Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. The reply to Parliamentary Question 152 on 7 April 2021, highlighted that the information available from PERSAL, indicated that over 35% of senior managers (SMS) did not have the requisite qualifications for the positions that they occupied. By 31 January 2022, the figure reduced by almost 10% to 25.9%. As it stands, a total of 2412 out of 9309 senior managers do not have their qualifications reflected on PERSAL.

2. 50 departments updated the qualifications of their senior managers on the PERSAL system between 31 October 2021 and 31 January 2022.

3. The DPSA is monitoring the updating of PERSAL data and continues to remind Accounting Officers of the importance of maintaining this information. The current exercise has indicated that there might be SMS members who possess proper qualifications but such are not reflected on the PERSAL system. It is however clear that departments are gradually responding to
Circular HRD0301 to update PERSAL data, therefore further punitive measures might not be needed. It is important to reiterate the fact that the matter of the senior manager’s or other employees’ qualifications be understood within the broader context of the professionalization of the public service efforts that are underway.

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Reply:

a) The unilateral measures that were taken by some European countries, to remove Russian banks from the international financial transaction systems is perceived to have generally inconvenienced foreign nationals in Russia, including the South African students. The South African Embassy in Russia communicated precautionary advice through its website and social media platforms, regarding emergency contact details and the location of the students inside the Russian Federation. It is important to note that the Embassy took it upon itself to compile a database of all students under Central and Provincial (SA) Government sponsorship. The database of students in Russia includes the following:

1. 271 from Mpumalanga Province: RACUS SA Programme: RACUS South Africa is the South African Official Representative of Russian African Centre of University Studies.
2. 201 from Free State Province.
3. 27 from a Department of Higher Education and Training programme.

In addition, the Embassy has reached out to the SA Community in Russia to register themselves, as there are also a number of independent / self-financed students in Russia.

b) Up to March 2022, the Embassy had only assisted with payments towards students for whom the Embassy received Financial Authority from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Head Office, being students sponsored by the Free State Provincial Authorities.

Unfortunately, none of the South African Embassies abroad have the mandate to carry out private banking on behalf of private persons. The only available option for students, currently, is to possess and utilise financial instruments in the local Russian Ruble currency. Immediately after being informed of the sanctions imposed on the Russian banks, the South African Embassy consulted with its Sberbank bank in Moscow, regarding available options for the students to receive their stipends. The Bank advised that all the students needed to open Russian Ruble accounts, as the students held in Euro (€) currency accounts at Sberbank Bank. The students subsequently opened Ruble accounts and informed the Embassy of their new account details.

The Embassy has subsequently been requested to also assist the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) with the stipend payments towards their students.

c) The way forward will largely depend on the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine. It is envisaged that as soon as the conflict comes to a total halt, the SWIFT facility may be reactivated. The South African governmet has estabslished a task team to analyse the implications of the conflict on food, fuel, trade and energy security and the best way to protect South Africa against the expected impact.

Reply:

The number of claims (personal claims and supplier claims combined) against the Road Accident Fund (RAF) (a) registered from 1 January 2015 to 31 March 2022 is 1,571,647, (b) in the specified period a total of 1,034,930 (66%) claims have been paid (capital); payment has been requested but has not yet been paid (RNYP) in respect of 10,184 (0.6%) claims; 197,180 (12.5%) claims were repudiated; 48,429 (3.1%) claims were flagged as duplicate claims and, or, objected to; 3,418 (0.2%) claims were finalised without a capital payment; and 1,840 (0.1%) claims were finalised with undertaking certificates but with no capital paid to date; which claim statistics is broken down per RAF regional office as follows:

(c) and 275,666 (17.5%) claims remain on an open claims status with no capital paid or requested to date.

Reply:

1. It is assumed that the Honorable Member is referring to headmen/women as defined in national legislation. According to information received from provinces, there is currently a total of 6 677 headmen/women in the country.

2. All duly recognised headmen/women are paid by the government. It should however be noted that there is a backlog in the payment of headmen/women in Kwa-Zulu Natal. The province is making arrangements to address the matter.

a) The salaries are determined by the Independent Commission on the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers.

b) A job description was developed and approved by the Independent Commission on the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers. This followed a job grading that informed the level at which headmen/women should be paid.

Reply:

On the 16 February 2022, Compensation Fund appeared before Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA). Compensation Fund attracted the attention of SCOPA because of poor audit outcomes. Some Hon. Members from the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour attended that SCOPA hearing.

A lot of things were said in that hearing, but the issue of Director General and Chief Financial Officer writing to SCOPA and stipulating reasons why they should be kept in government employment never arose. The Hon. Member may have taken her notes inaccurately in this particular regard. What came close to what the Hon. Member is asking, is that SCOPA requested the Minister to submit performance assessments of the Director General and those of the two Commissioners to SCOPA and that was done.

Reply:

a) In September 2021, I promulgated Local Government: Municipal Staff Regulations, which contributes towards the professionalisation of local public administration as envisaged in the National Development Plan (NDP) inter alia include a set of uniform norms and standards and procedures for municipal staff establishments, recruitment, selection and appointments, performance management, skills development and other career incidents of municipal employees below management echelon. In addition, the Staff Regulations are linked with competency frameworks for all occupational streams to ensure standardisation in the sector and this should be viewed as a game changer. Municipal Cost Containment Regulations promulgated in 2019, advocates for development of consultancy reduction plans to reduce reliance on consultants and ensure transfer of skills by consultants to municipal officials. Implementation of these regulations will assist municipalities to build their capacity and minimise reliance on consultants.

b) In respect of value for money it is a mixed bag, some municipalities managed to improve their performance/ audit outcomes, some municipalities recorded little improvement while others their audit outcomes remained unchanged and/ or regressed. The use of consultants for financial reporting is not sustainable, and it comes at a cost, hence municipalities are encouraged to channel resources towards improvement on internal controls and capacity building.

c) National Treasury support municipalities on the implementation of Municipal Standard Charts of Account (mSCOA) and this question can be directed to Ministry of Finance who would help with the number of municipalities that are adequately implementing mSCOA.

d) The root causes include poor management of consultants, lack of review of work done by consultants, reluctancy by municipal officials to be actively involved in the process, late appointment of consultants, and lack of appropriate evidence to support schedule/ figures disclosed in the financial statements and vacancies.

Reply:

There are no crimes classified as economic sabotage. The Crime Administration System (CAS) of the South African Police Service (SAPS) has no crime category called Economic Sabotage. All crimes are categorized under Criminal Matters Amendment Act, No. 18 of 2015, which has introduced a new offence that deals with all Essential Infrastructure related crimes to underscore the seriousness of the crime committed. Section 3(1) of the Amendment Act creates a new offence (not catered for in the Second-hand Goods Act 2009) in terms of which:

“ 1. …any person is guilty of an offence it he unlawfully and intentionally

“ (a) tampers with, damages or destroys essential infrastructure; or

(b) colludes with or assists another person in the commission, performance or carrying out of activity referred to in paragraph (a), and who knows of ought reasonable to have known or suspected that it is essential infrastructure, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a period of imprisonment no exceeding 30 years or, in the case of a corporate body as contemplated in section 332(2) of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977, a fine not exceeding R100 million.

All criminal incidents of this nature are reported to SAPS who process the information/matters in terms of their own internal protocols.

Reply:

a) No incidents of (i) sexual harassment and (ii) sexual assault were reported in the department (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since April 2021, (b) number of cases opened (i) were five (5), (ii) no case was withdrawn and (iii) three (3) cases remain open/pending (c) sanctions meted out against persons found guilty were dismissal (3 cases) and one month suspension without pay (2 cases).

Reply:

1. The official is currently in the employ of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) after initially being on suspension.

(a) She is currently in the same position, since Public Service prescripts do not allow for any further conditions when uplifting a precautionary suspension.

(b) The NPA was obliged to uplift the suspension in terms of an arbitration award.

2. The criminal matter is partly heard in the Pretoria Regional Court. The charges are:

Count 1: Theft

Count 2: Fraud

Count 3: Contravention of section 40(A)(2)(a) of Act 32 of 1998 - Causing unauthorised access to an NPA computer

Count 4: Contravention of section 41(6)(b) of Act 32 of 1998 - Disclosed NPA documents contained on an NPA laptop to another.

The matter was back in court on 29 March 2022, and the State closed its case. The defence brought an application in terms of Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act (CPA) to have the accused discharged at the end of the State’s case. The State was prepared for such an application, which it opposed and submitted written heads of argument.

The matter was remanded to 10 May 2022 for judgement in respect of the application in terms of Section 174 of the CPA.

Reply:

1. The Department of Employment and Labour is not privy to information relating to the usage of Private Employment Agencies (PEAs) and Temporary Employment Services (TES) for recruitment purposes by other government departments.

The position of the Department with regard to the PEAs and TES is as follows: DEL registers Private Employment Agencies and Temporary Employment Services organisations in terms of section 13 (4) of the Employment Services Act, No. 4 of 2014 and also regulates their functioning.

Currently, as part of the transitional process, the PEAs are regulated in terms of section 24 of the Skills Development Act, No. 97 of 1998 as amended and Regulation 608 of June 2000. The New Regulations for PEAs and TES in term of the Employment Services Act are currently with the State Law advisors for final certification before the Minister can publish them in the Government Gazette.

The rest of the questions (1) (a), (b) and (2) are therefore not applicable

Reply:

The high diesel prices globally are a direct results of the ongoing conflict in Eastern Europe. The supply of diesel to Europe from Russian Federation has been disrupted as a result of sanctions thus creating a major diesel shortage globally.

The government has intervened by reducing the fuel levy by R1.50 per litre over a period of two months. This intervention came at a cost of R6 billion to the State and benefited both diesel and petrol users.

Reply:

(a)  South African Schools Administration and Management System (SA-SAMS) provides an electronic and automated platform to enable the following functionalities to record and manage attendance, identify learners with poor attendance and track learners who have dropped out.  

1. Learner attendance is marked daily, and the school must capture reasons for learners that are absent. 
2. Learners absent for 10 days consecutively with “no reason” are flagged for attention by the school, as per the 10-day Attendance Policy.   
3. The number of days absent is also indicated on the quarterly schedule as well as promotion schedules, that are submitted to the district for approval. 
4. Class lists with attendance summaries are available for monitoring, showing the number of days absent, per reason. 
5. Monthly and Quarterly Attendance reports are generated from SA-SAMS for reporting and monitoring by the district. 

This allows for effective record keeping and enables efficient practices by converting manual processes to automated functions to track learners who do not return to schools. 

(b) retention plans have been put in place to ensure learners stay in school

- Schools are guided by the Policy on Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support Policy which prescribes that learners be screened and supported for barriers to learning.

- Educators have been trained to identify academic, behavioral and social barriers and they continue to identify and support at school level by the teacher, or School Based Support Team. Should a referral be required it usually involves the Department of Social Development.

- In addition, the Department of Basic Education has trained Learner Support Agents (LSAs) that are placed in some schools to identify learners with psychosocial needs.

The LSAs undertake a home visit to Identify issues at home that prevent children from attending school. When it is identified that the concern is at home, the LSAs undertake a home visit.

(c) other government departments does her department work with in order to implement such strategies?  

- In the case of child abuse, neglect, and children living on the streets, the Department of Social Development takes over to involve the children’s court. 

- If at school level impacting schooling.  

_- In the case where parents are struggling financially, they are assisted through the various provisions at the DSD.

Reply:

a) The Department of Cooperative Governance (DCOG) has taken various actions aimed at improving service delivery and eradicating infrastructure backlogs that include the following:

(i) DCOG together with the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA), all provincial departments responsible for local government and provincial treasury departments, under the leadership of the Minister of COGTA, prepared the State of Local Government (SOLG) report that was tabled and considered by Cabinet in June 2021. Cabinet’s resolutions on the SOLG report included that COGTA and National Treasury should lead the process of the development of the Municipal Support and Intervention Plans (MSIPs) in collaboration with sector departments, SALGA, provinces and municipalities. MSIPs have since been prepared that aim, among other things, to address sewer spillages and eradication of infrastructure backlogs.

(ii) MISA continues to provide technical support by deploying professionally registered Engineers and Town and Regional Planners to low and medium capacity municipalities, in accordance with the District Development Model. Currently MISA has deployed over 150 technical personnel to support and build the capacity of municipalities in infrastructure development and service delivery. The technical support by the MISA technical personnel includes assisting municipalities to develop operation and maintenance plans of the sewage system and implementation thereof. MISA also builds municipalities’ technical capacity by placing built environment learners in various low and medium capacity municipalities as part of the apprenticeship programme, the experiential learnership programme and the young graduates’ programme. In the last financial year MISA enrolled a total of 252 learners and candidates of the three programmes in various municipalities. Furthermore MISA, trains municipal officials in technical refresher courses. MISA trained 519 municipal officials in the last financial year in technical courses.

DCOG is administering the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) whose purpose is to provide specific capital finance for eradicating basic municipal infrastructure backlogs for poor households, microenterprises and social institutions servicing poor communities. The infrastructure includes for sanitation services. MISA supports municipalities with the implementation of projects throughout the project life cycle. Some of the specific activities of support are as follows:

• Review of projects business plans and technical reports for registration processes,
• General project management and project implementation planning
• Verification of work done on infrastructure projects
• Invoice verification on the MIG funded projects prior payment to ensure value for money is created on the ground.

(iii) All 44 District Municipalities and all 8 Metropolitan municipalities have established and operates disaster management centres in its municipal areas. These disaster management centres in partnership with the respective national, provincial municipal organs of state develop disaster management plans setting out the way in which the concept and principles of disaster management are to be applied in its functional area. These plans form part of and is implemented through the Integrated Development Plan and the Service Delivery Budget Implementation Plan.

Furthermore, the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) provides support through Disaster Grant funding allocations to augment the resources of the municipalities affected by disaster in case their resources have been depleted and municipalities are unable to cope only utilising own funding. During financial year 2021/2022, grant funding allocations were made to municipalities affected by disasters for drought and flood intervention measures, particularly infrastructure projects.

(iv) The NDMC has developed the White Paper on Fire Services which provides a framework for understanding the philosophy and approach in the delivery of fire services in the country going forward and these build on the good practice found in today’s fire service across the country and globally. In the past financial year 2021/2022, the NDMC has conducted Ten (10) Fire Safety and prevention capacity assessment across the country and reports were submitted to relevant accounting officers for immediate attention and implementation. In addition, the NDMC has also supported municipalities via different provinces with Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) training. Thus, capacity building projects were provided to North West, KZN, Gauteng and Western Cape and will proceed to other provinces.

b) MISA continues to support low and medium capacity municipalities by deploying technical personnel in accordance with the District Development Model (DDM).

In the 2021/22 financial year, MISA prioritized interventions through the mainstreaming of groundwater projects by rehabilitating and drilling of boreholes, spring refurbishment and protection, providing storage and reticulation across the country through its own budget and in some instances in collaboration with the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). The groundwater mainstreaming interventions in 2021/22 financial year resulted in a total of 78 boreholes drilled and springs protected as follows:

• 39 boreholes were completed
• 3 springs were protected and completed
• 32 borehole projects from last financial year are continuing in the 2022/23 financial year, and
• 4 springs protection projects are continuing in the 2022/23 financial year.

The monitoring of water quality is done by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). MISA supports municipalities to ensure to compliance with legislation and meeting service standards.

Reply:

The conduct of members of municipal councils is guided by the Code of Conduct for Councillors as provided in schedule 7 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act No. 117 of 1998 (as amended). If a Councillor has breached the Code, item 16(2) of the Code provides that the municipal council may impose sanctions on the Councillor, including requesting the MEC to remove the Councillor from office.

It is the responsibility of the municipality to act against officials and political office bearers who have failed to address unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure as required in terms of section 32 of the MFMA. Section 32 of the MFMA enables the municipal council to resolve on the recoverability or write off of unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure.

Where the municipal council fails to address the unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, then section 173 of the MFMA read together with Chapter 3 of the Municipal Regulations for Financial Misconduct Procedures and Criminal Proceedings and the Code of Conduct for Councillors, sets out the processes that must be followed including when a councillor fails to or does something that impedes compliance with the MFMA etc. Therefore, under the MFMA, the Minister has not been granted the power to act specifically against political office bearers.

The MFMA provides in section 38, for the National Treasury to stop funds for serious or persistent breach of the measures in line with section 216 of the Constitution or breaches or fails to comply with any conditions subject to which the allocation is made.

If a Councilor fails to adhere to the legislative prescripts and the Minister becomes aware of any maladministration, fraud, corruption, or any other serious malpractice which, in the opinion of the Minister, has occurred or is occurring in a municipality, the Minister will request the MEC, in terms of section 106(4) of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act No. 32 of 2000 to investigate the matter. Council may then be requested to institute appropriate disciplinary proceedings where required, and where instances of corruption, fraud and related offences have been identified, such reports are handed over to law enforcement agencies for further processing.

Further, it is important to indicate that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) referrals to municipalities are not done through the Minister, but through the MEC. If the MEC does not take the necessary action, then the SIU will escalate the matter to the Premier in the Province.

Reply:

(a) The Minister of Basic Education enquired with the Provincial Education Department in question and recommended an investigation of the case and requested a report of the outcome.

(b) The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is used as the most supreme law of the State to deal with Racism in Schools. As such, a circular is released annually to all schools to encourage the Recital of the Preamble of the Constitution in schools, as a way to inculcate constitutional values and principles. This is coupled with the distribution of Slimline Constitutions, in partnership with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD). Furthermore, the National Action Plan to combat Racism, Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerances led by the DoJ&CD has education-specific activities to guide the sector in addressing racism in schools. 

Within the basic education sector and the schooling community, the South African Schools Act is used as the basis of legislation to deal, among others, with issues of racism in schools. This is coupled with the South African Council of Educators Act and the Employment of Educators Act, which provide guidance on the ethical, non-prejudiced and non-racial conduct of teachers in the classroom and within the school environment. The School Code of Conduct provides for the discipline and ethical conduct of learners in schools.

Reply:

With reference to:

(a) number of

(i) Litres: Between 1000 to 1200 litres of oil have been spilled from 3 oil spills, out of a total 6.8 billion litres of oil transferred, since the operations commenced in 2016.

(ii) Ships have docked alongside the bunkering ship since the operation commenced: A total of 6191 ships have conducted bunkering operations in Algoa Bay since 2016.

(iii) People are directly employed as a result of the bunkering operation:

a.There are three (3) Barge operators employing a total of 119 seafarers of which 9 are South African seafarers and the remainder foreign seafarers, on oil tankers;

b. Off Port Limit Operators (OPL) have grown from 5 to 9 operators, employing 32 South African office staff;

c. OPL boats servicing the bunker calling ships, grew from 5 to 16 offshore launches, employing 44 South African crew;

d. Ship Agents have grown from 16 to 25 Ship Agents;

e. Ship Chandlers have grown from 2 to 6 Ship Chandlers providing stores, spares and victuals to bunker calling ships; and

f. Diving Companies have grown from 1 to 4 Dive companies.

(b) are the total

(i) Fines issued: A total of R 1 880 000 in Admissions of Contravention (Fines) was issued for the 3 oil spills as reported.

(ii) Costs recovered in terms of the Marine Pollution: All costs with respect to oil spills are covered by the vessel owners’ insurers as prescribed by the Marine Pollution (Control and Civil Liability) Act 6 of 1981.

and (c) are the further relevant details?

(i) Only 1 out of the 3 oil tankers used for bunkering are registered on the South African flag – It has been indicated that this is due to the South African shipping tax regime currently in place which makes the local SA flag unattractive to ship owners;

(ii) Some 13 158 seafarers have transited in Algoa Bay from ships calling for bunkers, indirectly benefitting the local maritime industry and tourism through hotel stays, airport transfers, air travel, local retail and entertainment industry and contributing to the local economy;

(iii) Bunker calling ships also receive spares and stores while in Algoa Bay;

(iv) Specialised OEM marine spares are airfreighted to South Africa, benefitting the local freight industry;

(v) Ship technical repairs are also completed onboard while these ships are in Algoa Bay using local marine companies and technicians;

(vi) Two (2) additional South African operators have expressed interest to commence with bunkering operations in Algoa Bay, however the local moratorium have prevented these companies from starting operations;

(vii) LNG Operators have expressed interest in conducting LNG ship to ship transfers offshore in Algoa Bay.

Reply:

The following steps were undertaken by the Minister of Transport, Mr Mbalula and the MEC Mitchell, Department of Roads and Transport to ensure that the taxi industry in the province resolves its grievances through peaceful means:

1. An Agreement between Cape Organisation for Democratic Taxi Association (CODETA) and Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA) was signed after both parties met with the Minister and the MEC. Both parties pledged to cooperate and resolve their grievances through peaceful means. The signed Agreement included the following:

a) That all legal Operating License holders for routes should be allowed to operate the routes authorised by their license without any disturbances;

b) All routes will be monitored and action will be taken against associations and individual operating license holders who are in breach of the instruction;

c) Affected municipalities would be requested to place a moratorium on the issuance of new operating licenses and applications for additional authorities on all affected routes whilst also rationalising the services;

d) Where there is a need for additional services, operating licenses will be apportioned in accordance with the arbitration award;

e) The Department of Transport and Public Works will meet with the arbitrator to expedite the arbitration process and to issue an award within the shortest possible timeframe;

f) The Registrar’s Office will continue with the section 7(A)(20) inquiry to deal with the possible violations of the Code of Conduct and Standard Constitution and to deal with the issue of floor crossing as well as to determine if the affected associations are still properly constituted in terms of applicable legal prescripts. The Registrar’s Office will make recommendations to the PRE in respect of actions against affected operated operating license holders;

g) All affected routes operated by two associations will be closed for all minibus-taxi operations for a period to be determined by the MEC and the affected operating licenses will be suspended using the provisions of section 91 of the National Land Transport Act (NLTA) in the event of any further acts of violence.

h) Any other taxi associations found to be involved in or promoting violence will similarly be suspended or deregistered by following the prescribed processes;

i) Any associations that henceforth affiliates to a region or so called “mother body” outside of its geographical will be suspended by the Registrar’s Office in line with the SANTACO National Constitution;

j) The Department of Transport and Public Works will request the SAPS to open an inquiry in terms of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act to investigate the on-going violence and to prioritise reported cases;

k) Law enforcement capacity and deployment will be reviewed and strengthened in the affected areas to ensure enforcement of all laws without fear or favour;

l) Any allegations of corrupt activities or clear acts of favouritism on the part of law enforcement or regulatory officials will be investigated based on evidence submitted by complainants.

 

Reply:

1. The initial investigation determined that a concrete seal at the shaft failed as a result of a build-up of water inside the shaft. The water use licence for Kwezela Colliery’s Kromdraai site has a condition that requires groundwater monitoring through boreholes, but this was apparently not done. Proper groundwater monitoring would have given an indication of rising water levels in the shaft.

2. On 14 February 2022 the Mine indicated that it became aware of an uncontrolled release of mine-impacted water at Khwezela Colliery outside of eMalahleni, in the Mpumalanga Province. The Department of Water and Sanitation conducted a site investigation on 17 March 2022. The incident took place at the South Shaft which according to the mine was last operational in 1966.

3. The Department issued a verbal directive after the site investigation on 17 February 2022, and again issued a written directive confirming the verbal directive on 21 February 2022

The Department conducted a follow up inspection on 03 March 2022 and observed that the water was still flowing from the collapsed shaft, however it was trapped on a designed pit a few meters from the shaft to prevent further pollution of the water resource. The water was being pumped into a void called Ramp 8 for storage. The plan according to the mine is to pump the water from Ramp 8 into a pollution control dam called Lopies Dam. From Lopies dam the water will flow into the Lime Treatment Plant for further treatment before it is discharged into Kromdraaispruit.

 

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Employers register their employees with the Department of Employment and Labour through declarations to the Unemployment Insurance Fund. This information is shared with the Statistics SA as one of the data sources used by Statistics SA. More information on how StatisticsSA collate their data can be obtained directly from them.

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1(a) Rising unemployment interventions

Hon. Chabangu, let us start by understanding the nature of unemployment in South Africa, even if briefly. Unemployment in South Africa is deep-seated. Unemployment in South Africa is structural. Unemployment in South Africa is systemic. It is further hard hitting to some racial groups and sectors. For instance, if you are black in South Africa you are likely to be unemployed. If you are a woman and again black, you are likely to be unemployed. If you are young and black, again you are likely to be unemployed. And this trend expands to settlements. If you are in the rural area you are likely to be unemployed. If you are in the township again you are likely to be unemployed. This is because of our history of segregation. This is also about the intricacies of the economy. It is therefore not a challenge of quick simple solutions, as some may want others to believe, because it is historical, systemic and complex. But this government is up to the task, as explained below.

The call to address unemployment in general and especially amongst the youth, is a cross cutting matter that requires interventions amongst all spheres of government departments at all levels, employers, trade unions, civil society including political parties. The Department of Employment and Labour, has introduced a number of programmes and interventions to address unemployment in general and specific programmes to assist young people that include the following:

(i) Branch Public Employment Services

• For the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022, more than 281801 work seekers were provided with employment counselling services, to assist work seekers cope with unemployment and also to assist them to find work and self-employment opportunities. Working with employers more than 131 522 job opportunities were registered on the DEL ESSA database. This resulted in more than 67 058 permanent job placements. More than 936 621 work seekers were also registered, on the ESSA database, 423 298 were below 35 years.
• The Department also champions the Pathway Management Network process, which with the Presidential Stimulus funding created more than 673,514 job opportunities. This programme has facilitated entry into first time job opportunities, and is a stepping stone to the labour market.

(ii) Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)

During the financial year 2022/2023, the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) planned to recruit about 15 000 learners. The UIF through its Labour Activation Programme (LAP) enters into funding agreements with implementing partners to train and guarantee employment of learners at the end of the training period.

The following are some of the initiatives aimed at alleviating unemployment under the UIF:

• R 551 million set aside for the three projects to benefit 19 921 beneficiaries in KwaZulu-Natal in the following skills disciplines: 14 771 Chief Food Handlers; 5 000 Enterprise Development (mixed farming systems); and150 Fibre Optic Technicians.

• R 201 498 000 worth of funding Agreement signed for job placement of 7 810 unemployed beneficiaries in Kwazulu-Natal, Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, North West and Western Cape

• R 10 136 175 150 worth of funding agreements to train and place 150 unemployed beneficiaries in jobs in the Western Cape in the following fields of Horticulture 30, Generic Management 30, Early Childhood 30, Clothing Manufacturing 30, and Tourism 30.

- Implementation of an Equine Business Management Learnership project to train and create jobs for 50 unemployed beneficiaries in the Eastern cape on a co-funding basis at a total budget of R 20 000 000.00 (twenty million rand). the UIF contributes R 15 000 0000 and the partner contributes R 5 000 000 towards the costs.

- Funding Agreement to fund a Youth Technology Development Project targeting to train and create jobs for 500 unemployed youth at a total budget of R 96 760 750.00 (ninety-six thousand seven hundred and sixty thousand, seven hundred and fifty rand) where the UIF contributes R 70 151 543.75 (seventy million, one hundred and fifty one thousand, five hundred and forty three rand, seventy five cent) and the partner contributes R 26 609 206.25 (twenty-six million, six hundred and nine thousand, two hundred and six rand, twenty five cent). This project is implemented in the Eastern Cape Province.

- Funding agreement amounting to R 238 506 003.75 to implement a programme to train and place 5 000 unemployed beneficiaries as Assistant Chefs, Cook Convenience, Fast Food, Table Attendant and Barista programmes and place them in jobs in post the UIF Funding in Gauteng, KZN, North West, and the Western Cape over three years. This is a co-funded project where the UIF contributes R 220 618 053.47 (Two Hundred and Twenty Million, Six Hundred and Eighteen Thousand and Fifty-Three Rand, Forty-Seven Cents only) and Summit R 17 887 950.28 (Seventeen Million, Eight Hundred and Eighty-Seven Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty Rand, Twenty-Eight Cents only)

(iii) The Compensation Fund

Through the Vocational Rehabilitation Programme, the Compensation Fund supports COID Persons with Disabilities (Injured workers who have acquired a permanent disablement) to be upskilled and re-skilled. Through this programme,

• a total of 41 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)were enrolled on various Vocational Training Institutions, and 32 PWDs were registered in the artisan and farming incubation programmes, respectively, during 2021/2022.
• The support is further extended to the dependents of COID Persons with Disabilities, Dependents of Fatally injured workers and the General Youth pursuing undergraduate qualifications related to Health Professional and related clinical science, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Engineering, Statistics & Data Science, Actuarial Science, Maths & Science Education, Accounting, Psychology, Economics, Geography, Quality Control and Environmental Health. In addition, continuing students registered for Advanced Diploma/ Honours in Accounting Science (Stream: Certificate in The Theory of Accounting (CTA). For the financial year 2021/2022, the Compensation Fund funded 1177 students enrolled at Post School Education and Training Institutions.

(b) Strategies in place

• We have worked with NEDLAC social partners to develop the country’s Economic and Reconstruction and Recovery Plan that is currently being implemented. We are also involved in negotiations to conclude a Social Compact as instructed by the President.
• Employment Services interventions are guided by the Employment Services Act that is aligned to ILO conventions C88 and C181. The Branch has also introduced a National electronic system called Employment Services South Africa (ESSA) and Standard Operating Procedures that guides all Labour Centres on how to go about registering work-seekers, work and learning opportunities, counselling and placement into opportunities.
• We have published a Draft National Labour Migration Policy and Draft Employment Services Amendment Bill aimed at improving the governance and data administration, preserving employment for South Africans through measures that will limit employment of foreign nationals, and promoting employment of South Africans in other countries so as to acquire skills and to lower unemployment levels in our country. The NLMP is aligned to the ILO Convention C97.
• We have invested a lot of efforts in the research and drafting of a National Employment policy that is to be released for public consultations once we have exhausted internal government policy processes. The NEP is aligned to ILO Convention C122.
• We have a Labour Activation Strategy and Standard Operating Procedures that guides the implementation of the programme

We will continue to reconstruct this country. We will continue to transform this country. We will continue to develop this country. It is a revolution that we are still involved in. It is not an event with a commencement date and an end date. The aim is to continue to radically change our country and never stop in doing so!

Reply:

The North West Department of Public Works and Roads has appointed two contractors for the repair works. The one contractor has started works from Schweizer-Reneke side and the other one has started works from Wolmaransstad side.

Reply:

The Integrated Management System in the Department will be able to detect duplicate claims of the same ID Number submitted by the employer for the COVID 19 TERS Benefit. The employee salaries are verified with the internal UIF System which stores the monthly declarations of the employees’ salaries submitted by the employer. The verification of salaries is detecting inflated salaries of employees submitted by the employer on the COVID 19 TERS application.

It is important to note that the current system is able to detect duplicate ID and duplicate payments.

Reply:

1. (a) The recent flooding in KwaZulu-Natal has negatively affected the day-to-day

operations of the courts due to the damaged infrastructure. On 12 April 2022, there was a very low attendance by officials as public transport was not available, and there was a precautionary warning that people should not access certain roads. Many courts postponed matters on that day.

The Court Managers have reported that operations at most courts have resumed fully. A number of courts need to be repaired following the floods. Some park homes will need to be replaced due to severe damages, whilst new ones are required in some courts. The only courts forced to close early due to health and safety concerns are those courts that are still without water.

(b) The only Court which was affected by the recent floods in the Eastern Cape is Port St. Johns. There was no infrastructure damage (including flooding and leakages). The only damage incurred affected telephone lines in the office. As a result, the office is not telephonically accessible, but a call has been logged for the telephone lines to be attended to. The Superior Courts (High Courts and Labour Court) in the Eastern Cape Province were also not affected.

2. (a) A total of 35 courts were affected by the floods. The courts that have been damaged include the following:

Item No.	District	No. of Courts Affected	Names of the Courts Affected
	EThekwini	8	i) Verulam Magistrates Court; ii) Verulam Family Court; iii) Pinetown Magistrates Court; iv) Chatsworth Magistrates Court; v) Ntuzuma Magistrates Court; vi) Emlazi Magistrates Court; vii) Wentworth Magistrates Court; and viii) Newlands East Magistrates Court
	Harry Gwala	4	i) UMzimkhulu Magistrates Court; ii) Hlanganani Magistrates Court; iii) Ixopo Magistrates Court; and iv) Himeville Magistrates Court.
	iLembe	4	i) KwaDukuza Magistrates Court; ii) Ndwedwe Magistrates Court; iii) Maphumulo Magistrates Court; and iv) Nsuze Periodical Court.
	King Cetshwayo	2	i) Esikhawini Magistrates Court; and ii) Mtunzini Magistrates Court.
	Ugu	7	i) Port Shepstone Magistrates Court; ii) Ramsgate Branch Court; iii) Izingolweni Magistrates Court; iv) Phungashe Magistrates Court; v) Emzumbe Branch Court; vi) Scottsburgh Magistrates Court; and vii) Umzinto Magistrates Court.
	UMgungundlovu	4	i) Pietermaritzburg Annex Building; ii) Pietermaritzburg Magistrates Court; iii) Howick Magistrates Court; and iv) Masters Office Pietermaritzburg.
	uMkhanyakude	2	i) Hlabisa Magistrates Court; and ii) Manguzi Branch Court.
	uMzinyathi	2	i) Msinga Magistrates Court; and ii) Greytown Magistrates Court.
	uThukela	2	i) Ekuvukheni Magistrates Court; and ii) Ezakheni Magistrates Court.

b) The following are the extent of the damages caused to the courts:

1. Roofs causing roof leakages and damaged ceilings;
2. Park homes;
3. Floors and carpets;
4. Windows;
5. Peeling paint;
6. Electricity supply;
7. Water supply;
8. Generators;
9. Cleaning of drainage systems; and
10. Access roads.

c) Repairs to the damaged courts are on-going. There are on-going meetings between the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD), Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) as well as stakeholders. DPWI is assisting government departments with the required assessments on the damages caused, and service providers have been appointed to attend to some critical areas. It is anticipated that all repairs to roofs will be finalised by 31 May 2022. Depending on the outcome of the completed assessments, some roofs might need to be replaced.

d) The KZN Regional Office has put contingency plans in place to ensure that the work of the courts can continue. All the courts will function during repairs as Court Managers and Heads of Judiciary manage the optimal utilisation of the available courtrooms. Periodical courts operating in damaged mobile courts will be relocated to the main seats. Where water is not available, the DoJ&CD has procured drinking water. Water tanks are procured, and the municipality is assisting with water delivery. Some courts close early due to lack of water. Capacity is sourced from other regions to assist where possible.

Reply:

Allegations of soliciting a bribe against the former Director-General of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy came to light during legal proceedings instituted by DNG Power Holdings (Pty) Ltd in which the Director-General was cited as 3rd Respondent in his official capacity. The allegations related, amongst others, to corruption during the tender process for the procurement of an emergency supply of 200 megawatts of general capacity under the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Procurement Programme.

Subsequently, the Gauteng Division of the South African High Court dismissed the application with cost and held that corruption in relation to the impugned tender process could not be established. This judgement is currently on appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal.

Having regard to the Court’s ruling and considering that this matter is being investigated by appropriate authorities, a departmental investigation into the allegations would be inappropriate and unjustified. Moreover, there is currently no employment relationship, as the term of the employment contract with the former Director-General has since expired.

Reply:

The Department of Employment and Labour and its entities found no information connected to the question 1576 of Hon. Marais.

Reply:

Late in 2020 or early 2021, the Manager for Kokstad Labour Centre received a call from former speaker of Umuziwabantu Local Municipality, Cllr Mzwandile Nyathi requesting the intervention of the Labour Centre) on a complaint of workers who were retrenched by their employer, Dropper Pride without proper adherence to UIF prerequisites.

The Dropper Pride’s owner’s name was Calum and the company was specialising on a forestry sector. He indicated that he had decided to close the company due to financial difficulties and ultimately retrenched the workers.

Guidance was given to him regarding the required documentation to enable his workers to apply for UIF. Consequently, Honourable speaker, Cllr Nyati e-mailed the UI-19 forms with relevant supporting documents of the retrenched workers. Further arrangements were made for workers to deposit their UIF applications in the box next to entrance door of the office as the satellite office within the premises of Department of Home Affairs, in ward 1 of Umuziwabantu Local Municipality was closed due to Covid-19 regulations.

Another alternative given was the official fetching the forms from the clients in the premises of the satellite office

All these options enabled the clients to submit their UIF applications and eventually the clients were helped and received their UIF monies.

The intervention of Kokstad Labour Centre was after the retrenchment has already completed by the Dropper Pride.

Secondly, the Social Distress Grant is a form of relief scheme that administered entirely by South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), in which each beneficiary receives R350.00 if his / her application is successful.

The Department has an MoU with SASSA in which the clients’ database of DEL is shared with SASSA for enabling the effective operations for the grant. The database enables SASSA to see the status of a client in relation to employment / unemployment.

If SASSA system says the client still has UIF money in DEL, the client after he / she has verified with DEL can write a letter or affidavit that disputes that to SASSA in which the latter will process the client’s application for a grant.

In essence, the Social Distress Grant complaints and queries are not supposed to be taken to DEL but to SASSA with appeals if need be.

Reply:

(1) The final list of ghost workers has not been sent to the Department of Public Service and Administration yet, due to internal processes not yet finalised. The processes include verifying when the individual was loaded on to the payroll system, the bank account used and who loaded the individual on the system.

PRASA is still in a process of auditing and confirming the unidentified individuals.

(2) The Group Chief Financial Officer has not been instructed to lock the salaries yet until the verification process by internal audit has been completed. This is to protect the credibility of the process by ensuring that the company does not close salaries of active employees who are on duly authorised absence from work, i.e. on leave, sick leave (short/long term), suspension, maternity leave and employees working outside the cities.

The organisation is following the authorizations and other details on the system before blocking access, consequence managing and reporting this matter to the law enforcement agencies and other state agencies for further interventions.

(3) There are planned processes, dependent on the internal audit process being finalised. Only then will other processes of locking salaries, reporting to SIU/Hawks to attach and recover on behalf of PRASA commence.

Reply:

The province, through the office of the Premier, hosted a provincial education summit that saw all relevant stakeholders meeting to address the challenges facing education in the province. A detailed plan of action was developed and is currently embedded in the 2022/23 Operational plan of the province. All in the sector are driven and guided by the blue print from the summit.

The detailed action plan include the following:

a) Strengthening accountability

• Capacity building mechanism to all underperforming  District Directors, Circuit managers and principals of schools;
• Fostering all underperforming within the system to develop performance improvement plans/strategies; and
• Ensuring implementation of the plans or strategies and continuous monitoring and evaluation.

b)  Enrichment classes

The province has allocated  R154 million to strengthen teaching and learning for the class of 2022 through the following enrichment and support classes to be offered in identified schools. These include amongst others:

• Weekend classes
• Autumn classes
• Winter classes
• Spring classes
• Camps for gifted and progressed learners
• Radio lessons
• Accessing electronic learner support materials through  Content Access Points (CAPs)

c) Teacher Development

An amount of R20 million has been set aside to strengthen teacher content capacity in the following subjects to improve performance:

• Mathematics
• Physical Sciences
• Technical Mathematics
• Technical Sciences
• Life Sciences
• Accounting
• Economics
• Business Studies

An induction program as well has been put in place to empower newly appointed teachers, subjects’ heads and newly appointed principals.

The DBE will be conducting  regular oversight visits to support and monitor the implementation of the plan.

Reply:

The N12 section, which runs through the central business district of Klerksdorp and various other towns, are under the jurisdiction of the North-West Province. It has now been agreed between the Department of Transport, North-West Province and SANRAL that in the short-term SANRAL will be appointed by the North-West Province as the Implementing Agent to address the condition of the N12, including through Klerksdorp. SANRAL has completed a condition assessment of the affected N12 sections, identified the repair work required and is finalising arrangements to start with the required works within the next 2 weeks.

It has further been agreed that over the medium-term these remaining parts of the N12, within towns, including Klerksdorp, will be transferred to SANRAL as national roads.

Reply:

Period: 29 May 2019 to 31 May 2019 Category Minister Deputy Minister Department Catering R- R- R151 523 61 Entertainment R- R- R1 487 61 Accommodation R- R- R841 845 07 TOTAL R- R- R994 856 29 Period: 1 June 2019 to 31 March 2020 Category Minister Deputy Minister Department Catering R- R- R6 594 805 62 Entertainment R50 757 11 R8 259 05 R98 278 10 Accommodation R- R0 R41 972 768 95 TOTAL R50 757 11 R8 259 05 R48 665 846. 67 Period: 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 Category Minister Deputy Minister Department Catering R- R- R1 087 776 99 Entertainment R28 431 70 R2 736 25 R46 798 98 Accommodation R- R- R15 580 929 05 Total R28 431 70 R2 736 25 R16 675 505 05 Period: 1 April 2021 to 15 March 2022 Category Minister Deputy Minister Department Catering R- R- R2 639 747 61 Entertainment R15 653 60 R772 60 R57 559 00 Accommodation R- R- R38 122 160 47 Total R15 653 60 R772 60 R40 819 467 08

Reply:

The Inclusive Basket of Criteria as a reporting mechanisms was adopted by HEDCOM & CEM, as a secondary reporting modality for the National Senior Certificate Results

The criteria have remained fairly constant over the last three years with a weighting attached to each criterion in 2019 and 2020 and a final Basket Score based on the summation of the scores. However, in 2021, it was agreed by HEDCOM and CEM to do away with the summation of the individual scores and to report on the individual criteria separately, so as to avoid the focus on one final score which defeats the purpose of presenting a group of indicators that more comprehensively reflect the performance of the system.    

(a) In 2019 the Inclusive Basket of Criteria and the associated weightings were as follows:

2019 Criteria and Weightings

Indicator	Weighting	Factor	Max Score
1. Overall Pass Percentage	30%	0.30	30
2. Percentage Passed Maths	10%	0.1	10
3. Percentage Passed Physical Sciences	10%	0.1	10
4. Percentage Attained Bachelor Passes	10%	0.10	10
5. Percentage attained Distinctions	10%	0.1	10
6. Mathematics Participation rate	10%	0.1	10
7. Physical Science Participation Rate	10%	0.1	10
8. Secondary Throughput rate	10%	0.1	10
Total	100%	1	100

 

The Performance of the Class of 2019 in terms of the Inclusive Basket of Criteria

Province	% Achieved Weighted 30%	% Maths Achieved Weighted 10%	% Maths Participation Weighted 10%	% Physical Science Achieved Weighted 10%	% Physics Participation Weighted 10%	% Bachelors Weighted 10%	% Distinctions Weighted 10%	% Throughput Weighted 10%	Basket Score	P: Basket Score Rank along Table (Down)
Eastern Cape	22,94%	4,18%	5,58%	7,03%	3,75%	3,23%	0,31%	4,47%	51,49%	7
Free State	26,52%	6,85%	3,87%	8,27%	3,09%	3,91%	0,31%	4,29%	57,10%	2
Gauteng	26,17%	6,78%	3,62%	8,40%	2,63%	4,45%	0,50%	5,15%	57,71%	1
Kwazulu-Natal	24,38%	4,85%	4,95%	7,48%	3,38%	3,78%	0,43%	4,88%	54,12%	6
Limpopo	21,96%	5,31%	4,82%	7,20%	4,08%	2,68%	0,22%	4,16%	50,44%	8
Mpumalanga	24,10%	5,16%	5,19%	7,09%	4,52%	3,27%	0,23%	4,68%	54,23%	5
Northern Cape	22,95%	5,66%	2,86%	6,92%	2,31%	3,03%	0,22%	4,82%	48,77%	9
North-West	26,03%	6,22%	3,27%	7,90%	2,59%	3,72%	0,34%	4,34%	54,41%	4
Western Cape	24,70%	7,02%	3,06%	8,18%	1,98%	4,36%	0,68%	6,53%	56,51%	3
NATIONAL	24,38%	5,46%	4,40%	7,55%	3,26%	3,69%	0,39%	4,79%	53,93%

 

(b) In 2020 the Inclusive Basket of Criteria and the associated weightings were as follows:

2020 Criteria and Weightings.

Indicator	Weighting	Factor	Max Score
1. Overall Pass Percentage	35%	0.30	30
2. Percentage Passed Maths	10%	0.1	10
3. Percentage Passed Physical Sciences	10%	0.1	10
4. Percentage Attained Bachelor Passes	15%	0.10	10
5. Percentage attained Distinctions	10%	0.1	10
6. Mathematics Participation rate	10%	0.1	10
7. Secondary Throughput rate	10%	0.1	10
Total	100%	1	100

 

The Performance of the Class of 2020 in terms of the Inclusive Basket of Criteria is as follows:

Province	% Achieved Weighted 30%	% Maths Participation Weighted 10%	% Maths Achieved Weighted 10%	% Physical Science Achieved Weighted 10%	% Physics Participation Weighted 10%	% Bachelors Weighted 10%	% Distinctions Weighted 10%	% Throughput Weighted 10%	Basket Score	Basket Score Rank along Table (Down)
Eastern Cape	20,4%	5,3%	4,0%	5,6%	3,5%	4,5%	0,3%	5,3%	49,0%	8
Free State	25,5%	4,0%	6,6%	7,1%	3,1%	6,1%	0,4%	4,9%	57,7%	2
Gauteng	25,1%	3,4%	6,5%	7,3%	2,5%	6,8%	0,5%	5,9%	58,0%	1
Kwazulu-Natal	23,3%	4,2%	5,1%	7,0%	3,0%	5,7%	0,5%	5,9%	54,6%	4
Limpopo	20,4%	4,9%	5,0%	6,3%	4,0%	4,4%	0,3%	5,2%	50,5%	7
Mpumalanga	22,1%	4,6%	5,1%	6,0%	4,1%	4,6%	0,2%	6,3%	53,0%	5
Northern Cape	19,8%	2,3%	5,5%	5,3%	1,9%	4,3%	0,2%	5,1%	44,4%	9
North-West	22,9%	2,5%	6,3%	6,8%	2,0%	4,8%	0,3%	5,5%	51,2%	6
Western Cape	24,0%	2,8%	7,2%	7,6%	1,8%	6,6%	0,7%	6,7%	57,4%	3
NATIONAL	22,9%	4,0%	5,4%	6,6%	3,0%	5,5%	0,4%	5,7%	53,5%

 

(c) In 2021, the summation of the individual scores and the weightings were removed and Accounting & Technical Maths was added. 

2021 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%

 

Reply:

The Department is of the view that the devastating impact of unemployment on any society has been well documented in available literature across the world, hence governments all over the world, continuously attempt to introduce policies that are pro-employment and measures to protect workers from potential abuse. All the labour laws that we have in the country, employment promotion strategies and policies, social security measures, support measures to students and the unemployed, housing, water, electricity, health, sanitation supply etc, are all measures that the government of the Republic of South Africa continue to implement to improve the living conditions of our citizens and to prevent instability in the country.

Reply:

The forensic investigation does not have any individuals as its target, but if this deep probing which is being conducted currently in the Compensation Fund, unfolds such that it leads to individuals wherever they are, whatever the positions they occupy, that will be revealed, the findings will be there, and recommendations will be made.

Reply:

1. On 12 April 2022, Extra-Ordinary SADC Summit plus Personnel Contributing Countries received and noted the progress on the operations of the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) as well as the budget of SAMIM. The Summit Plus approved the transition of SAMIM from Scenario 6, (Rapid Deployment Capability) to Scenario 5 (Multidimensional Force), with a robust mandate (retention of Special Forces) by 15 May 2022. The SAMIM leadership recommended to the Extraordinary SADC Summit an adoption of term-based approach of a one year beyond 15 July 2022, instead of a three month’s renewal. The Troika Summit Plus has recommended the 1-year term-based approach for adoption by the SADC Extraordinary Summit which will take place before July 2022.

2. Given the intractable nature of the fight against terrorism, it is not possible to have a fixed time frame on when peace will be restored in the region. However, the SADC countries will continue with the fight against terrorism using the instruments at the disposal of individual countries and the region.

Reply:

The Department of Higher Education and Training has been supporting research productivity in the higher education system through its “Policy and Procedures for Measurement of Research Output of Public Higher Education Institutions” since 2003. Since its inception, the policy aimed to sustain current research strengths and to promote research and other knowledge outputs required to meet national development needs. The purpose of the policy is to encourage research productivity by rewarding quality research output at public higher education institutions. Therefore, the Department has been subsidising research productivity at the universities through this policy.

The policy was later revised and improved and now with a new title: Research Outputs Policy, 2015. However, the original aim and objectives have been maintained. Currently, in the 2022/23 financial year, the Department invests R5 226 955 000.00 on research productivity in the university sector, from R1 124 807 000.06 in the 2004/05 financial year. The policy uses research publications in peer-reviewed journals; published peer-reviewed conference proceedings; peer-reviewed books; research Master’s and Doctoral graduates as proxy for research activities within universities.

The subsidy also includes the creative and innovations research which are subsidised through the Policy on the Evaluation of Creative Outputs and Innovations Produced by Public Higher Education Institutions (2017).

Since the inception of the research policy in 2003, the number of units (used to calculate all the research outputs as enumerated above – publications, graduates, artefacts and innovations) grew from 12 051 in the 2004/05 financial year to 40 847 units in the 2022/23 financial year.

In the earlier years of the implementation of the policy, the Department made available developmental funds to institutions that struggled to meet their set research output norms. The subsidy formula allowed for such funding. This has since been converted into the University Capacity Development Grant, which covers several projects within institutions, including the development of researchers and young academics. The Sibusiso Bengu Development Grant allocated to the institutions defined as historically disadvantaged allows for coverage of such a need, depending on the priorities the affected institutions identify.

Independent analysts have associated the growth of research productivity in the higher education sector in recent years to the positive impact of the above-stated policies. Thus, it is believed that the policies and projects of the Department have instilled a research culture at the universities. However, institutional policies and practices do also play a role too in this regard. Plans are underway to also deal with its unintended consequences, such as predatory publishing and a focus on quantity rather than quality.

Reply:

• Queue marshals have been appointed to manage the queues – they identify the most vulnerable like elderly, ill, pregnant and breastfeeding mothers to ensure they get assisted first.
• Queue marshals separate queues per speciality i.e.
• UIF has been allocated three queues; first is for new applications and clients who want to register as work seekers on ESSA, second is for enquiries (clients who have applied but the application is not yet finalised) and the third line is for clients coming to sign (clients who are already getting UIF benefits but must report every month to indicate if they are still unemployed as per Unemployment Insurance Act prescripts), another queue is for those who are coming to lodge a labour complaint against their employer and those who are coming to register/enquire an injury/disease on duty.
• Manual applications are taken when the system is offline or when the system is slow. In addition to this, UIF clients who are coming to sign (clients already getting UIF benefits) get listed on a register which gets attended to by the processing office staff to process the UIF payment.
• Encourage online applications and telephonic enquiries where clients have means.
• In cases of Reduced Work Time (RWT), retrenchments and closure of companies a team is sent to the premises of the employer for collection of documents for new applications and this has assisted to reduce the number of clients coming through to lodge UIF claims in our labour centre.

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a) The criteria that will be used to determine the suitability of potential partners for the Fellowship for African Women and Diplomacy Programme that will groom female public servants inspired by the values of Charlotte Maxeke, will be ethical leadership, empathy and excellence.

The Charlotte Maxeke Fellowship for African Women in Diplomacy is one of the six flagship programmes and will be implemented during Phase 3 (2023/2024) of the Charlotte Maxeke African Women’s Economic Justice and Rights Initiative. The Fellowship programme will provide both degree and non-degree awarding opportunities to the next generation of African women in public service.

The implementation of developmental programmes is a complex exercise that needs different expertise, skills and strategies. National government alone cannot manage to respond to the needs of the people or the stakeholders without soliciting partnerships. We therefore need a collaboration with different role players using their unique access and influence in society in order to gain support and buy in. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) like all other government departments has been utilising the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model for effective and more inclusive service provision. This partnership between government, private sector, academia, civil society organisations as well as development partners has been shown world over as an effective model.

DIRCO is already working actively with the Charlotte Mannya Maxeke Institute (CMMI) which is a non-profit company organisation born out of the desire to preserve, promote, elevate, and leverage the legacy left behind by Mme Charlotte Maxeke. Mme Charlotte Mannya Maxeke’s achievements and contributions to society both inside and beyond South Africa’s borders motivated the families to seek recognition of her accomplishments as well continuing to promote her teachings, the values she stood for and the continued empowering of women and social activism she pursued during her lifetime. For DIRCO to celebrate this icon, it was important to work with the family through the CMMI.

For the roll out, DIRCO will be initiating engagements with the following stakeholders: (i) Wilberforce University in the USA; (i) Higher Education Institution in South Africa (UP, Wits or UJ); (iii) Higher Education Institution in East Africa (University of Nairobi or Addis Ababa University); (iv) Higher Education Institution in West Africa (University of Ghana Legon); (v) US Government; Ford Foundation and (vi) African Leadership Centre, to advance the Initiative and start gearing up for its rollout. The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), Ford Foundation, and the Swiss Foundations have been identified as key and influential partners to solicit financial resources from to support the initiative, as well as to provide policy and/or programmatic support, driving advocacy and awareness.

DIRCO will also engage different constituencies including private sector and youth organizations as well as strengthening civil society engagement. This will make the collective commitment truly multi-stakeholder, but more importantly, will leverage the expertise and opportunities that these constituencies offer the Initiative.

In addition, the Department through its diplomatic Missions will take advantage of the emergence of the new female presidency in Ethiopia H.E Madame Sahle-Work Zewde and in Tanzania H.E. Madame Samia Suluhu Hassan, which offers a fresh opportunity to draw on influential champions on the continent (both serving and retired) in order for the initiative to be anchored in many parts of the continent through them.

b) The support required includes participation by private, civil society, academia, and development partners to supplement limited public sector capacities, and raising additional financial resources. We hope to harness private sector operational efficiencies to be able to increase quality to the public and the ability to speed up development and implementation of this programme.

Reply:

The mining right was issued on 24 February 2007 and in terms of section 25(2)(b) the holder must commence with mining operations within one year from the date of issuing.

Reply:

(1) The renewal application of the mining right is still under consideration.

 

Reply:

Elandshoogte Gold Mine is the holder of the mining right with an approved Environmental programme/ Environmental Authorisation, which provide that General waste must be kept in containers which are either wind and scavenger proof, and be disposed of at a permitted landfill site. This Authorisation does not negate the holder of the Authorisation to comply with any statutory requirements that might be applicable to the undertaking of any other activity. In this regard Elandshoogte Gold Mine must be in a position of a waste disposal permit from a local Municipality.

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1. 2650 claimants were successful, with 1449 opting for financial compensation whilst 1201 claimants opted for redevelopment i.e., opting for a dwelling. To date 247 claimants were allocated a dwelling.

2. Yes, however due to the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), the list may not be furnished to Honourable Steyn but she may access the list at the office in Cape Town.

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Reply:

The South African Football Association (SAFA) is still processing the response to the question, once done they will respond to us.

Reply:

The South African Football Association (SAFA) is still processing the response to the question, once done they will respond to us.

Reply:

The Nelson Mandela Fidel Castro Medical Collaboration Programme is a National Programme that was established through a Government-to-Government memorandum of agreement between the government of the Republic of Cuba and the government of the Republic of South Africa. Eight (8) provincial departments of Health are participating in the programme except one provincial department of health. The participating provinces fund the training of students that come directly from these provinces.

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Reply:

a) (i) Countries generally do not provide mechanisms for verification of vaccinations in other countries (other than their trading blocs as in the EU). It is not possible for South Africa to verify vaccination certificates from other countries in South Africa. The QR codes from most countries are also not readable outside of their own countries. This is for security reasons and to prevent fraud. As a way to accept other country vaccination certificates the Department of International Relations and Cooperation has taken responsibility for the negotiations of reciprocity for the acceptance of Vaccination Certificates through the individual country embassies. This will provide for the acceptance of the South African Vaccination Certificates by foreign countries and in return the acceptance of vaccination certificates from foreign countries within South Africa.

(ii) Where individuals are experiencing challenges with regards to entering another country, and the SA COVID 19 Vaccination Certificates are questioned, this is being handled through the embassies on a case-by-case basis.

(b) The are no common international standards for the COVID 19 Vaccination Certificate development or its technology use cases. This is an ever-evolving environment within different countries or regions’ specific policies. Within the above scenario a specific date cannot be confirmed.

END.

Reply:

(a) 

Date	Amount
29 August 2007	R14 217 440.00
29 October 2007	R279 875 000.00
2 May 2019	R351 786 746.05
30 September 2019	R220 831.05
TOTAL	R646 100 017.10

(b) (based on financial reports from BAS)

2003/04	R637 440.00
2004/05	R0.00
2005/06	R0.00
2006/07	R0.00
2007/08	R2 711 334.51
2008/09	R2 109 454.46
2009/10	R32 759 631.38
2010/11	R66 577 405.58
2011/12	R547 414.65
2012/13	R1 659 513.23
2013/14	R7 739 184.47
2014/15	R7 323 904.36
2015/16	R12 672 660.33
2016/17	R14 752 711.71
2017/18	R16 755 708.68
2018/19	R11 683 126.68
2019/20	R41 842 851.41
2020/21	R75 796 460.93
2021/22	R18 129 923.77
TOTAL	R313 698 726.15

 

(c) Breakdown of expenditure (based on financial reports from BAS)

Description of Payment	Amount
2003/04
District Six Devel Trust	637 440.00
2007/08
Yethu Civils CC	245 730.17
Manong and Associates (PTY) LTD	515 543.74
Yethu Civils CC	263 651.68
GJA Electrical Consulting - inv 2022/4080	161 902.80
Narker & Associates - inv 200712/09	152 657.99
Tergrahm Project CC - inv D6-02	236 769.23
Ally Naserudin - inv D6PP2/1	60 000.00
Lucien Le Grange, Architectc - inv 2004/102/02	731 447.77
Yethu Civils CC - payment certificate no 10	343 631.13
TOTAL	2 711 334.51
2008/09
Ally Naserudin - inv D6PP2/2	50 000.00
Ally Naserudin - inv D6PP2/2	15 000.00
Ally Naserudin - inv 11572 - Kantey & TemplerD6PP2/6	0.53
Kantey & Templer (PTY) LTD - inv 11572	12 795.53
Yethu Civils CC - payment certificate no 11 & 12	533 284.53
Ally Naserudin - inv D6PP2/5	35 000.00
Xaler Construct - payment certificate no 1	334 485.44
Kantey & Templer (PTY) LTD - inv 11670	113 310.71
Yethu Civils CC - payment certificate no 13	276 473.05
Yethu Civils CC - payment certificate no 14	402 972.88
Yethu Civils CC - payment certificate no 15 - retaining walls	336 131.79
TOTAL	2 109 454.46
2009/10
Deloitte & Touch District 6 Re - Phase 2, housing construction	8 759 211.03
Deloitte & Touch District 6 Re - Phase 2, housing construction	23 464 707.00
Deloitte & Touch District - January 2010, invoice no 1110024533	80 764.44
Deloitte & Touch District - February 2010, invoice no 1110024534	80 764.44
Deloitte & Touch District - December 2009, invoice no 1110024532	80 764.44
Deloitte & Touch District - November 2009, invoice no 1110024531	80 764.44
Tergrahm Projects CC - invoice no D6 BP 01	212 655.59
TOTAL	32 759 631.38
2010/11
Deloitte & Touch District - Second pilot, 65 & 114 unit	6 848 919.00
Deloitte & Touch District - invoice no 1110052201 & 1110054807	218 965.86
Deloitte & Touch District - invoice no 1110063797 & 1110063801	218 965.86
Deloitte & Touch District - redevelopment of second Pilot project	59 071 589.00
Deloitte & Touch District - invoice no 1110072832	109 482.93
Deloitte & Touch District - invoice no 1110078546	109 482.93
TOTAL	66 577 405.58
2011/12
Deloitte & Touch District - invoice no 1110082725; 1110096725; 1110096671; 1110111609 and 1110111610	547 414.65
2012/13
Deloitte & Touch District - invoice no 1110115425; 1110124225; 1110129612 and 1110135006	372 151.62
Deloitte & Touch District - invoice no Oct 1110144273: Nov 1110154083; Dec 1110154086; Jan 1110163529 & Feb 1110163530	203 645.61
Deloitte & Touch District - March '12 invoice no 1110170902	45 600.00
Deloitte & Touch District - April'12 invoice no 1110175564	45 600.00
Deloitte & Touch District - May'12 invoice no 1110183372	45 600.00
Deloitte & Touch District - June'12 invoice no 1110188891	45 600.00
Deloitte & Touch District - July'12, August'12 & September'12: invoice no 1110193050, 1110198820 & 1110204787	136 800.00
Deloitte & Touch District - October'12: invoice no 1110210947	45 600.00
Deloitte & Touch District - November'12: invoice no 1110215989	45 600.00
Deloitte & Touch District - (Target Projects invoices : DNBP 11, 14, 15 & 18)	673 316.00
TOTAL	1 659 513.23
2013/14
Deloitte & Touch District - December'12: invoice no 1110218464	45 600.00
Deloitte & Touch District -January'13: invoice no 1110223995	45 600.00
Deloitte & Touch - Cape Town: Finalisation of Pilot 2	6 682 496.46
Deloitte & Touch District - March'13: invoice no 1110234238	45 600.00
Deloitte & Touch District - February'13: invoice no 1110230886	45 600.00
Deloitte & Touch District - Phase 2 project closure: invoice no 1110258632	152 190.00
The Business Zone 1891 CC - payment of fence	14 934.00
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyer Inc - professional fees and Disbursements - invoice D6BP18 & 19	218 979.85
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyer Inc - professional fees and Disbursements - invoice no 2064437	488 184.16
TOTAL	7 739 184.47
2014/15
AA Jacobs - Repairs at 2 Pontac: - invoice no quote ref 456	31 810.96
AA Jacobs - Repairs at 2 Pontac: - invoice no quote ref 457	4 463.10
Structocon Civils cc- Phase 3A Bulk Earthworks - invoice no 14/002	811 155.60
Structocon Civils cc- Phase 3A Bulk Earthworks - invoice no 14/003	1 535 326.35
Element consulting Engineers - invoice no.11815	20 377.50
CNDV Africa - inv006476	196 519.52
ARUP (Pty) Ltd - invoive BS1606	28 916.10
Delta Built Environment Consultant - INA20509	55 461.00
Element consulting Engineers - invoice no.11699	40 123.86
Delta Built Environment Consultant - INA20880	65 947.86
CNDV Africa - Inv006601	23 291.91
Element Consulting Engineers - invoice no 12056	27 525.98
ARUP (Pty) Ltd - invoive BS1585	199 709.65
ARUP (Pty) Ltd - invoive no. 4	95 436.47
AMPS Registered Quantity surveyor - invoive no.1	120 042.00
Delta Built Environment Consultant - INA70042 invoice no.8	81 367.50
CNDV Africa (Pty) Ltd - Inv006629	113 822.73
ARUP (Pty) Ltd - BS1538 inv 1	102 600.00
Delta Built Environment Consultant - INA20680	28 329.00
Element Consulting Engineers - invoice no 11610	33 440.17
CNDV Africa (Pty) Ltd - Inv006550	100 418.90
Delta Built Environment Consultant - INA30340	64 068.00
ARUP (Pty) Ltd - BS1675	132 912.60
ARUP (Pty) Ltd - BS1586	49 208.10
CNDV Africa (Pty) Ltd - Inv006601	23 291.91
CNDV Africa (Pty) Ltd - Inv006672	36 036.54
Structocon Civils cc- Phase 3A Bulk Earthworks - invoice no 14/004	1 065 670.38
Arup (Pty)Ltd - invoice ref: BS1699	217 860.48
Arup (Pty)Ltd - invoice ref: BS1701	165 379.80
Element Consulting Engineers (Pty)Ltd - invoice 12223	32 270.55
Element Consulting Engineers (Pty)Ltd - invoice 12337	7 221.90
Delta Environment Consultants (Pty)Ltd - invoice: INA30443	51 585.00
Element Consulting Engineers (Pty)Ltd - invoice 13139	26 857.77
Structocon Civils cc- Phase 3A Bulk Earthworks - invoice no 14/005	669 535.29
Delta Environment Consultants (Pty)Ltd - invoice: INA30563	74 228.25
CNDV Africa (Pty) Ltd - Inv006725	18 457.74
CNDV Africa (Pty) Ltd - Inv006758	79 104.60
Arup (Pty)Ltd - invoice ref: BS1756	595 570.20
Arup (Pty)Ltd - invoice ref: BS1796	151 557.29
CNDV Africa (Pty) Ltd - Inv006790	52 296.93
CNDV Africa (Pty) Ltd - Inv006829 & Inv006930	94 704.87
TOTAL	7 323 904.36
2015/16
AA Jacobs T/A AJ - invoice no 457A	1 674.26
The District six Museum Foundation	2 983 501.00
Structocon Civils CC	104 658.66
GIBB (PTY) LTD - Inv. 2463	166 528.83
Delta Built Environment Consultant - INA32111	546 865.48
Delta Built Environment Consultant - INV0044	439 301.36
Delta Built Environment Consultant - INA32205	601 864.90
Fikile Construction (PTY) LTD	2 915 913.87
Fikile Construction (PTY) LTD	1 778 830.07
Delta Built Environment Consultant - INV0148	512 391.88
Fikile Construction (PTY) LTD	2 621 130.02
TOTAL	12 672 660.33
2016/17
The District six Museum Foundation(PBO 930004816) no.1	2 938 000.00
Delta Built Environment Consultant - INV0445	535 988.34
Fikile Construction (PTY) LTD	2 606 579.01
Fikile Construction (PTY) LTD	1 465 589.66
Shamfu Building and Civil Constractors - inv 854	109 555.00
Delta Built Environment Consultant - INV0529	583 070.45
Correct: AP1475307-22/08	439 301.36
Correct: AP1474816-22/08	3 204 192.76
Correct: AP1475302-25/08	509 768.33
Correct: AP1475299-25/08	603 461.36
Correct: AP1497033-21/1	439 301.36
Correct: AP1488901-27/1	439 301.36
Correct: AP1488789-26/1	439 301.36
Correct: AP1498217-19	439 301.36
TOTAL	14 752 711.71
2017/18
Deloitte & Touch refund - bank statement ABSA 5789	-1 034 059.38
CORR-R-AP2412738	4 682 300.52
CORR-R-AP2408370	6 531 778.44
COR-R-AP2407317	178 576.29
COR-O,R,F,P,I,S-AP2432695	5 519 118.69
COR-O,R,F,P,I,S-AP2424060	554 053.76
COR-O,R,F,P,I,S-AP2440425	323 940.36
	16 755 708.68
2018/19
De Klerk & Van Gend Inc - Payment Re: MAT33822/Invo1-104998	315 519.80
De Klerk & Van Gend Inc - Payment Re: MAT33822/Invo1-105869	17 956.44
De Klerk & Van Gend Inc - Payment Re: MAT33822/Invo1-111742	9 053.33
De Klerk & Van Gend Inc - Payment Ref: MAT33822/Invo1-117199	27 435.22
Langelitsha Trading cc (Inv no. 98)	78 925.19
The District Six Museum Foundation - documenting, research and curate historical information and artefacts for the Redevelopment of District Six project over a period of 3 years	3 840 130.00
Correct: AP2462162 - I7S	132 380.00
Correct: AP2468004 - I & S	131 724.23
Correct: AP2468004 - I & S	129 475.88
Correct: AP2468004 - I & S	112 010.00
Correct: AP2472744 -S & I	133 539.70
COR-O-R-F-P-I&S-AP2492825 10/12/	568 109.03
COR-O-R-F-P-I&S-AP2490567 3/12/2	3 031 698.09
COR-O-R-F-P-I&S-AP2493467 14/12/	472 296.28
COR-O-R-F-P-I&S-AP264720-20/12/1	126 860.00
COR-O-R-F-P-I7S-AP2489447-22/11/	126 830.00
COR-O,R,F,P,I&S AP2476889-12-09-	132 380.02
COR-O,R,F,P,I&S AP2489447-22-11-	125 434.87
COR-O-R-F-P-I&S-14-11-03/2019	991 299.99
COR-O-R-F-P-&S-AP1129197-22-11-1	905 218.60
COR-O-R-F-P-I&S-AP2510220-20-	274 850.01
TOTAL	11 683 126.68
2019/20
De Klerk & Van Gend Inc: 3 Title Deeds (T14514/2019 - ME Koorowlay, T14513/2019 - E/L Lalla & T14028/2019 - E/L Siers) - Ref: MAT33822/Invo1-120172	27 435.22
De Klerk & Van Gend Inc - Payment Ref: MAT33822/INV01-123803	9 145.07
De Klerk & Van Gend Inc - Payment Ref: MAT33822/INV01-126727	9 145.07
COR-O-R-F-P-M-I7S-AP2515471 17/4	208 474.48
COR-O,R,F,P,I&S-CL83353-25/4/19	336 479.65
COR-O,R,F,P,I&S-CL83353-24/5/19	814 973.79
COR-O,R,F,P,I&S-CL72583 25/6/19	1 588 490.72
COR-O-R-F-P-I&S-AP2526356 2/7/19	1 562 801.04
COR-O-R-F-P-A-I&S-CL83353-31/7/1	3 691 994.45
COR-O-R-F-P-A-I&S-CL83353-3/7/19	2 710 653.20
COR-O,R,F,P,A,I&S-CL51007 11/7/1	68 218.49
COR-O-F-P-A-I&S-AP2549303-08/11/	7 026 704.86
COR-O-R-F-P-A-I&S-CL83353-19/11	8 028 570.11
COR-O-R-F-P-I&S-CL72583-22/10/19	583 340.98
COR-O-R-F-P-I&S-CL2583-20/11/19	1 699 275.98
COR-O,R,F,P,A,I&S CL83353 24/12	5 602 036.73
COR-O-R-F-P-A-I&S CL83353 24/12	7 166 632.45
COR-O-R-F-P-I&S-CL72583 17/12	708 479.12
TOTAL	41 842 851.41
2020/21
De Klerk & Van Gend Inc - Payment Ref: MAT33822/INV01-128406	18 290.14
Cape Peninsula University- payment Ref:4550197307	436 719.13
De Klerk & Van Gend Inc - Payment Ref: MAT33822/INV01-133899	68 344.50
De Klerk & Van Gend Inc - Payment Ref: MAT33822/INV01-134941	34 527.50
De Klerk & Van Gend Inc - Payment Ref: MAT33822/INV01-134914	67 240.50
De Klerk & Van Gend Inc - Payment Ref: MAT33822/INV01-133102	84 226.00
De Klerk & Van Gend Inc - Payment Ref: MAT33822/INV01-144816	33 925.58
DISTRICT 6CONVEYANCE- PAID AS GR	18 290.14
GRANT-CONVEYANCING PD AS GRANT	68 344.50
GRANT CONVEYANCE PAID AS GRANT	67 240.50
GRANT PAYMENT OF SURVEYOR GEN	34 527.50
De Klerk & Van Gend Inc - Payment Ref: MAT33822/INV01-144817	11 620.50
COR-O,R,F,P,A,I&S-CL133731-12/08	525 550.00
COR-O,R,F,P,I&S-CL83353-03/09/20	14 312 610.14
COR-O,R,F,P,A,I&S-AP2589858-11/0	573 973.75
COR-O,R,F,P,I&S-AP2592334-30/09/	604 624.84
COR-O,R,F,P,I&S-AP2589732-10/09	883 535.81
COR-O,R,F,P,I&S-AP2591787-01/10/	9 820 981.76
GRANT ERF177643,177644&177646	436 719.13
COR-O,R,F,P,I&S-AP2595963-28/10/	782 223.77
COR-O,R,F,P,I&S-AP2596853-09/11/	5 177 543.41
COR-O,R,F,P,A&S AP25886 19/11	5 905 049.27
COR-R,F,O,S,P,I-AP2607301	333 790.55
COR-R,F,O,S,P,I-AP2606445	8 071 380.73
COR-O,R,F,P,I&S AP2611382 25/02/	136 248.39
COR-O,R,F,P,I&S AP2599442 18/11/	874 757.14
COR-O,R,F,P,I&S AP2611598 03/03/	6 034 849.62
CO-R,F,O,S,P,I-AP2616281-26/3/21	556 725.44
CO-R,F,O,S,P,I-AP2616282-26/3/21	7 626 661.95
COR-S-GJ34812-01/01/2021	12 195 938.74
TOTAL	75 796 460.93
2021/22
COR OF AP 2637947	7 638 769.61
COR OF AP 2637949	2 176 939.06
COR OF AP 2631046	169 793.49
COR OF AP 2637949	2 176 939.06
COR OF AP 2628678	5 915 848.93
COR OF AP 2638078	51 633.62
TOTAL	18 129 923.77
GRAND TOTAL	313 698 726.15

(d)(i)

Estimated cost of construction for 954 Units in District 6 as per Court Order Plan.

(ii) The Commission has a balance of R332 401 290.95 of the allocated D6 Development Grant Funding available. The Department is currently engaging through the IMC on Land Reform with National Department of Human Settlements, National Treasury, and the City of Cape Town to gather contributions towards the completion of the Court Plan over the next 3 years.

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Reply:

1. The list of largest cultural festivals that were supported in the past two financial years are listed below:

Name of Local Music/ Arts Festival	Beneficiary / Company	2020/21	2021/22
Moretele Tribute Concert	Drakensburg Promotions	R 2 500 000	R2 500 000
Ebubeleni Music Festival	Mahambehlala Communications	R2 500 000	R2 500 000
We Can Arts Festival	Outrage Concepts CC	R 2 500 000	R 2 500 000
Johannesburg International Comedy Festival	Johannesburg International Comedy Festival	R1 500 000	R1 500 000
Buyel 'Khaya Pan African Festival	Mbuyambo Cultural Organization NPC	R 2 500 000	R 2 500 000
National Arts Festival	National Arts Festival NPC	R 3 000 000	R 2 500 000
Marula Festival	Limpopo Department of Sport, Arts and Culture	0	R4 000 000
Mpumalanga Cultural Experience	Mpumalanga Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation	0	R2 000 000
The Cape Town Carnival	The Cape Town Carnival Trust	R2 500 000.00	R2 250 000.00
The Suidooster Fees	The Suidooster Fees	R1 500 000	R1 250 000