Questions and Replies
14 June 2021 - NW1403
Powell, Ms EL to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Whether the (a) Kwa-Zulu Natal Provincial Department of Human Settlements and (b) Msunduzi Local Municipality have (i) received and/or (ii) been allocated and/or (iii) spent any emergency funding from the Human Settlements Development Grant for the purposes of emergency relief for the victims of fire which occurred during the National State of Disaster at the Jika Joe Informal Settlement; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (aa) what amount has been spent and (bb) for what purposes?
Reply:
According to information received from the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Department of Human Settlements and Msunduzi Local Municipality;
(i) & (ii) The HSDG funding has been received and allocated
(iii) In the aftermath of a fire that broke out in the Jika Joe Informal Settlement, the Msunduzi Local Municipality requested the assistance of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Department of Human Settlements to appoint a service provider to supply building materials for the 174 households that were affected by the fire.
An amount of R1 510 416.00 was spent to supply building materials for the 174 households that were affected by the fire.
14 June 2021 - NW1540
Moteka, Mr PG to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
What (a) has she found to be the reason that De Hoop Dam in Limpopo is unable to provide the communities around it with water, as was initially planned, (b) faults were made in the construction of the specified dam and (c) steps have been taken by her department to correct those faults, and hold the persons responsible to account?
Reply:
(a) The construction of the De Hoop Dam, Phase 2A, is complete and the dam is currently operational. With regard to Phase 2C, a steel pipeline from the De Hoop Dam to Steelpoort was completed and is also operational. The dam currently delivers raw water to Sekhukhune District Municipality through the water treatment plant at Ga-Malekana (Steel Bridge) and Steelpoort. It is the responsibility of the local authority to treat the water and arrange for its reticulation to communities.
Notwithstanding, it is critical to complete the remaining phases for the dam to be utilised optimally. The remaining phases and status are indicated below:
- Phase 2B – Pipeline Flag Boshielo Dam to Mokopane, design complete, construction to commence once funding is available.
- Phase 2D – New pipeline from Steelpoort to Mooihoek and Balancing Dam, pipeline design has been completed and final work packages for tender purposes was submitted to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and are under review. The project is ready to commence with the construction stage pending confirmation of funding required for the entire project. In addition, delays in the finalisation of the acquisition of land may adversely impact the progress with the construction programme due to the required relocations/ resettlements.
- Phase 2E – 10 km gravity pipeline from Mooihoek to Havercroft Junction, tender design stage. This phase is currently on hold due to no funding being allocated.
- Phase 2F – 46 km gravity pipeline from Havercroft Junction to the existing Olifantspoort WTW, tender design stage. This phase is currently on hold due to no funding being allocated.
(c) The design and construction of the De Hoop Dam meets the requirements in terms of Chapter 12 of the National Water Act 36,1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998). The dam was developed under the auspices of an Approved Professional Person.
(d) Delays in completing the project cannot be attributed to specific officials, therefore, no officials of the department are being held to account in this regard.
14 June 2021 - NW1048
Powell, Ms EL to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Whether she will furnish Ms E L Powell with all responses received by her department to the (a) requests for quotation and/or (b) tender adverts for personal protective equipment ultimately awarded to certain suppliers (names and details furnished) during the period 1 March to 1 October 2020; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
Reply:
I wish to indicate to the Honourable Member that the names of contractors or service providers involved in the provision of the services indicated in the reply have been concealed because the document titled “Guide to Parliamentary Questions in the National Assembly” prohibits Members of Parliament, including the Executive, from providing names of individuals or companies in parliamentary questions. 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 information provided in the table below relates to service providers that provided quotations for Personal Protective Equipment:
SUPPLIERS |
QUOTED PRICE |
TOTAL POINTS SCORED(PRICE & B-BBEE) |
R675 700.00 |
100 points |
|
R800 800.00 |
64.18 points |
|
R1 249 500.00 |
32.06 points |
|
R11 600 200.00 |
-1193.42 points |
The information provided below relates to service providers that conducted screening of employees and visitors in the Department of Human Settlements:
SUPPLIERS |
QUOTED PRICE |
TOTAL POINTS SCORED(PRICE & B-BBEE) |
R 345 000.00 |
100 points |
|
R 388 000.00 |
90.02 points |
|
R 465 000.00 |
72.17 points |
|
R 562 650.00 |
49.53 points |
|
R 661 200.00 |
26.67 points |
|
R 1 884 000.00 |
-256.86 points |
Quotations received from service providers for the provision of fumigation services is provided in the table below:
SUPPLIERS |
QUOTED PRICE |
TOTAL POINTS SCORED(PRICE & B-BBEE) |
R 242 213.00 |
80 points |
|
R 447 803.26 |
|
Quotations received from contractors for deep cleaning and sanitizing of buildings in the Department of Human Settlements:
SUPPLIERS |
QUOTED PRICE |
TOTAL POINTS SCORED(PRICE & B-BBEE) |
R467 386.20 |
100 points |
|
R498 291.00 |
|
|
R 733 500.00 |
|
|
R174 464.00 |
80 points |
|
R411 298.88 |
-8.60 points |
|
R476 504.80 |
-58.50 points |
|
R879 896.50 |
-243.47 points |
14 June 2021 - NW1475
Sharif, Ms NK to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
(1)Whether his department has concluded any work exchange and/or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba from the 2010-11 financial year up to the 2020-21 financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) total number of Cuban nationals (i) have been employed in each of the specified financial years and/or (ii) are due to be employed in the 2021-23 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework period, (b) are the details of the work that each of the specified Cuban nationals was and/or will be employed to perform, (c) are the details of the specific skills sets that each of the specified Cuban nationals possessed and/or will possess that South African nationals did or will not possess and (d) are the details of the total cost of employing each of the specified Cuban nationals in each case; (2) whether his department took any steps to ensure that the specific skills set of the specified Cuban nationals were and/or will not be available in the Republic amongst South African citizens; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) steps taken and (b) outcomes of the steps taken in this regard?
Reply:
HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
The Department has not concluded any work exchange and/or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba from the 2010/11 financial year up to the 2020/21 financial year.
SCIENCE AND INNOVATION
(1) (a) South Africa and the Republic of Cuba signed a science and technology agreement in 2001 to promote development cooperation in S&T by means of exchanging scientists, research workers, specialists and scholars and exchange of scientific and technological information. However, the department has not employed any Cuban nationals and it is not due to employ any in the 2021-23 Medium Term Expenditure Framework period.
(b) There are no Cuban nations to be employed in the department, therefore there are no details of work to be carried out.
(c) There are no details for specific skills sets possessed by Cuban nationals to be communicated as there are no Cuban nationals employed/to be employed in the department.
(d) Details of the costs of employing Cuban nationals are not available as there are no Cuban nationals employed in the department.
2 (a) Despite having a bilateral agreement with the Republic of Cuba, the department has had no plans to employ Cuban nationals, and as such has not taken any steps to ensure that any specific skill set was not available amongst South African citizens.
(b) As no Cubans with specific skills set were employed by the department, the department has not taken any steps to ensure the specific skills set of the Cuban nationals were available in the Republic amongst South African citizens.
Some contextual issues
Following South Africa’s democratic transition, South Africa and Cuba established formal diplomatic relations on 15 May 1994 and opened resident Embassies in Pretoria (1994) and Havana (1995), respectively. Cuba has since become an established strategic partner for South Africa in the Latin American region. This led to the signing of an agreement on Scientific and Technological cooperation between the countries in 2001.
14 June 2021 - NW1346
Spies, Ms ERJ to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Whether she has been informed that the waste water treatment plant in the Naledi Local Municipality in the North West has broken down to such an extent that it is leading to the pollution of natural and/or bulk water sources and constitutes a health risk to the local community; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what steps has she taken to compel the responsible water provider to take urgent steps to comply with its licence conditions?
Reply:
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), as the water sector leader is required to ensure compliance with minimum water quality norms and standards as well as the efficient use of water in its pursuit to strengthen the regulation of the water sector. However, the maintenance of Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) is the responsibility of Water Service Authorities (municipalities) and DWS plays a regulatory role.
In accordance with the above, the Department is aware of the state of the Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) in the Naledi Local Municipality in the North West. The Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mopati District Municipality is the water service authority while Naledi Local Municipality is the water service provider. I am informed that Service level agreement disputes between the two municipalities have resulted in a breakdown of services to the community.
Contractors are appointed by Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mopati District to operate and maintain the Vryburg WWTW on a short term basis which contributes to the plant payment disputes between the municipalities and the service provider. In addition, the capacity of the plant is also inadequate for the increased sewer requirements. Therefore, there are spillages from the sewer pipelines and partially treated and untreated sewer spillages from the plant.
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) issued a Directive in terms of Sections 19(3) and 53(1) of the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No 36 of 1998) to the DRSM DM addressing both the Vryburg WWTW and the Farm Rosendale 673 pollution in October 2018. There were some improvements in infrastructure and operation and maintenance of the WWTW thereafter, as the municipality implemented corrective measures.
However, there were recurring sewer spillages and the DWS took legal action against the municipality. A court order was granted on 18 September 2020 against the DRSM DM by the High Court of South Africa (North West Division) for the municipality to take all necessary steps to ensure that raw sewage is not discharged. The following were long term interventions that were part of the action plan to remedy the situation:
- The Naledi Local Municipality recommended construction of a new WWTW as the existing plant was originally designed for 4.8 ML/d but the daily flow had reached 8-9 Ml/day overtime
- The DWS recommended an amount of R314 410 500 towards the upgrade and development of a new 16Ml/d WWTW in Vryburg to be funded through the Municipal Infrastructure Grant and issued a water use license to the facility.
- The DWS also provided R5.2 million to the Municipality through the Water Services Infrastructure Grant (WSIG) for the refurbishment of the pump station, the sewer network and refurbishment of the Sludge handling facilities.
The DWS conducted inspections during May 2021 and found that the situation has not improved despite the undertakings in the Action Plan submitted by the municipality. Given the non-compliance to the Directive and the court order, the department will proceed with additional legal action to ensure that the municipality implements corrective action.
14 June 2021 - NW1613
Ngcobo, Mr S to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Whether her department has put any measures in place to assist the Harry Gwala District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal to resolve its water supply issues; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of the measures?
Reply:
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is providing financial support to the Harry Gwala District Municipality in order to address water supply challenges. The support provided through the Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) and Water Services Infrastructure Grant (WSIG) is as indicated below:
a) The DWS is funding the implementation of the Greater Bulwer Bulk Water Project through RBIG. The project will supply water potable water to 23 729 households living within the Doctor Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipalities. The project is being implemented by the Harry Gwala District Municipality. The estimated project cost is R556 363 974. To date, the Department has transferred R352 973 445 to the municipality for implementation of the project.
b) Since the introduction of the WSIG in the 2016/17 financial year up to the 2020/21 financial year, the Department has transferred R384 518 000 to the municipality for implementation of various water and sanitation projects. The municipality has implemented the following projects funded through WSIG:
Name of project |
Local municipality |
Villages benefitting |
Project status |
Hlokozi Water Supply Phase 4 |
Ubuhlebezwe |
Kwa-Bhengu, Nhlangwini, Sigcakini and Ngcikica |
Completed |
Nokweja/Mashumi Water Supply Scheme Upgrade Phases 1 and 2 |
Ubuhlebezwe |
Nokweja, Mashumi, Webbstown, St Allois, Plainhill, Kwa Dladla, Nkoneni, Ngongoneni, Mazabekweni, Madungeni, Ntambama, Mdabu, Magaba and Bovini |
Completed |
KwaSpheni Water Supply Scheme |
Ingwe |
KwaSpheni, Maxhini, Maphempeni and Sokhela |
Completed |
Mqatsheni Stepmore Water Supply |
Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma |
Mqatsheni and Stepmore |
Completed |
Ndawana Water Resource Upgrade |
Umzimkhulu |
Ndawana |
Completed |
Water Supply for Identified Villages under Umzimkhulu Jurisdiction |
Umzimkhulu |
Ngujini, Sdadeni/Nguse, Gujendlini, KwaSenti 02, Chancele, Pholanyoni, Thonjeni, Tsaule/Mbomvini, Ngwagwane and Gaybrook |
Completed |
Umzimkhulu Sanitation |
Umzimkhulu |
Ndawana, Nyanisweni, Bonvini, Nsikeni, Dumanomoeh, Nazareth, Ngwinjini, Chancele, KwaJames, Rhauka, Mfundweni, KwaTshaka, Bombo, KwaDay, St Barnabas, Madakeni, Gijima and Mahobe |
Completed |
Capital Infrastructure Refurbishment/Updgrade in Kokstad: (Kokstad CRU Development) |
Kokstad |
CRU Developments |
Completed |
Capital Infrastructure Refurbishment Upgrade in Kokstad: Upgrade of CBD Pipeline |
Kokstad |
CBD Upgrade |
Completed |
Capital Infrastructure Refurbishment Upgrade in Kokstad: Upgrade of Mamiesa Developments |
Kokstad |
Mamiesa Developments |
Completed |
Capital Infrastructure Refurbishment Upgrade |
Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma |
Bulwer, Donnybrook, Kwezela, Nkumba |
Completed |
Capital Infrastructure Refurbishment Upgrade in Ubuhlebezwe: Upgrade of Jolivet Water Supply |
Ubuhlebezwe |
Jolivet |
Completed |
Mariathal, Mandilini and Esperance Water Supply Project Phase 4 |
Ubuhlebezwe |
Mariathal, Mandilini and Esperance |
Under construction |
Capital Infrastructure Refurbishment Upgrade |
Umzimkhulu |
Riverside |
Under construction |
Capital Infrastructure Refurbishment Upgrade - Upgrade of Mhlabashana Water Supply |
Ubuhlebezwe |
Mhlabashana |
Under construction |
Universal Rural Sanitation coverage |
Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Kokstad and Ubuhlebezwe |
Construction of 1000 VIP toilets scattered in the following wards for Kokstad (6,2,3 & 4) & 1000 VIP toilets scattered in the following wards for Dr Nkosazane Dlamini-Zuma (1,4,6,12&14) |
Under construction |
Nokweja-Mashumi Water Supply scheme Phase 3 |
Ubuhlebezwe |
Mbambalala and Mgodi |
Under construction |
Water Supply to Masimini Mbuzweni Villages Intervention Schemes |
Umzimkhulu |
Ndawana, Masameni, Mnyembe, Gudlintaba |
Under construction |
Water Supply to Masimini and Mbuzweni
|
Umzimkhulu |
Ndawana, Masameni, Mnyembe, Gudlintaba |
Under construction |
Villages Intervention Schemes |
|||
Marriaskop Water Supply Intervention Schemes |
Greater Kokstad |
Marriaskop |
Under construction |
Refurbishment/ Augmentation of water supply schemes |
Dr Nkosazane Dlamini Zuma |
Mabedlane, Tarr's Valley, Goxhill, Kwa-Bhobhi, Sandanezwe |
Under construction |
Refurbishment/ Augmentation of Springvale water supply |
Ubuhlebezwe |
Springvale |
Under construction |
Refurbishment/ Augmentation of Ebhayi/ Gudlucingo Water Supply |
Ubuhlebezwe |
Ntapha, Gudlucingo, Chibini, Ngomakazi, Bhethani, Ebhayi, Thathani |
Tender stage |
The 2021 WSIG Medium Term Expenditure Framework allocations to the Harry Gwala Municipality for the completion of projects under planning and implementation respectively are as follows:
Financial Year |
Amount |
2021/22 |
R 90 700 000 |
2022/23 |
R 95 000 000 |
2023/24 |
R100 000 000 |
TOTAL |
R285 700 000 |
c) A Directive has been issued to the Umgeni Water Board to commence with the planning and implementation of the Stephen Dlamini Dam to provide a long term sustainable water source for the Greater Bulwer Project.
14 June 2021 - NW1262
Marais, Mr S to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
(1)What are the (a) reasons that Project Thusano was extended to other operational matters in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), like the inclusion of the Cuban techniques into basic infantry training and (b) benefits for the SANDF from (i) a South African and (ii) an African security perspective; (2) whether the specified project was first analysed and compared to the existing SANDF and best international techniques; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) (a) what are the costs related to the extension of the project and (b) how is this justified given the economic pressures and budget cuts in the SANDF?
Reply:
(1) (a) Project THUSANO has not been extended to operational matters in the SANDF, only the basic maintenance and utilisation at technical level information was exchanged with SANDF members in order to ensure proper servicing of equipment developed together with the Cubans as part of skills transfer.
(1) (b) (i) and (ii) Project THUSANO activities are beneficial to the SANDF as its internal capability is being built. The SANDF dependency on industry for maintenance and repair will be reduced. The cost of training will be drastically reduced, including improving shooting capability in simulation of different types of combat arenas which may be encountered, thereby, reducing the need for physical travel of trainees and the concomitant costs.
(2) Project THUSANO was analysed and compared with SANDF and best international techniques and proved to be the cheapest and cost-effective way of reducing costs of maintenance and repair, as well as acquiring skills through imparting technical knowledge to SA Army artisans.
(3) (a) According to Contract TI 17-001 South Africa Annexure 6 signed in October 2018, the total cost is US$ 5,975,545.00 (ZAR 86,645,402.50) based on a rand-dollar exchange rate of R14,50:US$1.
(3) (b) Economic pressures and budget reductions require innovative and creative approaches as the funds to outsource maintenance and repair are limited. Building internal capability is one of the initiatives intended to manage the limited budget and/or budgetary constraints. The skills could have been acquired very expensive if these members were sent to private institution for training and skills development.
14 June 2021 - NW1263
Marais, Mr S to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
(1)Whether she will furnish Mr S J F Marais with the details of the use of the Automated Shooting Range System used by the SA National Defence Force (SANDF); if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; 2) whether the use of the Automated Shooting Range System benefits the SANDF and the protection of the land, sea and air borders; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether any comparable system from an SA Defence Industry entity was considered; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether a tender was advertised for the procurement of the system; if not, why not; if so, what are the costs involved for the (a) SANDF and (b) the Department of Defence?
Reply:
(1) Details requested entail the SANDF’s tactical employment of strategic assets, any information so required may only be disclosed in a closed session.
(2) The Automated Shooting Range (ASR) system will benefit the SANDF as it is intended to improve its members’ shooting skills and combat effectiveness with limited ammunition and the simulation of different combat scenarios in the midst of the dwindling budget allocation.
(3) The ASR was specifically designed for the SANDF; the Department is not aware of a similar capability within the local defence industry.
(4) The system was benchmarked and requested at a bi-lateral (Cuba/RSA) level, thereby no tender process was followed.
11 June 2021 - NW1617
Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
With regard to his statement during the Mini Plenary of his department’s Budget Vote concerning the raising of the electricity generation licencing threshold to 10MW, alternatively 50MW, (a) on what date was the survey conducted, (b) what was the format of the survey, (c) what were the exact questions asked and (d)(i) what was the total number of respondents and (ii) what total number of respondents were (aa) in favour of limiting the threshold to 10MW and (bb) in favour of raising the threshold above 10MW? NW1823E
Reply:
a) The word “survey” was used to refer to public comments received by the Department following the gazetting of Schedule II of the Electricity Regulation Act (ERA) in relation to the threshold for embedded generation licencing.
b) The comments were received through the post and email.
c) There were no questions as comments were on the gazette notice.
d) (i) Over 15000 comments were received.
(aa) Majority is in support of the 10MW threshold.
(bb) The remainder is split between those who disagree completely with embedded generation and those who prefer a higher threshold.
11 June 2021 - NW1428
Graham-Maré, Ms SJ to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
(1)Whether his department has embarked on a learnership programme for the 2021-22 financial year; if not, will his department hold the learnership programme in abeyance until all existing trainees have been absorbed; if so, (a) what number of learners are enrolled and (b) what steps will be taken to ensure that these learners are absorbed into his department when they qualify, (2) whether the unsuccessful candidates who are not going to be absorbed will be advised personally; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether the unsuccessful candidates will be removed from the persal system so that they can pursue alternative employment; if not, why not; if so, by what date will they be removed?
Reply:
1. No, the Department of Correctional Services has not yet embarked on the 2021/22 Learnership Programme. The enrolment will be determined by the human resource needs and the availability of funds. The absorption of learners who have completed their learnership is not a determining factor for the enrolment of the next group of learners on the programme. The aim of the programme is to provide training and skills development opportunities to the youth preparing them for the labour market.
(1)(a) None
(1)(b) Not applicable
2. No, the learnership programme is a 12 month development programme and not an employment contract, in the case of group 1 of 2019/20 the contract was extended as the programme was suspended for two months during the lockdown levels 5 and 4. The programme came to an end on 31 December 2020.
3. Yes, their contract appointment on the PERSAL system is created in such a way that, when the contract end date is reached, the learner is automatically removed from the PERSAL system enabling them to pursue alternative employment.
END
11 June 2021 - NW1478
Sarupen, Mr AN to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
Whether his department has concluded any work exchange and/or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba from the 2010-11 financial year up to the 2020-21 financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) total number of Cuban nationals (i) have been employed in each of the specified financial years and/or (ii) are due to be employed in the 2021-23 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework period, (b) are the details of the work that each of the specified Cuban nationals was and/or will be employed to perform, (c) are the details of the specific skills sets that each of the specified Cuban nationals possessed and/or will possess that South African nationals did or will not possess and (d) are the details of the total cost of employing each of the specified Cuban nationals in each case; (2) whether his department took any steps to ensure that the specific skills set of the specified Cuban nationals were and/or will not be available in the Republic amongst South African citizens; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) steps taken and (b) outcomes of the steps taken in this regard?
Reply:
1. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) has never concluded any agreement with the Republic of Cuba or any entity in Cuba for work exchange and/or employment during the period from the 2010-11 financial year up to the 2020-21 financial year.
The DoJ&CD is currently negotiating an Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance agreements with Cuba. These agreements have not yet entered into force and are not linked to any work exchange programme and/or employment between the two countries.
The position is that the DoJ&CD does not currently have any plans to conclude work exchange programme and/or employment with any entity of the Republic of Cuba.
Neither the Department of Correctional Services concluded any work exchange or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba since 2010/11 financial year up to 2020/ 21 financial year.
(a) Not applicable
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable
(b) Not applicable
(c) Not applicable
(d) Not applicable
2. Not applicable
(a) Not applicable
(b) Not applicable
END.
11 June 2021 - NW1624
Majozi, Ms Z to ask the Minister Police
What total number of requests for protection orders were (a) granted and (b) violated in the 2019-20 financial year?
Reply:
The South African Police Service (SAPS), is not in a position to provide the information on the granting of protection orders. This is a court process and falls within the mandate of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.
The number of protection orders, which were violated, in 2019/2020, per province, is reflected in the table below:
Province |
Number per Province |
Eastern Cape |
28 |
Free State |
11 |
Gauteng |
22 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
22 |
Limpopo |
12 |
Mpumalanga |
5 |
Northern Cape |
5 |
North West |
33 45 |
Western Cape |
|
Total |
183 |
Reply to question 1824 recommended
GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 202107-31
Reply to question 1624 approved/not approved
MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
Date: 04/08/2021
11 June 2021 - NW1615
Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
1) Whether his department and/or the National Energy Regulator of South Africa received any licence applications from DNG Energy for its proposed Khensani Gas to Power Plant in Komatipoort; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what is the current status of such application; 2) Whether any public participation has taken place regarding the proposed Khensani Gas to Power Plant to date; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW1821E
Reply:
- No, the Department is not responsible for the licensing of power generation, that is the function of Nersa. Nersa was consulted and they have confirmed that they have not received any licence application from DNG Energy for its proposed Khensani Gas to Power Plant in Komatipoort.
- See (a) above.
11 June 2021 - NW1146
Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 421 on 1 April 2021, every regulation issued in terms of section 134 of the Correctional Services Act, Act 111 of 1998, has been referred to the relevant Parliamentary committees overseeing his department, as is required by subsection 134(5), since the inception of the specified Act; if not, (a) which regulation(s) has or have not been referred to the relevant Parliamentary committees and (b) what are the reasons that each specified regulation was not referred to the relevant Parliamentary committee; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
Reply:
Yes, every regulation issued in terms of section 134 of the Correctional Services Act, Act 111 of 1998 as amended was referred to the relevant parliamentary committees as required by section 134(5). The 2004 regulations (promulgated in government gazette 26626 dated 30 July 2004) and 2012 regulations (promulgated in government gazette (35277 dated 25 April 2012) are the only regulations issued and there have been no amendments since 2012.
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
END.
11 June 2021 - NW1200
Msimang, Prof CT to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
(1)Whether, in light of the popular Netflix documentary series titled Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons, whose Season 5 featured a hard look inside the Brandvlei Correctional Centre in the Western Cape that is home to the notorious number gangs, he has been informed of the show as it portrays to the world a daily account of the lives of the inmates at the prison; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (2) whether his department has done anything to address the challenges that the wardens are faced with at this particular centre and others like it; if not, why not; if so, what are the further relevant details?
Reply:
1. Permission to access to Correctional Centres is permitted under section 99 of the Correctional Services Act, 111 of 1998. This section must be read together with Section 123 which relates to prohibited publication. The Department has a gang combating strategy in place to deal with gangsterism in our facilities.
In the case of the mentioned documentary, permission was granted during 2019 for filming of the documentary at the Brandvlei Correctional Centre, filming then commenced in January 2020.
2. Yes, It is also common practice for the Department to provide qualified Employee Assistance Practitioners (EAP) to officials. Group awareness and therapy programmes are regularly presented to correctional officials. Individual consultations are also arranged for officials who are either referred to the EAP for debriefing or through voluntary personal requests. In the event that further assistance and intervention is required, the cases are referred to external practitioners.
END.
11 June 2021 - NW1676
Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
What are the (a) full relevant details of the various agreements signed by him and his predecessors over the past 10 financial years on behalf of the Government with the Republic of Cuba, (b) reasons and (c) total amounts paid to any Cuban entity in the past 10 financial years by (i) his department and (ii) any entity reporting to him?
Reply:
a) The DMRE has no Inter-Governmental Agreements with Cuba.
b) N/A
c) (i) N/A, (ii) N/A
11 June 2021 - NW1622
Lorimer, Mr JR to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
1) What is the position regarding the mining licence of the Shiva Uranium and Gold mine; 2) Whether buyers for the mine are still being sought; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; 3) Whether there have been any offers to buy the mine; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what are the reasons the offers were refused, (b) are there any prospects for a sale this year and (c) on what date will his department withdraw the mining right if no buyer is secured; 4) Whether his department communicates with the previous employees of the mine; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) how and (b) on what date; 5) What (a) is the position regarding the mine’s rehabilitation guarantee, (b) will the estimated cost of rehabilitation be and (c) amount of it will be funded by the rehabilitation guarantee?
Reply:
(1) Shiva Uranium has been issued with three mining rights, and they are all valid
(2) This matter is still before the Business Rescue Practitioner (BRP) and is yet to be finalised. The Department does not get to be involved in the process of appointing the potential buyers, it is only once purchase has been concluded wherein an application to transfer ownership would be made in accordance with the provision of section 11 of the MPRDA. At this stage, such application has not been brought for our attention as the BRP’s process is not yet concluded.
(3) (a) Please see (2) above
(b) Please see (2) above
(c) The date cannot be confirmed as the rescue process is still underway
(4) (a) The Department is of the view that the issue of communicating with previous employees of the mine remains to be the responsibility of the BRP as they are assuming the responsibility of the right holder (b) 31 May 2021
(5)(a) There is financial provision to the value of R61 424 275.00 that has been deposited into Rehabilitation Trust (Cash Deposit) held by the Department.
(b) The environmental liability that was determined by the independent environmental assessor (before the mine went through the BRP’s process) was estimated at R101 018 658. 57, the mine was further directed to address the shortfall of R39 594 383.57, which is still pending.
(c) The shortfall of financial provision has be discussed with the Business Rescue Practitioner in the sense that the potential buyer will be required to demonstrate that they have financial capacity to address the required financial provision before section 11 application is finalised.
11 June 2021 - NW1623
Lorimer, Mr JR to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
Given that mining and prospecting rights can be obtained with a shelf company that could incur major financial liabilities, what are the reasons that applications for mining rights do not require Financial Intelligence Centre Act, Act 38 of 2001, information from applicants, including banking details, tax numbers and proof of residence? NW1829E
Reply:
Section 16 for prospecting right and 22 for mining right read with Regulation 5 and 10 of the MPRDA outlines granting criteria for such rights.
10 June 2021 - NW1590
Nodada, Mr BB to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(1) What was the total number of unplaced learners (a) of each grade and (b) in each province (i) when schools re-opened on 15 February 2021 and (ii) on the latest date for which information is available; (2) whether each province removes a learner from the list of unplaced learners once the learner has been offered a place and/or once a place has been accepted by the learner’s parent; (3) what is the total number of learners who have been removed from the list of unplaced learners in each province without parents having accepted any of the places that were offered?
Reply:
(1) What was the total number of unplaced learners (a) of each grade and (b) in each province (i) when schools re-opened on 15 February 2021 and (ii) on the latest date for which information is available;
Response:
Kindly refer to the attached consolidated table as provided by provinces.
(2) whether each province removes a learner from the list of unplaced learners once the learner has been offered a place and/or once a place has been accepted by the learner’s parent;
Response:
Learners are removed from the list of unplaced learners as and when placement is confirmed.
(3) what is the total number of learners who have been removed from the list of unplaced learners in each province without parents having accepted any of the places that were offered?
Response:
There are no learners removed from the list of unplaced learners without the consent of the parents. They are only removed when placement is made and confirmed by parents.
10 June 2021 - NW1443
Brink, Mr C to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)With reference to the report of the Public Affairs Research Institute that found that R9 billion budgeted and disbursed by the Government to municipalities in the 2019-20 financial year for the provision of free basic electricity (FBE) was misappropriated and/or misspent on unauthorised purposes, what is the National Treasury's position on the misappropriation of funds meant to alleviate the plight of indigent persons by municipalities; (2) whether the National Treasury has put any mechanisms in place to monitor that funds allocated to municipalities for the provision of basic services to indigent persons are not misappropriated and/or misspent on unauthorised purposes; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether the National Treasury has been informed of the misappropriation and/or misspending of the specified R9 billion budgeted and disbursed to municipalities for the provision of FBE; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what action does the National Treasury intend to take against municipalities that have been found to have misappropriated and/or misspent the FBE funds?
Reply:
In terms of section 227 of the Constitution, local government is entitled to an equitable share of nationally raised revenue to enable it to provide a package of free basic services to poor households and to support additional costs for municipalities with limited own revenue 1. potential. The local government equitable share (LGES) is an unconditional transfer that supplements the revenue that municipalities can raise themselves (including revenue raised through property rates and service charges). The components and sub-components of the LGES formula are neither an indicative budget nor a guideline as to how much should be spent on each service. Its annual baseline growth is determined, taking into account household growth (typically about 3% per year) and cost increases, including for bulk electricity and bulk water, which are typically above inflation. Despite the government's progress in ensuring that millions of households receive basic services, the demand for services remains high and outstrips the pace of delivery. Municipalities are able to use a variety of targeting methods to distribute free basic services to households, including household income, geographical, property and service value. This flexible approach means arbitrary decisions may exclude certain households. The intended recipients of free basic services should be poor households. Each municipality identifies households falling within their prescribed classification method and municipalities develop a subsidy framework based on targeting mechanisms designed to ensure that wealthy or middle-income people do not benefit from free basic service; that is, so long as the household has a municipal account and is registered on the municipality’s indigent register, it can get the free basic services package. Therefore, the R9 billion is indicative of how much it costs to cover the costs of providing free basic electricity to poor households and is therefore used to determine a fair and equitale allocation that each municipality is entitled to receive. Some municipalities have actually a Free Basic Services (FBS) policy that provides higher level of services than the norm indicated by the formual. The decision of how and where these funds are spent is up to the respective municipal councils. The Division of Revenue Act (DoRA) as a legislation that governs how grants are monitored does not give National Treasury and the National Transferring Officer (NTO) the powers to monitor spending on Equitable Share in line with indicative amounts reflected by the formula. This is different for direct grants whereby the DoRA is explicit on the monitoring mechanisms to be applied on a monthly basis.
2. The LGES is transferred by the Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG). Due to being an unconditional transfer, the DoRA does not give National Treasury and DCoG the powers to monitor LGES expenditure. This is different for conditional grants as the DoRA is explicit on the monthly and quarterly reporting and monitoring requirements for these transfers. As noted above, the poverty threshold used in the LGES formula - which along with the cost factor for each service – determines each municipality’s allocation for each service in the FBS component, is not an official poverty line or a required level to be used by municipalities in their own indigence policies. The Explanatory memo to DoRA does however state that, if municipalities choose to provide free basic services to fewer households than what they are funded for through the LGES, then their budget documentation should clearly set out why they have made that choice and how they have consulted with their community during the budget process.
- Different national departments or NTOs administer conditional grants, and these departments are responsible for monitoring and ensuring that the conditional grants they allocate to municipalities are spent on their intended purpose. This is done through ensuring compliance with DoRA and the applicable conditional grants framework by municipalities, including providing business plans, implementation plans and cash flows. Municipalities also need to report on a monthly and quarterly basis to the national department administering the grant. The administering department also monitors and undertake site visits to ensure compliance by municipalities. Where there is non-compliance, they ought to apply the levers available to them through DoRA, which includes withholding transfers and they may propose the stopping and reallocation of a portion or an entire municipality's grant allocation.
In order to guard against the misuse of conditional grants, if the National Treasury (NT) anticipates that a municipality may underspend on the allocation or a portion of the allocation, NT may in its discretion or on request of a transferring officer, withhold, stop and re-allocate the transfer of a Schedule 4B or 5B allocation, or a portion to a municipality. This is in line with sections 17,18 and 19 of the 2020 DoRA and Section 38 of the Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act No. 56 of 2003) (MFMA). Further, in instances where municipalities commit serious or persistent breach of any of the provisions of the DoRA or the MFMA, NT may decide to stop or withhold funds to a municipality by invoking section 216(2) of the Constitution and section 39 of MFMA for no more than 120 days subject to an approval by Parliament.
3. NT has not been informed and would not be in a position to determine that the funds for free basic services have been spent on other areas given that the allocations indicated by the formulal are not meant to be indicator of budgets but to ensure equitable allocations per muncipality. What can be of assistance is for the respective municipal councils to have ways of monitoring budget spending by municipalities and ensure that there is consequence management for non-compliance with the DoRA prescripts as the councils and municipal managers have powers to implement such measures.
10 June 2021 - NW1061
Hill-Lewis, Mr GG to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)In light of confirmation by the Director-General of the Department of Public Service and Administration of endemic post vacancies within various government departments (details furnished), (a) what total number of posts are currently vacant in the National Treasury, (b) for what time period has each specified post been vacant and (c) what are the relevant details of each such post; (2) (a) what total number of vacant posts currently in the National Treasury have been filled on an acting basis, (b) for what time period has each such post been vacant and (c) what are the relevant details in each case?
Reply:
(1)(a) The total number of posts currently vacant in the National Treasury is 170.
(1)(b)(c) The time period and relevant details are as follows:
POST JOB TITLE DESCRIPTION |
VACANT SINCE |
Receptionist |
2019/12/01 |
Parliamentary and Cabinet Support (OMIN) |
2019/12/01 |
Administrative Support and Co-Ordination (OMIN) |
2020/01/07 |
Director: Office of Deputy Minister |
2019/06/30 |
Parliamentary Officer |
2018/03/31 |
Private and Appointment Secretary (OMIN) |
2019/12/01 |
Chief Director: Office of Minister |
2018/03/31 |
Assistant Administrative/Appointment Secretary |
2020/01/03 |
Administrative Assistant |
2018/12/31 |
Director: Corporate Law |
2021/02/01 |
Deputy Director: Corporate Law |
2020/10/01 |
Deputy Director: Litigation and Administration |
2020/05/31 |
Assistant Director: Legislation (ODG) |
2021/02/01 |
Deputy Director: Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations |
2020/10/01 |
Junior Graphic Designer |
2020/02/29 |
Enterprise Risk Management Analysts |
2021/02/28 |
Driver |
2021/01/31 |
Analyst: Corporate Governance |
2020/10/16 |
Snr Analyst: Prov Fin Development Institution |
2021/01/01 |
Director: Treasury Operation |
2018/04/01 |
Chief Director: Liability Management |
2020/12/15 |
Analyst: Debt Issuance and Management |
2020/02/01 |
Snr Analyst: Debt Issuance and Management |
2021/01/31 |
Director: Debt Issuance and Management |
2020/09/30 |
Helpdesk: Retail Bonds Operations |
2021/02/13 |
Analyst: Accounting and Information |
2021/03/01 |
Director: Accounting and Information |
2020/09/01 |
Analyst: Market Risk |
2020/12/10 |
Director: Energy and Telecoms |
2021/03/31 |
Deputy Director-General: Budget Office |
2017/12/01 |
Deputy Director: Programme Coordination |
2020/09/01 |
Policy Analyst: National Budgets |
2020/02/01 |
Snr Policy Analyst: Budget Reform |
2021/04/01 |
Chief Director: Public Finance Statistics |
2021/02/01 |
Policy Analyst: Extra Budgetary Accounts and Funds |
2021/03/15 |
Snr Policy Analyst: Extra Budgetary Accounts & Funds |
2019/09/30 |
Snr Policy Analyst: Portfolio & Strategic Management |
2021/03/31 |
Snr Policy Analyst: Infrastructure Finance |
2020/02/01 |
Assistant Director: Fiscal Research (BO) |
2020/10/01 |
Snr Policy Analyst: Fiscal Research |
2021/03/13 |
Chief Director: Public Sector Remuneration Analysis |
2021/01/26 |
Snr Policy Analyst: Civil Pension |
2020/02/01 |
Senior Budget Analyst: Public Finance |
2020/12/17 |
Programme Coordinator |
2019/06/30 |
Senior Budget Analyst: Public Finance |
2020/10/01 |
Budget Analyst: Basic Education Sports & Recreation |
2020/12/01 |
Senior Budget Analyst: Public Finance |
2020/07/25 |
Director: Higher Education & Training |
2020/11/11 |
Budget Analyst: Communications and Energy |
2021/02/01 |
Senior Budget Analyst: Public Finance |
2020/09/01 |
Director: Public Finance |
2020/04/01 |
Director: Forecasting |
2019/07/01 |
Economist: Econometric Research |
2021/02/01 |
Economist: Econometric Research |
2021/02/01 |
Senior Economist: Sectoral & Revenue Modelling |
2020/10/01 |
Chief Director: Microeconomic Policy |
2020/12/01 |
Snr Economist: Primary Sectors |
2020/02/01 |
Director: Sectors |
2021/04/07 |
Senior Economist: Secondary Sectors |
2020/01/01 |
Director: Secondary Sectors |
2020/09/01 |
Director: Environmental Economics |
2020/10/01 |
Chief Director: Macroeconomic Policy |
2020/08/07 |
Snr Economist: Growth |
2020/11/01 |
Economist: Fiscal Framework (IGR) |
2020/02/26 |
Director: Fiscal Framework (IGR) |
2018/11/01 |
Director: Local Government Fiscal Framework |
2020/11/11 |
Economist: Budget Process |
2019/12/01 |
Snr Budget Analyst: Provincial Budget Analysis |
2021/04/01 |
Snr Budget Analyst: Provincial Budget Analysis |
2019/11/01 |
Director: Provincial Budget Analysis |
2021/03/31 |
Deputy Director: Spatial Planning |
2019/09/30 |
Project Coordinator |
2020/09/30 |
Project Manager |
2020/04/01 |
Budget Analyst: Provincial Budget Analysis |
2020/10/01 |
Budget Analyst: Provincial Budget Analysis |
2020/10/01 |
Snr Economist: Local Government Budget Analysis |
2020/03/31 |
Director: Local Government Budget Analysis |
2019/04/30 |
Snr Economist: Local Government Budget Analysis |
2018/12/31 |
Director: Local Government Budget Analysis |
2019/08/02 |
Manager: Investment Planning |
2020/05/31 |
Project Manager |
2021/04/01 |
Urban Economist: NDGP |
2020/09/30 |
Project Manager |
2020/11/09 |
Snr Economist: Financial Inclusion |
2020/10/01 |
Snr Economist: Financial Sector Charter |
2020/10/01 |
Snr Economist: Banking Development |
2019/08/15 |
Chief Director: Financial Services |
2020/10/01 |
Chief Director: Financial Markets & Stability |
2020/07/31 |
Economist: Business Taxes |
2020/11/01 |
Director: Business Tax |
2018/10/15 |
Senior Economist: Tax Revenue Database |
2019/09/01 |
Director: Environment & Fuel Taxes |
2020/10/01 |
Team Assistant |
2021/03/01 |
Deputy Director: International Tax Treaties |
2021/02/01 |
Deputy Director: International Tax Treaties |
2021/02/01 |
Economist: Africa Economic Integration |
2020/10/31 |
Deputy Director: International Organisations |
2020/10/01 |
Senior Economist: G20 |
2020/12/11 |
Director: BRICS |
2020/11/04 |
Chief Procurement Officer |
2016/12/31 |
Deputy Director: Transversal Contract Management |
2020/10/31 |
Assistant Director: Transversal Contract Management |
2020/10/01 |
Deputy Director: Transversal Contract Management |
2020/12/31 |
Deputy Director: Transversal Contract Management |
2020/02/29 |
Director: Central Supplier Database |
2020/10/01 |
Assistant Director: Strategic Procurement |
2020/10/01 |
Director: SCM Strategic Procurement |
2021/03/15 |
Assistant Director: Strategic Procurement |
2020/10/01 |
Director: SCM Client Support Local Gov |
2020/06/30 |
Deputy Director: SCM Monitoring & Compliance |
2020/09/30 |
Deputy Director: SCM GMC (OCPO) |
2020/10/01 |
Deputy Director: SCM GMC (OCPO) |
2020/10/01 |
Deputy Director: SCM GMC (OCPO) |
2020/10/01 |
Deputy Director: SCM GMC (OCPO) |
2020/10/01 |
Deputy Director: Programme Coordination |
2020/09/01 |
Facilities Generalist: Help Desk |
2020/06/30 |
Facilities Generalist: Help Desk |
2018/11/01 |
Human Resources Support: Service Delivery |
2020/01/01 |
Manager: Talent Development & Performance Management |
2020/05/31 |
HR Support: Employee Wellness Programme |
2020/01/01 |
Employee Relations Practitioner |
2020/02/01 |
Manager: Organisational Development |
2021/03/31 |
Deputy Director: Employee Health Wellness & Trans |
2020/09/01 |
Human Resources Support: Recruitment |
2019/10/01 |
Financial Admin Specialist: Internal Control |
2019/12/01 |
Financial Admin Specialist: Budget |
2020/02/01 |
SCM Database Administrator |
2020/10/01 |
Bids Administrator |
2021/03/12 |
Assistant Manager: Travel Coordination |
2021/01/01 |
Manager: Performance & Risk |
2019/11/30 |
Manager: Strategic Sourcing / Acquisition (Corporate Services) |
2020/05/31 |
Receipt and Inventory Coordinator |
2021/03/15 |
Deputy Director: SCM Operations (Corporate Services) |
2019/07/03 |
Financial Analyst: Public Entities Oversight Unit |
2020/10/01 |
Team Assistant |
2020/06/03 |
ICT Administrator |
2020/10/01 |
Deputy Director: Information Security |
2020/10/01 |
Senior Security Officer |
2020/12/18 |
Senior Security Officer |
2020/09/30 |
Director: Security Management |
2021/03/09 |
Chief Audit Executive |
2019/07/31 |
Team Assistant |
2019/12/01 |
Business Support Manager |
2019/04/04 |
Jnr IT Audit Specialist |
2020/04/30 |
Manager: IT Audit |
2020/02/24 |
Manager: IT Audit |
2020/08/31 |
Senior Manager: IT Audit |
2019/05/31 |
Jnr Performance Audit Specialist |
2019/09/30 |
Senior QA and Compliance Audit Specialist |
2019/10/17 |
Senior Manager: Quality Assurance & Compl Audit |
2019/06/17 |
Project Manager |
2020/01/10 |
Accountant-General |
2015/10/09 |
MFMA Advisor |
2019/07/01 |
Director: MFRS |
2019/10/31 |
Financial Analyst: NRF & RDP (Banking Services) |
2019/08/31 |
Financial Analyst: NRF & RDP |
2021/01/31 |
Director: Justice & Protection Services Cluster |
2020/07/31 |
Director: MFMA Support |
2020/10/01 |
Chief Director: Specialised Audit Services |
2020/07/04 |
Snr Fin Analyst: Fin Man & Int Contr Systems Audit |
2021/04/01 |
Chief Director: Capacity Building |
2018/12/01 |
CAA Trainees |
2021/03/11 |
Deputy Director: SCM Education Training & Development |
2020/11/16 |
Chief Director: Financial Systems |
2020/06/30 |
Refreshment Coordinator (Corporate Services) |
2020/05/20 |
Financial Systems Administrator |
2019/07/23 |
Systems Specialist: Projects Management |
2021/02/11 |
Snr Systems Specialist: Projects Management |
2021/03/31 |
Snr System Specialist: Training & Support |
2021/02/28 |
Training Administration Officer (Financial Systems) |
2019/07/01 |
(2)(a) The total number of vacant posts currently in the National Treasury have been filled on an acting basis is 17.
(2)(b)(c) The time period and relevant details are as follows:
VACANT POSTS FILLED ON AN ACTING BASIS |
PERIOD POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT |
ANY OTHER RELEVANT DETAILS IN EACH CASE |
Deputy Director-General: Chief Procurement Officer |
December 2016 to date |
Headhunting stage |
Deputy Director-General: Accounting General |
October 2015 to date |
Headhunting stage |
Chief Director: Financial Systems |
June 2020 to date |
Waiting Organitational Review process finalisation |
Chief Director: Capacity Building |
June 2020 to date |
Recruitment is underway: re- advertisement |
Director: Provincial Fiscal Framework |
July 2020 to date |
Recruitment is underway: at offer stage |
Chief Director: Microeconomic Policy |
December 2020 |
Recruitment is underway |
Director: Forecasting |
July 2019 to date |
To be re-advertised |
Director: Secondary Sector |
September 2020 |
Recruitment is underway: re- advertisement |
Deputy Director-General: Budget Office |
December 2017 to date |
Recruitment is underway |
Chief Director: Fiscal Policy |
March 2021 to date |
Awaiting funding confirmation, then will start with recruitment |
Chief Director: Public Finance Statistics |
February 2021 to date |
Awaiting funding confirmation, then will start with recruitment |
Chief Director: Public Sector Remuneration |
January 2021 to date |
Awaiting funding confirmation, then will start with recruitment |
Director: Security Management |
March 2021 |
The previous Director: Security Management got promoted to Chief Risk Officer |
Assistant Director: Travel Coordinator |
November 2020 |
Previous incumbent resigned pending disciplinary action |
Chief Director: Financial Markets, Stability and Prudential Regulations |
July 2020 to 15 March 2021 |
Recruitment is underway-assessment stage |
Director: Treasury Operations |
April 2018 to date |
Recruitment is underway- assessment stage |
Chief Director: Liability Management |
August 2020 to date |
Recruitment is underway: re- advertisement |
10 June 2021 - NW1760
Montwedi, Mr Mk to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
(a) What progress has she made in resolving the conflict amongst the Ndabeni Land claimants and (b) on what date is it envisaged that the claimants will be able to use and benefit from their land?
Reply:
a) Independent Trustees were appointed by the Master of the High Court Cape Town in 2018 and letters of authority were issued for these Trustees to finalise the verification of members of the Ndabeni Community Trust in collaboration with the Office of the Regional Land Claims Commission: Western Cape. The Trustees are assisted by a committee of six representatives appointed from the community and regular meetings are held by the parties to resolve all the outstanding issues.
b) We are unable to confirm the date envisaged for the claimants to have full use and benefit of the land as yet because negotiations with the City of Cape Town, the Commission, the Department and representatives of the unlawful occupiers are still on going.
END
10 June 2021 - NW1520
Hendricks, Mr MGE to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(1) Whether, with reference to a certain instruction (details furnished) issued by a principal of a certain school (name and details furnished) to parents and staff not to allow learners to discuss and/or debate the latest Israeli-Palestinian fighting at school and in which the specified principal threatens to take further action in line with the school’s Code of Conduct should anyone overstep the specified instruction, her department will take any steps against the principal; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what steps; (2) whether her department will issue a directive to all educational institutions to refrain from issuing threats to learners, parents and teachers who wish to address any crisis involving humanitarian matters; if not, what is the position in this regard if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
(1) It is not yet necessary for the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to take any steps against the Principal until the Gauteng Department of Education, through its relevant Education District authority, has had an opportunity to interact with the School Principal to provide proper hearing on how the standpoint of the Code of Conduct at the school on such matters has been interpreted.
The Provincial Department and District Office will be advised ahead of time of their interaction with the School Principal, to clarify with the School Principal the fundamentals of the DBE Human Rights Education programme offering, in raising awareness among learners, regarding constitutional imperatives; as well as violence and crimes against humanity. Thereafter, the necessary adjustments and modifications will follow, which could include further clarification in the provisions in the Code of Conduct, or retraction of the instruction by the Principal where violation is detected.
(2) The DBE will not be issuing any such directive at this stage. Instead, an invitation is being extended to all Provincial Departments and schools to participate in the Oral History, Moot Court, and Youth Citizen Action programmes, where such matters are safely discussed and debated, to support the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) existing provisions in Social Sciences, Lifeskills and Life Orientation.
10 June 2021 - NW1764
Ngcobo, Mr S to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
Whether she has been informed that the R431 million paid to service providers in Gauteng for decontaminating schools was awarded without following due procedure; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) who was responsible for issuing the specified contracts and (b) what steps will be taken in this regard?
Reply:
(a) and (b) As the Minister of Basic Education, I do not know who was responsible for issuing the specified contracts, and what steps will be taken by the Gauteng Administration in that regard. Matters of procurement in all the 9 Provincial Education Departments (PEDs), are processed and finalised by the respective PEDs; and the national Department of Education (DBE) has no jurisdiction over any of the PEDs on such matters. PEDs, similar to the DBE, have an obligation in terms of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), Treasury Regulations, Treasury Instruction Notes, Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA) and PPPFA Regulations, to follow due process when procuring goods and services.
10 June 2021 - NW1661
Marais, Mr S to ask the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
(1)(a) What is the (i) normal age when members of the Department of Defence (DoD) and the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) are obliged to go on pension and (ii) policy of the DoD and SANDF with regard to the obligated retirement age of permanent force members and (b) if the age is still 60 years, what would be the reasons and motivations for certain persons not retiring at the age of 60; (2) what were the reasons (a) that the employment term and contract of a certain person (name and details furnished) was extended when the specified person turned 60 and (b) for a further extension of the person’s employment contract to a certain position (details furnished) in the SANDF, from which the person will only retire at the age of 66?
Reply:
(1)(a)(i)(ii) Section 19 of the Government Employees Pension Law, 1996 (Proclamation No. 21 of 1996) states, inter alia, that a member shall have the right to retire on pension and shall be so retired on reaching the age determined by the law governing his or her employment. Section 52 of the Defence Act, 2002 (Act 42 of 2002) makes provision for members to be appointed and utilised in the Regular Force from the age of 18 to 65 years of age. In terms of Regulation 21 of Chapter III of the General Regulations for the South African National Defence and the Reserve an officer serving in the Permanent Force shall have the right to retire on pension and shall be so retired, on the date when he or she attains the age of 60 years. Regulation 22 of Chapter III also states that the maximum age limit for temporary service in the Permanent Force shall be 65 years. In terms of the Regulation 29 of the Regulations for the Reserve Force, the date of retirement of a Reserve Force member may be extended to the date on which he or she attains the age of 75 years.
(b) The following are the reasons and motivations for certain persons not retiring at the age of 60:
i) To ensure continuous effective strategic direction and management to the SANDF.
ii) To ensure the effective management of medical and health services to the Department of Defence (DOD).
iii) To retain specialist skills, especially where there is a shortage of skilled members in the Senior Management System, such as Medical Officers and Special Forces Operators.
iv) To ensure the retention of experienced members to mentor young and inexperienced members.
(2) The Defence Act makes provision for members to be appointed and utilised in the Regular Force from the age of 18 to 65 years, while the Regulations for the Reserve Force makes provision for the extension of the retirement of a Reserve Force member from 65 to 75 years.
10 June 2021 - NW1762
Motsepe, Ms CCS to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What (a) total number of unqualified teachers are employed by her department across the Republic and (b) subjects do the specified unqualified teachers mainly teach?
Reply:
There is a total of 1 139 unqualified educators employed by Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) across the country. This number is made up of 1 038 temporary and 101 permanent educators. The 101 permanent educators are the protected group, who were made permanent in 2001. The number of unqualified educators has declined, and is down to zero in some PEDs. Some of these educators, are either in scarce skills subjects; or are teaching in farm and rural schools. Some are in technical schools, where they teach technical-vocational subjects.
10 June 2021 - NW1688
Nodada, Mr BB to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What (a) are the effects of budget cuts on feeding schemes in each province and (b) is the total number of meals that have had to be reduced as a result of budget cuts?
Reply:
a) The budget cut on the Grant in 2020/21 totaled 1.5% over the 2021 MTEF. This cut has affected all provinces; especially on priorities, such as the meal costs, which were not substantially increased against the rising food prices. Also the honoraria for Volunteer Food Handlers could not be increased in line with the Ministerial Determination of the Department of Employment and Labour.
b, The number of learners/meals was affected by the rotation timetable. However, no meals were reduced, as all learners attending school or collecting meals/food parcels were catered for at the school.
10 June 2021 - NW1566
Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Finance
What (a)(i) are the details and (ii) is the total breakdown of the expenditure of the $4,3 billion loan approved and granted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the Republic in July 2020, (b) are the reasons that part of the loan has not been saved for procurement of vaccines and (c) were the terms and conditions of the IMF bailout?
Reply:
a) The loan from the International Monetary Fundf (IMF) was a Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) facility, which was a temporary arrangement by the IMF for its member countries in response to the Covid outbreak. It is a loan that provides rapid and low-access (including low-interest) financial assistance to member countries facing an urgent balance of payments need, without having to agree to a full-fledged IMF structural adjustment program. It provides support to meet a broad range of urgent needs, including those arising from commodity price shocks, natural disasters, conflict and post-conflict situations, and emergencies resulting from fragility. South Africa applied for the loan in the context of an unprecedented fall in government revenues, coupled with a spike in borrowing costs in the market. The loan was for the following purposes:
- 1. Implement a counter-cyclical fiscal policy, by avoiding a dramatic and damaging reduction in government spending in response to an unprecedent fall in tax revenues as a result of the CoVid-induced economic crisis; and
- 2. Finance a sizeable potion of the Covid relief package announced by the President on 21 April 2020 and implemented in the Special Adjustments Budget of 24 June 2020. At the time, this loan financed was estimated to finance between R70 billion and R75 billion of the overall fiscal relief package overall.
The loan supported the spending plans in the 2020 Special Adjustments Budget of 24 June 2020, along with other sources of borrowing. At the time of the Special Adjustments Budget, the total planned borrowings amounted to R776.9 billion. This was revised substantially down to R670.3 billion at the time of the 2021 Budget, with the IMF loan being around R75 billion of this. South Africa will repay the loan over a maximum 5-year period as stipulated in the Letter of Intent (LOI).
b) The loan is part of the overall pool of government borrowings and all the financing instruments that are accessed by government are used to finance spending appropriated by Parliament. At the time of finalizing the RFI arrangement with the IMF, there was no credible information internationally on a widely-available vaccine, and this was not the intended purpose of the loan. Following the development of a vaccine, government has made allocations for a full-vaccination programme over the MTEF. The spending ceiling was lifted in 2021/22 mainly for the vaccine, meaning that borrowings are in part directed towards the vaccine.
c) The loan was given with the broad understanding that it would assist with mitigating the effects of the economic crisis, and did not require earmarking of the funds towards specific spending items. The loan was not subject to conditionalities that compromised fiscal sovereignty. However, as outlined in the Letter of Intent (LOI) signed by the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), government is obligated to provide broad spending reports to the IMF in line with the requirements of the PFMA. The National Treasury has published spending reports on the 2020 Special Adjustments Budget in terms of section 32 of the PFMA, and provided an update on the spending against this package in the Budget Review published on 24 February 2021.
10 June 2021 - NW1492
Malatsi, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)Whether the National Treasury has concluded any work exchange and/or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba from the 2010-11 financial year up to the 2020-21 financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) total number of Cuban nationals (i) have been employed in each of the specified financial years and/or (ii) are due to be employed in the 2021-23 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework period, (b) are the details of the work that each of the specified Cuban nationals was and/or will be employed to perform, (c) are the details of the specific skills sets that each of the specified Cuban nationals possessed and/or will possess that South African nationals did or will not possess and (d) are the details of the total cost of employing each of the specified Cuban nationals in each case; (2) whether the National Treasury took any steps to ensure that the specific skills set of the specified Cuban nationals were and/or will not be available in the Republic amongst South African citizens; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) steps taken and (b) outcomes of the steps taken in this regard?
Reply:
- & (2)
The National Treasury has not concluded any work exchange and / or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba during the period 2010/11 FY to 2020/21 FY. The National Treasury is an equal opportunity employer and follows all prescripts in terms of employment in the public service. The department does not hold any formal position in regards to work exchange and / or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba.
10 June 2021 - NW1438
Brink, Mr C to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)With reference to the court action by Astral Foods Limited compelling the National Treasury to prepare a financial recovery plan for the Lekwa Local Municipality in Mpumalanga, what are the reasons that such a financial recovery plan could not have been prepared by the Government without court action being taken by residents (2) on what date is the financial recovery plan expected to be (a) finalised and (b) implemented; (3) whether the National Treasury is currently a party to any other case that seeks to compel the Government to intervene in the financial management of a municipality; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details of each of the cases
Reply:
1. The court order granted in favour of the applicant Astral Operations Limited related to a failure of the Provincial Executive to ensure implementation of the financial recovery plan rather than a failure of government to prepare a financial recovery plan for the Lekwa Local Municipality. When the application for a national intervention was first sought by Astral Operations Limited in 2018, it was agreed that a national intervention at that time was premature, since the Province had already resolved to intervene in the Lekwa Local Municipality in October 2018. A national intervention is a last resort remedy in terms of the hierarchy of interventions outlined in S139 of the Constitution. Consequently, the key role players agreed to support the provincial intervention and the application was subsequently held in abeyance to allow the provincial intervention to unfold and for the financial recovery plan to be implemented with the view that the intervention would address the concerns raised by Astral.
However, since the approval of the financial recovery plan for the Lekwa Local Municipality by the MEC for Finance in the Mpumalanga Province in October 2019, no significant improvement has been noted in the Municipality. Astral Operations Limited has now revived the application on the principle basis that the financial recovery plan was not implemented and ultimately the provincial intervention has failed. Astral now insisted on a national intervention.
2. Section 139(1) (a) (v) (bb) of the Municipal Finance Management Act, No. 56 of 2003 (MFMA) requires that a financial recovery plan be prepared within a period not exceeding 90 days determined by the MEC for Finance in the Province. The court order issued on 12 April 2021 allows for a period of 6 months from the date of the order, however, the financial recovery plan will be prepared in terms of the timeframes in the MFMA.
3. There are court applications and orders in this regard against the following municipalities:
- Emalahleni Local Municipality in Mpumalanga - a High court application brought by Save Emalahleni Action Group and Others to compel the province to invoke a mandatory intervention in the municipality. An order by consent of all parties was granted by the Court for the mandatory intervention. If the province fails to comply with statutory provisions relating to mandatory intervention and if the applicants intend to review any decision the applicants may enrol the matter file supplementary papers seeking appropriate relief which might possibly also include national intervention in terms of section 139(7) of the Constitution.
- Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape - a High Court application brought by Let’s talk Komani against the Premier and Others seeking a mandatory intervention in terms of section 139 of the Constitution. An order by consent of all parties was granted by the Court to the effect that the financial recovery plan approved by the province was made an Order of Court; the province reports quarterly to the High Court on progress on the implementation of the financial recovery plan.
- Makana Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape - a High Court application was brought by the Unemployed Peoples Movement against the Premier of the Eastern Cape and Others seeking a mandatory intervention by the province into the Makana Local Municipality; the dissolution of the municipal council; and the appointment of an administrator.
- Kannaland Local Municipality in the Western Cape - a High Court application brought by the municipality against the provincial government for judicial review of decisions of the provincial executive to intervene in the municipality, claiming that the financial recovery plan of March 2017 and appointment of administrators was unlawful and unconstitutional.
- Maluti-A-Phofung Local Municipality in Free State province - a High Court application which was brought by Harrismith Business Forum to interdict Eskom from discontinuing electricity supply to Maluti-A-Phofung municipality and to compel national government to intervene in terms of section 139(7) of the Constitution. An order by consent of all parties was granted by the Court to, amongst others, establish a consultative committee chaired by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and prepare a financial recovery plan;
- Mafube Local Municipality in Free State province – a High Court application brought by Mafube Business Forum and Afriforum seeking declaration that the provincial intervention has failed and jurisdictional facts for national intervention in terms of section 139(7) of the Constitution are present.
08 June 2021 - NW1591
Nodada, Mr BB to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(1) What (a) was the total number of learners in each (i) quintile and (ii) province in the (aa) 2018, (bb) 2019 and (cc) 2020 and (b) are the details of the data source from which the figures were sourced in each case; (2) what was the total number of learners in each province according to the SNAP Survey for Ordinary Schools undertaken (a) in the past nine academic years and (b) since the beginning of the 2021 academic year?
Reply:
(1)
(i)(ii)(aa)(bb)(cc) Table 1 (ATTACHED ANNEXURE) indicates the number of learners by quintile and province between 2018 and 2020. (see attached).
Province |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Eastern Cape |
1 951 523 |
1 938 078 |
1,946,885 |
1,953,397 |
1,961,547 |
1,795,563 |
1,840,780 |
1,843,814 |
1,843,297 |
Free State |
661 974 |
664 508 |
672,290 |
682,704 |
688,349 |
701,487 |
707,166 |
716,080 |
719,847 |
Gauteng |
2 075 387 |
2 129 526 |
2,191,475 |
2,262,319 |
2,326,584 |
2,413,225 |
2,402,576 |
2,447,377 |
2,508,387 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
2 877 969 |
2 866 570 |
2,901,697 |
2,881,518 |
2,877,544 |
2,863,316 |
2,821,221 |
2,844,764 |
2,867,271 |
Limpopo |
1 715 778 |
1 714 832 |
1,720,585 |
1,753,734 |
1,765,555 |
1,776,467 |
1,724,791 |
1,753,819 |
1,759,322 |
Mpumalanga |
1 054 783 |
1 052 807 |
1,057,788 |
1,079,280 |
1,074,352 |
1,096,428 |
1,045,972 |
1,094,941 |
1,107,890 |
Northern Cape |
277 494 |
282 631 |
289,004 |
290,139 |
292,595 |
292,377 |
295,339 |
298,888 |
304,237 |
North West |
775 142 |
788 261 |
800,316 |
813,873 |
829,467 |
825,776 |
840,640 |
852,589 |
863,071 |
Western Cape |
1 038 019 |
1 052 435 |
1,075,396 |
1,097,509 |
1,116,572 |
1,127,634 |
1,141,057 |
1,188,926 |
1,243,150 |
South Africa |
12,655,436 |
12,814,473 |
12,932,565 |
12,892,273 |
12,819,542 |
13,041,198 |
13,216,472 |
(b) The data provided in question i and ii, were extracted from the 2018, 2019 and 2020 School Master list data which is also published on the Department's Website.
(2) Table 2 shows the number of learners, by province, between 2012 and 2020. Please note that the 2021 data is not yet available.
Table 2: Number of learners in ordinary schools, by province, between 2012 and 2020
Sources: 2012-2016 SNAP Survey. 2017-2020 LURITS
08 June 2021 - NW1523
Hlengwa, Mr M to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
Given the current political and economic challenges affecting the neighbouring countries of the republic, and in light of the impact on the Republic of the influx of undocumented immigrants fleeing their countries and seeking better opportunities in the Republic, what, (a) strategies does the Government have in place to assist the affected states to stabilise politically and economically and (b) are the challenges if any, towards those endeavours?
Reply:
South Africa is one of the biggest economies in Africa and has always been an attractive destination to citizens from neighbouring countries seeking better economic opportunities. Although South Africa, the region and Africa face similar challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment, South Africa is seen as providing better economic opportunities. Inevitably this has also attracted illegal and irregular migration.
South Africa’s Foreign Policy priorities are centred on the region first and in Africa, being cognisant of the fact that South Africa’s prosperity and her ability to address inequality, poverty and unemployment are interlinked and inseparable to that of the region and Africa. In this regard, South Africa has bilateral engagements with all the countries in the region and eight countries have engagements on the highest level of Bi-National Commissions. It is through cooperation within these mechanisms that South Africa seeks to address the challenges within the areas of peace and security, social, economics and politics.
08 June 2021 - NW1594
Gumbi, Mr HS to ask the Minister of Tourism
(1)What was the purpose of the Ministerial cook off with Mr Somizi Mhlongo on 17 May 2021 ahead of the Budget Vote of her department; (2) whether any State resources were used to host the event; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what amount did the event cost, (b) from what budget were the funds obtained and (c) on what statutory grounds did she rely in this regard?
Reply:
(1) The Ministerial cock-off was part of the pre-Tourism Budget Vote departmental awareness activities, showcasing the work of the department in terms of the participation of graduate Chefs from its training programmes as well as promoting a culture of eating out particularly at township establishments.
(2) (a) The event cost was R150 000,00 (One hundred and fifty thousand rand) covering the venue and mobile kitchen hire, event staffing, safety and event compliance requirements, the stage, sound system, food supplies, exhibition setup, publicity including live-streaming of activities and sound system.
It is also important to state that there was no payment made to Mr Somizi Mhlongo and the department notes with concern the general public perception that he benefited from the event, which is not the case.
(b) The funds were obtained from the Chief Directorate: Communications from its 2021/22 MTEF allocation.
(c) The Tourism Act, No 3 of 2014 provides for development and promotion of tourism in South Africa.
08 June 2021 - NW1579
Winkler, Ms HS to ask the Minister of Tourism
Whether her department has engaged with the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to address the issue of (a) sewage spills and water course pollution that is severely impacting tourism, for example the status of blue flag beaches, and (b) dam and river pollution that has an impact on sporting events such as the Duzi Canoe Marathon; if not, (i) why not and (ii) how does her department intend to address the specified problem; if so, what are the details of the plan to address the impact of water pollution on tourism?
Reply:
The management of water resources and water infrastructure is the competency of the relevant Local Authority and the Department of Water Affairs and Sanitation as well as the relevant Water Board. The matter of sewerage spills and water pollution are usually addressed by these competent authorities. Where these matters are raised directly with the Department of Tourism, they are then brought to the attention of the competent authorities for resolution. It is suggested that the Honourable member refers her question to the Minister of Water Affairs and Sanitation as well as the relevant Provincial and Local Authority.
08 June 2021 - NW1580
Winkler, Ms HS to ask the Minister of Tourism
(a) How is funding to community tourism organisations (CTOs) determined and (b) what (i) are the criteria that a CTO must meet to qualify for funding and (ii) is the consequence management plan for municipalities that fail to pay legislated funding to CTOs?
Reply:
The Honorable member is referred to previous responses to Hon HS Gumbi, Question numbers: 467,468,469,651 and 652, as tabled on 21 April 2021 in this regard.
The Department of Tourism does not keep data on Community Tourism Organisations. The Department’s point of entry to community organisations is through Provincial and Local government with due recognition of the concurrency of the tourism legislative mandate. The Department maintains this approach as it has worked effectively in terms of outreach and engagements with local tourism communities as well as from an intergovernmental relations point of view. Thus, the department acknowledges concurrent legislative competence and that local govenment is responsible for the development of local tourism including matters related to community tourism organisations.
a) How is funding to community tourism organisations (CTOs) determined.
Community Tourism Organisations (CTOs) are independent associations based on voluntary participation by their membership. The organisations are responsible for their own operations including financial aspects thereof. The Department of Tourism does not fund CTOs.
b) (i) and (ii) Not Applicable
07 June 2021 - NW1463
King, Ms C to ask the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
What (a) total number of returning students at (i) universities and (ii) technical and vocational education and training colleges did not receive National Student Financial Aid Scheme funding during the 2021 academic year and (b) were the reasons for non- funding?
Reply:
a) (i) 93 532 TVET college students
b) (ii) 52 992 University students
Un-funding Reason |
TVET Colleges |
Universities |
The academic pathway that is not funded as per the DHET guidelines for TVET colleges |
5 376 |
|
Highest qualification level already achieved |
|
22 014 |
N+ exceeded |
140 |
22 649 |
Student failed |
88 016 |
8 326 |
Student funded by other bursary |
|
3 |
Total |
93 532 |
52 992 |
07 June 2021 - NW1365
Thembekwayo, Dr S to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What (a) processes were followed in the appointment of a certain person (name and details furnished) in the Gauteng Department of Education and (b) are the reasons that the candidate recommended by the panel was not appointed for the specified position?
Reply:
(a) and (b) The question asked falls within the Executive Authority of the Member of Executive Council (MEC) for Education in Gauteng Province, not the Minister of Basic Education.
07 June 2021 - NW581
Spies, Ms ERJ to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
In light of the fact that her department’s annual statement reflected that an amount of R372,4 million was spent on consultants for the 2019-20 financial year, what (a) is the name of each individual consultant, (b) total amount was spent on each consultant and (c) is the specific service that was provided and/or rendered by each consultant?
Reply:
It should be noted that the above expenditures marked A, B, and C were incurred using the services of the suppliers and NPOs appointed through Community Work Programme.
SUPPIER |
SERVICES RENDERED |
AMOUNT |
SEKELA XABISO |
AUDIT SERVICES |
R5 019 449,89 |
AUDIT COMMITTEE |
AUDIT COMMITTEE SERVICES |
R962 101,00 |
THEMBALETHU |
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY SERVICES |
R8 613,50 |
TOP MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS |
COMMUNICATION SERVICES |
R199 594,40 |
PRICEWATER COOPERS |
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
R408 405,88 |
INSIKA |
SAFTEY AND HEALTH SERVICES |
R41 800,00 |
SAYM |
ORGANISATIONAL ADVISORY SERVICES |
R129 277,06 |
VARIOUS IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES (CWP) |
RESEARCH & ADVISORY SERVICES |
|
ALEXANDER FORBES |
RESEARCH & ADVISORY SERVICES |
R16 319,40 |
SAQA |
VERIFICATION OF QUALIFICATIONS |
R641 414,73 |
MAGAGSON BUSINESS ENTERPRISE |
TRANSLATION & TRANSCRIPT SERVICES |
R644 257,98 |
ISILUMKO STAFFING |
RECRUITMENT SERVICES |
R2 123 291,63 |
ADVERT & RESPONSE HANDLING HCM |
RECRUITMENT SERVICES |
R221 005,13 |
FEMPOWER PERSONNEL |
RECRUITMENT SERVICES |
R16 701 942,96 |
OBVIOUS CHOICE |
RECRUITMENT SERVICES |
R728 206,45 |
ULTIMATE RECRUITMENT |
RECRUITMENT SERVICES |
R209 656,70 |
GIJIMA HOLDINGS |
RECRUITMENT SERVICES |
R24 351,00 |
VARIOUS IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES (CWP) |
RECRUITMENT SERVICES |
(B) R7 401 633,17 |
PALMER DEVELOPMENT GROUP |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
R748 991,50 |
KIJAMI DEVELOPMENT CC |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
R1 613 586,40 |
RESILIENCE GLOBALE |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
R199 507,80 |
21ST CENTURY PAY SOLUTIONS |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
R106 375,00 |
BONAKUDE CONSULTING |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
R7 647 703,69 |
KAGISO TRUST |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
R9 214 315,20 |
DBSA |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
R14 585 171,24 |
NKONKE TRADING |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
R11 010 020,00 |
BIGEN AFRICA |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
R9 939 051,27 |
DATAWORLD |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
R7 898 684,21 |
DUCHARME |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
R3 146 100,00 |
UBAC |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT FEES |
R10 800 000,00 |
VARIOUS IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES (CWP) |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT FEES |
( C ) R243 280 602,79 |
TOTAL
|
372 365 731,25 |
07 June 2021 - NW1446
Nodada, Mr BB to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
With regard to the fact that the annual School Realities report is normally published not more than three months into the next year, (a) what is the reason that the School Realities report for 2020 has not been published on her department’s website, (b) on what date will it be available and (c) what is the reason for the delay?
Reply:
(a) The design of the School Realities report has not yet been completed. However, the School Realities data has been approved by the Accounting Officer in October 2020 and is available from the Department.
(b) The School Realities report will be published by the end of June 2021 on the Department's website.
(c) School closures in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent suspension of normal programming in the Basic Education Sector, led to the delay.
07 June 2021 - NW1588
Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
(1) Whether her department has been informed of the Nico Bekker Intermediary School Hostel that is standing abandoned and vandalised in Williston in the Northern Cape; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what is the reason that her department has not intervened earlier; (2) what (a) is the total worth in Rand of repairs that the specified building needs and (b) steps will her department take against persons holding official positions in other departments who are found guilty of stealing state-owned property at the specified hostel; (3) what are the reasons that the building was transferred to the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture when it and was intended to be used as accommodation and/or a hostel for primary school learners?
Reply:
The question has been referred to the Northern Cape Department of Education and a response will be provided as soon as it is received.
07 June 2021 - NW1066
Van Der Walt, Ms D to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What is the current status of the Incremental Introduction of African Languages initiative in public schools and (b) how does her department intend to ensure that everyone’s right to receive education in the official languages and/or languages of their choice in public schools are realised?
Reply:
(a) The Incremental Introduction of African Languages (IIAL) continues to target schools that did not offer a previously marginalised official African language (2 584) and is currently being implemented in 2 144 (83%) schools. There is thus a shortfall of 440 schools. The IIAL strategy has been implemented in Grades 1-3, and it was supposed to move to Grade 4 in 2021. However, its implementation has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; and the Department of Basic Education's (DBE) primary focus has been and continues to be on fundamentals, which is the Home Language and the First Additional Language levels (reading and writing). It is worth noting that there are schools that are already implementing the IIAL strategy up to Grade 7, as evidenced through the 2021 Annual Performance Plan monitoring report.
(b) All the language related legislation, policies, programmes and strategies that are developed, adopted and used by the DBE advocate for learners to primarily learn through their home languages. Section 29(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa provides that "everyone has the right to receive education in the official language or languages of their choice in public educational institutions where that education is reasonably practicable." This Bill of Rights is further echoed by the National Education Policy Act (1996), the South African Schools Act (1996), and the Language in Education Policy (1997). The National Development Plan is also very explicit and recommends that learners' Home Language be used as a language of learning and teaching for longer.
The National Curriculum Statement Grades R-12 supports mother tongue education, particularly in the Foundation Phase where learners learn the critical foundational skills of reading, writing and counting. Consequently, African languages are mainly used as languages of learning and teaching in the Foundation Phase.
The DBE developed the Language Framework document, which aims to support the utilisation of African languages as languages of learning and teaching in the early grades and beyond.
Provinces continue to support and extend the use of mother tongue education. The Eastern Cape, forexample, initiated the Mother Tongue-Based Bilingual Education, wherein 2 024 schools are using IsiXhosa and Sesotho for learning and teaching beyond the Foundation Phase. Learners in these schools are taught Mathematics, Natural Science and Technology in their Home Languages of IsiXhosa and Sesotho. The 2020 Grade 12 learners, for the first time in the history of the NCS, had access to preliminary examination question papers in their Home Languages (IsiXhosa and Sesotho).
07 June 2021 - NW1444
Nodada, Mr BB to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What (a) are the criteria of the allocation schools to quintiles across the Republic and in each province and (b) percentage of schools (i) should be in each quintile in each province and (ii) are in fact allocated to each quintile in each province?
Reply:
What (a) are the criteria of the allocation schools to quintiles across the Republic and in each province and (b) percentage of schools (i) should be in each quintile in each province and (ii) are in fact allocated in each quintile in each province.
(a) The National Norms and Standards for School Funding (NNSSF) prescribes that the Provincial Education Departments (PEDs), when determining the relative poverty of a school and consequently in which quintile a school is placed, should base their decisions on the relative poverty of the community around the school, using national census data; and taking into account indicators, such as income; dependency ratio (or unemployment rate); and level of education of the community (or literacy rate). Schools may dispute the correctness of the poverty score assigned through representation to the provincial Head of Department.
The cut-off line between quintiles within a province is guided by the national poverty distribution table as provided in the school funding policy (Paragraph 111 of the NNSSF). This poverty distribution table basically determines the percentage of learners within a province which should be in the different quintiles.
(b)(i) Each year, the Minister of Basic Education publishes a national poverty distribution table, which also indicates the breakdown of the 60% of learners that would not pay school fees. Guided by that table, provinces are required to submit their list of schools that would be no-fee paying schools for the following year. The Minister also annually publishes the no-fee paying schools lists. The following Gazetted ‘national poverty distribution table’ or ‘poverty table’ should be used by provinces in determining how the target table (Paragraph 109 of the NNSSF) finds expression in each province. For example, Eastern Cape must consider the national quintile 1 target to be applicable to as many schools on the resource targeting list as it takes to cover 27.3% of learners, starting from the poorest school.
National Poverty Distribution Table |
||||||
Quintiles |
||||||
% |
1 poorest |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
EC |
27.3 |
24.7 |
19.6 |
17 |
11.4 |
100% |
FS |
20.5 |
20.9 |
22.4 |
20.8 |
15.4 |
100% |
GP |
14.1 |
14.7 |
17.9 |
21.9 |
31.4 |
100% |
KZN |
22.1 |
23.2 |
20.2 |
18.7 |
15.8 |
100% |
LP |
28.2 |
24.6 |
24.2 |
14.9 |
8 |
100% |
MP |
23.1 |
24.1 |
21.5 |
17.7 |
13.5 |
100% |
NC |
21.5 |
19.3 |
20.7 |
21.4 |
17.1 |
100% |
NW |
25.6 |
22.3 |
20.8 |
17.6 |
13.7 |
100% |
WC |
8.6 |
13.3 |
18.4 |
28 |
31.7 |
100% |
SA |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
100% |
(b)(ii) Percentage of learners that are in fact allocated in each quintile in each province:
Actual percentage of learners accommodated in each quintile in 2021 |
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Quintiles |
||||||
% |
1 poorest |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
EC |
33,11% |
20,00% |
44,90% |
1,00% |
1,00% |
100% |
FS |
28,61% |
22,75% |
28,88% |
9,58% |
10,17% |
100% |
GP |
14,83% |
15,32% |
18,21% |
21,09% |
30,55% |
100% |
KZN |
22,47% |
26,40% |
32,72% |
10,11% |
8,31% |
100% |
LP |
34,82% |
39,44% |
21,35% |
1,43% |
2,96% |
100% |
MP |
45,22% |
37,61% |
9,67% |
3,90% |
3,60% |
100% |
NC |
23,33% |
23,58% |
25,18% |
16,30% |
11,62% |
100% |
NW |
28,77% |
19,92% |
40,04% |
10,53% |
0,75% |
100% |
WC |
9,85% |
13,69% |
17,80% |
27,21% |
31,45% |
100% |
SA |
25,96% |
24,47% |
27,13% |
11,24% |
11,16% |
100% |
All PEDs accomodate more learners in no-fee schools than have been provided for by the policy. In 2021, approximately 87% of all schools have been declared as no-fee paying schools, accommodating approximately 83% of all learners nationally.
07 June 2021 - NW1120
Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Transport
What are the details of exemptions granted by the SA Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) to the SA Airways (SAA) in order to enable the SAA flights to and from Brussels to transport COVID-19 vaccines on or about 24 February 2021; (2) whether, given the exemptions for these flights granted by the SACAA, it is not a conflict of interest for the SACAA to investigate the Alpha Floor incident that occurred during the SAA flights to or from Brussels on or about 24 February 2021, as it may constitute SACAA investigating itself; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of action taken or to be taken to ensure that the investigation of the SAA Alpha Floor incident is independently investigated and reported; (3) what are the details of the person(s) and/or institution(s) that are investigating the SACAA aircraft that crashed near George in the Western Cape on 23 January 2020?
Reply:
South African Airways (SAA) wanted to conduct a flight and one of the regulatory provisions required to conduct this flight is the consideration to regain recency of the nominated pilots. Due to the fact that SAA’s Aviation Training Organization (ATO) has not been operational since 27 March 2020, the cessation of all SAA operations as of October 2020, and other factors the airline pilots needed to comply with the South African Civil Aviation Regulations (SACAR) in respect of training and recency before undertaking the planned flight.
SAA therefore applied for an exemption from the following provisions of the South African Civil Aviation Technical Standards as they relate to the crew training and recency:
1.1 SA CATs 121.03.2 2. (1)(a)(c) (d) and (g) - relating to approval of an external training facility.
1.2 SA CATS 121.03.1 point 3 (5) (v) to (viii) & (7) (ii) (cc) & (dd) - relating to external instructor qualification to conduct training for SAA pilots.
1.3 SA CATS 121.03.3 10.1- relating to pilots regaining recency.
1.4. SA CATS 121.03.3 3 This pertains to recurrent training:
The exemption was granted in respect of four pilots only.
In relation to the provisions of the exemptions: The SACAA is vested with the power to monitor and oversee safety and security in civil aviation. These powers are prescribed in legislation, being the Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009). This Act gives powers to the Director of Civil Aviation to consider and, where good cause is shown and after being satisfied that the safety has been properly mitigated, grant an exemption to any person or body from compliance with the provisions of the regulations and associated technical standards.
(2) In terms of Section 37 of the Civil Aviation Act, the SACAA has a duty to investigate any occurrence, which does not fall under the definition of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 13. This is an international standard practice by all National Aviation Regulators.
The primary distinction in this provision is that there was no damage to the aircraft, property nor injury to personnel.
The South African Civil Aviation Regulations (SACAR) state that:
Functions of Civil Aviation Authority
73. (1) The Civil Aviation Authority has the function of conducting the safety and security oversight of civil aviation in the Republic by—
(2) In addition to the functions referred to in subsection (1) the Civil Aviation Authority has the following functions:
(m) to investigate aircraft accidents and aircraft incidents that the Aviation Safety Investigation Board has determined not to investigate in terms of Chapter 4 and for purposes of regulatory compliance with this Act;
A conflict of interest cannot be confirmed before the cause of the incident is determined. The SACAA investigation extends beyond the Alpha Floor incident and encompasses the lack of timely reporting of the incident to the SACAA as required by the Civil Aviation Regulations.
(3) The Minister of Transport appointed an independent investigating authority for the ZS-CAR accident. The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Accident Prevention and Investigation Bureau was duly appointed.
07 June 2021 - NW1366
Thembekwayo, Dr S to ask the Minister of Basic Education to ask the Minister of Basic Education
What (a) engagements has she had with the parents and staff of the Theresa park Primary School in Pretoria, to find out what the relevant details were about the issues that led the parents to eject the principal from the specified school and (b) kind of assistance has her department given to the principal to deal with the trauma of her violent eviction from the school?
Reply:
This matter falls within the competence of Gauteng Department of Education (GDE); and as such I had to consult with MEC Lesufi.
(a) I am informed that MEC Lesufi visited the Principal, Ms Mabaso, at her home on 14 May 2021; and on the same evening, held a meeting with the School Governing Body (SGB) members and the SMT of Laerskool Theresapark. In this meeting, the SGB members (old and new) made submissions on the issue of the Principal. An independent investigation has since been instituted into the allegations of financial mismanagement, and the reported resignation of staff at the school.
(b) On 17 May 2021, the GDE Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) unit visited the Principal, Ms Mabaso at her home to provide support. She was advised to do self-referral and was provided with contact details.
04 June 2021 - NW1473
Sharif, Ms NK to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
(1) Whether her department has concluded any work exchange and/or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba from the 2010-11 financial year up to the 2020-21 financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) total number of Cuban nationals (i) have been employed in each of the specified financial years and/or (ii) are due to be employed in the 2021-23 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework period, (b) are the details of the work that each of the specified Cuban nationals was and/or will be employed to perform, (c) are the details of the specific skills sets that each of the specified Cuban nationals possessed and/or will possess that South African nationals did or will not possess and (d) are the details of the total cost of employing each of the specified Cuban nationals in each case; (2) whether her department took any steps to ensure that the specific skills set of the specified Cuban nationals were and/or will not be available in the Republic amongst South African citizens; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) steps taken and (b) outcomes of the steps taken in this regard?
Reply:
1. No, the department does not have any agreement with any agency of the Republic of Cuba in regards to exchange programmes.
(a) (i) Not applicable.
(ii) Not applicable.
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
© Not applicable.
2. Not applicable.
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
Regards
MS B D CREECY, MP
MINISTER OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
DATE: 4/6/2021
04 June 2021 - NW1490
Malatsi, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)Whether his department has concluded any work exchange and/or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba from the 2010-11 financial year up to the 2020-21 financial year; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) total number of Cuban nationals (i) have been employed in each of the specified financial years and/or (ii) are due to be employed in the 2021-23 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework period, (b) are the details of the work that each of the specified Cuban nationals was and/or will be employed to perform, (c) are the details of the specific skills sets that each of the specified Cuban nationals possessed and/or will possess that South African nationals did or will not possess and (d) are the details of the total cost of employing each of the specified Cuban nationals in each case; (2) whether his department took any steps to ensure that the specific skills set of the specified Cuban nationals were and/or will not be available in the Republic amongst South African citizens; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the (a) steps taken and (b) outcomes of the steps taken in this regard?
Reply:
1. The Department of Transport has never concluded any work exchange and/or employment agreements with any entity of the Republic of Cuba from the 2010/11 financial year to 2020/21 financial year.
The Department has no intention/need to enter into agreement with Cuban Government for skills acquisition of any kind during the 2021-23 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework period.
2. There are no skills sets identified by the Department of Transport that can be sourced from Republic of Cuba which are not available in South Africa hence there were no steps taken in this regard.
04 June 2021 - NW1503
Singh, Mr N to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Whether the newly implemented Post-Lockdown Economic Recovery Stimulus Package clearly stipulates the trade-offs associated by the proposal to transition to cleaner energy; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, how does it differ from previous policies on climate change and cleaner energy?
Reply:
Questions relating to energy security should be addressed to the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy.
Regards
MS B D CREECY, MP
MINISTER OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
DATE: 4/6/2021
04 June 2021 - NW1458
Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
Whether any gas-to-power projects have (a) applied for and (b) been granted generating licences by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa in the past five years; if not, why not; if so, in each case, what (i) is the name of each applicant, (ii) are the relevant details with regard to (aa) output capacity, (bb) location of the project and (cc) any other licencing requirements such as environmental approval and (c) is the current status of the project in terms of (i) financial closure, (ii) expected date of completion, (iii) offtake agreements and/or (iv) power purchase agreements?
Reply:
a) No gas to power projects were applied for in the past five years
b) No.
(i) See (a) above
(ii) See (a) above
(aa) See (a) above
(bb) See (a) above
(cc) See (a) above
c) See (a) above
(i) Not applicable
(ii) Not applicable
(iii) Not applicable
(iv) Not applicable
04 June 2021 - NW1504
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Social Development
Whether her department has been informed of the questions surrounding the qualifications of the newly-appointed North West Social Development Head of Department; if not, why not; if so, (a) has her department verified the qualifications, (b) how was the specified appointment made and (c) was due process followed during the appointment process?
Reply:
No, this matter falls under the purview of the Premier who is the Executing Authority responsible for the appointment at this level in the Province.
a) Qualifications of candidates are verified by the South African Qualifications Authority and I am advised by the Province that this was done as part of the recruitment process.
b) The appointment was made by the Premier following concurrence received from the Minister of Public Service and Administration.
c) The prescribed recruitment and selection processes for the appointment of the Head of Department was followed, as advised by the Provincial Department of Social Development.
In terms of the Public Service Act, 1994 and the 2016 Public Service Regulations the authority for the appointment of Heads of Department (HODs) at the provincial sphere of government rests with the relevant Premiers. In the case of the North West Provincial Administration, which is under section 100 of the Constitution, 1996 administration, the Premier, Prof. Job Mokgoro agreed in terms a protocol governing the Section 100 (1) (b) intervention in the Office of the Premier, that all of his administrative decisions will be subject to concurrence by the Minister for the Public Service and Administration (MPSA), before approval. This includes decisions to appoint HODs. Under normal circumstances, these decisions are not subject to consultation with Ministers at the national sphere of government, or Cabinet, as the case would be for the appointment for HODs at the national sphere of Government.
04 June 2021 - NW1553
De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Tourism
(a) What is the planned final deadline for the finalisation of the Tourism Recovery Plan, (b) what are the (i) timelines, (ii) time frames and (iii) deadlines for the finalisation of the plan, (c) how was the plan drawn up, (d) who was consulted, (e) what data was (i) obtained and (ii) used and (f) what are the budget allocations for each line item?
Reply:
(a) & (b) (i) – (iii) Finalisation of the Tourism Recovery Plan.
The Tourism Sector Recovery Plan was approved by Cabinet on 21 April 2021 and is a three-year recovery plan for the tourism sector ending in March 2024.
(c) How was the plan drawn up.
The Tourism Sector Recovery Plan was drafted in consultation with the entire tourism sector including private and public sector.
(d) Who was consulted.
Every South African was provided an opportunity to provide inputs into the Plan noting that the Plan was published for Public Comment in August 2020. This was in addition to focused and targeted meetings and webinars with both public and private stakeholders within the tourism sector value chain.
(e) What data was (i) obtained and (ii) used.
To properly baseline the pandemic’s impact a modified dynamic input-output table was used to model the effect of exogenous changes in tourism spending on final demand, This analysis approximated COVID-19 impact on tourism at a subsector level and enabled estimation of income and employment levels based on proposed interventions and stimuli. The model used existing data sources, amongst others, the Tourism Satellite Account and the Domestic and International Tourism Surveys. The model also drawed on survey data gathered during the development of the Tourism Sector Recovery Plan.
(f) What are the budget allocations for each line item.
Noting the fiscal contrains within Government and mitigating against the risk of not receiving any additional funding for the implementation of the Plan the Annual Performance Plans, for both the Department of Tourism and South African Tourism, focus on the implimentation of the priorities identified in the Tourism Sector Recovery Plan.