Reply:

1. The Supported Employment Enterprises (SEE) has its Head Office in Silverton and shares the same premises with the Pretoria Factory. There are 13 Factories in total and all of them use private security companies to guard the premises.

No.	Factory Location	(i) Name of Security firm	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) Duration	(v) Appointment date
1	BLOEMFONTEIN	G4S SECURE SOLUTION	SECURITY SERVICES	R380 611.32	12 months	01 JUNE 2020
2	DURBAN	IQ SECURITY SERVICES	SECURITY SERVICES	R391 440.00	12 months	01 MARCH 2020
3	EAST LONDON	SEKHUSELEKILE SECURITY SERVICES	SECURITY SERVICES	R496 200.00	12 months	1 AUGUST 2020
4	EPPING	CENGANI SECURITY SERVICES	SECURITY SERVICES	R449 983.20	12 months	1 JUNE 2020
5	JOHANNESBURG	BRAVE MOUNTAINS SECURITY	SECURITY SERVICES	R414 987.60	12 months	1 JUNE 2020
6	KIMBERLEY	BHUBA SECURITY SERVICES	SECURITTY SERVICES	R298 020.00	12 months	1 JUNE 2020
7	NDABENI	CENGANI SECURITY SERVICES	SECURITY SERVICES	R489 600.00	12 months	1 JUNE 2020
8	PIETERMARITZBURG	UVIKELA SECURITY SERVICES	SECURITY SERVICES	R420 141.00	12 months	1 JUNE 2020
9	POTCHEFSTROOM	TJ PROTECTION SERVICES	SECURITY SERVICES	R295 200.0	12 months	1 JUNE 2020
10	PORT ELIZABETH	MKHWAZE SECURITY SERVICES	SECURITY SERVICES	R418 394.52	12 months	1 JUNE 2020
11	PRETORIA	KE NNA MALOBISE SECURITY	SECURITY SERVICES	R453 678.36	12 months	1 JUNE 2020
12	RAND	JM SECURITY SERVICES	SECURITY SERVICES	R497 352.00	12 months	1 JUNE 2020
13	SESHEGO	DINIKO MONYELA SECURITY SERVICES	SECURITY SERVICES	R473 999.76	12 months	1 JUNE 2020

TOTAL VALUE: R5 479 607.76

2. PRODUCTIVITY SA

Productivity SA does not make use of any private security firms. The entity has is rented office premises where the landlord is responsible for security obligations.

3. NEDLAC:

Name of firm	Purpose	Contract value	Duration of contract
Tiya Security Services	Security Guards - 24 Hrs	R 303 600	12 months
ADT	Alarm monitoring and armed Response	R 33 672.38	36 months

4. COMPENSATION FUND

No, Compensation Fund did not make use of any private security firms in the current financial year.

There was no need for these resources within the Fund.

5. The Unemployment Insurance Fund

Name of firm	Purpose	Contract value	Duration of contract
G4 Security	Cash delivery and collection	R154,671.97	19 June 2018 and will expire on 18 June 2021

6. CCMA

NO	REGION	NAME OF SERVICE PROVIDER	START DATE	END DATE	AWARD AMOUNT	PURPOSE OF USAGE
1	Durban	Imvula Quality Protection	01-Jun-18	31-May-21	R1 242 858.81	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
2	Richards Bay	Imvula Quality Protection	01-Dec-17	28-Feb-21	R349 149.87	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
3	Port Elizabeth.	Metro Security (Pty) Ltd	01-Nov-18	31-Mar-21	R509 359.23	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
4	Johannesburg	Imvula Quality Protection	01-Sep-18	31-Aug-21	R4 220 298.59	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
5	Ekurhuleni	Fidelity Security Services	01-Jan-19	31-May-21	R1 411 439.98	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
6	Kimberley	Fidelity Security Services (Pty) Ltd	01-Feb-19	31-Mar-21	R341 671.90	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
7	Rustenburg	TJ Protection Services	01-May-19	31-Aug-21	R317 600.00	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
8	Port Elizabeth	Imvula Quality Protection	01-Jun-19	31-Mar-21	R267 609.62	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
9	Vryburg	Papa Mike Protection Services	01-Sep-19	31-Aug-22	R461 103.91	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
10	Vaal	Fidelity Security Service (Pty) Ltd	17-Apr-20	31-Mar-24	R1 187 301.19	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
11	Welkom	Khensani Security Services and Trading	01-Jun-20	31-May-21	R284 556.00	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
12	George	Fidelity Security Service (Pty) Ltd	01-Jul-20	30-Jun-21	R145 395.08	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
13	Cape Town	Fidelity Security Service (Pty) Ltd	01-Jul-20	30-Jun-21	R280 074.98	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
14	Polokwane	Papa Mike Protection Services	01-Dec-20	31-Oct-21	R448 822.00	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
15	Secunda	Fidelity Security Service (Pty) Ltd	01-Dec-20	30-Nov-25	R1 475 646.68	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
16	Pietermaritzburg	Royal Security CC	01-Dec-20	31-Mar-24	R947 593.94	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
17	Port Shepstone	Fidelity Security Services (Pty) Ltd	01-Dec-20	31-Oct-25	R1 463 978.09	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
18	Emalahleni	Sinqobile Equestrian Security Services (Pty) Ltd	01-Dec-20	31-Mar-22	R880 635.96	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
19	Newcastle	Sinqobile Equestrian Security Services (Pty) Ltd	01-Dec-20	30-Jun-22	R250 650.18	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
20	Mbombela	Jubzin Security	01-Dec-20	30-Apr-21	R125 522.50	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
21	Tshwane	Eldna Security Services	01-Jan-21	31-Dec-23	R2 725 336.47	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
22	East London	Fidelity Security Services (Pty) Ltd	01-Feb-21	31-Jan-22	R135 710.38	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.
23	Richards Bay	Fidelity Security Services (Pty) Ltd	01-Mar-21	31-Mar-22	R119 451.24	To safe guard the CCMA property, personnel and its users.

Reply:

Honourable Member, the annual report referred to was tabled on 09 March 2021.  

The reasons for the late tabling of the 2019/20 Annual Report of the Department of Water and Sanitation are set out in my letters to the Speaker and were subsequently referred to the Portfolio Committee for deliberation. For ease of reference, I have attached the parliamentary paper referred to Announcements, Tabling’s and Committee Reports (ATC), wherein my letters were published.

Reply:

The Trade Policy and Strategy Framework (TPSF) document was published in 2010 and represents South Africa’s broad approach to trade policy and strategy, following extensive consultations between government and stakeholders in NEDLAC. An update was issued in November 2012, largely focused on updating trade data. The DTIC website now contains regularly-updated and comprehensive trade data on a monthly basis, the latest reflecting the position as at January 2021, which includes trade import and export values for all trading partners.

The TPSF is premised on objectives set out in the National Development Plan to promote and accelerate economic growth along a path that generates sustainable, decent jobs in order to reduce the poverty and extreme inequalities that characterise South African society and economy. It outlines how trade policy and strategy in South Africa can make a contribution to meeting the objectives of upgrading and diversifying the economic base in order to produce and export increasingly sophisticated, value added products that generate employment. Trade policy should support industrial policy.

The TPSF aims to ensure that we preserve the policy space to pursue national objectives while leveraging the benefits of more integrated regional and global markets. This has also informed our approach to a range of trade-related policy areas.

The TPSF recommended strengthening the institutional arrangements for trade policy making in South Africa. Ongoing efforts have been undertaken to improve coordination and consultation within government and between government and stakeholders in Parliament, NEDLAC, research institutions and academia. This work is ongoing.

The TPSF is broadly framed in policy and strategy terms. While there have been changes in the value of trade and rankings amongst trade partners as well as changes in the content of bilateral trade, the strategic thrust and overall orientation of the TPSF to support industrial development in SA remain relevant. The core principles and approach set out in the TPSF continue to offer importance guidance in approaching international trade from an industrial development and transformation perspective.

Application of trade policy needs to be agile, taking account of changes in the trade and policy environment – for example, the position of the previous US Administration on trade matters, the decision of the UK to leave the European Union, the opportunity to expand trade with the rest of the African continent and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on SA national priorities. The policy is reviewed regularly internally and the manner in which it is applied and adjusted are set out from time to time by statements made by the Executive Authority, including in Budget Votes, other statements in Parliament and at the World Trade Organisation. The following trade interventions illustrate how the Trade Policy and Strategy Framework is applied and adjusted to circumstances.

• 2011: Negotiations of the SACU-MERCOSUR Preferential Trade Agreement (entered into force in December 2018)
• 2011: Adoption of modalities at the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement Summit to promote regional trade between SADC, EAC and COMESA.
• 2014/15: Engagement and agreement with US and SA on poultry quotas and its relationship with continuation of AGOA benefits by SA
• 2015: Decision to launch negotiations leading to the conclusion of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
• 2015: Engagements with the US Trade Representative on the extension of AGOA (followed with annual Ministerial meetings of the AGOA Forum in 2018 and 2019).
• 2017: Trade negotiations initiated with the UK in July 2017 following the UK’s decision to exit the EU.
• 2018: Review of the SACU-EFTA Free Trade Agreement
• 2018: Signing of AfCFTA agreement and ratification by SA Parliament
• 2015: Conclusion of negotiations with the EU to update trade arrangements (the agreement that flowed from this, the SADC-EU EPA, entered into force in September 2016).
• 2019: Negotiations on a new Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) concluded with the UK in September 2019 at which time a Ministerial Statement was delivered in the National Assembly. The new EPA entered into force on 1 January 2021.
• 2019: Review of outcomes and issues in SA-US trade relationship - bilateral Ministerial meetings held with the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the US Department of Agriculture in December 2019 on broad trade policy issues and bilateral trade challenges and opportunities.
• 2019: Development of integrated approach at sector level on trade, competitiveness and procurement matters for poultry industry and clothing, textiles, footwear and leather products
• 2019/20: AfCFTA: Development of a country approach on specified Rules of Origin and SA submission (through SACU) of offer on tariff reduction
• 2020: Trade policy adjustments to take account of Covid-pandemic: trade-related regulations issues; and proposal submitted at the WTO for a Waiver of specific provisions of the Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights to overcome shortfalls in the equitable supply of affordable COVID-19 vaccines.
• 2021: integrated approach between trade and a range of policy areas, including industrialisation, transformation, building a capable state and local economic development set out in the DTIC Annual Performance Plan for 2021/22 tabled in Parliament in March 2021.

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Reply:

a) The general public can view the locality of applications. Members of the public will need to register as a user of the system, select relevant province and commodity/ies to able to view.

b) The South Africa Geographic Information System facility has always been available.

Reply:

1. (a) I have been advised that departmental records reflect that there were no employees of the then Department of Trade and Industry who performed work outside normal working hours, in addition to the responsibilities, related to their work in the past five (5) financial years.

(b) (i) In 2017, the dti had two (2) applications declined by the Head of Department as conflict of interest was determined.

In 2021 one (1) application was declined by the HoD as conflict of interest was determined.

(ii) The above applicants are employed in the Industrial Financing Branch.

2. No approval was granted for the applicants as conflict of interest was identified.

(a) According to Public Service Regulations, 2016; Regulation 24 states that “An application by an employee to perform remunerative work outside his or her department shall be in accordance with the process determined by the Minister and in the form issued by the Minister”. No employee at the dti/c is allowed to perform other remunerative work without approval.

(b) The HoD of the dtic is responsible for approving other remunerative work applications as delegated by the EA.

(c) There were no contraventions as all applications were declined by the HoD.

(d) N/A

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Reply:

The total number of applications in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, Act 2 of 2000, (PAIA) received:

THE DEPARTMENT:

TOTAL PAIA APPLICATIONS RECEIVED	FINANCIAL YEAR
53	2015/2016
50	2016/2017
58	2017/2018
68	2018/2019
67	2019/2020
89	2020/2021

Find here: Entities

Reply:

1. Yes, as set out below:

i. Name of Firm	ii. Purpose	iii. Value in Rand of Contract	iv. Duration of contract
Dibakoane Security (Pty) Ltd	Physical Guarding Security of Block G to protect Government assets and all occupants of Block G.	Total Value R3 467 444.05	3 years. Procurement through a bid process
Rainprop (RF) (Pty) Ltd	Physical and monitoring security of the dtic campus and perimeter to protect the campus and all occupants of the dtic campus.	Monthly payment: R678 839 as at Feb 2021 (a service element of monthly PPP unitary payment charge)	25 years In terms of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP)

(b) and (per public entity responses): Yes, as set out below:

No.	Entity	(b)	(b)(i)	(b)(ii)	(b)(iii)	(b)(iv)
1.	B-BBEE Commission	The B-BBEE Commission does not make use of any private security firms. It currently operates the dtic campus and the dtic is responsible for security of the campus. The B-BBEE Commission has employed only one (1) security official on its structure for the daily security requirements for its staff and offices	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
2.	Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)	The CIPC does make use of a private security firms	CIPC SSC Cape Town Royal Security	Private security firms at CIPC SSC safeguarding of CIPC assets and personnel within the office and also includes access control in duties terms of the ‘Control of Access to Public Premises and Vehicle Act, 1985 (Act 53 of 1985) Monday to Friday 06h00 to 18h00	R1 129 676.55	Three (3) years
			CIPC SSC JHB Kgaogelo Motau General Trading	Private security firms at CIPC SSC safeguarding of CIPC assets and personnel within the office and also includes access control in duties terms of the ‘Control of Access to Public Premises and Vehicle Act, 1985 (Act 53 of 1985) Monday to Friday 06h00 to 18h00.	R466 800.00	One (1) year
			CIPC SSC Pretoria Mabuzitha Security	Private security firms at CIPC SSC safeguarding of CIPC assets and personnel within the office and also includes access control in duties terms of the ‘Control of Access to Public Premises and Vehicle Act, 1985 (Act 53 of 1985) Monday to Friday 06h00 to 18h00.	R465 651.72	One (1) year
3.	Companies Tribunal (CT)	The CT does not make use of any private security firms but shares the security officers deployed on the dtic campus, who are under contract with the dtic	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
4.	Competition Commission	The Competition Commission does make use of a private security firm	Mafoko Security Patrols	The Commission has appointed a private security firm that has been responsible for providing security services and guarding the institutions premises	R2 424 868.00 R368 098.00	April 2020 to January 2021 February 2021 to April 2021
5.	Competition Tribunal	The Competition Tribunal does make use of a private security firm	The Tribunal signs an annual memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Competition Commission (Commission) for shared services, which includes security services. The Commission contracts directly with the security firm, Mafoko Security. The Tribunal pays 27% to the Commission in terms of the MOA for the cost of the security services	The said security firm has been appointed to safeguard Block C on the dtic campus occupied by the Tribunal and the Commission on a 24-hour, 7 days a week-basis.	R206 416.00	The Tribunal signs an annual MOA with Competition Commission
6.	Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC)	The ECIC does make use of a private security firm	Selkirk Security Services (Pty) Ltd (Reg. No. 2014/019174/07)	Provision of physical security and guarding services	R748 788.00	Twelve (12) months (1 Nov 2020 – 31 Oct 2021
7.	Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC)	The IDC does make use of a private security firm	Fidelity Security Services (Pty) Ltd with Company Registration no: 1997/013274/07	The IDC as an organisation is exposed to potential security risks, threats and vulnerabilities which necessitate the need for a security structure responsible for safeguarding of property assets (office buildings), human lives (staff, visitors and service providers), personal belongings and information. It is for this purpose that the IDC appointed a security firm that provides 24-hour security and guarding services to the IDC, covering Head Office in Sandton and Provincial Offices.	R43 087 225.40	5 years which commenced on 01 July 2019 and will expire on 30 June 2024.
8.	International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC)	The ITAC does not make use of private firms, as there has not been any need for security firms services	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
9.	National Consumer Commission (NCC)	The NCC does not make use of any private security. The NCC is a tenant of the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) who provides security services	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
10.	National Consumer Tribunal (NCT)	The NCT does make use of a private security firm	Jalesca Technologies	The main purpose of this contract was concluded to ensure the provision of armed response services to the NCT	R25 700.00	The contract commenced on 1 October 2020 and will end 30 September 2022
11.	National Credit Regulator (NCR)	The NCR does make use of a private security firm	Phuthadichaba Trading Enterprise cc (sub-contractor is Fidelity Security)	Providing guarding and electronic security services	R4 689 713.59	Three years, contract ending on 13 February 2022
12.	National Empowerment Fund (NEF)	The NEF has previously procured security services for the Head Office. The NEF has resolved to insource the security personnel with effect from 01 April 2021. The NEF will therefore not be using any private security firm going forward.	Marshal Nights Security	Security Services for the National Empowerment Fund Head Office	R7 897 183.57	1 June 2017 to 31 March 2021
13.	National Gambling Board (NGB)	The NGB does make use of a private security firms	Ubomi Technologies (Pty) Ltd, Fidelity ADT (Pty) Ltd	Security guarding service for office premises Alarm system linked to armed response for office premises	R370 530.00 R20 311.05	12 months 36 months
14.	National Lotteries Commission (NLC)	The NLC does make use of a private security firm	Titanium Security Services	Provision of physical security services Head Office	R3 562 712.00	3 years
			Rise Security Services	Provision of physical security services Northern Cape	R792 167.00	3 years
			KRA Security and Projects	Provision of physical security services Free State	R1 757 257.00	3 years
			HM Security and Armed Response	Provision of physical security services Mpumalanga	R432 000.00	1 year
			Ensemble Trading 2366	Provision of physical security services Western Cape	R 2 133 105.00	3 years
				Provision of physical security services Eastern Cape	R2 065 045.00	3 years
			Amazim-Zim Security Services & Private Investigations	Provision of physical security services Kwa-Zulu Natal	R301 533.00	13 months
			Katlego Security	Provision of physical security services North West	R464 999.00	1 year
			The Lady Boss Security Services	Provision of physical security services Limpopo	R462 000.00	1 year
15.	National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA)	The NMISA is a tenant of the CSIR within the CSIR campus both in Cape Town and Pretoria. In terms of the lease agreement between NMISA and the CSIR, the CSIR as landlord provides security for leased buildings NMISA occupies	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
16.	National Regulator For Compulsory Specifications (NRCS)	The SABS does make use of a private security firms	Bughatti Security Services	Provision of physical security services Cape Town	R455 999.96	1 February –31 July 2020
			Joritans Logistics	Provision of physical security services Port Elizabeth	R405 999.00	1 February –31 July 2020
			Results Security Services	Provision of physical security services Bloemfontein	R440 000.00	1 February –31 July 2020
			Tikedi Security Services	Provision of physical security services Cape Town	R488 266.66	1 August 2020 - February 2021
			Fidelity Security Services	Provision of physical security services Port Elizabeth	R249 018.20	1 August 2020 - February 2021
			Vice Grip Security Services	Provision of physical security services Bloemfontein	R389 515.14	1 August 2020 - February 2021
			Mupo Weshu Environmental Consultant	Provision of physical security services Bloemfontein	R399 000.00	1 March 2021 – 31 August 2021
			Venus Security International (Pty) Ltd	Provision of physical security services Port Elizabeth	R432 000.00	1 March 2021 – 31 August 2021
			Matome and Moloto Protection Services	Provision of physical security services Cape Town	R439 530.00	1 March 2021 – 31 August 2021
17.	South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)	The SABS does make use of a private security firm	Bidvest Protea Coin (Pty) Ltd	The main objective is for Bidvest Coin (Pty) Ltd to protect all SABS property and staff, to provide access control for staff, tenants, visitors and contractors at the following premises: Groenkloof Campus, Pretoria NETFA, Olifantsfontein Secunda premises East London Office Durban Office Cape Town Office New Castle premises Richards Bay premises	R45 846 360.00 (including VAT) for 36 months however savings of R1 454 644.80 (including VAT) were negotiated and realised in the 2021 financial year, due to revisions in contract as a result of COVID 19	The national contract was issued for a three (3) year period and currently the contractor is month 16 of the contract
18.	South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)	The SANAS does make use of a private security firm	Titanium Security Services National Security and Fire	24 Hour Security and Monitoring of Office Alarm response and Monitoring of the Office	R923 717.71 R 28,330.08	Three (3) Years Three (3) Years

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Reply:

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

There have been several challenges pertaining to service delivery in Makhanda especially the provision of clean water to the residents, however the municipality has several projects in place that seek to address these challenges. It must be noted that for the provision of "clean water" by Makhanda; a number of matters have to be addressed through interventions. There was the identification of the problems’ source first, then interventions were / are being implemented to address the problems, and that is addressing the matter of ensuring the provision of clean water.

This response highlights the interventions that the Municipality undertook, and or is undertaking to provide clean water; the interventions therefore translate to the projects that are aimed at addressing:

• Aging Infrastructure issues (leakages, overflows from reservoirs. etc, to avoid wastage and ensure that the clean water supply demand is met).
• The capacity of the existing infrastructure issues (the need to meet existing and future demand).
• The issue of the sufficiency of the available clean water supply (balancing demand versus supply).
• The need to identify and provide future potential water sources (to augment clean water supply for future growing demand).

The interventions listed below highlight the projects that were implemented over the years to ensure consistent water supply to Makhanda residents, as well as ensuring that the current and future resources and infrastructure support the goal of supplying clean water to the Makhanda communities.

1. WORK DONE TO GUARANTEE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER.

The Municipality is in the process of responding to the water infrastructure challenges and therefore the development of a comprehensive Infrastructure Asset Management Plan has already commenced. Projects that will ensure increased water supply capacity to meet the demand have also commenced, as well as the development of a comprehensive Water Conservation and Water Demand Management Strategy.

​1.1 Water Conservation Demand Management Projects:

• • 1. Makana embarked on a water loss management study (meter audit and pressure control study), which has identified problem areas and solutions. The solutions include prioritization of new meters, replacement of old meters and billing system database cleansing.
    2. Water Conservation & Demand Management projects resulting in meter replacement; repairs to leaks; refurbishment of pumps; management of water supply.
    3. Capital funding was secured from the Department of Water Affairs for the bulk water supply (James Kleynhans) amounting to R150 million. The project is being implemented by Amatola Water Board and there is satisfactory progress on site. Upon completion, the project will increase James Kleynhans Water Treatment works capacity from 10ML to 20ML/day. A tender was awarded in December 2020 for the supply of 2 electric motors. The electric motors were delivered on the 25th of February 2021; and that boosted the number of standby motors at the JKWTW.
    4. The reservoir and water pipeline for ward 12 (Rhodes University and Monument) was constructed at a cost of R4.7 million;

The projects in the table below are currently at different stages of implementation:

Name of the project	Amount	% complete
Refurbishment of Riebeek East WTW	6 955 044	100%
Refurbishment of Jameson and Milner Dam	10 000 000	100%
Refurbishment of Alicedale WTW	10 147 495	100%
Purchase James Kleynhans Pump Set	1 220 000	100%
Fencing of Bothas Hill Reservoirs	1 301 739	100%
Feasibility Study of investigation of water supply to Makhanda West from James Kleinhans WTW	1 421 079	100%
Replacement of Asbestos pipes in water reticulation network in Grahamstown	4 007 617	Contractor appointed
Waainek Bulk Water Supply Refurbishment (Multi-year Project)	8 932 226	33%
Groundwater Development (Boreholes)	798 857	100%

2.. Water Crisis Disaster Management Projects:

• • 1. Water loss management through leak repairs (Mobisam), zone and domestic meter installation, in a bid to realise revenue enhancement.
    2. Repair or replacement; upgrading and expansion of telemetry system at reservoirs (Tantyi and Bothas Hill).
    3. Upgrading of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), computer system used for monitoring and control of infrastructure, (all, excluding Seven Fountains).
    4. Refurbishment and or replacement of pump sets and equipment (i.e. pumps, motors, electricity supply, inlet screen, valves, etc.) at pump stations; (new motor from ACTOM (motor no. 4) was procured, and the pump (Pumps No.3 and No.4) were refurbished at James Kleynhans Pump Station.
    5. Cleaned, refurbished and secured two reservoirs (Reservoir No.1 and Botha’s Hill).

3. SUPPORT BY MISA AND NATIONAL COGTA

MISA is providing technical support in terms of civil work on infrastructure and the electrical engineer is normally on site at the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works. MISA also provides funding for the rehabilitation and maintenance of Grahamstown CBD road, Somerset, Hill and New Road.

The support is also given to municipality on MIG Projects planning, implementation and monitoring processes as well as ensuring the development of response plan to service delivery challenges.

National Cogta has allocated MIG funding to deal with all the persistence service delivery challenges including Water and Sanitation.

Reply:

a) Counter Corruption and Security Services has been established within the Department with a revised mandate to conduct constant research, analysis, implementation and monitoring with a view of preventing corruption and raising awareness around fraud and corruption. However the Department has partnered with the Department of Health (DoH) to ensure that each child is allocated with a birth certificate on the spot, by registering birth at health facilities. This will curb identity theft from the onset as an ID number gets allocated and remains with the child for life. The primary purpose is to ensure a credible population register, not vulnerable to theft and fraud.

With live capture the Department is able to identify applicants through online verification which has a direct interface with our Home Affairs National Identification System (HANIS) to identify persons through biometrics. Furthermore, during collection of Smart Identity cards, online verification is also performed to ensure that the correct enabling document is handed over to the appropriate clients. Moreover, the South African Smart ID card and passport have enhanced security features. The Department is moving away from paper to a paperless environment. The Department is thereby progressively phasing out the manual application process.

In addition, in terms of the Departments’ Information Security Policy, a model was built around proactive risk assessment and risk management where all users responsible for registering and capturing births and identity related applications within the domain of the organization, are assigned with biometric fingerprint authentication, to detect and hold users accountable for fraudulent activities.

b) Processes are evaluated by Branch Counter Corruption and Security Services to identify security breaches, vulnerabilities and loopholes and reports drafted and send to relevant sections to implement recommendations. However, each time Branch: Civics (CS) improve systems to close loopholes, criminals also changes their Modus Operandi against what has been put in place to prevent Identity Fraud. As they change their methods, Counter Corruption also found ways to identify those gaps and CS will implement by closing gaps where possible.

Identity Fraud does in most instances start from Birth Registration, especially Late Registration of Birth (LRB), where birth is registered after 30 days of even later than that.

In that regard, committee were composed or formed in Provinces to sit and interview applicants in categories in order verify where and when did that birth occurred and in that case that is where in most cases foreign nationals “buy parents” to assist them obtain birth certificates and then Identity documents.

From the beginning of financial year 2020 – 2021, 33 cases of Identity fraud were investigated divided as follows:

• Quarter One (1) 14 cases were investigated

• Quarter Two (2) 5 cases were investigated

• Quarter Three (3) 8 cases were investigated

• Quarter Four (4) 6 cases were investigated

Finalised cases are not yet reported but will be reported by the end quarter 4.

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Reply:

1. The appointment of personnel additional to the establishment is done in accordance with Section 14 of the Public Service Act of 2007 and the Public Service Regulations of 2016.

2. No.

Reply:

 

There are a total of one hundred and thirty-five (135) Air Quality Monitoring Stations (AQMS) owned by provinces, municipalities and the South African Weather Service (SAWS). While the department provides support to provinces and municipalities on AQMS operations and maintenance, the department does not own the AQMS.

1. The conditions of AQMS are inspected in line with established standard operating procedures for AQMS operations and management. For routine services, the stations are inspected every two weeks by AQMS technicians. These inspections are guided by checklists which contain a list of activities that should be undertaken by the technicians. The checklist includes physical inspection of the AQMS environmental conditions, the general conditions of all instruments, power supply and air conditioner status, as well as detailed instrument diagnostic checks. The station inspections are documented and reported in line with standard operating procedures. During these inspections, if instruments failures are identified, the instruments are repaired onsite by technicians, where possible. Otherwise, if the technicians cannot repair the instruments because of major faults, the equipment is removed from the AQMS for further repair and maintenance.

In addition to the biweekly visits, every three months, comprehensive inspections are conducted to ensure that data collected from all instruments are credible and accurate. In these visits, the technicians undertake the general inspection and also calibrate and assess the performance of instruments. These visits are regarded as separate quarterly AQMS visits, and there are four visits per station per year.

There are also those situations when the AQMS might stop operating due to unforeseen circumstances such as power failure disruptions on instruments. In these situations, the AQMS are inspected as soon as is possible whenever an incident is identified on the South African Air Quality Information System (SAAQIS) as a disruption in data.

1. Information from the AQMS is a major driver in air quality management decision making. When adverse measurements are observed at the AQMS, different jurisdictions have tailor-made interventions designed in air quality management plans or other strategic government programs to identify sources contributing to adverse measurements, and to implement necessary air pollution reduction measures. With the regulated air pollution sources such as industries, these interventions include enhanced compliance monitoring and enforcement through the atmospheric emission licencing command and control regime. For non-regulated pollution sources, such as veld-fires, transport, waste burning or residential fuel burning and others, air quality management interventions are designed to target those pollution sources, towards progressive realisation of air that is not harmful to the health and well-being of the public.

 

Reply:

a) The exterior of the Iziko Koopmans de Wet Museum was painted in 2010, the Iziko Slave Lodge was painted in February 2020 and the façade of the Bo-Kaap Museum was painted in October 2020. The Custodian (DPWI) of state-owned buildings funded only the painting of the exterior of the Iziko Slave Lodge and did not fund the painting of any other buildings over the past ten years.

b) The Five-year Conservation and Maintenance Plan states that the paint and decorative finishes of the external walls require a complete repaint every five years. The external woodwork should be repainted every three to five years.

Reply:

a) b) The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) is currently in the process of facilitating the movement of the mercury containing waste materials from Cato Ridge, KwaZuIu- Natal to Switzerland where it is being treated prior to its safe disposal. Since April 2020, 1082 (one thousand and eighty-two) tonnes of this waste has been removed from the Cato Ridge site in 57 (fifty-seven) sea freight containers.

In order to ensure strict regulatory oversight during the extraction, repackaging and transporting of this material, the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, with the support of the political heads of the Department of Water and Sanitation; the Department of Labour; KwaZulu- Natal: Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs and the Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality formed an Intergovernmental Task Team in order to ensure strict compliance with, amongst others, the following:

On site health and safety by evaluating the outcomes of the biomonitoring that is done on all the employees involved in the extraction and repackaging of this material. Furthermore, and to the extent that it relates to onsite health and safety, a detailed Environmental Monitoring Programme was designed to identify the risks associated with each aspect of the removal process;

Ensure compliance to road transport regulations; and Monitor compliance with the Basel Convention which regulates the transboundary movement of hazardous waste.

There is also further work being undertaken to build a water-related inventory which will enable the authorities to make objective findings relative to the analysis done by the land owner. This information will be used to inform the Terms of Reference for the appointment of the services of an independent specialist to provide an independent recommendation around whether further remediation work is required after the waste is removed from this property.

There is an ongoing risk of theft of this material from the property, despite the many security measures that are being implemented. These incidents are reported to the South African Police Service as and when they occur, and have been elevated to the Minister of Police in order to request additional assistance, given the inherent risks associated with this material. It is anticipated that the removal of this waste will be finalised by June 2022.

Regards

MS B D CREECY, MP
FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Reply:

(1).(a). Iziko Bertram House (IBH) has been closed since August 2015.

(b). The closure was as a result of a health and safety hazard, where part of a ceiling dislodged making it unsafe for the public and staff.

(c). It is scheduled to reopen Iziko Bertram House in April 2021.

(2). The marks on the wall is as a result of a roof leak. In terms of the DPWI Guidelines for Day to Day Maintenance paragraph 5.2; repair work to roofs and waterproofing must be attended to by the DPWI. The DPWI conducted inspections and scheduled a Contractor for week of 15 March 2021 to attend to the leak.

(3)(a). An inspection was conducted by Architects with heritage expertise.

(b). On 7 and 21 October 2020 the Iziko Security Health and Safety Officer conducted the inspection and the Architects conducted inspections on 12 and 13 November 2020.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

a) I have been informed by the Department that:

The DPWI has contracted the following security service providers to safe-guard vacant properties as well as occupied office buildings:

(a)(i) Name of the contracted security service provider	(a) (ii) Purpose of the service: Physical Security Guarding Services & access control	(a)(iii) (Value of contract	(a)(iv) Duration of contract
Sedima Security & Cleaning Services	251 AVN Building	R496 800.00	04 months
1st Respond Security	25 Soutpansberg	R492 000.00	06 months
Maahlo Protection Service	261 D F Malan Drive	R359 993.70	06 Months
Blueprint Associates	1025 Kruger Avenue	R367 999.97	06 Months
Siyaqhuba Business Trading	Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) – Lotus Gardens	R496 800.00	06 Months
Motheo Mateane Trading	Thabatshwane Golf Course Sewage	R498 900.00	06 Months
Phikama M Projects	Toitskraal Sewerage	R498 499.20	06 Months
Gesmeg Trading	31 Fiddures Bronkospruit	R355 200.00	06 Months
Simaledi Holding	600 Church	R359 973.00	06 Months
Botladaka Cleaning & Security	Salvokop Land	R496 998.00	06 Months
Securi24 Investments	Thaba Tshwane Sewerage Plant	R498 209.94	06 Months
Great Minds Network	94 Tom Jenkins Drive	R340 860.00	06 Months
Mkhontubomvu Projects Services	70 Paul Kruger Street	R378 000.00	06 Months
Mochide Trading & Projects	Vlakplaas	R495 000.00	06 Months
Heaviest Trading & Projects	127 Magarita Street	R369 000.00	06 Months
Ianjus & Trading Projects	287 Albert Street	R349 140.00	06 Months
Good Purpose Construction	205 Sterlizia Street	R356 400.00	06 Months
Heaviest Trading	SAPS Bonaccord Road	R496 000.00	06 Months
Salane Trading	Radio Uitkyk	R490 800.00	06 Months
Kingslead Security Services	38 Church Street	R352 800.00	06months
Mupowashu Environmental Consultants	No 9 Bryntirion	R353 400.00	06 Months
Wakanda Consultant	Wallmansdall Sewage Plant	R498 630.00	06 Months
Security 24 Investments	Telkom Towers A	R497 900.00	01 Month
Good work Security	237 Carina Street	R353 280.00	06 Months
Dikgabo Dikopane Trading	Union Building	R499 000.00	02 Months
NSSD Security	386 Bosman Street	R358 524.00	06 Months
Mpetha Investment	39 ARC Riet Fontein	R482 400.00	06 Months
Sakhowethu Security	159 Church Street PWH	R497 000.00	02 Months
Simaledi Holdings	326 Magalies Kruin	R350 154.72	06 Months
Selane Security	Zonderwater Waste Treatment	R494 730.00	06 Months
Kharitende Business Trading & Projects	125 Pretorius Street	R497 750.00	06 Months
Khabs Security Services	270 Delphinus	R342 000.00	06 Months
Mafelelong Security	1016 Kruger Avenue	R364 320.00	06 Months
Ebenezer Security	115 Minaar Street	R498 525.00	06 Months
Cardura Trading Enterprise	692 Bodel Street	R360 180.00	06 Months
Khakhakha Trading & projects	18 Rooth Street	R357 000.00	06 Months
Forwex Services	54 Kordaat Street, Die Wilge Pretoria	R364 999.92	06 Months
Silver Trading (PTY) LTD	213 Matroesburg Street	R364 800.00	06 Months
Xileketsi Construction & Projects	322 Rigel street Waterkloof	R358 296.66	06 Months
Ebukhosini TP Security	12 Anselia street	R351 600.00	06 Months
GJJ Construction & Projects	590 Madiba street	R495 396.00	06 Months
Mmetla Group	375 Lawley street	R359 999.76	06 Months
Touhg Security Services	05 Adina street	R346 800.00	06 Months
Umusa Security & Cleaning Services	421 Ulundi street	R348 000.00	06 Months
Emanzini Construction & projects	600 Church	R392 260.00	06 Months
Great Minds Network	94 Tom Jenkins Drive	R340 860.00	06 Months
No turning Back Security	18 Rooth Street	R357 000.00	06 Months
SNK Security	598 Bombani Street	R360 318.00	06 Months
Step Up Business Solutions	157 Stapelia Waterkloof	R355 500.00	06 Months
Senior Quality Protection & Projects	Custom house Cape Town Regional Office	R360 020. 96	2 months
Senior Quality Protection & Projects	Parliamentary Towers	R255 793. 20	3 months
Vhakula Trading & Project (Pty) Ltd	Nieuwemeester Parking	R240 070.99	3 months
BC Security Solutions	Hope Street Parking	R398 136.12	6 months
Striving Mind Trading 519cc	Fernwood Recreational Centre	R414 111. 30	6 months
Striving Mind Trading 519 cc	St. Helena Bay building	R398 773.84	6 months
Mokato Security	Pepper Bay Saldahna Building	R272 624.82	3 months
Senior Quality Protection & Projects	Oudtshoorn Workshop	R405 041.86	6 months
BC Security Solutions	21 Almain Road vacant house	R497 206.72	6 months
Mokato Security	Farm 352, Jonkershoek	R219 530.06	3 months
BC Security Solutions	Dennehof Resort vacant houses and Buildings	R399 319 .51	6 months
Maile Consulting	Kimberley Regional Office building and Workshop	R9 051 478.64	3 years
Vhakula Trading & Projects	Vacant house at 3 Hoof Street, Ritchie, Kimberley	R431 050.04	12 months
Vuyani & Monwabisi Investments	Vacant house at 12 King Street, Springbok	R452 602.53	12 months
Sputulwana Trading and Projects	Vacant house at 8 Kemp Street, Hartswater	R337 343.00	10 months
Tugela Risk Management	Vacant house at 60 Vlamboom Street, Kathu	R404 934.85	12 months
Onalenna Security	Water Treatment Plant, Louisvale; Upington	R443 981 .54	12 months
Amathuba Security and Cleaning Services	Vacant house at 31 Rossouw Street, De Aar	R374 826.12	12 months
Mzansi Protection	Alberton Police Station	R 220,000.00	3 months
Izwelethu Protection Services	No 19 Duplessis Avenue: Kempton Park, vacant house	R 423,200.00	08 Months
D Emandleni	No 126 Boeing Road: Bedfordview, vacant house	R 423,200.00	08 Months
Prosisec Security Group	No 79 Hendrik boom & Dromedaries, vacant house	R 378,000.00	08 Months
Tshapuks Trading	No 257 Cumberland Road: Kensington, vacant house	R 420,243.26	08 Months
Ianjus Trading &Projects	No 112 Commissioner Street: Boksburg, vacant house	R 435,597.28	08 Months
Dibakoane Security Services	No 55 Jordan Street: Heidelberg, vacant house	R 485,346.64	08 Months
Vhakula Trading & Projects	No 249 Cumberland Road: Kensington, vacant house	R 339,072.16	08 Months
OKS Investment	No 05 Birch Road Petit :Benoni , vacant house	R 386,860.00	08 Months
Kabela Trading	No 21 Unie Street:Heidelberg, vacant house	R 387,615.04	08 Months
MMNT SECURITY SERVICES	No 18 Van Riebeck: Alberton, vacant house	R 396,070.70	08 Months
Svoboda Security Services	No 48 Aida Street: Cyrildine, vacant house	R 495,789.47	08 Months
Bongiza Security Services	No 38 Best Street: Sophiatown, vacant house	R 430,790.00	08 Months
Matlharani Security Trading	Maraisburg Single Quarters	R 404,800.00	08 Months
Arise and Shine	No 15 Market Street: JHBC, vacant house	R 476,323.51	08 Months
Prosisec SECURITY SERVICES	No 42 Alida Street: De Deur, vacant house	R 368,000.00	08 Months
Kukanya Security Services	No 91 Main & Steyn Street: RANDFONTEIN, vacant house	R 432,759.04	08 Months
Sbu & Sbo Security Services	No 37 Frederick Street: Observatory, vacant house	R 476,470.71	08 Months
Victra Group of Companies	No 23 Wittenberg Street: Florida, vacant house	R 411,524.83	08 Months
Bongiza Security Services	No 54 Daniel Street: Debonair Park, vacant house	R 160,000.00	2 months
PATKEY	No 78 Dave Street: Westonaria, vacant house	R 160,000.00	2 months
Tolo Security Services	FAMILY COURT:JHBC	R 160,000.00	2 months
PATKEY	No 3 & 5 END STREET	R 160,000.00	2 months
Mushoma Security Services	ELSBURG Police Station	R 160,000.00	2 months
Tshaphuks Security	No 223 Berrymead: Ridgeway, vacant house	R 160,000.00	2 months
MMNT Security Services	No 46 ALIDA STREET :DE DEUR, vacant house	R 160,000.00	2 months
Dibakoane Diomonds Trading	Cnr Juta & Rissik street :JHBC,vacant building	R 160,000.00	2 months
Jugephaphi Construction	CNR Webber & Power Street: GERMISTON, vacant house	R 160,000.00	2 months
Lungelo Protection Services	No 08 Helio Street: Naturena, vacant house	R 160,000.00	2 months
KMT Security and Events Management	Safe-guarding and access control of 2 Polokwane Regional Office Buildings	R5 600 000.00	24 months
Livhu na Mashudu Security Services	Safe-guarding and access control of Kareebase workshop	R483 540. 00	12 months
Uncommon Favour Consulting and Trading	Safe-guarding and access control of Bloemfontein Regional Office Building	R6 498 083.52	36 months
Uncommon Favour Consulting and Trading	Safe-guarding and access control of Bloemfontein Nursery	R3 190 200. 12	36 months
VMR Trading Enterprise Pty	Safe-guarding and access control of Bloemfontein Regional workshop	R3 060 000.00	36 months
Senzwa Security Services	Safe-guarding of property at 45 Don Thompson Drive, Fortgale, Mthatha	R267 293.52	06 months
Mpompo Security	Safe-guarding and access control of Mthatha Regional Office Building	R134 100.00	03 months
Nomandla Security Services 247 cc	Safe-guarding and access control of Durban Regional Office main Building and workshop	R11 176 344.00	36 months
Landa Agricultural & Construction	Safe-guarding of vacant DPWI owned house at 7 Hooper lane, Yellow wood Park	R370 715 .52	12 months
Maphuphu Security	Safe-guarding of DPWI owned vacant house, Weenen House, Retief Street	R222 650.04	12 months
Maphuphu Security	Safe-guarding of vacant DPWI owned house at 25 Carlton road, Ladysmith	R309 027. 96	12 months
The Greater 77	Safe-guarding of vacant DPWI owned house at 33 Marshall street, Pietermaritzburg	R278 400.00	12 months
Siyanqoba Security	Safe-guarding of vacant DPWI owned house at 9 Golf street house, Ladysmith	R300 164.76	12 months
Manciza Civil Contractor	Safe-guarding of vacant DPWI owned house at Melmoth	R348 462.96	12 months
Echle Security	Safe-guarding of vacant DPWI owned house at 45 Bell street, Howick	R261 692.40	12 months
Echle Security	Safe-guarding of vacant DPWI owned house at 238 Pine street, PMB	R276 739.68	12 months
Silver Solutions Security	Safe-guarding the cancelled SAPS tender construction site in Queenswood	R96 267.90	01 month
Silver Solutions Security	Safe-guarding of protected site (Greydel Farm Forest Area)	R1 991 747.00	04 months
Silver Solution Security	Safe-guarding and access control of PE Regional Office Satellite Office in East London	R32 089.30	01 month
Msitwa Security	Safe-guarding and access control of PE Regional Office Building and the workshop	R993 200.00	04 months
HM Security &Armed Response	Safe-guarding and access control of Nelspruit Regional Office Building	R 1 958 400.00	12 months
Xilota Projects & Security	Safe-guarding of vacant DPWI owned sawmill in Sabie, Mpumalanga	R1 833 468.00	12 months
Prosper 74 Trading & Projects	Safe-guarding of vacant DPWI owned house in Ermelo	R450 000.00	12 months
Sky Rocket Trading PTY (LTD)	Safe-guarding of vacant DPWI owned house in Bethal	R330 000.00	12 months
Makgobistad Security	Securing Old Labour Office Accommodation in Klerksdorp	R157 300.00	Two months
Kakapi Mushi Trading	Securing Lehurutshe DHA Old Building	R153 065.00	Two months
Best Enough Security	Securing Vrybug State House	R408 000.00	6 Months
Dibereki Trading	Securing Vrybug State House	R156 000.00	Two months
Dibereki Trading	Securing Vrybug State House	R156 000.00	Two months
Briliance Security	Securing Lichtenburg State House	R432 000.00	6 Months
BLTN Group	Securing State House in Mafikeng	R159 720.00	2 Months
Legend Security	Securing State house at 29 Gordon Street, Mafikeng	R158 139.46	2 Months
Sinike Trading	Securing State House in Mafikeng	R157 904.00	2 Months
Minatlou security	Securing State House in Mogwase	R158 026.00	Two Months
Androm Security	Securing State House in Schweizereneke	R154 880.00	Two Months
Sinike security	Securing State House in Wolmaranstad	R158 000.00	Two Months
Best For All Security	Securing State House in Brits	R158 752.00	Two Months
Best Enough Security	Rendering of Security Services at PC pelser Klersdorp	R1 416 000.00	24 Months
Makgobistatd	Renedering of Security Services at Mmabatho R/O Dada Motors Building	R178 000.00	Two Months
Red Neo Security	Renedering of Security Services at Mmabatho R/O 810 Albert Luthuli, Unit 3 Building	R240 000.00	Two Months

(b) Response in respect of Entities:

Agrément South Africa

Agrément South Africa does not make use of any private security company. The entity’s security is covered as part of the lease agreement with Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The CSIR-appointed Security Company on the Campus where the entity is accommodated, services the tenants as well.

Council for the Built Environment

The Council for the Built Environment does not have contracts with private security firms.

1. Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)

The CIDB (b) makes use of private security firms, as follows:

	i) Name of each firm	ii) Purpose	iii) Value	iv) Duration
1	MAHLATJI MMETJI CLEANING AND SECURITY	Physical guarding	R440 334,67	6 months
2	RESTOCOM	Physical guarding	R499 500,00	6 months
3	DONALD MOGALE HOLDINGS	Physical guarding	R510 278,36	6 months

2. Independent Development Trust (IDT)

Yes, the IDT makes use of private security firms, as follows:

	i) Name of each firm	ii) Purpose	iii) Value	iv) Duration
1	At its National Office, the IDT makes use of the services of Madiali Security and Projects CC	Provision of security services to primarily protect office assets and employees.	R531 780.74	Thirteen (13) and half months (15 days).
2	Limpopo regional office, the IDT makes use of the services of Mokato Security	Provision of security services to primarily protect office assets and employees.	R93 481.06	Six (6) months.

Reply:

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

Ms Mampane’s reply is as follows:

1. The NLC provides the content to the media houses and therefore advertising and media buying are packaged together. It is therefore not possible to identify individual amounts spent for advertising placement and media buying. The total amount spent in the various years for the advertisement placement and media buying is:

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

 

2. NLC has used the following suppliers over the 10 years and the total related expenditure spent on each supplier specified in the below table. Annexure A has been attached which highlights the suppliers paid each year over the 10-year period and the related amount

3.

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

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Reply:

Volleyball South Africa in its response provided us with the following;

1). Yes, the Audited Financial Statements for Volleyball South Africa for 2014 – 2015 financial year is attached.

2). Yes, the Department has a stable relationship with Volleyball South Africa. Through the support provided by the Department, Volleyball’s focus has been providing opportunities for participation in Volleyball in rural, local, district, provincial and national levels. The specific focus areas have been in the following:

a) Development of administrators, coaches and referees. (Indoor and Beach Volleyball)

b) Developing women’s’ participation at all levels of volleyball. (Indoor and Beach Volleyball)

c) Developing volleyball for people with disabilities.

d) Developing and encouraging youth participation.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

1. (a) I have been informed by the Department that there were 168 employees who applied for remunerative work in the Department over the past 5 financial years. Through investigation, 2 employees were found to perform remunerative work without approval.

(b) 1 April 2014 to date is more than 5 financial years and the legislation changed with the implementation of the amended Public Service Regulations, 2016.

(i) The list of employees below applied for approval for RWOPS per financial year:

Financial Year	Number
2016/2017	8
2017/2018	11
2018/2019	70
2019/2020	58
2020/2021	21

ii Employees per category per financial year:

Financial Year	Category	Number
2016/2017	SMS Below SMS	3 5
2017/2018	SMS Below SMS	1 10
2018/2019	SMS Below SMS	8 62
2019/2020	SMS Below SMS	7 51
2020/2021	SMS Below SMS	3 18

*The 2 employees that did not have approval: 1 SMS and 1 below SMS.

2. Approval was obtained for 168 employees to perform other remunerative work outside the Public Service.

a) Approval was granted in line with the Public Service Act Section 30, Public Service Regulations, 2016, the Directive on other remunerative work outside the employee’s employment in the relevant Department, Directive on conducting business with an organ of state and recently in 2020 the Department of Public Service and Administration also issued a guide on the management of other remunerative work in the Public Service.

b) The Director-General approved levels below Senior Management and the Minister Senior Managers.

c) None of the 2 employees that were in contravention were brought to the attention of National Treasury.

d) Verbal and Written warnings were issued to the two affected employees.

Reply:

a) As part of government’s response to combating the COVID-19 pandemic, a temporary fuel cell system was deployed at 1 Military Hospital in Gauteng, which is utilised to support the Department of Defence. There is also one installed at the Science Center in Comimvaba (Eastern Cape).

b) The Seven Hydrogen Fuel Cells temporarily deployed at 1 Military Hospital has a total installed capacity of 35kW. The fuel cells deployed at a Science Centre in the Eastern Cape has a capacity of 5kW.

c) Post July 2021, the fuel systems currently at 1 Military Hospital will be redeployed as follows:

1. One fuel cell system will remain at 1 Military Hospital for use by the Department of Defence (DOD) for training purposes;
2. One fuel cell system at Mandeni Local Municipality, ILembe District in KZN, with a connection to the Youth Centre and Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) Stalls;
3. One fuel cell system at MINTEK with a connection to the Home Affairs offices in Randburg;
4. One fuel cell system at Masia Village in Limpopo;
5. One fuel cell system at the Department of Science and Innovation;
6. One fuel cell system at the Trevenna Building, Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.

There is also ongoing work to incorporate the deployment of fuel cells in public buildings through the existing policy instruments, which include Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management (EEDSM) grant programme and the Public Works and Infrastructure Green Building Policy.

Reply:

The Department has compliance assessment to determine compliance with the provisions of the National Minimum Wage Act 9 of 2018. For the 2019/20 a total number of 134 964 inspections were conducted

a) The following sectors were found not have complied with the provisions of the National Minimum Wage:

• Community

• Wholesale & Retail

• Hospitality

• Private Security

• Domestic

(b) Those not complying were issued with the statutory non-compliance notice (undertaking/compliance orders). Those that did not comply with the terms of the compliance notices were referred for prosecution, at the expiry of the notice.

Reply:

(a) We have done a lot since the announcement and given the complexity of Labour migration, there is still more work that must be done.

We have initiated a process to develop a National Employment Policy on 31st March 2020 that has a number of Sub-themes such as Labour Migration Policy, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Employment Schemes targeting vulnerable groups etc. The Sub-theme on Labour Migration has been prioritized given its urgency and related activities include the following:-

(1) A Draft Labour Migration Policy has been developed and is currently being revised to a final policy.

(2) The President established an Inter-Ministerial Committee that I co-chair with the Minister of Home Affairs and we have since tabled our first report to Cabinet during December 2020. We were subsequently directed to address a number of other aspects.

(3) A number of short term interventions to address labour migration challenges were introduced such as stricter Border Management controls; increased joint inspection and collaboration in addressing and enforcing various migration aspects.

(4) Legal Teams have been appointed and are busy with a Draft Employment Services Amendment Bill that incorporates aspects contained in the Draft Labour Migration Policy recommendations that include introduction of quotas etc. The Amendment Bill will also contain or clarify labour provisions that were contained in the Immigration Act and other amendments that we intend introducing.

(b) Legislation will affect all sectors of the economy. We are putting more emphasis on those sectors that continue to employ low level skilled workers when we have many unemployed people locally that can work in mining, agriculture, construction, security, domestic, hospitality and tourism.

(c) The Regulations will only follow once the Amendment Bill is passed by parliament and we do not have a date as yet.

Reply:

 

The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) calculates the fair value of biological assets on a quarterly and annual basis in terms of the Accounting Policy. The Chief Financial Officer of the DEFF discloses an input of the calculated biological asset report in the Financial Statements (interim Financial Statements and Annual Financial Statements) of the Department quarterly and annually as per the requirements of the Modified Cash Standards. The biological asset valuation report is not published, however, it is submitted to the office of the Auditor-General at the end of each financial year for auditing purposes. For the 2019/20 financial year, the value of the Biological Assets was R775,694,044.00. The Department is in a process of calculating the value for the 2020/21 year for disclosure in the Annual Financial Statements.

Regards

MS B D CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF, FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

DATE: .18/03/2021

Reply:

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), enacted by the US Congress in 2000, extends preferential market access to the US market for around 5 235 products from eligible countries in Sub Saharan Africa. South Africa is a beneficiary country under AGOA. AGOA has been extended twice in 2008 and again in 2015 and the current term of AGOA continues until 2025. A decision to extend, adjust or finally terminate AGOA is expected to be decided by the US Congress in 2025.

Country eligibility for AGOA is subject to annual reviews, the last one of which was initiated in May 2020. Eligibility criteria include requirements that a country has established or is making progress toward establishing a market-based economy, the rule of law, political pluralism, the right to due process, amongst other things. South Africa participated in the AGOA review and submitted responses at public hearings to questions raised by several interested parties. The review process was concluded in November 2020 and South Africa remains a beneficiary under AGOA.

The South African and US Governments are in ongoing interaction on a range of trade and investment issues of mutual interest. The last Ministerial in-person bilateral engagement was held in December 2019 in Washington DC shortly before the Covid-19 pandemic, followed by virtual engagements at bilateral and multilateral level, including by trade officials.

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Reply:

(a). No cost is projected at the national level to implement the name changes to (i) Gqeberha (ii) Qonce, (iii) Kariega and (iv) Nqanqarhu, respectively. The Department has a national programme to transform South Africa’s heritage landscape through the transformation of colonial and apartheid symbolism reflected in statues, monuments and place names all over South Africa.

The cost of this national programme is budgeted for within the departmental allocations from the national fiscus. There are no extra funds allocated to any sphere of government to fund these name changes specifically.

(b). The provincial government in the Eastern Cape funds the programme of the transformation of its naming landscape from its share of the provincial treasury allocations, including implementing the name changes to (i) Gqeberha (ii)Qonce, (iii) Kariega and (iv) Nqanqarhu, respectively.

(c) Municipal authorities responsible for implementing the name changes to (i) Gqeberha (ii) Qonce, (iii) Kariega and (iv) Nqanqarhu, respectively will fund activities relating to the changed names from their existing budget allocations.

Reply:

(1)(a) There were employees that performed work in addition to the responsibilities related to their work, outside normal working hours.

(b) The employees performed work outside their normal work for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015.

(i) Sixteen (16).

(ii) Senior Management Services, Administration Clerks, Immigration Officers, Deputy Directors and Assistant Directors.

(2) Approval was not obtained. All the employees were subjected to disciplinary process for violating policy.

(a) Policy requires that employees should apply for permission prior to engaging in any work outside the public service.

(b) Applications are considered and approved by the Director General as per the delegation by the Executing Authority.

(c) Employees identified by the Auditor General (b) (i) were the only ones reported to the National Treasury.

(d) The transgressors were subjected to a disciplinary process in which they were found guilty and a sanction of Final Written Warning was imposed on all of them. Where sanction was not issued, application was declined and the official did not perform outside work the department.

Financial Year	Number of Employees	Approved/Nor Approved	Work Categories	Action Taken
14/15	16	Not Approved	SMS,MMS,Admin Clercks,Immigration Officers, Assistant Directors	Did not perform outside work
15/16	33	Not Approved	SMS, Immigration Officers, Assistant Director and Administration Clerks.	Did not perform outside work
16/17	31	Not Approved	SMS,Deputy Directors, Immigration Officers, Administration Clerks	Did not perform outside work
17/18	38	Not Approved	SMS,MMS,Admin Clercks,Immigration Officers, Assistant Directors	Did not perform outside work
18/19	39	Not Approved	SMS,MMS,Admin Clercks,Immigration Officers, Assistant Directors	Did not perform outside work
19/20	27	Not Approved	Deputy Director, Administration Clerks and Immigration Officers.	Did not perform outside work

Employees identified by the Auditor General

Financial Year	Number of Employees	Work Categories	Action Taken
2014/15	6	SMS	Final Written Warning
2015/16	19	SMS, Administration Clerks and Immigration Officers.	Final Written Warning
2016/17	11	SMS, Deputy Director, Administration Clerks and Immigration Officers.	Final Written Warning
2017/18	6	Assistant Director, Administration Clerks and Immigration Officers.	Final Written Warning
2018/19	12	Deputy Director, Administration Clerks and Immigration Officers.	Final Written Warning
2019/20	8	Deputy Director, Administration Clerks and Immigration Officers.	Final Written Warning

END

Reply:

1. (a). Yes, the Department had staff who undertook Remunerative Work Outside the Public Sector.

(b)(i) and (ii) Approval for Remunerative Work is valid for a period of 12 months; awareness is conducted that no work should be done without the approval of the Executive Authority, in line with the Public Service Code of Conduct, and Public Service Regulations of 2016. The CIPC database is checked to identify all companies aligned to officials via their identity number. The Central Database at National Treasury (CDNT) is checked for active companies aligned to officials.

(b)(i)

Financial Year	Total
2014-15	0
2015-16	1
2016-17	8
2017-18	15
2018-19	11
2019-20	19

(b)(ii)

Financial Year	Job Category
a) 2015-16[01 April 2015-30 March 2016]	Director: Heraldry
2015-16 Total [1]
a) 2016-17[01 April 2016-30 March 2017]	Admin Clerk
b) 2016-17[01 April 2016-30 March 2017]	Deputy Director: Design
c) 2016-17[01 April 2016-30 March 2017]	Deputy Director: Executive Liaison/ Support
d) 2016-17[01 April 2016-30 March 2017]	Deputy Director: Preservation
e) 2016-17[01 April 2016-30 March 2017]	Director: Cultural Development
f) 2016-17[01 April 2016-30 March 2017]	Director: Terminology Coordination
g) 2016-17[01 April 2016-30 March 2017]	ASD: EAP
h) 2016-17[01 April 2016-30 March 2017]	Deputy Director Touring Ventures-MGE
2016-17 Total [8]
a) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Director- Heritage Promotion [ Ex-DAC employee]
b) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Deputy Director Corp Service[DDG's Office] - [Ex-DAC]
c) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Deputy Director Human Resource Development
d) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Administration Officer
e) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Deputy Director- Language Planning
f) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Director - Language Planning
g) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Deputy Director- Institutional Policy
h) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Assist Director- Employee Wellness
i) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Director - Finance Admin [ Ex-DAC]
j) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Director: Terminology Coordination
k) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Principal Archivist [ ASD]
l) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Ambassador International Relations - EX- DAC
m) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Registration Clerk
n) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Ministry- Consultant [Ex-DAC]
o) 2017-18[01 April 2017 -31 March 2018]	Deputy Director - Cult Development
2017-18 Total [15]
a) 2018-19 [01 April 2018-30 March 2019]	Director: Bureau of Heraldry
b) 2018-19 [01 April 2018-30 March 2019]	Admin Officer
c) 2018-19 [01 April 2018-30 March 2019]	Director: Terminology Coordination
d) 2018-19 [01 April 2018-30 March 2019]	Registration Clerk
e) 2018-19 [01 April 2018-30 March 2019]	Director: Internal Audit
f) 2018-19 [01 April 2018-30 March 2019]	Deputy Director: Corporate Services Support
g) 2018-19 [01 April 2018-30 March 2019]	Deputy Director Human Resource Development
h) 2018-19 [01 April 2018-30 March 2019]	Director: Cultural Development
i) 2018-19 [01 April 2018-30 March 2019]	Principal Archivist
j) 2018-19 [01 April 2018-30 March 2019]	Deputy Director: ACPD
k) 2018-19 [01 April 2018-30 March 2019]	Director: Language Planning
2018-19 Total [11]
Financial Year	Job Category
a) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Chief Language Practitioner
b) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Chief Language Practitioner
c) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Admin Officer
d) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Principal Language Practitioner
e) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Principal Language Practitioner
f) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Deputy Director: Preservation
g) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Principal Language Practitioner
h) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Chief Language Practitioner
i) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Principal Language Practitioner
j) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Deputy Director : Craft
k) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Deputy Director Human Resource Development
l) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Principal Archivist
m) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Director : Language Planning
n) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Director: Terminology Coordination
o) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Assistant Director Employee wellness
p) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Director Cultural Development
q) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Deputy Director: Infrastructure Support
r) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Registration Clerk
s) 2019-20[01 April 2019-30 March 2020]	Deputy Director: Forensic Audit
2019-20 Total [19]

(2). Yes, approval was granted for all listed officials.

(a). The policy requires that written approval is granted by the Executive Authority.

(b). The immediate superior reviews and endorses the approval, the application is referred to the Ethics Committee, recommendation to approve are sent to the Accounting Officer, who then provides final recommendation to the Executive Authority.

(c). One, the matter was resolved.

(d). The official resigned as a Director of the company, after a letter to institute disciplinary action was issued to her.

Reply:

Yes, I have engaged Cricket South Africa on the alleged racism in South African cricket. To this end Cricket South Africa has indicated that it is taking restorative steps towards ensuring that all issues of discrimination brought up by former cricket players will indeed be attended to.

The Interim Board of Cricket South Africa has endorsed the rollout programme of the Social Justice and Nation Building Project and Mr. Makhaya Ntini remains an integral part of the rollout of this programme and the specific issues that he raised will be handled as part of the processes of the office of the ombudsperson.

Once ready, the Social Justice and Nation Building Project rollout process will begin with public hearings, which will culminate to a report and action plan by the Independent Cricket Ombudsman.

Reply:

The matter raised by the Honourable Member falls within the ambit of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, hereinafter referred to as the City.

Nevertheless, I have been advised that the City has approached the High Court for an application that consists of three phases:

• to conduct a survey to establish the profile and circumstances of the occupiers as well as the total number of occupiers that are currently residing at the property unlawfully. 
• to engage with those occupiers that will be rendered homeless should they be evicted and to determine a solution for them.  
• the final phase will be the eviction of those unlawful occupiers who do not qualify for emergency accommodation and refuse to vacate the property to be relocated elsewhere.   

The purpose of the survey is to determine the number of illegal occupants, their identities, monthly income and eligibility for state-subsidised housing and whether any illegal occupants fall within the vulnerable groups as stated in Section 4 of the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from Unlawful Occupation of Land Act No. 19 of 1998 (‘Pie Act’)

I am informed that the City is aware of its constitutional obligations in this matter, hence it launched Part 1 of the application to survey the illegal occupants, because Section 26 of the Constitution provides that “everyone has a right to access to adequate housing”. Section 26(2) confers a duty upon the State to progressively facilitate access to adequate housing within its available resources.

The issue of alternative accommodation will be addressed once the survey has been completed, as the results of the survey will be a consideration in the eviction proceedings.

Reply:

a) nAdvocate Rod Solomons – Advocate focussing on constitutional; human rights; corporate governance and corporate matters. Previous Head of Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport in the Western Cape that included being in charge of museums, he was instrumental in forming various public entities in the arts & culture sector; served on the National Film & Video Foundation council.

Advocate Judith Leshabane – Advocate focussing on labour relations, human rights issues, policy, contracts and refugees. Chairperson of the National Museum in Bloemfontein Council.

Mr Dumisani Dlamini – Chartered Accountant and previous CFO of the National Arts Council and current CFO of SANPARKS and appointed to the Accounting Standards Board. Expertise in governance, turnaround strategies, risk management, financial management, asset management and tourism.

Professor Pitika Ntuli – 2 Post Graduate Degrees in Fine Arts, he is an accomplished expert in the arts and culture arena and served on various bodies and structures in this field

Mr Krishna Govender – Chartered Accountant; he was previous a CFO of Supersport, expertise in strategy, business process improvement, financial modelling and policy reviews and process-engineering.

Ms Sijabulile Makhathini – Chartered Accountant; expertise in governance, risk management, financial management.

Ms Magdalene Moonsamy – Lawyer; Deputy Chairperson of the African Peer Review Mechanism and previous Chief Operations Officer of the National Youth Development Agency.

Mr Popo Masilo – Lawyer; Chairperson of the William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberly.

b) 10

Reply:

a) There are 20 curatorial positions. There are 5 vacancies

b) (i) One position since 2016 and four since 2020 to date

(ii) There have been retirements and resignations. The institution was in the process of filling some of these positions with the limited funding it had but the global pandemic struck and financial austerity measures were imposed by National Treasury. This has severely affected the recruitment of staff at the Iziko Museums of South Africa.

Reply:

a) Yes my Department makes use of private security firms as outlined below:-

(i)Name	(ii)Purpose	(iii)Value	(iv)Duration
Pristo Response Trading	Provision of a twenty-four hour security service at four Departmental sites.	R43 071 939.83	Three years – 29 June 2018 – 30 May 2021.
Cardura Security	Provision of a twenty four hour security service at Regent Place.	R4 176 000.00	Three years – 1 March 2019 – 28 February 2022.

(b). Yes Entities under my Department makes use of private security firms as outlined below-:

i) ENTITY	ii) NAME OF FIRM	iii) PURPOSE OF CONTRACT	iv) VALUE	v) DURATION
Iziko Museums of South Africa	Fidelity Security Services	Guarding services at the various Museums.	R113 168.54 per month	Month to month basis
	ADT	Alarm monitoring and response services at buildings occupied by Iziko Museums.	R15 371.86 per month	Month to month basis A tender for the services has been concluded and an agreement will be signed between the preferred service provider and Iziko Museums.
Ditsong Museums of South Africa	Senegal Security CC.	To meet all requirements of DMSA in terms of physical security access control. The purpose of access control is to prevent the unauthorized access and egress of persons/vehicles and the bringing in of any dangerous objects onto DMSA premises in order to safeguard the people, the property, assets and buildings.	R 49 185 196	Thirty-Six (36) Months with effective from 1 November 2019.
Afikaanse Taalmuseum en monument	Drakenstein Security Services and CCTV Room (Pty) Ltd	Security guards for the Taalmonument and Amphitheatre for night shift	R 1 985 688	3 years Expired on 31 December 2020
	Baruch Security Services	Security guards for the Taalmonument and Amphitheatre for night shift	R 1 336 209	3 years Active from 1 January 2021
Freedom Park	Elihle/Titanium Security Services	General access control and guarding services	R 12 755 026.	3 years (effective from 01 December 2019 to 30 November 2022
Kwazulu Natal Museum	Delta Force Security	To provide security at the Old St Anne’s Hospital property. The property is the site earmarked for the new KZN Museum building. Outsourced security is required while the project is at the planning and design stage. Security arrangements will change as soon as the site is handed over to a building contractor.	R9 016.00 per month.	Month to month contract.
National Museum	National security	Provision of armed response, monitoring of emergency services and annual maintenance	R 392 462.34	5 years 1 August 2019 to 31 August 2024
	Stallion	Guarding services for the museum	R 1 765 060.16	3 years 1 February 2021 to 31 January 2024
Nelson Mandela Museum	Tyeks Security Services	To provide security guard services in order to maintain security on site, and ensure access control in the museum	R 8 000 018.07	3 year fixed contract
uMsunduzi museum	Siyejabula Security Solution cc	To provide security guard services in order to maintain security on site, and ensure access control is in place	R 1 270 980.00	3 years
	ADT	To provide Alarm monitoring and armed response.	R69 386.37.	24 Months
	Sizowakha Security and Cleaning Services cc	To provide security guard services in order to maintain security on site, and ensure access control is in place.	R1 113 133,41	3 years
War Museum of the Boer-Republic	Fidelity Security Services	To provide 24-hour guard on ground and guard in the museum when open	R 356 524.68	7 Months
William Humphreys Art Gallery	Gate to Door Security	To monitor the building	R 70 392.00	2 years
Luthuli Museum	Siyajabula Security Services	To provide security to the organisation	R 1,474,483.32	3 years
Robben Island Museum	G4S Security Services	Rendering of Security Services in safe guarding Robben Island Museum's properties and assets in Murray's Harbour, Nelson Mandela Gateway, Jetty 1 and Quay 501, including Cash Collection	R10 291 783.49	2 years
	Khuselani Security & Risk Management	Rendering of Security Services in safe guarding Robben Island Museum's properties and assets in Murray's Harbour, Nelson Mandela Gateway, Jetty 1 and Quay 501.	R19 673 535.09	5 years
	Prosec security services	Rendering of Security Services in safe guarding Robben Island Museum's properties and assets in Murray's Harbour, Nelson Mandela Gateway, Jetty 1 and Quay 501.	R19 673 535.09	2 years 9 months
	City security cc	Rendering of Security Services in safe guarding Robben Island Museum's properties and assets in Murray's Harbour, Nelson Mandela Gateway, Jetty 1 and Quay 501.	R15 022 224.00	3 years
South African Heritage Resources Agency	ADT	Alarm installation, monitoring and armed response to Paarl office and buildings	R 3 030.00 p/m	Month to month
	BC security solutions	Farm patrol	R 456 000.00	24 months
	Security SA	On-site physical security for securing of vulnerable building structures	R504 576.00	12 months
	Qamata Trading projects	Security services at Old Resi-dency in King Williams Town	R 414 000,00	24 months
	Suidpunt Sekuriteit	Alarm installation and moni-toring of Struisbaai units	R 321.00/Per month	Month to month
	Bokwe’s security services	Service Provider to provide physical security services at SAHRA Head Office	R778 073,76	36 months
South African Institute for Drug Free Sport	No private security appointed	The South African Drug Free Sport Institution has no private security at its premises	N/A	N/A
Pansalb	No private security appointed	The language Board does not use private security the Landlord provide for the service	N/A	N/A
Boxing South Africa	No private security appointed	The Boxing South Africa has no private security at its premises	N/A	N/A
AMAZWI South Museum of Literature	Hi-Tec Security	Monitoring of intruder security system, armed response and Monitoring of fire alarms	Approximately R50 000.00 per year.	Ongoing contract
NLSA	Eldna security services	Provision of security services at Pretoria campus	R 7 583,263.30	3 years
	Eldna security services	Provision of services at Cape Town campus	R 5, 690,038.44	3 years
South African Library for the Blind	The Library do not have private security at its premises	N/A	N/A	N/A
National Arts Council	Khokhotiva General Services (Pty) Ltd	To provide 24 Hour Protection Service at the council	R398 600,00	12 Months
National Film video and Foundation	Satenga Security Services (Pty) Ltd	The company provides security services which include monitoring access control into the premises where the NFVF rents office space.	R321 540.00	12 Months
National Heritage	The Council do not have private security at its premises the landlord provide for that service	N/A	N/A	N/A
PACOFS	Ignite security	Provision of security services.	R4 640 400 for a period of three (3) years	3 years
South African State Theatre	Cardura Trading Enterprise	Security provision	R13,634,348.13	36 months
The Playhouse Company	Excellerate Services (Pty) Ltd	To safeguard employees, patrons, service providers, movable assets and property at The Playhouse Company buildings.	R 9 926 139 for the 3 year contract	3 years
ARTSCAPE	Afri Guard (Pty) Ltd	To provide security at the premises	R 12 186 334.08	3 years
The Market Theatre Foundation	Rise Security	To provide general security for the premises	R6 312 017.66	3 years
	Fidelity ADT	To provide with armed response to the premises	R81 900.00	3 years

Reply:

1. Whether, with reference to the proposed new nuclear build, his department conducted any (a) feasibility studies and/or

The Department has in the past, conducted at least 13 feasibility studies towards a framework for the realisation of the Nuclear New Build Programme. These include amongst others the International Atomic Energy Agency’s peer review expert mission on Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review. As result of this, a number of studies and strategies were developed to address identified issues raised for preparation toward procurement of the 9600MW nuclear programme previously. These feasibility studies provided the necessary foundation from which to prepare for the procurement of the 2500MW nuclear new build programme. Some of the relevant feasibility Studies included:

1. Study on comparative analysis of Shale Gas to power versus Nuclear Power in SA
2. Benchmark of Procurement Framework
3. Cost of Nuclear Power
4. Owner-Operator and Financing Structures
5. Finance Options Models Solutions
6. Economic Impact of Localisation of Nuclear New Build Programme

(b) business or financial case studies for new nuclear generation in the past two years; if not, why not; if so, in each case, what are the relevant details;

Having those relevant studies as a basis, following the IRP2019 call for the smaller capacity of 2500MW the Department sought to update its information with the latest developments in the nuclear industry by testing the market appetite for the deployment of the Nuclear New Build Programme in South Africa. In June 2020, Department went out to test the market by issuing a non-binding Request for Information (RFI) for the 2500 MW of nuclear capacity. The process of finalising the RFI assessment is underway and this will culminate to into the implementation strategy, roadmap and procurement framework.

2. In view of the fact that the Integrated Resource Plan 2019 (IRP 2019) makes no provision for the procurement of new nuclear generation as indicated on table 5 on page 42 of the gazetted IRP, on what basis has he committed to procure 2500MW of new nuclear generation by 2024 in his Ministerial Performance Agreement;

The Department has been implementing the IRP2019 since it was promulgated in 2019 to provide sustainable energy mix to address the country energy needs with various energy technologies that are being rolled out. The IRP does not pronounce on procurement. It is a plan for electricity that is based on least cost calculations and policy adjustments. There are a number of steps in the IRP development process, one of the final steps is policy adjustment. The policy adjusted decision of an approved Integrated Resource Plan of 2019, Decision 8 states: “Commence preparations for a nuclear build programme to the extent of 2500 MW at a pace and scale that the country can afford because it is a no-regret option in the long term”. The Minister’s Section 34 Determination in terms of the Electricity Regulations Act No. 4 of 2006, as amended, is where provision for procurement of electricity generation is made. The policy Decision 8 of the IRP2019 provides the basis upon which the Minister has committed to procure 2500MW of new nuclear generation by 2024 in his Ministerial Performance Agreement;

The preparations leading to the procurement in 2024 have already started taking into account:

1. That the 2500 MW Nuclear Build Programme is contained in the DMRE 2020-2025 Strategic Plan and the Annual Performance Plan
2. That the 2500 MW Nuclear Build Programme is contained in Policy Position 8 of the IRP 2019
3. That the 2500 MW Nuclear Build Programme is contained in the Performance Agreement of the Minister.
4. That the 2500 MW Nuclear Build Programme is contained in the 2019-2024 MTSF Priorities.

The preparation for nuclear power plant is long lead-time infrastructure project and takes up to about 12 years from the planning until the commission power plant to the grid to generate electricity. These preparatory activities include but are not limited to design, siting, procurement, construction and commissioning of the nuclear power station beyond 2030. Most of the baseload coal fired power plants will be decommissioned beyond 2030 and based on the long lead times for a nuclear programme, starting the process early will yield a no regret option taking into account that nuclear is a clean baseload source of power.

3. Why is he prioritising nuclear power generation ahead of other generation solutions despite ESKOM’s admission that nuclear energy is neither a least-cost, nor a short-term solution to the electricity crisis in the Republic? NW828E

The Department has a responsibility to implement the approved IRP in totality to ensure security of energy supply for the country. It is not true that nuclear is being prioritised. Since the promulgation of the initial IRP 2010-30 and the subsequent revised IRP 2019, the only other technologies to be commissioned in line with these plans have not included nuclear. We have procured more renewable energy technologies and we continue to do so and nuclear has not been one of those. Even with the section 34 determinations following the IRP 2019, Nuclear energy is being subjected to a robust public participation process prior to NERSA’s concurrence. It is therefore not true to imply that nuclear is brought in as short-term solution despite it having policy adjusted into the IRP post the modelling process. It must be noted that the IRP does not factor in a number of issues such as hidden costs including the grid costs, balancing costs, systems costs, job creation, local industry development, geopolitics, labour movement dynamics and other related aspects. In addition, the IRP modelling process used the average capital cost of nuclear projects as US$5000/kWe whilst unlike other energy sources, nuclear projects have shown to have a wide range from as low as US$2000. After testing the market, we may arrive at a cost far lower than any other energy source possible, and this is the reason why it will be prudent to move forward with procurement of nuclear power. In addition, unlike most other energy sources which have lifetimes and loans suit limited private investor positions of short-term returns, nuclear power plants have lifetimes exceeding 60 years. Koeberg is a prime example of this and has shown to be the cheapest of all energy sources currently on the grid. Even after 20 years when a nuclear plant has been paid off (due to market limitations on loan durations), the plants will continue to generate electricity at the lowest operational cost. Each energy source must be looked at for its merits, and hence a balanced energy mix of all sources is good for South Africa.

Reply:

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy is responsible for the regulation of the mining industry through the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA), No 29 of 1996. The Department of Health (DoH) governs the compensation of the mine employees diagnosed with Occupational Lung Diseases through Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act (ODMWA) 78 OF 1973 regulated by the Medical Bureau for Occupational diseases (MBOD).

Tshiamiso trust has been established to carry out the terms of the settlement agreement reached between amongst six mining companies and claimants to compensate current and ex-mineworkers for silicosis and TB. The trust works together with the MBOD in certification of mineworkers who have lodged claims. The certification process to identify ex-mineworkers with silicosis was apparently hampered by Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 as lung function tests could not be carried out because of the risk of increasing exposure to COVID-19 infection. Outreach programmes are reported to be carried out to cater for outstanding compensations in areas like the Eastern Cape.

Reply:

(1)(a)(b) According to the records of the Department of Human Settlements (DHS), there are three (3) officials who performed other remunerative work since 2014 to date, after their applications were duly approved by the Executive Authority.

2. (a) The Department uses the “Guide on Managing other Remunerative Work in The Public Service” which, amongst others prescribes a form to be used for applying to perform other remunerative work outside the Public Service. It further prescribes that no Public Servant will be allowed to perform business with the State and that approval to perform other remunerative work will be valid for one year.

b) The Minister, guided by the recommendations of the Ethics Officer, makes a decision on the applications.

c) None

d) Not applicable.

 

Reply:

ENTITY	(b) entity reporting to him makes use of private security firms	(i) name of each firm,	(ii) purpose	(iii) value	(iv) duration of each specified contract?
CEF (SOC) Ltd	CEF, iGas and SFF do not make use of private security firms. PetroSA and AEMFC utilise the services of private security firms.	PetroSA: Quattro Security (Bloemfontein and Tzaneen depots); Fidelity Security Services (Parow Offices) Excellerate Security Services at the GTL Refinery and surrounding sites in Mossel Bay AEMFC: Protea coin t/s Bidvest Security	PetroSA is making use of private security guards armed and unarmed in its Depots (Bloemfontein and Tzaneen), GTL Refinery and its surrounding sites in Mossel Bay and Parow (Head Office).	PetroSA: Quattro Security (Bloemfontein and Tzaneen depots) – R1,243,371,41 Fidelity Security Services (Parow Offices) – R,414,893,84 Excellerate Services (GTL Refinery and sites around Mossel Bay) – R70 000 000.00 AEMFC: R 25,847,324.00	PetroSA: Quattro and Fidelity – 01 October 2018 – 30 September 2021 GTL Refinery and surrounding sites in Mossel Bay – 15 January 2021 – 14 January 2024 with an option to extend for one year. AEMFC: 01 December 2020 – 30 November 2023
NECSA	The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) does not make use of private security firms.	N/A – NECSA uses in-house security	N/A	N/A	N/A
CGS	Yes. The Council for Geoscience has established an in-house security capacity in Head Office, Donkerhoek Core shed and Bellville regional office through mass in-housing process, whilst other regional offices are still protected through contract security	Polokwane regional office: Field Security Services   Upington regional office: ADT Fidelity Security Services Pietermaritzburg regional office: Peter Security Services	Polokwane Regional Office: 24/7 Security guarding services – one grade C armed guard during the day shift and similar during the night shift. Upington regional office: Providing armed response services only– alarm monitoring services Pietermaritzburg regional office: Providing armed response services only – alarm monitoring services	Polokwane Regional Office: R345, 000.00 Upington regional office: R88,252.04 Pietermaritzburg regional office: R19, 297.80	Polokwane Regional Office: 26 September 2020 – 26 September 2021 Upington regional office: 01 December 2020 – 30 November 2023 Pietermaritzburg regional office: 01 October 2019 to 30 September 2022
MINTEK	Mintek utilizes the services of three (3) companies for their security	Mfanyana Trading Enterprise Fidelity Security Services MI 7 Security Group	Mfanyana Trading Enterprise: General security services at Mintek Campus (24/7) Fidelity Security Services: Protection of Mintek’s Technology demonstration plant (Savmin) at Sibanye Gold Randfontein MI 7 Security Group: Tactical, Surveillance and protection services for derelict/ownerless holings closure (open shaft). These open shafts are used by illegal miners and syndicates to pursue Illegal mining activities.	Mfanyana Trading Enterprise: R375,898 p/m Fidelity Security Services: R R39,930 p/m MI 7 Security Group: R19m (total contract value. Payment based on use) Services are only used on adhoc basis as and when required	Mfanyana Trading Enterprise: 4 year contract Fidelity Security Services: month-to-month contract MI 7 Security Group: 3 year contract
MHSC	The MHSC does not make use of Private Security firm	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NERSA	Yes	Imvula Security Services (Sub-contracted by AFMS Group)	Building Security	R2,347,538	2 years
NNR	Yes	RAMS Fire, Security and Cleaning Services (Pty) Ltd	Building security	R5 268,218.20	01 May 2018 – 30 April 2021
NRWDI	NRWDI does not make use of private security firms.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SDT	Yes	Rise Security Services (Pty) Ltd	For the provision of armed guarding services for its diamond premises, and to provide access control services	R38 934.36 monthly, VAT inclusive	Three (3) years (1 September 2018 to 21 August 2021)
SADPMR	Yes	Fidelity Securities EOS Empire All System	Fidelity Securities: Armed response and static guard services EOS Empire All System: Maintenance of security equipment	Fidelity Securities: R1,284,126,.72 EOS Empire All System: R70 000 plus R345.00 call out, excluding travel claims	Fidelity Securities: 12 months EOS Empire All System: 6 months
SANEDI	SANEDI does not make use of the services of a private security firm.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Reply:

ENTITY	what (a) is the (i) breakdown of all legal matters against the various entities of his department	(a)(ii) cost to the taxpayer in each case	(b) are the reasons that his department has not, to date, used its own internal processes against those individuals who offset the specified cases, such that they are personally liable for the specified legal costs
NECSA	On or about 12 August 2019, Mr Vusi Malebana, erstwhile Necsa Chief Legal Advisor filed an urgent application seeking a declaratory and interdicting order setting aside his suspension and stopping the disciplinary proceeding against him. The Labour Court ruled that the suspension of Mr. Malebana by the South Africa Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) was declared to be unlawful and constitutes an occupational detriment.	Necsa was ordered to pay the costs of Mr. Malebana in pursuing the urgent application, which costs were to include the costs of two (2) counsel. The bill of costs as per the Taxing Master certificate were R352 486.14 which Necsa honoured in full in January 2021.	Following the court interdict, Mr. Malebana was subjected to a disciplinary hearing and eventually dismissed. He took the matter to the CCMA whereby the CCMA ordered that his dismissal was procedurally and substantively unfair and awarded six months compensation amounting to R679 444.86. Mr Malebana subsequently served Necsa with a Notice of Motion together with the founding affidavit on 12 December 2020 in essence outlining his intentions to review the arbitration award issued by CCMA on 26 October 2020.
CGS	The Council for Geoscience has no pending legal matters emanating from the scenario outlined in the question.	N/A	N/A
MINTEK	Mintek does not have any litigation matters that were started by persons who are no longer at the company. The only legal matters currently active relates to labour issues such as unfair dismissal and unfair labour practice.	N/A	N/A
NNR	No outstanding litigation against NNR	N/A	N/A
NRWDI	The National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI) is not involve in any litigation matters and therefore the questions are not applicable to NRWDI.	N/A	N/A
SDT	The SDT has no litigation matters at present. No such matters were dealt with in the past. Consequently, the entity has incurred no costs in this regard.	N/A	N/A
SADPMR	The SADPMR has no former or current employees who were involved in any litigations of which the Regulator was responsible for paying their legal costs.	N/A	N/A
SANEDI	SANEDI is currently opposing one labour relation matter	R253,998.25	Matter is still pending

CEF (SOC) and its subsidiaries, NERSA and the MHSC responses listed separately below:

CENTRAL ENERGY FUND AND SUBSIDIARIES

ENTITY	what (a) is the (i) breakdown of all legal matters against the various entities of his department	(a)(ii) cost to the taxpayer in each case	(b) are the reasons that his department has not, to date, used its own internal processes against those individuals who offset the specified cases, such that they are personally liable for the specified legal costs
CEF (SOC) Ltd	CEF SOC Ltd and SFF jointly handled the stock rotation litigation matter	R11, 922, 752.15.	After the A&O Report, Application was made for a declaratory order declaring that the sale of strategic stock was invalid.
SFF	Stock Rotation already reported as stated above. Krone is suing SFF for payment, which they allege, is due in terms of the contract. Krone was required to install a metering system, which was aimed at improving accuracy levels of measuring of oil volumes. In the recovery of proceeds for the sale of diesel to Line Petroleum, a default judgment was granted in favour of SFF,	R4 500 685.00 R 43, 400.43	SFF is withholding payment on the grounds of non-performance under the contract. A legal opinion is being sought because Line Petroleum does not have attachable assets in South Africa.
iGas	No litigation to report on.	N/A	N/A
PetroSA	PetroSA is claiming damages from Odjfjell for the pipeline damages. PetroSA has instituted liquidation proceedings against Two Oceans for failing to honour payments for product sold PetroSA has obtained judgment against Fantastic View and a writ of execution has been issued	R 11,462, 280.93 R 1,457,266.26 R 738,755.57	Judgment is pending
AEMFC	The supplier being Innovent was found to have misrepresented AEMFC on registration with the Financial Service Board. AEMFC concluded a settlement agreement with NUM in 2017 at the CCMA which was made an Arbitration award and amongst the item agreed upon was that AEMFC will pay the 13th cheque each December. In 2019 there was another agreement which states that it supersedes all the previous agreements and a new bonus scheme which was performance bonus was introduced. Bargaining employees in 2019 as per the new agreement received 50% of their CTC as performance bonus and the 13th Cheque was not paid. NUM has now obtained an Arbitration award against AEMFC demanding the 13th Cheque for December 2019. Persuant to the Arbitration award, NUM applied for enforcement order of R2.9M which was granted and AEMFC property was attached by the sheriff. AEMFC has applied to the Labour Court to stay the enforcement order pending the rescission of the of the Arbitration award. The argument by AEMFC is that, the 2017 agreement was superseded by the 2019 agreement and further that the 13th Cheque must be from the employee’s salary and not at employers costs. An AEMFC former Senior Employee concluded a collecting Agreement with NUM in terms of which AEMFC will pay the risk allowance to employees who worked during the lockdown. In terms of the AEMFC LOA the collective agreement must be recommended by EXCO to the board for approval. The submission to the board by the former employed did not disclose that a collective agreement is already signed but created the impression that AEMFC must make a once off payment of R2.6 million for 5 weeks lockdown. AEMFC made a once off payment and the union lodge a grievance with the CCMA to enforcement the collecting agreement signed with the former employee. AEMFC disputed the validity of the collective agreement since it was not approved by EXCO and board and an urgent court application was filed to interdict CCMA to proceed with the matter pending review of the decision by AEMFC former employee to sign a collective agreement without authority.	R 241 016.43 R 192, 510.00 R 283,496. 62	The contract was classified as Irregular expenditure by National Treasury.

NATIONAL ENERGY REGULATOR OF SOUTH AFRICA (NERSA)

No.	Type of Litigation Matter	Breakdown of Legal Matters	Related Costs	Reasons for not using own internal processes
1.	Judicial review	ESKOM- Case arises from the decision of the Energy Regulator approving the MYPD3 RCA5 and Eskom is unhappy with the outcome. Eskom has taken the decision on judicial review.	R1 750 000.00	Only lawyers in the practising roll can appear in court. Despite NERSA legal advisors are all admitted attorneys/advocates, they cannot appear in court.
2.	Judicial review	AFGRI/PHILAFRICA- The judicial review case arises from the decision of the Energy Regulator not to amend or revoke the distribution licence of Maluti a Phofung Local Municipality licence.	2 900 000.00	Only lawyers in the practising roll can appear in court. Despite NERSA legal advisors are all admitted attorneys/advocates, they cannot appear in court.
3.	Judicial review	Drakenstein Local Municipality. The judicial review arises from the decision of the Energy Regulator not to approve some of the tariffs of the municipality during 2019/20 because of the impact that it would have had on the customers.	R2 200 000.00	Only lawyers in the practising roll can appear in court. Despite NERSA legal advisors are all admitted attorneys/advocates, they cannot appear in court.
4.	Judicial review/ Implementation of order pending appeal/ leave to appeal	Eskom- The appeal follows the judgement of the Pretoria High Court to substitute the decision of the Energy Regulator on the Eskom MYPD4 Year 3. This case has already had three judgements (review judgement, leave to appeal judgement and implementation of review judgement pending appeal judgement)	R7 400 000.00	Only lawyers in the practising roll can appear in court. Despite NERSA legal advisors are all admitted attorneys/advocates, they cannot appear in court.
5.	Judicial review	Sunrise- the matter arises from the judicial review brought by Sunrise against what they call improper formulation and reading of the Petroleum Pipelines Operating licence issued by NERSA to Avedia	R2 200 000.00	Only lawyers in the practising roll can appear in court. Despite NERSA legal advisors are all admitted attorneys/advocates, they cannot appear in court.

MINE, HEALTH AND SAFERY COUNCIL (MHSC)

what (a) is the (i) breakdown of all legal matters against the various entities of his department	(a)(ii) cost to the taxpayer in each case	(b) are the reasons that his department has not, to date, used its own internal processes against those individuals who offset the specified cases, such that they are personally liable for the specified legal costs
Investigation into allegations of financial misconduct	1 006 475,00	The matter is not finalised
Dispute at the Labour Court between employer an employee	233 770,00	Recovery if any will be based on outcome of the labour court
Challenging the recruitment process of the HR head at the Labour Court	45 007,55	Recovery if any will be based on outcome of the labour court
Termination of the Contract and recovery due to non performance	456 046,00	The matter is not finalised
Dispute at the Labour Court between employer an employee	301 357,44	Recovery if any will be based on outcome of the labour court
Dispute at the Labour Court between employer an employee	86 766,63	Settlement paid by MHSC
Dispute over employment Contract	153 060,00	Assessment still to be done pending the outcome of disciplinary hearing- employee on suspension

Reply:

Although the primary aim lies along advancing development premised on the principles of sustainable development, where any proposed mining along and within seabed could potentially pose severe and/or irreversible damage to ecosystem in question even with mitigation measures in place such application cannot be granted or approved.

The provisions of section 48 of the MPDRA which list out area over which prospecting or mining is prohibited. If the area constitutes such an area as per the assessment made, the Minister can invoke the provisions of section 49 of the MPRDA and restrict or prohibit mining over such relevant seabed.

Reply:

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) is responsible for paying municipal services (electricity, water, refuse and sanitation) on behalf of client departments, including the South African Police Services (SAPS). The municipal accounts that DPWI has with various municipalities across the country are in the name of DPWI. On a monthly basis, DPWI receives the municipal accounts, verifies the accuracy of the property listed, confirms if it was not paid before, after which the invoices are processed. At the end of the month, a report is drawn from the system for all payments made on behalf of client department and invoices are issued against client departments, such as SAPS, to pay DPWI within 30 days. It takes an average of over 90 days for client departments to settle their invoices with DPWI as part of recovery on payments made on behalf of clients departments.

a) & b) I have been informed by the Department that the total number of police stations in the Republic that have outstanding current service accounts in terms of water and electricity usage and the provinces that they are located are captured in the table below:

Regional Office	Province	Number of Police Stations	Outstanding Water Service Accounts	Outstanding Electricity Service Accounts
Polokwane	Limpopo	109	R 170 791.32	R 1 818 618.59
Bloemfontein	Free State	49	R 716 341.79	R 5 406 809.17
Cape Town	Western Cape	315	R 985 000.00	R 755 545.00
Kimberley	Northern Cape	116	R 272 708.55	R 1 640 572.88
Mmabatho	North West	118	R 471 522.39	R 3 848 218.12
Nelspruit	Mpumalanga	87	R -	R -
Umtata	Eastern Cape	70	R 799 411.66	R 1 185 471.82
Durban	Kwa-Zulu Natal	23	R 12 878.44	R 534 412.98
Johannesburg	Gauteng	139	R 638 451.11	R 1 043 972.70
Pretoria	Gauteng	40	R 1 936 990.52	R 1 828 873.53
Port Elizabeth	Eastern Cape	18	R 187 370.34	R 189 966.47
Grand Total	1086	R 6 191 466.12	R 18 252 461.26

c) There are other services being rendered by DPWI such as refuse, sanitation and property rates that are being serviced and paid on a monthly basis by the department. Payments of invoices to suppliers and service providers including municipalities on services rendered remains key deliverables for DPWI and the Ministry.

In some instances, the outstanding accounts include certain charges where some municipalities have levied interest on certain accounts as a result of, what they believed, were overdue accounts while in actual fact payments were made and not timeously allocated by municipalities.

DPWI continues to have regular sessions (including remote sessions) about timeous allocations of monies paid and corrections of incorrect billed services with municipalities. The persistent challenge experienced by the department is where some municipalities do not have adequate ICT infrastructure to remotely connect and be able to address some queries raised by the department related to incorrect statements and/or outstanding amounts.

DPWI’s commitment to ensure that all valid invoices are settled within 30 days on receipt of statements and invoices, or the agreed period with stakeholders, remains unwavering, hence the improved trajectory over the past couple of months of settling invoices within 30 days.

Reply:

 

(i) (aa) In the 2019/20 financial year, the Table Mountain National Park generated R371657 366 in revenue.

(bb) Since the start of the 2020/21 financial year, the Table Mountain National Park

generated R23 531114 in revenue.

(ii) The detailed breakdown of each section of income is provided on the table below:

Table 1. Table Mountain National Park Revenue streams

Question	Income Description	2019-20	2020 - 21
		Apr 2019 • Mar 2020 (12 months)	Apr 2020 – Feb 2021 (11 months)
(a)(ii)(aa)	Cape Point	R216 960 043	R 7 496 115
	Boulders	R90 502 407	R 2498 787
(a)(ii)(bb)	Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Concession	R39 795 627	R 5 217 361
(a)(ii)(cc)	My Green - and My Activity Card	R3 374 628	R 2 643 888
(a)(ii)(dd)	Picnic Sites	R2 757 167	R 1 251 262
(a)(ii)(ee)	Tourism Income	R7 588 972	R 2 868 400
	Other	R10 678 522	R 1 555 301
Tourism income includes Accommodation, Recreational Permits, Trail Fees, etc.
Other includes the other Filming, Rent Received, etc.
Total Revenue	R371657 366	R 23 531 114

1. The amount re-invested in operations for the 2019/20 financial year was R99 481 040. In the 2020/21 financial year, R74498 832 has been reinvested into operations.

Table 1. Table Mountain National Park Revenue streams

Question	2019•20 Apr 2019 - Mar 2020 Income Description	2020-21
(a)(ii)(aa)	Cape Point
	Boulders

(a)(ii)(bb)	Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Concession	R39 795 627	R 5 217 361
(a)(ii)(cc)	My Green - and My Activity Card	R3 374 628	R 2 643 888
(a)(ii)(dd)	Picnic Sites	R2 757 167	R 1 251 262
(a)(ii)(ee)	Tourism Income	R7 588 972	R 2 868 400
	Other	R10 678 522	R 1 555 301
Tourism Income includes Accommodation, Recreational Permits, Trail Fees, etc.
Other includes the other Filming, Rent Received, etc.
Total Revenue	R371657 366	R23 531 114

b) The amount re-invested in operations for the 2019/20 financial year was R99 481 040. In the 2020/21 financial year, R74 498 832 has been reinvested into operations.

Regards

MS B D CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
DATE: .18/03/2021

Reply:

1.(a) SA, together with Members of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), has submitted a tariff offer to AU Members. The SACU offer is conditional on receiving a reciprocal offer from AU trading partners as required by the AU Summit Decision of 5 December 2020. A copy of the offer may be accessed at http://www.thedtic.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/LSec-CE-TA-2020-072December2020.pdf

2. South Africa, together with Members of SACU, has negotiated and reached agreement on applicable rules of origin with AU Members for 81.5% of all products specified under the World Customs Organisation Harmonised System (HS) classification at a six digit level.

3) SA contributes to the budget of the AfCFTA Secretariat through its normal contributions to the African Union Commission.

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Reply:

a) Payments were made according to the project plan in the contract with the appointed Architectural firm from 2016/2017 financial year to date.

b) Since 2016/2017 the Iziko Museums of South Africa spent R2 004 651 on day to day maintenance. Iziko has spent R 7 996 395 on the Conservation Maintenance plan to date.

Reply:

(1) The Eastern Cape Provincial Geographical Names Committee conducted public hearings as followings:

1. Raymond Mhlaba Sport Centre on 13 November 2018
2. Port Elizabeth City Hall 14 November 2018
3. Uitenhage Town Hall 20 November 2018
4. Chatty Community Hall 21 November 2018
5. Nangoza Jebe Hall 22 November 2018
6. Maclear Town Hall 27 February 2019
7. King Williamstown Town Hall 19 November 2019
8. Berlin Town Hall 21 November 2019
9. East London City Hall 26 November 2019.

During these public consultations the name Nelson Mandela and Bhayi were also proposed for Port Elizabeth. However, the name Bhayi was disqualified as it was argued that it was just a translation of the word Baai. The name Nelson Mandela was disqualified as it was argued that it was overused in South Africa and the President Mandela never resided in the city. The counting of objections was never carried out as the sessions were not treated as referenda.

(1 and 11) The department has received twelve objections at the time this reply was being written from the public following the gazetting of the name changes on the 22nd of February 2021.

(b) on the number of comments for and against the name change. Section 10 of the South African Geographical Names Act 118 of 1998 provides for objections to the gazetted names but not for those who support the name changes hence no details of those who support the name changes were collected.

(c) As stated above the reasons given for the disqualification of the name Nelson Mandela was that the name was overused in South Africa and that President Mandela never lived in Port Elizabeth. The name Bhayi was disqualified because it was argued that the name Bhayi is a translation of the Afrikaans word Baai referring to any bay.

 

Reply:

Department of Human Settlements:

(a) Only one foreign national is employed by the Department of Human Settlements and the appointment was done in terms of Regulation 66(1) (a) of the Public Service Regulations, 2016.

(b) The official was recommended on consideration of her previous working history. The official has the requisite expertise, experience and reliability required for the post.

Department of Water and Sanitation

(a) As of the end of the 2019/20 financial year, the total number of foreign nationals within the Department of Water and Sanitation was 29.

(b) Reasons for the department to employ the employees referred to in (a) include:

• Scarcity of qualified and experienced persons available locally or they are available but do not meet the applicable employment criteria
• Technical areas of work in the department for which persons require advanced knowledge in a specified subject area or science
• The department has also entered into a bilateral agreement with the government of the Republic of Cuba on 6 February 2020 on cooperation in water resources management and water supply which will run up to 2024. The Cuban Specialists employed in various engineering and scientific disciplines are deployed in infrastructure operation clusters, regional offices and the Department’s Head Office. Among the areas of cooperation agreed upon by the parties are:
• Capacity building through training and skills transfer to officials responsible for operation and maintenance of water infrastructure throughout the water value chain at national, regional and local government levels;
• Operations and maintenance of water infrastructure in various clusters and provinces, where there is a dire shortage of technical skills.
• Provision of training and mentoring to local candidate engineers and artisans

 

Reply:

 

1. Yes, the table below lists the security contracts by which the Department makes use private security firms:

(i) Name of Firm	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Contract Value	(iv) Duration Contract
SBU and SBO Protection Services	Guarding Services to protect departmental assets and personnel at 110 Hamilton Building Pretoria	R2 919 633.12	36 months
National Security and Fire (Port Elizabeth	Guarding Services to protect the departmental assets and personnel at Port Alfred Office	R10, 050.00	10 months
ADT Security	Guarding Services to protect the departmental assets and personnel at Port Elizabeth Office	R9, 132.00	36 months

(i) Name of Firm	(ii) Purpose	(iii) Contract Value	(iv) Duration of each Contract
Trident Security	Guarding services to protect the departmental assets and personnel at the Sea Point Aquarium	R187, 500.00	3 months
Royal Security	Guarding services to protect the departmental assets and personnel at Gariep ATDC offices	R272, 300.17	3 months
Bihlale Risk Protection	Guarding services to protect the departmental assets and personnel at Gariep ATDC offices	R435, 968.88	4 months

1. Yes, the Entities (isimangaliso, SAWS, SANBI, SANParks) makes use of private security firms, and they are listed in the table below:

(i)Name of Firm	(ii)Purpose	(iii)Contract Value	(iv)Duration of Contract
ISIMANGALISO
Sizisizwe Security	To protect isimangaliso including its assets in different parts of the Park.	R17 251488	36 months
Nkalavasi Security	To protect isimangaliso including its assets in different parts of the Park.	R17 013 888	36 months
Let2Kuphepha	To protect isimangaliso including its assets in different parts of the Park.	R13 809 888	36 months
SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICES (SAWS)
(i)Name of Firm	(ii)Purpose	(iii)Contract Value	(iv)Duration of Contract
Maemo Security Services	Security services to protect SAWS’ assets and personnel at the Eco-Glades Head Office in Eco Park, Centurion.	R2 219 634.28	31 months
	Security services to protect SAWS’ assets and personnel at the Irene Weather Office situated in the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) Campus.	R2315 351.91	36 months
	Security services to protect SAWS' vacant land at Part 264 of Garsfontein 374 JR (Waterkloof Heights); Pretoria.	R2 925 287.03	36 months

Fidelity ADT and Technical	Video alarm monitoring system at Three Rivers Air Quality Monitoring Station	R36 505.80	24 Months
	24hrs Monitoring and Armed Response on Radar Sites at: East London, Mthatha, Durban, Ottosdal, Bethlehem and Polokwane.	R767 893.01	36 Months
Astron Alarms	24hrs Monitoring and Reaction for De Aar weather Office	R4 560.00	12 Months
BAI Security Services	24hrs Monitoring and Reaction for Calvinia Weather Office	R2 052.00	12 Months
Suidekruis Security Services	24 Hour Monitoring and Reaction for George Weather Of ce	R5 070.00	12 Months
RQ Alarms	24 Hour Monitoring and Reaction for Springbok Weather Office	R3 900.00	12 Months
Highbury Community Development Trust	MoU concluded 5* July 2006 with the Highbury Community in Mthatha to provide security at Mthatha Radarsite	R159 313.30 for 2020/21 FY, with annual CPIX escalation.	5th July 2005 till either party terminates the MoU
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE (SANBI)
(i)Name of Firm	(ii)Purpose	(iii)Contract Value	(iv)Duration of Contract
G4S Secure Solutions	Renter security services and cashier services through alarm monitoring, access control, guarding, patrolling, armed response, cashier and customer services at Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden	R2,226,287	5 Years
Selkirk Security Services	Security guarding, patrol duties and access control at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden	R7,777,879	5 Years
Gobizazi Security	Security and cashier services at the KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Gardens	R3,379,059	5 Years
Selkirk Security Company	Campus security, access control, customer and cashier services, patrolling, alarm monitoring and response at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden	R12,707,681	5 Years

GnG Security Services		Guarding services at the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden	R12,038,026	5 Years
Mmaketse Project Management Services		Guarding and cashier services at Thohoyandou Botanical Garden	R2,902,395	5 Years
Afri-Guard		Security and cashier services which includes guarding, access and exit control and cash management for the Free State National Botanical Garden	R2,444,279	5 Years
Metro Security		Security, access and armed response services at the Harold Porter National Botanical Garden	R2,528,772	5 Years
Phepha MV Security Services		Guarding, cashier services and armed response at Lowveld National Botanical Garden	R6,460 255	5 Years
ELDNA Security Services	Guarding Services to protect SANBI’s asserts, animals and personnel at SANBI’s National Zoological Gardens, Pretoria.	13 448 572.36	36 months
Sun Rise Security	Guarding Services to protect SANBI’s asserts, animals and personnel at SANBI’s Mokopane Biodiversity Centre.	154 907,27	6 months
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS (SANParks)
(i)Name of Firm	(ii)Purpose	(iii)Contract Value	(iv)Duration of Contract
Tyeks Security Services	Guarding services to protect SANParks assets and personnel at Addo Elephant National Park	R990, 553.37	6 months
Raite Security Services and Consulting	Guarding services to protect assets and personnel at Augrabies Falls National Park	R182, 413.44	4 months
Tyeks Security Services	Guarding services to protect assets and personnel at Camdeboo National Park	R4, 068, 092.00	60 months
South Cape Security	Armed Response and CCTV cameras at Garden Route Scientific Services	R28, 060.00	36 months

RRA Trading CC	Guarding services to protect assets and personnel at Groenkloof National Park	RS, 269, 714.20	36 months
Jen Foods	Guarding services to protect assets and personnel at Karoo National Parks	R470, 744.44	18 months
All Sound Security	Armed Response and CCTV cameras at Knysna Lakes	R30,728.05	36 months
Bangilizwe Security and T. Centre	Guarding services to protect assets and personnel at Mountain Zebra National Parks	R336, 000.00	12 months
SmhaRSecuity	Armed Response and CCTV cameras at Tsitsikamma National Park	R33, 200.00	4 months
Bamogale Security Solutions	Guarding services to protect assets and personnel at Tsitsikamma National Park	R1, 250 334.00	36 months
Shelfplett 40	Guarding services to protect assets and personnel at Tsitsikamma National Parks	R382, 800.00	12 months
Darling Security Service	Guarding services to protect assets and personnel at West Coast National Parks — Langebaan Gate and R27 Gate	R461,725.00	12 months
AR 24	Armed Response and CCTV cameras at West Coast National Parks — Langebaan Offices and Mooimaa/r Facilities	R139, 566.00	36 months
Bamogale Security Solutions	Guarding services to protect assets and personnel at Wilderness National Parks	R3, 162, 000.00	5 years
M-Sec Security	Armed Response and CCTV cameras at Wilderness National Parks	R52, 653.57	36 months

Regards

MS B D CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
DATE: 18/03/2021

Reply:

a) I have been advised by the department that sixty-six (66) applications were received under the South African Film and Television incentives since the reopening in August 2020.

b) Twenty-seven (27) compliant applications have been adjudicated and thirty-one (31) non-compliant applications were returned back to clients in line with the scheme guidelines. Eight compliant applications are ready for adjudication at the next committee meeting.

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Reply:

 

1. and (b)

Please draw your attention to the Department’s response to parliamentary question 2298, dated 30 October 2020. The Department’s position in this regard has not changed.

Regards

MS B D CREECY, MP
MINISTER OF FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

DATE: 17/03/2021

Reply:

(a) Department of Home Affairs

 

(i) NAME OF SERVICE PROVIDER	(ii) PROVINCE/SITE	(iii) CONTRACT VALUE	(iv) CONTRACT PERIOD
MODISE PROTECTION SERVICES	LIMPOPO	R 51 487 678.38	36 MONTHS
MODISE PROTECTION SERVICES	HEAD OFFICE	R 11 491 104.68	29 MONTHS
MODISE PROTECTION SERVICES	MPUMALANGA (x10 OFFICES)	R 10 757 845.57	29 MONTHS
INTENSE PROTECTION & TOURISM SERVICES	KWAZULU/NATAL	R 61 587 719.24	36 MONTHS
TLHOMPHANANG BUSINESS ENTERPRISE	NORTH WEST	R 23 957 448.54	36 MONTHS
TLHOMPHANANG BUSINESS ENTERPRISE	GAUTENG	R 59 182 035.70	36 MONTHS
TLHOMPHANANG BUSINESS ENTERPRISE	MPUMALANGA	R 19 318 448.54	36 MONTHS
TLHOMPHANANG BUSINESS ENTERPRISE	EASTERN CAPE	R 52 065 886.02	36 MONTHS
BAMOGALE ENTERPRISE	WESTERN CAPE	R 32 340 481.29	29 MONTHS
BAMOGALE ENTERPRISE	NORTHERN CAPE	R 13 382 827.05	36 MONTHS
MAFOKO SECURITY SERVICES	FREE STATE	R 18 851 637.24	36 MONTHS

a) The Electoral Commission

(i.)Name of firm	(ii.) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) duration
Fidelity Security Service National Office	Guarding services	R11,715,374,96	54 months
Mafoko Security service Northern Cape	Guarding services	R5 549 538,24	36 months
Huibidu Group North West	Guarding services	R4 871 417,75	36 months
Vimstire Security Free State	Guarding services	R3 289 522,92	36 months
Khayalami Security Service Limpopo	Guarding services	R2 326 347,90	36 months
Rise Security Services Kwazulu Natal	Guarding services	R9 055 266,08	48 months
Tykes Security Services Gauteng	Guarding services	R2 131 100,25	36 months
Mafoko Security service Western Cape	Guarding services	R270 019.70	36 months
Shumelahaya Security Service Mpumalanga	Guarding services	R4 475 328,77	36 months
Likunga Security Services Eastern Cape	Guarding services	R5 039 987,52	36 months

(i.)Name of firm	(ii.) Purpose	(iii) Value	(iv) duration
Red Alert Security Eastern Cape	Alarm Monitoring and armed response	R44 712.00	36 Months
National Security and Fire Gauteng	Alarm Monitoring and armed response	R39 856.32	36 Months
National Security and Fire Mpumalanga	Alarm Monitoring and armed response	R73 237.80	60 Months
African Urban Security Limpopo	Alarm Monitoring and armed response	R54 000.00	60 Months
National Security and Fire National office	Alarm Monitoring and armed response	R36 712.80	36 Months
Securiforce Free State	Alarm Monitoring and armed response	R48 300.00	60 Months
Defensor Security Northern Cape	Alarm Monitoring and armed response	R59 048.40	60 Months
Mzanzi Fire and Security Kwazulu Natal	Alarm Monitoring and armed response	R51 414.00	60 Months
Xpanded Security Solutions North West	Alarm Monitoring and armed response	R49 200.00	60 Months
National Security and Fire Western Cape	Alarm Monitoring and armed response	R32 400.00	36 Months
Gauteng (Local office) Nokeng tsa Taamane	Alarm Monitoring and armed response	R27 000.00	60 Months

(b) Government Printing Works

GPW has appointed a private security service provider, for the provision of physical security guarding services, in order to complement a total of 52 internally appointed security officers.

(i) Name of the firm: Mahlatje Mmetji Cleaning and Security (Pty,) Ltd

(ii) Purpose: the company serves to protect and secure assets, people and resources both in head office and regional offices located in Gauteng, North West, Limpopo and Eastern Cape provinces.

(iii) Value: The monetary value for provisioning of security services on the current arrangement is R 353, 050.00 (VAT inclusive) for each month.

(iv) Duration: For the months of February and March 2021 (2 months, renewable), whilst the organisation plans to procure and contract security services on a 3 years basis, to assist complement the internally appointed officials. The contracted service provider would focus on the non-core areas whilst the internal officials would secure the cores areas of GPW, in order to manage security risks and breaches.

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Reply:

The matter referred to in the question should be addressed to the Department of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries who handle Environmental impact issues, as well as the Department of Employment and Labour as the responsible Department for the investigation of industrial accidents.

Reply:

1.(a). Iziko Museums maintain the gardens

(b). Iziko’s Maintenance team attends to daily garden maintenance. A Service Provider specialising in tree felling is scheduled quarterly to cut the trees.

2. There is one window pane missing at a height of more than 4 metres at Iziko Rust en Vreugd (IR&V). In terms of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure Guidelines for Day to Day Maintenance paragraph 4.3, any infrastructural services/ work three metres above the ground cannot be executed by the User Department. A Contractor is being appointed to perform repair and maintenance of the exterior of IR&V, so the broken window pane will be repaired as part of the project. The Contractor will be appointed by the end April 2021.

Reply:

1) The Departments of Home Affairs and Social Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Identity Management and Social Welfare matters. This MOU is affected through a standing committee comprising of DHA, DSD as well as SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) representatives where matters of mutual concern are discussed. This MOU makes provision for the sharing of information that will facilitate the smooth execution of social welfare service delivery matters, where SASSA will provide information about citizens who require either birth registration services and/or identity documents.

2) Birth registration is the building block of the National Population Register (NPR). The Department prioritised birth registration and has partnered with the Department of Health to ensure that every birth that occurs is registered prior to them being discharged from health facilities.

3) Mobile Units are also deployed to assist in registering births in areas where there is no infrastructure to register birth.

4) Mothers who are unable to register birth at health facilities are referred to front offices to register such births.

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