Questions and Replies

Reply:

The Question has been referred to the Mpumalanga Department of Education, and the response will be provided as soon as it is received from the Province.

Reply:

The Question has been referred to the Gauteng Education Department and a response will be rendered as soon as it is received.

Reply:

(a) For projects within the scope of the Title Restoration Project (projects approved before 31 March 2014), inconclusive township establishment processes have been identified as the major challenge. Township establishment has been prioritised in the Title Restoration Grant.

For newer projects (approved after 1 April 2014) I have issued directives for implementation by provinces. These include an instruction on when conveyancers must register title during the housing delivery process, as well as an instruction to withhold a minimum amount until registration of the property has been confirmed in the deeds office.

(b) The Department has put the following measures in place to ensure that the targets are met:

1. Assessment of provincial business to ensure that targets for township establishment and registration of title are adequate;
2. Project level monitoring;
3. Quarterly performance reviews conducted with provinces and metros; and
4. Quarterly reporting to MinMec.

(c) Township establishment is a lengthy process with legislated timeframes and a necessary precursor to titling. Where appropriate, the Department assists provinces to overcome some of the challenges associated with the formalisation of old townships through intergovernmental arrangements with other national departments.

Reply:

1. In terms of the SASSA Act, there is no requirement for Cabinet to approve the appointment. Notwithstanding, it has been a practice that such appointments serve before Cabinet.

2. Cabinet considered and approved the appointment on 25 January 2019.

(3)(a) R2,650,000.00 per annum.

(3)(b) The annual salaries of the previous CEOs of SASSA, were, with effect from date of appointment as follows:

i) Mr EBF Makiwane: R1,239,900.00

ii) Ms VL Peterson: R1,339,518.00

iii) Mr TW Magwaza: R1,689,750.00

Reply:

The project entails construction of a regional water treatment works near the Spioenkop Dam to replace the existing Ladysmith Water Treatment Works and Ezakheni Water Treatment Works, as well as the replacement of the existing old bulk raw water pipeline from Spioenkop Dam to Ladysmith Town with a larger pipeline.

(a) Communities to be served with water from the project are people residing in Ladysmith Town and surroundings, including Ezakheni, St Chads, Steadville, informal settlement of Roosboom, Driefontein, Matiwaneskop, Jononoskop, Steincoalspruit (Inkunzi), Indaka LM, Okhahlamba, Imbabazane and Umtshezi LM.

(b) A preliminary cost estimate for the project is R1 941 894 392. The social component of the project, projected to cost R479 397 225 will be funded through the Regional Bulk and Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) by the Department of Water and Sanitation. A difference of R1 462 497 167 which is the economic component of the project sourced from co-funding as it constitutes. The uThukela District Municipality has committed to contribute R500 million towards the cost of the economic component and entered into negotiations with Umgeni Water to fund the shortfall.

(c) However, a detailed feasibility study is currently being undertaken by Umgeni Water. It may be necessary to revise the cost estimate may be will be revised upon completion of the feasibility study. It is estimated that detailed feasibility and implementation readiness studies, which commenced towards the end of 2019 will take 24 months. Therefore, it is anticipated that the project will be ready for implementation during the 2021/2022 financial year. The duration of planning and project implementation stages will be informed by the outcomes of the feasibility and implementation readiness studies.

(d) The project is currently at a feasibility study stage and no delays have been experienced so far.

(e) No contractors have been appointed because the project has not yet reached construction stage.

Reply:

(a) The Title Restoration project has delivered 270 820 title deeds to the rightful beneficiaries, between 2014 and December 2019.

(b) The impact of the Title Restoration Project lies in the value of a title deed, which serves as the owner’s proof of ownership.

(i) It protects individual property rights

(ii) It facilitates market and financial transactions through leveraging the property to access housing finance, enables asset building and formal property transactions.

(ii) Title deeds provides individuals with an address and adds to the rates base of municipalities

(iv) Title deeds enable ownership of the property to pass on to family members in the event of death.

(v) Providing title to state-subsidised properties opens new secondary property markets to banks, lenders and estate agents.

Reply:

In terms of section 12A of the Public Service Act, 1994 and the dispensation for the appointment and remuneration of persons (Special Advisers) appointed to executive authorities on grounds of policy consideration. Executive Authorities must submit proposals/recommendations for the appointment of individual Special Advisers to the Minister for the Public Service and Administration (MPSA) for approval of the individual’s compensation level before the appointment is effected.

(a) On 03 and 24 July 2019, I approved the compensation levels for Advocate Menzi Simelane and Mr. Mo Shaik respectively, as Special Advisers to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation.

(b) The MPSA is not responsible for the approval of appointments of Special Advisers but for the approval of the compensation levels of Special Advisers before appointment.

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Reply:

The Question has been sent to the Western Cape Department of Education, and will be rendered immediately after the receipt of a proper response from that province..

Reply:

No. It is highly impossible to phase out single medium schools in South Africa. Of the 25 762 schools, more than 20 000 are single medium, with very few dual or parallel medium. 

Language policy matters in schools are governed by the following legislation and policy frameworks: 

1. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa

Section 29(2), under the Bill of Rights, provides that:

Everyone has the right to receive education in the official language or languages of their choice in public educational institutions where that education is reasonably practicable.   In order to ensure the effective access to, and implementation of, this right, the state must consider all reasonable educational alternatives, including single medium institutions, taking into account-

(a) equity; 

(b) practicability; and

(c) the need to redress the results of past racially discriminatory laws and practices.

 2. The South African Schools Act (SASA) 

Section 6 of the SASA, on Language policy of public schools, provides the following:

• Subject to the Constitution and this Act, the Minister may, by notice in the Government Gazette, after consultation with the Council of Education Ministers, determine norms and standards for language policy in public schools;
• The governing body of a public school may determine the language policy of the school subject to the Constitution, this Act and any applicable provincial law;
• No form of racial discrimination may be practised in implementing policy determined under this section; and
• A recognised Sign Language has the status of an official language for purposes of learning at a public school.

3. The Language in Education Policy (LiEP)

The LiEP recognises that South Africa is a multilingual country and adopted the additive bi-multilingualism approach wherein learners are encouraged to learn through one language whilst learning, other additional languages as subjects. The LiEP acknowledges single, dual/parallel and multi-medium models and provides that "the language(s) of learning and teaching in a public school must be (an) official language(s)." Any of the eleven official languages and the South African Sign Language can be used as medium of instruction in public  schools.

The language medium model is primarily determined by the demography of the school. Single medium is implementable with ease in homogenous setup (wherein majority of our single medium schools are located); than in cosmopolitan areas with lots of languages. Where there are many languages in a prticular area,  schools offer dual medium.     

Reply:

(1) The Department does not have a CSE textbook. The textbooks that are developed by the team are Life Skills and Life Orientation textbooks  and not a CSE textbook.

(2)The Scripted Lesson Plans are not textbooks; but serve as a teacher resource to support the delivery of the Life Skills and Life Orientation section of the subject; and are currently available in English only.

Reply:

The Minister for the Public Service and Administration does not exercise any authority to appoint staff in departments other than be the Department of Public Service and Administration.

The executive Ethics Code issued in terms of the Executive Member’s Ethics Act, 1998 regulates the conduct of Members of the Executive. The Public Service Commission may also be the appropriate institution to deal with this matter.

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Reply:

Information on vacancy rates per subject is currently not available at the national level as it is not routinely collected as part of the monitoring framemeworks. The table below shows the overall vacancy rate per province as reported by the Provincial Education Departments at the end of September 2019. It is important to note that a vacancy as identified here does not imply that classes would be left without teachers, as substitute or temporary teachers would generally be appointed in such vacancies.

Province	Vacant Posts	Number of Allocated Posts	Vacancy Rate
Eastern Cape	5264	55126	9.5%
Free State	843	20782	4.1%
Gauteng	378	60027	0.6%
KwaZulu-Natal	2729	107413	2.5%
Limpopo	6957	52208	13.3%
Mpumalanga	538	34963	1.5%
North West	433	30724	1.4%
Northern Cape	296	10549	2.8%
Western Cape	1445	35651	4.1%
TOTALS	18883	407443	4.6%

 

COMPILED BY:

MRS LIEZEL CAROLISSEN

DIRECTOR - EDUCATION HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING, PROVISIONING AND MONITORING

DATE: 10/03/2020

OFFICIALS INVOLVED

QUESTION NO: 316. IS APPROVED

MR HM MWELI

DIRECTOR-GENERAL

DATE: 11/03/2020

QUESTION NO: 316. IS APPROVED

DR MR MHAULE, MP

DEPUTY MINISTER

DATE: 11/03/2020

QUESTION NO: 316. IS APPROVED

MRS AM MOTSHEKGA, MP

MINISTER

DATE: 12/03/2020

Reply:

The Department of Basic Education does not formally implement a first aid training course at its schools.  Individual schools train their educators and learners on first aid techniques.

Reply:

1. The topics and content in the Scripted Lesson Plans (SLPs) are guided by the Life Skills and Life Orientation Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) themes and topics. As such, the Scripted Lesson Plans are not bringing new themes and topics. The difference is that, other materials used to deliver Life Skils and Life Orientation is not scripted; and do not guide on what teaching methodolgy can be used to deliver the content which is offered by the Scripted Lesson Plans.  Once again, the Scripted Lesson Plans are not textbooks, and were never intended to be textbooks.

2. (a) The DBE is testing the utility of Scripted Lesson Plans to deliver the existing curriculum content; and

    (b) There is no discrepency in the statements as explained in (1) and 2 (a).

Reply:

There is no moratorium on the filling of funded vacant posts in the Public Service.

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Reply:

The Question has been sent to all nine Provincial Education Departments for responses.  The response will be rendered immediately after the receipt and collation of the provincial inputs.

Reply:

The Guide for Members of the Executive was approved by the President effective from 20 November 2020. The benefits due to former Members was removed from the Guide and the process to review same was left to Parliament to deal with as it is a Scheme that is administered by Parliament and the costs emanating therefrom is borne by Parliament.

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Reply:

The Question has been sent to the Province for a proper response, which immediately after receipt from Mpumalanga, will be rendered accordingly.

COMPILED BY:

MR E RAMASEDI MAFOKO

DIRECTOR: PHYSICAL PLANNING & RURAL SCHOOLING

DATE: 03/03/2020

OFFICIALS INVOLVED

QUESTION NO: 59. IS APPROVED

MR HM MWELI

DIRECTOR-GENERAL

DATE: 06/03/2020

QUESTION NO: 59. IS APPROVED

DR MR MHAULE, MP

DEPUTY MINISTER

DATE: 08/03/2020

QUESTION NO: 59. IS APPROVED

MRS AM MOTSHEKGA, MP

MINISTER

DATE: 12/03/2020

Reply:

1. The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has informed me that the Development Bank of Southern Africa was implementing this project. (a) The Contractor, Soaring Summit Development (SSD), was awarded a contract of R69 745 826.97, of which R9 124 074.35 was spent on building work, civil works, electrical works and mechanical works for various buildings on the site.

(b) The percentage of works carried out by SSD was 8.2% of the scope at the time of termination.

(c) The DPWI informed me that under the Joint Building Contracts Committee (JBCC) of the Principle Building Agreement (PBA) contract, the contractor must be given notice first before the termination could be enacted. SSD was issued with several notices of non-performance and placed in Mora in November 2019, after that SSD provided a revised programme with a catch-up plan.

In January 2019, SSD exercised their rights under the contractor to cede the work to another contractor that will have the capacity to complete the work. The cession was finalised in March 2019 and the new contractor had to apply for a new construction permit before work could start on site. All this was done in the hope of continuing with work on-site, without a long pause and escalated cost associated with the appointment of a replacement contractor.

The new contractor commenced with work at the end of April 2019, and the progress was not satisfactory. The contractor was issued with notices as per the JBCC and given time to remedy the default. The contractor made commitments, but the non-performance was never remedied. The contractor was issued with a notice to terminate in July 2019 and issued with a termination letter thereafter. The prescripts of the contract had to be followed to the latter to avoid any legal ramifications from the contractor.

2. (a),(b) The Department has informed me that a replacement contractor has not been appointed and will be appointed as soon as DPWI issues a concurrence letter in March 2020. I have asked the Director-General Adv. Sam Vukela, to launch a full investigation into the matter.

3. Falls away

Reply:

The Department is working with the World Bank to identify challenges that result in a low ranking on the Ease of Doing Business Index and as this work progresses, it is expected to impact positively on the country ranking.

The project with the World Bank was launched in March 2019. The Doing Business Report 2020 quoted by the Honourable Member is for the period 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2019, released in October 2019.

A number of the factors that contribute to the country ranking fall outside of the Department’s legal mandate, but through this process, the Department can work with other public entities and the private sector to address concerns that have been identified.

One area that does falls within the mandate of the DTIC in the Starting a Business Indicator, relating to the ease of registering a company. The DTIC and its agency, the CIPC is pioneering an e-government platform through the establishment of the Biz Portal. Today a domestic firm through the Biz Portal can obtain the following online within one day:

1. Company registration;
2. Domain name registration;
3. B-BBEE certificate;
4. Tax registration number;
5. Unemployment Insurance Fund registration;
6. Compensation Fund registration;
7. Business Bank account.

I am advised that since the launch of the Biz Portal pilot in November 2019, 8 759 companies have been registered within a day. This will significantly change the landscape and make strides in the Ease of Doing Business indicator.

It should be noted that the World Bank uses the major city in every surveyed country as a proxy for aspects of business regulation affecting small domestic firms. In the case of South Africa, it is the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) and covers the period 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2019 in the CoJ.

CoJ is directly responsible for following indicators:

(a) Getting Electricity

(b) Registering Property

(c) Dealing with Construction Permits

Progress on the pace of reforms at CoJ have been slow and this indicated in the Doing Business (DB) Report 2020 released in October 2019. The lack of movement on these impacted negatively on our rankings.

Since the appointment of the Executive Mayor of CoJ Mr. Geoff Makhubo, the Department team, World Bank and CoJ have been able to formalise an action plan for the above-mentioned indicators in order to improve turnaround times and service delivery. Since November 2019, the COJ has piloted an e-rates certificate and has issued 5772 e-certificates of which 98% were issued within 24 hours.

The Technical Working Group continues to work on improving the key elements of the measured indicators to ensure that an increase in South Africa’s rankings and I am advised that some of the successes and improvements to date include:

• Measured improved customer service by SARS;
• Service Delivery Charter published by SARS;
• Service Charter developed by COJ for registering a property;
• Increased transparency and availability of information fee schedules, documents for registration and services;
• Expanded Preferred Traders Program rolled out for trading across borders;
• Cut off time for pre-loading stacking vehicles to be at the port was reduced from 72 hours to 24 hours;
• Queuing times are now measured from inside the port gate to the stack and not from outside the gate point of entry to the discharge of goods;
• Transnet port services for import/export of vehicles now fully automated.
• Updated Website by Deeds Office, improving access, quality and transparency of information to buyers and sellers of property.

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Reply:

1. The (a) names, (b) positions and (c)(i) start and (ii) end period of the board members of Volleyball South Africa are as follows;

Anthony Kamohelo Mokoeana	President	2016-2020
Kribba Reddy	Vice	2016-2020
Vinesh Maharaj	Treasurer	2016-2020
Donovan Nair	Secretary General	2016-2020
William Mojapele	Social Responsibility and Transformation	2016-2020
Lisbeth Moatshe	Development Director	2016-2020
Jacob Thamaga	PR/ Media Director	2016-2020
Loet Groenewald	Technical Director	2016-2020
Vacant	Schools Volleyball Director

2) According to Volleyball SA Mr Reddy is no longer playing a lead role in Volleyball SA. He holds an honorary position with Volleyball South Africa. The Volleyball South Africa Congress unanimously voted him to hold an honorary position because of his exemplary leadership of the organization during difficult times to make it one of the strongest Federations in South Africa and In African volleyball. The position is one of advisor without voting rights.

3) The code of Sport must , first and foremost exercise and exhaust their constitutional directives in resolving these matters. According to Volleyball South Africa the Federation imposed sanctions on its officials as recommended by Volleyball SA tribunals. Two of its officials were employed by SASCOC and faced internal disciplinary actions. They have challenged their dismissal through the CCMA. Like SASCOC, who are waiting for the CCMA decision before they are permitted to replace these officials VSA cannot take any action against these officials bearing in mind that the final decision is still outstanding.

Reply:

1. The Department has embarked on a project to develop a risk and vulnerability assessment framework to be used for assessing the impact of climate change on health needs and services. This project was started in May 2019 after appointment of a service provider, this follows a number of engagements since July 2018 between the National Department of Health and the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries. Funding for the project was sourced from the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) through The Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). The project managers are the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) who contracted the University of South Africa to develop the risk and vulnerability assessment framework. The final product is expected to be delivered at the end of February 2020. The framework will assist the Department in conducting the assessment on health needs and services.

2. Backlogs:

Following a meeting of the National Forensic Pathology Services Committee (NFPSC) with the previous Minister of Health on 25 February 2016, it was decided not to destroy the approximately 12,000 backlogged cases (multiple samples per case) without Case Administration System (CAS) numbers. A decision has been made to group the backlogged cases in certain year categories and to analyse them.

Resulting from this meeting, the Criminal Justice System Reform Committee (CJSRC) was tasked to perform an audit of all outstanding toxicology cases. Following this decision, during a third full audit of all outstanding cases during 2016 and 2017, they have provided the Forensic Chemistry Laboratories (FCLs) with a list of cases with SAPS CAS numbers where prosecution, and thus analysis, is still required. The list has been signed off by the Chair of the CJSRC on 31 March 2017. This list contained 3,112 cases before verification at the FCLs. Of these 3,112 cases, the FCL’s could only verify 754 cases that were still outstanding as at 31 March 2017.

Another verification in April 2019 has reduced the number of outstanding cases on the list to 705, which is used as the baseline list to monitor performance. The FCLs only analyse cases from this list, newly received cases to prevent them from becoming backlogged (as all have CAS numbers), as well as all urgent requests from pathologists (including insurance matters). The balance of cases without CAS numbers will only be tested once CAS numbers have been linked to them.

Table 1 below indicates the performance of the FCLs against reduction of the CJSRC baseline backlog list of cases where prosecution is still required. [APP target: Eliminate the backlog of toxicology tests by 2019/20 (70% by 31 March 2020)]

TABLE 1
2019/20 Financial Year	% Decrease in Toxicology backlog	APP Target (%)
Quarter 1	42.98	63
Quarter 2	43.26	65
Quarter 3	44.11	67
Quarter 4		70

The total number of blood alcohol samples older than 90 days for the four FCL’s that have not been analysed as at 31 March 2019, was 8,210.

The cumulative total backlogged samples completed for 2019/20, Quarter 1, 2 and 3 was 7,513 (91.51%) of the list of 8,210. The FCL’s have also tested newly incoming samples in order to prevent these samples from forming a backlog. Table 2 below reflects the FCL progress regarding the 2019/20 APP target [Eliminate the backlog of blood alcohol tests by 2019/20].

TABLE 2
2019/20		APP TARGET
	% DECREASE IN BA BACKLOG	% DECREASE IN BA BACKLOG
Quarter 1	75.42	25
Quarter 2	90.17	50
Quarter 3	91.51	75
Quarter 4	-	100

The Toxicology and blood alcohol analysis output has been negatively affected by procurement system problems during quarter three of this financial year, causing delays in equipment repairs and procurement of consumables and chemicals required for the analysis processes. The FCL’s also currently have 30 vacancies out of a total establishment of 174.

Low staff morale:

Low staff morale in the Pretoria Laboratory is as a result of the poor building conditions. Progress is made in terms of obtaining alternative work accommodation.

Infrastructure:

Only the Forensic Chemistry Laboratory (FCL) in Visagie Street, Pretoria, has challenges with regards to accommodation. The FCL in Durban is new (established in 2015), and housed in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Department of Health building. The FCL in Cape Town is accommodated in a private building that has been recently renovated. They also have sufficient space for staff and equipment. The FCL in Johannesburg has been extensively renovated, with the project completed around 2011/12.

Two previous tender processes initiated by the Department of Public Works (DPW) have failed. An offer for accommodation by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, as well as an offer by the South African Bureau of Standards, have not been successful.

The DPW advertised a tender in June 2013. This process has however not been successful, as no suitable building could be located. In late 2013 the National Department of Health informed the DPW about the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) building (Material Laboratory) in Carl Street in Pretoria West that has not been utilized since 2009. Initially the DWAF was willing to allow the NDOH to utilize this building for the FCL Pretoria activities, but withdrew the offer in June 2014. The DPW then informed the National Department of Health (NDoH) that they did not have any other buildings available that would meet the FCL requirements and that the initial space requirements needed to be decreased. A second tender was advertised in December 2014, and that was also not successful.

In January 2015 the Chief Director: Trauma, Violence, Emergency Medical Services and Forensic Pathology Services (as it was previously called) came in contact with the office of Mr Govender, Deputy Director-General and Head of Real Estate and Facilities Management at the Department of Public Works (DPW). The DPW subsequently undertook to prioritize this matter. Shortly thereafter space was identified at the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) in Groenkloof, Pretoria. This facility was well situated, had ample parking space and had sufficient vacant floor space to be able to accommodate the FCL staff and equipment. In a meeting on 31 August 2016 where the Chief Financial Officer of the SABS was present, she informed all present that they were intending to commercialize the Groenkloof Campus, and that they might not be able to accommodate the FCL. This was followed by the DPW informing the NDoH team that they have been dealing with the wrong Department at the DPW from 2014 to 2016, and that the process had to be started from scratch.

In August 2017 a new needs and cost analysis were submitted to the DPW. Advertising of the needs for a new building has not proceeded, as the NDoH Infrastructure unit proposed to move the FCL into the CIVITAS building as an alternative. With current infrastructure challenges at CIVITAS, this is however no longer an option.

It has been established that there is laboratory, as well as office space available at the CSIR (Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research) campus on Meiring Naudé Road in Pretoria. The space will be suitable for the relocation of the Forensic Chemistry Laboratory, Pretoria – with the understanding that the space will have to be prepared accordingly. This will have cost implications.

3. The Ideal Clinic Realization and Maintenance (ICRM) programme is completing its fifth year of implementation in the 2019/20 financial year. The program is implemented in all the Primary Health Care facilities in the country. In the beginning of each year, the baseline status determination is conducted by Facility Managers in all facilities and confirmed by the District Perfect Permanent Team of the ICRM (PPTICRM). 

Since 2015/2016 to 2018/2019 the Department of Health had turned 1,920 primary health care facilities ideal. The preliminary results for 2019/2020 3rd quarter is 76 facilities that have achieve status. The breakdown per province is indicate in the table below.

Health facilities inspection tools for both Ideal Clinic and Office of Health Standards Compliance were recently aligned to ensure that they request same evidence for compliance with Norms and Standards by the health facilities. Provincial workshops were also conducted on the aligned tools. The effective date of implementation for aligned tools is the 1st of April 2020.

Table 1: Ideal Clinic Achievement by Province for 2015/16 to 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 (Quarter 3)  

Financial Years 

Province	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	2019/2020 (Preliminary results)
Eastern Cape	14	139	157	249	15
Free State	22	78	114	168	0
Gauteng	89	215	291	330	6
KwaZulu-Natal	141	288	383	461	19
Limpopo	27	51	121	165	1
Mpumalanga	19	66	87	133	3
Northern Cape	3	67	89	92	0
North West	7	92	121	141	9
Western Cape	-	41	144	181	23
TOTAL	322	1037	1507	1920	76

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Reply:

I am advised by the NLC that according to their records, they have not received any application from the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) relating to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic & Paralympic Games.

Following a further request for information, they have provided me with additional details that note the following:

1. Funding was provided to SASCOC for activities which in the opinion of the NLC is not related to the Tokyo Olympic Games, namely tracking of team qualifications, athlete tracking and monitoring and sports equipment and apparel.
2. Funding was provided to the organisation Special Olympics South Africa for “Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics Prospect Medallists, Olympic & Paralympic Athletes and Coaches Support”.

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Reply:

(1) Yes, the department has issued a mining permit to Hlelo mining (Pty) Ltd under the reference number 11218MP. It is located on portion of portion 3 of the farm Boschmanspoort 159 IS, within the magisterial district of Hendrina. The department has no record of a mining permit issued to Lunathi Mining.

(2)(a) Section 27(8) of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 (MPRDA) as amended, provides that a mining permit may not be transferred, ceded, let, sublet, alienated or disposed of, in any way whatsoever, but may been cumbered or mortgaged only for the purpose of funding or financing of the mining project in question with the Minister’s consent.

(b) Yes, multiple permits can be issued for the same location in that a mining permit is issued only for 5 hectares and therefore other entities can apply on the same location for 5 hectares as long as it is not on the 5 hectare where there is an issued mining permit or a right.

DDG: MR

Date: 27 Feb 2020

Recommended

Advocate TS Mokoena
Director General: Department of Mineral Resources and Energy

Approved

Mr SG Mantashe
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
Date submitted: 09/03/2020

Reply:

The department has advised as follows:

(1) The matter was concluded on 17 January 2020. All the parties submitted their closing arguments on 31 January 2020 to the GPSSBC as instructed by the Commissioner. The GPSSBC forwarded the closing arguments to the Commissioner on 6 February 2020. I am advised that the employee was found guilty of certain charges by the Commissioner.

(2) (a) There are no current financial transactions.

(b) the dti only processed five (5) payments to the total amount of R11 154 846. Such amount was paid for the milestones that were achieved with details as follows:

Payment	Milestone Achieved	Amount Paid
1	EOH Invoice Paid: Licencing Cost Support	R5,698,799.02
2	EOH Invoice Paid: Pilot (MCEP) Phase Initiation	R393,765.12
3	EOH Invoice Paid: SAP Maintenance Year 1 & 2	R2,858,517.62
4	EOH Invoice Paid: Acceptance of Design (Blue print)	R393,765.12
5	EOH Invoice Paid: Approved Change Request (CR_05) for Additional Requirements	R1,809,999.59

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Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available in the Department. The information will be submitted to the Honourable Member as soon as it is available

Thank you

Reply:

1. (a) Clause 57 (1)(b) of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill states that NHI must be gradually phased in using a progressive and programmatic approach based on financial resource availability;

(b) Chapter 7 of the 2017 White Paper on NHI on Financing of NHI details expenditure projections and several new taxation options for sources of funding, including evaluating a surcharge on income tax, a small payroll-based taxes as financing sources for the Fund;

(c) As outlined in Section 8 of the Memorandum of Objects of the NHI Bill, NHI will be financed in various interrelated phases as determined in consultation with the National Treasury using general budget allocations. The costing/budgeting focuses on practical issues that focuses on three issues:

(i) Quality of care improvement programme: A new funding component is required to accelerate quality initiatives, to support a stronger response post OHSC audit and also to support progressive accreditation of facilities for NHI. In 2020/21 an amount of R25 million was prioritsed for this purpose. Subsequent funding will be dependent on the success of the current implementation

(ii) Establishment of NHI Fund Office: The preliminary allocations over the MTEF is 2020/21 R20 million, 2021/22: R40 million and 2022/23: R43 million. These should be seen as ideal and will probably be less given practical delays e.g. in passing NHI Bill.

(iii) Actuarial costing model: Treasury commissioned a simplified intervention based costing tool for NHI which provides simple estimates of costs of a set of 15 or so interventions.

These include for example removing user fees, extending chronic medicine distribution programme (CCMDD), extending ARV rollout, increasing antenatal visits, rolling out capitation model for General Practitioners (GPs), cataract surgery programme, establishing NHI Fund. The full set of interventions costs in the longer term around R30 billion per annum. The Department of Health will adapt the tool to find a set of priority interventions. Most of these interventions can be scaled up progressively as funding becomes available and does not need significant new funds in Budget 2020;

(iv) The Human Resources Capacitation Grant will be used to appoint staff to ensure implementation of NHI already increases to R905 million in 2019/20 and further to R1,052 billion in 2020/21 to R1,093 in 2021/22 and R1,1 billion in 2022/23. This should be focused in the first instance on statutory posts such as interns and community service, given problems in provinces funding these key posts and national interest in making sure these are fully funded;

(v) The NHI Indirect budget baseline amounts to R2,3 billion in 2020/21, R2,5 billion in 2021/22 and R2,6 billion in 2022/23.

(vi) In the next phase the NHI Fund and its Executive Authority will be able to bid for funds through the main budget as part of the budget process. Thereafter consideration will be given to shifting some of the conditional grants such as the National Tertiary Services grant and the HIV/AIDS and TB grant from the Department of Health to the Fund. Preliminary analysis suggests this will require legal amendments.

(d) In a later phase consideration will be given to shifting of funds currently in the provincial equitable share formula for personal health care services to the Fund. This will require amendments to the National Health Act, 2003. This will also depend on how functions are shifted, for example if central hospitals are brought to the national level.

2. No, this is not correct. The Portfolio Committee of Health has been informed of the initial estimated costs of implementation of NHI when the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, (Bill 11-2019) was introduced to Parliament on 8th August 2019. This is explained in Clause 57 of the NHI Bill as well as Section 8 of the Memorandum of Objects of the NHI Bill.

3. Stakeholders have been consulted to obtain their inputs.

(a) This was undertaken as part of the consultations on the 2011 Green Paper on NHI, the 2015 draft White Paper on NHI and the 2018 Draft Bill on NHI;

(b) The NHI Bill is currently in Parliament and going through public consultation process;

(c) As outlined in Clause 8.9 of the Memorandum of Objects, Chapter 7 of the 2017 White Paper on NHI on Financing of NHI details expenditure projections and several new taxation options for sources of funding, including evaluating a surcharge on income tax, a small payroll-based taxes as financing sources for the Fund. Due to the current fiscal condition, tax increases may come at a later stage of NHI implementation.

4. I am willing to make a Statement on the matter

END.

Reply:

1. The Minister appointed a compliance task team headed by independent facilitator to follow up on the implementation of the recommendations and to report regularly on progress to the Minister.
2. The present act, the Constitutions of SASCOC and the National Federations will prevail. Any measures outside the prescript will be regarded as ultravires.

Reply:

1. (a) The number of registered medical schemes was 76 as at Quarter 3 of 2019 (compared to 79 as at December 2018);

(b) (i) The 2019 numbers have not been audited and will only be available on 1st April 2020;

(ii) As at Quarter 3 of 2019 the number of principal members was 4 067 003 (compared to the audited number of 4 039 705 at December 2018);

(iii) As at Quarter 3 of 2019 the number of beneficiaries including dependents was 8 954 814 (compared to the audited number of 8 916 695 at December 2018);

2. The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) is currently not collecting this information routinely;

3. Yes I am willing to make a statement on the matter.

END.

Reply:

1. (a) According to the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) only a total of 11 disputes were submitted (b)(i) 5 cases were resolved (ii) 6 are in progress.

2. (a) A total of 5 disputes were submitted to the Minister (b) all of them are in progress.

Reply:

Three applications received since 1 February 2020 are to be considered by the Adjudication Committee and five applications are currently being considered. Details of decisions and the identity of companies concerned who receive the incentive are made public once the process is completed.

In two matters, applications being recommended to be declined are being reviewed to check whether they could be approved. One of these may require an opinion from SARS.

As a result of the need to ensure that public funds are deployed to maximum effect to achieve national goals, it has been necessary to review applications carefully for their economic impact and determine whether they fully assist with achievement of such goals.

To illustrate the value of the approach: a recent approval of a s12i application from Hi-Sense, an electronics company located in Atlantis, will now result in improved efficiencies and the creation of a significant number of new jobs. Further details of these will be released in due course.

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Reply:

1. The National Department of Health, together with the Provincial Health Departments have embarked on a number of intervention strategies to help curb the ongoing attacks on Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Workforce. To this end we have established a National EMS Safety Forum and have since developed a National EMS Safety Guideline for all provinces to implement based on their specific needs (Annexure A). These comprehensive guidelines have four main areas, namely Focus on Staff, Community, Technology and Management. The National Department of Health is also in the process of introducing a 2-day course aimed addressing increasing safety awareness to enhance EMS personnel skills in identifying hostile environments, dealing with such situations, undertake evasive action and protection of the patient/s.

2. Yes. The National Department of Health has engaged with the South African Police Services (SAPS), National Joint Operations and Intelligence Structure (NatJOINTS), to highlight the ongoing attacks on EMS workforce and to escalate the matter with the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster (JCPS Cluster), with recommendation to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development to deal with perpetrators more stringently. As a result, the NatJOINTS has issued a NatJOINTS Instruction to SAPS Provincial Commissioners to work closely with Provincial EMS managers. The aim of the collaboration is to provide the necessary security services to EMS workforce and to prioritise all cases reported.

In addition, this matter has been carefully deliberated upon by the National Health Council and a decision was taken to have Izimbizos within the affected communities in order to create awareness and to advocate for the support of EMS by the communities. Should Izimbizos in the affected areas fail, then EMS would be forced to withdraw services from danger areas to avert loss of life or injury.

Intervention strategies at both National and Provincial levels, but are not limited to, are listed below:

• Participation and keynote address by Deputy Minister, Dr J Phaahla, at the National EMS Safety Symposium held at Cape Peninsula University of Technology in late 2018, involving all stakeholders which culminated in the development of an EMS Safety Position statement (Annexure B);
• Denouncement of such attacks by the Minister of Health at the launch of National EMS Day in 2019;
• Radio and television interviews;
• Interaction with staff at grass roots level;
• Participate in demonstrations and marches denouncing attacks on EMS staff;
• Interact with the community in the affected communities; and
• Feedback to National and Provincial parliamentary structures.

Intervention strategies by the EMS Managers and Senior Officials of the Provincial Health Departments include:

• Regular stakeholders meeting with the Community Police Forum (CPF) in the identified affected areas;
• On receipt of an emergency call, the EMS Communication Centre verifies the call with the CPF, who immediately respond to the location and confirm the emergency;
• The EMS team respond to a safe area within the Red Zone (declared by SAPS) and are then escorted to the patient by SAPS;
• Ongoing discussions with the labour caucus, CPF, SAPS and EMS management, have resulted in a decision to train CPF members in emergency medical care (First Responder Course) so as to provide the patients with immediate medical care upon the arrival of EMS; and
• In addition, the media are invited to ride along with EMS to report first hand of the experience, challenges and difficult situation faced by the emergency services on a daily basis, EMS management and staff are regularly interviewed by the media to highlight the dangers and challenges EMS is confronted with, when serving such areas.

Interaction with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, EMS Management and the Safety and Security Cluster continues, to ensure that:

• Legal counsel employed by the state follows up the investigations to ensure prioritisation and possible conviction; and
• Expert witness testimony by senior EMS manager on impact to EMS staff, EMS management, the community and service delivery.

3. I, as the Minister of Health, along with Deputy Minister of Health, Dr J Phaahla and senior managers of the National Department of Health have made several statements in this regard in the past and will continue to denounce such attacks going forward. It must be noted that there are a number of interventions implemented at multiple levels of government, yet, the attacks continue. No matter what we do, it is never enough, but we must continue to try, as we deal with this largely socioeconomic challenge. The National Department of Health together with our sector departments and provincial counterparts will continue to look for additional ways to address this serious challenge.

END.

Reply:

1. Yes. I have been informed that Klopper Park Clinic does not have a registered pharmacist.

As a practice and a norm, not all the clinics have pharmacists and pharmacy assistants. Due to the shortage of these categories of workers, the decision was taken to prioritise Community Health Centers for allocation of pharmacists or pharmacy assistants; however, the process of having pharmacists or pharmacy assistants in clinics is ongoing until all clinics are covered.

2. Yes, I have been informed that Klopper Park clinic does not receive the assistance of a medical practitioner on a weekly basis to assist with consultations and medical needs of patients.

The contract for the Community Service Medical Doctor who was allocated to Klopper Park clinic to assist with consultations and medical needs of patients expired in December 2019, however the sessional Medical Officer was appointed in February 2020. The sessional Doctor works at the clinic every Thursday to assist with consultations and medical needs of patients.

3. (a) The clinic has not had telephonic and electronic communication for the past year due to infrastructure challenges. The new clinic was planned and it is currently on the CAPEX (capital expenditure) program. There is a weekly meeting with the ICT department to resolve the problem.

(b) The clinic has a mobile phone with the prepaid airtime available for emergency calls, whilst a permanent solution relating to infrastructure challenges is being sought.

4. (a) Ekurhuleni clinics receive ambulance services from both Ekurhuleni Metro and the Province. The Ekurhuleni ambulances collect clients / patients from home to different facilities, while provincial ambulances transfer clients / patients from the clinics to different hospitals.

(b) The turnaround time differs between urban and rural areas, and between obstetric and other emergency ambulances. For urban response, the turnaround time is 15 to 60 minutes. The obstetric ambulances’ turnaround time is less than 30 minutes.

END.

Reply:

Public Clinics in Gauteng Province do not have mobile units, but the mobile units fall under sub districts and some of them are based at the clinics for overnight parking and refilling of medicines and medical commodities. All five districts have mobile units to assist with heath service delivery in sub-districts.

There are no clinics that have mobile units.

With regards to the areas that are served by the mobile units, the list is provided here below as (ANNEXURE A).

END.

Reply:

Both the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality have allocated mobile clinics/units according to the sub districts/regions; Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has fixed clinics that have mobile units/clinics attached to them.

Details on the number of clinics that have mobile units, as well as areas that are served by mobile units, are contained in Annexure A.

END.

Reply:

Reply

1. (i)The number of applications received in the last five years from 2015 to 31 March 2019 are 56

Year	Total No of Applications	Applications issued
2015	15	04
2016	07	01
2017	17	03
2018	10	01
2019	08	01

(bb)
(bb) Applications received from 1 April 2019 are 08

(ii) There are no applications issued in this category

(ii) There are no applications issued in this category

(b) Nigel, Brakpan and Benoni.

 

DDG: MR
Date: 27 FEB 2020

Recommended

Advocate TS Mokoena
Director General: Department of Mineral Resources and Energy

Approved

Mr SG Mantashe
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy
Date submitted: 09/03/2020

Reply:

(a) The PRASA War Room was established by the Accounting Authority of PRASA under direction of the Executive Authority.

(b) The Steering Committee of the PRASA War Room reported to the Minister of Transport.

(c) The Steering Committee of the PRASA War Room met weekly and was chaired by the Director General: Department of Transport. A Technical Committee managed the day to day functioning of the War Room chaired by the Head of Strategic Planning at PRASA.

(d) No extra cost was attributed to the War Room as it was staffed with PRASA employees.

(e) (i) Five(5) PRASA employees staffed the War Room on a permanent basis.

(ii) Refer to (d) above.

(f) (i) All equipment used in the War Room is owned by PRASA.

(ii) Refer to (f)(i) above.

Reply:

The trip to the World Economic Forum in January 2020 combined three separate meetings in one round-trip. These were:

1. The 2020 World Economic Forum meeting held in Switzerland to meet investors, analysts and foreign government representatives
2. The World Trade Organisation “Mini-Ministerial” meeting on trade, held in Switzerland to consider the progress made on trade reform at global level
3. A session of the African Union’s Bureau of the Council of Ministers held in Ethiopia, to shortlist candidates for the Secretary General position for the new Secretariat of the AfCFTA.

The travel schedule was a flight from Johannesburg – Zurich followed by a car journey to Davos and back to Zurich; with flights from Zurich-Vienna (transit) – Addis Ababa (meeting) – Johannesburg. Travel for international visits are in business class.

The cost for the Addis Ababa meeting will be compensated by the African Union, as I attended in my capacity as Vice Chairperson of the Council of Ministers. The cost of travel, excluding the portion for which a refund has been made to the African Union, is R111 383, covering both airfare and accommodation.

A Ministerial Advisor attended the WEF meeting, at a cost of R58 454 and flew economy class.

No accompanying person from the Ministry travelled to Ethiopia for the African Union segment.

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Reply:

Currency government does not have incentives to encourage (a) individuals to install systems and (b) use micro power generation for their own private power supply at household level, However, it should be indicated that there are benefits to either install or use micro power generator through sayings that are made from the decrease on electricity bills be» one is not using the grid connected electricity.

NW182E

Reply:

I have been advised by the department as follows:

(a)(i) The SABS decoder testing lab was established in February 2012.

(ii) The lab was established to test decoders to be manufactured in South Africa based on the SANS862 national DTT decoder standard administered by the SABS. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Department of Communications (DoC), Department of Trade and Industry [DTI] and the SA Bureau of Standards (SABS). Under the terms of the MoU, the SABS had to:

1. Assume responsibility for the establishment and operations of the decoder conformance lab.
2. Procure lab test equipment
3. Appoint personnel to operate the lab
4. Work closely with the DoC and broadcasters on operational matters of the lab as and when necessary.

(b)The SABS was given a once-off grant of R30-million for the establishment of the facility by the DoC under the terms of the MoU, to perform the duties as outlined.

(c) According to the records provided by the SABS, they have tested and issued certificates for eleven (11) decoder samples from a number of local suppliers since the inception of the lab in 2012. The method was to test one decoder sample per model of decoder that the manufacturer was in the process of putting into production. The list of the samples is provided below:

Supplier	DTH-Satellite STB	DTT-Terrestrial STB	Model
ABT	x		STB351-SNT-MTC-01
ABT		x	STB341-MTC01
African Digitech Solutions (ADS)		x	TJ5023U
BUA Africa		x	DTD 4N
BUA Africa		x	HT8863L
BUA Africa	x		HSJ10
BUA Africa		x	HS6100
Altech UEC		x	DTD 4126
CZ Electronics		x	FR9600
Leratadima		x	STB341-MTC01
M-Net		x	Go-TV

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER

Reply:

I am advised by the Economic Development Department that the report is expected to be completed within six weeks. The key findings and recommendations, together with any actions required from the Commission, will be made public.

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Reply:

The National Department is supporting and overseeing the Provinces in the handling of medico-legal cases. In this regard, the common approach is the public health defence with regard to future medical treatment. This is to ensure that future medical expenses must not be paid in monetary value but in kind by providing future medical treatment in public health facilities. This approach has been dealt with in the case of Zulu. The Zulu Case was confirmed by Judge Keightley in the Gauteng Local Division of the High Court in which the Court developed the common law by allowing that MEC for Health in Gauteng to provide services (future medical treatment) at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital instead of paying a lump sum of money.

Furthermore, the State Liability Amendment Bill, 2018 is being revived to expressly provide for the provision of services (future medical treatment) at public facilities. In this regard, there are Gazetted health facilities in the implementation of the Bill.

The South Africa Law Reform Commission (SALRC) is also conducting an investigation into law reform in the field of medico-legal litigation in terms of Project 141. The Issue Paper was issued in May 2017 with due date of comments to 30 September 2017 which recommended the amendment to the State Liability Act. The SALRC is currently busy with the Discussion Paper.

Mediation is also being encouraged to Provinces as one of the intervention measures and aimed at the reduction of the legal costs and lengthy and costly court processes.

Further intervention relates to forensic investigations of suspicions cases. The investigations project commenced in December 2019 with a focus on identified cases in KZN and recently in EC; as well as investigations of the top law firms participating in the medico-legal cases at provincial leave. In addition, the services of the newly established Health Anti-Corruption Forum will be utilized. Partnership with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is also being forged as it is already a case in the Eastern Cape Province.

Provinces: As per the table below:

((a) number of claims of negligence have been submitted against the National Department and in each province in the past two financial years,

(b) details of each claim have been summarised in the third column in the table below per province;

(c) number of the claims paid out per province;

(d) total monetary value of claims per province.

2017-18 FINANCIAL YEAR
NAME OF THE PROVINCE	NUMBER OF MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS SUBMITTED (including letters of demand)	SUMMARY DETAILS OF EACH CLAIM	MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS ACTUAL PAYMENTS	TOTAL AMOUNT OF CONTINGENT LIABILITY MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS (not paid)
			No of claims	Total Amount paid
Eastern Cape	524	Cerebral Palsy; Surgical	59	R427 706 138.84	R7 741 496 122.24
Free State	52	Cerebral Palsy, Wrong diagnosis / medication, Surgical complications	5	R 14 150 000.00	R 584 222 853.00
Gauteng	386	Cerebral Palsy; surgical	74	R 243 250 339.32	R 3 660 646 406.20
Kwazulu- Natal	402	Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Surgical Oncology; Urology; Ophthalmology	151	R 134 436 666.80	R 2 978 441 462.30
Limpopo	275	Cerebral Palsy; Obstetrics & Gynaecology Orthopaedic Other Surgical	9	R 17 550.000.00	R 2 880 271 000.00
Mpumalanga	80	Maternity cases Orthopaedic cases Mental Health care user case	25	R 25 947 455.00	R 1 025 412 726.00
Northern Cape	23	Cerebral Palsy; Surgical	0	0	R 315 855 194.00
North West	77	Maternity cases; Orthopaedic cases	10	R 34 633 128.60	R 601 176 148.00
Western Cape[1]	92	Obstetrics, surgical, neurosurgery	50	R86 873 630.75	R614 857 118.09
TOTALS	1911		384	R 984 547 359.31	R 20 402 379 029.83

2018-19 FINANCIAL YEAR
NAME OF THE PROVINCE	NUMBER OF MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS SUBMITTED (including letters of demand)	SUMMARY DETAILS OF EACH CLAIM	MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS ACTUAL PAYMENTS	TOTAL AMOUNT OF CONTINGENT LIABILITY MEDICO- LEGAL CLAIMS (not paid)
			No of claims	Total Amount paid
Eastern Cape	459	Cerebral Palsy; Surgical	87	R 797 120 477. 00	R 6 673 891 443.79
Free State	67	Cerebral Palsy, Wrong diagnosis / medication, Surgical complications	7	R 10 400 258.25	R 873 494 171.00
Gauteng	120	Cerebral Palsy; surgical	70	R 378 983 765.88	R 1 357 938 619,11
Kwazulu- Natal	446	Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Surgical Oncology; Urology; Ophthalmology	86	R 444 129 604.90	R 2 636 105 361. 09
Limpopo	254	Cerebral Palsy; Obstetrics & Gynaecology Orthopaedic Other Surgical	6	R 9 800 000.00	R 2 329 815 300.00
Mpumalanga	132	Maternity cases Orthopaedic cases	18	R 25 597 039.12	R 2 170 079 941.43
Northern Cape	19	Cerebral Palsy; Surgical	2	R 3 600 000.00	R 176 438 110.00
North West	92	Maternity cases; Orthopaedic cases	7	R 34 027 549.00	R 513 958 416.73
Western Cape	46	Obstetrics, ophthalmology, neurosurgery	32	R 60 971 721.70	R 2 536 987 682.49
TOTALS	1 635		315	R 1 764 630 415.85	R19 268 709 045.64

As at March 2019, the Contingent liability submitted by provinces was at R100 billion over a period of ten years. There is currently a cleaning up process of the data and the amount to ensure that the contingent liability is only for medico-legal cases and does not include all litigation matters such as RAF; Procurement matters; non-payment of invoices due to disputes or budget issues etc. As at June 2019, the reduced amount was R68b and this is an ongoing process.END ↑

Reply:

I have requested the Department to prioritise trade with the rest of the Continent over the MTEF and accordingly, a growing part of the budget will be directed to trade promotion and the activities of the Development Finance Institutions will also be harnessed.

R80 million of the current export promotion budget supports intra-Africa trade and investments over the MTEF period, but, as indicated above, we will be drawing on a wider resource-envelope.

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Reply:

The following tables provide the details in this regard:

Name of health facility that offers Choice of Termination of Pregnancy (CTOP) in the Republic	Province in which facility is located
(a)	(b)
Adelaide Hospital	Eastern Cape
All Saints Hospital	Eastern Cape
Andries Vosloo Hospital	Eastern Cape
Bambisana Hospital	Eastern Cape
Bedford Hospital	Eastern Cape
Bhisho Hospital	Eastern Cape
Butterworth Hospital	Eastern Cape
Cala Hospital	Eastern Cape
Cecilia Makiwane Hospital	Eastern Cape
Civic Centre Clinic (Mthatha)	Eastern Cape
Cloete Joubert (Barkley East) Hospital	Eastern Cape
Cofimvaba Hospital	Eastern Cape
Cradock Hospital	Eastern Cape
Dora Nginzi Hospital	Eastern Cape
Duncan Village CHC	Eastern Cape
Elliot Hospital	Eastern Cape
Empilisweni Hospital	Eastern Cape
Empiliweni Gompo CHC	Eastern Cape
Frere Hospital	Eastern Cape
Frontier Hospital	Eastern Cape
Glen Grey Hospital	Eastern Cape
Hewu Hospital	Eastern Cape
Humansdorp Hospital	Eastern Cape
Idutywa Village CHC	Eastern Cape
Lady Grey Hospital	Eastern Cape
Laetitia Bam CHC	Eastern Cape
Lanti Clinic	Eastern Cape
Marie Stopes Port Elizabeth Clinic	Eastern Cape
Midland Hospital	Eastern Cape
Motherwell CHC	Eastern Cape
Mthatha General Hospital	Eastern Cape
New Rest Clinic	Eastern Cape
Ngqwaru Clinic	Eastern Cape
Nompumelelo (Peddie) Hospital	Eastern Cape
Nontyatyambo CHC	Eastern Cape
Nqamakwe CHC	Eastern Cape
Port Alfred Hospital	Eastern Cape
Settlers Hospital	Eastern Cape
SS Gida Hospital	Eastern Cape
St Elizabeth's Hospital	Eastern Cape
Rafalofefe Hospital	Eastern Cape
Tayler Bequest Hospital (Elundini)	Eastern Cape
Tayler Biquest Hospital (Matatiele)	Eastern Cape
Uitenhage Hospital	Eastern Cape
Victoria Hospital	Eastern Cape
Xhora CHC	Eastern Cape
Albert Luthuli Memorial Clinic	Free State
Albert Nzula District Hospital	Free State
Botshabelo Hospital	Free State
Bren Health Care Clinic	Free State
Dr JS Moroka Hospital	Free State
Dr Moeti Surgery	Free State
Elizabeth Ross Hospital	Free State
Fezi Ngumbentombi Hospital	Free State
Karabo Clinic	Free State
Katleho Hospital	Free State
Kgotsong (Welkom) Clinic	Free State
Mediclinic Welkom Hospital	Free State
Molemo Healthcare Clinic	Free State
National District Hospital	Free State
Phekolong Hospital	Free State
Tokollo Hospital	Free State
Bertha Gxowa Hospital	Gauteng
Carletonville Hospital	Gauteng
Chiawelo CHC	Gauteng
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital	Gauteng
Dr George Mukhari Hospital	Gauteng
Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital	Gauteng
Heidelberg Hospital	Gauteng
Jabulane Dumane CHC	Gauteng
Johan Heyns CHC	Gauteng
Jubilee Hospital	Gauteng
Kalafong Hospital	Gauteng
Kgabo CHC	Gauteng
Kopanong Hospital	Gauteng
Laudium CHC	Gauteng
Lenasia South CHC	Gauteng
Leratong Hospital	Gauteng
Phedisong 4 CHC	Gauteng
Protop Women's Clinic (Vereeniging)	Gauteng
Sebokeng Hospital	Gauteng
Soshanguve CHC	Gauteng
Steve Biko Academic Hospital	Gauteng
Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital	Gauteng
Vaal Woman's Choice Clinic (Evaton)	Gauteng
Vaal Woman's Choice Clinic (Vereeniging)	Gauteng
Zola CHC	Gauteng
Addington Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Appelsbosch Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Benedictine Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Bethesda Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Catherine Booth Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Charles Johnson Memorial Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Christ the King Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Dannhauser CHC	KwaZulu-Natal
Dundee Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Edendale Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
eDumbe CHC	KwaZulu-Natal
Emmaus Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Eshowe Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Estcourt Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
General Justice Gizenga Mpanza Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
GJ Crooke's Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Greytown Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Hlengisizwe CHC	KwaZulu-Natal
Inanda C CHC	KwaZulu-Natal
Itshelejuba Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Khululeka Clinic	KwaZulu-Natal
KwaDabeka CHC	KwaZulu-Natal
KwaMagwaza Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Ladysmith Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Mahatma Gandhi Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Manguzi Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Marie Stopes Durban Clinic	KwaZulu-Natal
Marie Stopes Isipingo Clinic	KwaZulu-Natal
Mbongolwane Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Montebello Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Murchison Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Ndwedwe CHC	KwaZulu-Natal
Newcastle Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Nkandla Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Nkonjeni Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Northdale Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Nseleni CHC	KwaZulu-Natal
Phoenix CHC	KwaZulu-Natal
Pomeroy CHC	KwaZulu-Natal
Port Shepstone Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Queen Nandi Regional Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Rietvlei Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
RK Khan Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Rose Clinic (Durban)	KwaZulu-Natal
St Andrew's Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
St Apollinaris Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
St Chads CHC	KwaZulu-Natal
Sundumbili CHC	KwaZulu-Natal
TLMSM Health Care Clinic	KwaZulu-Natal
Tongaat CHC	KwaZulu-Natal
Turton CHC	KwaZulu-Natal
Umphumulo Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Untunjambili Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Vryheid Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Wentworth Hospital	KwaZulu-Natal
Botlokwa Hospital	Limpopo
Buffelshoek Clinic (Blouberg)	Limpopo
Burgersfort Clinic	Limpopo
Dendron Clinic	Limpopo
Dilokong Hospital	Limpopo
Donald Fraser Hospital	Limpopo
Dr CN Phatudi Hospital	Limpopo
Elim Hospital	Limpopo
Ellisras Hospital	Limpopo
FH Odendaal (Nylstroom) Hospital	Limpopo
George Masebe Hospital	Limpopo
HC Boshoff CHC	Limpopo
Helen Franz Hospital	Limpopo
Jamela Clinic	Limpopo
Jane Furse Hospital	Limpopo
Kgapane Hospital	Limpopo
Lebowakgomo Hospital	Limpopo
Letaba Hospital	Limpopo
Letsitele Clinic	Limpopo
Levubu Clinic	Limpopo
Louis Trichard Hospital	Limpopo
Makhado CHC	Limpopo
Malamulele Hospital	Limpopo
Mamotshwa Clinic	Limpopo
Mankweng Hospital	Limpopo
Mariveni Clinic	Limpopo
Mashishimale Clinic	Limpopo
Matlala Hospital	Limpopo
Matoks Clinic	Limpopo
Mecklenburg Hospital	Limpopo
Mokopane Hospital	Limpopo
Mookgophong CHC	Limpopo
Nancefield Clinic	Limpopo
Nchabeleng CHC	Limpopo
Northam Clinic	Limpopo
Philadelphia Hospital	Limpopo
Rapahlelo Clinic	Limpopo
Ratshaatshaa CHC	Limpopo
Rethabile CHC	Limpopo
Sekororo Hospital	Limpopo
Seloane Clinic	Limpopo
Seshego Hospital	Limpopo
Siloam Hospital	Limpopo
St Rita's Hospital	Limpopo
Thabazimbi Hospital	Limpopo
Tiyani CHC	Limpopo
Tshilidzini Hospital	Limpopo
Tshilwavhusiku CHC	Limpopo
Voortrekker Memorial (Potgietersrus) Hospital	Limpopo
Warmbaths Hospital	Limpopo
WF Knobel Hospital	Limpopo
Willows Clinic	Limpopo
Witpoort Hospital	Limpopo
Zebediela Hospital	Limpopo
Amajuba Memorial Hospital	Mpumalanga
Barberton Hospital	Mpumalanga
Bernice Samuels Hospital	Mpumalanga
Bethal Hospital	Mpumalanga
Bhuga CHC	Mpumalanga
Carolina Hospital	Mpumalanga
Embhuleni Hospital	Mpumalanga
Empumelelweni CHC	Mpumalanga
Ermelo Hospital	Mpumalanga
Evander Hospital	Mpumalanga
Ezamokuhle Clinic	Mpumalanga
Kabokweni CHC	Mpumalanga
Kanyamazane CHC	Mpumalanga
KwaMhlanga Hospital	Mpumalanga
Lebohang CHC	Mpumalanga
M'Africa CHC	Mpumalanga
Mapulaneng Hospital	Mpumalanga
Matsulu CHC	Mpumalanga
Mmametlhake Hospital	Mpumalanga
Naas CHC	Mpumalanga
Nelspruit CHC	Mpumalanga
Phola-Nzikasi CHC	Mpumalanga
Piet Retief Hospital	Mpumalanga
Sabie Hospital	Mpumalanga
Standerton Hospital	Mpumalanga
Thulamahashe CHC	Mpumalanga
Tintswalo Hospital	Mpumalanga
De Aar (Central Karoo) Hospital	Northern Cape
Dr Harry Surtie Hospital	Northern Cape
Galeshewe Day Hospital	Northern Cape
Postmasburg Hospital	Northern Cape
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital	Northern Cape
Tshwaragano Hospital	Northern Cape
Atamelang CHC	North West
Bafokeng CHC	North West
Bapong CHC	North West
Brits Hospital	North West
Ganyesa Hospital	North West
Gelukspan Hospital	North West
General de la Rey Hospital	North West
Hartebeesfontein Clinic	North West
JB Marks CHC	North West
Job Shimankana Tabane Hospital	North West
Joe Morolong Memorial Hospital	North West
Klerksdorp-Tshepong Tertiary Hospital	North West
Klipdrift Health Post	North West
Koster Hospital	North West
Letlhabile CHC	North West
Mabeskraal CHC	North West
Mahikeng Provincial Hospital	North West
Makapanstad (Seaparankwe) Clinic	North West
Mamusa CHC	North West
Mogwase CHC	North West
Moses Kotane Hospital	North West
Nic Bodenstein Hospital	North West
Potchefstroom Hospital	North West
Ramabesa Health Post	North West
Schweizer-Reneke Town Clinic	North West
Taung Hospital	North West
Annie Brown Clinic	Western Cape
Bergsig Clinic	Western Cape
Bredasdorp Clinic	Western Cape
Caledon Clinic	Western Cape
Caledon Hospital	Western Cape
Cape Town Reproductive Health Centre	Western Cape
Ceres CDC	Western Cape
Ceres Hospital	Western Cape
Clanwilliam Hospital	Western Cape
Cloetesville CHC	Western Cape
Cogmanskloof Clinic	Western Cape
De Doorns Clinic	Western Cape
Dr Abdurahman CDC	Western Cape
Eerste Rivier Hospital	Western Cape
Elim Satellite Clinic	Western Cape
Empilisweni (Worcester) Clinic	Western Cape
False Bay Hospital	Western Cape
George Hospital	Western Cape
Grabouw CHC	Western Cape
Great Brak River Clinic	Western Cape
Groendal Clinic	Western Cape
Groote Schuur Hospital	Western Cape
Guguletu CHC	Western Cape
Hanover Park CHC	Western Cape
Happy Valley Clinic	Western Cape
Harry Comay TB Hospital	Western Cape
Heidelberg Clinic	Western Cape
Helderberg Hospital	Western Cape
Hermanus Hospital	Western Cape
Idas Valley Clinic	Western Cape
Karl Bremer Hospital	Western Cape
Khayelitsha Hospital	Western Cape
Klapmuts Clinic	Western Cape
Knysna Hospital	Western Cape
Kraaifontein CHC	Western Cape
Kuyasa CHC	Western Cape
Lady Michaelis CDC	Western Cape
Life Bay View Private Hospital	Western Cape
Life Kingsbury Hospital	Western Cape
Mbekweni CDC	Western Cape
McGregor Clinic	Western Cape
Mediclinic Cape Gate Hospital	Western Cape
Mediclinic Cape Town Hospital	Western Cape
Mediclinic Constantiaberg Hospital	Western Cape
Mediclinic Durbanville Hospital	Western Cape
Mediclinic George Hospital	Western Cape
Mediclinic Hermanus Hospital	Western Cape
Mediclinic Paarl Hospital	Western Cape
Mediclinic Worcester Hospital	Western Cape
Michael Mapongwana CDC	Western Cape
Mitchells Plain CHC	Western Cape
Mitchells Plain Hospital	Western Cape
Montagu Clinic	Western Cape
Montagu Hospital	Western Cape
Mossel Bay Hospital	Western Cape
Nduli clinic	Western Cape
New Somerset Hospital	Western Cape
Nkqubela Clinic	Western Cape
Nolungile CDC	Western Cape
Otto Du Plessis Hospital	Western Cape
Oudtshoorn Hospital	Western Cape
Paarl Hospital	Western Cape
Patriot Plein Clinic	Western Cape
Prince Alfred Hamlet Clinic	Western Cape
Radie Kotze Hospital	Western Cape
Railton Clinic	Western Cape
Robertson Hospital	Western Cape
SAMHS 2 Military Hospital	Western Cape
Site C Youth clinic	Western Cape
Stellenbosch Hospital	Western Cape
Suurbraak Clinic	Western Cape
Swellendam Hospital	Western Cape
Swellendam PHC Clinic	Western Cape
TC Newman CDC	Western Cape
Thembalethu CDC	Western Cape
Touws River Clinic	Western Cape
Town 2 CDC	Western Cape
Tulbach Clinic	Western Cape
Tygerberg Hospital	Western Cape
Vanguard CHC	Western Cape
Victoria Hospital	Western Cape
Villiersdorp Clinic	Western Cape
Vredenburg Hospital	Western Cape
Vredendal Hospital	Western Cape
Wellington CDC	Western Cape
Wesfleur Hospital	Western Cape
Wolseley Clinic	Western Cape
Worcester CDC	Western Cape
Worcester Hospital	Western Cape
Zolani Clinic	Western Cape

(Source: DHIS)

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Reply:

1. The Departments internal audit unit in consultation with the Auditor-General of SA, in order to avoid duplications, have on their approved annual internal audit plan federations to be audited for the year. On completion of the audit, reports on the audit findings are discussed and sent to the federations audited. Herewith follows the list of federations audited during 2018/19 and 2017/18 financial years respectively;

2018/19 Financial year

1. Jukskei South Africa
2. Bowls South Africa
3. South African Table Tennis Board
4. Rowing South Africa
5. South African National Archery Association

2017/18 Financial year

1. Netball South Africa
2. South African Sports for Social Change Network
3. Volleyball South Africa
4. Tennis South Africa

2. Compliance Audits against the funding framework and the service level agreement between the department and the federations are conducted.

3. Sport and Recreation South Africa Financial and Non-Financial Policy aims to provide funding only to recognised national federations and any related monitoring is conducted to the funded federations and not the members.

4. A total of 393 athletes benefitted from SRSA funds

Reply:

The Office of the Director General had been advised of the challenges faced by the company and the effort to place the company in liquidation. The company has been placed under business rescue, and I am advised that it has presented a turnaround plan in attempt to save the company and protect a number of jobs. Once approved, this court-sanctioned process will enable the company to restructure its operations.

The company received financial support from the dti amounting to R50million from the Black Industrialists Programme in November 2018. The company occupied a top-structure erected at the East London Industrial Development Zone.

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Reply:

1. According to the Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee the proposed amendments contained in the Sports Bill seek to address the establishment of a colours board. (a) In the interim and until the amendment to the Sports and Recreation Act is complete, (b) SASCOC will continue to use the authority conferred by the Minister to receive applications and award colours
2. SASCOC continues to award colours in terms of the Regulations and will continue to do so until the amendments to the Sport and Recreations Act is complete.

Reply:

I am advised by the NLC that applications for participation in the 2021 Olympics in Birmingham in Alabama, United States, have not been made. All applications received will be considered.

The Sports and Recreation Distributing Agency approved funding for the following women sporting codes in the current financial year (2019/20) - soccer R8 Million (South African Football Association), cricket R1 Million (Cricket South Africa), swimming R2 Million (Swimming South Africa).

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Reply:

I have been advised by the NLC that funding was provided to organisations linked to the person concerned and to an organization that the NLC says employed his spouse. Details have been supplied to my office by the NLC. I will be requesting further clarity from the NLC in order to determine the accuracy and relevance of the additional information to be disclosed and will thereafter advise the Honourable Member.

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Reply:

During 2017, the then Chairperson of the National Lotteries Commission was re-appointed as Chairperson in accordance with section 3(3) of the Lotteries Act, 1997 (Act No. 57 of 1997) (the “Act”) for a further period of 2 years and 4 months. The Act provides that a member of the National Lotteries Commission’s board may be appointed for a period not exceeding five years.

The term of the Chairperson was due to end on 30 November 2019. Before the end this term, the Chairperson raised a number of concerns relating to the lawfulness of the determination of the period of his appointment and specifically the reasons provided therefore; and provided the Ministry with a legal opinion in support of his concern, to the effect that the period of appointment ought to have been for a five-year period.

After considering the merit of the verbal and written representations made to me, and taking into account the advice of the Director General of the Department of Trade and Industry, I concluded that it would be in the best interest of the National Lotteries Commission to secure a settlement and extended the period of appointment of the Chairperson for a one-year period to 30 November 2020, with an explicit agreement that this was in full and final settlement of any claims that he may have or believe he may have.

As the Minister determines the period of appointment and it falls within the prescribed maximum period of 5 years, I am advised this complies with the provisions of the Act as set out above.

The process for the appointment of a new Chairperson will follow the requisite processes as provided in the Act.

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