Questions and Replies

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:

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:

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 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:

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:

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:

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:

(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:

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:

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:

(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 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 department is responsible to make transfer payments to the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) as allocated from the national fiscus for the entity to conduct its operations in accordance with its legislative mandate. Requests for additional funds for the entity’s operations including compensation of employees would be made to the National Treasury by the entity with support from the department following due process (budget process).

The department supported the OHSC’s application to the National Treasury to retain accumulated surplus for the 2020/21 financial year considering the negative impact of COVID-19 and budgetary constraints to fund the following objectives as identified by the entity:

• Supplementing human resource capacity in the Complaints Management Unit, Certification and Enforcement Unit, and Legal Service Unit; 
• Additional budget for inspections and re-inspections, and certification and enforcement; 
• Replacement of old computer equipment/tools of trade (recapitalization); and 
• Development and/or enhancement of core systems – inspection, early warning system, certification, and enforcement.  

In addition, the Department during the 2020 MTEF process ensured that the OHSC’s budget was not reduced. National Treasury had proposed a reduction of 5.7% in 2021/22 and 8.5% in 2022/23 as a result of the tight fiscal envelope.

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Reply:

As of April 2022, 23 million doses of vaccine were available in South Africa. Given the continuing low uptake of vaccination, there is a high risk that a significant number of doses will not be utilised before their expiry date. In light of this situation, no vaccines are currently being procured.

1. The Department of Health continues to work with a range of partners to increase uptake of vaccination. These interventions include:

1. Continuing to provide consistent messaging around the importance of vaccination through a multiple media channels.
2. Ensuring effective liaison and collaboration for COVID -19 vaccination with community leaders and key stakeholders at ward-level
3. Strengthening platforms for participatory community dialogues, events, and activations
4. Improving community engagement and mobilisation for COVID-19 vaccination through the use of trained vaccinated Social Mobilisers
5. Providing technical assistance for localised communications that support COVID-19 vaccination mobilisation activities
6. Improving site marketing and build sustainable vaccine trust by advertising vaccination sites and using Social Mobilisers
7. Strengthening social mobilisation results-based management using Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS) and Geolocation Information System (GIS) generated data
8. Strengthening demand acceleration amongst vulnerable and hard to reach populations such as youth, undocumented persons and People Living with HIV thorugh community engagement strategies

(b) The National Department of Health is exploring opportunities for donating excess vaccines to other countries. If this is not possible, then excess vaccines that have reached their expiry date will be discarded.

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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:

The price threshold for official vehicles for members of the executive is reviewed regularly and considers different criteria. Among these are budget constraints, the changing market price of vehicles, the practical requirements of executive members to fulfill their portfolio responsibilities, as well as safety and reliability, including for travelling in difficult terrain. The Guide for Members of the Executive (“the Guide”) confers powers to the Minister of Finance to determine any annual adjustments to the threshold. The National Treasury maintains a transversal contract for the purchase of official vehicles for use by the executive which should be used by government departments. This contract allows for vehicles to be purchase directly from the manufacturer where the vehicle is new. This ensures superior value-for-money compared to purchasing vehicles from dealers.

Paragraph 2.6 of the Guide states the following: “The price for the purchase of official vehicles shall not exceed R700 000-00, inclusive of VAT, security upgrades and maintenance plans. The limitation on the cost of the vehicle must be adjusted annually by the Minister responsible for Finance, in consultation with the Ministers responsible for Police, Transport and State Security”.

In the period since the finalization of the Guide, National Treasury Instruction no. 6 of 2019/2020 was issued, stating in paragraph 3.1 that the threshold for the procurement of official vehicles for members of the executive is revised from R700 000 to R800 000.00 inclusive of VAT and security features. Paragraph 3.3 of the said Instruction further provides that it is the responsibility of each department to ensure confirmation of the price of security features is obtained from the South African Police Service prior to finalization of the vehicle purchase.

The above is the most recent instruction note issued in this regard, and ongoing reviews will continue to be undertaken.

Reply:

a) The queues are already reduced in both offices as a few management principles/ processes have been implemented such as floor walkers have been appointed

b) Clients are assisted with query management while on queues; those whose queries are resolved remain on the queue for collection of products and those with unresolved queries are released to reduce the waiting time on the queue and also Branch Appointment Booking System in both offices assist in managing the queues, improving delivery of services and reducing the waiting period. Whilst High volume of clients have also been addressed through extension of operating hours during school holidays and peak periods.

 

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Reply:

(1) In a 2013, the Department developed a Policy Guideline for Tertiary Services which provides guidance or a blueprint for the minimum health workforce categories required at each category of hospital. These category of hospitals ranges from the Regional, Tertiary, Central, National Referral Hospitals to Specialised Hospitals.

Regional/Secondary (R) hospitals require the permanent presence and input of a general specialist in each of the TEN core specialties listed below, or at least two full time specialists per core specialty:

• Medicine
• Surgery
• Psychiatry
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Orthopaedic Surgery
• Paediatrics
• Anaesthetics
• Diagnostic Radiology
• Laboratory Medicine
• Emergency Medicine

Tertiary Hospitals (T1) provide services with more specialists than is generally available at Regional hospitals. T1 services are centred on a strong core of specialists in the main specialties, supported by other specialist and sub-specialists.

Central Referral Hospitals (T2) represents a set of highly specialist services, delivered by sub-specialists that require unique, highly skilled and scarce personnel.

 

National Referral Hospitals (T3) offer services that are provided by super-specialist at national referral units only, each linked to a Central Hospital.

Specialised Psychiatric Hospitals (SP) offer services that may be provided in general hospitals (usually acute psychiatric wards only) but are mostly provided at specialised facilities designed for care of mentally ill patients.

Further considerations:

• In all regional and tertiary hospitals, consideration is given to the number and complexity of supporting clinical departments and allied clinical support services required to deliver the service. For instance, cardiothoracic surgery requires the support of a cardiology service, intensive care, cath lab, Clinical Technology personnel, etc.

• The skills and competencies required to deliver the service will depend not only on the level and scarcity of skills and competencies of specialist doctors but on the level and scarcity of skills and competencies of all of the allied professionals whose inputs are required to deliver the service.

• The caseload required to sustain these skills and competencies must be optimal to ensure the patient’s safety and to justify the investment in the units.

(2) (a) Informal quality checks should be done on a daily basis in hospitals. According to the Norms and Standards Regulations applicable to different categories of health establishments (Feb 2018) all health establishments must conduct an annual self-assessment (formal quality assessment) against the Norms and Standards Regulations. The measures for District and Regional hospitals for the Norms and Standards Regulations were published by the Office of Health Standards Compliance in August 2021. The Central Hospital tool is in draft format.

(b) Currently the Ideal Hospital Framework is used by public hospital to conduct a self-assessment. The framework has been aligned with the published measures for the Norms and Standards Regulations and will come into effect in the 2022/23 financial year. The result of the assessments conducted by hospitals for the 2021/22 financial year is set out in the table below. From the 394 public hospitals, 257 (64%) hospitals have conducted an assessment.

Outcome of self- assessment for 2021/22 financial year	Number of Hospitals
Silver	116
Gold	6
Platinum	6
Not achieved	129
Total assessments conducted	257

(3) (a) The attached table indicates the (HR) component in each hospital recorded on PERSAL as at 31 March 2022.

(b) The current overall shortage of staff for all job categories, which provide both health related, and administration functions are 26 444 posts, in the public health sector (Hospitals) (i.e. in all 9 Provinces) recorded as on the 31 March 2022 PERSAL System date set.

(c) Due to general budget cuts introduced by National Treasury, the Cost of Employment (CoE) is negatively affected and therefore not all posts can be filled simultaneously. It is therefore impossible to confirm total funded vacancies as all posts are placed in the same pot and stringent measures are implemented to control filling of positions including key line function posts to avoid over expenditure on CoE.

(d) The period that the positions has been vacant for is immaterial as on a monthly basis, Provinces are pprioritizing filing of posts in accordance with the Annual Recruitment Plan, where funding permits.

(e) Each hospital in each Province does have a Human Resources capacity plan compared to the population capacity, however, as mentioned above, due to budget cuts, it is not always possible for the hospital to employ to full capacity but mechanisms are in place to ensure that service delivery is adequately provided at all times.

To mitigate the above, the Department has introduced several interventions to address the shortage of health workers in health facilities, which amongst others includes:

• Prioritisation of the posts in the Annual Recruitment Plan – where funding permits
• Prioritisation of the posts for conditional grant funding
• Filling of replacement posts considered and approved weekly
• Advertisements published National wide through print media
• A dedicated Registrar Programme to train and produce in-house Medical

Specialists

• Provision of internship and community service programmes.

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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)(a)(i) There were 106 municipalities that adopted unfunded budgets. The attached Annexure A provides the list of municipalities per province that adopted unfunded budgets for the 2020/21 financial year.

(1)(ii) There was no intervention introduced during this period, however, National Treasury and Provincial Treasuries have institutionalised processes to guide municipalities. During the window of opportunity, 31 March and end of May of each year, Treasuries assess the budgets of municipalities, this is referred to as the Benchmark process. During this process, municipalities whose budgets are assessed to be unfunded are advised to correct this position before adoption. Unfortunately, some municipalities ignore this advice and continue to adopt unfunded budgets. Those that adopt unfunded budgets are requested to correct this position during the adjustments budget period by the end of February of the following year. Once the unfunded budget is adopted, this is the only legal opportunity to rectify the position.

In addition, the National Treasury targets the 2nd instalment (December of each year) of the Equitable Share allocation to ensure compliance with Section 18 of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) and address unfunded budgets.

If a municipality is not able to achieve a funded budget position within a year or two due to the extent of the problem, such as high Eskom debt, the National Treasury has created an opportunity for municipalities to adopt a credible funding plan that will ensure that the funding position is improved. The implementation of these plans is monitored through quarterly reports submitted by municipalities.

Furthermore, the National Treasury also circulates annually, a document that compares the original budget, adjusted budget and the outcomes as per the Annual Financial Statements, in essence this exercise highlights that municipalities are simply “living beyond their means” when it reflects a deficit position.

To date, the resolution emanating from the Budget Council and Budget Forum, which forms the political platform for discussing and addressing municipal matters, was not to accept the adoption of an unfunded budget by any municipality.

(1)(b) After the 2020/21 adjustments budget process, 105 municipalities were recorded to have unfunded position with 5 additional municipalities undetermined. The detail of the unfunded list is in the attached Annexure A.

2. The attached Annexure A shows that 112 municipalities adopted unfunded budgets for the 2021/22 financial year. Many municipalities that adopted an unfunded budget during the adjustments period (2020/21) of the previous year are found to have adopted an unfunded budget for the 2021/22 year (main budget). During the preparation of the new budgets, municipalities often increase their expenditure budget and not align it to realistic anticipated revenue to be collected by them. On the other hand, some municipalities base their budgets on a collection rate far beyond their capability. When the National or Provincial treasuries undertake their assessment of the budget based on previous years audit outcomes, the budget is assessed to be unfunded.

3. The Minister of Finance usually refers to the funding position of municipalities in the Budget Speech and it is published in the Budget Review and the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement. Due to the importance of adopting a funded budget, addressing unfunded budgets is a standing item on the agenda of Budget Council and Budget Forum, which is the political platform in the municipal context.

Reply:

The Department is working with all provincial departments of Health to source this information. As soon as the information is received, the Minister will furnish a full response in this regard.

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Reply:

I have been advised by the SOEs as follows:

a) nState Information Technology Agency (SITA):

1. Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality account is up to date.
2. Not applicable.
3. Not applicable.

b) nBroadband Infraco (BBI):

(i-iii) The BBI does not owe any of the Municipalities in question.

c)n Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)

(i-iii) ICASA does not owe any of the Municipalities in question.

d) Sentech

1. As at 7 March 2022, Sentech owed the Tshwane Municipality R1 221 722.00. This amount was subsequently paid off.
2. Johannesburg Municipality was owed R724 934.89 and this amount was paid off on 18 March 2022.
3. Not applicable.

Authorised for submission by

 

MS. NONKQUBELA JORDAN-DYANI

DIRECTOR-GENERAL (ACTING)

DATE:

Recommended/not recommended

__________________________

HON. PHILLY MAPULANE, MP

DEPUTY MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

DATE:

Approved/ not approved

________________________________

HON. KHUMBUDZO NTSHAVHENI, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

DATE:

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.

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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.

END

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

 

Reply:

The National Department of Health is working with all provincial departments of Health to source the information requested by this question. As soon as the information is received, the Minister will furnish a full response in this regard.

END.

Reply:

1. (a) SASCOC has responded to indicate that as guided by the SASCOC Safeguarding Policy and Case Management Flow Chart, any cases lodged must adhere to the internal due process as per the determined jurisdiction over reported concerns. Therefore, please be advised that cases are dealt with by the National Federation. SASCOC in most cases is just being made aware of such. (b) SASCOC requests more time to collect information and clarity on specific cases whilst contacting the National Federations concerned.
2. As indicated above, SASCOC requests more time to get more information and clarity with the National Federations concerned.
3. SASCOC has indicated that there is no new signed safeguarding policy, however they are currently reviewing the existing one.

Reply:

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) bought the Downtown Music Hub equipped with high standard studios as part of addressing a challenge for artists who could not have access to proper facilities and artists who could not access facilities easily. The Department has assisted this facility in ensuring that there are artists developmental programmes that are in–house serving to develop; empower and provide artists with opportunity to enhance their art.

The Department is currently; as part of implementation of the Revised White Paper on Arts; Culture and Heritage developing a music strategy which seeks to advance the young music business entrepreneurs country–wide. This is currently an on–going consultation process with the music sector.

Further the Department continues with its program of creation of spaces in different provinces which is also intended for enhancement of the creative industries. Over and above these initiatives; the Department is implementing both the Presidential Employment Stimulus Program and the Mzansi Golden Economy strategy which are programs geared towards supporting artists and expansion of the Cultural and Creative Industries.

Reply:

a.) The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) has to date obtained preservation orders to the value of R157 744 720.20, and forfeiture orders to the value of R120 255 279.80. Some of the forfeited funds have already been paid back to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), the State or victims.

b.) The total number of arrests and/or court enrolments that have been made to date is 132. These relate to 87 natural persons and 45 juristic persons (entities).

c.) The total number of sentences that have been imposed to date is 19. These relate to five (5) natural persons and thirteen (13) juristic persons (entities).

        i.) Five (5) natural persons were charged and convicted of theft, fraud, forgery and uttering relating to claims from the UIF.

        ii.) Thirteen (13) juristic persons (entities) were charged and convicted of contraventions of Section 234(a) read with Section 22(1) of the Tax Administration Act 28/2011 and further read with Sections 1 and 23(1) of the Value Added Tax Act 89/1991.

Sentences imposed range from a term of imprisonment, fines as well as suspended sentences.

 

Reply:

Rand Water provides potable water to the City of Johannesburg. Over the past couple of years Rand Water experienced failures of bulk electrical and mechanical equipment at the Rand Water purification works and main pump stations. Interruptions at the Zuikerbosh purification plant impacts on Rand Water’s Palmiet and Swartkoppies pump stations. These pump stations supply water to the Klipriviersberg, Meyershill and Forest Hill reservoirs.

Johannesburg Water pumps water from the Rand Water Meyershill reservoir to the South Hills towers to supply water to Linmeyer, Risana, South Hills and surrounding areas. Johannesburg Water also pumps water from the Rand Water Forest Hill reservoir to the Forest Hill tower which provide water the Oakdene and surrounding areas.

Due to the electrical and mechanical failures at the works and the pump stations at Rand Water, the water levels at reservoirs are reduced to very low levels or run empty. When the water levels from the reservoirs are too low, the Johannesburg Water pumps are damaged.

To safeguard the pumps against the damage, Johannesburg Water switches off its pump stations until reservoir levels can be stabilised. During the period when the pumps are switched off, this results in water interruptions for the areas dependent on the Klipriviersberg, Meyershill and Forest Hill reservoirs.

Since February 2022 Rand Water had a number of failures at their Zuikerbosh plant as well as the Palmiet pump station which affected water supply capability to the South of Johannesburg; especially the Meyershill reservoir; which then impacted on the South Hills tower supply. The failures resulted from electricity supply failures, transformer failures as well as pump failures on various occasions. The duration of the interruptions would be as long as 5 days over which Rand Water managed to build sufficient capacity at its reservoirs. The City of Johannesburg provides water through alternative means to affected areas when there are disruptions.

During the last incident in the beginning of March 2022, arrangements were made for Johannesburg Water to pump water directly from the inlet pipe works at the Meyershill reservoir to restore water supply in the South Hills area. This stabilised water supply to the South Hills area since mid-March 2022 and also allowed Rand Water to stabilise levels of water at the servoir l at the Meyershill reservoir.

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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:

It is our considered view that in view of the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) being an entity falling under the responsibility of the Department for the Public Service and Administration, this question would be best be answered by that Department and not Health.

Parliament is therefore requested to divert this question to the Ministry for the Public Service and Administration accordingly.

END.

Reply:

I have been advised by the SOEs as follows:

(a)- (b) USAASA and FPB have indicated that they do not owe any of the mentioned municipalities.

Authorised for submission by

 

MS. NONKQUBELA JORDAN-DYANI

DIRECTOR-GENERAL (ACTING)

DATE:

Recommended/not recommended

__________________________

HON. PHILLY MAPULANE, MP

DEPUTY MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

DATE:

Approved/ not approved

________________________________

HON. KHUMBUDZO NTSHAVHENI, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

DATE:

Reply:

I have been advised by the SOEs as follows:

1.

SOEs	(i)mSettlements	(ii) Salaries to suspended employees
a) ICASA	R1,098 751.50	R3 041 738.20
b) Sentech	R299 090.06	R1 557 694.72
c) USAASA	-	R 1 521 3834.00
d) FPB	R3 320 804.52	R1 337 956.81
e) GCIS	The question pertaining to the GCIS and MDDA should be directed to the Minister in the Presidency as these entities fall within his portfolio.
f) nMDDA

 

2. The responses are provided in the attached annexure.

Authorised for submission by

 

MS. NONKQUBELA JORDAN-DYANI

DIRECTOR-GENERAL (ACTING)

DATE:

Recommended/not recommended

__________________________

HON. PHILLY MAPULANE, MP

DEPUTY MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

DATE:

Approved/ not approved

________________________________

HON. KHUMBUDZO NTSHAVHENI, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

DATE:

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.

Reply:

(1)(a) The delay in the establishment of the Catchment Management Agencies (CMAs) has been for several reasons including (a) reconfiguration and realignment of all entities of the Department of Water and Sanitation in accordance with the Presidential report on the rationalisation of public entities; and (b) opposition to the establishment of new Agencies by labour unions as it is seen as privatisation

(1)(b) Breede-Olifants, Inkomati-Pongola, Mkuze-Mtamvuna, Vaal-Orange, Limpopo-Olifants and Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma Catchment Management Agencies.

(1)(c) The Mkuze-Mtamvuna, Vaal-Orange, Limpopo-Olifants CMAs will be established by April 2023 and the Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma CMA will be established by April 2024.

(2)(a) It is anticipated that the Olifants River Catchment Management Agency will be operational by April 2023

(2)(b) Due to reasons provided in 1(a) above, the Department changed its approach to the establishment of CMAs.

(3) The submitted action plan of 30 March 2022 proposed a passive treatment system (a wetland DongaLock system which is being evaluated by the Department’s wetland specialists. If approved, the system would be operational by September 2022.

(4) The existing dosing plant below Kromdraai Mine is active but is only partially treating the mine water as the sulphate quality limits are not being met. Measures will be implemented to continue with the improvement of the liming plant to the required design standard.

Regarding whether the department can provide the reports of the PH levels, the toxic heavy metals, aluminium and salts like sulphates to the Member, it should be noted that third party Information can be made available subject to a Promotion of Access to Information Act application.

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Reply:

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.

END

Reply:

Excess deaths refer to the number of deaths observed during the pandemic above a baseline of recent trends. Estimates of excess deaths provide information about the burden of mortality potentially related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including deaths that are directly or indirectly attributed to COVID-19.

The numbers of excess deaths in South Africa are estimated from the death registration data that the South African Medical Research Council obtains from the National Population Register maintained by the Department of Home Affairs.

Using all-cause deaths reported in the death registration system of South Africa (adjusting for late registration and incompleteness), the MRC developed estimates and monitors excess deaths experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Weekly reports have been published, providing the total number of excess deaths from natural causes by province since 3 May 2020.

(a)-(b) Table A below provides the broad age break down of the numbers of excess deaths from natural causes in each wave of the pandemic and the figure shows the broad age band breakdown of the total excess deaths experienced during the period Week 19 of 2020 to Week 13 of 2022 (i.e., 9 May 2020 – 2 April 2022). 52 weeks are assumed per calendar year. The data is collected and presented by Epidemiological weeks which are used as a standard method to report excess deaths. Estimates of the numbers of excess natural deaths by province by age group are currently not available due to the fact that as you go lower down in population breakdown, variations may be marginal in comparison, which affects the confidence level of the estimates. The research team, comprising demographers, epidemiologists and statisticians are confident within a small range of uncertainty, with the numbers of excess deaths by broad age group (separate from provincial categorisation) at a national level.

Age group (years)	Wave 1 (2020 week 19 -2020 week 42)	Wave 2 (2020 week 43 - 2021 week 14)	Wave 3 (2021 week 15 -2021week 46)	Wave 4 (2021 week 47- 2022 week 13)	Total (2020 week 19 - 2022 week 13)
0-9	-3 399*	1 806	4 540	3 832	6 779
10-19	183	473	685	462	1 803
20-29	604	1 400	1 857	848	4 709
30-39	-533*	1 381	475	-452*	871
40-49	1 675	6 200	6 020	478	14 373
50-59	8 554	18 448	21 243	3 850	52 095
60-69	14 428	30 219	29 426	6 642	80 715
70-79	14 026	26 362	29 792	6 927	77 107
80+	13 107	20 010	26 600	7 766	67 483
Total	48 647	106 298	120 640	30 353	305 938

Table A

* negative values were reported where the deaths were lower than the baseline

(i.e., no excess death for that period)

Table B below shows excess death rates adjusted for differences in the age structure in each province. This data is from a peer reviewed publication scheduled for release in the May/June issue of the South African Journal of Science[1].

Province	Total excess natural deaths	Cumulative age-adjusted rate per 100 000 population	Annualised age-adjusted rate per 100 000 population
			Wave 1 (2020 week 19-2020 week 42)	Wave 2 (2020 week 43-2021 wee k14)	Wave 3 (2021 week 15 - 2021week 46)	Wave 4 (2020 week19-2022 week 4)	2020	2021
Eastern Cape	50 257	621	362	502	237	389	299	294
Free State	16 662	570	304	388	411	208	150	404
Gauteng	58 254	410	210	249	346	79	111	299
KwaZulu-Natal	60 942	610	233	651	300	253	178	416
Limpopo	31 758	467	100	440	353	222	419	384
Mpumalanga	22 795	509	132	467	396	183	444	410
Northern Cape	8 428	671	212	361	602	330	114	535
North West	16 569	422	117	322	395	124	63	352
Western Cape	30 559	379	154	272	249	154	130	237
South Africa	295 135	497	183	389	318	179	218	342

Table B

1. Bradshaw D, Dorrington R, Laubscher R, Groenewald P, Moultrie T. COVID-19 and all-cause mortality in South Africa – the hidden deaths in the first four waves. South African Journal of Science. (In Press).END.

    

Reply:

The Department does not fund Metropolitan Municipalities for water and sanitation programmes since such municipalities receive the Urban Settlement Development Grant (USDG) from the Department of Human Settlements (DHS). The USDG is intended to fund programmes related to the Built Environment for the provision of basic municipal services, including water and sanitation infrastructure.

The Department of Water and Sanitation engaged with Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (MMM) about short-medium term plans towards the eradication of bucket toilets in Section C of Botshabelo in Ward 32 and obtained the following report:

• Botshabelo is affected by bulk sanitation constraints. The main outfall sewer needs an upgrade at an estimated cost of R60 million. Additionally, the wastewater treatment works needs to be upgraded from its current capacity of 20Ml/d to 40Ml/d at an estimated cost of R380 million.

• The current hydraulic load at the WWTW is 18ML/d, which means that there is a spare capacity of 2ML/d. The upgrade of the main outfall sewer is expected to be completed by December 2023. The project to eradicate bucket toilets in Botshabelo Section C is planned for the 2022/23 financial year. The current bulk sanitation spare capacity is adequate to accommodate the additional imposed demand caused by the planned upgrade.

• MMM plans to install an upgradable alternative sanitation solution as a short-term measure to overcome bulk challenges. A budget of R94.5 million has been appropriated for the programme under USDG over the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework period. A total of 5 300 units will be constructed and later converted to a full waterborne system after installation of the bulk infrastructure. The project is at the procurement stage and awaiting the National Treasury directive on procurement matters due to the constitutional court finding on the PPPFA.

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1. a) Granted Asylum status per year

Year	Total
2012	6226
2013	7286
2014	9230
2015	2499
2016	3157
2017	2267
2018	1594
2019	1834
2020	2020
2021	184

1 b) Certification as a Refugee Indefinitely Granted per year at SCRA

Year	Total
2012	NOT AVAILABLE
2013	94
2014	948
2015	684
2016	510
2017	1082
2018	1463
2019	2459
2020	578
2021	606

2. The Department currently have asylum applications from the below mentioned countries

Afghanistan	Colombia	Haiti	Mali	Senegal	USA
Algeria	Comoros	Hungary	Mauritania	Serbia	Venezuela
Angola	Congo	India	Mauritius	Sierra Leone	Wallis and Futuna
Australia	Croatia	Iran	Morocco	Slovenia	Yemen
Bahamas	Denmark	Iraq	Mozambique	Solomon Islands	Zambia
Bahrain	Djibouti	Ireland	Namibia	Somalia	Zimbabwe
Bangladesh	DRC	Ivory Coast	Nepal	Sri Lanka
Barbados	East Timor	Jamaica	Netherlands	Sudan
Belarus	Ecuador	Jordan	Niger	Suriname
Benin	Egypt	Kazakhstan	Nigeria	Swaziland
Botswana	Eritrea	Kenya	Niue	Sweden
Bulgaria	Estonia	Kyrgyzstan	NULL	Syria
Burkina Faso	Ethiopia	Lebanon	Oman	Tanzania
Burundi	Gabon	Lesotho	Other	Thailand
Cambodia	Gambia	Liberia	Pakistan	Togo
Cameroon	Germany	Libya	Palestine	Turkey
Central African Republic	Ghana	Macau	Russia	Uganda
Chad	Guinea	Malawi	Rwanda	Ukraine
China	Guinea Bissau	Malaysia	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Uruguay

3. The current government policy position on refugees remain non-encampment, any policy shift will be informed by necessary political discussions and structures. My role in those discussions is to provide input informed as politically deployed to the Home Affairs portfolio.

4. The number of persons identified, arrested and confirmed for deportation in terms of the Immigration Act 13 of 2002 are indicated in the attached statistics.

5. The list of the countries and total figures with respect to each country are captured in the attachment.

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Reply:

The information requested by this question is not readily available at the National Department. The Department is working with all provincial departments of Health and the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) to source this information. As soon as the information is received, the Minister will furnish a full response in this regard.

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Reply:

(a) The department has reviewed its Supply Chain Management (SCM) policy and aligned it with the National Treasury SCM Instruction Notes and Circulars that are issued from time to time by National Treasury. Currently NDOH SCM is also reviewing its Standard Operating Procedure of SCM to be also in line with the new with the intension to workshop rework shop all their internal stakeholders (different branches and clusters in the department). With these workshops is the enhance compliance with prescripts and bring everyone on board with the latest developments in SCM space.

(b) Section 38 of the PFMA and Chapter 8 of the Irregular Expenditure Framework issued by National Treasury direct that disciplinary steps must be taken against officials responsible for irregular expenditure. In adhering to these requirements, some of the officials implicated in irregular expenditure cases had been suspended and disciplinary hearings are in progress.

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Reply:

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 Department does not fund Metropolitan Municipalities for water and sanitation programmes since such municipalities receive the Urban Settlement Development Grant (USDG) from the Department of Human Settlements (DHS).

The USDG is intended to fund programmes related to the Built Environment for the provision of basic municipal services, including water and sanitation infrastructure.

The Department of Water and Sanitation engaged with Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (MMM) about short-medium term plans towards the eradication of bucket toilets in Section C of Botshabelo in Ward 32 and obtained the following report:

• Botshabelo is affected by bulk sanitation constraints. The main outfall sewer needs an upgrade at an estimated cost of R60 million. Additionally, the wastewater treatment works needs to be upgraded from its current capacity of 20Ml/d to 40Ml/d at an estimated cost of R380 million.

• The current hydraulic load at the WWTW is 18ML/d, which means that there is a spare capacity of 2ML/d. The upgrade of the main outfall sewer is expected to be completed by December 2023. The project to eradicate bucket toilets in Botshabelo Section D is planned for the 2022/23 financial year. The current bulk sanitation spare capacity is adequate to accommodate the additional imposed demand caused by the planned upgrade.

• MMM plans to install an upgradable alternative sanitation solution as a short-term measure to overcome bulk challenges. A budget of R94.5 million has been appropriated for the programme under USDG over the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework period. A total of 5 300 units will be constructed and later converted to a full waterborne system after installation of the bulk infrastructure. The project is at the procurement stage and awaiting the National Treasury directive on procurement matters due to the constitutional court finding on the PPPFA.

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(a) (i) The current ratio of doctor to patient in public sector is 1:3198.

(ii) The current ratio of Nurse to patient in public sector is 1:357.

This is based on the following:

• The current total of Medical Doctors in the public health sector is 16 073.
• There are currently 144 090 Nurses appointed in the public health sector as of 31 March 2022. (This total includes all categories of nurses) (i.e., in all 9 Provinces including the National Department of health) recorded on the 31 March 2022 PERSAL System date set.
• Based on the Stats SA mid-year population estimates 2021, the current South African population is 60.14 million, with 4.05 million registered members, serving 8.94 million beneficiaries (i.e., insured population according to the 2021 Council of Medical Schemes data); and
• Approximately 51.4 million citizens are uninsured, and they depend on the public sector hospitals.

(b) From 01 April 2017 to 31 March 2021 the National Department of Health has supported 1356 Medical doctors to apply for critical skill visa with Department of Home Affairs.

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Reply:

In South Africa many catchments are water stressed and this necessitates implementation of various measures to secure water resources in all the catchments in the country. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) gives effect to the development and innovation of water infrastructure through the National Water Resource Strategy.

The DWS undertakes continuous scenario planning to ensure water security for the country. The key outputs of the scenario planning are strategies and projects to reconcile water requirements and availability for all large integrated systems in the country and localised water resource systems that secure water for small towns, villages or clusters of settlements.

Broadening of South Africa’s water resource mix is critical for water security as there are now limited opportunities for further surface water developments. To address this, the DWS:

• Is developing guidelines and a national strategy for supplementing surface water resources with groundwater resources in a sustainable fashion.
• Is importing surface water from neighbouring countries;
• Will increasingly be supporting municipalities to develop alternative sources of water, including through desalination and water re-use;
• Is encouraging and supporting municipalities to implement water conservation and demand management strategies, including reducing water losses; and
• Will increasingly be working with industries to increase water-use efficiency.

The Department of Water and Sanitation is currently in the process of establishing the National Water Resource Infrastructure Agency (NWRIA). Once established, the NWRIA will be able to finance and implement large-scale investments in national water resource infrastructure that are required to ensure that South Africa has sufficient bulk water supply.

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Reply:

The National Department of Health is still working with the Gauteng Provincial Department of Health on this report. It will be shared with the Honourable Member as soon as it has been completed.

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