Questions and Replies

Reply:

It should be noted that both offenders are serving sentences of life imprisonment. They have benefitted from Phaahla judgment handed down by the Constitutional Court on
03 May 2019, since they were sentenced after 01 October 2004 for offences committed before 01 October 2004.

The mentioned offenders have been assessed for placement by the Case Management Committee and Correctional Supervision and Parole Board, their profiles are yet to be considered by the National Council of Correctional Services (NCCS) before being forwarded to the Minister for a decision.

The possible placement of offenders serving life sentences (lifers) are considered by the Minister in line with section 78 of the Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998. Therefore, the Minister will consider each case on its merit and will approve or disapprove parole placement once he is satisfied that offenders are indeed rehabilitated based on the information presented.

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Reply:

(a). There is currently no expenditure incurred by the South African Police Service (SAPS), on the deployment of private security at the SAPS facilities.
(b) The SAPS does not make use of private security guards.
© No SAPS facility is protected by private security companies. The SAPS National Management Forum took a decision to do away with private security service providers and an insourcing model has been adopted, since 5 December 2012.
(d) There are no further details, with regard to private security at SAPS buildings and facilities, however, alarm systems have been Installed at some SAPS premises to enhance security

Reply:

(a) In October 2016, the 5th administration of South Africa took a decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (“Rome Statute”). Following this decision, South Africa sent a written notice to withdraw from the Rome Statute to the Secretary General of the United Nations. In January 2017, the African Union (AU) took a decision followed by a resolution issued in February 2017 encouraging member nations to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). In addition to South Africa, two other AU members, Burundi and Gambia, also indicated their intentions to withdraw from the Rome Statute in 2016. However, Gambia reversed its decision immediately after a newly elected government assumed power in February 2017. Burundi, on the other hand, has become the first country to withdraw its membership from the ICC.

(b) In February 2017, the North Gauteng High Court unanimously ruled that the withdrawal notification sent by South Africa to the United Nations was unconstitutional and invalid without prior parliamentary approval, and ordered the Government to rescind the notice with immediate effect. In line with the court decision, the South African government revoked its notice of withdrawal from the Rome Statute in March 2017.

(c) The International Crimes Bill, introduced in Parliament in 2017, whose purpose was to withdraw South Africa from the ICC by repealing the Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Act 27 of 2002, is still with the Portfolio Committee in Parliament.

(d) Since that time, numerous developments within the ICC have taken place, including the adoption of the “Understanding with respect to article 97(c) consultations” by the Assembly of State Parties in December 2017. This Understanding, which was adopted as a result of concerns raised by South Africa, provides for a process for States to consult with the ICC in relation to a request for cooperation. In addition, the African Union’s resolve to reform or transform the ICC from within rather than through withdrawals and the failure to provide an African alternative court to the ICC are some of the notable developments.

(e) As a result of these developments, there are ongoing discussion between the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation with a view to develop proposals on South Africa’s membership of the ICC. These proposals will be submitted to Cabinet, and once approved, will provide a way forward on the matter.

(f) In terms of International law, South Africa remains a full member of the ICC with all the rights and obligations that accrue to all members of the Rome Statute. The Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Act 27 of 2002 remains in full effect.

Reply:

Honourable Member, evicting people in the middle of winter is not desirable and I hope that we will see less of the inhumane evictions conducted by the City of Cape Town previously.

The Honourable Member will recall that I issued media statements in July 2020 wherein I urged the City of Cape Town to adhere to the National State of Disaster Regulations which prohibit the eviction of persons from their homes.

The Honourable Member will be aware that the National Disaster period has been extended and the country is currently under alert level 4. The City of Cape Town, and all other municipalities are reminded to adhere to the regulations that we issued in respect of evictions for the duration of the lockdown period.

The Disaster Management Act: Regulations: Alert level 4 which came into effect on 16 June 2021 stipulate that, “A person may not be evicted from his or her land or home or have his or her place of residence demolished for the duration of the national state of disaster unless a competent court has granted an order authorising the eviction or demolition”.

The Member will recall that although the said regulations were issued, the implementation thereof falls under different authorities. In upholding and affirming the regulations cited above, I made a public appeal to municipalities and private property owners to suspend evictions during the lockdown and instead for all parties to prioritise measures aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Furthermore, I encourage the Honourable Member to approach courts to seek legal recourse in relation to the conduct of the City of Cape Town.

Reply:

(1) Honourable Member, Msunduzi Local Municipality has advised that it advertised the tender referred to in the question on 17 March 2016 with a closing date of 7 April 2016. The tender briefing was held on 31 March 2016.

The Bid Adjudication Committee recommended a name of contractor which I am constrained and prohibited by the document titled “Guide to Parliamentary Questions in the National Assembly” from providing it to the Honourable Member. The document referred to states that:

“Questions are to be framed as concisely as possible. All unnecessary adjectives, references and quotations are omitted. Names of persons, bodies and, for example, newspapers are only used in questions if the facts surrounding the case have been proven. As the mere mention of such names could be construed as publicity for or against them, it should be clear that this practice is highly undesirable. If a question will be unintelligible without mentioning such names, the Departments concerned are notified of the name (-s) and this phrase is used: ".......a certain person (name furnished)”.

The contractor was appointed to undertake the Planning and construction of 216 houses in Woodlands under Operation Sukuma Sakhe (OSS) Programme. We have been informed that the contract was concluded on 17 September 2016 for eight (8) months.

Honourable Member, you would be aware that the National Department of Human Settlements does not build houses. This function is the responsibility of provinces and accredited Municipalities. Therefore, neither the National Department nor the KZN Provincial Department of Human Settlements had appointed the contractor referred to above, the municipality did.

Reply:

1. The Department of Home Affairs has not signed any Work Exchange and/or Employment related Agreement with the Republic of Cuba at any time. As the skills required in this case was for the Department of Water Affairs and Sanitation, the Department of Water and Sanitation is best placed to provide the required information.

a) The Department of Home Affairs has not employed any Cuban Nationals in any financial year.

(i-ii) The Department of Home Affairs has not taken any decision as yet to employ any Cuban national in the 2021-23 Medium Expenditure Framework period.

b) DHA has not yet develop any plans to recruit Cuban Nationals.

2. Not Applicable as per our answer (1) above.

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Reply:

(a)(i) The total number of households upgraded in informal settlements in the year 2020 under the dedicated informal settlements upgrading partnership grant is 206,893. This number excludes the Provincial Departments of Human Settlements of Eastern Cape and Gauteng. The Eastern Cape and Gauteng Departments of Human Settlements did not spend their allocated Informal Settlements Upgrading Programme Grants in the 2020/21 financial year. All Provinces and Metro Municipalities were supported with the preparation of Upgrading of Informal Settlements Program (UISP) Partnership Grant Business Plans.

293 Informal Settlements Upgrading Plans have been developed by provinces as follows:

Eastern Cape (EC): 42;

Free Sate (FS): 19;

Gauteng Province (GP) 46;

KwaZulu-Natal (KZN): 30;

Limpopo Province (LP): 16;

Mpumalanga province (MP): 24;

North West (NW): 74;

Northern Cape (NC): 30;

Western Cape (WC): 12

(ii) The 206,893 households are in the informal settlements listed in the table below per province and metropolitan municipalities:

Province	Name of Informal Settlement	Combined Number of Households
Eastern Cape – Department of Human Settlements	0	0
Buffalo City	Velwano,	9,502
	Dacawa
	Ilinge
	Chris Hani,
	Daluxolo,
	Francis Mei,
	Mahlangu,
	Mathemba Vuso,
	Sisulu
	Amalinda Co-op
	Duncan Village Competition site
	Duncan Village Proper
	D- Hostel
	C-Section & Triangular site
	Ford Msimang
	N2 Road Reserve
	Braelyn Extension 10
	Reeston Phase 3 stage 2
	Ilitha North
	Tyutyu phase 3
	Potsdam Kanana
	Ginsburg
Nelson Mandela Bay	Duka Str	27,689
	Phambili Str
	Vastrap
	Qunu
	Goba Str
	Summerstrand (Missionvale) / Salt Lake
	Unknown 2
	Unknown 3
	Malabar Ext6 P2
	7de Laan
	Rolihlala
	Salt Lake
	KwaNoxolo
	Westville
	Govan Mbeki
	GG's Grounds
	Cleary Park
	Unknown 5
	Unknown 6
	Unknown 7
	Unknown 8
	Unknown 10
	Unknown 1
	Colchester
	New Rest - SeaView
	Zweledinga - SeaView
	Unknown 11
	Unknown 12
	Fitchet Corner
	Enkanini
	Mandela Village
	Kama Park
	Area 11
	Kiva
	Cushe
	Lorraine
	Vukani
	Asinavalo
	Lingelethu 1
	Lingelethu 2
	Emthini Village
	Hlalani
	Tyinira
	M-well Powerline 2
	Mokaba Street
	M-well Powerline 1
	Ramaphosa West 2 - #1
	Ramaphosa West 2 - #2
	Khayalihle (Ramaphosa)
	New Town
	Nomakanjeni
	Quarry Residence
	Parsons Vlei (Next Malabar)
	Moegesukkel (Uit)
	McCarthy
	Afganistan
	Unknown 16
	Tinktinkie
	Rosedale Ext
	Old Lapland
	Gro Gro
	Unknown 18
	Gqebera
	Airport Valley
	Elephant Park
	Reconcilliation Park (The Have)
	Jachvlakte (think serviced sites)
	Ford Company
	Ntsela
	Kabah Langa Ext. 6
	Msthini Wam
	KwaNdokwenza
	Fishwater Flats
	Ward 20 Fire victims-4 (Temp)
	Ward 54 Serviced sites (temp)
Free State Department of Human Settlements	Abazimeli	535
	1912
	Winnie
	Zuma
Mangaung	Kgotsong	8,572
	Botshabelo Section L
	Kgatelopele
	Grassland
	Botshabelo West
	Botshabelo Section R
	Matlharantlheng
	Turflaagte
Gauteng Department of Human Settlements	0	0
City of Ekurhuleni	Rooikop Station	17,803
	Kaalfontein
	Winnie Mandela 1,2,3,4,5,6&7
	N12 highway park
	Umgababa
	Emandleni
	Wattville Erf 3100
	Weltervreden
	Sakhile
	Angelo Hotel (Tambo)
	Daggafontein
	Gabon
	Garden Park ( Clide Pinnoy)
	Harry Gwala
	Home Seekers
	Langaville 1 Informal/Siyahlala (Overflow)
	Little Maseru / Vlakplaas
	Sophia Town
	Putfontein 103/ Mayfeild 45
City of Jhb	Princess	68,271
	Tshepisong
	Matholesvillle
	Ruby Club
	Zandspruit
	Bottom Compound
	Heavenly Valley
	Lilly's Bioskop
	Naledi 1
	Mofolo North
	St Mary's
	Amarasta
	Kya Sands
	Organic Market
	Triangle
	Alex Ward 107
	Iphutheng
	Sejwetla
	Vukani
	Drieziek Ext 5 taxi rank
	Eikenhoff
	Hospital hills
	Mazibuko Park
	Meriteng
	Patsing/Veggieland/Nana's Farm
	Protea South
	Volta17 / Precast
	Kliptown - Region G
City of Tshwane	Booysen Extension 4	13,426
	Mabopane EXT 12 (Midas)
	Mabopane EXT 1
	Refilwe EXT 7
	Refilwe EXT 10
	Zithobeni Heights
	Zithobeni Extension 8
	Zithobeni Extension 9
	Mamelodi Extension 6 (Erf 34041) Phomolong
	Hammanskraal West EXT 10
	Soshanguve MM
	Andeon EXT 37
	Nelmapius EXT 22 (Erf 12223 and 12224)
	Pienaarspoort EXT 20
	Kopanong (Itsoseng)
	Mooiplaats
	Winterveld
	Itereleng
	Mahube Valley EXT 15
	Mamelodi EXT 11
Kwazulu Natal - Department of Human Settlements	Johnstown, Blaauuboschslaagte and Cavan	4,461
	Goedehoop
	Dannhauser
	Umlazi Infill
	Dannhauser
	Kanku Road
	Ntshaweni
Ethekwini	A1 Mpumalanga	27,853
	Amawoti-Lybia-Palestine
	Amaoti Nageria
	Umlazi EX7 (Ethopia)
	Umlazi EX9/ E16 (Thandanani)
	Redcliffe Oakford Road
	Ntuzuma E1
	Simunye Triangle (Newtown B)
	NX6 (Enkanini)
	U 8 (Ematayiteleni)
	U9 (Zamani)
	Umlazi J X 6
	Sagu (Sandton Phase 3)
	Progress Place
	Lower Molweni Incremental Serv
	K7 Project
	Blackburn Ph2
	Jadhu place/Puntans hills - in
	Umlazi LX7
	Puntans Hill
	Jadu Place
	Blackburn Ph A & B
	Recliffe Cross Road
	Ntuzuma B
	Ntuzuma A
	Umlazi J2
	Umlazi L4
	Bhambayi Phase 3
	Dakota Beach
	Emapheleni - eZimbelini
	Havelock Road
	Ntuzuma C phase 2 Part 2
	Parkington
	Progress Place (3 of 3)
	Quarry Road West
	Umlazi T - Uganda
	Zone 1 Palmiet
	Madiba (Bottlebrush)
	Welbedacht East Phase 1
	Rockdale (Ndengezi Informal) Phase 2
	St Wendolins Ridge - Ntutuko/Mgodi
	Emona Informal Settlement Tongaat
	Drift Rd Canelands - Shintshani Informal
	Hilltop Informal - Canelands
	Vic Buffelsdraai Clinic - Verulam
	Constantine Informal Settlement
	Palmiet L Section
	Demat Road/Luganda Phase 2
	New City
	Woody Glen Overspill - Ebhubeseni
	Annet Drive
	Pemilton/Ekuthuleni
	Umlazi T - Uganda
	Mthiyane Road (Ntuzuma E8 Infill)
	Buyane Lane (Investigate B Extension)
	Simunye Triangle (Newtown B Infill)
	Quarry Road West
	Madiba (Bottlebrush Overspill)
	Siyathuthuka - Damede Phase 1
	Thuthukani
	Infills
Limpopo	Spar park	2,836
	Abor Park
	Phagameng extension 12
	Polokwane extension 133
Mpumalanga	Hlalanikahle Cluster (Section C & L)	9469
	Empumelelweni Cluster (Extensions 7 & 9)
	Noitgedaght Cluster (Plot 85-88 and Plot 107 and 124)
	Mashishing
	Harmony Hill
	Esizameleni
	Siyazenzela
	Kinross 33/34
Northern Cape	Promiseland (5662)	2,653
	Pofadder Bulk
	Danielskuil
	Barkly West (3500)
	Ganspan (531)
	Jacksonville (139)
	Makweta (500)
	Pabalelo NE (980)
	Gariep (135)
	Tsokville (248)
	Opwag (730)
	Grootdrink (370)
	Jurgerskamp (165)
	Pabalelo (581
	Steinkopf
	Smarties (324)
	Britstown (818)
	Goutrou
	Prieska (3500)
	Marydale (1000)
	Breipaal (500)
	Wrenchville
	Boegoeberg (550)
	Groblershoop (1500)
	Wegdraai (360)
	Blaauwskop (500)
	Dakota Road
	Rosedale (400)
	Rosedale (438)
	Rosedale (452)
	Colville (247)
	Niekershoop
	Bongani
	Hopetown
North West	Tshing Ext 9	11,019
	Elandskuil 205 IP, Tshing erf 1357, Tshing erf 3207 - 3222, Doornpan 193 portion 3 IP Area 1, Doornpan 193 portion 3 IP Area 2, Roodepoort 191 portion 25 IP, Roodepoort 474 IP, Elandskuil 206 IP, Toevlug, Ventersdorp erf 199, and Ventersdorp erf 200
	Chris Hani, Tambo 2 (Lindelani) and Tambo 3
	Kanana Ext 15
	Bloemhof Ext 11
	Amalia Ext 5
Western Cape - Department of Human Settlements	Hlalani	238
	Masakhane
	A total number of forty-nine (49) projects were funded in the 2020/21 Business Plan. Seven (7) of the projects were in the implementation stage, delivering permanent sites; four (4) were activated for receiving interim basic services and the rest of the projects were in the packaging stages.
City of Cape Town	Deep Freeze, Macassar	2,566
	Wallacedene 4 in 1, Kraaifontein
	Backstage 1, Khayelitsha
	Backstage 2, Khayelitsha
	Better Life, Mfuleni
	Garden City, Mfuleni
	Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
	Bosasa IDA, Mfuleni

(b) According the 2020-21 Operational Plan of the Department of Human Settlements, 22 municipalities were targeted for the provision of technical assistance in order to deliver a target of 100 informal settlement upgrading plans- From the 22 municipalities that were provided with technical assistance, 126 informal settlements upgrading plans were delivered- The target was thus overachieved by 26 informal settlements upgrading plans.

(c) The relevant details of the nature of the assistance provided to municipalities in 2020/21 are as follows:

• Assessment and Categorisation of informal settlements
• Development of informal settlements upgrading plans
• Development of sustainable livelihoods programmes
• Development of municipal wide informal settlements upgrading strategies
• Projects in the packaging stages
• Detail Engineering Designs
• Township Establishments
• Installation of permanent municipal engineering water and sewer reticulation
• Installation of interim basic services
• Communal ablution blocks, road, footpaths and storm-water control due to the terrain the informal settlements are located.

Reply:

Makana Local Municipality forms part of the Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province. It is the local municipality which governs the town of (Makhanda) as well as the towns and villages of Alicedale, Seven Fountains, Eluxolweni others. The Municipality has been slacking in the provision of basic service for several years, and this has been aggravated by persistent drought conditions and lack of proper sanitation that has been prevalent for over five years to date. The drought is by far the worst droughts in history, resulting in very low dam levels which led to the town experiencing various water crisis.

There was the identification of the problems’ source first, then interventions were / are being implemented to address the problems, and that is addressing the matter of ensuring the provision of water and sanitation (proper toilets)

This response highlights the interventions that the Municipality undertook, and or is undertaking to provide water and sanitation; the interventions therefore translate to the work in progress in the communities that are stated above.

Alicedale:

Due to the dire situation of drought, the New Year Dam which is a soul supplier of whore water for Alicedale has been low to a point that it has created unreliable water supply. As such the municipality resolved at looking at other raw water supply such as ground water, therefore funding was allocated to explore ground water development.

The tender for the development of ground water was advertised on the 4th June 2021 and closed on closed on 6 July 2021. The project will involve: - i. the exploration of ground water, and the drilling of boreholes ii. the installation of pumps to extract water from the riverbed and connect into the existing pipeline to the Water Treatment Works.

The appointment of the contractor will be concluded by the end of July 2021 with the work to start from 1st August 2021 and concluded end September 2021. Whilst the project is running the Community of Alicedale will be supplied with water via water carting and also there will be a day or two in a week where water will be reticulated to all communities of Alicedale using the existing borehole that supply 260kl on a daily demand of 1000kl.

In Alicedale the municipality has ensured that there are Water Borne toilets in all formal settlements.

Seven Fountains:

The municipality has ensured that there is normal water supply for Seven Fountains community, using the four boreholes that were previously drilled and connected to a package plant that is used to treat the water before it supply to the community. It should be noted that of the four boreholes, two have a very good yield, and the other two have a poor yield. The municipality is looking at drilling new boreholes to augment and secure sufficient water supply to the community of Seven Fountains.

In Seven Fountains, the municipality is looking at alternative sanitation system as the water borne system is not practically feasible due to the lack of reliable water sources.

Eluxoleni:

The Eluxoleni area is one of the formal areas that are fully serviced with water, sanitation and electricity.

Reply:

1. The response was sourced directly from the Provincial Department of Cogta and the Municipality.

The Rietfontein Landfill site, situated in Kwa Thema, is the only waste disposal site in Springs, Ekurhuleni that has faced a prolonged closure.

Operations and Maintenance at the City of Ekurhuleni landfill sites are outsourced on a three year contract basis. The contract for the Site Operator (service provider) for the Rietfontein Landfill site was scheduled to run from July 2017 until June 2020. By April 2020 the municipality had begun the process of renewing the contract, however the new tender that was scheduled to be advertised on the 26th April 2020, after supply chain processes for the tender advertisement to be ready, was put on hold due to the national ‘lock-down’ that was announced by the President at the end of March 2020. For this reason, the Site Operator’s contract was extended for six months, until 31st December 2020 for service delivery to continue. With the easing of the National Lockdown Regulations, the new tender was eventually advertised in June 2020 and closed in July 2020. The tender however was confirmed as a ‘non-award’ in December 2020 due to non-acceptable tenders (bidders) received.

The prolonged closure of the Rietfontein Landfill site, situated in Kwa Thema, in Springs, Ekurhuleni therefore resulted from the following:

(i) The expiry of the service provider’s three year contract initially ending on 30 June 2020, but extended in accordance with the municipal supply chain regulations from 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2020 during the unanticipated national lock-down as outlined above.

(ii) The new appointment for the service provider could not be done as (tenders) bids received were non-acceptable.

(iii) The closure, while due process to appoint another service provider is under way, does not disrupt service delivery as waste vehicles are being diverted to the nearest City of Ekurhuleni landfill sites, namely Weltevreden in Brakpan and Platkop in the Suikerbosrand.

2. There is currently no Site Operator on siteas supply chain processes are under way for a new service provider, hence no contractor is being paid for waste disposal operations on site. The only contractors on site are security personnel who are paid for safeguarding the following City of Ekurhuleni assets:

• Flare compound and gas extractionsystems meant for the extraction of harmful landfill gases and reducing its global warming impact on its surroundings.
• Laboratory for verifying waste types entering the site. Rietfontein is the only City of Ekurhuleni site that accepts previously ‘De-listed’ waste.
• Weighbridges, scales and equipment, which are crucial for billing clients when the site is operational.
• Office buildings and equipment.

3.(a) The supply chain management processes of appointing a new Site Operator are underway and the new appointment is scheduled to be done in July 2021 for the waste disposal operations to resume.

(b) Waste vehicles are being diverted to the nearest City of Ekurhuleni landfill sites, namely Weltevreden in Brakpan and Platkop in the Suikerbosrand.

 

Reply:

No COGTA does not have any agricultural land. Issues relating to agricultural land registered in the name of the state are administered by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. The Honourable member is advised to direct this question to the relevant department.

Reply:

The issues relating to the commonage land are managed and administered by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. The Honourable member is advised to direct this question to the said department.

Reply:

1. Yes, a councillor from a local municipality may be apppinted in terms of Section 23(1)(b) of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998 (“the Act”) to directly represent the local municipality in the district municipality in which it is a part of.

2. The remuneration of councillors is dealt with in terms of the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act 20 of 1998, which requires the Minister to annually determine the upper limits of councillor remuneration by Notice in the Government Gazette.

In terms of the upper limits published in Government Gazette No. 43246 on 24 April 2020, a councillor elected or appointed to a district council in terms of section 23(1)(b) of the Act, may be paid the upper limit of the total remuneration package or allowance as follows:

(a) If a councillor is elected or appointed as mayor such councillor is entitled to an amount equal to the difference between the total remuneration package that a councillor receives as a member of the local council and the total remuneration package allocated to that office in the district council.

(b) If the total remuneration package payable to a councillor as a member of the local council is equal to or higher than the total remuneration package that an appointed councillor to the district council receives, such a councillor is, in addition to the total remuneration package received at the local council, entitled to a sitting allowance.

Reply:

1. The department is guided by the constitution and the rule of law when it comes to interventions. The interventions invoked in terms of the two subsections (4) and (5) of section 139 of the Constitution are mandatory financial interventions, and the provincial executives must invoke these subsections if the municipalities satisfy the criteria outlined in those two subsections. The only time when the national executive may intervene in these scenarios are when:

(i) the provincial executive cannot,

(ii) the provincial executive does not, or

(iii) the provincial executive does not adequately exercise the powers or perform the functions referred to in subsection (4) or (5) of section 139 of the Constitution, then the national executive must intervene in the stead of the provincial executive.

In the Unemployed Peoples Movement v Premier, Province of the Eastern Cape, and Others, the courts of the first and second instance directed that the Provincial Executive to invoke mandatory intervention in terms of Section 139(5) of the Constitution. The Eastern Cape Provincial Executive petitioned the Constitutional Court to appeal the decision of the lower courts. To that end, the court judgements were suspended by the appeal and therefore the requirements of section 139(7) of the Constitution were no longer applicable in this case.

2. The prerogative powers to intervene in municipalities due to failure to fulfil executive obligations in terms of Constitution or legislative are bestowed to the provincial executive council of provinces in terms of Section 139 of the Constitution. In addition, Section 105 of the Municipal Systems Act mandates the province to monitor municipalities in managing their own affairs, monitor development of municipalities in their jurisdiction and assess support required by those municipalities to strengthen their capacity to manage their own affairs. It is within this hierarchy prescribed in the Constitution that provinces are the first structure within government that must provide support and intervene in municipalities. Thereafter, the requirements of failure or inadequacy or insufficiency of the provincial executive council to intervene should be met prior any intervention in terms of Section 139(7) of the Constitution.

In addition, once municipalities are categorized as dysfunctional and not financially viable, provincial government must immediately differentiate between circumstances that require interventions in terms of section 139(1) of the Constitution and those that requires section 139(5) of the Constitution interventions (serious financial issues). Once the criteria for section 139(5) of the Constitution are met, provinces often align their section 154 of the Constitution support package and the approved Financial Recovery Plans (FRPs) for municipalities, and together with national departments provides sustained support for successful implementations of FRPs.

3. The Intergovernmental Monitoring, Support and Interventions (IMSI) Bill gives effect to the Constitution that prescribes for the enactment of legislation to deal with processes and procedures in the application of sections 100 and 139 of the Constitution. The IMSI Bill has been in the past, consulted with relevant stakeholders, and undertaken the socio-economic impact assessment and certification with the state law advisors. However due to lessons learned in numerous interventions invoked either in terms of section 100 and 139 of the Constitution, the Department reviewed the Bill to incorporate those lessons learned, and currently the department is conducting wider consultation with stakeholders in provinces and municipalities, before processing it through to Cabinet. It is envisaged that the parliamentary process will commence during the beginning of 2022/2023 financial year.

Reply:

The issues relating to the commonage land are managed and administered by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. The Honourable member is advised to direct this question to the said department.

Reply:

The information requested from the Honourable Member has been requested from Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality and the Provincial Departments concerned, we will update the response upon receipt of the information.

Reply:

The issues relating to the commonage land are managed and administered by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. The Honourable member is advised to direct this question to the said department.

Reply:

1. No. Local authorities are not legally obligated to have in their employ, qualified registered mechanical, electrical, civil and chemical engineers. Each local authority follows a council approved organisational structure to source skills in compliance with applicable building regulations. The organisational structure will have a number of departments necessary for the municipality to perform its functions determined in accordance with the powers and functions allocated to a municipality, its integrated development plan and budget.

2. The total number of engineers and professionally registered engineers per province, as at March 2020, is provided in the table below:

Number of Engineers and Professional Engineers in Municipalities, as at March 2020
District	A: Total Number of Engineers	B: Professionally Registered Engineers	C: Total Number Technologists	D: Professionally Registered Engineering Technologists	E: Total Number of Technicians	F: Professionally Reigistered Engineering Technicians	A+C+E: Total Number of Engineering Personnel	B+D+F: Total Number of Professionally Registered Engineering Personnel	(B+D+F)/(A+C+E): % of Professionally Registered Engineering Personne
Limpopo	3	1	72	9	110	6	185	16	9%
North West	6	0	44	2	54	5	104	7	7%
Free State	2	2	11	4	38	2	51	8	16%
Eastern Cape	13	8	108	24	98	18	219	50	23%
Mpumalanga	8	0	73	10	109	4	190	14	7%
Northern Cape	3	1	30	5	65	5	98	11	11%
Western Cape	45	34	108	53	111	60	264	147	56%
Gauteng	200	65	207	71	456	110	863	246	29%
KwaZulu Natal	154	143	229	102	486	106	869	351	40%
Total	434	254	882	280	1527	316	2843	850	30%

Information on the total number of engineers and professionally registered engineers per province per municipality (as at March 2020) is provided in the annexure.

Information on the number of engineers and professionally registered engineers per branch (business unit or technical field) is not readily available.

3. The Department monitors the filling of senior manager positions and the table below presents the total number of Technical Director vacancies in municipalities as 53.

Province	Technical Services Senior Manager Positions
	Filled	Vacant	Total Number of Positions
Eastern Cape	36	3	39
Free State	15	5	20
Gauteng	7	4	11
Kwa Zulu Natal	39	15	54
Limpopo	20	7	27
Mpumalanga	18	2	20
Northern Cape	20	8	28
North West	15	6	21
Western Cape	15	3	18
TOTAL	185	53	238

4. For Engineers appointed as managers directly accountable to municipal managers, like other managers in the same capacity, the Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Act No. 7 of 2011 prescribes under section 56 (c) that should the position be vacant, the acting person may not act for more than three months unless the MEC extends the acting period for another three months. This measure assists to expedite filling the vacant post. Furthermore, the established District Development Model structures are encouraging and monitoring the filling of vacancies, particularly at senior management level.

Reply:

I have been advised by the SAPO as follows:

The contractual matters involving the parties are currently under review as part of an internal disciplinary process. SAPO is therefore unable to provide details until such time that this process has been finalised.

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Reply:

I have been advised by the SAPO as follows:

The contractual matters involving the parties, including possible requests for proposals and/or requests for quotations are currently under review as part of an internal disciplinary process. SAPO is therefore unable to provide details until such time that this process has been finalised.

 

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Reply:

I have been advised by the SAPO as follows:

The contractual matters involving the parties, including possible requests for proposals and/or requests for quotations are currently under review as part of an internal disciplinary process. SAPO is therefore unable to provide details until such time that this process has been finalised.

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

1. I have been informed by the Department that the below table constitutes the breakdown of costs paid to the owners of Archibus software since 2015;

Company Name	Amount Paid	Year	Payment Description
ARCHIBUS SOLUTION CENTRES SOUTH AFRICA	R302 892,86	2016	Licenses
ARCHIBUS SOLUTION CENTRES SOUTH AFRICA	R519 018,84	2017	Licences
ARCHIBUS SOLUTION CENTRES SOUTH AFRICA	R570 920,71	2018	Licences
ARCHIBUS SOLUTION CENTRES SOUTH AFRICA	R494 062,55	2019	Licences
ARCHIBUS SOLUTION CENTRES SOUTH AFRICA	R306 151,21	2019	Additional Licences for users of modules go-live (LeaseIN, Immovable Assets Register and Corrective Maintenance)
ARCHIBUS SOLUTION CENTRES SOUTH AFRICA	R1 847 316,89	2020	Licenses and technical support

2. No additional fees such as royalties are paid.

3. Updates are available already. The software will not become redundant and there are no outstanding updates needed. The latest updates are available and are implemented based on an assessment of business needs.

(a), (b), (c) N/A.

4. As I’ve previously reported to the Portfolio Committee National Treasury is assisting the Department to design specifications that are not based on Archibus but rather the needs of the Department to complete the Immovable Asset Register.

 

Reply:

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is aware of the water challenges in the Port Alfred area, including Ward 8 in Nemato which forms part of the Ndlambe Local Municipality (LM). The water challenges are as a result of the prevailing drought in the Eastern Cape Province.

The main water source for Port Alfred is the Sarel Hayward Dam, but due to the prevailing drought, the water levels in the dam has dropped to such an extent that the municipality cannot abstract sufficient water to meet the demand in Port Alfred. Full water supply can only be restored once the prevailing drought is over.

The Ndlambe LM is currently only getting 1.6Ml/day from Sarel Hayward Dam compared to the average yield of 6Ml/day, 0.4Ml/day from the Central Belt boreholes and 0.5Ml/day from a nearby farm which totals up to 2.5Ml/day. The average daily demand for Port Alfred is 8Ml/day which means the current water resources can only meet 30% of the demand.

The DWS Eastern Cape Regional Office is monitoring the situation and in collaboration with the municipality it is working towards finding solutions to address the current water crisis. The interventions in the municipality are being coordinated through a Joint Operations Committee (JOC), Bilaterals, Project Steering Committee (PSC) and Project Meetings to identify short – and medium term interventions to bring relief to the affected communities.

Furthermore, the DWS has intervened to alleviate challenges relating to water provision in the Ndlambe LM (which includes Ward 8 in Nemato) as follows:

a) Provision of water tankers to the Ndlambe LM to provide water to areas in need.

b) Allocation of R80 million towards the construction of a 2Ml/day Sea Water Reverse Osmosis Plant (SWRO) and a 3Ml/day Waste Water Reclamation (WWR) plant that is currently under construction. The timeframe for completion of the project is end July 2021.

c) Allocation of R1.24 million to procure a standby generator in order to ensure that the maximum water can be pumped from the Kowie River to Port Alfred and Sarel Hayward Dam. This is intended to assist the municipality with challenges regarding pumping water from the Kowie River to the Sarel Hayward Dam during load shedding.

d) Continuous engagement with the municipality on effective management of the Water Conservation and Demand Management Programme, including through monitoring and repairs of leaks to prevent wastage which can further exacerbate the impact of the prevailing drought conditions.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

1. I have been informed by the Department that there are no active recycling initiatives in the Parliamentary Villages in Cape Town. The Facilities Management contract since 2014 has not included recycling. All future contracts from now onwards will include recycling.

2. As per above

Reply:

(1) The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) entered into cooperation agreement with the Cuban government in the following periods;

• 2008 to 2010
• 2015 to 2019
• 2020 to 2023

(a)(i-ii) Placements for relevant periods are as indicated in the table below:

Period of Agreement	No of Cubans Deployed
2008 – 2010	5 (the programme was coordinated through the United Nations, and the Cubans were not directly employed nor paid by the DWS)
2015 – 2019	35
2020 – 2023	25

(b) The Cuban nationals are responsible for the following functions in the DWS, amongst others:

• Implementation of Restructuring and Development Programme (RDP) of Water and Sanitation projects
• Provide Geo- Hydrologic Scientific assistance
• Assessments and evaluation of designs, research and security of hydrologic infrastructure
• Evaluation and assistance with operations and maintenance of water infrastructure within clusters and area offices in different provinces
• Evaluation of infrastructure assets of the department including dams, bulk water infrastructure, irrigation canals and pump stations
• Evaluation and verification of quality control of maintenance as well as refurbishment of water infrastructure.
• Scoping of waste water treatment systems.
• Project management for grant funded infrastructure projects implemented by municipalities
• Verification and analysis of bulk infrastructure applications and business plans from municipalities to the DWS

(c) The details of the specific skills of the Cubans are as follows:

 

2020 - 2023 Cohort

No.	Qualification	Area of Specialization
1	Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
2	Geophysics Engineer & Master in Science Geophysics	Senior Geophysics Scientist
3	Civil Engineer	Structural Design Engineering
4	Hydraulics Engineer	Hydraulic Engineer
5	Hydraulics Engineer	Hydraulic Engineer
6	Hydraulic Engineering	Hydraulic Engineer with Design experience
7	Hydraulic Engineering, Master of Science	Hydraulic Engineering
8	Hydraulics Engineering	Water Resource Management
9	Civil Engineering	Design, Maintenance and Operation of Water Infrastructure
10	Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
11	Technologist Engineer	Technologist Engineer in Hydraulics and Water Treatment
12	Agricultural Mechanization Engineering	Trained as Mechanical Engineer and works as Investment Manager
13	Engineer Hydrologist	Surface Water Hydrology
14	Electrical Engineering	Electrical Engineering systems
15	Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	Irrigation and Drainage Engineer with extensive experience in Planning and Design
16	Engineering in Automatic Control	Engineering with specialisation in Automatic Control
17	Hydraulics and Structural Engineering	Civil/ Hydraulic Engineer
18	Mechanical Engineer	Mechanical Engineering
19	Hydraulics Engineer	Hydraulic Engineering
20	Hydraulic/ Civil Engineering	Hydraulic Engineer with experience in Planning and Design
21	Bachelor of Engineering: Electrical	Electrical Engineering, Physical Planning and Construction
22	Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical	Electrical Engineering projects
23	Electrical Engineering	Electrical Engineering
24	Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering & Master Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Technology
25	Mechanical Engineer	Mechanical Engineering

2015 – 2019 Cohort

No.	Qualification	Area of Specialization
1	Hydraulic Engineer	Hydraulic Engineering: Project and investigation specialist
2	Mechanical engineer	Complex hydraulic engineering
3	Hydraulic Engineer	Senior Specialist: Hydraulic Engineering
4	Geo-hydrologist	Geo-hydrologist
5	Hydrology Engineer	Hydrology Engineering
6	Civil Engineer	Senior Specialist of Projects and Engineering
7	Mechanical engineer	Mechanical engineering
8	Civil Engineer	Senior Specialist in hydraulic resources management
9	Hydro-geologist Engineer	Coordinator of the Regional Hydrographic Water Shared Council
10	Electrical engineer	Senior Specialist in hydraulic resources management
11	Irrigation and Drainage Engineer	Water resources management
12	Electrical engineer	Electrical engineering
13	Irrigation and Drainage Engineer	Water Resources Water Infrastructure
14	Civil Engineer	Civil Engineering with extensive experience in Planning and Design
15	Hydraulic Engineer	Specialist of channel designs
16	Hydraulic Engineer	Specialist in hydraulic resources management
17	Geophysics Engineer	Specialist in Projects and Engineering
18	Agronomist Engineering	Senior Specialist on Hydraulic Projects and Engineering
19	Geology Engineer	Groundwater Consultant
20	Hydraulic Engineer	Hydraulic Engineering
21	Civil Engineer	Senior Specialist in Engineering Projects
22	Hydraulic Engineer	Specialist in hydraulic resources management
23	Civil Engineer	Senior Specialist in Engineering Projects
24	Hydrologist	Technical Hydrological Officers
25	Hydraulic Engineer	Senior Engineer
26	Agricultural Engineer	Director: Hydraulic Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance
27	Hydraulic Engineer	Equipment Maintenance
28	Civil Engineer- Hydraulic	Specialist in design and research
29	Irrigation and Drainage Engineer	Specialist of Project and Engineering
30	Hydrology Engineer	Senior Specialist: Hydrology Engineering
31	Mechanical engineer	Mechanical Engineering
32	Hydraulic Engineer	Hydraulic Engineer: Principal Specialist in Projects and Engineering
33	Electrical engineer	Director Hydro-Energy
34	Mechanical engineer	Project specialist: Mechanical Engineering
35	Hydro Technical Engineer	Specialist: Hydro Technical Engineering

2008 – 2010 COHORT (UN project)

No.	Qualification	Area of Specialization
1	Hydraulic Engineer	Senior Specialist in Projects and Engineering.
2	Irrigation and Drainage Engineer	Specialist of Projects and Engineering
3	Geo Hydrologist	Specialist of Hydraulic Projects
4	Hydraulic Engineer	Principal Specialist in Projects and Engineering.
5	Geology Engineer	Specialist in Hydraulic Infrastructure Resources Management

(d) All actual and estimated costs for the Cuban programme are indacted in the table below:

 

Period of Agreement	Actual Costs	Estimated costs
2008 – 2010	Funded by the UN	-
2015 - 2019	R 122 218 188	-
2020 - 2023	Actual costs to be determined at the end of each financial year	R 79 225 700

 

(2)

(2) The DWS continuously advertises vacant funded positions locally. The Department has taken steps to develop technical skills capacity building through the establishment of the Learning Academy which has focused on recruiting young South African graduates in disciplines like Engineering, Scientist and disciplines like Quantity Surveying. The DWS continues to develop artisans to enhance the technical capacity in operations and maintenance in the clusters and area offices where the bulk water infrastructure is located. The Cubans; compliment and support the Departmental officials in the clusters in the operations and maintenance functions.

The capacity building project has yielded good results and in the past 5 years, the Department has succeeded in mentoring more than 100 engineers and scientists who successfully acquired professional registration with professional councils like Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and South African Council for National Scientific Professions (SACNASP) among others. These technical professionals were absorbed in permanent posts in the Department.

Reply:

(a) The Moses Kotane Local Municipality has advised that it has a housing backlog of approximately 12 500 units which is spread across 107 villages.

(b) Plans are afoot to deliver 1 800 units during the 2021/22 financial year which will be spread across 13 villages. The North West Provincial Department of Human Settlements is currently conducting geotechnical studies in 15 villages to determine the suitability of the soil in order to appoint service providers to implement additional housing projects.

The Local Municipality confirmed that it is receiving assistance from the Provincial Department of Human Settlements with the Township Establishments Plans for three projects, namely Mogwase Unit 4 Extension, Unit 6 and Unit 7 which will cumulatively yield 4 600 stands for mixed integrated residential uses that will include BNG housing, Social housing and housing for middle income households.

Reply:

It is an undisputed fact that, youth continue to face serious challenges and key among them is the problem of structural unemployment. It goes without stating that, even prior to the pandemic youth were already getting it tough, but their situation has now further been worsened and compounded. At the onset of the pandemic their education and training got disrupted, those who were looking for jobs could no longer do so, and were further locked out of the economy, whilst youth owned businesses suffered loss of income/employment which threatened young people’s livelihoods. Therefore, it is crucial that interventions to the youth unemployment is focussed on ensuring responsiveness and illustrating positive outcomes, results and long lasting impacts.

Government has reviewed and drew lessons from the National Youth Policy of 2009 to 2014. There are encouraging achievements of National Youth Policy of 2015 to 2020, equally, and once again there are lessons drawn.

Among many functions of the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, is to lead, support, coordinate, monitor and evaluate implementation of youth development across various sectors. To this end, they have already drafted National Youth Policy 2020-2030. National Youth Policy that has been drafted includes among others, quality education, skills and second chance, it also accommodates economic transformation, entrepreneurship and job creation.

This National Youth Policy was drafted with extensive consultation with the youth as well as the youth led and youth serving organisations across sectors. It has always been the firm belief of government that, young people must be consistently engaged as active role players in order to deal decisively with persistent challenges in that sector.

But it is also worth stating that in drafting the National Youth Policy 2030, consultations were done in the spirit of Intergovernmental Relations, and endeavour to build a strong social compact that would ensure that reviewing the past interventions is a collaborative effort and the end product will be from the inputs of all sectors of society. It became imperative that, in further responding to the plight of young people, one of the key aspects is to partner with them to ensure that institutional capacity to accelerate youth issues across government, business and civil society sectors is realised.

And of course, Covid-19 environment is forcing Department of Employment and Labour to be on its toes, in leading adjustment discussions in the labour market. Concepts such as working from home, is but one of the components relating to necessary and demanded discussions that ought to be concluded at some point. They added to the discussions that we’ve been having on Fourth Industrial Revolution. Technology has been progressing. It is now advancing rapidly. The advantage is this, young people are well versed with the technology, they are connected with that space, they are therefore willing participants, government is banking on this positive aspect, and one is sure that, that is a global phenomenon.

The National Youth Policy 2020-2030, improves upon and updates the previous policies by highlighting the current and new challenges that South Africa’s youth face. The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities will develop a youth responsive plan, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation and auditing framework, with high level of output, outcome and impact on each policy imperative.

Reply:

The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development does not keep or maintain information on farms that were acquired during any period to act as buffer zones between the commercial farmers and the tribal areas.

Reply:

Department

a Yes

b N/A

(i) Eldna Security Services and Makhuva Protection Services

(ii) The purpose of Eldna Security Services is to provide guarding security services to protect employees, visitors and assets of the Department whereas Makhuva Protection Services serves the purpose of inspecting, servicing and maintenance of the Electronic Security Systems of the Department.

(iii) Value of Eldna Protection Service’s contract is R 5,375,280.00 and the value of Makhuva Protection Service’s contract was R 332 000.00 which was extended with an additional value of R 49 800.00, making a total amount of R 381 800.00.

(Eldna Security Services has a 2 Year contract running from 01 October 2020 to 30 September 2022. Makhuva Protection Services had a 1 Year contract running from 01 March 2020 to 28 February 2021. It was then extended with a further 3 months to end on 31 May 2021.

Airport Company South Africa (ACSA)

Airport	Licensed security companies	Current termination	Value
George	Reshebile Aviation and Protection Services (PTY) LTD	April 2018 to March 2023	R 30 114 012,02
East London	Reshebile Aviation and Protection Services (PTY) LTD	April 2018 to March 2023	R 39 890 577,73
Port Elizabeth	Reshebile Aviation and Protection Services (PTY) LTD	April 2018 to March 2023	R 68 610 480,11
Cape Town International -Airside	Securitas SA (PTY) LTD	April 2018 to March 2023	R 495 441 784,51
Bram fisher	Venus Security Solutions (PTY)LTD	April 2018 to March 2023	R 39 256 126,56
Kimberly	Venus Security Solutions (PTY)LTD	April 2018 to March 2023	R 26 471 035,97
Upington	Venus Security Solutions (PTY)LTD	April 2018 to March 2023	R 42 907 744,19
King Shaka International – Landside	Mafoko Security Patrols (PTY) LTD	April 2018 to March 2023	R 76 157 572,53
King Shaka International – Airside	Fidelity Security Services (PTY) LTD	April 2018 to March 2023	R 200 687 161,68
O.R Tambo International – Airside	Eagle Eye (PTY) LTD	April 2018 to March 2023	R 516 274 124,46
Cape Town International- Landside	G4S Aviation (PTY)LTD	April 2018 to March 2023	R 209 182 842,88
License concession	Bidvest Protea Coin Group	April 2018 to March 2023	No contract with ACSA

Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS)

Section 111 of the Civil Aviation Act (No. 13 of 2009) places an obligation on Air Traffic and Navigation Services to have an aviation security program. Part 111 of the Civil Aviation Regulations (2001) prescribes what the security program should provide for and includes amongst others the need to ensure that the security program provides for “the protection of ATSUs, communication facilities and radio navigation aids and surveillance facilities by appropriate measures, which may include intrusion detection systems”. To this end, ATNS has appointed five (5) security companies to provide physical security services at various ATNS sites.

No.	Name of firm	Purpose	Value of contract	Duration
1	Vimtsire Protection Services	To supply physical security and armed response services at ATNS East London Radar	R419 340.80	17 June 2020 - 18 June 2021
2	G4S Aviation Security	To provide physical security services for ATNS King Shaka International Tower	R412 928.19	01 August 2020 - 30 April 2021
3	G4S Aviation Security	To provide physical security services for ATNS Radar Bluff -KZN	R306 190.35	01 September 2020 - 31 May 2021
4	Mode Security	To supply physical security and armed response services at ATNS OR Tambo regional sites	R8 818 306.56	28 October 2020 - 27 October 2022
5	Nduma Security consultants	To supply physical security and armed response services at ATNS OR Tambo regional sites	R9 323 694,00	28 October 2020 - 27 October 2022

SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (SACAA) – SECURITY CONTRACTS
(i) Name of the Service Provider	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value of contract	(iv) Duration
Dikgaetsedi Trading and Projects	The current security service provider’s mandate is to protect the SACAA’s assets, employees, clients, contractors, and processes (Examinations at our Midrand Offices).	R4 945 777,32 (Inclusive of Vat)	Twelve (12) months
DioPoint	The provision of preventative maintenance on the security systems (CCTV & Access control) in and around the SACAA’s buildings	R 339 903,20 (Inclusive of Vat)	Twenty-Four (24) months

Name of Entity	(i) Name of Firm	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration of contract
1. CBRTA	Boithekgo Security and Cleaning (Pty) Ltd	To protect and safe-guard C-BRTA’s assets, officials, and clients.	R489 600.00	01 June 2020 to 31 May 2021
2. RAF	Mjayeli Security (Pty) Ltd Security services	the provision of armed response and guards	R 5 229 798,81	5 Years
	Mphosha Construction Projecs CC	the provision of armed response and guards	R 13 347 398,02	5 Years
	TYEKS Security Services	the provision of armed response and guards	R 6 555 747,89	5 Years
	NZ Risk Management CC	the provision of armed response and guards	R 493 667,28	3 Years
	JFH Holdings (Pty) Ltd	the provision of armed response and guards	R 281 553,00	2 Years
	Fidelity Security Services (Pty) Ltd	the provision of armed response and guards	R 460 972,16	1 Months
	Siyefana Security Services (Pty) Ltd	the provision of armed response and guards	R 229 986,48	1 year
	HM Security and Armed Response (Pty) Ltd	the provision of armed response and guards	R 485 198,40	3 Years
	Multi-Net Stelsels (Pty) Ltd	the provision of armed response and guards	R 1 380 506,72	5 Years
	Satenga Trading and Projects (Pty) Ltd	the provision of armed response and guards	R 171 954,90	6 Months
	Mamosa Group (Pty) Ltd	the provision of armed response and guards	R 296 150,00	6 Months
	Bhuba M Security and Training CC	the provision of armed response and guards	R 496 800,00	1 Year
	Prime African Security (Pty) Ltd	the provision of armed response and guards	R 421 890,00	5 Months
	Amathuba Security and Cleaning Services (Pty) Ltd	the provision of armed response and guards	R 219 588,00	6 Months
3. RTIA	Gingirikani Security Services cc	To protect and safe-guard RTIA’s assets, officials, and clients.	R399 337.50	01 Nov 2020 to 31 March 2021
4. RTMC	Bamogale Security Solutions	Provision of security services and armed response at Waterfall office Park	Est per month R299 920.21	Oct 2019 until 31 September 2022
	Sakhile Ezweni Group	Provision of security services and armed response at Eco Park; Boekenhoutkloof; and Denel Traffic Training College	Est per month R488 68.12	Nov 2020 until 31 September 2022
5. SANRAL	Please see the below sheet

5. Parliamentary Question 690 _ SANRAL Information
No	NAME OF FIRM	PURPOSE OF CONTRACT	PROPERTY DESCRIPTION	VALUE OF CONTRACT	DURATION OF CONTRACT (Months)	CONTRACT START DATE
1	BE Security CC	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS13334 - Rem of Ptn 45 (ptn of Ptn 28), RDS13354 - Rem of Ptn 66 (Ptn of ptn 2) De Onderstepoort No 300 – JR	R285 000	10	31-May-20
2	BE Security CC	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS00720 & RDS00723 Erf 29 and Erf 30 Woodmead	R152 000	19	31-Aug-19
3	BE Security CC	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS12938 - Ptn 193 (ptn of ptn 122) Boschkop no-447 -JQ	R152 000	19	31-Aug-19
4	BE Security CC	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS13816 Rem of Ptn 57 (ptn of ptn 3) Vissershoek No:435-JQ	R285 000	10	31-May-20
5	BC Security Solutions	Provision of security services at SANRAL regional office in Cape Town	1 Havenga Street, Oakdale, Bellvill	R3 402 883	36	31-Mar-18
6	Bridgegate Security t/a Bridgegate Cleaning & Security	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS12528 - Erf 709 Lake Road Wilderness	R129 000	6	30-Sep-20
7	Bridgegate Security t/a Bridgegate Cleaning & Security	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	NSP144 - Mthatha Quarry Site East London	R255 000	10	31-May-20
8	Bridgegate Security t/a Bridgegate Cleaning & Security	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS10397-La Porte Vase - Kroonstad	R231 000	14	31-Jan-20
9	Buyisa Security Services CC	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS75672 & RDS79297 - Rem of Erf 93 Ashburton	R256 600	14	31-Jan-20
10	Capital Ship Trading 605 (Pty) Ltd	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS62392 - Knollevally No 41 Adm Dist Cape	R281 899	16	30-Nov-19
11	Eagle Fast Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS03033_Cator Manor	R84 000	12	31-Mar-20
12	Eagle Fast Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS04533_Cator Manor	R48 000	12	31-Mar-20
13	Eldna Security Services cc	Provision of security services at SANRAL Head office	48 Tambotie Avenue, Val de Grace, Pretoria	R3 724 363	36	31-Mar-18
14	Eldna Security Services cc	Provision of security services at SANRAL regional office in Pretoria	38 Ida Street, Menlo Park, Tshwane	R3 761 948	36	31-Mar-18
15	Eldna Security Services cc	Provision of security services at SANRAL regional office in Pretoria	32 Ida Street, Menlo Park, Tshwane	R2 735 110	36	31-Mar-18

No	NAME OF FIRM	PURPOSE OF CONTRACT	PROPERTY DESCRIPTION	VALUE OF CONTRACT	DURATION OF CONTRACT (Months)	CONTRACT START DATE
16	Fig Tree Civils (Pty) Ltd	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS08325 - Erf 45 & 46 : Hanglip (Twin Rivers) - Knysna	R285 376	16	30-Nov-19
17	First Plan Protection Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS05598- Ptn 50 (of 18) Southbroom	R239 968	16	30-Nov-19
18	Fuzudladla Trading and Consulting (Pty) Ltd	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS82334 - Ptn 19 of Erf 1186 Pietermaritzburg	R109 800	9	30-Jun-20
19	Gashenezi (Pty) Ltd	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS80114- Rem of Erf 106 Camperdown	R240 000	8	31-Jul-20
20	Hlanganani Ezweni Trading and Projects	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS00043 - Rem of Erf 70, RDS00829 - Ptn 1 of Erf 98, RDS16732 - Ptn 1 of Erf 99 : Fairland	R172 500	19	31-Aug-19
21	Hlanganani Ezweni Trading and Projects	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS15246, RDS15248, RDS15250 - Ptn 162 , Ptn 199 & Ptn 204 (ptn of ptn 23) Paardekraal	R172 500	19	31-Aug-19
22	Imvusa Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS79346 - Ptn 45( Ptn of ptn 43) Witbank No 262	R539 871	18	30-Sep-19
23	Inkanyezi Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS06119- Craigieburn	R271 200	12	31-Mar-20
24	Inkanyezi Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS03529- Amanzimtoti	R198 600	12	31-Mar-20
25	LMB Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS56796 - Ptn 456 (ptn of Ptn 147) - Tweefontein No 915 - LS	R501 500	17	31-Oct-19
26	LMB Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS12518, RDS12519 & RDS12520 - Holding 139 Bartlett Agricultural Holdings Ext 2 - IR---Rem of Ptn 862 (ptn of Ptn 224) Klipfontein No 83 - IR---Rem of Ptn 863 (ptn of Ptn 224) Klipfontein No 83 - IR	R348 000	12	31-Mar-20
27	LMB Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS12570( Rem of Ptn 147) Driefontein No 85	R348 000	12	31-Mar-20
28	LMB Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS00747, RDS00839 & RDS21225 - Rem of Ptn 43 (ptn of Ptn 17) - Klipfontein No 203 - IQ- Ptn 245 (ptn of Ptn 17) - Klipfontein No 203 - IQ- Rem of Ptn 313 - Klipfontein No 203 - IQ	R300 000	15	31-Dec-19
29	LP Protection Unit CC	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS82333 & RDS82480 - Pietermaritzburg	R112 000	10	31-May-20
30	LP Protection Unit CC	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS82944 - Ptn 1 of Erf 477 - Ashley	R112 000	10	31-May-20
31	LP Protection Unit CC	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS68044 - Erf 132 Drummond	R222 150	15	31-Dec-19

No	NAME OF FIRM	PURPOSE OF CONTRACT	PROPERTY DESCRIPTION	VALUE OF CONTRACT	DURATION OF CONTRACT (Months)	CONTRACT START DATE
32	Mafoko Security	Provision of security services at SANRAL regional office in PE	20 Shoreward Drive,Baywest, Port Elizabeth	R3 229 631	36	31-Mar-18
33	Makjus Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS20486 - 656 Festenstein Avenue, Bethal	R638 825	22	31-May-19
34	Makjus Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS63322 - Ptn 2 Christine No 522	R173 880	18	30-Sep-19
35	Mathobela Cleaning and Protection Services (Pty) LTD	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS75476 & RDS80054 - Pietermaritzburg - FT	R232 470	15	31-Dec-19
36	Mazah Holding and Investment	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS68032 - Erf 127 Drummond	R231 000	14	31-Jan-20
37	Mondli Wezintandane Trading and Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS80118 - Vaalkop & Dadelfontein No 885	R1 008 000	9	30-Jun-20
38	Nceda Cleaning & Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	Nomzamo/Lwandle, Firlands, Strand	R16 249 555	24	31-Mar-19
39	Nceda Cleaning & Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS58002 & RDS58004 - Ptn 30 and 31 (ptn of ptn 2)Hammanskraal	R276 000	16	30-Nov-19
40	Nceda Cleaning & Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	Rem of Ptn 1 of Erf 584 (Park) - Kilner Park Ext 1 - JR-Erf 595 - Kilner Park Ext 1 - JR-Erf 659 - Kilner Park Ext 1 - JR-Erf 660 - Kilner Park Ext 1 - JR-Erf 661 - Kilner Park Ext 1 - JR-Erf 677 - Kilner Park Ext 1 - JR	R391 000	17	31-Oct-19
41	Nceda Cleaning & Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS00672, RDS00780 & RDS 43040 - Rem of Ptn 69 (ptn of Ptn 66) - Waterval No 5 - IR, Halfway Estate (Rem of holding 64), Rem of Erf 1355 - Vorna Valley	R371 450	19	31-Aug-19
42	Nceda Cleaning & Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	Ptn 212 (ptn of ptn 171) Rietfontein, Erf 323 Woodmead, Rem of ptn 255 (ptn ofptn 171 Rietfontein P93 (ptn of ptn 61) Waterval	R431 250	25	28-Feb-19
43	Nndwa Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS12903, RDS12824 & RDS19118- Rem of Ptn 10 & 12, Ptn 43 - Jaagbaan No 291 - KR	R280 000	10	31-May-20
44	Nndwa Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS14464 Ptn 60 (ptn of ptn 59) Tweefontein No-462-KR	R280 000	10	31-May-20

No	NAME OF FIRM	PURPOSE OF CONTRACT	PROPERTY DESCRIPTION	VALUE OF CONTRACT	DURATION OF CONTRACT (Months)	CONTRACT START DATE
45	Nndwa Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS10329-Geluksdal agricultural holdings	R280 000	10	31-May-20
46	Nndwa Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS 02124, RDS10698 -Ptn 2 of Erf 715, Erf 486 Elandspark	R541 500	19	31-Aug-19
47	Nndwa Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS69394 Ptn 59 (Ptn of Ptn 36) Uitloop	R280 000	10	31-May-20
48	Nndwa Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS15230 Rem of Ptn 421 (ptn of ptn 49) Rietfontein	R216 000	16	30-Nov-19
49	Nolanga Trading Enterprise	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS82339 & RDS82478 - Ptn 22 of Erf 1186 Pietermaritzburg	R175 000	14	31-Jan-20
50	Nontobeko Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS82360 & RDS82549 - Ptn 14 of Erf 1186 (Pietermaritzburg)	R229 600	14	31-Jan-20
51	Nontobeko Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS75407 & RDS80801 - Ptn of Rem of Erf 140 Ashburton	R212 800	14	31-Jan-20
52	Nontobeko Security Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS75479 - Ptn 3 of Erf 1945 - Pietermaritzburg - FT	R182 400	12	31-Mar-20
53	PCM & Z Trading Enterprises CC	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS75478 Ptn 4 of Erf 1945 - Pietermaritzburg - FT	R201 600	14	31-Jan-20
54	PCM & Z Trading Enterprises CC	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS75286- Rem of Erf 1947 - Pietermaritzburg - FT	R189 120	15	31-Dec-19
55	Phuthadichaba Trading Enterprise	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS00169 & RDS13656 - Rem of Ptn 84 Donkerhoek--Ptn 93 (ptn of Ptn 71) - Donkerhoek No 365 - JR	R623 070	21	30-Jun-19
56	Phuthadichaba Trading Enterprise	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS01423 - Holding 27 Wolmaranspoort Agricultural Holdings	R415 380	14	31-Jan-20
57	Phuthadichaba Trading Enterprise	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	Ptn 48 (ptn of Ptn 1) - Duvenage's Kraal No 689 - LS AND Rem of Ptn 24 (ptn of Ptn 1) - Duvenage's Kraal No 689 - LS---RDSRDS09763-----RDS09882	R415 380	14	31-Jan-20
58	Phuthadichaba Trading Enterprise	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS11127 - Rem of Ptn 22 - Duvenhageskraal No 689 - LS-----RDS11127	R415 380	14	31-Jan-20
59	Qiniso Security cc	Provision of security services at SANRAL regional office in Pmb	58 van Eck Place, Mkondeni, Pietermaritzburg	R2 044 030	36	31-Mar-18
60	Raz Tewi (Pty) Ltd	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS75293 - Rem of Erf 1946 - Pietermaritzburg - FT	R195 000	13	29-Feb-20
61	Sbuleqhe (Pty) Ltd	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS78908-Erf 2848 - Westville Ext 28 - FT	R189 600	12	31-Mar-20

No	NAME OF FIRM	PURPOSE OF CONTRACT	PROPERTY DESCRIPTION	VALUE OF CONTRACT	DURATION OF CONTRACT (Months)	CONTRACT START DATE
62	Seabreeze Risk & Clean Executive	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS02768 - Rem of Erf 8260., RDS23387 - Erf 33437 (ptn of Erf 8260) The Strand	R188 100	9	30-Jun-20
63	Seabreeze Risk & Clean Executive	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS02779 - Erf 8234 : The Strand Adm Dist Stellenbosch	R167 200	8	31-Jul-20
64	Seabreeze Risk and Clean Executive	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	N1/Brighton/Van Riebeeck Int, Kraaifontein	R341 700	13	29-Feb-20
65	Seabreeze Risk and Clean Executive	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS00624 & Various properties on The Strand Adm Dist Stellenbosch	R361 655	13	29-Feb-20
66	Seabreeze Risk & Clean Executive	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS62474 & RDS62475- Erf 39686 & 7 (ptn of Erf 39680) - Bellville Adm Dist Cape	R250 691	12	31-Mar-20
67	SPN Protection Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS82341, RDS82475 Ptn of Ptn 24 of Erf 1186 - Pietermaritzburg	R233 600	16	30-Nov-19
68	Starways trading 16 cc T/A Starways Protection Services	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS59304-Ptn 234 - Misgund No 322 - IQ	R354 200	14	31-Jan-20
69	Vatiswa Cleaning Services & Contractors	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS82331 - Ptn 18 of Erf 1186 Pietermaritzburg	R133 200	12	31-Mar-20
70	Vatiswa Cleaning Services & Contractors	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS68037 - Erf 139 Drummond	R135 000	10	31-May-20
71	Zilindiwe Trading Enterprise CC	To prevent, manage or control Land Invasions	RDS67709-Erf 145- Drummond	R180 000	12	31-Mar-20
			TOTALS	R52 901 533

 

Regulator of South Africa (PRSA)

(b) (i) The name of the private security company is ADT/Fidelity

(ii) The private security company is contracted for office accommodation alarm system and armed response.

(iii) The contract value is R 19 628.64

(iv) The contract period is 3 years which started on 01/10/2019 and ends on 30/09/2022

The South African Maritime Safety Authority’s (SAMSA)

Question (a) Whether his department make use of any private security firm	N/A
Question (b) Whether any entity reporting to him make use of any private security firms	Yes
if not, what is the position in this regard?	N/A
PRETORIA OFFICE
if so, in each case, what is the (i) name of each firm?	Advanced Risk Solutions Security
if so, in each case, what is the (ii) purpose?	Rendering a guarding service
if so, in each case, (iii) value?	R3 842 561.70
if so, in each case, what is the (iv) duration of each specified contract?	3 Years
RICHARDS BAY OFFICE
if so, in each case, what is the (i) name of each firm?	ADT Fidelity Security Systems
if so, in each case, what is the (ii) purpose?	Monitoring and Armed response
if so, in each case, (iii) value?	R3 341.84
if so, in each case, what is the (iv) duration of each specified contract?	6 Months
GQEBERHA (PORT ELIZABETH) OFFICE) (REGIONAL OFFICE)
if so, in each case, what is the (i) name of each firm?	Tradeweith t/a Atlas Security
if so, in each case, what is the (ii) purpose?	Monitoring and Armed response
if so, in each case, (iii) value?	R18 335.00
if so, in each case, what is the (iv) duration of each specified contract?	3 Years
GQEBERHA (PORT ELIZABETH) OFFICE) (OPERATIONAL OFFICE)
if so, in each case, what is the (i) name of each firm?	Tradeweith t/a Atlas Security
if so, in each case, what is the (ii) purpose?	Monitoring and Armed response
if so, in each case, (iii) value?	R18 335.00
if so, in each case, what is the (iv) duration of each specified contract?	3 Years
PORT NOLLOTH OFFICE
if so, in each case, what is the (i) name of each firm?	Brakkenjan Sekuriteit Dienste
if so, in each case, what is the (ii) purpose?	Monitoring and Armed response
if so, in each case, (iii) value?	R7 786.64
if so, in each case, what is the (iv) duration of each specified contract?	3 Years
CAPE TOWN (DAFF – BERTH 500)
if so, in each case, what is the (i) name of each firm?	ADT Fidelity Services
if so, in each case, what is the (ii) purpose?	Rendering a guarding Service
if so, in each case, (iii) value?	R53 231 449.67
if so, in each case, what is the (iv) duration of each specified contract?	5 Years
CAPE TOWN (DAFF – BERTH 500)
if so, in each case, what is the (i) name of each firm?	Fidelity Service Groups
if so, in each case, what is the (ii) purpose?	Rendering a guarding Service
if so, in each case, (iii) value?	R947 891.56
if so, in each case, what is the (iv) duration of each specified contract?	1 Year

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

(i) Name of Firm	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value of contract	(iv) Duration of contract
Supreme Security Services	Physical security for Western Cape Metrorail	R3,176,109.10	Month to month.
Comwezi Security Services (Pty) Ltd	Physical security for Western Cape Metrorail	R984,593.82	Month to month.
Chuma Security Services	Physical security for Western Cape Metrorail	R3,176,109.10	Month to month.
Sechaba Protection Services	Physical security for Western Cape Metrorail	R4,527,943,25	Month to month.
Chippa Protection Services (Pty) Ltd	Physical security at Western Cape PRASA CRES	R2,493,245,65	Month to month.
Vusa-Isizwe Security (Pty) Ltd	Physical security for Gauteng and MLPS	R3,838,940.19	Month to month.

All security contracts were terminated at the end of April 2020, except for the security companies in the Western Cape that were subject to the ruling of

Judge Hlope. Vusa-Isizwe is the only company from Gauteng that adjoined to the litigation process followed by the plaintiffs in the Western Cape.

These companies will be retained until PRASA follows an open tender process to replace the current companies.

Reply:

1. The forensic investigation into appointment and performance of the Implementing Agent called Agridelight has been instituted as part of the Section 100 intervention into the affairs of the North West Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. All Section 100 intervention forensic investigations in the North West are being supervised by the National Treasury. The National Treasury appointed firm for the investigation of Agridelight is still investigating in collaboration with the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI/Hawks) towards finalizing these investigations, which we are assured will be concluded soon. Agridelight has after a court order submitted a close out report which has been referred to National Treasury for analysis.

2. National Treasury, in consultation with the DCPCI is still busy with the report.

Reply:

There are currently no plans for the review and revision of the Treaty between the Republic of South Africa and the Government of Lesotho with regards to the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Should a determination be made to revise the Treaty, the process would be guided by Article 18 of the Treaty which provides for a 12-year cycle review of the Treaty.

It should be noted that the Treaty was reviewed during the period 2008 to 2010. The Phase II Agreement between RSA and Lesotho was signed based on this review on 11 August 2011. If the 12-year cycle is therefore to be maintained as per the provisions of Article 18, the next scheduled review would take place in 2023.

Reply:

a) The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) does not have the financial resources to build all the key infrastructure within a period of 10 years. Therefore, the department relies on the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) for implementation of mainly off-budget national water infrastructure. The TCTA does this by progressing projects to a state of bankability and securing finance, followed by the procurement of design and construction services. .The sustainability of off-budget funding, on which the DWS must increasingly rely to fund infrastructure given the limited fiscal space, means that water sector institutions must be sustainable by ensuring that water tariffs are cost-reflective, fully implemented and can repay debt. The debt owed by municipalities has a huge impact on our inability to roll out our infrastructure projects. If this level of self-sufficiency cannot be achieved, project funders rely heavily on government guarantees, which the fiscus is finding increasingly difficult to accommodate.

b) Notwithstanding the challenges of funding of the mega water projects indicated above, the following project status can be reported for the Crocodile West River System, the Olifants River system and Letaba River System:

• The Olifants River Water Resources Development Project (ORWRDP) is intended to supply water to the Waterberg Coal Fields, Eskom the Lephalale Municipality, utilizing surplus return flows from Gauteng being discharged into the Crocodile River Catchment. Due to the unavailability of funding for the implementation of the complete integrated project, alternative off-budget funding opportunities and re-sequencing options for phases 2C to 2E) are being explored in order to accelerate implementation. A decision on the latter is imminent in this regard. The status of the project is as follows:
  • Estimated required budget: R12 billion
  • The Record of Implementation Decision has been issued to TCTA for a transfer capacity of 75 million m3/a.
  • The amended Implementation and Water Supply Agreement were submitted to the DWS for review and sign-off.
  • Construction contract awarded – October 2021.
  • Start of Construction - January 2022.
  • Water Delivery – January 2026.

• The Mokolo and Crocodile River (West) Water Augmentation Project (MCWAP) is intended to increase water supply for energy generation (Medupi Power station) and coal mining development). Phase 1 of this project was commissioned in 2014 and is already in operation. MCWAP-2A consists of an abstraction weir, a 160 km water transfer pipeline with capacity of 75 million m3/annum. Phase 2 of the Project (ORWRDP-2) is meant to implement the remaining of the bulk distribution conveyance system to increase water security for domestic and industrial use in Sekhukhune, Polokwane and Mogalakwena, as well as the mining sector. The status of the project is as follows:
  • Estimated costs: R12.4 billion
  • Contract Award: 31 October 2021
  • Construction start: January 2022
  • Water delivery January 2026

• The Groot Letaba River Water Development Project (Nwamitwa Dam) entails provision for the ecological water reserve, domestic and irrigation water requirements in the Greater Letaba area of Limpopo. The status of the project is as follows:
  • Estimated costs: R3.8 billion
  • Design report and tender documentation completed
  • Identification of properties which will be affected by the new dam has been completed.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

1. I have been informed by the Department that the property is registered in the name of the Republic of South Africa. The National Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) is the custodian.

2. The property was acquired in 1987 by the Republic of Ciskei and was occupied by Government Officials. With the abolition of the TBVC states (Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda, and Ciskei) and the establishment of provinces of the democratic South Africa, the property was transferred to the Republic of South Africa in 1998.

3. The property consists of a double storey dwelling with 3 bedrooms, two-car car port, a swimming pool and a garden.

(c) The property is currently reserved to be used for residential purposes by the Department of Defence.

(2) The house was handed over to the Department of Defence in January 2019. The Department of Defence has indicated that they will be renovating the property.

(3) The property is guarded by officials from the Department of Defence.

(4) The Department does not intend to dispose of the property.

(a) The property will remain State-owned to cater for the needs of the Government Departments.

(b) The property has already been allocated to the Department of Defence to be utilized for Government purposes.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

1. I have been informed by the Department that the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is in the process of allocating the property to Social Development for the purpose of a child protection unit.

2. No, given the above response.

Reply:

1. The National Director of Public Prosecutions has informed me that the following are the reasons for the withdrawal charges against the accused person:

a) At the time of accused arrest, the only evidence linking him to the crime was an informal identification of him on a Facebook photograph.

b) Evidence about identification is, because of the fallibility of human observation, to be treated with caution by the courts.

c) The accused was arrested and detained, pending a further investigation to link him further to the commission of the offence.

d) No further evidence was forthcoming and his continued incarceration could not further be justified.

e) The charges were therefore provisionally withdrawn against the accused person.

2. Other than what is stated above, the State does not wish to disclose any further details surrounding the investigations at this stage. It must be borne in mind that the matter is still under investigation, and that the State does not wish to compromise this process.

3. At the time of provisionally withdrawing the charges against the accused person, the prosecutor received instruction to discuss the reasons for the withdrawal of the charges with the family of the deceased, as well as the re-enrolment plan.

As stated above, the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions (ADPP) received confirmation from the prosecutor that the consultation did take place on the day of the withdrawal of the charges against the accused person. Therefore, the ADPP issued instructions for further urgent investigations. Once the investigations have been completed, the docket will be presented back to the ADPP for re-evaluation.

The NPA treats instances of femicide as a priority crime with sensitivity and compassion. If sufficient evidence linking the accused person or any other person is uncovered, prosecution will definitely be reinstated.

Reply:

1. Yes there is a Correctional Supervision and Parole Board (CSPB) dedicated to the Johannesburg Female Correctional Centre, however the positions of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson: Correctional Supervision and Parole Board are vacant.

(2)(a) Yes, there are delays in the consideration of parole with a current backlog of nine (09) offenders.

(2)(b) The CSPB Chairperson that is dedicated to Correctional Centre B, is assisting with parole considerations for the Female Correctional Centre. A roaming Vice Chairperson from Modderbee Management Area is then assisting at Correctional Centre B CSPB with consideration of Lifers as this is a time consuming process. The intervention of the roaming Vice Chairperson from Modderbee enables the Chairperson more time at the Female Correctional Centre.

It is desirable that CSPB posts should be filled to capacity, however due to Chairpersons, Vice-Chairpersons and community members being appointed on a 3 year contract there will be vacancies as a result of expired contracts pending the finalisation of the recruitment process. The process of filling these vacant positions is underway as the positions have been advertised.

The intervention of roaming CSPB members was put in place at various management areas in order to minimise delays.

END.

Reply:

1. As at 16 March 2021, a total of 1 568 cases are currently on the court rolls. This only relates to stock theft and does not include related offences such as attempted stock theft, receiving or possession of stolen stock, etc. The same applies to the responses below.

2. (a) The courts have dealt with 4 631 cases during the period 1 January 2019 to March 2021

(b) Convictions were secured in 1 553 cases during the afore-mentioned period and there were 382 acquittals.

3. (a) During this period, 2 315 cases were withdrawn from the court rolls. Some of

these cases were again enrolled after investigations were finalised, new evidence were obtained or facts in the matters changed. The number of cases re-enrolled is part of information contained in decision dockets, which is not recorded electronically and therefore not available for reporting purposes. There were also 816 cases struck off the roll during this period.

(b) The reasons for withdrawals are currently not recorded, although reasons for withdrawals or decisions not to prosecute are recorded on each case docket manually. The general reasons include the unclear identification of the stock in dispute (which is not marked or not properly marked, and ownership is in dispute). In some instances, witnesses become unavailable, evidence is obtained that disproves allegations contained in the docket initially, or the complainant requests the matter to be withdrawn.

In addition to the above, it should be noted that stock theft is regarded as a serious offence to which priority and focused attention is provided within the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). Stock theft has a crippling effect on commercial as well as communal farmers (representing 40%) of stock owners. The effect of stock theft is not confined to the actual monetary loss, but it also has a ripple effect that compromises the job security of the workers on the farms. Although training was hampered by lack of budget and resources in recent years, the NPA in collaboration with Justice College conducted four (4) courses in 2016, where 87 prosecutors attended the courses including five (5) prosecutors from Botswana. As part of the internal Community Prosecution Initiative, three (3) areas have identified stock theft as priorities in their areas, namely: Ermelo in Mpumalanga as well as Molopo and Odi offices in North West. Prosecutors will be working with all stakeholders and the community in these regions to address the crimes on stock theft.

Currently, one (1) of the cases in court relating to stock theft involves a charge of racketeering which has already been authorised by the National Director of Public Prosecutions. The case, which also involves a police official, is in Ermelo Regional court and includes charges of:

i) Contravention of section 2(1)(f): Managing an Enterprise - Accused 1, 2 and 4;

ii) Contravention of section 2(1)(e): Conducting or Participating in an Enterprise Through a Pattern of Racketeering Activities (Accused 1-7);

iii) Theft read with the provisions of the stock Theft Act, Act 57 of 1959 - All accused;

iv) Defeating the Ends of Justice - Accused 6;

v) Housebreaking with the intent to rob - Accused 3, 4 and 5;

vi) Robbery with Aggravating Circumstances - Accused 3, 4 and 5; and

vii) Kidnapping - Accused 3, 4 and 5

Reply:

The investigation is being conducted by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) and has been ongoing since early 2018. It is a complex investigation, involving also a forensic investigation into thousands of foreign and local transactions, requiring for applications for Mutual Legal Assistance Requests relating to different bank accounts in various countries to be made.

Further, the DPCI recently registered a separate case docket relating to an investigation into possible insider trading against the suspect/s. A team of prosecutors is guiding such investigation, and the team of investigators has been enhanced, in line with the decision to prioritize the matter.

Reply:

a) GPW acknowledges that professional fees have quadrupled on the ENE to R152 million. This is due to fact that is the previous financial year i.e. 2020/21, there was a reduction in the budget because during the total lock-down, there was no maintenance of machinery and equipment. Further, there was no production of ID and Passport during the same period. The budgeted professional fees pertain to payments made to the consultants for the maintenance and support on machinery GPW.

For this current financial year (2021/22), GPW will be procuring and assembling new machinery from Europe mainly Germany and France, as per the procurement plan. The budgeted professional fees will be for assembly and installation of these machines.

Professional services are budgeted for the refurbishment of the new headquarters building which is planned to be finalised by end of 2021/22 financial year, whereas the Masterplan’s completions spans over the MTSF period, hence the increase of 7% and 5% in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 ENE budgets respectively.

b) GPW has two key strategic projects that are provided for in its current Strategic Plan, namely the new Headquarters building and the Masterplan, which are both located in the Visagie Street precinct in Pretoria.

END

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

I have been informed by the Department that the monthly contract amounts for facilities management at the Parliamentary Precinct and the Parliamentary Villages from 1 January 2018 to 18 November 2020, when the facilities management contract came to an end, is detailed in the table below.

As the Department has been in the process of appointing new contractors, the internal Facilities Management services has been assisting with day-to-day maintenance through existing term contracts since November 2020. The Department has approximately 90 term contracts in Cape Town servicing the Western Cape.

With regard to the appointment process, the tender document for the parliamentary villages’ contract has been finalised and served at the Bid Specification Committee on 14 and 28 June 2021. The National Bid Adjudication Committee is considering the documentation from 5 July 2021 for approval. The tender documentation for the maintenance of the parliamentary precinct is being developed in consultation with Parliament as the client.

PERIOD
	PARLIAMENTARY PRECINCT	i) ACACIA PARK	ii) PELICAN PARK	iii) LABORIA PARK
Jan-18	R 5,859,508.69	R 2,266,306.48	R 590,888.30	R 331,215.12
Feb-18	R 5,948,272.94	R 2,187,130.91	R 570,245.06	R 319,643.80
Mar-18	R 5,953,150.25	R 2,047,909.40	R 548,528.82	R 307,471.04
Apr-18	R 5,683,137.17	R 2,223,296.19	R 595,505.85	R 333,803.43
May-18	R 6,044,731.76	R 2,153,578.05	R 576,831.98	R 323,336.02
Jun-18	R 6,060,898.74	R 2,186,427.62	R 585,630.68	R 328,268.02
Jul-18	R 5,907,664.22	R 2,190,645.07	R 586,760.31	R 328,901.22
Aug-18	R 6,485,807.94	R 2,380,131.77	R 637,513.98	R 357,350.56
Sep-18	R 7,105,347.83	R 2,272,635.07	R 608,721.18	R 341,211.12
Oct-18	R 5,852,161.13	R 2,184,014.13	R 584,984.23	R 327,905.66
Nov-18	R 6,104,102.64	R 2,842,061.38	R 761,240.99	R 426,704.21
Dec-18	R 6,535,780.66	R 2,166,514.94	R 580,297.10	R 325,278.35
Jan-19	R 6,047,523.88	R 2,137,701.56	R 572,579.49	R 320,952.34
Feb-19	R 6,509,960.19	R 2,153,247.24	R 576,743.37	R 323,286.35
Mar-19	R 6,883,412.88	R 2,161,323.36	R 578,906.54	R 324,498.89
Apr-19	R 6,158,717.09	R 2,174,452.26	R 582,423.10	R 326,470.05
May-19	R 5,958,599.70	R 2,178,156.72	R 583,415.33	R 327,026.24
Jun-19	R 5,940,088.64	R 2,653,058.36	R 811,617.01	R 469,813.92
Jul-19	R 6,822,949.22	R 2,218,720.69	R 580,992.11	R 325,667.93
Aug-19	R 6,999,328.18	R 2,444,904.56	R 640,220.40	R 358,867.62
Sep-19	R 6,958,633.72	R 1,800,596.41	R 471,502.48	R 264,294.87
Oct-19	R 5,835,350.49	R 2,231,378.31	R 584,554.60	R 326,572.13
Nov-19	R 5,841,017.53	R 2,224,452.10	R 582,740.14	R 325,558.45
Dec-19	R 6,314,316.38	R 2,222,636.21	R 582,264.43	R 325,292.68
Jan-20	R 5,625,395.82	R 2,237,715.44	R 586,214.74	R 327,499.60
Feb-20	R 5,682,150.83	R 2,249,350.92	R 589,262.89	R 329,202.50
Mar-20	R 5,775,979.81	R 1,965,987.62	R 531,608.45	R 286,455.59
Apr-20	R 2,156,936.53	R 593,859.48	R 581,479.20	R 45,871.67
May-20	R 2,160,268.80	R 609,347.72	R 609,676.34	R 51,304.44
Jun-20	R 4,044,675.58	R 2,232,945.61	R 584,965.19	R 326,801.51
Jul-20	R 5,698,926.08	R 2,275,193.86	R 596,032.97	R 332,984.73
Aug-20	R 7,040,114.72	R 2,289,936.24	R 599,895.03	R 335,142.34
Sep-20	R 5,831,679.85	R 2,303,898.54	R 603,552.74	R 337,185.79
Oct-20	R 5,845,986.60	R 2,317,139.06	R 607,021.36	R 339,123.60
Nov-20	R 3,504,996.77	R 2,104,531.49	R 551,324.52	R 308,007.53
	R 203,177,573.25	R 74,881,184.76	R 20,816,140.92	R 11,088,969.32

Reply:

a) It must be noted that there is no offence per se called “domestic violence”, it is rather a collective of offences related to the Domestic Violence Act or other relevant legislation (for example: Protection from Harassment Act) or even other related common law offences which displays evidence of domestic violence in the merits of the case (for example: attempted murder).

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) does not collate offence specific statistics, therefore we extracted the information as is available on the ECMS. The information reflected only relates to main charges and would not indicate those cases where a different main charge such as assault, attempted murder, malicious injury to property, etc have been added. Secondly, the extracted information only relates to offences linked to the particular Acts of which three (3) contraventions are available namely:

Source	Description
a) Section 18(1)(a) read with section 10(1) or (2) of the Protection from Harassment Act 17 of 2011	Contravening a prohibition, condition, obligation or order imposed by a court by means of a protection order.
b) Section 6(a) read with section 2 and 4 of the Prevention of Family Violence Act 133 of 1993	Contravening an interdict or other order granted by a judge or magistrate in a domestic violence incident.
c) Section 7(1) read with section 17 of the Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998	Contravening the conditions of domestic violence protection order.

The following information, as extracted, is only with reference to contraventions on the aforementioned legislation. The previous disclaimers as explained in the second paragraph should also be kept in mind. A comparison of cases finalised between April 2019 and March 2020 compared with the verdicts finalised with a verdict between April 2020 and March 2021 is depicted in Figures 1 and 2 for District and Regional court respectively.

Figure 1: Verdicts Apr 19- Mar 20 compared to Apr 20 – Mar 21 in DC

Light blue reflects the 2020/21 FY for number of verdict cases finalised per month. The decrease in numbers as indicated is due to the impact of covid-19 and related restrictions. The dark blue information reflects the previous 2019/2020 FY.

Figure 2: Verdicts Apr 19- Mar 20 compared to Apr 20 – Mar 21 in RC

Light blue reflects the 2020/21 FY for number of verdict cases finalised per month. The decrease in numbers as indicated is due to the impact of covid-19 and related restrictions. The dark blue information reflects the previous 2019/2020 FY. The lower numbers in the Regional Court is attributed to the fact that the predominant number of these contraventions of orders are dealt with in the District Courts.

Similarly, a comparison of cases finalised between April 2018 and March 2019 compared with the verdicts finalised with a verdict between April 2019 and March 2020 is depicted in Figures 3 and 4 for District and Regional court respectively.

Figure 3: Verdicts Apr 18- Mar 19 compared to Apr 19 – Mar 20 in DC

Light blue reflects the 2019/20 FY for number of verdict cases finalised per month. The dark blue information reflects the previous 2018/2019 FY.

Figure 4: Verdicts Apr 18- Mar 19 compared to Apr 19 – Mar 20 in RC

b) The number of convictions resulting from the verdict cases are depicted in Figures 5 and 6 for the period April 2020 to March 2021; respectively for the District court and the Regional court. The conviction rates during this period for the District court was 77.9% and in the Regional court 77.3%.

The number of convictions resulting from the verdict cases are depicted in Figures 7 and 8 for the period April 2019 to March 2020; respectively for the District court and the Regional court. The conviction rates during this period for the District court was 76.2% and in the Regional court 80.0%.

Figure 5: Verdicts breakdown for Apr 20- Mar 21 in DC

Figure 6: Verdicts breakdown for Apr 20 - Mar 21 in RC

Figure 7: Verdicts breakdown for Apr 19- Mar 20 in DC

Figure 8: Verdicts breakdown for Apr 19- Mar 20 in RC

Reply:

The matter was referred to the Electoral Commission which responds as follows:

1. (a) The terms of reference of the review are as follows:

To inquire into, make findings, report on and make recommendations concerning the likelihood the Commission will be able to ensure that the forthcoming 2021 general local government elections will be free and fair in view of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures promulgated by the government to curb the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic as contemplated in section 14(4) of the Act.

The report may indicate additional measures that the Commission may have to implement in order to realize free and fair elections within the context of the COVID 19 pandemic.

(b) See attached Annexure A for the timeframes driving the Moseneke Inquiry.

(2) The current estimated budget for this project is approximately R 2 million.

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Reply:

1. The total number of passport applications received at the South African High Commission in London since January 2019 is recorded as 11343

2. The total number of birth registration applications (Notice of birth) received at the South African High Commission in London since January 2019 is recorded as 1037

3. The Appointment system allows for an appointment to be scheduled within 90 days from the request or on where possible on the day in accordance with the convenience of the client.

4. In accordance with the appointment record the Mission is able to schedule 28 appointments per day.

5. (a) The total number of outstanding (i) birth registrations stands at 104 and (ii) passport applications stands at 873 currently.

(b) Delays are mainly due to late receipt of Diplomatic Bags. The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and DIRCO prepared a communique to Missions abroad to forward all long outstanding applications to DIRCO and DHA has created an e-mail address to deal with long outstanding applications. Both departments agreed on the automation of the application process which will be done in the medium to long term with the aim of ultimately reducing turnaround times.

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Reply:

a) All Citizens and Non-Citizens interact with the Department in order to access services rendered by the Department, which contributes to long queues in our Front Offices. There are several reasons that are found to be the cause of long queues at our Front Offices. These reasons include among other things:

• High client volumes and unpredictable walk-ins
• limited staff capacity to meet service demands
• inadequate office space
• concurrent of the manual and automated process
• system instability
• discontinuation of Saturday working hours

b) As part of the strategy to deal with long queues the Department has moved some of its services out of the front offices. These services are:

• Registration of Births and Deaths has been moved to Health Facilities.
• Mobile Trucks has been deployed to schools in order to capture First Time Applications in nine (9) Provinces.
• In collaboration with Banks through PPP, the Department has installed Live Capture System to twenty-six (26) bank branches in the Republic which has the capacity to capture Smart ID Card and Passport applications.

c) The Department has introduced queue marshalls / floor walkers in order to ensure that people visiting our offices adhere to the Disaster Management Act by keeping social distancing, wearing of masks and sanitizing as and when they enter our Front Offices.

• When the Front Office reports a Covid-19 positive case, the Department closes the office temporarily and arrangements for the office be sanitized are done.
• Provision and distribution of PPEs to our officials.
• Staff capacity is deployed in line with the determined Covid-19 alert levels.
• Temperature scanning and keeping of register containing clients details in case we receive positive Covid-19 case, we will be in the position to inform / contact the clients.

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Reply:

a) Honourable member, the questions on events in other countries is a DIRCO matter and not a Home Affairs one.

b) (i) The Electoral Commission and government are co-ordinating the COVID response within the electoral arena through bilateral consultations with the Department of Health as well as through the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Elections. Lessons learnt from electoral events and COVID protocols for electoral processes are discussed in these engagements.

(ii) These events have confirmed the soundness of protocols that the Electoral Commission implemented in 133 by-elections since November 2020.

(aa) Voters are required to observe a distance of at least 1, 5 meters from other persons within boundaries of voting stations. Additionally, voters are required to wear face coverings or masks. Voters without masks are not allowed entry within the boundary of the voting station. Sanitising facilities are provided for voters at the entrance and exit of the voting station. The use of a shared indelible ink marking pen (to mark the thumb of the voter to indicate that they have voted) has been jettisoned in favour of a disposable single use cotton bud applicator. This is intended to deal with the real and or perceived risk that the use of a single pen to mark multiple voters may be a source of contagion. All voting stations are provided with the requisite stationery packs including pens that are sanitised routinely. However, voters are encouraged to bring their own pens to voting stations.

(bb) Electoral staff are equally subject to the protocol on social distancing, mask wearing and hand sanitizing. Furthermore, electoral staff are provided with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for use in the voter registration process, voting process at the voting station and during home visits during special voting. The provided PPE includes disposable gloves, disposable masks, hand sanitisers, sanitising hand wipes, face shields, disposable theatre gowns and aprons. The disposable theatre gowns are used during home visits during special votes.

(c) The Electoral Commission has not attended any of the elections in the referenced period.

(d) The additional costs imposed by Covid-19 on the budget of the Electoral Commission could not have been foreseen when the Medium Term Expenditure Framework allocations were made. Discussions are under way with National Treasury to fund the critical Covid-19 induced shortfall.

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Reply:

1. (a) What are the reasons that the Kretzenhoop PS in Blanco, George, is categorized as a quintile 4 school, and

The South African Schools Act (SASA), 1996 (Act 84 of 1996), as amended, and the National Norms and Standards for School Funding (NNSSF) (Government Gazette 29178, dated 31 August 2006) were amended to allow for the re-ranking of schools in terms of poverty. All schools of the WCED were re-ranked in terms of paragraph 101 of the NNSSF.

In terms of the amended NNSSF, the Western Cape (WC) schools are ranked within national quintiles (NQs) based on the poverty index of the community surrounding the school.

As from 2007, Kretzenhoop PS was classified as a NQ4 school in accordance with the amended NNSSF.  The school’s allocated poverty score was ranked 87th out of 357 schools within its Quintile, ranking the school within the top 24% of least poor schools in the Quintile.

(b) On what grounds was the application of the specified school to be re-categorized as a quintile 2 school rejected?

Kretzenhoop PS submitted an appeal in 2019 through the relevant District Office, to challenge the quintile classification as per the requirements stipulated in Circular 0027/2019.

The school cited the following reasons, inter alia, in support of the national quintile change:

1. The school is central to a rural setting,
2. The community has high levels of unemployment,
3. A large proportion of learners are from single-headed households, and
4. Most of the learners’ families are recipients of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) and are unable to support fundraising functions.

           In terms of the SASA and the amended NNSSF, the National Minister declared all NQ 1-3 to be no fee schools. Furthermore, all departments may also offer no-fee status to Quintile 4 and 5 schools subject to available funding and after taking all no-fee related programmes into consideration. 

During October 2013 approval was granted to invite schools on a voluntary basis to apply for no-fee status due to the current economic situation in the country, and taking into consideration the high unemployment rate within the Western  Cape. Kretzenhoop PS accepted the invitation to be declared voluntary no-fee as from 1 January 2014. In terms of the NNSSF, any school may appeal against its quintile or fee status, and the school first exercised this right in 2017. The  WCED appeal process was enhanced to ensure all factors of schools are considered (see below description of the appeal process followed) and the application was considered in 2019 using the WCED appeal process indicators to ensure a balanced view was presented for consideration. The school’s application to change the quintile was however declined in January 2020 by the provincial Member of the Executive Council (MEC) of Education based on the following reasons:

1. Financially, the school will not benefit from a quintile change as it already receives the maximum benefit from the department by way of Norms and Standards; 
2. The request to move from NQ4 to NQ2 is not feasible as the current provincial quota for NQ2 is fully subscribed; and
3. The school is currently ranked within the top 24% in the poverty rating within its quintile. There are poorer schools within NQ4 that would have to be considered ahead of Kretzenhoop PS, should a change in quintile be considered.

(2) Whether she has been informed that the parents of the majority of the learners at the school occupy low income positions at the affluent Fancourt Golf Estate, if not, what is the position in this regard: if so what are the relevant details;

No mention was made of the affluent Fancourt Golf Estate in the application received from the school. This factor was also not a consideration and therefore did not affect the decision one way or the other.

The following reasons were cited by the school in the appeal submitted:

1. The school is situated in a rural community.
2. Most parents are from a low-income group.
3. Most of the learner’s families are recipients of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) grants and are unable to support fundraising functions.
4. The community has high levels of unemployment.
5. A percentage of parents work as domestic workers and farmworkers.
6. Poor socio-economic situation of community.

(3) Whether her department has put any plans in place to review the categorization of the school as a quintile 4 school. 

In terms of the NNSSF all Provincial Education Departments (PED’s) must have a fair process in place to deal with disputes regarding Quintile classification or Fee status. The Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) appeal process allows for all schools to participate in this process. All appeal applications are dealt with on an individual basis when received. There is currently no appeal application in process for Kretzenhoop PS in particular, other than the application concluded in January 2020. 

The WCED has the following processes in place for quintile and fee-status allocations:

(a) Resource Targeting list

The resource targeting list as per the NNSSF is reviewed every year and forms the basis of the pro-poor distribution of the school allocation budget and informs the quintile classification of each school. 

                (b) Voluntary reclassification of certain Quintile 4 and 5 schools as no fee

In terms of section 39(7) of the SASA, the National Minister of Basic Education determined that all learners in Quintiles 1 to 3 (60% of the public ordinary school learners nationally) are to be in no fee schools. The WC is still regarded as one of the least poor provinces, resulting in the WC poverty distribution providing for the allocation of 40.3% of its learners to Quintiles 1-3, compared to the 60% target for public ordinary school learners nationally. Currently the provincial % for Quintile 1-3 is 40.2%, 0.1% less than the national target. 

The pro-poor policy has partially addressed the pressure with the voluntary declaration of no-fee schools in quintiles 4 and 5, allowing for better alignment between the WCED school classification and the national indicator of 60% of learners to be treated as poor learners.

The table below illustrates the current fee-status for all Western Cape public schools:

WCED Pro-poor policy	No-fee (Q1-5)	Fees
	60%	40%

            (c) Appeal process against quintile/fee status classification

Any school may apply for a deviation to the MEC if the school believes that it warrants special consideration, such as poor socio-economic situations, unemployment rate, financial position of the school, declining school fee collection, high number of social grants recipients, increasing poverty changes, learners from impoverished communities attending the school, etc.  The MEC considers each case on its merits and provides a formal response. Furthermore, it should be noted that schools are not limited to the number of applications they may submit as it is acknowledged that any school’s situation remains fluid and could warrant a new consideration subsequent to one appeal having been processed. All appeals processes are subject to the availability of funding.

Reply:

This matter was referred to the National Department of Water and Sanitation who advised that it be referred to the Metro municipality where the resident is residing. The member will be provided with a response as soon as it is received from the Metro.

Reply:

The Department of Basic Education does not have access to the SACE Register of educators but rely on the information provided by SACE and as such, the question has been referred to SACE and response will be provided once received.

Reply:

I have been informed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) that the PABX-system was installed by ITEC through a Departmental contract on 2 November 2018. At the expiry of the contract, the license was not renewed, and it started malfunctioning in August 2019.

In April 2021, Brilliantel Communications was appointed to supply and install PABX systems (including 3 years’ maintenance and support) in all the DoJ&CD sites, including all the courts.

Calls were logged from April 2021, and subsequently Brilliantel Communications visited the site on 7 February 2022. The service provider advised that the system is dead and needs replacement. This is one of the sites affected by contract management issues, i.e. affected by lapsed contracts.

In addressing the problem, the site has been scheduled for the installation of new PABX-system by 6 June 2022. I have been informed that the PABX-system was installed at the relevant court on 2 June 2022.

Whilst the Department was waiting for the new PABX-system to be installed as scheduled, and to minimize the impact of non-functional phones onsite, the Head of Office and all Magistrates, Court Manager as well as the Domestic Violence/Harassment Clerks applied for cellphone allowance and were approved to participate in the cellphone allowance policy.

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Reply:

1 (a) The delay in payment of several participants for April 2021 was due to the process of re-registration of participants for the 2021/22 financial year as well as 2 days of downtime of the payment system hosted by an external payment provider. Payments to some participants were delayed in the month of May 2021 due to a payment data-file error that resulted in the payment file being rejected by the bank.

1 (b) The department is prioritising the improvement of efficiencies in the entire CWP program, especially ensuring that legitimate participants are paid timeously. The CWP Branch is in the process of reviewing re-registration procedures to ensure that similar delays due to re-registration of participants are not experienced at the commencement of the 2022/23 financial year. A new payment system is currently being developed and will be implemented by 30 September 2021. The new payment system will introduce controls to ensure that payment data files do not contain errors. Interim controls have been put in place on the current system to verify payment data files until the new system has been implemented.

Reply:

The issues relating to the commonage land are managed and administered by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform. The Honourable member is advised to direct this question to the said department.