Questions and Replies

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

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Reply:

I would like to apprise the Honourable Member that the profiles of the mentioned offenders have been submitted to the National Council for Correctional Services (NCCS) for reconsideration thereafter which it will be submitted to my office for a decision.

The fact that these offenders are eligible for consideration for placement on parole does not mean that conditional placement will be granted automatically, as a number of factors are considered before placement can be approved. Accordingly, dates of their placement on parole cannot be provided at this stage as they are still to be considered by the National Council for Correctional Services and where placement on parole or further profiling can be decided upon.

The following factors are among other factors taken into consideration when an offender is considered for possible placement on parole:

• The offenders response to development and treatment programmes associated with rehabilitation.
• The existence and quality of support systems in the community.
• The probability of re- offending.
• The risk that the offender may pose to the community at large and
• The outcome of restorative justice processes and possible referral for mediation if it had not been done prior to the Correctional Supervision and Parole Board meeting; and the risk to the victim.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

1. (a) The Expanded Public Works Programme is implemented across all provinces.

(b) (i) The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) informed me that a total of 309 600 work opportunities were created by the provincial sphere. (ii) While a total of 168 922 work opportunities were created in the municipal sphere, Table 1 below reflects a breakdown of work opportunities created from April 2019 – December 2019 per each sphere of government.

Table 1: Number of work opportunities per sphere of government (April – Dec 2019)

Province	Municipal	National	Provincial	Grand Total
EC	23 329	65 820	71 662	160 811
FS	6 789	33 849	17 590	58 228
GP	21 240	32 821	28 188	82 249
KN	40 636	66 239	97 005	203 880
LP	17 231	42 459	29 980	89 670
MP	10 302	36 785	15 306	62 393
NC	4 699	25 029	5 966	35 694
NW	7 404	26 132	19 872	53 408
WC	37 292	30 033	24 031	91 356
Grand Total	168 922	359 167	309 600	837 689

(c) The remuneration that is paid to each EPWP worker in each province as reported into the EPWP Reporting System in the same reporting period is reflected in table 2 below.

Table 2: Average participants daily wages per province per sphere

Province	Municipal	National	Provincial	Total
EC	R 115	R119	R120	R 118
FS	R 156	R110	R116	R 127
GP	R 138	R116	R140	R 131
KN	R 154	R113	R118	R 128
LP	R 148	R103	R135	R 129
MP	R 133	R105	R139	R 126
NC	R 133	R104	R117	R 118
NW	R 161	R102	R133	R 132
WC	R 148	R119	R172	R 146
Total	R 148	R111	R128	R 129

2. EPWP participants have a job-specific task description. The job descriptions are based on the task the participant is required to perform in the project. The tasks vary due to the scope of projects across different sectors in which EPWP is active.

3. No

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

a) The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) pays for electricity on behalf of user departments for properties under the custodianship of the Department. The significant number of properties get electricity from Municipalities and few directly from Eskom.

The Department is therefore only able to confirm for accounts where payments are made to Eskom on behalf of client departments for settlement of Eskom accounts. (See List A below)

b) According to the debtors age analysis dated 17 February 2020 received from Eskom, the DPWI owes an amount of R7.2 million for DPWI and the client departments where the payments of municipal servies is under its custodianship as follows:

Less than 30 days	30 + days	Total
919,454.66	6,316,741.36	7,236,196.02

The DPWI is in the process of validating and verifying the R7.2 million against its own records whilst continuing to pay invoices received for validated accounts.

Tabulated below is the rand value of payments made to Eskom and Municipalities in relation to Services. For Eskom it will be only for electricity, whereas for Municipalities, this will include electricity, water, sewerage and refuse services:

Municipal Expenditure 1 April 2019 to 31 January 2020
Supplier type	Municipal services	Property Rates	Grand Total
Eskom	473,644,667	-	473,644,667
Municipalities	2,581,190,340	727,408,713	3,308,599,054
Grand Total	3,054,835,007	727,408,713	3,782,243,720

List A:

1. Agriculture reseach council
2. Agriculture, Forest and Fish
3. Arts and Culture
4. Companies & intelec prop commission
5. Centre for public service innovation
6. Communications
7. Coop govt and traditional affairs
8. Correctional Services
9. Defence
10. Energy
11. Environmental Affairs
12. Film & Publication Board
13. Financial and Fiscal Commission
14. Gender Equality Commission
15. Government Communications
16. Government Pension Fund Administration
17. Health
18. Higher Education
19. Home Affairs
20. Human Rights Commission
21. Human Settlements
22. Independent Police Investigative Directorate
23. Inter Relation and Coop (DIRCO)
24. Justice and Constitutional Dev
25. Labour
26. Military Vetarans
27. Minerals Resources
28. National Prosecuting Authorithy
29. National School of Government
30. National Treasury
31. Public Enterprises
32. Public Protector
33. Public Service and Administration
34. Public Service Commission
35. Public Works
36. Rural dev and land affairs
37. SA Police Services
38. SAMAF
39. SARS
40. SASSA
41. Science and Technology
42. SITA
43. Social Development
44. Sports and Recreation
45. Statistics SA
46. Tourism
47. Trade and Industry
48. Transport
49. Water Affairs
50. Woman and children

Reply:

1. Decisions on whether or not to institute prosecutions, on what charges, and against whom, are within the sole purview of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The NPA is enjoined to act independently and impartially in executing its duties and therefore does not report on these matters to the President, neither would it be appropriate for the President to request any such report.

2. The Zondo Commission is yet to make any recommendations to me.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

Yes, I have instructed the department to initiate processes to conduct lifestyle audits, commencing with myself as political head, followed by the departmental executives and senior management members and middle management. The audit will be undertaken in four (4) phases from May 2020 with the assistance of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) following my request in this regard to the head of the SIU during December last year. 

 a) Phase 1 of the lifestyle audit is estimated to commence in April 2020.

 b) The lifestyle audits strategy will be implemented in four (4) phases, and as follows:

• ➢ Phase 1: Minister and Deputy Minister, 
• ➢ Phase 2: Director-General and Deputy Director-Generals,
• ➢  Phase 3: Chief Directors, Supply Chain Management officials and other high-risk areas 
• ➢  Phase 4: Directors and below as required. 

c) (i),(ii), (iii) and (iv) The lifestyle audits have not yet commenced, and as a result, there are no findings or outcomes. Where there is prima facie evidence of possible criminal conduct, the matter will be referred to SAPS for further investigation. Where there is a reason to pursue any civil action, the matter will be referred to the State Attorney for civil litigation or the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) for civil recovery through the courts. Where there is a reason to pursue disciplinary action, the matter will be referred to the department for further disciplinary action

 

Reply:

(1) The President did not employ the SANDF to patrol the streets of Kimberley in January 2020.

(2) There was no employment under section 201 of the Constitution.

Reply:

1. South Africa played a critical role during the development of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the sustainable development agendas of the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and there are strong strategic linkages between these agendas and the National Development Plan (NDP).

Internationally, one of the critical success factors identified for effective domestic uptake of international development agendas is the establishment of a clear institutional mechanism for the alignment and coordination of various actors, with respect to monitoring and reporting, among others.

To this end, a process was initiated in 2015 among core departments within government and key stakeholders outside government towards the national coordination mechanism to promote the ‘domestication’ of the UN, AU and SADC development agendas, and for monitoring and reporting. In March 2019, the proposed coordination mechanism was submitted to Cabinet for approval, and Cabinet approved the establishment of the coordination mechanism on 27 March 2019.

The mechanism is in the process of being established, and the Presidency has convened meetings of the key departments and Ministers to coordinate preliminary reports to the United Nations High Level Political Forum on implementation of SDGs in July 2019, and to the African Union on Implementation of Agenda 2063 in February 2020. Further meetings will be convened for follow-up and lessons from these reports, and will include stakeholders outside government.

Coordination will also draw on the work of non-state and civil society stakeholders, and serve as the channel through which the activities and progress reports of various stakeholders are taken through government structures, while also facilitating regular dialogues between government and these stakeholders.

The envisaged coordination mechanism will work through existing structures within and outside government, and as such does not entail the appointment of individual persons to it.

2. With regard to consultations, in 2017, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) through the permanent mission in New York lodged a notification for South Africa to volunteer to present its Voluntary National Review (VNR) report at the July 2019 High level Political Forum under the UN Economic and Social Council. South Africa was one of 51 UN member States that volunteered to present their VNR report on implementation of SDGs.

The key principle the country followed in putting together the VNR was the inclusion of all national stakeholders, based on the SDG agenda’s spirit of ‘leaving no one behind’. In this regard, the process was consultative with written inputs from government, civil society organisations, the private sector and academia.

Statistics South Africa provided a critical basis for the process, through the collation and updating of baseline reporting data, in accordance with Stats SA’s mandate and its platforms for stakeholder engagement.

The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, through the National Planning Commission Secretariat, coordinated the VNR processes inside and outside government. The VNR process was compiled in accordance with UN guidelines, and was finalised under Inter-Ministerial and Cabinet supervision.

Reply:

a) The Department of International Relations and Cooperation uses the existing bilateral engagements with Zimbabwe to discuss all matters including political, economic and security situation in the country. Examples of such platforms are: the Binational Commission (BNC) held in Harare, Zimbabwe in March 2019; the BNC Mid-Term Review meeting hosted by South Africa on 18 November 2019; including the Symposium convened by the Minister at UNISA on 18 November 2019, where the importance of an inclusive political dialogue in Zimbabwe was underscored as part of wider solutions to solve the challenges faced by the country. The Minister is also scheduled to meet with Zimbabwe’s Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) on 2 April 2020.

b) Promotion and Protection of Human Rights remain central to South Africa’s foreign policy and this informs South Africa’s bilateral engagements with all countries.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

Following the presentation on the Academy by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) to the Portfolio Committee for Public Works and Infrastructure, I subsequently engaged with officials within the Department. Taking into consideration the financial implications of establishing the Academy, namely the cost-cutting measures by the Public Service, I found it prudent to discontinue the plan. However, the Skills Development (Technical Capacity Building) Programme within the Department will not be negatively impacted but rather be more focused and dedicated to the rollout of its skills programmes. The Department has a dedicated Professional Services Branch to drive this.

Reply:

(1) (a) The high tension electrical distribution board (isolation box), which is part of the property and located at the main gate, disintegrated. This was allegedly caused by an explosion inside the isolation box which resulted in the whole electric supply system to the house being damaged beyond repair. The generator was required to ensure that the residence has electricity until all the processes were concluded for the repair.

(b) the generator started running on 23 June 2019.

(c) The estimated cost to run the generator is 1200 Euros in total per week.

(d) The electricity was restored on 17 February 2020.

(2) Yes, a complaint was received from the departmental official who resides in the house.

Reply:

The person to whom the question refers undertook an official trip to the United States and Switzerland in September 2019. As provided for in the Guide for Members of the Executive – which was came into effect on 8 June 2019 – she was accompanied by her spouse.

Should the Honourable Member or any other person have evidence of the misappropriation of public funds, they should provide that information to the relevant authorities.

Reply:

I appointed four investment envoys in April 2018 and a further three, with sector-specific focus areas, in November 2019. These appointments are at the President’s discretion and may be modified and/or withdrawn should I deem it necessary.

Investment envoys, like all other citizens, are subject to the laws that obtain in the Republic, and as such, where any misdemeanours occur these would need to be dealt with in terms of the applicable laws.

I am informed that the investment envoys have incurred the following travel and conference-related costs since their appointment:

Special Envoys	2018	2019	2020
Mr Mcebisi Jonas	R872,511	R965,004	R180,429
Ms Phumzile Langeni
Mr Jaco Maree
Mr Trevor Manuel
Mr Jeff Radebe

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 NCACC sought a legal opinion on the wording of the EUC and adopted an amendment that is in compliance with existing legal prescripts. An amendment to the Regulations of the NCACC Act has been drawn up and was recently certified by the State Law Advisers. It will shortly be published in the Government Gazette. The Defence Industry has welcomed the proposed amendment.

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:

(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:

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

Reply:

Question 1.

Number of businesses inspected to determine compliance with affirmative Action legislation:

The total number of employers inspected in Kempton Park is 12.

1. Securitas Specialised Services (Inspection)

2. Xylem Water Solutions (Inspection)

3. Ziegler South Africa (Inspection)

4. South African Express Airways (Inspection)

5. Improvair Environmental Solutions ( DG Review)

6. Aviator Hotel (Inspection)

7. Andru Mining (PTY) LTD

8. Peermont Global (PTY) LTD Emperors Palace (Inspection)

9. Right side up distributors (PTY) LTD (Inspection)

10. Jumbo Brands (PTY) LTD (Inspection)

11. Burger Radiologist Inc. (Inspection)

12. Rham Equipment (PTY) LTD (Inspection)

The total number of employers inspected in Isando is 3.

1. Revlon South Africa (Inspection)

2. Reckitt Benckiser (PTY) LTD (Inspection)

3 Abavikeli Security Services (Inspection)

The total number of employers inspected in Edenvale is 4.

1.Questek Advanced Technologies (PTY) LTD(Inspection)

2.Brunational (PTY) LTD(Inspection)

3. Alschemex South Africa (PTY) LTD (Inspection)

4. Acoc Dynamics CC (Inspection)

The total number of employers inspected is 19.

Question 2.

Number of business within Kempton Park that failed to comply with Employment Equity legislation

1. Ziegler South Africa failed to comply with Section 20 in that the employer did not prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan. Case filed with the Labour Court on the 29 of March 2018 under case number J1033/18.

2. South African Express Airways failed to comply with Section 20 in that the employer did not prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan. Case secured with the Labour Court on the 20 August 2019 under case number J 1810/19. (Referral to court underway)

3. Improvair Environmental Solutions failed to comply with Section 20 in that the employer did not prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan. (Referral to court underway)

Number of business within Isando that failed to comply with Employment Equity legislation

1. Revlon South Africa failed to comply with Section 20 in that the employer did not prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan. Case secured with the Labour Court on the 19 December 2019 under case number J 2456/19. (Referral to court underway)

2. Reckitt Benckiser (PTY) LTD failed to comply with Section 20 in that the employer did not prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan. (Referral to court underway)

Number of business within Edenvale that failed to comply with Employment Equity legislation

1. Questek Advanced Technologies (PTY) LTD failed to comply with Section 20 in that the employer did not prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan. (Referral to court underway)

2.Brunational (PTY) LTD failed to comply with Section 20 in that the employer did not prepare and implement an Employment Equity Plan. (Referral to court underway)

The total number of employers inspected not complying is 7 and the amount cited in our claim is R 1.5 Million x 7 which equates to R 10.5 Million .

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 two Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges located in Ekurhuleni (Ekurhuleni East TVET College and Ekurhuleni West TVET College) have informed the Department of Higher Education and Training that no students were prevented from registering for the 2020 academic year due to being blocked by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) from applying.

The colleges have indicated that in cases where payments were outstanding from NSFAS, students were allowed to register and the colleges have followed up with NSFAS on their behalf.

Reply:

The Compensation Fund has not implemented a COMPSOL payout system. However, in the COMPEASY system that we have just implemented these are the plans we have in place to assist stakeholders (employers and medical practitioners:

1. Special email addresses have been communicated to stakeholders where any challenges with the system can be reported and where the situation warrants it, we bring the clients into the offices of the Compensation Fund to offer assistance. This supports remains available to any user of the system and the following email addresses have been made available to users

• [email protected] – National Support
• [email protected] – For North West users
• [email protected] – For Gauteng users
• [email protected] – For KZN users
• [email protected] – For Mpumalanga users
• [email protected] – For Free State users
• [email protected] – For Eastern Cape users
• [email protected] – For Limpopo users
• [email protected] – For Western Cape users
• [email protected] – For Northern cape users
• [email protected] – For Free State users

2. Where user support is required we provide the assistance and where its improvements required on the system, we will log it for consideration as we continue to enhance the system to improve user experience.

3. User Guides are available on the Department of Employment and Labour Websites for reference

4. Training was conducted in September 2019 for clients and we will continue to provide the assistance

5. We have set up operational centres at some of the hospitals where there is a concentration of medical service providers who render services to the injured workers.

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:

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.

End

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:

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:

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:

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.

End

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.

End

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 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:

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:

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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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:

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:

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:

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 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:

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:

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