Reply:

(a)(i) (aa) A total of 4 136 officials have been infected with COVID-19 as at 23 August 2020.

(bb) A total of 2 336 inmates have been affected by COVID-19 as at 23 August 2020.

(ii) A total of 60 officials and 43 inmates have died due to COVID-19 related illnesses as at 23 August 2020.

(b) The President of South Africa in terms of section 84(2)(j) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, read with section 82(1)(a) of the Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998) and for the purpose of addressing, managing and combatting the spread of the COVID-19 virus in all Correctional Centres in the Republic, authorised the consideration and placement on parole of certain category of sentenced offenders, who are or would have been incarcerated on 27 April 2020 subject to such conditions as may be approved by the Correctional Supervision and Parole Board under whose jurisdiction such sentenced offenders may fall.

The Special Parole Dispensation was announced by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services on 08 May 2020. Approximately 19 000 sentenced offenders who committed non-violent crime and were left with 60 months or less before the minimum detention period (MDP) will be released on parole.

• As at 20 August 2020, a total 10 153 offenders have been released on Special Parole Dispensation.
• The inmate population on 20 May 2020, (releases started on this date) was 155 069 which translated into an occupancy level of 130.78% and an overcrowding level of 30.78%.
• The inmate population as on 20 August 2020, was 138 070, which translates into an occupancy level of 114.52% and an overcrowding level of 14.52%.
• Since the commencement of the implementation of the 2020 Covid-19 Special Parole Dispensation the department down managed overcrowding in correctional centres with an overall of 16.26% (from 155 069 to 138 070)
• The above are examples of how the Department of Correctional Services is successfully dealing with overcrowding in correctional centres to curb the spread of COVID-19.
• The Department also recommend that the Courts should consider alternative sentencing as this will also assist with the management of the COVID-19 in correctional services.

END

Reply:

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has informed the National Treasury that deregistered retirement funds should generally not have any unclaimed benefits.Prior to the liquidation of a fund or exemption from liquidation, these benefits are transferred to unclaimed benefit funds. If there are no unclaimed benefit funds that are willing to accept these benefits, the unclaimed benefits are paid to the Guardians Fund.

The FSCA has also pointed out thatsome retirement funds with assets were erroneously deregistered by their administrators, as part of a consolidation exercise. These funds have been or are in the process of being reinstated, as is the case when such errors are identified, and to ensure no loss to any members who have not been paid out. If the question is directed at ascertaining the amounts of unclaimed benefits in respect of these funds, unfortunately, the FSCA does not have these statistics. Further, the administrators are currently undertaking investigations on which funds have assets and wereerroneously deregistered. The administratorswould, therefore, likely not be in a position to knowthe value of these unclaimed benefits at this stagegiven that theirprocesses arestillunderway.

Reply:

1. On 24 April 2020, the Minister of Finance outlined a R500 billion economic support package in fiscal and monetary policy interventions to be implemented in the immediate, short-run with long-run sustainability. In terms of this, the Minister outlined that the fiscal response is characterised through five key components and provided the sequential order of interventions which involve (i) the scaling up of efforts to deal with the immediate effects of the pandemic, characterised through an extraordinary health budget (ii) substantial increase of social relief measures for the distressed (iii) rollout of an extensive set of tax relief and support for workers (iv) phased re-opening of the economy (v) supportive monetary and financial market measures -

(i)

(a) the immediateaftermath of the CoVID-19 pandemic had huge implications for the tourism sector, with many countries going into lockdown and imposing travel restrictions, this meant domestic and international tourism had been suspended in response to the pandemic, the contraction in activity triggered an unprecedented crisis in the tourism sector;

(b) as part of the short-term relief measures to support the tourism sector, the Department of Tourism, with the approval of the National Treasury, introduced the Tourism Relief Fund to provide once-off capped grant assistance to eligible small micro and medium sized enterprises in the tourism value chain to ensure their sustainability during and post the implementation of government measures to curb the spread of CoVID-19 in South Africa. Categories eligible to apply for the Tourism Relief Fund include, accommodation establishments, hospitality and related services, travel and related services. The Fund has been launched in collaboration with the Department of Tourism, South African Tourism (SAT) and the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) through a 50:50 co-financing arrangement. To this end, the Department of Tourism has contributed R100million, while SAT/TBCSA contributed the remaining R100 million used to capitalise the Fund. The R200 million funding facility is administered by SAT, using a qualification criteria and selection process set by the Department of Tourism. Beneficiaries of the fund are geographically spread across the nine provinces; and

(c) to support the recovery of the tourism sector, the Tourism Relief Fund may be extended as part of upscaled measures expected to be detailed in a tourism sector recovery plan currently being developed by the Department of Tourism.

(ii) The South African Tourism carries out tourism marketing activities both domestic and international, with many countries going into lockdown and implementing stringent measures to curtail the spread of the CoVID-19 virus globally, the marketing activities of the entity have been significantly scaled down in the immediate, short term. Currently, domestic and international travel as well as interprovincial movement remains prohibited except for people that are travelling for the purposes of work or under specific provisions stipulated in the legislation.According to the Tourism Business Council of South Africa, the domestic tourism industry is only expected to pick up activity in September 2020 due to the gradual easing of regulation on domestic and international travel. Even with that, tourism is only expected to regain about 50 per cent of the pre-CoVID-19 activity levels. This in large will also depend on the trajectory of the pandemic. For the moment, the entity will not be able to spend a significant portion of their allocated budget for 2020/21. To this end, during the recent tabling of the 2020 Special Adjustment Budget, allocations to the South African Tourism had been adjusted downward from R1.304billion toR438.306million for 2020/21 fiscal year. In addition, R134 million has been suspended from among others, the tourism incentive programme, destination development and tourism sector support services, bring the total reduction to R1 billion for 2020/21 fiscal year.

(iii) In funding some of the stimulus package, government committed to redirect R130 billion within the current budget. As such, departments were required to identify programmes/activities that could be temporarily suspended without negatively affecting the longevity of those programmes. In this respect, government was able to free up R109 billion from the 2020/21 Budget by removing underspent funds, delaying some departmental projects to 2021/22, and by suspending allocations to programmes with a history of poor performance.

2. Guided by the Tourism Sector Recovery Plan currently being developed by the Department of Tourism, the National Treasury will need to consider the fiscal implications of the plan for the 2020 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement and their possible inclusion in the tabling of additional budget adjustments at the time.

Reply:

Over the past three financial years two salary and wage collective agreements wereconcluded at the South African Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC). These collective agreements were effective for the periods, 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2021 (2017/18 to 2020/21 financial years). The terms of the agreements are applicable to all grades of municipalities and affect all employees who fall within the scope of the SALGBC. However, Municipal Managers and those employees appointed as managers directly accountable to Municipal Managers in terms of Sections 54A, Section 56 and Section 57 of the Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000, as amended, are excluded from all the terms of these collective agreements.

The below table link indicates the salary increases as per the salary and wage collective agreements applicable to the past three financial years.

https://pmg.org.za/files/RNW1688Table.pdf

 

Reply:

The National Treasury and Public Investment Corporation are still in the process of studying the Mpati Commission Report and developing an implementation plan in terms of the recommendations. In addition, due to the global pandemic, there has been a delay with the necessary consultations that need to take place prior to presenting the matter to the Parliamentary Committee.

Reply:

1. No. It is a Paymaster - General account which is held at the South African Reserve Bank in terms of Treasury Regulation 15.2.1. The Paymaster - General account is the bank account operated by the particular government department or entity. This bank account will reflect all amounts received and paid by the particular government department or entity.

2. The net position of all the Paymaster-General accounts are funded to zero on a daily basis.

3. No. See (2) above.

Reply:

The Gauteng Provincial Department of Human Settlements reported that it had not received reports of the alleged selling of houses belonging to the aged in Pholomong, Orlando West to make way for the operation of businesses in the area.

The selling of any houses without the consent of the owner is illegal. I would, therefore, encourage the Honourable Member to report this to the law enforcement agencies or provide evidence of illegal selling of houses to my department for investigation. Alternatively, the Honourable Member could give me details of these misdemeanours, I would like to look into the matter as I am familiar with the area.

Reply:

1. Currently the Public Investment Corporation and the National Treasury are in the process of developing an implementation plan on the report’s recommendations. Once the implementation plan is finalised, I will be in a position to provide clarity on the implementation of the recommendations.

2. The time frames regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Mpati Commission of Inquiry will be finalised and outlined in the implementation plan taking into accountconsultations between the National Treasury and the Public Investment Corporation after which the implementation plan and the timelines will be shared with the relevant stakeholders.

3. An update will be provided to all relevant stakeholders at the appropriate time once all the processes have been concluded in this regard.

Reply:

1.

1. 293 applications were received from Early Childhood Development Centre
2. UIF Database does not differentiate centres but register them as per the applicant.
3. Total employees applied for is 4761
4. 1940 applicants were rejected
5. Below are various reasons for rejection.

Error types

Employees not declared

Bank Name not found

Shut-down From Date not found

Applicant already received TERS benefits from LAP - TERS

Account Number not found

ID No. is On Hold on the UIF Database

Account type not found

Leave Income is a Negative Amount

Branch Code not found

Monthly Salary is a negative amount

Duplicate ID

3.

• 1. 2 821 employees were paid
  2. Total amount paid out is R 10 022 922.57
  3. The value still to be paid to 1940 employees not determined to date.

Reply:

The Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC) has awarded a total of 456 contracts over the period 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2019.

a) During this period, seven (7) contracts were awarded to contractors/consultants that were verified as non-South African while five (5) contractors/consultants could not be verified as eith South African or non-South African.

b) Please refer to table below.

c) Please refer to the table below.

d) Please refer to the table below.

 

Contractors/consultants contracts for the period 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2019

NO.	SERVICE PROVIDER	START DATE	END DATE	NO. OF CONTRACTS	TOTAL VALUE OF CONTRACTS	PROCESS FOLLOWED
1.	James Aiello	01-Jan-16	31-Dec-18	1	R 5 106 000,00	Bid
2.	Mwansa Saidi	01-Jan-16	31-Dec-20	1	R 10 225 800,00	Bid
3.	Donas Nyatsambo	03-Nov-14	31-Mar-17	1	R 2 883 574,00	Bid
4.	Simon Creswell	05-Jan-15	04-Jan-18	2	R 4 913 547,00	Deviation
5.	Tinashe Chatambira	03-Dec-15	30-Nov-18	1	R 1 001 000,00	Bid
6.	William Kenneth James(Jim) Hewit	18-Mar-15	31-Mar-17	1	R 2 318 736,00	Bid
7.	Daniel Makoni	05-Jan-15	04-Jan-18	2	R 4 913 547,00	Deviation
TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON FOREIGN CONTRACTS:	R 31 362 204,00
8.	Pieter Mert van der Berg	18-Mar-15	31-Mar-17	1	R 2 318 736,00	Bid
9.	CH DE J Financial Management Chukudu De Jaar	01-Aug-15	31-Mar-17	1	R 2 210 586,00	Deviation
10.	Dr Nicholas Crisp	11-Aug-15	10-Aug-17	1	R 3 417 840,00	Bid
11.	Cornelis Johannes Kymdell	01-Sep-15	31-Mar-17	1	R 1 899 248,00	Bid
12	Gavin Hardford	19-Oct-15	28-Feb-16	1	R 352 000,00	Bid
TOTAL VALUE FOR UNVERIFIED SERVICE PROVIDERS:	R10 198 410,00
TOTAL SA VALUE	R690 473 518,90
TOTAL VALUE OF ALL CONTRACTS	R 732 159 132,90

Reply:

Programme	a)Amount Disbursed	b) Number of SMMEs/Spazas
SMMEs Debt Relief Fund	R306.7million	1 159
Spaza Shops Support Programme	R16.2 million	4 626

Reply:

(1) The following are the details on national competitions as received from the National Federations that responded;

National Federations	Championship(s)	Dates
South African Wrestling Federation	Youth Championships	October 2019
	Senior, Junior and Cadet	June 2019
	Presidents and Masters	March 2019
South African Powerlifting Federation	South African Equipped Powerlifting Championships - Johannesburg	22 February 2020
Roller Sport South Africa	SA Artistic Roller Skating SA Inline Speed skating	17 - 19 May 2019
South African Hockey Association	Indoor Inter Provincial Tournament	11-14 March 2020
Cricket South Africa	Proteas (Men) – Tour to India, match was abandoned without a ball bowled (Covid19 Impacted the rest of the tour).	12 March 2020
	Proteas (Women)- ICC T20 Women’s World Cup (Semifinal	5 March 2020)
Tennis South Africa	Seniors National Competition	7-11 March 2020
South African Table Tennis Board	Para Junior and Senior Championship	8-10 August 2019
	Veterans Championship	8-10 August 2019
	Junior and Senior Inter regional championship	22-28 September 2019
	SA Schools Championship	9-13 December 2019
Motorsport South Africa	Rotax Karting Championship	23 August 2020
Volleyball South Africa	Championship Cup	September 2019
Ringball South Africa	Ringball SA National Championship	June 2019
South African Fencing Federation	National Fencing Competition	15-16 February 2020
Bodybuilding South Africa	Bodybuilding Championship	December 2019
	IFBB SA National show	September 2019
South African Korfball Federation	South African Korfball Championship	1 – 4 August 2019
Cycling South Africa	South African Elite Road Cycling National Championships	February 2020
South African Sport Association for the Intellectually Impaired	National Competitions	September 2019 Bloemfontein
Darts South Africa	National Youth and Senior Darts Championships	24-28 June 2019. PE
South African Ice Hockey Association	National competition	July 2019
South African Gymnastic Federation	National Championship
	Artistic Women	15-17 August 2019 & 26-28 September 2019
	Artistic Men	13-14 September 2019 & 24-25 September 2019
	Rhythmic Gymnastics	25-29 September 2019
	Trampoline Gymnastics	27-29 September 2019 & 18 October 2019
	Tumbling Gymnastics	27-28 September 2019
	Aerobic Gymnastics	23 September 2019
	Acrobatic Gymnastics	24-25 September 2019
	Artistic Women	15-17 August 2019 & 26-28 September 2019
	Artistic Men	13-14 September 2019 & 24-25 September 2019
South African Sport Association for the Physically Disabled	2019 Toyota SASAPD National Championships in	15 to 22 March 2019 Stellenbosch
South African Confederation of Cue Sports	National SA Blackball Championships, SA Opens, SA Master, SA Veterans	Secunda, Mpumalanga, SA Juniors, SA Womens, SA Seniors, in Empangeni, KZN February 2019
	PSA	September 2019 –SA Opens & SA Juniors in Middleburg, Mpumalanga
	SABSA SA Inter-Provincial Championships	September 2019 –Durban, KZN
Ringball South Africa	National Championship	24-28 June 2019 Pretoria
Squash South Africa	S A National Squash Championships	June 2019
	S A Interprovincial Team Championships	June 2019
Canoeing South Africa	SA K2 Championships – Fish River Marathon.	25 – 26 September 2019
Triathlon South Africa	SA Sprint and Para Triathlon Championships	9 February 2020
	SA Long Distance Triathlon Championships	1 December 2019
	SA Duathlon Championships	30 June 2019
	SA Standard Distance Triathlon Championships	24 March 2019
Softball South Africa	National Championship	December 2019
Jukskei SA	National competitions	16-22 March 2019          2019
	SA Junior Championship	7-13 December 2019
Swimming South Africa	SA grand Prix	21-23 February 2020 Durban
Rowing South Africa	Water Rowing Nationals:	April 2019 Gauteng
	SA Schools Championships	March 2020
	Indoor Rowing Championship	June 2019 Mangaung
Lifesaving South Africa	National Championships	24th to 30th March 2019
Bowls South Africa	National Championship	11 – 19 May 2019.
South African Baseball Union	National Baseball Championship	Nelson Mandela Bay in April 2019
South Rugby Union	National Competition – (Provincial ) – Currie Cup Final	7 Sept 2019
	Women IPL ( Provincial ) Finals

(2) SASCOC indicated that they have not closed down any federation. They further indicated that it is not SASCOC’s responsibility to close down NFs as they were not established by SASCOC. Each federation has its own autonomy to manage its affairs.

(3) SASCOC indicated that they don’t have the records on the number of membership applications declined. SASCOC further indicated that mostly applications are declined due to the organisations not meeting the membership criteria requirements e.g. the organisation is not of a national stature (does not have members in at least 5 provinces in the country), no statutes/ founding documents, not democratically set up, some are of the similar sport type as one of the current member of SASCOC (this element is in SASCOC’s Constitution).

Reply:

1. SASCOC indicated that they are unable to determine which sporting codes are not affiliated to the SA Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee.
2. This is primarily because the procedure is such it is the group of individual who have identified a sport to be introduced in the country would approach the Confederation with an application for membership. In additional, sport is evolving on a regular basis with new sport being established globally making it difficult to keep track of what is considered to be sport.

Reply:

1. (a) The details of the Service Level Agreement:

Category 1: Live Streaming Services – Pixel Entropy R 488 750.00 (due to non-performance by the Pixely Entropy, their appointment was Changed to re-appoint Diavantainment for an amount of R 772 900.00.

Category 2: Logistic and Event Management Services – Roadshow Marketing: to the total project amount of R 824 300.00.

Category 3: TV Production Management Services – VWV Group (PTY) LTD: to the total project amount of R 1 983 113.88.

(b) The duration of the contract for each company that the department is doing business in response to the Covid19 was for three (03) months.

2. Yes there were tenders put out by the department for the specified contract and supply chain processes were followed.

• The tender was advertised on 02 April 2020 on the departmental websites of the (former Department of Sports and Recreation South Africa – (SRSA), and the Department of Arts and Culture – (DAC) only due to lockdown. The closing date was on 9 April 2020 at 11h00; and the route of submission of proposals was electronic.

Reply:

a) It is anticipated that the organisational structure will be finalised and submitted to the Minister of Public Service and Administration for consideration and concurrence by end of October 2020.

b) The finalisation of the structure was affected by the Covid-19 Lockdown as the focus of the relevant officials within the department shifted to making the work environment safe (Covid-19) for business continuity as the Department was part of those that were categorized as essential services.

c) The Minister of Small Business Development approves the structure in consultation with the Minister for the Public Service and Administration.

Reply:

1. (a). The department awarded the tender to Indingliz Advertising and Marketing on 15 June 2020.

(b). The tender was advertised on the Government Bulletin, Sunday Independent and Sowetan newspapers.

(c). There were only two companies who applied for this tender.

Reply:

The labour inspector was dispatched to conduct an inspection to determine the level of non-compliance by the employer.

OUTCOME OF THE INSPECTION CONDUCTED

The BCEA and OHS inspection was conducted on the 13th of August 2020. During the inspection, it transpired that the employees are covered by MIBCO Bargaining Council. Employees were given two options by the employer during lockdown,

1. to take unpaid leave and personally claim from UIF,
2. another option was to take paid leave.

Some of the employees opted for paid annual leave while the rest of the employees were given paid leave while the employer also claimed for the COVID- 19 (Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme TERS) benefits.

The Department issued the Amended COVID-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme directive that was signed on the 16th of April 2020 (clause 5.4) which provides as follows: “ an employer who has required an employee to take annual leave during the period of lockdown in terms of section 22(1)(b) of the BCEA 1997(Act 75 of 1997) may set off an amount received from the UIF in respect of that employee’s COVID -19 benefit against the amount paid to the employee in respect of annual leave provided that the employee is credited proportionate entitlement to paid annual leave in the future”

Amendment to Directive

Clause 5.5 provides as follows : “ To speed payment of COVID 19 benefits to employees, employers are urged to pay employees based on clause 3.4 of the Directive and reimburse or set off such with COVID 19 benefits claim payments from UIF”

In the case of these employees, the employer did not deduct paid annual leave from the UIF COVID-19 TERS payments.

Proof of UIF COVID-19 TERS and annual leave payments will be provided by the employer.

The employer is in the process of closing the business due to lease agreement that is coming to an end with TOTAL. CCMA is facilitating the retrenchment process. (Case No EC EL3458/20)

It is therefore recommended that the employer deducts the paid annual leave from July COVID-19 TERS benefits to ensure that if the employees are retrenched they would be reimbursed for the annual leave credit.

Reply:

Since introduction of the Provincial Road Maintenance Grant (PRMG) in 2011, a total amount of R7 665 588 000.00 have been allocated to the province with the total expenditure of R5 843 912 000.00 between the financial years 2011/12 and 2019/20 as a supplementary grant to the equitable share allocation for the maintenance of the strategic secondary road network.

The detailed breakdown on the budget allocated, Expenditure and unspent amount is provided on the table below

PROVINCIAL ROADS MAINTENACE GRANT - BUDGET - 2011-2020
FINANCIAL YEARS	BUDGET	TOTAL EXPENDITURE (ACTUAL)	AMOUNT NOT SPENT
2011/2012	497 186 000.00	343 277 462.00	153 908 538.00
2012/2013	594 790 000.00	370 872 295.00	223 917 705.00
2013/2014	511 514 000.00	486 187 472.00	25 326 528.00
2014/2015	766 560 000.00	562 116 076.00	204 443 924.00
2015/2016	807 810 000.00	820 907 000.00	-13 097 000.00
2016/2017	867 524 000.00	619 401 000.00	248 123 000.00
2017/2018	932 884 000.00	908 168 000.00	24 716 000.00
2018/2019	1 341 407 887.00	678 492 243.00	662 915 644.00
2019/2020	1 345 917 000.00	1 054 491 893.00	291 425 107.00
TOTAL	7 665 588 000.00	5 843 912 000.00	1 821 681.000.00

Reply:

Airport of South Africa (ACSA)

(1)(a)(i)

Name	Position	Appointment Date
Advocate SandileNogxina	Board Chairman	9 November 2018
Ms NosizweNokwe - Macamo	Non-executive Director and Lead Independent	01 September 2018
Ms KemiraEsterhuizen	Non-executive Director (PIC Nominee)	17 December 2019
Mr PascalisMokupo	Non-executive Director	01 September 2018
Ms PhydelisNtombifuthiZikalalaMvelase	Non-executive Director	01 September 2018
Ms NompumeleloMpofu	Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer	01 February 2020
Mr SiphamandlaMthethwa	Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer	01 May 2020
Mr YershenPillay	Non-executive Director	01 September 2018
Mr Nqobizitha Irvin Phenyane	Non-executive Director	01 September 2018
Mr Graeme Alvan Victor	Non-executive Director (PIC Nominee)	15 December 2019

(1)(a)(ii) The maximum number of Board members is twelve, including the CEO and CFO, and there are ten Board members, including the CEO and CFO.

(1)(b)(i) No, Ms N Mpofu assumed duties as ACSA Chief Executive Officer on 1 February 2020.

(1)(b)(ii) No, Mr S Mthethwa assumed duties as ACSA Chief Financial Officer on 1 May 2020.

a) number of employees in each entity that are currently on any form of suspension

12 employees

b) number of months combined of suspended staff members in each entity

84 (eighty-three) months

c) cost to company expenditure in respect of all staff currently under suspension

R1,386, 297

Air Traffic Navating Services (ATNS)

a) (i) All Board positions are filled except for the Chief Executive Officer, which is also a Director position.

(ii) Only the Chief Executive Officer position, is vacant

b) (i) There is a Delegated Chief Executive Officer

(ii) The position of a Chief Financial Officer is filled

(2) (a)Seven (7)

(b) 13 months. Six were suspended on 02 June 2019 and one was suspended on 24 May 2019

All cases are due for completion by the end of August 2020.

2 (c) As at end of June 2020, salaries to the value of R4 999 959, 44 have been paid to the suspended employees

Cross Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA)

(1) The Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA) has (a)(ii) 4 vacant positions in the Board and (b) an acting Chief Executive Officer and (ii) a full time Chief Financial Officer;

(2) (a) The C-BRTA has 2 employees on suspension (b) 23 (13 and 10 respectively) months combined of suspended staff members (c) The cost to company in respect of all staff currently under suspension for the C-BRTA is R 4 322 818,08

Road Accident Fund (RAF)

(1) The Road Accident Fund (RAF) currently has (a)(i) ten filled positions and (ii) three vacant positions on its Board and (b)(i) has an acting chief executive officer and (ii) acting chief financial officer;

(2) (a) The RAF currently has nine employees on suspension, (b) for a combined total of 40 months suspension and (c) for the total cost to company expenditure in respect of all staff currently under suspension of R1 942 648.99.

Road Transport Infringement Agency (RTIA)

1. (a) (i)None.

(ii)Board vacancies still exist and its appointment process underway and awaiting cabinet approval.

(b)(i) None;

(ii) None;

2. (a) 1 Employee: Mr MphoNtsana.

(b) Five (5) months.

(c) R 109 525,00

South African Maritime Safety Authority ( SAMSA)

1. (a) None

(ii) There are currently two vacancies at the Board

(b) (i) There is an appointed Acting CEO, awaiting Shareholder appointment of a permanent CEO.

(ii)There is a permanent CFO in place who is going on retirement in the next few months, a recruitment process was finalized and a new appointment (replacement) almost finalized.

2. (a) One

(b) 10 months by 26 July 2020

(c)R1, 136,799.34

South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

1. (a)(i) The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) Board positions have all been filled. (ii)

There are no vacancies on the Board. (b) (i) The entity does not have an acting Chief Executive Officer (ii)The entity does not have an acting Chief Financial Officer. Both positions are filled.

2. (a) The SACAA currently has one (1) employee on suspension (b) the employee has been on suspension for a period of nine(9) months (c) at a cost to company of R 68 403.01 per month which is R 615627,09 for the nine months period. The employee is currently undergoing a disciplinary hearing which is in the final stages and should be concluded at the end of July 2020.

The hearing was delayed because of lockdown.

Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA)

1. The Ports Regulator has (a)(i) filled the board positions effective 01 June 2020 for a 3-year term. (ii) N/A. (b)(i) The Ports Regulator does have a Chief Executive Officer in place, (ii) There is a Chief Financial Officer in Place as well.
2. There are no employees who are (a) on suspension, (b) N/A, (c) N/A.

Railway Safety Regulations (RSR)

1. (a) (i) There’s currently one (1) vacancy on the RSR Board

(ii) Board Members are appointed on a month to month basis.

(b) (i) The RSR currently has an Acting Chief Executive Officer

2. The RSR currently has no employees on suspension

South African National Roads Limited (SANRAL)

(i) Filled positions:

Board of Directors’ Details	Occupational Level
Name & Surname	Job title
MrThembaMhambi	Independent Non-executive Board member (Chairperson)	Non-executive director
MrSkhumbuzoMacozoma	Executive Board member (CEO of SANRAL)	Executive director
Ms Avril Halstead	Non-executive Board member	Non-executive director
Mr Robert Haswell	Independent Non-executive Board member	Non-executive director
MsLungileMadlala	Independent Non-executive Board member	Non-executive director
MrThamsanqaMatosa	Independent Non-executive Board member	Non-executive director
Mr Alec Moemi	Non-executive Board member	Non-executive director

(ii) Vacant positions:

SANRAL has one vacant position for an independent, non-executive board member.

(b)Executive positions:

(i) Acting Chief Executive Officer:

(ii) Acting Chief Financial Officer:

The positions of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer are filled, there are no vacancies existing or acting personnel occupying the positions:

Executive’s details	Employment
Personnel Number	First Name	Last Name	Entry Date	Type of Appointment	Position
195	Inge	Mulder	4/1/2003	Permanent	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
637	Skhumbuzo Dennis	Macozoma	12/1/2016	Fixed Term Contract (5yr)	CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

(2) what is the total (a) number of employees in each entity that are currently on any form of suspension, (b) number of months combined of suspended staff members in each entity and (c) cost to company expenditure in respect of all staff currently under suspension in each entity? NW1972E

SANRAL: Employees on suspension:

a) Employees on suspension	b) No. of months combined of suspended staff	c) Cost to company expenditure
0	0	0

There are currently no employees on suspension in SANRAL, therefore no cost associated with suspensions to report.

Passenger Rail of South Africa (PRASA)

(1) (a) (i) & (ii) Currently PRASA does not have a Board.

(b) (i) The Chief Executive Officer position is still vacant

(ii) The CFO vacancy is filled

(2) Suspensions

a) 49

b) 377

c) R2 884 260.86

Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC)

1. a) The RTMC Board currently has (i) nine filled positions and (ii) one vacant position

b) Not applicable

2. The total number of RTMC employees currently on suspension is

(a) Four

(b) The number of months they have been suspended is 11.

(c)  The cost to company expenditure in respect of all staff currently on suspension is R1 052 399.98.

Reply:

1. Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) was appointed via a bid process (SARS reference number RFQ 39-2010).

2. (a) RFQ 39-2010 was advertised on 09 December 2010 and officially closed on 10 January 2011 at 11h00.

(b) SARS issued a bid invitation letter on 08 December 2010 as part of a limited bid. A compulsory briefing session was requested with five (5) bidders attending and on the closing two (2) bids were received.RFQ 39-2010 was then approved by the Bid Adjudication Committee at that time.

c) Two (2) bids were officially received on the closing date 10 January 2011 at 11h00.

Bidder 1 – Ethics Institute of South Africa. Bidder 2 – Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI)

Reply:

There were some delays at South African ports with the unloading processing and transportation of imported goods out of the harbours during the hard Covid–19 lockdown which would fall under Level 5 however it must be stressed out that only the Port of Durban that was heavily affected due to the type of cargo it handles and the role it playes not only in South Africa’s economy but also in landlock countries in the SADC region.

a) During the first two weeks of the lockdown it was only the essentiasl cargo that was allowed to leave the port terminals and this was only for container terminals as most of the cargo being handled in such terminals is largley for manufactured goods. It was immdedialy discovered that approach was counter productive because the terminal stacking capacity was getting fuller and it was difficult to pick and choose which cargo that should be prioritsed. As a principle of efficiency in terminal managment the terminal must always be kept 50% full so that flow of cargo in and out of the terminal is optimised. There was therefore a decision taken to allow non essential cargo to leave the container terminals as bonded cargo to Customs approved warehouses and also to Shipping Liner’s warehouses in an effort to decongest the container terminals and that proved to be the best decision

b) The delays were caused by the arrival of the non essential and essential cargo at the same time sometimes both essential and non essential goods would be in the same container which proved to be catastrophic in trying to separate the imported goods. Another challenge the number of employees that were operational during the hard lockdown was heavily reduced for example in the Port of Durban only two gangs (gang is the shift or a number of people on one shift) were operational at any given time compare to five gangs and only two berths thatt were allocated to the shipping lines.

c) What is the estimated loss to the economy, the question should not be looked at in isolation with overall economic impact that came with COVID-19. But Transnet National Ports Authority is projecting not less 20% of revenue loss due to COVID-19. It will however be important to do an indepth study on the impact of COVID-19 within the maritme value chain.

d) Transnet National Ports Authority as a landord of the South African port system is now providing all supporting services at full capacity to support the activities in the ports such as marine and pilotage services and Transnet Ports Terminal which is the main the terminal operator especially of containers sector and is still ramping up the operations especially in the Port of Cape Town where the latest most delays have been prevalent which is the indication that what is happening in this country on the number of COVID-19 infections has also affected the port employees

e) The recent delays have largely been in one port which is the Port of Cape Town and these delays have been in two folds:

1. The port workers have heavily been affected by high infection rates particulary in Cape Town which affected the number of employees coming to work and subsequently the poor productivity
2. The state of Transnet Ports Terminal equipments has been a major concern for the port users and Transnet has adviced that it is a matter that is given urgent attention. It is however advisable that Department of Public Enterprises is the right Department to present those plans and interventions.

(2) whether he will make a statement on the matter?

The Ministry does not deem it necessary at this stage. The Minister is however amendable should the house deem it appropriate

Reply:

1. formalisation in this context means that operators in the taxi industry would have to operate as registered businesses in the formal economy and comply with all regulatory requirements for operating a business. The Department is planning a National Taxi Lekgotlaat the end of October 2020, which will provide a platform to all stakeholders to start engaging on issues affecting the taxi industry includingformalisation. The Department launched a Public Discourse Platform on Thursday, 20th August 2020 where civil society is provided with an opportunity to make inputs on these matters.

(2) whether the plan includes

(a) a subsidy for the ordinary taxi operator

Subsidy is for the end user and therefore subsidy for the taxi industry would be looking assist the end user and not necessarily the taxi operator;

(b) minibus-taxis in the Integrated Rapid Public Transport Network of each town; if not, why not, in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

Public transport subsidisation is implemented in response to a wide range of transport objectives but mainly to make transport services affordable and accessible to the user. Direct operational subsidy applies exclusively to formalised public transport services through contracting. Therefore formalization is critical for the taxi industry to participate in the integrated public transport networks implemented in different cities, where each mode plays its role in terms of the IPTN plans including minibus taxis.

 

NW2242E

Reply:

1. The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) embarked on a project to rename the following airports: Cape Town International Airport, East London Airport, Port Elizabeth International Airport and Kimberley Airport. This is in line with the South African Geographical Names Council Act of 1998 (Act No. 118 of 1998) and is part of the Transformation of Heritage Landscape Government Programme. According to the Act, the Minister of Arts and Culture is responsible for the approval of geographical names after receiving recommendations from the South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC). The SAGNC is only responsible for geographical features of national concern including, but not limited to, towns/cities, suburbs and any form of human settlement, post offices, stations, highways, airports and government dams. SAGNC is also responsible for natural landforms like mountains, hills, rivers, streams, bays, headlands and islands.

ACSA appointed an independent public participation consultant to facilitate a transparent public participation process. A report outlining the methodology undertaken in ensuring a transparent public participation process, as well as the outcome of proposals has been submitted to the Department of Transportand is being considered by the Department. The Report entails amongst others, the issuance of an advert in the print media and radio broadcasts to solicit name proposals, the public hearing event, how comments were collected and the results of the public input. The Report also include the process of renaming East London Airport, Port Elizabeth International Airport and Kimberley Airport, which is facilitated by Provinces and Municipalities.

2. A Report on the renaming of airports is being considered by the Department of Transport; including the outcome of public submissions with respect to the renaming of Cape Town International Airport.

Reply:

The difference is accounted for on the basis of multiple beneficiaries that were identified during assessment of the Appeals

It is fact is that the numbers of beneficiaries will always be more than that of applications received since some applications are making requests for more than just one individual.

Reply:

1. SASCOC is not aware of any athletes whose National Federation has applied for national colours and has not received the colours. SASCOC processes such applications provided all required documents have been submitted.
2. Prescripts of the National Colours Regulations are very clear that the onus is with the National Federations to submit colours applications to SASCOC.
3. This question is relevant to National Federations not SASCOC as athletes belong to National Federation and NFs, as per their selection policy, determines those who qualify for colours.

Reply:

 

Below is a breakdown of Covid-19 payment per month and employees benefited.

Date	Employers	Employees	Amount
April 2020	397 985	4 091 393	R 20 587 152 009.36
May 2020	238 540	2 846 119	R 11 577 254 567.94
June 2020	189 289	2 563 853	R 9 599 444 264.38
Overall Totals	825 814	9 501 365	R 41 763 850 841.68

1

Reply:

a) The coverage of the businesses closed due to Covid-19 induced lockdown may differ given the different regulations based on the Risk Adjusted Strategy levels and with reference to several surveys conducted in the country during this period.According to the survey conducted by the Department in partnership with the World Bank, from a survey of 2 226 firms contacted 47% firms reported to be closed during the second half of May 2020 (Lockdown Level 4).

Statistics South Africa conducted a rapid response survey (experimental study) in April 2020 (for reference period 30 March to 13 April 2020). The study provided an early indication of business impact resulting from Covid-19. Responses were received from 707 businesses across 10 industry sectors. Key results were as follows: The majority of responding businesses (85.4%) reported turnover below the normal range; 46.4% indicated temporary closure or paused trading activity; 50.4% expected their workforce size to stay the same in the two weeks after the survey, while 36.8% reported that their workforce size is expected to decrease; 28.3% indicated that their workforce has decreased working hours and 19.6% reported laying off of staff in the short term; and 19.1% indicated that prices of materials, goods or services purchased increased more than normal.

In terms of access to financial resources: 23.8% indicated a decrease while 52.6% indicated access to financial resources remained the same; 38.2% of businesses applying for financial assistance reported that they would use government relief schemes; 30.6% indicated they can survive less than a month without any turnover, while 54% can survive between 1 and 3 months. These are some of the findings regarding businesses affected by Covid-19 and the effects of the lockdown. The DSDB will be undertaking a second wave of the Covid-19 Business Pulse survey in partnership with the World Bank in the next few months to check the effects of the lockdown especially as the country moves to low levels and the economy begins to open up.

(b) Following the Covid-19 induced lockdown, the DSBD together with its agencies (the Small Enterprise Development Agency [Seda] and the Small Enterprise Finance Agency [sefa])developed interventions to ensure that small enterprises survive Covid-19 challenges in the economy and preserve jobs during this period. The following are the interventions implemented:

To ensure that SMMEs do not close down completely the DSBD initiated the SMME Debt Relief Finance Scheme. This scheme supported SMMEs through with working capital[payroll assistance, rental assistance and utilities] to ensure that jobs are retained in the economy. This scheme has run its course and is now closed.

In order to facilitate economic recovery amongst SMMEs, the DSBD conceptulised a range of sector specific schemes. Of these schemes, the following has been launched:

• Spaza Shops and General Dealer Support Programme;
• Autobody Repairers and Mechanics Support Scheme;
• Bakeries and Confectioneries Business Support Scheme; and
• Clothing, Textile and Leather Business Support Scheme;

Furthermore, the DSBD has recently launched the following schemes:

• Tshisanyama and cooked food support programme;
• Personal care support programme;
• Fruits and Vegetable Hawkers;
• Butcheries Support Programme;
• Small Enterprise Manufacturing Programme; and
• Business Viability Programme.

sefa has also instituted a range of support measures to assist the SMMEs that they are funding. Amongst these measures, are the following interventions:

• Work with clients around repaying existing loans, without restructuring the loans, but allowed leniency on repayments;
• No penalties or additional interest was charged on late repayments;
• Not aggressively pursuing arrears;
• sefa is providing struggling clients with additional moratorium to enable them to recover from the market shock before they resume repaying their loans, especially those who started operating from lockdown level 3 and 2.
• sefa’s key funding Partners (Intermediaries) have provided interest and capital moratoriums to end users during the lockdown period;

Reply:

(a) and (b) DBE does not keep the information of learners with comorbidities and therefore we request Hon Member to forward the question to provincial legislatures.

Reply:

As the Hounarable Member may be aware, the Provincial Road Maintenance Grant (PRMG) is a schedule 4 grant created to supplement the provincialinvestments for road infrastructuremaintenance(routine, periodic and special maintenance) and the repair of roads and bridges damaged by unforeseen incidents, including natural disasters. The grant does allow 25% of the total allocation to do improvements and upgrades from gravel to surface. All new facilities are to be funded from the provincial equitable share as published in the Division of Revenue Act (DoRA).

The construction of road D210 and D201 from gravel to tar cantherefore be addressed from the equitable share as well as the 25% of the grant allocation.

The Department of Public Works and Roads confirmed that the two roads are in their plan and will be constructed in accordance with the priorities made in 2012 by the communities of the Greater Taung Local Municipality. To that extent, priority 2 and 3 on the North West list of projects are underway and are towards completion. The Road D201 and D210 appear as priorities number 4 and number 5 on their list respectively therefore they will be constructed as per their priority program.

Reply:

 

I may not be familiar with every little challenge that the provided list of youth organisations faces on a daily basis as none of these entities fall under the Department of Employment and Labour whilst others are not even in government. Amongst the challenges that we have identified within government that continue to contribute to high unemployment rate amongst the youth are the following:

• The structural nature of the South African economy, low economic growth levels compounded by Insufficient investments by the private and public sector in new ventures and infrastructure
• socio economic challenges and the high poverty levels that remain amongst blacks and in some instances contributing to school drop outs especially in peri-urban and rural areas,
• limited skill acquisition and resultant inadequate preparation of youth for entry into the world of work,
• rapid changes in the labour market fuelled by digitization and automation.
• The covid-19 pandemic has further added to the above challenges.

I am aware that despite challenges that these youth organisations continue to face on a daily basis, they have done a lot to assist government in addressing the plight of our young people. Within government, great strides have been made in improving employability of young people through interventions in the education system but more still needs to be done. Government has also implemented a number of interventions to address the youth unemployment problem. These includes:-

• High level interventions to grow the economy within National Development Plan 2030, the Medium Term Strategic Framework and Agreements conclude by the President and the various Ministers.

Within the Department of Employment and Labour:

• The Promulgation of the Employment Services Act 2014 was introduced to guide the Department in its free services to promote youth employment. These services include registration of work seekers and employment opportunities, the matching, counselling, placement offered through 126 Labour centres, satellite and visiting points; and vulnerable groups employment schemes through 13 Supported Employment Enterprises Factories and Subsidized organizations that employ people with disabilities.
• Labour Activation programmes funded by the Unemployment Insurance Fund
• Occupational death dependants Youth bursary scheme funded by the Compensation Fund.

Other departments have also initiated the following interventions that benefited millions of young people as part of their contribution:-

• The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP)
• Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) and Jobs Fund by National Treasury
• The 2018 Jobs Summit Framework Agreement, as well as the establishment of the Job Fund
• The Skills development system funded by the Skills levy, the Bursary Scheme funded under the NESFAS in the High Education and Science and Technology Department
• More recently Government has developed the Presidential Youth Employment Interverntion which provided for the Presidential Youth Service, scaling the Youth Employment Service (YES) and the creation of a national pathway management network.

Reply:

What (a) plans are in place to

(i) have the South African airspace open and

Yes, the South African Airspace is open

(ii) allow additional airlines to operate,

We currently have twelve (12) Scheduled operations in South Africa, CLASS I

(1.) Mango,

(2.) SA Airlink,

(3) Cobra Airlines,

(4.) Safair Operations,

(5) FlygoAir Ltd,

(6.) Cemair

(7) Graphyon Airlines SA

(8.)Magestic Air MEGA and out of the 12 the04 Airlines are on Provisional liquidation,

(1.) SAA;

(2.) SA Express;

(3.) Kulula Comair/ British Airways and;

(4.) Fly Blue Crane.

The Domestic Airspace is South Africa is fully opened to ensure that South African Domestic market gains a traction before we can allow any Foreign Airlines comes.

(b) airlines will be involved,

(c) routes will be involved and

The Domestic Market is not route based, it is deregulated and any person who is licensed by notification to Council they are then allowed to service any point of Airport in South Africa,

(d) are the respective time frames in each case?

There are no specific timelines.

What (a) plans

The Government has post COVID plans in place available as and when the Health Departments advise on the balancing of the COVID curve by South African to allow the opening of the Airspace.

The South African Airspace is still not opened for the International flight. The Current flights that are being conducted by International Airlines for Humanitarian, repatriation and Evacuation purposes.

As you may be aware under Lookdown Level 3 the Minister of Home Affairs proclaimed under the Disaster Management Act that South African are permitted to travel outside of the Republic for only three purposes, WORK, STUDY and Medical Reasons.

Reply:

 

1. SANParks already implements a differential pricing and fee structure for South Africans and international guests. This differentials system was introduced in 2003, and the effect thereof is that South Africana receive preferential rates as compared to international guests. This was done to improve and expand access to National Parks by South Africans.
2. Research had been conducted prior b the implementation of the preferential pricing system. SANParks embarked on a benchmarking exercise, comparing our fee structure with similar conservation authorities on the African continent.
3. SANParks started implementing the Preferential Pricing mechanism in November 2003, and this pricing structure is being implemented currently

i Not applicable as the system is already being implemented

ii Not applicable as the system is already being implemented

iii. Not applicable as the system is already being implemented

Regards

MS BD CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
DATE: 11/09/2020

Reply:

Small-scale fishing rights are allocated to community-based legal entities in the form of co-operatives. These cooperatives as made up of verified and declared small-scale fishers in teas of the Marine Living Resources Act, 2014 (Act No. 5 of 2014). These fishers have met the relevant criteria and proved their historical involvement in fi9hing, as well as deriving a major part of their livelihood from traditional fishing operations. As such, there are no 'Paper Quota Holders' in the Small-scale Fishing Sector.

All fishes that form part of the small-scale fisheries cooperatives are involved in either one of the many fishing operations that include, amongst others, catching, processing and/or marketing of fish.

Regards

Ms BD CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
DATE: 11/09/2020

Reply:

Rhino numbers are informed by a variety of sources, and complied in report submitted to institutions responsible for the implementation of conservation treaties such æ the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species(CITES). Specific complementary reports are the following:
Red List of Mammals of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland for bath white and black rhino;
the Non Detriment findings for both white and black chino;
a report from the IUCN Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC) African and Asian Rhino Specialist Groups; and
TRAFFIC to the CITES Secretariat pursuant to Resolution Conf. 9.14 (Rev. CoP17)

Ms BD CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
DATE:11/09/2020

Reply:

 

Eight (8) companies made commitments totalling R36.2 billion at the previous two South African Investment Conferences held in 2018 and 2019 respectively, as detailed in my reply to question 555.

These are private sectors investments and hence companies do not report progress publicly. However, feedback, monitoring and reporting on progress is facilitated through the project management function of InvestSA, who is in regular communication with the companies who have made investment commitments. InvestSA also facilitates inter-governmental cooperation to help unblock challenges which these projects may be experiencing.

While the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted progress on some of the investments in the tourism and hospitality sectors, I am advised that a number of projects are under construction.

Further progress will be reported at the 3rd South African Investment Conference, which is expected to be held later this year.

 

Reply:

The judgment of National Council of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v Minister of Environ mental Affairs and Others on the lion bone export quota determination process requested the Minister to give consideration to welfare issues relating to lions in captivity when determining the quota. The Department was, therefore, not able b determine the 2019 lion bone export quota and such determination process was thus deferred.

 

Regards

MS BD CREECY, MP
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment:

Date: 11/09/2020

Reply:

1. University Students: The acquisition of digital learning devices for the 2020 NSFAS funded students registered at public higher education institutions shall be funded by the students’ learning materials allowance made available by NSFAS on a loan-to-buy basis.

Where a NSFAS funded student has the 2020 learning materials allowance available at the date of applying for the digital learning device, that learning materials allowance will be used by the institution to purchase the device on behalf of the student. Where the 2020 learning materials allowances has been used by the NSFAS funded student, the 2021 learning materials allowance shall be used to purchase the digital learning device. Should the student not return as a NSFAS funded student in future academic years, the student is liable to repay the amount due to the institution. Where applicable, the institution shall utilise its existing policies and procedures/guidelines to recover funds for the purchasing of the digital learning device from the student.

TVET Students: The acquisition of digital learning devices for the 2020 NSFAS funded students registered at public TVET colleges shall be as a once-off arrangement for the duration of their studies and a once-off 3-month data allowance in line with the negotiated deals between the Department and mobile network operators, with the exception of Trimester 1 and Semester 1 students who are already exiting the system. The digital learning device is a once-off allowance for the current 2020 academic year. Since this is an allowance, ownership of the digital learning device will vest with the student. Institutions must therefore ensure that only NSFAS funded students who are currently enrolled and registered with the TVET college receive this allowance and digital learning devices. Since Trimester 1 and Semester 1 are already at the end of the cycle, these students are not eligible to receive digital learning devices and shall be excluded from this once-off scheme.

1. University Students: The institution shall issue a purchase order together with the NSFAS student details and at a minimum, the institution will maintain proper records of all digital learning devices distributed to NFSAS funded students. Rules on the return of devices to the institutions must be provided for in the asset management policy of the institution. The institution shall coordinate the logistical arrangements with the service provider(s) to ensure that the appropriate checks and balances are implemented and agreed upon to guarantee that the correct NSFAS funded students receives and accepts responsibility for the safekeeping and care of the digital learning devices.

TVET Students: The TVET college will maintain proper records of all digital learning devices distributed to NFSAS funded students. The digital learning devices will be delivered directly to NSFAS funded students. The TVET college shall coordinate the logistical arrangements with the service provider(s) to ensure that the appropriate checks and balances are implemented and agreed upon to guarantee that the correct NSFAS funded students receives and accepts responsibility for the safekeeping and care of the digital learning devices.

Reply:

 

To begin with Honourable member, it is important to note that the RDP houses were discontinued when Cabinet adopted the Comprehensive Plan for the Development of Sustainable Human Settlements in 2004 setting new standards for housing typologies for government houses referred to as BNG houses.

The total number of incomplete units in the Mogalakwena Local Municipality is 319 houses spread over a total of 14 villages. The Limpopo Provincial Department of Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements & Traditional Affairs has appointed Contractors in 2019/2020 to complete 210 units. It is expected that the units will be completed by the end of October 2020. The Provincial Department will appoint Contractors during the 2021/22 financial year to complete the remaining 109 units. The anticipated completion date is 31 March 2022.

The total number of incomplete units in the Makhado Local Municipality is 87 spread over a total of 11 villages. The Limpopo Provincial Department of Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements & Traditional Affairs will appoint Contractors in the 2021/2022 financial year to complete the 87 units. The anticipated completion date is 31 March 2022.

Reply:

(1)(a) As at 6 August 2020, a total of 1 069 police stations have had to close, since the first reported, confirmed COVID-19 case, in the South African Police Service (SAPS).

(1)(b) All 1 069 police stations are fully functional.

(1)(c) A total of 78 police stations were operating in temporary structures. (2)(a) A total number of 2 228 police officers have been quarantined.

(2)(b) The posts occupied by police officers who are in isolation, are not deemed to be vacant and are, therefore, not filled through the permanent appointment of other police officers, in these posts.

The SAPS shift system, which is used for operational members at police stations, makes provision for contingency arrangements to be put in place when a member is not able to report for duty, including during self-isolation. This includes the following:

o Calling up SAPS members, who are on rest days.

2

0 Making use of police reservists.

0 Deployment of SAPS members, who are employed in support functions.

O Deployment of SAPS members, from cluster or district level, to assist on a

temporary basis.

V\/hen police stations or other service points are closed, the members, who were not exposed to the virus and not in self isolation, may be redeployed to assist at an alternative service office or to support operational duties.

Command groups have been established in every province and at national level, to ensure that the provision of policing services continue, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, support, in respect of the prevention, management and response to COVID-19 infections in the SAPS, is provided by the COVID-19 Steering Committee, which is chaired at the level of a Deputy National Commissioner and includes all the relevant operational and support disciplines of the SAPS.

The SAPS has appropriate measures in place, at all levels, to ensure that services are rendered. However, it is important to recognise that these conditions do represent unusual challenges to the SAPS, as to all other frontline services. The cooperation and support of communities is valued and appreciated, during this time.

Reply to question 1808 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2020/08/28
Reply to question 1808 approved

GENERAL BH CELE, MP
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 09/09/2020

Reply:

1. The South African Police Service (SAPS) has no record of cameras that were installed or removed, at the Edenvale Police Station.
2. Not applicable.

 

 

 

 

Reply:

(a)

(i) What are the names of the persons who have been recently appointed onto the SA Tourism (SAT) Board.	(ii) What criteria that were used in their appointment.	(iii) What expertise will each of the new members bring to SAT.
1. Mr Siyabonga Dube	Board members are appointed on the basis of their knowledge, experience or qualifications relating to the functions of the	Governance, public sector finance and auditing
2. Advocate Monjakunyane Gumbi		Legal and Leadership

2149 (NW2714E)

(i) What are the names of the persons who have been recently appointed onto the SA Tourism (SAT) Board.	(ii) What criteria that were used in their appointment.	(iii) What expertise will each of the new members bring to SAT.
3. Ms. Gloria Serobe	Board. The combined individual skills and expertise contribute to the effective functioning of the Board as an entity, as decisions are taken collectively.	Leadership, Governance and Finance
4. Mr. Mduduzi Zakwe		Audit and information technology
5. Ms. Zola Baba Tshefu		Tourism and public sector governance

(b)

(i) On what date was each member officially appointed onto the Board.	(ii) On what date will their term of office come to an end in each case?
1. Mr Siyabonga Dube 11 August 2019	31 May 2021
2. Advocate Monjakunyane Gumbi 29 April 2020	31 May 2021
3. Ms. Gloria Serobe 29 April 2020	31 May 2021
4. Mr. Mduduzi Zakwe May 2020	31 May 2021
5. Ms. Zola Baba Tshefu 11 August 2019	31 May 2021

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Reply:

(1)(a)(i) A total number of 1 578 persons are currently employed in an administrative capacity in the Division: Crime Intelligence, of the South African Police Service (SAPS).

(1)(a)(ii) A total number of 5 501 persons are currently employed in an operational capacity in the Division: Crime Intelligence, of the SAPS.

(1)(b)(c)(i)(ii) There is no provision in the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2010 (Act No. 6 of 2010), that authorises the keeping of a separate fingerprint database for employees of the SAPS, which can be accessed to obtain specified persons (employees) criminal records. Criminal records are identified through fingerprint searches and can be accessed for a criminal investigation or a crime detection. A record of employees in the Crime Intelligence environment, identifying employees with criminal records, is not readily available. In order to establish which employees have criminal records, the fingerprints of 7 079 employees need to be taken and analysed.

The process to identify which members have criminal records is a continuous process. The Division: Crime Intelligence, is currently aware of 27 employees with criminal records.

(2) When a person is employed in the SAPS, including the Division: Crime Intelligence and it is found that the prospective employee has a criminal record, each case is dealt with on its own merits. The National Commissioner may waive the requirement that an employee should not ha\ie a previous criminal conviction, upon his or her appointment. Each individual case is considered, in terms of the nature and gravity of the criminal record. Where an employee was convicted of an offence while in the employ of the SAPS and is sentenced to a term of imprisonment without the option of a fine, he or she will be deemed to have been discharged from the SAPS, with effect from the date following the date of such sentence.

However, if the term of imprisonment is wholly suspended, the member concerned will not be deemed to have been discharged. In the event that the term of imprisonment is wholly suspended or where the employee was sentenced to a term of imprisonment with the option of a fine, he or she will be subjected to the disciplinary process, in terms of the SAPS Discipline Regulations and a Board of Inquiry, will be conducted to determine his or her fitness to remain an employee of the SAPS.

Reply to question 1090 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2020/08/28

Reply to question 1090 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
Date: 09/09/2020

Reply:

During Operation Lockdown, a multidisciplinary approach between the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), in a supportive role, to fight crime in identified hotspot policing precincts, within the Cape Town metropole, led to a significant reduction in contact crimes.

A multidisciplinary strategy, resulting in coordinated planning, optimal utilisation of resources, focused execution and joint review and assessment of operations, is critical to the enhancement of our crime combating efforts.

Reply to question 1861 recommended/

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2020/08/28

Reply to question 1861 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, (MP)
Date: 09/09/2020

GENERAL H AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply:

(a) and (b)

The total number of gender-based violence (GBV) cases, which were reported to the South African Police Service (SAPS), since the beginning of the lockdown, on 26 March 2020, in each province and the number of the specified GBV cases, which resulted in the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators in each case, are reflected in the table below:

Province	(a) Total reported	b	b
		Total persons charged	Total persons convicted
Eastern Cape	243	488	8
Free State	189	373	18
Gauteng	743	1137	23
KwaZulu-Natal	230	375	4
Limpopo	97	253	31
Mpumalanga	88	151	7
North West	77	140	3
Northern Cape	37	122	1
Western Cape	530	1019	35
Total	2234	4 058	130

 

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Reply to question 1074 recommended/

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Date:

Reply to question 1074 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE (MP)

Date: 09/09/2020

Reply:

1. A work study investigation, with regard to the upgrading of the Mohlakeng Satellite Police Station, to a fully-fledged police station, has been completed and is pending a decision by the South African Police Service (SAPS) Gauteng Provincial Management. The establishment of a fully-fledged police station, in Mohlakeng, will entail the division of the current Randfontein policing area, to establish separate poiicing areas for the two police stations.

1. No, in the event that the work study investigation, which is referred to in paragraph (a) is approved, Toekomsrus will be policed by the proposed Mohlakeng Police Station.

Reply to question 1893 recommended/

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2020/08/28

Reply to question 1893 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
Date: 09/09/2020

Reply:

1. From 27 March 2020 to 21 August 2020, a total number of 466 persons have been arrested for convening an illegal gathering, as per the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002).
2. From 27 March 2020 to 21 August 2020, a total number of 299 persons have been arrested and charged for the destruction of property.
3. Regular planning meetings, are held with the various law enforcement agencies. The South African Police Service (SAPS) also has an early warning system, based on crime intelligence reports, which informs the coordinating committees.

Reply to question 1926 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2020/08/28

Reply to question 1926 approved

MINISTER OF POLICE
GENERAL BH CELE, MP
Date: 09/09/2020

Reply:

A criminal case was opened at the Orlando Police Station, on 30 July 2020, CAS 298/07/2020, for Contravention of the Disaster Management Act 2020, regulating the number of attendees to a funeral. The case was investigated and presented to the Senior State Prosecutor at the Orlando Magistrates Court, who declined to prosecute and remarked as follows: “The alleged event was spontaneous. The suspect did not invite the mourners and had no control over them."

Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

The term of the Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (EPPF) Board, ofwhich Ms Mantuka Maisela was the Chairperson, expired on 31 May 2020. However, because the governance process was not in place on 31 May 2020 and Eskom did not want to be the cause of a non-constituted Board, which had been a finding of the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) against the EPPF previously, Ms Maisela and the other two trustees were appointed to avoid such an occurrence.

The appointment letters were drafted to appoint them for a full term because the rules of the Fund did not provide for temporary appointments, but for replacements, where Eskom had the right to replace an employer board member at any time on reasonable grounds.

In a letter dated 29 May 2020, Ms Maisela was informed that her appointment was subject to the finalisation of the governance process and that it was to be read in conjunction with rule 3.5(1) of the EPPF rules, which provides that an employer board member could be replaced by Eskom at any time on reasonable grounds.

Eskom followed an appointment process for the EPPF Chairperson position with the assistance of an executive search company. Shortlisted candidates were interviewed by an Eskom panel that consisted of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Senior Manager Human Resources, and Recruitment Manager, and all internal governance processes were adhered to. Ms Maisela was not part of the process because she was not shortlisted.

In its decision not to extend Ms Maisela’s appointment, Eskom also considered the fact that Ms Maisela had acted in various roles on the EPPF Board since 2004, which made a total of 16 years, for 12 of which she had been appointed by Eskom. This tenure considerably exceeded the recommended period for a non-executive director in terms of governance processes.

Eskom took the above into consideration and decided that it would not be in the interest of good governance for the EPPF and Eskom to reappoint Ms Maisela as the Chairperson of the EPPF Board.

The CFO recommended the successful candidate’s name to the Group Chief Executive (GCE), and the GCE, in consultation with the Chairman of the Board, recommended the appointment to the People and Governance Committee (P&G), a subcommittee of the Board, for approval. The P&G approved the submitted name and recommended approval of the appointment by the Minister. It must be noted that this is merely a formality as the Minister is not involved in the process identifying new members of the Board. There were delays in soliciting the P&G approval due to the lockdown. The P&G recommendation reached the Minister on 15 May 2020.The Minister approved the recommended candidate on 9 June 2020. Eskom appointed the Chairperson with effect from 1 July 2020, and the name was submitted to the EPPF Board for final approval.

The EPPF Board approved the appointment of Ms Caroline Henry on 15 July 2020, and therefore, Eskom did not have authority to extend Ms Maisela’s appointment beyond 30 June 2020.

It should be noted that Ms Maisela was not the only trustee who was replaced in terms of rule 3.5(1) of the EPPF rules on 30 June 2020, as she was replaced along with two other trustees.

Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

(a) and (b)

The table below captures the details requested for each person.

Title	Initials and surname	Designation	Qualification	Verification by
Mr	A M	de Ruyter	Group Chief Executive	Bachelor of Arts in English and Psychology - (University of Pretoria) Bachelor of Civil Law - (University of Pretoria) Bachelor of Law - (University of South Africa) Master of Business Administration - (Nijenrode University - Netherlands)	Lexis RefCheck
Mr	C	Cassim	Chief Financial Officer	Bachelor of Commerce - (University of Natal) Honours Bachelor of Accounting Science - (University of South Africa) Masters in Business Leadership – (University of South Africa) Member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants	Internal recruitment department - 2006

Title	Initials and surname	Designation	Qualification	Verification by
Mr	J A	Oberholzer	Chief Operating Officer	Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering - (University of Pretoria) Master of Business Leadership - (University of South Africa) Executive Leadership Programme - (University of Michigan – USA) Electrical Engineering Certificate of Competency (SA)	Internal recruitment department Previously employed by Eskom since 1983
Mr	N	Harris	Senior Manager: Information Management	Bachelor of Commerce Education - (Rand Afrikaans University) Diploma in Data Metrics - (University of South Africa) Master of Business Leadership – Brunel University, UK – (Henley Management College)	Internal recruitment department. Previously employed by Eskom since 1982
Mr	R	Vaughan	General Manager: Treasury	Bachelor of Commerce – (Rhodes University) Higher Diploma in Accountancy - (Rhodes University) Member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants	LexisNexis Risk Management

Reply:

According to the information received from Transnet

No, Transnet is not planning to sell assets to the private sector. However, it is in the process of considering how its asset base is best positioned to deliver on the requirements of the business. We are however looking for opportunities to partner with the private sector. This is in order to promote economic transformation and to mobilise private sector capital for important projects.

(a) Not applicable

(b) Not applicable

(c) Not applicable