department has acknowledged on many occasions that the value of the Child Support Grant should be increased to at least the food poverty line. However, the implementation of such a policy requires government to make available the necessary budget allocation. At present, such a decision has not been found to be feasible given the fiscal and economic constraints faced by government. However, government has prioritised the needs of orphaned children, by providing the top-up grant of R240 over and above the CSG value of R480, so that these vulnerable children can access R720 per month without needing to wait for the more complex foster child care process.
f) The Maternal Support policy is still in draft form and not ready for submission to Parliament as yet. Once it has followed the approval processes it will be made available.
g) The maternal support policy still requires approval and funding by government before it can be implemented. It is currently in draft form and still needs to be approved by Cabinet, following which it will necessitate legislative amendments to the Social Assistance Act, development of regulations and approval of funding by Cabinet. This process is expected to take a minimum of two years after Cabinet approval.
25 July 2022 - NW1886
King, Ms C to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
What are the details of the outcomes of the latest skills audit of municipal councillors conducted by the Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority?
Reply:
The Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority (LGSETA) as directed by the Skills Development Act (Act No.97 of 1998) annually develops Sector Skills Plans (SSPs) which identify, amongst others, Top Ten Sectoral Priority Occupations required by the Sector and Intervention Measures.
In order to respond to the capacity building needs of the municipalities, the LGSETA has developed a Councillor Development Strategy in collaboration with relevant parties in response to capacitating newly appointed and returning councillors with the necessary skills and competencies to discharge their roles and responsibilities as assigned in their respective portfolios over the next five years. The Councillor Development Strategy has three pillars namely: 1) councillor development and skills audit; 2) function-based training and development; and 3) soft skills development.
The Councillor Development Strategy further outlines a list of skills that were informed by the previous audit and implementation of councillor training which will be used to guide any future skills priorities:
Municipal Key Performance Area |
Key Skills Gaps Identified |
Municipal Financial Management |
|
Good Governance and Leadership |
|
Municipal Administration |
|
25 July 2022 - NW2419
Chirwa-Mpungose, Ms NN to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Noting the ongoing crisis in relation to student accommodation, (a) what total number of projects are currently underway that are facilitated and/or paid for by his department to provide sufficient accommodation for students in higher education and (b) which institutions are included in the specified projects?
Reply:
There are currently 76 student housing projects underway. The total funding allocated to these projects amount to R4.547 billion which is made of R3.842 billion from the Infrastructure and Efficiency Grant (IEG), R523 million from the Budget Facility for Infrastructure (BFI), and R182 million from the Sibusiso Bengu Development Grant. From the total funding of R4.547 billion, 56% (R2.544) billion went to the 8 institutions under the Sibusiso Bengu Development Programme. These universities constitute 31% of the total number of public universities in the country.
The institutions involved in these projects are as listed below:
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology
- Central University of Technology
- Durban University of Technology
- Mangosuthu University of Technology
- Nelson Mandela University
- North-West University
- Rhodes University
- Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
- Stellenbosch University
- Tshwane University of Technology
- University of Fort Hare
- University of Johannesburg
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
- University of Limpopo
- University of Pretoria
- University of the Western Cape
- University of Venda
- University of Zululand
- Vaal University of Technology
- Walter Sisulu University
25 July 2022 - NW1733
Ngcobo, Mr SL to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
(1)Whether his department has been informed that graduates are not inspired to build careers in the water and sanitation sector; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether his department has put mechanisms and/or plans in place to attract students to the study of and interest in the specified sector; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The Department of Higher Education and Training is not aware of graduates within the higher education sector who are not inspired to build careers in the water and sanitation sector.
The Department’s role is to ensure that there is an enabling environment for institutions to provide the necessary training and skills required for the water management sector and ensure that students are supported with the necessary means, where appropriate, to pursue their careers.
There are several higher education institutions that offer disciplines in Water Resources Engineering and caters for the vocational pathway in terms of the Higher Certificate and Diploma qualifications, as well as the Bachelor of Science in Hydrology and Water Resources Management for an academic and research pathway (please see attached list).
The Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority (EWSETA) plays a key role in developing skills needed in the water and energy sector.
22 July 2022 - NW1371
Marais, Ms P to ask the Minister of Social Development
What total number of (a) persons are employed by her department and (b) the specified persons are (i) permanent employees and (ii) employed on a contract basis?
Reply:
(a) Total number of officials |
(b) (i) Permanent officials |
(ii)Contract official |
733 |
699 |
34 |
22 July 2022 - NW2287
Abrahams, Ms ALA to ask the Minister of Social Development
With reference to her reply to question 681 on 22 March 2022, (a) which of the 424 SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) offices are (i) owned and (ii) rented by SASSA or the National Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (NDPWI) and (b) what is the (i) value of the buildings owned by SASSA and/or NDPWI in each case, (ii) monthly and/or annual rental amount for each office and (iii) name of the lessor of each office in each province?
Reply:
1) (i) and (b) i SASSA owned properties per Region and Values:
Limpopo Region
Office Name |
Property Value
|
Bela-Bela |
R 4 200 000,00 |
Hlanganani |
R 850 000,00 |
Jane Furse |
R 24 720 575,00 |
Leeufontein |
R 7 290 250,00 |
Lulekani |
R 596 475,00 |
Makwarela |
R 24 720 575,00 |
Manganeng |
R 7 290 250,00 |
Mankweng |
R 5 700 000,00 |
Maraba |
R 7 290 250,00 |
Modimolle |
R 24 720 575,00 |
Musina |
R 7 290 250,00 |
Nkowankowa |
R 662 750,00 |
Senwamokgope local office |
R 1 060 400,00 |
Thabazimbi |
R 24 720 575,00 |
Tzaneen |
R 24 720 575,00 |
Zebedieala |
R 5 302 000,00 |
Total |
R 171,135,500.00 |
Northern Cape Region
Office Name |
Property Value
|
Churchill local office |
R 3,226,811.28 – estimate construction costs |
Dithakong local office |
R 3,226,811.28 – estimate construction costs |
Total |
R 6,453622.56 |
22 July 2022 - NW2202
Maotwe, Ms OMC to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises
(1) What (a) are the full details of the establishment of the proposed state-owned holding company that will oversee all state-owned companies and will be free from political interference as he announced during the Budget Vote 10 on 20 May 2022, (b) mechanisms will he put in place to ensure that it is insulated from political interference. (2) whether his announcement was a recognition that there has been an undue influence by politicians on the management of state-owned companies; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. (a) There have been a number of studies within government over time to determine how SOEs should be governed, and on other matters such as which SOEs are required in current context, and which are not. The President established the Presidential SOE Council (PSEC) to advise him on these and related matters. Based on a review of global experience and work done within the Department, the PSEC recommended the centralised shareholder model, which is reflected in the holding company (Holdco) proposal. A policy paper, draft legislation and other legal documents have been in preparation. Once the governance process has been concluded, other formal processes will be pursued.
(b) It is proposed that the Holdco will be governed by an independent board that will be acting in the fiduciary interests of the company. However, the commercial and development mandates of Holdco will be set by government. Similarly, it is anticipated that Holdco will ensure that the governance of SOEs is carried out in a transparent and accountable manner, with a high degree of professionalism and effectiveness.
2. While evidence of state capture has recently been confirmed concerning the affairs of some but not all SOEs, the development of the shareholder management bill is based on the intent of building a capable state through among others, the adoption of globally recognised practices in managing all SOEs owned by the government of the Republic of South Africa. The work that informs the establishment of the Holding Company predates state capture and is meant to among others, insulate SOEs from undue influence based on insights derived from global best practices.
22 July 2022 - NW2174
Abrahams, Ms ALA to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)Given that in 2020 it was found that no national government policy and/or legislation exists which speaks to homelessness in the Republic, which leaves the specified group of individuals vulnerable, what progress has been made by her department regarding the specified gap in government policy and legislation; (2) by what date does she envisage such government policy and/or legislation will be available to present (a) to the Portfolio Committee on Social Development and (b) for public input; (3) what (a) is the responsibility of her department in the daily plight of homeless individuals and (b) has been the areas of co-operation between her department and (i) provinces and (ii) municipalities in this regard?
Reply:
(1) Homelessness is a cross cutting issue which requires a collaborative effort in addressing it. The department of Social Development is amongst the key departments that are relevant in dealing with Homelessness. The department of social development's role is to provide psychosocial support services, reunification and reintegration programmes to the homelessness. the department further provide alternative care to those children and older person in terms of both the Children's Act 38 of 2005 and the Older Persons' Act 13 of 2006 to those eligible. Currently it is not clear which department is mandated to take a lead in this regard, however the department took an initiative to lead the development of the Policy for Homeless, to this end the department is in a process of finalising the rapid assessment and a diagnostic study on homeless which will be used as a basis for the development of the Policy. The aim of the study is to understand the nature and extent of the problem, what interventions are available; and the existing policy gaps.
(2). Once the department working jointly with other key departments has concluded all the processes which amongst include broad consultation with key stakeholder, presentation to different cluster departments and holding bi-laterals with the critical departments that have to directly implement the Policy, the Policy will be presented to Cabinet for consideration for approval.
(3). Currently there is no national policy on homelessness but each province has put various systems and interventions in place to address the plight of homeless people in their respective provinces. For example, Gauteng and Western Cape have dedicated shelters and budget to address homelessness. They also have guidelines and norms and standards for the operation of those shelters. However, other provinces do not have dedicated shelters and budget, but have repurposed other existing structures in order to address the issues of homeless people. Provinces are working closely with other key stakeholders such as COGTA, SALGA, SAPS, Home Affairs, Human Settlement, and Health, in order to provide comprehensive integrated services to the homeless.
22 July 2022 - NW1495
Marais, Ms P to ask the Minister of Social Development
What is the total number of outstanding temporary disability grant applications that needs to be finalised?
Reply:
A temporary disability grant is given for a specific period, informed by the medical assessment. At the end of that period, the grant lapses and the citizen has to re-apply for the grant, should he/she feel he/she is still unable to work as a result of the impact of the medical condition or disability. If the citizen does not return to SASSA after the grant has lapsed, it is assumed that the condition has improved, to the extent that he/she can compete in the open labour market and no longer requires a grant.
There are currently no outstanding temporary disability grants awaiting finalisation.
However, the table below indicates the numbers of applicants booked for medical assessments for disability grants. It is only once the assessment has been done that it will be known whether the grant is awarded as a temporary or permanent disability grant, as this classification is determined by the presenting medical condition. A temporary disability grant is awarded where there is a likelihood that the medical condition or disability is not likely to present for a period of longer than twelve (12) months.
Clients Awaiting To Be Medically Assessed for a Disability Grant |
|
Region |
Upcoming Assessment* |
WESTERN CAPE |
8 049 |
EASTERN CAPE |
958 |
KWAZULU NATAL |
4 461 |
LIMPOPO |
2 657 |
NORTHERN CAPE |
773 |
FREE STATE |
1 427 |
GAUTENG |
6 737 |
NORTH WEST |
2 243 |
MPUMALANGA |
2 653 |
TOTAL |
29 958 |
|
22 July 2022 - NW2087
Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)Whether the 44 bids referred to in the report of the Auditor-General for the 2020-21 financial year that were not awarded indicate slow processing by her department; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (2) Whether the bids resulted in irregular expenditure; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) are the relevant details and (b) was the monetary value of the specified bids?
Reply:
1. The National Department had only 6 bids not awarded and not 44 as indicated.
The details of the 6 bids are as follows:
Nr |
Programme |
Description |
Amount |
Bid |
Date |
Reasons |
1. |
Integrated Anti-Substance Abuse |
Amendment of Act 70 of 2008 Bill |
R 1 200 000 |
Open bids |
May-21 |
The employment contract for the end-user who of this project expired, as such the project was delayed. |
2. |
Supply Chain Management |
Asset Management Outsourcing |
R 5 000 000 |
Open bids |
May-21 |
Postponed for the next financial year. The project is included in the 2022/23 annual procurement plan. |
3. |
Office of Director-General |
Service provider to audit, review, and develop systems for the entity Government and Oversight |
R 10 000 000 |
Open bids |
Apr-21 |
The project was removed from the procurement plan. |
4. |
Population and Development |
Youth Perception Study on the Socio-Economic, Health, and Gender Impact of COVID-19 |
R 1 472 000 |
Open bids |
May-21 |
End-user did not submit to SCM. |
5. |
Information Technology |
Procurement for the installation, configuration, maintenance, and support for an artificial intelligence intrusion detection and prevention solution. |
R 1 450 000 |
Open bids |
Apr-21 |
Cancelled and will not be done in 2021. |
6. |
Information Technology |
Acquisition of a digital signage system for the HSRC. |
R 2 500 000 |
Open bids |
Apr-21 |
Business case was not supported. |
2.
(a) & (b)
The 6 bids indicated above did not result in any irregular expenditure. Bids not awarded in the previous financial year and still required by the Department are carried over to the current financial year.
22 July 2022 - NW2239
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)Whether, in light of the recent media reports of between 16 and 28 October 2021 that nearly R89,5 million was stolen from the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) accounts from the Postbank by either Postbank employees or contractors, and considering the alarming nature of the breach, (a) the Postbank officials and/or (b) contractors working with SASSA accounts undergo security vetting; if not, why not; if so, to what extent; (2) whether any criminal investigation has been opened against any officials of the Postbank; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what is the status of the criminal investigations?
Reply:
(1) (a) Postbank Officials
As part of the recruitment and selection process within Postbank, all candidates are vetted before making appointment. This practice is in alignment with Postbank’s HR Recruitment and Selection policy. The vetting of candidates includes:
1) Criminal checks,
2) Credit checks,
3) Qualification verifications,
4) ID checks,
5) SA Citizenship checks
(b) Contractors
Postbank has two types of contractors:
- Fixed-term contractors : These contractors undergo the same Recruitment and Selection process described in (1)(a) above
- Contractors provided by Service Provider : All Postbank Service Provider contracts includes a standard clause stating that contractors must be security vetted and approved before working on Postbank IT systems.
(2) A formal criminal case was opened soon after discovery of the incident. The case was opened with the Specialised unit of the Organised Crime unit of the SAPS. The case is currently being investigated by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI/Hawks). Over 600 pages of information gathered by the Postbank internal investigation unit was handed over to the Hawks.
The Hawks criminal investigation is currently ongoing and includes all leads available. Postbank is cooperating fully with the investigators to try and apprehend the suspects. Postbank has a zero tolerance to any fraud or theft and will act against any staff member or any other party found guilty to the full extent of the law.
No specific Postbank, SAPO or SASSA staff member is separately investigated. However, all staff that were close to the environment where the incident took place are treated as suspects and are included in the list of staff being investigated by the Hawks. No arrest have been made at this point in time
22 July 2022 - NW2259
Gondwe, Dr M to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)With reference to her reply to question 1608 on 16 May 2022, (a) by what date and (b) how does the SA Social Security Agency intend to recover the specified monies from the implicated 5 812 public servants; (2) (a)(i) in which departments are the implicated public servants currently employed and (ii) at what salary level are they employed and (b) what is the breakdown of this in each (i) national and (ii) provincial department; (3) what (a) total number of persons form part of the multi stakeholder forum and (b) positions do they hold in their respective departments?
Reply:
1. a) It is not possible to provide a date when recovery will be made since the loss recovery process runs parallel with the criminal prosecution processes as per Section 300 of the Criminal Procedure Act, Act 51 of 1977. As and when the National Prosecution Authority starts prosecution on individual cases, the processes of loss recovery will also unfold. b) SASSA is running parallel processes that is criminal and civil action as stated above to ensure that no civil servant escapes repaying SASSA
-
- (a)(i) Employee Distribution by Department
Province |
Department |
||||||||||
Free State |
Health- 34 |
Education-23 |
Social Development 28 |
Cooperative Governance 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
KwaZulu-Natal |
Agriculture 13 |
Arts and Culture 5 |
Cooperative Governance 33 |
Economic Development 1 |
Education 38 |
Health 221 |
Human Settlement 1 |
Public Works 2 |
Social Development 43 |
Transport 101 |
|
Mpumalanga |
Agriculture 2 |
Arts and Sports 3 |
Economic Development 3 |
Education 60 |
Health 103 |
Human Settlement 1 |
SOCDEV 12 |
Cooperative Governance 1 |
|
|
|
Northern Cape |
Agriculture 1 |
Education 119 |
Health 3 |
Road and Public Works 1 |
Social Development 5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Western Cape |
Agriculture 1 |
Education 27 |
Health 172 |
Provincial Treasury 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eastern Cape |
Sports 1 |
Health 986 |
Education 8 |
Transport 1 |
Social Development 21 |
Cooperative Governance 1 |
Office of the Premier 4 |
|
|
|
|
Gauteng |
Agriculture 1 |
Community Safety 1 |
Education 34 |
Health 113 |
Office of the Premier 14 |
Social Development 14 |
|
|
|
|
|
Limpopo |
Transport and Community Safety 1 |
Social Development 10 |
Health 6 |
Education 113 |
cooperative Governance 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Northwest |
Agriculture4 |
Arts and Culture2 |
Community safety1 |
Cooperative Governance 5 |
Economic Development 19 |
Education 368 |
Health 129 |
Office of the Premier 2 |
Provincial Treasury 2 |
Public Works 2 |
Social Development 2 |
National |
Agriculture9 |
Basic Education3 |
Correctional Service40 |
Employment and Labour 10 |
Higher Education 4 |
Justice 23 |
Mineral Resources 1 |
Police 4 |
Public Service 1 |
Public Works 9 |
Small Business 1 |
Social Development1 |
Stats SA8 |
Trade and Industry 18 |
Water and Sanitation2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- 2. (a)(ii) Employee Salary level distribution
Province |
Department |
|
|||||||||||||
Free State
86 |
Health- 34 SL0 - 8 SL2 – 6 SL3 – 5 SL5 – 7 SL7 – 8 |
Education-23 SL0 - 1 SL2 – 2 SL3 – 2 SL7 – 17 SL9 – 1 |
Social Development 28
SL0 - 27 SL3 – 1
|
Cooperative Governance 1
SL7 - 1
|
|
|
|||||||||
KwaZulu-Natal
758 |
Agriculture 13
SL0 - 13
|
Arts and Culture 5 SL0 - 0
|
Cooperative Governance 33
SL0 – 33
|
Economic Development 1 SL0 - 1
|
Education 338
SL0 - 234 SL4 – 1 SL6 – 16 SL7 - 85 SL8 - 2
|
Health 221
SL0 - 21 SL2 – 29 SL3 – 26 SL4 – 5 SL5 – 127 SL6 – 2 SL7 – 10 SL11 – 1 |
Human Settlement 1
SL5 - 1
|
Public Works 2
SL11 - 2
|
Social Development 43
SL0 - 42 SL8 – 1
|
Transport 101
SL0 - 100 SL11 - 1
|
|
||||
Mpumalanga
185 |
Agriculture 2
SL0 - 2
|
Arts Culture and Sports 3
SL0 - 3
|
Economic Development 3
SL0 - 3
|
Education 60
SL0 - 7 SL2 – 1 SL6 – 1 SL7 – 51
|
Health 103
SL0 - 80 SL2 – 8 SL3 – 6 SL4 – 2 SL5 - 1 SL7 – 5 SL11 – 1 |
Human Settlement 1
SL0 - 1
|
Social Development 12
SL0 - 11 SL7 – 1 |
Cooperative Governance 1
SL0 - 0
|
|
|
|||||
Northern Cape
129 |
Agriculture 1
SL0 - 1
|
Education 119
SL0 - 110 SL3 – 1 SL6 – 3 SL7 – 5 |
Health 3
SL0 - 1 SL3– 1 SL6 - 1
|
Road and Public Works 1
SL3 - 1 |
Social Development 5
SL0 - 2 SL7 – 3
|
|
|
||||||||
Western Cape
201 |
Agriculture 1
SL4 - 1
|
Education 27
SL0 - 5 SL2 – 1 SL3 – 2 SL5 – 1 SL7 – 18 |
Health 172
SL0 - 3 SL2 – 8 SL3 – 20 SL4 – 119 SL5 – 22 |
Provincial Treasury 1
SL0 - 1
|
|
|
|||||||||
Eastern Cape
1022 |
Sports 1
SL0 – 1 |
Health 986
SL0 - 908 SL2 – 5 SL3 – 26 SL4 – 1 SL5 – 27 SL6 – 2 SL7 – 16 SL9 – 1 |
Education 8
SL7 – 8
|
Transport 1
SL0 – 1
|
Social Development 21
SL0 - 17 SL5 – 1 SL7 – 2 SL12 - 1 |
Cooperative Governance 1
SL7 – 1
|
Office of the Premier 4
SL0 – 4 |
|
|
||||||
Gauteng
177 |
Agriculture 1
SL0 - 1
|
Community Safety 1
SL2- 1 |
Education 34
SL0 - 4 SL2 - 7 SL5 – 4 SL7 – 19 |
Health 113
SL0 - 9 SL2 - 35 SL3 – 11 SL4 – 10 SL5 – 31 SL7 – 16 SL11 - 1 |
Office of the Premier 14
SL0 - 14
|
Social Development 14
SL0 - 8 SL3 – 4 SL5 – 1 SL11 - 1
|
|
|
|||||||
Limpopo
131 |
Transport and Community Safety 1
SL13 – 1 |
Social Development 10
SL0 - 10
|
Health 6
SL0 - 1 SL4 – 1 SL7 – 4
|
Education 113
SL0 - 11 SL6 – 2 SL7 – 99 SL9 - 1 |
Cooperative Governance 1
SL0 - 1 |
|
|
||||||||
Northwest
536 |
Agriculture 4
SL0 - 3 SL2 – 1 |
Arts and Culture 2
SL0 - 2 |
Community safety 1
SL5 - 1 |
Cooperative Governance 5
SL0 - 5 |
Economic Development 19
SL0 - 19 |
Education 368
SL0 - 318 SL2 – 11 SL5 – 10 SL6 – 6 SL7 - 23 |
Health 129
SL0 - 62 SL2 – 6 SL3 – 17 SL4 – 8 SL5 – 15 SL6 – 1 SL7 – 15 SL8 – 2 SL9 – 1 SL10 – 1 SL11 – 1 |
Office of the Premier 2
SL6 - 2 |
Prov incialTreasury 2
SL0 - 1 SL8 – 1
|
Public Worls 2
SL0 - 2 |
Social Development 2
SL7 - 2
|
||||
National
134 |
Agriculture 9
SL0 - 5 SL8 – 2 SL11 - 2
|
Basic Education 3
SL0 - 3 |
Correctional Service 40
SL5 - 36 SL7 – 3 SL8 - 1
|
Employment and Labour 10
SL0 - 1 SL6 – 1 SL8 – 8 |
Higher Education 4
SL0 - 2 SL2 – 1 SL5 – 1
|
Justice 23
SL0 - 1 SL4 – 1 SL5 – 16 SL7 – 3 SL10 – 1 SL11 – 1 |
Mineral Resources 1
SL0 – 1 |
Police 4
SL0 - 2 SL2 – 1 SL6 – 1
|
Public Service 1
SL4 - 1 |
Public Works 9
SL3 – 5 SL5 – 1 SL8 – 1 SL11 - 2 |
Small Business 1
SL3 - 1 |
||||
Social Development 1
SL0 – 1 |
Stats SA 8
SL0 - 8 |
Trade and Industry 18
SL0 - 18 |
Water and Sanitation 2
SL2 – 2 |
|
|
||||||||||
- 2. (b) (i) Breakdown at National level
Province |
Department |
||||||||||
National |
Agric 9 |
Basic Education 3 |
Correctional Service 40 |
Emplyment and Lbour 10 |
Higher Education 4 |
Justice 23 |
Mineral Resources 1 |
Police 4 |
Public Service 1 |
Public Works 9 |
Small Business 1 |
Soc-Dev 1 |
Stats SA 8 |
Trade and Indistry 18 |
Water and Sanitation 2 |
|
- 2.(b)(ii) Breakdown at Provincial level
Province |
Department |
||||||||||
Free State |
Health- 34 |
Education-23 |
Social Development 28 |
Cooperative Governance 1 |
|
||||||
KwaZulu-Natal |
Agriculture 13 |
Arts and Culture 5 |
Cooperative Governance 33 |
Economic Development 1 |
Education 38 |
Health 221 |
Human Settlement 1 |
Public Works 2 |
Social Development 43 |
Transport 101 |
|
Mpumalanga |
Agriculture 2 |
Arts and Sports 3 |
Economic Development 3 |
Education 60 |
Health 103 |
Human Settlement 1 |
SOCDEV 12 |
Cooperative Governance 1 |
|
||
Northern Cape |
Agriculture 1 |
Education 119 |
Health 3 |
Road and Public Works 1 |
Social Development 5 |
|
|||||
Western Cape |
Agriculture 1 |
Education 27 |
Health 172 |
Provincial Treasury 1 |
|
||||||
Eastern Cape |
Sports 1 |
Health 986 |
Education 8 |
Transport 1 |
Social Development 21 |
Cooperative Governance 1 |
Office of the Premier 4 |
|
|||
Gauteng |
Agriculture 1 |
Community Safety 1 |
Education 34 |
Health 113 |
Office of the Premier 14 |
Social Development 14 |
|
||||
Limpopo |
Transport and Community Safety 1 |
Social Development 10 |
Health 6 |
Education 113 |
Cooperative Governance 1 |
|
|||||
Northwest |
Agriculture 4 |
Arts and Culture 2 |
Community safety 1 |
Cooperative Governance 5 |
Economic Development 19 |
Education 368 |
Health 129 |
Office of the Premier 2 |
Provincial Treasury 2 |
Public Works 2 |
Social Development 2 |
- (3) (a) The multi-party forum consists of twenty officials (20) made up of the NPA, FIC, SAPS, DPSA and SASSA collectively.
- Each organisation is led by a Senior official at the level of Chief Director/ General Manager and lowest position is that of Manager/ Deputy Director as detailed on the table below
No |
Name |
Organisation |
Position |
1 |
Adv P D Makroti |
NPA (NPS) |
Senior State Advocate |
2 |
Adv S Masilela |
NPA |
Senior State Prosecutor |
3 |
Adv G Mosetha |
NPA |
Senior State Prosecutor |
4 |
Mable Mshego |
FIC |
Project Manager |
5 |
Ahzur Mohamed |
FIC |
Project Manager |
6 |
Celeste Van der Westhuizen |
FIC |
Project Coordinator |
7 |
Marguerite Carreira |
FIC |
Project Manager |
8 |
Michelle Maitland |
FIC |
Project Manager |
9 |
General L Magson |
SAPS |
General |
10 |
Brigadier DS Tsupa |
SAPS |
Brigadier |
11 |
Brigadier NM Zondi |
SAPS |
Brigadier |
12 |
Colonel M Phukubye |
SAPS |
Colonel |
13 |
Colonel G Zwane |
SAPS |
Colonel |
14 |
Dr S Hoogenraad-Vermaak |
DPSA |
Chief Director |
15 |
Isaac Kabini (IK) |
DPSA |
Director |
16 |
Ronelle Brandt |
DPSA |
Director |
17 |
Nkosinathi Dlamini |
DPSA |
Deputy Director |
18 |
Dr Hlengani Bila |
SASSA |
General Manager |
19 |
Mr James Sambo |
SASSA |
Manager |
20 |
Mr Majoro Pakkies |
SASSA |
Manager |
22 July 2022 - NW2041
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Social Development
What (a) plans has her department put in place to ensure that subsidies for nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) are increased to keep up with the cost of living in each province and (b) steps has her department taken since 2020 to comply with the National Association of Welfare Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations judgment, to address the shortfall in funding provided to NGOs who fulfil the constitutional and statutory obligations of her department by providing social care and/or welfare services?
Reply:
REPLY: EASTERN CAPE
a) The Eastern Cape Department of Social Development is currently having a challenge on increasing subsidies due to shrinking fiscus however the Department has started a multi-year funding approach towards NPOs during 2022/2023 Financial Year.
b) The Department has increased subsidies to Child and Youth Care Centres from R2000 to R4000 from 2019/2020 Financial Year from the allocation that was in line with National Department of Social Development directive in order to comply with the National Association of Welfare Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations judgment.
REPLY: FREE STATE
a) The Free State Department of Social Development relies solely on allocations from Treasury. On specific priority programmes earmarked funds are allocated.
Over the 2022 MTEF period, the Free State Department of Social Development has increased budget allocations towards NPO’s in the different programmes as follows:
Programme |
2022/23 |
2023/24 |
2024/25 |
Social Welfare Services |
5% |
7% |
17% |
Children and Families *** |
-217% |
13% |
11% |
Restorative Services |
3% |
0% |
0% |
- The decrease under Children and Families in 2022/23 is due to the migration of Early Childhood Development to the Department of Basic Education.
- The focus of the department is on Children, Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities.
- For most part, in terms of priority areas, increases are above CPI inflation of 4.2 percent (2022/23), 4.3 percent (2023/24) and 4.5 percent (2024/25) respectively.
b) With regards to the steps taken by the Free State Department of Social Development to comply with the National Association of Welfare Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations judgment, the Department received budget from the Provincial and National Treasury. This allocation was utilised towards increase on Child and Youth Care centres which is a top priority service.
The budget benefited 1 120 children at a R4 000 allocation per child per month. This demonstrates the Departments’ intention for progressive realization of the rights of vulnerable service beneficiaries in line with the court judgement.
Below is the budget allocation towards that purpose:
Source of funding |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Provincial Treasury |
R10 000 000 |
R11 000 000 |
R12 000 000 |
National Treasury |
R12 547 000 |
R13 237 000 |
R25 135 000 |
REPLY: GAUTENG
a) Gauteng DSD has ensured that any NPI budget increment received from Provincial Treasury is allocated to the NPO sector as subsidy increases to keep up with inflation. Therefore, Gauteng DSD has been implementing inflationary increases for the past five years ranging from 3% to 6% on an annual basis.
b) In terms of the steps that the Gauteng DSD has taken since 2020 to comply with the National Association of Welfare Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations judgment, the Department has substantially increased the subsidy rates of Child and Youth Care Centres (CYCCs) from the 2019/20 financial year with the additional financial resources that were received from the National Treasury.
Thereafter, the Department made annual inflationary increases to the baseline of the 2019/20 financial year to keep up with inflation. In addition, the Department provided each CYCC with additional funding for the appointment of a social worker or auxiliary social worker over and above the capita subsidy rate.
REPLY: KWA-ZULU NATAL
a) The Kwa Zulu-Natal Province received an additional allocation from Treasury during the 2022/23 MTEF which has enabled the Department to give Non-Profit Organisation (NGOs) and increase of 5% to keep up with the cost of living.
b) The KwaZulu-Natal Province has been increased funding of R4000.00 per child per month since 2019/2020 financial year for CYCCs.
REPLY: LIMPOPO
a) Due to budget cut that the department encountered, no increases were effected on subsidies to NPOs, however, as, and when there are savings the department does consider NPOs rendering programmes for increment.
b) With regards to steps taken to comply with the NAWONGO Court judgement, the department has increased the monthly subsidy of CYCC from R2 500 to R4 000 per child per month following the NAWONGO judgement. Within the current financial year (2022-23) the subsidy has increased from R4000 to R4500.
REPLY: MPUMALANGA
a) The Mpumalanga province has submitted a budget request to Provincial Treasury, and an additional R16,6 million was allocated to Transfers during 2022/23.
Noting that the subsidies for social worker posts was last increased during 2013/14, these funds have been earmarked to increase the funding of social work posts.
This has translated into the following increases:
Occupational Category |
2021/22 Monthly subsidy |
2022/23 Monthly subsidy |
Social Worker |
R9 056 |
R16 000 |
Senior Social Worker |
R11 247 |
R19 000 |
Due to the limited budget allocation, only organisations employing social workers will benefit from this current increase. Increases could also not be provided to other occupational categories, however these will be prioritised in the outer years, should additional allocation be made available by the Provincial Treasury.
b) During 2019/20, the department increased the unit cost per child per month (through a special allocation received from National Treasury) from R2500 to R3900 per child per month.
In 2020/21 the subsidy was further increased from R3900 to R4000 per child per month.
In 2021/22 the subsidy was increased for children with special needs from R4000 to R4500 per child per month.
In 2021/22 the province further provided additional funding to Child and Youth Care Centres to employ Social Workers as a response to the NAWONGO Court Judgement.
REPLY: NORTH WEST
(a)(b)
Response from North West not yet received at time of submission.
REPLY: NORTHERN CAPE
(a)(b)
Increases were given for subsidies to all NGO’s within the allocated budget, as indicated below.
In addition to the increases in subsidy of 5%, the increase for running cost was also included.
SUBSIDISED CATEGORY |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
Social Workers |
R13 525.18 |
R14 201.43 |
R14 911.50 |
Social Auxiliary Workers |
R6 973.10 |
R7 321.75 |
R7 687.83 |
Community Development Workers |
R6 655.97 |
R6 988.76 |
R7 338.19 |
Child and Youth Care Workers |
R3 500.00 |
R4 100.00 |
R4 305.00 |
Children in CYCC’s |
R4 150.00 |
R4 375.50 |
R4 480.00 |
REPLY: WESTERN CAPE
a) Budget restrictions has limited the initiatives by the Western Cape Department of Social Development to increase funding to NGOs. Budgets have unfortunately been cut across various programmes and funding has been sustained for the Victim Empowerment Programme and NGO CYCCs.
b) With regards to steps taken to comply with the NAWONGO Court judgement, the Western Cape Department of Social Development experienced budget constraints, thus limited effect could be given to the Court judgement. However, with NGO CYCCs an all-inclusive unitary fee was introduced since April 2022. All NGO CYCCs are now funded on the same fee structure.
22 July 2022 - NW2085
Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Social Development
What amount of budget cuts did (a) her department experience in each province, especially in the Northern Cape, and (b) each programme receive?
Reply:
Eastern Cape Province
a) & b) The Eastern Cape Department of Social Development (DSD) did not experience a budget cut for the 2022/23 financial year and 2022 MTEF period other than the budget cuts that were implemented in the 2021 MTEF period.
The budget for the Department was however reduced because of the ECD function shift from DSD to the Department of Education (DOE).
Free State Province
a) Amount of budget cuts experienced in the Free State Province
From the final allocation for the 2020/21 financial year to the main allocation for 2021/22, the departmental budget for the FS DSD decreased by R 77.196 million.
The cuts were mainly on the Compensation of Employees as a result of the freezing of annual salary adjustments over the MTEF.
From the Main Allocation to the Final Allocation (during the Adjustment Budget) the department received:
- R 37.336 million as a roll-over of the ECD Conditional Grant;
- R 31.692 million for gratuities paid to officials on levels 1-12;
- R 12 million for appointment of social workers;
- R 10.702 in respect of the ECD Stimulus;
- R 4.2 million towards the ENGO Payment
b) Decrease/increase ease per programme as well as final appropriation:
Gauteng Province
a) The baseline allocation for the Gauteng Department of Social Development was reduced by R 614,545 million in the 2022/23 financial year due to the ECD function shift, centralisation of the ICT budget to the Department of e-Government, infrastructure cut, and fiscal consolidation reduction.
Table 1: Baseline Reduction - 2022/23 Financial Year
ITEM |
2022/23 R’000 |
ECD Function Shift |
591 278 |
ICT Budge Centralisation (Department of e-Government) |
7 533 |
Infrastructure |
12 100 |
Cuts from Provincial Treasury (Fiscal consolidation) |
3 634 |
TOTAL |
614 545 |
b) Each programme received the following:
Table 2: Baseline Reduction per Programme - 2022/23 Financial Year
Programme |
Amount R’000 |
Administration |
15 023 |
Social Welfare Services |
0 |
Children & Families |
542 414 |
Restorative Services |
12 100 |
Development & Research |
45 008 |
TOTAL |
614 545 |
KwaZulu-Natal Province
a) The budget cuts experienced by KwaZulu-Natal DSD were R 322, 909 million for 2021/2022 and R 427, 238 million for 2022/2023 financial years.
b) Each programme received the following budget cuts:
Programme |
2021/22 R’000 |
2022/23 R’000 |
Administration |
45,779 |
52,278 |
Social Welfare Services |
59,332 |
81,696 |
Children and Families |
172,798 |
231,264 |
Restorative Services |
20,000 |
29,000 |
Development and Research |
25,000 |
33,000 |
Total |
322,909 |
427,238 |
Limpopo Province
a) R 482 686 million
b) Program 1: Administration – R 80,788 million
Program 2: Social Welfare Services - R 74,649 million
Program 3: Children and families – R 225,563 million
Program 4: Restorative Services – R 56,469 million
Program 5: Development and Research –
R 45,217 million
Mpumalanga Province
a) There were no budgets cut to any of the programmes made by the National Department for the 2021/22 financial year. The departmental overall budget was reduced in the 2022/23 financial year following the ECD function shift to the Department of Education See the breakdown of the allocated budget from National to Province below:
Programme |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
Administration |
R 334 631 000 |
R 411,885,000 |
Social Welfare Services |
R 298 595 000 |
R 291 548 000 |
Children and Families |
R 811 255 000 |
R 482 218 000 |
Restorative Services |
R 209 532 000 |
R234 935 000 |
Development and Research |
R 199 666 000 |
R 195 644 000 |
TOTAL |
R 1,853 679 000 |
R 1,840,989,000 |
b) An amount of R 80.0 million was cut from the budget allocation of the Department at the provincial level during the budget adjustment of the 2021/22 financial year. This amount was cut from the budget allocation for new social infrastructure projects.
Northwest Province
The budget reduction implemented in 2021/22 financial was R 228.4 million and in 2022/23
R 311.5 million and a further transfer of ECD function to the Department of Education amounting to R 192 million.
Budget reduction per program.
Allocation per program for 2022/23
PROGRAM |
2022/23 |
Administration |
227 079 |
Social Welfare Services |
587 476 |
Children and Families |
345 313 |
Restorative Services |
303 840 |
Development and Research |
190 684 |
Total for Programmes |
1 654 392 |
Northern Cape Province
a) & b)
The Department received a budget cut on the EPWP allocation from R 9,3 million to R 5,2 million. The reduction was mostly in Programme 5.
Western Cape
a) The Western Cape DSD has the following budget cuts for the 2022/23 financial year.
Programmes |
(R’000) |
Administration |
1,658 |
Social Welfare Services |
21,213 |
Children and Families |
(351,604) |
Restorative Services |
4,629 |
Development and Research |
30,884 |
Total |
(293,220) |
The department allocation for 2022/23 was reduced by R 391.531 million for the Early Childhood Development (ECD) function shift from Vote 7: Social Development to Vote 5: Education.
The department reprioritised allocations to mitigate budget shortfalls as follows:
Compensation of Employees (CoE)
The department received an additional R 40 million to provide for the 2022/23 Wage agreement. However, the additional funding will not cover the department’s CoE budget requirements and therefore, the department had to reduce its Recruitment Plan (Filling of vacant posts) by R 25 million to cover the shortfall. This compromise will hamper the filling of critical posts and effective service delivery.
Goods and Services
The departments received an additional R 1 million for digitizing the Non-profit organisation management systems (NPOMS) and R 1 million for the development of a Mobile Client Service System to support Social Workers to deliver more efficient services.
Considering baseline budget reductions, the department implemented additional budget cuts.
- No new staff bursaries can be awarded
- Training budget was reduced
- Maintenance of offices and facilities was reduced
- Austerity measures for Stationery, printing, and office supplies
Transfer Payments and Subsidy Payments
- Non-Profit Institutions
The departments received an additional,
-
- R 4.978 million for the Social Sector EPWP Incentive Grant for Provinces.
- R 3 million for the conversion of Robbie Nurock community health centre into a homeless shelter.
- R 21.333 for Social Development - Welfare NGOs
The impact of baseline budget reductions will have the following consequences
-
- Reductions to payments for Older Persons will lead to the termination of all transport costs to service centres; 14 non-compliant service centres will not be funded, and termination of awareness programmes in old age homes.
- The reduction of payments to the disabled will lead to a reduction in disability training and awareness programmes. Funds to Disability Forums will be reduced.
- Funding will have to be reduced to all 33 shelters. There will be a reduction in funding of 40 Families Social Service Organisations’. This will lead to no parent, teenage, father /boys programme can continue in any of the Safety Hotspot areas and placing Families at higher risk.
- Fewer practitioners in Substance Abuse NPO's will be trained. Reduction in early intervention services. Reduction of 80 youth beds. The reduction of bed space across the other Substance Abuse Centres. Reduction in aftercare services rendered by the NPO sector and more pressure on DSD to render aftercare services. Impact on operational cost and a decrease in student intake for universities
- Reduction in EPWP Programme
- Reduction in project budgets for Youth Cafés. No expansion of Youth Cafes.
- Households
No new External Bursaries can be awarded
Capital Assets.
The department received an additional R2 million to enable Mobile connectivity. However, the procurement of IT equipment was reduced and thus affecting the departmental Technology Refresh.
Programme 1: Administration
-
- The reduction in COE severely impacted service delivery monitoring and performance of administrative duties.
- IT refresh was scaled down.
Programme 2: Social Welfare Services
-
- The reduction in COE resulted in the downscaling of services and outputs within the department.
- 2021/22 Adjusted Budget for transfer payments was maintained, thus no increases in post-funding, subsidies, and programmes funding. This resulted in downscaling of services within the NGO sector. Certain service offerings were suspended or terminated.
Programme 3: Children and Families
- Reduction in CoE severely impacts services offered by the department.
- The allocation for 2022/23 was reduced by
R 391.531 million for the Early Childhood Development (ECD) function shift from Vote 7: Social Development to Vote 5: Education.
Programme 4: Restorative Services
- The reduction in CoE severely impacted services offered at facilities. Norms and standards ratio for a child vs care worker was not met and increased absenteeism.
- 2021/22 Adjusted Budget for transfer payments was maintained, thus no increases in post-funding, subsidies, and programmes funding. This resulted in downscaling of services within the NGO sector. Certain service offerings were suspended or terminated.
Programme 5: Restorative Services
- The reduction in CoE severely impacted services offered by the Department.
- Ability to respond to disasters and humanitarian relief was severely impacted. There was limited ability to address food insecurity where SASSA didn't have additional funding.
22 July 2022 - NW1555
Arries, Ms LH to ask the Minister of Social Development
What number of (a) projects, (b) programmes and (c) employment opportunities were implemented by the National Development Agency in the 2021-22 financial year?
Reply:
Background
The NDA provide grant funding and capacity building interventions to CSOs. These interventions are to ensure that CSOs projects have impact to the communities they are serving.
a) In the 2021-2022 financial year, the NDA supported and funded 414 CSOs projects covering all nine provinces.
b) The NDA programmes implemented in the 2021-2022 financial year were in the following programmatic areas:
(i) Grant funding programme which provides grants to CSOs for funding their projects in food security, garment making including school uniforms, animal production including poultry and piggery, bricks making, tea production, bakery, Early childhood development and social services. This programmes links CSOs products to various markets to ensure that they achieve levels of development that can sustain themselves in the medium to long term.
(ii) Capacity Building programme provides skills development through training, mentoring and support to their institutional capacities and technical skills to better manage the CSOs and produce quality products for different markets. of CSOs across all districts and local municipalities in nine provinces.
(iii) DSD/ CARA Victim Empowerment Programme: The programme is funded through the Criminal Asset Recovery Account (CARA). The overall purpose of the programme is to identify; partner and empower, through grant funding, CSOs in the nine (9) Provinces. Over 300 CSOs have been funded to provide the following services to victims of crime and abuse:
- Family strengthening - to increase family strengths, enhance child development, and reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect.
- Social crime prevention - focusing on the structural drivers of gender based violence.
- Social behaviour changes programs - focusing on boys and men.
- Welfare services - focusing on social protection, maximization of human potential and fostering self-reliance and participation in decision-making.
(iv) Venture Creation Programme: This is a skills development and workplace placement intervention funded by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). The programme recruited 2000 young people to participate in the programme with the aim of training them, place them in work environment and organise them into Co-operatives to use the skills in starting new business ventures for improving their livelihoods and economic participation. They are paid R2 000.00 stipends every month whilst enrolled in the programme for 12 months.
(v) Resource Mobilisation mobilisation programe: this programme seeks to mobilise resources outside the NDA allocation to fund and support CSOs interventions so as to achieve sustainable financial resources. In the 2021/22 financial year, the NDA raised R47 million towards this programme from government and private sectors.
c) The number of employment opportunities created during the financial year through the grant funding programme was 546.
22 July 2022 - NW2286
Abrahams, Ms ALA to ask the Minister of Social Development
Whether, with regard to a recent oversight visit to the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) local offices in Khayelitsha where it was said that building renovations will commence in July 2022, he has been informed of the renovations that will commence; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) plans has SASSA put in place in order to ensure uninterrupted services to SASSA clients in Khayelitsha and (b) are the cost implications attached should the SASSA office have to be temporarily relocated?
Reply:
1. (a) The Department of Public Works and Transport – Western Cape has informed, SASSA Western Cape that they will be undertaking renovation on the state owned building.
Previously when the first phase of maintenance was implemented, the office was temporarily vacated and relocated to the Women in Action office in Eerste Rivier.
Currently SASSA has signed a lease agreement for a site in Khayelitsha known as Bikitsha. Services will be rendered from this site.
SASSA is further engaging with the City of Cape Town for the rental of the Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) programme sites that have already been renovated and are fit for occupation in Harare; Khayelitsha Resource Centre, Kuyasa Library and City of Cape Town halls. These sites will enable the services to remain in Khayelithsa.
SASSA has contacted the Sub Council 10 to assist with identifying alternative accommodation, and engagements with VPUU management are being made to with them before end of June 2022.
The Bikitsha site was a planned additional site for services to be delivered in Khayelitsha
SASSA will incur costs for the following:
- Cost of Temporary Accommodation
- Cost of Transportation of SASSA assets from current office to new site or storage
- Cost for labourers
- Storage costs
- Cost of lease / rental of furniture and equipment to be used at alternative site.
- Additional hire costs for Cleaning and Security
-The City of Cape Town still needs to advise SASSA on the cost implications of the VPUU site and the other municipal venues
22 July 2022 - NW2345
Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Social Development
With reference to the report of the Auditor-General for the 2020-21 financial year, what total number of vacancies, other than that of the Director-General, exist within (a) her department and (b) the entities reporting to her?
Reply:
(a) The National Department of Social Development had 59 vacancies as at 31 March 2021.
(b)(i) The National Development Agency, 14 vacancies, and
(b)(ii) The South African Social Security Agency had 410 vacancies.
22 July 2022 - NW2247
Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
What (a)(i) strategic action plans, (ii) key performance indicators and (iii) targets does his department have in place to remove gold on surfaces in order to effectively address illegal mining, (b) total amount in budget allocation has been provided to address specific development plans, especially with regard to portions of illegal mining, such as number of shafts and/or kilometers and (c) monitoring tools does his department have in place that can be used to monitor illegal mining activities in the Republic?
Reply:
(a)(i) The strategic action plans that the Department has is to seal and close all derelict and ownerless mines so that illegal miners are denied access to the same mine, and also regular inspections in identified sites with law enforcement agencies (SAPS) to curb illicit dealing in gold.
(ii) The key indicators as per the Annual operational Plan are the percentage of complaints attended to/inspected as received as well as the criminal cases opened in respect of unlawful/illegal perpetrators who have commenced with mining activities without the necessary authorisation. This is contained in the Department’s Annual Operational Plan
(b)The compliance and enforcement directorate has a budget of R17 953 151, 26 for the purpose of compliance and enforcement.
(c) The Department does not regulate illegal mining, however when the officials of the come across it or a complaint is received such is attended to jointly with SAPS.
22 July 2022 - NW2346
Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)What total number of persons in the Kamiesberg Local Municipal area receive social grants for (a) old age, (b) being disabled and/or (c) child support; (2) what is the breakdown of the specified grants in each of the 16 towns in the Kamiesberg Local Municipal area?
Reply:
1. As at the end of May 2022 the following were grants in payment:
Grant Type |
Number of Beneficiaries |
Old Age |
1287 |
Disability |
362 |
Child Support |
1460 |
2. The Region has one office in the Kamiesberg Local Municipal area i.e Garies Local office, servicing all towns in the Local Municipal Area (LMA).
Outreach services are rendered by the Garies Local office on a monthly basis to the different towns in the LMA:
Town |
Old Age |
Disability |
Child support |
Rooifontein/Kamassies |
63 |
33 |
111 |
Nourivier |
82 |
14 |
81 |
Leliefontein |
99 |
12 |
112 |
Paulshoek |
37 |
10 |
13 |
Kamieskroon |
129 |
44 |
183 |
Kharkams |
180 |
49 |
239 |
Tweerivier |
7 |
5 |
3 |
Koiingnaas |
19 |
5 |
2 |
Kheis |
67 |
11 |
2 |
Soebatsfontein |
45 |
17 |
47 |
Spoegrivier |
52 |
3 |
5 |
Klipfontein |
60 |
8 |
7 |
Garies |
350 |
114 |
521 |
Hondeklipbaai |
59 |
23 |
89 |
Lepelfontein |
38 |
14 |
45 |
Total |
1287 |
362 |
1460 |
21 July 2022 - NW2409
Mulder, Dr CP to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
To what extent has her department been engaged in subsidising foreign countries since 1 January 2018 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; (2) (a) which foreign countries have received financial aid during the specified years to operate in the Republic and (b) what are the details of the expenses covered by the aid; (3) What (a) training payments were issued during the above years for foreign delegations coming to the Republic and (b) are the expenses covered by such aid; (4) Whether she will make a statement on the matter?
Reply:
1. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has made an annual contribution to the running costs of the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Pretoria since 1995. The Department has also since 2018 provided financial assistance for the operational needs of the Embassy of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Pretoria.
2. (a) As stated above, foreign countries which have received financial aid during the specified years to operate in the Republic are the State of Palestine and SADR.
(b) The details of the expenses covered by the financial aid include maintenance of the Palestinian and SADR Embassies in Pretoria. From the 2018/2019 to the 2022/2023 financial year, the Department paid a total of R8 999 932 to the Palestinian Embassy, which is approximately R1,3 million a year. With regard to the SADR Embassy in Pretoria, the Department contributes R1 948 100 annually with a 10% adjustment after every two years.
3. (a) Training payments issued during the above years for foreign delegations coming to the Republic were for DIRCO’s annual International Women’s Programme for Mediation, Negotiation, and Conflict Resolution; and for the Gertrude Shope Annual Dialogue Forum and Capacity-Building Programme for Women Mediators and Peacebuilders.
(b) The expenses for the aforementioned training programmes for foreign delegations have been paid from DIRCO’s budget for training and skills development. These training payments are not regarded as foreign aid. DIRCO procures a service provider to present these training programmes and pays the training fees directly to the service provider. Fees paid to South African training presenters are based on the Department of Public Service and Administration’s (DPSA) guidelines. In addition to the presenter’s fees, the training expenditure also cover subsistence and travel, as well as international air travel for participants. Due to COVID-19, DIRCO’s training programme was held virtually in 2021. Therefore, DIRCO did not incur costs during that year.
4. The Minister will not make a statement on the matter.
21 July 2022 - NW2385
Bodlani, Ms T to ask the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies:
Who are the directors of a certain company (Leratadima Marketing Solution) which is currently involved in litigation on various cases worth Millions Rands with the Universal Services and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA)?
Reply:
I have been advised by the USAASA as follows:
The company in question was liquidated in December 2018 and the appointed liquidators are Mr. R. K. Pollock N.O, Mr. R. F. Lutchman N.O. and Ms R Pieters N.O. The directors before liquidation were Mr. Itumeleng Mafoko and Ms. Mabuyi Memela.