Reply:

 

The findings and recommendations of the Report of the Ekurhuleni Water Care Company are indicated in the table below:

Findings	Recommendations
Non-establishment of the two key Governance Structures, the Political Steering Committee and the Project Steering Committee; resulted in delays for approval of the intervention implementation plan	Key Governance Structures should be established to make key decisions on budgetary issues and project implementation issues.
The Project Management Office (PMO) should have been appointed shortly after appointing ERWAT as an Implementing Agent to ensure efficient handling of the project plan and procurement of services.	The PMO should have been appointed shortly after appointing ERWAT as an Implementing Agent
There was a long lead time in Supply Chain Management processes (MFMA Compliance which affected the pace of the project.	Due to the urgent nature of the project, special procurement processes should be put in place to ensure that the needs of the project are met in a timeous manner
There was a lack of a structured communication and engagement protocol	Councilors need to conduct regular public awareness campaigns to educate communities on the objectives of the intervention to: Minimize work disturbances by the communities Reduce the littering and vandalism of the sewer network by the communities.
	Community awareness campaigns should be a constant feature/activity in projects of such a nature to manage community expectations.
The role of the Labour Unions and communities as key stakeholders, was not acknowledged which resulted in a lack of buy-in from the Metsi- a-Lekoa personnel for the project	Labour unions should play a greater part in projects of such a nature for the good of the project.
	The establishment of Labour Desks at an early stage is key so that the project can be implemented with the inclusion of SMMEs and taking into consideration job seekers in the area.
	Buy-in from the local communities, Community Leadership, Business Forum Leadership, MKMVA Leadership was crucial for the project.
There was scope creep between the Sedibeng Regional Sewer Scheme (SRSS) and the Vaal River System Intervention (VRSI) resulting from inadequate integration of the SRSS and VRSI Projects.	Allocation of resources and integration of projects such as the SRSS and the VRSI should be given priority even before the commencement of the project. This will also avoid delays due to interdependencies.
	Better planning and coordination is required for integration of SRSS into VRSI.
Finalisation of scope of works for refurbishments was delayed	The Department should prioritise finalization of scope for refurbishment when they take over project implementation.
	The O&M aspect of the project should be implemented first before the Capex rollout for infrastructure refurbishment to ensure that the Implementing Agent understands the process

Findings	Recommendations
	deficiencies and the sequence of the refurbishment process.
Human resources, equipment and fleet were found to be inadequate within Emfuleni Local Municipality and presented challenges in the operation and maintenance of the sewer infrastructure	The project should have commenced by mobilizing resources such as staff, fleet, tools, equipment, for Metsi-a-Lekoa. Capacitatation of ELM from inception would have made skills transfer from ERWAT an easy process.
Poor power supply to pump stations and Water Care Works (WCWs) affected water quality.	Back-up generators should be procured to ensure continuous adequate power supplies.

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Yes, Honourable Komane

Stats SA intends to roll out multi-modal data collection tools, namely (i) Computer Assisted Web Interviewing (CAWI), (ii) Computer Assisted Telephonic Interviewing (CATI) and (iii) Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI). The latter is also referred to as face to face interviewing.

The CAWI and CATI modes allows us to collect and interact with the public remotely, hence we encourage all people/households and institutions to register to be enumerated on our data-free platforms (getcounted.statssa.gov.za) or call our Tollfree service (0800 110-

248) to help them register. This process triggers members of the public to share with us their contact details, which will aid us to engage them even remotely (telephonically- CATI)

Face to face has been undertaken during the last pilot (August 2021). The challenge has been the discomfort from the public to open their doors to the field staff. The level of restrictions imposed at a given time will determine the roll out of face to face (e.g., any restrictions from level. 3 and lower still allows us to conduct face to face- with appropriate PPE equipment.). Any higher levels of restrictions (level 4-5) will lead to the rescheduling/ delayed deployment of face to face).

We are aware of limitations in rural areas either due to literacy levels or connectivity challenges, hence we advocate that CAPI is still the best mode to reach all settlements and population groupings (homeless, transients, households and the institutionalized).

We therefore intend to use all these methods in rural areas. In areas/cases where these other two modes cannot be deployed, we intend to deploy face-to-face primarily with the appropriate levels of restrictions as determined/pronounced from time to time.

The approach will be to provide all our field staff with (appropriate PPE’s, face masks and sanitizers), in addition our training includes a module on adherence to Occupation, Health and Safety (OHS) measures/guidelines in line with COVID-19 regulations. This includes either conducting interviews in open spaces within, outside the dwelling unit or asking for telephone numbers and calling the respondent immediately thereafter via using the tablets (over the fence or otherwise).

Finally, we also have a workplace vaccination program, wherein we encourage our employees to be vaccinated by setting dates for vaccinations within our various national and provincial offices in collaboration with GEMS.

Thank You.

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(a). Based on section 5 of the Border Management Authority Act, the Authority is required by law to ensure the effective management of the movement of people, goods and services across the country’s Ports of Entry (PoE). Therefore, the establishment of the Authority is intended to improve efficiencies in the facilitation of trade between South African and the rest of the African continent and the world. Further, the establishment of BMA seeks to ensure the integration of various functions (e.g. immigration, port health, agriculture, access control) which are currently implemented by individual government departments in a fragmented manner. Therefore, BMA’s establishment seeks to improve efficiencies in this regard by integrating all those functions into a single command and control. To this end, in executing its functions, the BMA will remain guided by the overall policy directives adopted by the respective parent departments and therefore will in no way work towards hindering any trade activities or market access between South Africa, African countries and the world.

(b). The BMA, in collaboration with relevant government stakeholders, has prepared an operational plan for the border environment for the 2021/22 festive season wherein mitigation strategies have been developed for identified challenges such as traffic congestion and crowd control. The plan has been endorsed by multiple stakeholders including the National Joint Operational Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS), Provincial Joint Operational Intelligence Structures (PROVJOINTS) especially those of Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the Free State. Further, the Border Management Authority is leading discussions at the Joint Technical Committees with our respective neighbours to ensure the alignment of systems to ensure the smooth movement of cargo between our respective Ports of Entry. We have also finalised discussions to increase the operating hours and the deployment of additional human resources especially in the busiest ports such as Beit Bridge, Lebombo, and Maseru Bridge, amongst others.

​(c). Whilst the leadership of Border Management Authority is busy putting systems in place to operationalise the Authority and the ultimate deployment of the Border Guards, the Ports of Entry are currently secured by the South African Police Service (SAPS) in order to deter and intercept any illegal activities in the port environment. Regarding security at the private and public airports, the members of SAPS are working closely with the private security company to ensure that the port environment is fully secured and protected. These security arrangements also cover the Fire Blade private airport area as described in order to ensure that there is no smuggling taking place in the environment.

 

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1. (a) There are 10 nursing colleges in the Republic. One located in each of the nine provinces and the 10th being the South African Military Health Service (SAMHS). These colleges have 45 campuses and 40 sub-campuses located in district and subdistrict level in each of the provinces to ensure access to nursing education by local communities

(b) (i) None of these colleges were shut down in the past two financial years.

(ii) Not applicable

1. The colleges are running effectively and smoothly, phasing in new programmes whilst phasing out the legacy (old) programmes in compliance with relevant legislation guiding nursing education. While the accreditation process by the Council for Higher Education (CHE) for some programmes has been slower than expected, department is communicating with the CHE to expedite the accreditation of these programmes.

1. (a) Table 1 overleaf reflects the number of graduates who were produced by South African Nursing Colleges in the past five-years in question:

Table 1. Number of graduates produced by South African Nursing Colleges in the past five years

Province	Name of the College of Nursing	Graduates produced per year:
		2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Total
Eastern Cape	Lilitha College of Nursing	358	331	426	336	322	1773
Free State	Free State School of Nursing	165	155	144	152	145	761
Gauteng	Gauteng College of Nursing	620	614	507	593	847	3181
KwaZulu Natal	KwaZulu Natal College of Nursing	316	533	393	512	164	1918
Limpopo	Limpopo College of Nursing	218	188	200	235	169	1010
Mpumalanga	Mpumalanga College of Nursing	322	76	304	243	146	1091
Northern Cape	Henrietta Stockdale Nursing College	25	44	18	46	13	146
North West	North West College of Nursing	275	130	118	200	269	992
Western Cape	Western Cape College of Nursing	243	250	77	34	6	610
SAMHS	SAMHS Nursing College	61	40	56	14	41	212
Total	11 694

(b) The following table reflects the number of eligible graduates who were absorbed into statutory posts for Professional Nursing Community Service in the past five years (The numbers below are inclusive graduates from Nursing Colleges and Universities)

Table 2.

Province	Graduates absorbed as Community Service Nurses in each year:
	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Total
Eastern Cape	582	514	621	551	587	2855
Free State	217	195	211	173	164	960
Gauteng	683	781	677	655	970	3766
KwaZulu Natal	648	700	684	687	439	3158
Limpopo	171	212	276	323	279	1261
Mpumalanga	265	208	217	295	251	1236
Northern Cape	74	53	102	74	92	395
North West	390	304	394	471	268	1827
Western Cape	384	381	364	323	364	1816
SAMHS	61	40	56	14	41	212
Total	17 486

NB. After completing Community Service, Professional Nurses are not automatically absorbed into permanent posts. They need to apply and compete for advertised positions either Public Service or Private Sector. Based on the individuals performance during the selection process the favourable candidate is appointed into a post.

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Reply:

 

1. The finalisation of the report on the National Investigation Task Team, was delayed by the outstanding forensic investigation report that was carried out on the cell phones that were voluntarily submitted by candidates. The final Report has since been submitted to the Portfolio Committee.
2. The investigation relating to the Government Printing Works as well as the other components of the investigation are part of the criminal investigation that is conducted and managed by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI). All information relating to the criminal investigation will only be made available to the Department of Basic Education, after the investigation is concluded and the courts have ruled on the matter.

Reply:

 

The department regrets to report that there has been no additional budget for demand generation. The additional resources have been provided by the private sector and voluntarily placement of advertisements and radio slots. The investments include making vaccination mean more to people (through demand creation) and making it easier to get vaccinated (through establishing more vaccination sites, using outreach and extending vaccination site times, primarily to weekends). Doses in the arms, especially of older people mean a lot fewer admissions and savings to the health system. Calculations have been done which show that vaccination of people over 65 years saves the health system around R850 per vaccination based on a cost of admission which is about R75 000 per admission. It has also been estimated that vaccinating 83 men over 65 years could prevent 1 admission, saving R903 in admission cost for this group.

The cost of vaccines and associated supplies remains the major investment. The cost of the logistics to provide the vaccinations increases exponentially as it becomes more difficult to reach people. Increasingly more effort and investment are required to drive towards critical thresholds of coverage. People who are willing to vaccinate if their personal costs or constraints are reduced cost the vaccination programme more to reach than those who have no limitation on access at their own costs.

The public investment case is that COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on both society and the economy:

• COVID-19 has increased the number of deaths by about 30% since May 2020. There were 238,949 excess deaths in South Africa recorded between 3 May 2020 and 14 August 2021 (age-standardised excess death rate of 401 per 100,000 population).

• Vaccination against COVID-19 will provide a return on investment of 11 to 20 times in terms of infections averted and costs to the economy.

• COVID-19 related mortality is concentrated in older age groups: 82% of COVID-19 deaths recorded in South Africa have been among people over fifty years of age and 61% of recorded deaths among people over 60 years.
• The net saving to the health system of vaccinating all men and women over 65 years of age is approximately R1.3 billion (R500 and R250 per person respectively), based on a mortality hazard ratio of approximately 2:1,4 an average cost per hospitalisation managed in a public general ward of R75,0005 and an unit cost of vaccination of R350.

• The vaccination of younger people (aged 18-39 years) is crucial in securing the social and economic returns on investment in the medium-term. In the short-term, the vaccination of younger people will incur a net cost to the health sector (about R300 p.p.). However, they constitute over half (56%) of the total population and their uptake patterns will largely determine whether or not we reach critical thresholds of coverage.

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• 1. The department is considering various options including the usage of third parties (e.g. courier companies) to facilitate the turnaround times for passport applications abroad in the interim, while the long-term include the deployment of e-Home Affairs and Live Capture abroad.
  2. The department is in the process to establish the viability of extending the online passport application systems abroad which will significantly shorten the time-frame for issuance of passports. The installation of the e-Home Affairs and Live Capture System in offices abroad is receiving attention.

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1. While dropping out is a matter that the Department of Basic Education monitors closely, it would be difficult to provide a response to question (a) for two reasons. Firstly, how the Department has monitored dropping out over the years, has changed as methodologies and data have improved; meaning that there is no comparable number for each of twenty years which can simply be added together. It should be pointed out that dropping out is seldom, if ever monitored in the manner implied by the question. Secondly, even if an attempt were to be made to standardise values over time, this would have to be in response to a question that defines clearly who is a dropout. There is no universally accepted definition of this. Young people, who leave school before obtaining the ‘Matric’ to find work, or to further studies somewhere else, are not easily identified or defined.

It should be clarified that the Department takes the matter of dropping out very seriously, and reports transparently and frequently on this. The annual report on the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, available on the Department’s website, provides comprehensive analysis of who obtains and who does not obtain the National Senior Certificate (NSC). For example, the report for the 2020 examinations indicates that ‘the percentage of youths successfully completing Grade 12, has increased from about 45% in 2005, to around 57% in 2019’. The 57% implies that around 420 000 in one youth age cohort, do not obtain the NSC. Statistics South Africa data indicate that a further 3%, do not obtain the NSC; but do obtain some other national qualification outside the schooling system, for instance at a college. (This is explained in, for instance, the Department’s Action Plan to 2024.)

The 2020 NSC examinations report, moreover makes the important point that successful completion of twelve years of education in South Africa is roughly to similar to that found in other middle income countries. The key point is that the situation is improving in South Africa. A growing percentage of young South Africans, have been obtaining the NSC, and the NSC with a Bachelors-level pass in particular.

1. Most dropping out, occurs between Grade 10 and Grade 11, and between Grade 11 and Grade 12. Figures in this regard appear in the 2020 NSC report.

1. Dropping out is caused mostly by learners not coping academically. By far the most important interventions implicitly aimed at combatting dropping out, focus on improving the quality of learning and teaching. Such interventions include upgrading the skills of teachers at the secondary level, and initiatives aimed at ensuring that learners have all the textbooks they need, as well as the support / remedial programmes they require. Important longer-term interventions, include improving the way reading, writing and numeracy are taught in the earliest grades. Details appear in the Department’s Annual Performance Plan and other documents on the Department’s website.

In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic poses immense threats to educational quality. In this regard, the Department has focussed strongly on returning learners to regular daily attendance, for instance by insisting on the prioritisation of teachers in the national vaccination programme.

Reply:

The Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) raised R15.45 billion from six local banks, including DBSA, in May 2021, as part of its mandate to raise and manage funding for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (“LHWP”), including the construction of Phase 2. This followed the raising of R6.5 billion in 2018 from three local banks. The loans contribute to:

• Fulfilment of South Africa’s obligations in terms of the Treaty with Lesotho;
• Servicing of the existing debt portfolio; and
• New capital expenditure on LHWP-2 and liquidity management.

The LHWP augments the Vaal River System (VRS) which supplies water to 45% of South Africa’s population in Gauteng municipalities including Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, Tshwane, Rustenberg in the North West; as well Govan Mbeki Municipality (Secunda, Evander, and Bethal) in Mpumalanga. The Vaal River System also supports 60% of the South African economy, including:

• The bulk of Eskom’s power stations;
• Sasol’s plants in Sasolburg and Secunda;
• The goldfields of the North West and Free State provinces;
• The Iron and Manganese mines in the Northern Cape; and
• ArcelorMittal South Africa’s steel works in Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging.

The long-term outlook for the VRS is that water requirements are outstripping the available water resources and there is a need to assure water security for the several provinces dependent on the VRS.

The transactions are an investment in an impactful project that contributes to social and economic development. Apart from the direct benefit of additional water supply for the VRS, the LHWP-2 is anticipated to contribute and maintain a total of R244.4 billion (in 2018 constant prices) GDP and Sustain 544 586 new job opportunities, of which just over 214 570 will be for unskilled workers; thereby significantly contributing to South Africa’s job creation, according to a Technical Due-diligence Report prepared by consulting company called WSP for the benefit of Development Finance Institutions lenders.

The loans are all denominated in local currency and therefore do not have foreign currency exposure and have maturities of between 5 and 20 years. They will be repaid through water tariffs charged by the Department of Water and Sanitation on the Vaal River System water users.

The TCTA's repayment obligations under the LHWP are covered by an explicit South African Government Guarantee as required by the Treaty on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. The details of the loan agreements are provided in table 1 below.

TABLE 1: LOAN AGREEMENTS DETAILS

Lender	Loan Type	Purpose of the loan	Loan Amount	Effective Date	Final Repayment Date
ABSA	Long-Term Loan	Refinancing of existing debt	R1,000,000,000	27 May 2021	31 March 2026
DBSA	Long-Term Loan	Capital Expenditure	R2,500,000,000	27 May 2021	30 April 2045
DBSA	Long-Term Loan	Capital Expenditure	R3,000,000,000	27 May 2021	30 April 2045
Investec	Long-Term Loan & Revolving Credit Facility	Refinancing and/or Capital Expenditure	R1,500,000,000	25 July 2018	25 July 2036
Investec	Long-Term Loan	Refinancing and/or Capital Expenditure	R1,650,000,000	27 May 2021	30 May 2036
Nedbank	Long-Term Loan	Capital Expenditure	R2,000,000,000	27 May 2021	27 May 2031
Rand Merchant Bank	Long-Term Loan	Refinancing and/or Capital Expenditure	R3,800,000,000	27 May 2021	27 May 2026
Standard Bank	Long-Term Loan & Revolving Credit Facility	Refinancing and/or Capital Expenditure	R4,000,000,000	27 July 2018	27 July 2033
Standard Bank	Long-Term Loan	Refinancing and/or Capital Expenditure	R600,000,000	27 May 2021	30 April 2027
Standard Bank	Long-Term Loan	Refinancing and/or Capital Expenditure	R900,000,000	27 May 2021	28 April 2028

Reply:

 

Response: (a)

Please note that the department does not have comparison of learners without IDs between 2020 and 2021. However, the number of learners uploaded on LURITS were verified with the Department of Home Affairs. This analysis is not specific for the last 12 months. About 91.3% of learners with ID’s were verified with the Department of Home Affairs.

Table 1: Number of South African learners with verified ID numbers on LURITS, in 2021

Province	Total number of learners of learners uploaded to LURITS	Number of learners with verified ID's on NPR
Eastern Cape	1,688,327	1,612,153
Free State	738,304	695,056
Gauteng	1,899,470	1,607,654
KwaZulu- Natal	2,251,344	2,122,383
Limpopo	1,780,306	1,712,546
Mpumalanga	1,128,591	1,052,018
Northern Cape	304,675	297,210
North West	862,259	816,303
Western Cape	1,252,233	958,568
Total	11,905,509	10,873,891

Source: 2021 LURITS

(b)(i)(ii)

Table 2 indicates that there were 465 826 South African learners without ID numbers captured in the School Administration System in 2021. The majority of these learners are in Gauteng, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 144 218 and 92 572, respectively.

Table 2: Number of South African learners without ID numbers submitted on LURITS, in 2021

Province	Total Number
Eastern Cape	55,537
Free State	30,546
Gauteng	144,218
KwaZulu-Natal	92,572
Limpopo	46,455
Mpumalanga	56,689
Northern Cape	4,978
North West	26,922
Western Cape	7, 909
Total	465 826

Source: 2021 LURITS

c) Engagements between the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Home Affairs have been enhanced and formalised under the leadership of Deputy Ministers of both Departments. Officials have also established teams not to only focus on South African learners, but all undocumented learners in all schools. The teams are led by the Deputy Directors-General of the two departments, and these teams include Chief Directors and Directors. Through the collaboration, the Department of Home Affairs has access to schools; and both departments exchange information of undocumented learners with the aim of facilitating their registration.

Reply:

 

The following interventions are made to assist the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital:

(a) The hospital has an annual turnover of about 30 – 50 community service doctors;

(b) The hospital annually plans by commencing interviews with community service doctors who may be interested to continue working at the hospital around June – July;

(c) The hospital has completed the human resources process on time and the applicants were informed of the outcome of the interviews and the list of recommended applicants has been sent to the Head of Units;

(d) The hospital is currently filling 31 posts, following a resignation of a medical officer

​2. Yes.

(a) The hospital always had backlogs in ophthalmology, general surgery, and orthopaedics. This is due to an ongoing challenge of a shortage of nurses trained in theatre technique. The hospital does, from time to time, arrange blitz sessions to reduce the backlog;

(b) The total backlog for general surgery currently stands at 492;

(c) The long-term plan is active recruitment, coupled with training nurses in theatre technique to cover the rest of the province. This will allow the hospital to plan outreach programmes into the districts to minimise the burden on the tertiary hospital for beds.

(3) The Ministry and National Department of Health will continue to support the province as we do with us provinces in the identified area of staff shortages across all categories.

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Reply:

 

1. A total of R 11 504 666, 67 bonuses has been paid during the 2020-21 financial year for the 2019/20 Performance management cycle.
2. The following amounts were paid iro benefits to employees:
   1. R 1 109 654,60 paid to employees who were on suspension
   2. R 1 788 516,00 paid to employees who have resigned while under internal investigation.

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2729. Mr A C Roos: (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs: Written Reply 

Reply:

 

The Department has always paid special attention on the children and adolescent access by monitoring the age group in the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets on HIV and AIDS treatment.

The prevention of Mother to child HIV transmission is intended to reduce vertical transmission, the target is that all pregnant HIV positive women should give birth to HIV negative children, in that way this will decrease the burden of HIV in children. All these women are initiated on ART and viral suppression is monitored closely to remain at <50 or that they are virally suppressed so that they transmit the virus.

All children exposed to HIV are given HIV prophylaxis for the duration of breast feeding. Those babies who are vertically infected are initiated on ART immediately after diagnosis.

We have acknowledged the gap on access of HIV services within this population gap and have developed various strategies such as the following:

1. Development and implementation across all the provinces of the Paediatric and Adolescent HIV Matrix of Interventions Plan: The key objectives of the intervention plan are to:

• • improve rates of earlier HIV diagnosis in children and adolescents and
  • increase access to quality HIV treatment and care for children and adolescents.
  • retain children and adolescent in sustainable treatment.

1. Monthly provincial virtual calls as part of M&E for the programme and the Matrix Paediatric and Adolescent HIV Matrix of Interventions Plan. Provinces report back on progress of interventions, highlight challenges and share best practices that aim to improve indicators.

1. Department of Health continues to ensure public health facilities provide adolescent- friendly health services.

1. The Department of Health , in response to palatability of the paediatric ART suspensions, has since introduced Lopinavir/Ritonavir pellets for children, which is the new formulation of drugs, approved for use in SA. These pellets make adherence easy and encourages the caregivers to give treatment for viral load suppression.

1. To date all provinces have procured the product and both nurses and doctors can prescribe LPV/r oral pellets.

1. Department of Health with its partners continues to implement the Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) Programme and Determined, Resilient, Empowered ,AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) program, which offers an age-tailored combination prevention package for adolescent girls and young women aged 15 to 25. The DREAMS partnership is an ambitious public-private partnership aimed at reducing rates of HIV among adolescent girls and young women in the highest HIV burden districts. The aim of the project is to:

• • empower adolescent girls and young women and reduce risk through youth-friendly reproductive health care and social asset building;

• • mobilize communities for change with school- and community-based HIV and violence prevention;

• • reduce risk of sex partners through PEPFAR programming, including HIV testing, treatment, and voluntary medical male circumcision; and

• • strengthen families with social protection (education subsidies, combination socio- economic approaches) and parent/caregiver programs.

The department has established Youth zones in some public health facilities, priority being to improve the accessibility of health services to young people and support for the HIV infected youth. Nationally the department has established 1027 youth zones out of 3434 public health facilities.

Youth Zone are youth friendly spaces within the health facility, meant to attract more young people to access health facilities. Youth zones, by dedicating time and environmental space and prioritise youth in service provision which is not limited to biomedical but include extramural activities and other initiatives. Youth zones encourage adolescents to have support groups and discuss health related and age appropriate topics including taking ART and remaining on ART.

The National Department of Health is in partnership with loveLife and Soul City to support implementation of youth prevention interventions including prevention of HIV , starting on ART and teenage pregnancies.

Soul City’s rise young women’s club comprises young people at community level that group themselves and meet on a monthly basis to discuss the social challenges in their communities and empower each other on health related issues and discuss support of young women on ART.

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Reply:

 

1. Total number of –

• 1. Number of Hospital beds

The country has a total of 108 805 general beds and 5616 critical care beds all available for admission of Covid-19 patients.

• 1. Oxygen tanks that have been made available in each province

The oxygen tanks are allocated per hospital and not per province. The size of the tank is based on the size of the hospital and its capability to manage patients that require oxygenation. The oxygen tanks per hospital are attached as annexure A. Over and above these tanks, Afrox has further repurposed the oxygen cylinders and increased the capacity from 9000 cylinders that were available before Covid-19 to 19 000that are available for use during the pandemic.

1. The department held the two day workshop with the provinces, in anticipation of the fourth wave as part of the broad consultative process. This planning was irrespective of the variant, but more focused on the getting all resources ready for the pandemic knowing all variants are different but that they require proper planning. From this workshop, the provinces developed resurgence plans which are currently being implemented. Over and above these plans, the department, through the National Institute, as a partner, communicates with the provinces through the submission of the Situational Report on the variants. The departmental Incident Management Team has also allocated senior managers as provincial leads, who work directly with the provinces and they report to the National IMT every week on Thursday.

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Reply:

 

1. The Department plans to conduct a needs analysis with regards to the suitability and applicability of current programmes to meet the needs and requirements of persons with disabilities. Currently the Department provides for a top-up to the current subsidy to respond to the needs of persons with disabilities who apply and are approved for a subsidised house. The Department has received requests for the current minimum norm and standard for a house for a person

with disabilities to be increased to 45m2 in size. The intention of the needs analysis is to ensure houses are constructed that comply with Part S of the South African National Standards (SANS 10400XA). Such standards provide that the house must conform to the universal design principles to ensure accessibility for persons with disabilities.

This implies that the houses to be build would be tailor-made to suit different forms of physical disabilities and special needs to cater for persons who use or need walking aids, partially or full-time using a wheelchair, partially/profoundly deaf, partially/ blind, partially/total movement loss/paralysis in the upper body limbs.

1. The Department also plans to approve a policy on Special Housing Needs (SHN), in conjunction with the Department of Social Development, which will cater for those that are unable to live independently in a normal housing or require assistance in terms of a safe, supportive, and protective living environment and thus need some level of care or protection, be it temporary or permanent.

1. The table below provides a summary of what is recorded in the National Needs Register as 24 November 2021, in relation to backlog of provision of housing for persons with disabilities..

Reply:

 

According to the Gauteng Provincial Department of Health,

• The current Covid-19 guidelines were used in the treatment of patients who were admitted with Covid-19;

• This period also coincided with the end of the 3rd wave;

• There is a possibility that the community vaccination has had a positive impact on the number of people getting infected with Covid-10 and a decrease in the number of patients who needed admission.

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Reply:

 

(a) The department has a Loss Control Committee to deal with the Irregular Expenditure and do an analysis on some of the cases of disagreements related to the interpretation of irregular expenditure categorised under emergency procurement in line with the circular directive issued by National Treasury.

(i)-(ii) The department including the entities implemented processes to ensure end users are conscientise to comply with Irregular Expenditure Framework and its prescribed timelines. The department its further implementing processes and mechanism where all end users on procurements of goods and services are done through Supply Chain Management Cluster to ensure that internal policies and procedures are fully complied with.

Effective consequence management process when non-compliance on irregular Expenditure is detected, the department has a loss Control Committee to conduct a determination test or analyse particulars of the non-compliance to establish the facts and losses, if any, related to the transaction. The committee will then recommend appropriate action on each reported. The process is already implemented and underway, and Human Resource Labour Relation unit including Legal Service Cluster are currently dealing with the investigation of some of the cases which involves the officials and/ or service providers alleged to be committed irregular expenditure. Tangible measures and/or efforts will be determined at the end of the financial year during the audit process.

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Reply:

 

The community of Ward 11 in Moses Kotane Local Municipality is receiving Health Services through Mobile clinic two times a month (bi-weekly). The next visit was scheduled on the 10 December 2021. The clinic that normally serves ward 11 is Ramokokastad clinic, which is currently closed due to the destruction that was caused during the unrests in the village. This clinic will be re-opened at the end of March 2022, and this will improve access of services in the Ward.

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Reply:

 

In terms of the Agreement between South Africa and Cuba, the amount payable for tuition fees for students in Cuba is billed in US dollars and payable by the National Department of Health based on the exchange rate at the date of transfer. The amount payable is fixed per level of study per student. Stipend is also billed in US dollars.

All year calculations are made based on the current exchange rate which might fluctuate from time-to-time. The fluctuation is always accommodated to ensure that it does not negatively affect the budgeted amount. On a monthly basis students receive their stipend of USD 200.

There are no charges or fees subtracted on the stipend regardless of the exchange rate. END.

Reply:

 

The vetting conducted entailed the following:

1. (i) Checked if Digital Vibes is fit to do business with the department by assessing its capability and capacity through functionality evaluation which was part of terms of reference.

• 1. Checked if the Digital Vibes operates in the required business sector in so far as their registration with CSD.

• 1. Checked the legitimacy by verifying its existence through the Central Supplier Database, how long they have existed, that they are actively trading, and their financial status.

• 1. The department also checked if Digital Vibes and its directors/shareholders were not restricted to do business with the State through the National Treasury tender defaulters register.

• 1. The department relied on the information certified by the bidder on the Declaration of bidder’s past supply chain management practices, standard bidding document 8 (SBD 8). Question 4.1 SBD 8 ask the bidder or any of its directors if they listed on the National Treasury Database of restricted suppliers as companies or person prohibited from doing business with the public sector. Question 4.2 of the same SBD 8 ask the bidder or its directors if they listed on the register of tender defaulters in terms of section 29 of the prevention and combating of corrupt activities Act (Act No. 12 of 2004).

• 1. The department also checked if the bank account number belong to Digital Vibes and not individual through bank verification on the Central Supplier Database.
  2. The department made use of the declaration of interest, standard bidding document 4 (SBD 4) to be completed by the bidder and the bidder had to sign the declaration form certifying that the information furnished is true and correct. Paragraph 2.9 of the SBD 4 ask the bidder if “Do you, or any person connected with the bidder, have any relationship (family, friend, other) with person employed by the State and who may be involved with the evaluation and or adjudication of this bid”.

1. The General Condition of Contract (GCC), which forms part of the standard bidding document issued to bidders’ states on paragraph 1.13 that “Fraudulent practice” means a misrepresentation of facts in order to influence a procurement process or the execution of a contract to the detriment of any bidder. In this case, qualifications of team members and individuals of Digital Vibes were not vetted. Bidders are bound by the GCC that their submission is truthful in all aspects and that any misrepresentation are dealt with in line with Preferential Procurement Regulations 2017. If after award it becomes apparent that the bidder misrepresented facts on the submission of their bidding documents the contract may cancelled which may lead to the entity being restricted from doing business with the state for a specified period.

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Reply:

 

The department started planning for the fourth wave based on the experience from other countries and the advice from the scientists about the third wave. In this regard, the department worked with the provinces, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, the World Health Organisation (WHO), the scientists and all other stakeholders to prepare for this fourth wave. The preparations resulted in the development of the fourth wave resurgence plan for both National Department and the provinces. The planning covered various areas which are provided for in the original surge planning framework. This plan includes the following:

• The number of beds that are available for admission of CoVid-19 patients
• The number of respiratory support devices
• The capacity and capacity of oxygen supply and reticulation including sustainable availability in the hospitals

• Availability of the Human Resources by encouraging that those who were at the front line be allowed to take leave to recover from the pressure of the third wave.

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Reply:

 

(a)-(b) The responsibility of the Department of Health is to ensure that the public receives accurate and factual information from reliable sources in a manner that is reassuring and builds national trust. Part of that accurate information is to ensure that everyone understands the risks of not getting vaccinated and not adhering to personal protective practices like mask- wearing, handwashing, good ventilation and social distancing. It is also vital that older people and their families understand the substantially higher risk of Covid-19 related hospital admission and death, should they not get vaccinated as 58.4% of hospital admissions and 81.5% of deaths recorded by the end of the end of October 2021 were among people aged 50 and above.

The most effective reassurance which the National Department of Health can offer the general public is substantially reduced risk through vaccination and adherence to the personal practices described above. At the same time, the Department understands that the ‘messenger is as important as the message’ in persuading people to be vaccinated. For that reason, together with GCIS and other social partners, it engages extensively with national and provincial leadership of faith-based organisations, labour unions, traditional and Khoi-San leadership, community organisations and the business sector. It has also launched a Vooma Vax Champs initiative to encourage ordinary South Africans to become advocates among their friends and colleagues in an effort to tap into personal networks of trust.

The Department makes use of both regional radio stations of the SABC and over 65 Community based organisations to convey messaging in all 11 languages. It also distributes print material available in all 11 languages. Over 30 million brochures have been distributed through the Department of Health and partner retail stores. Print material is also available in Braille and large-print for the partially sighted and a video has been developed for people with hearing disability.

Every effort is to made to ensure that non-binary pronouns are used in the public communication to ensure inclusiveness with respect to gender identity. Where required, information is tailored for specific gendered audiences (e.g. dealing with concerns about male virility and clarifying that the vaccine is safe for men and for women who are pregnant).

A Risk, Community and Community Engagement Committee is responsible for synthesising the feedback from provinces to better understand and respond to regional issues.

The messages we disseminate are based on verified facts and we deliberately do not focus on giving airtime to the myths and misperceptions around the vaccine. Our current campaigns such as Zwakala, GenV Who You Doing It For? And the Vaccine Diaries are all based on positive reinforcement, demonstrating social proof that vaccines are safe and the continual encouragement of taking preventive behaviours.

We develop communication campaigns that are targeted to specific segments of our population, be they in a specific geography or age cohort. For example, the Zwakala campaign is targeted at youth and is primarily on social media and digital mediums. GenV is targeted at the 35+ year olds, and is on national radio and TV.

We also of course create communications for the mass market, but even when we do that, we create that content in multiple languages. Our new safer holiday campaign will be on community and national radio in all 11 official languages.

Finally, all of our communication is based on insights and data that we receive from our social listening and community engagement teams to ensure we are addressing real concerns people have around COVID-19 and the vaccine. We know that if we do this, our messages will resonate better.

Through regular coordination between the national level, provincial, sub-district level and the range of RCCE partners, we are confident that we are doing everything in our means to reach all South Africans in mediums and messages that are understandable and relatable.

The National Contact Centre has branches in six provinces to ensure a good spread of call centre operators fluent in all languages.

At the same time, we appreciate the limitations of nationally designed messaging and communication. Working with social partners and private foundations such as the DG Murray Trust and Tshikululu Social Investments, a network of close to 100 community- based organisations is supported, involving every district, to ensure that information can be contextualised and conveyed in a style and language suitable to all audiences. Partner organisations with the Department of Health, such as the AIDS Foundation of South Africa, NACOSA and Beyond Zero, assist in reaching hard to reach groups (including sex workers and other socially marginalised groups).

The Department has worked with NEDLAC, the business sector and trade unions to ensure that information is both targeted and specific to different occupational groups. The Mining Sector has done exceptionally well in attaining coverage levels of over 70%, while there is active mobilisation of the agricultural sector through joint engagement of agri-business and trade unions.

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Reply:

 

The question has been referred to the North West Department of Education and a response will be submitted as soon as it is received.

Reply:

 

The department is ready to accommodate the new cases of Covid-19 that are on the rise. All hospitals and clinics have been prepared for the fourth wave as follows:

Both hospitals and clinics have been allocated adequate resources such as beds, oxygen supplies, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and respiratory support devices. The health care workers have also been allowed to take leave before the fourth wave.

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Reply:

 

Learner admission, is a provincial competency. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) developed Business Processes that all provinces should implement in the management of the admission process. The DBE has ensured that all provinces have:

1. developed Circulars to guide the admission process in the admissions in line with the Business Process;
2. used various media platforms to conduct advocacy to inform parents and stakeholders about important dates and procedures for admissions;
3. established admission committees at provincial and District level to manage admissions in the province;
4. established a team to manage and respond to appeals;
5. established centres to deal with late registration and the distribution of learners from over-subscribed to where there is still available space.

Reply:

 

1(a) (i)(ii) and 1(b)(1). The table below shows the information on the staff component of all non-teaching posts including professional staff (Therapists, Social Workers and Nurses)

School Name	Number of posts-1 (a)(i)(ii)	Vacant -1(b) (I)
Helene Franz Special School	78	32
Tshilidzini Special School	109	50

1(b) (ii) The vacancies reported have accumulated since 2015, which was the last time posts were filled at both schools.

1(b)(iii) 36 posts for special schools targeted for learners with Severe to Profound Intellectual Disability have been advertised for filling with effect from 01/04/2022. Some of the posts, once filled, will offer services to the two schools. Furthermore, 228 additional posts (professional and non-professional) to be distributed to all special schools in the province have been submitted to the Provincial Treasury for approval to be filled during the 2022/23 financial year.

1. There is currently one (1) Therapist post filled at Tshilidzini Special School with 11 vacant, and none at Helene Franz Special School with two (2) vacant. Both schools are currently receiving therapeutic support provided by Therapists appointed through the Learners with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disability grant.

1. There are no recorded oversight visits to the specific schools at national level.

Reply:

 

(a.i) Farm dwellers still face extreme tenure insecurity and lack access to adequate housing and basic services. This is fuelled by matters related to management of labour relations on farms, migration out of farms due to various factors including evictions, as well as the rise of temporary and insecure work. According to the Community Household Survey (2016) the number of households engaged in agriculture was 2,3 million in 2016 compared with 2,9 million in 2011. More recent figures will in all probability confirm the trend

(a.ii) A total of 89 sites and 114 housing units were built in the farming areas, as per allocations and information provided by the Provinces of the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Mpumulanga and North West.

1. The specific housing related challenges include, amongst others:

• 1. The provision of basic services and adequate housing on farms, based on the fact that the farms are private properties;
  2. The persistent tensions that exist between commercial farmers, farm-workers, and the enforcement of constitutional and and land rights legislation;
  3. There are serious land tenure matters that hamper and complicate service delivery with respect to farm- workers,
  4. A number of rural municipalities confront the lack of technical capacity and expertise challenges, and as a

result may not be able to adequately cope with planning and the delivery of services.

However, to ensure the specific needs and nature to provide housing and human settlements in farming areas is dealt with through the programme namely “Farm Resident Subsidies in Part 3, Volume 5 of the National Housing Code, 2009”. Its purpose is to provide a flexible mechanism that promotes adequate housing, including basic services and secure tenure to farm workers and residents in a variety of farming situations across the country. It is implemented through Provincial Development Plans and Municipal Integrated Development Plans (IDPs).

Additional Information For Consideration Of The Director-General and Minister In The Finalisation Of the Reply

There are other supplementary programmes such as the National Housing Programme: Rural Housing – Informal Land Rights, implemented by the Department to support programmes of the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), especially where farmers reside on land in communal tenure. The National Housing Programme for Farm Residence is also aligned with Land Reform: Labour Tenant Programme that promotes a holistic solution to address the housing and development needs of labour tenants targeted by the Land Reform Programme.

It is to be further noted that the Department is participating in consultation sessions with DALRRD in the development of a Farm Dweller Programme that seeks to, among others, protect the rights of farm dwellers, provide for tenure security, etc. The draft programme will further seek to consolidate all the various interventions by a number of Departments in this sector, and most importantly, to respond critical legislative instruments that have been passed, including court judgments.

Farmworker Housing Assistance
Financial Year	Province	Sites	Expenditure Sites	Units	Expenditure Units	Profession al Fees	Actual Bulk	Total Expenditure
2018	Gauteng	100	2 104 168	0	0	875 093	0	2 979 261
	Mpumalanga	0	0	85	7 019 974	535 205	0	7 555 179
Total		100	2 104 168	85	7 019 974	1 410 298	0	10 534 440
2019	Mpumalanga	0	0	0	389 389	0	0	389 389
Total		0	0	0	389 389	0	0	389 389
2020	North West	0	0	25	5 212 291	0	0	5 212 291
	Eastern Cape	89	8 925	89	14 617 200	408 000	0	15 034 125
Total		89	8 925	114	19 829 491	408 000	0	20 246 416
Source: HSS

Reply:

 

There are no corruption charges that have been brought to my attention regarding the Nelson Mandela Fidela Castro Collaboration Programme.

However, when the National Department of Health conducted an internal audit and reconciliation with the Provinces on this Programme from October to December 2021, it was not conducted for the Gauteng Department of Health.

The details from the Gauteng Department of Health are that all files relating to the Nelson Mandela Fidel Castro Collaboration Programme have been taken by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) for an investigation.

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Reply:

 

1. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is committed to creating an enabling registration process to facilitate the registration of more ECD programmes. To this end, the DBE has conducted the ECD Census to determine the number of unregistered ECD programmes and to identify areas that may require additional registration support. The Department has also held a broad stakeholder engagement session on 30 November 2021 to better understand the challenges in the registration process. It is recognised that there is a multitude of challenges facing ECD programmes in the registration process and the Department has been working alongside the Department of Social Development in the Second Children’s Amendment Bill to, among other things, address some of the challenges which arise from the legislation, regulations, norms and standards. Similarly, the Department is in the process of ensuring that an online registration capturing system is in place, come 01 April 2022, to streamline the back-end processes related to registration.
2. The Department has been very clear in all communication to the sector that the function shift will not be resulting in additional resources to the sector. Supported by the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT), the Department has held a series of stakeholder dialogues aimed at, among others, communicating facts about the function shift. Furthermore, the communication teams from both Departments, are working on a communication plan to ensure that this message is consistently communicated across all the provinces.
3. The Department has had multiple meetings with the National Treasury to seek any additional funding for ECD. National Treasury has been clear that there will be no additional funding for the 2021/22 financial year, but that they have included ECD as a top priority in subsequent years. The Department will be working very closely with the National Treasury in the 2022/23 financial year to build a business case for additional funding. This business case will build on the evidence collected through the ECD Census (advocating for expanding access) and the Thrive by Five Index (proving the impact of the funding currently being spent). Integrating ECD into the Education Management Information System (EMIS) will further help with building credibility regarding the recipients of the subsidy.

Reply:

 

1. What is the breakdown in each province of the (a) total number learners who were directly affected by the underspending of the budget? (b) grants which were affected (c) total amount that was not spent in each grant?

Response:

1 (a) No learners were directly affected by the under-expenditure as services continued to be rendered despite the under-expenditure.

1 (b) and (c): There was no under-expenditure on other grants.

What total amount was underspent for learners with severe disabilities in the 2019-20 financial year?

Response:

R10.7 Million (See attach expenditure report for details).

Reply:

 

Three Vooma Weekends have been held, namely 3-5 October 2021, 12-14 November 2021 and 3-5 December 2021. Each Friday, Saturday and Sunday is regarded as a “weekend”.

The impact of Vooma weekends (in increasing vaccinations) was independently evaluated by Genesis-Analytics.

Vooma I: 3-5 October 2021: A total of 372,252 vaccinations were conducted over the three day period, and this upward trend was sustained through the following week. The weekday average in the week following of 106,393 compared to average of 84,121 for weekdays in the previous 2 weeks (excluding the Heritage Day holiday).

Overall, Vooma achieved a 25% increase in first dose vaccinations compared to trends over the previous month. Excluding Friday (which is a normal weekday), the number of vaccinations over the weekend was 141% more than expected from 2-3 Oct. First dose vaccinations were 138% higher than expected.

Vooma II: 12-14 November 2021: A total of 263,564 vaccinations were conducted over the three day period. Excluding Friday (which is a normal weekday), the number of vaccinations over the weekend was 95% more than expected from 12-14 Nov. First dose vaccinations were 79% higher than expected and second dose vaccinations were 116% higher than expected.

Vooma III: 3-5 December 2021: Evaluation of this weekend is underway, but only a total of 227,490 vaccinations were recorded. This number excludes paper records still to be captured. Unfortunately rainy weather in most parts of the country reduced attendance.

Statistical analysis of the first Vooma weekend found that the strongest driver of vaccinations was the availability of open sites, which in turn requires staffing. The availability of funding for overtime payment of staff is a constraint in a number of provinces. In addition to site availability, this analysis showed that average vaccinations at sites were 34% higher, indicating that the support by political and other leaders as well as greater publicity has the effect of increasing vaccinations.

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Reply:

1. The Informal and Micro Enterprises Development Programme (IMEDP) is a 100% grant offered to informal and micro enterprises from the minimum grant amount of five hundred rand (R500) up to the maximum of ten thousand rand (R10 000) to assist them in improving their competitiveness and sustainability. The Informal and Micro Enterprises Development Programme was espoused from the National Informal Business Upliftment Strategy (NIBUS) that was developed in 2012 and 2013 to address the development void at the lower base of the Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise (SMME) Development strategy. The NIBUS seeks to uplift informal businesses and render support to local chambers/business associations and municipal Local Economic Development offices to deliver and facilitate access to upliftment programmes. The focus is mainly on designated groups, i.e. women, youth and people with disabilities, in townships and rural areas of South Africa.

(b)(i) During the current financial year, the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) has assisted 83 informal business from eThekwini Municipality through the IMDEP programme. These informal businesses were mainly from Kwamashu. These IMEDP interventions assisted informal businesses with tool of trades depending on the business needs e.g, generators, baking ovens, catering equipment etc. The support provided by DSBD has managed to assist small businesses to compete with established business in terms of productivity, employment and to boost confidence to our beneficiaries.

The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) assisted with non-financial support and mentorship and post disbursement to measure impact on these businesses. The Department is also work closely with the Province, District, and municipalities to ensure that there is adequate support for small business.

The Department has further developed an informal Trader support programme which is aimed at supporting informal and micro businesses following the July 2021 unrest. In this programme each entrepreneur is provided with R3000 (once off grant) to help informal traders who lost their business after the unrest. This programme is currently ongoing and has received 7 410 applications across the country, with total disbursements made to 3 356 Informal Traders worth R10.07 million.

(b)(ii) The DSBD has assisted various businesses under the Township and rural Entrepreneurship Programme (TREP). TREP is made up of various interventions / schemes:

• • Spaza Shops and General Dealer Support Scheme
  • Clothing, Leather and Textile support Scheme
  • Tshisanyama and Cooked Food Scheme
  • Personal Care Scheme
  • Bakeries and Confectioneries
  • Autobody repairers and mechanics
  • Butcheries Support Programme

Further support has been provided under the Small Enterprise Manufacturing Support Programme (SEMSP), which is being implemented by the DSBD’s agency – Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa).

MS STELLA TEMBISA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP MINISTER OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Reply:

 

Clients associate disclosures of such information with tax information and obligations. They are never comfortable with disclosing information that may create an impression that they make a lot of money. The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) has improved the Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) that Seda signs with clients when an intervention is awarded or provide support that Seda will pay for, to make it easier for the practitioners to get information for reporting.

MS STELLA TEMBISA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP
MINISTER OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

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DSBD response to NA2781–NW3299E

Reply:

The underspending of R218 million resulted from expenditure budget of R990 million against the actual expenditure of R773 million and National Treasury approved the request.

1. The R218 million was committed at year-end. Seda submitted the motivation to the National Treasury to retain these surplus funds. The explanation provided was based on the calculation that informed the surplus. The formula to calculate the surplus is based on the available cash (on the bank accounts) at year-end together with the amount due to Seda (account receivables), less the amount owed by Seda to suppliers (account payables) and lastly less commitments already made.
2. The National Treasury approved Seda’s request, an amount of R294 million is available to be added on the expenditure budget of 2021/22.

MS STELLA TEMBISA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP MINISTER OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

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DSBD response to NA2782–NW3300E

Reply:

 

1. The Knysna Elephant Park is privately owned and neither belongs to, nor is it managed by SANParks or the State. Therefore, the incident in question occurred in a private facility over which SANParks has no jurisdiction or control. SANParks manages the following parks in the Garden Route region: The Knysna National Park (with one remaining elephant), and the Tsitsikamma National Park and the Wilderness National Park – both Parks do not have any elephants.
2. SANParks has a mandate to manage national parks. However, the conservation management of private nature reserves resides with the provincial entities, which in this case is Cape Nature. SANParks, therefore, has no role to ensure compliance on private nature reserves.

I suggest the Honourable Member approach Cape Nature through the relevant legislature for details on this case.

Regards

MS B D CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

DATE: 17 December 2021

Reply:

 

1. Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres are funded by Provincial Departments of Social Development. Below is the breakdown of data supplied by provinces:

Province	Financial years	Number of ECD services funded
EC	2019/20	2 562
	2020/21	2 562
FS	2019/20	1 039
	2020/21	1 064
GP	2019/20	1 509
	2020/21	1 529
LP	2019/20	2 132
	2020/21	2 124
MP	2019/20	1 017
	2020/21	1 054
NC	2019/20	333
	2020/21	320
NW	2019/20	520
	2020/21	542
WC	2019/20	905
	2020/21	935

1. All provincial departments sign Service Level Agreements (SLA) with funded ECD centres. The SLA clearly states expected deliverables, financial reporting requirements and monitoring visits, amongst others. All funded ECD centres are required to comply with the norms and standards. The Department also conducts capacity building for ECD centres through the National Development Agency.

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Reply:

• 1. The conducting and/or roll out of lifestyle audits are, in terms of regulation 22 of the Public Service Regulations, 2016, the responsibility of departments. Within departments, ethics officers and investigators are required to perform the required stages of lifestyle audits (lifestyle review and lifestyle investigation). In terms of the Public Service Regulations, 2016, departments have to designate Ethics Officers to manage ethics, and in terms of the Minimum Anti-Corruption Requirements, departments have to investigators and a dedicated anti-corruption capacity. This is not a new requirement, so departments do have an established ethics management and anti-corruption capacity.

The Public Administration Ethics, Integrity and Disciplinary Technical Assistance Unit (PAEIDTAU), in terms of Section 15 of the Public Administration Management Act, 2014, has the function to monitor the implementation of lifestyle audits. This Unit does not have an investigative mandate, so it will not conduct lifestyle audits.

Lifestyle audits became compulsory from 1 April 2021. To assist departments, the PDSA adopted a Guide on implementing lifestyle audits and started with awareness raising and the training of ethics officers.

Lifestyle audits could commence after Senior Management Members disclosed their financial interests in April (every year) on the eDisclosure system, and when the other designated categories did the same in June and July (of every year). The lifestyle audit process is dependent on the disclosure of financial interests on the eDisclosure system.

• 1. The PAEIDTAU is not aware whether any Public Service employees have been subjected to lifestyle audits. Departments have until the end of March 2022 to conduct lifestyle audits for the current financial year.

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The number of employees subjected to lifestyle audits and the outcomes of the process will only be known at the end of January 2022. In a Circular dated 25 October 2021 addressed to all departments and government components, departments were requested to provide feedback on their progress regarding the implementation of the Guide to the PAEIDTAU, by the end of January 2022.

Reply:

(1) – (2) The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) has a mandate to lead and coordinate an integrated approach to the promotion and development of entrepreneurship, Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) and Co-operatives, and to ensure an enabling legislative and policy environment to support their growth and sustainability. This includes ensuring that the SMMEs and Co-operatives are kept productive, not only during the periods of the unfortunate Eskom’s power cuts, but as a standard support provided by the Department to the SMMEs and Co-operatives.

The ongoing widespread rolling blackouts were not anticipated, however, through messaging and support to SMME’s in this regard, the department seeks to communicate to all SMME’s of the impact of power outages to their businesses and encourage them to employ contingency arrangements and planning in accordance with the ESKOM’s power alerts schedules on outages.

In so doing, SMME’s will experience minimum disruption through proper planning until the electricity crisis is resolved by ESKOM and respective supporting departments.

The department has not done an estimate as it has not engaged in an exercise of assessing the impact of power outages to the SMME’s. Further, power outages not only affect the economic sector alone but South African society as a whole and it is not clear from ESKOM, DPE and DME when these outages will end.

The Department has in earnest started considering green energy interventions, which will assist SMMEs and Co-operatives to stay abreast amidst the power cuts, thereby boosting their productivity and sustainability. A partnership has been formalised in this area of work with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment and progress being made towards the implementation of the planned interventions is reported as part of the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan.

The DSBD’s agency, sefa, has also prioritised green industries (renewable energy, waste, and recycling management) as one of the sectors that the agency funds for qualifying business ventures.

The Minister for Small Business Development launched the Youth Challenge Fund (YCF) on 18 November 2021, which is a youth start-up programme co-designed by the DSBD and its entities, sefa and Seda to contribute towards resilient, green and inclusive economic recovery. One of the innovative sectors targeted as part of the YCF is the green economy – focusing on funding youth entrepreneurs that are in the business of energy, renewables and recycling.

Despite the constant communication with the SMMEs and Co-operatives, there has not been an indication, to DSBD, of the losses that they have incurred due to the Eskom’s power cuts. However, it is understood that small business owners do from time to time approach the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), as Eskom is DPE’s entity, with an indication of the loss they incurred due to the power cuts; and DPE, working with Eskom, assists those small business where possible. It should be emphasised that DSBD’s support of small businesses is not limited to challenges faced by SMMEs and Co-operatives due to power cuts, which will be addressed through the green energy initiatives outlined above, but it's a holistic support.

 

MS STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Reply:

(1) The multi-sectoral SMMEs who participated at the Intra-African Trade Fair 2021 (IATF) 2021 were taken through the Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) Export Development Programme which focuses on among others, export information, assessment, support and market access opportunities. A call for applications was made via the Seda branch network located throughout the fifty-four (54) branch offices located throughout the nine (9) provinces of the Republic. It was also extended to the SMMEs that are participating in the DSBD’s localisation programme, provincial investment agencies and other institutions working in the SMME sector.

The identified SMMEs were assessed through a dedicated assessment tool called the Export, Readiness Assessment Tool (ERAT), to determine their export readiness. The SMMEs were then subjected to final adjudication. Qualifying SMMEs included those in the Craft Sector. All nine provinces were represented: Gauteng, Western Cape, Free State, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, North-West, Mpumalanga, and Northern Cape.

Further to this, the Department also supported 45 SMMEs from the Craft Sector to exhibit at the Fair. Each province selected 10 enterprises that were presented to the National Craft and Design Body. Five enterprises per province were selected by the National Craft and Design Body on the basis of their products, capacity to deliver, colours and markets trends.

(2) A call for applications was made via the Seda branch network situated throughout the regional offices in all nine provinces and to the SMMEs that are participating in the DSBD portfolio’s Localisation programme, provincial investment agencies and other institutions working in the SME sector. These networks mentioned above include stakeholders such as municipalities that are situated in the rural and township areas.

The provincial hubs and agencies, which are key implementation partners of the DSBD, were requested to initiate a process of identifying craft SMMEs to be selected and screened from the DSBD e-commerce database called PEEK. A call for applications was also made through the Provincial Investment Agencies. This ensured representation from township and rural Craft SMMEs.

(3) Major trends observed were as follows:

3.1 Some SMMEs did not qualify as per the ERAT; and

3.2 The key areas in which the non-qualifying enterprises struggled with were Production and Markets/Marketing.

3.3 In terms of the Craft SMMEs, the following trends were observed:

3.3.1 Inconsistent product quality;

3.3.2 Lack of production capacity; and

3.3.3 Failure to differentiate between consumer and trade markets.

Non-qualifying enterprises are still supported through the Seda export development programme, with a number of interventions designed to improve their export readiness and the ability to therefore participate in market access events in the future.

MS STELLA TEMBISA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Reply:

1. Subsequent to the reply to question 152 on 7 April 2021, a Circular HRD031 was sent to all Heads of Departments requesting them to verify the qualifications of their Senior Management Service (SMS) members and to update information on the PERSAL system. Verification of this information is done by departments.

As a results of information relayed in the Circular, the number of SMS members who do not have the requisite qualifications for the position they currently occupy, went down from 35% to 27.29 % by July 2021, and further to 26% by 31 October 2021. This is because, as stated before, there might be SMS members who do possess proper qualifications but such are not reflected on the PERSAL system.

1. (a) & (b) Information received from departments pointed to the fact that Departments are not regularly information on PERSAL resulting in incomplete information. It was also revealed that some of the SMS members who were identified as not meeting minimum requirements became senior managers before the 2016 Public Service Regulations, as such they were complaint at the time of their joining the SMS.

The Circular to Heads of Departments to update PERSAL data has resulted in a steady improvement in capturing qualifications on the PERSAL system. At the moment there is no need identified to conduct any investigation into how the specified employees were recruited and employed at this stage.

The DPSA will continue to monitor the capturing of data on qualifications and such analysis will therefore inform a decision if any further investigations are warranted.

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Reply:

The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) started implementing the Pilot Administration Programme (PASP) in KwaZulu-Natal during 2020/21 financial year. The PASP focused on institutionalising the best practises and learnings made in two seminal studies that were conducted. Two seminal projects on Ease of Doing Business in the country were implemented by the Global Indicators Group (Development Economics) of the World Bank Group in collaboration with the National Treasury of the Republic of South Africa, the then Department of Trade and Industry (currently the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition) and the South African Cities Network. The 2015 Ease of Doing Business study conducted in South Africa and the follow-up Ease of Doing Business (EODB) study conducted in 2018.

While Good practices have been found in these two studies, the potential for improvement through the emulation of good practices is limited by factors such as internal coordination between urban metropolitan areas, districts and within the local municipalities. Collaboration among the different levels of government (National, Metropolitan, District and Local Municipal) authorities is hampered by a lack of proper resource allocation.

The key focus of the PASP was to assess the following EODB/Red Tape Reduction (RTR) dimensions:

1. Improving Municipal Service Delivery: Citizen Service Charters and Complaints Notification Systems (CNS).
2. Improving Municipal-Business Communication and Customer Relationship Management (CRM).
3. Improving Municipal Policies, By-laws, and Regulations.
4. Improving Supply Chain Management Processes.
5. Speeding up Land Development Processes and Time Frames - Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA).
6. Speeding up Building Plan Approval Processes and Time Frames.
7. Better Management of Informal Trading.

In addition to the above mentioned areas of focus, the PASP is aligned with Government’s “One Plan” for one district and metro model and involves all relevant national, provincial and local government officials, including Provincial COGTA and SALGA, in its execution. It is also a multiyear programme that aims at provide critical synergies between us (DSBD) and the Sub National Ease of Doing Business programme of National Treasury, called the City Support Programme (CSP).

The implementation of the Programme is underway, as indicated that it is a multi-year initiative. During the current financial year, the following successes have been registered:

• Comprehensive Red Tape Reduction Assessments were conducted with each of the three the participating Municipalities. Focus groups were conducted with small businesses in each municipality to “reality test” the information provided by each municipality, in terms of their red tape reduction activities. Compliance with the criteria for good practise as per the Red Tape Reduction Guidelines for Local Government, as well the verification of these efforts was also investigated. Functionality Scores for each of the seven red tape indicators were also computed, indicating the gap between each of the municipality’s red tape reduction efforts and their expected outcomes.

• Scoping of the problem areas and performance cycles detected by the Red Tape Reduction Assessments were conducted. Action Plans for each of the seven indicators across the three participating municipalities were developed.

• The Red Tape Reduction Assessment Results and Action Plans were shared with each of the three municipalities. Action Plan Registers were developed for each of the participating municipalities explaining the steps that they could follow to address the red tape problems detected. Municipalities were given the opportunity to report on which of the action plans they can implement given the fact that some of the are framed according to the immediate, short- and medium-term framework for implementation. The results of these engagements are being captured in a “Report on the Development of the proposed interventions based on the key problems identified through the municipal assessments”. This is in process.

During the last quarter of the current financial year (2021/22), the DSBD will be closely monitoring the implementation of the “action plans” by each of the participating municipalities. A “Report on Implementation of interventions and Monitoring of the performance outcomes of the interventions” will be compiled by the end of March 2022. Emerging best practises and lessons learned will be documented to be incorporated into the “One Plan” of a further five municipalities in the next financial year (2022/23) as well as another five of them in the final year of the current Medium Term Strategic Framework cycle (2023/24). This phased approach will allow for the learnings to be extrapolated to municipalities across the country, within the next three years through close collaboration with Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and South African Local Government Association (SALGA), our partners, using the District Development Model’s “One Plan” to embed these lessons into districts, across the country.

One of the successes that the Department is noting is how the programme is helping the participating municipalities realise the inter-connectedness and interdependencies between different components of local municipalities, for instance the coordination required in issue of a simple business license, between the health, fire and safety, and other forms of regulatory approvals involved in the issue of a business license. There are many centers of excellence that have also been detected across the municipalities assessed, but the administrative systems between most of them, lacks seamless administrative systems, which make for unnecessary delays, frustrations and cost burdens that small businesses have to carry. Red Tape Reduction truly does require a “whole of government approach” in order to be embedded into the fabric of good public administration.

The DSBD and Provincial Partners (Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs [EDTEA], COGTA and SALGA) are working in close collaboration with three (3) target municipalities which are committed to implementing red tape reduction measures. The three municipalities are Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality (Ugu District), the City of uMhlathuze Local Municipality (King Cetshwayo District) and Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality (Harry Gwala District).

MS STELLA TEMBISA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Reply:

The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) is not the employer of the individual. It is widely known that the individual was employed by the Presidency therefore the matter should be referred to the Presidency accordingly.

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Reply:

(a)&(b) On 4 August 2021 Cabinet approved the incorporation of the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa) and Cooperatives Banks Development Agency (CBDA) into the Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) to form a new entity that will be responsible for the provision of both financial and non-financial support to small enterprises throughout the entire business development lifecycle, with effect from 01 April 2022.

This will involve the conversion of Seda into a Schedule 2 Public Entity with the Minister of Small Business Development as its Executive Authority. The new entity will have both financial and non-financial small enterprise support functions. Both the conversion of Seda and the definition of the support functions will be done through an amendment of the National Small Enterprise Act. The Capacity Building function and the Central Support Services of the CBDA will also be transferred into the new entity.

Currently the Business Case, that includes the implementation plan with clear milestones and time frames, developed to guide the implementation of the merger is being finalised. Furthermore, we have established a Joint Oversight Forum which is chaired by Minister and comprises the Chairpersons of the three entities and the Executives. In line with the provisions of Section 16B of the National Small Business Amendment Act the Minister has consulted with the Executive Authorities of the designated institutions for incorporation into Seda which are the Minsters of Trade, Industry and Competition, and Finance.

We have also gazetted a notice of intention to incorporate institutions whose objectives and functions are similar into a single Agency (Seda). The process of appointing the Board of Directors, of the new Agency, has been initiated and the advertisement calling for nominations, will be published in a newspaper on 12 December 2021 with a closing date of 24 December 2021. The same advert will be placed on the DSBD, Seda and sefa websites, as well as social media pages.

The Department of Small Business Development has established the following workstreams comprising of sefa, Seda, IDC and CBDA plus organised labour:

• Policy and Structural Reform: This team will be responsible for developing the enabling policy framework and legislation for the establishment of the Small Business Development Agency and the dissolution of the CBDA, Seda and sefa as separate, stand-alone entities.
• Organisational Consolidation Team: This team will be responsible for developing and implementing the consolidation of the business and operations of the CBDA, Seda and sefa post-merger into one seamless business enterprise and designing and implementing the post-merger organisational chart.
• Finance and Information Technology: This team will be responsible for developing and implementing the consolidated Information Technology and Finances of the CBDA, Seda and sefa post-merger.

On the 8th December 2021, the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development, which Honourable Mthenjane is a member of, was provided with a detailed briefing on the processes towards the incorporation by DSBD and sefa, led by the Deputy Minister for Small Business Development.

MS STELLA TEMBISA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Reply:

(1) &(2). Yes, I will provide Mr.Mhlongo with the required information, see attached documents

CASES BY ARTS SECTOR	REASON FOR EACH CASE
Timbila TA Afrika // Minister of Arts and Culture	The matter emanates from the contract MOA between the Department and Limpopo Arts and Culture Youth Forum in August 2018. The plaintiff was contracted by the Beneficiary to supply the sound system, jumping castles and security.
Golola Consultancy (Pty) Ltd // Department of Arts and Culture	Department awarded a tender on 06 July 2004 to a consortium of which Golola (Pty) Ltd was a member. The tender was for the rendering of professional and technical services to the department regarding the project known as Telephone Interpreting Services of South Africa (TISSA). Golola Consultancy is suing the Minister of Arts and Culture for the alleged outstanding invoices for the services rendered in 2005. The Plaintiff withdrew the matter and tendered wasted costs and party costs. The Department is recovering the wasted cost
Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) // South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) & Others wherein the DAC has been joined as a third party	This matter concerns a 2005 lawsuit wherein the GEPF is suing the SABC for payment of arrear rental (including damages) owed by the former Bophuthatswana (BOP) Broadcasting Corporation (now part of the SABC). The lease was for a period of 20 years starting on 1/12/91 and terminating on 30/11/11. It is alleged that the National Government through the Department of Communications and the former DACST were obliged to implement Cabinet Resolutions relating to the settlement of this intergovernmental dispute. Cabinet has in fact instructed DOC and DAC to establish an adjudication and evaluation panel to ensure the protection of fiduciary duties of stakeholders and government objective to empower, support and promote SA music content
Outlook Security Services and Cleaning and Mr Collins Mabaso	The Department received copies of the pleadings from the Acting CEO of Downtown Music Hub who are the First and Second defendants in this matter and the Department and the DG Mr Mkhize are cited as the Third and Forth Defendants. Plaintiffs are suing the Defendants for the alleged breach of the security contract and claims damages in the sum of R758 000
Trade Union for Musician of South Africa (TUMSA) // Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture	Equality Court matter- TUMSA alleges that the criteria for the covid-19 relief funding unfairly discriminates against its members-a social group of musicians who have suffered financial prejudice
Guild of Choral and Indigenous Music Practitioners NPC and Thomas Kolo // Minister of Arts and Culture and Others	The Plaintiff/s brought an action against the Department alleging that the Department failed to pay the amount agreed to as per the Memorandum of Agreement
University of KwaZulu Natal // Minister of Sports Art and Culture	The Plaintiff has issued summons against the Minister for breach of contract

CASES BY PUBLIC ENTITIES	RESON FOR EACH CASE
Zixolisile Feni // Minister of Arts and Culture and PanSALB Review Application launched on 09/11/2012 at the North Gauteng High Court	The Applicant, Mr. Feni is a former employee of the PanSALB who is challenging the Ministers authority and power to appoint a Caretaker CEO of PanSALB and ultimately the decisions taken by the Caretaker CEO who is alleged not to have been appointed in compliance with the legislation.
Karabo Mbele & 17 Others // Minister of Arts and Culture, Case Number: 50349/15 High Court, PTA	Applicants (Former employees of PanSALB) instituted an application against the Minister of Arts & Culture and Others for amongst other things, to initiate an investigation to determine the fitness and suitability/ dissolution of all members of the PanSALB Board
Karabo Mbele & 20 Others // Minister of Arts and Culture, Case Number: J823/15 Labour Court , Braamfontein	The Applicants (Former employees of PanSALB) instituted an application against the Minister of Arts & Culture and Others for amongst other things, to declare as unlawful and setting aside the appointment of the Second respondent as the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Third Respondent(PanSALB) and directing the Second and Fourth Respondents to immediately retrospectively reinstate the Applicants.
Mbulungeni Madiba and 9 Others // Minister of Arts and Culture and 2 Others	Former Board of PanSALB is challenging the Minister’s decision to dissolve the Board of PanSALB
TN Monyela // Ditsong Museum of South Africa and the Minister of Arts and Culture	The Plaintiff, a Director at Ditsong Museum of South Africa is suing the Ditsong Museum and the Minister of Arts and Culture for damages
Atlantis Corporate Travel (Pty) Ltd // National Heritage Council (NHC) and Another	Atlantis has sued the National Heritage Council for breach of contract.
RRM Monareng // the Minister of Arts and Culture and Pan South African Language Board	The Applicant is challenging the Minister’s decision to discipline him as the CEO of PANSALB in the absence of the Board of PanSALB – Johannesburg Labour Court.
B.D Mabasa // National Library of South Africa and Others Case No: 22483/19	The Plaintiff claims that the Defendants breach the conditions of the Settlement Agreement between the him and the First Defendant (NLSA) when the First Defendant made statements in Parliament regarding the Defendant’s case and alleges that those statements were misleading and made with intention to injure the Plaintiff’s professional reputation
The National Arts Council of South Africa // The Minister of Sport, Arts & Culture and 4 Others	The Applicant brought an application to review and set aside the Public Protector’s report No. 125 of 2019/2020 dated 15 June 2020, its findings and the recommendations arising therefrom. There is no relief sought against the Minister of Sport, Arts & Culture
Classic Arms (Pty) Limited // The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture and 3 Others	The Applicant brought an application declaring the decision of the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) dated 14 October 2020 invalid and setting aside the decision to stop the processing of Section 32(9) permits for heritage firearms. An order ordering The National Commissioner of the South African Police Services to process permanent export applications for firearms that require Section 32(19) permits in terms of the National Heritage Resources Act of 1999
Asstej SA and Others // National Arts Council and Others	The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has been served with papers from the High Court Western Cape Division as a Second and Third Respondents for an urgent application in reviewing and setting aside the decision of the First Respondent that is National Arts Council (“NAC”), its executive council, or any other committee or person, taken during or before March 2021, purporting to unilateral reducing the amounts to be paid to the First, Second and Third Applicants in accordance with the Grant Agreement concluded between the NAC and Applicants, for payment of amounts under Presidential Employment Stimulus Package.
National Arts Festival vs National Arts Council and Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture	The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has been served with papers from the High Court of SA Gauteng Local Division as Second and Third Respondents for an urgent application in reviewing and setting aside the decision of the First Respondent that is National Arts Council (”NAC”), its executive council or any other committee or person, taken during or before March 2021, purporting to unilateral reducing the amounts to be paid to the first applicants in accordance with the Grant Agreement concluded between the NAC and applicant, for payment of amounts under Presidential Employment Stimulus Package. The NAF is claiming R8, 000, 000.00 from the NAC The Applicant lodged an appeal with the Minister on 12 March 2021 to set aside the decision taken by the NAC.

Sonwabile Mancontywa // Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture and National Heritage Council

The applicant brought an urgent application amongst others to declare that the Minister lacked the authority and acted ultra vires in the appointment of the administrators for the Second Respondent

VR Theatrical (Pty) Ltd and Another // National Arts Council (NAC) and Others

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has been served with papers from the Western Cape Division, Cape Town as Second and Third Respondents for an application amongst others reviewing and setting aside the decision of the First Respondent (the NAC), its executive council, or any other committee or person, taken during or before March 2021, purporting to unilaterally reduce amounts to be paid to the applicants in accordance with Grant Agreements concluded between the NAC and the applicants, for payment of amounts under the Presidential Employment Stimulus Package (the “Grant Agreements”).

The table below provide a summary of legal cases against public entities

NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL
PARTIES	DESCRIPTION OF THE MATTER	STATUS OF MATTER	QUANTUM CLAIMED
NAC // National Arts Festival NPC (NAF) Gauteng Local Division Case no.: 14206/2021	High court application in terms of which the NAF sought an order declaring that the terms of the grant agreement concluded on 28.01.2021 remain in force and are binding on the NAC in particular that the NAF be entitled to grant amount of R8 000 000.00 and directing that the NAC make forthwith payment to the NAF in the amount of R5 600 000.00.	Application for special leave was dismissed by the SCA with costs.	The original claim was for R8 000.000.00 of which R3 486 400.00 has already been paid per judgment of Wepener J, balance owing in terms of judgment is R4 513 600.00 of which R3 000 000.00 was paid on 18.10.2021 and the balance is to be paid on 15.12.2021. bills of costs are to be prepared which will either be taxed or agreed upon to determine the quantum of costs.
NAC/ ASSITEJ & 2 others Western Cape (CT) Case no.: 5380/2021	High court application in terms of which ASSITEJ seek an order reviewing the NAC’s decision to reduce the amount to be paid to the applicants in accordance with the grant agreements concluded between them and the NAC; directing the NAC to abide by the grant agreements and to pay the applicants the sum of R269 810.00	The NAC has filed its answering affidavit to the claim and awaits confirmation of the allocation of a court date. The factual matrix of this matter is substantially to that in the NAF case and the outcome in that case although not binding on the court in a different jurisdiction will have significant persuasive influence.	Total combined claim is R269 810.00 plus costs.
NAC/ Schoeman Smit	High court application (combined with VR Theatrical) in terms of which an order reviewing the NAC’s decision to reduce the amount to be paid to the applicants in accordance with the grant agreements concluded between	Application	Claim R200 000.00.

NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL
PARTIES	DESCRIPTION OF THE MATTER	STATUS OF MATTER	QUANTUM CLAIMED
	them and the nac; directing the nac to abide by the grant agreements.
NAC/ VR Theatrical	High court application (combined with smit) in terms of which an order reviewing the NAC’s decision to reduce the amount to be paid to the applicants in accordance with the grant agreements concluded between them and the NAC; directing the NAC to abide by the grant agreements.		Claim R389 840.00
Downtown Music Hub // NAC gauteng local division case no.: 39800/2021	High court application in terms of which downtown seek relief on the basis that the NAC provide downtown with a contract for the approved stream 1 relief and pursuant thereto that the NAC pay downtown an amount of R8 289 493.00	Answering affidavit filed on 15.10.2021. await applicant’s replying affidavit.	Claim per nom is R8 289 493.00.

NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FOUNDATION
PARTIES	DESCRIPTION OF THE MATTER	STATUS OF MATTER	QUANTUM CLAIMED
Golden Nugget / NFVF	On 05 March 2020, the NFVF entered into a service level agreement with Golden Nugget for the latter to source sponsorships and assist the former with the production of the 14th Annual South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAs) as a project manager. The SAFTAs were scheduled to take place on 27 and 28 March 2020 at the Sandton Convention Centre, with the production cost funded from the sourced funds by the service provider as sponsorship. On 12 March 2020, the NFVF received a letter from the service provider requesting an advance of R2 645 000.00 against Purchase Orders received from prospective sponsors. The NFVF agreed to advance the funds upon the conclusion of an addendum to the service level agreement and on the premise that the NFVF will not incur production costs. When awards were cancelled Golden nuggets returned only R1 150 000. NFVF withheld the commission in lieu of monies owed. The service provider then instituted legal claim against the NFVF for general damages and loss of income.	The Matter has gone for pre-trial, however NFVF still hope to settle the matter through mediation and arbitration.	R 31 009 018

IZIKO MUSUEMS OF SOUTH AFRICA
PARTIES	DESCRIPTION OF THE MATTER	STATUS OF MATTER	QUANTUM CLAIMED
Iziko	Alleged copyright infringement relating to an image use of an individual used on a poster by Iziko	Case not pursued since no further correspondence has been received from the claimant	Unknown

(2) Whether he will provide Mr T W Mhlongo with (a) a list of all court cases that have been brought by the arts sector against (i) his department and (ii) the entities reporting to him and (b) the reasons for each of the cases; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

CASES BY ARTS SECTOR	REASON FOR EACH CASE
Timbila TA Afrika // Minister of Arts and Culture	The matter emanates from the contract MOA between the Department and Limpopo Arts and Culture Youth Forum in August 2018. The plaintiff was contracted by the Beneficiary to supply the sound system, jumping castles and security.
Golola Consultancy (Pty) Ltd // Department of Arts and Culture	Department awarded a tender on 06 July 2004 to a consortium of which Golola (Pty) Ltd was a member. The tender was for the rendering of professional and technical services to the department regarding the project known as Telephone Interpreting Services of South Africa (TISSA). Golola Consultancy is suing the Minister of Arts and Culture for the alleged outstanding invoices for the services rendered in 2005. The Plaintiff withdrew the matter and tendered wasted costs and party costs. The Department is recovering the wasted cost
Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) // South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) & Others wherein the DAC has been joined as a third party	This matter concerns a 2005 lawsuit wherein the GEPF is suing the SABC for payment of arrear rental (including damages) owed by the former Bophuthatswana (BOP) Broadcasting Corporation (now part of the SABC). The lease was for a period of 20 years starting on 1/12/91 and terminating on 30/11/11. It is alleged that the National Government through the Department of Communications and the former DACST were obliged to implement Cabinet Resolutions relating to the settlement of this intergovernmental dispute. Cabinet has in fact instructed DOC and DAC to establish an adjudication and evaluation panel to ensure the protection of fiduciary duties of stakeholders and government objective to empower, support and promote SA music content
Outlook Security Services and Cleaning and Mr Collins Mabaso	The Department received copies of the pleadings from the Acting CEO of Downtown Music Hub who are the First and Second defendants in this matter and the Department and the DG Mr Mkhize are cited as the Third and Forth Defendants. Plaintiffs are suing the Defendants for the alleged breach of the security contract and claims damages in the sum of R758 000
Trade Union for Musician of South Africa (TUMSA) // Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture	Equality Court matter- TUMSA alleges that the criteria for the covid-19 relief funding unfairly discriminates against its members-a social group of musicians who have suffered financial prejudice
Guild of Choral and Indigenous Music Practitioners NPC and Thomas Kolo // Minister of Arts and Culture and Others	The Plaintiff/s brought an action against the Department alleging that the Department failed to pay the amount agreed to as per the Memorandum of Agreement
University of KwaZulu Natal // Minister of Sports Art and Culture	The Plaintiff has issued summons against the Minister for breach of contract

CASES BY PUBLIC ENTITIES	RESON FOR EACH CASE
Zixolisile Feni // Minister of Arts and Culture and PanSALB Review Application launched on 09/11/2012 at the North Gauteng High Court	The Applicant, Mr. Feni is a former employee of the PanSALB who is challenging the Ministers authority and power to appoint a Caretaker CEO of PanSALB and ultimately the decisions taken by the Caretaker CEO who is alleged not to have been appointed in compliance with the legislation.
Karabo Mbele & 17 Others // Minister of Arts and Culture, Case Number: 50349/15 High Court, PTA	Applicants (Former employees of PanSALB) instituted an application against the Minister of Arts & Culture and Others for amongst other things, to initiate an investigation to determine the fitness and suitability/ dissolution of all members of the PanSALB Board
Karabo Mbele & 20 Others // Minister of Arts and Culture, Case Number: J823/15 Labour Court , Braamfontein	The Applicants (Former employees of PanSALB) instituted an application against the Minister of Arts & Culture and Others for amongst other things, to declare as unlawful and setting aside the appointment of the Second respondent as the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Third Respondent(PanSALB) and directing the Second and Fourth Respondents to immediately retrospectively reinstate the Applicants.
Mbulungeni Madiba and 9 Others // Minister of Arts and Culture and 2 Others	Former Board of PanSALB is challenging the Minister’s decision to dissolve the Board of PanSALB
TN Monyela // Ditsong Museum of South Africa and the Minister of Arts and Culture	The Plaintiff, a Director at Ditsong Museum of South Africa is suing the Ditsong Museum and the Minister of Arts and Culture for damages
Atlantis Corporate Travel (Pty) Ltd // National Heritage Council (NHC) and Another	Atlantis has sued the National Heritage Council for breach of contract.
RRM Monareng // the Minister of Arts and Culture and Pan South African Language Board	The Applicant is challenging the Minister’s decision to discipline him as the CEO of PANSALB in the absence of the Board of PanSALB – Johannesburg Labour Court.
B.D Mabasa // National Library of South Africa and Others Case No: 22483/19	The Plaintiff claims that the Defendants breach the conditions of the Settlement Agreement between the him and the First Defendant (NLSA) when the First Defendant made statements in Parliament regarding the Defendant’s case and alleges that those statements were misleading and made with intention to injure the Plaintiff’s professional reputation
The National Arts Council of South Africa // The Minister of Sport, Arts & Culture and 4 Others	The Applicant brought an application to review and set aside the Public Protector’s report No. 125 of 2019/2020 dated 15 June 2020, its findings and the recommendations arising therefrom. There is no relief sought against the Minister of Sport, Arts & Culture
Classic Arms (Pty) Limited // The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture and 3 Others	The Applicant brought an application declaring the decision of the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) dated 14 October 2020 invalid and setting aside the decision to stop the processing of Section 32(9) permits for heritage firearms. An order ordering The National Commissioner of the South African Police Services to process permanent export applications for firearms that require Section 32(19) permits in terms of the National Heritage Resources Act of 1999
Asstej SA and Others // National Arts Council and Others	The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has been served with papers from the High Court Western Cape Division as a Second and Third Respondents for an urgent application in reviewing and setting aside the decision of the First Respondent that is National Arts Council (“NAC”), its executive council, or any other committee or person, taken during or before March 2021, purporting to unilateral reducing the amounts to be paid to the First, Second and Third Applicants in accordance with the Grant Agreement concluded between the NAC and Applicants, for payment of amounts under Presidential Employment Stimulus Package.
National Arts Festival vs National Arts Council and Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture	The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has been served with papers from the High Court of SA Gauteng Local Division as Second and Third Respondents for an urgent application in reviewing and setting aside the decision of the First Respondent that is National Arts Council (”NAC”), its executive council or any other committee or person, taken during or before March 2021, purporting to unilateral reducing the amounts to be paid to the first applicants in accordance with the Grant Agreement concluded between the NAC and applicant, for payment of amounts under Presidential Employment Stimulus Package. The NAF is claiming R8, 000, 000.00 from the NAC The Applicant lodged an appeal with the Minister on 12 March 2021 to set aside the decision taken by the NAC.
Sonwabile Mancontywa // Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture and National Heritage Council	The applicant brought an urgent application amongst others to declare that the Minister lacked the authority and acted ultra vires in the appointment of the administrators for the Second Respondent
VR Theatrical (Pty) Ltd and Another // National Arts Council (NAC) and Others	The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has been served with papers from the Western Cape Division, Cape Town as Second and Third Respondents for an application amongst others reviewing and setting aside the decision of the First Respondent (the NAC), its executive council, or any other committee or person, taken during or before March 2021, purporting to unilaterally reduce amounts to be paid to the applicants in accordance with Grant Agreements concluded between the NAC and the applicants, for payment of amounts under the Presidential Employment Stimulus Package (the “Grant Agreements”).

(2) Whether he will provide Mr T W Mhlongo with (a) a list of all court cases that have been brought by the arts sector against (i) his department and (ii) the entities reporting to him and (b) the reasons for each of the cases; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

CASES BY ARTS SECTOR	REASON FOR EACH CASE
Timbila TA Afrika // Minister of Arts and Culture	The matter emanates from the contract MOA between the Department and Limpopo Arts and Culture Youth Forum in August 2018. The plaintiff was contracted by the Beneficiary to supply the sound system, jumping castles and security.
Golola Consultancy (Pty) Ltd // Department of Arts and Culture	Department awarded a tender on 06 July 2004 to a consortium of which Golola (Pty) Ltd was a member. The tender was for the rendering of professional and technical services to the department regarding the project known as Telephone Interpreting Services of South Africa (TISSA). Golola Consultancy is suing the Minister of Arts and Culture for the alleged outstanding invoices for the services rendered in 2005. The Plaintiff withdrew the matter and tendered wasted costs and party costs. The Department is recovering the wasted cost
Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) // South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) & Others wherein the DAC has been joined as a third party	This matter concerns a 2005 lawsuit wherein the GEPF is suing the SABC for payment of arrear rental (including damages) owed by the former Bophuthatswana (BOP) Broadcasting Corporation (now part of the SABC). The lease was for a period of 20 years starting on 1/12/91 and terminating on 30/11/11. It is alleged that the National Government through the Department of Communications and the former DACST were obliged to implement Cabinet Resolutions relating to the settlement of this intergovernmental dispute. Cabinet has in fact instructed DOC and DAC to establish an adjudication and evaluation panel to ensure the protection of fiduciary duties of stakeholders and government objective to empower, support and promote SA music content
Outlook Security Services and Cleaning and Mr Collins Mabaso	The Department received copies of the pleadings from the Acting CEO of Downtown Music Hub who are the First and Second defendants in this matter and the Department and the DG Mr Mkhize are cited as the Third and Forth Defendants. Plaintiffs are suing the Defendants for the alleged breach of the security contract and claims damages in the sum of R758 000
Trade Union for Musician of South Africa (TUMSA) // Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture	Equality Court matter- TUMSA alleges that the criteria for the covid-19 relief funding unfairly discriminates against its members-a social group of musicians who have suffered financial prejudice
Guild of Choral and Indigenous Music Practitioners NPC and Thomas Kolo // Minister of Arts and Culture and Others	The Plaintiff/s brought an action against the Department alleging that the Department failed to pay the amount agreed to as per the Memorandum of Agreement
University of KwaZulu Natal // Minister of Sports Art and Culture	The Plaintiff has issued summons against the Minister for breach of contract

CASES BY PUBLIC ENTITIES	RESON FOR EACH CASE
Zixolisile Feni // Minister of Arts and Culture and PanSALB Review Application launched on 09/11/2012 at the North Gauteng High Court	The Applicant, Mr. Feni is a former employee of the PanSALB who is challenging the Ministers authority and power to appoint a Caretaker CEO of PanSALB and ultimately the decisions taken by the Caretaker CEO who is alleged not to have been appointed in compliance with the legislation.
Karabo Mbele & 17 Others // Minister of Arts and Culture, Case Number: 50349/15 High Court, PTA	Applicants (Former employees of PanSALB) instituted an application against the Minister of Arts & Culture and Others for amongst other things, to initiate an investigation to determine the fitness and suitability/ dissolution of all members of the PanSALB Board
Karabo Mbele & 20 Others // Minister of Arts and Culture, Case Number: J823/15 Labour Court , Braamfontein	The Applicants (Former employees of PanSALB) instituted an application against the Minister of Arts & Culture and Others for amongst other things, to declare as unlawful and setting aside the appointment of the Second respondent as the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Third Respondent(PanSALB) and directing the Second and Fourth Respondents to immediately retrospectively reinstate the Applicants.
Mbulungeni Madiba and 9 Others // Minister of Arts and Culture and 2 Others	Former Board of PanSALB is challenging the Minister’s decision to dissolve the Board of PanSALB
TN Monyela // Ditsong Museum of South Africa and the Minister of Arts and Culture	The Plaintiff, a Director at Ditsong Museum of South Africa is suing the Ditsong Museum and the Minister of Arts and Culture for damages
Atlantis Corporate Travel (Pty) Ltd // National Heritage Council (NHC) and Another	Atlantis has sued the National Heritage Council for breach of contract.
RRM Monareng // the Minister of Arts and Culture and Pan South African Language Board	The Applicant is challenging the Minister’s decision to discipline him as the CEO of PANSALB in the absence of the Board of PanSALB – Johannesburg Labour Court.
B.D Mabasa // National Library of South Africa and Others Case No: 22483/19	The Plaintiff claims that the Defendants breach the conditions of the Settlement Agreement between the him and the First Defendant (NLSA) when the First Defendant made statements in Parliament regarding the Defendant’s case and alleges that those statements were misleading and made with intention to injure the Plaintiff’s professional reputation
The National Arts Council of South Africa // The Minister of Sport, Arts & Culture and 4 Others	The Applicant brought an application to review and set aside the Public Protector’s report No. 125 of 2019/2020 dated 15 June 2020, its findings and the recommendations arising therefrom. There is no relief sought against the Minister of Sport, Arts & Culture
Classic Arms (Pty) Limited // The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture and 3 Others	The Applicant brought an application declaring the decision of the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) dated 14 October 2020 invalid and setting aside the decision to stop the processing of Section 32(9) permits for heritage firearms. An order ordering The National Commissioner of the South African Police Services to process permanent export applications for firearms that require Section 32(19) permits in terms of the National Heritage Resources Act of 1999
Asstej SA and Others // National Arts Council and Others	The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has been served with papers from the High Court Western Cape Division as a Second and Third Respondents for an urgent application in reviewing and setting aside the decision of the First Respondent that is National Arts Council (“NAC”), its executive council, or any other committee or person, taken during or before March 2021, purporting to unilateral reducing the amounts to be paid to the First, Second and Third Applicants in accordance with the Grant Agreement concluded between the NAC and Applicants, for payment of amounts under Presidential Employment Stimulus Package.
National Arts Festival vs National Arts Council and Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture	The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has been served with papers from the High Court of SA Gauteng Local Division as Second and Third Respondents for an urgent application in reviewing and setting aside the decision of the First Respondent that is National Arts Council (”NAC”), its executive council or any other committee or person, taken during or before March 2021, purporting to unilateral reducing the amounts to be paid to the first applicants in accordance with the Grant Agreement concluded between the NAC and applicant, for payment of amounts under Presidential Employment Stimulus Package. T he NAF is claiming R8, 000, 000.00 from the NAC The Applicant lodged an appeal with the Minister on 12 March 2021 to set aside the decision taken by the NAC.
Sonwabile Mancontywa // Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture and National Heritage Council	The applicant brought an urgent application amongst others to declare that the Minister lacked the authority and acted ultra vires in the appointment of the administrators for the Second Respondent
VR Theatrical (Pty) Ltd and Another // National Arts Council (NAC) and Others	The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has been served with papers from the Western Cape Division, Cape Town as Second and Third Respondents for an application amongst others reviewing and setting aside the decision of the First Respondent (the NAC), its executive council, or any other committee or person, taken during or before March 2021, purporting to unilaterally reduce amounts to be paid to the applicants in accordance with Grant Agreements concluded between the NAC and the applicants, for payment of amounts under the Presidential Employment Stimulus Package (the “Grant Agreements”).

Reply:

(a). My Department is not aware of the role played by the former Speaker of Parliament, Mrs. Baleka Mbete towards securing the funding for the, Actress Natasha Thahane. What we know is that Ms. Thahane made a request for financial support towards her studies at the New York Film Academy directly to me as the Minister.

This request is similar to many others that my office and the Department constantly receives from members of the public. The public does this possibly because I am the political head of the Department.

(b). The funds were for Ms. Thahane’s tuition fees at the New York Film Academy in New York (USA) and the terms for her contract with the department was for her film studies and the condition was that she should complete her studies in film.

(c). The funding was approved by Deputy Director-General (DDG/IG) for Institutional Governance branch, (as DDG for the branch in 2017).

Reply:

The honorable member should note that the site is privately owned, although the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) and the Free State Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (FSPHRA) can declare the sites at provincial or national level, the owner reserves the right to admission.

It is our considered view that a negotiated Management Conservation Management Plan (CMP) can aid an amicable agreement. The site is nominated and served at the Free State Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (FSPHRA) grading and declaration committee.

• The Committee considered giving this site a Grade II status due to its importance to people in the Free State and recommend that an application be submitted to South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) for Grade I due to the site’s national significance.
• The FSPHRA is will meet with Setsoto Municipality to discuss and to map a way forward regarding the protection of the site.

Reply:

1. A total number of sixteen (16) new libraries were built in the Northern Cape Province in the past five years. The (a) location and (b) costs of the libraries are as follows:

NO.	NAME	LOCATION	MUNICIPALITY	TOWN	COST
1.	Afrika Gaenakgang Library	Tsineng	Joe Morolong	Kuruman	R6 200 000
2.	Ester Molete Library	Churchill	Joe Morolong	Kuruman	R20 900 000
3.	Moeshoeu Piet Melamu Library	Logaganeng	Joe Morolong	Kuruman	R4 300 000
4.	M S Kitchin Library	Kuruman	Gasegonyana	Kuruman	R29 000 000
5.	Ritchie Library	Ritchie	Sol Plaatje	Ritchie	R5 700 000
6.	Greenpoint Library	Greenpoint	Sol Plaatje	Kimberley	R17 300 000
7.	H O Kgadiete Library	Warrenton	Magareng	Warrenton	R4 700 000
8.	Izak September Library	Petrusville	Renosterberg	Petrusville	R7 600 000
9.	Kamasies Library	Kamasies	Kamiesberg	Springbok	R4 300 000
10.	Sisonke Library	Carolusberg	Nama Khoi	Springbok	R6 800 000
11.	Anna Kamfer Library	Askham	Dawid Kruiper	Upington	R4 300 000
12.	Jacky Greef Library	Louisvale	Dawid Kruiper	Upington	R4 500 000
13.	Sandile Present Library	Upington	Dawid Kruiper	Upington	R37 200 000
14.	Homevale Library	Homevale	Sol Plaatje	Kimberley	R2 800 000
15.	Hector Peterson Library	Novalspont	Umsobomvu	Colesberg	R2 600 000
16.	Noxolo Mpinda Library	Noupoort	Umsobomvu	Colesberg	R4 200 000

 

2. The libraries are operational and have internet connection. However, it must be noted some libraries may be occasionally closed due to COVID compliance.

3. There are (a) 218 libraries in the Northern Cape, 50 are located in the Namaqua District, (i) no library has personnel shortages and (ii) no library has a lack of budget.

4. (a) The Department’s budget allocation towards building new libraries in the Republic in the 2019-20 financial year was R317 307 million provided from the community library conditional grant and (b) twenty-six (26) new libraries are intended to be built as follows in the Republic:

NO.	NAME	LOCATION	MUNICIPALITY
1.	Cookhouse Library	Eastern Cape	Sarah Baartman: Blue Crane Route Local Municipality
2.	Mango Modular Library	Eastern Cape	Alfred Nzo: Umzimvubu Local Municipality
3.	Van Stadenrus Library	Free State	‎Xhariep‎ District: Naledi Local Municipality
4.	Zuurbekom Library	Gauteng	‎Westonaria District: ‎West Rand Municipality
5.	Kocksoord Library	Gauteng	West Rand District: Randfontein Municipality
6.	Mullerstein Library	Gauteng	Sedibeng District: Emfuleni Local Municipality
7.	Dukuduku Library	KwaZulu-Natal	Umkhanyakude District: Mtubatuba Local Municipality
8.	KwaMdakane Library	KwaZulu-Natal	Amajuba District: Dannhauser Local Municipality
9.	Nquthu Library	KwaZulu-Natal	Umzinyathi District: Nquthu Local Municipality
10.	Endaleni Library	KwaZulu-Natal	Umgungundlovu District: Richmond Local Municipality
11.	KwaDlangezwa Library	KwaZulu-Natal	Uthungulu District: Umhlathuze Local Municipality
12.	Umzumbe Library	KwaZulu-Natal	Ugu District: Umzumbe Local Municipality
13.	Sankotshe Modular Library	KwaZulu-Natal	Ethekwini Metro
14.	Seleteng Library	Limpopo	Capricorn District: Lepelle Nkumpi Local Municipality
15.	Mavalani Library	Limpopo	Mopani District: Greater Giyani Local Municipality
16.	Botshabelo Library	Limpopo	Mopani District:
17.	Vleifontein Library	Limpopo	Vhembe District: Makhado Local Municipality
18.	Tshaulu Library	Limpopo	Vhembe District: Thulamela Local Municipality
19.	Newtown Library	Mpumalanga	Nkangala District: Steve Tshwete Local Municipality
20.	Schoemansdal Library	Mpumalanga	Ehlanzeni District: Nkomazi Local Municipality
21.	Provincial Depot Library	Northern Cape	Francis Baard District: Sol Plaatjie Municipality
22.	Lethabong Library	North West	Bojanala District: Rustenburg Local Municipality
23.	Dinokana Library	North West	Ngaka Modiri Molema District: Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality
24.	Moshana Modular Library	North West	Ngaka Modiri Molema District: Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality
25.	Wolmaranstad ext 15 Library	North West	Dr Kenneth Kaunda District: Maquassi Hills Local Municipality
26.	Bereaville Modular Library	Western Cape	Overberg District: Theewaterskloof Municipality

Reply:

a) The National Treasury covered cost of the investigation.

b) (i) Price Waterhouse Coopers conducted the investigation;

(ii) The National Treasury appointed the investigators.

c) The National Treasury did the procurement process.

d) The recommendations of the forensic investigation were as follows:

• Disciplinary action should be taken against Ms Baduza for contravening the legislative prescripts and practice notes of SAHRA’s Supply Chain Management Policy.
• SAHRA should assess the extent to which Ms Motsisi, Ms Baduza and Anix Consulting can be held liable for the losses incurred on the project.
• SAHRA should recover the VAT overcharged by Anix Consulting and determine whether disciplinary action should be taken against the officials involved in the payment process.
• Engage with the Law enforcement agencies for them to determine whether any SAHRA official illegally benefited from the irregular appointment of Anix Consulting and extension of scope.
• Institute a further investigation into payments made to service providers (Trans Pacific, Creative Axis, and Anix Consulting) through the law enforcement agency to quantify the loss suffered by SAHRA and initiate a recovery process.
• Consult with legal advisors to determine what amounts can be claimed from Anix Consulting and to commence with this process.

.e) The Department played its oversight role to ensure that Council of SAHRA implements the recommendations of the forensic report. This has led to the dismissal of the former CEO, after undergoing a disciplinary process. In addition, the matter is currently being investigated by the Law enforcement agencies as per the recommendations of the report. The Special Investigation Unit is currently conducting further investigation on the matter under Proclamation 38 of 2019 issued on 12 July 2019.

 

Reply:

During June/July 2020, noting the developments in the country with the Black Lives Matter (#BLM) campaign lead taken by National Cricket player Lungi Ngidi. That triggered many allegations of racial discrimination in cricket from other former Cricket Players like Makhaya Ntini, Ashwell Prince and others, the Minister convened a meeting with sports persons who indicated their experiences of racism.

The Minister communicated with Cricket SA (CSA) to ascertain how Cricket was dealing with the matter.

Cricket South Africa responded to indicate that they developed the Integrated Transformation Strategy that was meant to ensure that players and stakeholders (including staff and fans) could raise their complaints and pro-actively address the scourge of racism and discrimination within their ranks. The Board’s intention was to deal with all matters of discrimination, racism, and privilege in cricket in general.

They indicated that in August 2020 the CSA Board approved the Cricket for Social Justice and Nation Building (SJN) Concept proposed by the Transformation Committee.

The concept included the establishment of the Office of the Transformation Ombudsman, whose core function was to manage an independent complaints system, to deal with the complaints received from the ex-players and coaches, and any stakeholder in Cricket and convene National SJN hearings. The Office of the Transformation Ombudsman is a separate entity within CSA, with powers to make recommendations to the Board and is funded by the CSA.

Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza was appointed as the Ombudsman of the Cricket for Social Justice and Nation Building (SJN) project. Hearings were held from 20 July 2021 to 29 October 2021.

According to CSA, the report from this independent panel is expected by 10 December 20201.CSA will then consider the recommendations on all matters that stems from this report

Reply:

The Department does not have a dedicated allocation within its own budget for the provision of Sports Facilities. This responsibility lies with the Local Government Sphere in terms of the Constitution. The Department however made vigorous representation to COGTA to ensure that the allocation for Sport and Recreation Infrastructure in MIG should be located within the budget in the Department responsible for Sport. COGTA however ring-fenced funding that the Department could allocate towards the construction of Sports Facilities.

1. Since the inception of the ring-fenced Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) in 2016/17, the Department used as a funding mechanism for development of sport facilities in municipalities. Fifteen (15) municipalities have been allocated in the Northern Cape Province, and their list with corresponding budgets is as follows:

No	LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	PROJECT NAME	YEAR OF PROJECT	BUDGET ALLOCATED
1	Khai Ma	Namakwa	Construction of a multi-purpose sport field in Poffader	2016/17	R8,000,000.00
2	Umsobomvu	Pixley ka Seme	construction of Noupoort Community Indoor Gym	2016/17	R6,500,000.00
3	Gamagara	Johnn Taolo Gatsewe	Contruction of Kathu multi-purpose sport facility	2016/17 2018/19	R10,000,000.00 R2,009,250.00
4	Hantam	Namakwa	Construction of Calvinia Sports field	2017/18	R6,866,588.00
5	Sol Plaaitjie	Francis Baard	Refurbishment of Galeshewe stadium Construction of Florenville Swimming pool Refurbishment of De Beers Stadium	2017/18	R6,866,588.00 (Co-funding)
6	Kamiesberg	Namakwa	Upgrading of Kharkama Sport Facility	2018/19	R4,370,000.00
7	Phokwane	Francis Baard	Construction of Ganspan Sports Complex	2018/19	R11,290,750.00
8	Gasegonyane	John Taole-Gaetsewe	Upgrading and Refurbishment of Mothibastad Sports Complex	2018/19	R10,545,000.00
9	Emthanjeni	Pixley Ka Seme	Upgrading of Khwezi Sport Grounds	2019/20	R11,941,000.00
10	Dawid Kruiper	ZF Mgcawu	The development of sports ground in Rosedale	2019/20	R9,000,000.00
11	Magareng	Francis Baard	Upgrading of Ikhutseng stadium	2019/20	R8,000,000.00
12	Renosterberg	Pixley Ka Seme	Upgrading of Vanderkloof Sport Facility.	2020/21	R 11,500,000.00
13	Thembelihle	Pixley Ka Seme	Development of Steynville Sport Facility	2020/21	R 11,500,000.00
14	Khei	ZF Mgcawu	Development of Grootdrink Sport Facility.	2020/21	R 9,330,000.00
15	Nama Khoi	Namakwa	Buffelrivier Sport Facility	2020/21	R 7,500,000.00

Noteworthy to also indicate that municipalities like Siyancuma and Kamiesberg in Pixley Ka Seme District and Namakwa District respectively were also allocated during initial years of the programme, but their projects were not registered due to certain MIG requirements and their allocation went back to Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, and those allocations are not included in this count.

However, Kamiesberg was re-allocated in 2018/19 for Upgrading of Kharkama Sport Facility.

1. So far the Department has allocated projects in three Municipalities in Namakwa District; which are:

i) Kamiesberg – the facility built is Kharkama

ii) Khaima - allocation made for Pofadder but the Council decided to thinly spread the R 8 000 000 allocated among its three towns without consent from the Department, and this impacted negatively on deliverables.

iii) Hantam – allocation made for Calvinia sport facility but part of it was used for upgrades in Niewoudtville.

iv) Nama Khoi – the facility is built in Buffelrivier.