Questions and Replies

Reply:

According to the information received from SAA

 

1. (a) Captain Themba McClain was appointed at SAA as a Captain on 1 June 1992. He held the position of Chief Standards Pilot during his career at SAA.

(b) During his employment with the airline he received and completed training required for the execution of his duties as a pilot, as required by all pilots. Captain McClain’s training as a Commander with SAA, commenced on 29 January 2007.

c) This information is of a confidential nature

2. (a) & (b) No investigations or findings thereof are known to SAA. The SACAA in their role as regulator approves all pilots license. It is Important to note that the Chief Pilot position is a regulated post holder in terms of CARS 121.06.2, and all incumbents acting for a period in excess of 30 days are approved by the CAA. Captain Themba acted as the Chief Pilot from 8 November 2016 until 31 December 2017. He was approved by the CAA on the 3 November 2016.

3. Please refer to responses in (1) and (2) above.

4. Capt. Themba McClain was offered the position of Chief Pilot at SAA, which he declined.

Reply:

The CEO of the NRCS, Mr Mamaditse, has provided the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) with the following information.

a) “Full Details of the Fraud Case:

There was fraud committed amounting to R4 501,488.21. The employee processed fraudulent refunds. The NRCS receive funds from clients for services rendered or levies. In some instances, the clients fail to indicate or include the correct reference number. These funds are treated as unallocated until they are traced and allocated to the correct client account. The employee allocated some of these funds to third parties with the intention to refund them to these fraudulent clients that were not the respective depositors of the funds. The wrongly allocated funds were subsequently refunded to third parties that were not the depositors of the said funds, thereby defrauding the NRCS.

Disciplinary Against the Implicated Employee:

The NRCS has initiated a disciplinary action against the implicated employee and the disciplinary process is still in progress. The disciplinary process against the employee commenced on the 15th of March 2021. Subsequently thereto the NRCS appointed Initiator of the disciplinary process passed on due to COVID 19 and another Initiator has now been appointed. The matter sat again on 14th of September 2021 and employee representative fell ill during the proceedings and matter was postponed to and proceeded on the 14th and 15th October 2021. Matter was further adjourned to the 18th and 19th of November 2021.

b) Who was involved?

Position: Accounts Receivable Manager

Employee Name:

c) A criminal case was opened on the 25th of March 2021 at Sunnyside Police Station and was transferred to the Commercial Crimes Unit on the 12th of April 2021. The respective case number is: CAS 685/3/2021.”

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Reply:

The Maluti-A-Phofung SEZ (MAPSEZ) was designated in 2015; and subsequent to that, the SEZ License was issued in 2017 which formally designated MAPSEZ as a brownfield. The SEZ is managed by the Free-State Provincial Government. The department of trade, industry and competition’s role in this regard is to designate at the request of the province and to provide the financial support at the SEZ.

With all the new SEZ’s designated since 2020, the dtic is directly involved in the co-ownership and management of the zones. The new ownership model involves the national, province, and municipalities in the running of the SEZs.

Accordingly, the honourable member is encouraged to engage directly with the province and the SEZ Management to get more details about the project.

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Reply:

According to the information received from ALEXKOR

1. (a) Scarlet Skye Investment (SSI) does not possess a diamond marketing licence instead a licence belonging to the company Daniel Nathan Trading (now called) Alexander Bay Diamonds) was used. Daniel Nathan is the director of SSI.

(b) The valuator was appointed by SSI. Alexkor does not have the records of the

valuators details.

(c) Alexkor SOC obtained a diamond marketing licence in May 2020. Alexkor SOC has since assumed the function on behalf of the Alexkor RMC PSJV.

2. (a) The brokers notes are provided to individual companies who have a contract with Alexkor and PSJV. These are subject to confidentiality, Alexkor is unable to provide these without consent from the Alexkor RMC PSJV and contractors.

(b) The fact that SSI did not have the licence, Daniel Nathan Diamonds was used which made the selling of diamonds legal. As for Brokers Notes and Invoices, these are private and confidential information Alexkor SOC is unable to provide

these without consent from the Alexkor RMC PSJV and contractors.

 

The DPE will attempt to obtain the necessary consent for disclosure.

Reply:

According to the information received from ALEXKOR

1. Not Applicable
2. (i), (ii) Not Applicable

According to the information received from DENEL

1. Not Applicable
2. (i), (ii) Not Applicable

According to the information received from ESKOM

1. Not Applicable
2. (i), (ii) Not Applicable

According to the information received from SAFCOL

1. Not Applicable
2. (i), (ii) Not Applicable

According to the information received from SAA

1. Not Applicable
2. (i), (ii) Not Applicable

According to the information received from TRANSNET

1. Not Applicable
2. (i), (ii) Not Applicable

 

Remarks: Reply: Approved / Not Approved

Kgathatso Tlhakudi Pravin Gordhan, MP

Director-General Minister of Public Enterprises

Date: Date:

Reply:

According to the information received from ESKOM

1. With respect, the two issues are not linked.

The increased tariff contributes to the revenue of Eskom and its financial performance. Eskom has managed to meet its debt commitments and not defaulted on its debt commitments. There are various factors that contribute to this including the equity support that Eskom has received from Government. The increase in the tariff will improve cash from operations and will assist in strengthening Eskom’s financial position.

The load shedding minimization and impact on the national grid is not related to the price increase. Various other issues, from a technical operational point, need to be considered in this regard.

2. Eskom will work together with the private sector and IPPs to rollout renewables. Our plans and strategies are not mutually exclusive. An important part of our strategy is to ensure we deal with the socio-economic impacts of transition from coal. We are working on repowering and repurposing options, as well as plans to drive localisation, in collaboration with other industry players. This is meant to spur economic growth and grow local manufacture and industrialisation.

3. The unbundling process will not affect the completion of the new build programme.

• At Medupi, following the Commercial Operation (CO) of the last unit (Unit 1) on 31 July 2021, focus is now on completion of the remaining issues on the balance of plant (outside plant), including but not limited to the ash dump facility, ash silos, coal stockyards and building structures with their associated systems.

• At Kusile, the three remaining units (Units 4, 5 and 6) are under construction, with the last unit (Unit 6) targeted for completion in May 2024.

Reply:

According to the information received from Transnet

Financial performance

For the 31 March 2021 financial year, Transnet experienced challenges due to the nationwide lockdown resulting in subdued volume demand as well as operational challenges.

• Transnet’s revenue decreased by 10,5% to R67,3 billion (2020: R75,2 billion), due to a:
• 13,7% decline in rail freight volumes,
• 26,4% decline in pipeline volumes, and
• 11,5% decline in port container throughput mainly as a result of the nationwide lockdown.

Transnet performance was at a backdrop of South Africa’s real GDP that had contracted by 7% in 2020 after GDP growth of only 0,2% was recorded in 2019. In a historic context, it was the worst SA GDP performance since the great depression years of the 1930’s.

In addition, net operating expenses increased by 16,2% to R47,8 billion (2020: R41,2) mainly due to:

• fixed costs that have not decreased in line with the reduced activity - personnel costs, maintenance, and security costs,
• unbudgeted third party claim provision and increased environmental provisions relating to pipeline spills arising from product theft incidents, which also resulted in increased security costs (R5,6 billion),
• unbudgeted Covid-19 related expenses of R232 million, and
• lower operating income due to the lower sale of scrap, lease recoveries and PRASA recoveries.

The 2022 YTD results indicate that recovery is further evident in the steady improvement of revenue achieved (96,2% of the plan).

Management has also implemented cash preservation measures to safeguard financial performance and cash flows over and above the plan. Key focus areas include amongst others:

• Collections from overdue customers;
• Revenue initiatives;
• Sale of non-core properties;
• Sale of scrap;
• Procurement optimisation;
• Moratorium on discretionary and other costs;
• Review of contract spend; and
• Capital investment optimisation.

It is important to note that no employee has been forced to take severance packages, however, employees voluntarily selected to leave the company.

Irregular expenditure

The Company has embarked on a PFMA improvement programme which has both a long-term ( STATE CAPTURE LINKED IRREGULAR EXPENDITURE) and short-term emphasis, which collectively focusses on addressing the audit qualifications and improving internal controls, to ensure a sustainable process is in place where all information required by the PFMA are identified, actioned and reported timeously.

The PFMA improvement programme was implemented through an enhanced 2021 financial year remedial plan to deal with the root cause and the recommended remedial action that is required to create sustainable solutions around people, processes and systems in the procurement environment and to reduce the occurrence of irregular expenditure.

Planned outcomes of the PFMA remedial plan include:

• improved procurement processes;

• reduction in PFMA transgressions; and

• improved completeness and accuracy of PFMA reporting through implementing sustainable solutions embedded within the business.

Transnet remains committed to continuing to enhance consequence management efforts and investigating PFMA related transgressions. As a result, the forensic investigations process has been centralised. The centralisation was to enhance the coordination and efficiencies of the investigation process, to ensure consistent application of corrective action throughout the organisation that resulted in areas of improvement.

Challenges exist due to the history in managing and reporting PFMA transgressions which make it impractical for Transnet to disclose all irregular expenditure reliably. The National Treasury accepted the impracticability judgement for the historic periods up to and including 31 March 2021, given the legacy of state capture that this process will take time to complete. However, Transnet will still need provide evidence to demonstrate the impracticability assertion and for the Auditor General of South Africa to assess its applicability.

Transnet will continue engaging the National Treasury to find a way to ring-fence the legacy issues of irregular expenditure as these do not impact on the fair presentation of the annual financial statements.

Reply:

The Department spent a total amount of R24 million on consultants as shown below:

Service Provider (1)	Service Rendered (2)	Amount
Matsei Technology	Development and implementation of the enterprise architecture	912 640,00
Tipp Focus holdings	On Demand IT Technical Services	169 883,77
R. Kalidass	Provision of co-sourced internal audit and forensic investigation services	291 121,35
Full Stream Business	Development of the ICT Security Strategy	819 057,41
21st Century	Conduct SOC Remuneration Survey	1 202 400,00
Vortex	Development of the Board Evaluation Framework	543 950,00
Government Technical Advisory Committee	Development of the Risk Management Framework	1 691 754,70
Seabury International	SAA Business Rescue	17 486 565,00
Basadzi Personnel	Recruitment and Selection	192 648,00
Quest Staffing Solutions	Recruitment and Selection	17 725,00
Gijima Holdings	Recruitment and Selection	16 882,00
Mogoma Research and Development	Recruitment and Selection	21 200,04
Audit and Risk Committee Members	Audit and Risk Committee meetings	676 356,58
Azile Resources	Impact Assessments of Corporate Social Investment Projects	145 600,00
Total	24 187 783,85

Reply:

There are a number of factors (and therefore, government departments) that are possible contributors to ultimately, to ultimately resolving the challenge of loadshedding.

The government is working closely with Eskom to reduce the duration of loadshedding. Cabinet has acknowledged the inconvenience loadshedding has caused and National Treasury is working with Eskom to grant it the appropriate exemptions to acquire the spare parts needed for repairs and maintenance.

Government notes that Eskom is making progress in re-employing skilled personnel – including plant managers – to help the organisation make headway at individual power stations and across other operations.

In addition, government is making every effort to bring new power generation capacity online in the shortest possible time. While Cabinet is aware that the current energy challenges are frustrating and counterproductive to economic growth, it is confident that the practical actions to restructure and strengthen our electricity system will eventually improve South Africa’s energy capacity.

We are very mindful of the economic constraints and social (and political) negativity unleashed by loadshedding.

We should always be mindful of the operational and technical damage done by those involved in state capture – their priority together with insiders and businesses, was to steal, to overprice services and parts and engage in other forms of malfeaseance. The parliamentary enquiry conducted in 2017, exposed many of these shenanigans.

Reply:

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Reply:

Yes. The SAPS Compensation budget has been significantly reduced over the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), which resulted in the SAPS Fixed Establishment (headcount) being hugely reduced over this period. To ensure that the compensation budget is not exceeded, very minimal enrolment of new Police recruits will take place over the MTEF.

1. The intake is planned for 23 January 2022; and
2. It is envisaged to enroll 3000 new Police recruits.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
L NTSHIEA
Date: 2021-11-18

Reply to question 2377 recommended

LIEUTENANT GENERAL DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: SUPPORT SERVICE
FN VUMA
Date: 2021-11-23

REPLY RO QUESTION 2377 approved

GENERAL BH CELE, MP
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 2021-12-02

Reply:

Yes, there are plans to build a new Police Station in Taung. Construction of Taung Police Station is priority number 1 for the MTEF 2024-2028.

Taung Police Station is priority no 1 for the MTEF 2024-2028 the reasons why nothing has been done is due to the fact that attention was given to priorities 1- 5 for MTEF 2020-2024 which are as follows:

lkageng Police Station

Mothutling Police Station

Letlhabile Police Station

Makapanstadt Police Station

ltsoseng Police Station

LIEUTENANT GENERAL DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
J RIET
Date: 2021-11-24

Reply to question 2472 recommended

LIEUTENANT DEPUTY GENERAL DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: SUPPORT SERVICE
FN VUMA
Date

Reply to question 2472 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)

Reply to question approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
Date: 02-12-2021

Reply:

1. The required information is not centralised and readily available as each department keeps its own register and records. Individual Departments must be approached for detailed information.

2. The DPSA issues circulars following Cabinet and National Corona Virus Command Council (NCCC) resolutions as announced by the President on the state of COVID-19 Risk Adjusted Disaster Alert Levels. These circulars are meant to guide Heads of Departments on the decongestion of workplaces by keeping the minimum numbers of employees physically on-site in order to be within safety protocols in line with Department of Health Guidelines and the Occupational Health and Safety Directions from the Department of Employment and Labour. This is achieved through rotational and remote working arrangements. Although employees work off site on certain days, they are still expected to discharge their responsibilities as if they are in the offices.

The percentage of the occupancy rate at the workplace on any particular workday is determined by the alert level at that particular time and the specific operational needs and realities of the relevant organisation.

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Reply:

Introduction

The term “rape kits" is used in the public domain, to refer to the collection kits, which are used to collect evidence from victims of sexual assault and rape. However, the South African Police Service (SAPS), makes use of 16 different types of crime kits to collect various samples at crime scenes, These include the two types of evidence collection kits, namely; the Adult Sexual Assault Collection Kit (D1) and the Paediatric Sexual Assault Collection Kit {D7), which are used to collect evidence from victims of sexual assault and rape. The Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Reference Buccal Sample Kits (DB), are used to take buccal simples from persons, who are arrested and charged, for schedule eight offences (this includes serial murderers and serial rapists) as required by the DNA Act.

(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv) The breakdown of the availability of rape kits, as at 4 November 2021, at each office of the South African Police Service (SAPS), in the Western Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, is reflected in the tables below:

Western Cape

Police Station	D1: Kit Collection, Adult, Sexual Assault	D7: Kit Collection, Paediatric, Sexual Assault
Albertinia	25	10
Ashton	27	38
Athlone	20	20
Atlantis	64	55

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Reply:

The promotion and appointment of employees of the SA Police Service to advertised posts are, inter alia, regulated by National Instructions. These National Instructions make provision for the withdrawal of a promotion or appointment in the instance where an employee was dishonest in his or her application for a post. to instances where employees were dishonest in their applications, processes to withdraw such promotions or appointments are instituted. Further action in terms of the South African police Service Disciplinary Regulations, 2016 may also be considered, and in the stance where qualifications are forged, criminal charges may be instituted.

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LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

TSHIEA
Date: 2021-11-24

Reply to question 2460 recommended

LIEUTENANT GENERAL ACTING NATIONAL COMI¥IISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE FN VUMA
Date: 2021-11-24

Reply to question 2460 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
Date: 2021-12-02

Reply:

(a)&(b) The Minister of Public Service and Administration is responsible for the setting of norms and standards in terms of Section 3 of the Public Service Act, 1994. The Z83 is an instrument gazetted for such norms and recruiting. It is thus the relevant Executive Authorities responsibility to ensure that norms and standards are upheld. This was applicable to the previous version of the Z83 as well. Human Resource processes are subject to audit processes. DPSA has issued various circulars on the strict application of the Z83 to departments as part of advocacy.

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Reply:

1 (a) All employees are required to sign performance agreements outlining the outputs, indicators and activities that they must deliver on during a particular period. This requirement still applies even during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1 (b) Remote working requires supervisors to agree on work to be completed by employees and regular monitoring to be done in order to ensure that employees are on track in meeting the agreed upon targets. The Performance Management and Development System (PMDS) requires that the performance of employees must be monitored on a continuous basis, with oral feedback on an employee’s performance if the performance is fully effective and meeting the requirements, and in writing if the employee’s performance is unsatisfactory. Conducting mid-year performance reviews and annual performance assessments are compulsory, which is a formal process and in writing.

2. The Remote Working Policy Framework for the Public Service has been developed and is being consulted on with stakeholders including Organised Labour who are parties to the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) and it will be approved once consultations are completed.

3. The Remote Working Policy Framework for the Public Service is at a consultation stage, having been placed on the agenda of the PSCBC meeting of the 6th December 2021 for consultations with organised labour.

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Reply:

The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service, in KwaZulu-Natal, was making use of interim accommodation, because the official reserved residential accommodation was not available at the time when he arrived in the Province. The reasons are as follows:

The official residence needed minor repairs, as well as the installation/upgrade of security features. These minor repairs were not regarded as an emergency and the normal procurement process had to be followed. Some of the suppliers had challenges in obtaining the material. which was required to execute the task.
The major challenge, which prevented the Provincial Commissioner from occupying the official residence, was the alleged dispute over ownership of the property and the change of ownership of the electricity account.

lt was found that the official residence was allegedly fraudulently sold to a third party and the victim of this fraud had tried to change the ownership of the property into his name. He was not successful, however, he had successfully changed the electricity account details into his name, at the municipal offices.

The alleged fraudster owed the municipality a substantial amount of money since the change-over of this account. The municipality refused to reverse this account and insisted on all outstanding payments being settled before a new account could be opened. A fraud case was opened, at the Durban North Police Station and the case number, is CAS 165/05/2021

(a). The Provincial Commissioner made use of interim accommodation, from 1 April 2021 to 31 August 2021.

(b). The total cost for the interim accommodation, amounted to R175 000,00.

(c) The Provincial Commissioner has moved and is now occupying the official residence.

Reply to question 2336 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2021-11-17

Reply to question 2336 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
Date: 2021-12-02

Reply:

No, there are no plans to build a satellite police station at Greater Taung, at Magogong and Molelema.

There is currently at satellite station at Kokomeng which is currently under repair and renovation after being vandalised by the community. Magogong Contact point was at the tribal office but was closed down due to resource shortages at the Station.

The accessibility to Taung and Kokomeng Police Station is as follows:

Within a 4 km radius 35.24%
Within a 8 km radius 25.44%
Within a 16 km radius 27.59%
Within a 24 km radius 8.7%

The community had no requests for any additional service points including Molelema.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FN VUMA
Date: 2021-11-24

Reply to question 2471 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2021-11-23

Reply to question 2471 approved

GENERAL BH CELE, MP
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 2021-12-02

Reply:

Submission of new South African permanent residency permit applications through Visa Facilitation Services Global will be opened for all foreign nationals who qualifies to apply for permanent residence on any of the categories of permanent residence. No foreign nationalities will be excluded.

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Reply:

(1) As responded to in March 2021, the proposed Animal Welfare Bill has not been introduced to Parliament due to reasons advanced in the response. The Bill is still in its infancy and currently only an internal departmental (DALRRD and Provincial Departments of Agriculture) document. The department will not extend the process of drafting the proposed Animal Welfare Bill as far back as Green and White Papers. The reason for this is that the draft Bill is not a new policy direction since it aims to consolidate and update animal welfare issues which are currently dealt with in different pieces of legislation. Full consultation is however envisaged with all stakeholders after the necessary approvals have been obtained within the department.

(2) The Department is in communication with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment with regard to the implementation of the recommendations of the High Level Panel on the management of lions, elephants, rhinos and leopards. Some of the recommendations will be addressed in the draft Animal Welfare Bill, however, the Departments are considering drafting regulations under the current Animals Protection Act, 1962 (Act No. 71 of 1962) to address the issues that have been identified in the report and require additional regulations.

(3) The response under part (1) above addresses the question.

(4) The response under part (1) above addresses the question.

Reply:

a) There are 1 535 farms amounting to 691 523 hectares of agricultural state land that were identified for redistribution of which currently a total of 1 421 farms amounting to 650 550 hectares translating to 91% have been approved for allocation to various categories of beneficiaries.

b) The support to these farmers with production inputs and other agricultural inputs will commence in the new financial year starting 2022/23 through the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP). This will happen over the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period due to the number of farmers and the budget required. The roll – out of training programmes in the allocated farms has started. A total of 106 beneficiaries have received training on business entrepreneurship in 66 farms in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West

Reply:

The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) is assisting departments in the following ways to deal with the disciplining of employees who left one department to join another:

Departments have, in terms of Section 16B (4) of the Public Service Act, 1994, a responsibility to ensure employees guilty of misconduct are disciplined.

Section 16B (4): If an employee of a department (in this subsection referred to as ‘the new department’), is alleged to have committed misconduct in a department by whom he or she was employed previously (in paragraph (b) referred to as ‘the former department’), the head of the new department-

a) may institute or continue disciplinary steps against that employee; and

b) shall institute or continue such steps if so requested-

(i) by the former executive authority if the relevant employee is a head of department; or

(ii) by the head of the former department, in the case of another employee.

The head of the Department of Home Affairs can follow the above prescripts to ensure that the disciplinary process is instituted by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.

To further discourage employees with pending disciplinary cases against them from moving around within the Public Service, the DPSA amended the Application for Employment form (Z83) to make it compulsory for prospective employees to disclose all pending disciplinary cases on the form. The use of the amended Z83 form is compulsory from January 2021, and misrepresentation is considered a misconduct which may result in the termination of an employee’s service.

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Reply:

1. The only aspect of the Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions, published on 30 October 2020, that is being legally consulted upon is the definition of "indigenous languages". My Department has sought legal opinion on this matter. I have indicated before that a technical matter such as a definition should not detract from the progressive character of the policy framework, which essentially seeks to create a just and inclusive higher education sector where all our languages are duly recognised and given space to develop in line with the prescripts of the Constitution of the Republic.

2. The above answers the next question, which is, whether the amendment will include languages that are perceived to be excluded in the policy framework. In my other response to this same question I have indicated that the Policy Framework affirms all South African languages, official and non-official. Specific reference is made in the framework to the importance of developing Khoi, Nama and San languages which remain largely neglected across the education system. The Framework has been positively received by universities and they are looking forward to its implementation starting from next year.

Reply:

The Births and Deaths Act 1992, (Act No 51 of 1992), makes provision for birth registration of all children born in the Republic of South Africa. Section 9 dealing with Notice of birth in subsection (1) states that in the case of any child born alive, any one of his or her parents, or if the parents are deceased, any of the prescribed persons, shall, within 30 days after the birth of such child, give notice thereof in the prescribed manner, and in compliance with the prescribed requirements, to any person contemplated in section 4. This legislative requirement make reference to any child born in the Republic without discriminating on the basis of the nationality of parents. Legislation provides for issuance of a notification certificate of birth to children born of foreign nationals.

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Reply:

1. The 2021 Guidelines for the Department of Higher Education and Training Bursary Scheme for Students at Public universities make provision for NSFAS students to utilise the learning material allowances for the purchase of a digital learning device (laptop or tablet). All university students qualify for a learning materials allowance, which is set at a maximum amount of R5 200. The University of Zululand indicated that 438 students were notified that they erroneously received laptops as well as the R5 200 learning material allowances in April 2021.  The University recovered the R5 200 that students received as a once off amount up front, by deducting it over the remaining period from the meal allowances. These students received a laptop and the full meal allowances and did not forfeit any meal allowances to pay for laptops. The balance of the R15 000 living allowances for the 2021 academic year is spread out over the academic year.

2. Data provision to students required for online access for teaching and learning and for assessments remained high across the system. The average across the system for all undergraduate students was 90% and 91% for NSFAS students, as reported by institutions in the September 2021 monitoring reports.

Below is the breakdown per university:

Percentage of all undergraduate students and NSFAS students that have access to data off-campus for teaching and learning purposes.
	% all	% NSFAS
Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)	73.0%	73.0%
Central University of Technology (CUT)	99.5%	100.0%
Durban University of Technology (DUT)	87.7%	84.8%
Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT)	100.0%	100.0%
Nelson Mandela University (NMU)	99.0%	99.0%
North West University (NWU)	57.5%	70.0%
Rhodes University (RU)	16.8%	12.9%
Sefako Makgato University (SMU)	94.2%	96.2%
Sol Plaatje University (SPU)	100.0%	100.0%
Stellenbosch University	90.0%	90.0%
Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)	99.0%	99.0%
University of Cape Town (UCT)	100.0%	100.0%
University of Fort Hare (UFH)	96.9%	99.4%
University of Free State (UFS)	100.0%	100.0%
University of Johannesburg (UJ)	100.0%	100.0%
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)	99.9%	100.0%
University of Limpopo (UL)	98.0%	98.0%
University of Mpumalanga (UMP)	100.0%	100.0%
University of Pretoria (UP)	100.0%	100.0%
University of South Africa (UNISA)	100.0%	100.0%
University of Venda (UNIVEN)	45.0%	45.0%
University of Zululand (UNIZULU)	100.0%	100.0%
University of the Western Cape (UWC)	100.0%	100.0%
University of the Witwatersrand (UWC)	100.0%	100.0%
Vaal University of Technology (VUT)	99.0%	99.0%
Walter Sisulu University (WSU)	100.0%	100.0%
Average	90.60%	91.01%

14 Universities (CPUT, MUT, SPU, UCT, UFS, UJ, UKZN, UMP, UP, UNISA, UNIZULU, UWC, WITS, and WSU) reported that 100% of their students have been provided with data.  7 universities (NMU, SMU, SUN, TUT, UFH, UL, and VUT) reported that 90-99% of their students were provided with data. DUT reported 85% of their students to have been provided with data. CPUT reported 73%, NWU reported that 70%, of their students to have been provided with data in the period. UNIVEN reported 45% of their students to have been provided with data in the period under review. RU reported 13% of their students to have been provided with data.

It should also be noted that student who are on campus and living in university residences have access to campus wi-fi, so many students do not require access to mobile data at all times.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

1. (a) The hearings on the Beitbridge border fence consists of two phases. The first phase of the hearing is in respect of three senior managers and the second phase is in respect of the eleven NBAC members. The disciplinary hearing for the three senior managers was postponed until further notice by the Chairperson; pending the finalisation of the High Court review application served and filed by one of the senior managers in May 2021. The record of the review in terms of Rule 35, has been served and filed. However, the Applicant has since, requested additional information and documents. The record has been prepared and forwarded to State Attorney and Counsel for advice and releasing of same, in order to ensure that the Applicant supplements his papers and affords the Minister and ADG an opportunity to serve their answering papers.

Secondly, the hearings of the 11 NBAC members was scheduled for the 08 -12 November 2021 for continuation of hearings, but the hearing dealt with an application for postponement by NBAC members, through their legal representatives. After agreement and undertaking by the employee parties’ representatives that there will be no further postponements, the hearing was postponed to 14 – 25 February 2022.

2. Following a review application of the final Beitbridge report by one of Department officials charged, the Minister was advised to postpone the process until the outcome of the court application. Due to the proposed length of time of the legal proceedings, the Minister sought legal advice and was advised to continue with the DC. The Minister is scheduled to meet the Initiator on 10 December 2021 to finalize the charge sheet.

3. This matter is being dealt with by the Minister in the Presidency.

Reply:

1. The allocation over the Medium-Term will continue to assist the Department to execute its mandate in the current economic constraints. However, the allocation is not sufficient to provide for all the needs of the Department.

2. A shortfall on the NSFAS budget is still anticipated for the 2022/23 financial year and engagement is ongoing within the government budget processes in relation to this matter. Student debt for qualifying NSFAS students is being addressed in part through a process between NSFAS and institutions following a 2019 allocation from the Department to NSFAS for this purpose. I have also appointed a Ministerial Task Team to look at the long-term issues relating to a new financial aid policy for the future.

Reply:

The Covid-19 Relief Fund for Tourism Guides who are under distress were granted R1500 per month for three months. The relief was available to those distressed individuals who are:

• Registered as tourism guides at the provincial departments or agencies as per the Tourism Act; and
• Who are not registered on Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) up to and including December 2019.

The Tourism Act, no. 3 of 2014 provides for Provincial Registrars to register tourist guides and keep record of such. Provincial Registrars provided the Department with lists totalling 9561 tourist guides registered in the respective provincial databases. The information was verified by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) to ascertain the tourist guides’ employment status.

A total of 4 650 registered tourist guides were reflected as unemployed and therefore falling under freelancing category. Payments amounting R4 500 were processed in three single payments of R1 500 per tourist guide. However, the total number of the R1 500 payments that were redeemed was 11 252 while a total of 4 435 payments of R1 500 each were not redeemed.

Reply:

Implementation progress of the Green Tourism Incentive Programme (GTIP) is monitored on a quarterly basis through quarterly implementation reports submitted by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) as the Department’s implementation partner for the GTIP, as well as quarterly Project Steering Committee meetings led by the Department.

Recipients of the GTIP that have concluded grant agreements and commenced installation are monitored through site visits conducted by officials from both the Department and the IDC. In addition, auditors that form part of the GTIP panel of resource efficiency assessors appointed by the IDC are contracted to audit energy and water consumption in the first 12 months after installation to verify actual efficiency improvements and saving against projected targets.

Reply:

1. (a) The Department’s target for the 2021-2022 financial year is to finalise 13 district profile. The following 13 districts/ metros profiles are being developed but are not yet finalised:

• City of Johannesburg, Gauteng;
• Central Karoo, Western Cape;
• Chris Hani, Eastern Cape;
• Buffalo City, Eastern Cape;
• Joe Gqabi, Eastern Cape;
• Mangaung, Free State;
• Lejweleputswa, Free State;
• Amajuba, KZN;
• Zululand, KZN;
• Bojanala, North West;
• Ngaka Modiri Molema, North West;
• John Taolo Gaetsewe, North West; and
• Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, North West

(b) The profiles will be finalized at the end of this financial year as planned.

2. Yes, finalised profiles are available.

3. The profiles will be deposited into the departmental knowledge portal for access by various potential users, in addition they will be used to guide tourism planning and development within municipal spaces.

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Reply:

I do not have knowledge of any other contractor that SASSA has paid without work being done except this one.

The case of fraud and corruption was opened in March 2019 (Case no. 133/03/2019) in Qeberha (not East London). This matter was finalised through SASSA’s internal disciplinary processes and the official was dismissed in 2019. The case is currently in court scheduled for the 6th of December 2021.

The total amount involved in this particular case is R1 174 777, 59 (One million, one hundred and seventy-four thousand, seven hundred and seventy-seven rand – fifty-nine cents.

The SIU (in terms of Proclamation No. R. 37 of 2019) launched an investigation into this matter. It should be noted the SIU has a legal duty to submit the investigation report only to the President, and not to SASSA. It is envisaged in the event there are recommendations necessitating SASSA implements certain recommendations, SIU will communicate the investigation report.

Reply:

a) The Auditor General identified 5812 government employees who had applied for and received the social of relief grant to the value of R5 498 500. Due to the volume of government employees exposed and also work which needs to be done, a total of 242 was prioritised in line with a resolution taken with other stakeholders at the Fusion Centre.

SASSA opened one a criminal case for all the prioritised 242 government employees at Sunnyside Police Station (CAS 753/08/2021). SAPS recommended that SASSA open a criminal case for each of the individual on the prioritised list.

A series of meetings were held at the Fusion Centre to further discuss prosecution-led investigation, with another meeting scheduled for 26th November 2021. Working with the Fusion Centre, SASSA is currently in the process of opening such individual cases and this process is envisaged to be concluded on or before the end of December 2021.

b) No government employee suspended currently. SASSA has concluded its internal investigation of the 242 government employees. An internal investigation report was shared with the DPSA for the purpose of coordinating and monitoring disciplinary hearings as well as facilitating Acknowledgment of Debts (recovery) with relevant government employees through their respective departments. DPSA has since advised that of 242 government employees on the priority list, 198 were confirmed to have been actual government employees in the period of the Social Relief of Distress grant pay-outs, meaning 44 individuals are to be removed from the initial list.

In the meeting held by DPSA and SASSA on the 15th November 2021, as directed by the Fusion Centre, it was resolved that SASSA should submit evidence files per individual government employee. The process of submitting such 198 files is projected to be concluded on or before the 3rd December 2021. SASSA and DPSA is also validating the variance between 242 and 5812 (5570) and such process is to be concluded by the 30th December 2021.

In terms of roles and responsibilities, SASSA is expected to compile evidence files, while DPSA is expected to coordinate and monitor the processes of disciplinary hearings and acknowledgment of debts with relevant departments.

On the question of loss recovery, it is expected that cases of government employees who refuses to sign acknowledgment of debt forms be dealt with in terms of Section 300 of the Criminal Procedure Act. Disciplinary hearing and criminal prosecution processes will run concurrently.

2. As and when SASSA submits individual criminal cases to SAPS, SAPS will hand over the cases to the NPA for criminal prosecution.

Reply:

I would like to bring it to the attention of the Honourable Member that no application for any of the social grant is rejected by virtue of the applicant being part of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). On application for a social grant, every applicant has to declare his/her source of income. Applications are subjected to a means test thresholds for a specific grant, and applicants are approved when the meet the eligibility criteria.

Recently, SASSA completed a verification process against the PERSAL (government payroll system) to identify social grants beneficiaries on this system, but have not declared income on their applications. Beneficiaries whose names appear on the PERSAL were all suspended pending verification. Upon completion of this process, it was found that many were EPWP workers or interns, whose stipends do not exceed the means test threshold. The affected beneficiaries’ social grants have since been investigated from this month.

However, I must clarify that the reinstatement does not absolve beneficiaries from declaring their source of income to SASSA. Each affected beneficiary will thus have to review their grant, and provide information on the stipend received, to ensure that SASSA records are up to date. The onus is on beneficiaries to inform SASSA as soon as their financial circumstances change.

Reply:

a) No cash send payments for the first iteration of the grant are still outstanding. Of all the applications received to date, approximately 51% have provided information their personal bank accounts, into which the grants are paid. The cash send option, while being very convenient, is not the most popular method of payment for approved applicants. This is because many do not own their mobile phones, and one of the requirements for this payment option is that there has to be a positive, direct link between the applicant’s ID number and the mobile number.

For the month of August, only 8,8% of approved applicants chose the cash send option; while this percentage for September and October is 9,1% and 9,4% respectively. Given the delay in activating the cash send payment method, clients who had chosen this method were requested to provide banking details or to opt to be paid through the post office. The majority responded positively, and in August 2021, of the 734 358 approved clients who chose cash send as a payment method, 712 784 were paid through their own bank accounts or the post office. The numbers paid through their own bank accounts or post office in September and October were 804 559 of the total of 866 517 and 809 647 out of 900 753 respectively. This indicates that approximately 89% of the clients who originally chose the cash send payment option were able to access their funds.

The balance of the clients who have not yet been paid for these three months, are as a result of the failure of the bank details which were submitted, or a delay in the opening of accounts with SAPO for them. SASSA will continue to ensure that all approved clients are paid.

(b) SASSA was not given the authority to extend the contracts which had been in place with the banks for the first iteration of the grant. As this is a procurement process, SASSA had to first get approval from National Treasury to go on a closed tender with all registered banks, as advised by the Bid Adjudication Committee in order to ensure compliance with supply chain prescripts. This process is currently underway. Once completed, the cash send option will be available once again, and those clients who initially indicated this as their preference will be considered to be paid through this channel, provided they meet the conditions for this channel as set by National Treasury.

Reply:

The Honorable member is advised and requested to direct the above Parliamentary Question (PQ2597) to the Minister of Finance as National Treasury is the department in terms of the Municipal Finance Management Act, (MFMA) Section 71 responsible for receiving reports on municipal finance and budget management related aspects. Also the City of Joburg is a non-delegated municipality and reports directly to National Treasury.

Reply:

The numbers of beneficiaries who have been paid per month from January 2021 to October, as at 10 November 2021 is as follows:

Month	Number paid
January 2021	6 045 534
February 2021	6 057 481
March 2021	5 897 986
April 2021	5 939 137
August 2021	6 998 278
September 2021	7 483 712
October 2021	8 850 442

Reply:

1.  The Water Trading Entity of the Department of Water and Sanitation owns 108 buildings in Gauteng as reflected in the table below:

Area Office	Spatial Locations	Number of buildings
1. Bronkhorstspruit Dam	Bronkhorstspruit/ Gauteng	11
2. Roodeplaat Dam on the Pienaars River	Moloto Road/ Gauteng	60
3. Vaal Dam	Springs, Krugersdorp & Germiston	37
Total	108

2. Since 1 April 2020 to date, the department did not dispose-off any buildings.

Reply:

FOSKOR MINING PHALABORWA INSPECTIONS:

COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND DISEASES ACT, NO 130 of 1993

Inspections were conducted at Foskor Mining Phalaborwa from 12/08/2019 to 16/08/2019.Thirty eight (38) employers were inspected to determine compliance with COID Act. Twenty-four (24) employers complied and Fourteen (14) employers were found not complying with the COID Act. Compliance orders were issued and the employers complied before the expiry of the compliance order.

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT, NO. 63 OF 2001 AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS ACT, NO. 4 OF 2002

Thirty-Three (33) inspections were conducted for the financial year 2019/2020 at Foskor Mining Phalaborwa from the period of 12/08/2019 to 16/08/2019 to determine the level of compliance with UI legislation. Eleven (11) employers complied and Twenty-two (22) employers were found not complying. Compliance orders were issued and the employers complied before the expiry of the orders.

 

BASIC CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ACT, NO 75 OF 1997 (BCEA) AND NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE ACT (NMWA), NO 9 OF 2018

Employers contracted to the mine were inspected in 2020/21 and 2021/22 to determine compliance of contractors with the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the National Minimum Wage Act.

Seven (7) employers were inspected in 2020/21. Five (5) complied and two (2) were found not complying. Compliance orders were issued and the employers complied after 14 days.

Three (3) employers were inspected in 2021/22 and all complied.

The mine has a collective agreement providing for more favourable terms of employment than basic conditions of employment which are not enforceable in terms of the BCEA and NMWA and therefore it was not prioritised for inspection to establish compliance with these legislations.

More inspections to establish compliance with the BCEA and NMWA by employers contracted to the mine are planned for Q4 of 2021/22.

GRAVELLOTE CHARCOAL MINE

No recent inspections not conducted; planned for 3rd week of January 2022

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT, NO 85 OF 1993 INSPECTIONS

The two workplaces (Foskor Mining and Gravellote Charcoal mine) constitute a ‘mine premise/s’ as defined in section 102 of the mine health and Safety Act, Act no.29 of 1996.

It is declared that the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Act no.85 of 1993, as amended are not applicable to the workplaces as defined for in the provisions of Section 1(3)(a) of the Occupational health and safety Act, no.85 of 1993.

In terms of the above judicial confirmation, it is declared that the OHS Act, does not have jurisdiction to enforce compliance on the working conditions within the mine premises, and any further engagements on the health and safety conditions in the mine premises should be directed to the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy.

Reply:

1. Within this Covid-19 Ters Benefit, a special category of Charitable Industries was opened at UIF, which included Religious Bodies who have been able to apply for the Covid-19 Ters Benefit on the basis of all insured workers, meaning institutions that had registered could then apply.

However, to date no formal queries nor complaints were received that faith based organisations are experiencing problems with TERS.

From 27.03.2020 TO 15.10.2020, all employers / employees that meet the requirements as stated in the directive, including those from faith based, qualified and were paid TERS.

From 16.10.2021, it is sector based as per the directives. However, there is a bullet that states any industries and business establishments that form part of the value chain of the above qualify too.

2. According to UIF records under the Charitable Industry:

A Number of 2 666 Religious Bodies applied for this benefit.

An amount of R 516 272 762.64 was paid out to these Charitable bodies.

It is not clearly outlined in any communication that faith based do qualify outright. However, that the directive clearly states that those that lost income and are contributors to UIF is sufficient and was basis for all to apply.

3. As stated the directive allows for discretion of the UIF to include or not, however no communication clearly states that. As stated above, the category that accommodates churches already exist.

Reply:

1. The Sports Councils where they still exist are primarily at the Local Government Level. At the Provincial Level there are Provincial Sports Confederations. The Provincial Sports Confederations are members of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC). SASCOC is a National Confederation recognized by the Minister in terms of Section 2(1) of the National Sport and Recreation Act. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Schedule 5, lists “Provincial Sport” as a Functional Area of Exclusive Provincial Legislative Competence. Therefore, the administrative and governance matters relating to the Sports Councils fall within the jurisdiction of the Local Government as well as Provincial Government.

2(a) and (b) Considering the response in (1) above should there be any matter, allegations or complaint against Sports Council Members such may only be referred to the Provincial Department concerned.

Reply:

This question was forwarded to CCIFSA to answer and we are still waiting for their response. As soon as CCIFSA provide me with the information, I will furnish the Hon. Member.

Reply:

The officials from the department are engaging the creatives through various meetings, with the latest having been held on the Monday 22nd November 2021.

Reply:

a) A joint national and provincial intervention was undertaken by the Deputy Minister of CoGTA, the Minister and Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation and the MEC responsible for CoGTA in the Free State province which resulted in a series of engagements with the Sedibeng Water Board and its management team aimed at resolving the challenges impacting on water interruptions due to the debt owed by Nala and Matjhabeng Local Municipalities to Sedibeng Water Board. The national and provincial interventions undertaken resulted in payments made by both Nala and Matjhabeng local municipalities to the Sedibeng Water Board. Discussions are ongoing between Sedibeng Water and the Nala and Matjhabeng municipalities to finalise realistic and affordable payment plans to address the debt owed to Sedibeng Water.

b) The Municipal Managers are appointed by the Municipal Councils, and it is therefore the responsibility of the Mayor and municipal council to hold officials to account for any practices relating to maladministration or misconduct.

Reply:

1. The Downtown project is very important in the history of our music industry. It is the most sacred place where most of our well-known musicians and producers from across the racial divide busied themselves, creating top local and international hits. For many years, the studios remained a haven of these legendary musicians who also were instrumental in the progressive politics of this country, when they used their music to further the objectives for the emancipation of our people, thereby bringing the atrocities of apartheid to the eyes and ears of the world. It was for this reason that the Department saw it fit to preserve its legacy, when that opportunity was presented to us by Gallo Records when they took a decision to sell the asset.

The studios boast, inter alia, a collection of historical artifacts including gold and platinum discs covering what SA had produced over the past years, an accomplishment for which we should be immensely proud of. The Department aligns itself with the notion that, a generation which ignores its history has no past and no future.

Since it was purchased, the asset had been transformed from just being a mere studio into a Music Industry Hub for people to be empowered as we also ensure accessibility to recording opportunities. Certain parts of the building were renovated, and the recording facilities were also upgraded to be one of the best spacious control room and large versatile studio area, making it the flagship studio ideal for large ensembles and is now regarded as one of the best in the entire continent. A permanent exhibition has been set up on the first floor of the Hub titled A Glimpse of South African Music Industry.

The exhibition includes a presentation of old multi-media recordings, historical landmark recording equipment’s and information about many musicians who went through the Downtown Studios such as the late Mama Miriam Makeba and many others. The exhibition is accessible to many students, among others, who want to get further information about the development of the SA music sector. The Hub has also been used to provide educational information for many practitioners and has hosted workshops and master classes in areas such as sound engineering and general music business insight.

The studio section of the Hub has recorded over 1500 recordings per annum and such services are provided at a more affordable rate to benefit the historically disadvantaged, especially those with talent who cannot afford the exorbitant fees charged by some of the prime studios. This speaks to the access to quality recordings that the industry now has. Recent recordings from Downtown have won well known accolades such as the South African Music Award, and a Grammy.

Although not yet at the level that we have envisaged, the Downtown project plays a significant role in nurturing the development of all forms of South African music from traditional sounds such as Maskandi, Isicathamiya, choral and other genres. Therefore, investing in this project is one way of contributing to the upliftment of the lives of our people, in particular, assisting many local investors to move from the periphery economy into the more mainstream, while also preserving the history of our music industry.

2. The Department has either directly or indirectly through the National Arts Council (NAC) provided just over R60 million to support the Downtown project since its inception in 2008. The total amount includes funds allocated for the purchasing of the assets (both immovable and movable), refurbishment of some spaces in the building, installation of recording studio equipment’s and for the day-to-day operations and management.

Abiding by the parameters laid down in the Promotion of Access to Information Act, the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and other relevant legislation/s and all protocol observed, the Department would be in a position to furnish or provide access to honourable Mrs Van Dyk of the relevant information that is in its custody.

Reply:

1. This question was forwarded to CCIFSA to answer and we are still waiting for their response. As soon as CCIFSA provide me with the information, I will furnish the Hon. Member.

Reply:

1. (a) The Department started funding the Liliesleaf Farm Museum in Rivonia, Johannesburg from the 2002/2003 financial year. (b) No funding was provided for the Liliesleaf Farm Museum during the 2017 to 2021 period. (c) No funding was provided by the Department during the above-mentioned period.

2.The Liliesleaf Farm Museum has accounted for the previous funding received from the Department in the years. It was only in 2015 after receiving funding for exhibition infrastructure development that the Museum failed to account to the Department as per the agreement signed which stated that the funds were for exhibition infrastructure development and not for the Museum’s operations. The Department communicated to the Board of Trustees of the Lilies Leaf Trust of the Museum management’s inability to account for the money received from the Department. The Board of Trustees informed the Department that an investigation will be instituted and the Department will be updated of the outcome of the investigation. A meeting was held with the Board where the Board informed the Department that it is handling the matter in accordance with the outcomes of the investigation.

(3) The Liliesleaf Farm Museum is not a Declared Cultural institution that is obliged to submit their annual financial statements to the Department.

(4) The Department Sport Arts and Culture (DSAC) has for the past years supported the Liliesleaf Trust on several projects ranging from capital funding to construct the facility, infrastructure refurbishments and exhibitions. DSAC is unable to provide annual operational funding to the Liliesleaf Trust as the museum has not been declared by the Minister in terms of the Cultural Institutions Act, No 119 of 1998 as a Declared Cultural Institution and a Schedule 3 A Public Entity in terms of the PFMA.

Should the site be so declared, and depending on the availability of funds, I will in consultation with and with the assistance of the Minister of Finance set aside an annual subsidy that would be transferred to the institution for operational purposes. The Department has also not received a request for assistance from Liliesleaf for any of the Presidential COVID-19 relief funding opportunities the Department has made available for struggling institutions in the sector.

Reply:

(1)(a). National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) supported beneficiaries as follows;

Beneficiaries	Number
Stream 1: Production	133
Stream 2: Skills Development	43
Stream 3: Industry	26
Stream 4: Business Recovery	11
Total	213

(b). With regard to the National Arts Council, 1 309 projects (or lead beneficiaries) were supported. Within these 1 309 supported projects 20 221 Beneficiaries were verified by the end September and these numbers includes artists and other industry practitioners.

(c). The South African Cultural Observatory (SACO) supported 893 beneficiaries.

(d). Public Art programme supported 200 beneficiaries from Iziko Museum, National Museum and KZN Museum combined.

(e). Banking with the arts supported 151 beneficiaries through the Arts Bank and CCIFSA (Cultural and Creative Industry Federation of South Africa).

2. List with names of artists is attached as annexure A.

 

IZIKO MUSEUM

Ms	D	Danica	Barends
Mr	M	Malibongwe	Bonakele
Mr	L	Liso	Bonile
Ms	L	Lecardia	Eleni
Ms	T	Tamryn	Joseph
Mr	S	Sizwe	Kwezi
Ms	L	Lumka	Mangena
Mr	S	Siyabulela	Mana
Mr	C	Chadwyn	Matthews
Ms	N	Nonkuleleko	Mbili
Mr	T	Thobani	Mnconywa
Mr	S	Sandile	Mzimela
Ms	Z	Zintathu	Nogengela
Ms	L	Lusanda	Paul
Mr	A	Ayabulela	Stevens
Ms	N	Ncuthukazi	Tshotyana
Mr	Y	Yanga	Zaba