Questions and Replies

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

(a) The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) embarked on the Immovable Asset Register (IAR) Enhancement Programme to address management assertions in order to ensure that the IAR is complete and credible.

The historical context of the IAR and various sources of data is considered in addressing the completeness and accuracy of the register. This include the compliance with the Public Finance Management Act, Government Immovable Asset Management Act, and National Treasury guidelines including the National Treasury Immovable Asset Guide section 3.2 (b).

Reconciliation of the IAR is done considering the following:

• Deeds records
• Property Management Information System
• DRDLR Vesting Data (LAW)
• Devolved Properties - deemed provincial properties linked to the devolved budget for rates
• Original title deeds - aktex records or copies of the title deed
• Chief Surveyor General - CSG information on surveyed land parcels
• User Asset Management Plans (U-AMPs)
• Points of Interest and security clusters - police, prisons, courts & defence.
• Other National or Provincial IARs

Given the above activities, it must be borne in mind that the IAR changes from time to time to take account of the numerous entries which occur as a result of the completed infrastructure projects, section 42 transfers in line with PFMA, disposal of properties, and the rectification of erroneously registered and vested properties.

AdetailedreconciliationofDPWIpropertiesagainsttheDeedsrecordsand IARsofotherNationalandProvincialcustodianswasconducted between 2011 and 2013.Thisexercisewas followed by physical verification and high level condition assessment of DPWI properties between 2014 and 2016.

In addition DPWI applied the deemed cost model on immovable assets in order to eliminate the historically recorded R1 values contained in the Immovable Asset Register. For example, the total value of immovable assets as at 31 March 2013 was only R3.5billion because most assets were recorded at R1 due to the lack of historical cost information/values. The total value of immovable assets is now more than R120billion since the 2016/17 financial year.

A detailed reconciliation of DPWI properties against the Deeds records and IARs of other National and Provincial custodians is conducted twice annually.

DPWI has also recruited young graduates, experienced project managers and other specialists on contract to maintain the IAR, but most importantly to reduce reliance on service providers in line with Auditor-General’s recommendation. Physical verification is being conducted by these contract specialists since June 2015 in order to comply with the relevant GRAP standards and Section 13 (d) of GIAMA.

Furthermore, the maintenance of data is managed by the DPWI specialists, GIS professionals, and accountants with articles, chartered accountants, data analysts, administrators, and property managers.

Significant progress has been made in addressing historical and legacy issues affectingnationalandprovincialcustodiansofimmovableassets.Landparcelsto bevested(confirmationofownershipintermsoftheConstitution)underDPWIhave been recorded in the IAR on the basis of substance overform.

(b)(i), (ii) DPWI is currently reviewing all its systems to finally move towards a more reliable and complete IAR.

Reply:

1. Defence Intelligence regularly compiles regional assessments that outlines the security situation in the Southern African Development Community, including the developments in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique.

2. The assessments are shared with the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) if and when required.

Reply:

(1) The Minister has never been asked by the President to intervene on the matter in question.

Any legal matter between South Africa and any other country would be dealt with through the appropriate channels and instruments, such as mutual legal assistance. The Ministry responsible for the Civilian Intelligence structures is not one of such instruments.

(2) There has never been a discussion between the President of Botswana and the Minister on this matter.

(3) None.

(4) The visit was cancelled because of other commitments.

(5) Purpose for which the visit was intended remains valid, therefore, a visit in the near future cannot be rulled out.

Reply:

1. The criteria for Top Secret security clearance are multiple and include the successful completion of the vetting process that includes

1.1 Verification of the subject’s/applicant’s records as reflected in databases:

• criminal records;
• financial records;
• personal information; or
• any other information that is relevant to determine the security clearance of a person.

•  

1.2 The positive outcome following a vetting fieldwork investigation. For a Top-Secret Security Clearance, the process entails the following:

• Full record checks on databases (as mentioned above);
• A subject/applicant interview;
• Two (2) interviews with references;
• One (1) work enquiry; and
• A polygraph examination and evaluation.

(1.2.2) Regarding the later point, all resultant reports (subject/applicant and combined References’ Interview Report; Investigation Memorandum, and Investigation Diary and Polygraph report.) are then sent to the Evaluation division.

(1.2.2) In assessing the reports, the Evaluator will consider the following in his/her risk summary as per the Legislation:

• Integrity;
• Loyalty to the State and the relevant institution; and
• Non-susceptibility to extortion and blackmail;
• Non-amenability to bribes and non-susceptibility to being compromised due to his or her behaviour or vulnerabilities.

These qualities are critical criteria for employment in a position requiring Top Secret security clearance.

(1. 3) Based on the Evaluator’s recommendations – emergent from records, interviews and investigations – on whether to issue, degrade, withdraw or refuse to grant a security clearance, the State Security Agency’s (SSA’s) Director-General signs off on the vetting result.

2. Regarding Mr Mc Bride’s security clearance:

2.1 On 5 October 2018, the request for the vetting of Mr Mc Bride to the level of a Top Secret level was received from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).

2.2  His employment at the IPID was later terminated.

2.2 On 23 April 2020, the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) requested the SSA to transfer his Top Secret clearance to them.

2.3 On 29 June 2020, the SSA Acting Director-General enquired about the progress on the vetting of the said subject.

2.4 On 30 June 2020, the SSA Human Resource Consultant enquired about the vetting of the said subject.

2.5 On 1 July 2020, the subject was contacted to avail himself for a personal interview and it followed all the steps outlined above.

2.6 As per the approved Standard Operating Procedure (VA01/2010) on Vetting Fieldwork Investigation, a Polygraph test for a Top-Secret Clearance is required. However, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, a Polygraph examination could not be conducted, the specific reason being that the procedure would require the Polygraph Examiner to be in close proximity of the subject in a closed area for an extended period; thus exposing them (polygraph examiner/subject) to a possible transmission of the virus.

2.7 Nonetheless, given that all the other tests resulted in a positive outcome, the security clearance was issued on condition that as soon as the COVID-19 infection rate flattens, the Polygraph examination will be conducted.

2.8 Accordingly, a Top-Secret security clearance procedure was conducted on Mr Mc Bride and a Top-Secret security clearance was issued on the basis of the information currently available to the SSA.

2.9 A Top-Secret Clearance was issued on 14 July 2020.

3. Not at this stage.

Reply:

Yes, The Department is still issuing the food parcels that were distributed at the beginning of the lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus to indigent persons and those whose income was affected;

From the beginning of Covid-19 response till the end of Quarter 1 (April - June), the programme has distributed a total of 800 968 food parcels to about 4 004 840persons.

The programme reach in each month is as follows:

March food parcel distribution to households per province
Province	Food parcels distributed	Estimated number of people reached (5/household)
Eastern Cape	0	0
Free State	0	0
Gauteng	807	4 035
Kwa Zulu Natal	0	0
Limpopo	0	0
Mpumalanga	0	0
Northern Cape	0	0
North West	0	0
Western Cape	16 788	83 940
Total	17 595	87 975

April food parcel distribution to households per province
PROVINCE	Food Parcels Distributed	Estimated number of people reached (5/Household)
Eastern Cape	8 054	40 270
Free State	14 732	73 660
Gauteng	58 944	294 720
Kwa Zulu Natal	20 156	100 780
Limpopo	36 772	183 860
Mpumalanga	27 817	139 085
Northern Cape	25 554	127 770
North West	18 396	91 980
Western Cape	44 518	222 590
Total	254 943	1 274 715

May food parcel distribution to households per province
Province	Food Parcels Distributed	Estimated number of people reached (5/Household)
Eastern Cape	23 415	117 075
Free State	33 020	165100
Gauteng	106 598	532 990
Kwa Zulu Natal	12 120	60 600
Limpopo	52 692	263 460
Mpumalanga	56 212	281 060
Northern Cape	24 672	123 360
North West	7 638	38 190
Western Cape	22 780	113 900
Total	339 147	1 695 735

June food parcel distribution to households per province
Province	Food Parcels Distributed	Estimated number of people reached (5/Household)
Eastern Cape	860	4 300
Free State	860	4 300
Gauteng	129 190	645 950
Kwa Zulu Natal	18 184	90 920
Limpopo	18 245	91 225
Mpumalanga	860	4 300
Northern Cape	860	4 300
North West	860	4 300
Western Cape	860	4 300
Total	170 779	853 895

Reply:

Emergency Support Team (EST) from the Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North-West Region were deployed to work at the KwaZulu-Natal Reginal office.

(a) The deployment commenced on 24 April 2020 and ended on 22 May 2020.

(b)(i - iv)

EXPENDITURE	AMOUNT
Subsistence & Travel (S&T)	R78 721.04
Fuel	R30 556.45
Overtime	R92 317.06
Toll gates	R2 912.89
Standby allowances	R40 698.00
Public holidays	R33 229.52
Total Sunday allowance	R20 762.37
Accommodation	R855 653.00
TOTAL DEPLOYMENT COST	R1 154 850.33

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Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has approved a total of 14 land parcels measuring 1004.0186 hectares to be released for human settlements purposes.

a) The land transfer is at various stages. Currently,no land transfers have taken place due to requirement of legislation that National Treasury endorsement must be obtained on properties that are transferred below market value. In this instance, two land parcels out of the fourteen land parcels arewiththeNationalTreasuryforconsiderationwhilstthe market valuation offive land parcels have been approved by the Land Affairs Board and will be submitted to National Treasury.

The DPWI has informed me that valuation of the seven parcels of land will be considered by the Land Affairs Board and submitted to National Treasury before the end of August.

b) The Department has prioritised the release of 47 land parcels measuring 1416.8195 hectares within this financial year. The remaining land parcels will be prioritised for release in 2021-22 financial year pending receiving formal requests with supporting documentation,includingdevelopmentplans,whichwillprovideanindicationofexact extent of land to be released. DPWI will process these requests subject toavailability of the identified properties and completion of feasibilityinvestigations.

The delay in transfers is caused by the requirement of National Treasury for market value. To speed up the process, DPWI has requested that National Treasury consider municipal value instead of market value. DPWI cannot skip these processes of the Land Affairs Board and the National Treasury as it is required by legislation.

Reply:

The total number of parolees in the South African system as on 29 February 2020 is as follows:

Probationers	Parolees	Awaiting Trial Person (ATPs)	Total
7 371	45 914	1252	54537

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Reply:

The HIV pandemic has over the years taught us that biomedical approaches alone are not able to prevent and stem out the spread of new infections, hence a multi-sectoral approach is required to respond to the epidemic.

a) In 2008, UNAIDS noted that new HIV infections were not declining in most countries including South Africa, but continued to increase rapidly. This therefore prompted UNAIDS to call uponall countries to engage in a ‘know your epidemic, know your response’ exercise to allow governments to understand the drivers of the epidemic in order to base HIV prevention efforts on evidence and not on perceptions.The Human Science Research Council (HSRC) therefore conducted a study called Know Your Epidemic, Know Your Response in 2011 for South Africa. This study found that HIV is more than a health issue but a developmental issue because factors that fuel HIV&AIDS are due to human behaviour as well as social and structural in nature andtherefore a social approach was required in addressing these factors. This assisted South Africa to develop the National Strategic Plan on HIV, STIs and TB (NSP) 2012-2016 which mandated the Department of Social Development (DSD) to lead the goal on addressing social and structural drivers of HIV because DSD’s mandate and commitment is on social transformation and we focus mainly on facilitating human development and improving the quality of lives of people by addressing the social and structural barriers to this quality of life.

DSD therefore developed a Compendium of Social and Behaviour Change programmes using the social ecology approachwhich aims at addressing all levels of society, including the individual, interpersonal relationships, family, communities, and systems. The social ecology model has enabled DSD to develop (1) social and behaviour change programmes that seek to address risky behaviours with a view to motivate behaviour change within individuals and social units by use of a range of educational, counseling, motivational, peer-group, skills-building approaches, and community normative approaches which are delivered in small interactive groups; as well as (2) incorporate structural strategies that already exist in the Department (such as social grants, poverty alleviation programmes) which seek to change the context that contributes to individuals’ vulnerability and risk to HIV. The following are the compendium of social and behaviour change programmes which DSD has developed: YOLO, ChommY, Families Matter programme, Men Championing Change programme, Boys Championing Change programme, Community Capacity Enhancement programme and Traditional Leaders programme. These programmes are implemented alongside DSD’s existing programmes that target the structural drivers of the pandemic e.g. social grants and food security programmes. These programmes target different target groups within the social ecology model.

b) The Department partnered with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) since 2011. This partnership assisted the Department to establish a Government Capacity Building and Support Program (GCBS) which aims at strengthening the capacity of the Department of Social Development to respond to HIV&AIDS. The GCBS programme assisted in training Social Services Professionals (SSPs) on the compendium of social and behaviour change programmes in the country. A Train-the-Trainer approach was adopted for each programme and this has ensured that each province has a pool of SSPs that are able to cascade and roll-out the trainings in each district.To-date, a total number of 1 694 SSPs were trained on the social and behaviour change programmes since 2017. The Department also partnered with the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) to roll-out the training of Non Profit Organisations (NPOs) on the compendium of social and behaviour change programmes.SANAC has to-date trained 557 SSPs in all 9 provinces since 2016. The Department had planned to train a further 300 SSPs for this financial year 2020/21, however this has been reviewed to 100 SSPs due to the lockdown restrictions since the trainings are face-to-face with interactive exercises and role-modelling. These trainings will commence in November 2020. Each SSP will be trained on each of the seven (7) social and behaviour change programmes mentioned under (a) above. Each training comprises a minimum of 4 days. This means that each SSP requires a total number of 28 days to complete the entire Compendium of Social and Behaviour Change programmes.

c) These seven (7)social and behaviour change programmes, mentioned above under (a), are implemented together as a package within the same given community, in an integrated manner. Each programme has a Facilitator’s Manual and a Participant’s Manual. The implementation of these programmes is complemented by other DSD existing programmes such as the KeMoja programme. TheDepartment is currently funding 17 NPOs in the country, since 2016, to implement the compendium of social and behaviour change programmes in 30 Districts which have the highest rate of new HIV infections. The NPOs have appointed SSPs that implement the programmes using different approaches which include interactive group facilitated workshops for the different target groups, as well as facilitated community dialogues which include YOLO Jam Sessions, Community Capacity Enhancement sessions, Boys Assemblies, Men’s Lounges, National and District Men’s Parliaments.

d) Implementation of these social and behaviour change programmes commenced in 2016 and is still continuing in all 9 provinces in the 30 districts in the country. Due to budgetary constraints, the Department is not able to expand the implementation of the programmes to all 52 districts.

e) The entire budget for the training and implementation of the social and behaviour change programmes for the 2020/21 financial year is R93m. This budget is for all nine (9) provinces and it is not enough to cater for all 52 Districts.

Reply:

The content of the food parcels issued by SASSA in each province was standardised. The content of the food parcels is as follows:

Food item	Brand Name	Weight	Quantity
Maize Meal	Ace, white Star, Iwisa, Impala, Pitsana or equivalent in nutritional value.	12,5kg	1
Nutritional Supplement	Movite Porridge or approved substitute with equivalent in nutritional value.	1 kg	2
Cooking Oil	Sunflower cooking oil or equivalent in nutritional value.	750 ml	2
Pilchards	Glendryck, Saldhana, Lucky Star or equivalent in nutritional value.	400 g tins	6
Soya Mince	Imana, Knorrox, Top Class, Vitamince, Mealtime, Trojan or equivalent in nutritional value.	1 kg	3
Sugar	Huletts, Illovo, Selati or equivalent in nutritional value.	2,5 kg	1
Sugar Beans	Econo, Imbo, Plaza, Olympic or equivalent in nutritional value.	2 kg	1
Bread Flour	Golden Cloud, Sasko, Snowflake or equivalent in nutritional value.	2,5 kg	1
Tea Bags	Five Roses, Glen, Teaspoon Tips, Joko, Trinco, Rooibos or equivalent in nutritional value.	100 tea bags	2
Yeast	NCP, Anchor, Super bake or equivalent in nutritional value.	10 g	2
Peanut Butter	Skippy, Black Cat, Yum Yum or equivalent nutritional value.	800g	1
Milk	Full cream powder milk (must be “Real Diary” OR Full cream long life milk (1 box of 6 L).	1 kg 1 Box	1 6 L
Toothpaste	All brands acceptable (consider price).	100 g	2
Washing Soap(VI)	Sunlight Bar Soap or equivalent.	500g	2
Sanitary towels	All brands (consider price) 8 towels per pack.	Pack of 8	3

The services rendered by the contracted suppliers was to deliver food parcels on receipt of an order from SASSA.

The attached Annexure confirms the amount paid to each service provider for the provision of food parcels in the period of April and May. Payments made in June are not yet available, as the BAS system is not yet closed for the month of June.

Reply:

The budget for the Social Relief of Distress Grant in the current financial year department initially received is R3.4 billion for the roll-out of the COVID-19 Special Social Relief of Distress Grant. Following the Supplementary Budget allocations, the available amount has been increased to R11 billion. No additional administrative budget was provided, and SASSA has re-prioritised within the existing budget to be able to fund the development of the system, the communication channels and other administrative costs associated with the roll out of this grant.

Reply:

The Department is not aware of this allegation. The Department did not issue any food parcels to the Premier for distribution to any community.

Reply:

The number of social workers currently employed by

(a)(i) The State is 14 599.

(a)(ii) The department does not have statistics of social workers employed in the private sector.

(b) Non-governmental organisations is 1 970

Reply:

1. Yes, the funding is adequate for the 3,2 million beneficiaries referred to. However, it should be noted that the number of approved applications now stand at 4 424 720. The budget is adequate to cover these and the projected number of asylum seekers and special permit holders who are expected to apply. Should these numbers increase in line with projections done by SASSA, the funds allocated will not be sufficient.

2. It’s not possible to predict exactly how many foreign nationals will receive the grant. We do however know that in the country there are:

(a) 173 036 refugees, of which 2 288 have been approved as at 15 July 2020; and

(b) 188 296 asylum seekers,

(c) 178 615 Special Permit Holders from Zimbabwe,

(d) 25 382 Special Permit Holders from Lesotho,

(e) 1 686 Special Permit Holders from Angola;

who may qualify for the Special Covid SRD if they meet the other qualifying criteria.

In addition, the special relief grant has been approved for 115 670 permanent residents in South Africa (non- South African citizens who hold permanent residence status).

Reply:

(1) The Department of Social Development is not in the financial position to provide any additional financial support to registered ECD centres that remain closed under the state of national disaster as there is no budget specifically allocated for this purpose. However,on 9 May 2020, the Minister of Social Development issued Directions that “The Department must continue to subsidize the early childhood development centres during the state of national disaster” (See Government Notice 517 published in Government Gazette No 43300 of 9 May 2020). This Direction immediately waived the requirement that early childhood development programmes that already receive subsidy need to submit a new application for funding for the 2020/2021 financial while the national state of disaster is in place. The collective amount being paid annually towards this funding is R3.1 billion, targeting early childhood development programmes in poor communities in particular. This funding continues to be paid out to early childhood development centres through the nine provincial departments of social development, which is a provincial competency as contemplated in section 93(1) of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005. This is a significant step that is intended to buffer the impact of the measures implemented during the national state of disaster risk-adjusted lockdown.

(2) The Department is currently in discussion with the National Treasury to repurpose the current ECD infrastructure conditional grant towards supporting early childhood development programmes with personal protective equipment for personnel and staff. If successful, priority will be given to those unfunded registered ECD programmes serving poor communities as required in terms of section 93(4)(a) of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005; and unregistered ECD programmes serving poor communities will also be considered. It should be noted that provision of ECD programmes is private and NPOdriven, government only regulates and subsidise these programmes.

Reply:

(a) Through the water balance information submitted by Water Service Authorities (WSAs), the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) makes determinations of water losses. The last comprehensive analysis on water losses and non-revenue water (NRW) was undertaken in 2016/17. The total volume of water lost as a result of leakages from pipes and reservoirs was estimated at 1150.079 million m3/annum at the time.

(b) The table below indicates the ten (10) WSAs that had the highest water losses:

No.	Name of the Water Service Authority
1.	City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
2.	eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
3.	City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
4.	Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
5.	Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
6.	City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality
7.	Emfuleni Local Municipality
8.	uThukela District Municipality
9.	Mopani District Municipality
10.	Mbombela Local Municipality

(c) The WSAs are mandated by the Water Services Act, Act 108 of 1997 to prevent and act on water losses within their distribution networks. The Department of Water and Sanitation provides support to municipalities through different programmes to manage the demand and reduce water losses. The various measures being implemented to support municipalities to prevent, reduce and manage water losses include: 

• The No Drop programme which is a tool to regulate municipal performance against set Regulations and best management principles for water loss and demand management. 
• The No Drop Guideline, which focuses on the key requirements (water resource balance diagram, water balance, Water Conservation and Water Demand Management (WCWDM) Strategy) that are building blocks to planning for implementation of WCWDM projects. Municipalities have been trained on the use of the No Drop.
• There is also continuous capacity building programmes on WCWDM for municipalities. Training includes how to benchmark leakages, planning and implementation of WCWDM projects, International Water Association (IWA) water balance methods, etc.
• The Reconciliation and All Towns strategies (intended to ensure the water resource balance) have WCWDM as one of the priority intervention programmes for all municipalities. The Departmental forums and engagements are used to stress the importance of WCWDM aligned to these strategies. In these forums, Municipalities are expected to report on their implementation of WCWDM efforts.
• The Department is also evaluating and commenting on the Water Services Development Plans (WSDPs) and master plans of municipalities. These plans should indicate the actions and interventions designed to conserve water and enhance water demand management.
• The DWS also has various projects that are funded either under Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) or Water Services Infrastructure Grant (WSIG), that also address water losses in municipalities
• The DWS through the cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has built the training centre/ facility for Non-Revenue Water and water losses management. A number of municipality officials have already attended this training.

The Department further monitors water losses within the 8 (eight) largest water supply systems on an annual basis. The 8 large Water Supply Systems (WSS) supply water to the 8 metropolitan municipalities and other major cities. These areas serve 33.9 million people, which is equivalent to 57 % of the country’s total population. The total input volume in these areas is about 2 662 661 000 m³/a compared with national 4 046 463 000 m³/a (65 % total urban water consumption). These are areas of economic significance with the total gross value added of between 20-40%. 

Reply:

1. All clients seeking to apply for disability related grants are booked at SASSA Local Offices using the Electronic Medical Assessment Statistical Template. Such clients are booked for an assessment at a particular assessment site on a particular date and there is no differentiation between new and existing beneficiaries. Thebooking is to assist the Agency to monitor service demands and monitor the time it takes for clients before they are assessed. As at 29 June 2020, status is as below:

Region	Assessments
Eastern Cape	835
Free State	309
Gauteng	2 553
KwaZulu-Natal	1 632
Limpopo	1 664
Mpumalanga	1 165
Northern Cape	359
North West	4 574
Western Cape	4 945
Total	19 053

2. SASSA strives to ensure that all clients booked are assessed within a month and clients waiting for more than a month are referred to as backlogs.Programme managers are required to come up with innovative measures to address backlogs and avoid the emergence of backlogs. The current numbers have been exacerbated as a result of the lockdown and closure of SASSA Local Offices under level 5; as well as the limited resources at local offices during levels 4 and 3.

3. SASSA implements a hybrid model for disability management, which relies on both contracted medical officers as well as medical officers from Department of Health. The numbers of doctors provided by Department of Health is not a fixed number – it depends on resources available within the various assessment sites.

The total number of doctors contracted directly by SASSA is 475 nationally. The number per province is indicated below:

Region	Contracted doctors
Eastern Cape	28
Free State	44
Gauteng	52
KwaZulu-Natal	134
Limpopo	72
Mpumalanga	27
Northern Cape	80
North West	28
Western Cape	10
Total	475

4. All requests for assessments are captured on the Electronic Medical Assessment Template (EMAST) which flags all clients waiting more than 30 days for an assessment from the date of booking. In such situations programme managers are expected to either add a resource in the form of a doctor, another assessment day within that week or recruit either doctor from other further areas and in certain instance ask for services of doctors from neighbouring provinces.

The backlog has been exacerbated as a result of the lockdown. Limited disability related services at Local Offices have resumed under Level 3 lockdown. A strategy has been developed to progressively resume with the assessment related activities as from 1 July 2020. The ability to provide these services does depend on the ability for assessments to be undertaken, as there is still limited access to health facilities.

The strategy prioritises the following categories of applicants in order of priority:

• Those who were assessed prior to lockdown but who were unable to complete the application process;
• Those who were booked for assessments but could not be seen as a result of the lockdown – these clients will be rebooked for assessments;
• Urgent new applications, where the assessment is already done by the health facility and only the application needs to be done;
• New applications in accordance with available capacity of assessing doctors.

The number of assessments booked per assessment schedule has been reduced to 20 from 40 to ensure compliance with the COVID-19 protocols related to sanitation, social distancing and hygiene.

A particular challenge exists in Western Cape, where the majority of the assessments are undertaken in health facilities. The ability of SASSA to accept new applicants for disability grants is there for seriously, negatively impacted by this. In order to address this, SASSA Western Cape has been granted authority to deviate from normal tender processes by National Treasury to appoint doctors in the George and Boland areas through a closed bidding process by approaching all doctors listed on the HPCSA database as a fairness measure.

Reply:

Ward 11 of uMfolozi Municipality receives water from Nseleni Bulk Water Supply Pipeline through the Nseleni Pump Station, which receives its supply from the City of uMhlathuze. The existing Nseleni bulk water pipeline supplies water to Upper Nseleni, Khoza, Nseleni Town and KwaMbonambi areas. This pipeline is connected to the Mandlazini bulk reservoirs in Richards Bay with the Mzingazi Water Treatment Works (WTW) connected to the Mzingazi Lake as the source. The water supply from Nseleni is currently pumped for 18 - 24hrs/day into two reservoirs, the Shandu/Baqoge and Mawombe Reservoirs.

In addition, there are four operational boreholes within the aforementioned Ward. The Cinci borehole near Mawombe Stadium has one standpipe.

There are a number of illegal connections in the area that have a negative effect on the water supply to the Shandu/Baqoge and Mawombe Reservoirs. There is an area known as Mgababa located in-between the abovementioned reservoirs that does not have a reticulation system. The community in Mgababa has connected illegally on the rising main to Mawombe Reservoir resulting in the Mawombe reservoir receiving limited water.

The Councillor together with the strike committee members have been engaged to assist in dealing with the illegal connections. However, more illegal connections have been made to the pumping main, cutting water supply to the Mawombe reservoir. The situation is exacerbated by the limited water supply from the City of uMhlathuze because the area was affected by the drought.

The King Cetshwayo District Municipality is planning to augment bulk water supply to the Cinci area through the installation of an additional reservoir between the two existing reservoirs to service the Mgababa area thereby releasing water to the Mawombe Reservoir. This project will be implemented in 2021.

While the uMfolozi Municipality is attending to all water supply challenges within its area of jurisdiction, the priority is to address backlogs in areas where there is no water supply infrastructure services. These areas are currently being serviced through water tankers.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

I was informed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure as follows:

(a) Number of vacant properties subjected to land invasions.

Bloemfontein =1 (One)

Cape Town = 4 (Four)

Durban = 8 (Eight)

Johannesburg = 0 (Nil)

Kimberley = 3 (Three)

Mmabatho = 3 (Three)

Nelspruit =9 (Nine)

Polokwane = 2 (two)

Port Elizabeth = 9 (Nine)

Pretoria = 0 (Nil)

Umthatha = 14 (Fourteen)

TOTAL = 53

No.	Regional Office	(i)	(ii)	(iii)
		List of sites:successful in preventing land invasion	List of sites: unsuccessful in preventing land invasion and are currently occupied	List of sites: the subject of legal processes for trespassing and/or eviction orders in 2019 and 2020
1	Nelspruit Regional Office		Portion 2 of the Farm Dingwell 276 JT. Farm Ingrid 591 JU Farm Rooiduiker 591 JU Farm Vaalribok 547 JU Farm Langrand 457 JT Farm Lindenau 303 JT Portion 23 of the Farm Valschfontein 33 JS	Farm Masoyi Police Station 74 JU Farm Mimosa 557 JU
2	Cape Town	Portion of Farm 421 Doring Bay	ERF 1117 Blaauwberg Farm 295 Grabouw Portion 65 of Farm 82 RoodeZand, Worcester (Known as Sandhills)	NONE
3	Kimberley	Erf 1 Danielskuil	Erf 6983 Kimberley, eviction process is underway	Erf 1 Danielskuil and Erf 6983 Kimberley
4	Mthatha	3Erf 14040 at Police Camp in Mthatha Erf 265 Sprigg Street in Mthatha Erf 264 Main Street Port St Johns	Erf 85 Tsomo Erf 200 Mthatha Erf 7547 Ntusi Street, Mthatha Erf 1950 in Mthatha Erf 1952 in Mthatha Erf 1963 in Mthatha Erf 8711 in Mthatha Erf 234 in Mthatha Erf 8328 in Mthatha and Erf 170 Port St Johns	Erf 920 in Mthatha
5	Durban	Remainder of Erf 77 Howick (17 Theed Street, Howick)	Rem of Portion 69 of the farm Reserve No. 7A No. 15826, Rem of Portion 3 of the farm Veelgeluk No. 171 Portion 4 of the farm RietVallei No. 1043 Erf 500 La Lucia (1 Oakleigh Avenue, La Lucia) Erf 387 Rose Hill (148 Manfred Drive, Park Hill, Durban North) Erf 550 Scottburgh (43 Erskine Street, Scottburgh)	Erf 1878 Amanzimtoti (13 Dickens Road, Athlone Park, Amanzimtoti
6	Port Elizabeth		Farm 45, Draaibosch Komga, Farm 114, Kommetjiesleegte Outspan East London, Farm 356, Black Hill Outspan East London, Farm 866 PT 1, East London RD,	Farm 871, Grey dell East London, Farm 871 PT 1, Grey dell East London, Farm 871 PT 3, Grey dell East London, Farm 276 PT 1, PlaasDonkerhoek, AlbanyFarm 304, Nahoon Dam East London,
7	Johannesburg	NONE	NONE	NONE
8	Bloemfontein		ERF 8225 Portion 1,Thabong, Welkom
9	Pretoria	NONE	NONE	NONE
10	Mmabatho	Portion 4 of the farm Zandpan 423 IP, Portion 24 and 34 of Rustenburg town and Townlands 272 JQ, Portion 1 of farm Wildebeestfontein 274 JQ
11	Polokwane			PT 13 of Farm Tempelhof 150 MS Remainder of Farm Loskop North 12 JS
	TOTAL	9	32	12

Closing statement:

The department managed to deploy various strategies on the prevention of land invasion and that includes the 9 vacant land, amongst the strategies to be deployed the department is planning to procure the services of the Security Companies to patrol the land and forge the relationship with various municipalities to collaborate and share intelligence on the land prevention strategies.

The department is also intending to collaborate with community leaders, civil activists and whistle blowers in order to receive information of potential threats on land invasion and act immediately upon receipt of such information to prevent further land invasions, also to report cases to South African Service to assist with the arrest of the trespassers and distraction of informal structures within 24 hours.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

1.(a) I was informed by the Department of Public Works and Infrasructure (DPWI) that the procurement of quarantine sites for Covid-19 is a deviation from supply chain processes and is done under “emergency” regulations.

The qualifying criteria for determination of this procurement is the notification received from the NatJoints Containment Work stream of all persons entering the country via the air, sea and land ports of entry and who require to be quarantined.The Beitbridge border fence was also procured through emergency from ordinary supply chain management processes.

(b) Emergency procurement is a delegated function which requires each delegated authority to consider the nature of the emergency request prior to approving the emergency. The emergency approval granted by the delegated authority is thereafter ratified by the relevant Bid Adjudication Committee.

(2) No requests were received via user clients or User Demand Management to complete projects under disguise of Covid-19.

Reply:

(a) R 38 750 000

(b) 1. Spot on Trading

    2. Nxekula General Trading

    3. Impofu Engineering Service

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has not made any disbursement to Provinces in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is for both the Main Vote and the PMTE. The Department paid directly for quarantine sites and for renovation work done for GBV facilities in Gauteng and the Western Cape.

 

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

((1) At the emergence of the scam the Anti-Corruption Unit instituted investigations to determine amongst others whether there was evidence to suggest the involvement of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) officials in the scam. The assistance of the law enforcement agencies were also solicited in this respect, criminal referrals were made and investigations were initiated by SAPS whom the assigned investigators worked closely with, the Anti-Corruption Unit and provided regularupdates.InvestigationsbytheSAPSarestillongoing.Throughcoordination

of investigation efforts with the internal ICT division, it was also established that the emails containing DPWI officials’ credentials didn’t originate from the DPWI ICT infrastructurenetworkorsystems.Emanatingfromthefindingsoftheinvestigations alludedtoabove,itwasresolvedthatthroughtheChiefDirectorateCommunications and Marketing the Department should launch an awareness campaign in an endeavour to alert members of the public to validate requests for quotations purported to be issued by theDPWI.

SCM’s contribution to this is as follows; “In keeping with the departments zero tolerance approach to fraud and corruption, an on-going awareness campaign is undertaken and the departmental website warns all officials and service providers about fraudulent order scams. Any purchase order or quotation/tender purported to be from DPWI must first be verified prior to delivery. The Department has also availed specific contact names and numbers on the website for both the internal staff and the service providers to enquire and report such scams.

2. IninstancesbroughttotheattentionoftheAnti-CorruptionUnitwhereDepartmental officials’credentialsareusedintheperpetrationoftenderfraud,theAnti-Corruption Unit conducts preliminary assessments to determine whether there is a need to institute an investigation into the matter. Extensive investigations conducted as highlighted in Paragraph 1 above has thus far revealed no linkages between Departmental officials and the fraudsters perpetrating thescam.

3. As highlighted in Paragraph 1, referrals were made to the SAPS and the investigations are ongoing in this regard. It should be noted that not all enquiries attended to by the Department results in the Department lodging a criminalcase.

4. The Department was advised by the South African Police Services (SAPS) that DPWI cannot be the complainant since it has never suffered any loss in such instances. SAPS has recommended that the DPWI should rather advise the affected service providers to be the ones who open a CAS with SAPS. The Departmentisthusadvisingallaffectedserviceproviderstoreportthematterattheir

nearest police stations and once the CAS is opened, SAPS normally obtains the affidavits/statements from the Department.

5. The Department has for all eventualities an anti-virus email softwarewhereby:

• the latest Anti-virus software for end point security firewalls isrun;
• all the offices including Regional Offices and sites have firewalls - Virtual Private Network (VPN);
• a Virtual Private Network that ensures all officials logging into the DPWI domain operate in a secureenvironment;

Further to this:

• • TheDepartmenthasamasterICTpolicythatisregularlyreviewedtoaddress all governance and security relatedissues;
  • Active Directory password authentication is designed according topolicy;
  • All systems have current Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificate to enable encryption, privacy, authentication and dataprivacy.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

The response to questions (a) to (g) above are provided in tabular format and attached as

Annexure A titled, “Quarantine Sites Contracted by the Department of Public Works and

Infrastructure – Covid-19 Pandemic”.

ANNEXURE A

ANNEXURE A to NA PQ 1739

QUARANTINE SITES CONTRACTED BY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE - COVID 19 PANDEMIC

Serial No	Name of Buildings or Sites currently used as Quarantine Sites a(i) and (ii)	Location of each property (b)	Relevant details of each property (c)	Ownership status - private or public (d)	Cost of each property. Rate per room as per FEDHASA (e)	Duration of the contract (f)	Who made the request (g)	Comments
1	Musina Hotel and Conference Facility	Limpopo	3 National Road, Musina	Private	R1050-00	Not applicable.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH	No persons under investigation (PUI’s) checked-in for quarantine to date.
2	Tsogo Sun - Garden Court Eastgate	Gauteng	Ernest Oppenheimer Ave, Bruma, Johannesburg	Private	R1207-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
3	Tsogo Sun - Garden Court Newlands	Cape Town	7 Main Road, Newlands Cape Town	Private	R1380-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
4	Tsogo Sun - Stay Easy Eastgate	Gauteng	8 South Boulevard, Bruma, Johannesburg	Private	R1092-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
Serial No	Name of Buildings or Sites currently used as Quarantine Sites a(i) and (ii)	Location of each property (b)	Relevant details of each property (c)	Ownership status - private or public (d)	Cost of each property. Rate per room as per FEDHASA (e)	Duration of the contract (f)	Who made the request (g)	Comments
5	Tsogo Sun Stay Easy Emnotweni	Mpumulanga	Southern Sun Stay Easy Emnotweni 15 Government Boulevard Riverside Park Ext 1 Nelspruit 1201	Private	R1092-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
6	Tsogo Sun Southern Sun Bloemfontein	Free State	Cnr Nelson Mandela and Meville Drive Brandwag Bloemfontein 9301	Private	R1380-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
7	Centurion Lake Hotel - Pretoria	Gauteng	1001 Lenchen Avenue North, Centurion, Gauteng, 0046	Private	R1050-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
Serial No	Name of Buildings or Sites currently used as Quarantine Sites a(i) and (ii)	Location of each property (b)	Relevant details of each property (c)	Ownership status - private or public (d)	Cost of each property. Rate per room as per FEDHASA (e)	Duration of the contract (f)	Who made the request (g)	Comments
8	City Lodge Grand West	Cape Town	Grand West Casino & Entertainment World, Off Vanguard Drive,, Goodwqood, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8001	Private	R1050-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
9	City Lodge V & A	Cape Town	Cnr Dock & Alfred Roads, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8001	Private	R1050-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
10	City Lodge Durban Hotel	Durban	CnrSylvestor Road, KE Masinga Road, Durban	Private	R1207-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
Serial No	Name of Buildings or Sites currently used as Quarantine Sites a(i) and (ii)	Location of each property (b)	Relevant details of each property (c)	Ownership status - private or public (d)	Cost of each property. Rate per room as per FEDHASA (e)	Duration of the contract (f)	Who made the request (g)	Comments
11	City Lodge Umhlanga Ridge	Durban	2 Palm Boulevard, Umhlanga Ridge, Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, 4321	Private	R1205-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
12	Capital on Park	Gauteng	101 Katherine street, Sandown, Sandton	Private	R1138-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
13	Capital Melrose	Gauteng	AthollOaklands road, Melrose North Johannesburg	Private	R1138-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
14	Capital Bath	Gauteng	72 Bath Avenue Rosebank, Johannesburg	Private	R1138-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
15	Capital Ivy Villa Hotel	Gauteng	160 Helen Road, Strathavon, Sandton, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2196	Private	R1138-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
Serial No	Name of Buildings or Sites currently used as Quarantine Sites a(i) and (ii)	Location of each property (b)	Relevant details of each property (c)	Ownership status - private or public (d)	Cost of each property. Rate per room as per FEDHASA (e)	Duration of the contract (f)	Who made the request (g)	Comments
16	Capital on Empire	Gauteng	177 Empire Place, Sandhust, Sandton	Private	R1138-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
17	Capital Menlyn Maine - Pretoria	Gauteng	194 Bancor Avenue, Menlyn , Pretoria	Private	R1138-50	Not applicable.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH	Discontinued use as this is a multi-tenant facility
18	Mercure Hotels South Africa - Midrand	Gauteng	Old Pretoria road, Halfway House, Midrand	Private	R1092-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
19	Mercure Hotels South Africa - Bedfordview	Gauteng	33 Bradford Road, Bedfordview, Johannesburg, Gauteng,	Private	R1207-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
20	Mercure Premier Hotel Nelspruit	Mpumulanga	Mercure Hotel Nelspruit Cnr N4 and Graniet Street Nelspruit 1200	Private	R1208-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
Serial No	Name of Buildings or Sites currently used as Quarantine Sites a(i) and (ii)	Location of each property (b)	Relevant details of each property (c)	Ownership status - private or public (d)	Cost of each property. Rate per room as per FEDHASA (e)	Duration of the contract (f)	Who made the request (g)	Comments
21	Peermont Emperors Palace Metcourt Hotel – Kempton Park	Gauteng	Emperor's Palace, 64 Jones Road, Jet Park, Kempton Park, Gauteng, 1620	Private	R1200-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
22	Peermont Emperors Palace Mondior Hotel – Kempton park	Gauteng	Emperor's Palace, 64 Jones Road, Jet Park, Kempton Park, Gauteng, 1620	Private	R1380-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
23	Indaba Hotel and Spa - Sandton	Gauteng	Cnr William Nicol and Wenning Street, Fourways, Sandton, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 3032	Private	R1207-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
24	Mannah Guest House Kempton Park	Gauteng	39 Pomona Road, Pomona, Kempton Park, Gauteng, 1620	Private	R1120-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
Serial No	Name of Buildings or Sites currently used as Quarantine Sites a(i) and (ii)	Location of each property (b)	Relevant details of each property (c)	Ownership status - private or public (d)	Cost of each property. Rate per room as per FEDHASA (e)	Duration of the contract (f)	Who made the request (g)	Comments
25	Protea Hotel Balalaika Sandton	Gauteng	20 Maude Street, Sandown, Sandton, Gauteng, 2146	Private	R1200-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
26	Protea Hotel Durbanville	Cape Town	99 Jip de Jager Drive, Tygervalley, Bellvile, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7530	Private	R950-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
27	Radisson Blu - Gautrain	Gauteng	Rivonia Road, Sandton, Benmore	Private	R1000-00	Not applicable.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH	Discontinued use as this is a multi-tenant facility
28	Radisson Blu Park Inn Newlands	Cape town	10 Hemlock Street, Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape,7701	Private	R1200-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
Serial No	Name of Buildings or Sites currently used as Quarantine Sites a(i) and (ii)	Location of each property (b)	Relevant details of each property (c)	Ownership status - private or public (d)	Cost of each property. Rate per room as per FEDHASA (e)	Duration of the contract (f)	Who made the request (g)	Comments
29	Park Inn Radisson Foreshore	Cape Town	29 Heerengracht, Foreshore, cape town, Western Cape, 8000	Private	R1233-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
30	Radisson Blu Port Elizabeth	Port Elizabeth	Marine Drive and Nineth Ave, Port Elizabeth	Private	R1233-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
31	Birchwood Hotel Kempton Park	Gauteng	Viewpoint Road, Bardene, Bardene, Boksburg, Gauteng, 1462	Private	R1150-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
32	Centurion Legacy Hotel	Gauteng	1001 Lenchen Avenue North, Centurion, Gauteng, 0046	Private	R1130-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
Serial No	Name of Buildings or Sites currently used as Quarantine Sites a(i) and (ii)	Location of each property (b)	Relevant details of each property (c)	Ownership status - private or public (d)	Cost of each property. Rate per room as per FEDHASA (e)	Duration of the contract (f)	Who made the request (g)	Comments
33	Signature Lux Hotel Foreshore	Cape Town	7 Hans Strijdom Street	Private	R790-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
34	New Tulbagh Hotel	Cape Town	8 Hans Strijdom Avenue	Private	R950-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
35	First Million Development CC T/A Black Mountain Hotel – Free State	Free State	Black Mountain Hotel Suite 215 Private bag X 01 Brandhof 9324	Private	R1150-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
36	First Million Development CC T/A Windmill Casino Hotel – Free State	Free State	96 Raymond Mhlaba Street Navalsig Bloemfontein 9301	Private	R1050-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
37	President Hotel - Bloemfontein	Free State	President Hotel Free State 1 Union Avenue Navalsig Bloemfontein 9301	Private	R1150-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
Serial No	Name of Buildings or Sites currently used as Quarantine Sites a(i) and (ii)	Location of each property (b)	Relevant details of each property (c)	Ownership status - private or public (d)	Cost of each property. Rate per room as per FEDHASA (e)	Duration of the contract (f)	Who made the request (g)	Comments
38	Farm House Lodge	Free State	Paul Kruger ave 229 Universitas Bloemfontein 9300	Private	R850-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
39	Tuscany Lodge and Conference Centre	Free State	PO Box 12748 Brandhof 9324	Private	R850-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
40	Monte Bello Estate	Free State	Monte Bello Estate PO Box 22 111 Exton Weg Bloemfontein 9313	Private	R1150-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
41	Badplaas Forever Resorts	Mpumulanga	Badplaas Forever Resorts R38 Main Road between Carolina and Barberton Mpumalanga 1190	Private	R1207-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
Serial No	Name of Buildings or Sites currently used as Quarantine Sites a(i) and (ii)	Location of each property (b)	Relevant details of each property (c)	Ownership status - private or public (d)	Cost of each property. Rate per room as per FEDHASA (e)	Duration of the contract (f)	Who made the request (g)	Comments
42	Kings Tide Boutique Hotel	Port Elizabeth	16 10th avenue, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth	Private	R1050-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
43	Coastlands West Street Hotel	Durban	Dr PixleyKaseme street, Durban Central	Private	R1000-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
44	Coastlands Umhlanga Hotel	Durban	329 UMHLANGA ROCKS DRIVE, UMHLANGA, DURBAN, KwaZulu-Natal, 4319	Private	R1000-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
45	aHa Bloemfontein Hotel	Free State	AHa Bloemfontein Hotel Suite 109, Private Bag X01 Brandhof	Private	R1200-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
Serial No	Name of Buildings or Sites currently used as Quarantine Sites a(i) and (ii)	Location of each property (b)	Relevant details of each property (c)	Ownership status - private or public (d)	Cost of each property. Rate per room as per FEDHASA (e)	Duration of the contract (f)	Who made the request (g)	Comments
46	aHaKopanong Hotel Kempton Park	Gauteng	243 Glen Gory Rad, Nortons Home Estates, Benoni		R1200-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
47	aHa Ivory Tree Game Lodge	North West	Bakgatla National Park Pilanesburg Nature Reserve SP North West 0318	Private	R1350-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
48	Saint Georges Hotel - Pretoria	Gauteng	58 Goede Hoop Ave, Doornkloof, Pretoria	Private	R1150-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
49	Ehrlick Park Lodge	Free State	Ehrlich Park Lodge P.O. BOX 27130 Ward Number 19 Bloemfontein 9301	Private	R1000-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
Serial No	Name of Buildings or Sites currently used as Quarantine Sites a(i) and (ii)	Location of each property (b)	Relevant details of each property (c)	Ownership status - private or public (d)	Cost of each property. Rate per room as per FEDHASA (e)	Duration of the contract (f)	Who made the request (g)	Comments
50	MetsiMatso Lodge Free State	Free State	Jwala-Boholo Thaba-Bosiu Maloti a Phofung Qwaqwa 9601	Private	R1050-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
51	Bon Hotel Bloemfontein	Free State	Bon hotel Bloemfontein central Bloem plaza East burger street Bloemfontein 9301	Private	R1200-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
52	Relekane Guest House	Free State	Relekane Guest House P.O. BOX 27130 Ward Number 16 Bloemfontein 9301	Private	R1000-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
Serial No	Name of Buildings or Sites currently used as Quarantine Sites a(i) and (ii)	Location of each property (b)	Relevant details of each property (c)	Ownership status - private or public (d)	Cost of each property. Rate per room as per FEDHASA (e)	Duration of the contract (f)	Who made the request (g)	Comments
53	Oasis Hotel Upington	Northern Cape	Oasis Hotel PO Box 198126 Schroder Street,Upington 8800	Private	R1100-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
54	River City Inn Upington	Northern Cape	River City Inn C/o Park and Scott Street 26 Scott street Upington 8801	Private	R1170-00	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
55	Elangeni Lodge	Mpumulanga	Elangeni Lodge P. O Box 313 Malelane 1320	Private	R1207-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
56	Khayalami Guest Lodge	Mpumulanga	Khayalami Lodge 29 Van Wijk Street Sonheuwel Nelspruit 1200	Private	R1092-50	National state of disaster period.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH
57	aHa Casa Da Sol Hotel and Resort	Mpumulanga	Aha Casa Do Sol Hotel and Resort 11 Autumn Street Rivonia Johannesburg 2128	Private	R1350-00	Not applicable.	NATJOINTS Border Control Workstream and PORT HEALTH	No persons under investigation (PUI’s) checked-in for quarantine to date.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

(a) In 2019, a total of 339 NPOs were contracted by the Independent Development Trust (IDT) to implement the Non-State Sector (NSS) Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) programme over a period of 2 years from 2019/20 to 2020/21 financial years. The 339 NPOs contracted into the programme, were appointed based on the following criteria:

• Proof of NPO registration with Department of Social Development (DSD);
• Letter of good standing from the DSD;
• Letter of good standing on Compensation for Occupational and Injuries and Disease Act (COIDA);
• Proof of registration with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF);
• Printed copy for proof of registration with the Central Supplier Database (CSD) Registration;
• Track record of existence of not less than 2 years; and
• Willingness to participate in the EPWP COVID-19 response project.

For the EPWP COVID-19 response project, the same 339 NPOs were assessed for compliance with the CSD. From the assessed and contacted NPOs, some NPOs were not willing to participate in this intervention. Finally only 189 NPOs were appointed.

(b) The names of the contracted NPOs are attached herein as Annexure A.

(c) The table below demonstrates ownership status of the 189 NPOs contracted. Seventy seven percent (77%) of the NPOs contracted are 100% black owned.

Ownership Status	No. of NPOs
NPOs are 100% black owned	146
NPO is 100% White owned with 50% white women ownership	1
NPO is 21% Black owned with 9% Black women ownership and 79% White women ownership	1
NPO is 80% Black owned with 60% women ownership	1
NPO is 94% Black owned with 37% women ownership	1
No ownership details on CSD	39
TOTAL	189

ANNEXURE A

Province	Name of Non Profit Organisation	NPO Residential Address
EC	Aliwal Diocese Welfare & Development Committee	No 55 Carthcart Street, Aliwal North
EC	Dibashe Special Educare Inclusive	1431 N.U.10 Mdantsane, East London
EC	Empilisweni HIV/ Aids & Orphans Care Centre	1361 Gugulethu,Devana Location, King Williams Town
EC	Gwebindlala HIV/Aids	D206 N.U.9 Mdantsane, East London
EC	Iliso Care Society	Springrove, Queenstown
EC	Inqabayethu Youth Development	Mputhi A/A Baziya, Mthatha
EC	IxabisoLomntu Aids Awareness & Home Base Care	Magqabasini Location, Ndakeni A/A Flagstaff
EC	Lithemba Support Group	7406 NkewanaStreet,Kwazakhele, Port Elizabeth,6205
EC	ManguzelaThandanani Home Base Care	Dengwane Location, magadla A/A Mmatatiele
EC	Masizakhe Community Development Project	198 Nkonjane Street, Hostel Kwazakhele,Port Elizabeth,6205
EC	Mount Frere Paralegal Advice Centre	173 Main Street, Mt Frere
EC	NcedisizweHewu Home Base	ERF 2515 Ekuphumleni Rent Office Zone 2, Ekuphumleni Township, Whittlesea, 5360
EC	Peddie Development Centre	41 Sutton Road, Sidwell, Port Elizabeth,6001
EC	Port St Johns Community Legal Advice Centre	Erf 166 Church Street, Port St. John
EC	SakheSingamadoda Youth Programme	434 Ketse Street, KwaNomzamo
EC	Sinako Wellness & Development	136 A Langfield Road, Whittlesea
EC	Siphumelele Youth Organisation	No 1 African Lodge,African Square, Grahamstown
EC	Sizophila Community Child	Imizizi A/A Mchayi Location
EC	Sneeuwtjie Early Child	638 Hudson Street, Pienaarsig, New Bethersda
EC	Southern African Youth Movement	32 Swallow Drive, Westbank, King Williams Town, 5600
EC	UbabaloLusanele Skills Centre	Mkhonkotho Location, Holela A/A Centane
EC	Ubuhlebethu 1203 Organisation	21 Gordon Road Southernwood, East London
EC	UMzimkhulu Development Service	188 Garana, Roman Catholic Church , Mount Ayliff,4735
EC	Zanoncedo Empowerment Centre	Mpongo Location, Chalumna,East London,5200
FS	Bolokanang Churches	03 Boiketlo Street, Bolokanang ,Petrusburg, 9932
FS	ChildwelfareKgotsong	No 41 Greyling Street Bothaville, 9660
FS	Dihlabeng Initiative	2667 A Tsoella Street, Bohlokong, Bethlehem, 9701
FS	Itekeng Disabled Centre	5285 Zone 2 Ficsksburg, 9732
FS	Lesedi Hospice	251 Bammans street, Hertzogville, 9482
FS	Qhola - Qhwe	01 QholaQhweCreche, Witsiehoek, Phathaditjhaba, 9866
FS	Regeneration of the Lost Generation	888 Ramanamane Street, Rammulotsi Municipality Office Building, Viljoenskroon, 9520
FS	Southren Youth Movement	65 Ramakgari street, ThabaNchu, 9780
FS	Umzimkulu Development	Agricultural Centre, 92 Church Street Rouxville, 9958
GP	Angels Home Based Care	14808/28 CASWELL JAULA, KAGISO EXT 2
GP	Bakone Community Home Based Care	19178 LETHABONG STR, KAGISO EXT 14, MOGALE CITY
GP	EvangeliEncha Home Based Care	19178 LETHABONG STR, KAGISO EXT 14, MOGALE CITY
GP	Kgoro Organisation	PORTION 26, KROMDRAAI, KRUGERSDRORP
GP	KitsoLesedi Community Development	4538 Modisane Street Mogale City 1754
GP	Kopano Manyano God the Founder Center for Homeless	271 PRETORIUS STREET, BAREND VAN ERKOM BUILDING, 6TH FLOOR, ROOM 621, PRETORIA
GP	Legae La Bana HBC	2452 CNR JABULANI & CORANE STREET, MUNSIEVILLE, MOGALE CITY
GP	Linomtha Day and Aftercare Centre	12646 WALTER SISULU STR, EXTENTION 8, KAGISO
GP	Maximum Development Institute	No 83 WOBURN AVENUE, 1st FIRST FLOOR 101, BENONI
GP	Mo-AfrikaIthlokomele Educational Project	3623/7 MODJAJI &CNR MOHLOKA STR, ZONE 3, PIMVILLE
GP	National Institute Community Development & Management Trust (NICDAM)	89 Erasmus Avenue, Raslouw Estate, Wierda Park
GP	Nomncebo Community Development Project	2454 MAYFIELD EXT5 MINANAWE DAVEYTON
GP	Phaphamang Environmental Organisation	575014 ZONE 3,SEBOKENG, VERENIGING
GP	Rotanganedza Community Centre	PLOT 151, BADIRILE CLINIC, BADIRILE LOCATION, RANDFONTEIN
GP	ShomangSebenzani Development Initiative	LIMPRO PARK GARDEN SITES (PIKITUP 1 AND FILL SITE. MALBORO
GP	Siphumelele Youth Organisation	904 RALERATA STR,MOHLAKENG (MPCC) RANDFONTEIN
GP	Southern African Youth Movement (SAYM)	66 GLENWOOD ROAD LYNNWOOD PRETORIA
GP	TholaUlwazi Home Based Care & Training	6 SPENCER PLACE, LOMBARDY EAST
GP	Thought	56 BLOCK BB, SOSHANGUVE
GP	Tshwarisanang Environment Pro-ReActive Safety Mentors	6 SPENCER PLACE, LOMBARDY EAST
KZN	All Purpose Skills Development	D2290 EZIQHAZENI AREA NQUTHU 3135
KZN	Amajuba Community Development Project	Khambule stand, Madadeni, Newcastle
KZN	Asinqobe Youth Empowerment	D2284 Kwaluvisi area Nquthu 3135
KZN	Bakhiphe Community Development Organization	LOT 1033 SONKOMBO AREA MWOLOKOHLO NDWEDWE 4342
KZN	Buyisithemba Community Development	NGWADUMANE AREA, WARD11, MAPHUMULO 4470
KZN	Celukuthula Community And Counselling	UNION BLD EMPANGENI
KZN	Community Orphanage Centre And Shelter	MAFITLENG AREA NQUTHU 3135
KZN	EmbizeniCreche	D 999, KwaMbiza, Ntshongweni, 3700
KZN	EntokozweniCreche	98 OLD MAIN ROAD SHAKASKRAAL 3450
KZN	Esididini Community Project	BLOCK 11 MASSONDALE FARM MADADENI 2951
KZN	Ethekwini Young Entrepreneurs Network	22 GREEN FIELD ROAD CATO CREST MAYVILLE 4091
KZN	Hlanganani Youth Project	OGELELE
KZN	HlongwaCbo Network	D219 KWAHLONGWA THAFAMASI MAPHUMULO
KZN	IkhayaLethu Community Organization	Dendethu Area, Mandeni, 4491
KZN	Ikhayalethu Community Centre	Sithembile Area
KZN	Imbokodo Women Empowerment	Esidumbini Mission Nsuze Area P 712 Ndwedwe, 3242,
KZN	Inkanyezi Development Foundation	HLONGWA TRIBAL COUNCIL UMGUBO LOCATION UMZUMBE 4226
KZN	InkanyeziYokusa Development Organisation	Bhekuphiwa Area
KZN	Intungwa Development	1094 Qumbu Road Cato Crest
KZN	Lethukukhanya Crisis And Development Centre	KWADABEKA D PINETOWN
KZN	Majiya Community Projects	Magwetshana Reserve, Ntambanana
KZN	Makhuzeni Youth Development	Mphola Area, Ngandumbili, Nongoma.3950
KZN	Masibambisane	P 75 QoloqoloMthwalume 4200
KZN	Mawela Community Development	Emakhosini Reserve Ulundi
KZN	Mkhephi Project	Ward 09, Ngwebini Area, Nwutu
KZN	Mpilonhle	MTUBATUBA
KZN	Ndumiso Support Group	29 Mc Kenzie Street ,Dundee 3000
KZN	New Generation Community Organization	BHADANA LOCATION KWADUMISA 4200
KZN	New Philippian Church Of Southern Africa	2744 GOERGEDALE HAMMARSDALE 3700
KZN	Newcastle Arts Development Organization	Office Number 10 Kunene Shoping Complex 5376 Osizweni 2952
KZN	Nurses At A Go	16410 uBhaqa Road, Luganda Township, Marianhill 3609
KZN	PfuxaRixaxa Foundation	100463 Emgangeni Village, Amanzimtoti ,4125
KZN	Phembukuthula Community Care Organization	1162 Etholeni Area, Wasbank 2920
KZN	Inqabayethu Youth Development	01 Njengabathu Area Darlton 3236
KZN	Sakhisizwe Community Development Centre	CABAZINI LOCATION IXOPO
KZN	SakhisizweHiv/Aids Support Group Aids	Dube Village Groutville 4470
KZN	Sakhisizwe Youth Organization	Bhadane Location near Nqanula Combined Primary School
KZN	Sakhumnotho Development Services	51 Roy Campbell Drive, Napierville, Pietermaritzburg, 3201
KZN	Seconds Of Development	07 Minaar Street Utrecht
KZN	Simile Youth Project	KwaMdakane Area, Tribal Court, Dannhouser,3080
KZN	Simunye Youth Development	Egazini Reserve, KwaCeza,3866
KZN	Sinethemba Project	Mjunundu Road, Tribal Court, Vulamehlo
KZN	Siyakha Development Organisation	7305 Section 4 Madadeni 2951
KZN	Siyakhula Projects	72 BHOMELA AREA IZOTSHA PORTSHEPSTONE 4242
KZN	Siyakhula United Action For Development	72 Bhomela ,Portshepstone 4240
KZN	Siyanqoba Luncheon Club	10 a UNION STREET DUNDEE
KZN	Siyathuthuka Care Centre	NONGOMA
KZN	Siza Youth And Community Development	Crompton Street, Pinetown 3610
KZN	Sizzan Community Development	SIZZAN CENTRE KWADUKUZA 4450
KZN	Soul Prosper Home Based Care	Mondlo Vryheid
KZN	South African Food Security And Development Agency	45 CORNOR STREET ESCOURT 3310
KZN	South African Youth Movement	Kwavova Area Poulpietersburg 3180
KZN	Thembalihle Community Project	ESIBOZILE TOWNSHIP DUNDEE
KZN	Thought	EMATIMATOLO WARD 2 GREYTOWN
KZN	Ubuntu Crisis And Family Care Centre	181 WYEBANK ROAD KLOOF 3610
KZN	Umusawake Family Care And Crisis	D1063 EKUVUKENI TOWNSHIP 3389
KZN	Widowed Women Of South Africa	H1912 IHOBE STREET ESIKHAWINI
KZN	Youth Organization United	15 SAGITTARIUS ROAD COLITA
KZN	Ziphatheleni Community Development	LOT230 UMBUMBULU 4105
LP	Sakhumnotho Development Service	57 Woodhouse Rd Scottsville PMBurg 3201
LP	Intungwa Development	Amaoti Durban
LP	TiangMaatlaMultupurpose Centre	PO Box 4801 Solomondale 0964
LP	Tjiane drop in centre	Stand 20105 Tjiane Ga-Mphahlele 0745 next to Thelela shop
LP	Mo- AfrikaIthlokomele Educational Project	Shop NO 5 Shallas complex Senwabarwana
LP	Dzekula Development Organisation	Nwadzekudzeku village MadyisaStrret next to Zala
LP	HomuMinceka White Project	Stand no 661 Makosha Village Giyani
LP	Pfuxanani Early Learning Centre	PO Box 4903 Giyani 0826
LP	Ramotshinyadi HIV/AIDS Youth Guide	Stand no 1205 Ramotshinyadi village next to Pamotshinyadi clinic
LP	Are Ikemeng Young Womans Health Development organization	PO Box 4794 Mpudulle 1057
LP	IntuthukoYesizwe Community Organization	PO Box 1499 Groblersdal0470
LP	Life Orienttion Home Based Care	Stand no BA 85 Lekala section Boekenhoutkloof next to ikhutsheng primary school
LP	Mamokwale home based care	Mmakagatle A next to Hututu High school Stand no10035
LP	Mohaletse Disabled Group	MohlaletsiMaeba Next to taxi rank
LP	Phela o phedishe health and welfare care group	PO Box 3621 Lefalane 0741
LP	TafelkopeLesedi home based cate	PO Box 0474 Boleu 0474
LP	Elandskraal Home Based Care	Stand no 383 Elandskraal Block 2
LP	Far North Youth development Initiative	Office no 9 Managaomplex Thohoyandou
LP	Get Ready Information Services	521 Section A Hospital Road Malamulele
LP	Gundo Community Development	PO Box3116 Sibasa 0970
LP	Imvuselelo Development Agency	No 715 Mulila Street P West Thohoyandu
LP	Miehleketo Early Learning Centre
LP	Bangwanate Disabled Project	PO Box 4463 Mokopane 0600
LP	Bathuseng Community Center	PO Box1911 Mokopane 0600
LP	Ga Mokaba Reading Room	Ga-Mokaba Village MokopaneTown
MP	Amos/Kgaphamadi	Stand no:50154 EzakheniKwamhlanga
MP	Buhlebesizwe	323 Buhlebesizwe Community Centre Empumalanga
MP	Easthigh college	Orion Building 33 Bester Street Nelspriut
MP	Foster Care & Widowers HBC	Stand no:121 Newington C Ximhungwe
MP	Impilo community centre	Stand no;232 Vaalbank Ext Mbibane
MP	Isiphephelo	23146 Ext 21 EmbalenhleMhlambanyathi Street Embalenhle
MP	Ithembalomphakathi	No 1057 Phola Park Kwamhlanga 1022
MP	Ithuseng Pre-School	2547 Thamaga Street Kwaguqa Ext 4 Emalahleni
MP	Jeepes Reef HBC	Stand no:1219 Jeepes Reef ShongweMissoin
MP	KagoYabana	53 Wilkens street Rockysdrift
MP	Laapeng Foundation	Stand no: 1612 A Main Road Kabhokweni Old Complex
MP	Ntataise	150 Solomon Street Rocky's Drift White River
MP	Philisani Drop In Centre	Stand no 210 Mbangwane 1355
MP	Piet Retief Miracle Centre	5717 Phola Park Ethandukhanya Piet Retief
MP	SiphosethuDaycare Centre	Stand no:1045 Gembokspruit
MP	Thola-Ulwazi Home Based Care and Training	Stand no: 7028 MatselapataWaterval B Siyabuswa
MP	Thought	106 Kwachibikhulu Location Chrissiesmeer
MP	Tirhani	Stand no:339 Rolle Village Thulamahashe
MP	Tiyimiseleni HBC	Stand no:628 Lillydale B Main Road Ximhungwe
MP	Zimiseleni DOTS	Stand no:603 Driekoppies Trust Shongwe Mission
NC	Thought	1202 Matshidisho Street, Olifantshoek
NC	Woman of Wisdom	60 Queensway Hadison Park Kimberly 8301
NW	ARE DIRENG CARE GIVERS	1186, Blackrock Section
NW	BATSHA BA KOPANE	1810Goponyane Sec, MabekaskraalVill
NW	HOPE AND FAITH DROP IN CENTRE	294 Thuto Neo Primary School
NW	ICCSA	3768 B MAIYELA SECTION 2868
NW	ITIRELENG PROJECT	1793 Kafotlha Street , Reagile, Koster
NW	KATLO DEVELOPMENT CENTRE	560 BLOCK I EXT LETLHABILE
NW	KGOTHATSANANG ORGANISATION	2007B, Skampaneng, Ga-Motle Village
NW	KITSO KE LESEDI	14 MOLATLHEGI AVENUE RUSTENBURG 0263
NW	KUTULLO DISABILITY CARE CENTRE	1406 Block F, Letlhabile
NW	LEANO LA BOPHELO AND SUPPORT GROUP	28007 ESXTENSION 24
NW	LOKGABENG DISABLED CENTRE	KLERKSDORP
NW	MAKAPANSTAD RURAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE	2642 B MMEKWA SECTION
NW	OBAKENG DISABILITY CENTRE	969EA NearWalterLetsie High School
NW	PEELETSO SECHABENG DEVELOPMENT	3291 LERATO STREET TLHABANE
NW	PHILANI HEALTH CARE CENTRE	X583 MokhechaneStr, Jouberton, Klerksdorp
NW	REKOPANE OLD AGE AND DISABILITY	272 KGOSING SECTION MAIN ROAD , PELLA OD CLINIC
NW	RELEBOGILE CARE SUPPORT	0165 ZONE 5 NGOBI
NW	SAVF VentersdorpOuestehuis	47 Mark Street Ventersdorp
NW	SUNSHINE SELF HELP	301 BLOCK I MAUBANE
NW	THE GOOD SAMARITAN PROJECT	590 KAMEEL STREET LETSOPA LOCATION
NW	TSHEDIMOSETSO	20123 DIBATE VILLAGE
WC	DWDE (Disability workshop developent)	21 Cavendish Street Claremont
WC	Edu-Plett	1 Xiphula Street, kwanokuthula, Plett
WC	God Cares International	37 Lynx Pacalsdorp George
WC	Iliso Care Society	A648 Sunrise Street Site C Khayelitsha
WC	Masibambane Community Garden	G232 Mongise road, Khayelitsha
WC	Prince Albert Advice and Development Centre	3 Voorstreet, Prince Albert
WC	Siyakhathala	56-675 Oscar Mpetha road khayelitsha
WC	South African Youth Council	10A Old Dutch Square, Bill Bezuidenhoudt Avenue, Bellville
WC	Urban Rural Development	Langa Housing Department, Washington Street, Langa

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

(1) With the promulgation of the National Heritage Resources Act, no 25, 1999, and with reference to Section 58 (11 )(a), all monuments declared as 'National Monuments' under the previous National Monuments Act, are now classified as "Provincial Heritage Sites" and are therefore subject to heritage management under the 'provincial heritage resource authorities' in their respective provinces. These 'Provincial Heritage Sites' are thus no longer subject to heritage management under the SAHRA.

Sites now declared to be of 'national significance', under the provisions of the National Heritage Resources Act, are declared 'National Heritage Sites', also termed, 'Grade 1 Heritage Sites'. This replaces the previous designation of 'National Monument' with 'National Heritage Site'. Furthermore, 'National Heritage Sites' are independently owned and only some fall under the title of Public Works and Infrastructure. These include the Union Buildings, 120 Plein Street in Cape Town, the Houses of Parliament, Tuynhuys, the Castle of Good Hope, Constitution Hill precinct and Freedom Park.

In this context, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, do engage with the SAHRA during the planning and execution phases of renovation projects on these sites. This ensures that intervention and restoration work is carried out in compliance with the National Heritage Resources Act and in line with each site's Conservation Management Plan. For example, planning for restoration work at the Union Buildings is underway and regular engagement occurs with the SAHRA in the obtaining of permit approvals to carry out the work.

(2) User Asset Management Plans (UAMPs) require compliance with all legislationincluding the National Heritage Resources Act. The South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP), however, provides no separate classification for 'heritage architect'. Neither is there an official classification for 'heritage contractor'. Architects by virtue of their registration as a professional architect with SACAP, are deemed to possess the necessary competency to address heritage requirements for projects. It is therefore, not required that DPWI keep a database of 'heritage architects'.

The DPWI, when carrying out 'Planned Maintenance' and 'Repair & Renovation' projects on heritage buildings, irrespective of their cultural heritage significance, often appoint a 'heritage practitioner' as part of the project's professional consultant team. Required by the National Heritage Resources Act, all DPWl's projects on heritage buildings include the required heritage study and a permit application to the relevant provincial heritage authority - or the SAHRA, in the case of National Heritage Sites. DPWl's Heritage Advisory Services, provides input/advice to DPWI staff, client departments, consultants and contractors, to ensure that they are well informed.

Day-to-Day maintenance work, is the responsibility of each client department. This work is utilitarian in nature and carried out as and when needed; for example, the replacement of a tap washer. These types of services do not require heritage expertise. By default, an official appointed by a client department to manage day­to-day maintenance, should be suitably qualified to make correctjudgments, to know that, for example, should a section of an historic gable collapse, specialist input by an architect and heritage practitioner would be necessary and furthermore, that an experienced contractor would need to be appointed to effect the repair appropriately. Only in exceptional cases, is specialised restoration work needed, for example, a requirement for a stonemason. Such expertise is appointed through the standard supply chain processes of the Department. Tender requirements can include allowance for scoring for specialist heritage experience, to assist in procuring a suitably experienced contractor or artisan.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

a) Neither the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) nor any of its entities are involved in the implementation of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) project for the cleaning and sanitising of schools. The decision for the non-involvement of the DPWI on this project is premised on the resolutions of the meeting held on the 27 May 2020 between the Directors-General of DPWI, DBE, and National Treasury (NT), where it was agreed that the cleaning of schools is a Provincial Department of Education function. It was further agreed that the funding for the screening and cleaning activities at schools must be through the respective Provincial Departments of Education budget. Due to the financial constraints of Provincial Department of Education,the DBE and NT agreed to fund this activity by reallocating funds from the DBE Infrastructure Grant. Around R4,4 billion was allocated to this activity during the Adjustment Budget presented by the Minister of Finance in July 2020.

b) No management fee is charged to the DPWI as it is not involved in the implementation of the project.

c) Since the DPWI and the IDT are not involved in the implementation of the programme, the DPWI is not in a position to ascertain which NPOs are involved in the DBE initiative.

d) Since the DPWI and the IDT are not involved in the implementation of the programme, the DPWI is:

(i) not in a position to ascertain the number of NPOs involved in the DBE initiative.

(ii) not in a position to ascertain, for now, the number of participants already engaged in the DBE initiative. However once the DBE reports the participants into the EPWP Reporting System, this information will be available.

(iii) notaware of the schools benefiting from the programme.

e) The DPWI is not possession of the relevant details of schools benefitting from the programme.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

I was informed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) regarding work done at Groote Schuur Estate, Bryntirion Presidential Estate and the Union Buildings.

(i) The following response relates to Groote Schuur Estate Infrastructure project.

a) Terms of reference:

Upgrade of Infrastructure Services relating to the Civil Works (Stormwater, water reticulation; plumbing) and Electrical infrastructure

b) Scope of works:

Upgrade internal roads; Perimeter security and patrol paths; Fire reticulation network upgrade; Upgrade sewer reticulation networks; Upgrade storm-water systems; Electrical supply and upgrades; Upgrade Potable water reticulation network; Upgrade irrigation supply and storage and landscaping 

c) Project timelines:

Site was handed over 1 July 2020 with a 30 month construction period.

d) Anticipated completion date:

The anticipated project completion date is December 2022

e) Appointment of key role players:

Goega is the Implementing Agent acting as Project Manager.

Aurecon  acting as Principal Agent and responsible for Electrical & Civil Works.

FCHolm appointed Landscape Architect responsible for irrigation and landscaping. 

Martin & East is the appointed contractor

(ii) The following relates to Roads and Parking at the Bryntirion Presidential Estate

a) Terms of reference:

The terms of reference emantes from the conversion of government farm into Bryntirion estate which requires that we provide clean water, build roads and stromwater.

b) Scope of works:

The project comprises of the construction of roads, storm water, water reticulation and sewer on Western side and central area of the Bryntirion Estate.

c) Project timelines:

The project is anticipated to commence on the 19 October 2020

d) Anticipated completion date:

The anticipated project completion date is October 2023

e) Appointment of key role players:

A Service Provider has not been appointed yet. The implementation of the project will be supported by the following members of the Project Management Office;

Boleng Consulting Services – Project Management Professional Services

ChibweAfritectsSA – Architectural Professional Services

Elconsult CC – Quantity Surveying Professional Services

Weaveway Trade CC – Civil Engineering Professional Services

(iii) The following relates to the Facilities Management at the Union Buildings and The Presidency offices

a) Terms of reference:

Facilities Management Contract for PresitigeAccomodation in Pretoria(Tambo House, SM Makgatho Guest House, AFB Waterkloof Presidential Suites).

The Prestige Accommodation list of Facilities is made up of a portfolio of Buildings which are extremely old and are of immense National Heritage value. The current state of these facilities has reached various stages of decay, deterioration and disrepair which is attributed to a lack of efficient and effective maintenance.

b) Scope of works:

The security measure upgrade of the entire premises, upgrading of the HVAC system, roof repairs, maintenance of mechanical, building, electrical, plumbing and drainage infrastructure. As well as cleaning and horticulture services.

c) Project timelines:

Site was handed over 02 May 2019 with a 60 month construction period.

d) Anticipated completion date:

The anticipated project completion date is April 2024

e) Appointment of key role players:

The Contract is implemented by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) with the support of the following members of the Project Management Office;

Nkonki& Associates – Project Management and Quantity Surveying Professional Services

Ikemeleng Architects – Architectural Professional Services

Rev2Light – Occupational Health and Safety Professional Services

Phatsimo Engineering – Electrical Engineering and Security Installations Professional Services

Tsekwane Investments – Civil and Structural Engineering Professional Services

ADI Engineering – Mechanical Engineering and Fire Installations Professional Services

Gauflora/Superfactor JV- Contractor

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

1. Yes, in terms of initiating infrastructure planning, and obtaining high level cost estimates a town planning/ site clearance assessment on the ±554 km borderline fencing and patrol roads is currently under way.

The findings of the town planning assessment report will be presented to the Department of Defence and the newly established Border Management Agency (BMA), a public entity of the Department of Home Affairs for their joint consideration and incorporation into the development of National Border Security Strategic Plan.

2. As per 1 above.

3. The National Border Security Strategic Plan, will support the Strategic Infrastructure needs and submission to National Treasury to approve additional capital budget allocation for project implementation by DPWI.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

Farm Eersteriv No. 981 Stellenbosch also known as iThemba land is a property under the custodianship of DPWI and is allocated and utilised by the South African Police Service (SAPS). In order to make available a portion of the property as requested by the DepartmentofHumanSettlements,SAPSwasrequestedtoconfirmifDPWImayproceed to release the required portion of FarmEersteriv.

The SAPS has indicated that the property is utilised as a shooting range with various Specialised Units such as Provincial training, Anti-Gang, Public Order Policing, Tactical Response as well as residential accommodation for SAPS officials. Further, the SAPS pointed out issues relating security concerns that would be brought about by the abutting housing development as the base is occupied by highly specialised operational units. The proximity of the shooting range to a housing development was sighted as a serious concern that would pose risks to members of thePublic.

 

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

(a) The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) percentage of budget and actual amount of money budgeted for maintenance of infrastructure in the 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 financial years and since 1 April 2020 is outlined in table 1 below:

Table 1: Infrastructure maintenance budget

Line Item	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	April to June 2020
	Budget	% of total Budget	Budget	% of total Budget	Budget	% of total Budget	Budget	% of total Budget
	R'000		R'000		R'000		R'000
Scheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance	1 367 580	9%	1 570 448	10%	1 781 095	10%	1 437 861	7%
Repair	943 594	6%	1 087 519	7%	1 339 429	7%	1 451 024	7%
Refurbishment	1 034 464	7%	1 020 776	6%	1 233 776	7%	1 319 637	7%
Total	3 345 639	23%	3 678 743	22%	4 354 300	24%	4 208 522	22%

(b) The percentage and actual amount of the budgeted amounts were spent in the 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 financial years are listed in Table 2 below

Table 2: Infrastructure maintenance expenditure

Line Item	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	April to June 2020
	Exp	% Exp	Exp	% Exp	Exp	% Exp	Exp	% Exp
	R'000		R'000		R'000		R'000
Scheduled and Unscheduled Maintenance	1 316 633	96%	1 548 982	99%	1 781 095	100%	239 574	17%
Repair	952 025	101%	943 976	87%	1 057 534	79%	57 650	4%
Refurbishment	1 033 399	100%	926 515	91%	976 779	79%	57 650	4%
Total	3 302 057	99%	3 419 472	93%	3 815 408	88%	354 874	8%

(c) The scheduled and unscheduled maintenance budget for 2017/2018 was underspent by 4% and for 2018/19 the underspent was 1%, due to the portion of unscheduled maintenance, which cannot be predicted with certainty owing to breakdown of assets, equipment and conditions thereof.

In the mist of delivering infrastructure projects, DPWI encountered a number of challenges which include but not limited to the following:

• Incapacity of some emerging contractors implementing our projects is adversely affecting timeous delivery of projects.
• Clients requests for additional work and community protests and demands to be considered by service providers has financial implication on the preliminaries and generals costs of the projects;
• Limited professional services positions for Sketch Plan approvals, which adds to delays for approval of sketch plans;
• Extended tender adjudication and award dates;
• Community protests and work stoppages;
• Incapacity of some emerging contractors implementing DPWI projects is adversely affecting timeous delivery of projects.

(d) No Votes and/or line items were increased and/or reduced as a result of the under-expenditure.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

(a) The following seven building renovations were completed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI):

Region	(a) Buildings were renovations completed	(a) Operational
Western Cape	Heidelberg	None of the 6 completed buildings are currently operational. The Department is finalising its administrative processes and contract arrangements with the province on letting of state owned property as per treasury regulations 16A7.4.
	Albertina
	Laingsburg
	Aurora
Johannesburg	Observatory
	Cyrildene
Pretoria	Salvokop

(b)

Region:	Building	Service Provider
Western Cape	Heidelberg	In-house Workshops
	Albertina	In-house Workshops
	Laingsburg	In-house Workshops
	Aurora	In-house Workshops
Johannesburg	Observatory	Unified Plumbing Services
	Cyrildene	Unified Plumbing Services
Pretoria	Salvokop	In-house Workshops

(c) The Department is finalising its administrative processes and contract arrangementswith the province on letting of state owned property as per treasury regulations 16A7.4. Approval by National Treasury will be sought as soon as Western Cape Province confirms the nominal rental it is amenable to.

DPWI wrote to National Treasury on 29 May 2020 to seek approval that the Department is following up with responses.

Gauteng province has visited its sites this week (21-24 July 2020) and was further provided with the draft agreement for its perusal and confirmation of its agreeableness to the terms of the contract.

(d) As soon as the contract arrangements that confirms that DPWI will recover refurbishment costs, user departments will be responsible for costs related to municipal services, maintenance and operation of the facilities have been agreed to and approval by National Treasury granted. The agreement will then be concluded and properties be available for occupation.

(2)

BUILDING	a) COMMENCEMENT DATE	b) COMPLETION DATE
Aurora, Western Cape	Work has commenced	20 July 2020
Aurora, Western Cape	Work has commenced	31 July 2020
Moorreesburg, Western Cape	Work has commenced	07 August 2020
Die Wilgers, Pretoria	Work has commenced through in-house Workshops	Completion date is yet to be determined due to change in scope and appointment of contractors to finalise additional work
Mountain view, Pretoria
Waterkloof Heights, Pretoria

Reply:

The Department of Water and Sanitation has taken all the necessary steps to address the challenges that resulted in the late submission of the 2018/19 Annual Report to Parliament. The 2019/20 Annual Report will be tabled in accordance with the legislated timeframe.

Reply:

Department of Human Settlements:

The Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation has one (1) Ministerial Advisory Panel that is attached to the Department of Human Settlements. It consists of six members and was appointed in terms of the Housing Act, 107 of 1997.

The remuneration of the Ministerial Advisory Panel (MAP) is based on section 20 of the Treasury Regulations for departments, constitutional institutions and public entities of 2001. The remuneration rates of the MAP members is set on category S as provided for in the 2019 Remuneration Levels: Service Benefit Packages for Office-Bearers of Certain Statutory and Other Institutions.

Department of Water and Sanitation:

Section 76 (1) of the Water Services Act, 1997and section 99(1) of the National Water Service Act, 1998 empowers the Minister to establish advisory committees. These Committee are established to inter alia advise the Minister and Director General on the stabilisation and efficient functioning of the Water Sector.

The Department of Water and Sanitation has a total of three advisory committees as follows:

• Water Advisory Committee;
• Water Stabilisation Committee; and
• Water Services Committee.

Honourable Member, I am constrained and prohibited by the document titled “Guide to Parliamentary Questions in the National Assembly” from providing the names of each person serving in the Panel of Advisors as requested. The document referred to states that:

“Questions are to be framed as concisely as possible. All unnecessary adjectives, references and quotations are omitted. Names of persons, bodies and, for example, newspapers are only used in questions if the facts surrounding the case have been proven. As the mere mention of such names could be construed as publicity for or against them, it should be clear that this practice is highly undesirable. If a question will be unintelligible without mentioning such names, the Departments concerned are notified of the name (-s) and this phrase is used: ".......a certain person (name furnished)”.

Reply:

A series of multi-year droughts in South Africa has seen a number of small towns threatened by total water supply failures and the Free State province is no exception. Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality is one of the municipalities that were faced with drought challenges. Various drought intervention projects were identified to address water supply issues in the Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality.

The Sedibeng Water Board was appointed as the implementing agent for the priority projects identified. The projects were identified at a total estimated cost of R180 700 000.00. Due to the magnitude of the projects and limited funding, the projects are implemented over two (2) financial years. An amount of R54 034 700 was allocated for implementation of projects in the Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality in the 2019/2020 financial year. The Department of Water and Sanitation has allocated R126 665 300.00 in the 2020/2021 financial year for the completion of the projects.

A total of six (6) priority projects have been identified and are being implemented through the drought intervention programme. Table 1 below gives an indication on the progress of priority projects including the costs to date.

Table 1: Summary of Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality drought intervention projects

Local Municipality	Project Description	Communities to be served	Total Project Budget	Project budget for 2019/20	Project budget for 2020/21	Project Start & End date	Status of Project
FS:Thabo Mofutsanyana:Maluti-A-Phofung --FS194	Development of Ground water in Qwaqwa. Equipping of boreholes and package plant	Qwaqwa	R47 000 000	R10 000 000	R37 000 000	Start (Planned): Jan 2020 End (Planned): October 2020	Phase 2 of the project is currently under construction. Two contractors have been appointed to equip five (5) boreholes each – total of 10. The project is currently in progress. The project is at 68% progress
FS:Thabo Mofutsanyana:Maluti-A-Phofung --FS194	Immediate water supply in Qwaqwa: Procurement and leasing of water tankers and 5000 Jojo tanks	Qwaqwa: (Population: 335,784)	R50 000 000	R20 000 000	R30 000 000	Start (Planned): 21 Jan 2020 End (Planned): August 2020	1349 out 2000 Delivered With only 353 Permanent Installations. The progress is at 40% progress.
FS:Thabo Mofutsanyana:Maluti-A-Phofung --FS194	Construction of Comet to Ha Rankopane Pipeline (+- 5 km)	Ha-Rankopane: (Population: 2,505) Mandela Park including industrial areas (Population: 1,506)	R15 000 000	R5 000 000	R10 000 000	Start (Planned): 21 Jan 2020 End (Planned): 30 July 2020	3.7km of uPVC laid to date. The project is at 85% progress.
FS:Thabo Mofutsanyana:Maluti-A-Phofung --FS194	Reversal – Increase Pipeline from 160 mm to 400 mm diameter (+- 3km) in Qwaqwa	Qwaqwa: (Population: 335,784)	R12 000 000	R5 000 000	R7 000 000	Start (Planned): 27 Jan 2020 End (Planned): Aug 2020	1.5km of the 3km pipeline laid. The project is at 60% progress.
FS:Thabo Mofutsanyana:Maluti-A-Phofung --FS194	Repairs of the Mangaung Showgrounds to Thaba Bosiu Pipeline (+- 16 km)	Mangaung: (Population: 9,151) Thaba Bosiu: (Population: 2,935)	R33 700 000	R5 000 000	R28 700 000	Start (Planned): 17 Apr 2020 End (Planned): Sept 2021	PDR and Detailed Design Report completed and Approved. RFQ to appoint contractor in progress. 100% Planning and design. The project is at 42% progress.
FS:Thabo Mofutsanyana:Maluti-A-Phofung --FS194	Water conservation and water demand management Repair of valves, pipelines and leakages	Qwaqwa: (Population: 335,784)	R23 000 000	R9 034 700	R13 965 300	Start (Planned): 27 Jan 2020 End (Planned): Dec 2020	PDR and Detailed Design Report completed and Approved. RFQ to appoint contractor in progress. The project is at 40% progress.
Total	R180 700 000	R54 034 700	R126 665 300		56%

The six (6) priority projects are approximately 56% complete. The implementation of the projects began in January 2020, which was the last quarter of the 2019/2020 financial year. Five (5) out of the six (6) priority projects will be completed within the current financial year.

During the implementation of projects, water tankering was identified as an immediate intervention while project are still under construction. The Department of Water and Sanitation, through Sedibeng Water, contributed a total of 25 water tankers/trucks, each with a capacity of 16,000 litres through the Maluti-A-Phofung Drought Intervention Programme. The Maluti-A-Phofung Local Municipality has also allocated a total of 49 water trucks through their service providers.

 

Reply:

(a) There are currently 174 educators in Gauteng who have  reached an agreement with the principal to be accommodated at the workplace.    

(b) The management of work arrangements of educators with comorbidities in the sector is regulated through the Education Labour Relations Council Collective Agreement 1 of 2020. According to the agreement, the Principal or the Circuit Manager (in cases where the Principal is the applicant)  must agree on the stipulated options of work arrangements available, one of which is an agreement that the educator can report to school subject to strict safety measures. These measures include that the educator must be accommodated in a restricted area at school where they will not be exposed to lengthy contact with the rest of the school community and that their commute to and from the workplace must be safe e.g. use private transport.

(c) As indicated above, the work arrangement where an educator with comorbidity reports to school is only allowed under a strict protocol, that limits any lengthy exposure to other staff and learners.

Reply:

(1)(a) What number of calls were logged with the Anti-Corruption Hotline during 2019-20?

During the 2019/2020 financial year, a total of 70 500 incoming calls were logged with the National Anti-Corruption Hotline (NACH). 68 909 of the incoming calls include answered calls, unanswered calls and abandoned (dropped calls), enquiries, wrong numbers, children playing, abusive calls, calls with inadequate information, calls relating to institutions outside the Public Service, requests for feedback and additional information to a previous case reports. (The NACH keeps track of all incoming calls for monitoring the efficiency of the call centre).

(b) the specified calls resulted in (i) cases being opened,

1591 case reports were generated and referred to relevant departments/ public entities for investigation.

• 1007cases were relating to social grants fraud and all these cases were referred to SASSA for investigation. The monetary value of the cases referred to SASSA amounts to R216 799 29. 65, with the recovery of R106 263. 45;
• 76 cases were investigated by the PSC and these cases were concluded and closed on the NACH system; and
• 508 cases are outstanding and are being investigated.

(b)(ii) cases being prosecuted or, (iii) successful convictions.

The following table lists 18 cases inwhich officials were found guilty of misconduct.

ITEM NO	NAME OF DEPARTMENT	NATURE OF ALLEGATIONS	SANCTION IMPOSED
1	Water and Sanitation	Alleged abuse of state vehicle and company time	Final Written Warning
2	Water and Sanitation	Alleged abuse of Government resources	Final written warning and two months suspension without pay
3	Water and Sanitation	Alleged misuse of State vehicle	Final Written Warning
4	Water and Sanitation	Alleged misuse of state vehicle	Final Written Warning
5	Home Affairs	Alleged solicitation of bribes from foreign national in exchange for issuing them with fraudulent South African document	Dismissal
6	Home Affairs	Alleged unethical behaviour	Dismissal
7	Home Affairs	Alleged fraud	Final Written Warning and one month salary suspension.
8	Justice and Constitutional Development	Alleged absenteeism without submitting a leave form	An amount of R1 427.69 was recovered from the official in six monthly instalments.
9	Correctional Services	Alleged unethical behaviour	Demotion
10	Correctional Services	Alleged theft (3 officials)	Written warnings (2 X officials) Final Written warning (1 X official)
11	Correctional Services	Alleged submitting of fraudulent matric certificate	Resignation. A criminal case of fraud has been opened with the SAPS
12	Correctional Services	Alleged unethical behaviour	Written Warning
13	Correctional Services	Alleged unethical behaviour	Warning
14	Correctional Services	Alleged appointment irregularities	Dismissal
15	Home Affairs	Alleged abuse of government resources	Final Written Warning
16	SAPS	Alleged unethical behaviour	A case of theft has been opened with the SAPS
17	DOJ&CD	Alleged misuse of a state-owned vehicles	Final Written Warning and two months suspension without pay
18	Correctional Services	Alleged cover up of assault	42 days segregation and demotion. A criminal case of murder has been opened with the SAPS.

(iv) cases that are still open or pending;

508 cases are outstanding and are being investigated.

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

The Public Service Commission has issued the information at a virtual media briefing held on 24 June 2020.

Reply:

I have been advised by SABC as follows:

1. The SABC has notified the public of the revised Editorial Policies on 3 July 2020.

2. No, there is no further public consultation. There were two stages of public consultations torevise the Editorial Policies.The first stage commenced on 31 July 2017 and closed on 29 September 2017. The second stage of consultations was on the developed draft policies which commenced on 23 July 2018 and closed on 31 August 2018. However, when the Commission of Inquiry was established it was felt that there might be valuable information in the report that could be incorporated into the Editorial Policies.  Should that have been the case, the policy would have been published again for input.

3. The review process was delayed by the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into interference in the decision-making in the Newsrooms, led by Joe Thloloe. The outcome or findings of this commission could have affected the policy, hence the SABC deemed it prudent to await its outcomes. Now that the report has been released and no additional information has been added to the Editorial Policy and all internal governance processes have been completed, same will be published.

MS STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Reply:

1. The former Minister of Science and Technology, Hon. Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane did not commission another forensic investigation against Ms Bredenkamp, subsequent to the KPMG forensic investigation.

2.a) During the implementation of the project, Ms Busisiwe Ntuli was responsible for oversight at a strategic level. In April/May 2015, it was to Ms Ntuli that the main whistleblower reported allegations of financial misconduct, fraud and nepotism against Ms Bredenkamp. The whistleblower also informed Ms Ntuli that he first reported these allegations in February 2014 to Dr Elmary Buis, the Deputy Director responsible for the operations of the project and to whom Ms Bredenkamp reported. However, Dr Elmary Buis neglected to report these allegations to the department, as required by law. Subsequently, Ms Ntuli reported the matter to her supervisor and the Legal Services Unit of the department, which - following an internal scrutiny of evidence from the whistleblower - resulted in a forensic investigation.

b) At no stage of the project and during the forensic investigation did Ms Ntuli write-off any project income. There was a time during the project where Ms Ntuli and Ms Sibiya were involved in an attempt to recover funds from a company that had been supplied with mango pulp by Ms Bredenkamp, on behalf of the project. The attempt to recover the money proved very difficult because the company alleged that Ms Bredenkamp had supplied a poor-quality product and over a period had continued to supply even though the company had not been paying for initial supplies. Ms Ntuli’s and Ms Sibiya’s efforts did result in the recovery of some of the money for the pulp that the company could sell. Subsequently, the company closed down as it was cash-strapped.

3. Ms Ntuli and Ms Sibiya did not make misrepresentations at FNB, which held funds that were generated from project sales. It was following the whistleblower’s allegations and the process of instituting an investigation that Ms Ntuli and Ms Sibiya informed the bank of two matters: firstly, that the bank account belonged to a company that was opened on behalf of community members who were beneficiaries of the Nkowankowa Demonstration Centre (NDC) project, on the instruction of the department; and secondly, that one of the signatories, Ms Bredenkamp, was under investigation by the department over very serious allegations and requested that she be removed as a signatory. The bank was further informed that the department was in the process of removing Ms Bredenkamp as the care-taker shareholder. The bank informed Ms Ntuli and Ms Sibiya that they would capture the information provided on the system. This was done out of concern that Ms Bredenkamp would access funds in the bank account. Unfortunately, these fears materialized when Miss Bredenkamp went to the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) and fraudulently removed Ms Ntuli and Ms Sibiya as company directors and used the fraudulent document to claim that the company belonged to her, gained access to the bank account and appropriated funding meant for NDC beneficiaries. This, on top of project funds that Ms Bredenkamp, according to the forensic investigation, had stolen from the project through various means. A case of theft was opened against Ms Bredenkamp in relation to the FNB funds. The South African Police Services investigating officer stated that he had obtained evidence from the CIPC that showed that Ms Bredenkamp had in fact fraudulently removed Ms Ntuli and Ms Sibiya as company directors, which went against the authorization of the Director-General of the department.

Dr Elmary Buis, against whom there had been adverse findings in the forensic investigation report at the time, laid a complaint about the FNB account against Ms Ntuli and Ms Sibiya with the Human Resources Unit of the department in 2018. The complaint was investigated by an independent individual, who cleared both Ms Ntuli and Ms Sibiya. Subsequently, Dr Elmary Buis laid the same complaint with the Public Services Commission (PSC), which also cleared Ms Ntuli.

Reply:

I have been advised by the SOEs as follows:

1(a,b,c,d)

Entity	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)
Nemisa	No	No	No	No
.zaDNA	No	No	No	No
USAASA	No	No	No	No
Sentech	Yes(refer to attached Annexure A)
SITA	Yes (refer to attached Annexure B)
SABC	Yes (refer to attached Annexure C)
ICASA	AD Telecoms (Pty) Ltd	R1,697,618.27 (Vat Inclusive)	Supply, installation and maintenance of a Bandwidth Optimisation Solution at ICASA’s Head Office (Centurion) for a period of five (5) years.	AD Telecoms (Pty) Ltd 2. Intdev
FBP	No	No	No	No
SAPO	Yes (refer to attached Annexure D)
BBI	Vukile Property Fund Limited	R1 .647 213.16	Rental of warehouse space in Midrand	Only Vukile Property Fund Limited responded to the tender

2. (a)(i)(ii); 

Entity	(a)	(i)	(ii)
Nemisa	Not Applicable
.zaDNA	Not Applicable
USAASA	Not Applicable
Sentech	Yes-refer to rows 1 and 2 of attached Annexure A
SITA	Yes-refer to attached Annexure B
SABC	Yes-refer to attached Annexure C
ICASA	Yes	Microsoft is a sole provider	Procurement of a 3-year software Enterprise Agreement (AE) from Microsoft with a tender amount of  R16, 867,379.26
FBP	Not Applicable
SAPO	Yes-refer to attached Annexure D
BBI	No	-	-

(b) BBI confirmed that Vukile Property Fund Limited was the only service provider to respond to the tender; and ICASA confirmed that it was not able to procure Microsoft licenses from any other supplier as Microsoft is the sole supplier. 

Sentech confirmedthat there were 2 deviations from Normal procurement processes.

(i) ForNagravision – Nagravision has exclusive propriety ownership on all its hardware and software systems on the Sentech Network and are therefore sole providers for the requirement specified.

(ii) For Discover Digital –They are the owners of the OTT content management and distribution platform that Intelsat had presented to SENTECH as part of the OTT streaming services.

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Reply:

Scripted Lesson Plan (SLPs) are recommended, and are not the only teaching and learning resource, to assist teachers to provide scientifically accurate and age appropriate Sexuality Education content to reach the mandatory requirements of the Curriculum.  The SLP are definitely not compulsory.

Reply:

1. A total of 411 Parolees were rearrested during the 2019/20 financial year for offences relating to Gender Based Violence from 01 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 and is indicated per Region in the tables below:

Region	Number of rearrested parolees for offences related to gender based violence during the 2019/20 financial year
Eastern Cape	81
Free State/Northern Cape	106
Gauteng	17
KwaZulu-Natal	48
Limpopo, Mpumalanga North West	105
Western Cape	54
Total	411

(2)(a) Seven Halfway Houses (7)

REGION	(2)(a) NUMBER OF HALFWAY HOUSES	(2)(b) AMOUNT ALLOCATED PER HALF WAY HOUSE
FS/NC (Free State)	1	R480 000,00
GP	1	R396 000,00
KZN	1	R496 200,00
LMN (North West)	1	R360 000,00
WC	3	R384 000,00
		R384 000,00
		R438 048,00
TOTAL	7	R2 938 248.00

END

Reply:

The Department of Basic Education does not get involved in the procurement of the sanitizers by provinces. However, we have been informed that the Eastern Cape Education Department has withdrawn all the sanitizers supplied by the implicated service provider and replaced the supplies.  We also understand that the implicated service provider is in the process of being blacklisted.

Reply:

I have been advised by the department as follows:

(1) The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies issued Electronic Communications, Postal and Broadcasting Directions on 26 March 2020 under the Disaster Management Act. The Minister directed the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) to assign temporary spectrum to licensed operators in order to amongst others to ensure availability of high-speed data at affordable prices.

(2) There are 988 zero rated websites in South Africa as of 30 July 2020.

(3) As part of the implementation of Competition Commission Data Services Market Inquiry recommendations 2019, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies is amending the Electronic Communications Act 36 of 2005 and among other issues to formally effect the guidelines on the Zero Rating. Furthermore, to ensure that data costs are lowered, Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (ICASA) is conducting the Mobile Broadband Services Inquiry in South Africa to assess the state of competition and determine whether or not there are markets or market segments within the mobile broadband services value chain that may warrant regulation in the context of a market review in terms of the Electronic Communications Act, 2005.

(4) The temporary licensing of all available spectrum bands including the unassigned high demand spectrum for the duration of the Directions issued on 26 March 2020, directed the Authority to relax spectrum regulations to enable COVID-19 national disaster.

ICASA subsequently issued COVID-19 National Disaster Regulations on 6 April 2020 to enable amongst other things the issuing of temporary spectrum licenses. Temporary radio frequency spectrum licenses were subsequently issued that include the obligation to provide data services at a reduced rate to consumers. Other obligations include zero-rating and connecting virtual classrooms free of charge.

MS STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Reply:

1. (a) 

The Department of Basic Education has developed Guidelines for schools on Maintaining Hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes essential cleaning and disinfection, the use of PPE, social distancing and hand hygiene as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO).  Section J.(4) (i) of the document includes technical specifications and use of disinfectants as:

•  Alcohol solutions with at least 70% alcohol; and
• Disposable alcohol-based wipes.

The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) approved detergents and disinfectants:

• Ethyl alcohol (70%) to disinfect small arears between use and cleaning cycles;
• Chlorine, hypochlorine (strength 1000 - 10 000 ppm);
• Sodium Hypocjhlorine (household bleach) at 0% (equivalent to 5000 ppm); and
• Hydrogen peroxide gas - for general disinfection of classes and offices.

(b). Yes.

2. The recommended chemicals are stipulated in 1 (a).

Reply:

 

(a) Names of staff members	(b)i Job Title	(b)ii Annual salary	(b)iii Highest Qualifications
Thabiso Kenneth Thukani	Special Advisor	R1 521 591 pa	Master of Arts
Zolisa Cynthia Xabadiya	Chief of Staff	R1 251 183 pa	MA: Public Health
Bathandwa Raymond Mlambo	Parliamentary Officer	R1 089294 pa	LLB
Nonzwakazi Ntombiyekaya Sifanele	Private and Appointment Secretory	R1 245 495 pa	BTech Public Management
Nyameka Prudence Mtirara	Community Outreach Officer	R733 257 pa	Primary Teachers Diploma
Millicent Tingwe	Parliamentary and Cabinet Support	R733 257 pa	Matric
Selebogo Eugene Poonyane	Assistant Appointment and Administrative Secretary	R376 596 pa	National Diploma: Business Management
Zimkita Zonke Xanti	Receptionist	R257 508 pa	BA: Environmental Management
GetrudePiliswaSompini	Household Aid	R  122 595 pa	Matric
Noma-Eli Sikhontyi	Household Aid	R  122 595 pa	Grade 11
Nathaniel Koko	Registry Clerk	R257 508 pa	Matric
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY MINISTER
Tebatso Chokoe	Head of Office	R1 057 326 pa	National Diploma: Human Resource Management
Yavaneshaa Madurai	Technical Specialist	R1 057 326 pa	Bachelor of Commerce
GoitseoneMmakoloaneMoloto	Community Outreach Officer	R733 257 pa	National Diploma: Financial Information Systems
Zandile Given Ngubeni	Parliamentary and Cabinet Support	R733 257 pa	Postgraduate Diploma: Management
NomandlaNobusiNqadolo	Private and Appointment Secretary	R869 007pa	N4: Public Management
RefilweModielaMamogobo	Receptionist	R  257 508pa	Matric
Bishop Johannes Mahange	Driver: Deputy ministry	R  173 703 pa	Grade 11
Zandile ReginahNzuza	Household Aid	R  122 595 pa	Grade 3
Hellen MamusiDinaka	Household Aid	R  122 595 pa	Grade 11

MS STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows: -

1(a) The signing and ratification of the AU Convention on Cybersecurity and Protection of Personal Data is being dealt with by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). It is recommended that the Hon Member redirects the question to the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation.

(b)      DIRCO will advise on the intended date.

2(a)      Similarly, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) is best placed to provide reasons. It is recommended that the Hon Member redirects the question to the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation.

(b)       DIRCO will advise on the intended date.

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Reply:

(a)(i) Department

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

(cc) R407 290.43

(b) The total amount (cc) is for the only event that took place during COVID-19. The NATJOINTS meeting at the Reserve Bank.

(ii) The responses from the entities are attached. 

Reply:

No. There is no provision in the COVID-19 Regulations for schools in particular, to apply for financial assistance from the Government with regard to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:

a - d). No

MS STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES