Questions and Replies

Reply:

(1) In 1994 South African sport was demographically untransformed, a situation that remained unchanged for 17 years because of the absence of policy guidelines. This changed in 2011 with the introduction of the Transformation Charter based on the achievement pre-set, one-size-fits -all federation targets guiding the sport system towards the common objective of an ‘Accessible, Equitable, Sustainable, Demographically Representative and Competitive sport system’.

The implementation of a measurement system from 2011 to 2015 to measure, monitor and report on transformational change in eighteen defined Charter categories from 2011 to 2015, institutionalised the process in most audited federations. In the process an awareness and understanding of the major factors impacting rate and extent of transformation was developed and the validity of the adopted tool proven.

Identification and deeper understanding of the transformation process led to the introduction of the penalty based ‘Barometer’ process in 2015/16 focused on adding to and improving on the initial one-size fit-all target approach. In the Barometer process a federation sets and project forward (10 years) its ‘own’ targets as informed by its own unique circumstances with respect to, among other, its current structural demographic profiles and resource (human capacity, facilities, equipment and finance) situation.

(2) The substantial number of barometer categories in which performance are measured resulted in a 50% pass mark being decided upon as an initial benchmark to measure transformation progress (or lack thereof) on an annual basis.

Most federations are struggling to come to terms with the challenge of projecting forward meaningful transformation targets against the background of the major impacting factors influencing rate and extent of transformation as defined. These factors effect different codes differently and include the impact of population demographic change, a dysfunctional school sport system, inequality of opportunity and the impact of poverty and inequality on equitable access.

More than half of federations have achieved their self-set targets whilst the other half, particularly those with the predominantly White demographics, is making satisfactory progress (some against great odds).

Based on the insight and understanding developed to date all federations have just completed a review of their forward projected targets to 2030 and based on this imposition of penalties for non-achievement of targets will be rigorously pursued in 2019. These penalties will include the withdrawal of government funding and/or revoking of the right to bid for or host international tournaments as per the MoU with SRSA and SASCOC.

Of the 19 federations being audited everyone has advanced to the stage where there is excellent understanding and appreciation for the need for change from a strategic perspective - longer term sustainability and competitiveness. This is a momentous change in prevailing attitudes from 1994 to 2015.

Reply:

The Department did incur costs relating to the 2019 Presidential Inauguration.

(i) The total funds related to the Inauguration amounts to R13 904 543.63

(ii) The amount covered the following items:

• Cultural Programme
• Artists
• Logistical support for the Cultural Programme
• Artistic Director
• Performance Rights
• Rehearsals Venue
• Catering for the Masses and related logistics

(a) The Department did not incur any cost related to the State of the Nation Address held in Cape Town on 20 June 2019.

Reply:

(1) No. The Department nor the SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS) did not pay for the persons (as per names and details furnished) to attend the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.

(2) No. The Minister has not found that there is a board member of SAIDS who is also a board member of SuperSport.

Reply:

1. My department was not involved in the building of Credo Mutwa Museum and Library. The lead department in the project was the National department of Trade and Industry and the project was funded by National Lotteries Commission. The Northern Cape department of Sport, Arts and Culture was only engaged with the view to the project being handed over to the province upon completion.

Reply:

1. The provision of library and information services to communities is the mandate of the provincial Departments of Sports, Arts and Culture. The library was closed on 2 January 2019 due to flooding which damaged the roof and the floor. Upon further assessment it was discovered that the storm water beneath the library is the problem that damaged the floor, carpets and the shelves.

2. Due to the increased scope of work the initial funding is insufficient and more funding is being sourced. In the interim, a mobile library services are provided to the community. Repairs will commence as soon as funding is made available.

Reply:

(a). I appointed the Council of the National Arts Council (NAC) on 2 October 2015. The initial term of office of the Council was expected to expire on 31 August 2019. Subsequent to the appointment of the Council of the National Arts Council, the Department received complaints from the members of the Arts sector pertaining to the process followed in appointing the Council. The concerns of the sector related to the two steps of the appointment process that were not followed namely:

• publishing of the names of the nominated candidates to allow the members of the public comment with regards to the names of the potential Board members of the NAC.
• publishing of the date (s) of the interviews to enable members of the public participate in the appointment process as provided for in the National Arts Council Act, 1997 (Act No. 56 of 1997).

Subsequent to the concerns raised, I issued an instruction that the process of appointing the Council of the NAC be started afresh. Consequently, indicated my intentions to dissolve the Council of the NAC on 27 May 2016 to give way for the process to appoint a new Council.

To avoid governance vacuum at the National Arts Council, I applied section 49(1) of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA). In terms of section 49(1), if the public entity does not have a controlling body, the CEO is the Accounting Authority for that public entity. Consequently, the CEO of the National Arts Council is the Accounting Authority of the entity until a new Board is appointed.

In December 2017, a new Council was appointed, the new Council is appointed until November 2021.

(b)(i).Since 1 April 2019, the Department has delegated Departmental senior officials to all the entities to provide support to the entities to strengthen governance.

(ii). The Department developed a governance framework which will provide guidance and standardise some of the governance principles for the entities.

The Department has started implementing some of the elements of the governance principles including the induction workshops of all the newly appointed Councils. Further, the Department forged a partnership with the Institute of Directors of South Africa (IODSA) as part of the efforts to professionalise membership to Councils or Boards. This partnership will ensure that all the DAC Council or Board members formally register as Directors of Boards in line with best practice on good governance.

Reply:

(1)(a). The proposal in question followed all processes as stipulated in the Grant Awarding Policy signed in May 2016, section 7.6 Flagships and Partnership Funding. The proposal served at both EXCO and Council.

(b).The amount requested was R1 889 285 in total.

(c). Yes, the funding allocation was approved by Council in August 2016.

(d). Due to allegations that processes were not followed, the DAC appointed Gobodo Forensic to investigate the allegations. The findings of the report were tested through a disciplinary process against the CEO and the ADM. Both the CEO and ADM were subsequently exonerated.

(2). The funding allocated was in phases which were estimated to run for three years and disbursement was made against deliverables. The submission which went to Council had a typo indicating the project as 12 months. All supporting documents were labelled as 3 years including the Business Plan.This was tested and confirmed during the CEO’s disciplinary hearing.

Reply:

(1). Expired projects are identified by the Arts Development Officer (ADO) in charge of the programme as stipulated in section 5 of the Expired and Surplus Funds Policy of the National Arts Council, see link below for Annexure 1, for full details and comprehensive outline of the process.

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW968Annexure.pdf

In terms of clause 9 of the policy, the funds may be utilised to support projects and programmes that are designed to transform and grow the sector. These programmes may be identified by the Staff, Panels and Council and/or by means of an open call for applications. However, internal approval process should be followed as specified in the Grant Awarding Manual.

2(a). On realising that the policy in question might be in breach of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 0f 1999 and Treasury regulations, the Department advised the National Arts Council to repeal or review the Policy.

(b). The Policy in question has been reviewed and was presented to the Audit and Risk Committee of the National Arts Council. The revised policy will be submitted to the Council for Council approval in the next Council meeting which will take place in October 2019.

Reply:

1. The two reports submitted by the Business Innovations Group (BIG) and Gobodo Forensic and Investigation Accounting (GIFA) concluded that Mr Nyathela’s allegations were unfounded and that the NAC acted within its policy.

2. Yes, I instituted two investigations,

(a). The audits were conducted by independent firms: Gobodo Forensics and Investigation Group (GIFA)and Business Innovations Group (BIG).

(b). Both the BIG and the GFIA audits concluded that Mr Nyathela’s allegations were unfounded and that the NAC acted within its policy.

(c). Yes, copies of the audit outcomes are available and marked as confidential and not for distribution, but can be furnished to the honourable member upon request.

3.(a). The was no evidence to suggest that the NAC staff members were involved in any irregularities involving the grant funding application submitted by SARA.

Reply:

(1) The reply from SASCOC indicated that SASCOC is unclear as to (a) on what date the soccer team (i) departed for Morocco (ii) paid registration fees and (b) who paid the registration fees.

(2) The reply provided by SASCOC to this question is that there was no specific resolution. They indicated that; given that SASCOC, per its agreed to selection criteria, did not permit SAFA to attend the African Games 2019, no costs were paid by SASCOC.

(3) The reply from SASCOC indicates that there were costs for (a) participation (b) accommodation (c) travel (d) other logistics for (i) SASCOC, the costs of which have not yet been finalised. They will host a debrief meeting on 26 September 2019, after which the actual costs will be known.

(ii) Despite requests for information sent to SAFA and follow up reminders the only response received is that they are still in the process of finalising the overall accounts of participation, and that “all funds used were that of SAFA’s exclusively”.

Reply:

The Department does not conduct surveys on sports tourism.

Reason: The nature of the survey would require that a broad spectrum of industries such as hospitality, be surveyed to ascertain the reason their clients were in the country (inbound tourism) or in another province (tourism within the country by residents/citizens). However, to ensure that reliable and accurate information is collected, such industries must have recorded their clients’ reasons for the visit. When one goes to a hotel for example, they are not asked the reason for the visit.

While the survey is important, conducting it would require resources that match its broad nature and the acknowledgement that most information may not be readily available.

Reply:

1. There was no dispute.

(a) There was a difference of approach to the National school Sport Championship.

(b) Sport and Recreation is focused on the long-term development of the athlete to align the age group and the talent development with the International school Sport Competition (Gymnasiade). The Department of Basic Education and provincial Departments of Education preferred the 3 seasons championships National School Sports Championships.

2. Both Departments continue to deliver the 3 seasons National Championships.

Reply:

Since the process of merger of the two departments is at an advance stage, the available vacancies will only be clear once the process of realignment is complete.

Reply:

1. There is a direct correlation between broadcast coverage and commercial funding of sports codes from the private sector. Without broadcasting hours sports codes have no or little chance to become financially self-sufficient. Financial sustainability required for the survival and development of sporting codes is to a large extent a function of broadcasting coverage. The Department has an on annual basis had discussions with the public Broadcaster and the Pay TV broadcaster to negotiate the coverage of a basket of sport events. On a yearly basis Sport and Recreation SA identifies a code of Sport that is the Federation of the Year. Additional resources are provided to those codes in profiling and growing the sport towards professionalisation. Television broadcast is also negotiated on behalf of those codes. Sport and Recreation SA played a leading role in ensuring that all matches in the Netball Premier League which was initiated in 2013 was televised live with repeated broadcasts every year since inception. The live broadcast of matches in the Premier Hockey League which caters for both men and women. The inaugural Open Boxing League catering for both men and women was televised.

The broadcast of sports events is regulated by the Sports Broadcast Service Regulations. In December 2018, The Independent Communications Authority (ICASA) published the draft Broadcast Services Regulations to amend Broadcast Services Regulations of 2010.

In order to ensure a long-term sustainable broadcast solution regarding sport broadcast rights, ICASA in consultation with Department of Communications and Digital Technologies conducted public hearings so that it can undertake amendments to the Sports Broadcast Service Regulations of 2010 and concluded the public hearings process in May 2019.

As provided by the Act, ICASA will communicate with the two Ministries Sports, Arts and Culture and Communications and Digital Technologies prior to publishing the final regulations, giving the Minister an opportunity to make recommendations.

2(a) The funds that the Department transfers to SAFA are meant primarily for Women’s Football with a portion for Schools Football.

(b) The Department has made special additional allocation to SAFA for the National Women’s League.

(c) In terms of rugby the funds allocated to South African Rugby are specifically meant primarily for Women’s Rugby and the Get into Rugby programme which targets development of Women’s Rugby.

(3) Yes, The funds referred to in question 2 above are used by SAFA and South African Rugby for National Women’s Tournaments.

(4) The National Federations implement the development programme targeting (a) referees (b) players and (c) administrators utilizing the financial support provided by the Department.

(a) This is in line with the National Sport and Recreation Plan which places the responsibility of developing referees, players and administrators on Federations and that of providing an enabling environment and support on the Department.

(b) Within the conditional grant provision is made for building the capacity of people delivering the school sport programme, club development programme, community sport and active recreation and academies. The allocation includes the development of (a) referees (b) players (c) administrators and coaches

(5)

(a) The Provinces are beneficiaries of the Mass Participation and Sport Development Grant. There is no ringfenced amount for Womens participation in Sport, but in terms of the conditions, programmes must cater for men, women, boys, girls, people with disabilities and on rural areas.

(b) In the 5 years up to 2018, 51% of participants in the National School Sport championships were girls. Other programmes like the youth Camps, Golden Games, National Recreation Day have catered for more women and girls than men.

Reply:

DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND ADVERTISING EXPENDITURE

(1) &(2)(i)(ii). The table below, respond to the question on advertising done by my department, it should ne

(2) further noted that my department has not done any outdoor advertising in the said financial years

2016 - 2017

Media Type	Supplier	Ownership	Cost
	Ulutsha Communication	Black-owned	R 497, 040.00
	Sagittarius Communication	Black-owned	R 244, 427,00
	Hatchery Communication	BEE level 3	R 439 377.00
	Communication Firm	Black-owned	R 8 506 226.85
	Mashemong Communication	Black-owned	R 406 281,80
	GCIS	Government	R 1,096 840.99
Total			R11,190,193.64

2017 - 2018

Media Type	Supplier	Ownership	Cost
Media Buying & Advertising	Ulutsha Communication	Black-owned	R 683, 936.00
	Sagittarius Communication	Black-owned	R 39 100.00
	Sandile Multimedia Technologies	Black-owned	R213 400.00
	Kwa Afrika media	Black-owned	R 137, 500.00
	GCIS	Government	R7 797 658,13
Total			R8 871 594,13

2018 - 2019

Media Typ

Supplier

Ownership

Cost

Media Buying & Advertising	Ulutsha Communication	Black-owned	R 2,431,100.00
	Sagittarius Communication	black-owned	R 390 022,19
	Kwa Afrika media	black-owned	R 1, 019,000.00
	GCIS	Government	R 4 536 443,35
Total			R8 376 565.54

NAME OF ENTITY	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED MEDIA	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Luthuli Museum	Fikozor Business Enterprise	yes	R1 509 000	R 1 376 000	R 2 181 000
	RC Hiring	yes	-	-	-
	Sneriza Business Enterprise	yes	-	-	-
	Zamadela Events	yes	-	-	-
	Sgegede and Themane Manyosi Brothers	yes	-	-	-
	Innovative Concepts	yes	-	-	-
Market Theatre			R4 011 928,41	R2 000 555,43	R 1 474 538,08
SAHRA		Yes	R 67 427.00	R 69 455.00	R 70 064.00

ENTITIES ADVERTISING EXPENDITURE

(1)(ii)

(aa), (bb) and (cc)

State Theatre	Izube alternate Advertising	Yes	R 267 034.00	-	-
	Pallazo Printers	Yes	R 96 670.00	-	-
	Naked Naartjie	Yes	R 232 903	-	-
	Leruo Mpumelelo Media	Yes	R 32 400	-	-
	Azadex PTY Ltd	Yes	R509 840	R 148 519	-
	EN Action Productions	Yes	R 114 260	-	-
	JZ Decaux SA PTY Ltd	Yes	R133 950	-	-
	Spectrum Printers CC	Yes	R673 987,18	R 459 174,23	R 293 700,34
	Madiba Promotions	Yes		R59 451.00	R85 650
	Art Man	Yes		R 97 250	R 50 872
	Shereno Printers CC	yes	R 21 413	R 96 963	R 198 407,59
	Phinot Nostalgic Projects		-	-	R 136 800
	Sisa Collection		-	-	R 42 525
	Dzongeni Projects	Yes	-	-	R32 961
	SABC Radio	Yes	R 498 000	R 285 000	R 316 250
ARTSCAPE			R 1 495 760,79	R 1 310 661,12	R 1 284 555.69
Afrikaans Taal museum	Media 24	Yes	-	-	R 1200.00
	Frantic Digital	Yes	-	-	R35 290.05
	Media 24	Yes	-	R 22 369.64	R 26 887.97
	Radia KC	yes	-	R 2000	R5000
	Frantic Digital	yes	-		R 35 290.05
Freedom Park	Ultimate Recruitment	Yes	R132 210	-	-
	Basadzi	Yes	R 44 924	-	-
	Adreacht/a Fikelela	yes	R282 684	-	-
	Tender Bulletin	yes	R 4 831 00	-	-
	Basadzi	yes	-	R 82 998	-
	Tender Bulletin	yes	-	R 3 500.00	-
	Human Communication	Yes	-	R 11 500.00	-
	Tender Bulletin	yes	-	R 5 272.00	-
National Arts Council		Yes	R 185 897	R218 892	R 360 984
	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
National Heritage Council	Basadzi	Yes	R 44 783.46
	Government printers work	Government	R 2 500.00	-	-
	Independent Newspaper	yes	R 63 735.63	-	-
	Jonti printers	yes	R 8 334.95	-	-
	Government Printing Works	Government	R 500	-	-
	Government Printing work	Government	-	R8000.00	-
	Human Comm	yes	-	R 69 541.73	-
	Independent Newspaper	yes	-	R 30 886.70	-
	Basdazi	yes	-	R 32 719.52	-
	Jonti Tenders	yes	-	R 16 294 .52	-
	Millennium Media		-	-	R 558 140.01
	Government Printing Works	Government	-	-	R 1006.59
	Human Comms		-	-	R 45 406 .31
	Basadzi		-	-	R 23 503.32
	Indepent newspaper		-	-	R127 485.78
	Jonti tenders		-	-	R 12 261.76
PanSALB			R 8987.76	R 1000.00	R 317 444.40
			R 20 629.44	R 29 315.33
			R45 297.90	R 621 000.00
				R 496 840.50
				R 32 970.30
				R 230 614.02
Robben Island Museum	Basadzi	Yes	R 66 881.57
	Human Communications	NO	R 212 736.67	-	-
	Kone Staffing Solution	yes	R 29 554.78	-	-
	Basadzi	Yes	-	R 167 919.80
	Human Communications	yes	-	R 195 106.33	-
	Kone Staffing Solution	yes	-	R 66 469.75	-
	Basadzi		-	-	R 257 314.50
	Human Communications		-	-	R 214 494.77
	Kone Staffing Solution		-	-	R 69 258.44
	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
William Humphreys Art Gallery	Independent Newspaper		R 3 051.35	-	-
	Discount Travellers		R 1 640.00		-
	Independent Newspaper	-	-	R 7 269.76	-
	Media 24	-	-	R 3 886.24	-
	Reflecto signs	-	-	R10 710.30	-
	Find it Kimberley	-	-	-	R 2 298.85
	Media 24	-	-	-	R 28 000.00
	Independent Newspapers	-	-	-	R13 923.68
	Siyafika Communications	-	-	-	R 46 294.00
Ditsong Museums of SA			R 248 639	-	-
			R 443 597	-	-
			R 990 472	-	-
	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
War Museum of the Boer Republic	SPM Brochures	No	R 4 995.00	R 4 9995.00	R 4 995.00
	Media 24	No		R 3 716 86	R 2 081.27
	Government Printing Works	Government	R500.00
Msunduzi Museum		Yes	R44 947.41	R 28 641	R 134 710
Nelson Mandela Museum	Sawubona	SAA	R 20 00.00	-	R 20 000.00
	Explore Magazine	Yes	R23 950.00	-	-
	Mzansi Travel magazine	Yes	R 27 950.00	-	-
	Eastern Cape Coast		R 15 000.00	R 15 000.00	R 15 000.00
	Sky Ways	SA Express	-	-	-
	Equinox Magazine	Tsogo Sun	-	R39 950.00	R 39 950.00
	African Safari	-		R 26 000.00
	Daily Dispatch	-		R 30 000.00	R32 000.00
	SABC Umhlobo wenene	Government	-	-	280 000.00
	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
National Film Video Foundation	Basazdi Government Printing Works	yes Government	R 44 783.46 R 2 500.00	-	-
	Independent Newspaper	yes	R63 735.63	-	-
	Jonti Printers	yes	R 8 334.95	-	-
	Government Printers Works	Government	R 500.00	-	-
	Government Printing Works	Government	-	R 8000.00	-
	Human Comm	Yes	-	R 69 541.73	-
	Independent Newspaper	Yes	-	R 30 886.70	-
	Basadzi	Yes	-	R 32 719.75	-
	Jonti Tenders	yes	-	R 16 294.52	-
	Millennium Media		-		R 58 140.01
	Government Printing works	Government	-	-	R 1006.59
	Human Comms	yes	-	-	R 25 503.32
	Basadzi	yes	-	-	R 7 090.19
	Independent Newspaper	yes	-	-	R127 485.78
	Jonti Tenders	yes	-	-	R12 261.76
	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
KwaZulu Natal Museum	Media 24		R 45 109	-	-
	Government Printing Works		R 2 250	-	-
	Sign Centre		R 18 810	-	-
	Albert Fall		R 5 200	-	-
	Capital Newspaper		R 2 981	-	-
	DR’s TV Adverts		R 7 125	-	-
	Happy Earth		R 1 500	-	-
	Logo Graphics		R 4 104	-	-
	MUM’s Mail		R 29 422	-	-
	Weslam Agencies		R 14 649	-	-
	Media 24		-	R 50 568	-
	Government Printing Works		-	R27 930	-
	Sign Centre		-	R 27 930	-
	Albert Falls		-	R5 600	-
	Capital Newspaper		-	R20 570	-
	DR’s TV Adverts		-	R 7 410	-
	YO Entertainment		-	R 2 500	-
	MUM’S Mail		-	R5 700	-
	Logo Graphics		-	R16 644	-
	On Time Embroidery		-	R 57 779	-
	City Printing Works		-	R 9 988	-
	Project Gateway		-	R 20 000	-
	Media 24		-	-	R 31 940
	Facebook		-	-	R 6 681
	City printing Works		-	-	R 6 681
	Project Gateway		-	-	R 20 000
	Happy Earth		-	-	R1 500
	Mum’ Earth		-	-	R 19 906
	City Printing Works		-	-	R 19 688
	Black Snowflake		-	-	R 10 000
	Braby’s		-	-	R 16 168
	Logo Graphics		-	-	R 30 581
	Maritzburg College		-	-	R6 950
	Jum Design’s		-	-	R 4 140
	Portfolio Media		-	-	R 9 775
	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
National Library of South Africa	Basadzi Personnel CC		R 27 063.99	-	-
	Government Printing Works		R 7 379.91	-	-
	Human Communications		R 8 244.78	-	-
	PNET PTY LTD		R 21 086.58	-	-
	Career Junction		R 1 700.00	-	-
	PIXODEL Design Studio		R 6 500.00	-	-
	Brand Inn Printing		R 13 350	-	-
	MINI Print		R1 407.90	-	-
	Thabile Print		R 24 795	-	-
	Blackpage Marketing		R 17 450	-	-
	ABUJONES projects		R 8 909 .37	-	-
	Newsclip Media DEC-IN 0000104594	Non-compliant contributor	R 9 204.97	-	-
	Lemon and Soda 1st Edition		R 6 315.60	-	-
	Harry’s Printers		R 4 277.50	-	-
	Government Printing Works		-	R 5 750
	Career Junction		-	R 15 903
	LED Cool PTY LTD		-	R 3 600
	Newsclip Media Monitoring		-	R 21 518.02
	Deep Design and Marketing		-	R 4 050
	Blackpage Marketing		-	R 39 750
	Thabile Print		-	R 8 208
	Elle Promotions		-	R 27 588
	Minit Print Holdings		-	R 2 780.46
	BIG O Trading 787		-	R 4 332.00
	Novus Group		-	-	R 9 444.96
	News clip Media		-	-	R 96 654.46
	Government Printing Works		-	-	R 1 261.00
	Led Cool Pty Ltd		-	-	R 6 800
	Elle Promotions		-	-	R 23 115
	ARMANI Office Supplies		-	-	R19 973.93
	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED MEDIA	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Playhouse Company		Yes	R 308 940.00	65 202.79	-
	Government owned (SABC)		R79 942.50	R256 081.05	-
Iziko Museums	City Life Newspaper	no	R64 013.43	R37 115.67	R118 507.85
	Astronomical Society	no	R 2 500.00
	Face book Standard Bank	no	R951.60	R70.13
	Google-Standard	no	785.38	-
	Government Printers	State owned	R 1 750.01	R 3 000.00
	Heart 104.9	Radio	R3 266.21
	Independent Newspaper	No	R 41 708.08	R38 102.31
	Media 24	No	R36 776.40
	Telkom SA	State owned	R19 039.14	R 62 700.00
	Times Media	No	8 280.96
	Hunter House	No		R19 380.00
	Place Myad			R 11 461.11
	Radio Pulpit	Radio		R10 025.00
	SABC Good Hope	Radio		R 62 700.00
	Tiso Blackstar Group			R 21 511.80
	Twitter Standard Bank			R 1 717.70
	Voice of the Cape			R 4 560. 00

(2)(b) (i) (ii) and (c)

NAME OF ENTITY	BLACK OWNED	OUTDOOR ADVERTISING	MEDIA COMPANY	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Market Theatre	Yes	Yes AD Outpost	-	R 67 716	-	-
		Adreach	-	R 28 306,43	-	-
State Theatre	Yes	Continental Outdoor	-	R 247 950	R 19 950
ARTSCAPE	yes		-	R 523 605	R 405 581,91	R 345 702.80
Afrikaans Taalmuseum	yes	Budget Barners	-	R 484.50	-	-
	yes	Smart Digital Media	-	R 1834	-	-
	yes	Frantic Digital	-	R 35 290.05	-	R 35 290.05
Freedom Park	yes	Adreacht/a Fikelela	-	R282 684	-	-
		Adreach t/a Fikelela	-	-	R 348 348	-
		Adreach t/a Fikelela	-	-	-	R351 555
NAC	yes	-	Whoodoo Media and Advertising	R 109 291	R190 733	R260 371
	yes	-	Busi Ntuli Communications	-	-	R99 502
	BLACK OWNED	OUTDOOR ADVERTISING	MEDIA COMPANY	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
National Heritage Council		No	Media 24	R 71 592.00	-	-
		No	Times Media	R 91 262.70	-	-
		Government printers	Government Printing Works	R 1 250.00	R500.00	-
		yes	Lombe Holdings	-	R346 850	-
		yes	NN Concepts		R 91 902
PANsalb		no	Media 24	R 8 987.76	R 496 840.50	R317 444.40
		Yes	Tiso Black Star	R 65 927.34	R 262 984.32	-
			Independent Newspaper	-	R 650 315.33	-
		Government	Government Printing Works	-	R 1000.00	-
	BLACK OWNED	OUTDOOR ADVERTISING	MEDIA COMPANY	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
National Museum			Media 24	-	R 16 364.70	-
			SA art Times	-	R27 500	-
			Xasha Publishing	-	R 1 653.00	-
			Moja Media	-	R11 491.20	-
			Highburry Media	-	R14 250.00	-
			Moja Media	-	R 11 250.00	-
			Highburry Media	-	R14 250.00	-
			BVSA Advertising	-	R 3 650	-
			SunMedia	-	R 768.00	-
			Government Printing Work	-	R 2250.00	-
			Media 24	-	R 28 080.85	-
			Tiiso Blackstar Group	-	R52 240.00	-
			The Citizen	-	R 13 200.30	-
			Independent News Paper	-	R 26 174.40	-
	BLACK OWNED	OUTDOOR ADVERTISING	MEDIA COMPANY	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Ditsong Museums of SA		Yes				R 243 727.20
WAR Museums of the Boer Republic		SPM Brochures
		Media 24			R 3 716.86	R 2 081.27
		Government Printing Works		R 4 995.00	R4 995.00	R 4 995.00
	BLACK OWNED	OUTDOOR ADVERTISING	MEDIA COMPANY	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Playhouse Company	Yes			R273 47.60
			Yes	R 213 459.80
			yes	R468 873.30	R 611 454.64
Iziko Museums		C K Outdoor Advertising	Yes	-	-	R20 700.00

Reply:

The Honourable Member will recall that I responded to this question in September of 2019. It was question No: 85. The status is still the same.

Reply:

The Honourable Member will recall that I responded to this question in September of 2019. It was question No: 69. The status is still the same.

Reply:

The Honourable Member will recall that I responded to this question in September of 2019. It was question No: 84. The status is still the same.

Reply:

1. (a) The Club Development pilot programme focussed on one urban and in rural area, Ethekwini and Vhembe in Kwazulu-Natal and Limpopo respectively. The two provinces have presented their 2018/19 reports and Current progress made to date is as follows:

KWAZULU-NATAL

In 2019 Durban ladies Football Club currently participates in the SASOL National Women’s League.

• In 2018 Durban Ladies Football Club within the Club Pilot Programme managed to get Lottery Sponsorship worth R200 000.00.
• In 2018 African Young Tigers Football Club under 19 team was nominated to participate in the football trials conducted by Kaizer Chiefs FC, Orlando Pirates FC and Mamelodi Sundowns FC.
• In 2018 Summerfield Dynamos Football Club won ABC Motsepe League (provincial League).
• The clubs are now able to create the database of players, members and coaches due to the Clubsmart training provided through the Pilot programme.
• The clubs now have the capacity to host tournaments.
• Communication skills have improved as tthe clubs are able to write proposals to solicit potential sponsors and create a feedback assessment form.

LIMPOPO

• 38 Clubs in Limpopo will be doing D – Licence Football Coaching Course rendered by the South frican Football Association in December 2019 there are 107 clubs in Limpopo that have attended coaching clinics offered by the South African Football Association
• 136 participants have been trained as Netball level 1 Umpires

• 107 athletics clubs in Limpopo have done the following training:

A workshop in Club Administration in the Athletics family Coaches Course – ASA – Level 1 Technical Officials Courses – ASA – Level 1Guidelines on organising Athletics Events Rendered by IAAF and ASA IAAF Crafting of a Constitution to ailing clubs to IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federation) and (ASA) Athletics South Africa Standards

(b) The final consolidated report will be issued in Q4 of 2019 /2020. The Department will analyse the report and share the recommendations with other provinces. The recommendations and analysis will information implementation of the club development programme going forward. Province needs to help in affiliating clubs to the various sports federations and also monitoring them to ensure successful exit strategies,

(2) Since 2006 the department has established clubs in communities where clubs didn’t exist and where they existed the department provided them with necessary support and training. All clubs established in all provinces are supported through the Conditional Grant.

A Workshop with all relevant stakeholders has been planned for the 23rd and 24th October 2019 in Welkom to discuss sustainable club development programmes that will be established in communities.

Reply:

a) The following is the breakdown of allocations by the Department to sport federations for the 2019 / 2020 financial year;

FEDERATIONS	TOTAL
CATEGORY A
Athletics SA (ASA)	8 800 000,00
Basketball South Africa (Basketball SA)	1 400 000,00
Chess South Africa (CHESSA)	1 700 000,00
Cricket South Africa (CSA)	5 000 000,00
Jukskei South Africa (JSA)	800 000,00
Netball South Africa (NSA)	7 000 000,00
Softball South Africa (SSA)	3 900 000,00
South African Football Association (SAFA)	7 000 000,00
South African Gymnastics Federation (SAGF)	12 000 000,00
South African Hockey Association (SAHA)	1 900 000,00
South African National Amateur Boxing Organisation (SANABO)	1 200 000,00
South African Rugby Union (SARU)	5 000 000,00
SA Sports Association for the Physically Disabled (SASAPD)	1 300 000,00
South African Table Tennis Board (SATTB)	1 900 000,00
Swimming South Africa (Swimming SA)	1 900 000,00
Tennis South African (TSA)	2 000 000,00
Volleyball South Africa (VSA)	3 900 000,00
CATEGORY B
Bowls South Africa (Bowls SA)	562 500,00
Cycling South Africa (CSA)	562 500,00
Federation of Dance Sport South Africa (Dance SA)	562 500,00
Judo South Africa (Judo SA)	637 500,00
Rowing South Africa (Rowing SA)	750 000,00
SA Association for the Intellectually Impaired (SAAII)	562 500,00
South African Baseball Union (SABU)	562 500,00
South African Deaf Sports Federation (SADSF)	562 500,00
South African Equestrian Council (SAEC)	412 500,00
South African Golf Association (SAGA)	4 300 000,00
South African National Archery Association (SANAA)	562 500,00
SA Shooting Sport Federation (SASSF)	450 000,00
South African Sport Anglers & Casting Confederation (SASACC)	412 500,00
Squash South Africa (Squash SA)	487 500,00
South African Transplant Sport Association (SATSA)	450 000,00
Surfing South Africa (Surfing SA)	525 000,00
CATEGORY C
Aero Club of South Africa (ACSA)	375 000,00
Badminton South Africa (Badminton SA)	412 500,00
Canoeing South Africa (Canoeing SA)	487 500,00
Darts South Africa (DSA)	337 500,00
Karate South Africa (KSA)	450 000,00
Lifesaving South Africa (LSA)	450 000,00
Masters Sport South Africa (MSSA)	150 000,00
Motorsport South Africa (Motorsport SA)	450 000,00
Power Boat South Africa	300 000,00
Ringball Association of South Africa (RASA)	375 000,00
Roller Sport South Africa (RSSA)	525 000,00
Snow Sports South Africa (SSSA)	337 500,00
South African Amateur Fencing Association (SAAFA)	375 000,00
South African Confederation of Cue Sport (SACCS)	562 500,00
South African Figure Skating Association (SAFSA)	375 000,00
S A Fitness Sport Aerobics Federation (SAFSAF)	375 000,00
South African Handball Federation (SAHF)	487 500,00
South African Ice Hockey Association (SAIHA)	375 000,00
South African Korfball Federation (SAKF)	375 000,00
South African Orienteering Federation (SAOF)	300 000,00
South African Powerlifting Federation (SAPF)	337 500,00
South African Body Building Federation	337 500,00
South African Sailing (SAS)	375 000,00
South African Taekwondo Federation (SATF)	337 500,00
South African Tug-of War Federation (SATWF)	337 500,00
South African Water Ski Federation (SAWSF)	337 500,00
South African Weightlifting Federation (SAWF)	450 000,00
South African Wrestling Federation (SAWF)	450 000,00
Triathlon South Africa (Triathlon SA)	450 000,00
Underwater Sport South Africa	375 000,00
University Sport South Africa (USSA)	700 000,00

b) The National Lotteries Commission that the Commission does not make allocations to organizations but provide grants based on the successful applications made by the organizations. The National Lotteries Commission provided the following breakdown in terms of grants the Commission has availed to sports federations in this financial year;

Name of the Federation	Allocated Amount
Tennis South Africa	3 000 000,00
Volleyball South Africa	3 901 961,00
Judo South Africa	175 000,00
South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee	8 000 000,00
Cricket South Africa	3 500 800,00
South African Deaf Sports Federation	1 923 550,00
South African Disabled Golf Association	1 050 000,00

a) Considering the number of sports federations supported by the Department, a sample of sports federations is monitored through visits to identified projects and attendance of selected governance meetings (AGM).

b) The sports bodies also submits the reports to the Department which are used as a tool for assessing whether the funds are used for the intended purposes.

c) In addition, the Department through Internal Audit also conducts audits of sampled sports federations.

d) The National Lotteries Commission indicated that the Commission has provincial footprint in all provinces. Part of the responsibilities of the provincial offices is to conduct monitoring and evaluations function in order to ensure that the National Lotteries Commission yield the envisaged return on the funded project

Reply:

1. The department did not host a budget vote event or function. However, the department had an exhibition at the old Assembly Chamber courtyard for a total amount of R198 455. 04

2. The Department did not give out gifts.

Reply:

(1) No. The Government did not specifically budget for the All Africa Games.

(ii) Government provide an annual funding to the South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC).

(iii) SASCOC determines the split of the funds allocated towards various projects including the African Games.

SAFA, which qualified for the games via the CAF process of qualification as early as February already, and as such were not bound by the criteria for qualification stated by SASCOC, which had in any event not been approved by the Members

(i) SAFA (as with the other member federations) had notice in respect of SASCOC’s selection policy for the African Games 2019.

(ii) In respect of delivering Team SA to the African Games 2019 and as per the applicable selection policy, football was not a qualifying code.

(iii) The selection policy had as its basis that only those codes of sport that needed to participate in the African Games for purposes of gaining the necessary qualification to participate in the 2020 Olympics, would be part of Team SA for these games.

(IV) The policy was motivated due to SASCOC not being able to fund a larger team to attend these games.

(i) Government assisted SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) to secure funding to go to Morocco. This as part of the support provided to SASCOC over the quadrennial towards preparation and delivery of teams at various multi-coded events including the African Games.

(ii) Given the constrained budget allocated to the Department, the Department could only provide additional funding to SASCOC in previous financial year by cutting the allocation to the Federations. This could not be repeated for consecutive years.

(iii) The time at which SASCOC wrote to the Department indicating the inadequacy of the budget did not allow for any engagement of corporate for possible sponsorship.

(i) Government does not support individual codes for participation at the multi-coded events. This is because participation at multi-coded events such as the African Games is through SASCOC.

(i) SAFA, following an appeal to SASCOC and subsequently the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, were granted permission by SASCOC after the Minister’s intervention to SASCOC, understanding the SAFA appeal and statement of facts around this matter.

(i) The approval for SAFA to participate in the African Games 2019 came from the intervention of the Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture. In a letter dated 15 August 2019, the Minister issued a directive in terms of section 13 of the National Sport and Recreation Act.1998 (Act No. 110 of 1998 as amended), for SASCOC to grant SAFA to participate in the African Games 2019.

(i) In respect of costs, SAFA has at all times taken full responsibility for its own costs in all major events, with no support from other stakeholders, other than the related sponsors who fund the relevant teams

(i) With reference to the African Games 2019, SAFA paid for all the registration participation, travel and accommodation costs to attend these games. No costs of SAFA attending these Games were covered by SASCOC.

(ii) Should SAFA have qualified in terms of SASCOC’s approved selection criteria to be a part of Team SA in attending major events and/or tournaments then SASCOC would have met the cost of attendance as with any other qualifying sport code.

(iii) One of the main reasons for adopting the selection policy that resulted in a reduced team to the African Games 2019 was due to SASCOC not being in receipt of the requisite funds to be able to cover the cost of a larger Team SA size.

Reply:

We support the initiative of Sport Academies because our vision is to upskill and professionalise the craft whether be the athlete or the artists.

Financial year	2016-17	2017-18	2018-2019
Number of Sport academy supported	38	39	55
Budget	R41,454,000	R56,064,000	R56,212,840

 

	Name of the academy	Type	Province
1	Eastern Cape Provincial Academy	Provincial	EC
2	Sarah Baartman District Academy	District	EC
3	Amathole District Academy	District	EC
4	Buffalo City District Academy	District	EC
5	Chris Hani District Academy	District	EC
6	Joe Gqabi District Academy	District	EC
7	OR Tambo District Academy	District	EC
8	Alfred Nzo District Academy	District	EC
9	Nelson Mandela Metro District Academy	District	EC
10	Free State Provincial Academy of Sport	Provincial	FS
11	Lejweleputswa	District	FS
12	Thabo Mofutsanyana	District	FS
13	Fezile Dabi	District	FS
14	Mangaung metro	District	FS
15	Provincial Academy	Provincial	GP
16	Sedibeng	District	GP
17	West Rand	District	GP
18	Ekurhuleni	District	GP
19	University of Johannesburg (HPC)	District	GP
20	Tshwane	District	GP
21	Prime Sports	Provincial	KZN
22	KZN Canoe Club	District	KZN
23	Football for Life	District	KZN
24	Rugby	District	KZN
25	Midlands	District	KZN
26	Athletics	District	KZN
27	Cricket	District	KZN
28	KZN Provincial Academy	District	KZN
29	Masidlalesonke	District	KZN
30	Club 10	District	KZN
31	Limpopo Academy of Sport	Provincial	LP
32	Capricorn	District	LP
33	Waterbe rg	District	LP
34	Sekhukhune	District	LP
35	Mopani	District	LP
36	Vhembe	District	LP
37	Mpumalanga Sports Academy	Provincial	MP
38	Ehlanzeni	District	MP
39	Nkangala	District	MP
40	Gert Sibande	District	MP
41	NC Academy of Sport	Provincial	NC
42	Namaqua District A	District	NC
43	ZF Mgcawu District	District	NC
44	North West Academy	Provincial	NW
45	DR Ruth SM	District	NW
46	Dr Kenneth Kaunda	District	NW
47	Ngaka Molema M	District	NW
48	Bojanala academy	District	NW
49	Western Cape Sport Academy	Provincial	WC
50	Eden District Academy	District	WC
51	West Coast District Academy	District	WC
52	Cape Winelands District Academy	District	WC
53	Central Karoo District Academy	District	WC
54	Overberg District Academy	District	WC
55	Metro academy	District	WC

 

The Provincial and District Academies are mainly provided with financial support through the Conditional Grant funding. This support is for training, resourcing of Academies, provision of athlete support and provision of support to Sport Focus Schools.

(i) Funding for the Academies Programme is not allocated per sport. It is allocated per Province which in turn further allocate to the Academies within Province.

Reply:

(i) Yes. There are professional scouts involved in the Rural Sport Development Programme. They are provided by the Provincial Federations.

(i) A total number of 58 talented young persons have been scouted and nurtured since 2016.

(ii) Below is the information on the level of participation of the talented athletes;

EASTERN CAPE

a) Two Boys and 1 Girl were scouted for Athletics in the 2017 National Rural Sport Championships

b) Four Netball Girls were scouted by Netball South Africa at National Rural Sport Games in 2017

FREE STATE

a) Victor Mlangeni was signed by Mamelodi Sundowns School of excellence trough football trials

b) Twelve football players scouted and attended trials hosted by SAFA School of Excellence

c) Eight Athletes were scouted and attended Free State Athletics Championships

d) Lerato Tshabala Athletics participant was scouted in the Free State Athletics Championships and qualified for National Championships in 1500m

GAUTENG

a) The Football Team from Magaliesburg has been promoted to Sasol League. It should be noted that the Programme in Gauteng has two Traditional Council and three farming communities.

KWA ZULU NATAL

a) The following athletes from Maphumulo Traditional Council, Mongezi Langa (100m and 200m in athletics), Olwethu Manana (400m in athletics) have progressed to participate in the South African Championships. Candice Khumalo (400m in athletics) has progressed to participate at the Provincial Athletics competitions.

b) Mfundo Mchunu from the Maphumulo Traditional Council has signed with Wits Academy.

c) Sambulo Nxumalo and Sandiso Mchunu were selected for provincial U15 Rugby. They are both from Mnqobokazi Traditional Council.

d) Nelisiwe Madonsela and Lindokuhle Chonco have progressed to participate at the Provincial Schools Athletics Championships. They are from Ama Swati Traditional Council.

e) Onelihle Mkhize has progressed to participate at National Schools Championships. She is from Kwa Xolo Traditional Council.

NORTHERN CAPE

a) Three Boys football players were scouted for Schools of excellence in Gauteng

MPUMALANGA

a) One player is now part of the Rugby Pumas Club

NORTH WEST

a) Two Boys football players have been scouted and joined Florida Academy in Gauteng

(i) The Rural Sport Development Programme is a development programme conceptualized and implemented in conjunction with the National Federations and the Provincial Federations as well as other key stakeholders such as the Provincial Departments, National House of Traditional Leaders, Provincial Houses of Traditional Leaders.

Reply:

The Department still regards the South African Doping Control Laboratory (SADoCol) as a strategic national asset in anti-doping. SADoCol is the only Doping Control Laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the African Continent. The proper and effective operations of the SADoCol is therefore critically important for the country, the region and the entire continent.

The Acting Director General is planning to meet SADoCol at least by 15 October 2019 to continue with the co-operative work undertaken to date.

The Department has previously provided WADA with the letter of intended support to SADoCol.

It is the intention of the Department to register SADoCol as a sporting body to enable the Department and Government in general to work with and support the Laboratory on Anti-doping matters.

It should be noted that the final status of incorporation for SADoCol will have to be in line with the WADA prescripts which seeks to safe guard the independence of the Doping Control Laboratory from external influence.

Recognizing the strategic significance of the SADoCol as outlined in (1) above, the Department remains committed to support the Laboratory.

Reply:

1. In my view, the Districts Consultations and Provincial Summits were well organized and went according to the CCIFSA NEC’s plan. The total number of voting participants across all nine provinces were a total of 2223.

2. (a). My department engaged on the District Consultations, which were held under the umbrella of (District General Meetings) and Provincial Summits as an emergency intervention after seeing that CCIFSA was failing to achieve the planned Conference.

(b) I had indicated in the past that CCIFSA was encouraged to continue with its programmes and related activities, however I cautioned CCIFSA that this should not delay the conference further as it was long overdue already in March 2019 and that their term of office had lapsed and other stakeholders such as CITT were adamant that the conference should be held in order to appoint a new leadership.

3. My department received all necessary reports and audited financial statements from CCIFSA prior to the National Conference. As this was a CCIFSA Conference, the CCIFSA National Executive Committee (NEC) was responsible for the content of the conference including distribution of the reports to their delegates at their own accord. The role of the department was only to provide strategic support and logistics coordination in order for CCIFSA NEC to achieve the implementation of the conference. The Interim Committee was able to account to the Department for the funds provided by submitting reports and audited financial reports.

4.(a).The National Conference took place in August 2019 and a new CCIFSA leadership was elected comprising of 6 National Executive Committee members and 9 Sector Representatives.

(b). The total amount given to the CCIFSA so far amounts to R15 million inclusive of the funds provided to the Interim Committee, the amount given for the Usiba amounts to R12 million.

Reply:

1.1 The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) does have a selection policy. It has a General Eligibility and Selection Criteria which was ratified by the SASCOC General Assembly on 9 June 2018.

a) The Department makes direct payment to African Games Organizing Committee (COJAR) for participation fees and allocates an annual allocation to SASCOC part of which is to cover costs towards the African Games.

a) The total amount of R10,963,000 is allocated to SASCOC for the 2019/2020 financial year. This amount is not earmarked for African Games nor split per project. It is SASCOC that determines the split of the amount based on their priorities as per their business plan.

b) There was no specific amount requested by SASCOC for the African Games except that SASCOC indicated that the estimated cost for the African Games was R20,000,000.

Reply:

The rationale for the social compact convention comes upon the realisation that no single sector, including government, can single-handedly succeed in the goal of achieving a socially integrated and inclusive society. That is, for South Africa to become a socially integrated and inclusive society, the different sectors in society need to make commitments and hold each other to account.

At the national convention, a broad consensus would be obtained in terms of the letter and the spirit of the social contract on social cohesion and nation building. The social compact or social contract will be an agreement among the different sectors in society, including labour, business, traditional authorities, and the faith based sector, wherein they will collectively and individually commit to concrete and tangible deliverables, all in an effort towards meeting the goal of a socially integrated and inclusive society.

Currently, sector consultations are in progress and a desktop study on compacting is being concluded.

It must be noted here too that the social compact project is not meant to circumvent the broader programme of action of government on social cohesion and nation building i.e. the 5-year NDP Implementation Plan (Priority 5). Rather, the programme of action as it relates to Priority 5, is meant to give traction to the social compact project. In other words, government’s commitments, as a sector as they relate to the social compact project, will be extrapolated from government’s commitments in terms of the 5-year NDP Implementation Plan (Priority 5). That is, while the 5-year NDP Implementation Plan (priority 5) focuses on total effort by government on social cohesion and nation building, the social compact project focuses on total effort at the societal level that includes all sectors of society, not just government. In terms of impact, government is hopeful, since there have been numerous examples of compacting before that went reasonably well. The negotiated settlement and the Constitution of the Republic, for which there was much consensus, are examples of social compacts.

Reply:

The Outcome 14 sets out five long-term nation building goals for South Africa. For the sports sector, what is key is the promotion of social cohesion across society through increased interaction across race and class. Therefore, it is without question that the NDP and the sectoral National Sport and Recreation Plan (NSRP) that is aligned to (NDP) recognise sport as a way to foster nation building and social cohesion.

To give expression to the visions of these plans over the medium term, Department of Sports, Arts and Culture intends to:

• continue broadening the participation base in sport,

The Department will therefore continue to work for transformation in the sports fraternity by ensuring equitable access, development and excellence at all levels of participation, thereby improving social cohesion, nation building and the improving quality of life of all South Africans.

The NSRP reminds us that “no country can expect to achieve and sustain success at the elite level without a strong participation base in the community, because that is the beginning for every champion”. It is therefore not by accident that the greater part of our budget is allocated to the Active Nation Programme. This Programme provides mass participation opportunities for participants from different walks of life.

Being a winning nation has very favourable spinoffs for nation building and social cohesion.

Therefore, the Department’s daily work contributes directly towards the achievement of Social Cohesion. This, because the work of the Department is about bringing people from different sectors, and demographic profiles, together to share common spaces and experiences. To ensure that physical activity and sports becomes a vehicle for social cohesion, the Department does among other things, the following (in no particular order):

• Consult the sector during its strategic planning to ensure that its plans go beyond just playing.
• Deliver the Youth Camps in all 9 provinces. The National Youth Camp provides a platform for the youth of our country to interact across race, class and social backgrounds. The youth Camp includes young learners from urban rural, the disabled sector and across race groups. The content of the Youth Camp includes, Leadership skills relating to Social cohesion and Nation building, Community Services, Sport and indigenous games and Entrepreneurial skills.
• Encourage communities to organise sporting events, leagues and championships – by making available, the Mass Participation and Sport Development Grant to further facilitate the delivery of sport and recreation through partnerships with relevant delivery agents such as provinces.

Reply:

DSAC has prioritised the Code Specific training as approved by the International Federations and the National Federations for Women and the effects thereof will be visible as from 2020. As a result, rugby, football and cricket’s national women teams at an under 15 and under 17 levels have shown an increase in all provinces as did the number of women coaches and referees.

Following the 2017/18 EPG report in which women‘s position in sport was compared to that of men in 19 sports in Dashboard format, this indicate that funding continues to be a challenge in women sport, the EPG is in the process of compiling a dashboard on women’s position in the 19 sports codes on its own. This will bring sharper focus and a basis for comparison of women in sport annually.

The National Federations that are part of the Eminent Person Group Report (EPG) are required to outline the programmes aimed at addressing the key findings / shortcomings as identified in the EPG Report. These programmes form part of the Business Plans that are submitted for the release of annual funding.

In addition, the Federations sign the Agreements wherein they commit to the self-set targets (Barometer targets). These targets form the basis of continuous engagements on the performance of the identified National Federations.

Reply:

The Ministers of both Sport and Recreation and Basic Education signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2018 committing to the provision of an integrated school sport programme. The MOU identifies various role players who are tasked with delivering physical education and sport in schools. Physical Education is a learning area within the Curriculum of Basic Education.

In line with the integrated strategic framework for Teacher Education and development that has been developed between the Department of Basic Education and Department of Higher Education, teachers are capacitated through Life Orientation subject committees. (national, provincial and district) focussing on Physical Education as a learning area. The Curriculum within the Department of Basic Education identifies training needs and submits to the teacher development unit to facilitate the training of teachers in Physical Education.

The Mass Participation and Sport Development Grant from the Department of Sport and Recreation that is allocated to Provinces makes provision for 38% of the grant to be allocated to the School Sport Programme, annually.

Of the allocated amount, 10% is ring-fenced for training of educators which includes training of coaches in specific codes of sport.

Reply:

(a). The audit outcomes of the 2017/2018 financial year did not reflect irregularities for the National Arts Council. The entity was granted clean audit.

(b). My department instructed the Council of the National Arts Council to investigate the allegations against the CEO of the NAC. The investigation was conducted by Gobodo Forensic Investigative Authority that made findings which were concluded through a disciplinary hearing. The final outcome of the hearing received from the independent Chairperson of the hearing was received on 03 April 2019. The CEO was subsequently acquitted on all charges and reported for duty on the 12th April 2019.

Reply:

The Mzansi Golden Economy (MGE) programme was established to make a strategic investment to optimize the economic benefit of the Cultural and Creative sector of South Africa. It was positioned as a valuable capital investment tool to economic growth and job creation.

Its main purpose was to stimulate demand, audience development and consumption, and human capital development, amongst others.

Targets (as can be traced in the ANNUAL REPORTS) were met consistently over the past 5 years. The current target in APP is to create 9000 job opportunities and all effort is made to ensure that this set target is achieved.

MGE has immensely made an impact throughout the country in the arts and culture sector. Through MGE funding a number of Provincial events have been sustained and these events have over the years showcased local talents, contributed in forming collaborations between arts practitioners, created platforms for skills development and increased levels of arts appreciation.

Reply:

The following outlines the Key summary of instruments/ recommendation addressing socio-economic transformation that were identified at the Film/Audio-visual Summit:-

1. Establishment of a Transformation Charter/Sector Codes & Bargaining Council: to encourage Ownership, preferential procurement, Supplier development, Enterprise development for impact on socio-economic development. The Bargaining Council: will address the status of contract worker, labour issues, social security and standards.
2. Sign a work place Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Code of Good Practise pledge to encourage standard of good practice within film & audio-visual production companies.
3. Policy, legislation review with attention to the Intellectual Property (IP) regime: to conduct a socio-economic impact study on the Copyright Amendment Bill.
4. Mobile Economy opportunities: together with the partner department DOCT establishment and support of Innovation, Digital Content hubs; support the initiatives that will gear up South Africa for the 4th Industrial Revolution, in particular Animation training to stimulate content creation activities.
5. Advocacy and Consultation: to support existing key industry organisations for strategic partnership in pursuing advocacy role, continuous consultation on issues affecting the industry through an Industry Reference Group.
6. Establishment of Film/Audio-visual Fund: we will submit a motivation to SARS to collapse Sections 12 (o) and 12 (J) to encourage and stimulate private sector investment into the film/audio-visual industry,
7. Private Sector investment stimulation: Submit a business case to National Treasury motivating for a budget increase – maybe the DTI Film Incentives budget can be managed by DSAC and the NFVF for the creation of the Film Production Fund that will support more African co-productions and Animation productions.
8. Marketing & Distribution support: encourage preferential scheduling for local films and co-productions amongst local companies. Incentivise Sales agencies, subsidise marketing and distribution for theatrical releases.
9. Skills & Infrastructure support: to engage TVET Colleges in creating centres of audio-visual specialisation in all the value chain. Support: Mentorship, film training initiatives, technical skills, film literacy and appreciation.

(b). the implementation of the Summit recommendations has been structured as follows:

Short Term: 2019/2020: Our Department is already addressing three (3) of the above recommendations

Short to Medium Term: 2019/2020–2020/2021-2021/2023

Long Term: 2021/2022 – 2023/2024

Reply:

The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture and the Department of Traditional Affairs and the National House of Traditional Affairs concluded and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in 2018. The MOU includes amongst others the following areas

• Rites of passage including Traditional Initiation
• Harmful cultural practices
• Oral history
• Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS)
• Promotion of Indigenous languages
• Moral Regeneration
• Resistance and Liberation Heritage
• Social Cohesion

The two departments are presently developing an implementation protocol with activities and timeframes to be presented to the two Ministers. The Departments are already cooperating on projects such as the documentation and protection of indigenous knowledge through the documentation of the work of Living Human Treasures. Projects such as the restoration of the grave of Chief Maqoma, King Hintsa exhumation and reburial and the construction of the Sarah Bartmann Center of Remembrance and KhoiSan Museum are some of the projects that focus on and promote South Africa’s diverse culture and heritage.

These projects involve both the DTA and traditional leaders. The Department of Sports, Arts and culture is in the process of appointing a panel of experts who will assist with compiling a national register of our rich and diverse indigenous knowledge systems. The panel will also develop another register of IKS needing urgent safeguarding. The Department of Traditional Affairs and the National House of Traditional Leaders will be invited to second a representative to the panel of experts.

Reply:

The broadcast of sports events is regulated by the Sports Broadcast Service Regulations. In December 2018, The Independent Communications Authority (ICASA) published the draft Broadcast Services Regulations to amend Broadcast Services Regulations of 2010.

In order to ensure a long-term sustainable broadcast solution regarding sport broadcast rights, ICASA in consultation with Department of Communications and Digital Technologies conducted public hearings so that it can undertake amendments to the Sports Broadcast Service Regulations of 2010 and concluded the public hearings process in May 2019.

The process of further consultation, analysing and finalising the inputs is still in progress.

As provided by the Act, ICASA will communicate with the two Ministries Sports, Arts and Culture and Communications and Digital Technologies prior to publishing the final regulations.

Reply:

1. KZNA submitted the questions after the deadline stipulated by the notice of the AGM.
2. The ASA Board did have the answers on the KZNA questions ready, but the ASA Council instructed the Board not to answer, as KZNA did not follow constitutional protocol.
3. Furthermore KZNA submitted Delegates for the AGM after the deadline. One of the 2 Delegates was not eligible as per ASA Constitution.
4. The ASA Council ruled that the KZNA President must be allowed to be part of the Council Meeting but the ineligible member was not allowed to attend the ASA Council meeting.
5. The KZNA President refused to be part of the ASA Council, and the ASA Council, with a quorum present, continued without the KZNA Delegation present.
6. The ASA Council also reprimanded KZNA for submitting the financial statements to the media soon after ASA send the ASA Financial Statements to the ASA Members for scrutiny, but KZNA fail to submit the questions on the financial statements to the ASA Council in time.
7. The ASA Council also mandated the ASA board to consult the KZNA regarding the manner the KZNA Delegation tried to intimidate and discredit the ASA Council.

(2) (a) can she provide Mr T W Mhlongo with

(i) a list of each source of income from which ASA has benefited in the past three years and

ASA income	2017	2016	2015
SABC	13 250 000.00	12 500 000.00	8 333 333.34
SASCOC	5 250 000.00	12 836 713.00	1 498 587.75
IAAF- Grant	374 943.00	3 425 967.00
Permanent licences	2 581 579.00	2 369 079.00	2 274 818.45
Rental Inc - Telkom tower	80 040.00
Grant - Lotto	14 260 400.00	36 884 800.00	2 500 000.00
SRSA Grant income	2 000 000.00	2 000 000.00	700 000.00
Rule book	84 296.00	168 290.00	27 350.00
Temporary licence	1 317 323.00	570 064.00
Old mutual			2 192 982.46
	39,198,581.00	70,754,913.00	17,527,072.00

(ii) a copy of ASA's annual budget and business plan for the (a) 2016-17, (bb) 2017-18 and (cc)2018-19 financial years and

a) The ASA Business Plan was endorsed at the 2016 ASA AGM and is effective for the period 2016 – 2020, in other words for the 4 years from Olympic Games to Olympic Games.

b) The Business Plan and annual budgets are attached.

 

(b) what percentage of ASA's total income is attributable to:

a From 2014 to 2017, 100% of the ASA income was applied mainly due to the debt of more than R20 000 000.00 liabilities, inherited mainly from the previous Boards of 2010 & 2012, as well as projects according the ASA Business Plan.

b) Although some of the projects where scaled down during the period 2014 – 2017 to adhere to budget constraints, none of the ASA projects were cancelled and took place successfully.

(i) fees/commission charged by ASA on road running events,

a) ASA charged no commission or fees for any event including Road Races.

b) Provinces do charge levies on events, but ASA has no access to these resources as it is intended to finance the development of athletics at provincial and club level.

(ii) sponsorship related to road running events and

a) ASA did not have a Road Running Sponsor since 2010. National Road Running events are funded from levies from the sale of licenses.

b) The primary challenge is clubs called “Corporate Clubs” whom claim special treatment, yet contaminate the commercial space with their branding on clothing, in violation with IAAF advertising regulations.

c) All clubs are equal within ASA structures. The fact that some clubs are financially stronger does not give “Corporate Clubs” special rights within ASA.

d) “Corporate Clubs” whom claim to sponsor athletes, do not contribute towards the funding of races where their athletes must run, and fail to assist on expenses related to funding South African teams to international events.

e) “Corporate clubs” are using athletes as “running billboards” and very little of the commercial profits from such exposure is invested in developing athletics.

(iii) (iii) the issuing of ASA permanent licences to road runners and/or road running clubs? NW2461E

a) ASA obtain income annually on average R2 400 000.00 from the sale of licenses.

b) On average the cost of printing the licenses are R1 300 000.00.

c) The remaining income on license levies, on average R1 100 000.00, are used to subsidize the provinces who host the National Road Running Championships ( 10km; 21.1km; 42.2 km) and prize money for the road running category winners.

Expenses from Road Running often are more than the income obtained from licenses and have to be balanced from other income

 

Reply:

1.(a). The payment on the court yard project was delayed due to delayed submission of reports from Department of Public Works.

(b). the recovery basis is purely to claim for work done and this has been the practiced by DPW for many years. DAC does not transfer funds to DPW in advance.

(2)(a). the project has from the onset been allocated to DPW.

(b). the project is on construction stage.

(c). the project contract commencement date was the 29th June 2012 and site hand over date was 14 January 2013

3.(a)(i). R 296 000 000 has been budgeted for this project

(ii). R 252 384 531

(b). The delays were due to:

• During procurement stage, the site hand over was delayed because the Department of Public Works could not find a suitable off-site storage to relocate all collections from the museum therefore the site was never handed over totally to the contractor. The site hand over was therefore delayed by over a year.
• It was then agreed that the museum collections and staff will be moved from floor to floor after completion of the works on those floors.
• Most of the stored collection were stored in alcohol and other flammable liquids in big tanks that took a year to store in the basement. It has not been easy to work on the project that is occupied.
• During construction, the only compliant appointed specialized subcontractor responsible for the installation of compactus storage facility went under liquidation. The liquidation process and the procurement of the new subcontractor took long to complete.

4. Occurrence of fruitless and wasteful expenditure has not been recorded or reported.

Reply:

The National Treasury has issues instructions that contain cost cutting measures that applies across government. We comply with those prescripts.

Reply:

1.  – The Department coordinates quarterly meetings with all nine provinces to discuss the progress, challenges and the way forward in the implementation of the grant projects,

- Provinces also submit monthly financial, quarterly and annual evaluation reports for the department to monitor their spending and performance,

- Monitoring visits to projects are conducted and site meetings are attended regularly,

- The Department conducts an evaluation of the performance of the grant annually as required by the Division of Revenue Act.

- The Department allows provinces to use a maximum of 5 per cent of the total amount allocated to them for capacity building and provincial coordination of the grant. The Department advises provinces to utilise these funds for the purpose it is meant for and to improve project management skills and capacity.

- The Department continues to provide oversight over the implementation of the project through MINMEC and the TIC on a quarterly basis to ensure regular communication and reporting.

2. (a) what amount was allocated to each province to Sports, Arts and Culture for the past five years

past five years allocation
	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
EC	109 418	143 694	149 320	156 105	160 584
FS	119 013	155 776	157 758	159 017	159 504
GP	125 608	155 693	163 339	172 428	168 530
KZN	122 754	157 696	163 162	173 093	174 397
LP	81 010	112 156	115 295	121 184	125 643
MP	114 781	150 325	155 289	162 777	162 479
NC	118 396	147 121	152 313	163 000	159 554
NW	98 883	130 096	136 494	141 092	136 369
WC	126 347	158 469	164 162	171 264	176 624
TOTAL	1 016 210	1 311 026	1 357 132	1 419 960	1 423 684

(b) has any of the provinces underspent their budgets?

Yes,

Underspending
	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
EC	26 873	5 174	1 268	0	5 844
FS	5 566	459	1 528	14 805	17 650
GP	9 587	49 534	33 008	53 109	18 606
KZN	14 199	38 995	9 878	-68	-288
LP	37 439	15 502	408	7 041	14 200
MP	12 404	36 186	15 112	0	145
NC	18 549	23 976	18 703	30 714	3 754
NW	20 404	20 526	17 032	12 729	21 473
WC	0	464	0	0	0
TOTAL	145 021	190 816	96 937	118 330	81 384

(c) what total amount in each province was spent on

(i) salaries

budget spent on salaries
	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
EC	34 303	39 707	46 635	52 886	57 697
FS	25 383	38 834	60 906	72 996	68 533
GP	15 322	37 866	40 000	53 600	59 698
KZN	4 245	4 789	7 344	10 398	10 018
LP	12 214	20 783	31 946	35 430	37 182
MP	22 904	26 079	30 250	42 341	42 343
NC	25 037	27 821	37 652	43 408	51 171
NW	27 083	32 973	39 082	43 821	48 398
WC	86 762	110 774	122 710	134 147	151 531
TOTAL	253 253	339 626	416 525	489 027	526 571

(c) what total amount in each province was spent on

(ii) actual development of sports, arts and culture,

budget spent towards development of sports, arts and culture
	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
EC	75 115	103 987	102 685	103 219	102 887
FS	93 630	116 942	96 852	86 021	90 971
GP	110 286	117 827	123 339	118 828	108 832
KZN	118 509	152 907	155 818	162 695	164 379
LP	68 796	91 373	83 349	85 754	88 461
MP	91 877	124 246	125 039	120 436	120 136
NC	93 359	119 300	114 661	119 592	108 383
NW	71 800	97 123	97 412	97 271	87 971
WC	39 585	47 695	41 452	37 117	25 093
TOTAL	762 957	971 400	940 607	930 933	897 113

Reply:

The officials are busy collating data to make sure that the Hon. Member is given an accurate information. As soon as that process is done I will forward the Honourable Member the required information.

Reply:

The Task Team charged with the inquiry completed its task. In response to the recommendation made, the then Minister appointed Mr Mthobi Tyamzashe as the facilitator to SASCOC. On the weekly basis since then meets the SASCOC’s Organisational Development Task Team to map out and implementing the report.

Some of the recommendation depends on the amendment of the law which is before Parliament. The Parliamentary process will determine the pace of implementation.

Some of the issues will be dealt with at the SASCOC Annual General Meeting to be held in November of this year.

Reply:

1. A budget was allocated for;

(a) CCIFSA’s district consultations

i) The toatal budget for 54 district summits amounts to R5,000,000.00

(b) CCIFSA provincial summits and national conference

(i) The total budget for 9 Provincial summits and a National Conference amounts to R8 650 000.00

(ii) The dates for the conference were 24th and 25th August 2019.

(iii)The Department engaged with the relevant stakeholders including CCIFSA members and the Creative Industries Task Team (CITT) members who were part of the organizing team.

2. The new CCIFSA leadership was endorsed at the national conference. The list of the new leadership as below:

LIST OF NEWLY ELECTED CCIFSA NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

	DESIGNATION	NAME AND SURNAME	PROVINCE
1	PRESIDENT	JOY MBEWANA	KZN
2	DEPUTY-PRESIDENT	JOHANNES MSOMI	MP
3	SECRETARY GENERAL	AYANDA RODA	FS
4	DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL	ANELE MAKI	WC
5	TREASURER	MANGALISO MTSHULA	NC
6	NATIONAL CO-ORDINATOR	LUZUKO KHOHLI	EC

LIST OF NEWLY ELECTED CCIFSA SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES

ITEM	SECTOR	NAME AND SURNAME
1	CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE SECTOR	HANS KHANYE
2	INDIGENOUS WISDOM	ZUKO NTONZIMA
3	VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS	MASEGO MOILOA
4	DESIGN AND CREATIVE	SIBUSISO MABUZA
5	ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE TECHNICAL SUPPORT	EDWIN STHEMBISO KHUMALO
6	PERFORMANCE AND CELEBRATION	VUYOKAZI MESILANE
7	LANGUAGE AND PUBLISHING	JAHROSE NTHABISENG JAFTA
8	AUDIO-VISUAL AND INTERACTIVE MEDIA	PINKI TUSWA
9	ARTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING	MAHLUBI NIXON KRAAI

Reply:

The Honourable Member asked exactly the same question last year. It was question 2555 and it was responded too. The status remains the same.

Reply:

1. The ASA Board received a mandate from the ASA Council at the ASA QGM in 2016 to align the ASA Development Strategy, to achieve success at the Olympic Games, as its primary objectives.
2. In this regard ASA has a National Development Strategy which is available on the ASA website http://www.athletics.org.za/centresofexcellence.
3. Athletics is a labour intensive sport which requires substantial resources to engage large quantities of athletes, coaches, officials and administrators at all levels of participation.
4. With the above in mind, the ASA Development Programme is an all-inclusive programme.
5. Effectively, this means that ASA have to fund expenses related to international competitions, national competitions and skills development projects to level the playing field ensure that athletes from all communities has access to athletics.
6. The strategy to fund all phases of development, are paying dividends for South Africa. The following is relevant:

6.1 To ensure that South African athletes are exposed to international competitions at youth, junior and senior level, ASA cover all expenses of all athletes in the team, e.g. clothing, travel, accommodation and per diems for the duration of the championships.

6.2 The ASA Youth Team is currently listed no.1 in the world on the medal tally

6.3 The ASA Junior Team is currently listed no.6 in the world on the medal tally

6.4 The ASA Senior Team is currently listed no.3 in the world on the medal tally

7. ASA is one of a few countries in the world that send representative teams to all IAAF World Championships, and CAA African Championships at youth, junior and senior level.

8. ASA cater for all disciplines of athletics, Track and Field, Road Running, Off-Road Running and ultra-distance. Most countries in the world cater for only some of the disciplines in athletics.

9. ASA Coaches serve as head coaches in countries such as Germany, India and many African Countries.

10. ASA National Coaches are used as facilitators/instructors in coaching courses by many countries in the world

11. ASA Technical Officials serve as Referees and Chief Judges in many international competitions.

12. ASA Leaders and Administrators are serving on many structures at African and IAAF level

13. Many countries in the world are now seeking guidance from ASA as to how to develop athletics in their countries

14. Many countries send their athletes to participate in South African events, and/or send them to training camps in South Africa to prepare for the Olympic Games

15. ASA have Squads of more than 300 athletes at senior, junior and youth level in preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games and 2024 Olympic Games

16. ASA expose annually, more than 2 000 000 athletes at the various levels of competitions to a network of more than 1500 IAAF/ASA certified competitions. Collectively, the ASA Development Programme is one of the largest, and one of the most effective programmes in the world.

ASA Development initiative 2017 -2019	Class or category	Summary of amount spent by ASA: 2017 – 2019
		2017	2018	2019	Total
International events	Youth, junior and senior	3,035,364	5,548,643	2,887,882	11,471,889
National and provincial events	Youth, junior and senior	3,384,983	3,080,247	2,232,364	8,697,594
Skills development	National Symposiums/ Workshops for Athletes, Coaches, Officials, Administrators and educational material	2,303,293	2,393,780	2,056,780	6,753,853
Total	26,923,336

 

Reply:

(a) Amount spent by the Department:

Name of playhouse	(a) Total amount	(b) (i) Which Province they function	(ii) the number of productions in each province	(c) amount of self generated income
Artscape	60 912	Western Cape	844	22100
KZN Playhouse	49632	Kwa Zulu-Natal	172	31880
South African State Theatre	55 453	Gauteng	170	34753
Market Theatre Foundation (Windy Brow)	46303	Gauteng	35	22336
PACOFS	45322	Free State	24	3599

Reply:

The current staff that I have in my office was employed from the 1st July 2019, and in employing the staff we were cognisant of the guidelines as provided in the book titled: Guide For the Members of the Executive.

Reply:

The International trips which the Minister and the Deputy Minister are planning to undertake in the 2019-2022 medium term expenditure framework are still being consolidated.

Reply:

The President has taken note of the request and taken the following view regarding the request:

(i) That there is an unprecedented proliferation which has resulted in too many Commissions of Inquiry been established. Besides, the Ngoepe Commission of Inquiry that investigated and reported on the Ellis Park soccer tragedy in 2001 has already constituted rules that relate to incidences in sport at stadiums and elsewhere which should rather be utilized and built on instead of opting to build afresh;

(ii) That we must reflect on all tools in available toolboxes and exhaust all remedies, actions, etc. that stem from the findings and recommendations of the Ngoepe Commission of Inquiry;

(iii) That Commissions of Inquiry have limitations and as such should not be regarded as the first or last resort as there are other avenues to pursue preferably; and

(iv) That even though one can pursue the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry, it would be far quicker and practical, amongst others, to execute applicable and available processes to ensure proper law enforcement and criminal investigations for effective outcomes in the above regard.

At the said meeting of the said former Ministers, the following resolutions were subsequently taken:

That a meeting of Ministers of Justice and Correctional Service, Sport and Recreation and the Police and the National Director of Public Prosecutions (Acting) be convened to discuss the following, amongst others:

(a) The state of and progress made in relation to both the FNB Stadium tragedy and the Moses Mabhida incident relating to failure to comply with the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act or any other law including common law by any law enforcement entity or functionary;

(b) The state of, progress and outcome of an Inquest relating to the death of two soccer fans during the FNB Stadium tragedy;

(c) All litigation finalized or pending initiated in any court by any of the functionary involved in the FNB Stadium tragedy and the outcome of the said litigation and its impact;

(d) Any intervention that is necessary and required to address:

(i) Failure or inability by any law enforcement entity or agent to comply with the SASREA or any other law, including common law;

(ii) Complicity or perception thereof in relation to the investigation by the SAPS; and

(iii) Possible and potential gaps in the SASREA and possible amendments to the Act to address same; and

(iv) Alternative means to addressing challenges and gaps in organizing and planning major soccer derbies and other major sporting events to avoid recurrence, including communication and awareness raising prior and before such major events.

It will hence not be necessary to –

• establish a Commission of Inquiry any more since we have, on the advice of the Department of Justice, decided to execute alternative applicable and available processes as motivated above so as to ensure proper law enforcement and criminal investigations for effective outcomes in the above regard; and
• cater for any budget for such a Commission of Inquiry any more.

We will liaise with the Department of Justice afresh since they have undertaken to lead the way by coordinating and chairing the meetings referred to above.

Reply:

The department has not received the outstanding information from Athletics SA; and we will follow up with Athletics SA.