Reply:

This question will have relevancies in as far as the National Corridor- SAA is concerned. As SAA is currently an entity of the Department of Public Enterprise, this question will be better to answered by the Minister of Public Enterprise.

The policy approach of the Department of Transport remains one of the opening up of air space for flights to promote the movement of people and good whilst promoting trade, investment and tourism through the principles of reciprocity by engaging in bilateral Air Services Agreements.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has informed me that DPWI has not done any business with (a) persons (b) companies and (c) trusts, whose names and details were furnished for (i) the past five financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2019.

(aa), (bb), (aaa), (bbb) falls away.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

1. The Mega Cities Programme is an initiative of the Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG). The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) supports the GPG in its vision to address the need for affordable housing, which shifts away from sporadic and uncoordinated developments that are self-sufficient in providing for the housing, economic and social needs of communities.

a) It is the responsibility of municipalities to maintain and manage infrastructure.

b) DPWI will not be funding the mega-cities - this will be responsibility of the GPG and relevant municipalities.

2. (a), (b), (c) and (d)

Yes, depending on the scale and locality of the individual Mega City, national government services should also be provided in accordance with the National Spatial Social Service Provisioning Model (Social Service Wheel), which is included in the National Special Development Framework. As stated also by the GPG, the Mega Cities Programme will provide for integrated human settlements, which include residential units, commercial, health and recreational facilities, educational and retail. Therefore, the mega-city development in Gauteng should also include these services.

(3) No.

Reply:

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

The Department did not do business with any of the said companies in the last five financial years. With regards to the listed names, the Department is not in a position to establish such, as the Department does not have the names of individuals serving on boards or companies on its database.

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION:

As depicted below the Department of Science and Innovation has not done business with the persons, companies and trusts in the question.

Name of institution	(a) Persons	(b) Companies	(c) Trusts
	(i) Past 5 Years	(ii) Since April 2019	(i) Past 5 Years	(ii) Since April 2019	(i) Past 5 Years	(ii) Since April 2019
Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)	None	None	None	None	None	None

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

1. (a) Yes, the National Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is aware of the 2017 Infrastructure Report Card as issued by the SA Institute for Civil Engineering (SAICE). The report provide for condition assessment for various civil engineering sectors, which include but not limited to water supply service, roads, airports commercial ports, rail and built environment infrastructure in general.

It must be noted that the report in question acknowledges the high quality of built environment infrastructure produced in the built environment sector (Private and Public Sectors).

Public sector infrastructure is divided, established and implemented in accordance with the mandate of the three (3) spheres of government. At national level, our department is responsible for provision of accommodations (offices and residential) for presidency, parliament, security cluster department and land ports of entries etc.

The DPWI as the custodian of built environment sector is providing guidance to both public and private sectors about the standards and regulations of the industry in order to maintain quality and for ease of maintenance.

(b) DPWI is mindful of the need for continuous maintenance of public infrastructure within our mandate hence we have Repair and Maintenance Programme included in the budget allocated for DPWI Capital projects and Planned Maintenance Programme. The entire population of 81 575 buildings under the custodianship of the DPWI have maintenance backlog at varying degrees. The maintenance backlog is estimated at R74 billion.

The DPWI annual allocation for refurbishments, rehabilitation, upgrades and maintenance programme and still perform current maintenance. To date we have 389 projects on implementation phase (construction) phase with an allocation exceeding R2 billion in the current financial year for maintenance (refurbishments, rehabilitation and upgrades). The balance is expended through day-to-day maintenance as an ongoing programme.

Reply:

According to the information received from Transnet:

Transnet embarked on a five year tender for IT Data Services concluded in 2017 where Gijima was identified as the preferred bidder through an open tender process.

The Transnet Board at the time, decided to award the business to the second ranked bidder, however, after a court process, Transnet received a declaratory order in December 2018 to change its decision and award as per the outcome of the process to Gijima.

Following the declaratory order, Transnet has since engaged with Gijima to transition the contract. As part of the contractual process, the services are currently transitioning from T-Systems to Gijima as of the 1st of September 2019. The transition process has been without any interruptions to Transnet business. Currently Transnet is consuming services from Gijima with very minimal issues.

Transnet cannot comment on the statement regarding the 2011 payment as that transaction relates to the “Who am I Online” project under Department of Home Affairs.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

1. The National Building Regulations recognise at least one of three methods of satisfying compliance to the Building Regulations. Those are:

• Rational Design, as designed by a Professional Engineer,
• Compliance to “deem-to-satisfy” rules as set out in the South African National Standards (SANS) 10400 series, or
• Agrément South Africa certification.

The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC), in its mandate to protect the interests of housing consumers and ensure that builders comply with the prescribed building industry standards, assesses the quality of construction of homes, subsidised and non-subsidised, based on their satisfaction of at least one of the three requirements indicated above.

The NHBRC provides general guidance on the implementation of Innovative Building Technologies (IBTs) and condition of IBTs (by means of a published database). However, it does not provide assurance of the IBTs’ fitness-for-purpose; and Agrément South Africa does so.

In simple terms, the National Building Regulations do not only consider the conventional “brick-and-mortar” method of construction as the only solution, but recognises three methods, including innovative technologies.

The choice of an IBT to use, lies with the owner(s) of the product, or in a case of public infrastructure projects, with the specifiers (at planning and design phase).

The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS), through its Standards Division, develops, publishes and maintains the South African National Standards (such as SANS 10400), which are referenced in legislation, as one of the three methods of satisfying compliance to National Building Regulations. The SABS also develops standards for the so-called “conventional methods”, and not the innovative solutions.

(2) In terms of the objects of the Agrément South Africa Act, 2015 (Act No 11 of 2015), Section 4 (b) and (c), ASA is empowered to:

- “support and promote the process of integrated socio-economic development in the Republic as it relates to the construction industry”; and also to

• “support and promote the introduction and use of certified non-standardised construction related products or systems in the local or international market.

This speaks to the issue raised by the Honourable Member relating to assisting South Africans to be entrepreneurs and to get their innovative products into the market.

This has been done with some relative success. Many non-standardised products certified by ASA have found their way into the market, but also we realise that we have not made the strides that we would like to. In this vein, we have engaged with ASA to come up with proposals as to how to further assist young entrepreneurs and to expand the footprint of the use of Innovative Building Technologies.

To this effect, ASA has established in the current financial year the Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) which will serve to promote to the industry the use of innovative building technologies. We expect ASA to come up with proposals on how best to assist young entrepreneurs by, among other things, forming strategic partnerships with funding agencies, in order to promote socio-economic development by having more innovative products in the markets and also ensure the uptake thereof, which will ensure the viability of businesses.

Reply:

1(a)(i) A total of R215,434,940.43 was paid to date to the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the current BRT operations.

(ii) A total of R6,200,000 was paid as a lump sum interim compensation to the Ekurhuleni Taxi Industry (ETI) trust.

A total of R4,477,840.00 in revenue collected was paid to the Ekurhuleni Taxi Industry (ETI) trust. This is based on the signed interim compensation agreement between the City and ETI.

1(b) The money was paid on the following dates

Payment description	Dates/months paid
Current BRT operations (from 2017 to date)	2017/02/14 to 2019/08/08
Lump sum interim compensation	2017/11/08 2018/04/06
A portion of revenue collected	2017/12/11 to 2019/08/07

1(c) The following are the SPV directors

1. MK Mtshali (Chairman)
2. A Sithole
3. BJ Mahlangu
4. NZJ Nhlapo
5. TD Foster
6. GP Linda
7. KS Matabane
8. VC Tshishonga

(2) Audited statements for KTVR are submitted to the City as stipulated in the section 67 agreement.

Reply:

The Department is working on the establishment of ICT/ Start-up Hubs in townships and rural area, and they will be to ensure linked with the main ecosystems hubs or “Focal Points”. The ICT Hubs are also linked to the program of the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies to extend connectivity to rural and township areas. The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) invested in 8 ICT incubators and ensured access to high speed connectivity and some have MakerSpaces and developed a model for ensuring upscaling of these to focus on industry 4.0 technologies as well.

(a) To give effect to the President’s pronouncement during SONA, an incubation ecosystem mapping project has been concluded. Through Seda, we have started the process of rolling out a network of 100 digital hubs prioritising townships and rural areas. Starting in this current financial year, 2019/20 we are prioritising provinces that have the highest unemployment rate amongst the young people and are rural in nature which are: North West, Limpopo, Free State, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape.

(b) Details of the current IT supported incubators are:

CENTRE	SECTOR	LOCATION	CONTACT NUMBER
INVOTECH	Mixed high-tech	Durban, KwaZulu Natal	031 373 6405
iHUB Incubator	ICT	Port Elizabeth, EC	041 702 8200
SoftstartBTI (SBTI)	ICT	Midrand, Gauteng	011 695 4800
Smartxchange	ICT	Durban, KZN	031 307 1998
Smartxchange	ICT	Ugu, KZN	039 682 0631
French South Africa Tech Labs	ICT	Cape Town, WC	021 551 8183
TUKSNOVATION	High Tech Innovation Engineering and ICT	Tshwane, Gauteng	012 420 3003
Incubation 4.0	Digital technologies	Gauteng, Sandton	010 612 6505

• Currently, we are in the establishment phase of digital hubs in Mangaung District, Enhlanzeni, Waterberg and Bojanala district Municipalities.
• A new digital hub in Kwa-Mashu has been completed and almost ready to be operational.

Reply:

(1)(a) It must be noted that the City of Ekurhuleni does not directly order high-tech buses meant for the BRT system. The bus fleet is ordered and procured by the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) and later, the VOC after its formation. This is as per a Mayoral committee resolution on item A-RT (03-2015) at its meeting held on 24 June 2015 and the Joint Finance and Roads & Transport Oversight Committees meeting held on 23 September 2015 when considering the same item A-RT (03-2015).

(1) (b) The City only oversees the process to ensure that buses procured are per the stipulated standards & specifications and are funded within the prescribed financial parameters as outlined in item A-RT (03-2015).

(2)(a)(b)In view of best practices, an order would be placed subject to funding acquisition for the procurement of buses as outlined in the Grant conditions. The SPV is yet in the process of securing such funding. However, 10 buses were leased by the Special Purpose Vehicle from the supplier and were delivered in January 2019 so as to align and comply with operational requirements as projected in the staged roll-out plan of the BRT operations.

(3)(a)(b)The SPV could only lease buses as provided for in the financial model. The SPV is at an advanced stage of bus funding and procurement. Therefore, no buses have been delivered.

Currently operations are running with 8 city owned buses and 10 buses leased by the SPV. It is anticipated that the SPV will finalize the purchase of 32 buses (including the 10) it leases in October 2019. Adding these 32 to the 8 city owned buses the SPV is leasing will entail a fleet of 40 by the end of October 2019.

It is anticipated an additional 40 buses will be procured for operations in early 2021 for a total fleet of 80.

Reply:

The Department of Small Business Development has never done business with (a) persons, (b) companies and (c) trusts as per the details furnished in each case); therefore

(i) Not applicable; and

(ii) Not applicable,

(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

(aaa) Not applicable.

(bbb) Not applicable.

Reply:

(1)(a) The total number of uplifted operating licenses for AUTOPAX PASSENGER SERVICES is 962.

(1)(b) See (a) above

(1)(i) See (a) above

(1)(ii) See (a) above

(2) No operating licenses were transferred.

(2)(a)(b)(c) Not Applicable

Reply:

(1) (a)(ii) the budget allocation of the programme is outlined below:

Financial Year	Budget Allocation
2007/08	R30,000,000.00
2008/09	R30,000,000.00 (Rollover)
2009/10	R21,000,000.00
2010/11	R1,900,000.00
2011/12	R1,517,100.00
2012/13	R0.00
2013/14	R2,000,000.00
2014/15	R2,000,000.00
2015/16	R2,006,000,00
2016/17	R5,000,000.00
2017/18	R11,762,000.00
2018/19	R20,304,000.00
2019/20	R21,421,000.00

(1)(b) The total number of bicycles distributed to date by the Department of Transport is seventy seven thousand three hundred and fifty one (77 351).

(1)(c) The Department started to procure the bicycles centrally from the financial year 2007/08. The names of schools dating back to 2002, when the project was initially launched, will be submitted to Parliament soon after it has been verified with the provinces. The programme was meant to be implemented by provinces following the demonstration phase by the Department. However, most provinces did not proceed to implement the project. As a result, the Department has re-launched the programme in the past few years.

(1)(d) Not all the projects of the Department are in the Annual Performance Plan (APP). The project is in the Department Operational Plan and the Procurement Plan. The programme will be in the 2020/21 Annual Performance Plan.

(2)(a) The names of the service providers/suppliers of the bicycles are:

NO	NAME OF THE SERVICE PROVIDER	PERIOD	PROCUREMENT PROCESS
1	Afri Bike	2007/08	Open Tender
2	Qhubeka	2008/09	Open Tender
3	Thokomala Mobility Services CC/Ratile Ventures CC	2010/11	Open Tender
4	Abroo Style Trading	2014/15	Open Tender
5	Foziyus Trading	2015/16	Open Tender
6	Fly Brother SA	2016/17	Open Tender
7	Kizashi Group Ltd	2016/17	Quotation
8	Fly Brother	2018/19	Quotation
8	Abroo Style Trading	2019-2021	Open Tender

(2)(b) The service providers were appointed through quotations and open tender processes. All potential bidders were given an opportunity to bid post the pilot phase.

(2)(c) A normal lifespan of a bicycle is five (5) years. This takes into account the conditions where bicycles are being used which is predominantly in rural areas. However, the Department is currently undertaking an assessment of the 3000 bicycles which were distributed in four (4) provinces, namely Kwazulu Natal, Limpopo, Eastern Cape and North West in 2017. A preliminary assessment report indicates that, 76% of the bicycles needed repairs.

(2)(d) The Department provides each school with a basic maintenance kit that should be used by the learners to fix the bicycles. The learners carry any additional costs of repairs.

 

Reply:

a) The Department of Small Business and Development (DSBD) did not incur any costs in relation to the inauguration of the President of the Republic held on 25 May 2019.

b) In terms of the State of Nation Address held on 20 June 2019, only travel and accommodation costs were incurred by the DSBD as follows:

Attendee	(b)(i) Travel and accommodation costs	(b)(ii) Reason
Minister of Small Business Development 1. Flight, R10 800.17 (18-21 June 2019) 2. Accommodation, 9 356.72 (18-21 June 2019)	R 20 156.89	Attending Special Cabinet Meeting, Presidential Youth Dialogue, meeting with Vodacom and attending the State of the Nation Address
Deputy Minister of Small Business Development 1. Flight, R13 409.78 (3 way flights)	R13 409.78	Attending the State of the Nation Address
Guest of the Minister of Small Business Development 1. Guest flight, R8 216.17 (20-21 June 2019) 2. Guest shuttle in PTA, R1731.13 (20-21 June 2019)	R 9 947.30	Accompanying the Minister to the State of the Nation Address
TOTAL	R43 513 97

Reply:

a) City’s implementing the BRT are required on a determined period to report to the National Department of Transport in either written format, meetings and bilaterals. Such reporting illustrates the project status quo, progress made and future plans. The City of Ekurhuleni, has, throughout these engagements, reported on the various planned mixture of components required to ramp up its BRT operations. Such included among others, the Euro Master Visa (EMV) card which was launched on 01st August 2019 as stipulated in the City’s milestones which were submitted and approved by NDoT.

b) The EMV card is packaged within the design, build, operate and maintain Automated Fare Contract (AFC) and therefore the cost is inclusive in the priced scope. A once-off charge of R35 per card is levied when a commuter purchases the card.

The AFC contract which is on a design, build, operate and maintenance contracting strategy and includes a ticketing system, was awarded for 12 years, starting from 15/12/2015 and ending 15/12/2027. It is valued at R348,157,596.38 excl. VAT; with a total of R132,257,691.60 excl. VAT being paid to date.

 

Reply:

In the past number of years, the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) through its agencies; the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa) and the Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) has focused on promoting SMMEs across all sectors of the economy including townships and rural areas. SMMEs based particularly in townships and rural areas mostly battle to survive, let alone effectively compete with large businesses operating in townships. The DSBD and its entities’ role focuses on supporting these enterprises through the growth stages by offering financial and non-financial support in order to assist as many of them as possible to survive.

With the limited resources that our development agencies (sefa & Seda) have had at their disposal they have had no choice but to focus on smaller end of the SMME spectrum. Annexure A below, details some of the interventions undertaken on these smaller but important enterprises in township and rural areas.

Capital limitations for sefa & Seda also resulted in the entities focusing on investing small amounts to SMMEs particularly those in township and rural areas.

However, the recent capital allocations to the DSBD has amongst others given rise to the development of funds and Programmes such as:

• the Small Business Innovation Fund (SBIF);
• the sefa EU Fund; and
• the Blended Finance Programme.

These funds and programmes are properly conceptualised, and present an opportunity to agencies like sefa to do more in promoting SMMEs, not only for the stand-alone businesses but broaden their offering in supporting SMMEs in a more sector focused way and further encourage SMME group collaborations to explore opportunities available to them.

Most black business people in townships and rural areas tend to remain in the category of small enterprises for decades and never graduate to the next growth level and become Medium enterprises let alone large. Some of the reasons that hinder this graduation pattern is the (a) lack of capital; which leads to (b) the lack of capacity to deliver and (c) limited market access and procurement opportunities. To address this gap, the Department and its agencies intends to have parallel interventions to assist entrepreneurs operating small businesses and help them to graduate to operating medium and even larger enterprises.

Going forward the DSBD and its agencies will focus on unlocking and addressing these challenges as much as possible. It is the Department’s view that creating a vibrant SMME sector that contributes significantly to the economy cannot be the sole responsibility of government. The focus of the department during the sixth administration is on expanding incubation support to rural and township enterprises. The Department intends to open and strengthen the collaboration for effective SMME promotion partnerships with the private sector.

As an example, I wish to highlight some partnerships that the sefa already has in place with some private sector players:

Mercantile Bank

In December 2017 the International Finance Corporation (IFC) committed R740m to Mercantile bank over a 7-year term. The main purpose of the loan was to enable growth in SME lending, with a specific focus on black-owned and/or women-owned enterprises. To support this initiative, sefa provided partial collateral cover for SME’s which, other than for lack of security, would qualify for Mercantile Bank’s lending criteria.

Mac Steel

During the 2018/19 financial year, through a supplier credit guarantee programme in Gauteng, the sefa supplier guarantee product enabled:

• 149 SMMEs to largely township based SMMEs acquired steel (on credit) in order to execute purchase orders/contracts they had at hand;
• 273 Jobs were created; and
• the value of the indemnity provided was only R12.5m.

Other such partnerships that are currently in place include partnerships with:

• First National Bank;
• Sasol;
• Transaction Capital;
• Mr Price Group; and
• Barnes Reinforcing Industries.

Another intervention targeted at township revitalisation is Pick n Pay market store partnership. This initiative is part of Pick n Pay’s commitment to inclusive economic participation. The generic franchise model has been enhanced by structuring an agreement with the market store owners so that they benefit from Pick n Pay’s bulk buying, logistics, systems (stock management and POS), training etc without paying a franchise fee. In turn Pick n Pay benefits from penetrating the township market and through the distribution of their products.

A facility amount of R60 million to provide funding to 15 retail stores that operate as Pick & Pay market stores under the Township Revitalisation Programme was approved in Q4 FY19. sefa provides financing with a 12-month moratorium on capital and interest and a 72 months repayment term. The stores are 100% owned by the store owners. To date sefa has approved 8 deals and opened 3 Pick n Pay Market stores in Katlehong (GP), Paarl (WC) and Bophelong (GP). The department through its Black Business Supplier Development Programme has approved funding totalling R757 262 to support two stores.

This partnership is currently being reviewed given feedback that has been received from some of the beneficiaries of the project.

Reply:

1. SANRAL can confirm that based on the locality description, the only SANRAL bridges in the locality is where N3 crossed Heidelberg Road. These SANRAL bridges are in excellent condition based on most surveys performed by independent professional registered engineers.

Based on SANRAL investigation the bridges in question fall outside of SANRAL jurisdiction, and are rail bridges crossing Heidelberg Road that fall under shared jurisdiction of Transnet/PRASA and Gauteng Provincial Government. As such SANRAL has no access the maintenance records of these bridges.

2. As these are not SANRAL bridges, we have no details on repairs conducted.

3. As these are not SANRAL bridges, we have no details on-site inspections performed to evaluate the damage and associated risks.

4. As these are not SANRAL bridges no budget provisions has been made by SANRAL.

5. As these are not SANRAL bridges, we have no details on temporary measures that will be put in place.

Reply:

a) The Department of Transport incurred costs related to the inauguration of the President of the Republic.

(i) The Department incurred costs of R4,251,007.89, which was within the budget provided by the Presidency and which will be claimed back from the Presidency.

(ii) The expenditure was incurred for the provision of transport for the inauguration.

b) The Department did not incur costs related to the State of the Nation Address held in Cape Town on 20 June 2019.

(i) Not applicable.

(ii) Not applicable.

Reply:

 1. (a) The general rules for the awarding of performance bonuses are contained in the Incentive Policy Framework issued by the Minister for the Public Service and Administration. Performance bonuses are awarded to employees who receive a performance rating of significantly above the expectation. The authority to grant performance bonuses resides with the Executive Authority or as delegated to the Head of the Department.

Therefore, the DPSA is not in a position to respond to the question regarding the grounds for the payment of bonuses by departments who recorded adverse audit outcomes and/or did not reach key performance indicators in the past three financial years.

According to the published reports of the Auditor General for the past five years (i.e. 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018), the National Department of Environmental Affairs and the Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development each received an adverse audit outcome for the 2016/2017 performance cycle (Annexure B on Audit findings attached). The DPSA will write to the affected departments to request an explanation.

(b) The two affected departments, (National Department of Environmental Affairs and Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development) paid performance bonuses during the 2016/2017, 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 financial years.

(c) The amount paid for performance bonuses for the last three financial years was R45 769 407.95 and R5 036 752.95, respectively.

Name of Department	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019	Total
National Department of Environmental Affairs	*R14588100.00	R16189906.95	14991400.00	R45769407.95
Free State Department of Agriculture and Rural Development	*R1555018.62	R2474891.16	R1006684.17	R5036752.95

*Adverse audit outcome

2. The DPSA Circular dated 23 January 2013, requires all departments to capture information on the signing of performance agreements for members of the Senior Management Service and non-SMS employees on or before 31 June annually.

(a) According to the information extracted from the PERSAL system, all departments have captured their information on the signing of performance agreements for the 2018/2019 performance cycle.

(b) The DPSA monitors and report on the level of compliance with the signing of performance agreements. Letters will be sent to non-compliant departments, when such is identified.

(c) Performance assessments are conducted based on the signed performance agreement which contains the performance measures. The performance assessments are subjected to a half-yearly and annual review. The performance ratings or scores are further subjected to a moderation process and recommendations are made to the relevant Executive Authority on the outcome of performance.

(d) Departments have awarded performance bonuses to eligible employees. The detailed list of performance bonuses paid by departments is attached as Annexure A.

2. Government departments paid performance bonuses for the 2016/2017, 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 financial years. The detailed list of the performance bonuses paid by departments is attached as Annexure A as extracted from the PERSAL system.  

Reply:

I have been advised by SAPO as follows:

a) The Walmer Post Office was closed following an armed robbery on 1 July 2019. All staff members with the exception of one employee were present when the robbery occurred and were booked off for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Customers were referred to the nearest post office, that is, Emerald Hill, which is 6 kms away as well as Central Hill, which is 3.7 kms away.

b) The Walmer Post Office opened on 19 August 2019 after staff were requested to return from sick leave where possible.

c) The mail was delivered to the Emerald Hill and Central Hill Post Offices depending on where customers resided and the Walmer Post Office was opened twice a week during the closure period to deliver parcels to customers.

STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS

MINISTER

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:

The Department has the following plans or strategies to lower data costs:

a) End User and Subscriber Service Charter Regulations (EUSSC): In response to the Minister’s Policy Direction on Price Transparency

The EUSSC regulations were first published by ICASA in August 2017, and the final regulations in February 2019.

The Regulations provide for:

1. Notifications of service depletion to be sent to the end-user at set intervals (50%, 80% and 100%). All licensees to provide options to consumers to rollover unused data. This is to ensure that consumers do not lose unused data as is the current practice.
2. All licensees are required to provide an option to consumers to transfer data to other users on the same network. All licensees are no longer allowed to charge consumers out-of-bundle rates for data when their data has run out without consumers’ specific prior consent.

b) Priority Markets in the Electronic Communications Sector: In response to the Minister’s Policy Direction on Lack of effective competition in the broadband market

Pursuant to the above policy direction, ICASA has since undertaken the following:

1. Released a discussion document on the list of markets that are prone to ex ante regulation and recommendation on priority markets.
2. Released a Findings Report which identified a list of markets that would require a market review process. The report specified, the wholesale fixed access, upstream infrastructure markets and mobile services as markets to be prioritised for market review.

c) Competition Commission’s Data Services Market Enquiry

Following consultation with the Minister of Economic Development, the Competition Commission has since undertaken a market enquiry on data services:

1. The Data Services Market Inquiry was initiated by the Competition Commission in terms of Section 43B (2) of the Competition Act No. 89 of 1998 (as amended) in August 2017. The Competition Commission held public hearings on the data inquiry on 1 October 2018.
2. The data market enquiry provisional findings released in April 2019, identified recommendations that provide immediate relief to high prices, especially for low income consumers, combined with initiatives to improve mobile price competition and greater alternatives to consumers over the medium term.
3. The Competition Commission will release the final findings and recommendations towards the end of the 2019/2020 financial year.

MS STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS

MINISTER

Reply:

No	PED	Total Amount owed to the Provincial Department of Public Works & Infrastructure on work done	When will the owed money be settled?
1	EC	Department of Public Works, Road and Transport	R 32 438 741.21	31 October 2019
2	FS		R 0.00
3	GP		R 0.00
4	KZN		R 0.00
5	LP		R 0.00
6	MP		R 0.00
7	NC		R 0.00
8	NW		R 0.00
9	WC		R 0.00
Total	ALL		R 32 438 741.21

Reply:

(1)(a) A total of 4 176 cases have been opened at the Benoni Police Station, since 1 January 2019.

(1)(b) A total of 1 080 cases have been solved thus far.

(1)(c) The details of each type of case opened, for the period requested, form part of the crime statistics, which have not been released by the Minister of Police.

(d)(i)(ii) The details of the number of specified cases, which have been closed and the reason in each case, are reflected in the table below:

Charge		Nolle (Dismissal of charges by the prosecution)	Insufficient Evidence	False	Undetected
Murder	0	7	0	0	2	9
Attempted murder	0	7	0	1	0	8
Assault GBH	2	23	0	2	0	27
Assault common		80	0	15 ”	1	102
Burglary business	0	3	0	0	166	169
Burglary residential	0	0	0	0	247	247
Shoplifting	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Withdrawn	Nolle Prosequi (Dismissal of charges by the prosecution)	Insufficient Evidence	False	Undetected	Total
Theft of motor vehicle and motor cycle		14	0	4	31	49
Theft at(Iirom motor vehicle	0	17	0	3	76	96
Theft	4	49	0	18	24	95
Maliciaus damage to property		14	1	2	12	35
Ffaud	0	47	0	14	10	71
Drug-related crime	0	0	0	0	0
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs	0		0	0	0
Car jacking		11	0	0	26	37
House robbery	0	0	0	0	43	43
Business robbery	0		0	0	31	40
Common robbery		3	0	0	3	6
TOTAL	18	285	1	59	672	1035

(2)(a) A total of 76 vehicles, are currently at the Benoni Police Station. (2)(b) The Benoni Police Station has seven sectors.

(2)(c) The Benoni Police Station currently has a total of 276 South African Police Service (SAPS) Act members.

Reply to question 937 recommended/

 

Reply:

a)The two targets are:

1. Number of reports on progress made on women's empowerment in the Economic Departments.
2. Report on socio-economic empowerment of women through government economic incentive schemes produced as planned.

b) The reports on the two targets were incorrectly only approved by the acting Director-General.

Reply:

The Cabinet has directed that the Ministers of Finance, Public Works and Infrastructure and Public Service and Administration further engage on the financial implications of the Guide for Members of the Executive (referred to as the Ministerial Handbook).

a) The engagements have been finalised and proposals are being considered by the President and it is expected to be concluded shortly.

b) (i) The substantive matters that the Cabinet identified are-

• Vehicle purchases for official use;
• Tariffs in relation to privately owned vehicles used for official business by Members;
• Residential upgrades; and
• Staffing in Ministerial Offices.

(ii) Further details will be provided once decisions on any revisions are effected.

 

Reply:

I have been advised by SAPO as follows:

a) The Post Office in Bluff Towers in Durban was closed because the landlord wanted a 6 months advanced rental and utility services payments before entering into an agreement. SAPO could not make the payments due to PFMA rules.

b) The intention is to reopen the outlet as soon as a suitable site can be found in the vicinity of the old Bluff Post Office.

c) (i)(ii) All mail items and parcels are delivered from the Jacobs Post Office which is approximately 3km away from the old site (Bluff Towers).

 

MS STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS

MINISTER

Reply:

There is a lot of confusion about drop-out rates – how these are defined and measured. Often what South African people have in mind when loosely referring to “the drop-out rate” is something along the lines of the proportion of children who leave the schooling system without completing Grade 12. However, another way in which drop-out rates are conceived is the proportion of children exiting the school system after each grade. This is how the UNESCO Institute for Statistics defines dropout rates. In this sense, there is no single dropout rate, but there is a different dropout rate for each grade. It would be helpful for questions about retention in the school system or grade completion rates, or dropout rates to be specific.

Whenever matric results are released some critics refer to the so-called “real pass rate”, which attempts to measure the percentage of all children who started school that went on to complete matric. Figures in the range of 37% to 40% are usually mentioned in this regard. This is inaccurate and is caused by the perpetual mistake of comparing grade 1 enrolments (which are inflated due to grade repetition) to matric passes. The high rate of grade repetition in grade 1 is the main reason why this method is flawed, but another reason is that a substantial number of people complete matric through supplementary June NSC exams (or the Multiple Exam Opportunity since 2015) and other equivalent FET qualifications, and these are not reported in the NSC technical reports.

A more careful analysis of household survey data indicates that in recent years at least 50% of youths complete grade 12. An alternative method of comparing the number of matric passes for a particular year to the 18-year-old population of the same year suggests that the figure could be as high as 56%. But whichever method one uses there has been a consistent improvement over time.

Table 1 shows the percentage of 22-25 year-olds who have completed at least Grade 12 for each year since 2009, using General Household Survey data. For these calculations one needs to select an age range which is old enough so as to avoid including large percentages of youths still in school and therefore possibly still going to complete Grade 12 (this would cause an underestimate of grade 12 completion) but which is still young enough so as to reflect recent trends in school completion. For this reason the age range of 22-25 year-olds has been selected. According to this methodology, the percentage of youths who have completed grade 12 has increased from about 44.9% in 2009 to about 53.8% in 2018. It should also be emphasized that these are estimates based on a nationally representative sample of households.

Table 1: Percentage of 22 to 25-year-olds who have completed at least Grade 12 or equivalent by population group, 2009-2018

Population Group	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
African	40.1	41.1	43.2	43.6	44.4	48.4	47.0	46.7	48.8	51.6
Coloured	45.2	48.8	43.9	46.7	45.5	47.6	49.7	51.5	45.8	52.5
Indian	83.2	80.3	84.6	74.6	81.8	81.2	78.5	86.5	81.3	81.9
White	85.9	85.6	89.1	89.0	86.9	87.9	85.6	83.4	79.2	81.1
Total	44.9	45.6	47.1	47.4	47.9	51.4	50.1	50.0	50.7	53.8

Source: Statistics South Africa, General Household Survey (GHS), DBE own calculations

Drop-out rates for each grade

Another way of measuring drop-out rates is to look at the percentage of learners who drop out after each grade. These can also be estimated using STATS SA’s GHS data. The table below shows the drop-out rates and survival rates for those born during 1992-1994 (and surveyed between 2016-2018). This specific age cohort was chosen because nearly all these individuals would have been old enough to have completed school at the time when the GHS data was collected. The survival rates in the table show the percentage of individuals who reached each grade. The rate was then converted to show the number of individuals, out of a 1000 individuals who reached each grade. The final column also shows the percentage of all individuals reaching particular grades who then drop out before attaining the next grade. This methodology is more in line with commonly used international definitions of dropout rates.

Note that several years are data have been combined for this analysis in order to ensure that there are sufficient sample sizes in each of the cells. It is also important to note that whilst this method provides the most reliable available estimates of dropout rates by grade, it does not reflect the dropout that happened in a particular year – the data may have been collected from 22-26 year-olds between 2014-2016 but those youths may have dropped out of school in an earlier year.

Interpretation of Table 2:

An estimated 0.68% of youths were reported to have no schooling. Of the 99.32% of youths who do complete Grade 1, it is estimated that 0.10% dropout after Grade 1 without completing grade 2. It is evident that the dropout rates are low in the earlier grades, but increase significantly throughout secondary school. For example, it is estimated that 24.08% of those who reach grade 11 drop out of school without completing Grade 12. A similar pattern exists for Grade repetition rates (as shown in Table 3), where these also increase significantly in grades 10 and 11. A comparison with previous analysis conducted by the department indicates that dropout rates are now considerably lower than they were previously.

Research would indicate that the high dropout and repetition rates towards the end of secondary are symptomatic of weak learning foundations which become more apparent as learners get closer to the National Senior Certificate examination. The department is therefore prioritizing interventions both to keep learners in school and to improve the quality of learning outcomes throughout the school system so that learners reach grades 10, 11 and 12 better equipped for the National Senior Certificate examination. Furthermore, the department is aiming to ensure that more youths who do not complete the National Senior Certificate still do obtain some form of educational qualification and gain access to other post-schooling education and training opportunities, such as technical and vocational education.

Table 2: Survival rates and drop-out rates, associated with each grade

	2016-2018 Pooled datasets (For those born 1992-1994)
	Survival Rate	Survival per 1000 youths	Percentage dropping out after attaining this Grade
Total cohort	100%
No schooling		1000	0,68%
Grade 1	99,32%	993	0,10%
Grade 2	99,22%	992	0,23%
Grade 3	98,99%	990	0,31%
Grade 4	98,68%	987	0,34%
Grade 5	98,34%	983	0,58%
Grade 6	97,77%	978	1,31%
Grade 7	96,49%	965	2,69%
Grade 8	93,89%	939	4,37%
Grade 9	89,79%	898	10,51%
Grade 10	80,35%	804	14,84%
Grade 11	68,43%	684	24,08%
Grade 12	51,95%	520

Data Source: General Household Surveys 2016-2018, DBE own calculations

Figure 3: Percentage of repeaters by grade and gender, 2018 : see the link below

https://pmg.org.za/files/RNW1251_Percentage_of_repeaters_by_age_and_gender_.pdf

Source: Statistics South Africa, General Household Survey (GHS), DBE own calculations

Reply:

I have been advised by the SABC as follows:

1. Yes, any individual and or company who receives payment from the SABC requires to be registered with the SABC either as an independent contractor through the payroll system or as a vendor and as a vendor they need to adhere to Treasury regulations. No actor that claims repeat fees from the SABC can be paid without being registered as an independent contractor.

2. Yes, the SABC uses a payroll system which has all the details of the individuals loaded on their artist number and claims are verified against this in the standard payroll system.

3. This is part of the SABC’s governance and internal controls processes. The SABC needs to verify the validity of the claim to ensure that a fraudulent claim is not submitted by an individual, getting hold of and using, the artist’s unique number. The two numbers (ID and artist number) are vetted by TV and then send to the SABC’s corporate shared services payroll to process payment (against the artist number).

4. No, the SABC’s verification process is not causing unnecessary delays in processing of repeat fees.  The documents are necessary to verify claims, i.e. it is a governance and internal control measure.  Fruitless and wasteful expenditure has not been incurred as a result of the verification processes. 

Fruitless and wasteful expenditure has been incurred due to interest levied on late or non-payment of service providers.  This was not because of the verification processes but because the SABC had no money to pay its service providers.  During FY2018/19 an amount of R81m was viewed as fruitless and wasteful expenditure owing to interest and penalties levied on late / non-payment

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER

Reply:

(1)(a) A total of 5 802 cases have been opened at the Kempton Park Police Station since, 1 January 2019.

(1)(b) A total of 1 038 cases have been solved thus far.

(1)(c )The details of each type of case opened, for the period requested, form part of the crime statistics, which have not been released by the Minister of Police.

(1)(d)(i)(ii) The details of the number of specified cases, which have been closed and the reason in each case, are reflected in the table below:

NW2163E

Crime Category	Withdrawn	Undetected	Unfounded	Guilty	Not Guilty	Withdrawn in Court	Nolle Prosequi/ Acquitted/ Settled	Total
Murder	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	4
Attempted murder	1	21	0	1	0	10	1	84
Culpable homicide	2	2	0	1	0	1	0
Robbery aggravating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public violence	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4

Crime Category	Withdrawn	Undetected	Unfounded	Guilty	Not Guilty	Withdrawn in Court	Nolle Prosequi/ Acquitted/ Settled	Total
Rape	0	15	0	4	0	5	6	30
Sexual assault	1	1	1	8	0	0	1	12
Child abuse	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kidnapping	0	70	1	1	0	6	0	78
Assault GBH	13	30	0	9	3	77	36	168
Assault common	115	34	6	8	2	87	55	807
Burglary (excluding residential premises)	14	120	0	3	0	13	2	1g2
Burglary (houses)	34	55	1	4	1	13	5	113
TiefI of all stock	0		1	0	0	0	0	2
Shoplifting	1	0	0	156	1	46	74	278
Theft of motor vehicle and motor cycle	3	19	0	0	0	7	2	31
Theft off/from motor vehicle	7	4	1	3	0	7	2	24
Theft (other)	41	32	4	30	3	109	59	368
Arson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Malicious damage to property	18	8	2	5	1	51	22	107
Fraud	38	53	5	69	0	41	21	227
Drug-related crime	0	0	0	24	1	96	49	170
Driving under the influence of alcohol " drugs	0	0	0	0	0	2	]	8
Illega! possession of firearms and	0	0	0	4	2	22	0	28
Attempted robbery: aggravated: with fireau”n	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
Common robbery	3	71	3	8	1	29	9	124
Attempted common robbery	0	1	0	1	0	1	1
Attempted rape	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Attempted burglary (business)	0	24	0	2	0	3	0	29

Crime Category	Withdrawn	Undetected	Unfounded	Guilty	Not Guilty	Withdrawn in Court	Nolle Prosequi/ Acquitted/ Settled
Attempted burglary (houses)	0	16	0	0	0	1	1	18
Attempted theft of motor vehicle and ”"" cycle	0	2	0	2	0	2	1
Attempted theft from/off motor vehicle	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	6
Attempted theft (other)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robbery with weapon other than firearm	1	80	1	3	3	18	5	111
Contact sexual offences	1	1	1	8	0	0	0	11
Possession of presumed stolen vehicle	0	0	0	3	0	10	4	17
Intimidation Act	30	13	1	3	0	9	10	66
Prevention of Family Violence Act	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Second-hand Goods Act	0	0	0	19	0	38	0	57
Offences related to security firms and officers		2	0	0	0	0
Legal succession to the South African Transport Service	0	0	0	17	0	91	0	108
Other offences in connection with the family life		1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Driving offences in terms of the National Road Traffic Act			0	48	0	305	8	371
Crimen Injuria	3	20	1	0	0	5	0	29
Other offences against the administration of justice	1		1	5	0	12	5	27
Extortion (blackmail)	0	3	1	1	D	0	0	5
Offences in terms of the Dangerous Weapon Act	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
Tone Act regulating Arms and Ammunition	0	0	0	4	2	22	0	28
Driving offences in terms of the Road Traffic Act	7	7	8	10	0	62	74	16›
Possession of housebreaking instruments	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Other offences against plants and animals	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Possession of presumed stolen property	0	0	0	11	5	9	17	42
Unlawful intrusion of premises	1	14	0	0	0	4	1	20

 

Crime Category	Withdrawn	Undetected	Unfounded	Guilty	Not Guilty	Withdrawn in Court	Nolle Pcosequi/ Acquitted/ Settled	Total
Explosives Act- bomb 1hreats (except gt airports)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Movement of and control over individuals	0	20	0	38	0	40	6	104
Liquor trade. Liquor products and sorghum beer	o	o	o	i	o	so	o	3z
Tool	336	75B	42	621	26	1 388	491	3 562

(2)(a) There are currently 57 vehicles at the Kempton Park Police Station. (2)(b) There are currently six sectors within the Kempton Park Policing precinct. (2)(c) There are 256 trained police officers at the Kempton Park Police Station.

Reply:

(a) A procurement transaction of R165 000 was detected by the Auditor-General which indicated a suspected conflict of interest between an employee and a service provider. It is at this stage not possible to determine how much the said employee may have benefited, if at all.

(b) The NYDA commissioned an internal audit investigation based on the suspected transaction and has suspended the employee and lodged formal disciplinary processes.

Reply:

Information has been requested from provinces and will be made available as soon as it is received.

Reply:

a) The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (PWYDP) has not conducted any research why there seems to be an escalation in the incidences of men killing women in South Africa.

b) The Department has not conducted any research to establish why the prevalence is higher than in the rest of the world. However, South Africa has various sources of Violence against Women administrative data that are used by the Department to inform policy making and programme implementation. These include household surveys e.g., District Health Surveys (DHS-StatsSA), The South African Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics collated from Sexual Offences Courts, Victim Empowerment Centres, Thuthuzela Care Centers, Hospitals, Shelters (state and NGO run) and Research institutions.

Sector specific administrative criteria and methodologies are applied in recording of administrative data. Recording is from different sectoral indicators perspective and programme areas. Data sources are focused on criminal judicial responses and emergency short term responses to violence against women.

The Department is currently facilitating a process of conducting a prevalence survey in the next financial year.

Reply:

No performance rewards were paid in contravention with the departmental Performance Management and Development System (PMDS) policy. Formal procedures are following through the various stages of the process. Funds for the payment of rewards are included in the Compensation of Employees budget as prescribed.

 

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

a) (i) (ii) National Treasury was currently finalising the 2018/19 rollover process for municipal grants not spent. The outcome of this process will be communicated to municipalities by the 5th of November 2019 as indicated by National Treasury. All municipalities will be given 14 days to raise any objections where requests were not approved. It is only after the finalisation of this process that municipalities will be requested to surrender to National Treasury any unspent amounts. For those municipalities who will not comply, National Treasury usually offset unspent funds against the equitable share for municipalities that are not responding in terms of payment arrangements.  

b) The table below shows the expenditure of all Municipalities per province for the 2018/19 financial year. As at the end of June 2019, an amount of R35.254 million was not spent. The process to surrender these unspent funds will be informed by the National Treasury process outlined above.

Table 1: EPWP Integrated Grant for Municipalities - 2018/19

Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant for Municipalities - 2018/19
Province	Allocated (R'000)	Transferred to date (R'000)	Transfers as % allocation	Expenditure to date (R'000)	Expenditure as % allocation	Unspent balance (R'000)
Eastern Cape	98 566	98 566	100%	88 786	90%	9 780
Free State	24 453	24 453	100%	24 062	98%	391
Gauteng	106 794	106 794	100%	104 163	98%	2 631
KwaZulu-Natal	204 011	204 011	100%	200 111	98%	3 900
Limpopo	52 587	52 587	100%	50 452	96%	2 135
Mpumalanga	60 311	60 311	100%	55 918	93%	4 393
Northern Cape	28 908	28 908	100%	27 155	94%	1 753
North West	36 536	36 536	100%	33 614	92%	2 922
Western Cape	80 712	80 712	100%	73 363	91%	7 349
Grant Total	692 878	692 878	100%	657 624	95%	35 254

The amounts still outstanding from each under spending municipality is reflected in the table below.

Municipality	Transferred to date	Expenditure to date	Expenditure as % transferred Exc. Rollover
Nelson Mandela Bay	6 711	4 835	72%
Kou-Kamma	1 000	857	86%
Great Kei	1 168	976	84%
Amahlathi	1 449	56	4%
Amathole District Municipality	2 446	1 305	53%
Engcobo	2 160	2 012	93%
Sakhisizwe	1 951	790	40%
Mhlontlo	1 821	1 786	98%
King Sabata Dalindyebo	3 954	3 822	97%
Umzimvubu	2 476	1 137	46%
Alfred Nzo District Municipality	10 844	8 629	80%
Mohokare	1 000	738	74%
Masilonyana	1 000	994	99%
Tokologo	1 000	945	95%
Nala	1 000	969	97%
Metsimaholo	1 000	966	97%
Ekurhuleni	25 054	23 567	94%
City of Johannesburg	34 737	34 110	98%
Merafong City	1 180	1 158	98%
Rand West City	2 135	2 098	98%
West Rand District Municipality	1 105	647	59%
uMdoni	1 219	1 149	94%
uMngeni	1 000	862	86%
uMgungundlovu District Municipality	4 265	2 078	49%
Nquthu	1 014	977	96%
Dannhauser	1 000	825	83%
Amajuba District Municipality	1 620	1 505	93%
AbaQulusi	1 295	880	68%
uMhlathuze	5 189	5 107	98%
King Cetshwayo District Municipality	7 762	7 088	91%
Maruleng	1 169	1 122	96%
LIM 345	1 134	1 020	90%
Vhembe District Municipality	1 215	1 072	88%
Blouberg	1 089	1 027	94%
Capricorn District Municipality	3 642	3 271	90%
Mogalakwena	1 537	879	57%
Modimolle/Mookgophong Local Municipality (LIM 368 )	1 021	774	76%
Makhuduthamaga	1 004	522	52%
Chief Albert Luthuli	1 901	902	47%
Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme	1 259	972	77%
Lekwa	1 000	184	18%
Govan Mbeki	1 937	1 275	66%
Dr JS Moroka	2 955	2 846	96%
Nkomazi	6 708	5 210	78%
Khâi-Ma	1 000	954	95%
Ubuntu	1 000	718	72%
Emthanjeni	1 000	890	89%
Pixley Ka Seme District Municipality	1 000	972	97%
!Kheis	1 000	434	43%
Ga-Segonyana	1 000	738	74%
Gamagara	1 235	781	63%
Madibeng	1 174	975	83%
Kgetlengrivier	1 159	670	58%
Moses Kotane	1 000	591	59%
Tswaing	1 632	1 502	92%
Mamusa	1 098	999	91%
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality	1 278	1 109	87%
City of Matlosana	2 037	933	46%
Maquassi Hills	1 017	914	90%
Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality	1 151	938	81%
City of Cape Town	24 266	21 855	90%
Cederberg	1 819	1 763	97%
West Coast District Municipality	1 047	879	84%
Stellenbosch	5 722	4 078	71%
Overberg District Municipality	1 125	1 053	94%
George	5 466	3 140	57%
Bitou	2 615	2 443	93%
Prince Albert	1 042	554	53%

 

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

I was informed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure of the following projects by the Independent Development Trust (IDT).

a) IDT	(i) Lack of Funding	(ii) Industrial Action	(iii) Pressure from Enterprises	(iv) Failure of Contractors	b) interventions
Free State	Tempe School of Health (on hold at panning)	None	None	None	The DDG Construction Management has engaged user-client departments of DoD, DoJ and Home Affairs for funding. A response is still awaited.
	Refurbishment of Odendaalsrus Magistrate Court
	Free State / Lesotho Border fence
	Refurbishment of Bultfontein Magistrates Court
	Refurbishment of Groenpunt Correctional Centre
	Refurbishment of Henenman Magistrate Court
Mpumalanga	Vosman Magistrate Courts	None	None	None	Client department/s were engaged for funding to enable the resumption of work but the engagements did not yield the desired outcome.
	Emalahleni Labour Centre	None	None	None
	Sabie Labour Centre	None	None	None
	None	None	None	Barberton Correctional Centre	Contractor and PSP were terminated and now procuring new service providers.
Limpopo	None	None	None	Saselemani LDSD Office accommodation	The contractor was terminated due to poor performance. A process for the appointment of a replacement contractor is underway. The process is at the adjudication level.
	None	None	None	Marei Primary School	The old contract was terminated. The contractor development panel to be used to procure a replacement contractor. Concurrence request submitted to the client (DBE) for approval. Procurement will take place upon granting of the approval by the client.
	None	None	None	Mathume Primary School
	None	None	None	Mapalagadi Secondary School
	None	None	None	Tseana High School
	None	None	None	Tshangwane Primary School
	None	None	None	Baphadima Secondary School	The old contract was terminated. The project will be advertised for the appointment of the replacement contractor by 01 November 2019.
	None	None	None	Kgabagare Primary School
	None	None	None	Leboeng Primary School	The old contract was terminated and the replacement contractor was appointed and site handover was completed in August 2019. Construction is underway.
	None	None	None	Phakeng secondary school	The contractor absconded site and has been terminated. Re-scoping and budget have been submitted to the LDoE for approval to procure replacement contractor.
	None	None	None	Tjetje Secondary School	The old contract was terminated. LDOE has approved the scope and the budget for the completion works and the project will be re-advertised by 08 November 2019.
	None	None	None	Tshadama Secondary School	The old contractor was terminated. The project has been re-advertised and evaluated. Awaiting Bid Adjudication.
	None	None	None	Dumela New Library	IDT Social Facilitation Unit is constantly engaging the Project Steering Committee and the Community. There are regular meetings with the Project Steering Committee to deal with social issues. Currently the issue has been resolved and the construction has resumed.
Eastern Cape	None	None	None	Intlangano SPS	Replacement contractor procured and concurrence for approval submitted to the Department of Basic Education (DBE).
	Ntsonkotha SSS	None	None	None	Escalated to Eastern Cape (EC) Department of Education. The EC Department of Education experienced financial challenges in 2016. Payments were late resulting in huge backlogs/accruals which had a negative impact on future projects. This further resulted on over commitments on current and future cash-flows. To curb the situation, the Department resolved to put all projects, especially not yet on-site to be put on hold and those under construction suffered the consequences of the non-availability of funds. The CEO has met with the SG on numerous occasions, but to date the department has not been able to get out of the woods. Efforts to get additional funding from Treasury was not successful.
	Kanyisa Special School (Cala)	None	None	None
	Tembisa Special School	None	None	None
	Bubesi PS	None	None	None
	Dumile SPS	None	None	None
	Hillbrow SSS	None	None	None
	Hlankomo JSS	None	None	None
	Kwamathambo SPS	None	None	None
	Lingelethu JPS	None	None	None
	Luphindo SSS	None	None	None
	Magadla SSS	None	None	None
	Mdumazulu JSS	None	None	None
	Mgomanzi PS	None	None	None
	Ntukayi SSS	None	None	None
	Prospect PS	None	None	None
	Cabasa JPS	None	None	None
	Esigubidudweni JSS	None	None	None
	Kwazizamele JSS	None	None	None
	Zweli JPS	None	None	None
	Floradale Farm School	None	None	None
	Ntsheleni SPS	None	None	None
	Xezi JPS	None	None	None
	Mampelwazwe JSS	None	None	None
	Maqebevu PS	None	None	None
	Silangwe JPS	None	None	None
	Tsolobeng JPS	None	None	None
	Butterworth HS	None	None	None
	Gabajana JSS	None	None	None
	DCS07 Kitchen Upgrades Programme (33 Prison Facilities)	None	None	None
KwaZulu-Natal	None	New Taylor Hall Branch Court	None	None	DPWI took the matter to court. The court has subsequently recommended an alternative site for construction be identified. DPWI must consult with the first relevant/affected stakeholders on the identification and inspection of the proposed alternative site.
	DCS Kitchen upgrade programme (40 Projects) DCS Generator upgrade programme (29 projects Westville Correctional Capital Works (1 project)	None	None	None	There is ongoing engagement between IDT and DCS to address the funding issue.
Northern Cape	Seoding Clinic - Upgrading and Refurbishment	None	None	None	Projects still on hold. The region has since met with the NC Dept of Health. The department has indicated that they don’t have funds for this current year.
	Mataleng Clinic - Upgrading and Refurbishment	None	None	None
	Mecwetsaneng Clinic - Upgrading and Refurbishment	None	None	None
	Legobate Clinic- Upgrading and Refurbishment	None	None	None
	Jan Witbooi Clinic - Upgrading and Refurbishment	None	None	None
	Warrenton CHC- Upgrading and Refurbishment	None	None	None
	Kagiso CHC- Upgrading and Refurbishment	None	None	None
	Jan Kempdorp CHC - Upgrading and Refurbishment	None	None	None
	Glenred Clinic- Upgrading and Refurbishment	None	None	None
	Dr Winston Torres Clinic- Upgrading and Refurbishment	None	None	None
	Ma Doyle Clinic- Upgrading and Refurbishment	None	None	None
	Floorianvale Clinic- Upgrading and Refurbishment	None	None	None
	Kharkams Clinic- Upgrading and Refurbishment	None	None	None
	Connie Voster Hospital- Upgrading of Mortuaries	None	None	None
	Bill Pickard CHC- Upgrading of Mortuaries	None	None	None
	Prieska Hospital- Upgrading of Mortuaries	None	None	None
	Kenhardt CHC- Construction of Internal Roads	None	None	None
	Jan Kempdorp CHC- Construction of Internal Roads	None	None	None
	Hester Malan CHC	None	None	None
	Bill Pickard CHC	None	None	None
Western Cape	None	None	None	None	Not applicable
North West	None	None	None	Trotsville Primary School	The Service Provider was terminated and the new one was contracted to complete the Project
	None	None	none	Retlakgona Primary School	The Service Provider was terminated and a new one has been contracted to complete the Project
	None	None	none	Tlhabologang Primary School	The Service Provider was terminated and a new one has been contracted to complete the project
Gauteng	Minnaar Street Upgrade Buildings Work Pack 2 and 3	none	None	None	The IDT is currently engaged in on-going discussions with the client departments to address the funding issue with a view to resuming the projects.
	Ekurhuleni Trade Test Centre: Dolomite Risk Management: Upgrading Of Civil Engineering Services	none	none	none

Reply:

1. The Council and or Chief Executive Officer of the National Museum in Bloemfontein has not taken any decision to phase out Afrikaans at the museum. Afrikaans is promoted in line with the Language Policy. The Language Policy of the National Museum in Bloemfontein was published in Government Gazette on 31 March 2015, Gazette No. 38670 following proper processes and has been implemented. Below are extracts from the gazette:

4.1. Government reports, documents and official publications intended for public distribution

a. English will be the language used for government reports and documents.

b. English will be the language used for all documents for public distribution.

4.2. Communication with the public

a. The language used when communicating with members of the public, whether for information or official matters, will be in the language that is understood by the majority of the members present, but limited to English, Afrikaans and Sesotho.

b. A member of the public who wishes to receive a service from the National Museum in any language other than that in which the service is provided, may request that this be provided in such official language, limited to English, Afrikaans and Sesotho.

c. If a member of the public is unable to communicate in the three languages contemplated above, the National Museum will make use of the services of an interpreter, including sign language practitioners, taking cognisance of factors such as time, cost and the availability of an interpreter or sign language practitioner.

d. Such requests must be in writing and received by the National Museum at least seven working days prior to the service being required.

(2)(a) The Language policy of the Museum was gazetted on 31 March 2015 Gazette No. 38670 which deals with Museum publications as detailed above.

(i) Culna is a popular scientific publication of the National Museum which is available in hardcopy and online, www.nationalmuseumpublications.co.za.

(ii) Indago is a scientific journal of the Museum which is accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training. It is available in hardcopy and online, www.nationalmuseumpublications.co.za

(b) The Museum did not commission a formal study to evaluate the impact of excluding Afrikaans or any of the other official languages from any of the publications. However, the Museum did follow a process and also opened up to a formal comment process. In addition the Museum has access to a cache of research done on publications and languages which assists the Museum.

(3)(a) The Museum’s language policy has been published in government gazette

(b) The Museum’s language policy does provide that the public must be served in 3 languages which are English, Afrikaans and Sesotho.

(4)(a) The Museum’s services to the public are conducted in English, Afrikaans and Sesotho.

(b) The Museum has identified Sesotho as a marginalised language and there are plans proposed in the draft Strategic Plan from 20/21 to annually issue a brochure in Sesotho which covers the major scientific research areas of the Museum’s work. Furthermore, the Museum has a mobile Museum which is taken to schools throughout the province and curriculum based lessons are provided in Sesotho where there is a need.

Reply:

1. No period without a head.

2. The department has never functioned without the HOD, as Dr Lloyd Rossouw has been appointed as the acting HOD.

Reply:

(1)(a). The annual fieldwork project 385, Historical Archaeology was not rejected.

(b). the applicant’s performance agreement will not be affected as the above-mentioned project is not aligned to her job description.

(c)(i)(ii). No money, resources or time has been lost on the project 385.

(2). The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) did not make any decision to reject project 385. This was a project which expired in 2011.

(a). The Council of the Museum did not make a decision to reject project 385. This was a project which expired in 2011.

(3). The Museum does not keep consolidated fieldwork records which are more than 10 years old at its premises, the archived records will be retrieved from the National Archives in Pretoria and made available to the Honourable member at a later stage.

(4) The National Museum has set up a committee to investigate the barriers experienced by our Black Female researchers in the archaeological fieldwork.

 

Reply:

(a). Drs. Hendrik Snyders and Marianna Botes of the History Department, and Elmar du Plessis of the Department of Collections attended the National Conference of the SA Society for Cultural History (SASCH) from 18-19 October at the Naval Museum in Simon’s Town, where all three presented papers. The delegates who were approved to attend were from the History and Collections department which conserve the historical collections.

(b). Yes the Museum covered full cost for Dr Botes and Ms Du Plessis and partial cost for Dr Snyders.

Reply:

The aforementioned Classification Circular was developed in consultation with provincial treasuries, specifically the Provincial Accountants-General (PAGs). Once issued the PAGs took responsibility for the implementation thereof in their respective provinces. Any investigation in to the accounting practices as referred to in (1) above would accordingly fall within the remit of each provincial treasury.

Any challenges identified in the implementation and/or audit are however communicated between the PAGs and the National Treasury, represented by the Office of the Accountant-General (OAG), for discussion and resolution. These discussions focus on the substance of the arrangements and the appropriate classification in the accounting and budgeting processes and systems. The legality of arrangements (suspected and/or confirmed) is dealt with by the accounting officer of the provincial department under the oversight of the provincial treasury.

Assets procured from implementing agents are classified and recorded as such in the provincial department’s financial statements. Non-compliance has and will be identified by the AGSA where the accounting office of the department fails to ensure compliance. To this end, there are regular engagements between the National Treasury, OAG, and the AGSA to ensure the accuracy of the audit findings and recommendations. Any correction of material errors such as correcting the non-disclosure of capital assets acquired from implementing agents are identified separately in the notes to the financial statements.

Reply:

(1). No conference attendance and fieldwork of staff members were placed on hold.

(2)(a). The Museum commenced with an organisational review process in 2018. Phase 1 has been completed, and Council approved that the Museum will use the DPSA grading. This entailed aligning the defunct Museum Grading System with DPSA grading which was completed and approved by the Council of the Museum.

(b). Treasury has recently approved the use of surplus funds to fund Phase 1 in October 2019

Reply:

a) (i). Yes there was a need and as such the vacancy was advertised internally and externally

(ii). the incumbent has been appointed as the acting HOD

(b). There are two Black staff members who have indicated that they are happy with their development trajectory into their next level which is Museum Scientist and have indicated how the Museum can assist them with their development. The Museum has commenced with a programme to assist Black females to develop themselves especially in the core areas as a Museum scientist.

Reply:

(a)(i)&(ii) No costs incurred

(b)(i)&(ii) No costs incurred

Reply:

(1)(a). There are currently five (5) staff members employed at the Archaeology and Anthropology department of the Bloemfontein National Museum.

(b). Four (4) of the employees have Masters Degrees and one (1) has a Bachelor degrees

(2)(a). Yes the museum staff are being paid accordingly,

(b) falls off

(3). The Museum has a large number of staff when compared from a size perspective to other Museums which are larger. The current staff capacity is sufficient to function effectively. There are some areas identified where rationalisation is required and a process of consolidating certain areas has already commenced. Thus far three (3) divisions were consolidated to make the function more effective.

Reply:

Section 23 of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Act (hereafter referred to as the IPID Act) (2011) provides that the conditions of service, including the salary and allowances payable to an investigator appointed under the IPID Act (2011), must be on par with members appointed as detectives in terms of the South African Police Service Act.

As part of the 2018 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) Budget, funds were reprioritised from the South African Police Service (SAPS) to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) to provide for various IPID unfunded cost pressures, amongst which was the implementation of section 23 of the IPID Act (2011). At the time of the allocation, the IPID had costed the prospective implementation of section 23 of the Act to amount to R9.3 million over the 2018 MTEF. Subsequent to the allocation of the additional funding, IPID then informed the National Treasury that in terms of the Court ruling, it was also required to implement section 23 retrospectively. This implies that the IPID was required to back-date the salary adjustment for investigators to align with the salaries of Detectives in SAPS, from when the Act was first implemented in 2012. As the budget process had already been concluded, no additional funds were allocated to the IPID.

Upon further engagements with the IPID on this matter, the National Treasury was informed that implementation of section 23 of the IPID Act (2011) did occur in 2018/19 but only as it relates to the prospective adjustment of salaries (notch increments) for investigators. Other salary-related adjustments such as pension liability and back-dated payments were not implemented due to the unavailability of funds.

As part of the 2019 Adjustments Budget, the IPID approached the National Treasury with a request to shift funds within compensation of employees to provide for the back-dated payment of pension liabilities for investigators. The National Treasury supported this proposal on condition that the IPID can accommodate the attendant carry-through costs associated with the revised pension contribution for investigators within its baseline.

Reply:

(a) The following is the expenditure as provided by each of the provincial departments of sports, arts and culture on their provincial sporting awards in each of the past five years:

Province	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
EC	R1 033 978.00	R1 805 920.00	R2 292 018.37	R3 205 969.49	R2 886 217.44
FS	No awards	No awards	R250 000.00	R320 000.00	R778 000.00
GP	R8 500 000.00	R9 503 034.00	R6 935 760.00	R8 999 614.00	R8 992 070.00
KZN	6 000 000.00	4 200 000.00	R 4 000 000.00	R4 560 000.00	R4 953 194.54
LMP	No awards	No awards	R992 695.00	R1 435 750.00	R1 156 470.00
MP	R1500000.00	No awards	No awards	No awards	R1 800 000.00
NW	R949000.00	R1400000.00	R1790000.00	R2307850.00	R2660560.00
NC	Not done	R850 000.00	R920 000.00	R935 000.00	Not done
WC	R521 529.29	R386 289.63	R728 026.06	R523 289.81	R541 416.75

(b) The following is the expenditure on the national sports awards by Sport and Recreation SA for the past five years:

Year 2015	Year 2016	Year 2017	Year 2018	Year 2019
R18 722 023.19	R15 387 606.00	R12 000 000.00	R8 869 803.05	R8 947 608.34

Reply:

1. My department has never done business with any of the specified persons, companies or trusts in the past five financial years and since 1 April 2019.

Reply:

(a)(i). No money was budgeted for a permanent antique exhibition of weaponry in the 2019- 20 financial year.

(ii). There was no budget.

(iii). There are no costs.

(iv). The Council approved the exhibition plan which provides that a rifle exhibition can be done at the satellite Museum of the National Museum (First Raadsaal and Wagon Museum) in the financial year 2019/20.

(b). the exhibition will be placed at the satellite Museum of the National Museum (First Raadsaal and Wagon Museum)

(c). the exhibition will be open to the public in this current financial year.

Reply:

(a). The salary package of the position of the Head of Department (HOD) of the Archaeology and Anthropology department at the Bloemfontein National Museum is equivalent to an Assistant Director in the public service and the package is tied to that position.

(b). The Public Service grading system as published

(c)(i). the salary is comparative taking into account the different grades

(ii). the salary is in the same band as other HOD’s and is comparative

Reply:

a) b) c) i) ii) The Department did not do any business with the relevant persons, companies and trusts for the past five financial years and current financial year.

 

aa) Not applicable.

bb) aaa) bbb) Not applicable.