Questions and Replies

Reply:

I have been advised by SAPO as follows:

a) A total of 144 Post Office branches have been closed over the past five financial years.

b) Most of these branches were closed due to Network Optimisation strategy and only six were closed due to forced landlord evictions.

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Reply:

(a) The total number of persons who have overstayed their visas from 2015 to 2020 according to data from the Movement Control System is 527, 972. The trend has shown a decrease in the number of overstay hits in most cases. As an example in the following ports the trend has been as follows: In Beit Bridge the overstay figures for the period 2015 to 2020 has seen a reduction from 26,972 in 2015 to 11,695 in 2020. In Lebombo a similar trend from 9007 in 2015 to 4673 in 2020, whilst in Maseru Bridge the 2015 overstay figures were 10846 to 6225 in 2020.

(b) The estimated number of undocumented and/or illegal foreigners in South Africa is difficult to determine as there are those who are not recorded on any system as they may have entered the country clandestinely.

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I have been advised by the SAPO as follows:

1. The Toekomsrus vacant land has been identified for disposal, subject to the requisite governance and approval processes.
2. Municipal service charges amount to about R1 202 per month.
3. To date, SAPO have not received any complaints from the community, however this matter will be investigated and if necessary, reported to SAPS.

 

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

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a) The member is encouraged to provide specific details of the case mentioned in the question of September 2020 in order for a detailed response on same to be provided. Nontheless, it is important to highlight that the Department provides psychosocial services to victims of GBV, they are two issues involved in this regard. 1) is the provision of psycho social services to the victim of GBV. 2) The provision of Child protection services to the affected child. The latter entails assisting the victim to secure an interdict against the party that is taking away the child; in terms of section 151 and 152 of the children’s act, a child may be removed from a person to temporary safe care; the recourse therefore entails the provision of psycho social services to the victim of GBV and assisting the victim to secure the removal of the child from the perpetrator.

Over and above the Department of Social Development (DSD) is currently advocating for the establishment of the Victim Friendly Rooms/Facilities (VFR/F) in Police Stations across the country to address challenges of cases such as the one referred here. There are currently over 1000 Victim Friendly Facilities in Police Stations across the country. The DSD has currently resourced majority of the VFR/F within the Police Station with social work professionals who are capacitated to deal with cases of GBV. They are assisting in ensuring that GBV cases are not solely dealt with by SAPS members. But that social workers as mandated by the legislation, Children’s Act 38 of 2005 form part in provision of holistic services in these types of cases especially in ensuring that the best interest of a child is considered as of paramount importance at all times. Similarly, the victim as stipulated in the Victims Charter, should be offered information and has the right to be treated with fairness and with respect for her dignity and privacy.

Furthermore, the recent appointment and deployment of GBV social workers at provincial and local level is meant to limit cases of this nature whereby the rights of the victims are violated. With regards to the perpetrator, SAPS is mandated as a law enforcement agency to arrest perpetrators of an unlawful conduct such as violent crime. The Department of Correctional Services also has a critical role to play in terms of perpetrator reform. For example, there are various perpetrator programmes conducted within the correctional facilities including perpetrator programmes on issues of domestic violence.

Further, the department is currently developing legislation, viz, Victim Support Services Bill, that is aimed at protecting the rights of victims and affording victims support services as the situation may require. The Bill will provide for, amongst others, registration of victim facilities that will ensure provision of quality services to victims and a further protection of their rights in this regard.

b) (i) The Children’s Courts are managed and run independently of the Department and where these matters are adjudicated, the department only participates in the proceedings but the final verdicts and rationale thereof lies with the presiding officer. Thus, in the absence of the court judgment, it is difficult to ascertain what provisions did the court rely on in this regard; Even if the court relied on certain provision of the children’ s act; such provision would have been used taking various factors in ordinary cause of event. It must however be noted that there is no provision in the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 that indicates that a child can be transferred to another magisterial district without informing the mother and a social worker involved in the case. However, section 44 of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 states that the children’s court that has jurisdiction in matter of a child is the court in the area in which the child involved in the matter is ordinarily a resident. This means the court where the child is will preside over the case.

(ii) Section 35 of the Children’s Act provides for a co-holder of parental responsibility and right to inform the other party when there is an intention to move with a child from the address that is known by the other party. Where there is dispute over parenting, a parenting plan through mediation is supposed to be drafted and agreed upon by the co-holders of parental responsibilities and rights. The development of a parenting plan minimises dispute over parenting.

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1. The issue of mismanagement of royalties by collecting societies has been in the public domain for quite some time and recommendations were made for government to enact strong legislations that will compel all societies to properly account to their members and to government. The current situation is that only needle-time collecting societies are required to account not only to their members but also to the Companies & Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) on how they distribute royalties collected. Unfortunately, SAMRO does form part of these collecting societies, as it does not collect for needle time. The current process of amending the Copyright Act is aimed at, inter alia, providing a comprehensive approach towards addressing these issues. As a matter of facts, the proposed pieces of legislation (Copyright reformed legislation makes provision that all collecting societies are legally obliged to properly account to both their members and to the CIPC. We believe that the once the Bills which are currently in Parliament for further review are enacted, the situation will surely improve.

While the above process is unfolding, it is possible for members of the collecting societies to use other avenues such as the provisions that are in the Companies Act of 2008 to ensure that the Directors of these companies are held accountable for proper management of the company. Based on the provision of the Act, members can also submit their complaints to the CIPC on matters relating any alleged breach of fiduciary duties.

Despite all this, and noting the obligation that we have as a Department which demands that we protect our artists, the office of the DG has met with the management of all the collecting societies on 2 March 2021, this include SAMRO. There are a number of issues that were discussed, including the increase and usage of modern technology to management royalty collection and distribution; frequent distributions of royalties to ensure that artists access their income as soon as possible; commitment on the tracking and tracing system for unclaimed royalties - using various media platforms to reach out to those whom their royalties remained unclaimed. Of great importance, we have also agreed on the development and creation of government and corporate partnership programs to educate artists and the heirs about their works as managed by these collecting societies, this having noted that most of the artists are not aware of who exactly collects for what in all applicable musical rights. The actual plans surrounding the partnership programs will be unveiled as soon as the details become available.

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Since the inception of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), a service level agreement (SLA) has been in place between SASSA and the Western Cape Provincial Department of Health which includes the Garden Route district. The SLA makes provision for medical assessment services to be performed by the Provincial Department of Health for all disability related social assistance applications, for which they are reimbursed.

In 2018, the WC Department of Health indicated their inability to provide medical practitioners for provision of assessment services in the Garden Route district due to other competing priorities. SASSA then embark on a procurement process through an open tender process to recruit medical practitioners to service the area. However, this did not yield good results as only 4 doctors could be contracted to service the entire Garden Route District on a part time basis. One of the doctors who serviced Mossel Bay passed away and another who previously serviced Knysna is also no longer available for this area.

The Covid19 pandemic has had an immense impact on assessment services as doctors are mostly needed by the Provincial Department of Health.

Given the poor response to the open tender, SASSA approached National Treasury in 2019, for authority to deviate from the open tender process, and recruit doctors through a closed tender process. This involved sending bid requests for the required service directly to doctors registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa.

The above process has yielded some positive results, in that SASSA has now contracted 2 additional doctors to add to the 3 remaining contracted doctors. Services both in Mossel Bay and Knysna, commenced in March 2021.

Reply:

I have not been informed of the concerns raised by the Garlande Black Heritage, I will therefore not be in a position to respond whether the mining plants were visited by the health and safety labour inspectors.

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(a)(i) No Social Workers are specifically dedicated to perform these activities at National level. This is part of the functions provided by the Families unit at national level.

(ii) No Social Workers are specifically dedicated to perform these activities at Provincial level. Social workers perform comprehensive basket of services of which homelessness is one of them. Provinces are subsidising NGOs to provide services to homeless people

(b) Family and/or society reintegration success rate over the past five years.

Province	Family and/or society reintegration over the past five years
Eastern Cape	2 555 people benefited from reintegration services
Limpopo	74 people benefited from reintegration services, only 3 individuals are still in the shelter for homeless
Northern Cape	1 003 persons benefited from reintegration services
Western Cape	3 031 people benefited from reintegration services
Free State	902 people were reintegrated with their families
Gauteng	583 beneficiaries from permanent funded shelters were reunified with their families
Kwazulu-Natal	3 940 people were reintegrated with their families
North West	231 people benefited from reintegration services

(These are responses received from some provinces, others have not responded as yet.)

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a) According to information from PERSAL as at 15th February 2021, there are currently a total of 9477 Senior Managers employed in the Public Service. Out of this total, 3301 members do not have the required qualifications. However it needs to be stated that many Departments do not capture the qualification information on PERSAL and therefore the information in the tables below are skewed. The information also excludes the Department of Defence and State Security Agency.

b) A total of 5447 SMS members are employed in the National departments, 1987 of them do not have the required qualifications. These are from the following departments :

(i) NATIONAL

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development	227
Arts and Culture	1
Basic Education	5
Civilian Secretariat for the Police Service	11
Communication and Digital Technologies	17
Cooperative Governance	34
Correctional Services	67
Education	1
Employment and Labour	79
Environment, Forestry and Fisheries	107
Government Communication and Information System	8
Health	56
Higher Education and Training	52
Home Affairs	56
Human Settlement	46
Independent Police Investigative Directorate	9
International Relations and Cooperation	81
Justice and Constitutional Development	189
Military Veterans	4
Mineral Resources and Energy	31
National School of Government	10
National Treasury	64
Office of the Chief Justice	10
Office of the Public Service Commission	15
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation	16
Police	228
Public Enterprises	22
Public Service and Administration	32
Public Works and Infrastructure	67
Science and Innovation	44
Small Business Development	15
Social Development	39
Sports, Arts and Culture	22
Statistics South Africa	24
The Presidency	17
Tourism	23
Trade, Industry and Competition	128
Traditional Affairs	7
Transport	25
Water and Sanitation	78
Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities	20
TOTAL	1987

(ii) Out of a total of 4028 Senior Managers who are currently employed at various provincial government department, 1314 of them do not have the required qualifications as described by the aforementioned Directive and they are from the following departments in the following provinces:

EASTERN CAPE

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	12
Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism	17
Education	25
Health	47
Human Settlement	14
Office of the Premier	5
Provincial Treasury	1
Roads and Public Works	8
Rural Development and Agrarian Reform	15
Safety and Liaison	1
Social Development	15
Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture	12
Transport	13
TOTAL	185

FREE STATE

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture	18
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	12
Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs	8
Education	14
Health	19
Human Settlement	3
Office of the Premier	7
Police, Roads and Transport	15
Provincial Treasury	6
Public Works	9
Social Development	12
Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation	4
TOTAL	127

GAUTENG

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture and Rural Development	25
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	14
Community Safety	8
E-Government	26
Economic Development	14
Education	42
Health	57
Human Settlement	25
Infrastructure Development	31
Office of the Premier	34
Provincial Treasury	36
Roads and Transport	31
Social Development	22
Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation	16
TOTAL	381

KWAZULU-NATAL

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture and Rural Development	4
Arts and Culture	7
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	17
Community Safety and Liaison	6
Economic Development , Tourism and Environmental Affairs	25
Education	42
Finance	23
Health	28
Human Settlement	8
Office of the Premier	29
Public Works	11
Social Development	16
Sports and Recreation	6
Transport	24
TOTAL	246

LIMPOPO

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture and Rural Development	6
Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs	17
Economic Development, Environment and Tourism	19
Education	23
Health	46
Office of the Premier	6
Provincial Treasury	3
Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure	12
Social Development	4
Sports, Arts and Culture	5
Transport and Community Safety	13
TOTAL	154

MPUMALANGA

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs	6
Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs	5
Community Safety, Security and Liaison	5
Culture, Sports and Recreation	3
Economic Development and Tourism	9
Education	15
Health	31
Human Settlement	15
Office of the Premier	7
Provincial Treasury	11
Public Works, Roads and Transport	16
Social Development	8
TOTAL	131

NORTH WEST

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture and Rural Development	0
Arts, Culture, Spots and Recreation	0
Community Safety and Transport Management	7
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	1
Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism	3
Education	0
Health	6
Human Settlement	0
Justice and Constitutional Development	1
Office of the Premier	5
Provincial Treasury	0
Public Works and Roads	2
Social Development	2
TOTAL	27

NORTHERN CAPE

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development	1
Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs	1
Economic Development and Tourism	1
Education	4
Environment and Nature Conservation	0
Health	3
Office of the Premier	3
Provincial Treasury	1
Roads and Public Works	0
Social Development	3
Sport, Arts and Culture	0
Transport, Safety and Liaison	1
TOTAL	18

WESTERN CAPE

Name of Department	Number of SMS Members with qualifications below NQF Level 7/ Not captured
Agriculture	0
Community Safety	0
Cultural Affairs and Sport	0
Economic Development and Tourism	4
Education	4
Environmental Affairs and Development Planning	6
Health	9
Human Settlement	2
Local Government	2
Provincial Treasury	3
Social Development	5
The Premier	5
Transport and Public Works	5
TOTAL	45

(c) In order to rectify this situation, a Directive on Compulsory Capacity Development, Mandatory Training Days and Minimum Entry Requirements for SMS was issued to departments with effect from 1 April 2017, as determined in terms of Section 3(2) of the Public Service Act as Amended by MPSA. The Objectives of the Directive are:

1. To promote continuous professional development of members of the SMS;
2. To ensure that training on identified skills gap is implemented in departments;
3. To ensure that compulsory training programmes aimed at addressing the developmental needs of senior managers within the Public Service have been identified;
4. To promote and encourage SMS members to be trained in a structured manner;
5. To promote minimum entry requirements for appointment into the SMS through obtaining a compulsory Public Service specific qualification;
6. To achieve a highly competent SMS cadre; and
7. To strengthen the recruitment process at SMS level, inter-alia.

It is therefore, compulsory for the identified development needs of SMS members to be reflected in their Performance Agreements as Personal Development Plans. Departments must ensure that such developmental needs are addressed through ensuring that sufficient funding is made available for such interventions.

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A case docket was registered for a missing person, after Mr Moreng Checkers Mashego disappeared, on 17 November 2020, in the Kruger National Park, while on duty. The case docket was changed to an inquest, after clothing and equipment, including a radio and rifle were found. Samples found on the scene of crime were collected for identification purpose and dispatched to the South African Police Service (SAPS) Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL). The DNA result is outstanding

Reply to question 610 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOE)
Date: 2021-03-24

Reply to question 610 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
Date: 06-04-2021

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The South African Police Service (SAPS) has taken note of the initiatives by Corruption Watch and appreciates any initiatives by civil organizations in the fight against crime. However, the SAPS has already implemented a Complaints Hotline, to enable members of the public to report complaints against the SAPS and incidents of corruption maladministration within the SAPS. The “My SAPS” Application, provides more or less the same capabilities as the Corruption Watch initiative tool and provides members of the public with the contact details of police stations and offices, as well as the capability to report incidents of corruption.

Reply to question 647 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2021-03-19

Reply to question 647 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
DATE: 06/04/2021

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(a) A total number of 411 309 persons have been arrested, due to violation of the COVID-19 Regulations, between 28 March 2020 and 28 February 2021. The Disaster Management Regulations came into effect, on 28 March 2020.

(b) The racial categorization of the arrested person, are reflected in the table below:

 

Race	Total
African	308835
Coloured	83519
Asian	11282
White	7673
Total	411 309

 

Reply to question 611 recommended

GENERAL NATGIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2021-03-26

Reply to question 611 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
Date: 06-04-2021

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(a) A total number of 2116 gender-based violence cases were reported in Khayelitsha, in the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 financial years

(b) A total number of 141 gender-based violence cases were successfully prosecuted. This excluded not guilty verdicts and with alternative dispute resolution.

Reply to question 618 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2021-03-19

Reply to question 618 approved

MINISTR OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
Date: 06-04-2021

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a)  Since the introduction of the Performance Monitoring and Evaluation System in

2010 and the subsequent Medium-Term Strategic Framework, the Department has been engaging with universities through enrolment planning on their targets for scarce skills areas. In the new enrolment planning cycle, the targets for first time entering students into the scarce skills areas of engineering, life and physical science, human health, animal health and veterinary sciences, and teacher education are indicated in the table below:

Scarce Skills Areas	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Engineering	16 152	16 647	17 085	17 639	18 100	18 317
Life and Physical Science	16 948	17 161	17 584	17 391	17 459	17 614
Human Health	9 796	10 155	10 418	10 838	11 155	11 516
Animal and Veterinary Science	1 116	1 154	1 194	1 209	1 229	1 257
Initial Teacher Education	22 752	22 746	22 788	22 855	22 951	23 380

The targets for all undergraduate enrolments for the scarce skills are in the table below:

Scarce Skills Areas	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Engineering	77 062	77 003	77 158	78 916	80 796	83 019
Life and Physical Science	58 267	59 240	60 613	61 218	62 092	62 890
Human Health	47 411	47 488	47 597	49 120	50 406	51 926
Animal and Veterinary Science	5 001	5 208	5 343	5 469	5 592	5 729
Initial Teacher Education	136 272	139 733	142 893	144 791	147 471	150 117

770 Apprentices are being trained at 26 Centres of Specialisation at different Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges in 13 priority trades with 130

participating employers. A further 1 000 young people are expected to start in 2021 as apprentices. TVET colleges are being supported to be Trade Test Centres for occupational trades.

In response to the President’s State of the Nation Address, Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) have set targets to respond to the National Skills Development Plan and contribute to the post-school education and training system. Amongst others, four SETAs that are involved with artisanal and engineering interventions have set targets for the Medium-Term Strategic Framework.

Interventions	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Artisans	9 170	7 768	9 683	9 234	9 919
Engineering Learnerships	10 588	7 551	9 840	10 560	8 055
Recognition of Prior Learning	3 259	2 561	2 855	2 978	1 543
Work Integrated Learning	1 849	1 654	2 243	2 166	2 188
Bursary	4 112	1 474	1 876	1 880	1 886
Candidacy	703	386	812	885	896

b) All NSFAS qualifying students in approved undergraduate qualifications are provided with financial support for their studies, as long as they continue to meet the financial and academic eligibility criteria.

SETAs have made commitments to fund employers that partner with TVET colleges to take more apprentices as part of the skills strategy to support the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan. Funding of eligible learners will be done through discretionary grants given to employers and institutions of higher learning. SETAs will fund programmes or projects aimed at developing high-level skills such as managers, associate professionals and artisans amongst others.

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1. a. What is the progress of the investigation? The case is at Court of Senior Military Judge for trial.

b. What charges were brought against the SANDF Staff? Housebreaking and Theft and alternative charge of Negligent Loss of Firearms.

c. What is the total number of SANDF Staff who –

i.  were suspended? Fourteen (14) members.

ii. were charged? Fourteen (14) members.

iii. are still suspended but not charged? None.

iv. are still suspended and being paid their salaries? Six of the seven members that are still on suspension are receiving salary of which five members suspension are in process to be uplifted (As discussed with GOC SA Army Engineer Formation).

v. were charged and have appeared in a Court of Law? Fourteen (14) members.

2. What are the details of the munitions (a) stolen and (b) recovered? Eighteen (18) R4 Assault Rifles and three (3) 9mm Pistols ( 9mm Vector, 9mm Baretta and 9mm Star) were stolen of which eighteen (18) R4 Assault Rifles and two (2) 9mm Pistols (9mm Vector and 9mm Baretta) were recovered.

3. Whether any stolen weapons were recovered; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) where and (b) on what date did the recovery occur?

(i) Eighteen (18) R4 Assault Rifles and two (2) 9mm Pistols were recovered. The one 9mm Pistol that is still missing, was circulated.

(ii) On 08 February 2020 one 9mm Vector Pistol was recovered in Kwa-Thema and one R4 Assault Rifle was recovered in Springs. Thirteen R4 Assault Rifles and one 9mm Pistol were recovered in Daveyton on 09 February 2020. The last remaining four (4) R4 Assault Rifles were also recovered in Springs on 30 May 2020.

 

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(a)(b) and (c) The information is readily available. A request is made for extension of 14 working days, in order to provide the response

Reply to question 729 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2021-03-19

Reply to question 729 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
Date: 2021-04-06

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(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v) and (2)(a)(b)(c)(d)
There are currently no plans to convert the Nieu-Bethesda and the Middlewater satellite police stations into permanent police stations.

Reply to question 752 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2021-03-19

Reply to question 752 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
Date: 2021-04-06

Reply:

On 30 September 2020, payment to the Department of Defence was made in the amount of R105 545.46

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• NYDA to speak on the Covid-19 grant programme launched as a result of COVID;
• NYDA to speak to the 1000 businesses in a 100 days, and how success was achieved despite Covid. And what are the plans going forward.
• Department to mention how they managed to consult young people throughout the pandemic

The Department will continue to engage young people and other stakeholders using both physical and virtual means. This will enable us to meet our targets and also meet the constitutional obligation of consulting those affected by policies and laws. The right to consultation has been centermost during the pandemic through using technology to engage youth for them to provide input into policy and legislation being developed by the Department.

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Approved by Minister

Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP

Date _____________________

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I have been furnished with a reply to the question submitted, by Ms Thabang Mampane, Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission. I have requested the NLC provides a breakdown of the legal matters dealt with by the Commission and the total sum expanded on each specific legal matter, together with details of the law firm appointed.

Ms Mampane’s reply is as follows:

a) “The National Lotteries Commission is required to fulfil its mandate and ensure that the Commission performs its functions efficiently and effectively in compliance with this Act and any other applicable law. The budget spend over the past three financial years to ensure that the NLC provides guidance and support the Board applying the principles of openness and transparency, to advise the Minister on the efficacy of legislation pertaining to lotteries and ancillary matters, exercises its power to institute legal proceedings in order to properly discharge its functions and responsibilities, approach any court for any order the Board deems appropriate for effective regulation and enforcement of the Lotteries Act is detailed below. The rapid increase of the Legal and Investigations budget over the past three years is attributed to independent investigations as a result of increased media exposure and enforcement of the Third National Lotteries License, pursuant to ensuring that the National Lottery and Sport Pools are conducted with all due propriety and strictly in accordance with the Constitution, the Act, all other applicable law.”

FINANCIAL YEAR	LEGAL AND INVESTIGATIONS EXPENDITURE
	2016-17	R13 397 783.00
	2017-18	R11 382 274.00
	2018-19	R20 622 898.00
	2019-20	R30 544 437.00

b) “The Legal and investigations budget was reviewed to take into account Special Investigations Unit underway as well as the SkX Investigation commissioned by the NLC Board.”

FINANCIAL YEAR	LEGAL AND INVESTIGATIONS EXPENDITURE
2020-21	R36 500 000.00

c) “The following provides a total amount spent for law firms over the past four financial years, services procured in line with Public Finance Management Act prescripts.”

(i) Law Firms (Supplier Name)	(II) Total Amount Paid
Adams & Adams	R90,608.34
C Ngubane & Associates	R497,815.96
Circle Chambers Advocates	R864,655.38
Cowan Harper-Madikisela Attorneys	R857,360.26
Dabishi Nthambeleni Attorneys	R426,682.00
Denga Incorporated	R318,842.50
Diale Mogashoa Attorneys	R5,072,148.22
Gildemhuys Lessing Malatjie Inc	R2,317,053.99
Hammod Pole Attorneys	R1,631.36
Hogan Lovells	R2,689,296.40
Lawtons Africa	R2,438,352.70
Loliwe Attorneys	R278,797.02
Mafuyeka & Associates Inc	R448,500.00
Malatjie Kanyane Inc	R3,506,566.82
Malebye Motaung Mthembu Inc	R5,464,245.55
Manong Pilane Mokotedi Inc	R2,136,972.66
Maphosa Attorneys	R82,130.70
Mfenyane Attorneys	R119,503.50
ML Mateme Inc	R11,156,978.60
Moche Attorneys Inc	R3,121,699.23
Morare Thobenjane Incorporated	R4,972,993.38
Ndobela Lamola Inc	R19,036,324.49
Ngeno & Mteto Incorporated	R630,816.16
Nozuko Nxusani Inc	R133,405.56
NUPSAW	R247,337.01
Pabasa Adv Hor Modisa SC	R296,081.88
Padi Inc	R591,032.57
Poswa Inc	R535,353.24
RamulifhoInc Attorneys	R5,402,346.11
Raphela Incorporated	R550,039.89
Raphesu JL Attorneys	R816,816.00
Rooth and Wessels	R93,490.70
Rooth and Wessels	R253,135.81
Sekela Xabiso	R87,998.40
Sheriff Pretoria East	R118,916.33
Spoor and Fisher	R209,257.62
Voyi Ndumiso	R82,205.78

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Reply:

I want to bring to the Honorable Member’s attention that this reply is the same to PQ 466 asked by the member on 26 February 2021.

Ms Thabang Mampane, Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission has furnished me with the reply to the question submitted.

Ms Mampane’s reply is as follows:

(a)

FY	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
R’000	965’	676’	2 181’	8 039’	9 610’	23 017’	5 396’	12 422’	16 968’	28 337’

(b) &(c)

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Reply:

I have been furnished with a reply to the question submitted, by Ms Thabang Mampane, Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission.

Ms Mampane’s reply is as follows:

FY	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
R’000	Information unavailable	31 819’	23 085’	40 075’	22 825’	29 179’	30 652’	59 121’

 

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Reply:

(a) The key issues that are emanating from the National Youth Machinery meetings relate to progress on youth development interventions in the form of policies and programmes. In the meeting which was recently held on 02 March 2021, the following were discussed:

(i) Update on the launch of the National Youth Policy 2020-2030 (NYP2030) to create awareness on its approval and call for its implementation;

(ii) progress on the draft Monitoring and Evaluation Framework to track the implementation of the NYP2030. The aim was to solicit inputs from participants;

(iii) presentation on the Amendment of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Bill to solicit inputs from participants. The NYDA Act is amended to optimise and intensify delivery of services to the youth by making the NYDA’s broad mandate to be more focused, improve its governance and increase its reach through establishing NYDA’s offices and district and local levels in line with the District Development Model;

(iii) update on the draft Integrated Youth Development Strategy (IYDS) by the NYDA. The aim was to solicit further inputs from participants on the strategy which seeks to give effect to implementation of the NYP2030 through targeted programmes by government, business and civil society role players.

(iv) presentation of Techno girl Trust Program. The purpose of Techno Girl programme is to close the existing barriers of inadequate exposure of girls in the space of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The programme seek to reduce youth unemployment; provide second-chance; expose young people to 4IR; create needs innovative solutions; and provide youth with thorough training for businesses and employment opportunities. The purpose of the presentation was to solicit partnership in implementation of the programme.

(v) progress on the 4IR Youth Skills and Employment Initiative, which was presented to participants to appraise them that it will soon be presented to Cabinet. The initiative seeks to equip the youth with digital skills, so that South Africa and Africa, can reap the benefits from the 4th Industrial Revolution. The presentation was intended to encourage partnerships.

(b) The National Youth Machinery meeting was attended by youth focal persons in national line function departments; Offices of the Premiers; civil society organisations; South African Youth Council; and the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA). These attendees are the same participants who are targeted to attend all the National Youth Machinery meetings. The participants from business sector are also invited and attend the meetings on ad-hoc basis. The following are a list of organisations usually invited to send the representative/s to the meeting:

(i) Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (Chair and Secretariat);

(ii) Department of Social Development;

(iii) Department of Sports, Arts and Culture;

(iv) Department of Public Services Administration;

(v) Department of Home Affairs;

(vi) Department of Basic Education;

(vii) Department of Higher Education;

(viii) Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation;

(ix) Department of Economic;

(x) Department of Health;

(xi) Department of Minerals and Energy;

(xii) Department of International Relations and Cooperative Governance;

(xiii) Department of Small Business Development;

(xiv) Department of Employment and Labour;

(xv) Department of Justice and Correctional Services;

(xvi) Department of National Treasury;

(xvii) Department of Tourism;

(xviii) Department of Human Settlements;

(xix) South African Police Services;

(xx) Department of Communications and Digital Technologies;

(xxi) Department of Defence;

(xxii) Department of Employment and Labour;

(xxiii) Department of International Relations and Cooperation;

(xxiv) Department of Transport;

(xxv) Department of Public Works and Infrastructure;

(xxvi) Department of Small Business Development;

(xxvii) Department of Trade and Industry

(xxviii) Department of Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation;

(xxix) Department of Telecommunication and Postal Services;

(xxx) Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs;

(xxxi) The Presidency;

(xxxii) Offices of the Premiers in all nine provinces;

(xxxiii) National Development Agency

(xxxiv) South African Youth Council

(xxxv) National non-Government Organisations

(xxxvi) South African Local Government Association (SALGA)

(xxxvii)Black Business Council

(xxxviii) Business Unity South Africa

(xxxix ) Development partners (e.g. UNFPA, UNICEF, GIZ)

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Approved by Minister

Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP

Date _____________________

Reply:

1. Yes, the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALLRD) was responsible for identifying the Presidential Employment Stimulus Initiative (PESI) through an application process.

(a) Falls away.

(b) The Criteria used was dealt with in three distinct parts:

A: Compulsory Criteria;

B: Functional Criteria; and

C: Verification Criteria.

(2) Yes. The information on support packages is provided below. The support packages to subsistence producers was determined by the agricultural economists based on the following production sizes:

Commodity	Production size required for support
Vegetable and fruit	1 ha or smaller (smaller than 100 meters x 100 meters or one soccer field);
Maize/soya/cotton/sugar/ grain products/ other	1ha or smaller (smaller than 100 meters x 100 meters or one soccer field)
Poultry	Broilers	100 broilers or less
	Layers	50 layers or less
Livestock	Small Stock Units	25 animals or less
	Large Stock Units	5 animals or less
NOTE: Award sizes will range between R1000 and R9000, and are dependent on the commodity type applied for and verified production scale. The size of the non-financial e-voucher will be determined by the current scale of production after physical verification by the Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural development.

** Please note the verification process in underway **

Section C below unpacks the production sizes further.

Reply:

Yes, the visit was undertaken during the week of 23-26 March 2021 and the two districts being Namakwa and ZF Mgcau were visited. The findings of the visit was that indeed farmers who had applied for drought relief received vouchers to purchase fodder. A total of 3900 farmers across all categories have benefitted in all affected districts. The vouchers received by farmers were equivalent to more than 30 bags of fodder per farmer depending on the number of Livestock Units (LSUs) and this was confirmed by some farmers who were visited. The challenge reported by the farmers was that they are experiencing the aggressive infestation of Prosopis trees which consumes a lot of water. The province is working on this issue through the Land Care programme to eradicate the trees. The fodder bank project was also visited and it was indicated that more than 30 bales of 250kg were harvested and made available for the farmers. The fields were already being prepared for next planting of Lucerne which will be in May 2021. It was also observed that the recent summer rainfalls provided some relief in some areas across the province as there was noticeable veld improvement and also dams contained some rain water.

Reply:

(1) (a) Not in the Office of the Minister; (b) Not in the Office of the Minister as no employees requested approval to perform additional work; (i) not applicable; (ii) not applicable.

(2) Not in the Office of the Minister; all offers of employment stipulate that in terms of section 30(1) of the Public Service Act, 1994, they are required to obtain prior approval should they wish to perform any remunerative work outside the public service; (b) not applicable; (c) not applicable; (d) not applicable.

 

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Approved by Minister

Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP

Date _____________________

Reply:

1. The SANDF does not have members deployed to Mozambique.

Reply:

The National Youth Machinery meeting has been established at the national sphere of government, to coordinate youth development by all relevant stakeholders within the youth sector. It is a professional space to share information and showcase good practices. The meeting provides a platform to different stakeholders, to share information about their strategies, plans, programmes, and projects. The participants are youth workers who are mainly youth focal points from youth led and youth serving organisations.

The National Youth Machinery meeting consist of representatives from:

1. the National Youth Development unit in the DWYPD; to serve as the Convenor, Chairperson and Secretariat of the meeting;
2. the line function department responsible for youth development at the national sphere;
3. the youth units in the Offices the Premiers (representing each province);
4. the NYDA;
5. Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs;
6. the South African Local Government Association (SALGA);
7. the South African Youth Council (SAYC);
8. non-government youth led organisations; and
9. Representatives of the private sector.

There are similar structures at provincial and local levels, where provincial and local youth focal points representing Offices of the Premiers, provincial sector departments as well as district and local municipalities, also participate. The meeting participants are expected to engage directly with the clients they are servicing. This would mean that at provincial and local level, the youth workers (youth focal points), cascade information to majority of young people they are servicing including those residing in rural areas.

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Approved by Minister

Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP

Date _____________________

Reply:

On media engagements and roadshows on the National Youth Programme, the Department has already had numerous radio and television engagement on the work it does. These has no cost associated. The cost of future media engagements will be determined only in the absence of invitations to interviews.

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Approved by Minister

Ms M Nkoana-Mashabane, MP

Date _____________________

Reply:

Question 1

a) The Departments of Basic Education and Social Development are working together to develop a plan that will see the ECD function migrated from DSD to the DBE. Joint teams have been allocated to workstreams to deliberate on the technical detail and specifics. 

b) The ECD function shift to DBE is planned for 1 April 2022.

c) The details of the funding will be determined through the finalisation of the function shift process.

d) The Department of Basic Education will develop a Human Resource Development Strategy in the 2021/22 financial year, to detail with the professionalisation of the ECD workforce and its implications for ECD practitioners. 

Question 2

a) The availability of appropriate facilities is important in the provision of ECD services. In this regard, the Department of Basic Education will develop an Infrastructure Strategy to be implemented using the ECD conditional grant. 

Reply:

Section 17(4) of the MPRDA (as amended) provides that the Minister may, having regard to the type of mineral concerned and the extent of the proposed prospecting project, request the applicant to give effect to the provisions of section 2(d) of the Act, by substantially and meaningfully expanding opportunities to Historical Disadvantaged South Africans to benefit from the exploitation of the nations mineral and petroleum resources development.

Reply:

(a)  (i) 148 schools have been vandalised since the start of the current academic year; 

        (ii) 288 schools have be affected by the weather since the start of the current academic year.

(b)  The cost estimates to repair the schools affected by the weather is R196 695 374.01

Reply:

(a) 5.8% as at the end of February 2021

(b)The vacancy rate reported is in terms of the actual vacancies at schools in relation to posts that each school was allocated for 2021. Provincial Education Departments are currently redeploying educators that are additional to the allocated post establishments at some schools to schools that have vacancies. Once this process has been finalised and the residual vacant posts have been filled through appointment of educators from outside the system the actual number of vacancies will be lower than the current rate.

Province	Number of posts allocated for 2021	Vacant Posts	Vacancy Rate
Eastern Cape	50 705	3 718	5.4%
Free State	20 490	842	3.9%
Gauteng	64 950	2 282	3.4%
KwaZulu-Natal	87 351	7 274	5.7%
Limpopo	51 637	5 375	9.2%
Mpumalanga	32 543	2 161	6.1%
North West	26 556	1 433	5.3%
Northern Cape	9 181	354	4.5%
Western Cape	29 099	1 117	4.3%
Grand Total	372 512	24 556	5.8%

Source: PERSAL, February 2021

(c) 

(i) 2016

Province	Number of posts allocated for 2016	Vacant Posts	Vacancy Rate
Eastern Cape	53 998	1 739	3.2%
Free State	20 432	662	3.2%
Gauteng	59 848	684	1.1%
KwaZulu-Natal	86 356	2 712	3.1%
Limpopo	64 155	6 654	10.4%
Mpumalanga	32 783	792	2.4%
North West	25 329	1 200	4.7%
Northern Cape	8 678	2 252	26.0%
Western Cape	29 803	1 024	3.4%
Grand Total	381 382	17 719	4.6%

Source: PED Quarterly Report, September 2016

(ii) 2017

Province	Number of posts allocated for 2017	Vacant Posts	Vacancy Rate
Eastern Cape	54 747	4 593	8.4%
Free State	20 974	845	4.0%
Gauteng	61 761	580	0.9%
KwaZulu-Natal	90 698	1 710	1.9%
Limpopo	52 097	4 920	9.4%
Mpumalanga	32 700	644	2.0%
North West	25 908	666	2.6%
Northern Cape	8 231	512	6.2%
Western Cape	30 225	1 218	4.0%
Grand Total	377 341	15 688	4.2%

Source: PED Quarterly Report, September 2017

 

(iii) 2018

 

Province	Number of posts allocated for 2018	Vacant Posts	Vacancy Rate
Eastern Cape	54 026	4 497	8.3%
Free State	20 619	142	0.7%
Gauteng	60 302	1 243	2.1%
KwaZulu-Natal	86 420	412	0.5%
Limpopo	54 214	4 511	8.3%
Mpumalanga	32 799	552	1.7%
North West	25 906	560	2.2%
Northern Cape	8 039	326	4.1%
Western Cape	29 826	1 309	4.4%
Grand Total	377 341	15 688	4.2%

Source: PED Quarterly Report, September 2018

(iv) 2019

 

Province	Number of posts allocated for 2019	Vacant Posts	Vacancy Rate
Eastern Cape	54029	3 281	6.1%
Free State	20608	843	4.1%
Gauteng	60027	1 140	1.9%
KwaZulu-Natal	86737	2 729	3.1%
Limpopo	51724	5 101	9.9%
Mpumalanga	32651	538	1.6%
North West	26260	319	1.2%
Northern Cape	9046	296	3.3%
Western Cape	31246	1 445	4.6%
Grand Total	372328	15 692	4.2%

Source: PED Quarterly Report, September 2019

 

(v) 2020

 

Province	Number of posts allocated for 2021	Vacant Posts	Vacancy Rate
Eastern Cape	52 632	2 848	5.4%
Free State	20 240	343	1.7%
Gauteng	59 138	452	0.8%
KwaZulu-Natal	86 737	6 216	7.2%
Limpopo	56 468	4 538	8.0%
Mpumalanga	34 854	1 772	5.1%
North West	25 863	509	2.0%
Northern Cape	9 149	40	0.4%
Western Cape	28 944	101	0.3%
Grand Total	374 025	16 819	4.5%

Source: PERSAL, December 2020

Reply:

a) SA Tourism has regularly conducted media interviews on the topic with a wide array of media publications across online, print and broadcast. These interviews ensure that the message around the relaxation of travel restrictions filtered down either through the media publication or the promotion of the interviews via social media platforms.

Furthermore, SA Tourism is constantly liaising with counterparts in the private sector in order to align on efforts to ensure that the message filters down to the trade both nationally and internationally. The last meeting of this sort was held with the following private sector stakeholders, TBCSA, SATSA, SAACI and BARSA.

b) SA Tourism has communicated with Provincial tourism authorities, the private sector and media.

c) Please refer to ( a) above for the content.

d) Communication started shortly before the first COVID19 case in South Africa and continues to date as the country implements the Risk Adjusted Strategy to maintain a balance between lives and livelihood in the management of the pandemic.

Reply:

a) As part of reigniting demand, domestic tourism market has been prioritised for recovery of the sector. In this regard, the Department of Tourism and its entity SA Tourism are running a domestic tourism campaign. This is supported by the continuation of the Sho’t left campaign, which supports a deal driven and consumer based approach. It also includes outreaches by the Minister and Deputy Minister to take the campaign to some of the best attractions across the rural areas, small towns and townships that don’t always get as much coverage. Thus, there is only one domestic tourism campaign supported by various initiatives including support for compliance with COVID19 operational safety requirements. Going forward, the Department of Tourism and SA Tourism will add a domestic events campaign focusing on both business and other events.

B) Tourism sector jobs are accounted for through the Tourism Satellite Account and, also through estimates by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). The latest available figures are for 2019 from the WTTC, which indicate that direct employment was at 759,900 jobs, and combined (direct and indirect) employment was at 1,483,200 jobs. It is imporatant to note that in measurement of impact, such as employment, there is no separation between jobs from domestic tourist activities and those from activities by international tourists as services are provided to both tourists’ categories alike. However, the Department of Tourism anticipates that the jobs reported for the 2019 period would have been severely impacted upon by the outbreak of the pandemic.