08 June 2020 - NW480

Van Der Walt, Ms D to ask the Minister of Basic Education

With reference to her reply to oral question 71 on 11 March 2020, (a) which schools are on the list of 272 in the Chris Hani District Municipality to receive proper sanitation in the (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21 and (iii) 2021-22 financial years, (b) who are the implementing agents in each case, (c) what is the cost of each project, (d) where is the funding obtained for each project and (e) on what date is each project expected to be (i) finalised and (ii) handed over?

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Reply:

	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
(a)	59	50 (Annexure B)	152	11 (Annexure C)
				The verification process confirmed that these schools have a VIP ablutions which may require maintenance.
(b)	58 Schools allocated to Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) 1 School to The Mvula Tank (TMT)	42 Schools allocated to TMT 8 Schools to be donated by Assupol. The 59 schools from the previous Financial Year (FY) 2019/20 to be completed in the current FY.	No Implimanting Agents (IA) has yet been allocated for these projects
(c)	See attached Annexure A DBSA- 38 Schools, Contract Awarded 20 Schools under Planning TMT: 1 School under construction	See attached Annexure B	No budget allocation	No budget allocation Annexure C
(d)	National Treasury: Schools Infrastructure Backlog Grant (SIBG)
(e)	A revised schedule will be issued by the IAs, as the lockdown period has negatively affected the progress of the Project.

08 June 2020 - NW680

De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(a) Until what date will her department house learners temporarily at The Hill High School and the Sir John Adamson High School in Johannesburg, (b) why was such a temporary arrangement set up, (c)(i) where and (ii) by what date will the learners be permanently placed, (d)(i) what amount has her department budgeted for the temporary arrangement, (ii) over what period and (iii) from which budget has the allocation been made and (e) why are learners from another district being accommodated in the Johannesburg South district?

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Reply:

The question was referred to Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) for response. Please see attached Annexure A for detailed response as received from GDE.

08 June 2020 - NW339

Bagraim, Mr M to ask the Minister of Health

What (a) number of (i) serviceable and (ii) fully equipped ambulances are being used in each (aa) district municipality and (bb) local municipality in the public health sector in the Western Cape and (b) area in square kilometres does each ambulance service?

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Reply:

The following table reflects the details in this regard

Western Cape Districts	(a)(i) Serviceable ambulances	(a)(ii) Fully equipped ambulances	In each (aa) district, (bb) local municipality in the public health sector in the Province	(b) Area in square kilometres each ambulance service
City of Cape Town	254	115	115	2 446
Cape Winelands		40	40	21 473
Central Karoo		16	16	38 854
Garden Route		30	30	23 331
Overberg		24	24	12 239
West Coast		29	29	31 119

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08 June 2020 - NW524

Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What are the details of (a) all government guarantees (i) issued to the SA Airways (SAA) and (ii) utilised by SAA and (iii) for what purpose have they been utilised, (b) all SAA loan debt liabilities including the (i) name of each lender, (ii) amount owed to each lender, (iii) interest rates charged by each lender and (iv) repayment date of each loan, (c) all current liabilities including the (i) name of creditor, (ii) amount owed to each creditor and (iii) due date for payment to each creditor and (d) all non-current liabilities excluding loan debt as at 29 February 2020?

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Reply:

The following information was provided by the Business Rescue Practitioners of South African Airways: see the link

https://pmg.org.za/files/RNW524-SAA.docx

08 June 2020 - NW776

Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

With reference to the reply of the Minister of Employment and Labour to question 1554 on 13 December 2019, regarding a matter referred to the Public Prosecutor in Kempton Park pertaining to asbestos classrooms at the Chloorkop Primary School, what (a) is the status of the matter, (b) is the case number and (c) was the outcome of the matter after it was finalised?

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Reply:

a) The matter was never reported to the SAPS. Instead, the Department of Labour’s file (19005/27 September 2016) was opened as per the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. In terms of the Act, Labour inspectors have the power to investigate certain health and safety issues and after completion, submit their findings to the NPA for a decision to prosecute or not.

The NPA became aware of the case when the Principal of Chloorkop Primary School was summoned by the Department of Labour to appear in court in January 2020 on certain Health and Safety provisions. The prosecution was not satisfied with the readiness of the case for enrolment and declined to enroll it.

b) Consequently, there is no case number.

c) The matter is not finalized, the senior public prosecutor has requested submission of the investigation file for a determination on whether or not to prosecute.

08 June 2020 - NW447

Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(1) What number of social workers, placed at and performing their duties at the Community Corrections Division of his department were in the employ of his department as at 29 February 2020. (2)What number of the Community Corrections Officers who are not registered social workers and who were placed at and performing their duties at the Community Corrections Division of his department were in the employ of his department as at 29 February 2020?

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Reply:

1. Permanent Community Corrections Social Workers as at end of February 2020

REGION	FILLED	VACANT	TOTAL
Eastern Cape	19	0	19
Free State and Northern Cape	12	1	13
Gauteng	20	1	21
KwaZulu-Natal	18	1	19
Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West	25	1	26
Western Cape Region	22	3	25
GRAND TOTAL	116	7	123

Contract Social Workers as at end February 2020

REGION	TOTAL
Eastern Cape	4
Free State and Northern Cape	5
Gauteng	3
KwaZulu-Natal	2
Limpopo Mpumalanga and North West	3
Western Cape	4
GRAND TOTAL	21

(2) Permanent Community Corrections officers as at end of February 2020

REGION	FILLED	VACANT	TOTAL
Eastern Cape	214	30	244
Free State and Northern Cape	228	26	254
Gauteng	345	30	375
KwaZulu-Natal	249	26	275
Limpopo Mpumalanga and North West	386	25	411
Western Cape	310	50	360
GRAND TOTAL	1732	187	1919

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08 June 2020 - NW831

Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition

Whether the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) will only allocate COVID-19 funding relief to qualifying entities according to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003), as amended; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what statutory grounds will the IDC’s COVID-19 funding relief rely to only allocate such funding to entities according to the specified Act and (b) what form of COVID-19 funding relief will be made available to other entities? [

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Reply:

During the Portfolio Committee meeting held on 26 May 2020, I addressed the overall approach by the Department to transformation. In short, transformation of the economy is both a social and economic imperative. The bitter legacy of the past has not been reversed – the process of colonial dispossession took place over more than 300 years and inherited privilege (assets, skills and networks) reproduces itself beyond the removal of apartheid laws. The Constitutional values of human dignity, the achievement of equality and the advancement of human rights and freedoms require active steps for their realisation.

The economy’s long-term growth rate will remain constrained if the level of involvement by tens of millions of citizens, black South Africans, women and young people remains low. The purpose of affirmative processes and laws is to enable this base to be broadened.

In terms of section 3 (c) of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Act, the IDC has an explicit statutory mandate to promote the economic empowerment of historically disadvantaged communities and persons. This has not meant that the IDC provides funding only to black South Africans, as the Honourable Member well knows. But it does mean that the IDC must give special emphasis on the promotion of broad-based empowerment.

The qualifying criteria for COVID-19 funding are set with the primary consideration to increase the availability of essential critical personal protective equipment products to supply the local market, in order to save lives. Therefore, the funding criteria cater for ALL South African registered businesses that have capacity to supply the critical products, including but not exclusively for B-BBEE companies.

I am advised that the IDC has now approved R535,5m in funding from this envelope, of which R444m are for companies at which black South Africans hold either a controlling stake or have at least 25% equity.

We should be proud of efforts to broaden the base of the economy, promote entrepreneurship and to foster efforts at greater equity in the economy. Financial incentives should of course be only one of a number of elements to support wider levels of entrepreneurship in society in order to achieve these objectives. Transformation is good social policy. It is good economics too. Government has a legislative mandate to promote these measures and during 2019, an overwhelming majority of citizens voted for political parties which supported broad-based empowerment.

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08 June 2020 - NW798

Groenewald, Dr PJ to ask the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition

(1) What criteria are used to determine which sector of business can become functional at each level of the national lockdown to curb the Covid-19 pandemic; (2) whether he will make a statement on the matter?

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Reply:

Effective, 1 June 2020 the entire country has moved to Alert Level 3, which permits a substantial amount of economic activity.

Each alert level reflects a careful balance between the risk of infection and the readiness of the healthcare system. President Ramaphosa outlined the five levels of the risk-adjusted framework when he addressed the nation on 23 April 2020. As indicated by the President, when he stated:

“Level 5 means that drastic measures are required to contain the spread of the virus to save lives.

Level 4 means that some activity can be allowed to resume subject to extreme precautions required to limit community transmission and outbreaks.

Level 3 involves the easing of some restrictions, including on work and social activities, to address a high risk of transmission.

Level 2 involves the further easing of restrictions, but the maintenance of physical distancing and restrictions on some leisure and social activities to prevent a resurgence of the virus.

Level 1 means that most normal activity can resume, with precautions and health guidelines followed at all times.”

When determining which economic activity may be permitted under each of the alert level, Government has considered a number of elements, including, but not limited to:

The level of social distancing which can be maintained between co-workers and/or customers during the ordinary course of business;
How essential the functioning of the sector is to other businesses, including its export profile and contribution to GDP and jobs
Whether the sector performs critical services in the value chain of other economic sectors in South Africa;
Whether the sector has been able to develop appropriate health and safety protocols and whether the sector has evidenced preparedness with regards to personal protective equipment;
Whether the opening of the sector will result in substantially greater demand for public transport, and whether the sector is able to manage this increased demand by staggering working hours, or providing private transportation options; and
The economic impact of re-opening the sector on both the sector itself and the broader economy.

A careful balancing had to be achieved between the legitimate desire of the sectors and investors concerned to reopen as rapidly as possible with the critical consideration of saving lives.

As I indicated in an earlier reply to a Parliamentary Question:

the dtic has been working closely with industry from manufacturing, construction and retail to get updates on infections and to identify solutions which can be rolled out to the industry.

The success of each level proposed, and the allocation of economic sectors in particular levels, is measured by the contribution to containing the spread of the virus and flattening of the curve of infections. Where necessary, changes are made to the extent of economic activity to the wider objectives of saving lives and protecting livelihoods.

The industry classification system was explained at a joint meeting of Parliamentary Committees dealing with Trade, Industry and Competition portfolio, on 1 May 2020, setting out criteria and the application of the three systems in the country moving from Level 5 to Level 4.

Government has engaged with a number of organisations, from business associations, trade unions, political parties, premiers of provinces, individual businesses and religious institutions to receive feedback on the systems and to consider representations on proposed changes.

The incremental opening of certain sectors of the economy is intended to limit the spread of the virus, and to ensure that any spikes in infections can be identified and managed. In addition, it has enabled a greater level of preparedness in society and in the health system than was the case at the start of the pandemic in South Africa.

In the run-up to the decision to move to Level 3, we engaged a number of sectors on these and other relevant considerations and looked too at the aggregate effect of multiple sectors resuming work at the same time. In addition, Government consulted organised Business, Labour and Community representatives at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) which represents big and small business; established and informal enterprises; a wide range of primary, industrial and service sectors; and community organisations.

Where certain economic activities remain restricted during Alert Level 3, Government is actively engaging with some of the sectors to conduct an appropriate risk assessment and develop the necessary health and safety protocols to enable the safe re-opening of the sector.

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08 June 2020 - NW518

Van Staden, Mr PA to ask the Minister of Health

(1)What is the total number of (a) mortuaries in each province and (b) corpses that were received in each mortuary as a result of the COVID-19 virus; (2) whether he will make a statement on the matter?

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Reply:

1. (a) The Department has a database that includes mortuaries in hospitals, forensic pathology and private funeral undertakers. The database is updated on a daily basis as and when new information is received from provinces and municipality. The database as at 04 June 2020 is as follows:

Table 1: Database of number of Mortuaries in forensic pathology, hospitals and private funeral undertakers

PROVINCE	NUMBER OF MORTUARIES
Eastern Cape	374
Free State	279
Gauteng	440
Kwazulu Natal	522
Limpopo	242
Mpumalanga	229
North West	272
Northern Cape	150
Western Cape	189
Total	2697

(b) The attached table provides a record of corpses that were received in each mortuary as a result of COVID–19.

Table 2: Covid-19 deaths and mortuaries

District	Health Facility	Undertaker/Mortuary	Number of Mortal Remains received
GAUTENG
City of Tshwane	Pretoria East Hospital (Private) Steve Biko Academic Hospital	Muslim Community (Pretoria and Central Muslim Burial)	2
	Dr. George Mukhari	Rhulani Funerals	1
SUB-TOTAL			3
City of Johannesburg
	Fourways Hospital (Private)	Poonees Funeral Undertaker- Cremation	1
	Charlotte Maxeke Academic hospital	Kupane Funeral Undertaker	1
	Sunninghill	Chevra Kadisha	1
	Chris H Chris Hani Baragwanath	Kwa Vusa Funeral Undertaker	1
	Leratong Hospital	Associated funeral homes	1
	Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital	Vuyo Funeral Undertaker	1
	Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital	Nkanyiso Funerals	1
	Charlotte Maxeke Academic hospital	Lebowa Funeral Undertaker	1
SUB-TOTAL			8
Westrand District Municipality	Pinehaven Hospital (Private) Krugersdorp Hospital (Private)	AVBOB - Krugersdorp AVOBOB – Carltonville	2 1
	Leratong Hospital	Sepotokele Funeral Parlour	1
SUB-TOTAL			4
City of Ekurhuleni	Charlotte Maxeke Academic hospital	Lebowa Funeral and was transferred to Cape town	1
	Morningside Mediclinic	J&S Funerals Boksburg	1
	Unitas Hospital	Kupane Funeral Undertaker	1
	Glynwood Private Hospital Tembisa Hospital	Doves	2
	Charllotte Mxeke Academic Hospital	Central Islamic Trust	1
	Thelle Mogoerane	Phuthang Batho Funeral Service - Thokoza	1
	Thelle Mogoerane	Surprise Funerals - Orange Farm	1
SUB-TOTAL			8
GRAND TOTAL GAUTENG	23 (As of 04 June 2020)
LIMPOPO
District	Health Facility	Undertaker/Mortuary	Number of Mortal Remains received
Capricorn	Netcare Pholosho	Lebowa funeral undertaker	1
	Netcare Pholosho	Ruth Modiba funeral undertaker	1
Sekhukhune	Mojalefa Practice, Medi 24	Wivani funeral undertaker	1
GRAND TOTAL LIMPOPO	3 (As of 04 June 2020)
KWAZULU NATAL
District	Health Facility	Undertaker/Mortuary	Number of Mortal Remains received
Ethekwini	St Augustine’s Hospital	Nqaki Funeral Undertakers	1
	Umhlanga Hospital	Newlands Funeral Undertakers	1
	St Augustine’s Hospital	Oakleigh Funeral Home	2
	St Augustine’s Hospital	Wyebank Funeral Undertakers	1
	St Augustine’s Hospital	Isipingo Funeral Undertakers	1
	Parklands Hospital	Ndabes Dignified Funeral Undertakers	1
	Life Entabeni	Khalidsha Bawa (Bayview Muslim Burial Services)Clairwood	1
	Lenmed Shifa Hospital)	Bayview Muslim Services	1
	Kingsway Hospital	AVBOB	1
	IALCH	Khalidsha Bawa (Bayview Muslim Burial Services) Clairwood	1
	St Augustine’s Hospital	Cebolethu Funeral Services	1
	St Augustine’s Hospital	AVBOB	1
	St Augustine’s Hospital	Khalidsha Bawa (Bayview Muslim Burial Services) Clairwood	1
	Parklands Hospital	Wyebank Funeral Undertakers	1
	St Augustine’s Hospital	Phoenix Funeral Undertaker	1
	Umhlanga Hospital	Muslim Burial Society	1
	St Augustine’s Hospital	Doves Greyville	1
	St Augustine’s Hospital	AVBOB	1
	KwaDabeka Clinic - RK Khan	Ndabes Funeral	1
	St Augustine’s Hospital	Shanleys Funeral Home	1
	St Augustine’s Hospital	Khalidsha Bawa (Bayview Muslim Burial Services) Clairwood	1
	Westville Hospital	Ndabes Funeral	1
	St Augustine’s Hospital	Doves Greyville	1
	Entabeni Hospital	Khalidsha Bawa (Bayview Muslim Burial Services) Clairwood	1
	Entabeni Hospital	Shanleys Funeral Home	1
	Victoria Hospital	Mandeni Funeral parlour	1
	Entabeni Hospital	Wyebank Funeral Undertakers	1
	Kingsway Hospital	Doves Greyville	1
	Entabeni Hospital	Khalidsha Bawa (Bayview Muslim Burial Services) Clairwood	1
	Nu Shifa Hospital	Ethekwini Funeral Services	1
	Crompton Hospital	Oakleigh Funeral Home	1
	Umhlanga Hospitial	Ethekwini Funeral Services	1
	Entabeni Hospital	AVBOB	1
	Durdoc Hospital	Doves Greyville	1
	Parklands Hospital	Mosaic Funeral Undetakers Ugu District	1
	Entabeni Hospital	Pinetown Funeral Services	1
	IALCH	Bayview Muslim Burial Service	1
	Entabeni Hospital	Doves Greyville	1
	King Edward Hospital	Cebolethu Funeral Services	1
	Isipingo	Doves Greyville	1
	Lenmed Nu Shifa Hospital	Bayview Muslim Burial Service	1
	Lenmed Ethekwini Heart Hospital	Wyebank Funeral Services	1
	RK Khan Hospital	Cebolethu Funeral Services	1
	IALCH	Oceans Funeral Services	1
	Kingsway Hospital	Doves Greyville	1
SUB-TOTAL			46
King Cetshwayo	Ngwelezane Hospital	Notha Funeral Parlour	1
	Netcare the Bay Hospital	Eshowe Crematorium	1
SUB-TOTAL			2
uThukela	Ladysmith Larvena Hospital	AVBOB	2
SUB-TOTAL			2
Ugu	Margate Private Hospital	Above All Funeral Undertakers	1
SUB-TOTAL			1
GRAND TOTAL KZN	51 (As of 04 June 2020)

WESTERN CAPE
District	Health Facility	Undertaker/Mortuary	Number of Mortal Remains received
Cape Town	Groote Schuur Hospital	AVBOB	1
	Constantia Medi-clinic	Doves	2
	Durbanville Medi-clinic	Peninsula Funeral Services	1
	Heideveld Emergency Centre	Quest Funerals	1
	Tygerberg Hospital	Western Cape Muslim Undertakers Forum	1
	Community death	AVBOB	1
	Tygerberg Hospital	Alijac Funeral Services	1
	Tygerberg Hospital	Sweet Victor/Kabashe Funerals	1
	Groote Schuur Hospital	AVBOB	1
	Community death	AVBOB	1
	Groote Schuur Hospital	Western Cape Muslim Undertakers Forum	2
	Tygerberg Hospital	Uzuko/Keiza Funerals	1
	Tygerberg Hospital	Amazizi/Lafuta Funerals	1
	Tygerberg Hospital	Mthuthuzeli Funerals	1
	Groote Schuur Hospital	AVBOB	3
Sub Total			19 (As of 25 April)
Cape Winelands DM	Ceres Hospital	Fourbeth Funerals	4
	Worcester Hospital	Valley Funerals	1
	Ceres Hospital	Ceres Funerals	4
	Worcester Hospital	Undertaker: Avbob Worcester	1
	Worcester Hospital	Undertaker: El Shaddai Begrafnisdienste	1
	Paarl Hospital	Willy’s Funerals	8
	Paarl Hospital	AVBOB	3
	Paarl Hospital	Aubrey Solomon’s Funerals	1
	Paarl Hospital	Paarl Muslim Jamaa	2
	Paarl Hospital	I. Arm (undertaker from City of Cape Town)	1
	Paarl Medi Clinic	Willy’s Funerals	1
	Name of Facility not mentioned	Name of undertaker not mentioned	5
SUB-TOTAL			32 (As of 4 June 2020)
West Coast DM	No death recorded		0
Overberg DM	No death recorded		0
Central Karoo DM	No death recorded		0
Garden Route DM	No death recorded		0
GRAND TOTAL WC – Gross underreporting has been noted and the Province is currently correcting and updating the figures	51 (As of 04 June 2020)
FREE STATE
District	Health Facility	Undertaker/Mortuary	Number of Mortal Remains received
Mangaung Metro	Pelonomi Hospital	Molly	1
	Medi Clinic	AVBOB	1
	Medi Clinic	Bloemfontein Funerals	1
	At home	AVBOB	1
	National Hospital	AVBOB	1
GRANT TOTAL FREE STATE	5 (As of 25 April 2020)

EASTERN CAPE
District	Health Facility	Undertaker/Mortuary	Number of Mortal Remains received
Amathole DM	Frere Hospital, East London	AVBOB East London, transferred to AVBOB Butterworth	1
	Life Beacon Bay East London	Thuso Funeral Parlour Idutywa	1
	Stutterheim Hospital Hospital Road	Hewu Funerals Mlungisi Location Stutterheim	1
SUB-TOTAL			3
OR Tambo DM	Died at home. New Payne Village, Mthatha, KSD LM	Phakamani Bantu, Payne Village, Mthatha, KSD LM	1
SUB-TOTAL			1
Nelson Mandela Bay	Mercantile Private Hospital	Vantyi and Vantyi Funeral Home, Zwide, Port Elizabeth	1
	Livingstone Hospital	Fortuin Funeral Home, Bethelsdorp, Port Elizabeth	1
	Lingstone Hospital, Port Elizabeth	Shweme Zilamkhonto, Zwide, Port Elizabeth	1
	Livingstone Hospital, Port Elizabeth	Vantyi and Vantyi Funeral Home, Zwide, Port Elizabeth	1
SUB-TOTAL			4
Chris Hani DM	Frontier Hospital	Russel and Son Funeral Directors	5
	Queenstown Private	Russel and Son Funeral Directors	3
	East London Private Hospital	Russel and Son Funeral Directors	1
	Frontier Hospital, Hewu Hospital & Frere Hospital	AVBOB, Komani	3
	Cradock Hospital	Tusano Funerals	1
	Middelburg Hospital, Greenacres Hospital	Middelburg Funerals	2
SUB-TOTAL			15
GRAND TOTAL EASTERN CAPE	23 (As of 4 June 2020)
MPUMALANGA
Gert Sibande	No death recorded		0
Ehlanzeni	No death recorded		0
Nkangala	No death recorded		0
GRANT TOTAL MPUMALANGA	0
NORTH WEST
Bojanala	JST Hospital	Name of undertaker not mentioned	1
Ngaka Modiri Molema	No death recorded		0
Dr Kenneth Kaunda	No death recorded		0
Dr Ruth Mogomotsi Mompati DM	No death recorded		0
GRAND TOTAL NORTH WEST	0
NORTHERN CAPE
Namakwa	No death recorded
Frances Baard DM	Jan Kenpdorp CHC	Kgalalelo	1
John Taolo Gaetsewe	No death recorded
Pixley ka Semme	No death recorded
ZF Mgcawu	No death recorded
GRAND TOTAL NORTHERN CAPE	1

2. A statement will be made on the matter as part of media statements to update the country on the outbreak.

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08 June 2020 - NW514

Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(1)What (a) is the current status of the parole review process, (b) are the relevant details of the review process and (c) is the exact date of the finalisation of the review process; (2) What are the (a) criteria and (b) indicators to access the parole review system; (3) What is the composition of each parole board (a) in each area and (b) in each province; (4) (a) what are the terms of reference of parole boards and (b) on what date will the terms of reference be made public?

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Reply:

(1)(a) The Position Paper on the Revised Parole System has been forwarded to the National Council of Correctional Services (NCCS) for consideration and to advise the Minister.

(1)(b) A Position Paper on the Revised Parole System was developed and consulted internally. A national consultation session was held with Parole Boards and a selected number of Case Management Committees as well as with NCCS, Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) and Medical Parole Advisory Board (MPAB).The NCCS hosted a round table discussion on the position paper, attended by the former Minister, former Deputy Minister, JICS, external stakeholders such as Sonke Gender Justice and Wits Justice Project. The position paper has been forwarded to the current NCCS for consideration.

(1)(c) The review process may result in some legislative amendments which will require consultation. The parole review process is receiving priority.

(2)(a) The parole review process looks at the parole process holistically and some of the matters that are considered include:

(i) Composition of the Parole Boards;

(ii) Review of the Parole Boards decision;

(iii) Minimum detention periods of offender serving for sexual and aggressive offences

(2)(b) The parole review process should allow relevant internal and external stakeholders to contribute. The outcome of the parole review process should adequately deal with all the challenges in the parole process.

(3)(a)&(b)

Fifty three (53) Parole Boards were established in terms of section 74 of the Correctional Services Act, 111 of 1998 on 1 October 2004 and it consist of:

Chairperson – Community member
Vice-Chairperson – Community member
DCS Representative – also act as Secretary
Two (2) x Community members
Co-option of SAPS

Each Parole Board country wide consists of 5 appointed members with SAPS to be co-opted to sit in meetings. The SAPS has identified a list of offences in which cases Parole Boards must request their attendance or inputs. Three (3) members of the Board constitute a quorum. One of whom must be the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson. In bigger areas such as Johannesburg, St Albans’ Leeuwkop, Kgoši Mampuru II and Durban two Parole Boards have being established in each area to deal with daily caseloads. Dedicated parole board facilities were provided for all Parole Boards nationally.

(4)(a) The primary task of the Parole Board is the responsible consideration and approval/disapproval of placement of offenders:

under correctional supervision;
on day parole;
Parole; and
Medical parole.
Setting of placement conditions where placement is approved
The granting of special remission of sentence to offenders for meritorious conduct.
Making submissions to the NCCS regarding offenders sentenced to life imprisonment.
Making recommendations to Courts on offenders declared as dangerous criminals as well as conversions of sentence

(4)(b) The Correctional Services Act 111 of 1998 which came into effect on
31 July 2004 in which section 74 specifically deals with the composition of the Correctional Supervision and Parole Boards and section 75 with the powers, functions and duties of Correctional Supervision and Parole Boards.

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08 June 2020 - NW374

Maotwe, Ms OMC to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

What (a) number of contracts have been cancelled since the SA Airways was placed under business rescue, (b) is the name of each company whose contract was cancelled and (c) was the (i) value and (ii) term of each contract?

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Reply:

The following information is provided by the Business Rescue Practitioners of the SAA: see the link

https://pmg.org.za/files/1/RNW374-200608.docx

08 June 2020 - NW722

Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Basic Education

(1) With reference to the various initiatives launched by her department to provide online learning to school learners and tertiary students during the national lockdown to combat the spread of COVID-19, what number of learners residing in(a) urban and (b) rural areas received reliable internet connections in the Republic; (2) what coverage of the curriculum has she found (a) did online learning initiatives manage to cover for each grade and (b) did learners manage to catch up in each case?

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Reply:

1) With reference to the various initiatives launched by her department to provide online learning to school learners and tertiary students during the national lockdown to combat the spread of COVID-19, what number of learners residing in

(a) urban and (b) rural areas received reliable internet connections in the Republic;

Connectivity is the responsibility of the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT). However, the DCDT and Department of Basic Education (DBE), in collaboration with Mobile Network Operators, have provided zero-rating to almost 200 websites. These websites provide teachers and learners with educational resources.

(2) (a) The websites provide CAPS-aligned Curriculum and enrichment content from Early Childhood Development to Grade 12.

(b) Not all learners have access to electronic devices, but learners manage to catch up.

08 June 2020 - NW677

Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

(1) What (a) total number of fuel storage tanks are owned by the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF), (b) number of the specified storage tanks are in an operational condition and (c) is the volume of the tanks that are (i) in an operational condition and (ii) not in an operational condition; (2) what (a) number of the storage tanks are utilised by the SFF for strategic fuel reserves and (b) is the volume thereof; (3) what (a) number of the storage tanks are leased to other companies and (b) is the volume thereof?

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Reply:

(1) (a) 45 Tanks;

(b) 6 Tanks operational;

(c) (i) 45 Million barrels operational;

(ii) 7,8 Million barrels not operational;

(2) (a) 2 tanks;

(b) 15 Million barrels;

(3) (a) 4 tanks;

(b) 30 Million barrels;

08 June 2020 - NW664

Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

What number of instances of (a) deaths, (b) segregations, (c) use of mechanical restraints and (d) use of force were reported to the Inspecting Judge as is required by sections 15(2), 30(6), 31(3)(d) and 32(6) of the Correctional Services Act, Act 111 of 1998, respectively in the past three years?

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Reply:

Details are as follows

	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020
(a)	DEATHS - Section 15 (2)	518	557	528
(b)	SEGREGATION - Section 30 (6)	7694	8063	8204
(c)	USE OF MECHANICAL RESTRAINTS - Section 31 (3) (d)	63	52	67
(d)	USE OF FORCE - Section 32 (6)	690	618	508
TOTAL	8965	9290	9307

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08 June 2020 - NW732

Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

(1) Whether any payments were made to certain companies (names furnished) in terms of bid number BAC 10/16 for the nuclear new build; if so, (a) what was the amount of each payment made, (b) what value was received from the supplier with regard to each specified payment and (c) from which budget line item and programme was the payment drawn in each year in which a payment was made; (2) what role did certain persons (names furnished) play in the negotiations, implementation and/or facilitation of the specified deal; (3) whether either of the specified persons received any remuneration, commission and/or other fees as a result of the deal; if so, what is the quantum thereof; (4) what are the relevant details of the process that was followed in the awarding of the contract; (5) whether the Auditor-General has made any findings with regard to the specified process that was followed in awarding the contract; if so, what were the findings? NW936E

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Reply:

1. Payments were made to (a) (b) Central Lake 149 Trading / Empire Technology (Pty) Ltd, no payment were made to (c) Edson power group

(i) R 22 800 000 (ii) 01/07/2016
(i) R 23 940 000 (ii) 28/09/2017
(i) R 51 642 000 (ii) 03/02/2017
(i) R 12 500 000 (ii) 19/092019
(i) R 51 568 000 (ii) 12/02/2019
(i) R 4 275 000 (ii) 26/03/2020
(i) R 4 275 000 (ii) 31/03/2020

(iii) Programme 5: Nuclear Energy

Responsibility CD: Nuclear Safety & Technology

Objective: Nuclear Safety & Technology

Item: CNS: BUS & ADV SER RESE & ADVISORY

2. The Department does not know the role the certain individual played because the Department participated in terms of Treasury Regulations Section 16A6.6. on the contract which was secured by another organ of State, i.e. Provincial Treasury in Free State

3. Please refer to response in under 2 above.

4. what are the relevant details of the process that was followed in the awarding of the contract;

The Department participated in terms of Treasury Regulations Section 16A6.6. on the contract which was secured by another organ of State, i.e. Provincial Treasury in Free State

5. whether the Auditor-General has made any findings with regard to the specified process that was followed in awarding the contract; if so, what were the findings? NW936E

Yes - The Auditor General raised an audit finding in the 2016/17 financial year

08 June 2020 - NW673

Bagraim, Mr M to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

Whether he, his department and/or any entity reporting to him received any donation of personal protection equipment since 1 February 2020; if so, in each case, what are the relevant details of (a) the date on which the donation was received, (b) the name of the donor, (c) the monetary value of the donation, (d) the branding that appeared on the donated equipment, including the branding of any political party, and (e)(i) how and (ii) where was the donated equipment distributed?

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Reply:

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, as well as the Special Investigating Unit and Legal Aid South Africa have not received any donations of personal protection equipment (PPE) since 1 February 2020.

However, the National Prosecuting Authority has received donations of PPE as follows:

Date of donation: 23 April 2020
Name of donor: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Total Amount: R40 150.00
No branding on the PPEs
(i) The equipment was donated to Thuthuzela Care Centres (TCCs) through Childline SA and were transported from UNODC offices in Pretoria, via courier service, to 5 provincial offices. The staff at those provincial offices transported the PPEs to the relevant TCCs and Childline offices.

(ii) Distribution to the five (5) provincial offices was as follows:

Office	Physical address (for delivery of goods)	Stock Allocation
KZN Childline National Office	24 Stephen Dlamini Road, Musgrave, Durban, 4001	28 x Boxes of Gloves 14 x Boxes of Masks 15 x Bottles of Sanitisers
North West Childline	31 Retief Street, Potchefstroom	3 x Boxes of Gloves 4 x Boxes of Masks 4 x Bottles of Sanitisers
Free State Childline	54 Aliwal street, Arboretum, Bloemfontein	3 x Boxes of Gloves 5 x Boxes of Masks 7 x Bottles of Sanitisers
Limpopo: Mankweng Thuthuzela Care Centre	Mankweng Hospital, Houtbosdorp Road, Sovenga, 0727	4 x Boxes of Gloves 4 x Boxes of Masks 7 x Bottles of Sanitisers
Mpumalanga Childline	15 Kremetart Street, West Acres, Nelspruit 1200	2 x Boxes of Gloves 8 x Boxes of Masks 7 x Bottles of Sanitisers

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)	Price
40 boxes gloves (of 50 pieces each)	R10 200.00
35 boxes of masks (50 pieces each)	R26 250.00
20 Litres of hand sanitiser (40 bottles of 500ml)	R3 700.00
Total	R40 150.00

NOTE: The donation applicable to the NPA is only made to the TCCs. Childline does not fall under the NPA, however, the available distribution figures do not distinguish a further breakdown between TCCs and Childline at provincial level.

08 June 2020 - NW515

Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

What (a) is the total number of parole boards in each province, (b) areas does each parole board serve, (c) are the conditions on which perpetrators convicted of (i) rape, (ii) murder, (iii) housebreaking, (iv) carjacking, (v) theft of motor vehicles, (vi) house robbery and (vii) drug-related crimes are granted parole by the parole boards and (d) policy guides his department and/or the parole boards when granting a prisoner parole?

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Reply:

a) What is the total number of parole boards in each province?

b) What areas does each parole board serve?

(a) REGION	NUMBER PAROLE BOARDS	(b)MANAGEMENT AREAS	CORRECTIONAL CENTRES
FS/NC	07	Bizzah Makhate	Bizzah Makhate, Ventersburg, Senekal, Bethlehem, Lindley, Harrismith, Hennenman, Hoopstad, Odendaalsrus, Virginia, Ficksburg
		Colesburg	Colesburg, De Aar, Richmond, Victoria West, Hopetow
		Goedemoed	Goedemoed, Edenburg, Fauresmith, Bethuli, Zastron
		Groentpunt	Groentpunt, Vereeniging, Sasolburg, Frankfort, Parys, Heilbron
		Grootvlei	Grootvlei, Brandfort, Boshof, Ladybrand, Winburg, Wepener, Mangaung (APOPS).
		Kimberley	Kimberley, Barkley-West, Douglas
		Upington	Upington, Springbok, Kuruman.
EC	09	Mthatha	Mthatha, Nggeleni, Mqanduli
		Lusikisiki	Lusikisiki, Bizana, Mt Ayliff, Mt Fletcher, Mt Frere, Flaggstaff, Tabankulu, Umzimkulu
		Sada	Sada, Queenstown, Barkley East, Sterkspruit, Butterworth, Idutywa, Willowvale, Lady Frere, Elliotdale, Nqamakwe, Cofimvaba, Engcobo, Dordrecht
		Amathole	Amathole, Fort Beaufort, King Williams Town, Grahamstown, Stutterheim
		East London	East London, Mdantsane
		Cradock	Cradock, Burgersdorp, Middelburg, Somerset East, Graaff Reinet
		Kirkwood	Kirkwood, Jansenville
		St Albans x 2	St Albans, Port Elizabeth, Patensie
GP	11	Baviaanspoort	Baviaanspoort
		Boksburg	Boksburg, Heidelberg
		Johannesburg x 2	Johannesburg
		Kgosi Mampuru II x 2	Kgosi Mampuru, Atteridgeville, Odi
		Krugersdorp	Krugersdorp
		Leeuwkop x 2	Leeuwkop
		Modderbee	Modderbee, Nigel, Devon
		Zonderwater	Zonderwater
KZN	8	Durban x 2	Durban, Umzinto
		Empangeni	Empangeni, Qalakabusha, Mtunzini, Maphumulo, Stanger, Eshowe, Ingwavuma
		Glencoe	Glencoe, Dundee, Bergville, Ladysmith, Estcourt, Greytown, Kranskop, Pomeroy
		Kokstad	Kokstad, Matatiële, Port Shepstone
		Ncome	Ncome, Vryheid, Nongoma, Melmoth, Nkandla
		Pietermariztburg	Pietermariztburg, Sevontein, Ixopo, New Hanover
		Waterval	Waterval, Utrecht, Ekuseni, Newcastle
WC	10	Allendale	Allendale, Staart van Paardeberg, Obiqua, Hawequa
		Brandvlei	Brandvlei
		Breederiver	Worcester, Dwarsrivier, Robertson, Warmbokkeveld
		Drakenstein	Drakenstein, Stellenbosch
		Overberg	Helderstroom, Caledon, Buffeljagsrivier, Swellendam
		Pollsmoor x 2	Pollsmoor, Goodwood
		Southern Cape	George, Oudtshoorn, Beaufort Wes, Ladismith, Prince Albert, Uniondale, Mossel Bay, Knysna
		Voorberg	Voorberg, Calvinia, Van Rhynsdorp
		West Coast	Malmesbury, Riebeeck West
LMN	08	Barberton	Barberton, Lydenburg, Nelspruit
		Bethal	Bethal, Geluk, Standerton, Ermelo, Piet Retief, Volksrust
		Klerksdorp	Klerksdorp, Christiana, Wolmaransstad, Potchefstroom
		Polokwane	Polokwane, Modimolle, Tzaneen
		Rooigrond	Rooigrond, Lichtenburg, Zeerust
		Rustenburg	Rustenburg, Brits, Losperfontein, Mogwase
		Thohoyandou	Thohoyandou, Louis Trichardt, Kutama Sinthumule (APOPS
		Witbank	Witbank, Middelburg
Total	53

(c) What are the conditions on which perpetrators convicted of (i) rape, (ii) murder, (iii) housebreaking, (iv) carjacking, (v) theft of motor vehicles, (vi) house robbery and (vii) drug-related crimes are granted parole by the parole boards

Possible placement conditions used by Correctional Supervision and Parole Boards:

Placed under house detention;
Community service in order to facilitate restoration of the relationship between the sentenced offenders and the community;
Reside at a fixed address which has been approved after consultations with the Head Community Corrections;
Takes part in treatment, development and support programmes;
Participates in mediation between victim and offender or in family group conferencing;
In the case of a child, is subject to the additional conditions as contained in Section 69 of the Correctional Services Act (Act 111 of 1998);
Restricted to one or more magisterial districts;
Refrains from using alcohol or illegal drugs;
Refrains from committing a criminal offence;
Refrains from visiting a particular place;
Refrains from making contact with a particular person or persons or threatening a particular person or persons by word or action;
Subject to monitoring and
Any other appropriate condition.

When placement conditions are considered, the merits of each case are taken into account including the type of offence the offender is serving for e.g. additional condition for offenders sentenced for sexual offences is that they should not work with children while out on parole.

(d) What Policy guides his department and/or the parole boards when granting a prisoner parole?

Correctional Services Act, 1998 (Act No. 111 of 1998);
Correctional Services Act, 1959 (Act No. 8 of 1959);
Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977);
White Paper on Correction (2005); and
B-Order 1, Chapter 26 Correctional Supervision and Parole Boards.

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08 June 2020 - NW731

Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

Whether offenders released on parole or after completion of their sentences will be screened for coronavirus infection; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the process that will be followed in testing the specified persons?

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Reply:

Offenders released on parole or after completion of their sentences are screened for coronavirus infection in terms of the Departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the Preparedness, Detection and Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

All presumptive and confirmed COVID-19 offenders who are due for parole or release are quarantined and isolated in DCS and parole suspended until confirmed negative.

Should the home environment allow for home quarantine or isolation (based on their individual health status) as determined by the Social Workers in Community Corrections, the offender may be paroled and linked with the District Tracer Teams.

These offenders will be subjected to a pre-release programme which includes information about their health condition (e.g. self-care and prevention measures) and provided with a two (2) months’ supply of medication.

Offenders whose sentences have ended are released and linked with the District Tracer Teams and referred in terms of the departmental health care referral procedures.

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08 June 2020 - NW501

Gondwe, Dr M to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

What progress has his department made in establishing the Office of Complaints and Ethics to deal with service-related complaints and allegations of corruption?

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Reply:

Service delivery – related complaints:

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (Department) has an approved Integrated Complaints Management Framework aimed at providing guidance and procedures in the management of complaints received from members of the public. Amongst others, the Framework states that complaints shall be finalised within fourteen (14) working days of receipt of the complaint. A dedicated e-mail account, [email protected], has also been established so as to facilitate streamlining of incoming complaints. The Department is in a process of establishing a call centre which is part of the bigger citizen-engagement strategy, and this will be finalised over the MTSF.

Ethics Management:

The Department has put controls in place in order to promote Fraud and Corruption Prevention. Amongst those is the Anti-Corruption and Ethics Management Policy as well as the Whistle Blowing Policy. The Anti-Corruption and Ethics Management Policy proposes an integrated approach to the fight against corruption and management of ethics, coupled with continuous awareness creation through sessions, information posters and leaflets, etc.

The Department has taken the stance that the management of ethics and fighting corruption activities is the responsibility of all officials, however designated key role players such as the Director-General (Acting), Ethics Champion and Ethics Committee members, Integrity Management Unit are bestowed with the responsibility to ensure the effective and efficient management of ethics.

All allegations pertaining to corruption within the Department are being investigated by the Internal Forensic Audit Unit. If the investigation reveals that there is substance in the allegation, the matter will be referred to Human Resource Management for disciplinary action. The allegation is also referred to the relevant Law Enforcement Agency for criminal investigation, i.e. the South African Police Service or the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation. The Department will follow-up on the criminal investigation until it has reached its logical conclusion.

08 June 2020 - NW611

Hlengwa, Ms MD to ask the Minister of Health

(1)Whether all government hospitals have been sufficiently and constantly equipped with personal protective equipment (PPE) including (a) masks, (b) gloves, (c) hazmat suits, (d) sanitisers and (e) bleach to deal with COVID-19 infections; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether the Pelonomi Training Hospital in Bloemfontein has been adequately equipped with the specified PPE; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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Reply:

1. Government hospitals are constantly equipped with personal protective equipment (PPE) to deal with COVID-19 infections.

Information obtained from National Surveillance Center data as at end May 2020 indicated the following stock on hand at Provinces (reporting compliance at Gauteng has been low). Information is highly dependent on Provincial reporting.

It should be noted that the position can change on a daily basis and although stock may be available it may not be adequate in the long term

PROVINCE	STOCK ON HAND
	MASKS	GLOVES	SANITISORS/ BLEACH
EC	443,962	796,481	10,934
FS	164,409	404,398	4,385
GP	55,715	23,636	7,258
KZN	2,205,748	5,541,039	991,071
LIMP	619,658	434,745	32,365
MPU	886,321	1,490,271	68,052
NC	57,703	355,844	339,729
NW	342,886	524,507	260,528
WC	2,085,684	5,758,626	17,925
TOTAL	6,862,086	15,302,547	1,732,247

2. Yes, Pelonomi Training Hospital has been adequately equipped with the PPE.

Description for Portal	Product Long Description	SIZE	Unit of Measure (UOM)	Latest Stock-on-Hand as per the indicated UOM
Surgical Gloves - Nitrile	Glove, surgical, sterile, Type 2 (gloves made primarily from nitrile rubber latex, polychloroprene rubber latex, styrene-butadiene rubber solution, styrene-butadiene rubber emulsion or thermoplastic-elastomer solution). Single use, Powder free, One pair (1 left + 1 right) of gloves are folded & packed in a paper wallet. The paper wallet is packed in a plastic pouch which is sealed from all sides. Inner package shall be clearly marked with the size and the designation "left" or "L" or "right" or "R" on the package. Easy donning. To comply with the latest issue of SANS 68 Packaged as pairs in Sterile Packages. Size:6; 6.5; 7; 7.5; 8; 8.5; 9 50 pairs of gloves. Box of 100	6	Pairs	300
		6.5	Pairs	250
		7	Pairs	450
		7.5	Pairs	200
		8	Pairs	350
		8.5	Pairs	100
		9	Pairs	0
Examination Gloves Latex	Glove, examination, non-sterile,type1 (gloves made primarily from natural rubber latex), Single use, Powder free, ambidextrous. SANS 11193-1, Size: S; M; L & XL Box of 100 gloves	S	Glove	0
		M	Glove	20,00
		L	Glove	19,400
		XL	Glove	0
Examination Gloves Nitrile	Glove, examiniation, non-sterile, type2 (gloves made primarily from nitrile rubber latex, stryene-butadiene rubber solution, stryene-butadiene rubber emulsion or thermoplastic-elastomer solution) single use, Powder free, Ambidextrous. SANA 11193-1 Size: S; M; L & XL Box of 100 gloves	S	Glove	0
		M	Glove	0
		L	Glove	0
		XL	Glove	0
General Purpose Gloves	Gloves for general purposes and cleaning		Pairs	0
Surgical Mask (Medical)	Mask, face, aseptic: Fluid Resistant, Molded, Blue (3 PLY)		Unit	0
Mask Respirator N95	N95 Mask - Respirator		Unit	3,305
Mask Respirator KN95/FFP2	KN95 / FFP2 - Mask Respiratior / Dust Mask Box of 10 Pieces		Unit	4,980
Apron	Apron, plastic, full body, single use, no-noise smooth plastic material Length from neck: not less than 110cm Width: not less than 65cm Thickness: 25 micron Ties length: not less than 50cm Width: not less than 5cm		Unit	0
Eye Protection	Goggles Good seal with the skin of the face, Flexible PVC frame to easily fit with all face contours even with pressure, Enclose eyes and the surrounding areas, Accommodate wearers with glasses, Clear plastic lenses with fog and scratch resistant treatment		Each	76
Visor	Disposable Constructed from high-quality optically clear, distortion-free 7mil polyester film Anti-fog coating Must fit well over spectacles. Foam brow-band fits comfortably against the forehead. Headband/arms to holds visor in place disposable/reusable		Each	1,358
Gowns Disposable	Isollation gown Protective 3- layers of spunbond meltblown spunbound fabric( Top layer of spunbound polypropylene, a middle layer of meltdown polypropylene and a bottom layer of meltdown polypropylene for light fluid contact and contact Isolation, elastic cuff, Tape-tab neck closure, Tie waist, Non Sterile Dimensions: Large Length: (from shoulder to hem) 116cm Sleeve length: (from shoulder to wrist) 56cm Belt length: 167cm; Belt Width: 5cm; Belt place: (neck to top of belt) 38cm		Each	0
Gowns Surgical	Gown, surgical, non-woven polypropylene body+- 54g/m sleeves +- 66g/m. Long sleeves with cuffs. Reinforced in chest and forearm areas. Resistant to liquid penetration. Lint free, non flammable, Bacteria barrier effeciency, to comply with SANS 53795, Compliance certificate to be submitted, Sterile, individual doudle peel packed		Each	0
Coveralls	Protective cover bodysuits, disposable MEDIUM, LARGE, X-LARGE, XX-LARGE, 3X LARGE	M	Each	0
		L	Each	0
		XL	Each	0
		XXL	Each	0
		3XL	Each	0
Boot Covers	Overshoe, non-woven, single use. To be made from durable, water-repellent, opaque material Seam free under sole. Elasticated opening. Suitable for all size shoes		Pairs	20
Digital Thermometer	Digital Body Thermometer INFRARED NON CONTACT		Each	0
Saniters	Sanitizer, with not less than 70% alchohol must comply to WHO-recommended handrub formulations	500ml	Units	23
		1000ml	Units	0
		1 litre	Units	0
		20 litre	Units	0
		25 litre	Units	10
Disinfectants		Sachets	Units	0
Biohazard bags	Bright red colour PP bags are easy to open and are used to dispose used Micro tips, Tubes and other plastic products, made of 60 micron/240 gauge thickness		Each	0
Body Bags	Manufactured from 280 micron reinforced PVC, both ends are stitched and sealed to prevent any leakage, there must be 3 handles on each side with a full length curved zip, all handles must be box stitched using Polycotton Corespun Polished 36 Tex thread, and box stitching dimensions are all 4cm x 3cm. The dimensions are as follows: Length: 2.4 METERS Width: 1 METER, Zip: 1.8 METERS, Sizes:(Child, Small, Medium, Large, Extra-large)		Each	0
Shoe-string bags	WHO Standards		Each	0
Spray Bottles	Spray Bottles	250 ml	Units	0
		500ml	Units	0

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08 June 2020 - NW767

Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health

(1)How often are health care professional staff tested, given that they are front line staff dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic; (2) whether a health care professional may refuse to test a person who wants to be tested; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

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Reply:

1. The health professional staff are not tested routinely except if they have symptoms of Covid-19 or fulfil the criteria of a high-risk exposure with a person who tested positive with Covid-19. They may after seven days of self-isolation be clinically evaluated and tested on day 8 with the possibility of early return to work if they have a negative test and are clinically well. They will continue to be monitored for symptoms till day 14 and are counselled on personal hygiene measures. Health professional staff are monitored daily through symptom screening.

The rationale is that there are not enough test kits and targeted testing is needed. Risk assessments in health care settings, use of public health measures, personal hygiene, training on Covid-19 and personal protective equipment all contribute to a lowered risk of transmission exposure.

2. The health care professional cannot refuse to clinically evaluate and test the person based on the national Department of Health guideline of prioritized testing for patients in hospitals with respiratory conditions as well as health care workers.

END.

08 June 2020 - NW658

Breytenbach, Adv G to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(1)(a) On what date was the first infection reported with regard to the outbreak of the COVID-19 infections at the East London Correctional Facility and (b) what number of days after the first patient became symptomatic was the person tested for COVID-19; (2) (a) what are the full relevant details of containment measures that were put in place (i) before and (ii) after the first infection was reported at the East London Correctional Facility, including but not limited to measures aimed at (aa) isolating the infected patient from the prison population, (bb) identifying and isolating the contacts of the first infected patient and (cc) testing of the contacts of the first patient and (b)(i) on what date and (ii) for what period were each of these measures implemented?

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Reply:

(1)(a) The first infection was confirmed on 06 April 2020.

(1)(b) From 30 to 31 March 2020 the index official reported sick to the supervisor and was admitted to hospital on 01 April 2020. The index-official was accompanied by two colleagues also working at the same Centre and was tested for COVID-19 on arrival and result were to be available on 04 April 2020. However, the doctor immediately referred the two colleagues as well for self-quarantine pending the outcome of the results of the admitted patient.

(2)(a)(i) The East London Correctional Centre implemented Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Preparedness, Detention and Response to Coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) as approved by the National Commissioner on 14 March 2020. The SOP was implemented together with the Department’s COVID-19 National Disaster Response and Mitigation Plan for prevention, containment and recovery or re-integration. All officials and offenders, were trained both internally by the Department and the Provincial Department of Health on COVID-19 on how to prevent infection and handle infected cases.

In addition, the Management Area procured Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) in order to prevent the spread of the virus and continued to maintain a virus free environment through proper use of PPEs.

The Management Area COVID-19 response plan was activated resulting in mass screening and testing of both officials and inmates. Identified cells within the correctional centre were utilised to quarantine and isolate presumptive cases during the mass screening. These cells were already identified and prepared for this purpose as required by the SOP. Guest houses and isolation sites were also identified through the assistance of the Department of Health.

(2)(aa) The index official was tested for COVID-19 on 01 April 2020, where the medical doctor immediately referred the two colleagues for self-quarantine pending the outcome of the results. Furthermore, one of the two officials tested positive upon testing and was subsequently isolated. The other colleague who tested negative is back at work after having been quarantined.

The 56 inmates who tested positive for COVID-19 were moved to the other section of the Centre as it is not overcrowded. The following processes in the management of inmates were followed:

COVID-19 Response team with clear Roles at all levels (Centre, Area, Regional level) was established;
Conducted awareness sessions to all inmates on COVID-19;
Continuous screening of all inmates;
All inmates with COVID-19 signs and symptoms are identified and referred for testing;
Partner Departments (SAPS, DoH, NICD etc) are involved in this process;
Presumptive, positive and negative cases are separated and monitored according to the three cohorts;
Inmates awaiting COVID-19 results are quarantined / isolated;
All positive cases are monitored for complications and referred to secondary hospital for treatment;
Vulnerable inmates (i.e above 60, diabetics, HIV positives, TB patients, Asthmatics, cancer patients, pregnant females), are identified, classified and monitored as per risk factors;
Isolated/Quarantine inmates are retested for COVID-19 before exit out of quarantine;
Psychological, Spiritual care are provided to confirmed inmates;

(2)(bb) The three officials were interviewed in line with Disease Outbreak guidelines of Department of Health to establish places that they visited in order to determine possible point of contamination. Identification and tracing of contacts was done resulting in the testing of 268 inmates of which 56 being positively diagnosed with COVID-19. Furthermore, identified officials on the same shift as the index official were immediately quarantined and 92 officials from Med C, where the index official is working, were tested and 23 were positive including the index patient who recently recovered and has tested negative.

(2)(cc) Contacts of first patient were tested through assistance from Department of Health and National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) from 08 to 09 April 2020. Subsequent to the tracing, Department of Health initiated mass screening and testing at the Port St Johns area.

(2)(b)(i) Implementation of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Preparedness, Detention and Response to Coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) and the Department’s COVID-19 National Disaster Response and Mitigation Plan for prevention, containment and recovery were implemented on 15 March 2020.

(2)(b)(ii) All these measures are still applicable to date as per the availability of NHLS or the Department of Health testing team. The Correctional Centre continues to implement containment and recovery measures while also intensifying prevention measures. The recent date for testing conducted by NHLS was on 24 April 2020.

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08 June 2020 - NW661

Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health

(1)What number of (a)(i) screenings and (ii) tests has the Government conducted in each municipality to test for the coronavirus disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 since 1 January 2020, (b) health professionals have tested positive and (c) persons (i) recovered from and (ii) died as a result of the contraction of COVID-19 in each municipality; (2) what (a) number of COVID-19 mobile testing units have not been delivered to the designated municipalities yet and (b) are the reasons that they have not been delivered in each case; (3) whether any backlog is being experienced in the processing of test samples; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) (a) what number of (i) quarantine and (ii) testing facilities are available in each municipality and (b) where is each specified facility situated?

Source
Link

Reply:

1.(a) (i) The number of screenings as of 1 June 2020 across all 9 provinces in each municipality stands at 20,170,837;

(ii) The numbest of tests as 2 June 2020 across all 9 provinces in each municipality stands at 785,979;

(b) The number of health professionals as of 1 June 2020 that tested positive for COVID-19 is 2,084;

(c) (i) The number of health professionals as of 1 June 2020 that recovered from COVID-19 is 808;

(ii) and that died from COVID-19 is 18.

2. (a) All sixty-seven (67) NHLS mobile testing units have been delivered to all nine provinces. The testing mobile units rotate through the province depending on the schedule determined by the provincial department of health.

(b) Not applicable;

3. The backlog is experienced in the process of test samples due to inadequate supply of extraction kits to perform PCR tests and the high through put test kits for integrated testing platform like GeneXpert and Roche instruments;

4. (a) (i) A total of 136 out of 396 sites have been activated as of 1 June 2020 across all 9 provinces in each municipality;

(ii) testing facilities are available in each municipality;

(b) Refer to the table below

Table 1.

Province	(ii) Laboratory location	(c) Municipality
Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital	Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
	Nelson Mandela Academic/Walter Sisulu University	OR Tambo Municipality
	East London Laboratory, Frere Hospital	Buffalo City Municpality
Free State	Universitas Academic Hospital	Mangaung Metro
	Pelonomi Hospital	Mangaung Metro
	Manapo Hospital	Thabo Mofutsanyana
Gauteng	Charlotte Maxeke Johanessburg Academic Hospital	City of Johannesburg Metro
	Tshwane Academic Division,University of Pretoria	City of Tshwane Metro
	Dr George Mukhari Hospital	City of Tshwane Metro
	Tambo Memorial Hospital	Ekurhuleni Metro
	Braamfontein TB Laboratory	City of Johannesburg Metro
KwaZulu Natal	Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Academic Hospital	Ethikwini Metro
	Addington Hospital	Ethekwini Metro
Limpopo	Mankweng Provincial Hospital	Polokwane Municipality
	Polokwane	Polokwane Municipality
Mpumalanga	Rob Ferreira	Mbombela
North West	Tshepong Hospital	Dr KK Municipality
	Rustenburg Hospital	Bojanala Municipality
Western Cape	Greenpoint	City of Cape Town Metro
	Groote Schuur Academic Hospital	City of Cape Town Metro
	Tygerberg Academic Hospital	Belville Municipality

END.

08 June 2020 - NW415

Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health

(1)(a) What number of hospitals are ready to treat patients infected by the coronavirus and (b) does each hospital have the necessary equipment and supplies to ensure the safety of professional health staff; (2) what (a) number of public clinics are equipped to handle patients with the coronavirus and (b) precautions will be taken in the event of a breakout of the virus; (3) on what basis will the decision be made to ban travel to and out of the Republic; (4) what education campaign programmes are in place to ensure that South Africans are properly guided and informed with regard to the steps to take when they suspect they may have the disease?

Source
Link

Reply:

1. (a) The number of hospitals ready to treat COVID-19 patients is 262 hospitals.

(b) The Department conducts weekly audits on the availability, requirements and current equipment and commodities in hospitals. Where challenges are found they are highlighted to provincial officials to intervene.

2. (a) All (3467 Primary Health Care facilities/clinics) are provided with the national protocols through their provinces for handling corona virus suspected patients and are submitting individual questionnaires on their readiness to respond to the pandemic.

(b) Precautions to be taken in the event of an outbreak in Clinics include use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE's) by all staff; ensuring effective triage facilities are in place to separate patients with COVID-19 symptoms from those without symptoms, rapid and safe referral of patients to hospitals for patients who need to be hospitalised.

(3) The initial transmission of the COVID-19 virus was from imported cases from high risk countries. The ban on travel in/out of the country is purely to disrupt transmission from other countries, especially high risk countries.

(4) A comprehensive Risk Communication and Stakeholder Engagement (RCCE) Strategy has been developed as guided by the International Health Regulations of the World Health Organisation.

Some of the Objectives of this strategy are:

To ensure that people have the life-saving information they need to protect themselves and others (from the virus and to reduce its impact on health, social life, and the economy)
To ensure consistency in information and language from all partners and avoid misinformation/rumours.
To inform the general public how the public health response is being conducted and health authorities are being pro-active in monitoring, detecting, and preventing the spread of COVID-19.

To ensure participation of and engagement with relevant communities to work out barriers to the implementation and uptake of public health measures.

END.

08 June 2020 - NW500

Gondwe, Dr M to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

In light of the President’s Emergency Response Plan, what measures are being put in place by his department in order to capacitate and equip survivors of gender-based violence; (2) What number of (a) prosecutors, (b) magistrates, (c) court officials and (d) other law enforcement officials has his department provided with gender-sensitive training; (3) In addition to the establishment of special courts and the hiring of additional court officials, what other measures has his department put in place to clear the backlog of criminal cases for rape and other forms of gender-based violence; (4) What mechanisms has his department put in place to ensure that court officials who fail to (a) inform a complainant of his or her rights, (b) consider the complaint as soon as is reasonably possible and (c) serve an interim protection order and the original warrant of arrest on the complainant as stipulated by the Domestic Violence Act, Act 116 of 1998, are held accountable?

Source
Link

Reply:

1. (a) Government has adopted a multi-pronged approach in giving effect to the President’s Emergency Response Plan. Therefore, measures that are undertaken by the department are part of a comprehensive plan by various departments and Organs of State to empower and equip survivors of gender-based violence.

(b) The Department developed a Risk Assessment Tool for victims of intimate partner violence. This Tool is intended to increase the reporting rate in domestic violence and most importantly, to encourage survivors to take legal action against perpetrators on domestic violence so as to avoid further domestic violence and potential intimate femicide. It is primarily intended to reduce the incidence of intimate femicide in the country by opening the eyes of a victim of domestic violence so that they are able to make an informed choice when deciding what recourse to take. Copies of the Risk Assessment Tool have been widely distributed at our courts for the benefit of victims of domestic violence when they come to court to report a matter. Training on the national codified instructions has been provided to domestic violence clerks. Specific focus on the risk assessment tool has also been provided within this training.

(c) The Sexual Offences Courts play a critical role in empowering survivors of gender-based violence. Through these courts, sexual offences including rape are prioritised and these courts have maintained high conviction rates with harsh sentences as a deterrent to these heinous crimes.

(d) From the side of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the Thuthuzela Care Centres (TCC) remain an important vehicle to support and equip survivors of gender based violence. Through the TCCs the services of various departments including departments of Health and Social Development are able to provide integrated support services as the investigation, prosecution and trial of cases in which they are involved unfold. It is for this reason that the NPA has been allocated additional funds from, amongst others, the Criminal Asset Recovery Account (CARA) into which the proceeds of crime are deposited, to expand the TCCs from the current total number of 55 country-wide.

(e) The Department continues to conduct awareness campaigns through, amongst other media platforms, the radio to provide public education; information sessions, and dialogues in communities, at which survivors participate. A number of radio stations participate in these programmes which have a wider coverage. According to the Broadcast Research Council of South Africa 82% of the population in South Africa, are radio listeners, therefore the Department was able to reach an estimated 32 million South Africans through the use of radio.

2. (a) The table below reflects the training provided by the National Prosecuting Authority to prosecutors until the end of 2018/19:

Financial Year	No. of prosecutors trained (on Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Legislation)	Number of law enforcement officials and others (SAPS, DSD, DoH, etc.)
2013/14	212	564
2014/15	140	563
2015/16	265	711
2016/17	248	543
2017/18	153	469
2018/19	67	874
Total	1 085	3 724

(b) The on-going skills development of prosecutors, is to ensure updated and related expertise amongst prosecutors. Comprehensive training manuals were researched and developed in line with the latest developments in law. In particular, the Sexual Offences and Community Affairs unit has developed specialised training manuals for prosecutors, on sexual offences (including social context training), domestic violence, maintenance, child justice and trafficking in persons. In addition, the unit developed an integrated stakeholder manual for those directly involved at TCCs and Court preparation officers.

(c) Training has been conducted with domestic violence Clerks of Courts in four (4) provinces namely: Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Northern Cape on the National Codified Instructions of Domestic Violence. It is envisaged that this will assist clerks to provide an effective service to complainants when they arrive at court for recourse on domestic violence matters.

(d) The South African Judicial Education Institute provides (SAJEI) gender sensitivity training to newly appointed and serving judicial officers. The exact number of judicial officers trained in the previous financial year has been requested from SAJEI. The Office of the Chief Justice has informed the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development that a total number of 187 District Magistrates were provided with gender-sensitive training during the 2019/20 financial year. The training programmes focused on Domestic Violence, Protection from Harassment Act and Older Persons Act.

(e) In the 2019/20 financial year the Justice College trained court officials as per the table below:

Programme	Court Officials
Equality Courts Training	34
Protection from Harassment	147
Sexual Offences and Child Justice Acts	36

3. (a) It is inevitable that the national state of disaster and subsequent national Lockdown declared by the President following the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic will lead to exponential increase in case backlogs across all the tiers of our court system. The Regional Court, which prior to the national lockdown experienced 6 801 cases, will be the most overburdened. The total Regional Court Cases currently, are 7 651, which is a difference of 850 cases.

(b) Whilst under the Alert level 5 Lockdown courts dealt mainly with postponement and bail applications, during Alert Level 4 Lockdown sexual offences and domestic violence have been prioritised for trial.

i) The Directions’ lists published under Alert Level 4 list sexual offences and gender-based violence cases in the Annexure of Permitted Services.

In terms of the adopted plan, the Department collates all cases that were postponed in absentia during the national state of disaster and Lockdown and those which were not placed on the roll due to the lockdown. These cases are collated on a weekly basis and placed on a priority roll of each court. The existing structured case flow management meetings occur through the Provincial Efficiency Enhancement Committee (PEECs chaired by Judges President), Regional Efficiency Enhancement Committee (REECs chaired by the Regional Court Presidents) and the District Efficiency Enhancement Committees (DEECs chaired by the Chief Magistrates in the districts). It will be recommended that the PEECs, REECs and DEECs where all stakeholders are represented, including the organised legal profession, will manage these cases in their quarterly meetings.

ii) The priority roll in every court will incorporate all cases which have been listed on the Annexure to the Directions as Permitted Services under Level 4 Lockdown. These cases include corruption, including corruption relating to COVID 19 procurement, gender-based violence, robbery and other serious offences listed in the Annexure.

iii) Cases which are not placed on the priority roll will then be postponed for dates far away in the future.

iv) Other mechanisms to resolve these cases, in particular civil cases, will be settled through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms. It is in this context that services of Judges discharged from active services and accredited mediators will be solicited. A protocol is being developed to enlist services of retired judges, and the office of the Solicitor-General is already inundated with requests for diversion of their disputes through ADR.

v) To enhance prioritization in the prosecution of sexual offence cases in all divisions, to support the following projects, were introduced:

a) Sexual offence cases DNA backlog project. This project is to focus on fast tracking outstanding court cases due to the unavailability of the DNA analysis reports, specifically those cases that involve children. This project is done in conjunction with SAPS FCS and the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) and implemented in phases, to ensure that the backlog of these cases is reduced.

b) Sexual Offences cold cases project. The national project was initiated to relook at sexual offences “cold cases” that are not on the court rolls. This is to re-evaluate the content, with prosecutor-guided investigations and stakeholder cooperation with SAPS, with a view to placing fully investigated and prosecutable cases back on the court rolls. The project will be implemented in phases.

4. (a) In respect of (a) and (b) it is important to note that court officials who fail to inform a complainant of his or her rights, or consider the complaint as soon as is reasonably possible, are dealt with in terms of the existing performance management system which provides for disciplinary actions against any official who is found guilty of dereliction of duty.

(b) Interim protection orders and the original warrant of arrest relating thereto are served by police officers and there are regular structured meetings between the Department and SAPS management to address any glitches experienced in this regard.

08 June 2020 - NW557

Clarke, Ms M to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(1) What amount in funding did Transnet allocate to the Esselen Park Sport School of Excellence in Tembisa for the current academic year; (2) Whether the funding for the current financial year has been released to the specified school; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) (a) what are the relevant details of the funding that Transnet intends to allocate to the school over the 2020-22 medium-term expenditure framework and (b) does the specified funding cover the cost of running the school; (4) What number of (a) staff members are employed at the school and (b) professional football players has the school turned out to date?

Source
Link

Reply:

According to the information received from Transnet:

1. For the Financial year 2020/2021 the SAFA Transnet Football School of Excellence has been allocated an amount of R 21 m.

2. The funds for the School of Excellence have been released for this financial year as per Transnet cost centre 1004036.

(3)(a) The budget for the 2020 – 2022 Medium Term Framework is estimated at

R44m, based on a 10% budget increase for the Financial year 2021/2022.

(3)(b) The allocated funding covers the running costs of the School including salaries for the 28 staff members employed by the School.

(4)(a) The School has 28 staff members made up of:

Eight academic staff;

One Head Coach and Five Coaches; and

Fourteen support staff.

(4)(b) The school has produced over 100 professional players. A list of players who

graduated from the School of Excellence is attached.

08 June 2020 - NW566

Gwarube, Ms S to ask the Minister of Health

In view of the need to protect our frontline health personnel from COVID-19 infection, what (a) total amount has his department spent to procure Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), (b) is the breakdown in costs of the procured PPE equipment, including, but not limited to (i) face masks, (ii) face shields and (iii) body protection garments and (c)(i) companies are listed as suppliers for his department and (ii) corresponding PPE equipment are the specified companies supplying?

Source
Link

Reply:

The following response is based on the information received from the provinces.

EASTERN CAPE

a) Total amount spent to procure PPE is R 78,771,950.00

b) Breakdown in costs of the procured PPE.

ITEMS/ COMMODITIES	Amount Spent
Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	2 372 295
Masks Surgical/medical	17 282 250
Gloves Examination sterile	23 691 335
Gloves examination non-sterile	19 686 340
Gloves surgical	349 280
Gowns Disposable	3 570 230
Safety Goggles	703 190
Aprons	105 632
Hand Sanitizers	1 772 725
Disinfectant	7 663 993
Infrared Thermometers	1 574 680

	TOTALS	78 771 950

c) (i) Companies listed as suppliers	(ii) corresponding PPE equipment specified companies supplying
Allenco Medical and Dental Supplies Cc Total	Sanitizers, Surgical Masks
B Braun Medical (Pty) Ltd Total
Barrs Pharmaceuticals Industries (Pty) Ltd Total	Sanitizers
Central Medical (Pty) Ltd Total	Aprons
Central Medical (Pty) Ltd (Kzn) Total	Aprons
Dr Temp (Pty) Ltd Total	Thermometer (disposable)
Evergreen Latex (Pty) Ltd Total	Gloves
Lechoba Medical Technologies (Pty) Ltd Total	Masks
Liora Medical Supplies Cc Total	Masks N95
Logan Medical & Surgical (Pty) Ltd Total	Masks/Surgical Gowns
Medical International Orthopaedic Cc Total	Gloves
Medi-Core Technologies (Pty) Ltd Total	Gloves
Medtex (Pty) Ltd Total	Gloves
Multisurge Cc Total	Masks/Gloves/Isolation Gowns
Promed Technologies (Pty) Ltd Total	Surgical Gowns
Quality Medical Supplies (Pty) Ltd Total	Safety Goggles
Royal Fortress Holdings (Pty) Ltd Total	Gloves
Tara Technologies Cc Total	Safety Goggles/Sanitizer/Disinfectant
Unitrade 1032 Cc Total	Masks
Dessert Rose 0305	3-ply surgical masks
Vortex Health	Sanitizers/Hand Soap/ Disinfectant
Sanbonani	Thermometers
Motla Investments	Thermometers
Zuys Enterprise	Heavy duty gloves
Beloved Ventures	Safety Goggles

FREE STATE

a) Total amount spent to procure PPE is R 20,606,539.50

b) Breakdown in costs of the procured PPE

	ITEMS/ COMMODITIES	Amount Spent

Masks Surgical/medical	R 5 739 000.00
Gloves surgical	R 121 365.00
Gowns Disposable	R 1 117 500.00
Safety Goggles	R 388 200.00
Visors	R 180 000.00
Humidifier bottles	R 279 450.00
Coveralls	R 3 590 000.00
Hand Sanitizers	R 2 385 000.00
Disinfectant	R 5 654 400.00
Body bags	R 266 660.00
Infrared Thermometers	R 376 400.00
Toiletries	R 29 175.00
Mattresses-Durafoam	R 479 389.50
	TOTALS R 20 606 539.50

c) (i) Companies listed as suppliers	(ii) corresponding PPE equipment specified companies supplying
1st Order Placed (26 March 2020)
1. Tara Healthcare	Hand Sanitizers Surgical Masks
2. Lechoba Medical Technologies	Safety Goggles Coverall
3. Unitrade 1032	Visors – Face Shields
4. Supra Healthcare	Surgical Gloves
5. Logan Medical and Surgical	Isolation Gowns
6. Alframed	Digital Thermometers

2nd Order Placed (21 April 2020)
1. Imperial Logistics HC 3 2. East Coast Medical Northern Region 3. Barrs Pharmaceuticals Industries 4. FS & NCP Medical Agency 5. Zaahir Concept & Design Projects 6. Kaofela Clothing & Textile 7. Arjo Huntleigh SA 8. Roka Media	Surgical Masks Humidifier Bottles Disinfectants Body Bags Gowns Mattress-Durafoam Toiletries

GAUTENG

a) Total amount spent to procure PPE R86 283 902

b) Breakdown in costs of the procured PPE

	ITEMS/ COMMODITIES	Amount Spent

Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	R 6 674 016
Masks Surgical/medical	R31 464 691,75
Gloves Examination sterile	R184 225
Gloves examination non-sterile	R1 298 357
Gloves surgical	R322 875,90
Gloves general purpose/cleaning
Gowns Disposable	R 5 450 053
Safety Goggles	R 520 990
Visors	R 515 819,90
Boot covers	R 150 173
Aprons	R255 000
Coveralls	R 19 843 277,25
Hand Sanitizers	R 19 753 108
Infrared Thermometers	R 26 317,54

	TOTALS	R86 283 902,44

c) (i) Companies listed as suppliers	(ii) corresponding PPE equipment specified companies supplying
1. Senatla’s Medical Surgical Solutions	Coveralls, Face Shield, Safety Spectacles, Disposable Aprons, Foot Covers, Surgical Masks, Gloves, Sanitizers
2. Be Sure	Sanitizers
3. Dinaane Consulting Services	Surgical Masks, Hand Sanitisers
4. Future Advertising and Medical	Gloves, Surgical Mask , Masks - FFP2 , Disposable Visors, Goggles, Overshoe 100s, Gloves powder free, Hand Sanitizer, Mask - FFP1, Surgical Gloves
5. Jendza Capital	FFP2 Masks
6. Liora Medical Supplies	Googles, Theater overshoes
7. Opal Sky (Pty) Ltd	Hand Sanitiser
8. Ori Medical Supplier	FFP2 Masks
9. Promed	FFP2 Masks
10. Teeprash Pty Ltd	Surgical gowns
11. Dischem	Infrared Thermometers
12. Babonolo Holdings	Antiseptic Bar Soap
13. Black Renaissance	Mask Surgical 3 ply
14. Bliss Pharmaceuticals (PTY) Ltd	Hand Sanitizer, Mask - 3Ply Face Mask
15. Macduke Trading Projects	Mask ear loop or tie on - surgical 3 ply, Surgical Gloves
16. Mbuso Medical	Thermometer Digital
17. Nkhane Projects & Supply	Hand Sanitizers, Medical Disposable Coveralls, Disposable Visors, Goggles, Dromex Chemical Gloves
18. Steelwood International (PTY) Ltd t/a Medena	3 ply surgical mask

KWAZULU-NATAL

a) Total amount spent to procure PPE R 205 935 455

b) Breakdown in costs of the procured PPE

ITEMS/ COMMODITIES	Amount Spent
Apron	R4,240
Boot Covers	R22,048
Coveralls	R261,712
Digital Body Thermometer	R22,567,546
Gloves (latex/examination and high risk)	R 4,935,542
Goggles	R 336,260
Isolation Gowns	R 21,095,332
N95 Masks	R 23,737,953
Sanitizer	R 51,062,910
Scrub Suits	R 224,232
Surgical Gowns	R 1,233,437
Surgical Masks	R 76,967,243
Visor / face shield	R 3,487,000
TOTAL	R 205,935,455

c) (i) Companies listed as suppliers	(ii) corresponding PPE equipment specified companies supplying
Access Medical	Surgical Mask
AG Medical	Digital Thermometers
Alframed Pty (Ltd)	Digital Body Thermometer
Andile Ruby Trading	Sanitizer; N95 Mask
BSN Trading	Surgical Mask
Buhle Waste	Biohazard Bag
Community Health	Sanitizer
Cyngatha CC.	Sanitizer
Dart Props	Surgical Mask
EGS	Surgical Mask
Ezamancinza Investments	Surgical Mask
Ezombuso Group	Surgical Mask
Gibela Trade & Investment	Sanitizer
Halyard Health SA	Scrub Suite; Gloves: Cuff-length High Risk; Surgical Gowns; N95
Healthware	Surgical Mask
Inqaba Medical	Surgical Mask
Iphakhade Trading (Pty) Ltd	Surgical Mask; Sanitizer
Ithosi Healthcare Solutions	Surgical Mask
Juba Fly	Particulate Respirator (Mask) N95/FFP2
Lechoba Medical	Isolation Gown; Coveralls
Liamed Medical	Latex Gloves
LionBee Investments (Pty) Ltd	Sanitizer; Isolation Gown
Logan Medical and Surgical Supplies (Pty) Ltd	Sanitizer; Isolation Gowns; Surgical Masks
Mafinikio Capital Investments	Sanitizer
Multisurge Medical	Digital Body Thermometer
National Community Marketing	Sanitizer
Nondlu Consultants	Surgical Masks
NYI Logistics	Surgical Masks
Orap Medical Supplies	Surgical Masks
Petroright LTD	Surgical Masks
Platinum	Surgical Masks
Pro Secure Ltd	Sanitizer
RMA	Particulate Respirator (Mask) N95/FFP2
SA Health	Gloves: Cuff-length High Risk
Safarmex	Gloves: Examination (Latex)
Sebenzani Trading	Surgical Mask; Surgical Gown
Steiner Hygiene	Sanitizer
The New Look	Surgical Mask
Unitrade	Visor/ Face-Shield; Coveralls

LIMPOPO

a) Total amount spent to procure PPE R329,674,987

b) Breakdown in costs of the procured PPE

ITEMS/ COMMODITIES	Amount Spent
Body bag	4,263
Boots Rubber Durable	65,218
Cap Theatre Balaclava	160,000
Chlorhexidine	1,799,278
Coveralls	164,925
Dispenser Sanitizer	7,567,347
Dispenser soap	641,687
Face Cloth Mask 2 Ply	1,374,201
Goggles	495,303
Infrared Thermometers	57,700,445
Mask surgical	148,412,012
Overshoes	172,800
Paper Towel	211,687
Sanitizer	109,081,101
Soap Anti-bacterial	27,130
Visor	1,797,590

Total	329,674,987.00

c) (i) Companies listed as suppliers	(ii) corresponding PPE equipment specified companies supplying
Indlovu Manufacturers	Body bag
Eagles Eyes Suppliers	Boots Rubber Durable
Pienaar Bros	Cap Theatre, Coveralls & overshoes
Tsopane Pharm T/a LennyMed Pharmacy Inc	Chlorhexidine & Mask surgical
Clinipro (Pty) Ltd	Dispenser Sanitizer & sanitizer
Prosecure (Pty) Ltd	Dispenser Sanitizer & sanitizer
Liberer Consulting T/a Laundry Dynamics	Face Cloth Mask 2 Ply
Magaga Ditshwene Trade & General Project	Face Cloth Mask 2 Ply
Mma Maru Pty(Ltd)	Face Cloth Mask 2 Ply
Samsrec Production	Face Cloth Mask 2 Ply
Tsalach Solution (Pty) Ltd	Face Cloth Mask 2 Ply
Khayalamandaba Business Solutions	Goggles
Gigy's Trading (Pty) Ltd	Infrared Thermometers
IVM Chemicals (Pty) Ltd	Infrared Thermometers
Limacon CC	Infrared Thermometers
Lunako Solutions	Infrared Thermometers
Malutend Trading (Pty) Ltd	Infrared Thermometers
Mamello Clinical Solutions	Infrared Thermometers
Manare 5 (Pty) Ltd	Infrared Thermometers
Optics Defined Technology (Pty) Ltd	Infrared Thermometers
Pro Asanta (Pty) Ltd	Infrared Thermometers
Smandi Project Management Cc	Infrared Thermometers
Steelwood Int (Pty) Ltd T/a Medena	Infrared Thermometers
T7 Mash (Pty) Ltd	Infrared Thermometers
Value Chem Medical Group	Infrared Thermometers
AG Medical	Mask surgical
Asitanga Trading & Projects (Pty) Ltd	Mask surgical
Basani IT Solutions	Mask surgical
BD IT Solutions	Mask surgical
Devine Catering & Events (Pty) Ltd	Mask surgical
Enpro Laboratories	Mask surgical
Glen Life Group	Mask surgical
Hipco Trading (Pty) Ltd	Mask surgical
Hudi Medical Equipment	Mask surgical
Kobuhla Engineering Building Services	Mask surgical
Luhura Trading & General Supplies	Mask surgical
Mahika Trading	Mask surgical
Makanama (Pty) Ltd	Mask surgical
Malache Business Solutions	Mask surgical
Maphondo Trading & Projects	Mask surgical
Marothodi Projects	Mask surgical
Masemosi Developers	Mask surgical
Mizana Trading (Pty) Ltd	Mask surgical
Mmapadi Group	Mask surgical
Murunwa Consulting	Mask surgical
North Siders Management Consultant	Mask surgical
RRA Trading	Mask surgical
Sedilaka Projects	Mask surgical
Shilombe Trading (Pty) Ltd	Mask surgical
YNF Engineering	Mask surgical
Mavu-Ashu Civil Construction	Mask surgical & Infrared thermometers
NMM Investment Solutions (Pty) Ltd	Mask surgical & Infrared thermometers
RIHM Media & Marketing (Pty) Ltd	Mask surgical & Infrared thermometers
Tshiamiso Trading 135	Mask surgical & Infrared thermometers
Promed Technologies (Pty) Ltd	Paper Towel
Servest (Pty) Ltd	Soap Anti bacterial
Bapedi Conglomerate Holdings (Pty) Ltd	Visor
Bas Medxpress Cc	Visor
Big O Trading 844 Cc	Visor
Nox Business Trading (Pty) Ltd	Visor
Pat & Josh Business Consultants	Visor
Rebantle Trading & Projects (Pty) Ltd	Visor
Sejala Business Enterprise	Visor
Tendiroli Business Enterprise (Pty) Ltd	Visor
Thinamuthu General Trading	Visor
Tshimangi Accommodation & Cash Loans	Visor

MPUMALANGA

a) Total amount spent to procure PPE R63, 723,000.00

b) Breakdown in costs of the procured PPE

	ITEMS / COMMODITIES	Amount spent
1	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	112,000
2	Masks Surgical/medical	43,212,000
3	Gloves Examination sterile	8,000
4	Gloves examination non-sterile	8,493,000
5	Gloves surgical	142,000
6	Gowns Disposable	451,000
7	Safety Goggles	2,453,000
8	Boot covers	324,000
9	Aprons	250,000
10	Hand Sanitizers	6,918,000
11	Infrared Thermometers	1,359,000
	Totals	63,722,000

Companies listed as suppliers	(ii) corresponding PPE equipment specified companies supplying
Stop Medical	Aprons
BCN Medical	Masks Surgical/medical
Biosurge (Pty) Ltd	Boot covers
Bophirima Healthcare	Masks Surgical/medical
Central Medical	Aprons
Clinipro	Gloves examination non-sterile & Hand Saniters
Emergency Medical	Gloves Examination sterile & Safety Goggles
Flotenk	Masks Surgical/medical
G-Merv	Masks Surgical/medical
Hlalulindzile	Masks Surgical/medical
Jaaziel	Masks Surgical/medical
Liora Medical	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95
Logan Medical	Gowns Disposable
Multisurge	Masks Surgical/medical
Nala Medical	Gloves examination non-sterile
Nkabo Waters	Masks Surgical/medical
Promed	Gowns Disposable
Quality Medical	Safety Goggles
Resmed	Hand Sanitizers
Vitea Zoe	Infrared thermometer
Pristine	Infrared thermometer
Silver Falls	Masks Surgical/medical
Tara Technology	Masks Surgical/medical
Uhuruwankha	Masks Surgical/medical
Umndeni	Masks Surgical/medical
Unitrade	Hand Sanitizers

NORTHERN CAPE

a) Total amount spent to procure PPE R 24,841,500.00

b) Breakdown in costs of the procured PPE

	ITEMS/ COMMODITIES	Amount Spent R'000

Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	1 828 500
Masks Surgical/medical	6 525 200
Gloves Examination sterile
Gloves examination non-sterile	432 000
Gloves surgical
Gloves general purpose/cleaning
Gowns Disposable	13 712 500
Safety Goggles	555 400
Visors	75 000
Boot covers
Aprons	133 200
Coveralls	402 900
Hand Sanitizers	470 000
Disinfectant
Biohazard bags
Body bags
Infrared Thermometers	706 800

	TOTALS	24 841 500

c) (i) Companies listed as suppliers	(ii) corresponding PPE equipment specified companies supplying
1. DNS Supplies	1000 X 500ml sanitizers and 4000 boxes X 100 gloves
2. CMED Medicals	200 000 surgical masks, 30 000 N95 masks, 5 000 X 500ml sanitizers, 2 000 coveralls, 1 000 goggles, 1 000 face shield, 10 000 gowns, 100 hand gun thermometers
3. Revolt Headboy	240 000 surgical masks
4. Mellow Live	100 000 disposable gowns, 10 000 goggles, 300 infra-red thermometer, 180 000 aprons

NORTH WEST

a) The department has committed R 87,045,585.26 to procure PPE.

b) Breakdown costs of the commitments of the procured PPE

ITEMS/ COMMODITIES	Amount Committed
Apron	R216 950,00
Body Bag	R77 015,90
Boot covers	R230 000,00
Coveralls	R104 650,00
Disinfectant	R4 198 067,00
Gloves Examination non-sterile	R5 459 617,00
Gloves Examination sterile	R869 707,00
Gloves general purpose/cleaning	R75 000,00
Gloves surgical	R3 740 792,76
Goggles	R161 330,00
Gown disposable	R881 603,00
Hand sanitizer	R2 776 979,60
Infrared Thermometer	R6 441 939,60
Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	R40 289 169,00
Masks Surgical/medical	R4 990 330,00
Ventilators	R16 479 934,40
Visors	R52 500,00
Grand total	R87 045 585,26

c) (i) Companies listed as suppliers and (ii) corresponding PPE equipment specified companies supplying

(ii) corresponding PPE equipment specified companies supplying	(i) Companies listed as suppliers
Apron plastic yellow	Apron	CENTRAL MEDICAL
Apron plastic light blue	Apron	CENTRAL MEDICAL
Plastic aprons	Apron	Winimed
Plastic apron (100`s)	Apron	MULTISURGE
Plastic apron (100`s)	Apron	CENTRAL MEDICAL
Plastic apron (100`s)	Apron	CENTRAL MEDICAL
Plastic apron (100`s)	Apron	CENTRAL MEDICAL
Protective cover body suit disposable- different size	Body Bag	ALFREHUTCH
Protective cover body suit disposable- different size	Body Bag	ARC Technology (Pty) Ltd
Protective cover body suit disposable- different size	Body Bag	ARC Technology (Pty) Ltd
Protective cover body suit disposable-Non woven med, L, XL, XXL 3X L polypropylene	Body Bag	ARC Technology (Pty) Ltd
Protective cover body suit disposable- different size	Body Bag	ALFREHUTCH
Overshoes 100`s	Boot covers	MULTISURGE
Overshoes 100`s	Boot covers	MULTISURGE
Disposable coveralls - Medium 1`s	Coveralls	CHEMICAL WORLD
Disposable coveralls - Large 1`s	Coveralls	CHEMICAL WORLD
500ml Jik	Disinfectant	Tumi & Rori construction
Trigger Spray Bottels	Disinfectant	Promed Technologies
Disinfectant 5lt bottle	Disinfectant	TARA HEALTHCARE
	Disinfectant
	Disinfectant	Red spot trading
CHLORHEXIDINE SOL 4% 500ML WITH PUMP (S/SCRUB) 1'S	Disinfectant	Barrs
CHLORHEXIDINE SOL 4% 500ML WITH PUMP (S/SCRUB) 1'S	Disinfectant	Barrs
CHLORHEXIDINE SOL 4% 500ML WITH PUMP (S/SCRUB) 1'S	Disinfectant	Barrs
CHLORHEXIDINE SOL 4% 500ML WITH PUMP (S/SCRUB) 1'S	Disinfectant	Barrs
Bleach 5l	Disinfectant	E.G.S Investment Solutions
Spray Bottles 250ml	Disinfectant	E.G.S Investment Solutions
Spray Bottles 500ml	Disinfectant	E.G.S Investment Solutions
BOTTLE SPRAY CAP	Disinfectant	OFENTSE'S PROMOTION DISTRIBUTIONS
Disinfactant hand soap	Disinfectant	Remorabaji
Liquid hand soap	Disinfectant	Remorabaji
Hand wipes-anti bacteria	Disinfectant	Remorabaji
Bio Scrub	Disinfectant	Remorabaji
Non-sterile Examination Gloves	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Cherish Life
Non-sterile gloves	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Promed Technologies
Examination gloves TYPE 1 Small Non-sterile	Gloves Examination non-sterile	PROMED
Examination gloves TYPE 1 Small Non-sterile	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Mutsh medical international
Examination gloves TYPE 1 Small Non-sterile	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Rachis Projects
Examination gloves TYPE 1 Small Non-sterile	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Evergreen
Examination gloves TYPE 1 Small Non-sterile	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Evergreen
Examination gloves TYPE 1 Medium non-sterile	Gloves Examination non-sterile	PROMED
Examination gloves TYPE 1 Medium non-sterile	Gloves Examination non-sterile	PROMED
Examination gloves TYPE 1 Medium non-sterile	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Rachis Projects
Examination gloves TYPE 1 Medium non-sterile	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Mutsh medical international
Examination gloves TYPE 1 Large	Gloves Examination non-sterile	PROMED
Examination gloves TYPE 1 Large	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Rachis Projects
Examination gloves TYPE 1 Large	Gloves Examination non-sterile	PROMED
Examination gloves TYPE 1 Large	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Evergreen
Examination gloves TYPE 1 Large	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Mutsh medical international
Heavy duty gloves medium red	Gloves Examination non-sterile	STEPAHEAD MANUFACTURING
Gumboots size 6	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Emergency hospital suppliers
Gumboots size 7	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Emergency hospital suppliers
Gumboots size 8	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Emergency hospital suppliers
Isolation gown - Medium	Gloves Examination non-sterile	GENESIS PHARMACEUTICALS
Isolation gown - Medium	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Plan B trolley engineering and operation
Isolation gown - small	Gloves Examination non-sterile	GENESIS PHARMACEUTICALS
Isolation gown - small	Gloves Examination non-sterile	Plan B trolley engineering and operation
Heavy duty gloves large red	Gloves Examination non-sterile	STEPAHEAD MANUFACTURING
Sterile Surgical Latex Gloves, different sizes	Gloves Examination sterile	Liora Medical Supplies
Sterile Med gloves	Gloves Examination sterile	Evergreen Latex CC
Elbow extender sterile gloves	Gloves Examination sterile	Evergreen Latex CC
Elbow reach sterile gloves Medium & L	Gloves Examination sterile	Evergreen Latex CC
Non-sterile Examination Gloves	Gloves Examination sterile	Winimed
Sterile and powder free surgical gloves	Gloves Examination sterile	Medtex
Examination gloves small	Gloves general purpose/cleaning	E.G.S Investment Solutions
Examination gloves medium	Gloves general purpose/cleaning	E.G.S Investment Solutions
Examination gloves large	Gloves general purpose/cleaning	E.G.S Investment Solutions
Surgical gloves size 6 to 8	Gloves surgical	Evergreen Latex CC
Examination gloves TYPE 2 Large	Gloves surgical	Access
Examination gloves TYPE 2 Large	Gloves surgical	Supra
Examination gloves TYPE 2 Large	Gloves surgical	Medtex
Examination gloves TYPE 2 Large	Gloves surgical	PROMED
Examination gloves TYPE 2 Large	Gloves surgical	Medi-Core
Examination gloves TYPE 2 Medium	Gloves surgical	Access
Examination gloves TYPE 2 Medium	Gloves surgical	Access
Examination gloves TYPE 2 Medium	Gloves surgical	Supra
Examination gloves TYPE 2 Small	Gloves surgical	Access
Examination gloves TYPE 2 Small	Gloves surgical	Supra
Examination gloves TYPE 2 Small	Gloves surgical	Supra
Surgical gloves size 8 packs of 50`s	Gloves surgical	Evergreen
Surgical gloves size 8 packs of 50`s	Gloves surgical	Evergreen
Surgical gloves size 6.5 packs of 50`s	Gloves surgical	Evergreen
Surgical gloves size 6.5 packs of 50`s	Gloves surgical	Meze Bussiness trading
Surgical gloves size 6.5 packs of 50`s	Gloves surgical	Evergreen
Full face mask with eye protection	Gloves surgical	Allenco
Full face mask with eye protection	Gloves surgical	Allenco
Full face mask with eye protection	Gloves surgical	Allenco
Surgical gloves size 7 packs of 50`s	Gloves surgical	Evergreen
Surgical gloves size 7 packs of 50`s	Gloves surgical	Evergreen
Surgical gloves size 7 packs of 50`s	Gloves surgical	Evergreen
Surgical gloves size 7.5 packs of 50`s	Gloves surgical	Evergreen
Surgical gloves size 7.5 packs of 50`s	Gloves surgical	Evergreen
Surgical gloves size 7.5 packs of 50`s	Gloves surgical	Evergreen
Surgical gloves , hypoallergic , sterile size 7	Gloves surgical	Medtex
Surgical gloves , hypoallergic , sterile size 7	Gloves surgical	Medtex
Surgical gloves , hypoallergic , sterile size 7	Gloves surgical	Supra
Safety goggles 1`s	Goggles	LECHOBA
Goggles- good seal with skin of the face	Goggles	ARC Technology (Pty) Ltd
Visitor disposable constructed high quality optically clear.	Goggles	ARC Technology (Pty) Ltd
Google flexible PVC	Goggles	TARA HEALTHCARE
Gown surgical long sleeves with cuffs	Gown disposable	Promed Technologies
Isolation gown X-large	Gown disposable	Lechaba Medical Supplies
Isolation gown	Gown disposable	ALFREHUTCH
Isolation gown- large	Gown disposable	GENESIS PHARMACEUTICALS
Isolation gown- large	Gown disposable	Plan B trolley engineering and operation
Water less hand sanitizers 70%	Hand sanitizer	Bareki Itumeleng Suppliers and Projects
Water less hand sanitizers 70%	Hand sanitizer	Selcas Trading PTY Ltd
Medical hand sanitizer 70% alcohol 500ml	Hand sanitizer	TARA HEALTHCARE
Hand sanitizer 5l	Hand sanitizer	E.G.S Investment Solutions
Hand sanitizer 20l	Hand sanitizer	E.G.S Investment Solutions
500ml gel hand sanitizer	Hand sanitizer	Remorabaji
Chlorhexidine in alcohol green hand disinfectant	Hand sanitizer	Barrs
Chlorhexidine in alcohol green hand disinfectant	Hand sanitizer	Barrs
Chlorhexidine in alcohol green hand disinfectant	Hand sanitizer	Barrs
Chlorhexidine in alcohol green hand disinfectant	Hand sanitizer	Biotech
Handsanitizer (alcohol based ) 500ml	Hand sanitizer	LOGAN MEDICAL
Handsanitizer (alcohol based ) 500ml	Hand sanitizer	Red spot trading
Sanitizer 70% alcohol 25 liters	Hand sanitizer	Red spot trading
Sanitizer 70% alcohol 25 liters	Hand sanitizer	Red spot trading
Digital body thermometer	Infrared Thermometer	TARA HEALTHCARE
Digital thermometer infrared non contact	Infrared Thermometer	MULTISURGE (Pty) Ltd
Thermometer Electronic temporal artery temprature measure 3cm away from forehead	Infrared Thermometer	Sambonani Holding
THERMOMETERS CLINICAL NON-MERCURYS ORAL & AUXILLARY 1'S	Infrared Thermometer	Dr Temp
THERMOMETERS CLINICAL NON-MERCURYS ORAL & AUXILLARY 1'S	Infrared Thermometer	Dr Temp
THERMOMETERS CLINICAL NON-MERCURYS ORAL & AUXILLARY 1'S	Infrared Thermometer	Dr Temp
THERMOMETERS CLINICAL NON-MERCURYS ORAL & AUXILLARY 1'S	Infrared Thermometer	Dr Temp
THERMOMETERS CLINICAL NON-MERCURYS ORAL & AUXILLARY 1'S	Infrared Thermometer	Dr Temp
THERMOMETER NON-MERCURY SEMI - DISPOSABLE E 100'S	Infrared Thermometer	Dr Temp
THERMOMETER NON-MERCURY SEMI - DISPOSABLE E 100'S	Infrared Thermometer	Dr Temp
THERMOMETER NON-MERCURY SEMI - DISPOSABLE E 100'S	Infrared Thermometer	Dr Temp
Infrared Thermometer	Infrared Thermometer	Sanbonani
Infrared Thermometer	Infrared Thermometer	Sanbonani
N95 - size small	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	LECHOBA
N95 - size small	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	Allenco
N95 - size small	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	Liora
N95 - size small	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	QUALITY MEDICAL SUPPLIES
3-Ply Masks	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	Meddreg Technology
3-Ply Masks	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	Multisurge PTY Ltd
3-Ply Masks	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	Sooliman's Retail Enterprise
3-Ply Masks	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	Sooliman's Retail Enterprise
N95 Masks	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	Lechaba Medical Supplies
N95 Masks	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	ALFREHUTCH
Filtering half mask	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	LIORA Med. Supplies
Particulate filtering mask disposable N95 S,M & L	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	Quality Medical Supplies
N95 Masks	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	E.G.S Investment Solutions
Face mask with loops 50`s	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	LOGAN MEDICAL
Face mask with loops 50`s	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	Medi-Core
Face mask with loops 50`s	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	GENESIS PHARMACEUTICALS
Face mask with loops 50`s	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	KHUABO HOLDINGS (PTY) LTD
N95 - Mask medium 1`s	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	LECHOBA
N95 - Mask large 1`s	Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	LECHOBA
Mask surgical face	Masks Surgical/medical	Chemical Medical
Mask surgical face with eye shield	Masks Surgical/medical	ALLENCO MEDICAL & DENTAL SUPPLIES
Surgical mask	Masks Surgical/medical	E.G.S Investment Solutions
Surgical mask tie-backs	Masks Surgical/medical	Allenco
Surgical mask tie-backs	Masks Surgical/medical	MULTISURGE
Ventilators	Ventilators	Draggler
Disposabel Visors	Visors	Evergreen Latex CC

WESTERN CAPE

a) Total amount spent to procure PPE

(i) Orders placed as at end March 2020 R115 304 818

(ii) Of which R15 952 162 had been received and invoiced

(b) Breakdown in costs of the procured PPE

(i) and (ii) Suppliers with corresponding PPE supplying

NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

(a) Total amount spent to procure PPE R6,853,123.44

(b) Breakdown in costs of the procured PPE

ITEMS/ COMMODITIES	Amount Spent (R)

Masks Respirator N95/FFP2/KN95	3,297,545.25
Masks Surgical/medical	806,791.00
Masks cloth	195,500.00
Face shields	983.25
Gloves Examination sterile	6,716.00
Gloves examination non-sterile	7,452.00
Gloves surgical	17,112.00
Safety Goggles	44,850.00
Boot covers	289,800.00
Aprons	1,380.00
Coveralls	391,000.00
Hand Sanitizers	1,440,466.12
Infrared Thermometers	353,527.82

TOTALS	6,853,123.44

(c) (i) Companies listed as suppliers	(ii) corresponding PPE equipment specified companies supplying
1. BARRS Pharmaceutical Industries	Hand Sanitizers
2. Unicore Holdings (Pty) Ltd	Thermometers
3. Mr. First Aid (Pty) Ltd	Hand sanitizers, shoe covers, disposable gowns, gloves, masks and goggles
4. Biologica Pharmaceuticals	Surgical masks
5. X-Business Resources	N95 masks
6. SciProfs	Face shields
7. Tammy Taylor Nails	Cloth face masks
8. Lora Medical Supplies	N95 masks
9. Libera Management Services	Hand Sanitizers

END.

08 June 2020 - NW547

Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

What is the bed space available for remand detainees in his department? (2) What number of detainees were incarcerated at remand detention facilities as at 31 December 2019? (3) What steps is his Department of Correctional Services taking to reduce the overcrowding of remand detention facilities?

Source
Link

Reply:

1. The Department of Correctional Services has a total of 118 572 bed space which is utilised to accommodate all categories of inmates. However, there are dedicated Remand Detention Facilities (RDFs) which house mainly remand detainees and a fraction of sentenced offenders to perform labour which cannot be performed by remand detainees. As at 10 April 2020 the approved bed space for 20 dedicated under RDFs was 15 120.

2. 51 636 Remand Detainees (RDs) were incarcerated by 31 December 2019 as per daily unlock of 01 January 2020.

3. The strategies that are implemented by the department to reduce the overcrowding of remand detainees are as follows:

a) Bail Protocol Section 63(A) (Criminal Procedure Act - CPA): It allows the Head of the Centre to submit an application to court for review of bail of RDs who have been charged with Schedule 7 crimes. The criteria for submitting an application is when a particular centre/detention facility is reaching such proportions that it constitutes a material and imminent threat to the human dignity, physical health or safety of remand detainees. These must be the lower court cases (Regional and Magistrate courts). The possible outcomes are as follows:

• Release of the RD;

• Release and placement on warning;

• Placement under s62(f): Supervision by a correctional official;

• Reduction of the amount of bail;

• Placement in a secure care facilities; and

• Decline to review bail (Unsuccessful application)

b) Section 63(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act: This section allows the RD or the prosecutor to approach the court for a review of bail. All the RDs with bail qualify for bail review, however DCS cannot initiate the process without the permission of the RD.

c) Plea Bargaining Section 105 (CPA): DCS promotes the use of plea bargaining, however the agreement for entering into Plea Bargaining is between the RD, the Legal representative and the Prosecutor.

d) Section 49G of the Correctional Services Act: The section makes provision for the DCS to refer the RDs to court before completing a period of two years for consideration of their detention and thereafter annually if the RD remains in detention after the initial referral. The court will utilise options highlighted in section 63A of the CPA when considering the application from DCS.

While the department implements the strategies for reducing the population of remand detainees, it should be noted that the drivers of the population are beyond the control of the Department of Correctional Services. The key drivers are the use of pre-trial detention by courts and the increasing trend in serious crimes. The increase in serious crimes is closely related to an increase in the use of pre-trial detention by courts without the option of bail. Other drivers are the number of admissions received from courts and the length of stay which are beyond the control of institutions responsible for the detention of RDs.

Other factors include, failure to pay bail by those few RDs who have been awarded bail, delays in finalising court cases despite several court appearances. Large number (80%) of RDs are without bail.

END

08 June 2020 - NW572

Chirwa, Ms NN to ask the Minister of Health

Given that the Republic is supposed to be testing 12 times the number of persons for COVID-19 than what is currently the case, (a) what steps is he taking to increase the number of tests done, (b) by what date will the target be reached, (c)(i) what is the range of the tests being utilised currently and (ii) how will the variety be increased to match the target minimum of 3 000 tests daily and (d) will the SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 rapid tests which detect infection in just 20 minutes be secured?

Source
Link

Reply:

a) There is no policy to increase testing by 12 times. However the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) has been steadily increasing the number of COVID-19 tests that they are conducting. Cumulatively as at 02 June 785,979 tests have been done with 51% done in the public sector with the remainder in the private sector.

b) On average over the past 14 days, an average of 19,024 tests are being done daily, and in the previous two weeks the average number of tests done per day were 15,471.

c) (i) Currently both public and private laboratories are using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) is in the process of evaluating the rapid antibody tests;

(ii) As more test kits as well as the rapid antibody tests become available and more people are referred for testing the rate at which we test will increase – it should be noted that we have already surpassed the 3,000 tests done daily as shown above.

d) SAHPRA is in the process of evaluating the rapid tests for quality and once they are registered they will be used - largely for surveillance to assess how many people have antibodies which means that they have had the virus.

END.

08 June 2020 - NW791

Gwarube, Ms S to ask the Minister of Health

What (a) steps has his department taken to recruit volunteer (i) nurses and (ii) doctors for the fight against Covid-19 and (b) total number of volunteer (i) nurses and (ii) doctors have been recruited in each province?

Source
Link

Reply:

1. (a) (i) and (ii) The Health Sector has placed advertisements on National and Provincial platforms to recruit volunteers and retired health professions (i.e. nurses and doctors) for the fight against Covid-19.

2. The table below informs of number of volunteers (i) nurses and (ii) doctors recruited in each Province:

Province	Status of responding to Covid-19 to date
Eastern Cape	The Province has not employed any volunteers to date. However, in response to Covid-19 a total of 669 Nurses and 3 Medical Doctors have been employed.
Free State	The Province has not employed any volunteers to date. However, in response to Covid-19 a total of 533 Nurses and 1 Medical Doctor have been employed.
Gauteng	Gauteng has appointed 9 volunteers (5 MO; 2 nurses and 2 Admin clerks as data capturers). 1200 volunteers are enlisted but not deployed as yet due to them not covered by COIDA. Appointments for COVID-19 has been done in two phases: have 1- 404 appointments have been made up of 360 nurses and 44 Medical Officers Phase 2 is in the process of ensuring that 169 Doctors; 915 nurses and Allied health professionals are appointed to a tune of R500 m
KwaZulu-Natal	The Province has not employed any volunteers to date. However, the Province has advertised posts with a closing date of 5 June 2020 and can only commence with a selection process after the said date.
Limpopo	A number of health care professionals have submitted their documents as an indication of their willingness to join the department. A database is being developed, and costed in line with the expected increases. The necessary approvals to recruit and appoint will be concluded, so that as and when it is necessary, the health professionals will be activated for appointment. To date no one has been recruited as the level infections are still low.
Mpumalanga	Mpumalanga Department of Health has not appointed either Nurses or Doctors as volunteers for the fight against COVID - 19. However, up to the 30 April 2020, a total number of 492 Nurses have been appointed on a six-month contract.
Northern Cape	The Province has not employed any volunteers to date. However, the Province have since appointed additional personnel on a sessional basis or on fixed term contracts.
North West	The Province has only managed to recruit nurses and doctors on contract and no volunteers have been recruited. Province have since appointed additional personnel on a sessional basis or on fixed term contracts: 18 Professional nurses 6 Sessional doctors 34 Environmental Health Practitioners
Western Cape	The Province has established an online Volunteer Information Management System (VIMS). A total number of volunteers appointed to date are: (i) Nurses 460 (ii) Doctors 256 Others i. Student Nurses 20 ii. Student Doctors 6 iii. Pharmacy 90 iv. Pharmacy Assistants 180 v. Emergency Care Practitioners 317

END

08 June 2020 - NW789

Gwarube, Ms S to ask the Minister of Health

(1)What (a) is the total number of specialists who arrived in the Republic with the medical personnel from the Republic of Cuba on 27 April 2020 to assist the Republic in the fight against Covid-19, (b) are the respective fields of specialisation of each specialist and (c) are the details of the professional qualification(s) of each of the specified specialists; (2) what total number of the Cuban medical personnel are proficient in (a) English and/or (b) any other official South African language; (3) what is the (a) total cost associated with the deployment of the Cuban medical personnel in the Republic in the (i) 2020 and (ii) 2021 calendar years and (b) detailed itemised breakdown of how the costs were calculated?

Source
Link

Reply:

1. (a) To date the Republic of Cuba has availed 187 Medical Specialists who will be assisting South Africa in the response to Covid-19.

Epidemiology (Technologist)

Health Technology

Family Physician

Biostatistics Dr

Biotechnologist

Public Health Specialist

(b) The 187 Medical Specialists in the areas that the Country is unable to produce enough. These are qualified in Biostatistics, Epidemiologists, Family Physicians and Health Technologists

(c) Epidemiology (Technologist); Health Technology; Family Physician; Biostatistics, Biotechnologist and Public Health Specialist

2. All of them

3. The following table reflects the details in this regard

Activity	Number	Estimated Cost	Notes on the activities
Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)	187	R734 100.00	It is a norm that the registration cost is paid by an individual health professional to the Council. However, as per the Government-to-Government Agreement, the South African pays the fee to the HPCSA and thereafter, deduct the full amount of registration from the individual health professionals’ first salary. This means there is no actual cost to be incurred by the South African Government, however it is a convenient process arranged to ensure that all of the professionals are registered accordingly.
Accommodation	187		Most Provinces have entered into agreements with providers for a 12 months period. Other provinces are only accommodating the brigade for May and June and then move them to hotspots Districts / communities. Therefore, the accommodation in these areas are still not confirmed, as negotiations are still underway. A table below shows the cost on accommodation where available. The Provinces will first consider Doctors quarters where the brigade will be stationed.
Salaries	187	R239 181 933	The estimated budget cost is informed by actual appointment levels of the Cuban Health Brigade as determined by their Registration category, which took into consideration years of experience. All the Family Physicians and Biostatisticians are appointed at Grade 2 of Medical Officer level and Epidemiology Technologists/ Health Technology and Public Health Specialists are at Deputy Director level while Biomedical Engineers are at ASD level. Table below give overall illustration of salary levels and numbers in each level.

ACCOMMODATION OF CUBAN BRIGADE IN PROVINCES

Province	Accomodation	Period	Costs
Eastern Cape	The brigade has been distributed in various Facilities across the Province. They are residing in B&Bs and should be accommodated for the full period of their contract	12 Months	R384 000.00
Free State	The brigade is currently accommodated at Premier Hotel in Bloemfontein, while going through orientation processes. They will be accommodated until end of June at Premier hotel. After which from 1 July 2020, they will be distributed to facilities across the Province and they will be staying in Facility accommodation	May-June July 2020-April 2021	R162 464.00 (R3500X17X10) R595 000
Gauteng	The Brigade are accommodated at Burgers Park till 30 June 2020 It is expected that they will be distributed across the Province from I July 2020 to April 2021. Accommodation will then to be Provided by Hospitals	15 May-30 June 2020 July 2020-April 2021	Negotiated rate at Burgers Park Hotel is R1000 per room include breakfast, lunch and dinner, laundry services and hand sanitation
KwaZulu-Natal	Information from the Province will be submitted in due course.
Limpopo	The brigade is currently accommodated at Zanami Lodge (Polokwane), while being orientated. It is expected that they will be distributed across the Province from I July 2020 to April 2021. Accommodation will then to be Provided by Hospitals	19 May 2020 to June 2020 July 2020-April 2021	R252 000.00 Not yet finalised
Mpumalanga	Information outstanding Want a formal letter to HOD	19 May-19 August
Northern Cape	The brigade is currently accommodated at B&B till June 2020 It is expected that they will be distributed across the Province from I July 2020 to April 2021. Accommodation will then to be Provided by Hospitals	May –June 2020 July 2020-April 2021	R320 000.00 (9X12000X11) R1 188 000.00 2 Doctors are at an Official Accommodation
North West	The brigades have been distributed across the Provincial districts staying in B&Bs and others in Hospital Accommodation	June 2020 – April 2021	R 2 016 000
Western Cape	The brigade is currently accommodated at B&B called Icon Luxury Apartments for 12 months.	12 months	R1 200 000 p/a

OVERALL - CUBAN BRIGADE HEALTH WORKFORCE

Qualification	Agreed Post Classification (DPSA)	No	Total cost
Family Physician	MO Gr 2	116	172,767,798
Health Technology (IM)	Deputy Director: Information Management	32	25,941,166
Epidemiology Technologists (IM)	Deputy Director: Information Management	18	14,715,735
Biostatistics (Medical Doctors)	MO Gr 2	13	19,566,449
Public Health Specialist	DPSA salary level 11 (NON OSD)	2	2,231,276
Biomedical Engineer	ASD Salary level 9	5	2,773,887
Nurse	Gr3	1	528,852
		187	239,181,933

END.

08 June 2020 - NW375

Maotwe, Ms OMC to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

Whether the SA Airways (a) advertised and (b) awarded tender(s) for catering in all its aircraft since 1 January 2014; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date was each tender (i) advertised and (ii) awarded, (b) what is the name of each company that was awarded a tender and (c) what is the monetary value of each tender

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Reply:

The following information was provided by the Business Rescue Practitioners of South African Airways:

SAA advertised and awarded catering tenders from 01 January 2014 to July 2019. The links below include contracts that cover SAA’s global operations (Local, Regional and International):

https://pmg.org.za/files/1/RNW375-200608.docx

08 June 2020 - NW660

Breytenbach, Adv G to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(1)What policies and guidelines has his department put in place to prevent detainees under its care from being infected with the coronavirus by (a) staff members at its facilities and (b) remand detainees who may travel to and from court; (2) what are the relevant details of his department’s contingency plan in the event that a large percentage of warders become infected simultaneously?

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Reply:

(1)(a) The department has approved Standard Operating Procedures for the Preparedness, Detection and Response to Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19) which stipulates a number of psychological/psychosocial protocol measures and guidelines or activities to be implemented in order to prevent transmission of COVID-19 from staff to detainees at facilities and these include:

Presentation of awareness sessions to the staff on:
- explanation on what COVID-19 is and the mode of spread;
- the signs and symptoms of COVID-19 to be aware of;
- measures to be taken to prevent spreading COVID-19 to others or acquiring it;
- compliance with basic Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures; and
- responsibilities of reporting to health care professionals or their health care providers when experiencing signs and symptoms.
Implementation of Infection Prevention and Control measures especially the health care professionals when providing health care services;
Screening of all officials on a daily basis when reporting for duty to ensure that those that are symptomatic are immediately referred to their health care providers for further management;
Ensuring that all staff wash their hands with soap and water and sanitize them at regular intervals;
Ensuring social/physical distancing even though wearing masks;
Issuing all staff with cloth masks when performing their duties (e.g. for guarding and escorting), and coughing and sneezing staff with surgical masks; and
Issuing of domestic gloves which must be decontaminated in between searches.

(1)(b) Remand detainees who may travel to and from court are protected as follows:

guarding and escorting staff are provided with PPEs (cloth masks, disposable gowns or aprons and heavy duty or domestic gloves;
there must be maintenance of social/physical distancing of 2 meters where practically possible, e.g. not overloading the vehicles; and
all utensils, equipment, and vehicle used during transportation of such cases must be cleaned and disinfected after use.

(2) The Department has a contingency plan in place whereby non-centre based officials appointed in terms of the Correctional Service Act and the Public Service Act that have undergone basic training, will be transferred to the centres where services are needed as a result of staff shortages as a result of COVID-19. The Department has also entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the South African National Defence Force whereby reserves will be used to augment the services rendered by correctional officials. In addition, the ex- Correctional Services officials will be appointed to augment the imminent shortage.

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08 June 2020 - NW568

Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

What number of (a) parole applications are currently in the process of approval (i) with each parole board and (ii) in each province and (b) the specified parole applicants have been convicted of (i) rape, (ii) murder, (iii) kidnapping, (iv) culpable homicide, (v) housebreaking and/or (vi) any other specified crime?

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Reply:

here's the link for reply: https://pmg.org.za/files/RNW568_REPLY.docx

08 June 2020 - NW460

Van Staden, Mr PA to ask the Minister of Health

(1)With reference to the transfer of baby Edward Erasmus between various hospitals (details furnished), (a) what were the complications during his birth, (b) what was done at the John Daniel Newberry Hospital to stabilise the baby during the complications, (c) why there was no oxygen available at the Dihlabeng Regional Hospital to assist the baby, (d) why did the Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein send the baby to the Intensive Care Unit without informing the parents, (e) why was the life support machine disconnected without the consent of the parents and (f) why did the Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein refuse to provide the postmortem certificate to the parents; (2) whether he will make a statement on the matter?

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Reply:

1. (a) The mother (21 years old) delivered the baby (the mother's third delivery) at Clocolan, JD Newberry District Hospital with a reported history of meconium stained liquor and Apgar score of 5/10 and 6/10 at 1 minute and 5 minutes respectively. The mother arrived un-booked as a result no ultrasound was done antenatally. The baby was preterm estimated gestation age of 34-35 weeks with low birth weight (1,98 kg). In addition the following were found: Dysmorphic features and multiple congenital anomalies, anorectal malformation - imperforate anus, bilateral renal malformation - confirmed by kidney ultrasound, severe respiratory distress - most likely due to lung hypoplasia during pregnancy and upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

(b)-(c) The patient was transferred to the Neonatal ICU at the Dihlabeng Regional Hospital where the baby was put on a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine to assist the baby to breathe. As the baby's respiratory distress worsened the medical officer decided to transfer the patient Universitas Academic Hospital.

(d) The baby's condition was critical and it was transported via air transport, given respiratory support via CPAP. On arrival at Universitas Academic Hospital the baby was admitted to the Neonatal ICU as his condition required life support - at no stage did parents raise the issue of objection to the baby being put on life support.

(e) The baby died while on life support machines and his parents were allowed to hold the baby whilst he was still intubated.

(f) A post-mortem was offered to the parents but they refused.

2. Yes.

END.

08 June 2020 - NW675

Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

(1) What is the current status of the investigation into the sale, also known as stock rotation, of the strategic fuel stocks of the Strategic Fuel Fund; (2) whether the report of the investigation will be submitted to the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy; if not, why not; if so, by what date; (3) has any (a) disciplinary, (b) criminal and/or (c) civil action been instituted against each person who is implicated; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

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Reply:

(1) SFF has filed the papers and supplementary papers after the investigation. Report has been handed to the Law Enforcement Agency (Hawks) for further criminal investigation;

(2) At this stage the report cannot be shared with any member of the public as advised by the Law Enforcement Agency (Hawks);

(3) (a) Report is being reviewed internally for any evidence of misconduct and any recommendations will be implemented;

(b) As in (1) above the investigation is still with the Hawks;

(c) Report is being investigated by the Hawks and also internal review for any misconducts. Recommendations from the 2 investigations will be implemented;

NW877E

08 June 2020 - NW338

Bagraim, Mr M to ask the Minister of Health

What (a) number of (i) serviceable and (ii) fully equipped ambulances are being used in each (aa) district municipality and (bb) local municipality in the public health sector in the Northern Cape and (b) area in square kilometres does each ambulance service?

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Reply:

The following table reflects the details in this regard

Northern Cape Districts	(a)(i) Serviceable ambulances	(a)(ii) Fully equipped ambulances	In each (aa) district, (bb) local municipality in the public health sector in the Province	(b) Area in square kilometres each ambulance service
Frances Baard	85	18	18	12 836
John Taolo Gaetsiwe		11	11	27 322
Namakwa		24	24	126 836
Pixley ka Seme		20	20	103 411
Zf Mgcawu		12	12	102 484

END.

08 June 2020 - NW821

Chirwa, Ms NN to ask the Minister of Health

Following the admission by the Office of The Presidency that information regarding Covid-19 was being withheld from the public, (a) what are the details of the information that is being withheld from the public, (b) how will the specified information affect public responses and (c) what is the true status of hospitals in handling the pandemic?

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Reply:

(a)-(b) We are unsure which statement from the Presidency this question refers to. However there have been media requests for the modeling done by various groups to be made public. The National Department of Health convened a public symposium of all modelers on Thursday the 21st of May 2020 during which the models, together with the assumptions used for the modeling outputs were presented.

(c) Hospitals in the public sector are currently being prepared to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. General beds are being repurposed into critical care beds and field hospitals are being built jin many provinces. In addition, a national ventilator project has been established by DTI and donations have been received (for example 1,000 ventilators donated by the US government - of which 50 have already been received).

END.

08 June 2020 - NW668

Malatsi, Mr MS to ask the Minister in the Presidency

Whether he, his Office and/or any entity reporting to him purchased any personal protection equipment since l February 2020; if so, in each case, what are the relevant details of(a) the date on which the equipment was purchased, (b) the name of the supplier where the equipment was purchased, (c) the monetary value of the purchase, (d) the branding that appeared on the purchased equipment, including the branding of any political party, and (e)(i) how and (ii) where was the purchased equipment distributed?

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Reply:

The office of the Minister in the Presidency did not purchase any personal protection equipment since 1 February 2020

Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA)

MDDA purchased masks, sanitisers, hand wash and wet wipes between the 16-18° March 2020 from Dischem, Clicks and a Pharmacy for R2000.00.

Brand South Africa has purchased the following personal protective equipment since 1 February 2020.

Purchase Date	Supplier Name	Item Description	Quantity	Amount	Branding	Distribution
30 March 2020		Mini Hand sanitisers	Approx. 70	R585,72	None	Head Office
30-Apr-2020	AE Du Chenne Ent Pty Ltd	Sanitising the building		R 6,844.11	None	Head office
04-May-2020	Biologica Pharmaceutical	Anti Bacterial Wipes 40 p/p	150	R14,826.00	None	Head office
04-May-2020	Supra Latex (Pty) Ltd t/a Suprahealthcare	3ply Mask - Covid - 50’s	396	R216,315.00	None	Head office
04-May-2020	Supra Latex (Pty) Ltd t/a Suprahealthcare	Rbt-ResiduaI Disinfectant - 1litre - 1’s	136	R23,303.60	None	Head office
04-May-2020	Supra Latex (Pty) Ltd t/a Suprahealthcare	Rbt-Residual Disinfectant - Slitre - 1's	50	R31,567.50	None	Head office
04-May-2020	Supra Latex (Pty) Ltd t/a Suprahealthcare	Thermometer Non- Contact Infrared - 1's	2	R3,450.00	None	Head office

Statistics South Africa

The attached schedules reflect procurement, from 1 February 2020 until 30 April 2020, of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) of R1 995 760.00 and disinfecting/cleaning services of offices for R550 697.31 in preparation for the staggered return to work of employees commencing in May 2020.

Approved / Not approved

Stats SA: Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) Annexure A


A-312743	2020/04/02	Biologica	3 Ply Face Masks 50 in a box	No branding	200	R	1 332,50	R	266 500,00	Head Office/Provinces
A-312743	2020/04/02	KMO@]CD	Surgical gloves 100 in a box	No branding		R	460,00	R	46 000,00	Head Office
A-312743	2020/04/02	Biologica	Hand Sanitizers	No branding	100	R	350,00	R	35 000,00	Head Office
A-312744	2020/04/09	Be-sure Events	Temperature Scanners	The Infrared therometer ZF001	150	R	2 875,00	R	431 250,00	Head Office
A-312745	2020/04/16	Biologica	3 Ply Face Masks 50 in a box	No branding	300	R	460,00	R	138 000,00	Head Office
A-312745	2020/04/16	Biologica	Surgical glove5 100 in a box	No branding	600	R	1 332,50	R	799 500,00	Head Office
A-312605	2020/04/24	Chasandra Trading Enterprise	Face Masks-Limpopo	No branding	450	R	115,00	R	51 750,00	Limpopo Province
A-312607	2020/04/28	Label Lab	Face Masks NC	No branding	300	R	32,20	R	9 660,00	Northern Cape Province
A-312608	2020/04/30	Ammarentia Trading Pty Ltd	Face Masks Nonh West	No branding	360	R	40,00	R	14 400,00	North West Province
A-312610	2020/04/30	Global Hygenic CC	Face Masks Mpumalanga	No branding	400	R	58,25	R	23 300,00	Mpumalanga Province
A-312614	2020/04/30	The Divine Style	Face Masks	No branding	SOOO	R	35,00	R	175 000,00	Head Office
A-312617	2020/04/30	Kuhle Office Supplies	Empty spray bottles for hand sanitizer- Western Cape	No branding	200	R	27,00	R	5 400,00	Western Cape Province

Total amount purchased until 30 April 2020				R	1 995 760,00

Stats SA: Disinfectingfcleaning services Annexure e


A-312746	2020/04/21	Suskia Trading 1114 (PTY) Ltd	Sanitising offices and vehicles NC	No branding	not applicable	R	48 994,60	Northern Cape Province
A-312747	2020/04/Z1	Rentokil Intital	Sanitising offices and vehicles EC	Nobranding	not applicable	R	52 066,25	Eastern Cape Province
A-312748	2020/04/22	Zululand Pest Control	Sanitising offices Empangeni& Mhuze (KZN)	No branding	not applicable	R	16 387,50	Kwazulu Natal Province
A-312749	2020/04/22	Total Pest Management	Sanitising offices Ethekweni, Ugu & Ilembe( MN)	No branding		R	25 416,00	Kwazulu Natal Province
A-312750	2020/04/22	Service Master	Sanitising offices Umzinyahti,UthukeIa, Amajuba & Zululand( KZN)	No branding	not applicable	R	5 600,00	Kwazulu Natal Province
A-312601	2020/04/22	SWAT Exteminators	Sanitising offices Ixopo and Pietermarioburg( KZN)	No branding	not applicable	R	11 074,50	Kwazulu Natal Province
A-312602	2020/04/22	Rentokil lntital	Sanitising offices Limpopo	No branding	not applicable	R	27 082,50	Limpopo Province
A-312603	2020/04/24	Sthewetha Trading	Disinfection Benoni, Westrand, Sedibeng, Prov Office	No branding	not applicable	R	142 750,00	Gauteng Province
A-312606	2020/04/24	Happy Endings Plumbers	Disinfecting: Mpumalanga Offices	No branding	not applicable	R	67 439,45	Mpumalanga Province
A-312609	2020/04/30	Rentokil Initial	uis‹nrm›on wimaoatno, bus enourg, maeopane, Klerksdorp and Vryburg	No branding	not applicable	R	35 777,00	North West Province
A-312611	2020/04/30	Rentokil initial	Disinfection Free State Province buildings and vehicles	No branding	not applicable	R	37 637,20	Free State Province
A-312612	2020/04/30	Tikedi Holdings	Disinfection Piketberg Offices	No branding	not applicable	R	27 885,00	Western Cape Province
A-312615	2020/04/30	Savage Wear Production	Disinfection George D/O	No branding	not applicable	R	14 990,00	Western Cape Province
A-312616	2020/04/30	Think Smart Clean	Disinfection Prov Office, Metro 1 and 2	No branding	not applicable	R	22 897,31	Western Cape Province
A-312618	2020/04/30	Qeda Structual Peat Management	Pest control, deep cleaning and disinfecting KZN offices	No branding	not applicable	R	14 700,00	Kwazulu Natal Province

Total amount purchased until 30 April 2020				R550697,31

08 June 2020 - NW459

Hendricks, Mr MGE to ask the Minister of Social Development

(1)Whether her department intends to introduce legislation to allow it to continue paying disability grants to beneficiaries who are in the process of renewing their six-months disability grants; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether she will consider ensuring that the pension payout of a deceased pensioner is not terminated in the same month of death or the month after death to assist families to pay the debts incurred on funeral costs or other minor debts left behind by the deceased; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

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Reply:

1. The Ministerial Directive, No. 6(k)(vii) as amended and gazetted on 09 May 2020, states that:

“Temporary disability grants which lapsed in February and March 2020, must be reinstated and continue to be paid from the date they were suspended until end of October 2020; temporary disability grants which did not lapse during April 2020, as contemplated in directive (l)(v) must continue to be paid until end of October 2020; and temporary disability grants which are due to lapse in May 2020 and June 2020, must continue to be paid until end of October 2020”.

The Directive further makes provision for Care Dependency grants which lapsed during the period beginning from February to April 2020 must be reinstated and continue to be paid until end of October 2020; and Care Dependency grants which lapsed during May 2020 or are due to lapse when the care dependent child turns 18 years of age, will not lapse until end of October 2020 and must continue to be paid until end of October 2020.

2. This option at present is not being considered. Most of the elderly have funeral cover for this. What is of concern is that many households are currently depending on the income from the elderly’s grant and are left destitute when the elderly pass on. The COVID-19 pandemic has also perpetuated the problem with more people becoming financially distressed.

To mitigate the impact of the pandemic, the President announced a relief package in the form of a Special COVID -19 Social Relief grant to the value of R350.00 per month to individuals who are: South African Citizens, Permanent Residents or Refugees registered on the Department of Home Affairs database; the applicant should currently be residing within the borders of the Republic of South Africa; be above the age of 18, unemployed; not receiving any form of income; not receiving any social grant; should not be receiving an unemployment insurance benefit and not qualifying to receive one; not receiving a stipend from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme and other financial aid; not receiving any other government COVID-19 response support; and not residing in a government funded or subsidised institution. The benefit came into effect in May 2020 and will be paid to qualifying individuals from date of application until end of October 2020.

08 June 2020 - NW493

Wilson, Ms ER to ask the Minister of Health

In light of the concerns about the coronavirus outbreak and the porous borders of the Republic, (a) what number of quarantine centres have been established in each province, (b) what kind of infrastructure is being used in the specified centres, (c) has each centre been equipped with the necessary scanners and medical equipment to handle potential cases, (d) what number of staff have been formally trained in each province to deal with potential cases of the coronavirus and (e) what was the cost of the establishment of each centre?

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Reply:

a) The first part of the question related to the number of Quarantine facilities that have been activated in the country and shown per province.

Province	NO OF SITES	NO OF BEDS
Eastern Cape	19	662
Free State	5	313
Gauteng	21	6236
KwaZulu Natal	48	1098
Limpopo	6	313
Mpumalanga	6	434
North West	6	188
Northern Cape	9	497
Western Cape	16	2537
Grand Total	136	12278

There are a number of sites on standby but is only activated as and when the Province deem it necessary to accommodate patients and or PUI's.

(b) There is currently 64 privately owned and 72 state owned facilities utilised. The following types of facilities are being utilised:

Type of facility	Number of Sites in this category
B&B	15
CARAVAN PARK/CAMP SITE	1
HEALTH FACILITY	52
HOTEL	38
LODGE	7
NATURE RESERVE LODGE	6
Other	1
RESORT	12
Training Centre	4
Grand Total	136

These sites were assessed for their suitability against a set of guidelines that looks at their locality, access to the site, ventilation, basic infrastructure requirements like access to electricity and water and then space for each occupant.

(c) There is a list of equipment requirements provided for in the guideline that include the following:

Minimum Equipment

Clinical gloves (latex, single-use gloves for clinical care)

N95 masks – only for aerosol generating procedures (taking of specimens)

Medical/Surgical masks

Aprons - disposable

Sharps containers

Red health risk waste bags to be in health care risk waste box with biohazard sign

Alcohol-based hand sanitiser

Liquid hand wash

Clean single-use towels (e.g. paper towels)

Cleaning gloves (reusable vinyl or rubber gloves for environmental cleaning)

Appropriate detergent for environmental cleaning and disinfectant for disinfection of surfaces, instruments or equipment

Large plastic bag for general waste (black or transparent)

Linen bags

Collection container for used equipment

What has been issued to each site is dependent on the type of site and their own commitment to the cause. In the Western Cape for example some privately owned sites only required masks, gloves, bioboxes and red bags. The rest were provided by the establishment themselves.

(d) A standard set of training is conducted by Provincial Departments of Health related to the following:

Training of healthcare professional on SOPs that needs to be followed at the quarantine centres for daily examination, movements in the facility, infection prevention control measures and use of PPE kit etc.
Paramedical staff (staff nurses, medics, pharmacist etc) need to be trained on SOPs to be followed at quarantine/isolation centres and use of PPE.
Support staff (housekeepers/cleaners, caterers, security staff, drivers and general duty staff) need to be trained on the use of masks, gloves, cleaning and disinfection procedures and use of PPE kit, etc.
When a new staff member is assigned to a quarantine/isolation site, it needs to be ensured that he/she has received proper training before undertaking the work.
All training should emphasise that all activities/procedures must be done under the strict monitoring and observation of trained specialists.

The exact numbers of people trained at these facilities is currently unknown.

(e) The costs associated at each of these centres varies and is dependent on the type of facility, who owns it and what the commitment is from each related to the cause. Private facilities in the hospitality industry is paid per person per night. For that they provide the full accommodation and catering support function, and the Provincial departments pick up the bill related to any clinical and waste management services. Costs associated with that range between R850 to R1200 per night per person. This includes accommodation and two meals per day.

For public facilities, again depending on the type of facility the cost would vary. From a priority perspective, public facilities already equipped with linen, beds and other basic furniture and services were first activated. In more dire times the Department is preparing public facilities by procurement of all beds, furnishing and operational equipment to activate facilities as a second priority. However, in the short term there is a heavy reliance on privately owned facilities where the moneys paid, also strengthened the tourism industry where no income could be generated.

The procurement of Health Technology equipment is also not done in bulk and at a rapid rate to make provision and address the demands that Covid-19 is placing on the department. Equipment is issued to where it is needed and includes Medical, Isolation and Quarantine facilities so to isolate the costs to only quarantine facilities is difficult at present.

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08 June 2020 - NW769

Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health

(1)In light of the shortage of test kits to test for the presence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which causes the Covid-19 disease, what steps is he taking in this regard; (2) whether he or his department has taken any steps to reduce the turnaround time of four to five days for the release of the results; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether he intends to take any steps with regard to the general shortage of test kits and the very limited quantities available for testing in the testing sites and mass-screening areas which cause delays for effective testing; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant steps?

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Reply:

(1) There is a global need for test kits with countries in the north taking up the majority of the kits that are available given the large number of positive patients in these countries. This has resulted in a global shortage of test kits. The Department has worked with the National Health Laboratory Service to increase the number of test kits that are available to South Africa. The Minister has engaged with some of the manufacturers of test kits to encourage them to increase the number of test kits that they supply to South Africa. A challenge is that the limited number of flights from countries that manufacture the test kits adds to the challenges being experienced.

(2) Yes, steps have been taken to reduce the turnaround time. In-hospital admission, patients under investigation are prioritised, and the turnaround time for these patients will be reduced to 48 hours. The turnaround time for the other samples are being addressed through utilisation of academic platform testing sites and private laboratories, as well as increased output at NHLS laboratories. Over the last week the number of tests have increased from 51,000/week to about 60,000/week.

As a result of the global shortage of COVID-19 test kits, including extraction kits, the criteria for testing has been amended. The Department has prioritised testing of patients in hospitals with respiratory conditions, as well as people who have had contact with a known positive patient as well as health care workers. As soon as serological (antibody) tests are registered by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAPHRA) these will be used for population level surveillance to get prevalence rates.

(3) As noted above, the criteria for testing have been changed. We have halted mass testing as the target that was set of 14 million people screened through community screening has been achieved and we have moved to targeted screening and testing. In addition, as mentioned the number of laboratories that test for COVID-19 has increased. With respect to antibody testing, the NHLS and SAPHRA are fast tracking the validation and registration of these tests. However, it should be noted that these tests will largely be used for surveillance with the PCR test used to test individual patients for acute infections.

END.

08 June 2020 - NW824

Montwedi, Mr Mk to ask the Minister of Health

Whether his department has plans to accredit laboratories in public hospitals to test for Covid-19; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, by what date will hospitals be accredited?

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Reply:

All the laboratories in public hospitals that test for COVID-19 are part of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS). These laboratories are accredited with the Standard ISO 15189. Furthermore, all laboratories participate in the external quality assurance and proficiency testing schemes to ensure quality results.

END.

08 June 2020 - NW337

Bagraim, Mr M to ask the Minister of Health

What (a) number of (i) serviceable and (ii) fully equipped ambulances are being used in each (aa) district municipality and (bb) local municipality in the public health sector in the North West and (b) area in square kilometres does each ambulance service?

Source
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Reply:

The following table reflects the details in this regard

North West Districts	(a)(i) Serviceable ambulances	(a)(ii) Fully equipped ambulances	In each (aa) district, (bb) local municipality in the public health sector in the Province	(b) Area in square kilometres each ambulance service
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati	119	17	17	43 700
Dr Kenneth Kaunda		18	18	14 642
Bojanala		11	11	18 333
Ngaka Modiri Molema		21	21	28 206

END.

08 June 2020 - NW758

Hendricks, Mr MGE to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

Whether, given that no prisoners are allowed to receive any visitors due to the COVID-19 lockdown to curb the spread of the virus, the families of Muslim prisoners will be allowed during the last week of Ramadan to bring them gift packs of sweet treats and drinks in celebration of Eid-ul Fitr; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

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Reply:

No,

The State President announced a state of disaster in March 2020, putting the country in a state of lockdown. Subsequently, the Department suspended all visits to Correctional Centres.

Based on the above, Correctional Centres will not be able to receive any gift packs for offenders as there are no visits permitted during Level 05 and 04 of lockdown.

END

08 June 2020 - NW695

Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

What number of sentenced inmates housed in the Republic’s correctional centres as at 15 April 2020 have been diagnosed as (a) being HIV positive and/or (b) having tuberculosis?

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Reply:

The number of sentenced inmates housed in the Republic’s correctional centres as at 15 April 2020 is as follows:

Management Area	Correctional Centre	(a) Number of HIV positive offenders	HIV/TB Co-infection (HIV Entry)	(b) Number of TB offenders	TB/HIV Co-infection (TB Entry)
EASTERN CAPE (EC) REGION
Amathole	Fort Beaufort	5	0	0	0
	Grahamstown	28	1	2	1
	King Williams Town	5	1	1	1
	Middledrift	155	3	13	3
	Stutterheim	3	0	0	0
	TOTAL	196	5	16	5
East London	Med B	6	0	0	0
	Med C	29	0	1	0
	Maximum	224	1	14	1
	Mdantsane	127	7	32	7
	TOTAL	386	8	47	8
Kirkwood	Graaff-Reinet	0	0	14	4
	Jansenville	0	0	0	0
	Kirkwood	135	4	0	0
	Somerset East	22	0	2	0
	TOTAL	157	4	16	4
Mthatha	Bizana	2	0	0	0
	Elliotdale	8	0	0	0
	Flagstaff	19	1	1	1
	Lusikisiki	45	1	2	1
	Mt Ayliff	9	0	1	0
	Mt Fletcher	25	0	2	0
	Mt Frere	15	0	0	0
	Mqanduli	31	0	3	0
	Ngqeleni	15	0	0	0
	Tabankulu	18	0	0	0
	Medium	309	1	13	1
	Remand	3	0	0	0
	TOTAL	499	3	22	3
Sada	Barkley East	11	0	0	0
	Burgersdorp	22	0	0	0
	Butterworth	8	0	0	0
	Cofimvaba	0	0	0	0
	Cradock	19	0	0	0
	Dordrecht	0	0	0	0
	Dutywa	18	0	0	0
	Lady Frere	5	0	0	0
	Middelburg	130	0	0	0
	Ngcobo	0	0	0	0
	Nqamakwe	0	0	0	0
	Queenstown	0	0	0	0
	Sada	32	0	0	0
	Willowvale	4	0	0	0
	Sterkspruit	0	0	0	0
	TOTAL	249	0	0	0
St Albans	Medium A	9	0	1	0
	Maximum	329	2	23	2
	Medium B	172	9	33	9
	Patensie	44	0	0	0
	Port Eli	18	0	3	0
	TOTAL	572	11	60	11
EC REGIONAL TOTAL	2 059	31	161	31

FREE STATE & NORTHERN CAPE (FS&NC) REGION
Colesberg	Colesberg	20	0	1	0
	De Aar	35	1	3	1
	Richmond	3	0	0	0
	Hopetown	5	0	1	0
	Victoria West	9	0	0	0
	Total	72	1	5	1
Goedemoed	Goedemoed Med A	155	0	1	0
	Goedemoed Med B	104	0	2	0
	Bethulie	10	0	1	0
	Edenburg	10	0	0	0
	Fauresmith	2	0	0	0
	Zastron	6	0	0	0
	Total	287	0	4	0
Grootvlei	Grootvlei Med A	236	2	6	2
	Grootvlei Med B	84	2	5	1
	Boshof	4	0	0	0
	Brandfort	15	0	0	0
	Ladybrand	9	0	0	0
	Wepener	6	0	0	0
	Winburg	23	0	0	0
	Mangaung	700	0	13	1
	Total	1077	4	24	4
Kimberley	Barkly West	4	0	0	0
	Douglas	17	0	2	0
	Kimberley	105	0	8	0
	Tswelopele	390	3	12	1
	Total	516	3	22	1
Upington	Kuruman	46	1	3	2
	Springbok	6	0	6	0
	Upington	95	4	9	0
	Total	147	5	18	2
Groenpunt	Groenpunt Med.	179	0	0	0
	Groenpunt Max.	536	2	9	0
	Groenpunt Youth	31	0	1	0
	Frankfort	16	0	0	0
	Heilbron	5	0	0	0
	Parys	8	0	0	0
	Sasolburg	25	0	0	0
	Vereeniging	104	0	0	0
	Total	904	2	10	0
Bizzah Makhate	Centre A	279	4	4	0
	Centre B	77	0	1	0
	Centre C	120	0	0	0
	Centre D	0	0	0	0
	Bethlehem	33	2	2	0
	Ficksburg	5	0	0	0
	Harrismith	33	2	2	2
	Hennenman	18	0	0	0
	Hoopstad	5	0	0	0
	Lindley	14	0	0	0
	Odendaalsrus	94	0	0	0
	Senekal	10	0	1	0
	Ventersburg	29	0	0	0
	Virginia	110	2	3	2
	Total	827	10	13	4
FS&NC REGIONAL TOTAL	3 830	25	96	12

GAUTENG REGION
Baviaanspoort	Emthonjeni	6	0	0	0
	Medium	175	0	0	0
	Maximum	138	2	3	0
	Total	319	2	3	0
Kgoši Mampuru II	Local	20	1	1	1
	Female	76	0	0	0
	Central	569	13	20	2
	C max	70	0	0	0
	Atteridgeville	174	2	3	0
	Odi	324	4	6	1
	Total	1233	20	30	4
Johannesburg	Med A	39	0	0	0
	Med B	487	2	8	0
	Med C	107	0	0	0
	Female	128	0	3	0
	Total	761	2	11	0
Krugersdorp	Krugersdorp	320	1	8	2
	Total	320	1	8	2
Modderbee	Modderbee	526	5	11	1
	Nigel	89	0	3	0
	Devon	47	0	1	1
	Total	883	3	2	1
Zonderwater	Medium A	356	1	2	0
	Medium B	207	2	4	1
	Total	563	3	6	1
Leeuwkop	Med A	213	1	1	0
	Med B	123	0	0	0
	Med C	226	0	1	0
	Maximum	321	2	0	1
	Total	883	3	2	1
Boksburg not included due nursing staff on quarantine
GAUTENG REGIONAL TOTAL	4 741	36	75	10

KWAZULU-NATAL REGION (KZN)
Durban	Medium B	1003	0	19	5
	Medium C	94	2	5	2
	Youth	29	0	1	0
	Female	228	0	0	0
	Umzinto	143	0	1	0
	Total	1497	2	26	7
Empangeni	Qalakabusha	605	6	12	0
	Empangeni Medium	60	2	4	0
	Eshowe	316	3	6	0
	Mthunzini	21	0	0	0
	Stanger	30	0	0	0
	Maphumulo	14	0	1	0
	Ingwavuma	9	0	0	0
	Total	1055	11	23	0
Gloencoe	Bergville	6	1	1	0
	Dundee	8	0	0	0
	Estcourt	84	0	1	0
	Glencoe	236	0	0	0
	Greytown	22	1	1	0
	Kranskop	17	1 MDR	1	0
	Ladysmith	64	0	0	0
	Pomeroy	11	0	0	0
	Total	448	3	4	0
Kokstad	Ebhongweni	324	3	8	3
	Kokstad Medium	158	2	2	2
	Portshepstone	28	0	0	0
	Matatiele	18	0	0	0
	Total	528	5	10	5
Ncome	Medium A	155	1	1	1
	Medium B	343	4	5	4
	Melmoth	20	0	0	0
	Nkandla	9	0	0	0
	Nongoma	23	0	0	0
	Vryheid	22	0	0	0
	Total	572	5	6	5
Pietermaritzburg	Medium A	1055	1	45	4
	Medium B	59	2	2	0
	Ixopo	50	2	2	2
	New Hanover	98	0	2	0
	Sevontein	387	1	4	1
	Total	1649	6	55	7
Waterval	Medium A	273	0	2	0
	Medium B	148	0	0	0
	Ekuseni	11	0	1	0
	Newcastle	60	0	0	0
	Utrecht	2	0	0	0
	Total	494	0	3	0
KZN REGIONAL TOTAL	6 243	32	127	24

LIMPOPO MPUMALANGA AND NORTH WEST REGION (LMN)
Thohoyandou	Medium A	110	2	4	0
	Medium B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Female/Juvenile	19	0	0	0
	Makhado	28	1	1	0
	Total	157	03	05	0
Polokwane	Polokwane	61	0	3	0
	Modimolle	70	2	4	0
	Tzaneen	6	0	0	0
	Total
Klerksdorp	Potchefstroom	91	2	3	0
	Klerksdorp	360	2	4	0
	Christiana	20	0	0	0
	Wolmaransstad	14	0	0	0
	Total	485	4	7	0
Kutama-Sinthumule	Kutama-Sinthumule	637	1	2	0
	Total	637	1	2	0
Witbank	Witbank	258	5	6	0
	Middelburg	69	2	3	0
	Carolina	4	0	0	0
	Belfast	3	0	0	0
	Total	334	7	9	0
Rusternburg	Losperfontein	212	2	11	2
	Mogwase	105	0	3	0
	Rustenburg Med A	56	1	1	1
	Rustenburg COE	7	0	0	0
	Total	380	3	15	3
Rooigrond	Medium A	256	1	1	0
	Remand Det	0	0	0	0
	Medium B	86	0	0	0
	Lichtenburg	27	0	0	0
	Zeerust	27	0	0	0
	Total	396	1	1	0
Bethal	Bethal	180	2	4	2
	Ermelo	82	0	0	0
	Piet Retief	33	0	0	0
	Standerton	149	2	1	1
	Volksrust	27	0	0	0
	Total	471	4	5	3
Barberton	Maximum	315	5	11	0
	Nelspruit	32	6	8	1
	Medium B	215	1	1	0
	Town youth	15	0	0	0
	Medium A	54	0	0	0
	Lydenburg	35	0	0	0
	Total	666	12	20	1
LMN REGIONAL TOTAL	3 663	37	71	7

WESTERN CAPE REGION
Allendale	Allandale	62	0	5	0
	Paardeberg	30	1	4	0
	Hawequa	4	0	0	0
	Obiqua	31	0	0	0
	Total	127	1	9	0
Brandvlei	Medium	47	1	2	1
	Maximum	85	1	1	1
	Youth	18	1	5	1
	Total	150	3	8	3
Breederiver	Worcester Male	44	0	10	0
	Worcester Female	48	1	3	0
	Robertson	14	0	1	0
	Warmbokkeveld	50	0	1	0
	Dwarsrivier	41	0	5	0
	Total	197	1	20	0
Drakenstein	Medium A	67	0	1	0
	Medium B Youth	21	0	2	0
	Maximum	70	1	5	1
	Stellenbosch	9	0	0	0
	Total	167	1	8	1
Goodwood	Goodwood	145	06	33	02
	Total	145	6	33	2
Overberg	Medium	109	0	2	0
	Maximum	120	1	7	1
	Caledon	1	0	0	0
	Buffeljagsrivier	0	0	0	0
	Swellendam	109	0	2	0
	Total	339	1	11	1
Pollsmoor	Female	19	0	3	0
	Maximum	9	1	1	1
	Medium A	3	0	0	0
	Medium B	82	1	17	1
	Medium C	18	0	6	0
	Total	131	2	27	2
Southern Cape	George Male	38	1	3	0
	George Female	22	0	0	0
	Oudtshoorn Med A	21	0	1	0
	Oudtshoorn Med B	22	0	0	0
	Beaufort West	2	0	0	0
	Ladismith	3	0	0	0
	Prince Albert	10	0	0	0
	Uniondale	6	0	0	0
	Mosselbay	0	0	0	0
	Knysna	10	0	1	0
	Total	134	1	5	0
Voorberg	Medium A	16	2	3	2
	Medium B	185	2	9	2
	Van Rhynsdorp	38	0	18	0
	Calvinia	2	0	0	0
	Total	241	4	30	4
West Coast	Medium A	98	0	0	0
	Medium B	3	0	1	0
	Riebeeck West	3	0	1	0
	Total	104	0	2	0
WESTERN CAPE REGIONAL TOTAL	1735	20	153	13
GRAND TOTAL	22 271	181	683	97

END

08 June 2020 - NW710

Motsepe, Ms CCS to ask the Minister of Health

What measures does he intend to take to regulate retail stores which have emerged as a dangerous point of infection for COVID-19 to stop the surge in infections at such centres?

Source
Link

Reply:

Information from a number of provinces including the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal and Western Cape shows that during the lockdown retail stores became a node for the transmission of COVID-19. This should not surprise us as grocery shops were one of the essential parts of the economy that had to be kept open with high volumes of people congregating in them. Thus facilitating the spread of the virus. This also meant that infected shoppers – many of whom may have been asymptomatic (that is they didn’t know that they were infected) also infected employees in the retail sector. These employees then go back to their communities and the virus spreads in their local communities.

Provinces have implemented a number of steps to mitigate the risk of transmission in retail stores. In the Western Cape the Department of Economic Affairs and Tourism had several engagements with the owners and management of small and large retail outlets and mall management. They were provided with guidelines on the prevention of COVID-19 transmission, including deep cleaning, dealing with personal hygiene, dealing with staff that become symptomatic, making public announcements, etc. In Gauteng, the MECs for health and economic affairs met with the leadership of the retail sector in the province to discuss the implementation of measures to prevent transmission of the virus, including hand washing/ sanitizing and social distancing as well as the use of masks. The major retail stores are currently implementing these measures nation-wide. In the Eastern Cape, health officials have visited retail stores in urban areas to monitor compliance.

Workplace health and safety issues were also discussed at NEDLAC. These included the need to conduct risk assessments in all workplaces, implementation of public health measures to prevent the spread of the virus as well as personal hygiene measures. It was also agreed that sector specific guidelines will be produced and implemented

END.

08 June 2020 - NW662

Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

Whether he has found that sufficient work is provided to all sentenced offenders as provided for in section 40(1)(a) of the Correctional Services Act, Act 111 of 1998; if not, (a) why not and (b) what proportion of sentenced offenders are provided with such sufficient work?

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Reply:

(a) No, not all sentenced offenders can be eligible to work, such as offenders with further charges, disabilities and sentenced children unless for the purpose of training aimed at obtaining skills for their development, offenders who were declared unfit to perform labour.

Offenders are allocated work activities by Case Management Committees (CMC) considering the offender’s security risk classification.

Sentenced offenders are therefore provided with work opportunities internally and externally within the correctional centre environment. The allocation varies from centre to centre depending on available created work opportunities. The internal allocations include:

Office Cleaners;
Section Cleaners;
Care Givers;
Tutors – Peer Educators;
Barbers;
Laundry;
Kitchen Cleaners; and
Kitchen Cooks

The external allocations include but are not limited to:

Maintenance: Plumbers; Welders , Bricklayers, Electricians, Carpenters and Painters;
Workshop: Textile, Steel and Wood;
Terrain Cleaning Team;
Agriculture: Vegetable, Dairy and Meat;
Skills Development;
Car Wash;
Visit Room Cleaners; and
Special projects – (Poverty Alleviation)

One of the major challenges is the allocation of work to a maximum offender which is based on risks posed. Such offenders are not allowed to leave the correctional centre, therefore all work opportunities are sourced or confined within the centre or a security plan must be available for such offender that needs to be taken out of the centre.

(b) As at end March 2020, 3 3971 (70.52%) offenders out of 4 8170 with work opportunities performed work against a target of 56%. It should be noted that not all centres can highly perform due to demographics, and security classification of offenders accommodated per correctional centre.

On average, 1 500 offenders work in production workshops per day, while, on average, 3 000 offenders are working in agriculture/farms per day. The department is continuosly making an effort for sentenced offenders to be provided not only with work opportunities but also by following daily activites in a form of programmes and services as outlined by Structured Day Programme (SDP) and executed through rostering

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08 June 2020 - NW663

Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(1)Whether assessments are done of inmates admitted to correctional centres serving sentences of 24 months or less, as is required by section 38 of the Correctional Services Act, Act 111 of 1998; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) What rehabilitative and/or educational programmes are available to such inmates obliged to participate in such programmes?

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Reply:

1. All sentenced offenders are subjected to an immediate risk and needs assessment (i.e. immediate educational needs, vulnerability to sexual violence and exploitation, social and psychological needs among others) within 6 hours upon admission. The classification of all offenders is also done for all categories to determine their risk levels. The dynamics of such an offender population must be considered. It is a very mobile population which has a significant impact on the time needed for a useful assessment. The compilation of the Correctional Sentence Plan however is reserved for offenders sentenced to longer than 24 months.

2. Correctional Programmes are available to sentenced offenders. Correctional Programmes are non – therapeutic in nature and rendered within the group work mode, meaning groups of 15 – 20 offenders in a group. Since the Department is focussing on offenders sentenced to longer than 24 months, when assessments are conducted and programmes rendered accordingly, these groups of offenders are not obliged to attend Correctional Programmes. The following thirteen (13) Correctional Programmes are however available to sentenced offenders:

New Beginnings Orientation
Anger Management (Anger In Anger Out)
Cross Roads
Restorative Justice Orientation
Preparatory Programme on Sexual Offences
Substance Abuse (Stop to Start)
Behaviour Modification Programme on Gangsterism
Economic Crime Programme (fraud related)
Economic Crime Programme (theft related)
Programme on Murder and related offences (Changing Lanes)
Programme on Robbery and related offences (Change is possible)
Correctional Programme for Female Offenders
Pre – Release Programme

Educational Programmes

All offenders are subjected to assessment for placement in the various educational programmes. Educational programmes are offered to all inmates in the following:-

Pre – Literacy (for those who are illiterate): This programme is offered for offenders who cannot read or write
Adult Education and Training (AET) Levels 1- 4: This is equivalent to Grades 1-9 in normal mainstream education and it’s for offenders who want to pursue studies in the General Education and Training (GET) Band.
Further Education and Training (FET): Grades 10 - 12. All those offenders that have successfully completed the above-mentioned programme get an opportunity to pursue studies in the FET Band following a curriculum known as Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS), similar to all external schools within the education system of the country. These are offered by the DCS full time schools.
Higher Education and Training (HET): After completing their Grade 12 qualification, offenders are afforded an opportunity to advance their education through distant education.
Computer Based Training: This programme is offered to promote computer based learning and is offered in designated Computer Based Training Centres (CBT) where we offer basic Computer Literacy as well as the advanced International Computer Driver’s License (ICDL).

Skills Development Programmes

Skills Development programmes are available to offenders serving a sentence of 24 months or less, where resources are available the following options are available:

Vocational skills training programmes are offered as per availability at a Correctional Centre. Offenders are offered accredited and non-accredited training. The Department focuses on ensuring that offenders assigned to workplaces are offered accredited training, in addition to workplace learning, to ensure employability and self-sustainability upon release.
An example of the programmes available are hairdressing, nail technology, chef assistant training, waste management, new venture creation, welding, plumbing, and other entrepreneurial training programmes just to mention a few.
Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College programmes are available to offenders who want to enter the vocational educational field and it is also available as a post school option, at Correctional Centres where resources are available. The objective of the TVET College programme, is to yield job–linked programmes and graduates that are immediately employable. This is the contribution of DCS in counteracting the high rate of unemployment by improving skills and productivity of the incarcerated.

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08 June 2020 - NW752

Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

(1)Given the rising number of inmates being infected with COVID-19 at correctional facilities, what procedures are in place to ensure that deliberate attempts by inmates to infect one another are eliminated; (2) what (a) total number of inmates have been placed in quarantine since COVID-19 was declared a national disaster and (b) percentage of the specified number of inmates were quarantined outside the confines of the correctional service sites where the respective prisoners are serving their sentences; (3) what proactive arrangements are in place to ensure that the warden to inmate ratio remains stable in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, given the vulnerability of both wardens and inmates in contracting the virus; (4) what (a) is the budgetary allocation to educational programmes designed to create awareness about the coronavirus in correctional facilities and (b) percentage of this allocated budget has been spent to date?

Source
Link

Reply:

1. Awareness session on COVID-19 are held by unit managers and health care professionals whereby the psychological/psychosocial protocol and guidelines is shared with the inmates:

Explanation on what COVID-19 is and the mode of spread;
The signs and symptoms of COVID-19;
Measures to be taken to prevent spreading and/or acquiring COVID-19;
Compliance with basic Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures;
The responsibilities of reporting to the staff when experiencing signs and symptoms.

(2)(a) The total number of inmates that have been placed in quarantine since COVID-19 was declared a national disaster is three thousand six hundred and forty four
(3 644) from 01 April to 16 May 2020, and

(2)(b) None of the inmates were quarantined outside the confines of the correctional service sites.

3. The Department has a plan in place whereby non-centre based officials appointed in terms of the Correctional Service Act and the Public Service Act that have undergone basic training, will be transferred to centres where services are needed as a result of staff shortages as a result of Covid-19.

The Department has also entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the South African National Defence Force whereby reserves will be used to augment the services rendered by Correctional Officials.

In addition, the ex-Correctional Services officials will be appointed to augment the imminent shortage. This Contingency plan will ensure that the staff to inmate ratio remains stable and that the available Correctional officers are not overwhelmed.

4. There is no specific budgetary allocation for creating awareness amongst the inmates due to the fact that these sessions are rendered by departmental unit managers and health care professionals.

Budgetary allocation for education programmes designed to create awareness about the coronavirus in correctional facilities amongst officials:

REGION	Budgetary allocation	Amount Spent	% Spent
Eastern Cape	R 4 240 000.00	R 121 800.00	2.87%
Free State and Northern Cape (FS/NC)	R 2 962 700.00	R 146 690.00	4.95%
Gauteng	R 1 180 000.00	R 6 000.00	0.05%
KwaZulu-Natal	R 1 882 000.00	R 241 267.	13%
Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West (LMN)	R 1 904 000.00	R 172 268.	9.05%
Western Cape	R 1 402 000.00	R 92 263.	6.58%
Total	R 13 570 700.00	R 780 288	5.75%

The human resources development budget is currently exclusively being utilised for COVID-19 related training. Since most of the training is localised and the Department has also taken advantage of training also offered by the Department of Health for health care professionals.

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Questions and Replies

08 June 2020 - NW480

Van Der Walt, Ms D to ask the Minister of Basic Education

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08 June 2020 - NW680

De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Basic Education

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08 June 2020 - NW339

Bagraim, Mr M to ask the Minister of Health

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08 June 2020 - NW524

Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

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08 June 2020 - NW776

Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

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08 June 2020 - NW447

Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

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08 June 2020 - NW831

Macpherson, Mr DW to ask the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition

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08 June 2020 - NW798

Groenewald, Dr PJ to ask the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition

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08 June 2020 - NW518

Van Staden, Mr PA to ask the Minister of Health

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08 June 2020 - NW514

Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

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08 June 2020 - NW374

Maotwe, Ms OMC to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

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08 June 2020 - NW722

Tarabella - Marchesi, Ms NI to ask the Minister of Basic Education

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08 June 2020 - NW677

Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

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08 June 2020 - NW664

Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

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08 June 2020 - NW732

Mileham, Mr K to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

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08 June 2020 - NW673

Bagraim, Mr M to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

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08 June 2020 - NW515

Horn, Mr W to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

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08 June 2020 - NW731

Selfe, Mr J to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

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08 June 2020 - NW501

Gondwe, Dr M to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

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08 June 2020 - NW611

Hlengwa, Ms MD to ask the Minister of Health

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08 June 2020 - NW767

Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health

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08 June 2020 - NW658

Breytenbach, Adv G to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

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08 June 2020 - NW661

Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health

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08 June 2020 - NW415

Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health

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08 June 2020 - NW500

Gondwe, Dr M to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

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08 June 2020 - NW557

Clarke, Ms M to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

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08 June 2020 - NW566