Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. Litigation costs from 1 January 2017 to date are as follows:

Year	Amount
2017	R 71, 383.70
2018	R 1, 807, 468.98
2019	R 2, 314, 626.18
2020	R 3, 901, 436.20
Total	R 8, 094, 915.15

 

2. The legal cost for each labour dispute are as follows:

Year	Litigation	Amount in Rands
October 2018 - September 2019	NLSA vs Executive Director: Corporate Services	R 579, 902.39
January 2018 - November 2019	NLSA vs Director: Centre for the Book	R 1, 696,950.27
April 2019 - August 2019	NLSA vs former National Librarian and CEO	R 1,663, 094.00
April 2018 to Date	NLSA vs Director: Human Resources	R 152, 121.96
April 2017 - August 2019	NLSA vs Director: Bibliographic Services and Collections Management	R 2, 798, 522.75
Total	R 6, 890, 591.37

3. The CCMA ruled in favor of the employee for Unfair Suspension.

Details of the ruling: The National Library of South Africa, the respondent has perpetrated an unfair labour practice in terms of section (186) (2)(b) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 as amended.

4. (a) On 30 September 2019 at conciliation, the employee withdrew his case after an agreement was reached that he would return to work on 01 November 2019.

(b) On 28 October 2019 the Board ruled that the employee’s return date would be deferred to 1 April 2020 in light of representation and resistance received by Management from internal and external stakeholders including Organised Labour.

(c) The total cost for the above matter is R 1 696 950.27.

Reply:

1. SASCOC not in the horse racing business.

(a) According to the SASCOC; the listing of Phumelela Gaming on the stock exchange was conditional on shares being issued as part of an empowerment requirement. SASCOC was identified as one of the beneficiaries of these issues, which shares were issued at no cost to SASCOC.

A special vehicle investment company, Gride Investments (Pty) Ltd was formed by SASCOC to receive and hold the shares in Phumelela.

(b) The directors for the 2018/2020 financial year as reported are:-

• Mr GN Sam (SASACOC Board President - resigned 31 December 2019)
• Mrs MSI King (SASCOC Board member - resigned January 2020)
• Mr JC Ellis (Independent)

(c) Gride Investment (Pty) Ltd has been audited every year in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium-sized Entities and the requirements of the Companies Act of South Africa. The annual financial statements are published and approved by the General Assembly

2. SASCOC indicated that there is no reason why the horse racing and the jockey association cannot fall under the auspices of the SA Equestrian Federation. The federation has for some time been engaging to bring under its auspices, as an associate member, horse racing and the jockey association. This engagement is continuing

Reply:

1. (a) (i) The National Librarian and CEO

(ii) The Acting Director: Centre for the Book

(b). The decision to publish the manuscript was in-line with the Community Publishing Grant’s Guidelines for Special Projects. While the Community Publishing Grant focuses on fiction works, the Special Projects focus on non-fiction work that capture the history of our country not captured in conventional history books.

(c) The decision to published 1000 copies was dictated by the potential demand for the book in the market.

2. The biography falls within the scope of the Community Publishing Grant’s Special Projects as it focuses on non-fiction work that capture the history of our country not captured in conventional history books.

3. The biography tells the story of Father Laurence McDonnell, fondly known as Larry and his relationship with South African liberation struggle heroes.

Reply:

1. A decision on an additional opportunity for artists to reapply is not under consideration for now. An engagement with industry stakeholders has taken place, which has contributed in guiding the approach. On 6th May 2020, we met with industry stakeholders, and the industry unanimously proposed that the Department finilise those that had initially applied but could not make it. Only after these agreed-upon processes are concluded, will additional steps be considered.

2. There is an appeal panel tasked with such responsibility.

(a) Note the response above

(b) Yes. We have appointed Advocate Steve Kekana, Advocate Nakedi Ribane and Ms Sibongile Nzimande to the appeal panel; they are seized with this task. An email address for appeals was set up and communicated as part of feedback to applicants.

3. (a) The Minister selected the panels

(b) Panelists were drawn from different backgrounds and as expertise in the Sports, Arts and Culture domains

(c) (i) All the people who will be recommended by the adjudication panel will receive funding

(ii) The criteria was made available from the commencement of the process of the COVID-19 relief fund. The criteria is broad-ranging and the full criteria is included, as an addendum, to this reply

(d) The total number will depend on the total number of artists who applied and succeeded

(e) (i)–(ii) The lists will be made available as and when the process is completed, or towards completion.

Reply:

1. Yes, the staff member was dismissed on 7 August 2019. The staff member appealed the decision and it was ruled in the staff member’s favour.

(a) Allegations include acts of sexual harassment, victimisation and intimidation.

(b) Six months

(c) Yes

2. Yes, the person was reinstated

(a) The person was reinstated as a result of the outcome of the appeal

(b) The NLSA Regulation of 1998 in Section 16, number 9 states that the decision of the appeal authority is final.

(c) The total cost for the case is R 1 696 950.27

3. The institution is not facing any law suits in this respect.

Reply:

a) The Department is not using the said federation to manage the distribution of funds to artists

b) and (c) falls off, as the Department is not using the federation

Reply:

1. No disciplinary action was taken.

2. No action was taken against anyone in this regards. The Board noted the specific comments made by the Presiding Officer as they could not be substantiated.

3. No action has been taken against anyone, as indicated above. This matter was handled as a result of a grievance lodged by staff and management felt that there was no malicious intent.

4. The NLSA’s Recruitment Policy requires that all vacant positions must be advertised.

Reply:

1. The Department received a total number of 6 088 emails in response to the Relief Fund and upon pre-screening of all emails the actual Relief Fund Applications came to 4011. The independent panel of adjudicators is currently processing all Arts and Culture applications. The Sports applications have been completed. From the Sport sector there were 323 applications.

2. (a) (b) (c) The call for the Relief Fund applications was categorised into the following:

• Individuals (artists and athletes)
• Companies
• Digital Solution Proposals:

We can only be able to provide a breakdown upon completion of adjudication processes.

3. There were more male applicants than female applicants. There were 239 males and 84 females.

4. The Department used the following platforms to communicate the message to the public:

(a) The Minister made a formal statement at a media briefing on 25 March 2020 where members of the Command Council updated the media on initiatives in their sectors. Thereafter, the Department issued a media statement on the relief fund

(b) .Following the issuing of the media statement, the Minister was interviewed on various television and radio stations. The statement was also picked-up by SowetanLive, Citizen, News24 (Sport24), and the Star newspapers on the 30th March 2020.

(c) The Department engaged organised formations in the Arts and Sports sector such as SASCOC, CCIFSA as the umbrella formations for the two sectors. Communication was sent as per an instruction letter to Sports Federations to advise their members to apply and also indicate their responsibilities in the process.

(d) Furthermore, the Department made a public call in Electronic media to announce the COVID-19 Relief Fund for athletes and creatives through media statements and interviews.

(e) The Department also issued an A-Z guide for applications and this was uploaded on all Departmental digital platforms, shared with provinces and organised formations in arts and sport.

(f) To ensure that the message of the Relief Fund extend beyond urban areas, the Department through the Minister’s Office consulted with all MEC’s and HOD’s of all Provinces on the Relief Fund.

(g) The Minister the Director-General and other officials were interviewed on radio and television to articulate the details of the relief fund.

Reply:

1. There are matters that the specified attorneys are handling, as the NLSA’s attorney of record, that are currently before the Court.

2. Yes, the specified Attorneys have been rendering legal services to the NLSA since July 2014. However, with new matters requiring legal advice, the NLSA appoints legal counsel on a rotational basis.

3. There was no decision taken, to our knowledge, to report the lawyer to the Legal Practice Council.

4. The names of the other lawyers that are used by the National Library of South Africa are:

• MM Baloyi Attorneys
• Mamatela Attorneys Inc.
• Maserumule Attorneys
• MacRoberts Attorneys

Reply:

1. Yes, the tender falls within the R150 million allocated as a relief measure towards artists and sports programmes.

At this stage, the Department cannot determine the number of persons from townships and rural areas that will benefit from these contracts however; the contracts were awarded to 100% black-owned companies.

2. Yes. According to government prescripts, the Department does summit In-Year-Monitoring reports to the National Treasury on a monthly basis.

3. The contracts were awarded to 100% black-owned companies.

4. The Department appointed Adjudication Panel of experts knowledgeable of the sector and utilised sports federations to ensure all interventions are fit for purpose. The Department also established an internal team for relief fund, assigned administrative support to the adjudication panels, appointed a service provider with expertise in data capturing and ICT. Finally, there are project meetings that are held daily to report on status of implementation chaired by the Minister and the Deputy Minister.

5. The Department appointed 15 Panel Members from the Arts Sector; these are seasoned arts practitioners with expert knowledge of the sector to serve as independent adjudicators for all applications. Part of the reasons was to ensure that the Panel will be able to guide and screen the process to ensure that relief funds goes to arts and sport beneficiaries.

Reply:

(1). According to the South African Football Association the SA Football Museum is an idea which has not come to fruition yet. They need funders to realise the idea.

However it has been established that the SA Football Museum is a Section 21 non-profit company established to build an exhibition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. According to the Project Director of the SA Football Museum:

(a) The South African Football Museum is not a physical entity and is therefore not physically located in any city or province.

(b) This exhibition referred to above is currently housed in the grandstand entrance of the FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng

(2) The South African Football Museum was awarded R7,4million from the SA National Lottery. The monies were received in 2 tranches (2014 and 2016)

(3) According to the SA Football Museum the funds were used to build another exhibition in celebration of South Africa’s 20 years of democracy. The focus of the exhibition was to celebrate South Africa’s 20year history of successfully hosting international sporting competitions.

(4) The names of the members of the non-profit organisation; The South African Football Museum are:

• • 1. Philippa M Freer
    2. Rehaad James
    3. Leepile Taunyane

(5) The SA Football Museum has requested an engagement with the Department to consider the possibility of the exhibition reaching a wider audience.

Reply:

The Department appointed an independent 15 member COVID-19 Adjudication Panel. The panel is responsible for making recommendations on the distribution of relief funds to Arts, Culture and Heritage organizations and individuals excluding the DSAC public entities as stated in the Treasury regulations.

The Adjudication Panel was officially appointed on the 17th April and commenced the adjudication process on Tuesday 21st April 2020.

To expedite the process, the Department has also availed eleven Departmental staff members to provide administrative support to the adjudicators.

A criteria for application was announced to the public during the open call for Relief Fund requests and the adjudicators will use the criteria as a basis for assessment which includes the following:

• Quality of the Proposal,
• Value for Money,
• Nobility,
• Sustainability of the Project,
• Positive Legacy of project supported

Reply:

I think that this is a personal question, I therefore suggest that the Honourable Member ask Netball South Africa directly.

Reply:

1. The second asset verification is completed, the report on the asset verification is currently going through the internal review processes and will also be reviewed the external auditors during the interim audit. As I indicated in my response to question 107 in February, I will furnish the Honourable Member with details when the process is done.

2(a). The Director: Ms ShanduNontutuko Constance

(b)(i).Details includes: Appointment of service provider to operate retail spaces (restaurant, coffee shop & canteen) in //hapo building and catering (as and when required) at Freedom Park for 3 years period.

(ii). Tender was awarded to bidder DANDOZEST including lists of food as per specifications.

(c). Tender was advertised on the tender bulletin No. 2993 dated 01 December 2017

(d). Number of bidders received were 14

Reply:

(1).     Currently the Oude Stadshuisis closed to the public.

(a)(i). It was closed to the public on 31 December 2015.

(ii). Two serious electrical-related incidents – a fire in the wall and burning in the ceiling – transpired at the Oude Stadshuis. Assessment of the incident by The Department of Public Works and Occupational Health and Safety team determined that the impact of the incidence made it unsafe for the public, staff and irreplaceable artworks housed therein.

(b). The reopening of the Oude Stadshuis is dependent on a series of factors. Some of the processes of upgrading and maintaining the museum are beyond the locus of Iziko’s control. Iziko is engaging with all stakeholders at national, provincial and local levels, and have followed all required processes. Iziko is committed to ensuring the protection and safety of the building, the collection formerly housed therein, and the public – whom our museums serve.  The impact of the recent occupation by the refugees of the veranda of the Oude Stadshuisand the surrounding building, has further impacted the implementation timelines. Currently, a project manager has been appointed to manage the implementation. Procurement of goods and services are planned for the upcoming fiscal and Supply Chain has been engaged in the processes. Project implementation that is both outside of the scope and control of Iziko Museums of South Africa, include approvals by provincial heritage authority committees.

Reply:

I think that this is a personal question, I therefore suggest that the Honourable Member ask Netball South Africa directly.

Reply:

I think that this is a personal question, I therefore suggest that the Honourable Member ask Netball South Africa directly.

Reply:

1. (a) According to the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) only a total of 11 disputes were submitted (b)(i) 5 cases were resolved (ii) 6 are in progress.

2. (a) A total of 5 disputes were submitted to the Minister (b) all of them are in progress.

Reply:

1. According to the Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee the proposed amendments contained in the Sports Bill seek to address the establishment of a colours board. (a) In the interim and until the amendment to the Sports and Recreation Act is complete, (b) SASCOC will continue to use the authority conferred by the Minister to receive applications and award colours
2. SASCOC continues to award colours in terms of the Regulations and will continue to do so until the amendments to the Sport and Recreations Act is complete.

Reply:

1. The Departments internal audit unit in consultation with the Auditor-General of SA, in order to avoid duplications, have on their approved annual internal audit plan federations to be audited for the year. On completion of the audit, reports on the audit findings are discussed and sent to the federations audited. Herewith follows the list of federations audited during 2018/19 and 2017/18 financial years respectively;

2018/19 Financial year

1. Jukskei South Africa
2. Bowls South Africa
3. South African Table Tennis Board
4. Rowing South Africa
5. South African National Archery Association

2017/18 Financial year

1. Netball South Africa
2. South African Sports for Social Change Network
3. Volleyball South Africa
4. Tennis South Africa

2. Compliance Audits against the funding framework and the service level agreement between the department and the federations are conducted.

3. Sport and Recreation South Africa Financial and Non-Financial Policy aims to provide funding only to recognised national federations and any related monitoring is conducted to the funded federations and not the members.

4. A total of 393 athletes benefitted from SRSA funds

Reply:

1. The Minister appointed a compliance task team headed by independent facilitator to follow up on the implementation of the recommendations and to report regularly on progress to the Minister.
2. The present act, the Constitutions of SASCOC and the National Federations will prevail. Any measures outside the prescript will be regarded as ultravires.

Reply:

1. The (a) names, (b) positions and (c)(i) start and (ii) end period of the board members of Volleyball South Africa are as follows;

Anthony Kamohelo Mokoeana	President	2016-2020
Kribba Reddy	Vice	2016-2020
Vinesh Maharaj	Treasurer	2016-2020
Donovan Nair	Secretary General	2016-2020
William Mojapele	Social Responsibility and Transformation	2016-2020
Lisbeth Moatshe	Development Director	2016-2020
Jacob Thamaga	PR/ Media Director	2016-2020
Loet Groenewald	Technical Director	2016-2020
Vacant	Schools Volleyball Director

2) According to Volleyball SA Mr Reddy is no longer playing a lead role in Volleyball SA. He holds an honorary position with Volleyball South Africa. The Volleyball South Africa Congress unanimously voted him to hold an honorary position because of his exemplary leadership of the organization during difficult times to make it one of the strongest Federations in South Africa and In African volleyball. The position is one of advisor without voting rights.

3) The code of Sport must , first and foremost exercise and exhaust their constitutional directives in resolving these matters. According to Volleyball South Africa the Federation imposed sanctions on its officials as recommended by Volleyball SA tribunals. Two of its officials were employed by SASCOC and faced internal disciplinary actions. They have challenged their dismissal through the CCMA. Like SASCOC, who are waiting for the CCMA decision before they are permitted to replace these officials VSA cannot take any action against these officials bearing in mind that the final decision is still outstanding.

Reply:

The implementation of the Gobodo Forensic Report is sub judice, as other employees are not yet charged. And therefore, any disclosure at this stage will prejudice the process. The Gobodo Forensic report can, however, be made available to Parliament in camera.

Reply:

1. Yes, the specified person settled to resigned from PanSALB.

2. (a) The specified person was facing 18 charges of serious misconduct emanating from Gobodo Forensic Report. His legal representative proposed a settlement in the middle of his disciplinary hearing held on 21st of August 2019, and adjourned for the 26th – 30th August 2019. Although the Board had a strong case, the reason for the consideration of a settlement was solemnly informed by the financial risk appetite conducted on this complex disciplinary hearing of evidence that constituted 8 lever arch files and multiple witnesses amongst whom would be the forensic investigator which would have come at a phenomenal cost. Furthermore, additional costs and time to be consumed in possible escalation of the matter to CCMA and Labour Court were considered. More so, the PanSALB Board was thoughtful that more efforts were necessary in the rebuilding this institution, thus all decisions taken were first and foremost in the best interest of the institution.

(b) The above-mentioned settlement agreement is subject to a
confidentiality clause that states that it cannot be disclosed unless
the disclosure is to the Registrar, SARS or in terms of the law.

3. The total legal expenditure PanSALB incurred in the past 5 years, that is between 2015 and 2019, is R21 121 557.95. This, as stated above, informed the new Board’s decision to reduce legal costs in any possible way, including through ‘non-financial’ settlements.

4. Since the new Board was appointed five (5) disciplinary cases were opened. (i) Three (3) were won. Two (2) were settled with similar conditions. (ii) No losses to date.

Reply:

1. (a). This particular employee was placed on special leave by the new PanSALB Board from the month of July 2019 to date. The employee was not placed on special leave for 12 months as misleadingly stated in the question. On appointment of the new Board, it was found that the employee was dismissed, and an appeal was subsequently filed to the Board. Upon review of his appeal, the Board agreed that even though the allegations that motivated his dismissal were serious, the process that was followed to dismiss him was procedurally unfair.

(b). The specified person receives a gross monthly salary of R89 010.52.

2. The new PanSALB Board, on its appointment, found that the Rakoma Forensic investigation into this employee and other matters was suspended by the former Executive. The Board has uplifted the suspension of the investigation and is vigorously concluding the investigation. The Board has, therefore, not implemented this forensic report because the service provider has not yet concluded its investigation.

3. The Rakoma Forensic Investigation is not yet completed, therefore no recommendations have been implemented.

Reply:

No. Rakoma Forensic Investigation is not yet concluded, therefore, no cost is spent yet in its implementation.

Reply:

1. No. The Minister has not been informed of the estimated R1 billion of the 2010 Soccer World Cup Legacy Fund which is unaccounted for. According to the 2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Fund;

(a) The 2010 Soccer World Cup Legacy Fund received R450,762,816 only.

(b) Budgets are presented and approved by the Board of Trustees.

(c) Ernst and Young are an independent financial platform that supports the administration of the Trust’s finances.

(d) The funds are audited annually by PwC and presented to the Board of Trustees.

(e) The Administration of the Trust reports to the Board of Trustees.

(f) The Trust is a joint Trust between SAFA and FIFA which is represented by its CFO on the Board of Trustees.

2. No. The Minister does not intend to ask the President, Mr M C Ramaphosa, to establish a commission of inquiry to ascertain what happened to the specified funds.

(a) The Minister has not been presented with any information that warrants that a Commission of Enquiry be established by the President.

Reply:

1. (a). The Council Members do not receive the remuneration package, they are paid an Honorarium fee for preparation and attendance of the meeting in line with Treasury guideline. Table A is the detailed fees per Council member.

(b) Table A the residential details of each Council Member.

2. (a). Refer to Table A for the total travelling and accommodation fees for each councillor in the past year (please note that the current Council term began on 31 August 2018).

(b) Refer to Table A for the breakdown of expenses into

(i) Accommodation, (ii) grading and, (iii) travelling of each councillor

(c) Class of flights that each councillor flew in the past year is detailed in Table A, and

(d) Purpose of each meeting attended by each councillor is detailed in Table B

TABLE A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Internal QUESTION PAPER NO. 29-2019 DATED 22 NOVEMBER 2019:

Council Member	(1)(b) Residential province	Honorarium rate	Preparation Time	(2)(a) and (b)Total travel costs for the past year	(2)(c) Flight class	(2)(d) Purpose of the meeting: Committee Attended
				(b)(i)Accommodation
				(b)(ii) Grading	(b)(iii) Cost
Makopo, Ronnie	Gauteng	R2109	R2109	N/A	N/A	N/A	1. Council
Dala, Prittish	Gauteng	R1742	R1742	N/A	N/A	N/A	1. ICT Committee 2. Risk Committee 3. Audit and Risk Committee 4. Council
Jabosigo, Welekazi	Gauteng	R1742	R1742	N/A	N/A	N/A	1. HR & Remuneration Committee 2. Ethics and Legal Committee 3. Council
Mabalane, Kgosi Edward	North West	R1742	R1742	5/4	R 1440 per night	N/A	1. HR & Remuneration Committee 2. Ethics and Legal Committee 3. Council
Mohammed, Fayruz	Western Cape	R1742	R1742	5/4	R 1440 per night	Business	1. Ethics & Legal Committee 2. Audit and Risk Committee 3. Council
Mpanza, Michael	Gauteng	R1742	R1742	N/A	N/A	N/A	1. Finance & Fundraising Committee 2. Audit & Risk Committee . Council
Nyandeni, Reginald	Kwazulu- Natal	R1742	R1742	5/4	R 1440 per night	Business	1. Core Business Committee 2. Finance & Fundraising Committee 3. Council
Raphalalani, Matodzi	Limpopo	R1742	R1742	5/4	R 1440 per night	N/A	1. Core Business Committee 2. HR & Remuneration Committee 3. Council
Sithole, Thulani	Kwazulu- Natal	R1742	R1742	N/A	N/A	Business	1. Core Business Committee 2. Finance & Fundraising Committee 3. Council

TABLE B NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Question 1645-2019: FOR WRITTEN REPLY

Internal QUESTION PAPER NO. 29-2019 DATED 22 NOVEMBER 2019:

COMMITTEE	DATE	(2) (d) PURPOSE OF THE MEETING
Audit and Risk Committee	22 January 2019 (Special)	Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 3rd Qtr Performance Report – 1 Oct to 31 Dec 2018 3rd Qtr DAC Report – 1 Oct to 31 Dec 2019 Auditor General Reports Internal Auditors Reports Policies and Reports
	11 March 2019 (Special)	3rd Qtr Risk Mitigation Report Auditor General Reports Internal Auditors Reports
	15 April 2019	4th Qtr Performance Report – 1 Jan 2019 to 31 March 2019 Auditor General Reports Internal Auditors Reports Policies and Reports
	23 May 2019	Draft 2018/19 Annual Financial Statements Draft 2018/19 Programme Performance Report Draft 2018/19 Annual Report 4th Qtr Risk Mitigation Report Risk Implementation Report Reports
	17 July 2019 (Special)	Audit report and Management Report 2018/19 Internal Audit Reports 1st Qtr Performance Report -  1 April to 30 June 2019 1st Qtr DAC Report - 1 April to 30 June 2019 1st Qtr Risk Management Report 1st Qtr ICT Governance Progress Report Policies and Reports
	26 July 2019 (Special)	Management Report 2018/19 Audit Report 2018/19 Annual Financial Statements 2018/19
	16 October 2019	2nd Qtr Performance Report – 1 July to 30 Sept 2019 2nd Qtr DAC Report – 1 July to 30 Sept 2019 2nd Qtr Risk Management Report Auditor General Reports Internal Auditors Reports Policies and Reports
Core Business Committee	15 April 2019	4th Qtr Reports - 1 Jan to 31 March 2019 Policies
	15 July 2019	1st Qtr Reports– 1 April to 30 June 2019 Policies
	14 October 2019	2nd Qtr Reports - – 1 July to 30 Sept 2019 Policies
Ethics and Legal Committee	16 April 2019	4th Qtr Reports - 1 Jan to 31 March 2019 Policies
	16 July 2019	1st Qtr Reports– 1 April to 30 June 2019 Policies
	15 October 2019	2nd Qtr Reports - – 1 July to 30 Sept 2019 Policies
Finance & Fundraising Committee	15 April 2019	4th Qtr Finance Report -  1 Jan to 31 March 2019 4th Qtr Reports - 1 Jan to 31 March 2019 Policies
	15 July 2019	1st Qtr Finance Reports – 1 April to 30 June 2019 Annual Financial Statements 2018/19 1st Qtr Reports– 1 April to 30 June 2019
	14 October 2019	2nd Qtr Finance Reports – 1 July to 30 Sept 2019 2nd Qtr Reports - – 1 July to 30 Sept 2019 Policies
HR & Remuneration Committee	16 April 2019	4th Qtr Reports - 1 Jan to 31 March 2019 Policies
	16 July 2019	1st Qtr Reports– 1 April to 30 June 2019 Policies
	15 October 2019	2nd Qtr Reports - – 1 July to 30 Sept 2019 Policies
ICT Steering Committee	3 May 2019	ICT Governance Progress Report Policies and Reports
	5 July 2019	ICT Governance Progress Report Policies and Reports
	1 October 2019	ICT Governance Progress Report Policies and Reports
Risk Committee	18 February 2019	3rd Qtr Risk Mitigation Report 3rd Qtr Strategic Risk Register Policies and Reports
	6 May 2019	4th Qtr Risk Mitigation Report 4th Qtr Strategic Risk Register Policies and Reports
	1 July 2019	1st Qtr Risk Mitigation Report 2019-20 Strategic Risk Register Policies and Reports
	30 September 2019	2nd Qtr Risk Management Report 2nd Qtr Risk Mitigation Activity Report Policies and Reports
Council	29 January 2019 (Special)	Annual Performance Plan 2019/20 3rd Qtr Performance Report – 1 Oct to 31 Dec 2019 3rd Qtr DAC Report - 1 Oct to 31 Dec 2019 Approval of Quarterly Policies and Reports
	18 March 2019 (Special)	3rd Qtr Risk Management Report Internal Audit Reports Approval of Policies and Reports
	29 April 2019	4th Qtr Performance Report – 1 Jan to 31 March 2019 Approval of Quarterly Policies and Reports
	29 May 2019 (Special)	Draft 2018/19 Annual Financial Statements Draft 2018/19 Programme Performance Report Draft 2018/19 Annual Report 4th Qtr Risk Mitigation Report 4th Qtr ICT Governance Progress Reports Approval of Reports
	27 June 2019 (Special)	Report back from the Union Meeting
	27 July 2019	1st Qtr Performance Report – 1 Apr to 30 June 2019 1st Qtr Risk Management Report– 1 Apr to 30 June 2019 Approval of Quarterly Policies and Reports
	17 August 2019 (Special)	Report on Union Submission Approval of Policies and Reports
	29 October 2019	2nd Qtr Performance Report – 1 Jul to 30 Sept 2019 2nd Qtr Risk Management Report– 1 Jul to 30 Sept 2019 Internal Audit Reports Auditor General Reports Approval of Policies and Reports

Reply:

1. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for the response to the question above.

PAYMENT OF CLAIMS MADE TO DIRCO 2018 -2019 FINANCIAL YEAR

With reference to the payments of claims made to the Department of International Relations and Cooperations for the 2018-19 financial year, (a) what is the official status of each traveler, (b) in what capacity did each person travel, (c) what is the total breakdown of the travel fee and accommodation, (d) was each person travelling on business and/or economy class, (e) what was car rental cost in respect of each traveler, (f) what type of vehicles were booked for each traveler, (g) how did the travel undertaken by each person contribute to the economy and/or advancement of the Republic and (h) on what date will the reports of each trip that was undertaken be available? (NW3102E)

Kenya 1 – Ministerial Working Visit on 26 – 29 October 2018

Meeting or Event	Status of traveller	Capacity of traveller	Breakdown of Fee and Accommodation	Business or Economy class	Car rental costs	Type of Vehicle Hired	Contribution to the economy or advancement of the Republic	Availability of the report
Meeting	Official	Director Africa and the Middle East	R42 000.00	Economy Class	R20 000.00	Sedan standard (shared)	The South African participation was to advance the objectives of the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance and creating of markets for industries.	Report available on request
Events / Meetings Status of traveller Capacity of traveller Breakdown of Fee and Accommodation Business or Economy class Car rental costs Type of Vehicle Hired Contribution to the economy or advancement of the Republic Availability of the report Meeting Official Deputy Director Paid by AU Economy Class R10 000.00 Sedan (shared) The South African participation was to advance the objectives of the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance. Report is available for viewing   Expert Independent Black Filmmakers Collective (IBFC) R16 000.00 Economy Class	Official	Deputy Director		Economy Class
	Official	Assistant Director Creative Industries		Economy Class

1. Ethiopia – 5th Pan African Cultural Congress – 5 – 7 September 2018

Events / Meetings	Status of traveller	Capacity of traveller	Breakdown of Fee and Accommodation	Business or Economy class	Car rental costs	Type of Vehicle Hired	The South African participation was to advance the objectives of the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance and creating of markets for industries.	Availability of the report
Meeting	Executive Authority	Deputy Minister	Hosted by Algeria	Business Class	N/A	Hosted by Algeria	The South African participation was to advance the objectives of the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance	Report is available for viewing
	OFFICIAL	PA to Deputy Minister	Hosted by Algeria	Business Class	N/A	Hosted by Algeria
	Official	Director Africa and the Middle East	R 10 000	Economy Class	R20 000.00	Sedan standard
	Official	Director Libraries	R10 000.00	Economy Class		Sedan standard
	Expert	President of AFLIA	Paid by AFLIA	Economy Class		Sedan standard
	Expert	Executive of AFLIA	Paid by AFLIA	Economy Class		Sedan standard

1. Algeria - AU Specialised Technical Committee on Youth, Culture and Sports 22 – 25 October

Kenya – Technical Visit for Cultural Seasons on 02 – 05 October 2018

Meeting or Event	Status of traveller	Capacity of traveller	Breakdown of Fee and Accommodation	Business or Economy class	Car rental costs	Type of Vehicle Hired	Contribution to the economy or advancement of the Republic	Availability of the report
Meeting	Official	Director Africa and the Middle East	R42 000.00	Economy Class	R20 000.00	Sedan standard (shared)	The South African participation was to advance the objectives of the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance and creating of markets for industries.	Report available on request
	Official	Assistant Director Events Management		Economy Class
	Official	Assistant Director Creative Industries		Economy Class

Kenya - Hosting South African Cultural Seasons in Kenya – 28 February – 2 March 2019

Events / Meetings	Status of traveller	Capacity of traveller	Breakdown of Fee and Accommodation	Business or Economy class	Car rental costs	Type of Vehicle Hired	Contribution to the economy or advancement of the Republic	Availability of the report
Event Service Provider	Officials	DDG	R175 605.66	Economy Class	R54 521.60		The South African participation was to advance the objectives of the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance and creating of markets for industries.	Report is available for viewing
		Director		Economy Class
		Deputy Director		Economy Class
		3 x Assistant Director		Economy Class
		Events Management company		Economy Class
		2x Exhibition Curator / Coordinator		Economy Class
	Expert	1x Chef		Economy Class	R277 048.34	2 x Sedan (shared) 15 Seater (shared)
	Expert	1x Journalists		Economy Class
	Expert	1x Photo journalist		Economy Class
	Expert	7 x Musician for the opening banquet and the band		Economy Class
	Expert	1x Sound engineer / technical		Economy Class
	Expert	1x Creative Director		Economy Class
	Expert	1x Poet		Economy Class
	Expert	1x Muralist		Economy Class
	Expert	15x Dancers		Economy Class
	Expert	1x Craft presenter (workshop)		Economy Class
	Expert	1x Design presenter (workshop)		Economy Class
	Expert	1x Dance choreographer		Economy Class
	Expert	7x Band		Economy Class
	Expert	3x Backup singers		Economy Class
	Expert	3x Musicians		Economy Class

Event/Meeting	Status of traveller	Capacity of traveller	Breakdown of Fee and Accommodation	Business or Economy class	Car rental costs	Type of Vehicle Hired	Contribution to the economy or advancement of the Republic	Availability of the report
36th Session of WIPO SCCR - Geneva	Official	DD/IR DD/Cultural Development	Accommodation – R43 875	Economy	None - Public transport is free in Geneva	N/A	The benefit of SA participation in the SCCR is to ensure that our national policies are aligned with global practices to ensure that our creatives can benefit both economically and morally from their Intellectual Property and that their IP rights are protected from unauthorised used at the international level.	Yes, available on request
37th WIPO IGC on Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions - Geneva	Official Official	DD/IR Director:Living Heritage	Accommodation – R92 000	Economy	Travel agency - Amount not available at time of report	Standard car	The contribution to the economy is to ensure that once a legal binding instrument is adopted, traditional communities can share the benefit that derives from their IP that emanated from their traditional knowledge be it medicinal, innovation, designs, etc. and that their IP is protected from international misappropriation.	Yes, available on request
WIPO Assemblies of Member States - Geneva	Official Official	CD/IR DD/CD	Accommodation R110 000	Economy	None - public transport is free in Geneva	N/A	The General Assembly is the main decision making body of WIPO and meets annually to take stock of progress on the organisations of the work of WIPO and to discuss future policy direction in the field of IP globally. Our participation is to take note and endorse future policy direction of WIPO to be in line with our national development priorities as outlined in the NDP.	Yes, available on request
World Conference on Creative Economy	Official Technical Experts Official Official	DG CD/IR SACO Rep DD/IR DD/CD	Accommodation and transport cost – R140 000	DG – Business class 4 x Officials - Economy	Amount not available at time of report	Standard car – Toyota Camry	South Africa shared with the global community how the creative and cultural economy is often connected with other development priorities, such as poverty alleviation, basic infrastructure sustainable development, gender equality, social inclusion and global partnerships. We also provided statistical data to show the contribution of culture to the GDP.	Yes, available on request
37th Session of WIPO SCCR - Geneva	Official Official	DD/IR DD/Cultural Development	Accommodation – R67 000	Economy	Public transport is free in Geneva	N/A	Discussion continued from the 36th Session. The benefit of SA participation in the SCCR is to ensure that our national policies are aligned with global practices to ensure that our creatives can benefit both economically and morally from their Intellectual Property and that their IP rights are protected from unauthorised used at the international level.	Yes, available on request
38th WIPO IGC on Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions - Geneva	Official Official	DD/IR Director/Living Heritage	Accommodation – R76 703	Economy	Travel agency - Amount not available at time of report	Standard car	Discussions continued from the 37th Session. The contribution to the economy is to ensure that once a legal binding instrument is adopted, traditional communities can share the benefit that derives from their IP that emanated from their traditional knowledge be it medicinal, innovation, designs, etc. and that their IP is protected from international misappropriation.	Yes, available on request
12th Ordinary Session of the IGC for the 2005 Convention on Cultural Diversity - Paris	Official Official	CD/IR DD/CD	Accommodation – R52 000	Economy	R 3600 (R1 800 p/p)	Taxi – Standard car	The New Growth Path, the National Development Plan, the White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage and the Mzansi Golden Economy Strategy is aligned to the principles of the 2005 Convention. All these strategies are geared towards unlocking the growth potential of the cultural and creative industry, to maximise economic growth and job creation, especially in the informal sector.	Yes, available on request
39th WIPO IGC on Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions - Geneva	Official Official	DD/IR Director/Living Heritage	Accommodation – R67 852	Economy	Travel agency – Amount not available at time of report	Standard car	Discussions continued from the 38th Session. The contribution to the economy is to ensure that once a legal binding instrument is adopted, traditional communities can share the benefit that derives from their IP that emanated from their traditional knowledge be it medicinal, innovation, designs, etc. and that their IP is protected from international misappropriation.	Yes, available on request
UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture - Turkey	Official Official Official Official Official	DG D/Heritage DD/IR DD/Stakeholder Liaison Mr S Ntombela – DD/MGE	Accommodation and transport – R370 000	DG – Business class 4 x Officials – Economy class	Amounts not available at time of report	DG – Luxury Car Officials – Standard car	Tourism is a driver of economic growth, inclusive development and environmental sustainability. Through our participation we learn and share global best practices on how cultural tourism can make an important contribution to poverty reduction, fighting inequality and promoting inclusive growth for the implementation of the SDGs.	Yes, available on request
Nelson Mandela Statue in New York: New York travel for the Minister to view the site for the statue in New York, USA August 2018.	Executive Official Official Official Official	Minister Minister’s Advisor DD/HPP Min’s PA DD/IR	Accommodation and local transport – R830 000	Minister – Business class travel Minister’s Advisor – Business class travel 3 x Officials – Economy class	Breakdown of amounts for transport not available at time of report	Minister - Luxury Car Officials - Standard	The Statue of Nelson Mandela was a gift donated to the United Nations during the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit as a result of the United General Assembly (UNGA) resolution 72/243 which was adopted in Dec ember 2017. A communications strategy was developed for the branding of SA during the Peace summit, including the unveiling of the statue of former President Mandela.	Yes, available on request
Unveiling Ceremony of Nelson Mandela Statue at the United Nations Headquarters in New York during the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit, September 2018	Executive Official Official Official Official	Minister Mr M Nkomo – Minister’s Advisor DD/HPP Min’s PA DD/IR	Accommodation and local transport - top up amount as a balance was still at DIRCO from travel in August 2019 - R240 000	Minister – Business class travel Minister’s Advisor – Business class travel Officials – Economy class	Breakdown of amounts for transport not available at time of report	Minister - Luxury Car Officials - Standard	The Statue of Nelson Mandela was a gift donated to the United Nations during the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit as a result of the United General Assembly (UNGA) resolution 72/243 which was adopted in Dec ember 2017. A communications strategy was developed for the branding of SA during the Peace summit, including the unveiling of the statue of former President Mandela.	Yes, available on request

Reply:

1. (a) The name of the company that makes use of the restaurant facilities is Dandozest

(b) The contract started on 02 May 2018.

(c) An average of R16 878.18 per month is the monthly revenue generated for Freedom Park since the restaurant contract started on 02 May 2018.

2. (a) Turnover rent of 7.5% is the rental amount that the company pays to use the restaurant at Freedom Park

(b) There was no provision made in the bid that Freedom Park will provide for water and electricity.

(c) Freedom Park has one municipal account that it pays and it includes services in the retail spaces

3. (a) Diteboho Gifts and events is the company that makes use of the gift shop facility at Freedom Park.

(b) An average of R3528.15 per month has been generated for Freedom Park since the gift shop started.

4. (a) 15 % of the Turnover is the rent Diteboho Gifts and events pays to use the gift shop facility

(b) No provision was made in the bid that Freedom Park will provide water and electricity.

Reply:

1)  National Capital Projects was the company appointed by the Freedom Park’s Accounting Officer as per the Bid Adjudication Committee recommendation.

(2)(a). Yes, the project was advertised on the tender bulletin notice No. 2916 issued on 13 May 2016.

(b). Bid requirements were as follows:

Submitted proposal to include:

• The business diagnostic tools to be used to diagnose the operating model of the Freedom Park, with view of identifying activities that hinder financial sustainability.
• How Freedom Park will be repositioned in order to move towards becoming financially viable from operating activities
• Proposal on fund raising.
• Implementable action plans to be carried out by the service provider to raise funds for Freedom Park.
• The manner in which the fundraiser will initiate and conclude fundraising transactions with sponsors in compliance with Freedom Park’s policies and legal framework.
• Measurement of performance by Freedom Park.
• How fundraiser intends to bring together with people and sponsors (local and international) who are prepared to support the aims and objectives of Freedom Park.
• Proposed staffing, timing and costing for the performance of the diagnosis of the operating model of the Freedom Park and repositioning of the same towards financial viability from operating activities.
• Proposed commission rate for the funds raised for Freedom Park.

3. (a). The duration of the contract was three years from 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2019.

(b). The contract was in operation in 2016.

(c). The company was paid on delivery for diagnostic and repositioning towards financial sustainability and not for fundraising.

4. The National Capital Project raised no money for Freedom Park.

Reply:

1. Not all National Departments, National Public Entities and National Public Enterprises are complying with the Use of Official Languages Act 12 of 2012. Very few are complying, the main area where compliance is satisfactorily noted in some departments and entities is with regard to language policies. There is little progress with regard to the establishment of language units

(a).Reasons cited mostly for non-compliance range from inadequate funding and a need to be guided and taken through the processes, a task which was carried out by Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) in February 2019.

(b).PanSALB will continue to monitor the implementation of the Act to ensure compliance.

2. Not all national departments, national public entities and national public enterprises are reporting annually. PanSALB have scheduled public hearings for all to come and report on progress.

3. Yes, the report is tabled annually and this will happen when the annual report has been compiled at the end of the financial year.

4. Not all provinces have adopted and effectively implemented their language policies in accordance with their Provincial Language Acts. PanSALB has commissioned provincial offices to monitor and conduct an audit in this regard so as to identify areas where assistance is required. Once this audit is finalized, provinces will be offered individual assistance in a bid to ensure implementation and compliance.

5.Yes, the Minister will make a statement after the public hearings or monitoring sessions that PanSALB will conduct with all National Departments, National Public Entities and National Public Enterprises.

Reply:

(1)(a) The number of officials from the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) that will attend the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in Japan will depend on the final team size. The priority is that all resources are applied to ensure that all qualifying athletes are sent to the Olympic Games.

(b) The support team will include the accredited Chef De Mission and Games Coordinators who are SASCOC employees. They will be part of the Team and will be accredited and accommodated in the athlete’s village together with all the athlete. (c)(i)(ii) At this point no additional officials (including board members) have been identified to attend the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

(2) SASCOC will not incur any costs for any family members to attend the Olympic Games.

(3)(a)(b) There will be no SASCOC delegation other than Team Management attending the 2020 Olympics and no costs will be incurred in this regard. The costs for Team South Africa including Team Management will be finalized after the team sizes have been determined.

(4)(a) The number of (persons) athletes is still to be finalised based on the selection criteria and qualifications.

(b) It is estimated that that the cost of delivering the team to the Olympics will be R37m and the Paralympics will cost R17m respectively.

Reply:

(1) The SASCOC General Assembly, is the only forum authorised to consider the selection criteria and take decision which may have a bearing on the codes to be included or excluded. However, for codes such as Canoeing and Rugby the deadline for submission of their qualifications for acceptance with the Tokyo Games Organising Committee has passed.

(2) The Department has not made available any specific amount in funding to support the South African athletes who will compete in the 2020 (a) Olympic and (b) Paralympic Games. This is due the fact that SASCOC has not finalized and submitted its team sizes.

(3)(a)(b) SASCOC did not amend its selection criteria for any specific code. The criteria have been stringent since the Olympic Games in 2012.

(4) Canoeing and Rugby are the codes affected by the qualifying criteria set by SASCOC to compete in the Olympic Games than those set internationally.

Reply:

1. Since Beijing 2008 where South Africa took all athletes who qualified and only got one medal, SASCOC General Assembly took a decision to make the selection policies more stringent in order to ensure that the athletes/teams selected to represent South Africa at the Olympic Games would be more competitive. The more stringent selection policy would contribute to ensuring that South Africa has a better chance of achieving honour for our country by taking those athletes that feature more prominently on the world rankings within their respective codes.

2. The selection policies are decided by engagement and in agreement with the respective national federations. They are not unilaterally decided by SASCOC. Whilst participating at the Olympic and Paralympic Games is admirable it is important that South Africa send a competitive team.

3. It is not a funding issue; the athletes did not qualify as per the agreed policy. Canoeing South Africa, represented by their President negotiated and signed the selection policy with SASCOC. They would then have the duty to communicate this to their athletes. It was only subsequent to the signing of the agreed selection policy that their athletes did not qualify, in terms of the policy. The canoeing fraternity then wanted to change the agreed and signed policy to accommodate those athletes that did not qualify.

4. The Selection Policy and criteria is considered at the SASCOC General Assembly only.

5. As per the Olympic Charter (Article 27, rule 3), SASCOC as the National Olympic Committee of South Africa, in good standing with and recognised by the IOC, is the only one authorised to enter South African athletes to the Olympic Games. The IOC would not accept entries unless they are signed off by the NOC. Only athletes whose NOC’s are suspended are afforded the opportunity to enter as Neutral Athletes.

Reply:

(1) Yes, the Department will fund the participation of the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee in the (a) 2020 Region 5 and (b) 2020 All-Africa Games. This would be in line with the amount allocated to SASCOC by the National Treasury and the breakdown of the amount per Business Plan from the Confederation.

(2) No. The Department does not intend taking responsibility of the delivery of teams. In terms of the National Sport and Recreation Act and the National Sport and Recreation Plan it is the high performance and team delivery is the domain of the Confederation.

Reply:

Identification of the priority sport and recreation facilities for the community is done by municipalities in consultation with their communities, normally as part of the integrated development planning processes.

Based on these needs and development priorities, municipalities submit requests to the Department for funding of sport and recreation facilities, and subject to an allocation process followed by the Department, allocation will be made to a municipality accordingly.

Between 2017 and 2019, the following local municipalities in the District have been allocated a sum total of R31 800 000 for various sport and recreation facility projects:

• Emakhazeni (MIG allocation)
• Dr.J.S. Moroka (Outdoor gym/ children play-park allocation)
• Emalahleni (MIG allocation)
• Thembisile Hani (MIG allocation)
• Victor Khanye ( MIG allocation)

This means, of the 6 local municipalities in the District, a total of 5 have been allocated and in future the remaining municipality (i.e. Steve Tshwete) will be also be considered.

Reply:

1. My department has never done business with any of the specified persons, companies or trusts in the past five financial years and since 1 April 2019.

Reply:

(a)(i). No money was budgeted for a permanent antique exhibition of weaponry in the 2019- 20 financial year.

(ii). There was no budget.

(iii). There are no costs.

(iv). The Council approved the exhibition plan which provides that a rifle exhibition can be done at the satellite Museum of the National Museum (First Raadsaal and Wagon Museum) in the financial year 2019/20.

(b). the exhibition will be placed at the satellite Museum of the National Museum (First Raadsaal and Wagon Museum)

(c). the exhibition will be open to the public in this current financial year.

Reply:

1. The Council and or Chief Executive Officer of the National Museum in Bloemfontein has not taken any decision to phase out Afrikaans at the museum. Afrikaans is promoted in line with the Language Policy. The Language Policy of the National Museum in Bloemfontein was published in Government Gazette on 31 March 2015, Gazette No. 38670 following proper processes and has been implemented. Below are extracts from the gazette:

4.1. Government reports, documents and official publications intended for public distribution

a. English will be the language used for government reports and documents.

b. English will be the language used for all documents for public distribution.

4.2. Communication with the public

a. The language used when communicating with members of the public, whether for information or official matters, will be in the language that is understood by the majority of the members present, but limited to English, Afrikaans and Sesotho.

b. A member of the public who wishes to receive a service from the National Museum in any language other than that in which the service is provided, may request that this be provided in such official language, limited to English, Afrikaans and Sesotho.

c. If a member of the public is unable to communicate in the three languages contemplated above, the National Museum will make use of the services of an interpreter, including sign language practitioners, taking cognisance of factors such as time, cost and the availability of an interpreter or sign language practitioner.

d. Such requests must be in writing and received by the National Museum at least seven working days prior to the service being required.

(2)(a) The Language policy of the Museum was gazetted on 31 March 2015 Gazette No. 38670 which deals with Museum publications as detailed above.

(i) Culna is a popular scientific publication of the National Museum which is available in hardcopy and online, www.nationalmuseumpublications.co.za.

(ii) Indago is a scientific journal of the Museum which is accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training. It is available in hardcopy and online, www.nationalmuseumpublications.co.za

(b) The Museum did not commission a formal study to evaluate the impact of excluding Afrikaans or any of the other official languages from any of the publications. However, the Museum did follow a process and also opened up to a formal comment process. In addition the Museum has access to a cache of research done on publications and languages which assists the Museum.

(3)(a) The Museum’s language policy has been published in government gazette

(b) The Museum’s language policy does provide that the public must be served in 3 languages which are English, Afrikaans and Sesotho.

(4)(a) The Museum’s services to the public are conducted in English, Afrikaans and Sesotho.

(b) The Museum has identified Sesotho as a marginalised language and there are plans proposed in the draft Strategic Plan from 20/21 to annually issue a brochure in Sesotho which covers the major scientific research areas of the Museum’s work. Furthermore, the Museum has a mobile Museum which is taken to schools throughout the province and curriculum based lessons are provided in Sesotho where there is a need.

Reply:

(1). No conference attendance and fieldwork of staff members were placed on hold.

(2)(a). The Museum commenced with an organisational review process in 2018. Phase 1 has been completed, and Council approved that the Museum will use the DPSA grading. This entailed aligning the defunct Museum Grading System with DPSA grading which was completed and approved by the Council of the Museum.

(b). Treasury has recently approved the use of surplus funds to fund Phase 1 in October 2019

Reply:

(a). Drs. Hendrik Snyders and Marianna Botes of the History Department, and Elmar du Plessis of the Department of Collections attended the National Conference of the SA Society for Cultural History (SASCH) from 18-19 October at the Naval Museum in Simon’s Town, where all three presented papers. The delegates who were approved to attend were from the History and Collections department which conserve the historical collections.

(b). Yes the Museum covered full cost for Dr Botes and Ms Du Plessis and partial cost for Dr Snyders.

Reply:

(a) The following is the expenditure as provided by each of the provincial departments of sports, arts and culture on their provincial sporting awards in each of the past five years:

Province	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
EC	R1 033 978.00	R1 805 920.00	R2 292 018.37	R3 205 969.49	R2 886 217.44
FS	No awards	No awards	R250 000.00	R320 000.00	R778 000.00
GP	R8 500 000.00	R9 503 034.00	R6 935 760.00	R8 999 614.00	R8 992 070.00
KZN	6 000 000.00	4 200 000.00	R 4 000 000.00	R4 560 000.00	R4 953 194.54
LMP	No awards	No awards	R992 695.00	R1 435 750.00	R1 156 470.00
MP	R1500000.00	No awards	No awards	No awards	R1 800 000.00
NW	R949000.00	R1400000.00	R1790000.00	R2307850.00	R2660560.00
NC	Not done	R850 000.00	R920 000.00	R935 000.00	Not done
WC	R521 529.29	R386 289.63	R728 026.06	R523 289.81	R541 416.75

(b) The following is the expenditure on the national sports awards by Sport and Recreation SA for the past five years:

Year 2015	Year 2016	Year 2017	Year 2018	Year 2019
R18 722 023.19	R15 387 606.00	R12 000 000.00	R8 869 803.05	R8 947 608.34

Reply:

(1)(a). The annual fieldwork project 385, Historical Archaeology was not rejected.

(b). the applicant’s performance agreement will not be affected as the above-mentioned project is not aligned to her job description.

(c)(i)(ii). No money, resources or time has been lost on the project 385.

(2). The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) did not make any decision to reject project 385. This was a project which expired in 2011.

(a). The Council of the Museum did not make a decision to reject project 385. This was a project which expired in 2011.

(3). The Museum does not keep consolidated fieldwork records which are more than 10 years old at its premises, the archived records will be retrieved from the National Archives in Pretoria and made available to the Honourable member at a later stage.

(4) The National Museum has set up a committee to investigate the barriers experienced by our Black Female researchers in the archaeological fieldwork.

 

Reply:

(1)(a). There are currently five (5) staff members employed at the Archaeology and Anthropology department of the Bloemfontein National Museum.

(b). Four (4) of the employees have Masters Degrees and one (1) has a Bachelor degrees

(2)(a). Yes the museum staff are being paid accordingly,

(b) falls off

(3). The Museum has a large number of staff when compared from a size perspective to other Museums which are larger. The current staff capacity is sufficient to function effectively. There are some areas identified where rationalisation is required and a process of consolidating certain areas has already commenced. Thus far three (3) divisions were consolidated to make the function more effective.

Reply:

1. No period without a head.

2. The department has never functioned without the HOD, as Dr Lloyd Rossouw has been appointed as the acting HOD.

Reply:

a) (i). Yes there was a need and as such the vacancy was advertised internally and externally

(ii). the incumbent has been appointed as the acting HOD

(b). There are two Black staff members who have indicated that they are happy with their development trajectory into their next level which is Museum Scientist and have indicated how the Museum can assist them with their development. The Museum has commenced with a programme to assist Black females to develop themselves especially in the core areas as a Museum scientist.

Reply:

(a). The salary package of the position of the Head of Department (HOD) of the Archaeology and Anthropology department at the Bloemfontein National Museum is equivalent to an Assistant Director in the public service and the package is tied to that position.

(b). The Public Service grading system as published

(c)(i). the salary is comparative taking into account the different grades

(ii). the salary is in the same band as other HOD’s and is comparative

Reply:

1. The Minister is not aware of any plans for proposed development on Robben Island
2. (a) There is no entity that manages Robben Island on

behalf of Government

(b) The Department does not receive any reports from any

specified entities.

Reply:

The government and state-owned entities do not pay royalties each time the national anthem – (a) sung at inter alia official state events and sporting events, including international sporting events, and/or (b) Is printed in documents;

(i)(aa). The rights of the South African anthem belongs to the State;

(bb). No one receives nor collects royalties;

(ii). No amount was paid.