Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. No, the Department is not aware of any backlogs pertaining to issuing of birth certificates, identity documents, marriage certificates and permanent residence permits prevailing at its Mitchells Plain office. It should be clarified that the Department’s office in Mitchells Plain deals with citizen affairs only, i.e. processing of applications mainly concerning identity documents, passports, birth, marriages and death in relation to South African citizens and naturalised persons. The office does not have an Immigration Unit and therefore does not process any citizenship or permitting applications.

2. We have not received any complaints from the broader public and immigrants.

END

Reply:

The lease agreement with the specified landlord for the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office (CTRRO) could not be finalised. The prospective landlord, who had been appointed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) through its Supply Chain Management processes, did not sign the lease agreement and sent a letter withdrawing from the process. The letter was dated 16 September 2019.

a) The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) requested DPWI to restart the procurement process on the 27th September 2019.

b) The planned date cannot be determined as DPWI has not commenced with the procurement process which will follow these key steps:

1. Specifications Committee to be set up to develop the specifications,
2. Publication of the tender advert,
3. Evaluation and adjudication of bidders.

The planned date for the re-opening of the CTRRO can only be determined after these processes are completed. Furthermore, the building obtained will need to be refurbished to be in line with the CTRRO processes before the office can be re-opened.

END

Reply:

(a - b) The number and types of visas issued to citizens from the mentioned countries are listed on the table below. This data is for the period 01 January 2018 to the 30th of September 2019.

Country – Category	2018	2019	Total
Nigeria	8010	4131	12141
Visitors	5840	3100	8940
Study Visa Section 13	1511	698	2209
Critical Skills Visa Section 19(4)	251	127	378
Retired Person Visa Section 20	180	22	202
Medical Treatment Section 17	157	103	260
General Work Visa Section 19(2)	55	75	130
Work Visa Section 19(5)	15	5	20
Exchange Visa Section 22	1	1	2
India	6375	4195	10570
Visitors	4565	3212	7777
Critical Skills Visa Section 19(4)	699	358	1057
Study Visa Section 13	705	412	1117
Retired Person Visa Section 20	160	8	168
General Work Visa Section 19(2)	142	87	229
Work Visa Section 19(5)	73	85	158
Medical Treatment Section 17	31	33	64
Country – Category	2018	2019	Grand Total
Bangladesh	3067	2139	5206
Visitors	2605	2083	4688
Retired Person Visa Section 20	379	13	392
Study Visa Section 13	65	30	95
Critical Skills Visa Section 19(4)	8	5	13
Medical Treatment Section 17	8	6	14
General Work Visa Section 19(2)	2	1	3
Work Visa Section 19(5)		1	1
Congo Dem. Rep. of the	2320	1265	3585
Study Visa Section 13	1208	468	1676
Visitors	600	464	1064
Critical Skills Visa Section 19(4)	224	90	314
Medical Treatment Section 17	242	219	461
General Work Visa Section 19(2)	31	20	51
Retired Person Visa Section 20	14	4	28
Work Visa Section 19(5)	1		1
China	2145	1405	3550
Visitors	1301	1165	2466
Retired Person Visa Section 20	533	52	585
Study Visa Section 13	228	91	319
Critical Skills Visa Section 19(4)	24	16	40
General Work Visa Section 19(2)	12	56	58
Work Visa Section 19(5)	33	21	54
Medical Treatment Section 17	12	3	15
Exchange Visa Section 22	1	1	2
Visitors(CAU)	1		1
Cameroon	922	480	1402
Visitors	420	270	690
Study Visa Section 13	329	127	456
Critical Skills Visa Section 19(4)	120	48	168
Medical Treatment Section 17	23	26	49
Retired Person Visa Section 20	10	2	12
General Work Visa Section 19(2)	17	6	13
Work Visa Section 19(5)	3	1	4
Ethiopia	673	356	1029
Visitors	493	281	774
Study Visa Section 13	108	44	152
Retired Person Visa Section 20	34	5	39
Critical Skills Visa Section 19(4)	11	6	17
Medical Treatment Section 17	21	19	40
General Work Visa Section 19(2)	5	1	6
Work Visa Section 19(5)	1		1
Country – Category	2018	2019	Grand Total
Somalia	36	22	58
Visitors	16	14	30
Medical Treatment Section 17	9	5	14
Study Visa Section 13	7	2	9
Critical Skills Visa Section 19(4)	1	1	2
Retired Person Visa Section 20	3		3

END

Reply:

(1)&(2) Honourable Member, please be advised that the question relates to transactions that fall over a ten-year period between 2006 and 2016. This period precedes the term of office of both the current Board as well as the current Executive Team.

I have therefore instructed the Board to conduct an investigation into this matter and provide me with a report, which upon completion will be shared with the Portfolio Committee.

 

Reply:

(a)Yes, the R50 million that the Minister of Social Development referred to during her budget speech is allocated from the Criminal Assets Recovery Account for funding of Non-Profit Organisations providing services to victims of crime and violence. Additional amount of R50 million has been recommended from the Criminal Assets Recovery Account as part of the Emergency Response Plan on Gender Based Violence. This funding will be used to fund Non-Governmental Organisations that provide direct services to victims and survivors of gender-based violence. The process of submitting the recommended additional amount of R50 million from the Criminal Assets Recovery Account for Cabinet approval is underway. (b) The Department of Social Development is also ensuring that provinces increase allocations for services to victims of crime and violence including shelters for victims of crime and violence. The provincial allocations for the Medium Term Expenditure Framework are as follows:

Provinces	MTEF Allocations
	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
	R’000	R’000	R’000
Eastern Cape	1 058 220	1 120 267	1 178 549
Free State	545 086	563 780	586 850
Gauteng	2 457 722	2 634 964	2 906 075
KwaZulu-Natal	1 600 679	1 705 787	1 796 502
Limpopo	991 860	1 048 534	1 141 305
Mpumalanga	673 557	745 092	806 043
Northern Cape	322 153	341 577	357 909
North West	531 800	578 602	613 132
Western Cape	804 918	845 940	884 365
Total	8 985 995	9 584 543	10 270 730

Reply:

The function of amending the Constitution to allow for expropriation of land without compensation is currently the responsibility of Parliament.

(a)(b),(c),(d) Falls away.

Reply:

Of the 31 announcements made at the 2018 investment conference, 8 projects have been launched or are about to be launched.

A further 20 projects are in the implementation stage, meaning that either ground has been broken, construction has begun, equipment ordered and installed or, in the case of financial institutions like the IDC, DBSA and NDB, funds are being disbursed.

Of the 31 announcements, 3 are progressing more slowly due to regulatory and other challenges. Invest SA is working with these companies to unblock and resolve any challenges so that projects can be implemented.

ANNEXURE 1 contains the detail of the projects.

1617. The Leader of the Opposition (DA) to ask the President of the Republic:

1. What (a) is the name of each investor who pledged funds at the 2019 investment conference, (b) amount did each investor pledge, (c) project was each pledge invested in, (d) is the time frame of each project and (e) number of jobs did each project create;

1. whether each project was new or an existing project in each case?

NW2973E

REPLY

Seventy companies announced investments at the second South Africa Investment Conference, held in Johannesburg from 5-7 November 2019. The total value of these commitments was just over R363 billion.

Invest SA is working with the companies that made announcements to categorise and determine the level of implementation and to provide assistance to unblock and fast-track these investments where necessary.

ANNEXURE 2 contains the details of the projects.

Reply:

The Department has requested the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to compile a comprehensive response to the question raised by M. Gen O S Terblanche (DA).

The comprehensive response will be submitted in January 2020.

Reply:

(a)(i) Details will be provided by 31 January 2020.

(a)(ii) The target for 2019/2020 financial year is 4109 and achieved to date is 2149

(a)(iii) The target for rural enterprises for 2019/2020 financial year to be supported is 227 and achieved to date is 114

(b) AgriParks are a network of several components. The establishment of AgriParks is a process.

• The Farmer Production Support Unit (FPSU), is the first component. It is a rural small-holder farmer outreach and capacity building unit that is established closer to farmers with primary production. The FPSU does primary collection, some storage, provides some processing for the local market, and extension services including mechanization.
• The Agri-hub(AH), is the second component, depending on the effectiveness of the first component. It is a production, equipment hire, processing, packaging, logistics, innovation and training unit.
• The Rural Urban Market Centre (RUMC), is the third component. It links to rural urban and international markets through contracts. This level has not as yet been reached. Acts as a holding facility, releasing produce to urban markets based on seasonal trends; and provides market intelligence and information feedback, to the AH and FPSU using the latest information and communication technologies.

(c) The Department is in the process focusing on the first component, which is the establishment of the Farmer Production Support Unit (FPSU). There are 27 prioritized FPSU’s.

Reply:

(1) 192.

(2)(a) 70.

(2)(b)

• Some properties were acquired to pilot a policy for the benefit of the First Nations that were disadvantaged by the land restitution deadline of June 1913. A notarial land use right is envisaged for registration instead of a lease.

• Dispute between the allocated beneficiaries and farm workers.

• Ongoing investigation by the Special Investigating Unit thereby resulting in the non-conclusion of a lease since any affected party may become a suspect.

• Some leases are currently being taken through administrative lease approval processes.

• Some previously allocated farms are in the process of being reallocated.

• There have been changes in the leasing policy in the past three years, which impacted on the conclusion of leases.

(3)(a) R 47 000.00 (April – November 2019).

3(b)

• Agricultural Land Holding Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 407 449 8283

• Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 405 400 6793

Reply:

(1) 472

(2)(a) 432

(2)(b)

• Farms that were originally meant to be leased were subsequently earmarked for other programmes like the Animal and Veld Management Programme as well as the One Household One Hectare Programme.

• There are instances where multiple farmers have been allocated a single farm, which has not yet been officially subdivided hence lease units are still being created.

• There are unlawful occupations that make it impossible to conclude lease agreements whilst unlawful occupations are still being sorted.

• Some farms are in the process of being transferred to farmers and farm dwellers.

• Some farms are in the process of being reallocated.

• Some farms have become unleasable because of the growth of settlements in surrounding communities.

• Some farms are claimed in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act and the claims have reached an advanced stage.

• Some farmers are still getting their legal entities registered.

• There have been changes in the leasing policy in the past three years, which impacted on the conclusion of leases.

• Disputes amongst beneficiaries.

(3)(a) R159 503.00 (April – November 2019).

3(b)

• Agricultural Land Holding Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 407 449 8283

• Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 405 400 6793

Reply:

(1) 282.

(2)(a) 787.

(2)(b)

• Some farms are still being reallocated as a consequence of abandonment.

• There are instances where multiple farmers have been allocated a single farm, which then requires an official subdivision.

• Some leases are currently being taken through administrative lease approval processes.

• Some farms are in the process of being transferred to farm dwellers.

• There are instances where the beneficiaries are still sorting out issues relating to the legal entity that must contract with Government.

• Some farms are no longer leasable since they are occupied by communities.

• There are unlawful occupations of leasable farms.

• There have been changes in the leasing policy in the past three years, which impacted on the conclusion of leases.

(3)(a) R 378 347.00 (April – November 2019).

3(b)

• Agricultural Land Holding Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 407 449 8283

• Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 405 400 6793

Reply:

(a) 1612.

(b) It has been observed in previous CPA discussions in the Legislature that the concept of dysfunctional CPAs has been interchangeably used with that of non-complying CPAs. The Department has been tracking non-compliance with the CPA Act and Regulations as opposed to utter dysfunction. The number of non-complying CPAs is 1 370.

(c)(i)

• A large proportion of CPA members are rooted in customary or indigenous ways of land management where decision making is a little bit centralised to some higher authority. The CPA regulatory framework encourages direct participatory democracy and therefore CPA founding documents tend to require direct participation by members. This creates contradictions in approaches by members and sometimes results in the emergence of or undesirable domination by rogue leadership elements.

• CPAs generally exist in areas that were systematically subjected to underdevelopment and poorly resourced education institutions. A substantial part of CPA members is either illiterate or have no more than primary level of education. At a very basic level, this has an impact on the ability of CPA members to understand and apply documented and yet unfamiliar land management rules

• CPAs comprise of diverse groups of people who are tied together by their parents’ or grandparents’ or great grandparent’s historical relationship with the claimed land. They generally tend to share nothing in common except the desire to regain ownership of the land.

• The land use at the time of restoration is generally substantially different from what it was at the time of dispossession. Land claimants therefore tend to receive sophisticated businesses which compel them to become forced business partners who had never consciously conceived of going into business together.

(c)(ii)

• Some CPAs are so under-resourced that they simply don’t have physical space from which to run their affairs and keep their records. This creates access to information challenges for new CPA leaders, depending on how the previous committee has vacated office.

• Well performing CPA businesses do not yield positive outcomes in the livelihoods of CPA members due to the ratio between revenue and large numbers of CPA members. Whilst there may have been visible wealth amongst the owners of the property prior to the CPA taking control, the larger numbers of CPA members shrink any possible redistributable revenue to nothingness. This creates endless instability as members tend to suspect that revenue is misappropriated by the leaders or managers of CPA businesses.

• CPAs are generally established prior to all possible land restitution claimants in community claims being located and verified. Provisions in CPA constitutions are then created for the future inclusion of claimants that were not verified during the settlement of a claim. This is the major source of conflict within CPAs since membership is permanently contested.

• Some CPAs comprise of very large groups like 53 villages that never converge in a single place. This necessitates some form of representative democratic mechanisms for decision making and yet claimants desire to have direct participation.

• Some CPAs comprise of unrelated groups of claimants whose claims were consolidated purely on the basis of proximity, without the informed consent of claimants. A lot of such CPA members do not regard themselves as a single group and therefore do not desire to be in a single entity.

• The CPA as an institution is sometimes not the appropriate entity to run businesses that get conducted on its property hence they get stretched beyond their institutional capacity to manage.

• The creation of separate CPA business ventures and joint ventures also tends to create conflict because of general lack of understanding of institutional relationships that should exist, inability to manage such relationships and lack of clarity regarding the sharing of benefits.
• A lot of CPAs have got factions that work against each other from the date of election to the next election. Executive Committees therefore have got no fair space to commit and correct honest mistakes due to the permanence of factions.

(d)

• There’s collaboration being explored with institutions of higher learning to provide customised training to all willing members of CPAs, in a language they commonly understand.

• The focus of CPA capacity building programmes will become more inclusive to accommodate general membership in order to promote general awareness amongst CPA members that CPAs are indeed community entities where members have to directly hold their leadership accountable instead of passing that responsibility to Government.

• The language spoken by the majority of CPA members will be identified and CPA founding documents will be translated into that language as one of the ways of encouraging effective participation of members in the affairs of their entities.

• In instances where CPAs do not have the necessary infrastructure to keep records, the Department shall, in its District Offices, make available basic CPA documents like constitutions, membership lists, lists of CPA leadership, and financial records (where such financial records are available).

• Strict enforcement of existing legal mechanisms is now being undertaken to promote a culture of accountability within CPAs and discourage rogue CPA executives from operating in a manner that is inconsistent with the aspirations of the CPA membership.

• The Departmental CPA monitoring capacity will be improved in order to better understand the needs of CPAs and provide on time support.

• Internal capacity building needs are continuously being identified in order to improve departmental regulatory capability and discourage unlawful interventions on CPAs by departmental officials.

• The possibility of deconsolidating big CPAs that comprise of various communities who do not regard themselves as a single community, is being explored.

• The Departmental post settlement support mechanisms are being improved and will be made accessible to CPAs. Such mechanisms shall be set in motion as soon as land restoration is chosen by claimants for timeous enterprise planning, setting up of appropriate enterprise management structures, identification of capacity building needs and provision of training.

Reply:

(a) 6.

(b) and (c) Please refer to Annexure A.

ANNEXURE A OF NA QUESTION 992 OF 2019

	Province	Community Name	Status	Date of application	Reason for not registering
1.	Free State	Iketsetse	Not registered	20 October 2018	Constitution was not compliant with requirements and registration documents were incomplete.
2.	Limpopo	Kgashane Mamatlepa	Not registered	11 August 2018	Constitution was not compliant with requirements and registration documents were incomplete.
3.	Mpumalanga	Mmamashianoka - Mdibani	Not registered	4 November 2018	Constitution was not compliant with requirements and registration documents were incomplete.
4	North West	William Bere Moiloa	Not registered	26 January 2019	Constitution was not compliant with requirements and registration documents were incomplete.
5	North West	Majoe Mokuane	Not registered	21 July 2018	Constitution was not compliant with requirements and registration documents were incomplete.
6	North West	Pooyane	Not registered	3 November 2018	Membership list was not submitted and Constitution was not compliant with requirements.

Reply:

I have been advised by the department as follows:

1. (a) The attached Pivot worksheets entitled, Programme sales FY2014 to FY2019, details all, the licensed programming sold worldwide, by the SABC, since 2014. Manual records were kept prior to 2014.

(b) The sheets named 2017/2018 royalty calculations and 2018/2019 royalty calculations, details all royalty calculations since formal records were kept. The sheet indicates all the fees payable, for each transaction, for the writers, producers and performers.

(c) The sheets named 2017/2018 royalty calculations and 2018/2019 royalty calculations, detail all share of the profits due, for each of the writers, producers and performers.

2. (a) The worksheet titled: Calculations of DVD royalties for Oct 2018-Jan 2019 details all programme’s sold on DVD in the Republic and throughout the world.

(b) and (c) The worksheet titled: Calculations of DVD royalties for Oct 2018 – Jan 2019, details for (b) fee attached to each transaction and (c) individual share of profit due to the producers, writers and performers for each transaction.

3. The SABC management had taken a decision not to pay interest on late payments.           

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER

Reply:

(1). Please find attached original list of 240 claimant beneficiaries.

(2). (a) Of the 240 claimant beneficiaries on the original verified list, 91 are deceased. There is a need to regularly update the verification list by the CPA to replace household representatives of those that passed away.

(b) Hantam Municipality donated the land (Commonages A, B and C) for restitution purposes. Commonage A was transferred to the CPA on 30 March 2017 However, this property is currently being used by the emerging farmers under a formal lease agreement with Hantam Municipality. The municipality is yet to issue the tenants with termination letters so that the CPA can fully occupy the land. The CPA can only occupy the land once the current tenants have been relocated elsewhere.

(3). There was a need for regularisation of the CPA and a new Executive Committee was elected on 05 November 2019. In addition, a panellist has been appointed to assist the CPA on disputes regarding access to the land.

Reply:

(1) 467.

(2)(a) 251.

(2)(b)

• Some previously allocated farms are in the process of being reallocated to lessees.

• Some leases are currently being taken through administrative lease approval processes.

• Some farms are in the process of being transferred to farmers and farm dwellers.

• There are instances where the beneficiaries are still sorting out issues relating to the legal entity that must contract with Government.

• Some farms are no longer leasable since they are occupied by communities.

• There are instances of illegal invasion, which impacts on orderly allocation processes.

• There have been changes in the leasing policy in the past three years, which impacted on the conclusion of leases.

(3) (a) R995 614.00 (April – November 2019).

3(b)

• Agricultural Land Holding Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 407 449 8283

• Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 405 400 6793

Reply:

(1) 259.

(2)(a) 34.

(2)(b)

• Some previously allocated farms are in the process of being reallocated as consequence of death, abandonment of the property and lease termination due to breach of lease terms

• There are disputes regarding allocation as well as property boundaries.

• Illegal invasion of leased farms by neighbouring communal settlements.

• Some farms are no longer leasable since they are occupied by communities.

• Existence of land restitution claims on leasable properties.

• There have been changes in the leasing policy in the past three years, which impacted on the conclusion of leases.

(3)(a) R222 543.00 (April – November 2019).

3(b)

• Agricultural Land Holding Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 407 449 8283

• Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 405 400 6793

Reply:

• The Department has requested the Northern Cape Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to compile a comprehensive response to the question raised by Mr P G Moteka (EFF).
• The comprehensive response will be submitted in January 2020.

                                                                                                       

Reply:

(1) 218.

(2)(a) 609.

(2)(b)

• Some farms are still in the process of being allocated to lessees.

• Some previously allocated farms are in the process of being reallocated.

• There are instances of illegal invasion of farms.

• There are instances of disputes with lessees regarding the suitability of the farm, which result in refusal by prospective lessees to sign lease agreements whilst the matters giving rise to a dispute are still being dealt with.

• Some farms are no longer leasable since they are occupied by communities.

• There are instances where multiple farmers have been allocated a single farm, which has not yet been officially subdivided hence lease units are still being created.

• There have been changes in the leasing policy in the past three years, which impacted on the conclusion of leases.

(3)(a) R252 391.00 (April – November 2019).

3(b)

• Agricultural Land Holding Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 407 449 8283

• Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 405 400 6793

Reply:

The claim is targeted for settlement during the fourth quarter of 2019/2020 financial year, pending acceptance of the Standard Settlement Offer by the Lower Zingcuka community, which will be presented to the Community by end of November 2019.

END

Reply:

(a) (i) None. Social facilitation has been an internally delivered process.

(ii) Falls away.

(b) Falls away.

(c) Falls away.

Reply:

(1) 397.

(2)(a) 529.

(2)(b)

• Some farms which were previously allocated are in the process of being reallocated.

• There are instances where multiple farmers have been allocated a single farm, which has not yet been officially subdivided hence lease units are still being created.

• Some leases are currently being taken through administrative lease approval processes.

• Some farms are occupied by farm dwellers hence land rights enquiries are still being conducted.

• Some farms are in the process of being transferred to farm dwellers.

• There are instances where the beneficiaries are still sorting out issues relating to the legal entity that must contract with Government.

• Some farms are no longer leasable since they are occupied by communities.

• There are instances of illegal invasion, which impacts on orderly allocation processes.

• Disputes among beneficiaries.

• There have been changes in the leasing policy in the past three years, which impacted on the conclusion of leases.

(3)(a) R375 819.00 (April – November 2019).

3(b)

• Agricultural Land Holding Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 407 449 8283

• Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 405 400 6793

Reply:

No.

Reply:

a) 8940 is inclusive of pure and phased claims (and this figure is still subject to external audit and verification audit)

b) In order to accelerate the settlement of claims, the Commission on Restitution of Lands Rights participated in the Operation Phakisa of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development and as a result the services of external experts were used in the development of a Backlog Reduction Strategy which is still in progress for settlement of all old order land claims (lodged as at 31 December 1998). The Commission at this point is unable to provide specific dates, however the Annual Performance Plan is used as baseline to determine the number of claims to be settled per financial year.

c) 

	Total claims as at 1st October 2019 (subject to verification)
Province
Eastern Cape	805
Free State	8
Gauteng	460
KwaZulu-Natal	3270
Limpopo	1501
Mpumalanga	2036
North West	233
Northern Cape	88
Western Cape	539
TOTAL	8940

d) The completion of the Backlog Reduction Strategy will assist in the cost estimation for the settlement of the old order outstanding claims.

 

Reply:

(1)(a) Land Tenure and Administration[1].

(b)(i) 225

(ii) 30

(iii) 5

(2)(a) The applications in terms of the Land Titles Adjustment Act, 1993 were never tracked as part of land delivery statistics hence that information is not easily accessible at the moment. Diligent attempts have been made to collect data for purposes of this question and it became clear that substantial time is required to construct a database in this regard.

(b),(c) Falls away.

1. This Branch was established in April 2014. ↑

Reply:

(a) 3 097 117.7820 hectares.

(b) The Communal Property Associations Act, 1996 and Regulations do not require the Communal Property Associations to report this type of information to the Department hence it is currently unknown.

Reply:

Yes, provided that the sale terms are concluded. Approval was granted during the year 2006 for the sale of various Kat River Citrus farms to the farmers at specific market values. The sales would have been funded through the combination of Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development Grant and own finance. The farmers never secured financing and therefore the transactions were not taken any further.

The Department cannot offer title deeds without the terms of the transaction being honoured by any of the purchasers.

a) The Department is already in communication with the farmers, with a view to finalise the transactions and also deal with issues of farm dwellers who are occupying some of the farms.

b) The transfers will commence upon the farmers satisfying the sale conditions.

Reply:

RESPONSE BY THE DEPARTMENT:

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

1. A detailed response to Question 510 will be submitted by 31 January 2020.

Reply:

The Commission is unbale to verify the reference number referred to. Most of Restitution claims have a reference number that start with KR….

However, if the writer provide the Commission with updated information including the name of the claim and from which Province we will be in a position to respond adequately.

END

Reply:

• The Department has requested the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to compile a comprehensive response to the question raised by Mrs A Steyn (DA).
• The comprehensive response will be submitted in January 2020.

                                                                                                       

Reply:

(1) 223

(2)(a) 227

(2)(b)

• Conflict among beneficiary members.

• Some leases are currently being taken through administrative lease approval processes.

• Some farms are in the process of being reallocated.

• Some farms are in the process of being transferred to farm dwellers.

• Some farms are not leasable since they are occupied by communities.

• There have been changes in the leasing policy in the past three years, which impacted on the conclusion of leases.

(3)(a) R51 577.00 (April – November 2019).

3(b)

• Agricultural Land Holding Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 407 449 8283

• Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 405 400 6793

Reply:

a) 3 824 land parcels.

b) Please refer to Annexure A.

c) 531 789 ha.

ANNEXURE A OF NA 919 OF 2019

Province and Municipality	Parcels	Area (Ha)
EASTERN CAPE	3186	173,150.41
Amahlathi Local Municipality	295	9,293.72
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality	442	6,299.79
Elundini Local Municipality	14	462.04
Emalahleni Local Municipality (EC)	21	1,675.21
Engcobo Local Municipality	8	3.53
Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality	59	29,928.44
Intsika Yethu Local Municipality	15	2,409.32
King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality	255	3,683.82
Matatiele Local Municipality	48	23,135.56
Mbhashe Local Municipality	18	323.48
Mbizana Local Municipality	6	664.36
Mhlontlo Local Municipality	33	3,992.99
Mnquma Local Municipality	114	3,059.47
Ngqushwa Local Municipality	1251	47,141.62
Ngquza Hill Local Municipality	19	798.94
Ntabankulu Local Municipality	8	11.24
Nyandeni Local Municipality	10	695.44
Port St Johns Local Municipality	13	18.50
Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality	472	36,591.19
Sakhisizwe Local Municipality	49	1,571.15
Senqu Local Municipality	2	4.63
Umzimvubu Local Municipality	34	1,385.96
FREE STATE	8	1,076.33
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality	7	1,076.18
Matjhabeng Local Municipality	1	0.15
GAUTENG	87	632.10
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality	16	2.08
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality	69	629.72
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality	2	0.30
KWAZULU-NATAL	141	62,942.62
Endumeni Local Municipality	1	29.16
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality	16	0.80
KwaDukuza Local Municipality	2	0.15
Newcastle Local Municipality	1	0.15
The Msunduzi Local Municipality	4	0.65
Umzimkhulu Local Municipality	117	62,911.71
LIMPOPO	31	59,301.55
Blouberg Local Municipality	12	27,073.88
Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality	2	4,123.53
Greater Giyani Local Municipality	1	2,063.64
Greater Letaba Local Municipality	1	756.18
Greater Tubatse/Fetakgomo Local Municipality	6	13,019.96
Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality	1	2.57
Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality	3	2,225.14
Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality	4	9,971.93
Mogalakwena Local Municipality	1	64.72
MPUMALANGA	49	27,850.99
Bushbuckridge Local Municipality	11	13,121.59
Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality	6	3,146.66
Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality	5	2,171.32
Emalahleni Local Municipality (MP)	1	0.17
Nkomazi Local Municipality	2	506.58
Thembisile Local Municipality	24	8,904.67
NORTH WEST	300	135,840.74
City of Matlosana Local Municipality	1	0.20
Ditsobotla Local Municipality	14	8,194.14
Greater Taung Local Municipality	23	31,916.18
Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality	1	1,516.87
Local Municipality of Madibeng	26	1,883.61
Mafikeng Local Municipality	27	5,997.22
Moretele Local Municipality	7	3,015.52
Moses Kotane Local Municipality	149	50,643.60
Naledi Local Municipality	3	0.52
Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality	18	23,721.34
Ratlou Local Municipality	2	4,018.63
Rustenburg Local Municipality	22	3,309.60
Tswaing Local Municipality	7	1,623.31
NORTHERN CAPE	22	70,994.38
Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality	1	542.03
Joe Morolong Local Municipality	21	70,452.35
Grand Total	3,824	531,789.11

Reply:

(1) 410.

(2)(a) 233.

(2)(b)

• Some leases are currently being taken through administrative lease approval processes.

• There are reallocations that are currently being done, which have been occasioned by the death of lessees.

• There are instances where multiple farmers have been allocated a single farm, which has not yet been officially subdivided hence lease units are still being created.

• There are instances where the land is the process of being donated to a municipality for commonage purposes.

• Some farms are in the process of being transferred to farm dwellers.

• Some farms are being used by neighbouring communities and have therefore become unleasable.

(3)(a) R353 956.00 (April – November 2019).

3(b)

• Agricultural Land Holding Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 407 449 8283

• Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Account: ABSA Bank Account No.: 405 400 6793

Reply:

a) The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has never sold any properties to the company called Woodglaze PTY LTD.

b) (i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Not applicable.

End.

Reply:

1. (a) The patient comes for assessment in the Endocrine Clinic by a muti-disciplinary team inclusive of Physicians and Psychologists. The patient is placed on hormonal treatment and when ready, then referred for transgender surgery.

(b) There is no dedicated budget allocated for the treatment of Transgender patients. The budget comes from voted funds under the Clinical and Surgery business unit and Pharmacy budget.

(2) No, there is no backlog. At present there are only 3 patients that are waiting for surgery.

END.

Reply:

(1) A copy of the independent report “Evaluation of the Phase 1 Implementation of the Interventions in the National Health Insurance Pilot Districts in South Africa. NDOH10/2017-2018. Final Evaluation Report. August 2019” is attached to this response as Annexure 1.

(2) (a) No specific facilities that have failed were identified in the report.

Overall, the implementation of the pilot interventions had mixed success across the pilot districts. None of the interventions can be considered “failures”, as all were implemented at scale.

Where successful, a few common factors were identified:

1. Strong political will;
2. Adequate human and financial resources for implementation;
3. Good coordination and communication; and
4. Good monitoring systems put in place at the time of implementation.

(b) The interventions also faced a number of challenges, and, to varying degrees, these factors hindered their success:

1. Inadequate planning;
2. Lack of resources;
3. Inconsistent communication;
4. A lack of coordination where necessary; and
5. Insufficient mechanisms to monitor progress to ensure course correction.

Reports regarding specific projects are contained in the Report and are summarized as follows:

1. Ward-based Primary Healthcare Community Outreach Teams (WBPHCOTS)

1. A total of 3 323 WBPHCOTs providing basic health services to children and adults were in place at the end of 2017/18.
2. These teams were able to successfully fulfil their mandate to provide outreach health services within the community.
3. WBPHCOTs completed community visits and were also able to report on the health status of the individuals at the households visited.
4. Teams often lacked the envisioned team composition, with many teams lacking outreach team leaders.
5. Data collection was insufficient to adequately monitor the effectiveness of the referral systems and follow up processes.
6. At times there were insufficient funds for transport and equipment; this impacted the team’s ability to successfully undertake their work.

2. Integrated School Health Program (ISHP)

1. A total of 4 339 875 learners had been screened through ISHP since 2012; of these 504 803 were identified to have various health barriers and referred for treatment.
2. The ISHP intervention was particularly successful in its ability to demonstrate good inter-departmental collaboration between the NDoH and Department of Basic Education (DBE).
3. There was a lack of data to support the effectiveness of the referrals and a lack of feedback mechanisms between school teams and facilities.
4. The lack of sufficient equipment, such as measurement scales and transport to travel to schools, often impacted negatively on the success of this intervention.
5. There was a lack of prioritisation and targeting of learners within this intervention.
6. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign as part of the ISHP was launched in 2014. Of 2,289,699 girls in Grade 4, 1,934,635 received HPV vaccines.

3. General Practitioners (GPs) Contracting

1. A total of 330 General Practitioners (GP) had been contracted by end of 2017/2018.
2. Where contracting of GPs was implemented successfully, the access to doctors improved at PHC facilities. Patients also perceived that the quality of care improved at facilities due to the presence of GPs.
3. Inadequate monitoring of contracted GPs caused some challenges during implementation.
4. Unforeseen challenges including negotiations that were outside of the DPSA rates as well as inadequate monitoring of contracts resulted in GPs claiming substantially higher expenses than budgeted for.

4. Ideal Clinic Realisation Model (ICRM)

1. A total of 3434 facilities had been assessed of which 1507 had attained ideal clinic status at end of 2017/2018.
2. This project is deemed to have improved the ability of facilities to procure much needed equipment.
3. Where the ICRM was believed to have been implemented as planned, there was a perceived improvement in quality of care by both facility managers and patients.
4. One of the challenges identified was that ICRM limited flexibility and the ability for managers to adapt facilities to the local context and to the needs of the facilities at the time.
5. The changing manual and frequent change of standards in the ICRM made it difficult for managers to keep up with the changes and resulted in managers experiencing frustration.

5. District Clinical Specialist Teams (DCST)

1. At the end of March 2017, 45 of 52 districts in nine provinces had functional DCSTs with at least three members per team to provide specialist oversight within the districts.
2. The introduction of these teams was perceived by some stakeholders to have promoted clinical governance within the districts.
3. The team composition, which often lacked critical specialists, limited their ability to provide the envisioned training and support structures.
4. The lack of gynaecologist and paediatricians meant that DCSTs were not able to adequately improve child and maternal health as envisioned.
5. Not all specialists were seen necessarily as good mentors and they may have been unable to provide adequate support.
6. The DCST model was assessed to be a costly model and it stretched the limited specialist resources in the public sector.

6. Centralised Chronic Medicine Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD)

1. A total of 2 182 422 patients enrolled on the CCMDD, collecting medicines in over 855 pick-up points (PUPs) at the end of 2017/2018.
2. The strong political leadership and will behind CCMDD contributed towards its successful implementation.
3. CCMDD was scaled up beyond target and the consistent monitoring of the programme contributed to the availability of reliable data to support continued implementation.
4. Changes of service providers threatened the intervention’s continuity.
5. The lack of sufficient integration between CCMDD pick-up points and facilities resulted in inadequate tracking of patients between the two systems.

7. Health Patient Registration System (HPRS)

1. At the end of 2017/2018, 2968 PHC facilities were using HPRS and there were over 20 million (20 700 149) people registered on the system.
2. Good communication and feedback loops are seen to have facilitated implementation success.
3. The poor connectivity at some facilities and challenges with hardware have contributed to the challenges experienced during NHI phase 1 implementation.
4. The lack of human resources and lack of capacity in some districts to implement affected the success of HPRS

8. Stock Visibility System SVS

1. At the end of 2017/2018, SVS was being implemented in 3167 clinics and community health centres (92% coverage).
2. The successful training of available staff led to an in-depth understanding of the system at facility level. The introduction of SVS led to reduced stock outs and improved efficiency at facilities.
3. The lack of reliable internet connectivity and hardware in some districts , impacted its success.
4. The minimal number of available pharmacists and pharmacy assistants limited facilities ability to ensure the smooth running of the system.
5. The sustainability of this intervention poses a challenge as implementation during NHI phase1 relied heavily on the support from external funders.

9. Infrastructure

1. Since 2013/2014, work in 139 of 140 identified CHCs and clinics has been completed through the NHI rehabilitation projects.
2. In 2017/2018 alone, 107 facilities were maintained, repaired and/or refurbished in NHI districts.
3. Where completed, patients perceived an improvement in the quality of care as a result. Small infrastructure changes had a positive impact on the overall environment at facilities.
4. Projects were rarely implemented or completed due to the lack of planning capacity to release the assigned funds.
5. Funds which were released were used mainly for new infrastructure projects
6. However, insufficient attention was paid to the maintenance of facilities, which is critical to both access and the provision of quality services and preventing unnecessary new-build costs due to deterioration because of a lack of basic maintenance.

10. Human Resources for Health

1. The introduction of Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) provided a standardised, evidence-based staffing needs assessment at facility level. These assessments were implemented widely across the pilot districts.
2. The resource constrained environment meant that hiring of staff had been frozen and as a result the WISN findings were not always implementable and caused further frustration among facility managers who had done the assessment.

END.

Reply:

(a) There is a mobile clinic service called Gope Hope. The community in the Eastern Cape receives through the mobile clinic which visits monthly. There is no budget or plans for the construction of a clinic at mobile service point “Good Hope”.

(b) Not applicable.

END.

Reply:

a) The budget or grants for the 2019/2020 financial year, South Rand Hospital is as follows:

• Voted funds - R274 213 000
• Programme 8 - R 9 140 000
• HIV/AIDS Conditional Grant - R 21 719 000
• TB Conditional Grant - R 1 841 000

b) The hospital implements quality improvement programme that was initaited by the Premier of Gauteng called “deliverology”. Through this programme, the hospital is able to monitor staff absenteesim through attendance registers, monthly leave reports for both planned and unplanned leaves. This programme ensures that all staff are at service stations to ensure prompt service delivery.

Processes that exist to ensure that the highest level of service is provided at the hospital are as follows:

• Quality meetings. These meetings monitor patients complaints, patient waiting times and where problem areas are identified, corrective measures are put in place.
• Vetting committee (Bid and Adjudication committee at the hospital level) is used to ensure proper adherence to supply chain management process are followed and goods and services, equipment and the tools of trade are available in good quantities where required.
• Governance structures such as EXCO meetings, Clinical Executive meetings, hospital board meetings) are held to ensure accountability of the staff and these are aligned with the department’s APP.

c) The recruitment process is under way to fill the vacancies and the details are as follows:

• 13 Vacant posts
• 13 Advertised
• 10 Interviews held
• 7 candidates recommended

A total of 3 Posts will be readvertised due to inability to get the suitable candidates.

END.

Reply:

a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)(v)(vi) (vii) (b) ( c)

	Norkem Park Police Station	(a	Reported	(b) Cases to Gourt	{c) Convictions
		2016/ 2017	2017/ 2018	2018/ 20J 9	2016/ 2017	2017/ 2018	2018/ 2019	2016/ 2017	2017/ 2018	2018/ 2019
(i)	Murder	11	9	15	5	1	11	3	1	0
(ii)	Rape	22	26	37	16	17	23	7	5	3
(iii)	Housebreaking	1065	863	873	33	24	34	15	18	9
(iv)	Carjacking	36	102	81	12	8	6	3	J	1
(v)	Theft of motor vehicles	224	202	222	7	10	4	4	1	0
(vi)	House robbery	113	138	140	7	8	7	3	3	2
(vii)	Drug-related crime	186	220	186	186	220	186	30	65	25

 

Reply to question 1629 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019-12-10

Reply to question 1629 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 15-12-2019

Reply:

No, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has a total Fixed Establishment (FE), which is subject to the compensation budget. The equitable distribution of resources is guided by the ratio between the Theoretical Human Resource Requirement (THRR), which is the ideal personnel requirement, and the FE, which is the approved allocation.

The current FE for Visible Policing at the Primrose Police Station is 72, which includes 23 personnel for Sector Policing.

The Primrose Police Station has 30 Sector Policing personnel, which exceeds the FE and therefore, is not eligible to receive additional Visible Policing personnel.

Reply to question 1632 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019-12-10

Reply to question 1632 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 15-12-2019

Reply:

Yes, a need has been identified on the User Asset Management Plan (U-AMP), for the proposed construction of a new police station, at Tshepisong. The site clearance is projected to be initiated, in the 2020/2021 financial year.

(a) The completion date of the construction of the Tshepisong Police Station is earmarked for realisation, in the 2028/2029 financial year, due to dependencies during the planning and design phase and project inherent risks, during execution.

(b) The table below depicts the actual time frames, per project phase, leading up to the construction of a new police station. Cognisance must be taken that the depicted time frames are based on a straight-line projection, without having taken into consideration the delays encountered, due to interdepartmental dependencies.

No	Project Phase	Process
1	Site clearance	--> Site selection (suitability, accessibility and availability). --> Estimated period of completion of this phase (12 to 18 months).
2	Acquisition of land	--> Planning phase (12 months): this includes approaching the owners and appointment of consultants, e.g. Property Valuer and the Land Affairs Board (LAB) submission. --> Execution (acquiring and vesting) phase (24 to 36 months): this includes the stages from the signing of the Deed of Sale by the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, until the transfer of property by the appointed conveyancer.
3	Planning and design	--> Procurement for the appointment of consultants and preparation of tender documents. --> Estimated period of completion of this chase (12 to 18 months).
4	Construction	--> Procurement for the appointment of the contractor. --> Building of police station. --> Occupation of police station --> Estimated period of completion of this phase (24 - 36 months).

 

Reply to question 1582 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019-12-10

Reply to question 1582 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 15-12-2019

Reply:

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is continuing to engage with all stakeholders to develop various water resources to meet the water needs for the growth nodes in Limpopo, including the designated Musina/Makhado Special Economic Zone, as well as the proposed Tubatse Special Economic Zone as I detail below:

MUSINA/MAKHADO SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE

This is a severely water stressed area and the Department of Water and Sanitation is investigating various options for the contemplated development. At this stage, indications are that water needs for Musina/Makhado Special Economic Zone will be met from a mix of sources that include:

• Drawing water from the Limpopo River;
• Reuse of wastewater from Musina town for construction and process operations in the metallurgical/mineral beneficiation complex;
• Groundwater from boreholes in the area;
• Importing of water from catchments in Zimbabwe, under the auspices of the bilateral to jointly develop and manage water resources of the two countries for mutual benefit.
• Mainstreaming water conservation and water demand management in production processes through maximising water reuse, to minimise the uptake of new make-up water. This will also ensure that the water quality of the local water resources is not compromised by pollution from the heavy industries planned;

PROPOSED TUBATSE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE

The Department of Water and Sanitation’s outlook for availing water to the proposed Tubatse Special Economic Zone and other growth nodes in the Olifants catchment will be from the resources in the Olifants catchment including the Olifants River Water Resources Development Project, comprising of dams and bulk water infrastructure, which is under implementation.

 

Reply:

(a) and (b) Yes, safety inspections were conducted in all the South African Police Service (SAPS) stations, in Gauteng, in 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019 and from 1 April 2019, to date. Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Representatives have been appointed at all the 142 police stations, in Gauteng. The SHE representatives conduct monthly inspections and the inspection reports are submitted to the SAPS Provincial SHE Management office.

Reply to question 1689 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 15-12-2019

Reply:

Introduction

The collection kits, which are used to collect evidence from victims of sexual assault and rape, are termed as "rape kits" in the public domain. However, the South African Police Service (SAPS), makes use of 16 different types of evidence collection kits to collect various samples at crime scenes. These include the two types of evidence collection kits, namely; the Adult Sexual Assault Collection Kit (D1) and the Paediatric Sexual Assault Collection Kit (D7), which are used to collect evidence from victims of sexual assault and rape. The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Reference Buccal Sample Kits (DB), are used to take buccal samples from persons, who are arrested and charged, for schedule eight offences (this includes serial murderers and serial rapists), as required by the DNA Act.

(1)(a)(b) The South African Police Service (SAPS) did not have a contract in place, in 2017. A bid, 19/1/9/1/112TD(17), was advertised. However, it was cancelled because the bids received did not meet the requirements.

(2)(a)(b) The SAPS did not have a contract in place, in 2018. A bid, 19/1/9/1/28TD(18), was advertised. However, it was cancelled because the bids that were received, did not meet the requirements.

(3)(a) The SAPS awarded a contract to Acino Forensic, on 16 August 2019.

(3){b) The estimated value of the contract, is R497 679 306,82, for a period of three years, on an "as and when required", basis.

Prior to the awarding of the contract to Acino Forensic, on 16 August 2019, evidence collection kits were procured, on a quotation basis, from the following service providers:
~ Bathe Pele Health.

~ Letsepe Investments.

~ Yhira Investments.

(4) The contract was awarded to Acino Forensic because it was the only bidder who met all the requirements of the bid.
 

Reply to question 1611 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019-12-10

Reply to question 1611 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 15-12-2019

Reply:

1. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) issued the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality with a Directive dated 4 November 2019, to which the Municipality responded on 18 November 2019, confirming that all three sewage pump stations are repaired & operational 24 hours per day and evidence of spill areas have all been rehabilitated. Procurement of new pumps to ensure back up pumps in each pump station will take twelve (12) weeks to implement.

2. The Department, Regional Office in the Eastern Cape has allocated R 7 mil WSIG funds to Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality for planned projects in the 2019/20 financial year. Due to the declaration of drought disaster, DWS has allowed the WSIG funds to be re-prioritised and most of these funds have been assigned to emergency water supply schemes.

3. The Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality has rehabilitated each site by removing solids, papers and screenings for safe disposal, disinfecting the sites and improving general housekeeping at all three sites to comply with industry norms & standards.

4. The Department (DWS) has allowed the WSIG to be re-prioritised and most of these funds have been assigned to emergency water supply schemes. Emergency Drought funding of R 30.02 mil has been given by National Treasury in 2018/9 and Provincial GoGTA has granted R 6.4 mil for drought interventions to drill & equip a total of nine (9) boreholes in the 2019/20 financial year.

 

 

Reply:

(1)(a) A plan to build a new police station for the Bedfordview area is not budgeted for, in the current Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) cycle.

(1)(b) There are no plans in place for the construction of a new police station, due to the fact that the existing station is ranked as a category C3 station, which indicates that it is in a fair condition, in line with the prescripts of the User Asset Management Plan (U-AMP).

(2)(a) No, there is currently no budget allocated for a new or alternative lease.

(2)(b) The detectives at the Bedfordview Police Station are currently accommodated at the police station, in park homes, that are on the station premises. There are no immediate plans for the procurement of a new or alternative lease.

Reply to question 1690 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019-12-10

Reply to question 1690 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 15-12-2019

Reply:

(a) and (b) The required information is not readily available. A request is hereby made for an extension of three weeks, in order to obtain and provide the information.

Reply to question 1715 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019-12-10

Reply to question 1715 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 15-12-2019

Reply:

No, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has a total Fixed Establishment (FE), which is subject to the compensation budget. The equitable distribution of resources is guided by the ratio between the Theoretical Human Resource Requirement (THRR), which is the ideal personnel requirement and the FE, which is the approved allocation.

The current FE, for Visible Policing at the Norkem Park Police Station, is 72, which includes 23 members for Sector Policing.

The Norkem Park Police Station received an additional seven members, which resulted in an actual, of 75 members at Visible Policing, of which 24 are placed at Sector Policing.

Reply to question 1631 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 15-12-2019

Reply:

(a) The investigation of Sebenza Police Station, CAS 122108/2018, is finalised. The blood report from the Department of Health is outstanding.

(b) In the interest of the case being investigated without fear or favour, the particulars of the investigating officer cannot be divulged.
 

Reply to question 1630 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019-12-10

Reply to question 1630 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 15-12-2019