Questions and Replies

Reply:

The Honourable Member will recall that I responded to this question in September of 2019. It was question No: 84. The status is still the same.

Reply:

The Honourable Member will recall that I responded to this question in September of 2019. It was question No: 85. The status is still the same.

Reply:

1. There is a direct correlation between broadcast coverage and commercial funding of sports codes from the private sector. Without broadcasting hours sports codes have no or little chance to become financially self-sufficient. Financial sustainability required for the survival and development of sporting codes is to a large extent a function of broadcasting coverage. The Department has an on annual basis had discussions with the public Broadcaster and the Pay TV broadcaster to negotiate the coverage of a basket of sport events. On a yearly basis Sport and Recreation SA identifies a code of Sport that is the Federation of the Year. Additional resources are provided to those codes in profiling and growing the sport towards professionalisation. Television broadcast is also negotiated on behalf of those codes. Sport and Recreation SA played a leading role in ensuring that all matches in the Netball Premier League which was initiated in 2013 was televised live with repeated broadcasts every year since inception. The live broadcast of matches in the Premier Hockey League which caters for both men and women. The inaugural Open Boxing League catering for both men and women was televised.

The broadcast of sports events is regulated by the Sports Broadcast Service Regulations. In December 2018, The Independent Communications Authority (ICASA) published the draft Broadcast Services Regulations to amend Broadcast Services Regulations of 2010.

In order to ensure a long-term sustainable broadcast solution regarding sport broadcast rights, ICASA in consultation with Department of Communications and Digital Technologies conducted public hearings so that it can undertake amendments to the Sports Broadcast Service Regulations of 2010 and concluded the public hearings process in May 2019.

As provided by the Act, ICASA will communicate with the two Ministries Sports, Arts and Culture and Communications and Digital Technologies prior to publishing the final regulations, giving the Minister an opportunity to make recommendations.

2(a) The funds that the Department transfers to SAFA are meant primarily for Women’s Football with a portion for Schools Football.

(b) The Department has made special additional allocation to SAFA for the National Women’s League.

(c) In terms of rugby the funds allocated to South African Rugby are specifically meant primarily for Women’s Rugby and the Get into Rugby programme which targets development of Women’s Rugby.

(3) Yes, The funds referred to in question 2 above are used by SAFA and South African Rugby for National Women’s Tournaments.

(4) The National Federations implement the development programme targeting (a) referees (b) players and (c) administrators utilizing the financial support provided by the Department.

(a) This is in line with the National Sport and Recreation Plan which places the responsibility of developing referees, players and administrators on Federations and that of providing an enabling environment and support on the Department.

(b) Within the conditional grant provision is made for building the capacity of people delivering the school sport programme, club development programme, community sport and active recreation and academies. The allocation includes the development of (a) referees (b) players (c) administrators and coaches

(5)

(a) The Provinces are beneficiaries of the Mass Participation and Sport Development Grant. There is no ringfenced amount for Womens participation in Sport, but in terms of the conditions, programmes must cater for men, women, boys, girls, people with disabilities and on rural areas.

(b) In the 5 years up to 2018, 51% of participants in the National School Sport championships were girls. Other programmes like the youth Camps, Golden Games, National Recreation Day have catered for more women and girls than men.

Reply:

(1) Yes, the National Department of Human Settlements (NDHS) has a Social Housing and Community Residential Units (CRU) Policy in place. The Social Housing Programme is implemented by the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA). The CRU programme is implemented by Provinces. Over and above, the NDHS provides grant funding to provinces for the redevelopment and renovations of hostels.

(2) The Ekurhuleni Housing Company is a Municipal Owned Entity mandated with the management of the rental stock/property on behalf of the City of Ekurhuleni. The Ekurhuleni Housing Company's rental stock is managed under the auspices of the Social Housing Act, specifically targeted at individuals and households who meet the Social Housing criteria. Prospective tenants are subjected to a rigorous application process to select the right qualifying beneficiaries before approval of the application.

(3) The provision of security, cleaning and maintenance services fall within the mandate of the municipalities that own the rental properties. Where a Municipality has appointed an agent to manage the rental property on its behalf, the agent will take responsibility for the provision of secured and decent living conditions to tenants.

 

 

Reply:

The Department of Human Settlements has identified 167 well located public land parcels measuring approximately 14 105.1040 hectares. These are held under the custodianship of the National Department of Public Works and Infrastructure and would be appropriate for human settlements development purposes. The proposal for the release of the land parcels is under consideration by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Land Reform.

Reply:

The Honourable Member will recall that I responded to this question in September of 2019. It was question No: 69. The status is still the same.

Reply:

The National Housing assistance programme (Housing Code, 2009) sets the underlying policy principles, guidelines and norms and standards for various key housing delivery programmes to deal with the housing backlog. These housing programmes include the following:

• 1. Integrated Residential Development Programme;
  2. Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme;
  3. Social Housing and Community Residential Unit Programme;
  4. Finance Linked Subsidy Programme (FLISP), and
  5. Rural Housing Programme.

These housing programmes are funded through various Grants that are either transferred to the Provincial Departments of Human Settlements, Metropolitan Municipalities or some Human Settlements Entities, in particular the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA) and the National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC). Provinces receive the Human Settlements Development Grant (HSDG), the Metropolitan Municipalities receive the Urban Settlements Development Grant, and the SHRA receives the Consolidated Capital Grant, while the NHFC receives funding for the Finance Linked Individual Subsidy.

As indicated in the table below, an amount of R18 779 815 000 will be transferred to Provinces in the 2019/20 financial year.

Human Settlements Development Grant
Provinces	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
R`000	Total Allocation by province	Total Allocation by province	Total Allocation by province
EASTERN CAPE	1 960 278 000	1 634 932 000	1 631 302 000
FREE STATE	1 093 166 000	917 011 000	908 030 000
GAUTENG	5 164 409 000	4 319 346 000	4 293 873 000
KWAZULU-NATAL	3 485 407 000	3 100 921 000	2 694 924 000
LIMPOPO	1 301 677 000	1 098 807 000	1 079 035 000
MPUMALANGA	1 296 059 000	1 091 658 000	1 075 145 000
NORTHERN CAPE	470 262 000	403 061 000	387 887 000
NORTH WEST	1 934 947 000	1 641 426 000	1 601 428 000
WESTERN CAPE	2 073 610 000	1 729 455 000	1 725 616 000
Total	18 779 815 000	15 936 617 000	15 397 240 000

The HSDG budget allocation for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 financial years is R15.9 billion and R15.3 billion respectively. The Department will require much more than it is allocated per annum to make a significant impact on the housing backlog.

The R18 779 815 000 billion for 2019/20 will yield over 140 000 new housing opportunities (units and sites), including development planning, supplementary cost for bulk infrastructure in non-metropolitan areas and other related costs such as NHBRC enrolments.

Province	Sites	Units	Total Target
Eastern Cape	4 699	9 395	14 094
Free State	5 617	4 785	10 402
Gauteng	10 682	21 718	32 400
KwaZulu Natal	9 101	16 791	25 892
Limpopo	5 354	5 911	11 265
Mpumalanga	5 000	6 132	11 132
Northern Cape	830	1 226	2 056
North West	7 396	9 685	17 081
Western Cape	6 486	9 723	16 209
SA total	55 165	85 366	140 531
Source: Approved 2019/20 HSDG Business Plans

Furthermore, as indicated on the table below, an amount of R12 045 386 000 billion will be transferred to Metropolitan municipalities in the 2019/20 financial period through the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG). This amount is utilised as integrated top-up funding for infrastructure for municipal services and upgrades to urban informal settlements in the eight metropolitan municipalities.

URBAN SETTLEMENTS DEVELOPMENT GRANT
Municipality	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
Buffalo City	R817 423 000	R655 735 000	R632 538 000
City of Cape Town	Rl 572 724 000	Rl 276 068 000	Rl 230 926 000
City of Ekurhuleni	R2 092 514 000	Rl 694 564 000	Rl 634 616 000
City of Johannesburg	Rl 968 023 000	Rl 591 883 000	Rl 535 569 000
City of Tshwane	Rl 711013 000	Rl 379 901 000	Rl 331 086 000
eThekwini	R2 094 441 000	Rl 690 379 000	Rl 630 580 000
Mangaung	R813 563 000	R649 912 000	R626 921000
Nelson Mandela Bay	R975 685 000	R778 352 000	R750 817 000
TOTAL	R12 045 386 000	R9 716 794 000	R9 373 053 000

Additionally, the SHRA and NHFC are allocated R723 and R95 million respectively to delivery on rental accommodation and finance linked housing.

	PURPOSE	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
SHRA	Provide for affordable rental accommodation through the Social Rental Housing Programme	R723 706 000	R762 747 000	R804 646000
NHFC	Housing subsidy for first-time home buyers to assist with purchasing a home	R95 000 000	R334 250 000	R480 000000

Reply:

DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND ADVERTISING EXPENDITURE

(1) &(2)(i)(ii). The table below, respond to the question on advertising done by my department, it should ne

(2) further noted that my department has not done any outdoor advertising in the said financial years

2016 - 2017

Media Type	Supplier	Ownership	Cost
	Ulutsha Communication	Black-owned	R 497, 040.00
	Sagittarius Communication	Black-owned	R 244, 427,00
	Hatchery Communication	BEE level 3	R 439 377.00
	Communication Firm	Black-owned	R 8 506 226.85
	Mashemong Communication	Black-owned	R 406 281,80
	GCIS	Government	R 1,096 840.99
Total			R11,190,193.64

2017 - 2018

Media Type	Supplier	Ownership	Cost
Media Buying & Advertising	Ulutsha Communication	Black-owned	R 683, 936.00
	Sagittarius Communication	Black-owned	R 39 100.00
	Sandile Multimedia Technologies	Black-owned	R213 400.00
	Kwa Afrika media	Black-owned	R 137, 500.00
	GCIS	Government	R7 797 658,13
Total			R8 871 594,13

2018 - 2019

Media Typ

Supplier

Ownership

Cost

Media Buying & Advertising	Ulutsha Communication	Black-owned	R 2,431,100.00
	Sagittarius Communication	black-owned	R 390 022,19
	Kwa Afrika media	black-owned	R 1, 019,000.00
	GCIS	Government	R 4 536 443,35
Total			R8 376 565.54

NAME OF ENTITY	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED MEDIA	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Luthuli Museum	Fikozor Business Enterprise	yes	R1 509 000	R 1 376 000	R 2 181 000
	RC Hiring	yes	-	-	-
	Sneriza Business Enterprise	yes	-	-	-
	Zamadela Events	yes	-	-	-
	Sgegede and Themane Manyosi Brothers	yes	-	-	-
	Innovative Concepts	yes	-	-	-
Market Theatre			R4 011 928,41	R2 000 555,43	R 1 474 538,08
SAHRA		Yes	R 67 427.00	R 69 455.00	R 70 064.00

ENTITIES ADVERTISING EXPENDITURE

(1)(ii)

(aa), (bb) and (cc)

State Theatre	Izube alternate Advertising	Yes	R 267 034.00	-	-
	Pallazo Printers	Yes	R 96 670.00	-	-
	Naked Naartjie	Yes	R 232 903	-	-
	Leruo Mpumelelo Media	Yes	R 32 400	-	-
	Azadex PTY Ltd	Yes	R509 840	R 148 519	-
	EN Action Productions	Yes	R 114 260	-	-
	JZ Decaux SA PTY Ltd	Yes	R133 950	-	-
	Spectrum Printers CC	Yes	R673 987,18	R 459 174,23	R 293 700,34
	Madiba Promotions	Yes		R59 451.00	R85 650
	Art Man	Yes		R 97 250	R 50 872
	Shereno Printers CC	yes	R 21 413	R 96 963	R 198 407,59
	Phinot Nostalgic Projects		-	-	R 136 800
	Sisa Collection		-	-	R 42 525
	Dzongeni Projects	Yes	-	-	R32 961
	SABC Radio	Yes	R 498 000	R 285 000	R 316 250
ARTSCAPE			R 1 495 760,79	R 1 310 661,12	R 1 284 555.69
Afrikaans Taal museum	Media 24	Yes	-	-	R 1200.00
	Frantic Digital	Yes	-	-	R35 290.05
	Media 24	Yes	-	R 22 369.64	R 26 887.97
	Radia KC	yes	-	R 2000	R5000
	Frantic Digital	yes	-		R 35 290.05
Freedom Park	Ultimate Recruitment	Yes	R132 210	-	-
	Basadzi	Yes	R 44 924	-	-
	Adreacht/a Fikelela	yes	R282 684	-	-
	Tender Bulletin	yes	R 4 831 00	-	-
	Basadzi	yes	-	R 82 998	-
	Tender Bulletin	yes	-	R 3 500.00	-
	Human Communication	Yes	-	R 11 500.00	-
	Tender Bulletin	yes	-	R 5 272.00	-
National Arts Council		Yes	R 185 897	R218 892	R 360 984
	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
National Heritage Council	Basadzi	Yes	R 44 783.46
	Government printers work	Government	R 2 500.00	-	-
	Independent Newspaper	yes	R 63 735.63	-	-
	Jonti printers	yes	R 8 334.95	-	-
	Government Printing Works	Government	R 500	-	-
	Government Printing work	Government	-	R8000.00	-
	Human Comm	yes	-	R 69 541.73	-
	Independent Newspaper	yes	-	R 30 886.70	-
	Basdazi	yes	-	R 32 719.52	-
	Jonti Tenders	yes	-	R 16 294 .52	-
	Millennium Media		-	-	R 558 140.01
	Government Printing Works	Government	-	-	R 1006.59
	Human Comms		-	-	R 45 406 .31
	Basadzi		-	-	R 23 503.32
	Indepent newspaper		-	-	R127 485.78
	Jonti tenders		-	-	R 12 261.76
PanSALB			R 8987.76	R 1000.00	R 317 444.40
			R 20 629.44	R 29 315.33
			R45 297.90	R 621 000.00
				R 496 840.50
				R 32 970.30
				R 230 614.02
Robben Island Museum	Basadzi	Yes	R 66 881.57
	Human Communications	NO	R 212 736.67	-	-
	Kone Staffing Solution	yes	R 29 554.78	-	-
	Basadzi	Yes	-	R 167 919.80
	Human Communications	yes	-	R 195 106.33	-
	Kone Staffing Solution	yes	-	R 66 469.75	-
	Basadzi		-	-	R 257 314.50
	Human Communications		-	-	R 214 494.77
	Kone Staffing Solution		-	-	R 69 258.44
	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
William Humphreys Art Gallery	Independent Newspaper		R 3 051.35	-	-
	Discount Travellers		R 1 640.00		-
	Independent Newspaper	-	-	R 7 269.76	-
	Media 24	-	-	R 3 886.24	-
	Reflecto signs	-	-	R10 710.30	-
	Find it Kimberley	-	-	-	R 2 298.85
	Media 24	-	-	-	R 28 000.00
	Independent Newspapers	-	-	-	R13 923.68
	Siyafika Communications	-	-	-	R 46 294.00
Ditsong Museums of SA			R 248 639	-	-
			R 443 597	-	-
			R 990 472	-	-
	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
War Museum of the Boer Republic	SPM Brochures	No	R 4 995.00	R 4 9995.00	R 4 995.00
	Media 24	No		R 3 716 86	R 2 081.27
	Government Printing Works	Government	R500.00
Msunduzi Museum		Yes	R44 947.41	R 28 641	R 134 710
Nelson Mandela Museum	Sawubona	SAA	R 20 00.00	-	R 20 000.00
	Explore Magazine	Yes	R23 950.00	-	-
	Mzansi Travel magazine	Yes	R 27 950.00	-	-
	Eastern Cape Coast		R 15 000.00	R 15 000.00	R 15 000.00
	Sky Ways	SA Express	-	-	-
	Equinox Magazine	Tsogo Sun	-	R39 950.00	R 39 950.00
	African Safari	-		R 26 000.00
	Daily Dispatch	-		R 30 000.00	R32 000.00
	SABC Umhlobo wenene	Government	-	-	280 000.00
	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
National Film Video Foundation	Basazdi Government Printing Works	yes Government	R 44 783.46 R 2 500.00	-	-
	Independent Newspaper	yes	R63 735.63	-	-
	Jonti Printers	yes	R 8 334.95	-	-
	Government Printers Works	Government	R 500.00	-	-
	Government Printing Works	Government	-	R 8000.00	-
	Human Comm	Yes	-	R 69 541.73	-
	Independent Newspaper	Yes	-	R 30 886.70	-
	Basadzi	Yes	-	R 32 719.75	-
	Jonti Tenders	yes	-	R 16 294.52	-
	Millennium Media		-		R 58 140.01
	Government Printing works	Government	-	-	R 1006.59
	Human Comms	yes	-	-	R 25 503.32
	Basadzi	yes	-	-	R 7 090.19
	Independent Newspaper	yes	-	-	R127 485.78
	Jonti Tenders	yes	-	-	R12 261.76
	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
KwaZulu Natal Museum	Media 24		R 45 109	-	-
	Government Printing Works		R 2 250	-	-
	Sign Centre		R 18 810	-	-
	Albert Fall		R 5 200	-	-
	Capital Newspaper		R 2 981	-	-
	DR’s TV Adverts		R 7 125	-	-
	Happy Earth		R 1 500	-	-
	Logo Graphics		R 4 104	-	-
	MUM’s Mail		R 29 422	-	-
	Weslam Agencies		R 14 649	-	-
	Media 24		-	R 50 568	-
	Government Printing Works		-	R27 930	-
	Sign Centre		-	R 27 930	-
	Albert Falls		-	R5 600	-
	Capital Newspaper		-	R20 570	-
	DR’s TV Adverts		-	R 7 410	-
	YO Entertainment		-	R 2 500	-
	MUM’S Mail		-	R5 700	-
	Logo Graphics		-	R16 644	-
	On Time Embroidery		-	R 57 779	-
	City Printing Works		-	R 9 988	-
	Project Gateway		-	R 20 000	-
	Media 24		-	-	R 31 940
	Facebook		-	-	R 6 681
	City printing Works		-	-	R 6 681
	Project Gateway		-	-	R 20 000
	Happy Earth		-	-	R1 500
	Mum’ Earth		-	-	R 19 906
	City Printing Works		-	-	R 19 688
	Black Snowflake		-	-	R 10 000
	Braby’s		-	-	R 16 168
	Logo Graphics		-	-	R 30 581
	Maritzburg College		-	-	R6 950
	Jum Design’s		-	-	R 4 140
	Portfolio Media		-	-	R 9 775
	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
National Library of South Africa	Basadzi Personnel CC		R 27 063.99	-	-
	Government Printing Works		R 7 379.91	-	-
	Human Communications		R 8 244.78	-	-
	PNET PTY LTD		R 21 086.58	-	-
	Career Junction		R 1 700.00	-	-
	PIXODEL Design Studio		R 6 500.00	-	-
	Brand Inn Printing		R 13 350	-	-
	MINI Print		R1 407.90	-	-
	Thabile Print		R 24 795	-	-
	Blackpage Marketing		R 17 450	-	-
	ABUJONES projects		R 8 909 .37	-	-
	Newsclip Media DEC-IN 0000104594	Non-compliant contributor	R 9 204.97	-	-
	Lemon and Soda 1st Edition		R 6 315.60	-	-
	Harry’s Printers		R 4 277.50	-	-
	Government Printing Works		-	R 5 750
	Career Junction		-	R 15 903
	LED Cool PTY LTD		-	R 3 600
	Newsclip Media Monitoring		-	R 21 518.02
	Deep Design and Marketing		-	R 4 050
	Blackpage Marketing		-	R 39 750
	Thabile Print		-	R 8 208
	Elle Promotions		-	R 27 588
	Minit Print Holdings		-	R 2 780.46
	BIG O Trading 787		-	R 4 332.00
	Novus Group		-	-	R 9 444.96
	News clip Media		-	-	R 96 654.46
	Government Printing Works		-	-	R 1 261.00
	Led Cool Pty Ltd		-	-	R 6 800
	Elle Promotions		-	-	R 23 115
	ARMANI Office Supplies		-	-	R19 973.93
	NAME OF THE COMPANY	BLACK OWNED MEDIA	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Playhouse Company		Yes	R 308 940.00	65 202.79	-
	Government owned (SABC)		R79 942.50	R256 081.05	-
Iziko Museums	City Life Newspaper	no	R64 013.43	R37 115.67	R118 507.85
	Astronomical Society	no	R 2 500.00
	Face book Standard Bank	no	R951.60	R70.13
	Google-Standard	no	785.38	-
	Government Printers	State owned	R 1 750.01	R 3 000.00
	Heart 104.9	Radio	R3 266.21
	Independent Newspaper	No	R 41 708.08	R38 102.31
	Media 24	No	R36 776.40
	Telkom SA	State owned	R19 039.14	R 62 700.00
	Times Media	No	8 280.96
	Hunter House	No		R19 380.00
	Place Myad			R 11 461.11
	Radio Pulpit	Radio		R10 025.00
	SABC Good Hope	Radio		R 62 700.00
	Tiso Blackstar Group			R 21 511.80
	Twitter Standard Bank			R 1 717.70
	Voice of the Cape			R 4 560. 00

(2)(b) (i) (ii) and (c)

NAME OF ENTITY	BLACK OWNED	OUTDOOR ADVERTISING	MEDIA COMPANY	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Market Theatre	Yes	Yes AD Outpost	-	R 67 716	-	-
		Adreach	-	R 28 306,43	-	-
State Theatre	Yes	Continental Outdoor	-	R 247 950	R 19 950
ARTSCAPE	yes		-	R 523 605	R 405 581,91	R 345 702.80
Afrikaans Taalmuseum	yes	Budget Barners	-	R 484.50	-	-
	yes	Smart Digital Media	-	R 1834	-	-
	yes	Frantic Digital	-	R 35 290.05	-	R 35 290.05
Freedom Park	yes	Adreacht/a Fikelela	-	R282 684	-	-
		Adreach t/a Fikelela	-	-	R 348 348	-
		Adreach t/a Fikelela	-	-	-	R351 555
NAC	yes	-	Whoodoo Media and Advertising	R 109 291	R190 733	R260 371
	yes	-	Busi Ntuli Communications	-	-	R99 502
	BLACK OWNED	OUTDOOR ADVERTISING	MEDIA COMPANY	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
National Heritage Council		No	Media 24	R 71 592.00	-	-
		No	Times Media	R 91 262.70	-	-
		Government printers	Government Printing Works	R 1 250.00	R500.00	-
		yes	Lombe Holdings	-	R346 850	-
		yes	NN Concepts		R 91 902
PANsalb		no	Media 24	R 8 987.76	R 496 840.50	R317 444.40
		Yes	Tiso Black Star	R 65 927.34	R 262 984.32	-
			Independent Newspaper	-	R 650 315.33	-
		Government	Government Printing Works	-	R 1000.00	-
	BLACK OWNED	OUTDOOR ADVERTISING	MEDIA COMPANY	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
National Museum			Media 24	-	R 16 364.70	-
			SA art Times	-	R27 500	-
			Xasha Publishing	-	R 1 653.00	-
			Moja Media	-	R11 491.20	-
			Highburry Media	-	R14 250.00	-
			Moja Media	-	R 11 250.00	-
			Highburry Media	-	R14 250.00	-
			BVSA Advertising	-	R 3 650	-
			SunMedia	-	R 768.00	-
			Government Printing Work	-	R 2250.00	-
			Media 24	-	R 28 080.85	-
			Tiiso Blackstar Group	-	R52 240.00	-
			The Citizen	-	R 13 200.30	-
			Independent News Paper	-	R 26 174.40	-
	BLACK OWNED	OUTDOOR ADVERTISING	MEDIA COMPANY	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Ditsong Museums of SA		Yes				R 243 727.20
WAR Museums of the Boer Republic		SPM Brochures
		Media 24			R 3 716.86	R 2 081.27
		Government Printing Works		R 4 995.00	R4 995.00	R 4 995.00
	BLACK OWNED	OUTDOOR ADVERTISING	MEDIA COMPANY	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Playhouse Company	Yes			R273 47.60
			Yes	R 213 459.80
			yes	R468 873.30	R 611 454.64
Iziko Museums		C K Outdoor Advertising	Yes	-	-	R20 700.00

Reply:

Since the process of merger of the two departments is at an advance stage, the available vacancies will only be clear once the process of realignment is complete.

Reply:

1. (a) (b) (i) ( ii)

Province	(a)	(i) Closure	(ii) Merger
Eastern Cape	1 813	761	1 052
Free State	No info
Gauteng	9	3	6
Kwazulu-Natal	731	0	731
Limpopo	416	133	283
Mpumalanga	10	0	10
Northern Cape	No info
North West	Rationalisation put on hold
Western Cape	25	8	17

Source: PED Provided

1 (c) (i) (ii) and (d) for responses see attached Annexure A1 and A2

2. (a) (b) (i) (ii)

Province	(a)	(b)(i) Closure	(ii) Merger
Eastern Cape	133	54	79
Free State	No info
Gauteng	1	1
Kwazulu-Natal	348		348
Limpopo	124	21	103
Mpumalanga	0
Northern Cape	No info
North West	Rationalisation put on hold
Western Cape	0

Source: PED Provided

2. (c) (i) (ii) (d) for responses to see attached Annexure B1 and B2

Reply:

The South African Schools Act (SASA) demands that school governing bodies should hold meetings. These meetings are held according to the needs and requirements of each school and therefore the date is randomly selected in each school.

The question posed by the honourable member requires detailed information that Provincial Education Departments are best placed to provide. The Honourable member is advised to direct the question to the Provincial Education Department.

Reply:

(a)(b)(c)

Table 1 below shows that about 1 126 and 5 790 public schools use only Afrikaans and English, respectively, as their language of learning and teaching, while 1 112 school use both Afrikaans and English.

Please note that single medium school is defined as “a school that offers only one medium of instruction in every grade of the school.

The term "dual medium of instruction" refers to the employment of two languages as media of instruction, wherein a teacher switches from one medium of instruction to another during a lesson on a 50:50 percent basis. In this instance, the teacher repeats the instruction in another language.

For a school to be classified as dual medium school, all learners of that school should be receiving the tuition through dual medium of instruction. Such information is not collected from schools as it is very difficult to collect.

The Department does however collect information on parallel medium schools. It defines a parallel medium school as one that offers more than one medium of instruction in all grades of the school.

Table 1: Number of public schools by, language of learning and teaching and province

Province	Afrikaans Single-Medium Schools	English Single-Medium Schools	English\Afrikaans parallel medium Schools
Ec	149	890	141
FS	56	217	90
GT	113	563	188
KZ	7	1 367	45
LP	15	1 406	39
MP	18	541	60
NC	158	61	121
NW	44	371	43
WC	566	374	385
Total	1 126	5 790	1 112

Source: LURITS

The underlying principle of the Language in Education Policy is to maintain the use of Home language as the LOLT, hence, there are schools using English and other African languages as LOLT. Majority of primary schools use English and home language as their LOLT especially in the foundation phase. The question requires schools that offers only English and Afrikaans.

Reply:

1 (a) (b) The Gauteng Department of Education has plans to eradicate all schools built out of inappropriate materials as mandated by the Regulations Relating to Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure, Government Gazette Number 37081 of 2013. Both these schools have been identified as schools built entirely out of asbestos and are part of the replacement programme. Both these schools are in the Estimates of Capital Expenditure (ECE) for the 2020/21 MTEF period.

The table below indicates the relevant details of the projects.

No	Project Number	Project name	Scope of Works	Project Status	Indicative / Estimated Budget	Anticipated Start Date
1	GDE/700270025/N&R/2018/1	Randfontein Secondary School	Construction of a Brick and Mortar Replacement Secondary School	Design	R80 000 000	2020/21 MTEF Period
2	GDE/700270033/N&R/2018/1	Toekomsrus Primary School	Construction of a Brick and Mortar Replacement Primary School	Design	R70 000 000	2020/21 MTEF Period

(2) The Department of Labour provides reports and prohibition notices on educational facilities as and when they conduct inspections and they find the facilities to be not compliant. The Department is not aware of any specific reports issued by the Department of Labour on the two schools.

Reply:

(1) and (2)

The Gauteng Province has no schools with inappropriate sanitation (pit latrines).

Reply:

(1) With reference to the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Delivery Initiative programme,

(a) (i) Number of inappropriate school completed in 2014-15 is 59

(ii) Number of inappropriate school completed in 2015-16 is 52

(iii) Number of inappropriate school completed in 2016-17 is 16

(iv) Number of inappropriate school completed in 2017-18 is 14; and

(v) Number of inappropriate school completed in 2018-19 is 21.

(b) The attached table is a list of completed schools including their the names per province,

(c) the attached table also includes the construction cost for each specified school. The cumulative total is R5,7 Billion

(d) The implementing agents (IA) are also indicted in the attached table. The IA’s are Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), the Independent Development Trust (IDT), the Coega Development Corporation (CDC), the National Department of Public Works (NDPW), the Eastern Cape Provincial Public Works (DPW);

(2) Each school was constructed under the JBCC building contract. Each school was managed according to the said contract. Adjudicated extensions of time were approved where they applied and requisite penalties were levied where applicable.

 

Reply:

1. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) continuously conducts monitoring on the implementation of the National School Safety Framework (NSSF) in order to gauge whether schools are complying with the minimum requirements for school safety. Support is also afforded to all provinces in the form of NSSF training as a means to assist schools to establish functional School Safety Committees, conduct school safety audits and develop school safety plans.

2. Please see below statistics on the number of school safety committees established in response to (a) (b) (i) and (ii):

Province	Functional School Safety Committees Established
Eastern Cape	3 120
Free State	1 346
Gauteng	1 860
KwaZulu-Natal	5 607
Limpopo	3 592
Mpumalanga	1 488
Northern Cape	564
North West	1 284
Western Cape	1 163
TOTAL	20 024

Reply:

a) (i) (ii) The implementation of the Technical Vocational Stream commenced in January 2015. 1 660 teachers and Subject Advisors were trained on Technical Subjects Specialisations, 203 in Technical Sciences, and 228 in Technical Mathematics in preparation for the implementation at Grade 10 in 2016.

(iii) In 2016,1 647 Grade 11 Teachers and subject advisors for Technical specialisation subjects.345 trained in Technical Mathematics and Technical Sciences in preparation for implementation at Grade 11 in 2017.

(iv) (v) In 2017,1229 Grade 12 Teachers and subject advisors for Technical subjects specialisations,195 in Technical Mathematics and 206 in Technical Sciences were trained in preparation for implementation at Grade 12 in 2018.

(b) See attached document

Reply:

a) The Department of Basic Education (DBE) participates in the National Committee for School Social Work Education and Practice (NACOSSWEP) which brings together universities, Government Departments and the Council for Social Services Professions (SACSSP) to declare school social work as a specialisation recognised by the SACSSP. In 2019, the Board of Social Work at the SACSSP approved the regulations for specialisation in school social work which is yet to be gazetted by the Minister of Social Development. It is anticipated that social workers will begin to specialise in school social work from 2020 or 2021.

b) The Department continues to optimise services through referrals and close collaboration with the Department of Social Development as the employer of social workers. The DBE currently has no budget to employ social workers.

 

QUESTION 853

Compiler:

DR F KUMALO

CHIEF DIRECTOR: CARE AND SUPPORT IN SCHOOLS

DATE:

DR G WHITTLE

DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL: SOCIAL MOBILISATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES

DATE:

MR HM MWELI

DIRECTOR-GENERAL

DATE:

QUESTION 853 APPROVED/ NOT APPROVED/ AMENDED

DR MR MHAULE

DEPUTY MINISTER

DATE:

QUESTION 853 APPROVED/ NOT APPROVED/ AMENDED

MS MA MOTSHEKGA, MP

MINISTER OF BASIC EDUCATION

DATE:

Reply:

1. The Department of Social Development acknowledges the role of Community Caregivers (CCGs) in the provision of comprehensive and quality social service within the home and community. The Department is developing a Policy Framework for Community Caregivers that aims to provide guidance towards the management of Community Caregivers as valued contributors to the broader delivery of comprehensive social development services.

The Policy Framework will provide a guidance for the recruitment and management of Community Caregivers; create an enabling environment by promoting fairness, transparency and recognition of Community Caregivers; clarify their roles, rights and responsibilities; and, strengthen partnerships between government, civil society and communities

2. The Department funds Non Profit Organisations (NPOs) that employ Community Caregivers to render services through the Home and Community Based Care programme (HCBC), which is one of the programmes participating in the Social Sector Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). The programme focuses on creating work opportunities for Community Caregivers by ensuring that they receive monthly stipends, and receive accredited training that improves their skills and chances of getting permanent or productive jobs. Their stipends are based on the EPWP Ministerial Determination, which is reviewed on an annual basis.

3. The Department has developed the following three Skills Development Programmes for Community Caregivers:-

(i) Psychosocial Wellbeing Skills Development Programme which focuses on their psychosocial wellbeing.

(ii) Child Protection Skills Development Programme, to increase their understanding of child protection issues.

(iii) Supportive Supervision Skills Development Programme.

4. The Department, in collaboration with Health and Welfare SETA (HWSETA) and Quality Council for Trade and Occupations (QCTO) is developing a part qualification for Community Caregivers, i.e. developing a qualification on NQF level 2, with modules taken from NQF level 5, to accommodate those without qualifications. This initiative will chart a career path for CCGs as a cadre of the social service workforce through the formalisation of their training in order to improve the quality of services they provide in communities. Achieving formal recognition and career pathing for CCGs as a cadre of the service workforce will put them in good stead to access better opportunities in the job market.

Reply:

(a) The Department of Social Development (DSD) is currently rolling out Siyalulama Outreach Programme in provinces. The programme aims at providing people living in substance abuse hot spot areas with services. DSD implements this programme in partnership with other Government Departments and Community Based Organisations based on their availability and the issue being addressed. Professionals being employed in this programme includes Social Service Professionals, medical practitioners, law enforcement officials, educators, researchers, etc.

(b) DSD is also offering the following programmes to youth:

• Ke Moja Education and Awareness Programme which targets young people and children in and out of school. The programme seeks to create awareness and educate young people and children about the effects of drugs and other related substances. It provides them with skills to deal with substance abuse related challenges. The programme also informs youth about available government services and how to access them.

• The Institutions of Higher Learning Education and Awareness Programme targets students at institutions of higher learning particularly first year students. The aim of the programme is to create awareness and educate students about the effects of drugs and alcohol and also link them to services around their new social environment.

• The Festive Season Education and Awareness Programme targets adults, youth, Children, women and other vulnerable groups. The purpose of the programme is to encourage children and youth in particular to have a drug and alcohol free festive season. This programme also seeks to protect children against neglect and accidents such as drowning during this period. The programme encourages parents to be more vigilant and protect their hard earned valuables and money during this time of the year.

(c) DSD together with the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation evaluated the implementation of the National Drug Master Plan (NDMP) 2013-2017. The report was presented to Cabinet during March 2019. The study aimed at assessing the extent to which the NDMP has been implemented. The report was used during the review of the new NDMP. DSD together with the Medical Research Council are currently developing an electronic Service Quality Measurement (SQM). The paper based system has been developed and piloted. SQM will help the department to continuously measure the quality of treatment services in the Country. DSD also work with the South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drugs (SACENDU) to produce statistical report on people who receive treatment services on a six monthly basis. DSD also contributes and receive a presentation on the Annual World Drug Report from the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. These reports helps to determine the trend of drug trafficking and use both locally and international.

Reply:

(a) The proposed amendments to the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from Unlawful Occupation of Land Act, Act 19 of 1998 seek to make provision for the exemption of certain persons from the application of the Act;

• to prohibit certain acts in respect of unlawful occupation of land and to create offences relating to such acts and to extend the scope of prohibition thereof.
• to make a uniform procedural requirement to all 3 spheres of government in eviction matters and also extends the period of notice of proceedings, from 14 days to 2 months;
• the proposed amendment Bill provides for the inclusion of additional circumstances that the courts will have to consider in making orders in eviction matters.

(b)(i)&(ii) The proposed amendment Bill will provide municipalities with the basis on which they may institute urgent legal proceedings for urgent evictions.

The Bill also imposes preemptory mediation process on a municipality prior to instituting any legal processes to evict persons.

The Honourable Member will have an opportunity to comment on the proposed amendments once the Bill has been published for public comments and again when it is before Parliament for processing.

 

Reply:

The Department of Social Development is primarily responsible for registration of all Non Profit Organizations in terms of NPO Act. The NPOs are registered to operate within a diverse range of sectors and are classified according to type of activities they are engaged in. Within the social development sector, entities need to comply with funding requirements in order to receive funding. The organizations that qualify for funding and are rendering services in line with the mandate of the Department are thus funded accordingly.

However, the sector experiences the ever present reality that funding is constrained. In order to address some of the challenges, the department reviewed its funding policy with the aim to guide the country’s response to the funding of NPOs; to facilitate transformation for the equitable distribution of services and resources; and to ensure effective and efficient service provision to the poor and vulnerable sectors of society.

It is hoped that in the long term, the policy will unlock provincial and national funds for more equitable funding of social services in all provinces. The policy further guides the department in terms of putting in place clear, predictable procedures that are transparent and fair, and above all to ensure that funding allocations are made on time.

Reply:

1. The Minister has not been informed about any crisis the Honourable member is referring to. However the Central Authority is always in contact and engaging in joint meetings with the Department of Home Affairs to address any adoption related matter at the level of the adoption central authority.

2. No, the Department of Social Development is not aware of the crisis extending to any other countries.

3. (a) Yes, the department’s policy position on adoption is aligned with The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption that the Republic has acceded as all intercountry adoptions adheres to the principles of the Hague Convention.

(b) Yes, the department’s policy position on adoption is aligned with the bilateral work agreements that the SA Central Authority has concluded with the central authorities of several other countries.

(c) Yes, the department’s policy position is aligned to the bilateral work agreements that child protection organisations in the Republic have entered into with international counterparts, with the endorsement of both governments; hence approval is made for the accredited child protection organisations to enter into working agreements with accredited foreign adoption agencies.

4. No, the Minister has not been informed that the effect of this so-called policy change physically separates families as this matter is still under discussion with her department’s central authority and the Department of Home Affairs.

Reply:

The villages in questions fall within the Nebo Plateau Bulk Water Supply project that is still under construction. The project is funded through the Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) and implemented by the Sekhukhune District Municipality. The project is implemented in phases and currently the connection pipeline from De Hoop Dam and the water treatment works at Ga-Malekana are completed and partially commissioned to supply villages of Ga-Masha and Ga-Maphopha. The supply at Ga Maphopha is however constrained due to reservoir capacity that is currently being addressed by the District Municipality through MIG funding. The project progress is at 82% and the anticipated completion date is 30 September 2019.

The overall project progress is at 83% and construction is in progress for Makgeru to Schoornoord pipeline which will supply water to Makgane, Tshehlwaneng and Schoornoord. The project has been delayed by non-delivery of ductile pipes by the local service provider appointed by Sekhukhune District Municipality. The municipality is in the process of terminating the contract of the supplier in a bid to appoint a new supplier. Due to these delays, the project is now anticipated to be completed by the end of February 2020.

The villages of Ga-Marishana and Ga-Masemola are covered through a pipeline extending from Jane Furse to Lobethel. The project was put on hold due to poor performance by the contractor and the engineer appointed by the District Municipality. The Municipality has since terminated the contracts of both the engineer and contractor following failures to complete the project within the agreed timeframe. An assessment will be done on the constructed pipeline to determine the remaining scope and budgetary needs to complete the pipeline.

The village, Ga-Mampuru will benefit through a planned branch off the main pipeline from Ga-Malekana Water Treatment Works (WTW). The technical report was completed for bulk pipelines and the reservoir. However construction will only commence following the upgrading of the Water Treatment Works due to limited capacity of the water works. Currently the community is benefiting from the Boschkloof WTW which abstracts raw water from the Steelpoort River downstream of De Hoop dam. This community has access to tap water.

The full functionality of the Nebo Plateau Bulk Water Supply scheme will depend on the upgrading of the Malekana Water Treatment Works from the current 12Ml/d to 24Ml/d to provide for current and future needs. Proper planning and reconciliation of water demand and supply is required to ensure that instituted projects address the current and future needs of all the 40 villages in the Nebo plateau. The planning process is at an early stage and was delayed due to financial constraints.

Reply:

(1) (a) The Honourable Member is referred to Annexure A for the relevant details of persons using the land within the basin of Qedusizi flood attenuation dam situated in Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal. However, I am constrained and prohibited by the document titled “Guide to Parliamentary Questions in the National Assembly” from providing the names of each person using the land within the Qedusizi flood attenuation dam. The document referred to states that:

“Questions are to be framed as concisely as possible. All unnecessary adjectives, references and quotations are omitted. Names of persons, bodies and, for example, newspapers are only used in questions if the facts surrounding the case have been proven. As the mere mention of such names could be construed as publicity for or against them, it should be clear that this practice is highly undesirable. If a question will be unintelligible without mentioning such names, the Departments concerned are notified of the name (-s) and this phrase is used: ".......a certain person (name furnished)”

(b) The Department of Water and Sanitation has held various meetings and round table discussions with all interested parties. Most of the state land within the dam boundary line was allocated to the commercial farmers whose lease agreements were due to expire. Due to emerging farmers requesting the Department to allow access to the state land for grazing purposes the land was re-allocated. Land was then divided so that all parties who applied could be accommodated. The allocation of land was negotiated with all the lessees before it was submitted for approval to the Acting Director-General.

The parameters applied in allocating land to each person are in accordance with the valuation report received and have been applied as follows:-

• R100/ha/annum is for those around the dam (high risk area), and
• R110/ha/annum for those away from the dam (low risk).

(2) The Department of Water and Sanitation has no plans currently to convert the Qedusizi Dam from a flood attenuation dam to a storage dam.

(3) In terms of section 1(i)(x) of the National Water Act, 1998(Act 36 of 1998), the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation is the owner of the land on which a Government Waterworks is situated. Therefore, the Department of Water and Sanitation is responsible as the land owner to ensure that there is no environmental damage caused by the lessees. The Department also does monitoring of the government waterworks and management thereof. The leases can be terminated if the lessees do not comply with the conditions set out in the lease agreements.

(4) Because the dam is a flood control dam and poses a danger to animals and humans, the following special conditions were included into the lease agreements.

(a) The number of livestock permitted on the land is done in consultation with the Department of Agriculture to determine the carrying capacity of the land.

(b) According to the conditions of the lease agreements, fences must be erected and maintained by the lessees.

(c) (i) It is a condition of the signed lease agreements that animals must be inoculated and marked/tagged.

(ii) Another condition of the lease agreements that the lessees must adhere to the National Veld and Forest Act, 1998(Act 101 of 1998) as well as all other applicable legislation.

(iii) The lease agreement also states that lessees must form part of a Fire Protection Association, if one exists in the area.

ANNEXURE A

Hectares	Lease Period and rental charges (Amount due per year with a 10% escalation (Rental is market related)
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
32.3449ha	2 years from August 2019	R2660.78
198.1610ha	2 years from August 2019	R19 816.10
361.5355ha	2 years from August 2019	R39 768.90
291.5226ha	2 years from August 2019	R32 067.47
261.5359ha	2 years from August 2019	R28 768.94
138.3792ha	2 years from August 2019	R15 221.70
103.0000ha	2 years from August 2019	R11 330-00

Hectares	Lease Period and rental charges (Amount due per year with a 10% escalation (Rental is market related)
402.1545ha	2 years from August 2019	R44 236.99
177.1824ha	2 years from August 2019	R19 490.04
351.7589ha	2 years from August 2019	R36 928.89
46.2043ha	2 years from August 2019	R5 082.47
1167.7224ha	2 years from August 2019	R94 170.46
918.7344ha	2 years from August 2019	R101 060.76
121.5646ha	2 years from August 2019	R23 301-01
120.6878ha	2 years from August 2019	R13 275.91

Reply:

1. (a) In the past three years (i.e. 2016/2017; 2017/2018 and 2018/2019) the total number of recorded enquiries on the Child Protection Register is 348 522;

1. (b) There is currently 1 475 recorded number of persons found unsuitable to work with children in the Child Protection Register;

2. Yes, I will gladly furnish the Honourable Masango with the provincial statistics of persons found unsuitable to work with children as recorded in the Child Protection Register.

 

Reply:

a) Total number of social workers trained by the department in each of the past five years is 21 932 as indicated in the table below.

Scholarship beneficiaries	Financial Year	Total
	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Trained	5 199	5 674	4 702	4 331	2 026	21 932

b) Total number employed by provincial departments of social development is 2 187 as indicated in the table below.

Scholarship beneficiaries	Financial Year	Total
	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Employed	509	279	393	712	294	2 187

Reply:

Yes, mechanisms have been put in place to monitor that the norms and standards set out in the Regulations are adhered to.

(1)(a) Regulation 11 (4) mandates that the Director-General, a Social Worker or a person designated by the Head of the Department (as per the delegations) must ensure that a registered residential facility is monitored and evaluated at least once annually as provided for in Section 22 of the Older Persons Act, 2006 (Older Persons Act No. 13 of 2006). The annual professional visit is aimed at ensuring continuous compliance with part 2 of the national norms and standards.

There are three levels of monitoring, viz.

District, Province and National levels.

In terms of Section 32 of the Older Persons Act No. 13 (2006), on Delegation of Powers, the Director-General has delegated the responsibility of monitoring as outlined in Section 15 and 22 of the Older Persons Act, to the Heads of Social Development (HODs) in Provinces.

The National Office of the Department, at varied times, randomly selects a few facilities to monitor compliance with the Older Persons Act, 2006, which is inclusive of unannounced visits.

(1)(b) It has been found that most of the residential facilities partially comply with the norms and standards. The findings are as follows:

(i) STRUCTURAL PRESCRIPTS

Most of the structures partially comply with the national norms and standards as they were built before the promulgation of the Older Persons Act, No 13 of 2006.

(ii) PROGRAMMES

Most of the facilities are compliant. However, there are gaps, especially in previously disadvantaged communities.

(2)(a) Data is collected annually or when there is a need in terms of the Older Persons Act, 2006. The Department also makes use of the data collected by Statistics South Africa and other research institutions such as the HSRC etc.

(2)(b) Data was collected in 2016/17 on the state of the services delivered to older persons in terms of the Older Persons Act, No 13 of 2006 since its implementation. The project was undertaken by the Department of Social Development in partnership with the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. The research was titled “The Implementation Evaluation of the Older Persons Act, 13 of 2006” and is part of the National Evaluation Plan (NEP). This endeavour has enabled the collation of data relating to the implementation of the Act and thus elevated some critical issues on, i.e. the number of Older Persons accessing both Community Based Care and Support Services (CBCSS) and Residential Care Services, financial and human resource allocations, programmes for Older Persons implemented such as the protection of older persons, the Active Ageing Programme, Educational Programmes, Economic Programmes, Inter-generational Programmes etc.

Additionally, meetings were held with Statistics SA this year, (2019), with a view to update the existing data nationally.

(2)(c) The information is available in the Department of Social Development and at Statistics South Africa (Stats SA).

(3)(a) The Department has developed an Accredited Training Manual for Standardisation of the Caregiver Training Programme. To this effect, the Department annually conducts training of caregivers in partnership with the appointed accredited service provider.

After the training has been conducted, the department provides mentoring of the trained caregivers in order to support the caregivers to ensure that they put theory into practice and also the completion of their practical Portfolios of Evidence.

(3)(b) Currently there is only one service provider (NICDAM) accredited by the Health and Welfare SITA.

(4) Yes. Monitoring is conducted to facilities rendering services to Older Persons, to assess compliance with regard to the national norms and standards.

(5) The Department does not have the total number of caregivers currently working in the Republic as they work in various sectors.

Reply:

a) The total number of unclaimed (i) Pension and (ii) Funeral benefit

Details	Rand Amount	Cases
Funeral Benefit	R1 197 422.62	138
Total unclaimed Benefit (July 2019)	R664 186 398.71	17 558

(iii) The GPAA do not deal with investment of funds.

Reply:

(a) R 57 549 018,59 total for (aaa) 2017/18 financial year

(i) (aa) Cleaning services R12 072 641.88

(bb) Security services R36 778 192.43

(cc) Gardening services R 301 669.55

Entities

(ii) (aa) Cleaning services R 5 875 417,37

(bb) Security Services R 2 409 742,36

(cc) Gardening Services R 111 355,00

a) R 73 632 992,87 total for (bbb) 2018/19 financial year

(i) (aa) Cleaning services R14 351 278.43

(bb) Security services R46 012 132.71

(cc) Gardening services R 456 801.36

Entities

(ii) (aa) Cleaning Services R 6 604 433,82

(bb) Security Services R 6 208 346,55

(cc) Gardening Services R nil

(b) Please see attached spread sheets for 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years with details of payments to each service provider and;

(c) Total amount per service provider.

Reply:

1. No I have not commissioned a new Defence Review.

2. We have concluded that the Defence Review 2015 is, and remains, the National Policy on Defence and it should not be withdrawn. The bulk of the Defence Review 2015 remains valid and appropriate even though it was predicated on a steady-stream of improving defence allocation.3. 

3. Furthermore, we have concluded that I, as the Executive Authority responsible for Defence, must engage strongly with Cabinet and Parliament on the ever-declining defence allocation.

(a) This must include discussion, debate and resolution on the “Level of Ambition” that South Africa wants, including the shape and size of the Defence Force.

(b) The emerging security risks, contingencies and priorities that we require the Defence Force to be prepared for.

(c) The concomitant defence capabilities that we must fund and support.

Reply:

We know that the call Centre (business process outsourcing) industry employs 54000 people. However, the department does not have a breakdown of how many of the 54000 are South Africans.

Reply:

The questions relate to taxpayer information provided by a taxpayer and taxpayer information obtained by SARS in respect of a taxpayer. SARS is prohibited from disclosing such taxpayer information in terms of section 68 (1)(b) of the Tax Administration Act, Act 28 of 2011

SARS GOVERNANCE IN RESPECT OF OUR CASE SELECTION

The legislative provisions governing tax inquiries is contained in Chapter 5 of the Tax Administration Act, No. 28 of 2011 (“TAA”). A tax inquiry is a formal process with witnesses subpoenaed and evidence being led under oath or solemn declaration, but it remains an information gathering mechanism.

We think it would be helpful to share members of parliament what process we follow when a matter comes to our attention.

SARS has an independent case selection methodology to protect the governance of how matters are followed up to ensure that there is a verifiable trail that informs how cases are selected.

When a matter comes to SARS’ attention, it is reviewed and evaluated to ensure the validity or merit of the case. Once we have applied our minds and possible grounds are established the case is then further investigated and should additional information be required, there are a number of instruments at SARS disposal that can be utilised to collect relevant information such as:

• a request for relevant material;
• production of relevant material in person during an interview at a SARS office;
• inspection,
• audit or criminal investigation;
• tax inquiry before a presiding officer;
• and search and seizure.

Based on the facts of the case the most appropriate investigative approach will be selected within the legal framework of legislation administered by the Commissioner for SARS.

The legislative provisions governing tax inquiries is contained in Chapter 5 of the Tax Administration Act, No. 28 of 2011 (“TAA”). A tax inquiry is a formal process with witnesses subpoenaed and evidence being led under oath or solemn declaration, but it remains an information gathering mechanism.

Before an inquiry into the tax affairs of a person may be held, SARS must apply through an ex parte application to a judge of the High Court for an order designating a person to act as a presiding officer, the order, will also be specific to the ambit of the inquiry. According to section 56 of the TAA, the tax inquiry is private and confidential. The secrecy provisions of the TAA apply to all the persons present at questioning, including the persons being questioned.

Information disclosed during an inquiry constitutes taxpayer information and is subject to the confidentiality provisions of the TAA, which regulate the disclosure of taxpayer information. The information obtained during the inquiry will be used by SARS to conduct investigations into the taxpayer’s affairs, to establish, whether the taxpayers complied with their obligation in terms of the relevant tax acts administered by the Commissioner for SARS.

Due to the confidentiality provisions contained in the TAA, SARS, is accordingly not in a position to provide any specific information pertaining to the ambit of the inquiry outside of the specified provisions.

Reply:

a) Employment equity profile of the Western Cape provincial departments as reported in the 2018 EE Reporting period is as follows:

b) Western Cape Provincial Government Departments’ EE profile (2018)

1.1 Please report the total number of employees (including employees with disabilities) in each of the following occupational levels: Note: A=Africans, C=Coloureds, I=Indians, W=Whites
Occupational Levels	Male	Female	Foreign National	Total
	A	C	I	W	A	C	I	W	Male	Female
Top Management	376	1053	304	7369	163	603	157	1811	260	49	12145
	3,1%	8,7%	2,5%	60,7%	1,3%	5,0%	1,3%	14,9%	2,1%	0,4%	100,0%
Senior Management	1383	3185	821	10525	763	2232	528	5402	499	191	25529
	5,4%	12,5%	3,2%	41,2%	3,0%	8,7%	2,1%	21,2%	2,0%	0,7%	100,0%
Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and mid-management	7503	12301	2262	20588	7045	12178	1967	17647	1694	674	83859
	8,9%	14,7%	2,7%	24,6%	8,4%	14,5%	2,3%	21,0%	2,0%	0,8%	100,0%
Skilled technical and academically qualified workers, junior management, supervisors, foremen, and superintendents	40246	47550	3583	25291	37418	46330	4083	31329	3901	1762	241493
	16,7%	19,7%	1,5%	10,5%	15,5%	19,2%	1,7%	13,0%	1,6%	0,7%	100,0%
Semi-skilled and discretionary decision making	111512	76404	2659	9772	147124	90216	3830	17667	6374	2368	467926
	23,8%	16,3%	0,6%	2,1%	31,4%	19,3%	0,8%	3,8%	1,4%	0,5%	100,0%
Unskilled and defined decision making	87594	48332	558	1854	85155	46576	503	1076	5182	2146	278976
	31,4%	17,3%	0,2%	0,7%	30,5%	16,7%	0,2%	0,4%	1,9%	0,8%	100,0%
TOTAL PERMANENT	248614	188825	10187	75399	277668	198135	11068	74932	17910	7190	1109928
	22,4%	17,0%	0,9%	6,8%	25,0%	17,9%	1,0%	6,8%	1,6%	0,6%	100,0%
Temporary employees	31628	17085	347	2693	33034	22001	407	3368	4321	2613	117497
	26,9%	14,5%	0,3%	2,3%	28,1%	18,7%	0,3%	2,9%	3,7%	2,2%	100,0%
GRAND TOTAL	280242	205910	10534	78092	310702	220136	11475	78300	22231	9803	1227425

Western Cape Provincial Government Departments’ EE Profile for Persons with Disabilities Only (2018)

1.2 Please report the total number of employees with disabilities only in each of the following occupational levels: Note: A=Africans, C=Coloureds, I=Indians, W=Whites
Occupational Levels	Male	Female	Foreign National	Total
	A	C	I	W	A	C	I	W	Male	Female
Top Management	6	23	8	84	1	22	3	22	2	0	171
	3,5%	13,5%	4,7%	49,1%	0,6%	12,9%	1,8%	12,9%	1,2%	0,0%	100,0%
Senior Management	11	54	12	140	2	38	8	60	2	1	328
	3,4%	16,5%	3,7%	42,7%	0,6%	11,6%	2,4%	18,3%	0,6%	0,3%	100,0%
Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and mid-management	43	150	27	262	35	111	21	187	11	3	850
	5,1%	17,6%	3,2%	30,8%	4,1%	13,1%	2,5%	22,0%	1,3%	0,4%	100,0%
Skilled technical and academically qualified workers, junior management, supervisors, foremen, and superintendents	256	583	47	403	220	434	46	387	12	3	2391
	10,7%	24,4%	2,0%	16,9%	9,2%	18,2%	1,9%	16,2%	0,5%	0,1%	100,0%
Semi-skilled and discretionary decision making	755	843	40	261	875	837	47	268	10	5	3941
	19,2%	21,4%	1,0%	6,6%	22,2%	21,2%	1,2%	6,8%	0,3%	0,1%	100,0%
Unskilled and defined decision making	812	546	20	87	862	420	7	64	7	6	2831
	28,7%	19,3%	0,7%	3,1%	30,4%	14,8%	0,2%	2,3%	0,2%	0,2%	100,0%
TOTAL PERMANENT	1883	2199	154	1237	1995	1862	132	988	44	18	10512
	17,9%	20,9%	1,5%	11,8%	19,0%	17,7%	1,3%	9,4%	0,4%	0,2%	100,0%
Temporary employees	203	97	6	17	231	89	5	10	1	0	659
	30,8%	14,7%	0,9%	2,6%	35,1%	13,5%	0,8%	1,5%	0,2%	0,0%	100,0%
GRAND TOTAL	2086	2296	160	1254	2226	1951	137	998	45	18	11171

c) Employment equity profile of the Western Cape municipal councils as reported in the 2018 EE Reporting period is as follows:

Please report the total number of employees (including employees with disabilities) in each of the following occupational levels: Note: A=Africans, C=Coloureds, I=Indians, W=Whites
Occupational Levels	Male				Female				Foreign National	Total
	A	C	I	W	A	C	I	W	Male	Female
Top Management	6	21	0	9	5	8	0	4	0	0	53
	11.3%	39.6%	0.0%	17.0%	9.4%	15.1%	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Senior Management	13	50	6	57	7	12	4	15	0	1	165
	7.9%	30.3%	3.6%	34.5%	4.2%	7.3%	2.4%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	100.0%
Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and mid-management	198	694	41	607	160	350	26	277	19	6	2378
	8.3%	29.2%	1.7%	25.5%	6.7%	14.7%	1.1%	11.6%	0.8%	0.3%	100.0%
Skilled technical and academically qualified workers, junior management, supervisors, foremen, and superintendents	1164	3274	44	868	1252	1826	28	504	34	9	9003
	12.9%	36.4%	0.5%	9.6%	13.9%	20.3%	0.3%	5.6%	0.4%	0.1%	100.0%
Semi-skilled and discretionary decision making	2067	4302	31	344	1583	2634	39	443	7	4	11454
	18.0%	37.6%	0.3%	3.0%	13.8%	23.0%	0.3%	3.9%	0.1%	0.0%	100.0%
Unskilled and defined decision making	2570	3687	11	75	1173	1177	3	15	8	0	8719
	29.5%	42.3%	0.1%	0.9%	13.5%	13.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	100.0%
TOTAL PERMANENT	6018	12028	133	1960	4180	6007	100	1258	68	20	31772
	18.9%	37.9%	0.4%	6.2%	13.2%	18.9%	0.3%	4.0%	0.2%	0.1%	100.0%
Temporary employees	303	327	0	25	202	248	1	31	0	0	1137
	26.6%	28.8%	0.0%	2.2%	17.8%	21.8%	0.1%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
GRAND TOTAL	6321	12355	133	1985	4382	6255	101	1289	68	20	32909

Western Cape Municipal councils’ EE Profile for Person with Disabilities Only (2018)

Occupational Levels	Male				Female				Foreign National	Total
	A	C	I	W	A	C	I	W	Male	Female
Top Management	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Senior Management	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Professionally qualified and experienced specialists and mid-management	2	24	1	24	3	6	0	5	0	0	65
	3.1%	36.9%	1.5%	36.9%	4.6%	9.2%	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Skilled technical and academically qualified workers, junior management, supervisors, foremen, and superintendents	15	71	3	37	12	49	1	31	3	0	222
	6.8%	32.0%	1.4%	16.7%	5.4%	22.1%	0.5%	14.0%	1.4%	0.0%	100.0%
Semi-skilled and discretionary decision making	30	75	0	18	19	61	2	31	0	0	236
	12.7%	31.8%	0.0%	7.6%	8.1%	25.8%	0.8%	13.1%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Unskilled and defined decision making	31	93	0	3	12	24	0	3	0	0	166
	18.7%	56.0%	0.0%	1.8%	7.2%	14.5%	0.0%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
TOTAL PERMANENT	78	265	4	84	46	141	3	71	3	0	695
	11.2%	38.1%	0.6%	12.1%	6.6%	20.3%	0.4%	10.2%	0.4%	0.0%	100.0%
Temporary employees	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
GRAND TOTAL	78	268	4	84	46	141	3	71	3	0	698

Reply:

1. (a), (b) and (c)

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) and Provincial Education Departments (PDEs) are using State Information and Communication Technology (SITA) and National Treasury transversal contracts to procure and rollout ICT devices to schools.

The DBE in collaboration with Department of Trade and Industry, National Treasury, State Information & Technology Agency are working together to develop an education specific contract. The department will use this education specific contract to leverage on the economies of scale. Furthermore, the DTI is conducting a study to determine the local capacity in the country to manufacture and assembly ICT devices. Based on the study the government will be able to determine the cost of providing ICT equipment to schools.

2. (a) The department has not conducted a comparative research study to determine whether there has been an improvement in the performance of learners who have received the above gadgets as compared to schools who do not have these gadgets.

(b) The primary value of providing ICTs in education is to transform teaching and learning to:

• Enhance learning experiences of learners;
• Improve efficiency in delivering educational services; and
• Leverage on ICTs to mitigate educational challenges.

However, drawing lessons from local experiences, the Khanya Project in the Western Cape was implemented to promote learning and maximize educator capacity by integrating the use of appropriate, available and affordable technology (computer technology) into the curriculum delivery process. In addition, the GDE ICT and e-Education Strategy is aimed at ensuring that schools in Gauteng are well resourced with ICT facilities to:

• Promote e-learning with the aim of introducing devices and smart software into the classroom using technology;
• Enhance teaching quality;
• Accessing materials to engage learners; and
• Train teachers and school administrators.

In conclusion, it should be noted that in order to bring 21st century skills to learners, the department is implementing the use of ICTs and eLearning programs to enhance the education environments that are best suitable for teaching and learning.

 

Reply:

(a – c) No. The acquisition of main equipment to replace the aging fleet in the South African Air Force is inextricably linked to the budget allocation. There is currently no funding on the SCAMP to initiate the process for the acquisition process or to procure the replacement of the ageing fleet.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

a) Yes, proper processes were followed in accordance with the Public Service Regulation of 2016.

b) No applications were received for the position as the appointment of the specified person was done without advertising as provided for in Regulation 66, sub-regulation (2) of the Public Service Regulations 2016. However, the specified person was subjected to an interview process to determine suitability to the position,

c) Assistant Appointment Secretary.

d) Yes, in that the specified person has 14 years of Secretary, Receptionist and Administrative experience and she was appointed with the relaxation of qualifications, in accordance with Regulation 39 of the Public Service Regulations 2016. Regulation 39 provides that an Executive Authority shall establish a job description and job title that indicate, with appropriate emphasis on service delivery, the main objectives, activities and functions of the post or posts in question and the inherent requirements of the job. The delegation to approve lies with the Director-General. Relaxation of inherent requirements (qualifications) is a standard practice in the public service.

e) Recruitment of personnel is based on merit and the experience that they bring into the job. It is not a requirement for HR recruitment to establish whether candidates are related to any of those already in employment.

The said person is related to the Minister. She has since resigned from her position stating ethical reasons.

Reply:

1.  To date 188 Schools have been provided with adequate sanitation.

Province	No. of Projects	Donor	EIG & ASIDI
EC	11	4	7
FS	29		29
KZN	93	2	91
LP	35	3	32
MP	20	9	11
TOTAL	188	18	170

2.

(a) Refer to Annexure A, column B

b) (i) All the inappropriate sanitation was demolished.

(ii) The number of toilets seats provided is to be confirmed by the Provincial Education Department (PEDs).

c) The type of toilets provided is to be confirmed by the PEDs.

d) & (e) The financial implications are to be confirmed by the PEDS.

Reply:

a)

(i) 880 Projects are currently under planning and design phase

(ii) 127 Projects are currently under construction.

Province	No. of Projects	Planning	Construction
EC	262	262	0
FS	148	80	68
KZN	402	372	30
LP	162	162	0
MP	33	4	29
Total	1007	880	127

b) 

(i) Refer to Annexure A, column B

(ii) 

(aa) All the inappropriate sanitation will be demolished.

(bb) The number of toilets seats to be provided is determined by the learner enrolment as the ratio is prescribed in the Norms and Standards.

(iii) Where there is reliable source of water supply, flushing ablutions will be constructed and if the water supply is not reliable dry sanitation systems will be constructed.

(iv) Refer to Annexure A, column K

(v) All the 1007 projects will be funded through government funding, either the SAFE Allocation which is managed at the National Department of Basic Education (DBE) or the Education Infrastructure Grant (EIG) that is managed by the Provincial Education Departments (PEDs). Refer to Annexure A, column L

Reply:

1. The Department of Basic Education sent officials to the National School of Government (NSG) on a regular basis, to attend skills development and training courses. The five tables below indicate the number of officials who attended skills development and training programmes offered by National School of Government (NSG) from 2014/15; 2015/16; 2016/17; 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years.

The information presented includes the name of courses, number of officials according to race, gender, disability and the total cost per financial year.

Financial year 2014/15

Course name	African Male	African Female	Indian Male	Indian Female	Coloured Male	Coloured Female	White Male	White Female	Total number of officials attended	Cost per Official	Total cost per course
Advanced Management Development Programme	10	9						1	20	R 6 498.000	R129 960.00
Foundation Management Development Programme	5	15							20	R4 250.00	R85 000.00
Emerging Management Development Programme	6	11				2	1		20	R6 890.00	R137 800.00
Breaking Barriers into public service		2							2	No cost	No cost
Assessor Training	1	3							4	R 4 215.00	R16 860.00
CIP Train the Trainer		2							2	No cost	No cost
Compulsory Induction	11	15				1			27	R4 025.00	R108 675.00
TOTALS	33	57				3	1	1	95		R 478 295.00

Financial year 2015/16

Course name	African Male	African Female	Indian Male	Indian Female	Coloured Male	Coloured Female	White Male	White Female	Total number of officials attended	Cost per Official	Total cost per course
Public Service Trainers Forum		3							3	R3 275.000	R9 825.00

Financial year 2016/17

Course name	African Male	African Female	Indian Male	Indian Female	Coloured Male	Coloured Female	White Male	White Female	Total number of officials attended	Cost per official	Total cost per course
Advanced Management Development Programme	8	9	1					2	20	R8 400.00	R168 000.00
Compulsory Induction Programme	16	20							36	R1 892.00	R68 112.00
E-Learning on BID Committee (PFMA)	10	5	2	1			2		20	R2060.00	R41 200.00
Job Evaluation Follow up		2							2	R3 680.00	R7 360.00
Supply Chain Management	2	5		1					8	R4 925.00	R39 400.00
TOTALS	36	41	3	2			2	2	86		R 324 072.00

Financial year 2017/18

Course name	African Male	African Female	Indian Male	Indian Female	Coloured Male	Coloured Female	White Male	White Female	Total number of officials attended	Cost per official	Total cost per course
Compulsory Induction Programme	3	13					1	1	18	R2 159.00	R38 862.00
Mentoring for Public Service	1	4					0	1	6	No cost	No cost
Mentoring for Public Service	2	15 (1-disable official)			1	1		1	20	R4 100.00	R82 000.00
Emerging Management Programme Development	4	15			1				20	R8 400.00	R168 000.00
TOTAL	10	47			2	1	1	3	64		R 288 862.00

Financial year 2018/19

Course name	African Male	African Female	Indian Male	Indian Female	Coloured Male	Coloured Female	White Male	White Female	Total number of officials attended	Cost per official	Total cost per course
BID Committee (PFMA)	11	7	2	1	1			1	23	R4 782.60	R110 000.00
Compulsory Induction Programme (On-line)	7	3							10	R946.00	R9 460.00
Job Evaluation	5	1					1	1	8	R4 650.00	R37 200.00
Supply Chain Management	4	6							10	R6 750.00	R67 500.00
TOTAL	27	17	2	1	1		1	2	51		R224 160.00

Conclusion

The total amount spent by the Department of Basic Education for Skills Development and Training programmes attended by officials facilitated by the National School of Government from 1 March 2014 to 31 March 2019 (i.e the past five years) is R1 328 214.00.