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The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

I have been informed that the department has lease agreements with private individuals, firms and/or companies on behalf of various government departments and state-owned enterprises.

(a) As illustrated in the summary table below, this is the spread over the nine (9) regional offices;

Indicate whether DPWI has leases on behalf of various government departments
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REGION	TOTAL	TOWN	Leases with private entities YES/NO	Company Name	Names of the Director(s) of the company	Gender	Race	Amount involved with annual escalation by %	Duration of the lease
BLOEMFONTEIN	158	Various towns within the province (as appended in the spreadsheet)	119	Various - details available on attached spreadsheet	Full details provided on appended spreadsheet	Male and female (varies per company composition. Details available on appended sheet)	Black African = 82 White = 101 Indian = 17 Coloured = 3	Varies from minimum 5.5% to maximum 8.0%	Varies from minimum 2 years to 3, 5, 7 & maximum 9.11 years
CAPE TOWN	206	Various towns within the province (as appended in the spreadsheet)	No = 39 Yes = 120	Various - details available on attached spreadsheet	Full details provided on appended spreadsheet	Male and female (varies per company composition. Details available on appended sheet)	Black African = 49 White = 228 Indian = 14 Coloured = 19	Varies from minimum 5.5% to maximum 8.0%	Varies from minimum 2 years to 3, 5, 7 & maximum 9.11 years
DURBAN	207	Various towns within the province (as appended in the spreadsheet)	No = 39 Yes = 121	Various - details available on attached spreadsheet	Full details provided on appended spreadsheet	Male and female (varies per company composition. Details available on appended sheet)	Black African = 40 White = 112 Indian = 119 Coloured = 0	Varies from minimum 5.5% to maximum 8.0%	Varies from minimum 2 years to 3, 5, 7 & maximum 9.11 years
JOHANNESBURG	208	Various towns within the province (as appended in the spreadsheet)	122	Various - details available on attached spreadsheet	Full details provided on appended spreadsheet	Male and female (varies per company composition. Details available on appended sheet)	Black African = 75 White = 96 Indian = 0 Coloured = 0	Varies from minimum 5.5% to maximum 8.0%	Varies from minimum 2 years to 3, 5, 7 & maximum 9.11 years
KIMBERLEY	209	Various towns within the province (as appended in the spreadsheet)	No = 39 Yes = 123	Various - details available on attached spreadsheet	Full details provided on appended spreadsheet	Male and female (varies per company composition. Details available on appended sheet)	Black African = 27 White = 182 Indian = 30 Coloured = 23	Varies from minimum 5.5% to maximum 8.0%	Varies from minimum 2 years to 3, 5, 7 & maximum 9.11 years
MMABATHO	210	Various towns within the province (as appended in the spreadsheet)	124	Various - details available on attached spreadsheet	Full details provided on appended spreadsheet	Male and female (varies per company composition. Details available on appended sheet)	Black African = 26 White = 62 Indian = 45 Coloured = 0	Varies from minimum 5.5% to maximum 8.0%	Varies from minimum 2 years to 3, 5, 7 & maximum 9.11 years
NELSPRUIT	211	Various towns within the province (as appended in the spreadsheet)	No = 39 Yes = 125	Various - details available on attached spreadsheet	Full details provided on appended spreadsheet	Male and female (varies per company composition. Details available on appended sheet)	Black African = 60 White = 85 Indian = 26 Coloured = 3	Varies from minimum 5.5% to maximum 8.0%	Varies from minimum 2 years to 3, 5, 7 & maximum 9.11 years
POLOKWANE	212	Various towns within the province (as appended in the spreadsheet)	126	Various - details available on attached spreadsheet	Full details provided on appended spreadsheet	Male and female (varies per company composition. Details available on appended sheet)	Black African = 41 White = 76 Indian = 24 Coloured = 2	Varies from minimum 5.5% to maximum 8.0%	Varies from minimum 2 years to 3, 5, 7 & maximum 9.11 years
PORT ELIZABETH	213	Various towns within the province (as appended in the spreadsheet)	No = 39 Yes = 127	Various - details available on attached spreadsheet	Full details provided on appended spreadsheet	Male and female (varies per company composition. Details available on appended sheet)	Black African = 156 White = 253 Indian = 0 Coloured = 0	Varies from minimum 5.5% to maximum 8.0%	Varies from minimum 2 years to 3, 5, 7 & maximum 9.11 years
PRETORIA	214	Various towns within the province (as appended in the spreadsheet)	128	Various - details available on attached spreadsheet	Full details provided on appended spreadsheet	Male and female (varies per company composition. Details available on appended sheet)	Black African = 98 White = 108 Indian = 21 Coloured = 8	Varies from minimum 5.5% to maximum 8.0%	Varies from minimum 2 years to 3, 5, 7 & maximum 9.11 years
UMTATA	215	Various towns within the province (as appended in the spreadsheet)	No = 39 Yes = 129	Various - details available on attached spreadsheet	Full details provided on appended spreadsheet	Male and female (varies per company composition. Details available on appended sheet)	Black African = 73 White = 30 Indian = 8 Coloured = 3	Varies from minimum 5.5% to maximum 8.0%	Varies from minimum 2 years to 3, 5, 7 & maximum 9.11 years

 

a) The full details of the company names, directors and amounts involved with annual escalations by percentage and the duration of such lease agreements have been provided in the attached, Annexure A.

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The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

1. I have been informed that the Department has investigated custodianship and can confirm that DPWI is the custodian of mentioned property. The Department is aware that the property is unlawfully occupied.
2. The Department has sent a request to the Department of Social Development for profiling of the illegal occupants so that we can be able to make informed decision on the property.

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The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

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(a) I have been informed by the Department that it is currently leasing out about 1288 state-owned properties.

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(i) There is no department that has hired a private facility for an Executive.

(ii)Not applicable

2. The primary mandate of the Department is to provide functional state-owned accommodation to various User Departments. The Department at the point of request for accommodation – does consider using State-Owned Facilities – however, in many instances – they are not readily useable nor available in areas identified for the executive. This is where the Department then considers using the private leases. In recognizing that there are challenges – the department has embarked on the following strategies in order to address overreliance on the private sector.

• Refurbish, Operate and Transfer Model for more office space;
• Precinct Development. Building head offices for Departments eg the Salvokop Precinct in Pretoria which will house five government Departments
• Lease to own model for smaller service delivery nodes in remote areas where there are no buildings.

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DBE plans to eradicate pit toilets on the original list of schools which were identified at inception of the SAFE initiative during the 2022/2023 financial year.

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The social justice and nation building SJN hearings were confined to Cricket South Africa only.

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All individuals who wish to apply for a post in the Public Service, are required to complete the Z83 application for employment form. The form is designed to assist department to only recruit only ethical public servants with the highest degree of integrity as they are required to declare matters related to all pending disciplinary and criminal cases as well as matters related to doing business with the State amongst others.

The declaration of all pending disciplinary cases, discourages public servants from moving around within the Public Service without accounting for their actions. Any misrepresentation on the Z83 form is considered a misconduct which may result in the termination of an employee’s service. Lastly, as part of the recruitment process, all departments are required to conduct pre-employment screening activities to verify the information supplied by applicants including on their qualifications, citizenship and criminal records amongst others.

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1. (a) The total number of units allocated to Tiyani/Magoro Village in Collins Chabane Local Municipality was 77. The number of units completed is 76 and the remaining one unit is at a wall plate level. The contractor is currently at a final stage for completion and the project is not abandoned.

(b) The total budget allocated was R 6,366,849.92. The total budget spent by the Department is R 6,317,529.47. The remaining amount of R49,320.45 will be paid after the completion of the outstanding unit.

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The processes of renaming of geographical features in South Africa is set in motion by applicants who may be at local authorities like municipalities, government agencies and individual South Africans who wish to propose a geographical name change.

This process is provided for in terms of the South African Geographical Names Act 118 of 1998. Such individual, authority or entity may approach the municipality under which the feature proposed to be changed falls so that public consultations can be organized.

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1. a) The selection criteria was based on the relevance of the experience each ambassador endured that speaks to the mandate of the programme. Their social media following was also taken into consideration, to leverage on it to reach out to as many practitioners as possible.:

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Penny Lebyane - She spent most of her years struggling with the art industry challenges, openly discuss her mental illness struggle, she was in psychiatric ward for her mental illness. A committed activists for women’s rights in the arts, she's also an ambassador for other wellness programs  and  organizations and a Radio 2000 host, her show focuses on wellness. Social Media: Face Book - 201 000; Twitter - 244 000; Instagram - 172 000.

Portia Modise -  A champion for the LGBTQ+ community, An openly gay women, a committed community activist  with her foundation . Portia Modise Foundation that is helping young girls through challenges of life and developing their football skills. Soon to launch her Book "From Portia with Love" where she discusses all the women challenges in football and the LGBTQ+ Community. Social Media: Facebook - 26 084; Twitter - 3 185; Instagram - 4 441.

Dawn King - A champion for mental illness and GBV movement, a motivational speaker in her own right, as well as a spiritual healer. A GBV survivor and an activists. Host her own podcast show, dealing with Mental illness and the business of the arts. Social Media: Facebook - 1 194 809 Twitter - 261 000 Instagram - 1 900 000

Gigi Lamayne - She suffered with depression for many years and was once admitted in hospital because of it. She went on to say that her difficult upbringing had detrimental effect in her life and not having a mentor in life and as an artist. In one of the interviews she credited the help and counselling she received during the ordeal. Youth Activist that encourages artist to seek counselling if needed. Social Media: Facebook - 736 715; Twitter - 334 000; Instagram - 592 000

Jabu Mahlangu - Formerly Jabu Pule, a former great player, that has been and done it all from alcohol addiction to drug addiction. Currently an Ambassador for Super Sports, teaching young people about dangers of drugs and alcohol. A great motivational Speaker. Social Media: Facebook - 6 938; Twitter - 47 200; Instagram - 114 000

(d) Each ambassador was paid R35 000.00 for a period of 5 months= to R175 000.00 per ambassador

2. The selection criteria as per the TORs was not based on race, sexuality, language or province but rather on the relevance of the experience each ambassador endured that speaks to the mandate of the programme.

Ambassador	Race	Province	Language	Genre	Sexuality
Penny Lebyane	African	Originally MP but now in GP	Sepedi	TV/Radio presenter	Female
Portia Modise	African	GP- Soweto	Sotho	Athlete	Lesbian
Dawn King	African	Originally KZN but now in GP	IsiZulu	Actress	Female
Gigi Lamayne	African	Originally KZN but now in GP	IsiZulu	Artist	Female
Jabu Mahlangu	African	Gp- Ekurhuleni	IsiNdebele	Athlete	Male

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The dtic has a number of industrialisation projects and initiatives in progress to address the need to expand industrial output, save jobs and increase the level of employment in South Africa. These are set out in more detail in the Annual Reports and parliamentary Portfolio Committee reports of among others:

• the Department (www.thedtic.gov.za)
• the Industrial Development Corporation (www.idc.co.za)
• the National Empowerment Fund (www.nefcorp.co.za)
• the Export Credit Insurance Corporation (www.ecic.co.za)
• the Competition Commission (www.compcom.co.za)
• the International Trade Administration Commission (www.itac.org.za)

These projects and initiatives include:

1. Direct financial support through grants to firms in sectors where employment is a key concern
2. Industrial loans to firms, through development finance institutions
3. Equity in private companies
4. Support to provincial Special Economic Zones and Industrial Parks
5. Competition settlement agreements that protect jobs or require firms to increase the number of jobs as a result of mergers
6. Industry partnerships through master plans that are directed at saving and growing jobs
7. Export promotion and facilitation projects, including outward missions and exhibitions of SA-made products, as well as provision of export credit insurance
8. Trade agreements at bilateral and multilateral levels, including negotiation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement
9. Promotion of investment in job-creating activities, including through initiatives to address red tape and make it easier to start new businesses
10. Initiatives to assist businesses with licenses, and to address challenges at local levels
11. Protection of jobs through use of import tariffs and safeguard and anti-dumping duties; as well as import rebates that lowers the cost of key inputs
12. Public procurement measures
13. Localisation measures through working closely with firms, trade unions and sectors
14. Competitiveness enhancing measures, including on technology
15. Projects that promote beneficiation of raw materials locally
16. Initiatives to support food and health-care security in SA, in particular covid-19 therapeutics, PPEs and vaccines
17. Support to companies displaced or damaged by the July 2021 unrest in KZN and elsewhere
18. Support for black industrialists and SMMEs.

In the 2020/21 financial year, the dtic, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) reported that R16.2 billion in financial support was provided to domestic firms to improve their overall competitiveness. It resulted in the creation of new jobs and the retention of large numbers of existing jobs. Firms that benefited from the dtic, IDC and NEF support are located in all nine Provinces.

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Cricket SA has responded to the questions as follows:

The total cost of the entire process has not yet finalized, once that is done Cricket South Africa will furnish the Honourable with the relevant amounts.

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It is important to note that the Silapha Wellness programme renders a 24 hour Call Centre services with costs paid monthly. It is therefore misleading to equate the amount spent to only the number of the beneficiaries assisted as the total amount spent is made up of the following elements:

-The expenses of executing the outreaches, equates to the biggest percentage spent. Other costs are the monthly payment of the ambassadors; the monthly costs of running social media platforms and other media & PR expenses, as well as the branding and merchandise expenses for marketing. All these are accounted for as per the contract that the service provider entered into with the Department.

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My Department and the Entities reporting to me have not concluded any commercial contracts with the Russian Federation since 01 April 2017.

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Silapha did not play any mediation role on the matter.

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(a) The nine criteria that constitute the reporting in terms of the Inclusive Basket framework, are as follows:

        (i)     Overall Achievement (%).

        (ii)    Mathematics Participation (%).

        (iii)    Mathematics Achievement (%).

        (iv)    Physical Science Achievement (%).

        (v)    Technical Mathematics Achievement (%)

        (vi)    Accounting Achievement (%)

        (vii)   Admission to Bachelor Studies (%)

        (viii)  Distinction Achievement (%)

        (ix)   Throughput rate (%) 

       

(b)    The rationale for the Inclusive Basket of Criteria, is to move away from a single determinant of the performance of the schooling system (i.e. Overall Pass Percentage) to a more comprehensive set of quality indicators that more accurately reflect the performance of the schooling system at the end of Grade 12. The specific subjects which include Mathematics, Physical Science, Technical Mathematics and Accounting, represents the priority subject fields that need to be promoted in the schooling system. Accounting has been added as a proxy subject for the Business, Commerce and Management subjects, and Technical Mathematics added as a proxy subject for the Technology stream. Admission to Bachelor Studies and the Distinction Achievement are strong indicators of the quality of the achievement and throughput rate reflects the efficiency of the system.

(c)  The Council of Education Ministers (CEM) made a decision that the Inclusive Basket of Criteria will be piloted for a few years so as to obtain feedback on the uptake of this new system of reporting and to ensure that the criteria are appropriately selected. Therefore, over the last three years the criteria have been amended based on feedback on what should be the priority drivers in the system and there has been a shift from aggregating the individual scores of the selected indicators to reporting on each of the criteria individually. The Inclusive Basket of Criteria has been used as the secondary mode of reporting, while overall pass percentage remained the primary reporting tool. This will be reviewed once again this year and a decision will be made as to how the Inclusive Basket of Criteria will be used in 2022 and beyond.

(d)  (i) Table representing the Performance of the Nine PEDs, in the 2021 NSC Examination, in terms of the Inclusive Basket of Criteria.

Province Name	% Achieved	% Accounting Achieved	% Mathematics Achieved	% Physical Sciences Achieved	% Technical Mathematics	% Maths Participation	% Bachelors	% Distinctions Achieved	% Throughput
EASTERN CAPE	73.0%	76.4%	46.6%	62.3%	50.7%	48.0%	34.3%	3.7%	66.2%
FREE STATE	85.7%	81.9%	66.6%	75.1%	73.5%	36.4%	39.9%	3.5%	58.7%
GAUTENG	82.8%	81.9%	68.2%	73.5%	63.4%	31.2%	43.8%	5.2%	70.4%
KWAZULU-NATAL	76.8%	70.1%	54.2%	71.2%	63.0%	36.9%	37.1%	5.0%	73.5%
LIMPOPO	66.7%	65.2%	54.5%	67.8%	53.6%	42.7%	26.7%	2.4%	70.1%
MPUMALANGA	73.6%	71.4%	54.0%	61.5%	78.0%	42.8%	31.5%	2.4%	77.3%
NORTH WEST	78.2%	79.6%	71.5%	77.5%	48.4%	23.9%	33.8%	2.8%	61.5%
NORTHERN CAPE	71.4%	80.8%	59.2%	65.2%	59.8%	21.1%	30.3%	2.1%	58.1%
WESTERN CAPE	81.2%	80.1%	73.4%	78.3%	63.2%	26.3%	45.3%	7.2%	73.4%
NATIONAL	76.4%	74.7%	57.6%	69.0%	60.1%	36.8%	36.4%	4.2%	69.8

(d) (ii)  Annexure A, Representing the Performance of the Seventy Five Education Districts in the 2021 NSC Examinations, in terms of the Inclusive Basket of Criteria.  

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a) The quantity of all types of fertilisers imported under HS code Chapter 31 (H31: Fertilisers) over the last 5 years is given in the table below:

Fertiliser Imported	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Quantity (kg)	2 271 365 365	2 018 206 922	2 029 747 898	2 230 811 393	2 572 542 319
Value (R)	6 656 612 069	7 908 784 745	8 265 235 097	8 354 231 397	15 235 368 483

b) In 2021, the top five countries from which South Africa imported fertiliser from is given in the table below:

TOP 5 COUNTRIES SOUTH AFRICA IMPORTED FERTILISER FROM , BY VALUE, IN 2021
COUNTRY	VALUE (R)	QUANTITY (KG)
1. Saudi Arabia	3 078 674 393	346 948 554
2. Russia	2 249 902 035	306 099 894
3. Qatar	2 069 268 636	310 356 864
4. China	1 572 415 102	384 444 680
5. Germany	1 289 965 653	274 766 845

 

These listed countries have been the main sources of imports for South Africa (by value) over the last 5 years.

c) Chemical fertilisers are generally divided into three main nutrients: Nitrogen (N), Phosphate (P), and Potassium (K). Each fertiliser base has a separate primary function in spurring plant growth. In 2021, nitrogen based fertilisers were the most imported, followed by chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; followed by potassium based fertilisers and then phosphorous based fertilisers. The quantities and value of these are given in the table below:

TYPE OF FERTILISER IMPORTED IN 2021	QUANTITY (KG)	VALUE (R)
Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous	8 949 665 815	1 636 219 538
Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium	3 601 768 964	392 324 029
Mineral or chemical fertilisers, potassic	2 483 240 713	515 006 507
Mineral or chemical fertilisers, phosphatic	130 932 227	22 934 366

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(a) (i) (ii) (aa) (bb) (cc) (dd) (ee)

The department advises that it, through DIRCO concluded a Tenancy Agreement for the dtic’s Foreign Economic Representative’s residential accommodation. The Tenancy Agreement came to an end on the 30th May 2020. The Department advises that the value since 1 April 2017 to 30 May 2020 was R6.2 million.

The department through the Export Marketing and Investment Assistance (EMIA) scheme entered into annual agreements for the rental of space during the annual World Food Moscow exhibition to showcase South African products. The total value for 1 April 2017 to February 2020 was R9.6 million.

(b)(i) (ii) (aa) (bb) (cc) (dd) (ee)

The Department advises that entities reporting to the dtic do not have commercial contracts with the government of the Russian Federation, nor with any entity based in the Russian Federation.

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The hosted 4 social media interventions on spaces; in November and December 2021; were over and above other social media activities that help to drive traffic to the call centre during Covid-19 pandemic Lockdown. See below table on numbers as of end of April 2022:

Month	Call Centre	Telephone	Face to Face	Males	Females	Social Media	Road Shows	GBV Walk	Debriefing	Total
Mar 21	11	8	3	4	7	0	0	0	0	0
Apr 21	7	5	2	6	1	0	158	0	0	0
May 21	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jun 21	11	10	1	4	7	0	0	0	0	0
Jul 21	10	3	7	6	4	0	0	0	0	0
Aug 21	13	4	9	5	8	0	0	50	0	0
Sep 21	21	10	11	14	7	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 21	18	1	17	8	10	0	153	0	0	0
Nov 21	18	14	4	4	14	250	147	0	0	0
Dec 21	12	4	8	8	4	20	0	0	0	0
Jan 22	19	4	15	10	9	0	0	0	0	0
Feb 22	22	3	19	10	12	0	0	0	7	0
Mar 22	42	18	24	20	22	0	0	0	0	0
April 22	27	13	14	12	15	0	0	0	3	0
Total	237					270	458	50	10	1025

 

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The tenure of HoDs is still a matter being consulted as part of the Professionalization Framework for the Public Service and no final decision has been reached. The proposed extension is from 5 to 7 years and not 10 years. The following are some of the reasons that have been put forward for the consideration to increase the tenure of HODs:

1. The National Development Plan; the 10 and 20 Year Review of Government; the Human Science Research Council, the Department of Public Service and Administration; and the National School of Government have highlighted that the short tenure of HODs has had a negative impact on the stability of government and its ability to provide services. Departments with long serving senior managers appear stable and effective;
2. The management of the political-administrative interface can be improved through stability and longevity at the level of HoDs; and
3. The 7 year tenure would allow for an integrated and properly processed handover system to the new administration following the 5 year term of office of governments.

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a) What are the criteria for the admissions for the Funza Lushaka bursary scheme?

     (i) There are criteria for first time applicants who include the District and Community-based recruits and the returning or existing students who are already enrolled at an HEI. The              criteria are stipulated as follows:

A. For 1st time entrants to a Higher Education Institution

• An exemption, endorsement, or ‘admission to bachelor degree studies’ pass at Grade 12 level.
• At least a level 4 pass at Grade 12 level in the subject which leads on to the priority area/subject in which the applicant will specialize to teach.
• For students who wish to specialize in the Foundation Phase, a pass in Mathematics or at least level 4 pass in Mathematical Literacy at Grade 12 level is required. In addition, a level 4 pass in the Home Language is required.
• Students who wish to specialize in the teaching of Technology subjects, including CAT, and who do not have these subjects at matric level, must have at least a level 4 pass in Mathematics.
• If the institution’s admission requirements are higher than the bursary requirement and vice versa then the higher requirement will apply.

 

1. For existing bursars

• The student must have passed at least two-thirds (66.6%) of all the subject modules studied in the last year of study at the university.
• The student must have passed at least two-thirds (66.6%) of the priority subject area modules studied in the last year of study at the Higher Education Institution. This should include specific province-specific subjects of students selected through the District and Community Based teacher recruitment programme.
• For the Foundation Phase, Language, Mathematics and Life Skills will form the priority subjects for purposes of the re-awarding of the bursary.
• If a student is doing one priority subject, he/she must pass it to qualify for re-award.
• The student must be progressing to the next level/year of study.
• The students must achieve at least a 55% average across all subject modules.
• Students who register and fail a module twice in a year, that module will be counted twice for purposes of determining the course load and the number of modules failed.
• Students who fail to meet the above will have their bursaries temporarily withdrawn until they redeem themselves by meeting these requirements, where they will again be considered for funding.

B. What are the criteria for a student wanting to change subjects when receiving the scholarship?

            Students are not allowed to change subjects, once awarded they have to adhere to the subject until the qualification is completed.

        b. (i) The number of learners have that been accepted for mathematics and science,

• For 2022, selections at HEIs are still being conducted and the data will be made available after the outcome of the selections have been concluded. However, the table below illustrates the number of Mathematics and Sciences students for the previous academic year (2021).

   

SUBJECTS/MODULES	Number of students
Mathematics	5958
Physical Science	1970

Source: FLIMS SUBMITTED Q4 LIST

 

       b. (ii)  The number of student passed with mathematics and science in the past three academic years is indicated in the table below:

       

Mathematics and Physical Science Pass Rate in the past three academic years
Subject	2019	2020	2021	Total
Mathematics	1500	2355	2408	6263
Physical Science	430	687	807	1924

 

      b. (iii) The number of drop out of their studies before completion?    

• No drop-outs from the Funza Lushaka bursars, however, one (1) student was reported as deceased.                         

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(1). The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture provides prescribed targets and guidelines to employees as per the DPSA guidelines. The National Targets are at 2% and the Department is at 2.4% People with disabilities in DAC/ DSAC as from 2019 are as follows:

March 2019 – 2,64%	March 2020 – 2,40%	March 2021 – 2,35%	March 2022 – 2,42%

The need for 2% persons with disabilities remained constant.

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In terms of Section 13 (5) (b) (ii) of the National Sport and Recreation Act, the Minister is debarred from involvement in matters of administration in sport. Therefore, the Minister cannot pronounce on whether there is a conflict of interest because this is an administrative matter for SASCOC to manage.

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a) The Department desperately want Home Affairs offices to open on Saturdays. The type of services rendered by Home Affairs offices fall in the same category as services rendered by Police Services and Clinics.

Unfortunately, the Unions took the matter to the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) and made it a subject of negotiations, it ended in a stalemate. We wanted Saturday work done through the shift system in the same way Police and Nurses do. However, the unions insist on deploying the same people who work during the week hours, but paying them overtime.

Should we agree, the Department will be forced into paying overtime for life/permanent overtime and this is untenable. The Department has submitted to Cabinet a Home Affairs Bill which will change the nature of Home Affairs Department into a security Department which is entitled to open on weekends.

b) It has affected it negatively, because we could reduce long queues through Saturday work. It is affecting clients in a bad way, especially clients who work during the week and have no time to visit Home Affairs because they are always at work. Ironically, I believe this affect members of unions the most.

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Yes, Elandshoogte Gold mine is issued with the mining right and an approved EMP/ EA which contain rehabilitation plan.

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1. I am appealing to the Honourable Member to be a bit patient because these questions are a subject of a tribunal/investigation, which was introduced to the Portfolio Committee when it started its work last year.

2. The tribunal is about to report its findings to the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs

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1. Balfour is a Small Office (Service Point), wherein DHA was allocated space in a Thusong centre by Dipaleseng Municipality to provide limited services. The office is open 5 days per week (Monday to Friday).

2. Balfour SP has 1 civic services employee and is attached to Secunda Office which has 7 civic services employees. During April 2022, Balfour office processed an average of 6 applications daily for birth registration and death registration, while Secunda office provided services to an average of (155) members of the public daily, during the same period. If the employee is on leave or off sick DHA is not able to allocate an employee to the SP due to capacity limitations, also considering that the demand for services at full service offices such as Secunda, Bethal, Ermelo, Standerton increases during peak season.

3. The employee’ s salary has not been changed as she is on duty 5 days per week.

(4) (a) The department is in the process to fill selected vacancies.

(b) The Small Office is not modernised and does not have the required number of staff to operate the modernised system.

(c) The Province has engaged the local Municipality and Department of Basic Education to identify mobile unit service points in Balfour and schools in the area, the mobile schedule allocation will start during the month of June 2022.

END

Reply:

The matter referred to in the question should be addressed to the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment.

 

Reply:

1. The ten Missions identified for closure, and subsequently closed in 2021 included the following:

1. SA Representative Office in Minsk (Belarus)
2. SA Embassy in the Holy See (The Vatican)
3. SA Embassy in Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
4. SA Embassy in Helsinki (Finland)
5. SA Consulate-General in Milan (Italy)
6. SA Embassy in Muscat (Oman)
7. SA High Commission in Suva (Fiji)
8. SA Embassy in Bucharest (Romania)
9. SA Embassy in Lima (Peru)
10. SA Consulate-General in Chicago (USA)

2. The process of closure of these diplomatic Missions included both political engagements with the host countries as well as official Diplomatic communication, and facilitation of the change of diplomatic and, civic, immigration and consular accreditation, to new non-resident countries.

3. Formal requests for non-residential accreditation and concurrence were submitted to 25 countries and organisations, which all have their own internal processes and procedures pertaining to accreditation. The finalisation of non-residential accreditation of seven countries is still in process.

4. The savings from the closure of these 10 Missions are reflected as follows:

(a) 2021/2022 Financial Year: Savings of ZAR 71 729 878 (following the deduction of costs related to the closure process).

(b) 2022/2023 Financial Year and beyond: anticiaped savings of ZAR 161 620 546 per annum.

 

Reply:

a1 NRWDI

a) N/A

b) No commercial contract was concluded between the entity and Russian Federation

(i) No contract concluded

(ii) No contract concluded since 01 April 2017

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

(cc) N/A

(dd) N/A

(ee) N/A

2. SDT

a) N/A

b) No commercial contract was concluded between the entity and Russian Federation

(i) No contract concluded

(ii)No contract concluded since 01 April 2017

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

(cc) N/A

(dd) N/A

(ee) N/A

3. MHSC

a) N/A

b) No commercial contract was concluded between the entity and Russian Federation

(i) No contract concluded

(ii) No contract concluded since 01 April 2017

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

(cc) N/A

(dd) N/A

(ee) N/A

4. CEF

We can confirm that as CEF Group we have not concluded any commercial agreements with any Russian entities since 2017 to date. Following a tender by our subsidiary, PetroSA to sell non-core assets (i.e. Christmas Trees) through an open tender process, the Russian entity called Gazprom has shown interest to acquire these assets. We can also confirm that no agreement has been concluded in this regard.

a) N/A

b) No commercial contract was concluded between the entity and Russian Federation

(i) No contract concluded

(ii) No contract concluded since 01 April 2017

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

(cc) N/A

(dd) N/A

(ee) N/A

5. CGS

(a) N/A

(b) No commercial contract was concluded between the entity and Russian Federation

(i) No contract concluded

(ii) No contract concluded since 01 April 2017

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

(cc) N/A

(dd) N/A

(ee) N/A

6. MINTEK

Russian Federation entities involved: EVRAZ Holdings, PAO Severstal, Kutchatov Institute, Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) (Uchalin and Gai Mines), A9 Systems, and Polyus Verinskoe.

Total value of projects: R7 751 547

​6.1 RAZ Holdings – Moscow Russia (East Metals AG Switzerland)

(aa) Relevant details

MINTEK has contracted with EVRAZ, based in Russian, for MINTEK to perform quality control (QA) evaluation work on grinding balls.

Date: 22 November 2021

(bb) Values

EVRAZ Holdings: R403 065

(cc) Time Frames

Complete by 31 May 2022

(dd) Goods Contracted

MINTEK will perform metallurgical characterisation test work on the grinding balls, including:

• Chemical composition analysis
• Metallurgical characterisation
• Impact/drop tests
• Ball mill abrasion wear testing
• Pin abrasion testing
• Dry rubber wheel abrasion testing

(ee) Reasons that the goods could not be contracted in the Republic?

EVRAZ Holdings sought the best available services and approached Mintek to execute the work on their behalf.

​6.2 PAO Severstal – Russia

(aa) Relevant details

MINTEK has contracted with PAO Severstal, based in Russian, for MINTEK to perform metallurgical characterisation test (i.e. Quality Control (QC) work on grinding balls).

Date: 22 October 2021

(bb) Values

PAO Severstal: R425 766

(cc) Time Frames

PAO Severstal: Work conducted over 30 October 2021 to 03 December 2021

(dd) Goods Contracted

MINTEK will perform metallurgical characterisation test work on the grinding balls, including:

• Visual inspection and mass of the balls.
• Chemical Analysis.
• Microstructural Analysis.
• Hardness Measurements.
• Impact/Drop Testing (2000 drops) of three balls from each set.
• Charpy Impact Strength Analysis
• Ball mill abrasion wear test in the laboratory ball mill using the silica sand ore

(ee) Reasons that the goods could not be contracted in the Republic?

PAO Severstal sought the best available services and approached Mintek to do the work.

​6.3 Kutchatov Institute (KI), of the Russian Federation

(aa) Relevant details

SA-Russia Bilateral Agreement on Research & Development (R&D):

MINTEK, under the Joint Russia-South Africa Commission on Science & Technology (JCST) that was established in 2011 collaborated with the Kutchatov Institute (KI), of the Russian Federation, on Nanotechnology. The work centred on developing Smart Human and Animal Health Sensing using Nanotechnology.

(bb) Values

AMD (Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Group): South Africa Department of Science & Innovation (DSI)-funded programme at Mintek: R1 500 000

(cc) Time Frames

AMD (Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Group): South Africa Department of Science & Innovation (DSI)-funded programme at Mintek: Programme planned over 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17. Programme concluded in 2017/18.

(dd) Goods Contracted

MINTEK was tasked with the design, development and characterization of new nanotechnology biolabels (gold-based) and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) systems for the detection of diseases which are prevalent in South Africa. The Kutchatov Institute (KI) was responsible for advanced materials testing and validation of these technologies. The work developed gold (Au) and silver (Ag)-based SERS sensors for the detection of human (Malaria) and animal diseases (Rift Valley Fever (RVF), Rabies and Foot and Mouth).

(ee) Reasons that the goods could not be contracted in the Republic?

AMD – A collaboration between institutes in South Africa (MINTEK) and Russia (Kutchatov Institute (KI)) carried out under a bilateral agreement between SA and Russia.

​6.4 A9 Systems and Polyus Verinskoe

(aa) Relevant details

Mintek signed a contract with A9 Systems on behalf Polyus Verinskoe. A9 Systems is a third-party distributor in Russia.

(bb) Values

Measurement and Control Division (MCD): R4 611 036

(cc) Time Frames

17 April 2019 – 26 August 2022

(dd) Goods Contracted

Mining Efficiency Automated Measurement and Controls Systems/Products:

Carbon Activity Analyzer, Cynoprobes, Carbon Concentration Meters, LeachStar Control Systems and CyLas Instruments

(N.B. These are all trademarked products manufactured at Mintek).

(ee) Reasons that the goods could not be contracted in the Republic?

No other suppliers in the Russian Federation.

​6.5 Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) – Uchalin Mine

(aa) Relevant details

The Division submitted a proposal for consultation work.  This are for consulting for Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) – Uchalin Mine. The work involves reviewing their data on processing of tailings from Au/Sb deposits and advising on a test work program and interpretation of results. The proposal for Uchalin mine has been accepted.

(bb) Values

R202 920

(cc) Time Frames

Complete by 31 August 2022

(dd) Goods Contracted

The work involves reviewing their data on the processing of tailings from Au/Sb (Gold/Antimony) deposits and advising on a test work program and interpretation of results.

(ee) Reasons that the goods could not be contracted in the Republic?

Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) – Uchalin Mine: No reason given.

​6.6 Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) – Uchalin Mine

(aa) Relevant details

The Division submitted a proposal for consultation work.  This are for consulting for Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) – Gai Mine. The work involves reviewing their data on processing of tailings from Au/Sb deposits and advising on a test work program and interpretation of results. The proposal for Gai Mine has yet to be accepted.

(bb) Values

R202 920

(cc) Time Frames

Complete by 31 December 2022 should the project be awarded.

(dd) Goods Contracted

The work involves reviewing their data on the processing of tailings from Au/Sb (Gold/Antimony) deposits and advising on a test work program and interpretation of results.

(ee) Reasons that the goods could not be contracted in the Republic?

Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) – Gai Mine: No reason given

7. NECSA

(a) N/A.

(b) Yes,

(i) N/A

(ii) Necsa concluded two once-off commercial contracts with companies based in the Russian Federation within the period in question (since 01 April 2017).

​7.1 Contract One

(aa) Necsa concluded a once-off contract with Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant

(NCCP) in November 2018.

(bb) USD 1 058 015, 00

(cc) Once-off transaction that will conclude upon delivery of the order, possibly in the financial year 2022/23. At the moment the delivery of the order is delayed by the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

(dd) The goods procured are LTA fuel Elements and control rods for SAFARI-1.

(ee) The rods and the fuel elements are not available in the country.

7.2 Contract Two

(aa) Necsa’s subsidiary NTP Radioisotopes concluded a once-off contract with the Center for Molecular Research (CMR) in January 2018.

(bb) USD 7000

(cc) Once-off transaction that was concluded upon delivery of goods.

(dd) The product that was procured was Ytterbium - 176 (Raw Material used in the

production of Lutetium)

(ee) This isotope is only produced in Russia and is sometimes available through

distributors based in the USA but no such distributors are available in Africa.

8. SANEDI

a) N/A

b) No commercial contract was concluded between the entity and Russian Federation.

(i) No contract concluded

(ii No contract concluded since 01 April 2017

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

(cc) N/A

(dd) N/A

(ee) N/A

9. SADPMR

(a) N/A

(b) No

(i) No

(ii) No, the Entity is guided by the decision of the DMRE and Government

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

(cc) N/A

(dd) N/A

(ee) N/A

10. NERSA

a) N/A

b) No commercial contract was concluded between the entity and Russian Federation

(i)No contract concluded

(ii) No contract concluded since 01 April 2017

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

(cc) N/A

(dd) N/A

(ee) N/A

11. NNR

(a) N/A

(b) No

(i) N/A

(ii) No position

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

(cc) N/A

(dd) N/A

(ee) N/A

Reply:

There were no new agreements signed between South Africa and India during the recent visit by Deputy Minister, Ms K C Mashego-Dlamini to New Delhi, India.

Deputy Minister K C Mashego-Dlamini represented the Minister of International Relations, Dr Pandor at the 7th edition of the Raisina Dialogue held from 25 – 27 April 2022 in New Delhi. The Minister, who had participated in the 2020 event, accepted the 2022 invitation but the event was postponed due to scheduling difficulties, hence the attendance by Deputy Minister Mashego-Dlamini.

The Raisina Dialogue is India’s premier conference on geopolitics and geo-economics focussed on addressing critical contemporary issues facing the global community and attended by leaders in politics, business, media and civil society. It is co-hosted by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in partnership with the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

Within the mentioned context, Deputy Minister Mashego-Dlamini paid a courtesy visit on the co-host of the Raisina Dialogue, i.e. the Indian Minister of State of External Affairs, Mr Vellamvelly Muraleedharan on 26 April 2022. Courtesy meetings in diplomacy are customary and provide an opportunity to, among others, verbally discuss e.g. issues of bilateral interest, especially in view of the Strategic Partnership status between South Africa and India.