Questions and Replies
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past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2021, (b) number of cases (i) were opened and concluded, (ii) were withdrawn and (iii) remain open or pending based on the incidents and (c) sanctions were meted out against each person who was found guilty?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.
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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.
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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.
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 |
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 - NW1358
Matiase, Mr NS to ask the Minister of Social Development
What impact has the COVID-19 virus had on the total number of persons who have been included in the social welfare programme since the outbreak of the specified virus?
Reply:
The COVID-19 pandemic that has spread rapidly and extensively around the world since March 2020, has had profound impact on the delivery of social development services to citizens especially community mobilisation, sustainable livelihoods, food security, registration and funding of non-profit organisations services. The unfolding crisis has affected these services and threatened people’s access to services and food. The country has witnessed not only a major disruption to food supply chains in the wake of lockdowns triggered by the global health crisis, but also a major global economic slowdown.
These crises have resulted in lower incomes and higher prices of food, putting food out of reach for many, and undermining the right to food and stalling efforts to meet Sustainable Development Goals. The Department (DSD) has been providing food and nutrition services to combat the growing challenge of malnutrition and hunger amongst poor and vulnerable communities therefore Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the provision of such very important commodity.
Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the department developed a system of service delivery that empowered communities with economic empowerment projects, mobilisation and dialogue, food distribution and registration and funding of NPOs. South Africa has experienced an increase in the levels of food insecurity and vulnerability during this pandemic and the necessary lock-down to prevent the spread of the virus. Prior to lock-down the percentage of households with inadequate access to food was at 20.2% (3 347 342 people) in 2018. The lock-down exacerbated the magnitude of the need for food as more poor people living below the food poverty line found themselves with limited resources to sustain food supplies for their families.
The number of people accessing nutritious foods through DSD Food Programmes increased to 9 244 072 and 2 264 325 households, whilst the target set was 3 300 000 people and 1 million households. There was an increase in the number of persons accessing Psychosocial Support Services in 2020 as opposed to 2019. The increase can be attributed to the trauma resulted from the overall COVID-19 situation in the country.
The DSD through the Gender Based Violence Command Centre (GBV CC) mended by Social Workers dealt with all forms of trauma. There are number of reasons to the increase in the number of persons accessing psychosocial service via the GBV CC. For e.g. during the hard Lock down of March 2020, many people found themselves in confined spaces, with threatened job losses/security, this meant more people needed psychosocial support services. The Command Centre as a 24/7 telephonic service and was easily accessible under lockdown restrictions. Below table indicates over 50% increase on the comparison of number of persons who accessed the Centre for the period under review (2019 Vs 2020).
- Above indicates exponential increase of over 50%
- The below is the reflection of number recorded cases that have since remained stable in 2021 as the situation of COVID-19/restrictions have been eased:
GBVCC Statistical Report |
||||
Date |
Telephone call Receive |
USSDs Received |
SMS’s Received |
Total |
Jan - Dec |
73 829 |
3484 |
2843 |
80156 |
Some of the impact of COVID 19 on shelters for victims of crime and violence are as follows:
- Beneficiaries of services in social welfare facilities which amongst other include older were negatively impacted by restrictions imposed by the Disaster Regulations and Directions which did not allow any visitation to these facilities during COVID 19. The closure of community-based programmes also created a burden to families who were strained and were not prepared to care for their individual members during that period.
- There was also a sudden increase in the number of persons who used the anti-substance abuse services. The following table illustrates number of persons reached through Anti-Substance Abuse programme during the 2020/21 and 2021/22 financial years:
Level of services |
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
Prevention |
217 9218 |
5 085 296 |
Treatment |
32 575 |
44 332 |
Aftercare |
7 557 |
10 032 |
Total |
2 219 350 |
5 139 660 |
In general, the social welfare programme has been partially negatively impacted to render services as expected as the result of the outbreak. Some of the programmes that are customised to be delivered physically were compromised and delivered using the hybrid model and not all provinces and persons are having excess to the technological infrastructure.
The Department of Social Development (DSD) along with its agencies (South African Social Security Agency – SASSA and the National Development Agency - NDA) have initiated a Social Sector Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Working Group for COVID-19 related projects. The studies which included three (3) rapid assessments were conducted to gather robust evidence on high priority strategies implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The table below summarises the findings of the three studies.
TITLE OF STUDY |
KEY FINDINGS |
1. Rapid Assessment on the Implementation and Utilisation of the Special R350 COVID-19 Grant |
The findings indicates that: a) Communication about access, application process and criteria as this was misunderstood by those in need and this area requires improvement. b) The beneficiaries of the Special R350 COVID-19 grant are most likely in rural areas, less educated, less tech-savvy, and heavily reliant on word of mouth communication. c) Reach was subsequently hindered as those that qualified did not have the means and/or knowledge of how to apply. d) There is also a strong need to find ways to mitigate and bridge the digital divide in the administration of social security. This is supported by majority of the respondents (88%) who maintain that the grant to be accessed by all poor individuals that apply as there are many poor people in South Africa (as explained by 77% of respondents). |
2. A rapid assessment of key monitoring indicators of measuring the impact of Covid-19 lockdown on child wellbeing in South Africa |
a) General observations: The responsibility to care for children predominately rest on single parents. There are variations in family dynamics and support structure in different districts with possible implications for wholesome childcare and protection. This supposition is illustrated in various findings and should be considering in developing community specific interventions. Most households are headed by unemployed females who predominantly depend on child support grants. The high burden of childcare on single parents may be an impediment to pursue opportunities to improve their material circumstances and possibly break the circle of poverty and impoverishment. b) Child Protection and Psychosocial Domains: A higher proportion of children feel unsafe even if they have never been hurt. This may be reflective of the internal and external environment they find themselves. Exposure to adult violence was high in most of the districts and children in most cases reported being hurt, highlighting child safety and protection issues. Sexual abuse rates are high and affects children of all ages, with risk increasing by age group. The long-term psychosocial health implication of this may require attention and the integrated school health programme can be leveraged. c) Food Security and Anthropometric Findings: Rates of experience of hunger are concerning and vary considerably across districts. These variations are potentially due to prevailing socio-cultural, environmental, and economic dynamics. Anthropometric findings indicate that among vulnerable children targeted by this study, the prevalence of malnutrition is very high as reflected by the high proportions affected by stunting and underweight. d) Education and Economic Wellbeing Domains: A concerning proportion of children of school going age are not attending school especially among the younger age groups. Special programmes to ensure greater school attendance are essential as a path to true self-reliance. High proportions of children reported having limited or no support with schoolwork and also many don’t have access to stationery. A portion of the household heads reported not being able to provide basic needs such as food, water, and clothing despite the grants. Higher proportions of children from households with other income sources access basic needs compared to those that are solely dependent on social grants. Families that reported being able to provide basic needs had higher proportions of children who attend school regularly and their daughters are less likely to miss school due to not having sanitary pads. e) Health and HIV/AIDS Domains: There are varying levels of poor health among children across districts, with high rates of recent illness reported in the same districts that also had the lowest health seeking rates. Overall findings indicate high rates of recent illness reported among vulnerable children. Poor health seeking observed in some districts may indicate systemic challenges related to access to healthcare which require more investigation. |
3. Synthesis evaluation of Social Development sector’s response to food relief mechanism during Covid-19 |
a) Relevance: The study found that the DSD food relief intervention was relevant for SA government needed to continually address the root causes of poverty, hunger and unemployment through policy initiatives and safety nets such as social grants to economically disempowered persons. There is a need for a systematic and consolidated approach to address the haphazard nature of government response to hunger and unemployment due to the lack of an integrated strategy to assist vulnerable people during crisis periods. b) Cohesion: The relief effort was targeted at reaching the vulnerable families, experiencing severe food insecurity during the lockdown period and was designed to be a stopgap measure to allow time for the more systemic government grant solutions to come on stream, and the resumption of government feeding programmes at schools and DSD centres. c) Effectiveness: The department was able to reach the most deserving vulnerable people through its partnership with SASSA. DSD and SASSA worked on a digital method for people to apply for grants as well as for the R350 Social Relief of Distress grant. This digital method applied to both smart and non-smart mobile phones to allow for others to apply on behalf of people who did not have a mobile phone or were not comfortable using one. d) Efficiency: There was resource efficiency given that most of the Fund’s disbursement went directly to beneficiaries, with very limited funding covering intermediary distribution costs. On average, the distribution costs were 6% of the total disbursement, with remote areas incurring higher distribution charges. e) Sustainability: Collaboration between the various levels of government and non-state actors in providing food relief response proved the potential of effective intergovernmental relations in responding to the needs of the poor. The use of hybrid food distribution (food parcels, cooked food and e-Voucher) model. The use of other stakeholders (multi-stakeholder approach to food distribution) will in future provide a working model for implementing food relief for future disasters. The disaster also assisted the capacity development of DSD internal systems for planning for disasters. |
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 - NW1592
Faber, Mr WF to ask the Minister of Social 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 why these goods could not be contracted in the Republic?
Reply:
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (DSD)
(a)(b) (i)(ii) (aa)(bb)(cc)(dd)(ee) Neither the Department nor its public entities have concluded any commercial contracts with the Government or any 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 - NW1467
Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister of Social Development
Whether the SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) is implementing any of the recommendations from the Workstreams and the Technical Committee for Payments of Social Grants and SASSA Governance reports; if not, (a) why not and (b) which recommendations have not been implemented; if so, which recommendations have been implemented?
Reply:
Yes.The recommendations made by the Technical Committee for Payments of Social Grants were mostly implemented, as most of them dealt with the transition of the payment services from Cash Payment Services (CPS) to the South African Post Office (SAPO) and the governance thereof.
The review of the SASSA implementation processes is in line with the amendments to the regulations. There are however, few governance and institutional reviews that are still work in progress. For example, the Department of Social Development has prepared a draft South African Social Security Agency Amendment Bill whilst the operationalisation of the Social Assistance Amendment Act No. 16 of 2020 and the amendment regulations thereof will be published shortly.
The recommendations by the Technical Committee can be summarised in 7 categories in the table below.
List of recommendations |
a) Implemented |
b) Not Implemented and why? |
Ongoing |
1. Documenting standard operating procedures: SASSA needs to document standard operating procedures of the new system as well as incorporate the biometric system. The SOPs must cover the entire cash transfer programme. |
Yes: |
||
2. Management and administration: A formal process of accountability and responsibility is required in which the system and institution operates. SASSA and SAPO need to collaborate to determine and implement a synchronised accountability system. |
Yes: There is a Service Level Agreement governing and delineating responsibilities in the contract between SASSA and SAPO. |
||
3. Process redesign: Identify multiple payment channels: (a). Different methods of payment available to beneficiaries; (b). The investment of SAPO and SASSA staff at the SAPO offices needs to be informed by the beneficiaries’ choice of accessing money. |
Yes: |
||
4. Management information system: Management and Information systems (MIS) are of crucial importance to ensure cash transfer programmes are effectively implemented. |
Yes. Payment files are generated by the system and verification of beneficiary status with Home Affairs is done monthly before payment is processed. |
||
5. Grievance and redress: Implement a grievance system at the different SAPO station and ensure it corresponds to SASSA office grievance and redress. |
Yes. A system is in place whereby beneficiaries can lodge their complaints and grievances at the post office, Postbank and SASSA. Beneficiaries are able to lodge their complaints due to alleged payment fraud. These are investigated and refunded based on the merits of the fraud.
|
The refund of beneficiaries is still ongoing. |
|
6. Monitoring and evaluation system: Robust monitoring and evaluation are crucial both for programme performance and political sustainability as well as to ensure quality control and assurance. |
Yes: The SASSA has a monitoring and evaluation system in place though the following structures:
|
This process is ongoing, because the committees meet on a regular basis to monitor and evaluate progress. |
|
7. Financial Inclusion: The current payment plan excludes financial integration for beneficiaries. Increasing financial access to the poor and allowing transfers into an account for beneficiaries enable households to save for future needs. |
No: This is due to the high number of deductions on the CPS card; unauthorised deductions such as: airtime, data, enticing people to take more than one funeral policy and loans. Discussion were held with the oversight structures that the SAPO card will be restricted. Beneficiaries will only be allowed to have one funeral policy deducted and no other unauthorised deductions will be allowed on their SAPO card. |
Workstreams: For SASSA to be able to effectively insource its core functions (grant administration and distribution) it had to undertake an extensive change programme spanning over 5 years with key functional components and sub-components that required:
- new and up-skilled workforce,
- improved business processes, and
- technology investments.
Therefore, 11 programmes were developed by the workstreams to ensure that a careful and tightly integrated orchestration of activities can be set into motion to ensure that, in parallel to sourcing new payment service providers, that SASSA is able to undertake a number of change and readiness exercises.
It was recommended that in year one (1), a new service provider/s can commence with an on-schedule transfer of functions to SASSA in a phased “transition and integration” towards strategic insource completion.
Recommendations |
Implemented |
Not implemented |
CPS phase-out – Build-Operate- Transfer (BOT) model has been recommended - transitioning strategic functions to SASSA in two phases, every two years in duration, thus resulting in a three-year contract with a two-year extension or ultimately a five year contract. |
CPS is no longer rendering any contracted services for SASSA. Inter-Governmental Partnership in place - SAPO/Postbank services comprising:
. |
The Built-Operate-Transfer model (BOT) as part of the payment review process – the SASSA / SAPO agreement was based on BOT arrangement, but unfortunately due to other complications within SAPO and how some of their contracts with service providers were structured, it was not feasible for SASSA to continue on a BOT arrangement, Hence SASSA opted to go through a BPR process. |
New payment infrastructure programme - strategic business processes are insourced and other payment functions co-sourced.
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As far as card issuance and payments are concerned – SASSA is currently engaging South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to establish possibilities for participation in the National Payment System (NPS) space as a non-bank organisation. The engagements are at an early stage. In the same note, there is a project which is at a conceptual stage to look at implementation dynamics for a number of disbursement options in an effort to get the recommendation by the work-streams to life. The first report of this team was presented to SASSA EXCO in April 2022 and the team is currently packaging the terms of reference of the project, including finalisation of the appointment of team members. |
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SAPO/Postbank is responsible for - Card Body Production, Card Issuing, Account Issuing and transaction processing. |
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Insourced service: A cash send payment option has been introduced, although currently used only by COVID 19SRD R350 grant recipients. |
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Merchants network established and selected Retailers are now part of the Grant Payment eco-system. Various banks offer payments services including a wide range of ATMs. |
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Identity and Access management programme - integrated multi-factor authentication and access control capability.
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Beneficiary Biometric project was halted due to disagreements with organised labour in 2019/2020 financial year. The issues of dispute have since been resolved. For the 2022/23 financial year, the beneficiary biometrics project will be piloted in 4 local offices in line with the agreement with the organised labour. |
Fraud, risk management and cyber assurance - ensure a more robust integrated risk management process to adequately address
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Introduction of Signature pads – this has not been done as yet but this is part of the SASSA Automation Strategy which goes beyond the Signature but focuses on their ICT and service offering to support business operations. |
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Web enabled platform - build a single web enabled platform to host all applications the user can access to process grants
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The web enabled platform is being implemented. The Online Grants Application System is being rolled out and is stabilising. Regulation 26A deduction has been insourced with the assistance of QLink. |
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Biometric enrolled programme - SASSA to biometrically enrol beneficiaries and recipients of grants.
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SASSA has completed the rollout of Biometrics for Socpen Users access. A non-repudiation capability is built into the authentication process and this has significantly reduced user identity swaps and/or stealing to perform unauthorised access to the system or perform fraudulent transactions. SASSA performs beneficiary validation and verification with Department of Home Affairs systematically before payment is run. |
The one-to-many biometric server has not been implemented. |
Integrated customer care and support - improve beneficiary experience through quality of service delivery |
Electronic Queue Management system – Piloted in Benoni Office and work is in progress to roll-it out to an additional 18 offices during 2022/23 financial year. |
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Alternative pay points and Local Economic Development
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SASSA to fast track some of the changes that were envisaged over time. These changes included automation of the application process; opening of multiple application channels, and introduction of an additional payment channel. SASSA is extending these lessons to cover the normal social grant process. |
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Date service integration
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SASSA is able to conduct real-time personal information verification (ID numbers, name match etc.) of beneficiaries through the Department of Home Affairs. Other departments and entities that SASSA has a system interface with and where such information is currently utilised for the COVID 19 SRD R350 grant applications with the intention of progressively introduced for main-stream grants applications process and these are:
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SASSA readiness change management office - Project Management framework developed to govern evolution of projects and programmes
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Projects management office has been established. Change management – culture and ability audit conducted and the entity is currently implementing recommendations from the survey. |
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Supply Chain Management readiness
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Only manual monitoring is conducted at merchants as part of the customer care programme. |
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 - 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:
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 - 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 - 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 - NW1518
Sithole, Mr KP to ask the Minister of Transport
Whether, given that the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is in a dire financial position, as it is not generating sufficient revenue to cover its operating costs as per his utterances during the virtual meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 29 March 2022 and, following the recent conviction of a taxi driver for arson in Eerste River who stated that his motives were purely to generate more business for the taxi industry, his department has plans in place to tackle the issues of (a) Prasa operations and (b) the taxi industry, given that this is not an isolated incident and it has the potential to happen again; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the full, relevant details in each case?
Reply:
a) PRASA operations are receiving increased attention from the Department in a number of ways:
- In terms of the Shareholder Compact and Corporate Plan Prasa submits quarterly reports to the Department as a monitoring mechanism to track progress in key deliverables signed by the Minister and the Board of Control;
- Quarterly meetings are held to present progress reports to the Department of Transport;
- The Capital Project Steering Committee (CPSC) has been established and is convened quarterly to monitor progress in the implementation of CAPEX;
In addition to the above mechanisms the CPSC conducts oversight on the projects to verify information submitted.
b) PRASA has made strides in implementing the Integrated Security Plan launched by the Minister in October 2020. Security deployments have been made across identified hotspots.
Crimes and the type of crimes vary within PRASA. Constant intelligence and crime operations shows the different modus operandi within the different regions. When looking at the various crime data and information gathered, it shows how different regions will experience different types of crimes.
Intelligence driven projects, and criminal syndication penetration operations, have yielded great results. This would need to be intensified by strengthening PRASA joint operations with both the State security agency and SAPS crime intelligence.
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
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER: PQ 1901
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 13 MAY 2022
L BELE
ACTING CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
DATE:
Recommended/ not recommended
M S TSHANGANA
DIRECTOR-GENERAL:
DATE:
______________________________________________________________________
Approved/ Not approved
MS M T KUBAYI, MP
MINISTER FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
DATE:
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 - NW1517
Sithole, Mr KP to ask the Minister of Transport
Given that road infrastructure plays a critical role in the Republic’s economy and is the main mode of transport for goods, with the rail sector facing numerous challenges, and in light of the great amounts of money that small-scale farmers spend in attempting to fix the damaged roads themselves, which is surely unsustainable and may cripple them in the long run, what (a) plans does his department have in place to address the Republic’s ageing road infrastructure and (b) has been the (i) successes and (ii) challenges experienced in the implementation of the specified plans?
Reply:
a) It is true that the road infrastructure plays a critical role in the economy of our country and has to play a complimentary role with regards to its sister mode, the rail infrastructure. It is for this reason that while the department is putting policies for rail sector, the road sector is going ahead with its road infrastructure plan:
i) The road policy is being developed with four critical chapters, namely: Road Safety, Road Financing, Non-Motorised and road infrastructure delivery models. The consultation of this policy position is underway and would be concluded soon.
ii). The classification of roads in South Africa is underway and this in terms of the RISFSA guideline document and this classification will guide spheres of government on the responsibility as Road Authorities.
iii). The national roads are managed by SANRAL which is the road agency of the National Department of Transport whilst other categories of road are managed by provincial road department and municipalities.
Table one below explains road network and the responsible authority to manage it:
Authority |
Paved |
Gravel |
Total |
SANRAL |
22,262 |
0 |
22,262 |
Provinces – 9 |
46,511 |
226,273 |
272,782 |
Metros – 8 |
51,682 |
14,461 |
66,143 |
Municipalities |
37,680 |
219,223 |
256,903 |
Total |
158,124 |
459,957 |
618,081 |
Unproclaimed (estimated) |
|
131,919 |
131,919 |
Estimated total |
158,124 |
591,876 |
750,000 |
|
iv) Provincial roads receive a grant called Provincial Roads Maintenance Grant (PRMG) from National Department of Transport (NDOT). The NDOT does oversight role on business plans submitted by provinces during the implementation stages of the grant.
This grant started during 2011/12 financial year and it is addressing the maintenance challenges the provinces face on their roads.
(b) (i)There has been huge successes with regard to road programs across the country:
-SANRAL: Road network is one of the best and it is ranked 18th in the world
-Provincial Roads are mostly having challenges due to the lack of critical technical skills at both Provincial and Municipal spheres of government. For this reason SANRAL is now assigned responsibilities to assist with technical skills for the construction and maintenance of provincial road in particular by entering into MOU/MOA, and also in skills transfer.
(ii) Challenges experienced:
- There is a shortage of requisite technical skills particularly at Provincial and Municipal levels. They are unable to keep top engineers and relevant technical skills where the private sector pays more than the government.
- The business forums disrupt projects demanding 30 percent without doing any work.
- Another challenge is the level of funding in general, which is still lower than what is required and this is a general problem across all sectors.
As the economy improves, we believe government will be able to assist all sectors of our economy.
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.
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 - 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
03 June 2022 - NW2132
Cardo, Dr MJ to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What (a) are the reasons that the Government withdrew its nomination of Professor Mthunzi Mdwaba for the position of Director-General of the International Labour Organisation and (b) role did he play in this regard?
Reply:
The decision for the support and or withdrawal of the candidacy of Professor Mthunzi Mdwaba for the position of the International Labour Organisation Director-General was a Cabinet matter.
END
03 June 2022 - NW2131
Cardo, Dr MJ to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
Since his appointment as Minister of Employment and Labour in 2019, (a) what total number of international trips has (i) he and (ii) the staff members employed in his office undertaken in an official capacity, (b) for what purpose was each trip and (c) what was the cost to the taxpayer regarding each specified trip?
Reply:
South Africa’s foreign policy promotes human rights and a broad developmental agenda both in the continent and the world. As the political head of the Department of Employment and Labour, the Minister leads the country’s domestic priorities in the global labour agenda (i.e. promoting rights at work, encouraging decent employment opportunities, enhancing social protection and strengthening dialogue) linking these to own priorities such as sustainable economic growth, employment, social justice and ultimately equality for all.
In line with the objectives set above and since his appointment in 2019, the Minister and support staff from his office have undertaken 7 international visit to the following destinations:
Botswana: ARLAC Ministerial meeting (February 2022);
Cost:
Accommodation& Flights: R 26890.26
Daily allowances: R6000
Brazil: Attending BRICS Ministerial meeting (September 2019);
Cost:
Accommodation & Flights: R 403923.79
Daily allowances: R6 633, 64
Cuba: Consolidation of Bilateral relations as per the signed MoU (November 2019);
Cost:
Accommodation & Flights: R 205651.86
Daily allowances: R14 759, 73
France: Attending the Global Deal Conference of which South Africa is a member (February 2020);
Cost:
Accommodation & Flights: R 277429.79
Daily allowances: R9694, 60
Geneva: Attending the International Labour Conference (June 2019) and Governing Body (November 2019)
Cost:
Accommodation & Flights: R 252779.79
Daily allowances: R 31000
Ivory Coast: ILO Africa Regional Meeting and part of Presidential visit and signed an MoU (December 2021)
Cost:
Accommodation & Flights: R 374608.85
Daily allowances: R10536,47
Ivory Coast: ILO Africa Regional Meeting (December 2019) and part of Presidential visit and signed and MoU.
Cost:
Accommodation & Flights: R 152105.79
Daily allowances: R10089, 73
03 June 2022 - NW2031
Nolutshungu, Ms N to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
Whether he has developed a strategy to respond to the technological developments in the transport system such as e-hailing, to ensure that those working in the industry have their rights protected as workers; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
In dealing with the digital economy, the Honourable member will know that the President has established a commission. Amongst the others, the Commission is to assist the government in taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the digital economy. The work of the Commission will be tabled at NEDLAC for further discussion on how to come up with policies that will respond to the changes in the labour market.
Over and above this, NEDLAC social partners are hard at work in dealing with how to regulate the e-hailing industry. The first question that must be answered is whether uber workers are employees and if they are employees, what conditions of employment are suitable to their sector as way of introducing a sectoral determination.
Albeit the above, kindly note that the national minimum wage covers all workers, already uber drivers earn above the national minimum wage.
END
03 June 2022 - NW2133
Cardo, Dr MJ to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
What amount in Rand has the Unemployment Insurance Fund (a) received in total, in terms of employer and/or employee contributions and (b) paid out in total, in terms of all benefits offered in each month from April 2020 until the end of April 2022?
Reply:
The table below shows comparison between the amounts collected as contributions versus benefit payments including COVID-19TERS and Workers Affected By Unrest (WABU) from 1 April 2020 to 30 April 2022. Collected contributions for the period in question were about R 42 614 054 783.39 and payments made amounted to R98 227 419 458.80. The payments made were augmented by UIF’s investment income.
MONTH AND YEAR |
CONTRIBUTIONS COLLECTED |
BENEFITS PAID OUT |
April 2020 |
R 1 489 744 791.06 |
R 5 595 676 052.28 |
May 2020 |
R 1 375 298 505.07 |
R13 172 928 723.51 |
June 2020 |
R 1 335 564 830.96 |
R13 068 700 225.51 |
July 2020 |
R 1 496 909 778.13 |
R9 415 898 814.82 |
August 2020 |
R 1 585751 566.86 |
R5 667 762 970.91 |
September 2020 |
R 1 611 552 998.33 |
R7 908 312 370.75 |
October 2020 |
R 1 568 512 532.29 |
R5 980 930 862.56 |
November 2020 |
R 1 622 687 992.99 |
R4 456 953 942.35 |
December 2020 |
R 1 763 727 010.25 |
R3 927 167 367.31 |
January 2021 |
R 1 661 367 602.89 |
R2 899 403 916.45 |
February 2021 |
R 1 636 027 114.57 |
R2 310 584 770.16 |
March 2021 |
R 1 723 779 766.38 |
R404 273 999.73 |
April 2021 |
R 1 592 978 941.54 |
R2 323 066 342.86 |
May 2021 |
R 1 640 087 379.41 |
R2 514 408 103.46 |
June 2021 |
R 1 721 034 856.93 |
R2 355 909 336,52 |
July 2021 |
R 1 840 499 770.09 |
R1 983 650 328.24 |
August 2021 |
R 1 780 033 476.48 |
R2 153 009 834.92 |
September 2021 |
R 1 834 927 690.29 |
R1 744 262 146.86 |
October 2021 |
R 1 834 616 317.72 |
R1 872 803 420.63 |
November 2021 |
R 1 833 004 513.85 |
R2 061 444 524.61 |
December 2021 |
R 2 023 204 166.34 |
R1 040 830 165.00 |
January 2022 |
R 1 874 300 044.96 |
R1 387 392 619.75 |
February 2022 |
R 1 860 885 762.66 |
R1 348 257 031.23 |
March 2022 |
R 2 058 845 885.37 |
R1 179 149 173.01 |
April 2022 |
R 1 848 711 487.97 |
R1 454 642 416.20 |
Total |
R 42 614 054 783.39 |
R98 227 419 458.80 |