Questions and Replies

Reply:

The Minister is still awaiting the background information from the Gauteng Provincial Department of COGTA on the matters raised by the Honorable Sarupen, which is necessary for the Minister to provide responses to the questions posed. However, subsection (2) and (3) of the question are matters within the scope of work of the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy as well as the Ministry of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries, respectively.

Reply:

(1) In terms of the Firearms Control Act No. 60 of 2000 an annual stock register must be provided to the Central Firearm Registrar at the end of each year. The South African Police Service (SAPS), Division: Firearms, Liquor and 2nd Goods and Central Firearm Registry conduct annual random inspections to confirm full compliance with the Firearms Control Act No. 60 of 2000. The SAPS inspection was last undertaken in September 2019.

(2) The audit conducted by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department took place over a lengthy period and was eventually concluded. However, as indicated above, this armory audit is conducted in terms of the legislation administered by SAPS and therefore, an accurate account of the audit can be requested from the Ministry of Police.

Background

PQ 195 emanates from PQ 129, which was published on 28 June 2019. Due to the unavailability of the information required to address PQ 129, two follow-up questions were posed by Honourable Waters and Honourable Dr Lotriet. The two questions respectively posed by Honourable Waters and Honourable Dr Lotriet are PQ 507, which was published on 23 August 2019 and PQ 180, which was published on 21 February 2020. In essence, PQ 507 and PQ 180 were a probe on the arms audit in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, which audit was in progress at the time when these questions were received.

The National Police Commissioner has been informed about the audit, and the national subcommittee has been established to resolve Official Institution’s Firearm related issues and is meeting on a regular basis. The meeting is chaired by Brig Bopape from SAPS’ Central Firearm Registry Unit and co-chaired by Brig Spies from the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) on behalf of all Metro Police Departments.

Based on the outcome of the audit, no action was needed against individuals within the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since this matter is about the National SAPS Central Firearm Registry and the Official Institution Firearm register that needs to be updated and corrected by the SAPS.

The EMPD is currently updating and modernizing its firearm policy in order to align with various legislative prescripts.

 

 

 

Reply:

a) (i) & (ii) The rand value of the backlog is indicated in the table below:

No	Type	Kilometres	Rand value (approx.)*
1	Backlog of Resurfacing/Rehabilitation	1352	R3.1 billion

*costs for rehabilitation and resurfacing increase year on year

b). The budget that has been set aside to deal with the above is as follows:

No	Type	Budget	Kilometres
1	Resurfacing/Rehabilitation	R248 million	106

The budget of R248 million has already been spent in the current financial year (2020/2021) for rehabilitation/resurfacing of 106km. Resurfacing is one of different methods of rehabilitation hence the two have been merged.

Reply:

a) The number of employees found to be possibly conducting business with the State was 482 at the end of February 2021, with eight (8) employees reported to be conducting business with the State in an official capacity (thus, having been appointed by a competent authority, as allowed in terms of Public Service Regulations, 2016, regulations 13(c)).

	A	D
	Departments	Number of Public Servants listed on CSD conducting business with an organ of state as at end of January 2021
1	KwaZulu-Natal	39
2	Gauteng	42
3	North West	13
4	Eastern Cape	71
5	Limpopo	41
6	Mpumalanga	43
7	Free State	25
8	Northern Cape	72
9	Western Cape	18
	Total Provincial Departments	364
	Total National Departments	126
	Grand Total	482 (8 in official capacity)

b) The specified:

(i) Employees disciplined:

Referred for disciplinary hearings	37 cases in the South African Police Service (SAPS); One (1) case in the Department of Social Development; Five (5) cases in the Department of Employment and Labour; and 11 cases in the Northern Cape Department of Health.
Outcome of disciplinary hearing	One (1) employee was suspended for three months without pay at the Department of Employment and Labour.
Criminal charges introduced	12 cases were referred for criminal charges in the SAPS.

(ii) hearings resulted in the dismissal of employees: To date there are no employees who were reported to be dismissed from their respective departments due to involvement in the conducting of business with the State.

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Reply:

1(a) The total number of children in payment in December 2020 without birth certificates was 24 756.

(b) The numbers per province are indicated below:

 

Province	Number
Eastern Cape	1 967
Free State	161
Gauteng	14 696
KwaZulu-Natal	1 637
Limpopo	275
Mpumalanga	584
Northern Cape	358
North West	99
Western Cape	4 979

2(a) The total number of children in payment in January 2021 without birth certificates was

28 178.

(b) The numbers per province are indicated below:

 

Province	Number
Eastern Cape	2 064
Free State	418
Gauteng	15 852
KwaZulu-Natal	2 080
Limpopo	353
Mpumalanga	665
Northern Cape	1 124
North West	193
Western Cape	5 429

3(a) The total number of grants for these children which were lapsed at the end of December were 1 792.

(b) The breakdown per province is as follows:

Province	Number
Eastern Cape	73
Free State	155
Gauteng	358
KwaZulu-Natal	302
Limpopo	37
Mpumalanga	32
Northern Cape	87
North West	575
Western Cape	173

4. Applications for social grants are accepted, where the applicant does not have the required critical documents, The applications are conditionally approved, with the applicant required to show proof of having applied for the required documentation, within a 3 month period of have applied for the grant. It is important to note that the applicant does not necessarily have to produce the required document within the 3 month period, but just produce proof of having approached the Department of Home Affairs to apply for the required documents. Should the applicant not provide that proof, then the grant is lapsed.

This action is taken to mitigate the risk of continuing to pay a grant to someone who does not qualify to obtain South African identity documents. However, SASSA is working closely with the Departments of Social Development and Home Affairs to determine alternative methods to mitigate these risks, without necessarily putting the responsibility on individual citizens.

The lapsings of the grants for the above children were initiated when the country was under level 1 of lockdown restrictions. However, as soon as the country moved back to level 3, discussions were entered into with the Department of Social Development to obtain approval to reinstate these grants. In addition, an agreement has been reached not to lapse any grants for any beneficiaries who do not have the relevant critical documents (both ID documents for adults as well as birth certificates for children) for as long as the state of disaster persists, regardless of the lock down level.

 

5. All 1 792 children’s grants which lapsed at the end of December were reinstated, with back pay for the month of January and paid in February 2021.

The total number of children’s grants for children without birth certificates in payment for February 2021 has increased to 29 064, as indicated below:

Province	Number
Eastern Cape	2 074
Free State	431
Gauteng	16 585
KwaZulu-Natal	2 108
Limpopo	367
Mpumalanga	671
Northern Cape	1 153
North West	203
Western Cape	5 472

Reply:

It is generally not possible in South Africa for the state, or any bank or company, to secure loan funding without paying interest except, possibly, for small amounts of concessional funding. No bank in South Africa is likely to lend to customers without covering the full cost of capital, including interest. Some institutions may be able to structure a small part of their loan market for non-interest or sharia-related lending but such lending is very limited, and uses other mechanisms to recover their costs.

The question of whether any state bank can lend at lower interest rates than commencial banks, and whether such a business model will be sustainable, and bring no additional risk to the fiscus, is a separate question that the management of each state bank has to consider, including the extent of non-performing loans and affordability of its customers. It is imperative that no state bank must be a burden on the fiscus and that all state banks must be able to generate sufficient own-revenue to fund their operations. State banks which engage in lending activities need to develop robust lending and risk management models, so that they do not depend on fiscal transfers, or impose losses on depositors. As such, no funds have been budgeted to fund any interest-free lending, by any bank.

a) The amount of funds budgeted to fund interest on the national debt is available in the annual Budget documentation, including the Budget Review.

(i) The total amount of funds that was budgeted to fund interest on the national debt in the 1995 Budget for 1995/96 was R39,5 billion.

(ii) The total amount of funds budgeted to fund interest on the national debt in the latest, 2021 Budget is R232,9 billion for 2020/21.

b) As announced in the 2021 National Budget, the cost of servicing government’s debt, at R232,9 billion or 11,3% of consolidated expenditure in 2020/21, and rising in the next few years, is not sustainable. Hence, in the 2021 Budget, government has undertaken several measures which are expected to stabilise government debt at 88,9% of GDP in the 2025/26 financial year, and for the ratio to decline thereafter.

Reply:

a) What measures have been put in place by her department to ensure that the non-compliance by many implementing agents have been addressed:

There were two main areas of non-compliance by the implementing agents. The first one had to do with providing supporting documents and invoices for money allocated to them for project implementation. The second one, also related to the first, had to do with reporting on their activities in relation to their Service Level Agreement.

In addressing the first non-compliance, the department implemented a process wherein the payments to NPOs fully accounted for any advances paid to them before further disbursements were made. The net effect was that for the year 2021, there was full compliance on all matter related to outstanding invoices. As a result of this practice, compliance related to invoices as measured by the suspense account is at 95%, with the balance being amounts disbursed later related to special projects.

In terms of previous year non-compliance, a special team comprised of NPOs and CWP staff was constituted to re-look and journalise the invoices related to financial years 2018/19 and 2019/20. This process yielded results that led to full accountability for these years. The Project is 90% complete, and what is left is eliminating any possible duplicate invoices and balancing to the financial system.

Regarding the non-compliance to the Service Level Agreement (SLA), various workshops were held with all the NPOs with the purpose of unpacking the SLAs and their responsibilities to that effect. All the reporting requirements were explained and the NPOs were assisted with the reporting templates. Currently there are no NPOs who are non-compliant as compliance to the SLA is linked to the financial accountability.

b) What will happen to the implementing agents at the CPW at the beginning of the 2021-22 financial year, especially those that have been seen not to comply with their service level agreements?

All the NPOs are compliant as stated above. Compliance with the SLA is linked to the NPOs’ eligibility to receive any funding from the department.

The contracts of all CWP Implementing Agents have been extended by six months starting from 01 April 2021.  

Reply:

Yes, accordingly, the incident was discovered on 01 January 2021 and reported to the Department of Water and Sanitation and other stakeholders as per the drinking Water Incident Management Protocol.

The Water Treatment Works (WTW) was immediately stopped and process units were backwashed, and the raw water sump was drained. The intensive monitoring programme to determine the extent of the contamination was instituted. A warning alert was sent to the public immediately to stop consuming water on 2 January 2021.

The WTW was recommissioned and determine suitable for operations as per the SANS 241:2015 on 03 February 2021.

Reply:

1. Yes, the Department of Traditional Affairs, has put legislative measures in place to visibly increase the role of traditional leaders as contemplated in Chapter 12 of the 1996 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa through the enactment of the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Act, 2019 (Act No. 3 of 2019) (TKLA) which will commence on 01 April 2021.

To visibly increase the role of traditional and khoi-san leaders as envisaged in Chapter 12 of the 1996 Constitution, particularly at local government level, schedule 3, section 7 of the TKLA empowers traditional and khoi-san leaders to meaningfully participate in the affairs of District, Metropolitan and Local Municipalities. In this regard, the traditional and khoi-san leaders elected to participate in municipal councils are empowered by the TKLA to among others:

a) Address municipal councils on any matter directly or indirectly affecting or traditional and khoi-san communities in their areas of jurisdiction of the relevant municipal council. Furthermore, these leaders should prepare reports on all matters affecting traditional and khoi-san communities discussed in the council meeting within three weeks of the municipal council meeting and submit to the Local House of Traditional and Khoi-San leaders and traditional councils. These two roles allocated to traditional leaders by the TKLA ensure that traditional and khoi-san communities are well informed about the municipal affairs and can also participate effectively in municipal affairs through traditional and khoi-san leadership;

b) Make recommendations and propose appropriate interventions in respect of service delivery within the areas of jurisdiction of the relevant traditional or khoi-san councils to ensure that service delivery needs of traditional and khoi-san communities are attended to and included in the municipal integrated development plans (IDPs);

c) Facilitate the participation of the relevant traditional and khoi-san communities in the any affairs of the municipality that requires or allows for public participation, including the affairs of ward committees;

d) Participate in the development of policy and by-laws at municipal level;

e) Alert the municipality to any current or threatening hazard or calamity in their areas of jurisdiction which affects or may affect the municipal areas;

f) Support the municipality and ensure participation of traditional and khoi-san communities in the identification of the specific service delivery needs of their communities;

g) Support the relevant municipality in promoting integrated local economic development; and

h) Support the relevant municipality with the implementation of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013.

Furthermore, the TKLA allocates a role to traditional leaders by empowering the institution of traditional leadership to enter into partnership and service level agreements for the benefit of their communities. In this regard, the institution of traditional leadership is empowered through section 24 of the TKLA to enter into partnerships with municipalities, government departments and any person, body or institution for socio-economic benefit of their communities.

2. The Traditional Courts Bill is a Bill that resides within the mandate of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. The Honourable member is advised to direct the question to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.

 

Reply:

1. The South African Police Service (SAPS) exercises executive authority over firearms and ammunition as regulated by the Ministry of Police, this includes the investigation of any loss or theft of such firearms and ammunition.

2. The Minister of Police may wish to make a statement on a matter.

Reply:

The total number of public servants absent since the Adjusted Level 3 Lockdown as from 29 December 2020 amounts to 322 818. The statistics as provided are up to and inclusive of 31 January 2021 (the latest date for which information is available). The figure is made up of employees utilising approved leave as provided for in the Public Service prescripts and as set out in the table underneath. It is important to note that when an employee is counted, it does not mean that the employee was on leave for the full period, e.g. 29 December 2020 to 31 January 2021. This means the person was on leave within the period indicated. Further, the person may have been on leave on more than one occasion in the period. In accordance with the leave provisions in the Public Service it is incumbent on employees to apply for leave and obtain approval prior to taking leave.

LEAVE TAKEN AS FROM 29 DECEMBER 2020 TO 31 JANUARY 2021
Leave Category	Number Of Employees
Adoption	7
Family Responsibility	13 307
Leave Without Pay	929
Maternity	1 513
Occupational Injuries/Diseases	406
Paternity	272
Permanent Incapacity Leave	28
Pre-Natal	632
Shop Steward/Office Bearer	90
Sick-Full Pay	48 576
Special	13 518
Temporary Incapacity Leave	198
Vacation - Full Pay)	243 342
Total	322 818

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Reply:

National Assembly Written Reply: 310 of 2021

a) The Department of Social Development is working with the Department of Basic Education on the ECD Function shift process. Both Departments recently briefed the Joint Portfolio Committees of Basic Education and Social Development, who noted the progress made by both departments in terms of the migration process and further called for a joint workshop to better understand the processes in terms of the policies and programmes of the ECD sector and the work being done by both departments to ensure that there is quality ECD services and support, being provided to the sector.

The following progress has been made in this regard:

(i) Diagnostic review: ECD diagnosis, validation and review Session with provinces were conducted to get a better sense of the status of ECDs and to determine the principles that would underpin the migration process. The findings thereof formed the basis for the establishment of 7 interdepartmental technical teams that are key in the migration process. These technical teams are;

(1) Human resources and Labour relations, (2) Finance and budgets,

(3) Legal and contracts,

(4) Movable and immovable assets,

(5) Data, information, monitoring & Evaluation,

(6) Stakeholder management and communication, and

(7) ECD programme implementation.

Governance structures: In addition to the 7 technical teams that have been established, an inter-departmental Project Management Team has been established and meets weekly. These structures have been decentralised at provincial level. In addition, the DGs meet on a monthly basis and joint meetings between Heads of Department of Basic Education and Social Development are held at least monthly to gauge progress with regards to each of the workstreams.

Legal and contracts: Concurrence was reached between the two departments regarding the scope of the function shift. Final proclamations, the President’s Minute and the President’s Note have been sent to the Office of the Chief State Law Advisor. Provincial proclamations have been shared with the State Law advisors in the provinces.

Human Resources (HR) and Labour relations: Both the departments have concluded arrangements HR at national level. The process of identification of human resources to be shifted with the function at provincial level is at different level due to its complexity. The social workers are generalists and are performing a range of functions in addition to ECD function. Progress in this regard is uneven, it differs from province to province.

Finance and budget: The budget lines that could follow the function has been identified and it includes grants & subsidies budget; Non Profit Organisation transfer budget; and capital asset budget. The budget relating to HR will be finalised after the HR matter has been finalised.

Data, information, monitoring & Evaluation: Identified databases, information systems, strategies and other information sets, programmes used to manage the function and analysed data on the scale of ECD provision in all provinces.

Stakeholder management and communication: The stakeholder engagement plan and communication strategy has been developed.

(ii) below are the envisaged timeframes the teams are working towards the implementation processes of ECD migration:

(b) The framework has been developed but cannot be availed as it is not yet for public consumption.

Reply:

The Department of Employment and Labour maintains statistics of registered local and foreign nationals for the purposes of Unemployment Insurance Fund collection and payments, those who were recommended for individual or corporate work visas, Compensation Fund collection and payments and for monitoring transformation in the labour market through our Employment Equity Reports.

The Economic Sectors are broad and may not necessarily align with Honourable van der Merwe’s list as it also contains economic sub-sectors and or industries.

Our statistics may not provide a true picture of the total number of people employed in some of the economic sectors and sub-sectors as it is not possible to maintain statistics of those that are not registered especially undocumented foreign nationals.

Reply:

a) The first Determination for the payment of headmen/women was issued in February 2014 and required such payments to apply with effect from April 2013. According to the Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), due to budgetary constraints the province was only able to start paying headmen/women in line with this Determination as from December 2016. There is thus a backlog of outstanding payments for the period April 2013 to November 2016.

b) The KZN Department of Cogta points out that it is not in a position to estimate or speculate as to when the matter may be heard in Court for the following reasons:

1. It is a Respondent in the matter and, accordingly, is not dominus litis (the initiator of the proceedings). It is the responsibility of the party who initiated the litigation to ensure that the matter is heard as early as possible;
2. Even then, the scheduling of matters is the prerogative of the High Court, which is informed by the number of cases requiring to be set down, their state of readiness to be heard, the availability of Judges, amongst other factors.

Reply:

The Honourable Member is requested to note that the Government has engaged with Mr. Khoi-San SA and the accompanying Khoi-San group since their arrival at the Union Buildings towards the end of 2018, with a view to update them on how the issues they have raised were being addressed. The group raised the following complex matters which cannot be resolved overnight, but various departments have since been seized with them;

a) Introduction of the Khoi-San languages in schools in all provinces;

b) Access to land for the Khoi-San through finalisation of land claims that they submitted 22 years ago;

c) Recognition of Khoi-San as a group and as opposed to classifying them as Coloureds; and ensuring that they will participate in Census 2021 under that categorisation and not as Coloureds;

d) Review the Traditional Courts Act’s jurisdiction to include the Khoi and San;

e) Declaration of the place where Mr. Adam Kok died as a heritage site; and

f) Renaming of the Port Elizabeth Airport after one of the Khoi-San leaders.

The relevant details of the responses are attached hereto as Annexure A.

Annexure A

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION NUMBER 362

DATE OF PUBLICATION: 19 FEBRUARY 2020

a) Introduction of the Khoi-San languages in schools in all provinces:

Government has previously reported on the ground-breaking work done by the Pan South African Language Board (PANSALB) to support the development and use of Khoi-San languages. This included the development of a Khoekhoegowab Glossarium which remains a valuable reference for language teaching, language acquisition and use, promotion, preservation and maintenance.

PanSALB is adapting the Khoekhoegowab Orthography rules into Nama Spelling and Orthography rules in order to train educators who will be able to educate children on the language and culture of the Khoi-San people. The San language is being gradually introduced in schools in the Northern Cape Province. The Department of Basic Education (DBE), in preparation for introducing the Nama language in schools with speakers of the language, developed the Grades 4-6 Toolkit. The Toolkit is being made available in the Nama language and the availability of the Toolkit is one of DBE’s concrete measures towards ensuring that the Nama language is offered in the schools.

b) Access to land for the Khoi-San through finalisation of land claims that they submitted 22 years ago:

Regarding the finalisation of land claims, this is work that is administered by the Department of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), and through its various programmes, the Department has confirmed that the Khoi-San communities have successfully claimed land in many provinces. Where there are enquiries about specific claims on which feedback may not have been received, such details should be provided to DALRRD for follow up and actioning as appropriate.

c) Recognition of Khoi-San as a group as opposed to classifying them as Coloureds; and ensuring that they will participate in Census 2021 under that categorisation and not as Coloureds:

The group raised concerns with the usage of the word Coloured as they deemed it offensive and derogatory. They therefore demanded that it be scrapped and replaced with what they regard as a more appropriate word to describe them, which is Khoi-San. However, we cannot ignore the fact that in our country there are people who self- identify as Coloured. Scrapping the word ‘coloured’ can therefore not just be a unilateral decision of government given the profound implications this may have for those who self-identify as coloured. However, for purposes of the country’s next Census, Statistics South Africa has advised that the manner in which the question on race is posed will allow people to classify themselves in whichever group they identify with. Those who classify themselves as Khoi-San will thus indicate that and be coded as such.

d) Review the Traditional Courts Act’s jurisdiction to include the Khoi-San:

Regarding the demand on Traditional Courts, the Traditional Courts Bill, 2017(the Bill) is currently still before Parliament. This Bill was adopted by the Select Committee on Justice and Security on 18 November 2020. The Bill defines a traditional court as follows:

“traditional court’’ means a customary institution or structure, which is constituted and functions in terms of customary law, for purposes of resolving disputes, in accordance with constitutional imperatives and this Act, and which is referred to in the different official languages as—

(a) ‘‘eBandla’’ in isiNdebele;

(b) ‘‘Huvo’’ in Xitsonga;

(c) ‘‘Inkundla’’ in isiZulu;

(d) ‘‘iNkhundla’’ in siSwati;

(e) ‘‘iNkundla‘‘in isiXhosa;

(f) ‘‘Kgoro’’ in Sepedi;

(g) ‘‘Kgotla’’ in Sesotho;

(h) ‘‘Khoro’’ in Tshivenda;

(i) ‘‘Kgotla’’ in Setswana; and

(j) a tribunal for Khoi-San communities.

This definition recognises fora that may be existent in Khoi-San communities even if it is not called a traditional court but is a forum where disputes are resolved in the community. Therefore, Khoi-San communities will not be excluded from the operation of the Bill when it is finally enacted. However, should there still be concerns about the Bill, these should be raised through the transparent and participatory processes that underpin the manner in which Parliament works.

e) Declaration of the place where Adam Kok died as a heritage site:

On the demand to declare the grave of the late Adam Kok II as a heritage site, government has undoubtedly demonstrated its recognition of this great leader who is known to have fought against colonial encroachment in the central western regions of South Africa. As part of Heritage Day celebrations in 2018, our country witnessed the unveiling of a statue of Adam Kok II in Kokstad by the acting President at time, His Excellency Mr David Mabuza. The Department of Sports Arts and Culture will engage the South African Heritage Resources Agency to consider the grading and declaration of the graves of the late Adam Kok II and Adam Kok I.

This will be done within the context of the Khoi and San Heritage Route Project as well as the Resistance and Liberation Heritage Route Projects which are led by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture. The National Khoi and San Heritage Route is a national legacy project whose implementation was approved by Cabinet in June 2020. The route will identify, highlight, conserve, and promote the heritage of the Khoi, Nama, Griqua, Khorana, and San. This project contributes towards the acknowledgment of the previously neglected and marginalised South African communities.

f) Renaming of the Port Elizabeth Airport after one of the Khoi-San leaders:

On the possible renaming of the Port Elizabeth Airport after one of the Khoi-San leaders, the Department wishes to indicate that strides have been made in this regard. As from Tuesday, 23 February 2021, the Port Elizabeth Airport has been renamed by the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture and will from now on be known as Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport.

Government will continue to implement all these and other critical programmes to ensure that the plight of the Khoi-San communities is addressed.

End.

Reply:

1. The Department is not aware of officials who have been accused of acting with impunity in their maltreatment of inmates at Mangaung as well at Leeuwkop Correctional Centres. The offenders at Mangaung have access to JICS officials or platform to raise complaints and requests, including cases of assaults by officials. Departmental officials are employed to manage compliance with the Contract between Department of Correctional Services (DCS) and G4S Company.

The allegations in respect to Leeuwkop Maximum, this may have arisen from an incident where the DCS National Task Team conducted a search operation on 01 December 2020. All complaints emanating from this search operation were handled by the Head of Centre and the Independent Correctional Centre Visitor (ICCV) in line with the Complaints and Request Procedure of the DCS. The affected offenders were referred for medical examination and the South African Police Service (SAPS) were called for those who chose to lay criminal charges. The matter was also investigated by JICS.

(2) Yes, the Department has been in communication with the Department of Health and offenders are prioritised under phase 02 as Communicated by the President.

The following are other activities regarding vaccination rollout in Correctional Facilities:

• Training of DCS nurses that commenced from the 15 - 27 Jan 2021 by the National Department of Health was conducted;
• Vaccination fridges for the storage of vaccines and carriers for vaccine from the Pharmacy to the vaccine site are in the process of being procured.
• A list of consumable items was finalised and the pharmacy is in the process of procuring items that are not in stock; and
• Emergency medical services are available for management of emergency response.

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Reply:

(1) (a) The total number of Directors-General in national departments who are currently acting is ten (10).

(b) National Departments with acting Directors-General:

1. Department of Social Development
2. Department of Water and Sanitation
3. Department of Military Veterans
4. Small Business Development
5. The Presidency
6. Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
7. Communication and Digital Technologies
8. State Security Agency
9. International Relations and Cooperation
10. Office of the Public Service Commission

(2) In terms of the regulatory framework, Regulation 63 (2) of the Public Service Regulations, 2016 states that, “an employee directed to act in another post in terms of section 32 (2) should have the necessary competency for the post to which he or she is appointed to act”. As defined in the Public Service Regulations, 2016, Competency means the combination of knowledge, skills, behaviour and aptitude that a person can apply in the work environment, which indicates a person's ability to meet the requirements of a specific post. For purposes of business continuity meeting qualifications for a post for purposes of acting is not a requirement however, noting the definition, competency to perform the duties are.

(a&b) The names of the acting Directors-General and the Departments in which they are acting:

1. Department of Social Development: Mr L Mchunu
2. Department of Water and Sanitation: Mr T Belzar
3. Department of Military Veterans: Mr DM Mgwebi
4. Small Business Development: Mr L Mkhumane
5. The Presidency: Ms L Mxenge
6. Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
7. Communication and Digital Technologies: Ms N Jordan-Dyani
8. State Security Agency: Mr L Jafta
9. International Relations and Cooperation: Nonceba Losi
10. Office of the Public Service Commission: Ms IL Mathenjwa

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Reply:

(1) No irregularities were noted in the cancelled tender. The tender was cancelled in accordance with regulation 13 (1) (c) of the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, as no acceptable bids were received. All 150 bid proposals were disqualified for not achieving the mandatory requirements of the tender.

(2) None of the proposals met the mandatory requirements as outlined in the bid document.

(3) No.

Reply:

1. Yes, the DPSA has mechanisms to ensure Batho Pele principles are entrenched in the Public Service.

Chapter 10 of the Constitution mandates the MPSA to ensure professionalization of the Public Service with high standards of the professional ethics. To this effect, MPSA launched the Public Service Professionalization Consultation Process led by the National School of Government.

The Public Service Act 1994 empowers the MPSA to ensure transformation, reform, innovation as well as any other matters that improves the efficacy of the Public Service. Policy Frameworks such as The White Paper on Transformation of the Public Service (1995), The White Paper on Transforming the Public Service Delivery (1997) are central to the implementation of the Batho Pele Principles approach in the public service.

2. Amongst others, mechanisms to ensure Batho Pele principles are entrenched in the Public Service are:-

2.1. Public Service Charter (2013) which accelerates the Batho Pele policy as a social contract between the Public Service and organised labour in ensuring quality services to the citizenry.

2.2. National Batho Pele Forums consisting of both national and provincial departments coordinators.

2.3. Implementation of the “Khaedu” programme that is centred on the deployment of Senior Members Service employees to various frontline government department to monitor, ensure compliance and redress of the delivery of services to the people.

2.4. National Batho Pele Excellence Awards is one of the key mechanism that the DPSA host annually to celebrate those employees who has mastered the implementation of the Batho Pele principles.

3. Impact of the specified measures and/or mechanisms on the public service and its ability to deliver services to our people

3.1. The Department host the Integrated Government-Wide Public Service Month in September annually to lead the entire government in assessing the impact of public service delivery in line with the Batho Pele principles.

3.2. The major impact was demonstrated currently during the COVID-19 pandemic, where the public servants who are working in the front line were able to deliver quality public service by living the ethos of Batho Pele principles

END

Reply:

The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) has committed an amount of ~R95 million for COVID-19 biomedical research and innovation activities covering in the following fields of research:

Research field	Amount disbursed
a) Prevention and vaccines	R7 684 831
b) Repurposing of Drugs for Treatment	R8 483 130
c) Convalescent sera	R4 571 244
d) Understanding the disease	R2 877 495
e) Diagnostics	R16 491 509
f) Genomic Surveillance	R36 338 830
g) Wastewater Surveillance	R345 989
h) Surveillance /Epidemiology	R2 128 665
i) 501Y.V2 variant	R7 636 395
Total amount committed /disbursed	R86 558 088
Amount still to be allocated	R8 441 912

Reply:

(1) The Report of the Ministerial Committee on the Review of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme has been completed and submitted to the Minister. The Report will be published for public comment after a briefing and presentation to Cabinet. 

(2) The Minister will make a statement after the briefing and presentation to Cabinet.

Reply:

(1) (a) At national government, the average vacancy rate is 9%.

(b) At provincial government, the average vacancy rate is 12%.

Disaggregation per department is as per the attached Excel Spreadsheet.

(2) The vacancy rate does impact negatively on service delivery and this is not unique to the Public Service. Posts that remain unfilled do have an impact on the operational efficiency of an organisation. The average vacancy rate in the Public Service is approximately 12% which is above the set 10% target. The Department of Public Service and Administration monitors the vacancy rate and communicates with departments on the urgent need to fill vacant posts.

The Minister for the Public Service and Administration has addressed FOSAD on this matter and the Director-General of the Department of Public Service and Administration has presented the compliance report regarding the vacancy rate. Presentations made to FOSAD as well as the GSCID Cluster articulate the impact of vacant posts on service delivery and the non-compliance with legal prescripts, norms and standards on the filling of vacant posts.

The 2020/21 APP highlights Annual Compliance Report as one of the deliverables. This report identifies areas of compliance and non-compliance and most importantly, design technical intervention measures to support struggling departments. A partnership is being sought with the Auditor-General of South Africa to include vacancy management in the areas being audited as part of elevating the matter.

REPLY ORIGINATOR

Name: Mr M Wilson

Designation: Acting Deputy Director-General: Human Resource Management Development

Contacts: 082 903 0552

Recommended / Not recommended

Recommended / Not recommended

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Ms Yoliswa Makhasi

Director-General: Department of Public Service and Administration

Date:

Recommended / Not Recommended

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Ms Sindisiwe Chikunga, MP

Deputy Minister for the Public Service and Administration

Date:

Approved/ Not approved

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Mr Senzo Mchunu, MP

Minister for the Public Service and Administration

Date:

Reply:

(1) The quarterly (October 2020 to December 2020) turnover rate is 5,7%.

(2)(a) Turnover does have an impact on the delivery of services however there when a Head of Department exits office, an official is appointed in an acting capacity for business continuity.

(b) The departmental impact is that there is a required transition period in which the acting official needs to be briefed on the deliverables of a department to manage the responsibilities whilst in an acting capacity.

Regarding mechanisms, research has been undertaken on the turnover of Heads of Department and includes recommendations on their retention. The recommendations are to be presented to Cabinet once finalised.

End

Reply:

The Erf in question is curently the subject of discussions at the Inter Ministerial Committee on Land Redistribution and the response will be provided once the discussions are finalised.

I

Reply:

a) The date for the gazetting of the draft Animal Welfare Bill has not been set yet. However, as responded to Honourable Winkler to the same question under parliamentary question 2995 in 2020; due to a number of technical capacity constraints, complicated by the issues related to the Covid-19 pandemic situation, the envisaged introduction of the Bill to Parliament in the 2021/2022 financial year was postponed by a year. Consultation with stakeholders on the Bill will be undertaken during the 2021/2022 financial year.

b) The Socio-Economic Impact Assessment that was submitted to the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation is hereby attached.

c) The Bill is drafted by the Animal Welfare Working Group, which consist of the following officials:

• 1. Dr Mphane Molefe – DALRRD
  2. Ms Morongwa Senyatsi – DALRRD
  3. Dr Emmanuel Midzi – North West Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
  4. Dr Lea Shuda – Northern Cape Department of Agriculture and Land Reform
  5. Dr Christine Meintjes – KwaZulu Natal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
  6. Dr Themba Malatse – Limpopo Department of Agriculture
  7. Dr Faculty Baloyi – Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
  8. Dr Lungile Jali – Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform
  9. Dr Thelma Mokgophi – Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs
  10. Dr Jurgens Barnard – Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
  11. Dr Michael Swart – Western Cape Department of Agriculture.

It should be noted that the last two names on the list above have only recently joined the working group in 2020 and have not yet participated in the drafting of the Bill.

Reply:

a) There has not been any money spent fraudulently on the procurement of personal protective equipment.  The Department of Basic Education procured PPEs through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with the Private Party as per Regulation 16 of the PFMA.  As the Private Party cannot make use of the transversal contracts for PPEs and purchased PPEs from the open market, the Department has engaged with the Private Party with the assistance of National Treasury and has resolved any future pricing risk.   

b)

(i) Not applicable 

(ii) Not applicable

Reply:

a) There is no land held in the name of any traditional leader or traditional community in the Western Cape.

b)  Falls away.

c) Falls away.

Reply:

1. With regard to the Volmink Report on the selling of posts, on what date was the investigation (a) commissioned, (b) finalised and (c) submitted to her;

ANSWER

a) The Ministerial Task Team (MTT) on the Selling of posts was commissioned in September 2014.

b) The MTT Report was finalised in April 2016 and

c) The report was handed over to the Minister on 20 May 2016. However, at the time of the handing over of this report, there were still some forensic investigations that were pending. They were later subjected to a second phase investigation of the MTT in order to complete the remaining Chapter 3 and Addendum V of the report. Chapter 3 and Addendum V of the report was finalised in June 2018.

 

2. Whether the report will be (a) tabled to the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education and (b) made public; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, on what date;

ANSWER:

a) Subsequent to the release of the MTT Report on 20 May 2016, the Report was tabled at the Cabinet meeting to brief them on the report and its findings; the Portfolio Committee was also briefed on May 2016 and June 2017 about the findings and the actions to be taken by the Department to remedy the challenges emanating from the report. Lastly, presentations were made to both the Council of Education Ministers (CEM) and Heads of Education Committee (HEDCOM).

b) Yes, the MTT Report was gazetted and also made public on the Department of Basic Education’s website for easy access.

3. Whether the illegal activity identified in the report has been stopped; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?  

ANSWER:                                 

The identified cases of the alleged illegal activities were sent to the affected Provincial Departments of Education (PEDs). Due to the fact that the PEDs are the Employers of educators in the respective provinces, they were requested to conduct investigations or follow-up investigations into these cases and provide reports on each of the cases to the DBE.

Since the provincial investigations were commissioned, the number of allegations subsequently dropped. Currently, the  DBE has not received any further complaints of such illegal activities or allegations of individuals who participated in one or other form of corruption or selling of posts.

Reply:

(1) and (2) The process to determine the learner-classroom ratio, as determined through the Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure, is conducted annually by provinces based on the learner enrolment received from Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) for that particular year.  Provinces are currently conducting the analysis for inclusion in the User Asset Management Plans for the 2021-22 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), including the costing thereof.  The main reason for schools not complying with the prescript, can include an increase in enrolment or an insufficient number of classrooms to cater for the number of learners.  In both instances, mobile classrooms are provided to schools to address the influx.  Further response to the question will be provided as soon as provinces conclude the analysis and submit the information.

Reply:

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

Reply:

(a), (b) (i) (ii) No. The National Department does not collect information on teacher attendance as part of its monitoring framework and therefore has not set up systems to collect such information on a regular basis. The Honourable Member is requested to direct the question to the Provincial Education Departments.

Reply:

1. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has reported as follows:

a) In the past five financial years, since 2016, a total number of 180 employees requested permission to perform remunerative work outside the public service or normal working hours, in terms of the Directive regulated by the Public Service Regulations of 2016. However, it should be noted that some of these employees applied for an approval more than once as the approval is only valid for a period of a year from the date of approval.

b) The table below provides a summary according to job title or work category for 2016/17 to 2020/21 financial years:

Item No.	Total number of applications received from officials requesting permission to perform work outside normal working hours	(ii) Total number of officials permitted to perform work outside normal working hours
	(i) Job titles or Work Categories	Number of Approved Applications	Number of Disapproved Applications
1.	Accounting Clerks	5	0	5
2.	Administrative Clerks	57	0	57
3.	Administration Heads (level 9)	1	0	1
4.	Administrative Officers	11	0	11
5.	Assistant Directors	14	0	14
6.	Assistant Financial Operations Managers	3	0	3
7.	Assistant Master	2	0	2
8.	Assistant State Attorney	0	1	1
9.	Audit Manager	1	0	1
10.	Chief Accounting Clerk	1	0	1
11.	Chief Administrative Clerks	4	0	4
12.	Court Intermediaries	4	1	4
13.	Court Interpreters	6	0	6
14.	Court Managers	7	2	7
15.	Deputy Directors	12	0	12
16.	Deputy Master	1	0	1
17.	Directors	4	0	4
18.	E-Scheduler Clerk	1	0	1
19.	Family Advocate	1	0	1
20.	Human Resource Practitioner	1	0	1
21.	Internal Auditors	3	0	3
22.	Legal Administration Officers	2	0	2
23.	Maintenance Investigators	2	0	2
24.	Maintenance Officers	2	0	2
25.	Master: Supreme Court	2	0	2
26.	Messenger	1	0	1
27.	Principal Legal Administration Officer	1	0	1
28.	Provisioning Admin Clerks	2	0	2
29.	Registrar	1	0	1
30.	Registry Clerks	2	0	2
31.	Secretaries	2	0	2
32.	Senior Secretaries	2	1	2
33.	Senior Assistant State Attorneys	2	0	2
34.	Senior Communication Officer	1	0	1
35.	Senior Court Interpreters	2	0	2
36.	Senior Human Resource Officer	1	0	1
37.	Senior Legal Admin Officer	1	0	1
38.	Senior Training Officer	1	0	1
39.	Social Workers	2	0	2
40.	State Accountants	3	0	3
41.	State Law Advisors	2	0	2
42.	Vetting Administrator	1	0	1
GRAND TOTAL	174	6	174

2. As indicated in the table above, 174 of the application requests were approved and only six (6) were disapproved.

a) The Department is guided by the Directive on other remunerative work outside the public service issued by the Department of Public Service and Administration, together with the relevant legislation that include Public Service Act and Public Service Regulations. This directive is implementing section 30 of the Public Service Act (Act No. R103 of 1994). The Department may take appropriate disciplinary action in instances where contravention of the policy is established.

b) Applications are considered and approved or disapproved by the Deputy Director-General: Corporate Services in terms of the Departmental Delegations.

c) The Labour Relations Unit in the Department has confirmed that there was no disciplinary processes taken against any employee who contravened with the Directive on performing other remunerative work outside the public service without permission in the past five (5) years. And lastly, the Directive does not require the Head of Department to report to National Treasury on misconduct in relation to performing other remunerative work outside the public service. The Department reports statistical information to the Department of Public Service and Administration and Public Service Commission, as the normal process on reporting in terms of the relevant prescripts – in this instance, disciplinary matters by Director: Employee Relations.

Reply:

a) Eastern Cape: 45; Free State: 21; Gauteng: 132; KwaZulu-Natal: 75; Limpopo: 35; Mpumalanga: 18; Northern Cape: 08; North West: 32; Western Cape: 67.

b) No, there are guidelines for the resourcing of inclusive education.

c) Yes.

Reply:

1(a) GBV is addressed through the provision of comprehensive sexuality education, access to sexual and reproductive health services implemented in secondary schools including a focus on prevention of alcohol and drug use and learner pregnancy (now also COVID-19) as risk factors to GBV. In primary schools, activities mainly focus on raising awareness of social justice and vulnerabilities such as reporting of abuse and support for GBV-affected learners.

(b) The Comprehensive Sexuality Education lessons broadly are delivered through a total of 80 lessons (implying 80 hours) in the Lifeskills and Life Orientation subject, throughout the schooling life from Grade 4 to 12. Of the 80 lessons, 29 (36%) of these specifically address GBV.

(c) In Primary Schools with younger learners, it starts with addressing bullying, safety of the body, protecting personal space, prevention of rape, reporting of sexual abuse and sexual harm, with the view of empowering the potential victim. Gradually, as the learners progress to higher grades, the topics in the Intermediate Phase begin to introduce issues of bullying, sexual abuse, sexual grooming, skills for bullies to change, this is coupled with identification and linking to services for learners at risk. In the Senior Phase, the lessons begin to introduce the construction of gender, consent, power and control in relationships as well as assertive communication. In the Further Education and Training (FET) phase, the lessons address in depth the issues of gender construction, consent, power and control in relationships as well as assertive communication. These messages communicate both to the potential victim and perpetrator with the view of challenging their attitudes in the communities.

2. Yes

Reply:

                                

Response

With regard to legal cases that her department was involved in during the (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20 financial years 

 

2018-2019 financial year

Answer: The Department had 38 cases on its litigation register at the end of the 2018/2019 financial year.

 

What (i) was the cost in each case, (ii) was the total cost to her department, 

Answer: The Department did not spend on each case.In many of the cases the Minister is cited with the MECs and in such cases the cost is covered by the province.The Department spent R 1 459 000 in litigation cost in the 2018/2019 financial year.

 

(iii) was the reason for each legal case, 

Answer: There were 8 cases relating to contractual disputes;9 cases relating to claims for injury or death of a learner; 10 cases relating to constitutional or administrative law issues;one case relating to pension payment of an educator; 2 cases relating to examination issues; 1 case each for defamation, copyright infringement and motor vehicle collision and five cases relating to labour disputes of educators

 

iv) total number of cases did her department (aa) win and (bb) lose 

Answer: Many of the cases were ongoing or dormant, however the Department settled three cases, won one and did not lose any case.

 

 (v) what are the relevant details of any official of her department who was involved?

Answer: There are no officials who were directly involved in any of the cases. 

 

2019-2020 financial year

With regard to legal cases that her department was involved in during the (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20 financial years 

Answer: The Department had  42 cases on its litigation register at the end of the 2019/2020 financial year

 

What (i) was the cost in each case, (ii) was the total cost to her department, 

Answer: The Department did not spend on each case. In many of the cases the Minister is cited with the MECs and in such cases the cost is covered by the province.The Department spent R 12 853 000  in litigation cost in the 2019/2020 financial year.

 

(iii)What was the reason for each legal case,

Answer: There were 11 cases relating to contractual disputes; 10 cases relating to claims for injury or death of a learner; 6 cases relating to constitutional or administrative law issues; 1 case relating to pension payment of an educator; 7 cases relating to examination issues; 1 case each for defamation, copyright infringement and motor vehicle collision and  4 cases relating to labour disputes of educators

 

iv) total number of cases did her department (aa) win and (bb) lose

Answer: Many of the cases were ongoing or dormant, however the Department settled  two cases and lost one.

 

(v) what are the relevant details of any official of her department who was involved?

Answer: There were no officials who were directly involved in any of the cases.

Reply:

The Vangasali campaign is progressing fairly well and is scheduled to continue until at least end of March 2022. There are three phases to Vangasali, the first was data collection which happened between June and October 2020 and resulted in a database of 52,288 ECD services which includes centre and non-centre based services.

Phase 2 focussed on orientation of provincial, district and local officials from DSD and Environmental Practitioners at local level in preparation for phase 3.

The Phase 3 will then focus on the registration massification which will commence in 2021/22 financial year.

(a)Current status on registration:

PROVINCE	(i) NUMBER OF FULLY REGISTERED	(ii)NUMBER OF CONDITIONALLY REGISTERED	(iii)NUMBER OF UNREGISTERED SERVICES
EC	1 174	1 816	1 685
FS	310	972	1 674
GP	1 242	624	13 717
KZN	1 696	1 854	4 516
LP	478	3 021	2 695
MP	578	919	3 011
NC	95	197	660
NW	386	842	2 188
WC	850	635	4 839
TOTAL	6 423	10 880	34 985

 

(b)(i) The campaign was a success as the department was able to get the data base of the majority of ECD services that are not registered. This will assist the department in planning on assisting those services to be supported to register.

This database will be used in phase 2 of the project to drive registration massification and verify the existence of all these services.

Phase 2 began in October 2020 and builds on the great collaboration with Department of Health, Environmental Health Directorate that has been ongoing over the last four years. Phase 2 has so far resulted in the following:

• Orientation of 474 DSD officials and 160 Environmental Health officials on the Vangasali Registration Toolkit in all 52 districts/metropolitan municipalities
• Vangasali Social Service Professionals Manual on ECD Registration has been developed.
• 22,000 Standardised Vangasali ECD Registration Application Packs (available in 7 official languages) were printed and will be distributed to DSD Districts by end March 2021.
• ECD Registration Framework Rollout for ECD Service Assessment Visits has been developed
• Online ECD Registration Management Tool has been developed.
• Registration Jamborees have begun in 4 provinces and the remaining provinces will begin registration Jamborees this month once the ECD stimulus administration is complete. We are targeting 10,000 new ECD services to enter the registration system in the next 12 months.

Phase 3 of Vangasali is in the planning phase and involves bringing sector wide collaboration on resourcing and improving infrastructure at ECD services, drawing in the private sector, civil society and government resources into a focused effort on improving ECD services directly in line with norms and standards.

(ii) Some of the challenges that have been identified during the campaign include amongst the other:

• Duplications
• Missing information on the data base that makes it difficult to follow up on the service to be assisted.

The data has been cleaned to deal with the duplicates. The data is now instrumental during verification process on the ECD Stimulus Relief Package to check the applicants against the Vangasali data base.

Reply:

(a) Institutions are currently finalising the 2020 academic year whilst others are busy with registrations for the 2021 academic year. At this stage, institutions are unable to provide data/information for 2021 until the above processes have been concluded.

(b) With regard to NSFAS students, the information will be available once registrations and funding decisions have been made including funding decisions appeals and the outcomes thereof.

Reply:

(a) All continuing NSFAS qualifying students who meet the academic and financial criteria will be funded for the 2021 academic year.

(b) Funding decisions for first-time entering students are still in the process following the announcement of the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation on 11 March 2021.

(c) The Department has not yet received enrolment data for 2021 from Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges. Preliminary unaudited data will only be received at the end of April 2021.

Enrolments and registrations are still underway at many universities. The Department has not yet received enrolment data for 2021. Preliminary unaudited 2021 enrolment data will only be received at the end of April 2022 and final audited data at the end of July 2022.

Below are the approved Ministerial enrolment planning targets for 2020 and 2021.

Institution	Projected Targets
	2020	2021
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	35 498	37 027
University of Cape Town	28 037	28 174
Central University of Technology	18 255	19 098
Durban University of Technology	30 219	30 439
University of Fort Hare	17 310	17 673
University of Free State	40 271	40 519
University of Johannesburg	49 727	49 969
University of KwaZulu-Natal	47 726	46 829
University of Limpopo	21 995	22 561
Mangosuthu University of Technology	12 980	13 391
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	29 792	30 461
North-West University	63 065	61 054
University of Pretoria	51 978	52 134
Rhodes University	8 714	8 866
University of South Africa	376 000	376 468
University of Stellenbosch	31 690	32 380
Tshwane University of Technology	61 814	62 439
Vaal University of Technology	20 992	22 154
University of Venda	16 992	17 332
Walter Sisulu University	30 269	29 544
University of the Western Cape	24 800	25 060
University of the Witwatersrand	40 935	41 003
University of Zululand	17 920	18 636
University of Mpumalanga	4 218	5 217
Sol Plaatje University	2 512	3 278
Sefako Makgatho Health Science University	6 640	6 820
Total	1 090 350	1 098 526

(d) Institutions have different financial clearance concessions in place to deal with outstanding debt before students are able to be registered and to continue with their studies. The registration at various institutions is currently underway as are consultations with students. This information can only be provided upon the conclusion of these consultations and finalisation of the registration processes at each institution.

Reply:

The Department of Social Development has provided support to early childhood development (ECD) centres, which include ECD centres that could not generate any revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 and 2021 in the following ways to mitigate the impact of the minimum health, safety and social distancing measures to address, prevent and combat the spread of COVID-19 (including lockdowns) due to the national state of disaster:

• The provincial Departments of Social Development, by direction of the Minister of Social Development continued with the payment of subsidy to 626 574 children accessing registered funded ECD programmes through equitable share and conditional grant, irrespective whether they were open or not.
• The conditional grant for ECD’s infra-structure component (as this could not proceed under the lockdown restrictions) was repurposed to provide essential protective personal equipment (PPEs) to assist ECD centres to comply with COVID 19 health and safety requirements. A total of 13 780 ECD centres were supported.
• The Department of Social Development also applied for the Presidential Employment Stimulus as a measure to support the ECD sector, an amount of R496 million was received from the National Treasury in this regard. The allocation seeks to minimise the loss of income, support continued operation and reduce the risk of permanent closure. This is implemented through ECD Employment Stimulus Relief Fund (ECD-ESRF) with a focus on providing additional financial support towards the ECD workforce as part of a once-off temporary intervention, through ECD programmes. The ECD-ESRF will provide 108,833 ECD related workers with income support through about 28,283 existing ECD programmes (registered and unregistered centres and programmes) that applied to this Fund. The process for the payment of those who applied and verified is currently underway.

Reply:

1. Based on the list provided previously on night and Victim Empowerment Programme (VEP) shelters, the Department of Social Development (DSD) in response to question (a) and (b) does not have shelters neither any plans to establish exclusive shelters to accommodate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and other sexuality and gender diverse (LGBTQI+) victims of GBV. (i)Therefore there is no LGBTQI+ specific shelter in operation and (ii) nor any funded by the department.

The DSD subscribes to its obligation to provide psychosocial services, social protection, and respect for human dignity as well as promoting rights of all victims of GBV including LGBTQI+ community. Any shelter exclusive to accommodate LGBTQI+ community will therefore perpetuate forms of discrimination, including labelling, stigmatization and stereotyping thus exposing the said community to unnecessary victimisation. Furthermore, the DSD strives to ensure that services that are provided upholds the principle of no discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, culture, ethnicity and disabilities.

2. None, as all shelters on the list that was provided previously can accommodate LGBTQI+ community. The DSD recommends that the admission criteria in all shelters across the country be inclusive and not discriminate against anyone due to a person’s gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, culture, ethnicity or expression of gender identity. There are therefore no shelters that are for the sole use of the vulnerable members of the LGBTQI+ community that have been established by DSD. This approach is also based the principle of building social cohesion amongst diverse groups and minimize risk related to safety and security of an exclusive LGBTQI+ shelter in a community.

National Assembly Written Reply: 563 of 2021

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Approved by the Minister of Social Development

Date……………………….

Reply:

1. The South African Central Authority have put measures in place to prevent child trafficking by entering into inter-country adoption working agreements with foreign countries. In the working agreements there are post adoption services that are expected to be rendered by the accredited foreign adoption agencies for a period of five years to the children and adoptive families.

The foreign accredited adoption agencies are expected to compile post adoption reports twice in the first year then annually which are forwarded to the SA accredited adoption agencies and the SA Central Authority. Engagements on progress are in place on the wellbeing, adjustment and functioning of children and their families.

The Central Authority and the accredited child protection organizations do visit the foreign adoption agencies, Central Authorities and adoptive families to ensure compliance to post adoption measures. During the financial year 2019/2020, some of the officials from the Central Authority and accredited CPO visited Belgium and Denmark.

(2) (a) There are no steps that were taken against any service provider as they all complied with the legal accreditation requirements, none of the service provider will be allowed to provide adoption services if they are non-compliant.

(b) No steps were taken to rectify as the applicants complied with the legal requirements.

National Assembly Written Reply: 561 of 2021

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Approved by the Minister of Social Development

Date……………………….

Reply:

(a) Of the applications received, thus far no ECD programme has been identified as being closed with the requirement to commit to open within 60 days. However, the national Department of Social Development together with the provincial Departments of Social Development are currently in the process of conducting document and physical verifications. Thus, only after the conclusion of this process, the department will have an indication of the number ECDs that are currently closed and have committed to open within 60 days.

(b) Thus far, no ECD programme has been identified as being closed with the requirement to commit to open within 60 days.

(c) The Provincial Departments of Social Development will continue to provide assistance upon request where needed within their mandate to ECD programmes, including those, if any, that were closed and need assistance towards their re-opening.

Reply:

a) Universities have each put in place different measures to support students during the COVID-19 lockdown period that affected the 2020 academic year.  The information provided below is not specific to any one institution, but rather provides a system overview. Specific information would have to be obtained from individual institutions. 

According to the February COVID-19 lockdown monitoring report received by the Department, there were few students who remained disengaged from their studies. Universities adopted emergency remote multi-modal teaching and learning methodologies in line with their own resources and circumstances. In some institutions, this meant online learning and teaching support and in others the delivery of print-based teaching and learning materials. Many universities also assisted students with the acquisition of laptops and in the provision of data.  

Universities also utilised different strategies for assessments and put in place a number of different strategies to engage students. These include:

• Designating the first two to three months of 2021 to be an adjustment period (a catch-up period) including the identification of students with one or two modules outstanding for the completion of their degrees with the focus to provide additional support to students who were left behind in 2020. 
• Students received tuition and assistance and were also allowed the opportunity to resubmit assignments where applicable as well as sit for deferred activities or reassessments.
• Students who had not been in regular contact with lecturers were contacted through telephone calls, emails, and SMS. 
• Student leaders in some institutions also assisted to contact students who had been out of regular contact with universities. 
• Students who had struggled to engage with their studies during lockdown were able to return to campus when it was possible to return. 
• Some institutions scheduled supplementary examinations for February - March 2021. 
• Some institutions provided additional assessment opportunities for students who could not complete their assessments. 
• Extensions for the submission of continuous assessment tasks for students who were delayed by the late arrival of laptops.

b) During the 2020 academic year, the Department monitored teaching and learning at universities through a monitoring report, which will be redesigned for the 2021 academic year. This will allow the Department to report at a high level on some of the indicators, including access to data and devices. 

Three main types of programmes are offered at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges, i.e. NATED Report 191 Engineering Studies which are offered in Trimesters, NATED Report 191 Business and Services Studies which are offered in Semesters, and the National Certificate (Vocational) [NCV] which are offered as year programmes. In 2020, the Department took a decision to reduce the number of Trimesters offered from 3 to 2 and Semesters from 2 to 1 in order to cater for the loss of teaching and learning time during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown periods. The academic calendar for the NCV was extended.

For Report 191 programmes, those students who would not have managed to write their examinations in any of the trimesters and semester in 2020 would be accommodated in the normal academic trimesters and/or semesters in 2021. The NCV students who could not write their examinations in 2020 will have an opportunity to write their examinations during the supplementary period which runs from 08 March 2021 to 01 April 2021.

Reply:

The Department of Social Development is mandated by the NPO Act 71 of 1997 to create an enabling environment that create opportunities for the NPOs to thrive.

Note that the country was ravaged by Covid -19 pandemic, the NPO sector could not spared either. During the Covid -19 Pandemic, the Department took major strides in ensuring that the sector is taken care of. The Department has been able to strengthen and provide necessary support to non-profit organisations rendering vital services to vulnerable South African citizens.

In relation to funding of non-profit organisations (NPOs), several interventions were made by the National Department including issuing a circular that was sent to all Provinces in May 2020.

The Circular outlined the measures to be taken in order to avert the delayed non-payment and to speed-up processing of claims and allocation of funds to the Non-profit organizations (NPOs) for the 2020/21 financial year. As part of our support to Provinces, Provinces were advised to use the 2020/21 Service Level Agreements (SLA) and extend them for six months to enable them to pay first trenches.

The Department encouraged provinces to consider a two-tranche payment method, with guidance sought from the National Treasury as a way to speed the transfer of funds to deserving NPOs. The proposed tranche payment significantly reduced the administrative burden associated with processing the transfer payments.

This is considered in the light that most of the NPOs funded by the Department are rendering on-going vital services and as such have a good compliance record with the Department.

Towards executing the function of administering the Non-Profit organisation Act 71 of 1997, the Department ensured that there is continued provision of registration and report submission by NPOs. Due to limitations posed by different Levels of National Lockdown in terms of gatherings and face to face interaction, the Department initiated and strengthened online platforms to ensure continued support for non-profit organisations in the country.

A social media platform was also created to provide NPO related information and to respond to immediate queries posed by organisations. The Department also supported the NPO sector through a social media platform wherein “Know Your NPO Status Campaign” was launched by the Minister in November 2020.

The Campaign was launched through a Webinar and attended by the NPO Sector. The online interaction provided an opportunity for the Minister to engage with the Sector on pertinent issues affecting NPOs including mechanisms to improve compliance with NPO’s related legislations.

In addition; the Department also ensured that prioritisation for registration and issuing of compliant letters was given to organisations that intended to provide COVID related services to communities. Prioritisation of support to such organisations ensured that communities under distress due to COVID 19 pandemic were provided with required services.

National Assembly written Reply: (Question 83 for oral reply converted to written Question 602) of 2021

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Approved by the Minister of Social Development

Date……………………….

Reply:

(1)(a) Yes, there were staff members performing remunerative overtime duty during the past five financial years.

(1)(b) Information pertaining to staff members who have been performing such work during the period 1 April 2014 up to 28 February 2021is depicted in the attached Annexure A.

(2)(a) Remunerative overtime duty is permitted when prior approval is obtained on the pro forma “Request for approval to work remunerated overtime duty”; work performed is in excess of normal working hours; in circumstances where an abnormal high workload cannot be managed by other more cost-effective arrangements; or when an employee must perform the duties over and above his/her normal duties as a result of another employee who is on prolonged sick leave or maternity leave. Members of the Senior Management Service are not entitled to compensation for overtime duty. Employees may only perform remunerative overtime duty from date of approval by the delegated authority. The monthly compensation for authorised overtime duty may not exceed 30% of the employee’s monthly basic salary.

(2)(b) The authority to approve remunerative overtime duty has been delegated to the Chief Director: Human Capital Management.

(2)(c) None.

(2)(d) Not applicable.

National Assembly Written Reply: 522 of 2021

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Approved by the Minister of Social Development

Date……………………….

Reply:

1. As at the 28th of February 2021, a total of 39672 government employees had applied for the Covid 19 SRD grant. No disciplinary or legal steps have been taken against these government employees because investigations have not yet been concluded. Once the investigations are concluded SASSA will recommend to the relevant Heads of Departments to institute disciplinary action and also to recover money paid over to the individuals.

SASSA has received numerous complaints from people whose ID numbers were used to apply for the Covid 19 SRD grant without their knowledge. Some government employees submitted applications in order to test the system or to assist applicants to apply as all applications were submitted electronically.

The Auditor General flagged 241 government employees who received the Covid 19 SRD grant payment for May 2020. This happened at the inception phase when SASSA did not have access to all the relevant databases. Some of the databases were not up to date, partly because of the lockdown.

2. SASSA has not yet concluded the investigation into the cases that have been flagged by the Auditor General of South Africa. Once the investigations have been concluded, the fraudulent cases will be referred to the relevant government departments and SASSA’s Debt Management unit to recover the money from implicated people.

3. SASSA has implemented a system to ensure that government employees do not receive the SRD grant. Through this system, the applications of 39,672 government employees who applied for the SRD grant were declined.

Monthly, ID numbers of approved and new applications for Covid-19 R350 SRD grant applicants are matched against various databases such as the databases of government employees, namely PERSAL and PERSOL. If the ID number of the Covid SRD grant applicant appears in the databases of government employees, the application is declined.

SASSA is still awaiting the Government Employees Pension Fund database which will strengthen the ability to verify applicants.

 

National Assembly Written Reply: 697 of 2021

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Approved by the Minister of Social Development

Date……………………….

Reply:

a) The Department of Social Development provide funding to various programmes targeting all vulnerable group in society in terms the legislation and policy prescripts. (b) The criteria that is utilised for funding non-governmental organisations is designed to ensure that funded organisations (i) render services to the benefit of all vulnerable groups. There is no specific sets of rules that are for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex community. But the emphasis is on ensuring that services rendered are equitable, accessible, and transformative and promote social cohesion in the broader community. (ii) For example in relation to LGBTQI+ Community, the DSD provide ongoing sensitization training to frontline staff both the DSD and from non-governmental organisations as part of promoting non-discriminatory practices as well as mainstreaming of service delivery to respond to the needs of all vulnerable group.

National Assembly Written Reply: 564 of 2021

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Approved by the Minister of Social Development

Date……………………….

Reply:

(1) The Vangasali early childhood development campaign was not intended to determine if ECD services are temporary or permanently closed. It was aimed at confirming ECD services that are (a) registered (fully or conditional) and establish a database of those that are (b) unregistered in each province.

(i) National Treasury granted the department an allocation of R496 million as an ECD Employment Stimulus Relief Fund (ECD-ESRF). The allocation seeks to minimise the loss of income, support continued operation and reduce the risk of permanent closure. This is implemented through ECD Employment Stimulus Relief Fund (ECD-ESRF) with a focus on providing additional financial support towards the ECD workforce as part of a once-off temporary intervention, through ECD programmes. The ECD-ESRF will provide 108,833 ECD related workers with income support through about 28,283 existing ECD programmes (registered and unregistered centres and programmes) that applied to this Fund.

(2) The provincial departments of social development continue to submit monthly reports indicating the number of ECD programmes that have reopened. This include registered, conditionally registered and unregistered early childhood. These reports are consolidated and presented at Heads of Social development structure constituted by EXCO and provincial Heads of Department, chaired by the accounting officer of the department.

With the implementation of the ESRF, provincial social development offices will be monitoring the ECD programmes to determine whether the paid ECD programmes have reopened 60 days after receipt of the funds.

Reply:

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

Whether (a) his department makes use of private security firm	Whether (b) any entity reporting to him makes use of private security firm	If not, what is the position in this regard	If so, in each case, what is the:
			(i) name of each firm	(ii) purpose	(iii) value	(iv) duration of each specified contract?
The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) makes use of private security firm.	N/A	N/A	G4s Security Solutions (Pty) Ltd.	To provide 24 hour guarding security services.	The costs payable increase annually as per the Sectorial Determination. Total amounts paid from date of contract to September 2021 will be as follows: R1,344 million in 2018/19, R1,451 million in 2019/20 and R1,569 million in 2020/21.	Apr 2018 – Dec 2022
N/A	The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) makes use of private security firm.	N/A	G4S Security Solutions (Pty) Ltd.	Provide security services to all CSIR sites to protect people, knowledge, assets and property in cost effective and sustainable manner.	R67,2 million (excluding Value Added Tax).	Five years.
N/A	The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) makes use of private security firm.	N/A	ELDNA Security Services.	Security services.	R3,134 million.	Three years.
N/A	The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) makes use of private security firms at two of its sites.	N/A	Site 1: Securi-Team.	Provide 24 hours guarding and monitoring services	R1,857 million.	Five years.
			Site 2: Eulesaki	Provide security for the site, being a National Key Point.	R104 000 per month	Two years.
N/A	The National Research Foundation (NRF) makes use of private security firms at seven of its Business Units.	N/A	NRF Pretoria Head Office: Phuthadichaba Trading Enterprise.	Security and guarding Services at the NRF Pretoria Campus.	R3,159 million.	Five years.
			South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) Business Unit: Hi-Tec Security.	After hours alarm monitoring of buildings.	R45 312.	Three years.
			South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA) and South African Environment Observation Network (SAEON) Business Units: Red Alert.	Guarding Services at two separate sites.	R6,349 million.	Three years.
			SAEON Business Unit: Palsecurity Services (Pty) Ltd and Top Security Systems (Pty) Ltd.	Alarm system monitoring.	R15 057.	Two years and six months.
				Office security services in Kimberley.	R5 916.	One year.
			South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) Business Unit: Virtual Security.	Protection of grounds, access control, perimeter guarding and off-site monitoring.	R820 335.	Three years.
			South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Business Unit: Khulaluntu Security Hlokomela and Transport 2006	Guarding of premises.	R442 801.	One year.
N/A	The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) makes use of private security firm.	N/A	Khensani Security Services.	24-hour security services at the HSRC Pietermaritzburg and Cape Town Offices.	R3,869 million.	Three years.
N/A	The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) does not make use of private security firm.	ASSAf’s Office is located in Persequor Park, Pretoria. Security is provided by Eris, the property managers.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

(a)

Departm ent	(a) Whether your Department makes use of private security firms in the 2020/21 financial year, if not, what is the position in this regard?	(i) Name of firm	(ii) Purpose	(iii)Value	(iv) Duration
	Yes	Static Protection Services (National Skills Fund - NSF)	To render a 24/7 security guarding services, which includes access control, monitoring and patrol services	R464 000.00	4 months – 01 January 2021- 30 April 2021
	Yes	Ebukhosini TP Security (INDLELA)	To render a 24/7 security guarding services, which includes access control, monitoring and patrol services	R253 863, 72	4 months – 01 January 2021- 30 April 2021

(b)

Entity	(b) Whether your entity makes use of private security firms in the 2020/21 financial year, if not, what is the position in this regard?	(i) What is the name of each firm?	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration of each specific contract?
CHIETA	No. Security is provided by the landlord.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MICT SETA	No. Security services is	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Entity	(b) Whether your entity makes use of private security firms in the 2020/21 financial year, if not, what is the position in this regard?	(i) What is the name of each firm?	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration of each specific contract?
	included in the lease agreement with the landlord.
CHE	Yes	Titanium Security Services	Provision of security services: Guarding and armed response, with one security personnel during the day and one at night, the service is for 24 hours and 7 days a week.	R 1 055 092.44	1 April 2019 to 31 March 2022
FOODBEV	Yes	Selkirk Security Services Ltd	Access control services, such as: Preventing unauthorized entries to the office premises. Monitoring and recording all activity around a protected facility 24 hours a day.	R 347 912.35 (annualised value) R 317 552.35 (to date: 28 February 2021)	1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021
SAQA	Yes	Dikgaetsedi Security Services (Pty) Ltd Letiqa Twins Trading (Pty) Ltd	To protect SAQA’s building, movable assets, employees and clients. The risk is linked to the insurance premium.	R 4 066 214.04 R 5 055 553.26	1 March 2018- 28 February 2021 1 March 2021 – 29 February 2024
INSETA	Yes	Gilija Tactical	To provide security services to INSETA that	R 358 800.00	01 April 2020 to

Entity	(b) Whether your entity makes use of private security firms in the 2020/21 financial year, if not, what is the position in this regard?	(i) What is the name of each firm?	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration of each specific contract?
		Response	includes: Guarding INSETA premises and assets. Patrol services Screening staff and visitors for Covid-19 Doing other security screening to visitors		31 March 2021
		National security	To provide armed response and CCTV services	R 367 768.91	July 2020 to June 2025
PSETA	No	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EWSETA	Yes	Imvula Quality Protection Services	Safeguarding Cape House building in Marshalltown Johannesburg which is currently vacant	R 946 129.09	01 August 2020 to 31 August 2021
FASSET	Yes	ADT	Alarm system with response to the office building.	R 37 900.04	12 months
CATHSSETA	Yes	Jubzin Security Services	Provision of security services at its Head Office in Killarney (Johannesburg) and two (2) regional offices in the Kwa-Zulu Natal and Western Cape	R 848 240.00	8 months

Entity	(b) Whether your entity makes use of private security firms in the 2020/21 financial year, if not, what is the position in this regard?	(i) What is the name of each firm?	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration of each specific contract?
			provinces
Services SETA	Yes	Good Work Security (Pty) Ltd	To provide physical security, armed response and maintenance and repairs of the alarm and electrical fence at Services SETA Head Office.	R 2 916 000.00 per annum
		Exodec 365 cc	To provide physical security, armed response, maintenance, and repairs of the alarm at Services SETA North West (Klerksdorp) provincial office	R 342 240.00 per annum
		Rise Security Services (Pty) Ltd Bohlale Risk Protection	To provide physical security, armed response, maintenance, and repairs of the alarm at Services SETA Mpumalanga (Nelspruit) provincial office	R 340 313.82 per annum
			To provide physical security, armed response, maintenance, and repairs of the alarm	R 338 934.86 per annual

Entity	(b) Whether your entity makes use of private security firms in the 2020/21 financial year, if not, what is the position in this regard?	(i) What is the name of each firm?	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration of each specific contract?
			at Services SETA free state (Bloemfontein) provincial office
		Red Alert TSS (Pty) Ltd	To provide physical security, armed response, maintenance, and repairs of the alarm at Services SETA (Western Cape) provincial office.	R 308 221.90 per annum
		Nguwo Security Services	To provide physical security, armed response and maintenance and repairs of the alarm at Services SETA Eastern Cape (Port Elizabeth) provincial office	R 291 000.00 per annum
		Fuyatha General Trading	To provide physical security, armed response and maintenance and repairs of the alarm at Services SETA KZN (Durban) provincial office.	R 326 530.56 per annum
		TJ Protection Services	To provide physical armed response, maintenance, and	R 288 475.00 per annum

Entity	(b) Whether your entity makes use of private security firms in the 2020/21 financial year, if not, what is the position in this regard?	(i) What is the name of each firm?	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration of each specific contract?
			repairs of the alarm at Services SETA Northern Cape office (Kimberly) provincial Office.
		Nguwo Security Services	To provide physical security, armed response and maintenance and repairs of the alarm at Services SETA Eastern Cape (East London) provincial office.	R 291 000.00 per annum
FP&M SETA	Yes	Masutha Training and Security Services (PO/2020/7042)	Office Security - Covid-19 Management Covid-19 Management of IE Safety of Employees Managing Attendance of Staff and visitors Record keeping of who enters our offices, staff and visitors Sanitizing everyone Temperature	R 289 104.05	6 months

Entity	(b) Whether your entity makes use of private security firms in the 2020/21 financial year, if not, what is the position in this regard?	(i) What is the name of each firm?	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration of each specific contract?
			monitoring  Administration
		Masutha Training and Security Services (PO/2020/7372)	Office Security Covid-19 Management Covid-19 Management of IE Safety of Employees Managing Attendance of Staff and visitors Record keeping of who enters our offices, staff and visitors Sanitizing everyone Temperature monitoring Administration	R 278 754,05	6 months
		Mzansi Fire and Security (PO/2020/6950)	Arlam System and Arm Respond Services - Durban Office	R 13 456.56	24 Moths
		Cortac (Pty) Ltd	Alarm System and Arm Respond Services – Head office	R 10 532.88	Month to Month

Entity	(b) Whether your entity makes use of private security firms in the 2020/21 financial year, if not, what is the position in this regard?	(i) What is the name of each firm?	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration of each specific contract?
		National Security and Fire	Alarm System and Arm Respond Services – Cape Town office	R 11 711.88	Month to Month
SASSETA	Yes	Sinqobile Equestrian Security Services	Provision of security services	R 2 319 669.27	13 August 2018 - 31 October 2020
		Mphosha Security Services	Provision of security services including CCTV monitoring and armed response	R 5 724 590.47	28 October 2021 - 31 March 2023
AgriSETA	Yes	Eldna Security Services CC	To render Security Services at AgriSETA premises	R 1 196 436.57	1 April 2020 – 31 March 2023
HWSETA	Yes	ADT	Security and monitoring - Nelspruit	R 2 298.00	01 April 2020 – 31 July 2020
		Adams Analytical Detection and security	Security and monitoring - Nelspruit	R 4 073.91	01 October 2020 – 31 March 2021
		National Security	Security and monitoring - Mafikeng	R 1 476.00	01 April 2020 – 31 June 2020
		National Security	Security and monitoring - Mafikeng	R 4 740.00	01 October 2020 – 31 March 2021
		ADT	Security and monitoring - Bloemfontein	R 2 637.00	01 April 2020 – 31 July 2020
		National security	Security and monitoring -Bloemfontein	R 5 320.00	01 October 2020 – 31 March 2021
		ADT	Security and monitoring – East London	R 1 045.00	01 April 2020 – 31 June 2020

Entity	(b) Whether your entity makes use of private security firms in the 2020/21 financial year, if not, what is the position in this regard?	(i) What is the name of each firm?	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration of each specific contract?
		Hartwig and Henderson	Security and monitoring - East London	R 3 805.00	01 August 2020 – 31 March 2021
		ADT	Security and monitoring - Kimberley	R 2 259.00	01 April 2020 – 31 June 2020
		Top Security	Security and monitoring - Kimberly	R 3 428.67	01 August 2020 – 31 March 2021
		Mzansi Fire and Security	Security and monitoring - Durban	R 1 546.00	01 April 2020 – 31 May 2020
		Mzansi Fire and Security	Security and monitoring - Durban	R 3 059.94	01 June 2020 – 31 March 2021
		Axon Security	Security and monitoring - Midrand	R 2 414.00	01 April 2020 – 31 July 2020
		ADT	Security and monitoring - Midrand	R 3 778.00	01 October 2020 – 31 March 2021
		Chubb Security	Security and monitoring - Polokwane	R 2 108.00	01 April 2020 – 31 June 2020
W&RSETA (Head Office)	No. 24 Hour security is provided by the landlord for the Office Park.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
(Eastern Cape)	1. Yes, for the old premises. The lease agreement expired on 30 September 2020	Red Alert	Monitoring and Armed Response	R 582.52 Monthly	The contract ended on 30 September 2020
	2. Yes, in the new premises	Hartwig & Henderson Alarms (provided by the Landlord through	Monitoring and Armed Response	R 2 127.50 monthly	01 October 2020 - 30 September 2025

Entity	(b) Whether your entity makes use of private security firms in the 2020/21 financial year, if not, what is the position in this regard?	(i) What is the name of each firm?	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration of each specific contract?
(Free State)		the lease agreement)
	1. Yes, for the old premises. The lease agreement expired on 30 September 2020	Imvula Security Bloemsec (provided by the Landlord through the lease agreement)	Guarding, Monitoring and Armed Response	R 1 011.15 monthly for Guarding R 309.01 monthly for armed response	The contract ended on 30 September 2020
	2. Yes, in the new premises	Nkanga Security, Cleaning & Training	Provision of guarding services. This includes armed guarding	R 449 779.00 per annum	O1 February 2021 - 28 February 2022
(Kwa-Zulu Natal) (Gauteng North – Pretoria) (Limpopo)	1. Yes, for the old premises. The lease agreement expired on 30 September 2020	National Security	Monitoring and Armed Response	R 850 Monthly	The contract ended on 30 September 2020
	2. Yes, in the new premises	Fidelity ADT	Monitoring and Armed Response	R 6 607.90 Monthly	12 Months ending 30 September 2021.
	1. Yes, for the old premises. The lease agreement expired on 30 September 2020	Ubuntu Security Services	Monitoring and Armed Response	R 526.00 Monthly	The contract ended on 30 September 2020
	Yes	National Security	Monitoring and Armed Response	R 340.00 Monthly	On a month-tomonth contract until moving to new premises which is planned for June 2021

Entity	(b) Whether your entity makes use of private security firms in the 2020/21 financial year, if not, what is the position in this regard?	(i) What is the name of each firm?	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration of each specific contract?
(Western Cape)	Yes, at the new premises.	Mastiff Security Services (provided by the Landlord through the lease agreement)	Monitoring and Armed Response	R 3 140.00 monthly	01 October 2020 - 30 September 2025
LGSETA	Yes	Broubart Alarms National Security and Fire	For alarm system	R 3 372 annually R5 622 annually	3 years
ETDP SETA	Yes	Hlanganani Ezweni Trading and Projects, registration number: 2009/206402/2	General security services at North West Provincial Office	R 322 179.12	1 August 2018 to 31 December 2020
		Vuyani and Socks Security Reg no. 2006/162205/23	General security services at North West Provincial Office	R 96 000.00	1 January 2021 - 30 June 2021
		National Security and Fire Reg no. 1950/036293/07	Armed response security services at the Limpopo Provincial Office	R 11 508.96	Month to month until 30 June 2021 while the organisation is finalising process of appointing a new service provider
MQA	Yes. Our offices make use of a private security company, however the security contract is managed and paid by the	Anerley Road Body Corporate Security company	Guarding of premises	R 540 192.00 for 2020/21. This is the MQA portion of	1 year on an annual renewal basis

Entity	(b) Whether your entity makes use of private security firms in the 2020/21 financial year, if not, what is the position in this regard?	(i) What is the name of each firm?	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration of each specific contract?
	Body Corporate. We then pay our portion via our monthly management fee	name: 24/7		the annual expense
QCTO	Yes	i. Bidvest Protea Coin ii. PABC Security Solution	For the Alarm system One (1) physical security at the entrance of the building	R 852 per month R 12 800 per month	Month by month 5 years, (linked to the contract duration of the lease)
TETA	Yes	Eldna Security Services CC	Provision of Security to TETA Randburg offices	R 1 409 160.00	01 April 2019 – 31 March 2021
CETA	Yes	Bredasdorp Armed Response	Provision of Security Services including Armed response for Bredasdorp office	R 334 926.15	23 September 2020 - 23 September 2021
		CKN Security Services CC	Provision of Security Services for CETA Head Office	R 373 328.09 R 50 830.00	30 October 2020 - 28 February 2021 25 February 2020 - 15 March 2021
		HM Security and Armed Response	Provision of Security Services including armed response for Bethal (CETA -Gert Sibande Skills Development Centre)	R 475 629.00	5 November 2020 - 5 December 2021

Entity	(b) Whether your entity makes use of private security firms in the 2020/21 financial year, if not, what is the position in this regard?	(i) What is the name of each firm?	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration of each specific contract?
NSF	Yes	Cannabe Security and Projects Static Protection Services (Pty) Ltd	Physical Security	R3 196 800.00 R 464 400.00	1 June 2017 - 31 May 2020 The contract was extended from 1 June 2020 to 31 December 2020 at an amount R799 200.00 01 January 2021 – 30 April 2021
BANKSETA	Yes	Fidelity ADT Security (Pty) Ltd	Monitoring and response of alarm system for East London office	R 17 604.50
		4B Protection Services (Pty) Ltd	Monitoring and response of alarm system for Head Office - Vorna Velley	R 154 985.78

Reply:

a) The total number of government employees who received the Covid-19 SRD grant payments as at February 2021 is 241.

b) The total amount paid is R 84 350.00, which was for the month of May 2020 only. Subsequent applications were declined after they were flagged as possible fraudulent applicants that were not eligible for the grant. Investigation regarding this matter is ongoing. Upon completion, SASSA will approach the relevant institution to recover the money, including requesting the institution to take appropriate disciplinary steps.