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Reply:

1. Yes, the Department hosted the function;

(a) It was held at the Parliamentary restaurant in the Good Hope building, in the Parliamentary precinct.

(b) R16,768.00;

(c) The list of guests invited is attached as Annexure 1.

2. No.

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1. Number of mobile units does each (i) national, (ii) provincial and (iii) local public health clinic in the City of Ekurhuleni have,

(i) Number of mobile units National: None

(ii) Number of mobile units provincial: 15

(iii) Number of mobile units in local public health clinics: 2

(iiii) Number of the specified clinics have established clinic committees

DISTRICTS/ REGIONS	TOTAL NUMBER OF CLINICS	NUMBER OF CLINICS WITH CLINIC COMMITTEE MEMBERS
EKURHULENI
Ekurhuleni East	30	28 (93%)
Ekurhuleni North	28	20 (71%)
Ekurhuleni South	35	30 (86%)
TOTAL	93	78 (84%)

1. The name of each service provider of each clinic?

Please refer to Annexure A list of City of Ekurhuleni Facilities and Ekurhuleni Health District Facilities (Provincial)

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Reply:

It is important to highlight that in order to expedite the pace of transformation and address non-compliance with the requirements of the Employment Equity Act (EEA), there are proposed amendments in the EE Amendment Bill, 2019, which include progressive measures that will be undertaken by Government to address non-compliance. The EE Amendment Bill will be tabled in Parliament for deliberation probably before the end of this year.

Noteworthy is that, the primary objectives of these amendments are two-fold:

(i) to empower myself as the Minister of Employment and Labour to regulate sector specific numerical EE targets, which must be complied with in order to accelerate transformation in various economic sectors because the current self-regulated EE targets did not yield positive results over the 21 years of the EEA; and

(ii) to enable the promulgation of Section 53 of the EEA that deals with the issuing of an EE Certificate of Compliance as a prerequisite for accessing State Contracts and to do business with the State.

This is a punitive measure to all those organisations that are non-compliant to stop them from continuing to reap financial benefits in doing business with the State.

Noteworthy is that, even those non-compliant organisations that do not necessary depend on State Contracts for their business, will still have to face consequences by being referred to the Labour Court for a penalty to be levied against them as per Schedule 1 of the EEA.

Reply:

(1) The names of all the approved clinics/institutions where abortions are legally allowed are attached in Appendix A.

(2) In terms of training the National Department of Health conduct a ten (10) days theoretical training for nurses followed by ten (10) clinical cases practical sessions before they are certified as competent.

Provincial offices contract the General Practitioners (GPs) and private organizations like Marie Stopes to provide Termination of Pregnancy (ToP) services. The National contracting stopped when the CToP Act was amended in 2008.

The focus for training is currently mainly on medical termination.

(3) Efforts to reduce illegal ToP providers. KZN provincial officie, with the previous MEC, embarked on the process of removing the advertisements of illegal abortions on street poles and some of the findings were:

- Adverts are put up by young people who do not even understand what abortion means, mainly boys;

- They were confronted and they could not provide details of the people who gave them the adverts, they just received the money given and started putting up the adverts.

- Most numbers provided, will lead you to different places, sometimes they send you to hotel reception or individuals on the street.

Mobile units are not providing abortions because they do not have backup of MVA equipment in case there is a need for surgical evacuation following the medical abortion.

Provincial Departments have an assessment tool to assess the readiness of facilities both private and public sector to perform abortions.

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APPENDIX A

Name of Facility

Frere Hospital

Tembisa Hospital

Kalafong Hospital

Mankweng Hospital

Klerksdorp-Tshepong Tertiary Hospital

Job Shimankana Tabane Hospital

Dr George Mukhari Hospital Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Steve Biko Academic Hospital

Tygerberg Hospital Groote Schuur Hospital

Mthatha General Hospital Dora Nginza Hospital Frontier Hospital St Elizabeth's Hospital Cecilia Makiwane Hospital

Thelle Mogoerane Regional Hospital Sebokeng Hospital Leratong Hospital

Queen Nandi Regional Hospital Addington Hospital Prince Mshiyeni Memoral Hospital Newcastle Hospital Stanger Hospital RK Khan Hospital Edendale Hospital Ladysmith Hospital Port Shepstone Hospital Mahatma Gandhi Hospital

Tshilidzini Hospital St Rita's Hospital Philadelphia Hospital Letaba Hospital Mokopane Hospital

Ermelo Hospital Mapulaneng Hospital

Dr Harry Surtie Hospital

Potchefstroom Hospital Joe Morolong Memorial Hospital Mahikeng Provincial Hospital

New Somerset Hospital Paarl Hospital Worcester Hospital George Hospital

Butterworth Hospital Tayler Bequest Hospital (Matatiele) Bisho Hospital Empilisweni Hospital Uitenhage Hospital Victoria Hospital Settlers Hospital Elliot Hospital Cofimvaba Hospital Humansdorp Hospital Andries Vosloo Hospital Midland Hospital Cala Hospital Glen Grey Hospital Cradock Hospital Nompumelelo (Peddie) Hospital Port Alfred Hospital All Saints Hospital Bambisana Hospital Tafalofefe Hospital SS Gida Hospital Bedford Hospital Cloete Joubert (Barkly East) Hospital Hewu Hospital Adelaide Hospital Lady Grey Hospital Madzikane kaZulu Memorial Hospital Isilimela Hospital SAWAS Memorial (Jansenville) Hospital

Elizabeth Ross Hospital National District Hospital Katleho Hospital Fezi Ngumbentombi Hospital Botshabelo Hospital Dr JS Moroka Hospital

Tokollo Hospital Phekolong Hospital Albert Nzula District Hospital Thusanong Hospital

Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital Bertha Gxowa Hospital Heidelberg Hospital Carletonville Hospital Odi Hospital Jubilee Hospital Kopanong Hospital

Norhtdale Hospital Benedictine Hospital Itshelejuba Hospital Wentworth Hospital Vryheid Hospital Manguzi Hospital Nkonjeni Hospital Estcourt Hospital Charles Johnson Memorial Hospital Rietvlei Hospital Greytown Hospital Murchison Hospital Dundee Hospital Eshowe Hospital GJ Crooke's Hospital Emmaus Hospital St Andrew's Hospital Christ the King Hospital Nkandla Hospital St Apollinaris Hospital Montebello Hospital Untunjambili Hospital Umphumulo Hospital Betesda Hospital Catherine Booth Hospital Mbongolwane Hospital Appelsbosch Hospital KwaMagwaza Hospital Niemeyer Memorial Hospital Ekhombe Hospital

Elim Hospital Seshego Hospital Donald Fraser Hospital Ellisras Hospital Lebowakgomo Hospital Jane Furse Hospital

Helen Franz Hospital Zebediela Hospital Malamulele Hospital Nkhensani Hospital Warmbarths Hospital Botlokwa Hospital WF Knobel Hospital Siloam Hospital Voortrekker Memorial (Potgietersrus) Hospital Dilokong Hospital Mecklenburg Hospital Matlala Hospital Sekororo Hospital FH Odendaal (Nylstroom) Hospital Louis Trichardt Hospital Dr CN Phatudi Hospital Kgapane Hospital Thabazimbi Hospital George Masebe Hospital Witpoort Hospital

Embhuleni Hospital KwaMhlanga Hospital Evander Hospital Tintswalo Hospital Mmametlhake Hospital Sabie Hospital Standerton Hospital Bernice Samuels Hospital Piet retief Hospital Barberton Hospital Carolina Hospital Amajuba Memorial Hospital Bethal Hospital Elsie Ballot Hospital

Tshwaragano Hospital Postmasburg Hospital De Aar (Central Karoo) Hospital

Moses Kotane Hospital Brits Hospital Nic Bodenstein Hospital Taung Hospital Ganyesa Hospital Koster Hospital Gelukspan Hospital

Karl Bremer Hospital Khayelitsha Hospital Mitchells Plain Hospital Helderberg Hospital False Bay Hospital Westfleur Hospital Vredenburg Hospital Hermanus Hospital Stellenbosch Hospital Knysna Hospital Mossel Bay Hospital Oudtshoorn Hospital Vredendal Hospital Eerste Rivier Hospital Clanwilliam Hospital Victoria Hospital Radie Kotz Hospital Caledon Hospital Ceres Hospital Montagu Hospital Swellendam Hospital Otto Du Plessis Hospital Robertson Hospital

Kgotsong (Welkom) Clinic

Dr Moeti Surgery

Klipdrift Health Post

SAMHS 2 Military Hospital

Cape Town Reproductive Health Centre

Harry Comay TB Hospital

Elim Satellite Clinic

Marie Stopes Port Elizabeth Clinic New Rest Clinic Civic Centre Clinic (Mthatha) Lanti Clinic Philani Clinic (Cradock) Addo Clinic

Molemo Healthcare Clinic Karabo Clinic Bren Health Care Clinic Marie Stopes Bloemfontein Clinic

Vaal Woman's Choice Clinic (Vereeniging) Protop Women's Clinic (Vereeniging) Vaal Woman's Clinic (Evaton) Phedisong 1 clinic

Marie Stopes Durban Clinic Marie Stopes Isipingo Clinic Khululeka Clinic TSM Health Care Clinic

Nancefield Clinic Seloane Clinic Levubu Clinic Mamotshwa Clinic Dendron Clinic Mariveni Clinic Northam Clinic Raphahlelo Clinic Matoks Clinic Willows Clinic Buffgelshoek Clinic (Blouberg) Mashishimale Clinic Jamela Clinic Seshego IV Clinic Motsepe Clinic Mashamba Clinic Witfontein Clinic Mabins Clinic Mankuwe Clinic

Renee Clinic

Katrina Koikoi Clinic

Makapanstad (Seaparankwe) Clinic Hartebeesfontein Clinic Schweizer-Reneke Town Clinic Preshco Clinic Mononono Clinic

Site C Youth Clinic Mediclinic Constantiaberg Hospital Empiliseni (Worcester) Clinic De Doorns Clinic Zolani Clinic Nkqubela Clinic Railton Clinic Bergsig Clinic Swellendam PHC Clinic Caledon Clinic Heidelberg Clinic

Villiersdorp Clinic Annie Brown Clinic Montagu Clinic Wolseley Clinic Nduli Clinic Prince Alfred Hamlet Clinic Tulbagh Clinic Groendal Clinic Mediclinic Durbanville Hospital Touws Rivier Clinic Happy Valley clinic Idas Valley Clinic McGregor Clinic Suurbraak Clinic Marie Stopes Cape Town Clinic Marie Stopes Bellville Clinic Barrydale Clinic Great Brak Rivier Clinic

Michael Mapongwana CDC Lady Michaelis CDC Kuyasa CDXC Noulungile CDC TC Newman CDC Bishop Lavis CDC Thebalethu CDC Town w CDC Mbekweni CDC Wellington CDC Dr Abdurahman CDC Worcester CDC Ceres CDC Cloetesville CDC

Motherwell CHC Empilweni Gompo CHC Nontyatyambo CHC Idutywa Village CHC Laetitita Ban CHC Duncan Village CHC Nqamakwe CHC Xhora CHC

Soshanguve CHC Chiawelo CHC Zola CHC Lenasia South CHC Kgabo CHC Johan Heyns CHC Pedisong 4 CHC Laudium CHC Jabulane Dumane CHC Hillbrow CHC

Phoenix CHC Nseleni CHC Inanda C CHC Tongaat CHC Pomeroy CHC eDumbe CHC Sundumbili CHC Dannhauser CHC Turton CHC Hlengisizwe CHC St Chads CHC Ndwedwe CHC

Rethabile CHC Makhado CHC HC Boshoff CHC Tshilwavhusiku CHC Tiyani CHC Mookgophong CHC Nchabeleng CHC Ratshaatshaa CHC

Matsulu CHC Kanyamazane CHC Nelspruit CHC Phola-Nzikasi CHC Naas CHC M'Africa CHC Kabokweni CHC Bhunga CHC Thulamahashe CHC Perdekop CHC

Galeshewe Day Hospital

Bafokeng CHC Letlhabile CHC Bapong CHC Mogwase CHC Mabeskraal CHC

Atamelang CHC JB Marks CHC Mamusa CHC

Mitchells Plain CHC Kraaifontein CHC Guguleto CHC Vanguard CHC Hanover Park CHC

Mediclinic Welkom Hospital

Mediclinic Cape town Hospital Mediclinic Cape Gate Hospital Mediclinic Paarl Hospital Mediclinic Worcester Hospital Life Kingsbury Hospital Mediclinic George Hospital Mediclinic Hermanus Hospital Life Bay View Private Hospital

Data Source: DHIS DATA (2018 Jan to August 2019) accessed 17 September 2019.

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The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

(A) Yes, Municipalities are owed money by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) for two reasons:

• Municipal accounts must be verified and validated prior to processing payments in order to avoid irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
• DPWI pays these accounts on behalf of other user departments.
• Many government departments not refunding DPWI and this creates cash flow problems for DPWI.
• Many municipalities submit inflated accounts.

In August 2019 the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) started with a project to settle all the Government debt owed by DPWI to municipalities.

The Department’s Chief Financial Officer is spearheading the project and his office developed a project plan to:

• Reconcile outstanding government debt for municipal service billed;
• Agree with municipalities for settlement or recovery of the outstanding amount and obtain sign-off;
• Verification of accounts;
• Provide clear recommendations to avoid repetition of issues.

Each of DPWI’s ten regional offices provides a weekly update to the CFO and the Minister on progress.

As of 30 June 2019, Municipalities reported in terms Section 71 (S. 71) of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) that the overall government debt was R3.1 Billion. There are 135 municipalities of the 256 municipalities that reported to be owed by DPWI. The Department is in the process of verifying the debt owed for all 256 municipalities.

The said amounts above, have, however, proven to be unreliable and incorrect as is displayed in Section.71 MFMA information. Below are just the three (3) examples:

• Bushbuckridge Local Municipality disclosed an outstanding debt of R925.5 million as per S.71, however, our regional office after verification has agreed that the outstanding debt is R6.9 million as per our joint reconciliation work performed;

• Emfuleni Local Municipality disclosed an outstanding debt of R185.9 million as per S.71, however, they were unable to provide any supporting documentation to support this rand value on enquiry from the regional office;

• Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality disclosed an outstanding debt of R362.2 million as per S.71, however, our regional office after verification agreed that the outstanding debt is R1.3 million as per our joint reconciliation work performed.

It is therefore essential that amounts disclosed by municipalities require verification and validation prior to processing payments in order to avoid irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure.

As at 4 October 2019, DPWI has obtained sign-offs from 21 Municipalities and will send letters to municipalities to raise awareness and ensure cooperation and commitment in relation to all records and reconciliation for verification of Government debt.

The DPWI is resolute in its commitment to settle all verified debts within 30 days of receipt of the statements invoices and sign-offs.

The DPWI has already engaged with 62 municipalities and is in the process to verify and settle outstanding debt. After that the DPWI will engage with the remaining 192 municipalities. Details of the engagement with the 62 municipalities are as follows:

Regional Office	Number of engagements per Regional Office	Total as Per Section 71: 30 June 2019	Outstanding Amount As Per Municipal Statement of Account	Confirmed Amounts: Rand Value Amount Agreed by both Stakeholders
Bloemfontein	10	58,397,000	103,377,101	Busy with verification
Cape Town	10	31,408,000	19,006,003	15,347,561
Johannesburg	5	191,629,000	10,321,647	Busy with verification
Kimberley	6	13,642,000	3,254,110	Busy with verification
Mmabatho	3	14,987,000	27,478,397	15,486,167
Mthatha	7	6,093,000	6,539,086	2,423,686
Nelspruit	13	1,182,177,000	311,474,151	Busy with verification
Polokwane	4	460,069,000	14,544,124	Busy with verification
Port Elizabeth	3	24,580,000	21,781,653	Busy with verification
Pretoria	1	15,694,000	14,336,000	Busy with verification
Grand Total	62	1,998,676,000	532,112,273	33,257,414

As illustrated the S 71 submissions from many municipalities are often different from their own billing system.

(B) Public Entities of the Department of Public Works & Infrastructure

Whether (a) her department,	(b) any entity reporting to her and/or	(c) any provincial department of public works owes any unpaid rates and services to any municipality, if so, in each case	(i) what amount is owed,	(ii) to which municipality is each amount owed and	(iii) by what date will the outstanding amount be settled?
N/A	Agrèment SA (ASA)	N/A	R Nil	City of Tshwane	N/A
	Council for the Built Environment (CBE)	N/A	R Nil	City of Tshwane	Paid on the first of each month
	Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)	N/A	R Nil	N/A	N/A
	Yes, the Independent Development Trust (IDT) does owe unpaid rates and services to a municipality	N/A	R5 499 091.00	City of Tshwane Municipality	The outstanding amount is currently in dispute and will be paid once the dispute is resolved. The IDT however, pays in full the current monthly invoices, as they become due.

(C) Provincial departments responsible for Public Works are directly responsible for settling their municipal accounts. This information was provided to the Department by each of the provinces.

 

Whether (a) her department, owes any unpaid rates and services to any municipality, if so, in each case	(c) any provincial department of public works owes any unpaid rates and services to any municipality, if so, in each case	(i) what amount is owed,
	Eastern Cape	R395 064 271.00
	Free State	R629,701,094.00
	Gauteng	R313,634,764.76
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	R48 958 633.65
	Limpopo	R422,063,976.35
	Mpumalanga	R 100,710,881.99
	Northern Cape	R575 081 688.1
	North West	R151 175 599 11
	Western Cape	21,948,331.41

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

(1) ECSA has informed me that it is committed to fulfil its mandate to efficiently regulate the conduct of registered persons and the engineering profession to ensure public safety. The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) has the statutory mandate to ensure consistent application of policy by the councils for the built environment professions (CBEP) with regard to, among other things, handling of matters for investigation of matters by the professional councils.

(a) With regard to the ordering of trains that are too tall by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), ECSA informed me that it did not conduct an investigation into the matter as it has not been referred to ECSA for investigation and also it is not yet confirmed if this matter falls within ECSA’s mandate.

(b) With regard to the collapse of the bridge on the M1 highway in Gauteng, ECSA informed me as Minister that it conducted a preliminary investigation, but currently ECSA is awaiting the outcome of the official investigation conducted by the Department of Employment and Labour before finalising its investigation.

(c) With regard to the collapse of the Tongaat Mall, ECSA informed me that it conducted a preliminary investigation, but currently ECSA is awaiting the outcome of the official investigation conducted by the Department of Employment and Labour before finalising its investigation.

(d) With regard to the delay in the completion of Eskom’s Medupi and Kusile power stations that are running 10 years behind schedule, ECSA informed me that this matter has not been referred to ECSA for investigation and it is uncertain if this falls under the mandate of ECSA.

(2) ECSA informed me that the process which it currently follows in assessing applications of prospective applicants is based on Council approved policies and standards which are substantially equivalent to policies and standards applied across the globe by countries that are members of the International Engineering Alliance (IEA). The periodic reviews of ECSA by IEA have revealed that ECSA’s systems and processes are fair, ethical and transparent. Above all the policies, standards and processes are the outcomes of the industry consultation process through established structures such as Working Groups overseen by Council Committees, which are composed of industry stakeholders and experts. ECSA has introduced and is currently applying a registration model that makes it improbable for gatekeeping to creep in, as assessments are conducted by assessors who operate independently and who do not have to have access and even know which other assessors have been allocated applications to assess against the approved 11 competency outcomes. The assessment process is multi-layered and applicants are also given the opportunity to appeal should they feel that their applications were dealt with unfairly.

(3) Peer review has been determined by the engineering profession/community both locally through industry stakeholder consultation processes and internationally through different countries forming part of the IEA Competency Agreements, as the best mechanism for the determination of engineering competencies. This is based on the premise that it is only qualified, experienced engineers and Communities of Engineering Expert Practitioners that are best suited to understand competency requirements for engineers within the parameters of the Council approved registration policies. The fact that South African engineering qualifications are seen as been on par with world standards is a testament that the Peer Review mechanism, among other things, is the best way to conduct the engineering competency assessments.

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(a) Section 11 of the Defence Act, 2002 (Act No 42 of 2002), read with section 52(1) of the Act, makes provision for a uniformed member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to serve in the regular force after reaching the statutory retirement age of 60 years for a period up to the age of 65 years on a contract. On 1 June 2016, the President extended the term of service of General Shoke for a period of 5 years.

(b) A regular force member.

(c) 31 May 2021

(d) Section 202(1) of the Constitution provides as follows: “The President as head of the national executive is Commander-in-Chief of the defence force, and must appoint the Military Command of the defence force”. Section 13(1) of the Defence Act, 2002 (Act No 42 of 2002), provides that the President must appoint the Chief of the South African National Defence Force (CSANDF).

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The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

1. The total square meterage of the Acacia Park Parliamentary Village is 28,2853 hectares.
2. Acacia Park is currently used by members of Parliament and Sessional officials.

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The information below was received from the two Departments and entities reporting to the two Departments. Information on the extent of spending on BEE companies will be provided as soon as these have been verified.

Department / Entity	Amount spent on advertising: (aa) 2016 /17 FY	Amount spent on advertising: (bb) 2017/18 FY	Amount spent on advertising (cc) 2018/19 FY
Economic Development Department	R 220 518	R 356 287	R 97 013
Trade and Industry	R 15 993 642	R 22 094 642	R 28 577 752
Competition Commission	R 3 244 317.42	R 1 905 866.09	R 494 598. 80
International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC)	R 194 080.33	R 137 584.18	R 315 926. 54
Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)	R 33 833 07.89	10 363 571.88	R 19 078 519. 27
Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC)	R 7 435 437.40	R 8 595 490.27	R 579 996.38
South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)	449 122.45	1 121 816.08	1 358 675.38
National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA)	1 260 501.00	1 382 577.00	3 061 068.00
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)	751 865.00	1 604 679.00	1 023 288.00
National Lotteries Commission (NLC)	13 948 668.43	18 306 877.37	11 776 821.34
National Empowerment Fund (NEF)	7 406 327.62	1 570 355.22	2 923 305.91
National Gambling Board (NGB)	670 445.05	104 738.30	2 543 786.49
National Regulator For Compulsory Specifications (NRCS)	281 974.26	37 969.54	887 353.00
National Consumer Tribunal (NCT)	117 197.00	84 444.00	42 961.00
Companies Tribunal (CT)	692 703.17	727 881.87	549 533.99
National Consumer Commission (NCC)	861 940.00	549 478.00	R24 094.00
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)	9 482 000.00	4 159 000.00	8 520 000.00
National Credit Regulator (NCR)	5 791 823.30	5 159 683.74	5 361 274.54
Competition Tribunal	0	0	0

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(a)-(b) The National Department of Health has in place the National Mental Health Policy Framework and Strategic Plan 2013-2020 which is currently being implemented in all nine provinces. Progress reports obtained from provinces in 2017/18 and 2019/20 financial years show that implementation of the plan has gained traction but a lot more still needs to be done.

In addition to the implementation of the National Mental Health Policy Framework and Plan, the following have been undertaken:

- A call for expression of interest to render mental health services was made to psychologists, psychiatrists and registered counsellors. Practitioners per province have been identified for provinces to contract using the Human Resources Capacitation Fund.

- In order to improve the quality and access to mental health services a Mental Health Training Programme was developed. The programme targets health practitioners working at primary health care clinics as well as district hospitals to improve their competencies in detection of mental disorders and provision of good quality mental health care, treatment and rehabilitation. A total of 30 training workshops were conducted during this financial year reaching 920 health practitioners in 8 Provinces. This programme will be expanded in the coming financial years to train more health practitioners.

- The National Department of Health evaluated the health systems cost of mental health services and programmes in South Africa in 2018/19. This was aimed at helping us understand what we are currently spending on mental health across all service levels and the potential resource envelop to be augmented to address the key mental health service gaps. The study found that the total costs of inpatient and outpatient mental health services and known transfers for contracted hospitals and NGO mental health sevices across all nine provinces amounted to R8.37 billion in the 2016/17 financial year. This represented 5% of the total health budget in the2016/17 (provincial range: 2.1-7.7%), and equated to a national average of R180.9 per capita uninsured.

We have embarked on the second phase of the project, to determine a prioritized package of mental health services and the resource estimates that should be made available to address the gaps and implement the prioritized interventions. The “investment case for mental health” will be finalized during the course of next year.

(c) Mental health infrastructure additions, upgrades and renovations are funded through the Indirect Conditional Grant: Health Infrastructure Revitalization Grant. In the 2019/20 financial year 21 mental health infrastructure projects are funded and they are at different stages of implementation.

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1. The filling of the vacant position of the Executive Director for Independent Police Investigative Directorate was advertised externally and the process is underway. The filling of the vacancy will be on or before the end of November 2019.

2. After all the parliamentary process has been finalized, he will issue a statement in this regard

GENERAL BH CELE MP
MINISTER OF PLICE
Date: 11/10/2019

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(1) Yes, the Minister intends to request that Parliament revives the Children’s Amendment Bill 2019 as gazetted on 25 February 2019.

(2) The Minister strongly believes that provisions of the proposed Bill as outlined below will alleviate and/ or remedy the foster care crisis identified in the order of the High Court that is to be effected by November 2019. The Bill seeks to amend the Children’s Act No. 38 of 2005 by addressing weaknesses in the broader child care and protection system and the foster care system in particular. It also provides a basis for a comprehensive legal solution as ordered by the Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria in November 2017, in the matter of The Centre for Child Law vs Minister of Social Development to deal with challenges relating to the provision and administration of foster care matters.

The clauses inserted in the Bill are informed by an analysis of the problem impacting on foster care that relate to human resources, financial resources and legislative provisions that provide a mechanism to manage the validity of foster care orders. The clauses will put the mechanisms and strengthen the critical points of the child care and protection system, diversifying the options to respond to various needs that children may present with.

These clauses will also benefit the foster care programme by providing various options to be accessed by children minimising the likelihood of some children being placed in foster care unnecessarily, ensuring that the constitutional right to inclusiveness is adhered to by the Bill. Furthermore, they ensure that mechanisms are put in place for strengthening the child protection system that will have a positive effect to the improvement of quality foster care services and putting mechanisms for the management of the duration of foster care orders in a sustainable manner.

Clause 25 seeks to amend section 45 of the Act by devolving guardianship matters for orphaned or abandoned children to children’s court. This clause strengthens accessibility for guardianship by extending the jurisdiction of guardianship matters to be dealt with by both the children’s court and the High Court. This will reduce the burden in the foster care case load as more children will be under the care of guardians.

Clause 57 amends section 105 to strengthen the quality assurance mechanism to improve the quality of child care and protection services. This clause will enhance the monitoring and quality assurance for the management of alternative care orders. By strengthening the quality assurance process, it is envisaged that foster care backlogs will be reduced and properly managed. Furthermore, this will ensure compliance with legislative provisions and also improve the quality of child care and protection services.

 

Clause 81 amends section 142 to enable the Minister to prescribe a system for quality child care and protection services. It empowers the Minister to put the mechanisms in place for strengthening and ensure the provision of quality child care and protection services including alternative care services.

Clause 89 amends section 156 to empower children’s courts to issue an order to place a child in the care of a parent or family member, if the court finds that that person is a suitable person to provide for the safety and well-being of the child. The administrative procedure for such placement will be outlined in regulations.

Clause 91 amends section 159 to provide a mechanism for the management of the validity of alternative care orders, which include foster care orders. This clause seeks to provide recourse for alternative care orders that lapse due to administrative shortfalls by empowering the courts to issue interim extension of alternative care orders that lapsed. This will ensure that children who were found to be in need of care and protection remain in alternative care while awaiting the full extension of the court order. Regulations will be drafted to outline the process and to ensure the accountability for the management of lapsing orders.

Clause 99 seeks to amend section 186 to make provision for monitoring long-term foster care placements. This clause empowers the children’s court to extend a foster care order for a period of more than two years with the purpose of creating stability in the child’s life. Furthermore, it empowers the court to issue an order for provision of supervision services if the court deems it necessary. This will address the challenges experienced where the courts were very reluctant to grant an order for more than two years without supervision. The clause therefore, empower the courts to monitor the court order issued for long-term foster care placements. Full utilisation of this section will reduce the burden in the system and address the challenges of lapsing orders.

(3) The Children’s Amendment Bill, 2019 seeks to address critical gaps and challenges in the underlying child care and protection system. Furthermore, it identifies several strategies to address these challenges efficiently and effectively. The Department took a broad and holistic approach towards the amendment of the Act and thus seeks through this Amendment Bill, to resolve other areas of defect in the Act.

The department started with the review process of the Act during 2011 and 2012 and subsequently drafted the comprehensive Children’s Amendment Bill in 2013. Policy matters that had legislative implications were halted whilst the Foster Care Ministerial Committee was undertaking an investigation, and the ECD, as well as the Child Care and Protection Policies were being drafted.

However, there were specific sections of the Act which were amended and the Minister Introduced the short-version Children’s Amendment Bill in Parliament. The Bill addressed court orders and urgent amendments that did not have policy or financial implications. The Bill was split and the process culminated in the Children’s Amendment Act, 2016 (Children’s Amendment Act No. 17 of 2016) and the Children’s Second Amendment Act, 2016 (Children’s Second Amendment Act No. 18 of 2016) which were promulgated on 26 January 2018.

The department has been in possession of the comprehensive Children’s Amendment Bill since 2013. Once the Foster Care Ministerial Committee finalised their investigation and the ECD as well as National Child Care and Protection Policy were finalised, the Minister deemed it necessary to proceed with the processing of the draft comprehensive Children’s Amendment Bill. The department cannot afford a piecemeal approach to amending the Children’s Act as there are other urgent amendments required to strengthen the child protection system.

Reply:

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

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Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

1. (aa) (i) (a) 218 Members of Parliament.

(b) 274 Sessional Officials.

(c) 2 Departmental Officials were performing standby duties.

(d) 4 Assistants to Members of Parliament with disabilities.

1. (ii) (a) 56 Members of Parliament.

(b) 6 Sessional Officials.

(c) 2 Departmental Officials were performing standby duties.

(d) None.

(aa) (iii) (a) 69 Members of Parliament.

(b) 35 Sessional Officials.

(c) 2 Departmental officials performing standby duties.

(d) None.

(bb) (i) (a) 226 Members of Parliament.

(b) 259 Sessional Officials.

(c) 1 Departmental Officials performing standby duties

(d) 4 Assistants to Members of Parliament with disabilities and 2 Parliament Staff.

1. (ii) (a) 56 Members of Parliament.

(b) 6 Sessional Officials.

(c) 2 Departmental Official performing standby duties.

(d) None.

(bb) (iii) (a) 71 Members of Parliament.

(b) 35 Sessional Officials.

(c) 1 Departmental Official was performing standby duties.

(d) None.

(i) Acacia Park:

Has 337 housing units, 155 apartments and facility buildings comprising a primary school, crèche, soccer/rugby field, 3 recreational halls, tennis court, swimming pool and a gym facility.

(ii) Laboria Park:

Has 64 housing units and facility buildings comprising a recreational hall with a gym facility, tennis court and swimming pool.

(iii) Pelican Park:

Has 107 housing units and facility building comprising a recreational hall with a gym facility, tennis court and swimming pool.

Reply:

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

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Reply:

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

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Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

1. No lease agreement was entered into with SAPS for the occupation of Telkom Towers
2. (a) In the absence of the lease agreement there is no specific amount.

(b) In order to respond to the immediate upgrade requirements for the Telkom Towers (North Building) and Annex buildings, the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has been appointed as the implementation agency. The Department has informed me that the date for practical completion is anticipated to be in April 2020.

Reply:

No, Honourable Member, there is no intention of reviewing the labour legislation that provides for equal pay for work of equal value. The rationale not to review is informed by the fact that the current provisions of equal pay for work of equal value in Sections 6(4) and 6(5) of the Employment Equity Amendment Act, 2013, read with the Employment Equity Regulations, 2014 already protect all employees against unfair discrimination in relation to pay and benefits.

In fact, all employers are prohibited to unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly on one or more of the prohibited grounds listed under Section 6(1) of the EEA against any employee in relation to terms of conditions of employment, inclusive of pay; between employees of the same employer performing the same work or substantially the same work or work of equal value.

These provisions protect the rights of all employees against unfair discrimination in pay and benefits irrespective of their employment status or work arrangements. Irrespective of whether an employee is temporary for a period of less than 3 months, or an employee works more than 3 months on a fixed term contract, the principle of equal pay for work of equal value must be applied fairly without any prejudice or unfair discrimination.

It is important to highlight that all disputes of equal pay for work of equal value must be referred to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) or to the Labour Court in terms of Section 10 of the Employment Equity Act.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

(1)

(a) Fourth Parliament	(b) Fifth Parliament
(i) The total cost incurred by government for all three parliamentary villages during the Fourth Parliament, in terms of transport, is R38 570 345.	(i) The total cost incurred by government for all three parliamentary villages during the Fifth Parliament, in terms of transport, is R35 997 143.
(ii)The total cost in terms of the Municipal Services and Rates of the three parliamentary villages during the Fourth Parliament amounts, as follows: Laboria Park R7 875 171.81 Pelican Park R6 470 925.33 Acacia Park R12 836 995.19	(ii)The total cost in terms of the Municipal Services and Rates of the three parliamentary villages during the Fifth Parliament amounts, as follows: Laboria Park R12 185 225.49 Pelican Park R22 328 442.08 Acacia Park R50 959 085.40
(iii) The parliamentary villages are managed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure through officials who are employed fulltime and render the required services – the cost relating to the employment of the said officials during the Fourth Parliament amounted to R8 053 472.75.	(iii) The parliamentary villages are managed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure through officials who are employed fulltime and render the required services – the cost relating to the employment of the said officials during the Fifth Parliament amounted R13 102 467.25.
(iv) None	(iv) The total cost incurred to construct the new access buildings at the three parliamentary villages amounted to R35 550 947.07
(v) The total cost in terms of the maintenance of the three parliamentary villages amounted to R300 000 000.00	(v) The total cost in terms of the maintenance of the three parliamentary villages during the Fifth Parliament amounts, as follows: Acacia Park      R113,718,148.37 Laboria Park     R21,119,084.70 Pelican Park     R27,617,264.60
(vi) R6 422 237.00	(vi) R30 981 445.00.
(vii) Refer to (iii) above.	(vii) Refer to (iii) above.
(viii) No other expenses.	(viii) No other expenses.

(2) The responsibility of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is to provide accommodation to Government Departments and Members of Parliament, amongst others, in terms of its mandate. Any request for allowances to public office bearers must be made to the Independent Commission for Remuneration of Public Office Bearers.

Reply:

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

Thank you

Reply:

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

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Reply:

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

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Reply:

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

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Reply:

(I) DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM

1. (a) Amount spent on advertising by the Department

(aa) 2016-17	(bb) 2017-18	(cc) 2018-19
R 1 832 808.31	R 3 569 256.06	R 2 246 557.41

2 (a) Total expenditure incurred by the Department to (i) each specified black-owned media company in each specified financial year

Details	(aa) 2016-17	(bb) 2017-18	(cc) 2018-19
Total	R 1 424 863.10*	R 2 769 256.06*	R 2 240 557.41*
Black Owned Company no: 1	R 221 361.00	R 29 800.00	R 16 260.00
Black Owned Company no: 2	R 8 276.40
Black Owned Company no: 3	R 67 270.00
Black Owned Company no: 4	R 131 950.20
Black Owned Company no: 5	R 97 200.00
Black Owned Company no: 6	R 59 066.25
Black Owned Company no: 7	R 448 118.61
Black Owned Company no: 8	R 208 944.16	R 895 098.61	R 361 656.82
Black Owned Company no: 9	R152 826.48
Black Owned Company no: 10	R29 850.00
Black Owned Company no: 11		R 201 944.39	R 14 028.85
Black Owned Company no: 12		R 212 500.00
Black Owned Company no: 13		R 40 915.90
Black Owned Company no: 14		R 16 758.00
Black Owned Company no: 15		R 92 900.00
Black Owned Company no: 16		R 131 150.00
Black Owned Company no: 17		R 331 963.44	R 40 800.85
Black Owned Company no: 18		R 267 530.00
Black Owned Company no: 19		R 80 341.50	R 107 730.00
Black Owned Company no: 20		R 24 350.00	R 14 012.00
Black Owned Company no: 21		R 38 600.00
Black Owned Company no: 22		R149 993.22
Black Owned Company no: 23		R 75 411.00
Black Owned Company no: 24		R 180 000.00
Black Owned Company no: 25			R 26 700.00
Black Owned Company no: 26			R 26 250.00
Black Owned Company no: 27			R 259 298.88
Black Owned Company no: 28			R 200 376.00
Black Owned Company no: 29			R 6 482.87
Black Owned Company no: 30			R 152 500.00
Black Owned Company no: 31			R 254 722.61
Black Owned Company no: 32			R 36 500.00
Black Owned Company no: 33			R 282 000.00
Black Owned Company no: 34			R 39 100.00
Black Owned Company no: 35			R 7 461.43
Black Owned Company no: 36			R 11 442.50
Black Owned Company no: 37			R 34 734.60
Black Owned Company no: 38			R 348 500.00

* The Remainder of expenditure was spent on Government Institutions or Level 2- 7 B-BBEE Companies

(c) Spend on outdoor advertising to each black-owned media company in each financial year by the Department

Black-owned media company	(aa) 2016-17	(bb) 2017-18	(cc) 2018-19
Black Owned Company no: 17		R 331 963.44	R 40 800.85
Black Owned Company no: 22		R 149 993.22
Black Owned Company no: 11		R 9 631.86	R 14 028.85
Black Owned Company no: 14		R 16 758.00	R 6 482.87
Black Owned Company no: 1			R 16 260.00
Black Owned Company no: 27			R 84 658.75
Black Owned Company no: 35			R 7 461.43
Black Owned Company no: 20			R 14 012.00

(ii) SOUTH AFRICA TOURISM

1. (a)(ii)Amount spent on advertising by SA Tourism

(aa) 2016-17	(bb) 2017-18	(cc) 2018-19
R 250 708,14	R 545 513,65	R 241,650.56

2 (b) Total expenditure incurred by SA Tourism to (i) each specified black owned media company in each specified financial year.

	(aa) 2016-17	(bb) 2017-18	(cc) 2018-19
Black-owned company no 1	R 85,946.94	R 337,516.22	R 34,431.00
Black-owned company no 2	R 70,683.07	R 67,240.61	R 44,591.98
Black-owned company no 3	R 38,500.00	R 73,496.82	R 162,627.58
Black-owned company no 4	R 55,578.12	R 67,260.00
(ii) Outdoor advertising	0.00	0.00	0.00

(c) Not applicable – Outdoor advertising is only used in destination marketing

Reply:

I have been advised by the SITA as follows:

Yes, SITA was the subject of an investigation by the SIU.

(a) (i) Subject	1 (a) (ii) Nature of each Investigation	1 (b) Any further relevant details?	Status of each Investigation
Proclamation No. R. 53, 2014	Investigate payments which were made by SITA (SOC) Ltd to IBM SA (PTY) Ltd, in terms of an agreement dated 30 April 2013, concluded between IBM SA (PTY) Ltd and SITA, for the period 08 September 2012 and 01 August 2014.	Alleged tender irregularities and non-compliance with PFMA as well as supply chain management prescripts	None	Pending Investigation
Proclamation No. R. 15, 2015 (Amendment)	Investigate contracts concluded with IBM SA (PTY) Ltd / SITA (SOC) Ltd, iFirm Consulting (PTY) Limited/SITA (SOCT) Ltd for the procurement of goods or services for itself or for and on behalf of State Institution; and payments made to such institutions for the period 03 August 2012 to 17 March 2015.	Alleged corruption, tender irregularities and non-compliance with PFMA as well as supply chain management prescripts	None	SITA went to court against iFirm Consulting (PTY) Limited based on the report received from SIU. SITA successfully, set aside the agreement.
Proclamation No. R32, 2017	Amendment to Proclamation No. R.7 of 2014, amended by Proclamation No. R.599 of 10 July 2015 extending the period of the Proclamation to the date of publication this Proclamation, to 06 October 2017. Substituting paragraph 2 of the Schedule of the Proclamation.	Proclamation No. R. 7, 2014 as amended. Alleged tender irregularities and non-compliance with PFMA as well as supply chain management prescripts	None	Pending Investigation
Proclamation No. R. 599, 2015 (Amendment)	Amendment to Proclamation No. R.7 of 2014 extending the period of the Proclamation to 10 July 2015. Substituting paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Proclamation.	Proclamation No. R. 7, 2014 and R32 of 2017 as amended. Alleged tender irregularities and non-compliance with PFMA as well as supply chain management prescripts	None	Pending Investigation

MS STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS

MINISTER

Reply:

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

Thank you

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(aa)(bb)(cc)(dd)(ee) and (ii)
The details, with regard to the number of the South African Police Service (SAPS) members, who took and passed a firearm proficiency test in the

2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019 financial years and since 1 January 2019to18 September 2019, in each province, are attached.
 

Find here: a)(b)(i}(aa) The details of the number of SAPS members, who took and passed a firearm proficiency test, in 2014/2015, are reflected in the table below:

 

Reply to question 907 recommended

GENERAL NATIOAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019/10/09
 

Reply to question 907 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 11/10/2019
 

Reply:

The following table reflects the details in this regard.

Department of Health
Details	(aa) 2016-17	(bb) 2017-18	(cc) 2018-19
(1) (a) (i) Amount was spent on advertising	R2 878 917.97	R16 181 705.22	R582 010.39
(2) (a) (i) black-owned media company:
Black Owned Media Company	R207 600.00	Nil	Nil
Kone Staffing Solution	R2 671 317.97	R14 912 472.77	Nil
Media House (Sadmon)	Nil	R1 269 232.45	R582 010.39
(2) (a) (ii) Total expenditure incurred on outdoor advertising
Media House (Sadmon)	Nil	R972 660.89	Nil
(2) (c) black-owned media company:
Media House (Sadmon)	Nil	R972 660.89	Nil

State Owned Entities
Details	(aa) 2016-17	(bb) 2017-18	(cc) 2018-19
Council for Medical Schemes
(1) (a) (ii) Amount was spent on advertising	R2 400 090,08	R1 965 244,48	R950 714,11
(2) (b) (i) black-owned media company: Independent Media	R741 592,80	R836 336,68	R917 035,86
Message Platform	R7 980,00	Nil	Nil
Mahogany Trading	Nil	R419 554,20	Nil
(2) (ii) Total expenditure incurred on outdoor advertising	R202 874,40	R507 653,40	Nil
(2) (c) black-owned media company: Mohagany Trading	Nil	R419 554,20	Nil
National Health Laboratory Service
Details	(aa) 2016-17	(bb) 2017-18	(cc) 2018-19
(1) (a) (ii) Amount was spent on advertising	R799 079.47	R287 792.73	R120 768.13
(2) (b) (i) black-owned media company: Human Communication (Pty) LTD	R799 079.47	R287 792.73	R120 768.13
(2) (ii) Total expenditure incurred on outdoor advertising	R799 079.47	R287 792.73	R120 768.13
(2) (c) black-owned media company: Human Communication (Pty) LTD	R799 079.47	R287 792.73	R120 768.13
Office of Health Standards Compliance
Details	(aa) 2016-17	(bb) 2017-18	(cc) 2018-19
(1) (a) (ii) Amount was spent on advertising	R412 337	R2 943 463	R620 482
(2) (b) (i) black-owned media company: Human Communication	R127 807	R119 804	R70 128
Basadzi Media and Personnel	R178 326	R46 039	R126 346
Ultimate Recruitment Solution	R102 954	R22 696	R24 501
Pheta Trading Enterprise	Nil	Nil	R302 140
Kone Solutions	Nil	Nil	R78 122
Druzmia Project Trading	Nil	Nil	R6 383
Government Printing Works (Tender Advertisements)	R3 250	R1 000	R12 862
Government Communication and Information Systems (Radio Advertisement)	Nil	R2 753 923	Nil
(2) (ii) Total expenditure incurred on outdoor advertising	Nil	Nil	Nil
(2) (c) black-owned media company:	Nil	Nil	Nil
South African Medical Research Council
(1) (a) (ii) Amount was spent on advertising	R1 417 593.45	R1 828 522.83	R1 893 653.72
(2) (b) (i) black-owned media company: African Directory	R29,900.00	Nil	R 14,950.00
African News Agency	Nil	R196,000.00	R84,000.00
Ayanda Mbanga Communications	R846,885.13	R674,367.43	R930,409.28
Black Moon Advertising	Nil	Nil	R358,300.40
Human Communications	R378,243.10	R505,250.54	Nil
Robin Events & Services	Nil	R1,300.00
Phanda Personnel	Nil	Nil	R9,956.95
(2) (ii) Total expenditure incurred on outdoor advertising	R48,400.00	R16,000.00	R358,300.40
(2) (c) black-owned media company: Black Moon	Nil	Nil	R358,300.40
South African Health Products Regulatory Authority
(1) (a) (ii) Amount was spent on advertising	Nil	Nil	Nil
(2) (b) (i) black-owned media company:	Nil	Nil	Nil
(2) (ii) Total expenditure incurred on outdoor advertising	Nil	Nil	Nil
(2) (c) black-owned media company	Nil	Nil	Nil

END.

Reply:

(a, b, c, d & e) The following table reflects the details in this regard

Q (1)	(a) Total # of Clinic Health Committees 2019/20	(b) Total Budget for Clinic Health Committees 2019/20	(c)Total No of members served on Clinic Health Committees 2019/20	(d) Remuneration package of each Committee member 2019/20
PPROVINCES
EC	696	R16 240.00	10 440	R 500.00 p/p p/q
GP	1488	No budget allocated	11 904	No remuneration
FS	139	No budget allocated	973	No remuneration
KZN	592	R7 104 000	8880	R200.00 p/p p/q
LP	492	No budget allocated	4428	No remuneration
MP	263	No budget allocated	3156	No remuneration
NC	169	No budget allocated	845	No remuneration
NW	301	R4 214 000	2107	R500.00 p/p p/q
WC	200	1 958 400	2400	S&T only p/p p/q
(e) Purpose of the clinic Committee	Clinic Committees facilitate the following: 1. Serve as a link between Primary Health Care, community based services and households; 2. Participate in the achievement of improved health outcomes; 3. Promote community participation, local accountability and intersectoral collaboration; 4. Engage with the management of PHC facilities with regards to planning, monitoring and oversight of Health Services; and 5. Engages with other governance structures e.g. Ward committees to ensure streamlining of initiatives which provide a broader platform in engaging with stakeholders.

END.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

1. The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) has the statutory mandate to ensure consistent application of policy by the councils for the build environment professions (CBEP) with regard to, among other things, the registration of different categories of registration (See section 4(k)(ii) of Council for the Built Environment Act, (Act No. 43 of 2000). To this end Policy Frameworks were approved by the Minister and the CBE is monitoring the alignment of CBEP policies with the approved policy frameworks, including the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) registration policy. The CBE furthermore acts as an appeal body for matters referred to it in terms of the legislation regulating the CBEP, including a refusal of registration by ECSA should it happen. A person aggrieved by ECSA’s refusal to register, that person upon application may appeal to the CBE against the decision of ECSA. The CBE has not received an appeal against a decision by ECSA not to register a person in the last four years.
2. The number of qualified engineers and technologists that have registered with the ECSA in each year since ECSA’s establishment in 2000;

Count	Year	Description
383	2000	Professional Engineer
131	2000	Professional Engineering Technologist
377	2001	Professional Engineer
140	2001	Professional Engineering Technologist
283	2002	Professional Engineer
179	2002	Professional Engineering Technologist
313	2003	Professional Engineer
207	2003	Professional Engineering Technologist
370	2004	Professional Engineer
166	2004	Professional Engineering Technologist
324	2005	Professional Engineer
135	2005	Professional Engineering Technologist
324	2006	Professional Engineer
212	2006	Professional Engineering Technologist
342	2007	Professional Engineer
162	2007	Professional Engineering Technologist
422	2008	Professional Engineer
313	2008	Professional Engineering Technologist
416	2009	Professional Engineer
304	2009	Professional Engineering Technologist
473	2010	Professional Engineer
301	2010	Professional Engineering Technologist
529	2011	Professional Engineer
372	2011	Professional Engineering Technologist
662	2012	Professional Engineer
436	2012	Professional Engineering Technologist
775	2013	Professional Engineer
420	2013	Professional Engineering Technologist
548	2014	Professional Engineer
410	2014	Professional Engineering Technologist
516	2015	Professional Engineer
398	2015	Professional Engineering Technologist
932	2016	Professional Engineer
346	2016	Professional Engineering Technologist
466	2017	Professional Engineer
271	2017	Professional Engineering Technologist
882	2018	Professional Engineering Technologist
586	2019	Professional Engineering Technologist

(3) There are no registration requirements for practising as an Engineer. ECSA is only required to keep a record of Registered Persons. Section 18(2) of the Engineering Profession Act, (Act No. 46 of 2000) (the EPA) prohibits by criminal sanction a person from practising in a category without being registered in that category. Section 26 (4) of the EPA allows an unregistered person to “perform identified engineering work in the service of or by order of and under the direction, control, supervision of or in association with a registered person entitled to perform the identified work and who must assume responsibility for any work so performed.’’ The legislation distinguishes between a person practising and a person performing work under the auspices or in association with a registered person. The ideal situation is that all practitioners should be registered to ensure continuous professional development (CPD) and adherence to the code of professional conduct.

(4) Currently we cannot provide figures for State-owned entities. Nevertheless, we can provide figures for the public works sector as outlined below. The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has established the Professional Services Branch, which is mandated to manage technical capacity building programmes that are regarded as key enablers towards creating a pool of technical skills to build a reliable supply of professionals and skilled workers, which will address the gap that currently in the built environment for the State.

The Branch focuses on the following key objectives:

(i) To develop a plan to restore the Skills Pipeline in the Built Environment Sector targeting identified areas of skills shortages within the State;

(ii) Professionalisation of the Built Environment (including Construction and Property Management);

(iii) Building State technical capacity focusing on the built environment and infrastructure

The branch has started to operationalize by piloting a programme through the provincial Public Works departments. The intention is to upscale the programme to cover all organs of State responsible for infrastructure delivery. To this end, the Public Works Capacity Building Forum was established to identify the root causes of capacity constraints and develop capacity building strategies customized for the Public Works Family.

The figures for professionals are currently employed in in the Public Works Sector are as follows:

PUBLIC WORKS SECTOR BASELINE INFORMATION
Candidates	731
Professionals	563
Unregistered	314
Total	1608

Please refer to Annexure 1 for more details on the technical skills areas which these individuals are qualified in, disaggregated into the various provincial departments where they are employed.

Reply:

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

Thank you

Reply:

1. For 1 (a) and (b) for Western Cape (updated 14 September 2019), please refer to Table 1 below:

The Western Cape does not appoint their Forensic Pathologists to the mortuaries, as they (outside of the Metro) are a resource that provides services across a geographic area. In the Metro they are linked to the two Departments of Forensic Medicine (University of Stellenbosch & University of Cape Town) and they also have academic responsibilities. Registrars are excluded, as they are not qualified pathologists. This also supports the deployment of pathologists beyond their specific area when they have service pressures elsewhere or during major incident response. In the rural areas either the doctors travel or the case travels to the doctor.

Please refer to the table overleaf.

Table 1: Western Cape
Facility / Area	FPS Facilities supported	Title / Portfolio	Number	Comment
Cape Town Metro East /US	Metro East / Tygerberg FPL	Head of Department	1	Not only service delivery responsibilities. The HOD should not be counted towards service delivery due to the nature of their responsibilities
		Head Clinical Unit	1
		Pathologists	3
Sub Total			5
Cape Town Metro West / UCT	Metro West / Salt River	Head of Department	1	Not only service delivery responsibilities The HOD should not be counted towards service delivery due to the nature of their responsibilities
		Head Clinical Unit	1
		Pathologists	5
Sub Total			7
West Coat / Winelands	Paarl, Malmesbury, Vredenburg, Vredendal	Head Clinical Unit	1	Doctor travel or case travel
		Pathologist	1
Sub Total			2
Winelands / Overberg	Worcester, Hermanus, Ceres; Swellendam	Head Clinical Unit	1	Doctor travel or case travel
		Pathologist	1
Sub Total			2
Garden Route / Central Karoo	George, Knysna, Mossel Bay, Riversdale, Oudtshoorn, Laingsburg, Beaufort West	Head Clinical Unit	1	Doctor travel or case travel
		Pathologist	1
Sub Total			2
Total with HODs			18
Total without HODs			16

For 1 (a) and (b) for Mpumalanga (updated 30 June 2019), please refer to Table 2 below:

Table 2: Mpumalanga
Mortuary	No of Pathologists
Themba	1
Mapulaneng	0
Tonga	0
Tintswalo	0
Barberton	0
Lydenburg	0
Kwamhlanga	0
Middelburg	0
Witbank	1
Belfast	0
Delmas	0
Mmamethlake	0
Ermelo	1
Evander	0
Piet Retief	0
Embhuleni	0
Carolina	0
Standerton	0
Volksrust	0
Balfour	0
Bethal	0
Total	3

For 1 (a) and (b) for North West (updated 30 June 2019), please refer to Table 3 below:

Table 3: North West
Name of Mortuary	No of pathologists
Klerksdorp	0
Potchefstroom	1
Lichtenburg	0
Mahikeng	0
Phokeng	1
Brits	0
Vryburg	0
Total	2

For 1 (a) and (b) for Eastern Cape (updated 16 September 2019), please refer to Table 4 below:

 

Table 4: Eastern Cape
Name of Mortuary:	No of Pathologists
Mdantsane	0
Woodbrook	0
Bisho	0
Butterworth	0
Pe Region	0
Gelvandale	0
Uitenhage	0
Mount Road	1
New Brighton	0
Grahamstown	0
Graaff Reinet	0
Mthatha	0
Lusikisiki	0
Mt Frere	0
Mt Fletcher	0
Bizana	0
Aliwal North	0
Queenstown	0
Regional	1
Total	2

For 1 (a) and (b) for Free State (updated 16 September 2019), please refer to Table 5 below:

Table 5: Free State
Name of Mortuary	No of Pathologists
Botshabelo	0
Bloemfontein	4
Smithfield	0
Jagersfontein	0
Bethlehem	0
Phuthaditjhaba	0
Harrismith	0
Ficksburg	0
Sasolburg	0
Kroonstad	0
Welkom	1
Total	5

For 1 (a) and (b) for Gauteng (updated 16 September 2019), please refer to Table 6 below:

Table 6: Gauteng
Name of Mortuary	No of Pathologists
Pretoria	4
Ga-Rankuwa	2
Bronkhorstspruit	0
Diepkloof	2
Sebokeng	0
Johannesburg	6
Springs	0
Germiston	2
Heidelberg	0
Roodepoort	1
Total	17

(a) and (b) for Kwa-Zulu Natal (updated 16 September 2019), please refer to Table 7 below:

Table 7: Kwa-Zulu Natal
Name of Mortuary	No of Pathologists
Gale Street	2
Phoenix	2
Pinetown	1
Park Rynie	0
Port Shepstone	0
Harding	0
KwaDukuza	0
Pietermaritzburg	0
New Hanover	0
Howick	0
Richmond	0
Mooi River	0
Ladysmith	0
Estcourt	0
Bergville	0
Dundee	0
Nqutu	0
Tugela Ferry	0
Greytown	0
Newcastle	0
Madadeni	0
Utrecht	0
Dannhauser	0
Kokstad	0
Ixopo	0
Umzimkulu	0
Bulwer	0
Ulundi	0
Nongoma	0
Paulpietersburg	0
Vryheid	0
Pongola	0
Mtubatuba	0
Mkhuze	0
Mosvold	0
Mseleni	0
Manguzi	0
Richards Bay	1
Eshowe	0
Nkandla	0
TOTALS	6

For 1 (a) and (b) for Northern Cape (updated 16 September 2019), please refer to Table 8 below:

Table 8 Northern Cape
Name of Mortuary	No of Pathologists
Kimberley	1
Upington	0
Kuruman	0
De Aar	0
Sprongbok	0
Calvina	0
Total	1

For 1 (a) and (b) for Limpopo (updated 22 February 2018), please refer to Table 9 below:

Table 9: Limpopo
Name of Mortuary:	No of Pathologists
Lebowakgomo	0
ST. Ritas	0
Groblersdal	0
Mokopane	1
Bela-Bela	1
Letaba	0
Kgapane	0
Nkhensani	0
Maphutha-Malatji	0
Elim	0
Tshilidzini	0
TOTAL	2

(2) (a) A special HPCSA Board meeting was held in March 2019 and the Board resolved to:

“a. To rescind the resolution taken in October 2018 to approve the revised Regulations relating to registration Forensic Pathology Officers which had provided for five (5) categories / designations.

b. The Regulations relating to the registration of Forensic Pathology Officers as amended during the meeting be approved.”

It was concluded that the Regulations relating to the registration of Forensic Pathology Officers approved on 27 March 2019 and the response to public comments would be submitted to the Department of Health for final promulgation once the Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation has issued the socio-economic impact certificate.

(b) No forensic pathology officers have been registered to date.

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1. The primary reasons why the Republic has a shortage of doctors and nurses is the fact that the Public Health Sector budget has not been increasing in real terms for the past ten years, impacting on the number of staff that can be appointed. Furthermore, the demand for health services in the country is increasing while there is no additional funding to address the change, which results primarily from immigration into the Country and the increasing burden of disease.

The shortage of health professionals is a global phenomenon and is more pronounced in low and middle income countries as health workers are more likely to migrate to upper middle income countries in search of better living and working conditions.

(2) I am not aware of any nurses being in trained in Cuba under the auspices of the Nelson Mandela/Fidel Castro Medical Collaboration except for the training of medical doctors. The aim of training doctors in Cuba are multifold:

(a) It is to expose medical doctors to a preventative approach to health care which is the cornerstone of the Public Health System in Cuba Health Care provision initiatives focus on community needs assessments and health indicators. The health care system is divided into three levels, namely primary, secondary and tertiary, but implemented differently from the South African setting.

(i) The primary care level focuses on providing health promotion and protection, along with the resolution of the minor health issues that account for an estimated 80% of total health concerns of Cuba. Clinics, Community Health Centres and patients’ homes are key sites that provide primary level care;

(ii) Secondary care level is focusing on 15% of health problems that result in patient hospitalisation; and

(iii) Tertiary care focuses on the remaining 5% of health problems, particularly where illness has resulted in severe complications. Such illnesses are handled in specialised hospitals and institutes throughout the country.

(b) The Cuban Public Health System is thus a model that we want to learn from, and apply in our health care system as we reorient the Health System towards Primary Health Care, to prevent diseases, promote health and reduce the number of patients that are admitted to hospitals. Our Medical Schools still focus on a curative and hospicentric health care system, with limited focus on Primary Health Care, which is also evident in their Curriculum;

(c) By training medical students in Cuba, we also want to produce a new cadre of a medical doctor who understands prevention, and how to tailor health services to specific community needs;

(d) Another reason for training medical students in Cuba is to give an opportunity to students who would not have been admitted to the South African medical schools because of their socio-economic conditions, in particular those from poor rural communities.

(3) Yes I will make a statement on this matter.

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