Questions and Replies
08 June 2022 - NW1794
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)(a) What total number of non-profit organisations (NPOs) in each province did her department provide funding to in the 2021-22 financial year and (b) will she provide Ms L L van der Merwe with (i) a list of all NPOs funded and (ii) the total amount of funding allocated to each NPO; (2) what (a) total number of NPOs had their budgets cut in the 2021-22 financial year in each province, (b) are the names of the NPOs that had their budgets cut and (c) did the cuts amount to in total?
Reply:
(1) (a) Refer to response to question 1484.
(b) (i) list of all NPOs funded in 2021-2022 financial year was provided in question 1484.
(ii) the total amount of funding allocated to each NPO in the 2021-2022 financial year was provided in question 1484.
(2) (a) Total number of NPOs has their budgets cut in the 2021-2022 financial year in each province:
Province |
Budget Cuts |
Eastern Cape (Annexure A) |
A total of 1663 NPOs were affected by budget cuts in Eastern Cape Province per programme: Programme 3:
1485 |
Programme 4:
|
|
Programme 5: Nil |
|
Free State (Annexure B) |
0 |
Gauteng (Annexure C) |
0 |
Kwa-Zulu Natal (Annexure D) |
0 |
Limpopo (Annexure E) |
The budget cuts were affected as per programmes and not individual NPOs. A total of 1868 NPOs within Programme 2, 3 and 4 in Limpopo Province were affected by budget cuts in 2021-22 FY. The breakdown per programme is as follows:
|
Mpumalanga (Annexure F) |
Welfare Services:
Community Development:
|
North West (Annexure G) |
0 |
Northern Cape (Annexure H) |
0 |
Western Cape (Annexure I) |
0 |
(2) (b) the names of the NPOs that had their budgets cut and (c) the cuts amount to in total.
Province |
Names of NPOs that had their budgets cut |
Amounts cut per NPO |
Eastern Cape (Annexure A) |
Refer to Annexure A for the lists per programmes. Programmes indicated on the list are: |
|
Programme 3: Early Childhood Development (except special day care centres) |
R26 425 344 |
|
Programme 4: Crime Prevention (42) and Victim Empowerment Programme (166) |
Programme 4 - The budget cuts amounted to R7 321 000 |
|
Programme 5: |
Nil |
|
Free State (Annexure B) |
0 |
Nil |
Gauteng (Annexure C) |
0 |
Nil |
Kwa-Zulu Natal (Annexure D) |
0 |
Nil |
Limpopo (Annexure E) |
6 programmes in Limpopo Province were affected by budget cuts and they are: |
A total of R135 800 000 million was cut from Programme 2,3 and 4. |
Early Childhood Development (ECD) & Partial Care. |
R70 million |
|
Services to People with Disabilities |
R9 million |
|
Drop-in Centres (DIC) |
R38 million |
|
Social Behaviour Change |
R9 million |
|
Services to Families |
R100 000 |
|
Victim Empowerment Programme |
R9.7 million |
|
Mpumalanga (Annexure F) |
Welfare Services: Emmanuel Family Home CYCC Community Development: A contract of Honey Dew Youth Development Centre was terminated due to poor management of funds. An amount of R242 014 was suspended, following the identification of replacement NPO. The allocated budget was spent in line with the planned outputs for 2021/22. |
R48 000 Nil |
North West (Annexure G) |
n/a |
|
Northern Cape (Annexure H) |
n/a |
|
Western Cape (Annexure I) |
n/a |
08 June 2022 - NW1803
Herron, Mr BN to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
With regard to a declaration (details furnished) gazetted on 19 October 2018, (a)(i) what is the definition of his department for a law enforcement officer and (ii) on which legislative provisions does his department rely in this regard and (b)(i) what is the definition of his department for a learner law enforcement officer and (ii) on which legislative provisions does his department rely in this regard; (2) Whether the powers conferred on law enforcement officers appointed by a municipality in terms of the specified determination is also conferred on learner law enforcement officers by the declaration he gazetted, whom are appointed by a municipality; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. Ad Question 1
1.1 Government Notice No. 1114 of 19 October 2018 (hereinafter referred to as "Annexure A"), provides for the appointment of a "law enforcement officer appointed by municipalities" as peace officers in terms of section 334 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977) (the CPA). The meaning of the expression "law enforcement officer appointed by a municipality" in Annexure A, is to a large extent already discussed in paragraph 4 of the written reply to Question 1802, where it is indicated that the expression must be interpreted as a member of a municipal police service and a traffic officer or reserve traffic officer or traffic warden or reserve traffic warden appointed by a municipality.
1.2 A summary of paragraph 4 of the written reply to Question 1802 is provided below:
1.2.1 The designation of peace officers must take place within the confines of section 334 of the CPA and other applicable legislation.
1.2.2 The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the Constitution), provides that the:
(a) Security services of the Republic consist of a single defence force, a single police service and any intelligence services;
(b) Security services, other than those established in terms of the Constitution, may be established only in terms of national legislation;
(c) National legislation must establish the powers and functions of the police service and must enable the police service to discharge its responsibilities effectively, taking into account the requirements of the provinces; and
(d) National legislation must provide a framework for the establishment, powers, functions and control of municipal police services.
1.2.3 Chapter 12 of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995) (the SAPS Act), gives effect to the aforementioned provisions of the Constitution and provides for the following:
(a) A municipality may apply to the member of the Executive Council for the establishment of a municipal police service for its area of jurisdiction;
(b) the functions of a municipal police service, which are traffic policing, policing of municipal by-laws and regulations which are the responsibility of the municipality in question, and the prevention of crime; and
(c) a member of a municipal police service:
(i) may exercise such powers and perform such duties as are by law conferred upon or assigned to a member of a municipal police service; and
(ii) is a peace officer and may exercise the powers conferred upon a peace officer by law within the area of jurisdiction of the municipality.
1.2.4 Although sections 64F, 64H, 64I and 64Q of the SAPS Act and regulations 8, 10 and 11 of the Regulations made under section 64P of the SAPS Act, refer to "member of the Service", the expression "law enforcement officer appointed by a municipality" is linked to section 64 of the SAPS Act, which provides that Chapter 12 of the SAPS Act must not be interpreted so as to derogate from the powers of the Member of the Executive Council responsible for transport and traffic matters. The National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996) (the NRT Act), provides that a local authority may appoint persons as traffic officers or reserve traffic officers or traffic wardens or reserve traffic wardens to exercise or perform within its area such powers and duties of a traffic officer. Many local authorities have traffic officers and traffic wardens who are not members of their municipal police service. Although the powers of traffic officers and traffic wardens are provided for in the NRT Act, enforcement mechanisms are reliant on the powers conferred upon them as peace officer in terms of section 334 of the CPA.
1.3 Annexure A does not make provision for "learner law enforcement officers". As the Cabinet member responsible for the administration of justice, I have, in terms of section 334(3)(a) of the CPA, prescribed that:
(a) A certificate of appointment referred to in section 334(2)(a) of the CPA, must be issued to a person referred to in Column 1 of the Schedule to Annexure A, only if the employer of that person has been furnished with a certificate of competency issued by the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service;
(b) It must be stated in the certificate of competency contemplated in paragraph (a) that, in the opinion of the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, such person is competent to exercise the powers stated in Column 4 of the Schedule to Annexure A; and
(c) for the purposes of the issuing of a certificate of competency by the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, must consider the training received by the applicant with regard to the powers to be exercised in Column 4 of the Schedule to Annexure A.
2. Ad Question 2
See paragraph 1.3, above.
08 June 2022 - NW1802
Herron, Mr BN to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
Whether the declaration (details furnished) gazetted on 19 October 2018 is intended to be a determination which empowers a municipality to establish a criminal investigation unit outside of a municipal police service; if not, why not; if so, (a) which sections and (b) in what regard; (2) Whether members of a municipal investigation unit, that is not established as a municipal police service in terms of the SA Police Service Act, Act 68 of 1995, are peace officers and conferred with the powers in terms of the specified determination; if not, what is the intention of the specified determination; if so, may the City of Cape Town’s Special Investigating Unit that is also known as the Safety and Security Investigating Unit, rely upon the determination for the exercise of the peace officer powers?
Reply:
1. In terms of section 334 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977) (the CPA):
"(1) (a) The Minister may by notice in the Gazette declare that any person who, by virtue of his office, falls within any category defined in the notice, shall, within an area specified in the notice, be a peace officer for the purpose of exercising, with reference to any provision of this Act or any offence or any class of offences likewise specified, the powers defined in the notice.
(b) The powers referred to in paragraph (a) may include any power which is not
conferred upon a peace officer by this Act.
(2) (a) No person who is a peace officer by virtue of a notice issued under
subsection (1) shall exercise any power conferred upon him under that subsection unless he is at the time of exercising such power in possession of a certificate of appointment issued by his employer, which certificate shall be produced on demand.
(b) A power exercised contrary to the provisions of paragraph (a) shall have no
legal force or effect.
(3) The Minister may by notice in the Gazette prescribe-
(a) the conditions which shall be complied with before a certificate of
appointment may validly be issued under subsection (2)(a);
(b) any matter which shall appear in or on such certificate of appointment in addition to any matter which the employer may include in such certificate.
(4) Where the employer of any person who becomes a peace officer under the
provisions of this section would be liable for damages arising out of any act or omission by such person in the discharge of any power conferred upon him under this section, the State shall not be liable for such damages unless the State is the employer of that person, in which event the department of State, including a provincial administration, in whose service such person is, shall be so liable.".
2. In terms of Part 5(a) of the Schedule to Government Notice No. R. 209 of 19 February 2002 (the Notice), law enforcement officers appointed by municipalities, were in terms of section 334 of the CPA, declared peace officers within the area of a local authority to exercise certain law enforcement functions. Government Notice No. 1114 of 19 October 2018 (hereinafter referred to as "Annexure A"), provide anew for the appointment of law enforcement officers appointed by municipalities as peace officers in terms of section 334 of the CPA and repeal Part 5(a) of the Schedule to the Notice.
3. Paragraph (a) of Annexure A states that the Cabinet member responsible for the administration of justice (the Minister), has in terms of section 334(1)(a) of the CPA declared "every person who, by virtue of his or her office, falls within a category defined in Column 1 of the Schedule to this notice, shall, within the area specified in Column 2 of the Schedule, be a peace officer for the purpose of exercising, with reference to the offences specified in Column 3 of the Schedule, the powers defined in Column 4 of the Schedule". A "Law Enforcement Officer appointed by a municipality" is listed in Column 1 of the Schedule to Annexure A. Annexure A does not clarify the meaning of a "Law Enforcement Officer appointed by a municipality".
4. To determine whether Annexure A empowers a municipality to establish a criminal investigation unit outside of a municipal police service, it is necessary to consider the expression "Law Enforcement Officer appointed by a municipality" in Annexure A in the following context:
4.1 The appointment of peace officers in terms of section 334 of the CPA, is subordinate legislation and cannot be used to override or amend any other Act of Parliament. The designation of peace officers must therefore take place within the confines of the Constitution, the empowering provision and other applicable legislation.
4.2 4.2. Section 199(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (the Constitution), provides that the security services of the Republic consist of a single defence force, a single police service and any intelligence services established in terms of the Constitution. Section 199(3) of the Constitution provides that security services, other than those established in terms of the Constitution, may be established only in terms of national legislation. Section 205 of the Constitution provides that national legislation must establish the powers and functions of the police service and must enable the police service to discharge its responsibilities effectively, taking into account the requirements of the provinces. Section 206(7) of the Constitution provides that national legislation must provide a framework for the establishment, powers, functions and control of municipal police services.
4.3 It is submitted that sections 64 – 64Q (Chapter 12) of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995) (the SAPS Act), gives effect to the aforementioned provisions of the Constitution.[1] Section 64A of the SAPS Act provides that a municipality may apply to the member of the Executive Council for the establishment of a municipal police service for its area of jurisdiction. The Cabinet member responsible for policing (the Minister of Police), has, under section 64P of the SAPS Act made regulations to facilitate such applications.[2] Section 64E provides that the functions of a municipal police service are traffic policing, subject to any legislation relating to road traffic; the policing of municipal by-laws and regulations which are the responsibility of the municipality in question; and the prevention of crime. In terms of section 64F a member of a municipal police service exercises such powers and perform such duties as are by law conferred upon or assigned to a member of a municipal police service; exercises such powers conferred upon a member of the South African Police Service (the SAPS), as may prescribe by the Minister of Police; and is a peace officer and may exercise the powers conferred upon a peace officer by law within the area of jurisdiction of the municipality. Sections 64F further provides that where the exercise of power includes the power to seize an article, the member of the municipal police service shall forthwith deliver the article to a member of the SAPS. Section 64H provides that a person arrested by a member of a municipal police service must be brought to a police station under the control of the SAPS.
4.4 The use of the expression "Law Enforcement Officer appointed by a municipality" as opposed to " member of a municipal police service" is linked to section 64 of the SAPS Act, which provides that Chapter 12 of the SAPS Act must not be interpreted so as to derogate from the powers of the Member of the Executive Council responsible for transport and traffic matters. In terms of section 3A of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996) (the NRT Act), a local authority may appoint persons as traffic officers or reserve traffic officers or traffic wardens or reserve traffic wardens to exercise or perform within its area such powers and duties of a traffic officer. Many local authorities have traffic officers and traffic wardens who are not members of their municipal police service. Although the powers of traffic officers and traffic wardens are provided for in section 3I and other provisions of the NRT Act, enforcement mechanisms are reliant on the powers conferred upon them as peace officers in terms of section 334 of the CPA.
5. In light of the aforementioned, the expression "Law Enforcement Officer appointed by a municipality" cannot be relied upon to extend the scope of Annexure A, which was used to cater for traffic officers and traffic wardens who are not members of municipal police services, as explained in paragraph 4.4. above. Annexure A must be interpreted in the confines of section 334 of the CPA and other applicable legislation which refutes any interpretation that Annexure A empowers a municipality to establish a criminal investigation unit outside the ambit of Chapter 12 of the SAPS Act. Sections 64E, 64F and 64H (discussed in paragraph 4.3. above), clearly do not afford a municipal police service the power to investigate offences and neither does Annexure A. Members of a municipal investigation unit, that has not been established as a municipal police service in terms of Chapter 12 of the SAPS Act, cannot be regarded as peace officers for the purpose of exercising, with reference to the offences specified in Column 3, the powers specified in Column 4 of the Schedule to Annexure A.
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Various laws confer powers, that are similar to the powers of police officials, on functionaries in a regulatory context - (see among others, Chapter 7 of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998), sections 26 and 28 of the Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 (Act No. 101 OF 1965), etc. ↑
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Government Notice No. R. 710 of 11 June 1999 as amended by Government Notice No. R. 854 of 9 July 1999. Regulation 1, among others, provides that "a detailed exposition of the organisational structure of the said municipal police service, indicating the number of persons which the municipal council contemplates to appoint as members thereof and setting out the number of such members who will primarily be utilised to -(i) render traffic policing services;(ii) enforce municipal by-laws and regulations; and(iii) render crime prevention services". ↑
08 June 2022 - NW1768
Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister of Social Development
What (a) total number of children were orphaned in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020 and (iv) 2021 in each province, (b) programmes have been and/or are being put in place to address and support orphaned children, (c) total amount of the budget has been allocated towards the support of orphaned children, (d) total number of nongovernmental organisations, childcare homes and government-run orphanages are in each province and (e) is the bed capacity (i) for each orphanage and (ii) nationally in orphanages?
Reply:
(a) The table below reflects the number of children that are orphaned for the period 2018 to 2020. (General Household Survey report published in 2021.) The figures for 2021 are not yet released by Statistics South Africa.
Province |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Eastern Cape |
75 754 |
118 732 |
90 841 |
Free State |
37 621 |
31 662 |
33 241 |
Gauteng |
84 421 |
69 523 |
162 899 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
121 071 |
148 585 |
126 347 |
Limpopo |
49 683 |
52 459 |
60 374 |
Mpumalanga |
42 228 |
43 270 |
40 613 |
North West |
29 552 |
42 171 |
58 289 |
Northern Cape |
10 885 |
10 799 |
13 078 |
Western Cape |
8 143 |
23 313 |
29 501 |
Total |
459 358 |
540 514 |
615 184 |
b) Department is implementing a Community-Based Prevention and Early Intervention Programme called RISIHA, which provides Core Package of Services (CPS) to vulnerable children which among others include orphaned children. The aim of this programme is to move children from vulnerability to resilience, minimise risk, address the underlying causes of vulnerability or risk, and build a protective environment.
There are seven intervention domains of the CPS which are as follow:
• Food and Nutrition which provide a safety net for children within their communities and where they can access food when the food provision in their family is insecure or where the child is at risk of stunting and malnutrition. Improve children’s food security & nutrition intake by ensuring access to community nutrition opportunities (cooked meals, food parcels), promote adequate nutrition, and track children’s growth to identify stunting.
• Psychosocial support which is aimed at improving children’s mental health by the early identification of children in emotional and psychological distress, extend the implementation of evidence-based social behavioural change programmes, sensitise families on children’s participation in a family matter and promote access to sport & recreation.
• Educational support which is geared towards increasing access to and attendance of school. The programme includes supporting children to overcome obstacles such as lack of school uniform, transport, lack of parental support for schooling and to support children in their educational performance.
• Economic Strengthening which aims at supporting and increasing the economic base of households through facilitating access to social security grants, entrepreneurial and other economic strengthening activities.
• Child care and protection aimed at preventing child abuse, neglect and exploitation. It further creates an enabling environment within the home, community and accessible services that will support parents to look after their children.
• Health promotion which is intended to improve children’s health through better access to health care, promote and support access to sexual reproductive health services for girls and boys, and the early identification and support to children with disabilities, promote and support good WASH habits.
• HIV and AIDS services which are aimed at reducing children’s risk of contracting HIV by improved HIV awareness and sexuality education, promoting known HIV status of children, support ART uptake and adherence and mitigating sexual and substance risk-taking behaviour of adolescents.
(c) (i) The total budget of R43 407 000.00 has been allocated to children’s services in the national department of social development which is inclusive of orphaned children for 2022/2023 financial year. This excludes social assistance accessed by the children through Social Assistance Act 13 of 2004 and those placed in alternative care in terms of Children’s Act 38 of 2005. The following indicates budget allocation per individual province.
(ii) Mpumalanga - A total budget of R181 046 000 was allocated towards services that support orphaned and vulnerable children in the 2021/2022 financial year. These are:
- Place of Safety R600 000.00
- Child protection Organizations: R27 614 000
- Community Based Prevention and Early Intervention programme: R96 856 000
- Child and Youth Care Centres R55 949 000
(iii) Western Cape: R9 008 212
(iv) Free State: The total amount of the budget allocated towards the support of orphaned children by Designated Child Protection Organisations through the provisioning of statutory services which includes the investigation, placement and psychosocial support services to orphaned children is R 38 072 million. The allocation to community-based care and support services is R 14 719 million.
The transfer payment allocated to CYCCs is
R 66 068 million rand to provide residential care services including psychosocial services to orphaned children.
(v) Kwa- Zulu Natal: The budget allocated towards support of the orphaned children is under the item Child Protection and Care. The allocated budget for 2022/2023 financial year is R 421 531 000.00.
(vi) Gauteng: The allocated budget for Orphans and Vulnerable children is R 432 705 000
(vii) Eastern Cape: There is no specific or separate budget for addressing orphaned children within Directorate – Child Care and Protection Services. The budget allocated for Transfer funding encompasses provision of a range of Child Protection Services including services to orphaned children.
Child Protection Organizations = R33 741 179 (thirty - three million, seven hundred and forty – one thousand, one hundred and seventy - nine rand). This is for rendering Prevention and Early Intervention Programmes as well as Statutory services.
An amount of R61 200.000 (sixty – one million, two hundred thousand rand only) for residential care / CYCCs in respect of children found to need care requiring residential care programme inclusive of orphaned children.
Safety Fees for provision of Temporary Safe Care by Safety Parents = R313.821 (three hundred and thirteen thousand, eight hundred and twenty – one rand).
An amount of R300.000 (three hundred thousand rand) allocated for advertisement / publication in line with Regulation 56 of the Children’s Act in relation to abandoned or orphaned children.
(viii) Northern Cape: total amount of the budget that has been allocated towards the support of orphaned children is as follows:
CYCCs = R24 531 000
Welfare organizations = R13 692 000
Places of care = R227 000
Good and service =R2 332 000
(ix) Limpopo - The total budget for Child Care and Protection Services is R23 518 000
This amount is not only for orphaned children programmes but for the entire Child Care and Protection Services Programme
(x) North West - Total budget for child care and protection services for 2022/23 allocated as follows: Goods and services: R2 416 000
- Transfers: R48 744 000
- Compensation: R9 545 500
(d) (i) Below is the total number of non-governmental organisations (drop-in centres) providing services to vulnerable children in the country.
PROVINCE |
NUMBER OF DIC |
Limpopo |
455 |
Mpumalanga |
111 |
Gauteng |
168 |
Kwa Zulu Natal |
217 |
Free State |
128 |
Eastern Cape |
29 |
Western Cape |
15 |
North-West |
77 |
TOTAL |
1 200 |
(ii) Total number of NPO and Government run CYCCs
Province |
NPO |
Government |
Eastern Cape |
27 |
3 |
Free State |
52 |
2 |
Gauteng |
114 |
8 |
KZN |
63 |
7 |
Limpopo |
9 |
5 |
Mpumalanga |
24 |
2 |
Northern Cape |
10 |
1 |
North West |
10 |
1 |
Western Cape |
54 |
7 |
Total |
362 |
35 |
(e) Bed capacity (i) for each orphanage in the province.
(i) Eastern Cape
Child and Youth Care Centres |
Bed Capacity |
|
NPO |
||
1 |
Crossroads Children’s Home |
42 |
2 |
Siyakhana YOEP |
40 |
3 |
Kieskammahoek |
34 |
4 |
Siyakhana YOEP |
20 |
5 |
Daily Bread C/O Deerfield |
100 |
6 |
East London Children’s Home |
107 |
7 |
Good Samaritan Child & Youth Care Centre |
45 |
8 |
Masizakhe Children Home |
70 |
9 |
Siyakhana Youth Outreach and Education Programme |
18 |
10 |
Emmanuel CYCC |
26 |
11 |
CWSA Tsolwana Sparrows CCYCC |
20 |
12 |
Lukhanyo Children Home |
38 |
13 |
EP Child and Youth Care Centre |
78 |
14 |
ACVV Khayalethu Youth Centre |
28 |
15 |
Mtr Smit Children's Haven |
74 |
16 |
Oosterland Child and Youth Centre |
93 |
17 |
SOS Children's Village Republic of SA |
73 |
18 |
Lukhanyiso |
18 |
19 |
Maranatha Siyakatala CYCC |
30 |
20 |
Khanyisa Children Home |
26 |
21 |
Thembelihle Home |
46 |
22 |
SOS Children's Villages Mthatha |
52 |
23 |
Bethany Home |
70 |
24 |
Siyakhana YOEP |
18 |
25 |
Mzomtsha Children Home |
54 |
26 |
Eluxolweni Charitable Trust |
22 |
27 |
Vuyani Thanduxolo |
33 |
Government |
||
28 |
Erica |
65 |
29 |
Protea |
35 |
30 |
Maluti |
40 |
Total |
1415 |
(ii) Free State
Child and Youth Care Centres |
Bed Capacity |
|
NPO |
||
1 |
Amor Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
2 |
Bolokanang Child and Youth Care Centre |
30 |
3 |
Esperanza Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
4 |
Our Child and Youth Care Centre |
122 |
5 |
Tshepang Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
6 |
Gladstoneweg Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
7 |
Ntlo Ya Tsotello |
24 |
8 |
Gardenia Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
9 |
Carpe Diem Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
10 |
Thalitha Cumi Kids |
28 |
11 |
Thalitha Cumi Babies |
14 |
12 |
Child Welfare Temporal Safe Care Thaba Nchu |
13 |
13 |
El Pizo |
12 |
14 |
Pelo ya Jeso |
25 |
15 |
Iphamiseng |
30 |
16 |
Heidedal Youth Mission |
30 |
17 |
Setshabelo CYCC |
15 |
18 |
Kidz Care Trust( Street Children) |
16 |
19 |
Lebone (Not Funded) |
30 |
20 |
OCSA Therapea Kids (Not Funded) |
20 |
21 |
Hlohloloane Child and Youth Care Centre |
30 |
22 |
Lefika Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
23 |
Marquard Child and Youth Care Centre |
16 |
24 |
Memorial Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
25 |
Senekal Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
26 |
Vrede Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
27 |
Charlotte Theron Child and Youth Care Centre |
123 |
28 |
David's Place |
12 |
29 |
Dumisani Child and Youth Care Centre |
16 |
30 |
Hope House |
30 |
31 |
Itekeng Disabled Centre Child and Youth Care Centre |
24 |
32 |
Welkom Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
33 |
Welriedal Child and Youth Care Centre 1 |
12 |
34 |
Welriedal Child and Youth Care Centre 2 |
13 |
35 |
Winburg Child and Youth Care Centre |
30 |
36 |
Thusano Child and Youth Care Centre |
15 |
37 |
Maanblom Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
38 |
Merafong Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
39 |
Nala re Thabile Child and Youth Care Centre |
30 |
40 |
Eikelaan Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
41 |
House of Hope |
20 |
42 |
House Malelane |
14 |
43 |
Emmanuel Children's Haven |
30 |
44 |
Pres. Kruger Kinderhuis |
65 |
45 |
Letsemeng Child and Youth Care Centre |
24 |
47 |
Presidentia Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
48 |
Bokahosane Ba Bana CYCC |
20 |
49 |
Ringerstraat Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
50 |
Sasolburg Child and Youth Care Centres |
12 |
51 |
Sasolburg Child and Youth Care Centre 2 |
12 |
52 |
Viljoenskroon Child and Youth Care Centre |
12 |
Government CYCC |
||
53 |
Leratong CYCC |
50 |
54 |
Tshireletsong CYCC |
60 |
Total |
1270 |
(iii) Gauteng
Child and Child and Youth Care Centre |
Bed capacity |
|
NPO |
||
1 |
Abraham Kriel -Bermuda House |
12 |
2 |
Abraham Kriel -Pomona |
10 |
3 |
Abraham Kriel Benoni |
12 |
4 |
Acres of Love |
50 |
5 |
Chance Children's Home |
86 |
6 |
Collin House/ Greater Benoni |
20 |
7 |
East Rand Children's Haven5 Muriel Brand street |
20 |
8 |
Epworth Children's Village |
84 |
9 |
Executive Welfare (Talita) |
11 |
10 |
Executive Welfare ( Alberton) |
10 |
11 |
Executive Welfare (Morester ) |
9 |
12 |
Executive Welfare (Benoni) |
30 |
13 |
Executive Welfare (Villa Lethemba) |
12 |
14 |
Executive Welfare (Villa Liberi) |
10 |
15 |
Executive Welfare(House Impak CYCC |
12 |
16 |
John Wesley Child and youth care centre |
15 |
17 |
Kids Haven Shelter |
98 |
18 |
Kids Haven Sunshine Village |
83 |
19 |
Siyabonga Children's Home Trust |
36 |
20 |
St Francis Care Centre |
35 |
21 |
St George's Home |
23 |
22 |
Tembisa Child Welfare |
74 |
23 |
Tembisa Child Welfare |
29 |
24 |
The Almond Tree |
65 |
25 |
Tholakele Centre of Hope |
42 |
26 |
Abraham Kriel Langlaagte |
106 |
27 |
Abraham Kriel-Maria Kloppers |
60 |
28 |
Acres of Love |
90 |
29 |
Arcadia Jewish children's home |
30 |
30 |
Aryan benevolent |
45 |
31 |
Aryan benevolent |
10 |
32 |
Bethany Girls Home |
110 |
33 |
Bethesda |
32 |
34 |
Botshabelo |
15 |
35 |
Crescent Haven |
24 |
36 |
Door of Hope |
19 |
37 |
Door of Hope |
50 |
38 |
Door of Hope |
50 |
39 |
Ethembeni |
60 |
40 |
Executive Welfare (Florida Baby Home) |
13 |
41 |
Executive Welfare (House Kosmos) |
9 |
42 |
Executive Welfare (Wees Gerus) |
9 |
43 |
Executive Welfare(Rosettenville Baby Home) |
12 |
44 |
Guild Cottage |
18 |
45 |
Hearts of Hope |
9 |
46 |
Hearts of Hope |
34 |
47 |
Ikholwa Community Service |
8 |
48 |
Ikholwa Community Service |
8 |
49 |
Ikholwa Community Service |
8 |
50 |
Johannesburg Children's Home |
64 |
51 |
Miracle Mission |
12 |
52 |
Nazareth House Johannesburg CYCC |
40 |
53 |
New Jerusalem Children's Home |
120 |
54 |
Oasis Haven of Love |
10 |
55 |
Oasis Haven of Love |
10 |
56 |
Siyakhula |
80 |
57 |
Othandweni Family Care centre |
90 |
58 |
Princess Alice adoption home |
30 |
59 |
Resthaven Ministries |
12 |
60 |
Rhema CYCC |
53 |
61 |
SOS Children's Village |
160 |
62 |
St Mary's Children's Home |
60 |
63 |
St Nicolas Home For Children |
15 |
64 |
The House Group CYCC |
32 |
65 |
The Kingsway Center of Concern |
22 |
66 |
The Orlando Home for children in need of care |
80 |
67 |
Uitkoms |
20 |
68 |
Villa of hope |
90 |
69 |
Yenzani Children’s Home |
14 |
70 |
Alfonso Fusco Maria |
36 |
71 |
Bethesda Outreach Ministries |
39 |
72 |
Bophelong Children's Home |
36 |
73 |
Bramley Children's Home |
46 |
74 |
Ebenezer House of Hope |
24 |
77 |
Good hope Community Organisation |
20 |
76 |
Jehovah Jireh Orphanage Centre |
27 |
77 |
Jakaranda Children's Home |
250 |
78 |
Leamogetswe Safety Home |
82 |
79 |
Louis Botha Children's Home |
110 |
80 |
Lerato House (TLF) |
20 |
81 |
Mohau centre |
48 |
82 |
Moepathutse Children Centre |
50 |
83 |
President Kruger Children Home |
63 |
84 |
SOS Children's Village |
90 |
85 |
Tshwaraganang Community Development |
36 |
86 |
Urbanvest Foundation |
15 |
87 |
Ya Bana Village for Children |
62 |
88 |
Executive Welfare (House Shalom) |
9 |
89 |
Executive Welfare (Huis Naledi) |
9 |
90 |
Executive Welfare (House Dorandia) |
10 |
91 |
Executive Welfare (Victory Kids) |
9 |
92 |
Executive Welfare (House Heneka) |
12 |
93 |
Executive Welfare (House Thembelisha) |
9 |
94 |
Executive Welfare (House Jabulani) |
9 |
95 |
Executive Welfare (House Kideo) |
10 |
96 |
Catherine Robson |
76 |
97 |
Doulous Ministries of South Africa |
40 |
98 |
Emfuleni Shelter for boys |
16 |
99 |
Hae Mona Children's Home |
41 |
100 |
Kotulong Community Centre |
60 |
101 |
Lerato Child and Youth Care Centre |
20 |
102 |
Polokong Children's village |
16 |
103 |
Polokong Children's village |
50 |
104 |
Sedibeng Children's Haven |
14 |
105 |
The Executive Welfare Council of the AFM of SA |
29 |
106 |
Vereeniging Alliance for street children |
13 |
107 |
Bethany House Trust Safe Haven |
107 |
108 |
Bethany House Trust Ikusasa |
44 |
109 |
Executive Welfare (Umephi El-Dad) |
10 |
110 |
Executive Welfare (Umephi Jade ) |
12 |
111 |
Girls and Boys Town Kagiso |
70 |
112 |
Girls and Boys Town Magaliesburg |
68 |
113 |
Philani Safe Haven |
20 |
114 |
Rhema Hands of Compassion |
36 |
Government |
||
115 |
Garankuwa Rearabilwe CYCC |
60 |
116 |
Desmond Tutu CYCC |
90 |
117 |
Don Mattera CYCC |
75 |
118 |
Igugulethu CYCC |
75 |
119 |
Mary Moodley CYCC |
80 |
120 |
Walter Sisulu CYCC |
90 |
121 |
Emmasdal CYCC |
30 |
122 |
JW Luckhoff CYCC |
50 |
Total |
5058 |
(iv) Kwazulu-Natal
Child and Youth Care Centre |
Bed Capacity |
|
NPO |
1 |
Pietermaritzburg CYCC |
90 |
2 |
Lilly of the Valley CYCC |
120 |
3 |
SOS Children’s Village- Grange CYCC |
78 |
4 |
Ekujabuleni CYCC |
45 |
5 |
Sunlit Garden CYCC |
55 |
6 |
Khazimula Children’s project CYCC |
30 |
7 |
Salvation Army Joseph Baynes CYCC |
82 |
8 |
Benjamin Generation CYCC |
36 |
9 |
Esimphiwe CYCC |
20 |
10 |
Sikawoti CYCC |
16 |
11 |
Assisi CYCC |
20 |
12 |
Emseni CYCC |
36 |
13 |
Inathi CYCC |
60 |
14 |
Ikhayalethu CYCC |
57 |
15 |
Place of Restoration CYCC |
60 |
16 |
Rehoboth CYCC |
80 |
17 |
Themba Club CYCC |
50 |
18 |
Sacred Heart CYCC |
80 |
19 |
Doxa Umephi CYCC |
12 |
20 |
Home of Comfort CYCC |
55 |
21 |
Peter Pearce CYCC |
50 |
22 |
St. Vincent Child& Youth Care Centre |
110 |
23 |
Streetwise Child& Youth Care Centre |
50 |
24 |
Tennyson House Child and Youth Care Centre |
15 |
25 |
Malvern Child and Youth Care Centre |
120 |
26 |
Ikhethethelo Children’s Village |
52 |
27 |
Ethelbert Child and Youth Care Centre |
66 |
28 |
Lakehaven Child and Youth Care Centre |
60 |
29 |
Abalindi Child and Youth Care Centre |
40 |
30 |
Ramakrishna Child and Youth Care Centre |
40 |
31 |
St Theresa’s CYCC |
72 |
32 |
William Clark CYCC |
54 |
33 |
Durban CYCC |
74 |
34 |
St Martins CYCC |
75 |
35 |
St Philomena’s CYCC |
40 |
36 |
St Thomas CYCC |
40 |
37 |
Wylie House CYCC |
40 |
38 |
Girls and Boys Town South Africa- Tongaat CYCC |
40 |
39 |
St Monica’s CYCC |
84 |
40 |
Aryan Benevolent Home CYCC |
102 |
41 |
District 49 CYCC |
30 |
42 |
I Care CYCC |
28 |
43 |
Othandweni CYCC |
20 |
44 |
Siyabathanda CYCC |
20 |
45 |
Blessed Gerard’s CYCC |
70 |
46 |
Inqolobane CYCC |
30 |
47 |
Ikhayalethu CYCC |
40 |
48 |
St Joseph CYCC |
30 |
49 |
Msawenkosi CYCC |
40 |
50 |
Ikhayalikababa CYCC |
25 |
51 |
Sizanani CYCC |
35 |
52 |
Koningsdal CYCC |
90 |
53 |
Inkululeko CYCC |
21 |
54 |
Destiny House Children’s Ministries CYCC |
24 |
55 |
Mseleni CYCC |
20 |
56 |
St Anthony’s CYCC |
100 |
57 |
Home Meah CYCC |
20 |
58 |
Morester-Newcastle CYCC |
60 |
59 |
Greytown Child and Youth Care Centre |
160 |
60 |
Isiphephelo CYCC |
14 |
61 |
Victory Haven CYCC |
20 |
62 |
Ikhayalethu CYCC |
105 |
63 |
Morester CYCC |
150 |
Government |
||
64 |
Greenfield Child and Youth Care Centre |
72 |
65 |
Zakhe Child And Youth Care Centre |
40 |
66 |
Valley View Child And Youth Care Centre |
60 |
67 |
Ocean View Child And Youth Care Centre |
60 |
68 |
Ngwelezane Child and Youth Care Centre |
68 |
69 |
Newcastle Child and Youth Care Centre (School of Industry) |
100 |
70 |
Princess Mkabayi Child and Youth Care Centre |
85 |
Total |
3943 |
(v) Limpopo
Child and Youth Care Centres |
Bed capacity |
|
NPO |
||
1 |
Ngwana House |
28 |
2 |
Holy Family |
75 |
3 |
Noah’s Ark |
50 |
4 |
Takalani Children’s Home |
70 |
5 |
Abram Kriel |
170 |
6 |
Huis Tekna |
56 |
7 |
Huis Talje |
55 |
8 |
Thabang |
45 |
9 |
Mantadi |
34 |
Government |
||
10 |
Polokwane Welfare Complex |
80 |
11 |
Iris House |
60 |
12 |
Mtsetweni |
60 |
13 |
Tubatse |
30 |
14 |
Thohoyandou Children’s Home |
107 |
Total |
920 |
(vi) Mpumalanga
Child and Youth Care Centre |
Bed Capacity |
|
NPO |
||
1 |
Michaels Children's Village |
18 |
2 |
Millenium Home of Hope |
18 |
3 |
SOS Children's Village Association of the Republic of South Africa |
75 |
4 |
Theresa Willis Home of Hope |
15 |
5 |
Uthando House |
25 |
6 |
Moses Sihlangu Health Care Centre |
21 |
7 |
St John's Care Centre |
55 |
8 |
Jinda Child Care |
18 |
9 |
Emmanuel's Family Home |
15 |
10 |
Uthandiwe Children's Home |
25 |
11 |
Ebenezer CYCC |
30 |
12 |
Uzwelo Home |
54 |
13 |
CMR Child and Youth Care Centre |
70 |
14 |
SAVF Louis Hildebrandt Kinderhuis |
108 |
15 |
Janell Huis |
25 |
16 |
Damesfontein CYCC |
20 |
17 |
Phephelaphi Home |
45 |
18 |
Suid Afrikaans Vrouederasie Belfast Kinderhuis |
214 |
19 |
Kosmos Kinderhave |
75 |
20 |
Child welfare SA Africa Emalahleni (Highveld House Place of Safety) |
12 |
21 |
Bethesda House Of Hope |
35 |
22 |
Middelburg Care Village |
108 |
23 |
The Executive Welfare Council of the AFM SA (Umephi) |
15 |
24 |
CMR Place of Safety 1 and 2 |
30 |
Government |
||
25 |
George Hofmeyr |
60 |
26 |
Thulamahashe CYCC |
20 |
TOTAL |
1 206 |
(vii) Northern Cape
Child and Youth Care Centre |
Bed Capacity |
|
1 |
Christina Kiddie |
28 |
2 |
Sinothando |
35 |
3 |
Helen Bishop |
65 |
4 |
Jannie Roux |
85 |
5 |
VGK Kinder Herberg |
80 |
6 |
Bright lights |
80 |
7 |
uMephi Bophelo House 1 |
14 |
8 |
uMephi Bophelo House 2 |
10 |
9 |
De Aar Precinct |
16 |
10 |
Jogebet |
12 |
Government |
||
11 |
Lerato |
40 |
Total |
465 |
(viii) North West
Name of CYCC |
Bed occupancy |
|
80 |
|
230 |
|
150 |
|
50 |
|
50 |
|
20 |
|
47 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
50 |
|
30 |
747 |
(ix) Western Cape
Child and Youth Care Centres |
Bed capacity |
|
NPO |
||
1 |
Agape Children's Ministries Children's Home |
30 |
2 |
Andrew Murray Children's Home (Badisa) |
155 |
3 |
Brave Heart Home (Kidz@Peace Ministries T/A) |
13 |
4 |
Herberg Children's Home |
122 |
5 |
Jeug Uitreik (Youth Outreach) |
20 |
6 |
Overstrand Child and Youth care centre |
25 |
7 |
Steinthal Children's Home |
140 |
8 |
Sean Kelly |
14 |
9 |
ACVV Moreson Child and Youth care centre |
100 |
10 |
Bethesda Child and Youth care centre |
24 |
11 |
Dorothy Broster Children's Home |
50 |
12 |
Huis Triomf |
30 |
13 |
Masizame |
30 |
14 |
ACVV Bright Lights |
20 |
15 |
AFM Executive Welfare Council (House Rock-a Bye House -Kuilsrivier)-East |
10 |
16 |
AFM Executive Welfare Council (House Thembiso - Kraaifontein) |
10 |
17 |
Baphumelele Children's Home |
105 |
18 |
Fikelela Kids |
37 |
19 |
Girls and Boys Town Macassar/ Kenilworth |
55 |
20 |
Goeie Hoop CYCC |
45 |
21 |
Hope and Light Children's Village |
25 |
22 |
Huis Susan Lapoorta |
45 |
23 |
Heartands Baby Sanctury |
25 |
24 |
Masigcine |
28 |
25 |
The Homestead - The Bridge on Elukhuselweni (Finalised placement) |
65 |
26 |
Courage to Care |
36 |
27 |
AFM Executive Welfare Council (House Ubuntu - Goodwood)-North |
12 |
28 |
Cape Town Multi-Service centre |
30 |
29 |
Durbanville Children's Home |
142 |
30 |
Holy Cross |
60 |
31 |
Home of Hope |
17 |
32 |
Lawrence house (Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town) |
25 |
33 |
Nazareth House |
20 |
34 |
Oranjia Jewish Children's Home |
8 |
35 |
Ons Plek Projects for Girls / Siviwe |
34 |
36 |
Ons Plek Projects for Girls / Stabilization Programme |
|
37 |
Percy Bartley House |
15 |
38 |
SA |
44 |
39 |
SOS Children's Home |
80 |
40 |
The Homestead - Intake Shelter (Temporary Placement) |
25 |
41 |
Christine Revel Children's Home |
49 |
42 |
Heaven's Nest Child care and Recreation Centre |
15 |
43 |
HOKISA |
15 |
44 |
Leliebloem House |
60 |
45 |
Margaret's House |
16 |
46 |
Marsh Memorial Home |
60 |
47 |
Realistic Child and Youth Care Centre |
30 |
48 |
St Georges Home for Girls |
36 |
49 |
St Michael's Children's Home |
25 |
50 |
Vision Child and Youth Care Centre |
20 |
51 |
Vulamasango |
36 |
52 |
Elkana |
24 |
53 |
Huis Van Heerde |
70 |
54 |
Siyabonga-Huis van Danksegging |
20 |
Government |
||
56 |
Lindelani Child and Youth Care Centre |
100 |
57 |
Vredelus Child and Youth Care Centre |
76 |
58 |
Horizon Child and Youth Care Centre |
155 |
59 |
Clanwilliam Child and Youth Care Centre |
100 |
60 |
Outeniekwa Child and Youth Care Centre |
140 |
61 |
Bonnytoun Child and Youth Care Centre |
130 |
62 |
Kraaifontein ROAR Centre - temporary safe care |
50 |
Total |
2998 |
(e)(ii) The bed capacity nationally in Child and Youth Care Centres is 18 022
Name of Province |
Bed occupancy |
1. Eastern Cape |
1415 |
2. Free State |
1270 |
3. Gauteng |
5058 |
4. Kwa Zulu Natal |
3943 |
5. Limpopo |
920 |
6. Mpumalanga |
1206 |
7. Northern Cape |
465 |
8. North West |
747 |
9. Western Cape |
2998 |
Total |
18 022 |
08 June 2022 - NW1862
Abrahams, Ms ALA to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)Whether, with reference to her department’s announcement during the meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Social Development on 20 April 2022 that the Child Support Grant (CSG) Top-Up will be implemented in May 2022, she will furnish Ms A L A Abrahams with further relevant information on (a) the total number of beneficiaries who will benefit from the CSG Top-Up, (b) how the beneficiaries were identified, (c) the Rand value to be allocated to each beneficiary in May 2022, (d) the exact date in May 2022 that the CSG Top-up Grant will be paid to beneficiaries and (e) the total budget allocated for the 202223 financial year for the CSG Top-Up grant; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether beneficiaries need to submit online application for the CSG top-up grant; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether the CSG top-up grant will be a permanent grant from May 2022 onwards; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether she has found that the top-up grant will improve the lives of vulnerable children in the Republic; if not, why not; if so, (a) how and (b) what are the further relevant details?
Reply:
1 (a) The projected number of beneficiaries for CSG top up are as follow:
- 2022/23 - 191,200
- 2023/24 - 238,500
- 2024/25 - 287,400
(b) The CSG top-up grant is not a new grant as it builds on the existing Child Support Grant by increasing the amount allocated to orphans in the care of relatives and orphans in child-headed households.
The following criteria is used to identify potential CSG top up beneficiaries:
- A child heading a household who is aged between 16 and 18 can apply for and receive the child support grant for him/herself as well as receive the CSG Top Up for the children under his/her care.
- A caregiver, or relatives of orphans taking care of orphaned children can apply for the CSG Top Up;
- CSG Top up applicants are subjected to the means test, where the applicant’s income and /or his/her spouse is considered.
The following requirements need to be adhered to in order to qualify for a CSG top up:
- Relatives will need to provide proof that they are related to the child by attesting to their relation to the child.
- Applicants need to provide proof that the child is an orphan by producing:
- A death certificate/s of the child’s parents or
- An affidavit attesting to their lack of knowledge as to whether the child’s parent is dead or alive.
(c) The CSG top up is set at the level of 50% of the Child Support Grant (CSG), and government will try to maintain it at this level. Thus when it is implemented in June 2022, the value of the CSG will be R480, the top up will be R240, bringing the total value of the CSG with the top up to R720.
(d) Due to delays with the translation of the regulations, it is expected that the regulations will only be published in June 2022. Potential beneficiaries will need to apply for the grant, and will be paid the top-up together with their CSG (as one payment).
(e) The projected expenditure for CSG top up for 2022/23 financial year is R550.66million, however will be lower due to delayed implementation.
(2) In June 2022, when the regulations are published applications will be taken manually at SASSA local offices. Later during the course of the year the online application system will be amended to accommodate the CSG Top-Up grant.
(3) The CSG top up is not a standalone grant, but an additional amount payable over and above the CSG; similar to the top up provided on the Older Persons Grant for those over 75. Once legislated it will be a permanent benefit, provided that beneficiaries meet the qualifying criteria for the CSG and those for the additional CSG top up.
(4) The CSG top up has not yet been implemented, thus it has not yet been evaluated. (a) However, we do know that the CSG has significant positive developmental impacts on the lives of children. These benefits relate to the increased income in households that receive grants; it is thus expected that this increase in the value of the CSG (through the top up) will increase those benefits. (b) Attached find a copy of the Child Support Grant impact evaluation study conducted by the department.
08 June 2022 - NW1534
Arries, Ms LH to ask the Minister of Social Development
What total number of applicants for a temporary disability grant are waiting on medical doctor assessments?
Reply:
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 |
|
08 June 2022 - NW1393
Montwedi, Mr Mk to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Whether her department (a) supports organic farming in the current financial year and (b) had supported organic farming in the past two financial years; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (i) how and (ii) what are the relevant details?
Reply:
a) Yes
b) Yes
(i) The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development provides support to all farmers regardless of the production system that they use to produce their crops. This includes financial and non-financial support. There is no dedicated funding for organic farming. Organic farming is one of the production systems that farmers in South Africa use. It is relatively small compared to dominant systems like conventional farming, conservation agriculture, natural farming, agro ecology, and others. The growth of organic farming in South Africa is slowed down by factors like lower yields compared to products from other systems, pest and disease control as well as market access. There is also a perception that organic products are for high-income groups and the rich.
(ii) Funding for farmers is done through two conditional grants, namely the Comprehensive Agriculture Support Programme (CASP) as well as Ilima/Letsema. The farmers get funding if they qualify and meet the requirements. Non-financial support that DALRRD had been providing over the years includes information and advice on best practices regarding organic farming.
Crops produced through organic farming in South Africa include the following:
- Vegetables are considered the most common organic commodity, with a range of leafy vegetables, legumes, brassicas, squashes and root crops. Most western vegetables are produced locally, as well as vegetables from the east. High-value vegetables were typically exported to Europe.
- Herbs, including culinary medicinal and aromatics are grown organically in South Africa. The range of plants grown is very wide and indigenous cultivated plants are included in this category.
- Deciduous fruits. Organic apples are produced for export to Europe. One group of farmers has received certification for olives. Passion fruit is available in the local market. Grapes are primarily used to produce organic wine for local and export markets, while table grapes are sold locally. Berries included strawberries for local markets and blackberries for export markets.
- Citrus included oranges, lemons and clementine, the bulk of which are exported and represent a significant organic export market.
- Sub-tropical fruit consists primarily of avocadoes and constitute a significant export market. Guavas are grown for pulping and export and bananas have recently become available on the domestic market.
08 June 2022 - NW1980
Engelbrecht, Mr J to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Whether she has considered involving compliant private sector laboratories in the production of the African Horse Sickness vaccines on behalf of Onderstepoort Biological Products; if not, why not; if so, with whom has she communicated from the equine and horse racing industry in relation to the availability and distribution of the African Horse Sickness vaccines for the new vaccination season commencing on 1 June 2022?
Reply:
No. The Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) is currently producing African Horse Sickness vaccine in order to ensure sufficient doses.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DALRRD) communicated with the South African Equestrian Federation (SAEF) in relation to the availability and distribution of the African Horse Sickness vaccines for the new vaccination season which commenced on 1 June 2022.
08 June 2022 - NW1667
Breytenbach, Adv G to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
(1) What are the reasons for the high withdrawal rate of over 50% of case enrolments for fraud and corruption (details furnished); (2) Whether a conviction success rate of 5 out of 13 cases in specialist units such as the (a) Specialised Commercial Crime Unit and (b) National Prosecuting Authority meets the set performance targets; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) Whether he has found that the success rate represents serious underperformance by the specialist units; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. In order to address the question with regard to the withdrawal rate it is necessary to indicate the details of the thirteen (13) finalised cases. Five (5) cases resulted in convictions, two (2) cases resulted in acquittals, and in the remaining six (6) cases prosecution was in fact declined.
The six (6) cases wherein prosecution was declined are as follows:
1.1 Lichtenburg CAS 259/8/2016
Background of Case (Summary)
Financial Intelligence Centre (“FIC”) identified several deposits into the bank account of the Chief Financial Officer of Ditsobotla Local Municipality from the following entities:
(a) Khoisan Roads Cc, Ipes-Utility Management Services (PTY) LTD, and Bay Breeze Trading 241 Cc.
(b) Two (2) of the abovementioned entities are service providers of Ditsobotla Local Municipality.
Outcome:
The main suspect has passed away, and prosecution was declined on 22 July 2021.
1.2 Potchefstroom CAS 81/05/2011
Background of Case (Summary)
Docket was opened by the Department of Education North West in Potchefstroom. The complainant alleges that two tenders were awarded to four companies during 2007. During investigations by the Department of Education it was discovered that two of these four companies were allegedly front companies.
Outcome:
The Deputy Public Protector (DPP) declined to prosecute due to insufficient evidence to prosecute.
1.3 Hartbeespoortdam CAS 174/6/2016; and
1.4 Hartbeeesporrtdam CAS175/06/2016
Background of Case (Summary)
The docket was opened by the Department of Water and Sanitation North West at Hartbeespoort dam. The complainant alleged that the suspects contravened sec 57 (e) of the PFMA, by appointing a company to upgrade the road at Hartbeespoort dam and Lindleyspoort dam whereas the terms of the contract does not make provisions for such services. It was also found the same service provider allegedly had received other tenders without following tender procedures.
Outcome:
The DPP declined to prosecute due to insufficient evidence.
1.4 Mogwase CAS 204/03/2013
Background of Case (Summary)
The Department appointed a contractor to disburse an amount of R1.5m to create projects to alleviate poverty for 100 indigent’s community members but the contractor allegedly disbursed for only 22 indigents. The said contractor allegedly failed to return to the site to continue with the project as agreed in the service level agreement and stole the remaining amount.
Outcome:
The DPP declined to prosecute because the suspect is deceased.
1.5 Mmabatho CAS 270/05/2011
Background of Case (Summary)
The Department of Education advertised a tender seeking a motivational speaker who will render service to different districts within the province for a period of six (6) months. The MEC, Superintendent-General and officials connived with the appointed service provider to defraud the Department by inflating prices and claiming for services not rendered.
The case was before the Mahikeng High Court and was struck off the roll, on 25 August 2014 because the prosecutor needed to finalise the charge sheet and get permission from the DPP North West to re-enrol the matter.
Outcome:
Application for re-enrolment was submitted to the DPP who requested the DPCI to follow-up on certain aspects before a final decision could be made. On 21 September 2021, the DPP refused authorisation in terms of section 342A of Act 51 of 1977 for re-enrolment of the matter, and the matter is now deemed finalised.
2. In regard to the remaining seven (7) finalised cases, prosecution was instituted and resulted in five (5) convictions and two (2) acquittals. This translates to a conviction rate of 71%. The details of the two (2) cases wherein the accused were acquitted are as follows:
2.1 Wolmaranstad CAS 92/12/2010
Background of Case (Summary)
The municipality advertised a tender for refuse trucks whereby the complainant was one of the service providers that bid for the tender. The complainant alleges that he was approached by the employees of the municipality whereby they promised to influence the bid committee to award the said tender to him for benefit.
Outcome:
Matter was before court on 24 April 2019. The accused were acquitted. The complainant was a single witness, as the second witness, his son, passed away prior to the proceedings. At the stage when the matter was partly heard, it happened on repeated occasions that an interpreter was not available for the complainant, and the Court refused further postponement of the matter in terms of section 342A of Act 51 of 1977, resulting in the acquittal of the accused.
2.2 Mahikeng CAS 165/01/2018
Background of Case (Summary)
The Department of Health advertised a vacancy for the Head of the Department (HoD) post. The appointed HoD misrepresented himself by submitting false information during his application. Information was received that the appointment was irregular as he did not meet the requirements as per the advert of the post. Preliminary investigations were conducted, and it was proved that there was a prima facie case that needs further investigation.
Outcome:
The case was prosecuted in the High Court, and the accused was acquitted on 09 November 2021. The court found their versions to be reasonably possibly true.
3. It is submitted that, given the abovementioned context, the finalisation of these thirteen (13) cases does not represent serious under-performance.
END
08 June 2022 - NW1658
Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister of Social Development
Whether there are any costs paid by (a) her department and (b) entities reporting to her for each transactional advisor’s services in relation to the Salvokop building; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
a) Yes, the Department has transferred R10 million, which is a portion of the Transaction Advisory Services fees to GTAC. This is a standard practice for major infrastructure procurement projects of this magnitude. The balance Transactional Advisory Services fees will be transferred upon finalisation of the feasibility study – which is due later in the 2022/23 financial year.
b) No. The Acting Director-General is in the process of engaging the entities as the entire DSD Portfolio stand to benefit from the Tshwane Inner City Regeneration Programme, which is driven by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure. Part of this mixed-use precinct development includes facilitating the construction of five National Government client departments to be permanently accommodated, with the finalisation of the StatsSA head office already achieved in 2016.
The remaining four government head offices to be constructed in the precinct includes the Department of Social Development and its agencies, SASSA and the National Development Agency, the Department of Higher Education and Training, the Department of Home Affairs and the Department of Correctional Services and Constitutional Development. This programme is supported by National Treasury Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC) and the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality as partners and major stakeholders. The construction of the four head offices of Government Departments will be implemented as PPPs bringing about private sector participation throughout the lifecycle of the project.
08 June 2022 - NW1668
Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
With reference to the announcement he made in October 2021, detailing the names of the members of the Rationalization Committee with regard to the Republic’s High Courts under the chairpersonship of retired Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, which was to finalize its report by April 2022, what are the details of (a)(i) all meetings held by the specified committee and (ii) the progress made with the committee’s work and (b) the (i) expenses incurred and (ii) payments made up to date in relation to the committee’s work?
Reply:
a) The Committee on the Rationalisation of Areas and Judicial Establishments of the Division of the High Court of South Africa held the following meetings:
(i) Virtual meeting held on 13 July 2021. Introductory meeting with Deputy Director-General Court Services.
(ii) Virtual meeting held 29 September 2021: Discussion of the draft Road map with the DDG Court Services
(iii) Physical meeting 5 November 2021 at Protea Hotel Fire and Ice, Pretoria: Department’s detailed submission to the Committee outlining the following aspects:
- The challenges pose by pre-1994 areas of jurisdiction of the high courts; in particular, the Eastern Cape and Gauteng divisions
- Proposed changes to the current areas of jurisdiction of the high courts; and
- Proposed additional local seats with a view to increase access to justice.
(iv) It is expected that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) will present their submission regarding the above, at the date to be confirmed.
(ii) The Committee was expected to submit its Interim Report on or before 15 October 2021 and its final report by 31 December 2021. Subsequent to the presentation by DoJ&CD the Committee then had a sense of the work to be completed and then it was agreed that the Terms of Reference be amended to provide for new dates for submission. In terms of the Committee’s roadmap the OCJ and NPA were supposed to make similar submission to the Committee. There was hesitation from both the OCJ and NPA which derailed the commitments made on the roadmap. The Terms of Reference (ToRs) were thus amended to provide for new dates regarding the submission of reports by the Committee. The dates in the new ToRs were revised to 15 April 2022 for the submission of its Interim Report, and 30 July 2022 for the submission of its Final Report.
b) (i) (ii) Expenses incurred to date
Item |
Amount |
Venue for meeting (Protea Fire and Ice, Pretoria) |
R16 524.00 |
Accommodation |
R4 478.77 (Only done for one members for 2 nights. Others members did not require accommodation) |
Flights |
R9 233.49 (for 2 members) |
Shuttle |
R2 732.24 |
Ten (10) Laptops |
R232 387.10 |
Ten (10) Wi-Fi Routers |
R53 880.00 |
Printers |
R56 575.00 |
Payments to Members of the Committee |
R767 103.95 |
Total |
R1 142 914.55 |
08 June 2022 - NW1968
Steyn, Ms A to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Whether she will appeal the court judgment in the Ingonyama Trust Board case; if not, what steps did she take to ensure that the tenure rights of the residents of KwaZuluNatal who are living on the Ingonyama Trust land are secured; if so, what are the reasons for appealing the judgment?
Reply:
No. The Minister will not appeal the Judgment. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) filed an implementation plan in court to address the order against the Minister. Furthermore, DALRRD is also filing three-monthly reports with the court as ordered.
08 June 2022 - NW1979
Engelbrecht, Mr J to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Whether, with reference to her reply to question 142 on 23 March 2022, she has found that there are sufficient available supplies of African Horse Sickness vaccines as the African Horse Sickness vaccination season will start on 1 June 2022; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (2) whether Onderstepoort Biological Products has a functioning freeze-drying unit for the production of vaccines; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
(1) The Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) is currently producing African Horse Sickness vaccine in order to ensure sufficient doses for the vaccination season. The OBP is continuously keeping the Equine Industry informed of the status in this regard.
(2) Yes. OBP has a functioning Freeze-Dryer.
08 June 2022 - NW1494
Marais, Ms P to ask the Minister of Social Development
What (a) total number of sign language interpreters are employed in the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) in each province and (b) recent intervention measures have been put in place to assist persons at SASSA pay points who are hearing impaired?
Reply:
a) A total of 350 staff members were trained as sign language interpreters by the Enterprise University of Pretoria over a period of 12 months, through SASSA in 2017.
Of these, 330 are still employed by SASSA. The discrepancy of 20 is as a result of staff who have either left the employ of SASSA, or passed away. The breakdown per province, is indicated in the table below:
REGION/PROVINCE |
TOTAL NUMBER OF TRAINED OFFICIALS |
TOTAL NUMBER OF OFFICIALS STILL IN THE ESTABLISHMENT |
Eastern Cape |
23 |
21 |
Western Cape |
23 |
23 |
Northern Cape |
22 |
22 |
Mpumalanga |
29 |
27 |
North West |
60 |
56 |
Gauteng |
74 |
72 |
Limpopo |
41 |
37 |
Free State |
34 |
34 |
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
44 |
38 |
TOTAL |
350 |
330 |
b) Where possible, the staff trained as sign language interpreters are deployed to front offices and pay points to assist. However, in areas where these staff are not available, other measures, such as communicating in writing to the citizens, are employed.
08 June 2022 - NW1795
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Social Development
Which programmes had their budgets cut by (a) her department at national level and (b) each of her department’s provincial departments in the 2021-22 financial year
Reply:
a) National Department of Social Development
Programme |
Budget Reduction R’000 |
Compensation of Employees (All) Goods and Services (All) |
(63 000) (27 000) |
Transfers and Subsidies |
|
Social Assistance Grants (P2) |
(8 000 000) |
SASSA Administration (P3) |
(641 000) |
National Development Agency (P5) |
(20 900) |
Grand Total |
(8 751 900) |
(i) Social Assistance Grants – R 8 billion
An amount of R8 billion was reduced in the 2021/22 financial year from the Social Assistance programme.
(ii) SASSA – R 641 million
An amount of R641 million was reduced from the SASSA Admin baseline as a result of the wage bill containment strategy as announced in the 2020 Budget.
- An amount of R20.9 million was reduced from the baseline of the NDA as a result of the wage bill containment strategy as announced in the 2020 Budget.
- An amount of R63 million was reduced from the NDSD personnel budget baseline as a result of the wage bill containment strategy as announced in the 2020 Budget.
- An amount of R27 million was reduced from the Goods and Services as a direct implication on the budget reduction of the personnel budget
b) Provincial Departments of Social Development
Eastern Cape
An amount of R77,951 million has been reduced from various programmes. An amount of R18.8 million has been reduced from programmes related to Compensation of Employees. R59,151 million has been reduced from Transfer and subsidies and is listed below:
Programme |
Budget Reduction R’000 |
Compensation of Employees (All) |
(18 800) |
Transfers and Subsidies |
|
Administration |
(841) |
Social Welfare Services |
(14 239) |
Children and Families |
(36 719) |
Restorative Services |
(5 023) |
Development and Research |
(2 329) |
Sub Total – Transfer and Subsidies |
(59 151) |
Grand Total |
|
Free State
From the 2021/22 financial year, the departmental budget decreased with R77.196 million. The cuts were mainly on Compensation of Employees as a result of freezing of annual salary adjustments over the MTEF, as listed below:
Programme |
Budget Reduction R’000 |
Administration |
(36 387) |
Social Welfare Services |
(15 422) |
Children and Families |
(22 004) |
Restorative Services |
18 980 |
Development and Research |
(23 083) |
Total |
(77 916) |
Gauteng
The Gauteng Department of Social Development baseline allocation was reduced by R420.3 million in the 2021/22 financial year and the below table reflects the budget cuts per programme:
Programme |
Budget Reduction R’000 (Million) |
Administration |
(35 330) |
Social Welfare Services |
(24 441) |
Children and Families |
(181 766) |
Restorative Services |
(115 676) |
Development and Research |
(63 130) |
Total |
|
KwaZulu-Natal
The table below reflect the budget cuts to the 2021/22 financial year per programme:
Programme |
Budget Reduction R’000 |
Administration |
(45 779) |
Social Welfare Services |
(59 332) |
Children and Families |
(172 798) |
Restorative Services |
(20 000) |
Development and Research |
(25 000) |
Total |
|
Limpopo
An amount of R 482. 6 million was cut across all programs during 2021/22 financial year as indicated below:
Programme |
Budget Reduction R’000 |
Administration |
(80 788) |
Social Welfare Services |
(74 649) |
Children and Families |
(225 563) |
Restorative Services |
(56 469) |
Development and Research |
(45 217) |
Total |
(482 686) |
Mpumalanga
There were no budgets decreases to any of the programmes imposed for the 2021/22 financial year.
However, an amount of R80.0 million was decreased during the 2021/22 budget adjustment process during September 2021 related to the new social infrastructure projects.
Northern Cape
The Department’s EPWP allocation was reduced from R9,3 million to R5,2 million allocation for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 financial year respectively.
North West
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.
Analysis of the budget reduction during the 2021 MTEF is discussed in the analysis table below: -
Below is the breakdown of budget reduction per programme
Programme |
Budget Reduction R’000 |
Administration |
(11,195) |
Social Welfare Services |
(77,882) |
Children and Families |
(75,710) |
Restorative Services |
(35,360) |
Development and Research |
(28,274) |
Total |
(228,421) |
Budget reduction per economic classification
Economic classification |
Budget Reduction R’ 000 |
Compensation of employees |
(150,007) |
Goods and Services |
(24,869) |
Non-profit institutions |
(41,028) |
Machinery and equipment |
(12,517) |
Total |
(228,421) |
Compensation of employees
The reduction on compensation of employees implies that the Department will not be able to appoint critical posts, and the phasing out of performance awards and other improvement on conditions of services.
Goods and services
The reduction on this economic classification was mainly on services not to be rendered during COVID-19 i.e. venues and facilities, catering due to restrictions implemented at that stage.
Transfers and subsidies
This reduction had an implication on the targets to our funded NGO’s, and expansion of services.
Machinery and equipment
The reduction on this economic classification was mainly aligned to the reduction on compensation of employees.
Western Cape
The Western Cape DSD have the following budget cuts over the 2020 MTEF.
Programme |
Budget Reduction R’000 |
Administration |
(41,503) |
Social Welfare Services |
(82,048) |
Children and Families |
(42,366) |
Restorative Services |
(63,200) |
Development and Research |
7, 266 |
Total |
(221,851) |
- The reduction on Compensation of employees impacted services offered by the Department. Norms and standards ratio for child vs care worker were not met and increased absenteeism.
- The 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.
- The EPWP (Extended Public Works Programme) was reduced by R9.944 million.
- The department received an additional R25 million to strengthen food relief measures in support of the Western Cape Recovery Plan.
08 June 2022 - NW2017
Arries, Ms LH to ask the Minister of Social Development
What total number of (a) temporary disability grant applicants have had their grants freezed because they are still waiting for doctor assessments, (b) the specified applicants have been waiting for a period of more than six months and (c) temporary disability grants have lapsed in the 2021-22 financial year and have not been reassessed?
Reply:
(a) Temporary disability grants, as the name itself denotes, is awarded for a specific period, which is determined by the outcome of a medical assessment undertaken. At the end of the specified period, the grant lapses and the applicant can re-apply if still unable to work as a result of the medical condition. No temporary disability grant is placed in a “frozen” status, pending assessment.
(b) As of 23 May 2022, a total of 25 952 clients are awaiting assessments by medical doctors. There are no clients waiting for an assessment in excess of 30 days or more. See below for provincial assessment bookings:
CLIENTS WAITING FOR ASSESSMENTS |
||
Region |
Awaiting Assessments |
Awaiting ≥ 30 days |
NORTH WEST |
1608 |
0 |
MPUMALANGA |
1660 |
0 |
NORTHERN CAPE |
802 |
0 |
FREE STATE |
514 |
0 |
GAUTENG |
5021 |
0 |
WESTERN CAPE |
9240 |
0 |
EASTERN CAPE |
885 |
0 |
KWAZULU NATAL |
4571 |
0 |
LIMPOPO |
1651 |
0 |
TOTAL |
25 952 |
0 |
(c) In 2021/22, 243 823 temporary disability grants lapsed. Unfortunately, SASSA is not able to determine immediately how many clients have re-applied, but can confirm that no client whether new or a re-application has a medical assessment outstanding for more than 30 days.
08 June 2022 - NW869
Sharif, Ms NK to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What (a) is the total number of incidents of (i) sexual harassment and (ii) sexual assault that were reported in her department (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2021, (b) number of cases (i) were opened and concluded, (ii) were withdrawn and (iii) remain open or pending based on the incidents and (c) sanctions were meted out against each person who was found guilty?
Reply:
(a) |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
Since 1 April 2021 |
(i) (aa) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
(i) (bb) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(ii) (aa) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(ii) (bb) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
(b) |
2018/2019 |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
Since 1 April 2021 |
(b) (i) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
(b) (ii) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(b) (iii) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
(c) No sanction meted out at this stage. However, one case was closed due to lack of evidence.
07 June 2022 - NW1523
Msimang, Prof CT to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
With reference to reported escapes at the Barberton and Malmesbury Correctional Centres (Barberton escapes re-arrested, search for Malmersbury detainee continues” and detailed one prisoner convicted of” murder, rape, theft and robbery” who had been re-arrested, and other not yet rearrested, who “was awaiting trial for murder), what (a) total number of prisoners as at 30 April 2022 have escaped from detention facilities over the past five years and (b) crimes has each such escaped prisoner been (i) convicted and/or (ii) accused of; (2) What total number of prisoners as at 30 April 2022, (a) were re-arrested and/ or (b) remain at large; (3) What are the relevant details around the on-going search for the escapes?
Reply:
1. (a) a total of 285 inmates escaped from custody over the past six years (2017/2018 to 2022/2023 financial years). There was an average of 151 495 inmates in custody at any given time during the mentioned period. The escape rate can be averaged at forty eight (48) inmates per year. This translates to an average of 0.032% inmates escaping from custody per annum.
(b) Type of crimes committed by escapees over the past six financial years:
- Attempted murder
- Theft
- Armed Robbery
- Business Robbery
- Escape
- Robbery
- Robbery aggravating
- Housebreaking
- Housebreaking and theft
- Housebreaking with intent to rape
- House breaking with intent to commit robbery
- House Robbery
- Intercourse with a minor
- Kidnapping
- Possession of drugs
- Car theft
- Murder
- Murder and Robbery
- Malicious damage to property
- Attempted murder
- Dealing or smuggling of ammunition, firearms, explosives or armaments
- Assault common
- Assault with GBH
- Assault Serious
- Arson
- Stock theft
- Escape
- Rape
- Rape and kidnaping
- Attempted rape
- Robbery
- Illegal immigrant
- Indecent assault
- Intimidation and crimen injuria
- Possession of stolen property
- Possession of marijuana
- Pointing of a fire arm
- Stock Theft
- Suspected stolen goods
2. (a) (b) Total number of inmates who escaped, rearrested and/ or remain at large as at 30 April 2022.
Region |
Un-sentenced Escaped |
Total Re-Arrested |
Un-sentenced still at large |
Eastern Cape |
08 |
08 |
00 |
Gauteng |
28 |
13 |
15 |
Free State Northern Cape |
16 |
14 |
02 |
Western Cape |
82 |
80 |
02 |
KwaZulu- Natal |
11 |
10 |
01 |
Limpopo Mpumalanga North- West |
01 |
01 |
00 |
NATIONAL |
146 |
126 |
20 |
Total number of sentenced inmates who escaped, re-arrested and/ or are still at large.
Region |
Sentenced Escaped |
Total Re-Arrested |
Sentenced still at large |
Eastern Cape |
22 |
21 |
01 |
Gauteng |
26 |
13 |
13 |
Free State, Northern Cape |
20 |
17 |
03 |
Western Cape |
18 |
17 |
01 |
KwaZulu- Natal |
16 |
11 |
05 |
Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North – West |
37 |
21 |
16 |
NATIONAL |
139 |
100 |
39 |
4. Escapes are reported to the South African Police Services (SARS) and criminal cases are opened against the perpetrators. SARS track and tracing unit together with the DCS EST (Emergency Support Teams) conduct manhunt and search operations.
Due to the violent nature of most escapees. For all foreign national who escape, DCS and SAPS also engage with to the SADC countries law enforcement agencies.
END.
07 June 2022 - NW1917
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
What (a) total number of illegal migrants were apprehended and (i) sent to Lindela Repatriation Centre and (ii) deported to their countries in the past three years and (b)(i) are the names of the countries to which they were deported in each case and (ii) at what cost to his department?
Reply:
(a)(i) The numbers are as follows:
FINANCIAL YEAR |
TOTAL |
2019/20 |
16677 |
2020/21 |
8415 |
2021/22 |
11018 |
(a)(ii) and (b)(i) The numbers deported from the Lindela Holding Facility and directly from the provinces to their countries in the past three years are as follows:
2019/20 – Total 29376
COUNTRY |
TOTAL |
ALGERIA |
3 |
ANGOLA |
22 |
BANGLADESH |
26 |
BOLIVIA |
6 |
BOTSWANA |
11 |
BRAZIL |
10 |
BULGARIA |
2 |
BURUNDI |
15 |
CAMEROON |
11 |
CAPE VERDE |
3 |
CHINA |
29 |
CONGO BRAZZAVILLE |
10 |
CUBA |
1 |
DRC |
87 |
ECUADOR |
1 |
EGYPT |
7 |
ETHIOPIA |
13 |
GABON |
1 |
GHANA |
25 |
GUYANA |
2 |
INDIA |
29 |
IRAQ |
2 |
ISRAEL |
1 |
IVORY COAST |
1 |
KENYA |
21 |
LESOTHO |
3963 |
MALAWI |
4277 |
MOROCCO |
1 |
MOZAMBIQUE |
13834 |
NAMIBIA |
19 |
NIGERIA |
176 |
PAKISTAN |
32 |
PALESTINE |
1 |
PERU |
1 |
SAINT VINCENT |
1 |
SAUDI ARABIA |
1 |
SENEGAL |
3 |
SOMALIA |
8 |
SPAIN |
1 |
SRI LANKA |
2 |
SWAZILAND |
314 |
TANZANIA |
517 |
THAILAND |
11 |
UGANDA |
50 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
2 |
VENEZUELA |
2 |
ZAMBIA |
31 |
ZIMBABWE |
5790 |
TOTAL: |
29376 |
2020/21 – Total 14859
NATIONAL |
TOTAL |
ANGOLA |
23 |
ARGENTINA |
1 |
BOLIVIA |
1 |
BOTSWANA |
3 |
BRAZIL |
13 |
BULGARIA |
1 |
BURUNDI |
19 |
CAMEROON |
2 |
CHINA |
3 |
DRC |
51 |
GERMANY |
1 |
GUINEA |
2 |
GUYANA |
1 |
INDIA |
1 |
KENYA |
5 |
LESOTHO |
5796 |
MALAWI |
2019 |
MOZAMBIQUE |
2714 |
NAMIBIA |
24 |
NIGERIA |
59 |
PAKISTAN |
1 |
PARAGUAY |
2 |
PERU |
5 |
PHILIPPINES |
2 |
SEYCHELLES |
1 |
SWAZILAND |
622 |
TANZANIA |
236 |
THAILAND |
3 |
UGANDA |
9 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
4 |
USA |
1 |
ZAMBIA |
8 |
ZIMBABWE |
3226 |
TOTAL: |
14859 |
2021/22 – Total 20093
COUNTRY |
TOTAL |
ANGOLA |
11 |
BANGLADESH |
8 |
BOLIVIA |
3 |
BOTSWANA |
3 |
BRAZIL |
1 |
BURUNDI |
23 |
CAMEROON |
2 |
CHILE |
2 |
CONGO BRAZZAVILLE |
2 |
DRC |
67 |
EGYPT |
7 |
ETHIOPIA |
13 |
FRANCE |
0 |
GABON |
1 |
GHANA |
8 |
INDIA |
7 |
IRAN |
2 |
KENYA |
11 |
LEBANON |
1 |
LESOTHO |
6582 |
MALAWI |
2797 |
MAURITIUS |
1 |
MOZAMBIQUE |
4766 |
MYANMAR |
6 |
NAMIBIA |
46 |
NEPAL |
2 |
NIGERIA |
69 |
PAKISTAN |
13 |
PORTUGAL |
1 |
SENEGAL |
3 |
SOMALIA |
6 |
SWAZILAND |
1434 |
TANZANIA |
141 |
UGANDA |
26 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
1 |
VENEZUELA |
4 |
VIETNAM NORTH |
1 |
ZAMBIA |
10 |
ZIMBABWE |
4012 |
TOTAL: |
20093 |
(b)(ii) The cost to the Department was as follows:
FINANCIAL YEAR |
TOTAL |
2019/20 |
R30,459,100.64 |
2020/21 |
R15,953,826.04 |
2021/22 |
R26,089,452.68 |
END
07 June 2022 - NW1571
Mbabama, Ms TM to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Whether (a) her department and/or (b) entities reporting to her concluded any commercial contracts with (i) the government of the Russian Federation and/or (ii) any other entity based in the Russian Federation since 1 April 2017; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, for each commercial contract, what are the (aa) relevant details, (bb) values, (cc) time frames, (dd) goods contracted and (ee) reasons that the goods could not be contracted in the Republic?
Reply:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(a) No (i) no
(b) No (ii) no
However, a bilateral agreement on cooperation in the field of agriculture was signed in 2018 between this Department and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
The agreement prioritizes the following areas of cooperation:
- Livestock farming and veterinary medicine;
- Plant cultivation and phytosanitation;
- Personnel training development in the field of agriculture;
- Agricultural products marketing;
- Investment in agriculture; and
- Cooperation in the field of agriculture within the framework of international organizations and unions.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
(a) No (i) no
(b) No (ii) no
Perishable Products Export control Board
(a) No (i) no
(b) No (ii) no
NATIONAL AGRICUTLURAL MARKETING COUNCIL
(a) No (i) no
(b) No (ii) no
Ingonyama Trust Board
(a) No (i) no
(b) No (ii) no
ONDERSTEPOORT BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (OBP)
(a) No (i) no
(b) No (ii) no
07 June 2022 - NW1752
Weber, Ms AMM to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
With reference to municipalities being required to have a pound, as stated in the Municipal Pound By-Law, 2019 which commenced on 21 October 2019, and because municipalities do not pay the monthly payments to the pound or branches of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), leading to many pounds and/or branches of the SPCA having to close their doors, by what date is it anticipated that the City of Mbombela will settle the debt of R3 112 465 that is owed to the SPCA in Umjindi for the financial year of 2019-20; (2) whether, with reference to the property of the SPCA in Umjindi, Mpumalanga, being irreparably damaged in a storm recently leading to the property being vacated after which the SPCA applied and paid for the application of new land, but no response from the City of Mbombela, she will intervene to ensure that the (a) specified municipality will have a pound and/or branch of the SPCA in Umjindi and (b) money that is owed is paid; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case; (3) which municipalities will be closing the pounds and/or branches of the SPCA in this financial year?
Reply:
1. None. The information requested may be obtained from the concerned municipalities.
2. (a),(b) No. The Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development will not be able to intervene on the matter as the municipalities concerned are best placed to respond to the question.
3. The information requested may be obtained from the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and the concerned municipalities.
07 June 2022 - NW982
Masipa, Mr NP to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
With regard to the Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan, will she furnish Mr N P Masipa with detailed information since 1 April 2019 pertaining to the (a) target and (b) performance regarding the (i) training and coaching provided to the farmers, (ii) services providers used, (iii) number of farmers who were trained and coached against the target, (iv) infrastructure and logistics support that were provided to farmers in need and (v) update on the development of technology and R&D capacity as envisaged in the master plan; if not, why not; if so, on what date?
Reply:
No. There has been no details to the Agriculture and Agro-processing Master Plan (AAMP) since 1 April 2019 as the AAMP was recently signed. An implementation plan is being developed and will be reported on periodically, after Cabinet’s endorsement of the AAMP Social Compact.
(a),(b),(i),(ii),(iii),(v),(iv) Falls away.
07 June 2022 - NW1751
Weber, Ms AMM to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
With municipalities being required to have a pound, as stated in the Municipal Pound By-Law, 2019, that commenced on 21 October 2019 and because municipalities do not adhere to their end of the deal and do not pay the monthly payments to the pound or Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), what (a) number of pounds and/or SPCAs had to close their doors in the past three years and (b) are the names of all municipalities in each province that do not have a pound and/or SPCA; (2) whether she will furnish Ms A M M Weber with the (a) names of all the municipalities that owe money related to pounds and (b) amount of money owed by each municipality?
Reply:
1. The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) is not responsible for the National Animal Pounds Act, this is mainly under the jurisdiction of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA). The information required on the implementation of this act may therefore be obtained from COGTA.
(a),(b) Falls away.
2. No.
(a),(b) Falls away.
07 June 2022 - NW1528
Matiase, Mr NS to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What is the reason that her department has not taken any steps to protect South African agricultural products in the face of unfair and hostile competition, including adjusting the general tariffs that they charge all countries, except those with whom they share preferential trading blocs?
Reply:
The question does not specify which agricultural products are unprotected in the face of unfair and hostile competition, nor does it provide details regarding tariff adjustments; countries are also not specified. As a result, the Department finds it challenging to provide a specific response to the question.
South Africa is a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and abides by the rules as agreed by the Member States within the organisation. The primary task of WTO is to facilitate the rules of trade among the nations. Amongst others, the rules of trade within the organisation hinges on the principles of reciprocity and non-discrimination among the trading partners. This avoids a situation where the single (dominant) decision-maker takes decisions that leave the individuals in the group with an outcome that is less than optimal for individuals as a group. South Africa therefore, has to be cautious in its approach when trading with other nations such that it does not come across as overly protective through tariff and non-tariff barriers. If perceived to be overly protective, which amounts to breaking the rules of WTO, the trading partners may reciprocate, to the detriment of the economy. Alternatively, partner countries may retaliate by seeking alternative markets.
DALRRD considers circumstances as they emerge and makes appropriate policy recommendations in line with trade remedies prescribed by existing agreements in advancing and defending national interests.
07 June 2022 - NW1981
Steyn, Ms A to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
(1) What is the extent in hectares of (a) unsurveyed and (b) unregistered State land in the Republic; (2) which department is responsible for (a) surveying and (b) registering the State land; (3) what is the extent of the land that has been (a) surveyed and (b) registered in hectares since 1994? NW2321E
Reply:
(1) (a),(b) The result of the 2017 Land Audit indicated a figure of 7 701 605 hectares of land that is unregistered trust state land. This figure consists of both un-surveyed and unregistered land in the Republic. It should be noted that this figure includes national parks, forest reserves, rivers and estuaries and many road and railway reserves amongst others.
(2) (a) Any state department with immovable assets such as land may sanction surveys of such land as and when the need arises. The role of the Chief Surveyor-General (within the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development) is to regulate the survey of land in South Africa. This includes the standards and manner in which land surveys should be carried out as well as the manner in which such survey records should be kept. The regulation of land surveying in South Africa is done through the Land Survey Act, 8 of 1997, and the regulations framed thereunder.
(b) The registration (transfer/vesting) of state land occurs when there is a need for such state land to be transferred from the current custodian government department to the relevant user department, in line with the Government Immovable Asset Management Act, 19 of 2007 read together with Schedule 6 item 28(1) of the Constitution. The transfer of state land may also occur from the state to beneficiaries, and in instances where the state acquires the land. The role of the Chief Registrar of Deeds (within the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development) is to regulate the registration of land in South Africa in accordance with the Deeds Registries Act, 47 of 1937, and the regulations framed thereunder.
(3) (a) Statistics on the survey of state land between 1994 and 2001 are not readily available and would require extensive research. Available records indicate that 356 360.8991 hectares of land has been surveyed since 2001.
(b) 262 175.3100 hectares of the land mentioned in part (3)(a) has been confirmed as registered.
07 June 2022 - NW1983
Roos, Mr AC to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
What is the (a) progress and (b) estimated date of finalising the process to allow (i) South African citizens born in another country and (ii) South African citizens by virtue of naturalisation to apply for a Smart ID?
Reply:
(a)(i) South African citizens by birth who were born in another country are already entitled to apply for Smart ID Cards.
(a)(ii) The Department is proceeding with the expansion of the Live Capture footprint and the verification processes for the records of naturalised citizens and is continuing with the implementation of the system upgrades that will make provision for this category of applicants.
(b) The Minister will make an announcement upon determination of adequate footprint and system status readiness which will enable naturalized citizens the opportunity to apply for Smart ID Cards.
END
07 June 2022 - NW1878
Masipa, Mr NP to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What are the details of all vaccines that are available at Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP), in view of the fact that various cooperatives and animal pharmaceutical companies receive their supplies from the OBP for farmers’ usage in provinces across the Republic; (2) whether she has found that the current vaccine stocks at the OBP are adequate to cater for the management of livestock; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. Please refer to Table 1 below.
2. Current vaccine stock levels of certain products at the OBP might not be adequate to cater for the management of certain livestock diseases. However, the Board and Management of the OBP have assured that measures are being put in place to mitigate this risk.
Table 1: Available vaccines
Product |
Availability |
Product |
Availability |
Anthrax 100ml |
Available |
Lumpy Skin Disease 100ml 50 Dose |
Available |
Black Quarter 100ml |
Available |
Lumpy Skin Disease 50ml 25 Dose |
Available |
Blue Tongue |
Available |
Pastuerella Sheep 100ml |
Available |
Botulism 100ml |
Available |
Pastue rella Cattle 100ml 50 Dose |
Available |
Botulism/Black Quarter 100ml |
Available |
Pulpy kidney (Alum) |
Available |
Brucella Abortus S19 25 dose |
Available |
Redwater Africa |
Available |
Brucella CFT |
Available |
Redwater Asiatic |
Available |
Brucella RB |
Available |
Rift Valley Fever Inact 100ml |
Available |
Brucella Rev 1 |
Available |
Rift Valley Fever Live 100ml |
Available |
Brucella Std Serum |
Available |
Swelled Head |
Available |
Elephant Skin Disease |
Available |
Tetanus |
Available |
Gas Gangrene |
Available |
Tuberculin Avian |
Available |
Horse Sickness |
Available |
Tuberculin Bovine |
Available |
Leukopast 3 (cattle) |
Available |
07 June 2022 - NW1954
Masipa, Mr NP to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What are the relevant details of the (a) progress made with regard to the Karoo Regional Spatial Development Framework and (b) outcome thereof?
Reply:
a) The Karoo Regional Spatial Development Framework (KRSDF) has now entered its final phase, following the conclusion of the public participation period on 15 May 2022. All the comments received will be assessed and where applicable, amendments to the spatial plan will be captured. Once all the amendments have been considered, the final draft document will be presented to all key stakeholders, who will then sign off the final KRSDF. The final document will be presented to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development for approval.
b) The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development presented the Karoo Regional Spatial Development Framework at the Karoo Small Town Regeneration conference on 16 and 17 May 2022. The conference was hosted by the South African Local Government Association and attended by all the municipalities and provinces involved in the generation of the KRSDF. The conference expressed support for the KRSDF and recorded a resolution to that effect.
07 June 2022 - NW1982
Steyn, Ms A to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Whether any land in Ekangala is registered in the name of her department; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what is it being used for; (2) whether it will be made available for use by the community; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. No.
2. Falls away.
06 June 2022 - NW1815
Nolutshungu, Ms N to ask the Minister of Transport
What are the full details relating to the continued extension of the Public Utility Transport Corporation subsidised bus service by the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport?
Reply:
The Department of Roads and Transport in Gauteng are the custodians of the subsidised contracts with the Public Utility Transport Company (PUTCO). There are 34 subsidised bus contracts in Gauteng and 7 of these belongs to PUTCO. However, all bus contracts in Gauteng have reached the end of their contract life, some as far back as 2003, but due to lack of sufficient funds these contracts have not been renewed but are being extended on a short-term basis. This is a problem that is not only confined to Gauteng but apply nationally. There are 108 subsidised bus contracts across all provinces and all have reached the end of their contract life and have also been extended on a short-term basis. The continued extension of subsidised bus contracts is simply to ensure that there is no total collapse of services in the country whilst government is in the process of resolving this matter. There are ongoing discussions between the Department and National Treasury exploring various options for implementing a sustainable public transport funding model which includes the development of a subsidy policy.
06 June 2022 - NW1796
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Social Development
(a) What (i) total amount did her department return unspent to the National Treasury at the end of the 2021-22 financial year and (ii) is the breakdown of the specified amount in terms of each of her department’s provincial departments and (b) how did the underspending affect the budgets available to her department’s welfare programmes in each province?
Reply:
a) Amounts unspent for the 2021/22 financial year
(i) National Department of Social Development.
The underspending relates to the social assistance grants (Old ages and Child Support Grants) for which less than expected beneficiaries have applied and being paid during the financial year.
The table below illustrates the preliminary underspending per programme:
Programme |
Final Approp R’000 |
Prelim Exp Mar 2022 R’000 |
Prelim Deviation R’000 |
Administration |
474 797 |
472 269 |
2 528 |
Social Assistance |
224 542 226 |
222 717 897 |
1 824 329 |
Social Security Policy and Admin |
8 072 401 |
8 052 807 |
19 594 |
Welfare Services Policy Development and Implementation Support |
1 516 316 |
1 505 208 |
11 108 |
Social Policy and Integrated Service Delivery |
366 378 |
360 751 |
5 627 |
Grand Total |
234 972 118 |
233 108 932 |
1 863 186 |
b) The above under-spending had no impact on Social Welfare Services, all organisations approved for funding were allocated funds accordingly
(ii) Provincial Departments of Social Development.
- Eastern Cape
(a) See the link: https://pmg.org.za/files/1/Eastern_Cape.pdf
b) The impact of underspending on Social welfare Services affected the following:
- Service Centres- the maximum number of beneficiaries were kept at 20 for all the centres.
- Services to Persons with Disabilities- The funding for Sakhingomso in OR Tambo and CBR in Joe Gqabi will was not funded.
- Social Relief of distress- less number of students will benefited from the uniform purchased from this funding.
- Reduction of awareness programmes on prevention of GBV and Femicide (both physical and through media).
- Reduced monitoring of services and programmes.
- Reduced funding to NPOs affecting the number of caregivers and the increment in line with Ministerial Determination.
- Reduced admin funds for funded posts in NPOs.
- Reduced number of Everyday Heroes Ambassadors.
- Funds for prevention programmes were affected in funded NPOs as only stipend will be afforded.
- No expansion of services to underfunded or hot spot areas.
- No funds for capacity building of caregivers
- Free State
a) The Final adjusted budget for the 2021/22 financial year amounted to R1 533 739 000 of which R1 507 969 682.66 was spent. An unspent balance of R25 769 317.34 remained.
The under expenditure realised within the department was mostly due to the ECD Conditional Grant allocated within Programme 3. Remaining funds in respect of the maintenance portion as well as the ECD Stimulus Relief Fund were requested for rollover.
- Gauteng
(a)
Gauteng Department of Social Development underspent the allocated budget for the 2021/22 financial year by R122,991 million.
The table below illustrates areas of underspending per standard item for the Gauteng Department of Social Development.
Economic classification |
Final Approp R’000 |
Expenditure R’000 |
Variance R’000 |
% Spent |
Compensation of employees |
2 050 901 |
2 028 216 |
22 685 |
99% |
Goods and services |
1 162 709 |
1 129 995 |
32 714 |
97% |
Provincial and local governments |
2 362 |
2 362 |
- |
100% |
Departmental agencies & accounts |
1 969 |
1 969 |
- |
100% |
Non-profit institutions (npi) |
2 783 547 |
2 717 156 |
66 391 |
98% |
Households (hh) |
13 311 |
13 311 |
- |
100% |
Buildings & other fix struct |
94 281 |
93 080 |
1 201 |
99% |
Machinery and equipment |
38 836 |
38 836 |
- |
100% |
Payments for financial asset |
641 |
641 |
- |
100% |
Grand total |
6 148 557 |
6 025 566 |
122 991 |
98% |
- Compensation of Employee - 99%
Additional funds received in the 2021/22 adjustment budget period to appoint Social Workers on a four-month contract was not spent in full.
- Goods and Services - 97%
The underspending in this category is mainly on dignity packs due to late finalisation of specifications. In addition, the allocation received for the maintenance of ECD centres was not spent in full as some of the facilities identified for renovation were found to be closed and no longer in operation.
- Non-Profit -Institutions - 98%
The allocated budget for ECD Employment Stimulus Relief Fund was not spent in full due to rejections caused by unverified bank accounts, ECD Centres registered as Companies, Partnerships, and other forms of businesses other than Non-Profit Organisations.
- Building & Other Fixed Structure - 99%
The infrastructure budget was underspent by 1% due to delays in completion of some projects.
The Gauteng Department of Social Department applied for the roll-over of unspent funds for ECD Employment Stimulus Relief Fund amounting to R 63,049. This amount will be used to fund commitments not paid by the 2021/22 financial year. The balance of R59,942 million not spent will be surrendered to the Provincial Revenue Funds after the audit process is finalised.
b) The welfare programme affected by the underspending is the delivery of dignity packs as the target for the 2021/22 financial year was not achieved by the end of the financial year.
-KwaZulu Natal
a) A total of R82, 255 million was unspent in the financial year 2022/2023 in respect of Early Child Development (ECD) grant.
(ii) An amount of R78,781 million is in respect of the Presidential Stimulus Package.
An amount of R1, 340 million is in respect of ECD subsidy expansion. The cause for not spending the funds is that the ECD centres who had been identified for funding were found to be non-functional. Other ECD centres were found to have previously mismanagement funds and as a result funding was stopped.
An amount of R2, 134 million is the balance of the rollover amount in respect of ECD maintenance funds that were repurposed for procurement of PPPE`s for unfunded ECDs
b) The equitable share allocation was overspent by R26 105 million.
- Limpopo
a) The department surrendered R74,255,121 to National Treasury for 2021/22 financial year as detailed below:
-Mpumalanga
a) Unspent funds for the period ended 31 March 2022 amount to R53.068 million.
The underspending largely relates to conditional grant funding of Early Childhood Development (ECD) stimulus package which is attributed to payment rejections due to challenges of bank account of beneficiary ECD centres.
Application to request roll-over of unspent funds has been submitted to the Provincial Treasury to fund these commitments in 2022/23 financial year
(b) The under spending did not affect budget availability on any welfare programmes.
- Northern Cape
(a)
- Compensation – R 12,213 million
The saving in the compensation budget is due to vacant positions. The Department applied for a roll-over of R4,6 million for the appointment of Social Work leaners. Furthermore, the Department advertised vacant Social Workers and Community Development Workers positions in April 2022.
- Goods and Services – R 8,978 million
The savings under goods and services was due to late implementation of some of the programmes due to Covid-19. As a result, the Department has accruals of R6,191 million. The Department will engage Provincial Treasury for possible roll-over to cover the accruals in the new financial year.
- Transfers and Subsidies – R 12,765 million
The savings was primarily due to a decrease in the number of children at the children’s homes and reduction in the number of compliant ECDs.
- Capital Expenditure – R R8,877 million
The Department applied for a roll-over of R6,9 million for the completion of infrastructure projects. Due to Covid-19, the delivery of computer equipment was delayed resulting in a saving.
- Conditional Grant
ECD Administration allocation – R 1,414 million
The Department had a saving due to two vacant positions of a project manager and an administrative clerk.
- Transfers and Subsidies – R 10 460
The saving is made up of the under-spending on the Presidential Stimulus package and ECD subsidies.
b) The above under-spending had no impact on Social Welfare Services, all organisations approved for funding were allocated funds accordingly.
-North West
(a)(i) The NW DSD returned R142,1 million
(ii) The breakdown is as follows
Programme |
Budget |
Expenditure at 31 March 2022 |
Available Budget |
Administration |
221 189 000 |
216 498 784 |
4 690 216 |
Social Welfare Services |
563 466 000 |
540 037 020 |
23 428 980 |
Children and Families |
541 538 000 |
464 876 952 |
76 661 049 |
Restorative Services |
311 266 000 |
285 745 503 |
25 520 497 |
Development and Research |
190 138 000 |
178 242 933 |
11 895 067 |
Grand Total |
1 827 597 000 |
1 685 401 191 |
142 195 809 |
b) The underspending affected the programs negatively due to accruals relating to goods and services to be paid in the current financial year, over and above the budget reduction implemented during the 2021 MTEF period
- Western Cape
a) The Western Cape DSD have spent R2,705 billion of the R2,726 billion adjusted budget that translates to 99.25% spent. This means an amount of R20.388 million was unspent.
The underspending relates to the following:
-
- Procurement of specialized vehicles for the transport of children with intellectual disabilities (R6.290 million).
In terms of the procurement of the vehicles, the delivery of the vehicles did not take place by 31 March 2022. It is expected that the adapted vehicles will be delivered by GMT (Government Motor Transport) within the 2022/23 financial year.
-
- Sanitary Dignity Project (R1.549 million).
The reason for the underspending in 2021/22 was due to the service provider informing the Department on 9th March 2022 that the delivery scheduled for March 2022 could not be completed due to the impact of load shedding and the non-availability of packaging. On 31 March 2022 the Department approved a 60-day extension ending 31st May 2022 for the delivery of the outstanding stock.
-
- ECD National Conditional Grant and Partial Care (R10.306 million)
The department realised a saving of R10.306 million on the ECD CG. The reason for the unspent funds were that no new unregistered ECD centres applied for funding and thus no applications were received.
-
- ECD Equitable Share (R2.243 million)
The department realised a saving on R2.243 million on the ECD Equitable Share. The reason for the unspent funds were due to fewer than anticipated unregistered ECD centres applied for funding and thus no applications were received.
06 June 2022 - NW2046
Boshoff, Dr WJ to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
1) Whether he will make available all information regarding the findings by the Council for Geoscience that shale gas extraction is viable; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, by what date; and 2) How does he anticipate the way forward for shale gas (a) exploration and (b) extraction? NW2446E
Reply:
1. Yes, information will be made available after Cabinet approval.
2. The way forward will be informed by scientific studies currently underway.
06 June 2022 - NW2032
Nolutshungu, Ms N to ask the Minister of Transport
Whether he has engaged the SA National Roads Agency SOC Ltd on the role it ought to play in rebuilding the damaged roads in KwaZulu-Natal; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of their involvement?
Reply:
I can confirm that the SA National Roads Agency SOC Ltd has been appointed as a leading agency to rebuild the damaged roads as a result of the KZN Flood Disaster. They have been an active member since the inception of the Rapid Response Team consisting of the Department of Transport, SANRAL, KZN Province, COGTA, SALGA and Local Authorities’ representatives, which meets on a weekly basis to coordinate and track progress. To date, SANRAL’s engineers have been tasked with the flood damage verification inspections of nearly 2500 damage locations since the end of April 2022. SANRAL will also act as the Implementing Agent for priority projects on the Provincial and Municipal road networks as per the Memorandums of Agreements being finalised between the relevant parties.
06 June 2022 - NW1790
Powell, Ms EL to ask the Minister of Human Settlements
What total number of (a) Breaking New Ground houses, (b) Social Housing Opportunities, (c) Informal Settlement Upgrades, (d) Finance-Linked Individual Subsidy Programme opportunities and (e) title deeds did her department deliver in each province for the 2020-21 financial year?
Reply:
a) The total number of Breaking New Ground houses delivered in each province for the 2020-21 financial year.
Province |
2020/21 FY |
Houses delivered |
|
Eastern Cape |
5 427 |
Free State |
1 890 |
Gauteng |
9 495 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
10 315 |
Limpopo |
4 518 |
Mpumalanga |
4 522 |
Northern Cape |
221 |
North West |
2 847 |
Western Cape |
6 354 |
Total |
45 589 |
b) The total number of Social Housing Opportunities delivered in each province for the 2020-21 financial year.
Community Residential Units (CRU’s)
Province |
2020/21 FY |
CRUs |
|
Eastern Cape |
0 |
Free State |
602 |
Gauteng |
0 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
404 |
Limpopo |
0 |
Mpumalanga |
0 |
Northern Cape |
0 |
North West |
0 |
Western Cape |
0 |
Total |
1006 |
Social Housing Programme
Province |
2020/21 FY |
Social Housing units |
|
Eastern Cape |
385 |
Free State |
0 |
Gauteng |
1049 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
0 |
Limpopo |
164 |
Mpumalanga |
0 |
Northern Cape |
0 |
North West |
0 |
Western Cape |
258 |
Total |
1856 |
c) The total number of Informal Settlement Upgrades delivered in each province for the 2020-21 financial year.
Province |
2020/21 FY |
Informal Settlements Upgrading Plans developed (constitute Phase 1) |
|
Eastern Cape |
42 |
Free State |
19 |
Gauteng |
46 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
30 |
Limpopo |
16 |
Mpumalanga |
24 |
Northern Cape |
74 |
North West |
30 |
Western Cape |
12 |
Total |
293 |
d) The total number of Finance-Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) opportunities delivered in each province for the 2020-21 financial year.
Province |
2020/21 FY |
FLISP |
|
Eastern Cape |
71 |
Free State |
150 |
Gauteng |
46 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
313 |
Limpopo |
32 |
Mpumalanga |
39 |
Northern Cape |
17 |
North West |
131 |
Western Cape |
1 176 |
Total |
1 975 |
NHFC |
1 186 |
Grand Total |
3 161 |
e) The total number of title deeds delivered in each province for the 2020-21 financial year.
Province |
2020/21 FY |
||
Pre 1994 |
Post 1994 |
Current and New developments |
|
Eastern Cape |
234 |
658 |
- |
Free State |
51 |
2 911 |
1 171 |
Gauteng |
32 |
2 303 |
1 178 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
442 |
1 187 |
1 650 |
Limpopo |
3 |
620 |
436 |
Mpumalanga |
196 |
579 |
1 036 |
Northern Cape |
178 |
253 |
12 |
North West |
30 |
507 |
- |
Western Cape |
88 |
1 025 |
|
Total |
1 254 |
10 043 |
5 483 |
06 June 2022 - NW2033
Madokwe, Ms P to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
In light of the fact that discussions in the Mining Indaba emphasised the need for his department to crack the whip and deliver on a number of mandates in relation to the mining and energy crisis the Republic is faced with, and notwithstanding the plans his department already had to stabilise the embattled but crucial entities, what (a) new information has he received from the Mining Indaba that he will now be considering and (b) are the timelines for delivering? NW2376E
Reply:
a) Mining Indaba is a conference like any other, the Department does not derive its mandate from it.
b) All issues raised at different platforms, including mining indaba are dealt with in line with the Department’s mandate and in accordance with the annual performance plan.
06 June 2022 - NW1716
Marais, Ms P to ask the Minister of Transport
(a) What total amount has his department spent to date on the Mangaung Bus Rapid Transport System, (b) what companies have been contracted by his department to develop the system and (c) by what date will the system be completed by his department?
Reply:
a) The Department has transferred R 2.025 billion from 2008 to 2022.
b) The Department of Transport has not contracted any companies for the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality to develop its system. The Department’s role is to set standards, monitor and evaluate planning, implementation and management, and to report on progress with project implementation against funding. The Department transfers funds to the Municipality, and the Municipality will follow its Supply Chain Management t processes to procure services from companies to plan, develop and implement infrastructure and the subsequent public transport operations of the system.
c) Based on the Municipality’s Metro-wide IPTN plan, all the phases will be complete by 2034/35 financial year.
06 June 2022 - NW1924
Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)What is the accumulated amount budgeted across different departments to fight against gender-based violence and femicide at a national level; (2) whether she has found that the specified amount is adequate to fight the so called second pandemic; if not, (a) what is the shortfall in budget and (b) how does her department intend to mitigate the challenge? NW2262E
Reply:
1. I can only account for the Department of Social Development which has set aside a budget of R46 482 000.00 to deal with gender-based violence and femicide related matters in the current financial year. With regard to budget across departments, the Honourable Member is advised to direct the question to the Minister in The Presidency Responsible for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. This budget covers goods and services, compensation and transfers to the three funded national organisations rendering services to victims of violence and crime.
2. Given the unacceptably high levels of gender-based violence and femicide in the country, the allocated budget is not adequate.
3. (a)(b) The short fall cannot be quantified as we have not conducted a costing excise as well as the legislation that mandate the funding of GBVF services. the finalisation of the Victim Support Services Bill, which is currently before Parliament will assist in quantifying financial implication in the delivery of GBVF services. Tackling the scourge of GBVF requires the whole-of-Government and whole-of society approach. In this regard, the Department continues to forge partnerships with various stakeholders to improve and fund the shortfall in the delivery of GBVF services. Currently, the Department has partnerships with the Criminal Assets Recovery Accounts (CARA), European Union and Global Fund.
06 June 2022 - NW1689
Madokwe, Ms P to ask the Minister of Transport
Whether, considering the persistent rains in the Eastern Cape over the past three weeks which have resulted in a lot of damage to the roads, his department has made an assessment of affected villages; if not, why not; if so, what plans have been put in place to tar the roads in villages and eradicate gravel roads which get destroyed each time it rains?
Reply:
Yes, the Department has made assessment on the Provincial network. There are two processes currently underway and those are:
- COGTA or National Disaster Management Centre processes – this is the normal process that gets undertaken when disasters occur. It requires declaration, gazette and verification of assessment; and the process normally takes longer than 6 months to be concluded.
- National Department of Transport processes – Department is intervening in the Provinces that were recently affected by recent (April) disaster and Eastern Cape is one of those. There are series of meetings conducted in order to identify the exact intervention required. NDOT is considering reprioritising some of the Provincial Roads Maintenance Grant (PRMG) to disaster affected Provinces. NDOT processes are at advanced stages and ECDOT is finalising its implementation plan.
It must be mentioned that both processes will not result in roads being upgraded to surface standard but will restore condition to its original state.
06 June 2022 - NW1816
Nolutshungu, Ms N to ask the Minister of Transport
What has delayed the appointment of new boards for each specified entity given that the board terms for the (a) Cross Border Road Transport Agency, (b) Road Traffic Management Corporation and (c) Airports Company South Africa have expired?
Reply:
The following are the status of the appointment of Boards of the specified entities: -
a) The Cross Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) has a constituted Board which was appointed with effect from 1st July 2021 and its term is ending on 30 June 2023.
b) The Board of the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) is appointed by the Shareholder Committee as contemplated by section 10 of the RTMC Act. The Shareholders Committee is a forum through which the national, provincial and local spheres of government co-operate with each other and with other persons or bodies concerned with road traffic matters. The Shareholder Committee consists of the Minister of Transport and every MEC of transport in the 9 provinces of South Africa. The Committee has initiated the process of appointment of the Board and this process will be finalised soon.
c) The term of the Board of the Airports Company of South Africa ended on 31 August 2021 and it has been extended until the process of appointment of a new board is completed. The process of appointment is at an advance stage and will be completed soon.
06 June 2022 - NW1929
Gondwe, Dr M to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1)With reference to her reply to question 1278 on 26 April 2022, on what date were the grants reinstated, following their suspension on 10 September 2021; (2) what total number of the suspended grants were discovered to have been received by (a) interns and (b) contract workers who may qualify to continue receiving the grants; (3) on what date(s) were the affected employees sent notices informing them of the review of their grants, following the reinstatement of the grants; (4) by what date does she envisage the review process for all the identified grants will be completed; (5) how is the review process for all the identified grants being conducted?
Reply:
1. 28 October 2021.
2. At this stage, SASSA does not have the requested information. It is important to note that eligibility for a grant is not reviewed on the basis of employment, but on income as per the regulations to the Social Assistance Act.
3. January 2022. The suspected government employees were given 3 months’ notice to report to SASSA to enable this process to be concluded. This period has ended in April 2022. In May 2022, letters were sent to all beneficiaries, who did not respond to the notice, informing them that SASSA intends to suspend their grant at the end of July 2022.
4. For beneficiaries who fail to comply with the notice by the cut-off date of July 2022; their social grants will be suspended. However, the beneficiary will then still have another 3 months to come forward and request SASSA to re-instate their social grants. Failure to comply, will result in the grant being permanently cancelled and the beneficiary will need to reapply, should they still require it. Thus, it is expected that the entire process until termination of the grant will be concluded by October 2022.
5. Through the review process, SASSA updates the personal, financial and medical information of a beneficiary. This is very similar to an application process, and all relevant information required to determine whether or not a beneficiary still requires a grant is reviewed. Personal information is also updated to ensure that the records of the beneficiary is accurate and current.
Types of reviews include Administrative/ Financial reviews, Medical reviews, Foster Child Grants Reviews and Refugee reviews. In terms of the Regulations to the Social Assistance Act, the Agency may review a social grant at any time where it has a reason to believe that changes in the beneficiary's financial circumstances may have occurred; or on expiry of the validity of the identity document of a beneficiary, if the beneficiary is a refugee; or on the expiry of the foster care order.
The process firstly requires identification of beneficiaries due for review. This is then followed by notification letters where beneficiaries are informed to approach a local SASSA office with the required documentation for purposes of completing a review process. Beneficiaries are given 90 days’ notice to complete this process. Once the process is completed the beneficiary is provided with an outcome letter.
In the case where the beneficiary still qualifies for the grant after the review process, the process ends and the beneficiary will continue to receive payment of the grant. Where the beneficiary no longer qualifies, the grant is terminated and he/she has the right to appeal to the Independent Tribunal for Social Assistance Appeals.
In cases where overpayments were made to the beneficiary, an acknowledgment of debt is raised; and /or the matter is referred to the Fraud and Compliance Unit for further investigation.
06 June 2022 - NW1928
Gondwe, Dr M to ask the Minister of Social Development
(1) With reference to her reply to question 1279 on 18 April 2022, what are the (a) names and (b) work and/or residential addresses of the 3 268 public servants who were found to not qualify for the social grants after the review and/or verification process was concluded; (2) (a) what total amount did each of the 3 268 public servants receive in this regard and (b) for what period had they been receiving the specified amount; (3) by what date will the review and/or verification of the outstanding 98 817 social grants be finalised?
Reply:
(1)(a)(b)(2)(a)(b) In terms of the South African Social Security Agency Act (Act No. 9 of 2004), the Agency is not at liberty to disclose the personal information obtained as a result of an application for a social grant unless directed by a court orders such or the concerned individual has consented to such.
(3) Beneficiaries, whose employment conditions were suspected to have changed, were given notice in January of the intention to review their social grants. According to this notice, beneficiaries were afforded 3 months to complete this process. Those beneficiaries who did not approach SASSA during the period that ended in April 2022 to conduct their review were then issued with an “intention to suspend” notice. These notices were issued in May 2022 and gives beneficiaries until the end of July 2022 to remedy the situation. Failure to respond will result in the suspension of their grant. However, the beneficiary will still have the right to approach SASSA to re-instate their grant within 3 months after it has been suspended. If this is not done, the grant will be permanently terminated.
06 June 2022 - NW1817
Nolutshungu, Ms N to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)(a) In which city is his department piloting the integrated ticketing system and (b) which modes of transport are involved in this pilot; (2) whether minibus taxis are included in the pilot; if not, why not; if so, how are they included in the process?
Reply:
1. a & b.
Rustenburg, Polokwane and Mangaung are the first three of the ten IPTN
cities that should implement the first integrated ticketing pilots in 2022. It will involve IPTN trunk and feeder buses and if applicable, contracted IPTN minibus services as well.
2. Santaco has been included in the rollout and are currently consulting on identifying their own pilot site utilising minibus taxis.
06 June 2022 - NW1831
Motsepe, Ms CCS to ask the Minister of Transport
What intervention measures have been put in place by his department to assist bus drivers, especially those driving buses belonging to a certain company (name furnished), who have not received any salary slips since 2019, are without leave days and have not received any increment?
Reply:
The company that is being alleged to be violating labour laws does not have a contract with government as it operates long distance or tourist services. However, the South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBAC) is the enforcement agency for non-compliance with labour laws in the bus sector. Therefore, any non-compliance with basic conditions of employment and other labour practices by the operator should be reported at the agency. The Department of Employment and Labour may also be of assistance on this matter.
06 June 2022 - NW1901
Powell, Ms EL to ask the Minister of Human Settlements
What (a) are the details of all housing contractors that have been blacklisted in KwaZulu-Natal in the period 1 January 2016 to date for delivering sub-standard housing and/or as a result of not fulfilling their contractual obligations, (b) is the total number of contractors that have been blacklisted and (c) are the identity numbers of their directors?
Reply:
a) There are no contractors that have been blacklisted in KwaZulu-Natal in the period 1 January 2016 to date for delivering sub-standard houses and/or as a result of not fulfilling their contractual obligations. However, the Province’s overall list of restricted contractors can be accessed on the National Treasury website (www.treasury.gov.za//restricted suppliers
b) No contractors were blacklisted during the period under review.
c) Not Applicable
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QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER: PQ 1901
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 13 MAY 2022
L BELE
ACTING CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
DATE:
Recommended/ not recommended
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DIRECTOR-GENERAL:
DATE:
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MINISTER FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
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06 June 2022 - NW1935
Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister of Social Development
With reference to her reply to question 1000 on 8 April 2022, what mitigation strategies has the SA Social Security Agency implemented to ensure delivery of grants during the (a) downtime and (b) system failure cases?
Reply:
SASSA has a target of 97% system availability, and in recent periods has managed to maintain an average of 99%. When systems are down, SASSA is still able to process grant applications manually; thus, enabling the delivery of the service during these times.
Where downtime is as a result of power failures or load shedding, most local offices are equipped with backup generators to keep the systems running.
Furthermore, SASSA is moving towards the implementation of an online applications system. This has worked exceedingly well for the COVID-19 SRD Grant and has been rolled out for the other types of grants.
06 June 2022 - NW1617
Van Minnen, Ms BM to ask the Minister of Transport
With reference to the briefing at the meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 29 March 2022, wherein the committee was briefed on the sharp decline in income and the number of commuters making use of the railways, what (a) was the total number of commuters making use of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) network in the past five years and (b) was the income generated in the specified period versus the capital grants from the State used to support the operational costs of Prasa?
Reply:
(a)
Table 1: Passenger Volumes: 2017/18 – 2021/22
PERIOD |
COMMUTER NUMBERS |
2017/18 |
269,925,897 |
2018/19 |
208,888,587 |
2019/20 |
115,417,417 |
2020/21 |
8,147,180 |
2021/22 |
16,699,332 |
(b) Income Generated during the last 5 years as a % of Opex
Table 2: Income Generated versus Opex and Subsidy
Table 2 above proves the reply given earlier that the income generated through fare revenue during the last five years only covered a portion (or 10%) of operational costs. The rest has been covered through subsidy which indicates a heavy reliance on state support to operate commuter rail operations.
The major cause for this decline is the vandalism and theft of our Rolling Stock and Network Infrastructure impacting significantly on the optimal operations and in turn revenue collection. This was as a result of the lack of security to protect our infrastructure and network. The level 5 lockdown regulations imposed to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020-2021 completely halted the operations, easing to levels 3 and 2 into 2021-2022 with limited operations also contributed to revenue loss.
06 June 2022 - NW1926
Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Social Development
What (a) total number of national adoptions did departmental social workers handle in the past five years and (b) is the breakdown of and reasons for the decline of that number in each province?
Reply:
a) For the period under review sixty-two adoptions were processed by departmental social workers. In the Western Cape, adoption services are primarily dealt with by 34 accredited child protection organisations and social workers in private practice.
There is however adoption cases that are still under investigations which are reflected below and not included in the total numbers (62).
- Northern Cape: 5
- North West: 36
b) Below is the breakdown of adoption cases per province:
Province |
2017/18 |
2018/19 |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
Total |
Eastern Cape |
4 |
7 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
38 |
Northern Cape |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Mpumalanga |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Free State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Limpopo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
8 |
19 |
North West |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Gauteng |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
Kwa Zulu Natal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Western Cape |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
The departmental social workers only got registered with the South African Council for Social Service Profession to provide adoption services during 2021/22 financial year. It is important for the Honourable Member to note that departmental social workers in the 8 provinces, namely Northern Cape, Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Free State, Eastern Cape, Kwa Zulu Natal and North West only started rendering adoption services during the financial year 2022/23. Only Eastern Cape social workers in some of the districts have been rendering adoption services since 2018/19.
06 June 2022 - NW1848
Hunsinger, Dr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
Whether, with reference to the replies to questions 1030 on 14 November 2019 and 497 on 2 March 2021, the City of Ekurhuleni met the deadline of October 2019 to have 40 buses operating; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether he will furnish Mr C H H Hunsinger with copies of the relevant correspondence of any caution issued by his department; if not, why not; if so, on what date; (3) whether there were any further requests for rollovers of unspent grant funding to his department; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what was/were the relevant amount(s); (4) what are the full and relevant details provided to his department of the amounts, sources of funding and reasons that short-term leases were entered into when records indicate long-term funding by various institutions; (5) (a) what is the total number of buses that have been bought, (b) how were the transactions funded and (c) how did the Vehicle Operating Company, a separate legal entity from the KTVR that was not yet constituted, secure financing in its name for the buses?
Reply:
1. A total of 40 buses were procured and were operating by October 2019. These took a year for these operations to be fully phased in due to the Covid-related drop in passenger demand.
These 40 buses are all currently being used to operate three (3) services between Thembisa hospital and Isando Industrial area, Bartlett Industrial area and OR Tambo International Airport.
2. The Department has held at least 3 Bilateral meetings per year on project progress with the City of Ekurhuleni. The need to complete unfinished work, ramp-up services and increase revenue has been continuously raised.
The City team has committed to do their best to implement changes. The Department has indicated it will continue to monitor progress.
3. The City of Ekurhuleni has not requested any rollover of unspent funds from the allocated budget in the current financial year.
4. The City indicates that all 40 buses have been procured. Initial leases were an interim measure to secure vehicles for services prior to the KTVR operating company being able to secure financing.
The Public Transport Network Grant (PTNG) covers the cost of vehicles as a capital subsidy. This subsidy is either paid to the operating company, if it secures financing; or as a direct purchase by the City.
5. a. 40 buses have been bought to date.
b. The Vehicle Operating Company (VOC) and KTVR are the same entity, KTVR (the VOC) obtained approval for bus funding through Bidvest Bank. The City used PTNG funds to enable KTVR to settle the loan. The Grant allows for a capital subsidy for bus purchase.
c. KTVR is the Vehicle Operating Company. There is no separate legal entity
06 June 2022 - NW1812
Langa, Mr TM to ask the Minister of Transport
By what date will his department repair the stretch of road from Mpumalanga Airport to Nelspruit, which is full of potholes?
Reply:
The Road Construction and Maintenance Indaba held in February 2022 resolved to prioritise pothole fixing as one of the interventions to address the rapid deterioration of roads. The Mpumalanga Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport then commenced with pothole patching of the Nelspruit airport road between Plaston and the N4 Karino interchange.
The programme commenced on 18th April 2022 and has been completed on the 6th May 2022.
A small section remains where the pothole patching needs to be done after the underlying layers have been repaired and this should be completed before 31st May 2022.
As the Honourable member may be aware, pothole patching is a temporary intervention as the road has passed its design life and requires rehabilitation, which is not possible currently due to lack of funding.
06 June 2022 - NW1758
Hunsinger, Dr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
(1) With reference to the reply to question 3520 of 23 November 2017, on what date did the (a) bus rapid transport kerbside and (b) trunk route become fully operational; (2) whether negotiations with taxi associations been completed; if not, (a) what are the obstacles preventing the finalisation of the negotiations and (b) on what basis is the special purpose vehicle KTVR for Katlehong, Tembisa, Vosloorus and Reiger Park operating and being funded by the City of Ekhuruleni if negotiations with the taxi industry have not been finalised; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether all the pedestrian bridges were (a) completed and (b) opened; if not, (i) why not and (ii) what are the revised completion date(s); if so, on what dates?
Reply:
1. (a) The Kerbside operations of the City of Ekurhuleni’s Bus Transport commenced in October 2017/18 with an introductory service with 8 buses operating between Thembisa and Isando Industrial area. In 2019/20 with the introduction of 10 additional buses (total of 18 buses) the system network was extended to OR Tambo International Airport. In 2021/22 additional 22 buses were introduced (total of 40 buses) the system was further extended to Bartlett Industrial area.
(b) The partial operations of the dedicated bus lanes commenced in 2019 when the system was extended to OR Tambo International Airport.
2. (a) Negotiations with the taxi industry for permanent compensation for Phase 1A have not been completed due to disunity within the taxi industry, and the City is actively assisting in resolving.
(b) KTVR is the current Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) operating Harambee Bus service on behalf of the City and is solely funded for such operations. Finalisation of negotiations with the taxi industry shall result in the payment of permanent compensation.
3. (a) (b) Construction of the six pedestrian bridges along the dedicated bus lanes along Andrew Mapheto Drive and Zuurfontein Road were completed in 2019 and are currently open to the public.