Questions and Replies
24 December 2019 - NW1665
Powell, Ms EL to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
(1)What are the specific competencies of the former Minister of Social Development, Ms B O Dlamini, that satisfy her appointment as a council member of the Board of the Social Housing Regulatory Authority in terms of section 9(1) of the Social Housing Act, Act 16 of 2008; (2) (a) what is the name of each member of the selection committee who has been appointed in compliance with section 9(2)(b) of the Social Housing Act, Act 16 of 2008 and (b) will she provide Ms E L Powell with the recommendations submitted to her?
Reply:
(1) Ms B O Dlamini holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Studies from the University of Zululand. She also possess in-depth practical knowledge of a vast range of social development issues that she obtained through participation in various social development organisations and structures over an extensive period. She will undoubtedly contribute immensely to ensuring that SHRA objectives are realised. The Chairperson will be supported by ten non-executive Council members.
(2)(a) The Social Housing Regulatory Authority plays a key role in the provision of social housing in South Africa and manages a budget allocation of close to R1 billion per annum. The derailment of good governance of the entity, as observed during the first half of the current financial year, required swift action to protect the investment of the state, as required in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, as amended, and to ensure continued service delivery to the citizens of the country. The appointment of the interim Council of the Social Housing Regulatory Authority is an interim measure to restore good governance at the entity. A selection committee will be established to advise me on the candidates to be appointed for the new Council, in terms of Section 9(2)(b) of the Social Housing Act, Act 16 of 2008.
(b) Refer to the answer provided in 2(a) above.
24 December 2019 - NW1393
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
What (a) number of citizens from (i) China, (ii) India, (iii) Bangladesh, (iv) Somalia, (v) Nigeria, (vi) Cameroon, (vii) the Democratic Republic of Congo and (viii) Ethiopia hold a valid visa and (b) type of visa do the citizens of each specified country hold?
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
24 December 2019 - NW1056
Hendricks, Mr MGE to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
(1)Whether he has been informed of the backlog in the issuing of birth certificates, identity documents, marriage certificates and permanent residence permits, including the delay in the issuing of documents to immigrants from India at his department’s offices in Mitchells Plain; if so, (2) What steps has his department taken in view of the many complaints from residents in Mitchells Plain, the broader public and immigrants who make use of services at his department’s offices in Mitchells Plain? NW2206E
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
24 December 2019 - NW1648
Roos, Mr AC to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
Whether his department is committed to meeting the deadline for the international community to end statelessness by 2024 as set by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in October 2013; if not, why not; if so, what (a) steps has his department taken since 1 January 2014 to end statelessness in the Republic and (b) are the details of the plan going forward to end statelessness in the Republic by 2024?
Reply:
Yes. In its commitment to end statelessness the Department has addressed gaps in its immigration and civil registration laws to assist stateless persons to acquire enabling documentation confirming their status within the country. This accorded status enables stateless persons to legally reside within the country and to apply for citizenship.
Section 31 of the Immigration Act, Act no. 13 of 2002 as amended, provides for foreigners or a category of foreigners the rights of permanent residence for a specified or unspecified period when special circumstances exist which would justify such a decision.
The South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1995 Act as amended, allows for acquisition of citizenship by birth, descent and naturalization. It also allows any person in the Republic and who is not a South African citizen by virtue of the provisions in the Act, to be granted citizenship by birth if s/he does not have the citizenship or nationality of any other country, or has no right to such citizenship or nationality and his or her birth was registered in the Republic in accordance with the Births and Deaths Registration Act.
Below are steps and plans put in place and implemented on an ongoing basis to address any challenges arising from statelessness.
A. Birth Registration
The Department, amongst other commitments, has implemented the Births and Deaths Registration Act. In terms of the Act, notice of birth must be given within 30 days of the birth occurence. This is aimed at ensuring that every child born is registered. In support of the above commitment, the Department embarked on the following programmes:
(i) Hospital connectivity:
Established birth registration offices in health facilities with maternity wards to facilitate the registration of birth and ease the burden of birth registration. This has resulted in the country seeing an increase in birth registration within the specified period. Conversely, we have begun to see a steady decrease of late registration of birth.
(ii) oreign births:
Notice of birth tendered at our offices of children born of parents who are non-South African citizens, are given DHA 19 (handwritten unabridged birth certificate for non-South African) in terms of the Regulations on the Registration of Births and Deaths, 2014.
South African citizens who live abroad can also register their newly-born children by completing relevant documents at the South African embassies and missions.
(iii) Late Registration of birth:
The Department has also opened a window for late registration of birth for persons who were not registered within the specified period. The long term plan is to eradicate late registration of birth.
B. Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
It must also be mentioned that South Africa is collaborating with neighbouring countries to promote civil registration through Civil Registration and Vital Statistics [CRVS] conferences, to ensure that all nationals of countries are registered on their respective national population registers.
END
24 December 2019 - NW1456
Roos, Mr AC to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
Whether, with reference to the reply to question 379 on 5 August 2019, in which it was indicated that the date for the re-opening of the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office (CTRRO) is dependent on the finalisation of the lease agreement with the prospective landlord and the related project plan for refurbishment, the lease agreement with the specified landlord for the CTRRO has been finalised; if not, why not; if so, what (a) steps still need to be taken by his department to reopen the CTRRO and (b) is the planned date for the reopening of the CTRRO?
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:
- Specifications Committee to be set up to develop the specifications,
- Publication of the tender advert,
- 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
24 December 2019 - NW1213
Powell, Ms EL to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
(1)On what legislative provisions did the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) rely when it charged estate agents Value-Added Tax (VAT) on all levies paid from 2006 to 2016, in light of the fact that the EAAB was never registered as a VAT vendor; (2) whether all monies that were collected in terms of VAT on levies were paid to SA Revenue Services; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details? NW2423E
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.
24 December 2019 - NW1588
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
(a) What number of applications for asylum seekers were received (i) in the period 1 January 1994 to 31 December 2014 and (ii) since 1 January 2015 remain unprocessed and (b) what is the country of origin of each asylum seeker?
Reply:
a) (i) The Department only has statistics from 1998 as published in its reports and the totals are as below:
Year |
Total |
1998 |
11135 |
1999 |
31592 |
2000 |
12226 |
2001 |
16325 |
2002 |
24187 |
2003 |
41741 |
2004 |
41369 |
2005 |
43289 |
2006 |
53361 |
2007 |
45637 |
2008 |
207206 |
2009 |
223324 |
2010 |
124336 |
2011 |
106904 |
2012 |
85058 |
2013 |
70010 |
2014 |
71914 |
Total |
1 209 614 |
(ii) As at 30 September 2019 the total number of active and inactive cases for the periods indicated in (a) (i) above that remain unprocessed since 1 January 2015 is 812 472 (117 991 active cases and 694 481 inactive cases.
NB: Active cases refer to clients who regularly visit the office in relation to their application and inactive cases refer to clients who no longer visit the office to finalise their application.
b) The breakdown per country of origin for (a) (i) and (ii) above is:
Country |
Inactive |
Active |
Afghanistan |
41 |
8 |
Albania |
1 |
0 |
Algeria |
462 |
98 |
Angola |
1071 |
5 |
Armenia |
1 |
0 |
Australia |
10 |
0 |
Azerbaijan |
5 |
0 |
Bahamas |
11 |
12 |
Bahrain |
1 |
1 |
Bangladesh |
13480 |
15979 |
Barbados |
2 |
0 |
Belize |
2 |
0 |
Benin |
207 |
26 |
Bosnia |
3 |
0 |
Botswana |
41 |
2 |
Brazil |
1 |
0 |
Brunei |
1 |
0 |
Bulgaria |
24 |
0 |
Burkina Faso |
50 |
39 |
Burundi |
3021 |
3588 |
Cambodia |
3 |
0 |
Cameroon |
3119 |
1000 |
Cape Verde |
1 |
0 |
Central African Republic |
10 |
6 |
Chad |
11 |
4 |
Chile |
23 |
0 |
China |
13528 |
61 |
Colombia |
2 |
1 |
Comoros |
29 |
14 |
Congo |
8761 |
7680 |
Croatia |
1 |
0 |
Cuba |
2 |
0 |
Czech Republic |
1 |
0 |
Denmark |
1 |
1 |
DRC |
16204 |
22630 |
East Timor |
5 |
7 |
Ecuadorian |
1 |
0 |
Egypt |
2076 |
62 |
Eritrea |
375 |
382 |
Estonia |
7 |
5 |
Ethiopia |
11704 |
33737 |
Fiji |
1 |
0 |
Gabon |
44 |
6 |
Gambia |
26 |
3 |
Germany |
1 |
0 |
Ghana |
8085 |
989 |
Guinea |
95 |
37 |
Guinea Bissau |
29 |
8 |
Guyana |
1 |
0 |
Haiti |
3 |
1 |
Ice Land |
18 |
1 |
India |
8871 |
2460 |
Indonesia |
8 |
0 |
Iran |
8 |
1 |
Iraq |
12 |
1 |
Ireland |
1 |
1 |
Israel |
5 |
0 |
Italy |
2 |
0 |
Ivory Coast |
175 |
140 |
Jamaica |
2 |
0 |
Jordan |
40 |
6 |
Kenya |
2014 |
807 |
Kiribati |
1 |
0 |
Korea |
1 |
0 |
Kuwaiti |
1 |
0 |
Laos |
1 |
0 |
Latvia |
1 |
0 |
Lebanon |
3 |
0 |
Lesotho |
6744 |
31 |
Liberia |
114 |
49 |
Libya |
7 |
0 |
Macau |
23 |
0 |
Macedonia |
1 |
0 |
Madagascar |
17 |
0 |
Malawi |
40933 |
1294 |
Malaysia |
5 |
2 |
Maldives |
1 |
0 |
Mali |
228 |
95 |
Mauritania |
4 |
0 |
Mauritius |
8 |
2 |
Mayotte |
1 |
0 |
Mexico |
1 |
0 |
Moldova |
2 |
0 |
Monaco |
1 |
0 |
Morocco |
38 |
4 |
Mozambique |
12842 |
300 |
Myanmar (Burma) |
3 |
0 |
Namibia |
13 |
0 |
Nepal |
36 |
18 |
New Zealand |
1 |
0 |
Nicaragua |
2 |
0 |
Niger |
5506 |
716 |
Nigeria |
18502 |
3759 |
Niue |
6 |
1 |
Pakistan |
11672 |
5208 |
Palau |
1 |
0 |
Palestine |
26 |
5 |
Panama |
1 |
0 |
Papua New Guinea |
1 |
0 |
Philippines |
18 |
0 |
Poland |
4 |
0 |
Portugal |
2 |
0 |
Principality of Andorra |
5 |
0 |
Russia |
2 |
0 |
Rwanda |
666 |
676 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
3 |
0 |
Saint Lucia |
1 |
0 |
Saudi Arabia |
1 |
0 |
Senegal |
1163 |
433 |
Serbia |
6 |
0 |
Sierra Leone |
65 |
13 |
Slovenia |
1 |
0 |
Solomon Islands |
21 |
0 |
Somalia |
9962 |
1587 |
Sri Lanka |
109 |
11 |
Sudan |
81 |
42 |
Suriname |
1 |
1 |
Swaziland |
196 |
10 |
Syria |
8 |
1 |
Tajikistan |
6 |
0 |
Tanzania |
7740 |
422 |
Thailand |
120 |
1 |
Togo |
80 |
24 |
Tonga |
1 |
0 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
1 |
0 |
Tunisia |
5 |
1 |
Turkey |
7 |
1 |
Uganda |
5993 |
3089 |
Ukraine |
10 |
1 |
USA |
5 |
1 |
Uzbekistan |
2 |
0 |
Vietnam |
2 |
0 |
Wallis and Futuna |
1 |
0 |
Yemen |
7 |
0 |
Zambia |
2308 |
174 |
Zimbabwe |
475390 |
10210 |
Total |
694481 |
117991 |
Grand Total |
812 472 |
END
24 December 2019 - NW1680
Basson, Ms J to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
(a) What total number of title deeds has her department issued since 29 May 2019, (b) where is each building located and (c) on what date was each title deed issued?
Reply:
Title deeds have been handed over by Members of the Executive Members (MECs) in the various provinces since 29 May 2019. I have therefore referred the question to provinces to provide the detailed information requested by the Honourable Member.
However, the information at the Departments’ disposal with respect to the status of the delivery of title deeds since July 2019 is as follows:
Western Cape – 60 Title deeds were handed over in August 2019
Eastern Cape - 500 title deeds were handed over to beneficiaries in July 2019.
Northern Cape – 209 title deeds were handed over in the province through the ‘Title Deeds Friday’ campaign in Tlhabane, Rustenburg with another 250 titles handed over in September 2019.
North West – 490 title deeds were handed over in August 2019.
Kwazulu Natal – 50 title deeds were handed over in the August 2019 and 500 in July 2019.
Gauteng – 217 title deeds were handed over in Johannesburg during August 2019
Mpumalanga – 700 title deeds were handed over in Barberton during August 2019.
A detailed breakdown will be submitted as soon as the outstanding information is available.
24 December 2019 - NW1627
Clarke, Ms M to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
Whether his department and metropolitan municipalities have a memorandum of understanding in place to assist with the loss of documentation in an event of shack fires; if so, what are the details of the processes including turnaround times within the metropolitan municipalities;
Reply:
1. No, the Department does not have memorandum of understanding with municipalities in place to assist with the loss of documentation in an event of shack fires. However National government, has a crucial role to play in conjunction with municipalities as a form of redress, whereby the affected settlement was declared a disaster area, to enable victims to access basic services from the municipalities with their enabling documents. When the fire disaster occurs, disaster management of the municipality concerned compiles a report with a name list of families that have been affected by shack fires and submits a disaster certificate through the Departments’ District Managers: Operations or Provincial Manager’s office. Subsequently the Department’s provinces draft submissions to the Accounting Officer (Director-General), to consider waiving of fees for reproduction and printing of temporary identification certificates or identity documents and birth certificates. Upon approval by the Accounting Officer, clients are immediately issued with temporary identity certificates and birth certificates on the spot. The turnaround times for issuance of Smart Identity Cards is within 13 working days.
2. In collaboration with District/Local municipalities, Councillor and CDWs an outreach programme is organised for such communities to lodge applications and in most instances, municipalities assist by arranging transport for the affected persons to be ferried to the nearest Departments front offices to apply for the services required. Once documents are issued, clients are brought back to the office to collect in the same arrangement.
END
24 December 2019 - NW1664
Powell, Ms EL to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
(1)Whether she will outline how the appointment of the former Minister of Social Development, Ms B O Dlamini, as chairperson of the interim board of the Social Housing Regulatory Authority will enhance the performance and reputation of the entity towards its goal of restructuring and developing new systems, policies and procedures by 2019; (2) (a) what (i) was the justification for the above-inflation increase in the salary of a certain person (details furnished) and (ii) is the salary of the specified person for the 2020-21 financial year and (b) how is the increase justified when the entity has failed to meet its targets; (3) in light of the statement by the Minister of Finance, Mr T T Mboweni, that the public wage bill of the Republic needs to be cut by R150 billion, what budget cuts to the remuneration of public office bearers does she intend to implement and (b) by what date will the budget cuts to the remuneration and allowance of public office bearers take place?
Reply:
(1) To ensure the validity of the data the Department of Human Settlements has been working on and which was received from municipalities, we have been comparing this with the data from the Department of Social Development as its records are comprehensive in respect of those who require social protection from the state. The data held by the Department of Social Development is credible, based on processes approved by government.
In line with the decision of the United Nations to ensure that all social protection should be packaged together by 2020, we are on track to complete that process which already started in 2012. By the end of this process we will have all those who are entitled to benefit from social assistance disaggregated according to the various categories of the state’s assistance for housing. This will assist us to ensure that the rampant duplication of demands by people who have previously benefited is curbed and sift those who do not need free housing but require other assistance in the acquisition of housing. One of these is social housing, which is provided to a particular category of subsidised housing.
With her intimate knowledge of the process of building a social assistance database, Ms Dlamini will be able to guide the process.
(a)(i) The salary increase resolved upon by the Council of the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA) for the CEO of SHRA was 6%. This was made up of a 5,5% inflation linked cost of living increase plus an additional 0,5% performance linked increase arising from the 2017/18 performance result. This is in accordance with the SHRA remuneration policy and the terms of the employment contract.
(ii) The salary of SHRA CEO for the 2020/21 financial year has not yet been determined by the SHRA Council.
(b) Falls away.
(3)(a) I have no authority over the salaries of Public Office Bearers, like yourself. In terms of the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office- Bearers Act, 1997, the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office -Bearers is mandated to make annual recommendations relating to the salaries and /or the upper limits of the salaries, allowances and benefits of Public Office –Bearers.
(b) Refer to (3)(a) above.
24 December 2019 - NW1524
Spies, Ms ERJ to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
In view of the massive strain on key water and sanitation systems in the Republic, (a) which provinces have been the worst affected in their ability to deliver on their approved human settlement business plans and (b) what plans are in place to ensure provinces deliver on their approved human settlement business plans?
Reply:
(a) Consistent with the reply I submitted in respect Parliamentary Question 1523, I wish to reiterate that at present, no province has reported an inability to deliver on their approved human settlements business plans due to the massive strain on key water and sanitation systems.
(b) The Department will continue to exercise oversight on the performance of provinces for the commitments in their approved business plans. Moreover, we shall continue in our resolve to provide technical implementation support in pursuit of the targets set out in the business plans and Medium Term Strategic Framework.
24 December 2019 - NW1666
Powell, Ms EL to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
(1)What (a) percentage of its budget did the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA) spend against the 51,2% of its target that it met for social housing units for the 2018-19 financial year, (b) were the material reasons that the SHRA did not meet its target of social housing units and (c) remedial actions are being taken to ensure that the situation improves in the current financial year; (2) whether she can provide the performance contract and the performance outcomes for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the SHRA for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 financial years to Ms E L Powell; (3) how does she and the SHRA Council justify the more than 12% increase in salary of the CEO of the SAHRA?
Reply:
(1) (a) The Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA) spent 105% of its R743,64 million budget in the 2018-19 financial year on the development of social housing units, thus representing a total expenditure of R778 273 327.
(b) Yes, there were material reasons why SHRA missed some of its targets. Those reasons have been summarized on page 129 of the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA) 2018-19 Annual Report in the column entitled “Variance and comments.” Further explanations were provided by the SHRA on page 35 of the 2018-19 Annual Report in section 4.3.4 of the report entitled “Project Development & Funding (PD&F) Programme”. For a more detailed explanation of the reasons at a project level, this can be found in Table 4 on pages 17 through 20 of the 2018-19 Annual Report. The table is entitled “Project Challenges and Solutions.”
(c) The remedial actions being taken to ensure that the situation improves are also documented on the same pages of the SHRA 2018-19 Annual Report as has been stated under (b) above. Further to this, the following remedial actions are being implemented by the SHRA:
- Non-performing contracts are terminated within the provisions of the contracts and law;
- Improvements have been introduced in the project accreditation process to curtail delays in planning and projects meeting financial closure;
- The SHRA has engaged with financiers to provide debt/ loan and equity funding to projects toward meeting financial closure;
- The SHRA has employed additional resources to improve the project approval by the provinces in order to ensure contract compliance earlier in the process;
- The SHRA is intervening in the non-performing contracts with a bespoke approach according to the needs per contract.
(2) Conditions of employment such as salaries and qualifications of staff are confidential. Laws such as the Protection of Personal Information Act and the Basic Conditions of Employment, amongst others, protects the confidentiality of such information.
(3) The salary increase of the CEO resolved upon by the SHRA Council was 6% and not 12%. The increase comprises of a 5,5% inflation linked cost of living increase plus an additional 0,5% performance linked increase arising from the 2017 – 18 performance result. This is in accordance with the SHRA remuneration policy and the terms of the employment contract.
23 December 2019 - NW1451
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Social Development
Whether, with reference to her 2019 budget speech where she stated that R50 million rand has been allocated from the Criminal Assets Recovery Account (Cara) to support shelters and the fact that the President, Mr M C Ramaphosa in his address to protestors at Parliament promised increased funding for women's shelters and safe houses, (a) the increase that the President referred to is the same or additional to the Cara funding that she referred to and (b) her department is also ensuring that provinces increase allocations to shelters for victims of crime and violence; if not, what is the position in each case; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
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 |
20 December 2019 - NW1616
Esterhuizen, Mr JA to ask the President of the Republic
What (a) is the name of each investor who pledged funds at the 2018 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; (2) whether each project was new or an existing project in each case; (3) what (a) is the name of each investor who pledged funds at the 2018 investment conference, but never invested the pledged funds, (b) amount did each investor pledge but not invest and (c) projects were never implemented as a result?
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:
- 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;
- 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.
20 December 2019 - NW682
Hicklin, Ms MB to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Whether the Government’s proposed land reform policy on expropriation without compensation will require that title deeds of properties earmarked for expropriation be published before being transferred to beneficiaries to verify that there is no active land claim on the property; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date does she intend to introduce amending legislation in the National Assembly to make provision for the publishing of the title deeds, (b) for which reasons, other than historical land claims, will a dispute for the change of ownership of the specified properties be allowed to be registered, (c) in which publication will the title deeds be published and (d) for what period of time will the title deeds be published?
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.
20 December 2019 - NW1146
Terblanche, Mr OS to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
(1)Whether her department is executing capital projects in the Central Karoo; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (2) whether the Apricot Farm Project is part of the specified projects; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what is the name of the person(s) who executed the project, (b) on what date is it envisaged that the project will be completed, (c) on what date was the tender awarded, (d) what was the contract amount, (e) who was the successful contractor and (f) what is the contract period? NW2306E
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.
19 December 2019 - NW1691
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Whether the Government is negotiating with the banking sector to ensure that banks will be compensated for any loan(s) against a property that is expropriated; if not, what impact will this have on the economy; if so, what amount has been allocated to pay the banks as a result of the mooted expropriation without compensation and redistribution policy?
Reply:
No.
19 December 2019 - NW1515
Montwedi, Mr Mk to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
(a) What number of land claims lodged before the 1998-deadline still need to be settled, (b) on what date is it intended that the specified claims will be settled, (c) where are the outstanding claims and (d) what amount of money is it estimated to cost her department to settle all outstanding land claims?
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.
19 December 2019 - NW1205
Mbabama, Ms TM to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
(a) Which branch of her department is responsible for the administration of the Land Titles Adjustment Act, Act 111 of 1993, (b) what number of (i) persons work under the specified branch, (ii) posts are vacant and (iii) persons are in acting positions; (2) (a) what number of applications has her department received under the specified Act, (b) what number of applicants have received title deeds to land and (c) what are the reasons that applicants do not get title deeds?
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.
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This Branch was established in April 2014. ↑
19 December 2019 - NW1439
Montwedi, Mr Mk to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What number of hectares of land (a) are under the management of communal property associations in the Republic and (b) have been left unused for the past two years?
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.
19 December 2019 - NW1438
Montwedi, Mr Mk to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What (a) number of communal property associations (CPAs) exist in the Republic, (b) number of the specified CPAs are considered to be dysfunctional, (c) are the (i) structural and (ii) functional problems facing the CPAs and (d) steps is her department taking to resolve the specified problems?
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.
19 December 2019 - NW992
Steyn, Ms A to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What number of applications to register as community property associations is currently outstanding, (b) on what date did each specified association apply for registration and (c) what is the reason that each association is not yet registered?
Reply:
(a) 6.
(b) and (c) Please refer to Annexure A.
ANNEXURE A OF NA QUESTION 992 OF 2019
Province |
Community Name |
Status |
|
|
|
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. |
19 December 2019 - NW1486
Mhlongo, Mr TW to ask the Minister of Communications
(1)Whether, with reference to the fact that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have sold licensed programmes to other broadcasters all over the world, she will supply a list of the (a) programmes licensed throughout the world in the past 10 years, (b) fees attached to each transaction and (c) individual share of profits due to each of the (i) producers, (ii) writers and (iii) performers for each transaction; (2) what are the details of the (a) programmes sold on DVD in the Republic and throughout the world, (b) fee attached to each transaction and (c) individual share of profit due to the producers, writers and performers for each transaction; (3) whether the SABC will be paying interest for late payment considering that the share in profit due to producers, writers and performers is by contract and should have been paid bi-annually; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the further relevant details?NW2754E
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
19 December 2019 - NW1723
Opperman, Ms G to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Whether she will furnish Mrs G Opperman with a list of claimants of the Community Property Association (CPA) of Loeriesfontein in the Hantam Local Municipality who have been struggling for 25 years to receive their communal land; (2) (a) what number of claimants of the Loeriesfontein CPA have deceased and (b) on what date will the claimants receive their ancestral land; (3) what mechanisms are in place to ensure the CPA of Loeriesfontein becomes sustainable and economically viable?
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.
19 December 2019 - NW1599
Mbabama, Ms TM to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What number of land reform farms are leased to beneficiaries in the North West; (2) what (a) is the total number of state-owned farms that do not have a lease agreement currently in place and (b) are the reasons that there is no lease agreement in place; (3) what (a) is the total income received by the State for the lease on each land and (b) are the details of the bank account where the money for the leases must be paid?
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
19 December 2019 - NW1600
Mbabama, Ms TM to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What number of land reform farms are leased to beneficiaries in the Northern Cape; (2) what (a) is the total number of state-owned farms that do not have a lease agreement currently in place and (b) are the reasons that there is no lease agreement in place; (3) what (a) is the total income received by the State for the lease on each land and (b) are the details of the bank account where the money for the leases must be paid?
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
19 December 2019 - NW1282
Moteka, Mr PG to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
- What steps has her department taken to support the activities of the group of emerging farmers called Poo Pedi in Ga-Segonyane Local Municipality and Joe Morolong Local Municipality in the Northern Cape?
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.
19 December 2019 - NW1142
Masipa, Mr NP to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
With reference to her reply to question 250 on 20 August 2019, (a) what are the details of the department’s annual target vs achievements year-to-date on the (i) trade figures vs achieved target, (ii) new jobs target vs achieved and (iii) the targeted number of black farmers to be provided with market access vs achieved, (b) why are other AgriParks not functional and (c) what is the detailed action plan to ensure that all AgriParks are functional?
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.
19 December 2019 - NW1601
Julius, Mr J to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What number of land reform farms are leased to beneficiaries in the Western Cape; (2) what (a) is the total number of state-owned farms that do not have a lease agreement currently in place and (b) are the reasons that there is no lease agreement in place; (3) what (a) is the total income received by the State for the lease on each land and (b) are the details of the bank account where the money for the leases must be paid?
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
19 December 2019 - NW1594
Steyn, Ms A to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What number of land reform farms are leased to beneficiaries in the Eastern Cape; (2) what (a) is the total number of state-owned farms that do not have a lease agreement currently in place and (b) are the reasons that there is no lease agreement in place; (3) what (a) is the total income received by the State for the lease on each land and (b) are the details of the bank account where the money for the leases must be paid?
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
19 December 2019 - NW1602
Julius, Mr J to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What number of land reform farms are leased to beneficiaries in the KwaZulu-Natal; (1) what (a) is the total number of state-owned farms that do not have a lease agreement currently in place and (b) are the reasons that there is no lease agreement in place; (3) what (a) is the total income received by the State for the lease on each land and (b) are the details of the bank account where the money for the leases must be paid?
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
19 December 2019 - NW1597
Kruger, Mr HC to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What number of land reform farms are leased to beneficiaries in the Limpopo; (2) what (a) is the total number of state-owned farms that do not have a lease agreement currently in place and (b) are the reasons that there is no lease agreement in place; (3) what (a) is the total income received by the State for the lease on each land and (b) are the details of the bank account where the money for the leases must be paid?
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
19 December 2019 - NW1440
Montwedi, Mr Mk to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
By what date will her department settle the land claim of the community of Lower Zingcuka in Keiskammahoek in the Amahlathi Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape?
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
19 December 2019 - NW1203
Steyn, Ms A to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
(a) What amount has been (i) budgeted and (ii) paid towards social facilitation in respect of each programme in each province since 1 April 2016, (b) who were the service providers in each project and (c) were tenders put out in respect of each project?
Reply:
(a) (i) None. Social facilitation has been an internally delivered process.
(ii) Falls away.
(b) Falls away.
(c) Falls away.
19 December 2019 - NW1598
Mbabama, Ms TM to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What number of land reform farms are leased to beneficiaries in the Mpumalanga; (2) what (a) is the total number of state-owned farms that do not have a lease agreement currently in place and (b) are the reasons that there is no lease agreement in place; (3) what (a) is the total income received by the State for the lease on each land and (b) are the details of the bank account where the money for the leases must be paid?
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
19 December 2019 - NW511
Masipa, Mr NP to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Whether her department will offer title deeds to the eight black citrus farmers farming under the Alice Kat Citrus Primary Cooperative in the Eastern Cape; if not, why not; if so, by what date will the (a) beneficiaries receive communication from her department in this regard and (b) transfers of the title deeds be finalised?
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.
19 December 2019 - NW510
Masipa, Mr NP to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
With reference to the announcement made by the President of the Republic, Mr M C Ramaphosa, in the State of the Nation Address on 20 June 2019, that the Government allocated R3,9 billion to the Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa in the 2019-22 medium term budget, what (a) amount is earmarked for each financial year in the medium-term budget and (b) amount was allocated for (i) land reform projects and farms, (ii) the commercialisation of black farmers and (iii) small holding farmers in each financial year in the medium-term budget; (2) what amount has been spent for each designated programme to date in the 2019-20 budget allocation; (3) what performance measures are in place to monitor the implementation and success of each programme that receives a budget allocation; (4) (a) what number of farmers does the Government intend to support on an annual basis with the budget allocations to the Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa and (b) by what date will the President, Mr M C Ramaphosa, receive the first briefing in this regard? NW1503E
Reply:
RESPONSE BY THE DEPARTMENT:
THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:
- A detailed response to Question 510 will be submitted by 31 January 2020.
19 December 2019 - NW1223
Julius, Mr J to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
(1) What is the current status of the land claim of Mr Peters, reference number L3/3/4/1/8; (2) what is the envisaged date for the finalisation of the specified claim? NW2434E
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
19 December 2019 - NW1593
Steyn, Ms A to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
(1) (a) on what date was Mjindi Farming (Pty) Ltd established, (b) What was the reason for its establishment? (c) What amount did the enterprise receive in each year since its establishment and (d) Who are the directors of the specified enterprise? (2) Whether any politicians and/or departmental officials are part of the specified enterprise; (3) What (a) is the salary of each director and/or employee of Mjindi enterprise and (b) was the total value added to the community by the establishment of the specified enterprise; (4) Whether the audited books of Mjindi enterprise were submitted in each year
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.
19 December 2019 - NW1596
Kruger, Mr HC to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What number of land reform farms are leased to beneficiaries in the Gauteng; (2) what (a) is the total number of state-owned farms that do not have a lease agreement currently in place and (b) are the reasons that there is no lease agreement in place; (3) what (a) is the total income received by the State for the lease on each land and (b) are the details of the bank account where the money for the leases must be paid?
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
19 December 2019 - NW919
Phillips, Ms C to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
(a) What total number of parcels of land are still registered as being owned or under the custodianship of the former homelands in each province, (b) where is each land parcel located and (c) what is the total area of said land?
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 |
19 December 2019 - NW1595
Kruger, Mr HC to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
What number of land reform farms are leased to beneficiaries in the Free State; (2) what (a) is the total number of state-owned farms that do not have a lease agreement currently in place and (b) are the reasons that there is no lease agreement in place; (3) what (a) is the total income received by the State for the lease on each land and (b) are the details of the bank account where the money for the leases must be paid?
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
18 December 2019 - NW1685
De Freitas, Mr MS to ask the Minister of Health
(a) What budget or grants are provided for the South Rand Hospital, (b) what mechanisms and processes exist to ensure that the highest level of service is provided at the hospital and (c) on what date will the current staff vacancies be filled?
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.
18 December 2019 - NW1678
Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health
(a) What (i) is the reason for the Good Hope Clinic in the Eastern Cape not being fully built, (ii) was the initial amount budgeted for the building of the clinic and (iii) total amount has been spent to date and (b) who was the appointed contractor?
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.
18 December 2019 - NW1694
Sharif, Ms NK to ask the Minister of Health
(1)With reference to access to health care by the transgender community, what is the (a) current process for and (b) budget allocated to hormone replacement and gender re-assignment surgery in Government hospitals; (2) whether there is a backlog in respect of hormone replacement and gender re-assignment surgery in Government hospitals; if so, what number of persons are affected by the backlog?
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.
18 December 2019 - NW1677
Ismail, Ms H to ask the Minister of Health
(1)Whether, with reference to his reply to question 137 on 14 October 2019, he will furnish Ms H Ismael with a detailed report of all National Health Insurance pilot projects, including the name of facilities; (2) whether any of the pilot projects have failed; if so, what (a) are the names of the pilot projects that have failed and (b) has he found to be the reasons that the projects failed?
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:
- Strong political will;
- Adequate human and financial resources for implementation;
- Good coordination and communication; and
- 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:
- Inadequate planning;
- Lack of resources;
- Inconsistent communication;
- A lack of coordination where necessary; and
- 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)
- A total of 3 323 WBPHCOTs providing basic health services to children and adults were in place at the end of 2017/18.
- These teams were able to successfully fulfil their mandate to provide outreach health services within the community.
- WBPHCOTs completed community visits and were also able to report on the health status of the individuals at the households visited.
- Teams often lacked the envisioned team composition, with many teams lacking outreach team leaders.
- Data collection was insufficient to adequately monitor the effectiveness of the referral systems and follow up processes.
- 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)
- 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.
- The ISHP intervention was particularly successful in its ability to demonstrate good inter-departmental collaboration between the NDoH and Department of Basic Education (DBE).
- There was a lack of data to support the effectiveness of the referrals and a lack of feedback mechanisms between school teams and facilities.
- The lack of sufficient equipment, such as measurement scales and transport to travel to schools, often impacted negatively on the success of this intervention.
- There was a lack of prioritisation and targeting of learners within this intervention.
- 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
- A total of 330 General Practitioners (GP) had been contracted by end of 2017/2018.
- 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.
- Inadequate monitoring of contracted GPs caused some challenges during implementation.
- 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)
- A total of 3434 facilities had been assessed of which 1507 had attained ideal clinic status at end of 2017/2018.
- This project is deemed to have improved the ability of facilities to procure much needed equipment.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- The introduction of these teams was perceived by some stakeholders to have promoted clinical governance within the districts.
- The team composition, which often lacked critical specialists, limited their ability to provide the envisioned training and support structures.
- The lack of gynaecologist and paediatricians meant that DCSTs were not able to adequately improve child and maternal health as envisioned.
- Not all specialists were seen necessarily as good mentors and they may have been unable to provide adequate support.
- 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)
- 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.
- The strong political leadership and will behind CCMDD contributed towards its successful implementation.
- CCMDD was scaled up beyond target and the consistent monitoring of the programme contributed to the availability of reliable data to support continued implementation.
- Changes of service providers threatened the intervention’s continuity.
- 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)
- 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.
- Good communication and feedback loops are seen to have facilitated implementation success.
- The poor connectivity at some facilities and challenges with hardware have contributed to the challenges experienced during NHI phase 1 implementation.
- The lack of human resources and lack of capacity in some districts to implement affected the success of HPRS
8. Stock Visibility System SVS
- At the end of 2017/2018, SVS was being implemented in 3167 clinics and community health centres (92% coverage).
- 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.
- The lack of reliable internet connectivity and hardware in some districts , impacted its success.
- The minimal number of available pharmacists and pharmacy assistants limited facilities ability to ensure the smooth running of the system.
- The sustainability of this intervention poses a challenge as implementation during NHI phase1 relied heavily on the support from external funders.
9. Infrastructure
- Since 2013/2014, work in 139 of 140 identified CHCs and clinics has been completed through the NHI rehabilitation projects.
- In 2017/2018 alone, 107 facilities were maintained, repaired and/or refurbished in NHI districts.
- 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.
- Projects were rarely implemented or completed due to the lack of planning capacity to release the assigned funds.
- Funds which were released were used mainly for new infrastructure projects
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
18 December 2019 - NW1725
Hoosen, Mr MH to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
(a) How many properties under the custodianship of her department were sold to a certain company (name furnished) since 2006 and (b) what is the (i) extent, (ii) size, (iii) selling price and (iv) intended purpose of the sale in each case?
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.
17 December 2019 - NW1747
Weber, Mr WL to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Where does her department plan to build the storage dams in the Special Economic Zone in Limpopo?
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.
17 December 2019 - NW1715
Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Police
Whether, with reference to his reply to question 984 on 29 October 2019, any number of the 1 366 persons that were arrested and/or criminally charged have been convicted; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are details of (a) the sentence given to each person convicted and (b) each person who has been convicted?
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
17 December 2019 - NW1743
Graham-Maré, Ms SJ to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
(1)What (a) steps has her department taken against the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality with regard to complaints that the sewerage pump stations and manholes are overflowing and leaking into the Sundays River, (b) remedial measures will her department make available to the municipality to deal with the situation and (c) methods of rehabilitation will be used to restore the areas affected by sewarage spills; (2) whether additional funding will be made available to the specified municipality to address the problems it faces; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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.