Questions and Replies

Reply:

(a)(i) As at 15 June 2020, SASSA had received a total of 6 926 748 complete applications for the special relief grant.

(ii)(aa) A total of 3 277 660 have been rejected

(bb) A total of 1 048 380 are still being processed. All applications received are electronic, so no paperwork or supporting documents are required. The processing which is undertaken is the verification of the information against the multiple databases to ensure that the applicant is not in receipt of income from a social grant, UIF. NSFAS, a salary or a pension.

(iii) A total of 3 258 000 have been approved.

(b) A total of 1 095 090 have been paid as at 15 June 2020.

The difference between the number approved and those already paid is that there are various steps after approval before payment can take place. Applicants are only asked for bank details once the application is approved. Once the bank details are received, the correctness is verified by the banks before deposits can be effected, to ensure that the money goes to the right person. For clients who do not have bank accounts currently the payment is sent to the Post Office. Once the Post Office has opened the account, the applicants are sent notifications to collect their grants at specified Post Offices closer to their residential areas. SASSA will introduce money transfer to mobile numbers as soon as the contracts with banks are signed.

 

Reply:

1. Yes, the Minister will provide the requested information.

2. (a) the pledge letter and (b) the contract signed by the Acting Director-General Mr Toni, to commission the services of KIRINOX across the country are attached.

3. (a) An amount of R50 million was paid by 31 May 2020.

(b)(i) The contract was to supply a relief package consisting of food, personal protective equipment (PPEs), blankets and mattresses to the homeless people in shelters (not to households). The table below reflects the number of shelters and individuals who receive the relief package by the end of the contract on 31 May 2020. These numbers still need to audited and may fluctuate when compared to the final audited close-out report.

Province	Beneficiary	Shelter
EC	934	25
GP	381	5
WC	14 400	26
KZN	34	1
MPU	2 000	14
LIM	466	5
FS	500	5
NC	244	3
NW	1 692	22
Delivered	20 651	106

(ii) There are no outstanding items for delivery of food relief from KIRINOX at the conclusion of the project on 31 May 2020.

Reply:

During the period in question, measures were put in place to ensure that the provision of essential services in particular, such payment of social grants, as well as the provision of social relief of distress in the form of food parcels continued uninterrupted.

Reply:

I have been advised by the department as follows: -

1. The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) has not conducted any studies into the alleged vulnerabilities of 5G

(a) networks; and,

(b) does not target any supplier(s).

The DCDT relies on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), World Health Organization (WHO) and International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) studies. The DCDT has no preference on suppliers of 5G.

(2) The DCDT has not conducted any studies into the security vulnerabilities of 5G network supply chains. The DCDT is not aware of “so-called back door” call and/or data intercepts.

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Reply:

1. As a result of COVID-19 lockdown, innovative and new ways of ensuring that children are protected from violence; abuse; neglect and exploitation and reaching out to children whilst in lockdown was and is still done through digital and online media communication.

The theme for 2020 CPW awareness activities, which is within the 365 Days Child Protection programme of action on violence against children, child abuse, neglect and exploitation, is “Let Us All Protect Children, During Covid-19 and Beyond”. This theme put emphasis on the responsibility of every citizen to ensure protection and promotion of the rights of children during this difficult period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The CPW activities were conducted from 30 May to 7 June 2020. 30 May 2020 was the official opening of the 2020 CPW with onsite outreach programme at an SOS Children’s Home in Rustenburg since the 31 May 2020 was the National Prayer Day as announced by the President on the 26 May 2020.

The Child Protection Week was marked by an array of activities that were done by various key stakeholders in the child protection sector. The stakeholders included, government, non-governmental organisations; civil society, community based child protection organisations and children themselves. Due to COVID-19 restrictions; messaging was done through social media posting, TV and radio talks on child protection topics.

On the 1 June 2020, the department held a webinar with child ambassadors from 9 provinces to commemorate the International Children’s Day; giving child ambassadors an opportunity to share their experiences on Covid-19 and how it impacts on their lives as children. The aim of International Children’s Day celebration was to draw attention to children’s rights and highlight the progress being made towards the realisation, promotion and protection of the rights of children. International Children’s Day is significant as it is the fulfilment of the right to child participation; to ensure that children are active participants in decision making processes on matters affecting their lives.

On the 2 June 2020 the focus was on Early Childhood Development; with the launch of Vangasali, a Xitsonga expression that means “no child should be left behind- every child counts”. This is a campaign that is meant to find every unregistered ECD services to determine the level of support required to meet the minimum norms and standards for registration. The ECD data will support the opening of the ECD upon the easing of the lockdown. It will assist in determining the support required by the unregistered ECD to meet requirements of registration of ECD in compliance with the Children’s Act during the ECD drive.

On the 6 June 2020, a webinar was hosted by DSD in partnership with UNICEF. The Webinar focussed on the protection of children during online use and violations, strengthening protection measures whilst children are on line as they spend too much time on the net doing school work as some learners are studying and receiving learning material online. Experts, children and a parent participated on the webinar reaching millions of South Africans as this was a live broadcast on SABC. The experts included DSD, UNICEF, UNISA, South African Law Reform Commission, Films and Publications Board as well Google South Africa. The message that came out strongly was the importance of intersectoral collaboration when dealing with online issues as it is cross-cutting; the importance of capacity building and training of key stakeholders including parents and caregivers; research to ensure responsive programing; lastly, the importance of stepping of interventions on the protection of children on online use.

On the 07 June 2020; the department held a symbolic closing of the Child Protection Week at Polokong Children’s Village (Child and Youth Care Center), Evaton, Gauteng Province. This activity was to highlight the stepping up of child protection services into the 365 Days Child Protection campaign; making a national call to step up child protection interventions; creating safety nets within families and communities at large scale for holistic care, development and protection of children whilst promoting their well-being.

(2) It is important to note that Child Protection Week is not the end of protection of children; instead Child Protection Week must be contextualized in the light of stepping up interventions into the 365 Days Child Protection campaign.

The 365 Days Child Protection campaign will be marked by monthly themes where a comprehensive integrated approach will be embraced; continuing with the work that has been started during the CPW activities. The campaign is to ensure that the country address the root and underlying causes of violence to stop it before it occurs; intensifying prevention and early intervention programmes; building capacity of parents, caregivers and families as well as communities, building their resilience to care and protect children.

Reply:

	Province	(a)	(b)
1.	Eastern Cape	One	None
2.	Free State	One	One
3.	Gauteng	One	None
4.	KZN	Two	None
5.	Limpopo	One	None
6.	Mpumalanga	None	None
7.	North West	Two	One
8.	Northern Cape	One	None
9.	Western Cape	Two	None

Reply:

I have been advised by the SABC as follows:

(a) & (b) No

(a) N/A

(b) N/A

(c) N/A

 

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Reply:

1. All SA Social Security Agency (SASSA) officials have personal protective equipment (PPEs). Officials have been supplied with gloves and masks. Sanitizers have been placed at strategic points within the offices and all persons entering the offices are sanitised. Officials who required gloves are issued with same. All persons, including beneficiaries and officials are screened when entering the offices and records of the screening is kept. In certain instances, front line staff dealing directly with clients have been provided face shields. Offices and vehicles have been disinfection.

2. There was no budget allocated for the procurement of PPEs, however with the arrival of COVID-19, SASSA had to prioritise within its budget to procure PPEs as this was an emergency. An amount of R31,978,051.67 has been set aside as budget for this purpose and actual spend is R11,390,817.76 for the financial year 2020-21.

(3) The measures implemented by SASSA to ensure compliance to the hygiene protocols at all social grant access points include the following:

(i) Splitting the payment file so that older persons and persons with disabilities are paid on the 3rd of each month and all children’s grants are paid on the 5th of each month.

(ii) Additional support has been utilised from volunteers (CDW), the National Development Agency, Department of Social Development and the Department of Co-operative Governance, Offices of Premiers, SANDF, SAPS, Department of Safety and Traditional Affairs to assist with social distancing regulations and queue marshalling.

(iii) Engagements with local authorities has also resulted in support being provided. In some towns entire streets were cordoned off, and chairs placed in the streets, with the minimum distancing between the chairs for older persons to sit while waiting for their turn in the retail outlets and post offices.

(iv) A standing forum exists between SASSA, retailers, Banking Association and Post Office, to plan for the payment cycle. All retailers and the Post Office have implemented measures to ensure that social distancing is maintained at all times.

Reply:

I have been advised by the department as follows: -

1. There is no position as South Africa is not a member of or affiliated with “Five Eyes” an intelligence alliance comprising of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK and US who are or were parties to the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence, military intelligence, and human intelligence.

2. The Minister and department have not discussed this issue.

3. No.

(4) South Africa’s mobile operators have been responsible for rollout of secure 2G, 3G and 4G networks. This rollout was enhanced by their appropriate multi-vendor strategy of avoiding dependence on one supplier and avoidance of suppliers regarded as high risk. Without dictating the 5G rollout investment, it is the view of Government that the 5G roll-out would follow and consider the same risk principle.

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Reply:

• The Department of Home Affairs has a constitutional obligation to provide equitable and quality service to the population of the Republic of South Africa residing in both rural and urban areas. The Department through its footprint development and optimisation strategy adopted a multi-channel strategy to deliver its services and this strategy utilizes the combination of traditional distribution channels (Physical Infrastructure), non-traditional channels (Mobile Units), partnerships with Public and Private organizations and the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) to deliver on its services as well as to improve Geographic access to its service and quality of services the department delivers. The department established its distribution channels through the utilization of a scientific method to assess the provision and location of its services which includes the Geographic information system that assist the department to determine the optimal number and locations of traditional channels it requires to meet the service delivery needs of the population residing in both rural and urban areas.
• The provision of the Department’s distribution channels is determined by the Accessibility models that the Department utilises in order to determine optimal locations to establish its facilities.
• The Department has 412 offices accross the country through which services are rendered to the public.
• The Department has also increased its roll-out to 26 Banks where clients can lodge applications for Smart ID Cards.
• Mobile Units are also being equiped with the new live capture technology for deployment to rural areas.
• Provincial offices, through the Stakeholder Forum structures that has been established at Provincial, district and local municipality levels, mobilizes communities where they live to apply and collect their identity documents applied for.
• It is a standard practice for DHA to align its operating hours to that of the IEC during voter registration dates as well as on the actual election day(s).

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Reply:

1 (a) -   When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in early March 2020, the NDA crafted a quick response to the pandemic at a time when there was lack of information about the virus, particularly in townships and rural areas. A Civil Society Organisation (CSOs) Volunteer programme was initiatedto build the capacity of civil society organisations to provide community-based responses to challenges facing them.

• The NDA identified CSOs who were already implementing community-based programmes through volunteers and field workers. As a result, CSOs enlisted volunteers from their own organisations including beneficiaries of their normal programme activities.

Honourable members to note that the programme was implemented in two phases. Phase 1 is comprised of 580 volunteers and Phase 2 comprised of 2000 volunteers.

1 (b) -   The volunteers were not required to provide qualifications. However, they have the following relevant skills for the work to be done:

- Communication skills, including reading and writing in order to assist communities in interpreting and explaining the information on Covid-19;

- Ability to assist community members to apply for Social Relief of Distress Grants and other social protection services provided to communities;

- Knowledge of the communities in which they work, including identification of most vulnerable households.

Additionally, the CSOs and volunteers were provided training by already established provincial teams which include the Departments of Social Development, Health, SASSA and Municipalities.

(2) (a) (i) – the allocation of volunteers per Province is as follows:

Province	Number of Volunteers
Eastern Cape
Free State
KwaZulu Natal
North West
Northern Cape
Western Cape
TOTAL

(2)(a) (ii) impact of the specified volunteers to date:

The volunteers have reached a total number of 145 947households and have done the following:

 

• assisting communities with distribution of food parcels, support of elderly and disabled persons;
• dissemination of Covid-19 information at hot spots as well as door-to-door within communities. The volunteers also provide translations of the advocacy material
• data collection in the households on useful information which can be  shared with relevant departments and entities e.g. household sources of energy data for donation of safe energy products.
• at an advanced level, and based on their competence, others are assisting with community screening interventions, counselling for gender-based violence cases and assisting people who need access to chronic medication to visit the health care facilities.
• assisting communities with the various registrations to access government relief funds such at the SASSA social relief of distress funds and the Department of Agriculture Disaster Relief Fund for small scale farmers.

 

(2)(b) what are the contract details of the volunteers?

The NDA has an agreement with the CSOs and not with the volunteers. The appointment letter for the CSOs includes the roles and responsibilities of the CSO in terms of the management of the volunteers, monitoring of the volunteers and reporting to the NDA.

Reply:

1. Yes. The names of the suppliers, the specified goods and or services, the amount of each transaction, and the specified goods and or services are listed on the attached EXCEL spreadsheet.
2. Yes, some of the goods and services were procured in accordance with the prevailing emergency procurement instruction notes issued by National Treasury. The detail of each case is listed on the attached EXCEL spreadsheet.
3. To provide the officials of the Department and clients visiting its offices with the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) and to sanitize offices where cases of Covid 19 were reported.
4. No.

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Reply:

(a) There is currently no clarity at National level in terms of the lead Department dealing with Homelessness. However, the Department of Social development in Gauteng, together with Municipalities are rendering services to homeless people.

(b) There is no specific budget allocated to the Department of Social development in Gauteng to deal with homeless people including for the City of Ekurhuleni.

(c) There are no specific social workers assigned to work with homeless people. Currently the Social Work Supervisors in the employment of the department are rendering services to the beneficiaries at the Shelter.

(d) There is no database for homeless people in the specified towns but registers are kept in the three shelters. Based on the Registers maintained at the three (3) Shelters for Homeless an average of 192 beneficiaries access the Shelters. This number constantly fluctuates due to the constant movement of the beneficiaries.

Reply:

The number of children of school going age on the system of the Department of Social Development per province is as follows:

PROVINCE	NUMBER OF CHILDREN	TYPE OF SERVICES
Eastern Cape	81 006.	As April 2020, EC has a total number of 81 006 children under the age of 18 years placed in Foster Care can be regarded as following within the school going age (Early childhood development, primary and high school). It must be noted that this number only refers to the number of children placed in Foster Care as confirmed by SASSA-SOCPEN database.
Free State	29 885	The children access various services from the Department.
KZN	68 186	65833 children placed in foster care and 2303 in child and youth care centres.
Gauteng	1,766540	177157 receiving child protection services, 4572 placed in child and youth care centres, 19253 accessing community based prevention and early intervention services, 2750 in crime and prevention support programmes, 751971 in substance abuse prevention and support, 810837 accessing poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihood programmes.
Limpopo	815	(a) There are 555 children of school going age in Child and Youth Care Centres. (b) 130 children are in secure care centres (c) 66 Attend Vocational Workshop. (d) 19 attend AET former ABET. (e) 43 attend Primary school. (f) 2 attend Secondary School
Mpumalanga	55 965	The children access various services from the Department.
Northern Cape	351	The children are placed in child and youth care centres: 14 enrolled in ECD centres, 325 in public schools, and 12 in school for children with special needs.
Western Cape	41081	36 251 children in foster care, 330 children in cluster foster care schemes, 4500 children in child and youth Care centres and secure care centres.
North West	344 426	28468 in foster care, 294604 recipients of child support grant, 755 in child and youth care centres, 114 in temporary safe care centres; and 21240 in drop-in centres.
TOTAL

Reply:

(a) A criminal charge was opened at the Krugersdorp Police Station and the investigation has been transferred to the SAPS Gauteng Provincial Office for further investigation.

(b) The penalty to be levied on the company will be measured contractually and according to the Conventional Penalties Act to quantify the damage suffered by the department.

(c) The service provider, Enviromongz, requested the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) to conduct an inspection of the Lindela Holding Facility, and it was confirmed that they were not in breach of any laws regarding the shift patterns, as well as the payment of wages and salaries. The PSIRA findings have been communicated with Lindela officials and staff.

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Reply:

a) Care dependency grants are paid to the care givers of children who have severe disabilities and therefore require full time care and support. As at May 2020, a total of 157 258 children were benefitting from this grant, of which 148 216 are aged between 4 and 18 years. The spread per province is indicated in the table below:

NUMBER OF CARE DEPENDENT CHILDREN BY AGE AND REGION AS AT 202005
Age	EC	FS	GP	KZN	LP	MP	NC	NW	WC	Grand Total
0	28	17	52	96	13	18	5	5	59	293
1	197	96	293	496	171	131	57	103	273	1817
2	393	161	491	728	355	215	89	195	468	3095
3	569	213	560	875	445	326	135	216	498	3837
4	680	277	745	1136	561	433	193	277	727	5029
5	878	361	961	1500	701	492	236	346	844	6319
6	979	385	1095	1717	825	566	246	445	946	7204
7	1108	422	1150	1945	913	652	302	455	972	7919
8	1253	491	1289	2144	978	705	321	532	995	8708
9	1416	579	1411	2452	1025	716	328	606	1049	9582
10	1540	582	1447	2654	1134	776	377	617	1093	10220
11	1731	652	1541	2944	1242	918	419	732	1174	11353
12	1870	706	1578	3337	1349	918	531	768	1275	12332
13	2124	749	1642	3477	1353	938	500	862	1258	12903
14	2128	733	1656	3732	1377	1005	529	889	1217	13266
15	2270	869	1656	3816	1449	1063	600	945	1176	13844
16	2186	773	1600	3360	1247	911	569	966	1214	12826
17	2165	751	1597	3397	1325	957	532	971	1215	12910
18	611	226	463	1021	355	309	178	305	333	3801
Grand Total	24126	9043	21227	40827	16818	12049	6147	10235	16786	157258

b) SASSA does not capture the disability on the computerised system (Socpen) and therefore is unable to provide the requested detail. Care dependency grants are provided care givers of children under the age of 18 years who require permanent care and support. The applicants must meet the criteria as set in the Social Assistance Act, 2004, which includes compliance with the means test, and confirmation of the severe, permanent condition of the child as confirmed through a medical assessment, before a care dependency grant is awarded.

Reply:

I have been advised by the department as follows: -

(1) The department engages with these companies on an ad hoc basis to discuss among other issues, the following:

a) Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprise (SMME) development;

b) Skills development; and,

c) Technology trends.

There has been on-going engagement with Ericsson regarding innovation. Furthermore, the department has engaged Huawei on skills development and participated at its workshop.

(2) The SA Government has no preference of supplier, hence the methodology by mobile operators to utilise a multi-vendor approach in their roll-out.

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Reply:

1. (a)(i) A total of over 15,7 million applications have been received as at 15 June 2020, of which 6,9 million are complete applications.

(ii) 3, 258 000 have been successfully processed and approved for payment

(iii) 1 094 090 have been paid out as at 15 June 2020

(b) To date, the statistics show that 3,336 refugees and 173,898 permanent residents applied for the grant.

(2) A total of 112 foreign nationals have accessed food parcels through the SASSA SRD programme since the Covid-19 state of disaster lockdown was announced at the end of March 2020.

Reply:

1. The development of DHA Access Model adopts scientific methodologies rather than a subjective approach in the determination of optimal locations for its service points to ensure provision of equitable access to its services. However, the department conducted the Customer Satisfaction survey in 2018 which confirmed that the department’s service points are not located optimally and not fairly distributed.

2. The Accessibility Modelling that is done on the computer utilises the accessibility modelling software which applies and run three accessibility models, that is, Expansion, Reduction and Relocation Model. These accessibility models takes into account realities on the ground, including demographics of the population (distribution, composition and concentration of the population), geographical areas within the country and spatial information related to geographic coordinates of the existing offices, road network and distance norms and mode of transport available to citizens.

To be more specific, the following information pertaining to realities on the ground is incorporated into the accessibility modelling software during the process to determine optimal locations:

• 1.1 Demographic information on the distribution of the population, using Population Census 2011, Community Survey 2016 and Population estimates.
• 1.2 Existing geographic areas, that is, urban and rural areas, including villages, towns and suburbs from where the target population is located; The target population for the department’s services is the total population and every individual interact with the department more than five times in their lifetime.
• 1.3 The road network including information on the speed limits for different types of roads within the country and different modes of transport; Road network information, including national, secondary and tertiary roads and footpaths which are used create distance tables that provide information on the distance from each geographic place to every other geographic place. This information provides better link between communities, DHA service points and the road network
• 1.4 The geographic coordinates of existing service points which are used to determine the service delivery gap and the actual distance citizens currently travels to the department’s service points
• 1.5 Geographic access norms and standards and population parameters for different types of service points are also incorporated into Accessibility Model. The imported geographic access norms and standards include:
• Distance norm, the emphasis is on the distance that citizens travel to reach DHA service points. The revised distance norm for the department’s services is 25km in Urban areas and 20km in rural areas.
• Population threshold of DHA service points, which provides the minimum number of beneficiaries which can be served at different types of DHA service point per year.

• 1.6 Furthermore, the department has further integrated the geographic access norms in other standards which take into consideration the quality and affordability of DHA services and the needs of people with physical and other vulnerabilities. These include:
• Service standards, these covers the turnaround times, operating times, processing times, the cost and quality dimensions of DHA services
• Internal capacity standards, provides adequate staffing, productivity and infrastructure required for different types of services points
• Facility standards, includes physical accessibility standards and space specifications which are used to develop DHA Model office required for the construction of new service points and refurbishment and reconfiguration of existing service points.
• 1.7 Accessibility statistics are generated and maps showing optimum locations of service points produced using ArcMap.

2. The model begins locating the optimal sites for facilities based on where the largest concentrations of beneficiaries are located. Facilities are continually added until all optimally located sites have been identified. As each of the facilities is added, the accessibility model takes into consideration competition between services points for beneficiaries situated nearby and the location of facilities is continually adjusted to ensure that beneficiaries’ area allocated to their closest service point.

It must be noted that optimal sites might not be identified in some areas, particularly where geographic access standards and population parameters of the different types of service points could not be met. In such instances, the department considers other ways in which access to DHA services can be improved. The department, uses mobile services, participate in Thusong Centre and further uses eHomeAffairs as complementary channels to its facilities.

3. The DHA Access Model will provide the total number of facilities as well as the total number of mobile visiting points required for the department in order to meet the service delivery needs of the people and attain its Constitutional mandate.

4. In conclusion, accessibility modelling conducted on a computer takes into consideration realities on the ground and services provided to clients on an equal basis, for example, every client is to travel a maximum of 25 km to DHA service points in urban areas and every client residing in rural areas travels a maximum of 20 km to DHA service point. Therefore, the primary goal of the DHA Access Model is to:

• Assess the distances that citizens currently travel to the department’s service points in order to identify the gaps in provision of services
• Address the needs of citizens to access facilities within urban and rural areas in an equitable manner and
• Develop strategies on affordable solutions to improve geographic access to the department’s services

The DHA Access Model is based on a 25km distance norms in urban areas and 20km distance norm in rural areas. Once the Model is finalised, the department will conduct consultative workshops and meetings with stakeholders and beneficiaries to get an understanding of a reasonable distance from their perspective given the socio-environmental and economic factors. The department will continue improving geographic access to its services through the reduction of distance norms given the changes in the distribution of the population, composition and concentration of the population, changes to socioeconomic and other characteristics, including migration, changes to human settlement patterns and new developments.

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Reply:

The Draft Immigration Bill is still been developed in consultations with relevant stakeholders. It will however be submitted to Parliament for consideration, once the review of the White Paper on International Migration has been undertaken and finalised.

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Reply:

a) (i). The role of the National Development Agency is the building of the capacity of civil society to provide projects and programmes that alleviate poverty in communities. To this end the NDA has a database comprised of 15 858 CSOs that have been assessed and they provide different kinds of services in communities. In the fight against COVID-19, the NDA selected CSOs from its database as well as from youth-led organisations that are involved in the fight against gender-based violence. The selected Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) provide poverty eradication interventions within their local communities. Through a grant funding intervention, each of the CSOs has enlisted volunteers to reach almost all districts within the country, to facilitate various programmes during the lockdown period.

(ii) The NDA does not directly recruit and enter into an employment relationship with the volunteers. The Volunteers are selected and screened by the CSOs themselves and drawn from their own lists of community workers and filed workers.

b) The volunteers were not required to provide qualifications. However, they have the relevant skills for the work to be done and The CSOs and volunteers were provided training by already established provincial teams which include the Departments of Social Development, Health, SASSA and Municipalities.

c) number of volunteers were recruited in each province

Province	Number of Volunteers
Eastern Cape	92
Free State	40
Gauteng	10
KwaZulu Natal	130
Limpopo	60
Mpumalanga	50
North West	40
Northern Cape	40
Western Cape	110

d) The volunteers have reached a total number of 76679 households and have done the following:

• assisting communities with distribution of food parcels, support of elderly and disabled persons;
• dissemination of Covid-19 information at hot spots as well as door-to-door within communities. The volunteers also provide translations of the advocacy material
• data collection in the households on useful information which can be shared with relevant departments and entities.
• at an advanced level, and based on their competence, others are assisting with community screening interventions, counselling for Gender Based Violence cases and assisting people who need access to chronic medication to visit the health care facilities.
• assisting communities with the various registrations to access government relief funds such at the SASSA special relief of distress funds and the Department of Agriculture Disaster Relief Fund for small scale farmers.

e) The NDA has an agreement with the CSOs and not with the volunteers. The appointment letter for the CSOs includes the roles and responsibilities of the CSO in terms of the management of the volunteers, monitoring of the volunteers and Reporting to the NDA.

Reply:

The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities does not render direct services to orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs), but supports the work done by the Department of Social Development (DSD) in this area.

The DSD has the mandate to deliver direct programmes to the OVCs. The DSD runs Child and Youth Care facilities (drop-in centres) as per Chapter 14 of the Children’s Act, Act 38 of 2005. This includes managing child and youth care centres as indicated in Chapter 13 of the Children’s Act.

A Child and Youth Care Centre (CYCC) is a facility which provides residential care to more than six children outside the child's family environment in accordance with a residential care programme suited for the individual. In terms of section 191 (3) of Chapter 13 of the Children’s Act, these centres offer: (a) therapeutic programmes designed for the residential care of children outside the family environment; (b) appropriate care and development for children with disabilities or chronic illnesses; (c) therapeutic and developmental programmes; (d) treatment of children for addiction to dependence-producing substances; (e) treatment of children with a psychiatric condition; and (f) assistance to persons when in transition or leaving a child and youth care centre after reaching the age of 18.

Children who have reached the age of 18 years do not exit the Child and Youth Care Centres if they are still within the education system. However, in instances where they are not within the education system or they have reached the age of 21, they are proactively prepared through the “permanency plans” and “individual development plans”, that are developed as part of the national norms and standards for CYCCs in terms of the Children’s Acts section 194 (2) of Chapter 13. The “permanency plans” and “individual development plans” are tailor made to respond to the individual needs of the child, but allow the children to acquire life skills training; job skills; financial support/ bursary and or access to education and training institution. All these programmes are intended to ensure independent living.

The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities advocates for improved continuous services for orphaned and vulnerable youth and facilitate access to skills training for those exiting Child and Youth Care Centres, through referral to organisations rendering relevant appropriate services.

Reply:

The South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC has not been able to access information due to national lockdown restrictions.

Reply:

a) (i) My department has spend:

	(aa) Legal Fees	(bb) Consultant Fees
(aaa) 2017/18	R1 414 873.57	R37 281 073.12
(aaa) 2018/19	R5 436 310.34	R19 621 408.95
(aaa) 2019/20	R6 749 944.78	R35 649 806.82
(bbb) 2020/21	R1 316 551.90	R 972 206.69

b) Legal fees were for cases instituted against and by the Department and the details of the services were not contracted in each case. Consultants were appointed to assist the Department in among others, project management and other services and the details of the services were contracted in some cases.

a) (ii) My entities have spend:

Boxing South Africa (BSA)

	(aa) Legal Fees	(bb) Consultant Fees
(aaa) 2017/18	R0.00	R0.00
(aaa) 2018/19	R0.00	R0.00
(aaa) 2019/20	R1 425 000.00	R0.00
(bbb) 2020/21	R0.00	R0.00

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC)

	(aa) Legal Fees	(bb) Consultant Fees
(aaa) 2017/18	R0.00	R0.00
(aaa) 2018/19	R576 000.00	R0.00
(aaa) 2019/20	R773 000.00	R0.00
(bbb) 2020/21	R0.00	R0.00

b) Legal fees were for cases instituted against and by my entities and the details of the services were not contracted in each case. Consultants were appointed to assist the entities in among others, project management and other services and the details of the services were contracted in some cases.

Reply:

(1) Currently, there are no other animal breeding camps in the Kruger National Park other than the Nwaxitsumbe Roan Bleeding Facility.

(2) In 2012, a total of 45 roan antelope died of Anthrax disease in the Capricorn Breeding Camp during August of that year. The breeding camp was subsequently dismantled in 2014.

(3) Yes, the Senior Ranger from the roan antelope breeding programme was dismissed on 25 April 2014 but challenged his dismissal at the CCMA, and as a result thereof, a Settlement Agreement was reached at the CCMA in terms of which he was re-instated on the 17th of November 2014.

(4) See (3) above

(5) After his reinstatement, the ranger was transferred from Nwanetsi Section to Shangoni Section. There were no further incidents that have been brought to my attention until the incident in 2020

Reply:

The Department does not receive or approve applications for the removal of statues. The National Heritage Resources Act, 1999, (Act No. 25 of 1999) provides for a three-tier heritage resource management system in which heritage resources of national significance are managed by the Department’s entity the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA). Heritage resources of provincial significance are managed by Provincial Heritage Resource Authorities (PHRAs). Heritage of local significance are managed by local authorities. SAHRA would receive applications only if the resources were on a property that is declared as a national heritage site. The removal or relocation of statues would require the issuing of a permit by the relevant PHRA. SAHRA has only participated by commenting on applications made to PHRAs and local authorities.

.The Department through its entity SAHRA has therefore (a) not received any application and (b) not approved any application for the (i) removal and/or (ii) relocation of a statue since the enactment of the National Heritage Resources Act, No 25 of 1999, on 28 April 1999.

Reply:

(i) In terms of the National Sport and Recreation Act and the National Sport and Recreation Plan the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee has as its primary focus High Performance of Sport, Preparation and Delivery of Team South Africa to multi-coded international events and secondly to serve as an umbrella body for sport in South Africa. SASCOC therefore does not necessarily develop sporting codes.

(ii) The Sports Trust was formed with its Vision and Mandate to provide sporting infrastructure, kit and equipment and programmes aimed at developing the young people of South Africa. The initiatives of the Trust are multi-coded in nature, this including the infrastructure projects which serve multi-sport. The Trust therefore does not develop individual sporting codes.

Reply:

The SASCOC and Sports Trust, they are unable to access archived information regarding the rest of the question due to national lockdown regulations.

Reply:

1) a) SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee has received a total of R201,361,000 from the Department since the 2006 / 07 Financial Year.

SASCOC has not been able to provide the information due to national lockdown.

Reply:

The South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee and the Sports Trust has not been able to provide the information about salaries, allowances and bonuses due to national lockdown restrictions.

Reply:

 

1. None of the roan antelope that died in the Nwaxitsumbe Bleeding Camp had been purchased.

They were not captured, nor were they donated and none of them were planned for donation.

a) Not applicable.

b) Not applicable.

c) Not applicable.

d) Not applicable.

e) Not applicable.

(2) None of the roan antelope that died were captured anywhere prior to their death. These particular antelopes were the offspring of roan antelope in the camp. They were originally captured in Malawi as part of a breeding programme and subsequently moved to the Nwaxitsumbe Breeding Camp. They are the result of several generations of breeding in the Kruger National Park.

(3) None of the roan antelope that died had been donated and none were they planned for donation

a) Not applicable.

b) Not applicable.

Regards

MS B CREECY

MINISTER OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

DATE: 17/7/2020

Reply:

The responses received from federations are as follows;

SOUTH AFRICAN TABLE TENNIS BOARD

No employee of the South African Table Tennis Board (SATTB) was appointed as a manager of a national team. The employees of the SATTB are not employed to travel with national teams as managers.

SOUTH AFRICAN POWERLIFTING FEDERATION

The SA Powerlifting Federation does not have any employees, and is run by volunteers. The National teams are chosen by the SAPF Selection Committee, and managed by SAPF President Hannie Smith and SAPF VP (International) Heather Leighton when competing overseas.

ROLLERSPORT SOUTH AFRICA

Roller Sport South Africa only has one person whom is paid an honorarium monthly for assistance in the office. Ms. Kgadi Serage was selected as a Manager of a Junior team in 2008 and 2009. We don’t have a specific ruling on staff and team management positions. The selection committee selects the team staff according to the best suited for the specific needs of the team selected.

ROWING SOUTH AFRICA

Response from Rowing South Africa (RowSA) – National Rowing Federation affiliated to SASCOC and FISA (international Rowing association). RowSA do not appoint employees as managers. RowSA select volunteers based on impact and input into assisting with selection policy etc.

SOFTBALL SOUTH AFRICA

Softball South Africa does not have appointed employees.

Reply:

1. According to NAC, There was no appointment of a Compliance Manager and Covid-19 Manager at the National Arts Council.

Reply:

1. (a) once the process of adjudication is done.

(b) that will be known once the process is complete.

2. (a) (b) the list of beneficiaries, was circulated to Members of the Portfolio Committee.

3 (a)(b) the process of adjudication is still going on, once the process of reconciliation is done and the funds are dispersed we will able to know exactly.

Reply:

The information on international participation and performance of Team South Africa resides with the South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC). Due to national lockdown regulations SASCOC is unable to access archived records.

Reply:

a) The Sports Trust was established in 1994.

b) The Department is unable to retrieve information that reflect the period 1994-2008/2009 due to national lockdown regulations. Regarding amounts transferred to the Sports Trust for the period 2009 / 2010 to 2019 / 2020 financial years (10 financial years). The transfers made during this period amount to R193,705,000.

The Sports Trust is unable to access archived information regarding the rest of the question due to national lockdown regulations.

Reply:

The following is the response received from the Sports Trust;

The Sports Trust is unable to access archived information regarding the rest of the question due to national lockdown regulations.

Reply:

PRASA is planning to resume limited commuter rail services in the following corridors by 1 July 2020:

• • Pretoria to Pienaarspoort
  • Cape Town to Retreat Service
  • Port Elizabeth to Uitenhage Service
  • East London to Berlin

In preparing for the resumption of rail services the following social distancing measures are being put in place:

1. Train Sets:

Social Distance Markings

2. Stations:

Social Distance Markings (Platforms)

Social Distance Markings (Ticket Sales Points)

Training for Station/ Front-line staff (COVID-19 Awareness)

Isolation Area (Stations & Workplace)

3. Workplace Environment

Social Distance Markings

4. Risk & Compliance

Conduct Workplace and Service Resumption Risk Assessments

Compliance Audits & Inspections

Monitoring of crowd controlling officials & front-line staff

5. Procurement of Personal Protective Equipment

Train Set Marking Material

Platform Marking Paint

Workplace Marking Tape

6. Human Capital Management

Develop COVID-19 Employee-related procedures (Resumption of Work & Protocols)

Induction of the Staff on the COVID-19 procedures

7. Communication

COVID-19 Health & Safety Awareness (Internal & External)

Stakeholder Engagements

8. Security

Procurement of Private Security on Stations

Procurement of Platform Marshalls

Crowd Control Procedure

Training for Platform Marshalls (COVID-19 Awareness, Basic First Aid etc.)

Public Transport response

In accordance with Directions No 43272, section 9(3) published by the Department of Transport, it is prescribed that taxis must not carry more than 70% of their licensed passenger carrying capacity for social distancing purposes.

Reply:

Community Corrections is ready to admit and monitor all 19 000 cases to be placed on parole. Prior to the special remission in 2019 the number of offenders was 71523, Community Corrections had 1854 personnel entrusted with the monitoring of parolees and probationers. After the remission the number of parolees and probationers decreased to 56632, the ratio of a member to parolee is currently one is to 30 (1:3). The release of 19000 would not have an impact on the current resources since it will be reverting to the same resources.

 

Caseloads used	Month	Filled	Caseloads	Ratio No Offenders per Official	Ratio No Offenders per Social Worker
02-Apr-20	April	1851	55515	1:29	1:474
23-Apr-20	May	1855	55350	1:29	1:477
28-May-20	June	1854	55882	1:30	1:485
18-Jun-20	June	1854	56632	1:30	1:492

Reply:

(1) number of houses per financial year

(a) 2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

(a) There are four (4) completed and occupied houses, three (3) in Kroonstad and one (1) in Viljoenskroon.

Additional to that there are two (2) houses that are at completion stage and four (4) are still outstanding in Kroonstad.

(b) The vetting process was conducted by the Department of Military Veterans in conjunction with Military Veterans Associations.

(c) Refer to the attached beneficiary list marked as Annexure A

(2) Refer to the attached beneficiary list marked as Annexure A

Reply:

In September 2019, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) initiated a process to consider possible review of the parole policy with the purpose of tightening the consideration process in respect of offenders sentenced for sexual and aggressive offences.

A discussion document on the review of the minimum detention period to be served by offenders who have committed offences relating to gender based violence, sexual and aggressive offences was drafted and submitted to State Law Advisers during September 2019 for an opinion. This document proposed that such category of offenders should be considered for parole after serving two thirds of sentence instead of half of sentence as prescribed by Section 73 of the Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act 111 of 1998).

It is therefore important to indicate that any legislation or legislative amendment which adversely affects subjects cannot be applied retrospectively. This means that any amendment to the current minimum detention periods will not impact offenders already serving their sentences or persons who would have committed offences before coming into operation of the amended minimum detention period.

In addition, the Department is also considering enforcing compliance with placement conditions by ensuring that offenders whose parole has been revoked will have to serve the remainder of their sentence in a Correctional Centre. If the remainder of the sentence is more than 05 years or if the offender is serving a sentence of life imprisonment, placement on parole must be considered on completion of 05 years of the portion of the sentence which remained after parole was cancelled.

This proposal will serve as a deterrent to parolees from violating placement conditions as failure to comply will result in them serving the remainder of the sentence in a Correctional Centre as opposed to the maximum two years further profile as prescribed by Section 75 (6) Act 111 of 1998.

Parole forms part of the total rehabilitation programme in correcting offending behaviour and may include continuation of programmes aimed at reintegration whilst in the system of community corrections. It is regarded as an aid to the social re-integration of an offender and a mechanism to manage the risk an offender may pose to the community through monitoring by Community Corrections.

Upon re-admission the offender will be assessed to establish the reason(s) for his/her violation of parole conditions and/or repeat offending. The following selection of Correctional Programmes is available to address the reason(s) for violation of parole conditions and/or repeat offending:

• New Beginnings Orientation

The New Beginnings Orientation Programme aims to empower newly admitted offenders to become more aware of themselves as well as the surrounding of the correctional setting in order to cope in the correctional centre.

• Anger Management (“Anger In Anger Out”)

Raises offender awareness on the causes and symptoms of anger and how to manage anger. The programme assists offenders to unlearn old habits associated with aggression and learn healthy ways of dealing with and expressing anger.

• Cross Roads

Equips offenders with the necessary knowledge and skills to enable them to become responsible, law-abiding and productive citizens in order to facilitate their successful reintegration into society.

• Restorative Justice Orientation

Orientate offenders on the Restorative Justice System. Prepare Offenders

for involvement in Restorative Justice programmes options.

• Preparatory programme on Sexual Offences (“Think before you act”)

The programme assists offenders to identity the possible causes of their deviant sexual behaviour and to empower them with information on the biological development and sexual development of human beings.

• Substance Abuse (“Stop to start”)

The main purpose of the Substance Abuse programme is to help offenders gain insight into the negative effects of substance abuse.

• Behaviour Modification Programme on Gangsterism

The main objective is to raise awareness amongst offenders on gang related activities and specifically the negative consequences thereof.

• Economic crime (fraud related) Programme

The Economic Crime Programme (fraud category) targets fraud and related offences, which are more organized in nature (e.g. syndicates).

• Economic Crime (theft related) Programme

The Economic Crime Programme (theft category) targets theft and related offending behaviour (e.g. stolen food from a supermarket).

• Murder and Related Offences (“Changing lanes”)

It targets behaviour of offenders serving sentences for Murder and Related Offences. The programme aims to assist offenders to understand contributing factors towards aggressive behaviour. It further aims to create understanding of human behaviour and emotions as well as to motivate offenders to strive towards emotional intelligence by developing their own individual coping plans.

• Robbery and Related Offences (“Change is possible”)

The programme targets Robbery and Related Offences. The crime category of Robbery and Related Offences is an “umbrella” for all the following crimes (armed robbery hijacking aeroplane, hijacking truck, hijacking Motor Vehicle). The programme aims to assist the offender to develop insight into his/her own situation that contributed to the crime, to develop insight into the impact of the offence and thereafter to develop a personal plan with specific goals without any involvement in crime.

• Pre-Release Programme

The objective of the Pre-Release Programme is to prepare offenders for successful reintegration into society by providing them with skills and information to enable them to cope with possible challenges they may face after their release. The programme is compulsory to offenders with Correctional Sentence Planss who are to be released.

• Programme for Female Offenders

The programme is divided into four sub-programmes due to comprehensive information. It empowers women with general life skills like, emotional health and wellbeing, learning from own mistakes, parental skills and problem solving skills. It addressed addictive behavior, give knowledge about relationships and help offenders with information to build their careers.

The release of an offender on the expiry of his/ her sentence (unconditionally) is not the ideal manner of release for the majority of offenders because of the following:

• No management of risk takes place as the offender is released into the community without any control or supervision whatsoever, and
• No phased re-integration under controlled circumstances takes place with the result that support systems can easily fail however the Department of Correctional Services would have no mandate to provide further support.

Although some parolees have committed serious offences in the recent past, it should be noted that Community Corrections has a caseload of 52 736 parolees and probationers of which 99.27% are complying with their placement conditions.

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Reply:

The Department earlier started a decentralisation process of benefits with education support as a first benefit to provinces. The process relied on provincial coordinators to collect invoices to all schools across the country. The process started well until the national lockdown. The lockdown hampered the plan and DMV is only paying those invoices that are sent through by parents and schools that have recently opened.

Plans for collaboration with other provincial departments of education are underway, wherein the DMV is planning to transfer tuition and school fees to provincial Departments to pay invoices quicker. This will also assist in easy access of this benefit and other benefits to military veterans and their dependents.

Reply:

1. I have been informed that all procurement to date at individual transaction level, was below R500 000 and guided by departmental delegations to various post levels. Regional and court level procurement started on 20 February 2020 and National Office centralised bulk procurement on 21 April 2020.

(a), (b) and (c) The total expenditure for bulk centralised procurement at national level amounted to R3, 073 million; and the total procurement at Regional Office level amounted to R9, 927 million.

The following is a list of commodities procured nationally and the relevant service provider after competitive procurement processes were followed, through quotations.

Service provider a)	Value b)	Commodity c)	Quantity
Okp Technologies	R494 200.00	Gloves	280 000
Fenpot Direct Cc	R445 200.00	Face Masks - Durable/ Reusable	30 000
Orca Autobody And Restoration	R 378 320.65	Surgical Face Visor	3 348
Betaclean Chemicals &Cleaning Services	R 308 016.00	Hand Sanitizers Spray Bottles 1 litres	6 696 1 litres
Givy's Cuisine	R488 000.00	Hand Sanitizers 5 litres	1600 5 litres
Kaprivi Generals (Pty) Ltd-	R460 000.00	Hand Liquid Soap 5 Litres	4000 5 litres
Motsweding Medical Suppliers	R499 750.00	Non-Contact Infrared Thermometer	250

The following table summarises the expenditure at Regional Office level:

Free State	R696 592
KwaZulu-Natal	R893 269
Western Cape	R1 506 986
Eastern Cape	R986 233
Mpumalanga	R943 575
Northern Cape	R707 156
North West	R1 010 144
Limpopo	R1 818 870
Gauteng	R1 364 545
Total	R9 927 370

2. This procurement was in full compliance with departmental prescripts and delegations. A formal circular on emergency procurement was issued which guided procurement.

3. The reason for procurement at a specific service provider was guided by the outcome of a competitive process (minimum 3 quotations). In the case of emergency procurement, some commodities were procured through petty cash at local pharmacies or suppliers.

Reply:

1. Shortly after the lockdown was announced, the Minister for the Public Service and Administration issued directions in respect of service delivery and business continuity for the Public Service during the COVID-19 pandemic. These directions were communicated to departments under cover of DPSA Circular 15 of 2020, dated 25 March 2020. In essence, the directions provided that each head of department must determine appropriate work arrangements for his or her department to ensure continued service delivery during the lockdown whilst also preventing the spread of COVID-19. These arrangements should also include remote working arrangements where possible.

Due to the unique circumstances and service delivery requirements of departments, these arrangements would differ from department to department. It should also be understood that the numbers of public servants working either from their normal workplaces or remotely from home, would fluctuate constantly due to changing circumstances and work requirements.

A survey was conducted in departments to determine work arrangements during the various lockdown levels. The responses received from departments to date are captured in Annexure A.

2. During the national lockdown all public servants will continue to receive their full salaries.

The salaries of public servants are protected in terms of the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1994. Section 34 of the Act provides that the salary of an employee shall not be reduced without his or her consent except in terms of section 38 of the Act (that deals with wrongly granted remuneration), an act of Parliament or a collective agreement.

3. As far as members of the Senior Management Service (SMS) are concerned, the directions issued by the Minister for the Public Service and Administration in respect of service delivery and business continuity referred to above, provided that all members of the SMS must be available during the lockdown to render the services required of them.

Reply:

1. (a) The Department of International Relations and Cooperation adheres to its consular services mandate to serve the Public in terms of legalisation of documents which entails Authentications, Apostilles and End User Certificates for various objectives.
   
   (b)  The Department is currently serving the Public accordingly during alert Level three (3) of National Lockdown.

2. Yes, the sanitisation measures have been put in place which include ensuring adherence to the following Government COVID19 pandemic regulations:

• Temperature scanners have been installed
• Hand satizers have been installed in all entrances to the building and inside the building public use places
• Movable hand sanitizers available in public place to support frontline staff and the Public.
• Counter window shields have been installed to secure frontline staff and the Public.
• Masks heve been and continue to be made available for use by frontline and essential staff during the various levels of lockdown.
• Signs indicating various safety measures in line with the Covid-19 regulations are put in all public places in and around the O.R Tambo Building these include regular washing of hands,social distancing and wearing masks

Reply:

(a) The project is implemented by the Gauteng Department of Education and not by the Department of Basic Education; and on receipt of the question, it is referred to the relevant implementing department for a response. 

(b)  The response received from the Gauteng Department of Education is attached.

Reply:

(a) Currently there are no invoices from private contractors that remain unpaid for longer than 30 days 

(b) N/A (i) N/A 

(aa) N/A   (bb) N/A 

(ii) (aa) N/A (bb) N/A

Reply:

(a) The project is implemented by the Gauteng Department of Education and not by the Department of Basic Education; and on receipt of the question, it is referred to the relevant implementing department for a response. 

(b)  The response received from the Gauteng Department of Education is attached.

Reply:

The question has been referred to the Gauteng Department of Education for a response and will be provided as soon as the response is received.

Reply:

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

Reply by the National Lotteries Commission, Ms Thabang Mampane:

1. “The panels for the past financial years (2015/16 to date) were established following a supply chain process as prescribed by the Public Finance Management Act (No.1 of 1999 as amended) (“PFMA”), National Treasury Regulations- Practice Notes, Instructions, Circulars and Letters, Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (No. 5 of 2000) (“PPPFA”) and Regulations, 2011, Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Amendment Act (No. 46 of 2013, amongst other legislation, as well as NLC’s Supply Chain Management Policy. The NLC’s panel of attorneys list for the past financial years (2015/16 to date) are detailed as below. The NLC did not have a panel prior to the years depicted herein.”

Table 1:

Bid Number	Name of Legal Firm	Duration	End-Date
RFP/2013-4HL	M.L Mateme Incorporated (PTY) LTD	36 Months	1-May-17
RFP/2013-4HL	Gildenhuys Malatji Incorporated	36 Months	1-May-17
RFP/2013-4HL	Routledge Modise Attorney (T/A Hogan Lovells)	36 Months	1-May-17
RFP/2013-4HL	Rooth and Wessels Incorporated (PTY) LTD	36 Months	1-May-17
RFP/2013-4HL	Maponya Inc	36 Months	1-May-17
RFP/2013-4HL	Denga Incorporated (PTY) LTD	36 Months	1-May-17
RFP/2013-4HL	Poswa Incorporated	36 Months	1-May-17
RFP/2013-4HL	Adams & Adams	36 Months	1-May-17
RFP/2013-4HL	Ngeno & Mteto Inc	36 Months	1-May-17
RFP/2013-4HL	Malebye Incorporated	36 Months	1-May-17

Table 2:

Bid Number	Name of Legal Firm	Duration	End-Date
NLC/2017-3	Raphela Inc Attorney	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Padi Inc	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Nozuko Nxusani Inc	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Morare Thobejane Inc	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Moche Attorneys	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Malebye Motaung Mthembu Inc	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Manong Pilane Mokotedi Inc	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Diale Mogashoe Inc	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Ndobela Lamola Inc.	36 Months	22-Aug-20

Table 3:

Bid Number	Name of Legal Firm	Duration	End-Date
NLC/2019-2	Malatji Kanyane Inc	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Spoor & Fischer	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Moeti Kanyane Inc	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Gildenhys Malatji Inc	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Cheadle Thompson & Hayson Inc	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Ramushu Mashile Twala	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Mfenyana Attorneys	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Lannard Paul Cowen	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Mathopo Mashimane Mulangaphume	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Poswa Inc	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Hogan Lovells	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Maphosa Attorneys	36 Months	31-Aug-22

2. “The NLC’s panel of attorneys regularly used for legal matters involving the NLC depends on their areas of expertise/legal scope and/or availability including urgency, where applicable. The issue of capacity and/or resources are considered while an attempt is made to reach as many as possible. On the list below, all but two law firms have done work for the NLC. Since this is a panel, the NLC endeavours’ to ensure that as many law firms as possible are allowed the opportunity to do work, though this is not a guarantee. The details are as follows:”

Table 4:

Bid Number	Name of Legal Firm	Duration	End-Date
NLC/2017-3	Raphela Inc Attorney	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Padi Inc	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Nozuko Nxusani Inc	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Morare Thobejane Inc	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Moche Attorneys	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Malebye Motaung Mthembu Inc	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Manong Pilane Mokotedi Inc	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Diale Mogashoe Inc	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2017-3	Ndobela Lamola Inc.	36 Months	22-Aug-20
NLC/2019-2	Malatji Kanyane Inc	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Spoor & Fischer	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Moeti Kanyane Inc	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Gildenhys Malatji Inc	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Cheadle Thompson & Hayson Inc	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Ramushu Mashile Twala	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Mfenyana Attorneys	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Lannard Paul Cowen	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Mathopo Mashimane Mulangaphume	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Poswa Inc	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Hogan Lovells	36 Months	31-Aug-22
NLC/2019-2	Maphosa Attorneys	36 Months	31-Aug-22

“All the Legal Firms that are on the panel were utilized by the NLC, with the exception of Ramushu Mashile Twala and Mathopo Mashimane Mulangaphume.”

(3) “Ramulifho Inc. or Lesley Ramulifho is not on the NLC panel of attorneys. Ramulifho Inc. has rendered legal services for labour related issues to the then National Lotteries Board now the NLC. This was approximately around 2014, prior to the advent of the panel of legal service providers.”

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