Questions and Replies

Reply:

(1)(a) Submissions and other documents routed for CEO’s signature are attended based on her availability in office. The mentioned submission was signed on 5 December 2017 because ACEO was in office on that day.

(b) SASSA has an obligation to ensure that the payment of social grants is uninterrupted notwithstanding the phasing-in or phasing-out of services providers. Accordingly stakeholder management and constant communication becomes critical to prevent confusion amongst beneficiaries and their families

• The beneficiary education and awareness campaigns are held to reassure clients of government’s commitment to continue with the provision of paying social grants without any interruptions
• The campaigns are used as a platform to educate people on different types of grants e.g. Grant in aid; various SASSA projects e.g. Regulation 26A, Foster care backlog mop-up project. With regards to Reg 26A: SASSA has insourced the services to do direct funeral cover deductions on qualifying grants thus communication with beneficiaries was critical in order to allow beneficiaries opportunity to update their information, and to be within the legislation requirement of one policy per person and the policy not to be more that 10% of the grant amount.
• The beneficiary and stakeholder engagement was critical due to the need to provide clarity on the SASSA card that was to expire December 2017 and to inform beneficiaries that it has been extended to December 2018.

(c) No, only three events took place at the following places:

1. Makhosini

2. Kwamakhutha

3. Matshensikazi

(d) At head office level regions are allocated amounts to spend per event and the breakdown of cost is done at the regional level as they do their procurement process.

(a) 1. MAKHOSINI

NAME OF SUPPLIER	SERVICE RENDERED
Silver Ark Projects	Main Marque
Mbengiwe	Flooring
Mxinwa	Mobile Toilets, Speed Fence and Marshals
Thinasonke	Extras (chairs, generators, air conditioners and Decorations)
Sweet Basil	Catering For Public , VIP and Officials
Skhova's	Transport
Pubag	Sound System
Barlon Suppliers and Projects	Gift & Promotional Items

2. KWAMAKHUTHA

NAME OF SUPPLIER	SERVICE RENDERED
Bright Cloud	Main Marque
Thingo Investment	Flooring
Thengokhulu	Mobile Toilets, Speed Fence And Marshals
Summer Rock	Extras (chairs, generators, air conditioners and Decorations)
Ethel Investment	Catering For Public , VIP And Officials
Platonic	Transport
Silver Solutions	Sound System
Mbombo Events	Gift & Promotional Items

3. MATSHENSIKAZI

Name Of Supplier	Service Rendered
Kokumo Holdings	Main Marque
White Dove Investment (Pty) Ltd	Flooring
Tito Whl Trading	Mobile Toilets, Speed Fence and Marshals
Idlomo Production	Extras (chairs, generators, air conditioners and Decorations)
Duma Suppliers Group (Pty) Ltd	Catering For Public , VIP and Officials
Oakgotla	Transport
Sbani Samagela Trading Enterprise	Sound System
Marujwane Trading And Projects	Gift & Promotions Items

(b) The detailed breakdown of all costs incurred for each event:

1. MAKHOSINI

Service Rendered	AMOUNT(R)
Main Marque	485,021.00
Flooring	482,653.92
Mobile Toilets, Speed Fence and Marshals	490,000.00
Extras (chairs, generators, air conditioners and Decorations)	487,230.90
Catering for Public , VIP and Officials	493,650.00
Transport	493,000.00
Sound System	492,853.80
Gift & Promotion Items	480,000.00
	3,904,409.62
KWAMAKHUTHA

 

SERVICE RENDERED	AMOUNT(R)
Main Marque	487,398.00
Flooring	491,379.00
Mobile Toilets, Speed Fence And Marshals	490,100.00
Extras (chairs, generators, air conditioners and Decorations)	493,250.00
Catering For Public , VIP And Officials	490,750.30
Transport	494,500.00
Sound System	467,240.00
Gift & Promotion Items	495,000.00
	3,909,617.30

MATSHENSIKAZI

SERVICE RENDERED	AMOUNT(R)
Main Marque	467,021.00
Flooring	496,950.70
Mobile Toilets, Speed Fence And Marshals	488,399.50
Extras (chairs, generators, air conditioners and Decorations)	491,489.30
Catering For Public , VIP and Officials	493,728.00
Transport	494,478.15
Sound System	493,050.00
Gift & Promotions	352,470.00
	3,777,586.65

(c) Approximately 3000 people attended per event

(d) SASSA does not keep a record of official who attend the events. Officials attending events include representatives from Head Office, Provincial Offices as well as District and Local Offices.

 

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Reply:

1. In 2009 the Department finalised an intersectoral implementation plan and a monitoring and evaluation framework to ensure that provisions of the Children’s Act are implemented in an intersectoral and integrated manner.

2. The Department is not exempted from any of the provisions of the Children’s Act.

3. The Minister’s Office has not been informed of a written agenda by departmental officials describing the involvement of nonsocial work professionals such as lawyers and psychologists as unnecessary in service delivery to children.

4. The Minister’s Office undertakes to inquire within the Department regarding this matter with a view to establish (a) which departmental officials (i) authorised the agenda, (ii) conducted the meetings and (iii) attended the meetings and (b) The Minister’s Office will take steps to ensure that (i) these officials are held to account, (ii) the misperception that has been created is rectified and (iii) written communication is sent to all members of the department to request them to refrain from infringing upon the constitutional rights of children and contravening section 5 of the specified Act.

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Reply:

No. The Minister for Social Development was not informed that her department’s Central Authority for Intercountry Adoptions lodged an appeal against a children’s court order.

The mandate of the South African Central Authority (SACA) is to regulate inter-country adoptions. In this regard the SACA strictly applies the principle of Subsidiarity. This means that the SACA is satisfied that all in country care options are explored before consideration of intercountry adoption.

The Department of Social Development took the stance to continue with the appeal so lodged on the following ground: That there was a breach of mandate by the accredited child protection organisation (CPO) facilitating this matter.

a) The issues surrounding the breach of mandate, procedural and administrative misconduct could lead to the deprivation of the child’s constitutional right to be cared for by his own biological family in his own country of origin.

b) The Department lodged its appeal in March 2017. However, the court has not provided a date for the matter to be heard. The applicant has filed a notice to oppose the leave to appeal, however, she has not filed opposing affidavit indicating the basis of her opposition. The delay is therefore not on the side of the Department.

c) The cost to taxpayers of the appeal is justified because the Department is of the view that all parties involved in this matter should act in an objective manner which favours the best interest of the child rather than the interest of any party concerned.

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Reply:

Not applicable.

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Reply:

a) It should be noted that there is no specific criteria for persons seeking to apply for Disability Grants as a result of albinism. Section 9 of the Social Assistance Act, 2004 states that a person is eligible for a disability grant if he or she “is, owing to a physical or mental disability, unfit to obtain by virtue of any service, employment or profession the means needed to enable him or her to provide for his or her maintenance”. The assessment for eligibility is thus based on a medical assessment which should confirm the impact of the condition on the applicant’s ability to support themselves.

A person with albinism may meet the eligibility criteria for a disability grant if complications associated with albinism have activity limitation consequences on that person’s ability to function to the extent that they will not be able to meet the inherent demands of open labour market employment. It is not the condition itself which is the qualifying criteria, but rather the impact the condition has on the applicant’s ability to function independently.

b) The SASSA system does not capture detail of the diagnosis or impairments of persons applying for disability grants for reasons of confidentiality and privacy. The information is on the medical reports which remain in the files. It is therefore not possible to report on the numbers of people with albinism who receive disability grants.

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Reply:

(a) 1188 individuals were listed in Part B of the Child Protection Register (CPR) in 2018, (b) the names of the offenders were received from the courts for inclusion in Part B of the Child Protection Register following findings of unsuitability on the persons as stipulated in terms of Sections 120 and 122 of the Children’s Act (No. 38 of 2005), (c) 30 staff members (7 permanent and 23 contract) are allocated for the maintenance of the CPR and (d) no provincial education department have requested access to the CPR in the past two years for the purpose of vetting educators before employment.

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Reply:

1. The Department of Social Development has an approved policy on the Management of Sexual Harassment as well as the guidelines on the management of sexual harassment.

(b) The sexual harassment policy was approved in 2009 and implemented according to DPSA policy guidelines on the management of sexual harassment in the Public Service.

(i) The Disciplinary Code and Procedure (Resolution 1 of 2003 and Chapter 7 of SMS handbook) are used to investigate cases.

(ii) Perpetrators receive sanctions ranging from warnings, final written warnings, demotions, suspension without salary and dismissal.

2.

a) There was one case of alleged sexual harassment reported in 2016/2017 financial year. An investigation was conducted by an internal and external investigators who both gave reports to the effect that the allegations were unsubstantiated.

b) No other matter except the above-mentioned case was reported and dealt with in the previous three financial years.

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Reply:

The Department of Social Development has not procured any travel services from Travel

With Flair (Pty) (Ltd) for the past five financial years.

Reply: SASSA

1) (a) The contract with Travel With Flair (Pty) Ltd started on 01 October 2017.

(b) The Agency procured Travel Services from Travel With Flair (Pty) Ltd.

(c) The contract was split into five regions; below are the amounts paid to TWF per region since the commencement of the contract:

REGION	AMOUNT
Eastern Cape	R507 980.83
Free State	R470 602.84
KwaZulu Natal	R772 249.59
North West	R118 337.35
Northern Cape	R455 818.03
TOTAL	R2 324 988.64

(2)  There has been no services provided by Travel With Flair (Pty) Ltd relating to international travel since 01 October 2017.

Reply: NDA

1. (a) The NDA has not procured services from Travel with Flair (Pty) Ltd.

(b) Not applicable.

(c) Not applicable

(2)  Not applicable.

3758. Ms N P Sonti (EFF) to ask the Minister of Social Development:

(1) Whether (a) her department and/or (b) entities reporting to her procured services from a certain company (name furnished); if so, (i) what services were procured in each case and (ii) what is the total amount that was paid to the specified company in each case;

(2) whether the specified company provided services related to international travel to (a) her department and/or (b) entities reporting to her; if so, (i) what is the name of each person who travelled, (ii) what was the travel route and (iii) what is the total amount that was paid for each person? NW4252E

Reply:

Reply: DSD

a) Not applicable

The Department and its entities did not have any expenditure with regard to the promotion or celebration of the year of OR Tambo with respect to the broadcasting and or communication channels refered to above at para 335 nor any other media or communication medium.

Reply: SASSA

(a) Not applicable

(b) SASSA did not spend anything on the Promotion or Celebration of the Year of O.R Tambo on any of the following Media Plartforms, (i) Africa News Network 7 , (ii) SA Broadcasting Corporation, (aa) television channels and (bb) radio stations, (iii) national commercial radio stations and, (iv) community, (aa) television and (bb) radio stations since the 1 January 2017.

Reply: NDA

a) Not applicable

The National Development Agency did not spend any money on the promotion or celebration of the Year of O.R Tambo on the (i) Africa News Network 7 channel, (ii) SA Broadcasting Corporation (aa) television channels and (bb) radio stations, (iii) national commercial radio stations and (iv) community (aa) television and (bb) radio stations since 1 January 2017?

Reply:

In terms of Chapter 8 of the Ministerial Handbook, the organisational structure of a Private Office in support of the Executive Authority is determined after consultation with the Minister of Public Service and Administration in terms of Public Service Regulations, 2001 B.2 (a) and B.2A. The Ministerial Handbook provides for the Executive Authority to appoint support staff on the following basis:

1.1.1 On a contract linked to the political term of office of the Executive Authority or Deputy Minister concerned, as well as the contracts envisaged in section 12A (3) of the Public Service Act and conditions laid down by Cabinet; or

1.1.2 as full-time public servants, provided that they utilise the job evaluation system and ensure that there are sufficient funds available on the approved budget of the relevant Department for the creation of post (s).

1.3  The Executing Authority may second personnel from the components within the Department. The advantage of secondment is that staff members could return to their original components on the approved establishment without any burden to the Department.

The breakdown of the Ministry staff, remuneration levels and qualifications are attached as Annexures. The Chief of Staff and the Financial Assistant Officer were seconded to the Ministry from the components within the Department and their salaries are not budgeted from the Ministry’s Compensation of Employees budget. (a) The breakdown for the total amount (i) budgeted for the Compensation of Employees and the (ii) actual expenditure is shown in the table below and includes the Deputy Minister’s office:

Financial Year	Budget	Expenditure
2015/2016	21 003
2016/2017	21 953
2017/2018	14 434

For responses to (bb) (b) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) please refer to the table below:

1 April 2017

i) Remuneration	ii) Salary Level	iii) Job title	iv) Qualifications	v) Job Description	Name
Seconded from the Chief Directorate: Communication	14	Chief of Staff (Acting)	Senior Certificate Bachelor of Social Science Degree Development Communication Certificate	Refer to Annexure	Mr A Phahlamohlaka
Salary Package: R251,474.46 per annum	6	Administrative Assistant (contract expired on 4 October 2017)	Statement of results for subjects finalised for the Senior Certificate	Refer to Annexure	Ms Mubayi, L
Salary Package: R251,474.46 per annum	6	Administrative Assistant	National Senior Certificate N6 Certificate: Public Relations	Refer to Annexure	Ms Makopo, MS
Basic Salary: R285,648.00 per annum	8	Financial Assistant	National Senior Certificate National Diploma: Accounting	Refer to Annexure	Mr Hlophe, PS
Salary Package: R667,422.00 per annum	11	Private Secretary/Appointments Secretary	National Senior Certificate National Diploma: Accounting	Refer to Annexure	Ms Mbatha, MN
Salary Package: R1,036,788.00 per annum	13	Director: Media Liaison and Protocol	National Senior Certificate B Admin (Public Admin and Industrial Psychology)	Refer to Annexure	Ms Mefolo, MYM
Basic Salary: R334,545.00 per annum	9	Assistant Appointments and Administrative Secretary	National Senior Certificate	Refer to Annexure	Ms Sebidi, DA
Salary Package: R255,251.55 per annum	6	Senior Administration Clerk	National Senior Certificate	Refer to Annexure	Mr Shivuri, SD
Salary Package: R186,315.00 per annum	6	Senior Administration Clerk	National Senior Certificate	Refer to Annexure	Mr Nkosi, T
Salary Package: R779,295.00 per annum	12	Ministerial Liaison and Outreach Officer	National Senior Certificate Certificate in Public Management and Leadership	Refer to Annexure	Ms Mphamo, PV
Salary Package: R1,036,78800 per annum	13	Parliamentary Officer	National Senior Certificate Diploma in Executive Secretariat	Refer to Annexure	Ms Ndlovu, I
Salary Package: R1,521,594.00 per annum	15	Special Advisor	National Senior Certificate BA (Sociology) BA (Hons) (Sociology) MA (Sociology) D Phil	Refer to Annexure	Dr Magasela, WK
Salary Package: R1,782,687.00 per annum	16	Special Advisor	National Senior Certificate BA (Political Science) MA (International Relations)	Refer to Annexure	Mr Shezi, SK

Current: 1 February 2018

i) Remuneration	ii) Salary Level	iii Job title	iv) Qualifications	v) Job Description	Name
Seconded from the Chief Directorate: Communication	14	Chief of Staff (Acting)	Senior Certificate Bachelor of Social Science Degree Certificate in Development Communication		Mr A Phahlamohlaka
Salary Package: R458,326.65 per annum	9	Executive Assistant to Chief of Staff	National Senior Certificate BA (Social Anthropology and Political Studies) BA (Hons) (Anthropology)		Mr Tshabalala, AM
Basic Salary: R289,929.00 per annum	8	Financial Assistant	National Senior Certificate National Diploma: Accounting		Mr Hlophe, PS
Salary Package: R1,036,788.00 per annum	13	Parliamentary Officer	National Senior Certificate B Admin (Public Admin and Industrial Psychology)		Ms Mefolo, MYM
Basic Salary: R334,545.00 per annum	9	Executive Assistant to Special Advisors	National Senior Certificate		Ms Sebidi, DA
Salary Package: R251,474.46 per annum	6	Senior Administration Clerk	National Senior Certificate BA (Development Studies) BA Honours (Community Development)		Ms Dladla, LP
Salary Package: R259,069.74 per annum	6	Senior Administration Clerk	National Senior Certificate		Mr Shivuri, SD
Salary Package: R189,102.00 per annum	6	Senior Administration Clerk	National Senior Certificate		Mr Nkosi, T
Salary Package: R802,848.00 per annum	12	Ministerial Liaison and Outreach Officer	National Senior Certificate Certificate in Public Management and Leadership		Ms Mphamo, PV
Salary Package: R1,036,788.00 per annum	13	Private Secretary / Appointment Secretary	National Senior Certificate Diploma in Executive Secretariat		Ms Ndlovu, I
Salary Package: R1,521,594.00 per annum	15	Special Advisor	National Senior Certificate BA (Sociology) BA (Hons) (Sociology) MA (Sociology) D Phil		Dr Magasela, WK
R1,782,687.00 per annum	16	Special Advisor	National Senior Certificate National Diploma in HRM Bachelor of Honours Degree Master of Arts Degree D Phil Degree in Public Affairs		Dr V Nhlapo

Reply:

a) Please refer to my response to Parliamentary Question 2117, from NA Question Paper dated 15 June 2018 of Internal Question Paper Number 21 – 2018.

b) The Department of Social Development does not keep the register of children who are not in Early Childhood Development Centres.

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Reply:

Mikondzo is a nation-wide programme that focuses on enhancing the Social Development footprint, with specific focus on informal settlements and rural areas in South Africa and providing services on the doorstep of communities. The outreach programmes were held in various districts and wards throughout the country which form part of the 1 300 poor wards that experience undue hardships in a form of drought or other natural disasters. The outreach programmes were spread throughout the financial year.

Reply:

Reply: DSD

1. (a) In the past five years, the Department of Social Development procured goods and services, which were processed in thousands of transactions. The goods and services are classified according to Standard Chart of Account based on their nature as well their type and the expenditure for goods and services is disclosed in the Annual Financial Statements and Annual report tabled in Parliament every year.

Goods and services are procured using the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act and Regulations. The Regulations prescribe the preference points that can be claimed in accordance with the BEE status level of the supplier.

With effect from 1 April 2016, National Treasury implemented an online central supplier database (CSD) where all suppliers and service providers registered and captured their details including their BBBEE status level etc. It has made it compulsory for government entities to use only suppliers registered on this database. The CSD maintains data on expenditure categories and supplier information. All suppliers’ details can be found on National Treasury supplier database (CSD).

2. (a) The goods and services referred to office accommodation, security, cleaning services, stationery, furniture and office equipment, professional services, catering and promotional material etc.

(b) The amount paid to suppliers and service provider depend on the size, nature and type of goods and services procured.

3. (a) The Department of Social Development, has been sourcing goods and services in terms of PPPFA Act No 5 of 2000. The Act provides the Preferential scoring model where all suppliers and services providers who submit their bid proposals were scored and evaluated against the said prescripts, and the award is made to the bidder who scores high preferential points for BBBEE and price.

(b) The Department of Social Development procured goods and services in line with the requirements of PPPFA Act where the BBBEE status of every bidder is considered in the preferential scoring model and as such suppliers were awarded accordingly.

(c) The amounts paid to suppliers and service providers depend on the size, nature and type of goods and services procured.

Reply: SASSA

1. (b) The goods and services procured in the past five years, runs in thousands of transactions. The goods and services are classified according to Standard Chart of Account based on their nature and type. Such expenditure is disclosed in the Annual Financial Statements and Annual report tabled in Parliament every year. Before April 2016, the Agency utilised Historically Disadvantages Individual (HDI) which was the procurement requirements at the time in the application and compliance to PPPFA and BEE. From 01 April 2016, National Treasury established an online central supplier database (CSD) where all suppliers and service providers registered and captured their details including their BBBEE status level etc. SASSA sourced goods and services from suppliers and service providers registered on CSD. All suppliers’ details can be found on National Treasury supplier database (CSD).

2. (a) The goods and services referred in the above paragraph amongst others would be office accommodation, security, cleaning services, stationery, furniture and office equipment, professional services, etc.

(b) The amount paid to suppliers and service provider vary depending on the size, nature and type of goods and services procured.

3. (a) SASSA, like any other government institutions, has been sourcing goods and services in terms of PPPFA Act No 5 of 2000. The Act provides the Preferential scoring model where all suppliers and services providers who submit their bid proposals were scored and evaluated against the said prescripts, and the award is made to the bidder who scores high preferential points for BBBEE and price. Goods and services are procured using the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act and Regulations. The Regulations prescribe the preference points that can be claimed in accordance with the BEE status level of the supplier. This approach is a scorecard approach rather than purely an ownership approach.

(b) All the goods and services procured by the Agency are procured in line with the requirements of PPPFA Act where the BBBEE status of every bidder is considered in the preferential scoring model and as such suppliers were awarded accordingly. The contracts range from cleaning, security etc.

(c) The amount paid to suppliers and service provider vary depending on the size, nature and type of goods and services procured.

Reply: NDA

1. What are the details including the ranks of service providers and/or contractors from which?

(b) the entities reporting to her procured services in the past five years;

The NDA has procured a range of services from cooperatives, NPOs, micro enterprises, SMMEs and big business. During the 5 year period NDA has used 3 362 service providers.

2. what (a) service was provided by each service provider and/or contractor?

The services ranged from catering, plumbing, training and capacitating CSO, IT services and procurement of office space. A detailed list of services per service provider is attached

and (b) amount was each service provider and/or contractor paid;

The NDA over the period has paid services providers amounts ranging from R100.00 to R46 000 000.00 depending on the service requested and quoted by the service provider.

(3) (a) how many of these service providers are black-owned entities?

The majority of service providers, whom we contract for less than R500 000 are black owned entities and BBBEE compliant. All the service providers for catering, CSOs training and capacity building, accommodation for training are black owned.

(b) what contract was each of the black-owned service providers awarded?

The total value of contracts given by the NDA to the different services providers over the five-year period is R848 452 586.19. The majority of these contracts have been given to black owned service providers.

(c) how much was each black-owned service provider paid?

The total value of these contracts ranged from R100.00 to R1 500 000.00 depending on the scope of work, the period and technical complexities of the services procured by the NDA. A list is attached for each contract given and paid.

Reply:

a) The department and its entities does not own land.

(i) Not applicable

(ii) Not applicable

(iii) Not applicable

Reply:

1. 36 employees were granted permission to have businesses and/or do business dealings in the past three financial years.

2. None of the 36 employees are doing business with the Government.

(2) (a) Not applicable, (b) Not applicable, (c) Not applicable

Reply:

1. A total amount of R 80 696 163,18 was paid to Azande and Vee-El for Mikondzo events held in the 2016/17 financial year. This amount is broken down as follows:

a) VIP transport and general transport: Nothing was spent on VIP transport. An amount of R5 662 500,98 was spent on general transport

b) Accommodation: No amount was paid to Azande or Vee-El for accommodation for Mikondzo. All accommodation costs are borne directly by SASSA as it is only officials who are accommodated, in line with the prevailing policies. A total amount of R1 067 165,94 was paid for accommodation by SASSA for attendance at Mikondzo events for the 2016/17 financial year.

c) Catering: A total amount of R11 460 130,37 was paid for catering.

d) Venue hire: The costs for this item includes amounts paid for hiring of marquees, flooring, décor, chairs, tables, set-up costs and safety certificates) The total amount paid was R31 535 689,51

e) Equipment hire: No amounts were spent on equipment hire.

f) Sound equipment hire: An amount of R8 084 172,95 was paid for sound equipment hire.

g) Management fees: A total amount of R11 400 was paid for management fees.

h) Other: A total of R23 942 269,36 was paid to the contractors for other direct costs, including security services, procurement of promotional items and other services not indicated above.

2. Officials attending Mikondzo events include representatives from Head Office, Provincial Offices as well as District and Local Offices as well as officials from National and Provincial DSD. Not all of the staff need to be accommodated, as the majority are staff who normally work in the area where the Mikondzo takes place.

Reply:

The Department Social Development does not allocate budget for the Child and Youth Care Centre. The question was therefore referred to Gauteng Province for inputs. Inputs from the respective province are attached as Annexure A for the responses from the province.

Reply:

(1) In reply to question 816 on 19 June 2017, the Department of Social Development wishes to acknowledge that the Sanitary Dignity policy is driven by the Minister of the Department of Women. It is the Lead Department and has coordinated the development of the draft Policy which is hereto attached. The Department of Social Development is part of the Task Team and participates in all the meetings convened as well as providing support in finalizing the policy, and will also be involved in the identification of indigent girls and women from our database for distribution purposes.

(2) A retreat was not hosted by the lead Department or Department of Social Development.

(3) The framework was presented at the National 'Consultation lndaba convened by the Department of Women. The National Department of Social Development was represented by the Gender Chief Directorate. The Sanitary Dignity Consultative lndaba was held on 13 July 2017 against the background of a draft policy that has been produced by Department of Women (DoW), with the help of a team of three seconded officials from the Department of Traditional Affairs.

There is also a National Inter-department Task Team {NTT) that was established in order to work as a task team that would see to the finalization of the process of policy formulation, led by DoW and comprised of the following national departments:

• Department of Women (DoW);

• Department of Social Development (DSD);

• Department of Small Business Development (DSBD);

• Department of Trade and Industry (DTI);

• Department of Finance (National Treasury);

• Department of Higher Education;

• Department of Basic Education; and

• Statistics South Africa.

Following the presentation of the Policy Framework at the lndaba, it was agreed that the Policy Framework should form part of the Department of Women's Annual Performance Plan, Strategic Plan and Operational Plan. Provinces will be expected to develop their own policies according to their unique environments but keeping to injunctions of the Framework Policy.

Moving forward, the policy will go to the Social Protection, Community and Human Development (SPCHD) Cluster Technical Working Group (TWG), SPCHD DG Cluster, Cabinet Committee on SPCHD and then to Cabinet. It will then be gazetted and further awareness of the policy and solicitation of comments and analysis of those comments will ensue. There will be a final SociowEconomic Impact Assessment (SEIAS) process which will include the costing exercise. It will go to Cabinet for the final decision and then a final gazetting will take place and that product can be shared with Parliament.
Find here: Draft Sanitary Dignity Policy Framework

Reply:

Find here: Reply:

Reply:

1. The reply to Parliamentary Question 2019 indicated that there were 11 Mikondzo events held in KwaZulu-Natal. The areas identified for Mikondzo are informed by prevailing social ills, the level of poverty and challenges with access to social services amongst others. As a result, the provinces will not all host the same number of Mikondzo events.

2. Please note that there was an error in the attachment to Parliamentary Question 2019. The actual amount spent on Mikondzo for the financial year, was approximately R100 million, and not R10 billion. The events in Limpopo and Mpumalanga indicated that an amount of R2,5 billion was spent on these events. This should have been R2,5 million, which was in line with the budgeted amount for each event. The funding was allocated from the retained surplus.

3. No virements were necessary, as the funding was allocated from the retained surplus.

4. As indicated under response to question 2, the details in the spreadsheet in the response to question 2019 was incorrect. The budgeted amount for each event was in fact R2,5 million.

Reply:

(1) The procedure to be followed by staff who work at Temporary Safe Care formerly called Places of Safety if a child at the institution goes missing, is that they must immediately report the matter to the nearest police station for the case to be investigated. The DSD managers at the district level, Head of the Department and case manager must be informed. The case manager must inform the parent(s) and the children’s court. 

(2) The case must be reported to the Provincial DSD Human Resource Management, (Labour Relations Unit) for an investigation if it has been determined that staff member/s did not follow the relevant procedures and the disciplinary processes must be followed.

Reply:

1. (a) The Chief Executive Officer of the NDA, Mrs Thamo Mzobe, is employed on a fixed term contract.

(b) The Chief Financial Officer of the NDA, Ms Cheryl Yeni, is employed permanently, effective from 03 October 2017.

2. (a) Mrs Thamo Mzobe. (Chief Executive Officer)

(b) (i) The Chief Executive Officer was employed on 01 November 2016.

(ii) Her contract will expire on 31 October 2019.

Reply:

(a) The information below indicates the number of boys resident at Don      Mattera Child and Youth Care Centre in each month from September 2016 to date:

Month	Number of boys
September 2016	35
October 2016	36
November 2016	38
December  2016	38
January 2017	37
February 2017	42
March 2017	42
April 2017	42
May 2017	37
June 2017	41
July 2017	39
August 2017	36
September 2017	27
October 2017	27
November 2017	27

(b) The information below indicates the number of girls resident at Don Mattera Child and Youth Care Centre in each month from September 2016 to date:

Month	Number of girls
September 2016	36
October 2016	36
November 2016	37
December 2016	37
January 2017	32
February 2017	35
March 2017	38
April 2017	36
May 2017	38
June 2017	39
July 2017	38
August 2017	39
September 2017	32
October 2017	34
November 2017	34

Reply:

In relation to placement of children in Temporary Safe Care formerly known as Places of Safety, it is standard practise to separate boys and girls in terms of gender and age. Child and youth care workers are supervising children on a 24 hour basis, 7 days a week. In terms of the national norms and standards for temporary safe care, programmes must promote the safety, security, dignity and well-being of children

Reply:

a) Attendance registers are completed in the morning and at night on a daily basis at Temporary Safe Care formerly called Places of Safety.

b) The centre manager and child and youth care supervisors are responsible for ensuring that the child and youth care workers complete the attendance registers.

Reply:

SASSA

(a) (aa) 3 invoices

(bb) 2 invoices

(cc) 5 invoices

(dd) There are no invoices outstanding for 120 days

(b)

Supplier Name	Invoice date	Invoices over 30 days	Invoices over 60 days	Invoices over 90 days
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	17-Mar-17			R 31 795.37
SITA	31-Mar-17			R 409 539.57
SHAMROCK AIR CLOSE CORPORATION	28-Sep-16			R 1 117.20
LEXIS NEXIS	28-Jun-17			R 3 420
MTN	25-Jul-17			R 14 214.33
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	8-Aug-17		R 41 226.96
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	18-Aug-17		R 503.00
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	17-Jul-17	R 381 344.25
LYCEUM COLLEGE	19-Sep-17	R 26 250
AZ TRADING CORPORATION	14-Jun-17	R 4 698.60
		R 412 292.85	R 41 729.96	R 460 086.47

NDA

a) ii) The NDA has a total number for Supplier invoices that remain unpaid as follows:

aa) 0 to 30 Days

• 1 Supplier, with a total amount outstanding of R7 200.00

bb) 31 to 60 days

• 2 Suppliers, with a total amount outstanding of R139 828.00

cc) 61 to 90 days

• 1 Supplier, with a total amount outstanding of R1 197.00

dd) 91 days and over

• 4 Suppliers, with a total amount outstanding of R40 320.00

Reply:

1. The difference is as a result of Mikondzo events which were held in the beginning of the financial year, before the companies were accredited. The response to Parliamentary Question 2018 indicated all the amounts paid to the accredited companies, from the date of their accreditation in June 2016 and also included one event which was held on 12 May 2017, which is in fact in the 2017/18 financial year.

The response to parliamentary question 2019 is not complete, and the amounts indicated are not accurate. I apologise for the inaccurate information submitted.

2. The Mikondzo events managed by the accredited companies were not separate to those indicated in the reply to question 2019. However, as indicated, the response to parliamentary question 2019 was not complete.

The amounts paid to the accredited companies were funded from the retained surplus within SASSA, and therefore did not reflect on the budget.

Reply:

1. The reply to Parliamentary Question 2019 indicated that there were 11 Mikondzo events held in KwaZulu-Natal. The areas identified for Mikondzo are informed by prevailing social ills, the level of poverty and challenges with access to social services amongst others. As a result, the provinces will not all host the same number of Mikondzo events.

2. Please note that there was an error in the attachment to Parliamentary Question 2019, for which I apologise. The actual amount spent on Mikondzo for the financial year, was approximately R100 million, and not R10 billion. The events in Limpopo and Mpumalanga indicated that an amount of R2,5 billion was spent on these events. This should have been R2,5 million, which was in line with the budgeted amount for each event. The funding was allocated from the retained surplus.

3. No virements were necessary, as the funding was allocated from the retained surplus.

4. As indicated under response to question 2, the details in the spreadsheet in the response to question 2019 was incorrect. The budgeted amount for each event was in fact R2,5 million.

Reply:

a) The North Gauteng High Court order will cease to have force or effect On 31 December 2017.

b) The total number of foster care grants that will be affected is estimated at about 34 000. However the actual number remaining will depend on progress made in extending the foster placement orders by 31 December 2017.

Reply:

The matter is currently under investigation and the Department will provide information once it is completed.

Reply:

(a) 

(b) SASSA has three contracts with EOH Mthombo (Pty) Ltd.

(i) EOH Mthombo (Pty) Ltd has not in their bid proposals submitted black economic empowerment partners. SASSA considered EOH Mthombo (Pty) Ltd’s BBBEE certificate issued by authorized institution when the awarded bids were evaluated.

(ii) The following amounts were paid on monthly basis to EOH Mthombo (Pty) Ltd for the service rendered

Account Name	Payment Number	Payment Date	Amount in Rand
Financial Year 2015/16
PMG 1 Admin	139428	30-Apr-15	2 474 228,87
PMG 1 Admin	141263	04-Jun-15	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	142041	19-Jun-15	6 063 721,56
PMG 1 Admin	142842	01-Jul-15	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	142856	01-Jul-15	1 262 017,62
PMG 1 Admin	144455	29-Jul-15	5 553 540,78
PMG 1 Admin	144814	04-Aug-15	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	146364	28-Aug-15	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	147457	17-Sep-15	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	147748	21-Sep-15	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	149669	19-Oct-15	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	150526	30-Oct-15	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	151725	19-Nov-15	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	151800	25-Nov-15	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	153307	15-Dec-15	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	153878	21-Dec-15	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	154143	22-Dec-15	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	155041	21-Jan-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	156403	09-Feb-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	157860	26-Feb-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	158736	11-Mar-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	159547	15-Mar-16	1 798,78
PMG 1 Admin	159935	24-Mar-16	3 007 531,91
PMG 1 Admin	160011	24-Mar-16	2 023 440,49
PMG 1 Admin	160327	30-Mar-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	160347	30-Mar-16	18 684 654,65
PMG 1 Admin	160437	31-Mar-16	2 732 645,28
PMG 1 Admin	161151	31-Mar-16	2 521 680,00
			93 796 946,18
Financial Year 2016/17
PMG 1 Admin	161874	14-Apr-16	329 167,13
PMG 1 Admin	162611	06-May-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	162694	11-May-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	162837	13-May-16	3 697 667,75
PMG 1 Admin	164082	03-Jun-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	165358	29-Jun-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	165356	29-Jun-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	165816	04-Jul-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	166805	21-Jul-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	168024	10-Aug-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	168184	10-Aug-16	667 581,08
PMG 1 Admin	169041	25-Aug-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	169445	30-Aug-16	299 200,00
PMG 1 Admin	170019	08-Sep-16	483 390,54
PMG 1 Admin	170297	15-Sep-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	172074	10-Oct-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	172125	11-Oct-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	172191	12-Oct-16	1 116 379,44
PMG 1 Admin	172729	21-Oct-16	2 521 680,00
PMG 1 Admin	172990	21-Oct-16	343 200,00
PMG 1 Admin	173728	08-Nov-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	174323	11-Nov-16	333 789,72
PMG 1 Admin	174321	11-Nov-16	783 738,14
PMG 1 Admin	174747	24-Nov-16	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	175359	01-Dec-16	426 232,26
PMG 1 Admin	175579	09-Dec-16	2 749 996,92
PMG 1 Admin	175946	15-Dec-16	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	176789	29-Dec-16	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	176716	29-Dec-16	2 880 225,34
PMG 1 Admin	177188	17-Jan-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	177855	31-Jan-17	5 530 640,61
PMG 1 Admin	179936	08-Mar-17	6 063 721,56
PMG 1 Admin	180150	13-Mar-17	1 201 200,00
PMG 1 Admin	180392	15-Mar-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	181150	23-Mar-17	299 200,00
PMG 1 Admin	181235	24-Mar-17	149 600,00
PMG 1 Admin	181237	24-Mar-17	333 789,72
PMG 1 Admin	181148	28-Mar-17	1 001 369,16
PMG 1 Admin	181118	28-Mar-17	3 502 644,93
PMG 1 Admin	181884	29-Mar-17	1 807 290,68
PMG 1 Admin	182110	30-Mar-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	182107	30-Mar-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	182078	30-Mar-17	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	182069	30-Mar-17	28 846,92
			95 391 377,82
Financial Year 2017/18
PMG 1 Admin	182605	10-Apr-17	775 433,70
PMG 1 Admin	182646	12-Apr-17	686 400,00
PMG 1 Admin	183947	19-May-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	184303	26-May-17	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	185175	12-Jun-17	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	186176	30-Jun-17	1 265 979,44
PMG 1 Admin	186543	06-Jul-17	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	186720	06-Jul-17	4 098 967,99
PMG 1 Admin	186759	07-Jul-17	3 432 000,00
PMG 1 Admin	187045	12-Jul-17	333 789,72
PMG 1 Admin	187355	20-Jul-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	187660	20-Jul-17	78 557,26
PMG 1 Admin	188791	08-Aug-17	333 789,72
PMG 1 Admin	188863	10-Aug-17	427 678,20
PMG 1 Admin	188726	11-Aug-17	3 031 860,78
PMG 1 Admin	190086	08-Sep-17	3 855 319,97
PMG 1 Admin	190321	12-Sep-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	190574	12-Sep-17	132 977,81
PMG 1 Admin	190425	13-Sep-17	2 652 303,02
PMG 1 Admin	192014	04-Oct-17	149 600,00
Financial Year 2017/18			38 307 149,01
Grand Total			227 495 473,01

(iii) The following is the duration of the contracts between SASSA and EOH Mthombo (Pty) Ltd

a) ICT Operations, Support and Maintenance and Help Desk starting from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2018

b) Scanning Solution starting from 1 Nov 2015 to 31 October 2018

c) ERP Solution from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2018

Reply:

(a)(b)(c)

• The annual Golden Games for active ageing was held in the Northern Cape Province.
• The national Youth camp event was held in the Northern Cape Province.
• Child Protection week awareness events were held in Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng.
• National Children’s Parliament and National Children’s day were held in Mpumalanga.
• Crime Prevention Awareness campaigns were held in all provinces.
• Mikondzo community and stakeholder engagements took place in all the Provinces.

(d)(i)(ii)(iii) Please note that no contractor or event planner were used.

(e) The department is unable to provide the exact number of people attending in each event but it can be estimated to be between 100 to 5000 people.

Reply:

Western Cape response

With respect to the 1% variance in terms of non-compliance by NPOs in the case of Mental Health organisations, one NPO, the Cape Albinism and Hypo Pigment Foundation did not comply with terms in the transfer payment agreement entered into with the Department, namely, it did not submit its audited financial statement for the year ending 15/16 nor did it provide evidence for the expenditure of its allocated funds in its quarterly progress reports. In both instances the organisation was provided with an extension period within which to provide the required information, but failed to do so.

Eastern Cape response

With regard to the Eastern Cape organisations there was a problem which relates to the submission of reports. The organisations submitted compliance report that were not aligned with the reporting period in their founding documents. This has resulted in the rejection of the reports within the NPO system. This issue will be dealt with going forward to resolve the difference between financial years in the founding documents submitted to the NPO Directorates and the current organisations operations.

Reply:

(1) (a) None.

   (b) The Department has not paid out the bonuses to employees for the 2016-17 financial year. The payment of bonuses will be finalised by the end of November 2017 as required by the revised Public Service Regulations, 2016, as amended.

(2) (a) None.

     (b) The Department has not started with the finalisation of assessments for 2017/18 financial year. The assessment for the 2017-18 financial year will be done during July to November 2018, after the completion of the 2017-18 financial year.

Reply:

I would like to inform the Honourable Member that there are currently only two entities reporting to the Minister of Social Development. The National Development Agency was established in terms of the National Development Agency (NDA) Act (Act No. 108 of 1998). The NDA is a listed public entity (Schedule 3A of the Public Finance Management Act), reporting to the Minister of Social Development. Its key strategic objectives of as prescribed in the Act is to:

• grant funds to civil society organisations for the purpose of meeting the developmental needs of poor communities;
• strengthen the institutional capacity of organisations for long-term sustainability;
• proactively source funds for purposes of achieving its developmental objectives;
• promote consultation, dialogue and sharing of developmental experiences to debate and influence developmental policies; and
• develop strategies to collaborate with local community development trusts, foundations, government clusters and civil society organisations. The key NDA programmes are funding, capacity building, policy and research, policy dialogue, as well as impact assessment.

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) was established in terms of the SASSA Act (Act No. 9 of 2004). The mandate of the Agency is to ensure the provision of comprehensive social security services against vulnerability and poverty within the constitutional and legislative framework.

Other than the assets which are verified and listed in each financial year as per the requirements of the PFMA, the two public entities do not have any investments (listed or unlisted as they are established to fulfil a specific function in accordance with their respective Acts.

Reply:

(1) The contracts of the workstreams have not been reinstated

(a) Not applicable (N/A)

(b) Not applicable (N/A)

(2) No new contract has been entered into with workstreams

(a) Not applicable (N/A)

(b) Not applicable (N/A)

(3) Workstreams are consulted on their reports as and when necessary and such consultations do not require getting into a contract.

(a) Workstreams are consulted as and when their reports are being discussed or being requested to present to stakeholders (internal or external)

(b) They were invited to present at the MINMEC, SASSA strategic planning session and economic development planning session as part of Operation Phakisa.

Reply:

a) the events of the Integrated Community Registration Outreach Programme held in 2016/17 financial year were 314 in all nine provinces.

b) the events were held in every quarter and dates varied in accordance the province and the hosting district municipality as indicated on the attached schedules, which also indicated in which province, municipality and ward the interventions took place

c) The total cost for each event, where this has been coordinated by the contracted service provider, is R223, 000.00. However, where SASSA itself implements the intervention the cost will vary, depending on the specifics for each intervention

Reply:

i) SASSA started recording the disputed deductions as from the 2015/16 financial year. The number of cases reported for each financial year were as follows:

2015/16: 21 728

2016/17: 109 781

2017/18 (to date): 14 434

It should be noted that these do not all represent illegal deductions, but rather disputed deductions which were reported to SASSA. In many cases, the beneficiary acknowledged having bought the financial product, but only wanted the deductions not to continue in the future.

The above disputed deductions are for a number of products, including EFT disputes (for loan repayments); ATM disputes (where the ATM either did not give the money requested; declined the transaction or swallowed the card); disputes related to the sale of pre-paid electricity and/or airtime. In resolving the disputes, SASSA arranges for the specific card to be blacklisted for future products (meaning that no more pre-paid products can be loaded to that specific card, and then refers the matter to be investigated by the service provider. Not all disputes result in refunds to the beneficiaries.

SASSA has no record of illegal deductions.

ii) Since 1 April 2017, a total of 14 434 disputed deductions have been registered by SASSA.

iii) As indicated, SASSA only records disputed deductions, not illegal deductions. There is therefore no record of the value of illegal deductions. However, SASSA can report that the total value of refunds made for disputed deductions for the period from April 2015 to 31 March 2017 is R2 037 715.

Reply:

(a) SASSA made payments to the said service provider in accordance with the Service Level Agreement entered into between the two entities for the implementation of the Integrated Community Registration and Outreach Programme (ICROP) over a period of three years.

(i) The contract between the Agency and the service provider is managed at SASSA Head Office and the payments are made directly to the contracted service provider.

(ii) Not applicable

(b) Payments were made for service rendered in accordance with the SLA referred to in (a)

(d) Refer to (i)

Reply:

(a) Yes

(aa) Department/Entity	(i)Domestic	(ii)International	(aaa) Name of research and development Institution	(bbb) Function	(bb) Date of Funding	(cc) Amount
DSD	Yes		University of KwaZulu-Natal	Academic programmes for demographers and population experts in the Southern Africa region	28 October 2014	R200 000.00
	Yes		University of Witwatersrand	Academic training programme focusing on social security matters, including policy and research	12 August 2013	R2 000 000.00
	Yes		University of North West	Academic programmes for demographers and population experts in the Southern Africa region	4 November 2014	R200 000.00
		Regional/Continental	Population Association of Southern Africa	Peer learning and capacity building programmes for population and demography practitioners in the Southern Africa region as well as publication of annual journal of demography	22 January 2013	R200 000.00
		Regional/Continental	Union for African Population Studies	Academic programmes on the scientific study of population and demography issues in the African continent	3 September 2014	R50 000.00
NDA	Yes		University of Fort Hare	Policy and research on Early Childhood Development (ECD Centre of Excellence)	September 2016	R700 000.00
SASSA	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable

Reply:

(a) No

(b)NDA- No

(a) Department/Entity	(i) Name of transaction advisor	(ii) Tenders	(aaa) Pricing	(iv Amount
DSD	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
NDA	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable

(bb) Yes, SASSA appointed transactional advisors (Tender 01/11/BS) during the preparatory phase for the procurement of a service provider for the distribution of social grants throughout the country. Some aspect of the procurement process were highly technical and required specific expertise in areas such as information and communication technology, legal, finance and human resources related matters. The information related to this matter is contained in the SASSA’s annual report for the financial year in question.

Reply:

The accreditation was awarded to Azande Consulting and Vee El Promotions on 23 June 2016. In total SASSA has paid R80.7 million for Mikondzo Project since the accreditation to date i.e. R52.4 million for Azande consulting and R28.3 million for Vee El Promotions.

The details below are a list of events held and the payments made to the above mentioned companies.

Table A: Azande Consulting

No	Name of Region	(a) What payments have been made to Azande Consulting In Rand value	(b) (i) For which events and/or services	(b)(ii) On what dates were the payments made in each case
1	Eastern Cape	484 969,40	Mikondzo : Zwide	13-Jul-16
2	Eastern Cape	489 500,30	Mikondzo - Dan Qeqe	13-Jul-16
3	Eastern Cape	470 000,00	Mikondzo - Uitenhage	05-Jul-16
4	Eastern Cape	450 000,00	Mikondzo: Motherwell	30-Jun-16
5	Free State	4 452 550.32	Mikondzo : Mangaung Metro	15-Feb-17
6	Limpopo	3 932 794,07	Mikondzo - Botlokwa on 04 Dec 2016	13-Dec-16
7	Mpumalanga	3 648 000,00	Mikondzo:Nkomazi (Kwamhlutshwa) 22 October 2016	22- Nov-16
8	Northern Cape	3 021 445,82	Mikondzo: Kuruman	23-Jan-17
9	North West	15 390 000,00	Mikondzo - Magogwe	02-Aug-16
10	North West	3 880 907,45	Mikondzo:Ratlou (Mareetsane) (28 August 2016	29-Sep-16
11	North West	519 456,45	Deputy Minister’s old persons Christmas lunch	17-Jan-17
12	North West	4 215 206.23	Mikondzo: Swartruggens (Borolelo)Mikondzo 12 May 2017	26-May-17
13	Kwazulu Natal	476 320,00	Mikondzo:Qhudeni 19/7/2016	02-Aug-16
14	Kwazulu Natal	495 000,00	Mikondzo:Qhudeni 19/7/2016	04-Aug-16
15	Kwazulu Natal	489 000,00	Mikondzo:Ntambanana 15/7/2016	04-Aug-16
16	Kwazulu Natal	492 689,10	Mikondzo: Qhudeni 19/7/2016	09-Aug-16
17	Kwazulu Natal	170 850,00	Mikondzo: Qhudeni 19/7/2016	11-Aug-16
18	Kwazulu Natal	4 332 889,20	Mikondzo:Mtubatuba 31/7/2016	14-Sept-16
19	Kwazulu Natal	4 959 000,00	Mikondzo: Mnyakanya kwaShange – 27-29 Dec 2016	17-Jan-2017
	TOTAL AMOUNT	52 370 578.36

Table B: Vee El Promotions

No	Name of Region	(a) What payments have been made to Vee-El Promotions In Rand value	(b) (i) For which events and/or services	(c) (ii) On what dates were the payments made in each case
1	Eastern Cape	4 800 500,00	Mikondzo: Sterkspruit	28-Dec-16
2	Eastern Cape	385 609,13	Mikondzo : Motherwell	19-Jul-16
3	Eastern Cape	484 568,02	Mikondzo: Uitenhage	28-Jul-16
4	Eastern Cape	4 495 154,46	Mikondzo: Alice	13-Dec-16
5	Gauteng	484 568,02	Mikonzo: Presidential visit to Atteridgeville- 1 June 2016	27-Jul-16
6	Mpumalanga	2 494 889.00	Mikondzo - Kwamhlanga 09 October 2016	31-Oct-16
7	North West	3 095 695,22	Mikondzo at Mareetsane(28 August 2016)	26-Oct-16
8	Kwazulu Natal	3 814 471,84	Mikondzo: Ixopo	14- Sept-16
9	Kwazulu Natal	3 560 132,52	Mikondzo: Umhlabuyalingana 15/12/2016	23-Dec-16
10	Kwazulu Natal	3 267 769,78	Mikondzo: Matshensikazi 21/12/2016	12-Jan-17
11	Kwazulu Natal	1 442 230,22	Mikondzo: Matshensikazi 21/12/2016	16-Jan-17
	TOTAL AMOUNT	28 325 588.21

Reply:

(a) & (b) There are currently no vacant positions in the Board or Councils of Department of Social Development or its entities reporting to the Minister

Reply:

(1)The employment contract of the former CEO was terminated by way of mutual consent.

(2) Refer to 1.

Reply:

(1) No (a) Not Applicable (b) Not Applicable (c) Not Applicable

(2) No. Refer to 1

(3) The employment contract was terminated by way of mutual agreement

Reply:

a) The number of Mikondzo events held in 2016-017 financial year is 31 Mikondzo events.

b) The events date stared in April 2016 – March 2017 financial year.

c) (i) in all nine regions of the Agency (Provinces)

(ii) Municipality names are attached.

(iii) The events took place in the indicated municipal wards

d) The average cost of each event was R2 500 000.00

Reply:

(1)(a) The Department cannot preempt an actual number of orders that will lapse as the provinces are continually undertaking activities to ensure that foster care orders are extended. However, there is a projected number of 54 835 foster care orders that are due for extension between September and December 2017.

(b) It is anticipated that no grants will be unpaid as a result of the foster care court orders expiring, given the implementation of the North Gauteng High Court ruling, which allows SASSA to continue paying the foster child grants, even with expired orders, while the Department of Social Development works on updating the orders. There will thus not be any financial implications for unpaid foster child grants.

(2)(a) Nine provincial departments of Social Development put administrative mechanisms in place to manage the extension of foster care orders that include:

• National DSD and SASSA monitoring the implementation of provincial plans.
• Designation of teams from DSD and SASSA to monitor and track the provincial plans.
• Allocation of social workers to conduct investigations, compile reports with recommendations for extension of foster care orders.
• Social work reports to be considered by the:
  • Designated officials within the Department to issue administrative extension orders in terms of the North Gauteng High Court Order.
  • Presiding officers in the Children’s Courts before issuing an extension order.

(b) The 9 provincial departments of Social Development are continuing to implement the activities referred to in response (2)(a) and putting plans in place to strengthen their mechanisms to ensure that the foster care orders that require to be extended are processed before 1 November 2017.

Reply:

The annual allocated budgets for nongovernmental organisations and/or nonprofit organisations providing statutory services on behalf of the Government in Ekurhuleni regions are as follows:

Regional Structure Group	Name of NPO	Programme	Annual allocated Budget for 2017/18 Financial Year
Ekurhuleni	Actonville child and Family Welfare	Child and Family	1 547 922
Ekurhuleni	Child Welfare SA, Alberton	Child and Family	1 850 084
Ekurhuleni	Christelike Maatskaplike Raad (CMR) Kempton	Child and Family	1 007 443
Ekurhuleni	CMR Benoni	Child and Family	1 089 711
Ekurhuleni	Die Ondersteuningsraad, Brakpan	Child and Family	582 590
Ekurhuleni	Die Ondersteuningsraad Elsburg	Child and Family	770 327
Ekurhuleni	Die Ondersteuningsraad : Kempton	Child and Family	321 295
Ekurhuleni	Edenvale Child & Family welfare	Child and Family	545 076
Ekurhuleni	Geluksdal Child and Family Welfare	Child and Family	1 739 174
Ekurhuleni	Greater Benoni Child & Family Welfare	Child and Family	2 255 351
Ekurhuleni	Great Boksburg Child and Family Welfare	Child and Family	3 819 632
Ekurhuleni	Great Germiston Child and Family Welfare	Child and Family	2 727 214
Ekurhuleni	Child Welfare South Africa Kempton Park	Child and Family	1 614 929
Ekurhuleni	Khanya Family Centre	Child and Family	1 424 536
Ekurhuleni	Nigel Child and Family Welfare Clinic	Child and Family	1 074 711
Ekurhuleni	SKDB S-TVL CMR Alberton	Child and Family	1 195 180
Ekurhuleni	SKDB S-TVL CMR BRAKPAN	Child and Family	454 853
Ekurhuleni	SKDB S-Tvl CMR Germiston	Child and Family	1 352 671
Ekurhuleni	SKDB S-TVL CMR Nigel	Child and Family	315 474
Ekurhuleni	SKDB S-TVL CMR SPRINGS	Child and Family	898 064
Ekurhuleni	SKDB S-TVLCMR Boksburg	Child and Family	582 590
Ekurhuleni	Springs and Kwathema child & family welfare	Child and Family	1 232 448
Ekurhuleni	Tembisa Child & family welfare	Child and Family	2 544 439
Ekurhuleni	FAMSA East Rand	Child and Family	916 974
Ekurhuleni	Childline Gauteng :Tembisa	Child and Family	691 261
Ekurhuleni	Childline Gauteng,:Kathorus	Child and Family	647 390
		Total	33 201 339

Reply:

As per the latest Standard Chart Of Accounts (SCOA), consulting services refers “to specialist services and skills provided that are required for the achievement of a specific objective, with the aim of providing expert and professional advice on a time and material basis. It is unnecessary to maintain these skills in-house, since they are required on a once-off or temporary basis. The legal status of this person can be an individual, a partnership or a corporation. Remuneration is usually based on an hourly fee or a fixed fee for a product/deliverable”.

Due to the number of transactions involved that make up amount (R40, 5 million) disclosed in the Audited Financial Statements of the department, it is not possible to respond on the details required by the member. Based on the SCOA categories, numerous payments were processed for the following goods and services:

Payments for consultancy services rendered by specialised professional Accountants and Auditors firms. This excludes payments for services rendered by the Auditor-General personnel or firms contracted by the AGSA for audit services.

Payments for consultancy services rendered by an Audit Committee member. The legal status can be an individual.

Payment for consultancy services rendered by a Board Member for specialised professional services.

Payment for consultancy services for the provision of specialised professional or technical services related to Human Resources Management.

Payments for professional services for special commissions of enquiry and members of committees other than the Audit Committee and Board Members.

Payments for specialist research and advisory services related to the development, refinement or evaluation of policies to the senior management of an entity (Usually these kinds of specialist research and advisory services would be done by recognized specialists in the relevant field, who very often are working as individuals, universities or research institutes).

Payments for professional services for editors, translators (not in a court) and capturing of information (Transcripts). Included in this item are sign language translators or interpreters used e.g. in Parliament or when delivering public speeches.

Payments for professional services of a valuation of assets.

Payments to occupational safety and health and risk assessment consultants which is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in the work- or employment environment. As a secondary effect, it may also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, suppliers, nearby communities, and other members of the public who are impacted by the workplace environment.

Payment for consultancy services for the provision of specialised professional services regarding Financial, Asset and Procurement Management.

The department is however unable to answer the questions unless the member have a direct question on specific goods and services delivered and rendered respectively.

Reply:

The National Department of Social Development funds Child Welfare South Africa, Childline SA, Afrikaanse Christelike Vrouevereniging (ACVV), the AFM Executive Welfare Council (AFM) and Die ondersteiningsraad, The SAVF (Suid Afrikaanse Vroue Federasie) to provide child protection services according to the Children’s Act.

Child Welfare South Africa:

Child Welfare South Africa has been awarded funding of R 1.8650.00 in 2016/17 financial year for the following objectives:

• Facilitate the transformation of services in accordance with the child protection legislative framework to all CWSA member organization
• Capacity Building of CWSA organizations and related stakeholders to strengthen service delivery within the child protection system
• Network with other partners in the child protection sector at national and provincial level to advocate and facilitate services according to identified needs
• Ensure sound financial management for the organization according to identified needs
• Ensure effective information management system on children for CWSA member organizations.

The organization experienced financial management challenges. The National Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer were suspended due to allegations of mismanagement of funds. Department is awaiting a formal communique from the national board regarding the outcome of the investigation.

Childline South Africa:

Childline South Africa was allocated an amount of R974, 000.00 (Nine Hundred and Seventy Four Thousands Rand only) for the 2016/17 financial year for the following objectives:

• To facilitate transformation of services in accordance with the legislative framework with affiliated Designated Child Protection Organisations (DCPOs) in Provinces.
• Capacity building of management, professional staff, social workers, volunteers and affiliated DCPO’s to enhance their skills and knowledge in child protection and share expertise.
• Develop and maintain an effective information management system via data collection, analysis, and dissemination on Child protection and Child Rights issues, including data on all Childline services.
• Facilitate the transformation of services in accordance with the legislative framework provided by the Children’s Act via a prevention and early intervention online counselling service for children, youth and adults with concerns about children.
• Analyse data drawn from CSA’s residential therapeutic camps for sexually abused children conducted from October 2013 to March 2016 and document the identified gaps in child protection systems.

Afrikaanse Christelike Vrouevereniging (ACVV:

Afrikaanse Christelike Vrouevereniging (ACVV) was funded for training on child protection services according to the Children’s Act and not funded fully in 2016/17.

ACVV was funded for the following objectives under Child Protection:

Objective 1: Promotion of ethical practice, upholding of human rights and effective protection services to children and families at risk through quality capacity building and training of ACVV social service practitioners and their board members, volunteers and community members as required by the Children’s Act (ACVV requested R 586.021 and it was funded R560.500).

Objective 2:Guide and monitor national awareness programs on child protection, empowerment of victims of family violence, the Ubuntu principle of service and the alleviation of poverty to address apathy and educate and promote a caring and participative environment for vulnerable children and families (ACVV requested

R 334.808 and it was funded R249.900).

The total requested for this two objectives was R920.829 and due to financial constrains the department provided funding to the amount of R 810.400.

Die Onderstuiningsraad:

Die Onderstuiningsraad, currently known as Rata, was allocated an amount of R964, 000.00 (Nine Hundred and Sixty Four Thousands Rand only) for the 2016/17 financial year for the following objectives:

Objective 1, Governance: To manage the organization effectively on a national level to ensure a stable and secure working environment for all personnel which will lead to the provision of sustainable services to the previously disadvantaged and underprivileged communities

Objective 2, Capacity building: To manage the organization effectively to ensure the optimal capacity of skilled personnel with the aim to render specialized, effective and professional services.

For both two objectives the organization requested R 925 222.09 and was funded R964 000.00

The AFM Executive Welfare Council (AFM):

The AFM Executive Welfare Council (AFM) was supposed to have been funded an amount of R723 000.00 (Seven hundred and twenty three Thousands Rand only) for the 2016/17 financial year for the following objectives:

Objective 1: To ensure that all programmes relating to children, is functioning in accordance with the Children’s Act and that the AFM Welfare Department through its programs adheres to the regulations, norms and standards set for NPO and CPO status.

Objective 2: To ensure that through mobilisation of churches, at least 180 new role players understand their role in the welfare of their communities by establishing programs for families, with the goals to assist in family crisis, establishing support system, networking with resources to ensure to ensure access to health and wellness programs and to reach out to new and upcoming Organization/programs to empower and support them.

Objective 3: Awareness and Capacity Building within Adoption Community in taking an active lead and partnering with existing national and regional adoption coalition structures that campaigns on prevention against teenage pregnancies are implemented, building the capacity and expertise of 100 social workers in the employ of affiliated DCPO’s within the field of adoptions and network on National, Provincial and Regional level to advocate access to adoption services and to promote good adoption practices by meeting legislative and policy requirements.

The Organization was supposed to have been funded an amount of R723 00.00. The Organization was not funded because they did not comply with the requirements as they did not submit the Tax Clearance which was one of the requirements for funding.

The SAVF (Suid Afrikaanse Vroue Federasie):

The SAVF (Suid Afrikaanse Vroue Federasie) was allocated an amount of R762 000.00 (Seven hundred and sixty two thousand rand only) for the 2016/17 financial year. SAVF is a voluntary organization which was founded in 1904. Since the appointment of paid staff members (first social worker in 1938), there was then a need for a national office to co-ordinate services, to determine priorities, to develop new services and to capacitate people.

The following are the funded objectives for the financial year 2016/17:

• To develop, monitor and facilitate the implementation of programmes relating to Children, Families, Older persons & Persons with disabilities.
• To build the capacity of emerging organizations and human resources (staff, students, managements and volunteers) in strengthening social service delivery on national, provincial and local levels.
• To ensure good governance with regard to the management and transformation of the organisation.
• To network on international, national, provincial and local levels to promote services and new developments in the welfare field.
• To monitor and evaluate the quantity, quality and appropriateness of welfare services in relation to national priorities, norms and standards.

The organization was funded with all the allocated money as they complied with all the funding requirements.