Reply:

 

1. SAA has not provided financial assistance to SA Express (i) in the past two years; (ii) since 1 January 2019
2. Not applicable as no financial assistance was provided to SA Express.
3. Not applicable as no financial assistance was provided to SA Express.
4. Not applicable as no financial assistance was provided to SA Express.
5. Not applicable as no financial assistance was provided to SA Express.

Reply:

a) (i) A total per region of installed CCTV cameras at PRASA managed railway stations is

highlighted in the table below:

Stations in provinces not listed in the table above are managed by Transnet.

(ii) As indicated in the table above in (a)(i), a total of 2 824 of the installed CCTV cameras

at PRASA managed railway stations are not in working order.

b). The reasons attributed to the non-functionality of CCTV cameras at PRASA managed railway stations can be categorized as follows:

• Theft of electrical and telecommunication tables
• Theft and vandalism of CCTV equipment
• Delayed maintenance
• CCTV project installation in progress / not completed yet

Reply:

Funding is allocated on approved applications received. In the case of the Nkomazi Special Economic Zone (SEZ), the Province of Mpumalanga is currently establishing an SEZ company to develop, plan and operate the Economic Zone. One of the responsibilities of the entity will be to develop an SEZ implementation plan with clear timelines. The Province has been given twelve (12) months to establish a fully functioning entity. Funding will be allocated on approved applications once this process has been completed.

I have requested the Department to obtain further details about the proposed mining project referred to in the question and will consider the matter once the information has been obtained.

-END-

Reply:

1. - (d) The Matters raised in the question solely fall under the mandate of the provinces. The department is therefore not in the position to provide the required responses as they don’t fall under its areas of competency

Reply:

(a) The Department of Public Service and Administration can only provide information on employees who are appointed on PERSAL. The information provided in the tables below excludes the Defence Force and the State Security Agency that do not make use of the PERSAL system. Information pertaining to local government and state own entities should be sourced from the Department of Cooperative Governance and the relevant oversight Departments for the state owned entities. Information on the number of appointments in the National and Provincial spheres is provided in the tables below:

1. (i) and (ii) Table 1: All appointments in National and Provincial spheres

Sphere	Number of appointments (Including periodic and abnormal)
National	375 662
Provincial	1 018 788
Total	1 394 450

1. (i) and (ii) Table 2: Appointments in the MMS and SMS in National and Provincial spheres

Sphere	Number
	MMS	SMS
National	9554	5643
Provincial	8322	4131
Total	17 876	9 774

Reply:

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT:

The President in the State of the Nation address indicated that government will immediately release State land for agricultural and human settlement in order to make a contribution towards acceleration of land reform to address the inequality in terms of ownership and use. Similarly, the President highlighted the need to urgently address issues of economy. As a strategic intervention on the delivery model, the President has indicated that government will adopt a district approach.

Land release

The departments of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development together with other departments have identified state land that is suitable for agriculture and human settlement. Such identification has taken into consideration who is the holder of the land in question amongst the various spheres of government. Secondly such profiling will indicate the appropriate use of such land and its potential and whether such land is encumbered or not. Thereafter necessary processes of State land disposal will take effect.

Public works has identifies about 100 parcels of land where Restitution of land will be a beneficiary given that some of these properties are areas where communities were forcibly removed in the past.

Agricultural land therefore will enable those communities to engage in agricultural activities and government will give necessary support through its programs such as CASP, Letsema and Land care. A range of farmer support services will be provided for some from provincial departments of agriculture.

The combination of the two departments and the alignment of their programs will go a long way in creating viable farmer support to farmers. Building on the Agriparks, the department will focus on 27 Farmer Production Support Units (FPSUs) which are like service centres to support farmers with mechanisation, extension, market information, production inputs such as seeds and vaccines.

Honourable member, these FPSUs are located in the districts consistent with the President’s statement. Key to the functionality of the FPSUs will be the mobilisation of farmers to ensure that production is activated. The second phase will be the construction of production hubs such as storage facilities, pack houses as well as mini processing plants. However, this will be guided by the commodities that will be produced in those localities.

The department will engage municipalities and districts to activate farmers markets so as to create a value chain pipeline in the various localities. It is our view that these interventions by our department will make a contribution towards the development of economic activities in our communities especially in rural economies.

Reply:

(a) The total amount budgeted for the Ministry for the 2019-2020 financial year is R 47 081 363.09.

(b) It should be observed that the SSA may be held accountable on such matters by the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI), the Inspector-General and the Auditor-General.

Approved/Not Approved

Reply to the Parliamentary Question 289 to the Minister of State Security

Reply:

 

As at 31 May 2019, the PSC received 45 financial disclosures forms of the Directors-General (DGs) at national and provincial level. Selected posts of DG were vacant.

1. and (b) The PSC did not receive the financial disclosure forms of 8 DGs at national level. Of these, 7 DGs complied with Regulation 18(2) by disclosing their registrable interests on or before 30 April 2019, but their EAs did not submit copies of the financial disclosure forms to the PSC by 31 May 2019 as required by Regulation 18 (6). The extent of non-disclosure with the requirements of Regulation 18(2) and (6) is illustrated in Table 1 below.

Table 1: The extent of non-compliance by Heads of Department and/or EAs with the requirement to submit financial disclosure forms in respect of the 2018/2019 financial year

No.	DEPARTMENT	DATE OF DISCLOSURE BY THE HoD	DATE SUBMITTED TO THE PSC BY THE EA
1.	Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	29 April 2019 Complied	Not submitted to PSC Not yet submitted to EA by Ethics Officer
2.	Communications	16 April 2019 Complied	Not submitted to PSC Not yet submitted to EA by Ethics Officer
3.	Defence	26 April 2019 Complied	Not submitted to PSC Submitted to EA by Ethics Officer on 03 May 2019
4.	Energy	15 April 2019 Complied	Not submitted to PSC Submitted to EA by Ethics Officer on 31 May 2019
5.	Health	18 April 2019 Complied	Submitted to PSC by EA on 14 August 2019 (after due date)
6.	Public Enterprises	30 April 2019 Complied	Submitted to PSC by EA on 04 June 2019 (after due date)
7.	Public Service and Administration	26 April 2019 Complied	Not submitted to PSC Submitted to EA by Ethics Officer on 14 May 2019
8.	State Security Agency	Citing security reasons	Not submitted to PSC

(C) The PSC is constant contact with the Ethics Officers reminding them to ensure that their respective departments comply with the Financial Disclosure Framework (FDF). Ethics Officers in departments have been assigned specific duties to assist the HoDs and EAs with the implementation of the FDF. The PSC continuously made follow-up with the Ethics Officers where the submission of financial disclosures was moving slowly. The Ethics Officers and SMS members are also sensitised on the importance of complying with the deadlines for the submission of the financial disclosures through workshops that are conducted in the departments.

Reply:

 

 

Response to Parliamentary Question
QUESTION NO.:	512/NW1505E
TO:	MINISTER
FROM:	DIRECTOR-GENERAL
SUBJECT:	QUESTION 512/NW1505E FOR WRITTEN REPLY BY MR N P MASIPA (DA) TO THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
CLASSIFICATION:	CONFIDENTIAL

 

DAFF’S RESPONSE:

PQ.  512/NW1505E MR N P Masipa (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development:

(a) What is the status of communication between her department and the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) regarding the clarification on the interpretation of announcement 122 made on 23 July 2019, (b) by what date is it expected that the situation will be resolved and (c) what are the details of all steps taken by her department to communicate the outcomes of all interactions with the GACC to wool industry role players to avoid unnecessary panic? NW1505E

a) Letters seeking clarity on the wool exports and the health attestation were forwarded to the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) General Administration of Customs of China by the department on the 12th of August 2019 and 19th of August 2019. A response to the letters was received through the South African Embassy in Beijing on the 22nd of August 2019. The interpretation of the response letter by the Embassy outlined that the Chinese government had replied with two main options for the South African government. The one option was to continue with the certificate as agreed upon before Announcement 122 of 23 July 2019. The second option was to propose a new health certificate. Pursuing the second option of proposing a new health certificate would have resulted in the suspension of trade on wool to PRC for the period of negotiation. The first option was the preferred option.

b) The situation is resolved. The industry has also accepted the option of South Africa continuing to certify according to the requirements as agreed before Announcement 122 of 23 July 2019. This option guarantees the clearing of the backlog created by the suspension of export of wool to China. However, the department, in line with Announcement 122 of 23 July 2019 is committed to continue engaging with the PRC on a new draft of the health certificate during a period where there would be minimal impact on wool exports to the PRC. The wool industry has affirmed this position and has requested that should discussions with the PRC commence, the industry should be consulted.

c) The Department held a meeting with representatives of Cape Wools and two wool buyer companies on the 15th of August 2019 to understand the challenges faced by industry. Subsequent to this meeting, a follow-up letter was forwarded to the PRC on the 9th August 2019. The Department also telephonically engaged the industry during the period when the response from the PRC was awaited. Upon receipt of a response from the PRC on 22nd August 2019, the industry was immediately informed telephonically and through an email. An official letter to this effect was also sent to the industry on 23rd August 2019. In its reply, the industry indicated that the existing health certificate will be utilized to address the backlog of wool exports in the stores.

Reply:

(1) (a) None

(b) Not applicable

(c) Not applicable

(d)(i) Not applicable

(d)(ii) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable

(3) Not applicable

Reply:

The following outlines the Key summary of instruments/ recommendation addressing socio-economic transformation that were identified at the Film/Audio-visual Summit:-

1. Establishment of a Transformation Charter/Sector Codes & Bargaining Council: to encourage Ownership, preferential procurement, Supplier development, Enterprise development for impact on socio-economic development. The Bargaining Council: will address the status of contract worker, labour issues, social security and standards.
2. Sign a work place Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Code of Good Practise pledge to encourage standard of good practice within film & audio-visual production companies.
3. Policy, legislation review with attention to the Intellectual Property (IP) regime: to conduct a socio-economic impact study on the Copyright Amendment Bill.
4. Mobile Economy opportunities: together with the partner department DOCT establishment and support of Innovation, Digital Content hubs; support the initiatives that will gear up South Africa for the 4th Industrial Revolution, in particular Animation training to stimulate content creation activities.
5. Advocacy and Consultation: to support existing key industry organisations for strategic partnership in pursuing advocacy role, continuous consultation on issues affecting the industry through an Industry Reference Group.
6. Establishment of Film/Audio-visual Fund: we will submit a motivation to SARS to collapse Sections 12 (o) and 12 (J) to encourage and stimulate private sector investment into the film/audio-visual industry,
7. Private Sector investment stimulation: Submit a business case to National Treasury motivating for a budget increase – maybe the DTI Film Incentives budget can be managed by DSAC and the NFVF for the creation of the Film Production Fund that will support more African co-productions and Animation productions.
8. Marketing & Distribution support: encourage preferential scheduling for local films and co-productions amongst local companies. Incentivise Sales agencies, subsidise marketing and distribution for theatrical releases.
9. Skills & Infrastructure support: to engage TVET Colleges in creating centres of audio-visual specialisation in all the value chain. Support: Mentorship, film training initiatives, technical skills, film literacy and appreciation.

(b). the implementation of the Summit recommendations has been structured as follows:

Short Term: 2019/2020: Our Department is already addressing three (3) of the above recommendations

Short to Medium Term: 2019/2020–2020/2021-2021/2023

Long Term: 2021/2022 – 2023/2024

Reply:

The Mzansi Golden Economy (MGE) programme was established to make a strategic investment to optimize the economic benefit of the Cultural and Creative sector of South Africa. It was positioned as a valuable capital investment tool to economic growth and job creation.

Its main purpose was to stimulate demand, audience development and consumption, and human capital development, amongst others.

Targets (as can be traced in the ANNUAL REPORTS) were met consistently over the past 5 years. The current target in APP is to create 9000 job opportunities and all effort is made to ensure that this set target is achieved.

MGE has immensely made an impact throughout the country in the arts and culture sector. Through MGE funding a number of Provincial events have been sustained and these events have over the years showcased local talents, contributed in forming collaborations between arts practitioners, created platforms for skills development and increased levels of arts appreciation.

Reply:

The Outcome 14 sets out five long-term nation building goals for South Africa. For the sports sector, what is key is the promotion of social cohesion across society through increased interaction across race and class. Therefore, it is without question that the NDP and the sectoral National Sport and Recreation Plan (NSRP) that is aligned to (NDP) recognise sport as a way to foster nation building and social cohesion.

To give expression to the visions of these plans over the medium term, Department of Sports, Arts and Culture intends to:

• continue broadening the participation base in sport,

The Department will therefore continue to work for transformation in the sports fraternity by ensuring equitable access, development and excellence at all levels of participation, thereby improving social cohesion, nation building and the improving quality of life of all South Africans.

The NSRP reminds us that “no country can expect to achieve and sustain success at the elite level without a strong participation base in the community, because that is the beginning for every champion”. It is therefore not by accident that the greater part of our budget is allocated to the Active Nation Programme. This Programme provides mass participation opportunities for participants from different walks of life.

Being a winning nation has very favourable spinoffs for nation building and social cohesion.

Therefore, the Department’s daily work contributes directly towards the achievement of Social Cohesion. This, because the work of the Department is about bringing people from different sectors, and demographic profiles, together to share common spaces and experiences. To ensure that physical activity and sports becomes a vehicle for social cohesion, the Department does among other things, the following (in no particular order):

• Consult the sector during its strategic planning to ensure that its plans go beyond just playing.
• Deliver the Youth Camps in all 9 provinces. The National Youth Camp provides a platform for the youth of our country to interact across race, class and social backgrounds. The youth Camp includes young learners from urban rural, the disabled sector and across race groups. The content of the Youth Camp includes, Leadership skills relating to Social cohesion and Nation building, Community Services, Sport and indigenous games and Entrepreneurial skills.
• Encourage communities to organise sporting events, leagues and championships – by making available, the Mass Participation and Sport Development Grant to further facilitate the delivery of sport and recreation through partnerships with relevant delivery agents such as provinces.

Reply:

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.

The process of further consultation, analysing and finalising the inputs is still in progress.

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.

Reply:

(a),(b)&(c)(i) The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD)

The DSBD has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Trade and Industry (thedti) who is the Landlord, the rental cost is inclusive of all facilities management services for the DTI Campus - Blocks A and G. During 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years, thedti has been responsible for all cleaning and hygiene services.

(a),(b)&(c)(ii) The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda)

	No	Service Provider Name	Service Description	2017/18	2018/19
National Office	1	Affriboom	Cleaning	R694 775.88
	2	Affriboom	Cleaning		R231 349.85
	3	Staza	Cleaning		R454 558.16
	4	Unitrade 1047 cc t/a Isidingo Security services	Security	R734 435.90
	5	Unitrade 1047 cc t/a Isidingo Security services	Security		R510 367.61
	6	Fidelity Security Services	Security		R350 178.44
	7	Servent Office plant	Indoor plants	R136 397.58
	8	Servent Office plant	Indoor plants		R74 942.53
	9	Nomsa Ntentengi and Trading projects	Indoor Plants		R86 814.00
		TOTAL		R1 565 609.36	R1 708 210.59

	No	Service Provider Name	Service Description	2017/18	2018/19
Provincial Offices	10	Affriboom	Cleaning Services		R73,345.68
	11	African Cleaning (CWL)	Cleaning Services	R91,343.34
	12	Banewa Electrical & Trading	Cleaning Services	R105,489.96
	13	Bekos	Cleaning Services	R11,300.00
	14	Berco Hygiene	Cleaning Services	R17,842.76	R25,271.16
	15	Bidvest	Cleaning Services	R83,347.20	R80,078.48
	16	Bidvest	Cleaning Services		R43,938.90
	17	Bidvest Managed Solutions (Pty) Ltd	Cleaning Services	R55,925.77	R61,632.36
	18	Bidvest Prestige	Cleaning Services	R9,712.00
	19	Bidvest Steiner	Cleaning Services	R58,482.00	R58,482.00
	20	Bidvest Steiner Hygiene	Cleaning Services	R21,166.78	R16,631.66
	21	Bokanya Hygiene	Cleaning Services	R82,279.00	R42,309.00
	22	Bolacco Resources CC	Cleaning Services	R83,750.00
	23	Boletshe Holdings	Cleaning Services	R36,503.00
	24	Bollacco Resources	Cleaning Services		R57,000.00
	25	Bubbly Agent	Cleaning Services		R49,980.00
	26	Buhlebenkanyezi	Cleaning Services		R12,900.00
	27	Burewa Trading	Cleaning Services	R65,800.00
	28	Burewa Trading	Cleaning Services		R55,024.00
	29	Carman Louw ( Oudtshoorn)	Cleaning Services		R23,837.00
	30	Clean Pro	Cleaning Services	R44,756.00	R8,005.14
	31	Connilicious	Cleaning Services		R34,700.00
	32	Ditlhoho Trading	Cleaning Services	R81,870.00	R38,310.00
	33	Divine Cleaning Services	Cleaning Services	R72,265.00	R68,671.00
	34	Duba and Associates	Cleaning Services	R65,328.00	R71,040.00
	35	Foxi Graffin (Eden)	Cleaning Services		R10,943.48
	36	George Maids (Eden)	Cleaning Services	R29,540.00	R43,200.00
	37	Gladtidings	Cleaning Services	R80,064.00
	38	Glencor Trading (VRB)	Cleaning Services	R22,500.00	R25,704.00
	39	Immaculate Cleaning and Hygiene	Cleaning Services	R13,609.30	R22,480.04
	40	IndustroServe	Cleaning Services	R63,788.80
	41	J & M Cleaning (PMD)	Cleaning Services	R24,058.82	R16,632.31
	42	Kamanga	Cleaning Services	R8,960.00	R53,760.00
	43	Khoja Enterprise (Pty) Ltd	Cleaning Services	R80,434.00
	44	Khoja Enterprises Pty Ltd	Cleaning Services		R96,528.00
	45	Kidisa Cleaning	Cleaning Services		R42,500.00
	46	Kolina	Cleaning Services	R65,328.00	R70,743.80
	47	Kuyikhonke	Cleaning Services	R43,200.00	R53,100.00
	48	Laguna Enterprise	Cleaning Services	R53,151.96
	49	LIVCLEAN (Pty) Ltd	Cleaning Services	R79,549.20
	50	Livclean Pty Ltd	Cleaning Services		R48,697.95
	51	LM Nobavu Trading (Mossel Bay)	Cleaning Services	R13,312.50	R25,337.50
	52	Lukhaya Trading	Cleaning Services	R57,000.00
	53	M Gardens	Cleaning Services		R32,500.00
	54	Mabaledi	Cleaning Services		R77,800.00
	55	Mabobo Trading	Cleaning Services		R21,250.00

	No	Service Provider Name	Service Description	2017/18	2018/19
Provincial Offiices	56	Makhegy Trading	Cleaning Services		R75,060.00
	57	Makhegy Trading Enterprise	Cleaning Services	R96,680.00
	58	Malukhanyo Trading	Cleaning Services	R53,900.00	R66,240.00
	59	Mancencence	Cleaning Services		R25,200.00
	60	Mantlole Trading	Cleaning Services		R39,000.00
	61	Mathole ME G Trading	Cleaning Services		R5,680.00
	62	Matlosa & Sons	Cleaning Services	R37,531.00	R18,300.00
	63	Miranda Randy	Cleaning Services	R45,000.00	R54,000.00
	64	MJJ Enterprises	Cleaning Services		R32,200.00
	65	MM Williams (HER)	Cleaning Services	R35,116.63	R47,669.93
	66	Mokganelwa Enterprise (Pty) Ltd	Cleaning Services	R175,045.04
	67	Mokganelwa Enterprises	Cleaning Services		R58,854.25
	68	Mvabane Trading (WORC)	Cleaning Services	R27,891.20	R38,520.62
	69	Mzilikazi and Mfuxwana	Cleaning Services	R53,395.00	R51,035.00
	70	Ngxito Trading	Cleaning Services	R88,000.00	R43,900.00
	71	NIDICT	Cleaning Services		R40,032.00
	72	Nonelela Cleaning Services (Pty) Ltd	Cleaning Services	R68,401.70
	73	NPaul	Cleaning Services	R65,328.00	R71,040.00
	74	Oatlegile	Cleaning Services	R59,988.00
	75	Papu	Cleaning Services	R59,884.00	R65,328.00
	76	Pray and Works	Cleaning Services	R50,435.00	R45,000.00
	77	Quatro Cleaning Services	Cleaning Services	R8,546.00	R108,419.00
	78	Relekwa Cleaning	Cleaning Services	R16,595.20	R16,595.20
	79	Relisec	Cleaning Services		R59,340.00
	80	Rentokil Hygiene	Cleaning Services	R126,126.18	R137,425.93
	81	Slyvia Cleaning Services	Cleaning Services		R7,200.00
	82	Sphokie Cleaning Services (CWL)	Cleaning Services		R16,350.00
	83	SSG Cleaning (Pty) Ltd	Cleaning Services	R34,575.24
	84	Super Care (PO)	Cleaning Services		R64,185.34
	85	Taumasole Trading & Projects	Cleaning Services	R78,000.00
	86	The Reeds	Cleaning Services	R46,200.00	R46,200.00
	87	Thuthusani Co-Operative	Cleaning Services	R42,000.00	R7,000.00
	88	Titus D	Cleaning Services	R58,333.00	R99,999.00
	89	Top 2 Bottom Cleaning	Cleaning Services		R27,729.19
	90	Walla Enterprises & Cleaning	Cleaning Services		R45,918.21
	91	Yvonne Cleaning (CoCT)	Cleaning Services	R67,640.00	R69,600.00
	92	Zanele Mary	Cleaning Services		R59,388.00
	93	Zanikay	Cleaning Services	R53,760.00	R48,000.00
	94	ZP Mjandana (PO)	Cleaning Services	R72,000.00	R12,000.00
	95	Divine Cleaning Services	Garden Service	R31,095.00	R33,320.00
	96	Mmotlana	Garden Service		R35,400.00
	97	Thebi & Son	Garden Service	R34,900.00
	98	Berco Indoor Gardens	Indoor Plants	R44,969.81	R48,113.26

	No	Service Provider Name	Service Description	2017/18	2018/19
Provincial Offices	99	Bidvest	Indoor Plants	R2,790.72	R3,720.96
	100	Bidvest Execuflora (Eden)	Indoor Plants		R15,121.68
	101	Havenside Nurseries	Indoor Plants	R9,120.00	R9,120.00
	102	Lindol Plants (CWL)	Indoor Plants	R12,667.20	R17,777.19
	103	Lindol Plants (PO)	Indoor Plants	R17,127.91	R17,503.10
	104	Roto Plant (Eden)	Indoor Plants	R23,540.00	R8,880.00
	105	Tekwini Plants	Indoor Plants	R3,588.00	R3,588.00
	106	ADT Security (Pty) Ltd	Security Services	R7,258.00	R7,708.00
	107	ADT Security (Pty) Ltd	Security Services	R10,424.48	R13,327.39
	108	ADT Security (Pty) Ltd	Security Services	R5,883.12	R11,338.18
	109	ADT Security (Pty) Ltd	Security Services	R4,370.71	R6,739.07
	110	ADT Security (Pty) Ltd	Security Services	R8,807.49	R3,862.28
	111	ADT Security (Pty) Ltd	Security Services	R4,832.79	R4,706.52
	112	Armed Response	Security Services		R6,110.00
	113	Armed Response North	Security Services	R12,640.00
	114	Astron Alarms - De Aar	Security Services	R5,313.13	R6,571.08
	115	Autronica Security Services (Pty) Ltd	Security Services	R3,420.00	R3,277.50
	116	Black Spider	Security Services	R1,120.00
	117	CHUBB Security SA (Pty) Ltd	Security Services	R8,410.56	R9,432.00
	118	CHUBB Security SA (Pty) Ltd	Security Services	R9,111.55	R10,115.60
	119	CHUBB Security SA (Pty) Ltd	Security Services	R6,724.00	R4,925.00
	120	CHUBB Security SA (Pty) Ltd	Security Services	R9,886.76
	121	CSS	Security Services	R4,749.00	R5,139.00
	122	Fidelity Security Services	Security Services	R7,942.08	R9,847.83
	123	Fidelity Security Services	Security Services	R6,156.00	R7,496.81
	124	Fidelity Security Services	Security Services	R6,087.60	R6,141.00
	125	Fluobizz Security	Security Services	R195,624.00	R199,353.00
	126	Gunmar Security	Security Services	R6,570.00
	127	Gunmar Security - Security	Security Services		R10,640.00
	128	Hartwig and Henderson	Security Services	R4,579.54	R4,674.79
	129	Hi-Tech	Security Services	R4,200.00	R4,200.00
	130	Loskop Alarms - Security	Security Services	R5,193.00
	131	Loskop Alarms - Security	Security Services		R2,570.80
	132	Mzanzi Fire and Security	Security Services		R4,113.00
	133	National Security and Fire	Security Services		R43,628.39
	134	National Security and Fire	Security Services	R36,294.67	R40,327.41
	135	National Security and Fire	Security Services	R12,646.44	R5,274.35
	136	National Security and Fire	Security Services	R9,490.70	R9,490.70
	137	National Security and Fire	Security Services	R8,512.44	R9,418.30
	138	National Security and Fire	Security Services	R7,264.20	R7,764.84
	139	Northern Spark Trading	Security Services	R11,153.00
	140	Northern Spark Trading	Security Services		R11,459.72
	141	NST Alarms	Security Services	R3,641.00	R3,720.00

	No	Service Provider Name	Service Description	2017/18	2018/19
Provincial Offices	142	Potties Alarm	Security Services		R425.00
	143	Prestige Security	Security Services	R5,449.64	R7,996.41
	144	Protek Security	Security Services	R8,705.00	R9,021.00
	145	Ravens	Security Services	R2,800.00	R4,200.00
	146	Red Alert	Security Services	R5,796.00	R6,509.00
	147	Red Guard Security	Security Services	R9,277.00	R13,779.15
	148	SGD Security	Security Services	R2,061.67
	149	South Cape Security (Eden)	Security Services	R2,709.20	R6,517.45
	150	Suricat Armed Response CC	Security Services	R5,181.00
	151	Suricat Armed Response CC	Security Services		R3,634.00
	152	The Suresh Mohanlal Valjee Family Trust	Security Services		R16,974.00
	153	Thorburn Holdings (Pty) Ltd	Security Services	R4,446.00	R4,482.00
		TOTAL		R3 796 558.99	R3 804 197.89

 

(a),(b)&(c)(ii) The Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa)

	No	Service Provider Name	Service Description	2017/18	2018/19
Head Office	1	Bidvest Protea Coin	Security Service	R898 983,90	-
	2	Lindokuhlemate Trading & Project	Cleaning Service	R400 000,00	R480 000,00
	3	Amaloba Horticultural Service JHB (Pty) Ltd	Indoor Plants	R31 258,98	-
	4	Monitor Net	Security Service	R3 646,00	R3 325,00
	5	Madiali Security and Projects cc	Security Service	-	R372 312,00
		TOTAL		R1 333 888,88	R855 637,00
Regional Offices	6	Bidvest Services (Pty) Ltd	Cleaning Services	R11 516,22	R58 086,20
	7	Kamatsikaa Trading Enterprises cc	Cleaning Services	-	R42 390,00
	8	SSG Cleaning (Pty) Ltd	Cleaning Services	R89 099,04	R122 048,88
	9	Red Alert TSS (Pty) Ltd	Cleaning Services	R74 186,16	R80 977,68
	10	Supercare Services Group (Pty) Ltd	Cleaning Service	R64 249,57	-
	11	Kagiso Rekopnae	Cleaning Service	R96 000,00	-
	12	Garrett Assemblies	Cleaning Service	R97 080,00	-
	13	S and B Sales Cleaning Services	Cleaning Service	R63 826,49	-
	14	Funaki Cleaning Services	Cleaning Service	R71 040,00	-
	15	Gcinakahle (Pty) Ltd	Cleaning Service	R60 000,00	-
	16	Jay Lesedi	Cleaning Service	R48 856,60	-
	17	Mangaung t/a Nobuhle General Trading	Cleaning Service	R72 119,88	-
	18	Sholoza Security Service cc	Security Service	-	R90 650,25
	19	Trident Security Service	Security Service	-	R70 492,45
	20	Ngethemba Trading (Pty) Ltd	Cleaning Services	-	R31 356,00
	21	Fidelity Security	Security Service	R2 500,02	R45 229,79
	22	Berco Indoors (Pty) Ltd	Indoor Plants	R5 266,80	R46 883,05
	23	Rentokil (Pty) Ltd	Indoor Plants	R22 939,10	-
		TOTAL		R778 679,88	R588 114,30

RESPONSE TO QUESTION 628

“628. Ms A M Siwisa (EFF) to ask the Minister of Small Business Development:

What (a) total amount has (i) her department and (ii) each of the entities reporting to her spent on (aa) cleaning, (bb) security and (cc) gardening services in the (aaa) 2017-18 and (bbb) 2018-19 financial years, (b) amount was paid to each service provider to provide each specified service and (c) total amount was paid to each of the service providers?”

NW1626E

Reply:

The rationale for the social compact convention comes upon the realisation that no single sector, including government, can single-handedly succeed in the goal of achieving a socially integrated and inclusive society. That is, for South Africa to become a socially integrated and inclusive society, the different sectors in society need to make commitments and hold each other to account.

At the national convention, a broad consensus would be obtained in terms of the letter and the spirit of the social contract on social cohesion and nation building. The social compact or social contract will be an agreement among the different sectors in society, including labour, business, traditional authorities, and the faith based sector, wherein they will collectively and individually commit to concrete and tangible deliverables, all in an effort towards meeting the goal of a socially integrated and inclusive society.

Currently, sector consultations are in progress and a desktop study on compacting is being concluded.

It must be noted here too that the social compact project is not meant to circumvent the broader programme of action of government on social cohesion and nation building i.e. the 5-year NDP Implementation Plan (Priority 5). Rather, the programme of action as it relates to Priority 5, is meant to give traction to the social compact project. In other words, government’s commitments, as a sector as they relate to the social compact project, will be extrapolated from government’s commitments in terms of the 5-year NDP Implementation Plan (Priority 5). That is, while the 5-year NDP Implementation Plan (priority 5) focuses on total effort by government on social cohesion and nation building, the social compact project focuses on total effort at the societal level that includes all sectors of society, not just government. In terms of impact, government is hopeful, since there have been numerous examples of compacting before that went reasonably well. The negotiated settlement and the Constitution of the Republic, for which there was much consensus, are examples of social compacts.

Reply:

DSAC has prioritised the Code Specific training as approved by the International Federations and the National Federations for Women and the effects thereof will be visible as from 2020. As a result, rugby, football and cricket’s national women teams at an under 15 and under 17 levels have shown an increase in all provinces as did the number of women coaches and referees.

Following the 2017/18 EPG report in which women‘s position in sport was compared to that of men in 19 sports in Dashboard format, this indicate that funding continues to be a challenge in women sport, the EPG is in the process of compiling a dashboard on women’s position in the 19 sports codes on its own. This will bring sharper focus and a basis for comparison of women in sport annually.

The National Federations that are part of the Eminent Person Group Report (EPG) are required to outline the programmes aimed at addressing the key findings / shortcomings as identified in the EPG Report. These programmes form part of the Business Plans that are submitted for the release of annual funding.

In addition, the Federations sign the Agreements wherein they commit to the self-set targets (Barometer targets). These targets form the basis of continuous engagements on the performance of the identified National Federations.

Reply:

The Health Compact recommendations were summarised into nine pillars relating to the key elements of the healthcare system:- human resources, medicine supply, infrastructure, private sector engagement, improvement in the quality of PHC services, public sector financial management, strengthening of governance and leadership, community engagement and development of information systems.

For each of these areas there are clear deliverables with targets which has been reflected in the Departments Annual Performance Plans either at National or Provincial level. The Department has started with the implementation of these plans.

A number of these areas are outlined below including:

• A joint committee of the National Treasury and National Department of Health has been established to review the Equitable share and grants in the Health sector

• A Ministerial Committee Task Team was established and the Human Resource for Health (HRH) Strategy is being finalized, which incorporates a number of human resources issues raised in the compact. Reorganisation of the Health Organogram and reprioritisation to shift resources for services delivery at the front end.

• Estimates of the provincial pharmaceutical budget will be ring fenced.

• A system to monitor key operations at a hospitals that influence health system quality.

Various interventions for Medico-Legal claims introduced:

(i) Quantification of the contingent liability: The current contingent liability as at June 2019 is R 100 822 486 781. 93. However, most of these claims as frivolous and vexatious. The Department is in the process of identifying the legitimate claims.

(ii) Mediation: The patient admission forms have been standardized across the Provinces to make the provision for mediation. There are already 18 officials from Provinces who have been trained for mediation. These include Legal and Medical officers. The Department will also train the officials to implement patient admission forms for mediation.

(iii) Provision of future medical treatment: Department has published Public Health facilities, in Government Gazette No 42687 of 5 September 2019, to provide for future medical services instead of advance payment of future medical expenses. This will address the future medical expenses that constitute over 80 percent of the quantum (amount) claimed. This will ensure that our facilities continue to function effectively and efficiently.

• Training materials to train clinic committees and Hospital Boards has been developed, training has begun in three (3) provinces.

• A draft proposal to fast track the infrastructure backlog has been developed.

Quality improvement plan has been developed and funded, training will resume in September.

The copy of the Health Compact is hereby attached as Annexure 1.

END.

Reply:

(a). The audit outcomes of the 2017/2018 financial year did not reflect irregularities for the National Arts Council. The entity was granted clean audit.

(b). My department instructed the Council of the National Arts Council to investigate the allegations against the CEO of the NAC. The investigation was conducted by Gobodo Forensic Investigative Authority that made findings which were concluded through a disciplinary hearing. The final outcome of the hearing received from the independent Chairperson of the hearing was received on 03 April 2019. The CEO was subsequently acquitted on all charges and reported for duty on the 12th April 2019.

Reply:

The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture and the Department of Traditional Affairs and the National House of Traditional Affairs concluded and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in 2018. The MOU includes amongst others the following areas

• Rites of passage including Traditional Initiation
• Harmful cultural practices
• Oral history
• Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS)
• Promotion of Indigenous languages
• Moral Regeneration
• Resistance and Liberation Heritage
• Social Cohesion

The two departments are presently developing an implementation protocol with activities and timeframes to be presented to the two Ministers. The Departments are already cooperating on projects such as the documentation and protection of indigenous knowledge through the documentation of the work of Living Human Treasures. Projects such as the restoration of the grave of Chief Maqoma, King Hintsa exhumation and reburial and the construction of the Sarah Bartmann Center of Remembrance and KhoiSan Museum are some of the projects that focus on and promote South Africa’s diverse culture and heritage.

These projects involve both the DTA and traditional leaders. The Department of Sports, Arts and culture is in the process of appointing a panel of experts who will assist with compiling a national register of our rich and diverse indigenous knowledge systems. The panel will also develop another register of IKS needing urgent safeguarding. The Department of Traditional Affairs and the National House of Traditional Leaders will be invited to second a representative to the panel of experts.

Reply:

(a) The number of the 20 public service employees found to have conducted business with the State is not known to the DPSA. The list with 20 names was handed to the South African Police Service (SAPS) on 24 June 2019 to conduct investigations and, based on their findings, to request the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to prosecute those in contravention of section 8 of the Public Administration Management Act, Act 11 of 2014. As section 8 of the Public Administration Management Act only came into effect on 1 April 2019, and conducting business with the State became an offence for public service employees only then, the name list submitted to the Police and NPA only contains employees who are in contravention of the Public Administration Management Act since 1 April 2019.

(b) This department identified the 20 public service employees as possibly conducting business with the State, based on information obtained from the Central Supplier Database, as provided by National Treasury. This database contains a register of all individuals registered to tender for business with the State and is maintained by National Treasury. The information obtained from this database is compared with information on the Personnel Salary System (PERSAL) which then identified the public service employees registered on the database.

(c) The following mechanisms have been put in place to detect public service employees who are conducting business with the State:

• The DPSA affected changes to the Personnel Salary System (PERSAL) to allow departments to capture requests from employees to perform other remunerative work on it. This data captured on PERSAL is then analysed and compared with information on the eDisclosure system to detect possible cases of employees conducting business with the State. Departments’ management of other remunerative work (as captured on PERSAL) are monitored by the DPSA and a report is drafted annually, which is distributed to departments. The DPSA also annually drafts a report based on the information submitted to the eDisclosure system, which exposes those employees conducting private work without permission and promotes the detection of employees possibly conducting business with the State.
• Information is extracted from the Central Supplier Database, which contains a register of all individuals registered to tender for business with the State and is maintained by National Treasury. This data is analysed and compared to data on PERSAL, so as to identify public service employees. These employees are then deregistered by National Treasury from the database. The DPSA draft a statistical report containing data from the Central Supplier Database on employees possibly conducting business with the State and submits it annually to Cabinet.
• Based on the information received from the Central Supplier Database, the DPSA directs letters to departments to encourage them to confirm that the identified individuals were indeed conducting business with the State, were till in Government employ and to encourage them to take action where needed and to report the steps taken against culprits to the DPSA. This information is also included in the statistical report presented to Cabinet.
• The DPSA also increased awareness on the detection of employees conducting business with the State among Ethics Officers of the various departments by means of hosting an annual National Ethics Officer Forum.

Reply:

(a)What Tourism categories exist in the Republic

South African Tourism aligns its tourism concepts and definitions to the UN standards and guidelines. As such, the broad categories of inbound tourism, domestic tourism and outbound tourism exists.

(b)How was each category formulated

South African Tourism adopts and follows the UN standards and definitions for tourism statistical concepts. This is a link to the International Recommendations on Tourism Statistics. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/publication/Seriesm/SeriesM_83rev1e.pdf

(c) What targets have been set for each category?

South African Tourism has set targets for inbound (international) tourism and domestic holiday tourism. The targets set for the financial year 2019/20 are as follows:

• International tourism: 11,4 million (inbound tourism)
• Domestic holiday tourism: 2,7 million (domestic)

Reply:

The Ministers of both Sport and Recreation and Basic Education signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2018 committing to the provision of an integrated school sport programme. The MOU identifies various role players who are tasked with delivering physical education and sport in schools. Physical Education is a learning area within the Curriculum of Basic Education.

In line with the integrated strategic framework for Teacher Education and development that has been developed between the Department of Basic Education and Department of Higher Education, teachers are capacitated through Life Orientation subject committees. (national, provincial and district) focussing on Physical Education as a learning area. The Curriculum within the Department of Basic Education identifies training needs and submits to the teacher development unit to facilitate the training of teachers in Physical Education.

The Mass Participation and Sport Development Grant from the Department of Sport and Recreation that is allocated to Provinces makes provision for 38% of the grant to be allocated to the School Sport Programme, annually.

Of the allocated amount, 10% is ring-fenced for training of educators which includes training of coaches in specific codes of sport.

Reply:

1. Department of Tourism

(a)  What total amount was spent on

	(aa) Cleaning	(bb) Security	(cc)Gardening Service
(aaa) 2017-18	R196 192.59	R1 535 155.56	R0.00
(bbb) 2018-19	R104 180.24	R1 547 499.65	R0.00

(b) What amount was paid for each Service provider to provide each specific service

Service Provider(s)	(aa) Cleaning	(bb) Security	(cc) Gardening Service
2017-2018
Service Provider no 1	R159 233.87	R0.00	R0.00
Service Provider no 2	R15 273.72	R0.00	R0.00
Service Provider no 3	R21 685.00	R0.00	R0.00
Service Provider no 4	R0.00	R1 535 155.56	R0.00
2018-2019
Service Provider no 5:	R92 796.00	R0.00	R0.00
Service Provider no 2	R11 384.24	R0.00	R0.00
Service Provider no 4	R0.00	R1 547 499.65	R0.00

(c) Total amount that was paid to each Service provider

Service Provider(s)	Total Amount Paid
Service Provider no 1(Cleaning)	R 159 233.87
Service Provider no 4 (Security)	R3 082 655.21
Service Provider no 2 (Cleaning)	R 26 657.96
Service Provider no 3 (Cleaning)	R 21 685.00
Service Provider no 5 (Cleaning)	R 92 796.00

1. South African Tourism

(a) What total amount was spent on

	(aa) Cleaning	(bb) Security	(cc) gardening Service
(aaa) 2017-18	R 684 833.50	R 578 843.45	R 47 325
(bbb) 2018-19	R 699 799.54	R 624 846.04	R 95 400

 

(b) What amount was paid for each Service provider to provide each specific service

(c) Service Provider(s)	(aa) Cleaning	(bb) Security	(cc) gardening Service
2017-18
Service Provider No. 1	R 684 833.50	R0.00	R0.00
Service Provider No. 2	R0.00	R 578 843.45	R0.00
Service Provider No. 3	R0.00	R0.00	R 20 985
Service Provider No. 4	R0.00	R0.00	R 26 340
2018-19
Service Provider No.1	R 699 799.54	R0.00	R0.00
Service Provider No.2	R0.00	R 624 846.04	R0.00
Service Provider No.4	R0.00	R0.00	R 95 400

(d) Total amount that was paid to each Service provider

Service Provider(s)	Total Amount Paid
Service Provider No. 3 (Garden Service)	R 20 985
Service Provider No.4 (Garden Service)	R 121 740
Service provider No. 2 (Security)	R 1 203 689.49
Service Provider no 1 (Cleaning Services)	R 1 384 633.04

Reply:

The table below provides the number of nurses, doctors and dentists who graduated at public higher education institutions from 2013 to 2017.

Undergraduate Degree	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
MBCHB	1 346	1 170	1 454	1 496	1 574
Nurses	1 380	1 558	1 599	1 675	1 708
Dentists excluding Dental Science and Dental Therapy	117	125	117	140	138

Reply:

1. See the attached list of schools declared as hotspots for the 2018/19 financial year.

Province	No of Schools
KwaZulu-Natal	202
Western Cape	147
Free State	90
Limpopo	22
Gauteng	251
Northern Cape	40
Eastern Cape	99
North West	80
Mpumalanga	414
TOTAL	2 345

2. The National School Safety Framework (NSSF) remains the Department of Basic Education (DBE) strategic response to school violence;

1. It is a comprehensive approach that coordinates and consolidates all school safety interventions in the sector;
2. It is based on a social ecological systems model which locates the school within its broader community;
3. It relies on collaboration and partnership; and
4. The INSPIRE framework provides further granularity to the NSSF focusing on seven (7) areas: Implementation and law enforcement; Norms and values; Safe environments; Parent and care-giver support; Income and economic strengthening; Response and support services; and Education and Life Skills.

The DBE also supports provinces to implement a number of interventions in response to crime and violence in schools; including for example:

1. Strengthening the School Safety Committees through training to adequately respond to the challenges school face;
2. Bullying prevention programmes roll-out in Eastern Cape
3. Anti-gangsterism joint intervention programme with South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Northern Education Region – Port Elizabeth;
4. In partnership with SAPS, searches and seizures are randomly held to seize dangerous weapons in school campuses;
5. Moral rejuvenation seminars held in all North West Education districts in partnership with the QLTC in the Office of the Premier;
6. District Safety Coordinators trained on Protocols on prevention of Corporal Punishment and Sexual Abuse and Harassment of leaners in schools;
7. After the National Summit on School violence hosted by Minister in 2018, five provinces (Gauteng, North West, Free State, Western Cape and Eastern Cape) have convened provincial summits to roll-out the Declaration and implementation of the recommendations to enhance safe learning environments and instil a culture of respect and discipline among leaners and educators.

Reply:

(a) Date of precautionary suspension:

As per the report I received from the board. 01 April 2019

 

(b) What are the reasons for the precautionary suspension:

To investigate allegations of impropriety against the person, received through the SA Tourism whistle-blowing hotline and protected disclosure.

(c) Date of the charge sheet:

I’m informed the board served the charge sheet on 24 July 2019

(d) What stage is the process:

I’m informed that the disciplinary hearing has been scheduled for September 2019

(e) On what date did the official hearings take place:

The matter was originally set-down to be heard on 13-14 August 2019, but postponed

(f) When will the matter be finalised:

The hearing will be set-down for 5-10 days during September 2019.

(g) Who is standing in for the person:

The Chief Operations Officer.

Reply:

a) The department didn’t host any event related to the 2019 budget vote

b) No gifts were distributed.

Reply:

The information has been requested from the Eastern Cape Department of Education and the response will be provided as soon as it is received from the Province.

Reply:

1. The Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) is participating in the National Joint Operational and Intelligent Structure which comprise of Home Affairs, South Africa Police Service, Intelligent Unit, South African Revenue Service and National Prosecuting Authority, which is aimed at addressing issues relating to undocumented migrants trading in South Africa as well as the production and dealing of illicit goods, among others.

The above mentioned multi stakeholder Task Team is working together with various Local Business Chambers to identify and quantify all businesses that are operated by undocumented migrants. As I announced during my budget vote speech, we are in the process of developing a database / repository of all informal businesses that are operating in South Africa.

2. The contribution of foreign-owned small businesses to Gross Domestic Product is unknown as they are part of the undeclared/ informal economy. Additionally, most businesses in the informal sector are unregistered, unlicensed and do not make use of banking and financial institutions. As such, these businesses do not pay tax as well.

As recently witnessed in news reports, some of the goods traded are counterfeit and in the food retail sector; most of the goods sold are not certified by health and other relevant authorities. It is therefore difficult to quantify the contribution of foreign-owned businesses to the local economy.

3. Spaza Shops in the Township and Rural Areas have grown to be predominately run by foreign nationals. There has been a decline in the number of South African owned shops due to reasons such as the lack of government support, which we seek to address as the Department of Small Business Development.

Reply:

The numbers of qualified artisans in boiler making, carpentry, electrical and plumbing for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2019 are tabulated below:

Trade	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	Total
Boilermaker	1 081	958	1 196	1 144	1 143	5 522
Carpenter	117	116	231	305	253	1 022
Electrician	3 000	3 261	4 679	5 737	5 245	21 922
Plumber	579	826	1 239	1 234	1 855	5 733
Total	4 777	5 161	7 345	8 420	8 496	34 199

Reply:

Improving investment readiness is key to both debt and equity financing. The Department through its entities has a number of programmes that aimed at ensuring that SMMEs are enabled to access equity financing. We have incubation programmes that we are implementing through Seda where we provide structured training on both technical and soft skills to SMMEs. There is also a mentorship programme that is offered through Seda where we get skilled individuals to offer mentorship support to SMMEs. The agency also runs an investor pitching initiative called “Pitch & Perfect”, to close the large gap between what entrepreneurs present and what investors are looking for.

According to the Global Entrepreneurship Index, South Africa has higher innovation than the world average, but low risk capital and low start-up skills. Pitch & Perfect addresses these gaps, by providing annual seasons of both pitching masterclasses and pitching competitions at provincial and national level, to promote and enable investment readiness.

Through sefa, upon disbursement, if a client needs business support, sefa immediately assigns a mentor for a period of up to 12 months at sefa’s cost. In addition, sefa has an agreement with South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) to assist eligible sefa clients with management accounts at no cost to sefa clients.

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Reply:

1. Rationalisation of schools cannot be implemented in a blanket approach, but on a case by case approach. In general, non-viable schools are a disadvantage to learners as they cannot be provided with resources and sufficient number of educators, to ensure quality education at par with other schools. However, where circumstances dictate that such schools be retained in communities where they are located, such a determination will be dictated by its peculiar circumstance. As such, it will not be prudent to commit that all non-viable schools will be retained where they are located.

2. The Department continuously monitors the effectiveness of the post provisioning norms including the provisioning to small schools. Once it is decided that it is viable to maintain or establish a small school after considering both educational effectiveness and cost efficiency, the post provisioning norms assists in determining the number of posts to be provided to such a school. The current Post Provisioning Norms are under review to ensure that small schools are adequately addressed. This is being done together with stakeholders in the Education Labour Relations Council.

 

Reply:

 

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

(a) A total of 159 work opportunities were reported by the Senqu Local Municipality in quarter 1 of 2019/20 financial year. The work opportunities reported were from three projects in the Infrastructure, Environment and Social Sectors.

 

(b)The average duration of work opportunities that were created in the Municipality as reported in quarter 1 of 2019/20 is 53 days.

 

(c) The average daily wage paid to participants in the Municipality was R98 per day.

 

(d) The suitable method of recruitment is determined by the public body responsible for the implementation of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Projects. However, Recruitment Guidelines have been developed by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, which public bodies must follow to ensure fair, transparent and equitable recruitment of participants.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

a)The lease agreement with Redefine Properties was signed on the 28th of May 2018 by DPWI and on the 14th of June 2018 by Redefine Properties. The lease agreements with Tiso Blackstar were signed on the 28th of May 2018 and on the 31st of July 2018 by Tiso Blackstar.

b) The lease agreements for Tiso Blackstar were signed for 12 months and have been extended for a further period of 7 months. The lease agreement with Redefine was signed for a period of 3 years.

c) Tiso Black Star lease for offices: monthly rental of R 72 846.52.

Tiso Black Star lease for auditorium: monthly rental R 796 950.00.

Redefine lease for offices: monthly rental R 374 900.61.

ii) The total amount paid to date is R 14 837 975.97.

Reply:

The sector uses the instruments contained in the Education Management Service (EMS): Performance Management and Development System (PMDS) for office-based educators as contained in the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) Collective Agreement No. 3 of 2017; as well as the job description of subject advisors as contained in Collective Agreement No. 4 of 2017 to measure the performance and effectiveness of subject advisors.

(a) Yes. As a national ELRC collective agreement, it is available across all provinces and implementation is mandatory. Subject advisors enter into, and sign annual performance agreements with their immediate supervisor. The agreements contain among others, the following:

1. Key Result Areas (KRAs), which describe what is expected from the subject advisor in terms of the job description; and
2. Core Management Criteria (CMCs); which are elements and standards used to describe and assess performance, taking into consideration knowledge, skills and attributes.

The performance agreement serves as the cornerstone of performance management of subject advisors at the individual level, while a workplan describes what will be achieved within particular timeframes through clearly defined activities and performance indicators.

(b) There are consequences for non-compliance as determined by the Labour Relations Act and the Employment of Educators Act, which prescribe the processes to be followed during such misconduct.

(2) whether her department has ways to prevent provinces from appointing persons who are not capable and/or suitably qualified and were not achieving good results during their teaching careers; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW1110E

Response

The process for the recruitment and selection of educators prescribed in relevant regulations, as stipulated in the Personnel Administrative Measures, Chapter B. The regulations prescribe educational requirements, statutory requirements, and experience required for appointment in education. The stipulated process includes the selection process, which involves formation of representative panels or Interview Committees that are responsible for the shortlisting a pool of suitable candidates and conducting interviews. It is the view of the department that the existing regulations and processes, are adequate to ensure that suitably qualified educators are appointed in every post.

Reply:

(a) The total number of schools that have been converted into inclusive schools is 832.

(b) The information is not readily available in the Department of Basic Education and it should be requested from the Provincial Education Departments.

Reply:

a) (i) and (ii)

The Departments of Basic Education and Telecommunications and Postal Services in collaboration with ICASA provided 105 (North West=55, Mpumalanga=21 and Gauteng =29) schools with ICT equipment as part of the Universal Service and Access Obligations (USAO). Each school received the following ICT equipment:

• 24 x Tablets for learners;
• 1 x Server loaded with DBE electronic content;
• 2 x Teacher laptops;
• 2 x Wi-Fi Access Points;
• 1 x data projector; and
• 1 x Mobile charging trolley.

b) The budget for the rollout of USAO solution is part of the Network Operators Licence Obligations imposed by ICASA.

Further information about the procurement of tablets and laptops should be requested from the Provincial Education Departments. The PDEs are responsible for the rollout of tablets and laptops to teachers.

 

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

(a) The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has informed me as follows

(i) (aa) & (aaa) & (bbb) The Department has spent the following amounts for cleaning: R137 924 674.68 in 2017/2018 and R152 646 408.40 in 2018/2019;

(bb) & (aaa) & (bbb) The Department has spent on security an amount of

R 60 943 700.76 for 2017/2018 and R 78 892 407.32 for 2018/2019;

(cc) & (aaa) & (bbb) The Department has spent on gardening an amount of

R 103 312 968.54 for 2017/2018 and R 115 323 696.25 for 2018/2019.

(b) and (c) See Annexure A

(a) (ii) Response in respect of the Public Entities report to the Department of

Public Works and Infrastructure:

• For Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB),) (aa), (bb), (aaa), (bbb), (b) and (c) –

(aa) & (aaa) & (bbb) The three entities listed above have spent the following amounts for cleaning: R1 578 228.50 in 2017/2018 and R1 696 746.46 in 2018/2019;

(bb) & (aaa) & (bbb) The three entities listed above have spent on security an amount of R 244 667.91 for 2017/2018 and R 349 708.21 for 2018/2019;

(cc) & (aaa) & (bbb) The three entities listed above have spent on gardening an amount of R 0 for 2017/2018 and R 0 for 2018/2019.

(b) and (c) See Annexure B

• Council of the Built Environment (CBE) and the Agrément South Africa (ASA)

The CBE and ASA did not have any expenditure on cleaning, gardening services or security during the 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years.-

(b) and (c) See Annexure B

• For Independent Development Trust (IDT)

(aa) & (aaa) & (bbb) The IDT has spent the following amounts for cleaning: R1 578 228.50 in 2017/2018 and R1 696 746.46 in 2018/2019;

(bb) & (aaa) & (bbb) The IDT has spent on security an amount of R 244 667.91 for 2017/2018 and R 349 708.21 for 2018/2019;

(cc) & (aaa) & (bbb) The IDT has spent on gardening an amount of R 0 for 2017/2018 and R 0 for 2018/2019.

(b) and (c) - See Annexure C

Reply:

1. Following the proceedings of the Budget vote held on 12 July 2019, the Minister hosted a brief Stakeholder engagement session.

(a) The Stakeholder engagement meeting was held in the Parliamentary precinct at Palm Court, Marks Building.

(b) The total cost spent was R17, 866.00.

(c) The Protection of Personal Information Act prohibits the sharing personal details of participants however, the invitees comprised of stakeholders from SMME Organisations and Cooperatives, Incubators, Corporate entities, members of the public and support staff.

(2) No gifts were distributed.

(a)&(b) Not applicable.

Reply:

(a) (i) The National Department of Basic Education does not employ teachers.

(ii) The Department does not routinely collect information on the actual number of educators by Grade as part of regular monitoring and reporting. The figures below are an estimation based on the number of Grade 3 classes.

PROVINCE	ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EDUCATORS
Eastern Cape	5 125
Free State	1 680
Gauteng Province	4 770
KwaZulu-Natal	6 528
Limpopo	3 510
Mpumalanga	2 306
Northern Cape	805
North West	1 911
Western Cape	3 071
Grand Total	29706

Source: Education Management Information System Data, 2018

(b) (i) 2018 Foundation Phase (FP) English First Additional Language (EFAL) teachers were tested nationwide on English with emphasis on reading.

(ii) 65% of these teachers did very well, while the remaining 35% is getting attention through the Primary School Reading Improvement Programme (PSRIP).

Reply:

As announced during our tabling of the Department's Annual Performance Plan (2019/2020, the Department has adopted a new operational model which includes Access to Finance as a full programme. This programme extends to risk cover and business rescue, SMME contracting models, SMME payments, Common Application Templates, Blended Funding, SMME Funding Policy, financial sustainability and innovative funding facilities. These Initiatives will progressively be rolled out throughout the next five years jointly with the private sector. Currently the credit guarantee scheme which is called Khula Credit Guarantee Scheme that is implemented through sefa is in partnership with the private sector. This scheme offers guarantee to lenders on behalf of SME borrowers who would otherwise have their access impeded by the lack of collateral required by various financiers. We intend to upscale this programme as part of expanding various funding options for SMEs.

 

Reply:

1) 27 422 m2 and SAPOA Grade A

(2) (a) The Department has 24 (twenty four) office spaces in the Republic.

Find here: (b) & (c). Table

Reply:

The table below provides the number of students who graduated with an undergraduate degree in Computer and Information Science at public higher education institutions from 2013 to 2017.

Undergraduate Degree	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Computer and Information Science	2 531	2 670	2 746	2 617	2 843

Reply:

1. Honourable Berman, yes, I was informed of CAS 25/3/2019 opened at the Brooklyn Police Station.

A locally employed personnel at the Official Residence of the Ambassador of Algeria to South Africa alleged that she has been a victim of sexual assault perpetuated by the Ambassador, and as such CAS 25/3/2019 was subsequently opened at the Brooklyn Police Station. The National Prosecuting Authority informed the Department on 19 July 2019 that it “has declined to prosecute the case”.

2. Based on the decision by the National Prosecuting Authority, the Department has not taken any measures against the Ambassador regarding the charges.

Reply:

(1) The President pronounced in his State of the Nation Address on 16 February 2018 that "Growth, development and transformation depend on a strong and capable state. It is critical that the structure and size of the state is optimally suited to meet the needs of the people and ensure the most efficient allocation of public resources. We will therefore initiate a process to review the configuration, number and size of national government departments."

The Presidency is leading the 2019 National Macro Organisation of Government (NMOG), which must be finalised by 31 March 2020 with the assistance of centre of government and affected departments.

These changes are necessary for the following reasons.

a) The National Development Plan articulates the vision of a developmental state that requires building state capacity as an important step to achieve a developmental state.

b) The clustering of homogeneous or related functions to ensure that functional areas of responsibility are clearly demarcated to avoid ambiguity, overlapping

or duplication of functions.

c) To promote synergy within ministerial portfolios and institutions which will be responsible for broad policy outcomes to realize value for citizens.

d) To promote accountability for delivery of outcomes.

e) Promote coherence, better coordination and optimizing the use of resources for efficient and effective administration.

f) Government remains committed to ensure minimal disruptions to service delivery within the public service.

(2) The NMOG is focussed on the reorganisation of specific functions within the current budget baselines of departments. There is a reallocation of particular functions and concomitant resources (budgets and staff) between departments and no government function has been abolished so as to realise cost savings in that regard.

(a) Affected departments are concluding on their start-up organisational structures to determine the required posts. Affected employees will transfer between departments during the latter half of 2019 followed by the matching and placing of staff, which will be determined by a collective agreement with organised Labour. Any excess staff will be redeployed and reskilled to functional areas where there are shortages of staff.

Cost-containment measures or possible savings will only be realised after the NMOG process through improved service delivery models, collaboration and coordination of outcomes of departments.

(b) Cost-containment measures or savings will be calculated post the 2019 NMOG process as part of budget allocations through the 2020 -2023 MTEF period.

(c) The amount of possible savings can be known the finalisation of the 2020 -2023 MTEF budget cycle.

 

 

 

DRAFTER OF THE REPLY

Name:

Designation:

Contacts:

Recommended

Director-General and Secretary of the Cabinet: In The Presidency

Date: 04/09/2019

Recommended/ Not recommended

Hon. Thembi Siweya, MP

Deputy Minister in The Presidency

Date: 04/09/2019

Approved

Hon. Jackson Mthembu, MP
Minister in the Presidency
Date: 04/09/2019

Reply:

The Department of Trade and Industry back in 2013 drafted a Business Licensing Bill which amongst other things was developed:

• To provide for a simple and enabling framework for procedures for application of licensing of business by setting national norms and standards; to provide for framework for co-operative governance and harmonisation of standard procedures and minimum, requirements for application of business licence;
• To provide for framework for support monitoring and standard setting by national government in order to build local government into an efficient, frontline agency capable of integrating the activities of all spheres of government for the overall social and economic upliftment of communities in harmony with their local natural environment;
• To provide for the appointment of inspectors; to provide for framework of penalties and administrative fines for non-compliance; and
• To repeal the Businesses Act, 1991 and all proclamations, notices, regulations promulgated under that law; and to provide for matters connected therewith.  

The Bill went through the stages of the legislation development processes including the tabling in Parliament in 2014. However, due to dissatisfaction from the business formations, the Bill was sent back to the dti in 2014 for further consultations. The dti spent a greater part of 2014 consulting with business formations and other relevant stakeholders. The process of retabling the Bill was not finalised given the transfer of the mandate of small business development to the newly formed Department of Small Business which did not adequate capacity to finalise the process.

Therefore whether it is regulations or legislation that is aimed at dealing with the issues around managing the economic activities in the microeconomy I am of the view that it will not be necessary to undertake consultations for the third time on the same issues.

Reply:

a) (i) Dirco

Total Amount = R 6 793 492.69

b) (ii) ARF

Total Amount = R 0

Financial year 2017-18

(aa) Cleaning

Total amount paid: R 2 701 441.87

(bb) Security, None

(cc) Gardening, None

(bbb) Financial year 2018-19

(a) Cleaning

Total amount paid: R 2 639 082.47

(b) Security

Total amount paid: R 1 334 226.85

(c) Gardening

Total amount paid: R 118 741.50

Reply:

Province	Number of Principal Vacancies as at the end of June 2019	Number of Teaching Vacancies (Includes Deputy Principal, HOD and Post Level 1)
Eastern Cape	562	3 618
Free State	134	943
Gauteng	77	2 783
KwaZulu-Natal	322	758
Limpopo	697	6 124
Mpumalanga	113	237
North West	226	736
Northern Cape	37	195
Western Cape	234	1 211
Total	2 402	16 605

Source: Provincial Education Department Reporting, end of June 2019

Reply:

1 (a) The impact of the declaration is to provide much needed protection to habitats and species in the Marine Protected Areas. This does require limits being placed on certain activities and areas, which may have an impact on users, but which will also benefit users in the longer term. The MPA will be monitored to confirm whether the objectives are being reached .

1 (b) The purpose of declaring this marine protected area is:

• To contribute to a national, regional and global representative system of marine protected areas by conserving and protecting coastal and offshore benthic and pelagic ecosystems comprising of reef complex, deep reefs, and other ecosystems on the shelf and including threatened ecosystem types;

• to conserve and protect the biodiversity and ecological processes associated with these ecosystems, including protected, threatened or overexploited species such as tiger sharks, red steenbras, seventy four, geelbek and dusky kob and processes such as the sardine run;

• to facilitate species management and sustainable use of linefish, subtidal and intertidal resources by supporting fisheries recovery and enhanced species abundance in fished areas;

• to support the recovery of linefish and sharks by protecting spawning,

nursery, foraging, aggregation and refuge areas;

• to conserve and protect an area of life history importance for migratory species including seabirds, turtles, sharks, seabreams and other fish;

• to support sustainable nature-based tourism opportunities in the are through the protection of marine wildlife and maritime heritage;

• to protect and regulate a scenic area to support sustainable nature-based tourism, cultural and spiritual assets and a functionally connected coastal marine system to retain a land-ocean 'sense of place'; and

• to protect and provide an appropriate environment for research and monitoring particularly research on recovery of linefish, and also to promote and contribute to environmental education.

(2) A key impact of line-fishing from the shore is the removal of fish that are big and old enough to breed. This impact is greater for those fish species which are largely resident in an area and also where there are moderate or high numbers of fishers.

Lack of breeding fish rapidly leads to further declines in fish stocks and catches. Notake areas are the best proven tool to ensure that bigger fish can survive and breed in an area, leading to improved sustainability of catches outside the MPA (and within the controlled areas of the MPA). These no-take areas function more effectively when they are larger and therfore have a minimum size to be effective. The scientifically determined minimum size for a restricted zone in the region under consideration for linefish conservation is between 3-Skm coastline length.

(3) There are two inshore restricted (no-take) areas between points A and E (which mark the the northern and southern coastal boundaries of MPA respectively in the regulations). One is in the centre and one is in the south. The central area, named the Green Point Inshore Restricted Area, extends from the rocky point just north of the Mahlongwana Estuary to the white beacon on the Green Point Rocks.

The southern area, named the Rocky Point Inshore Restricted Area, extends from the white beacon at start of the rocky point at the southern end of the Rocky Bay Caravan Park to the north bank of the Mzimayi Estuary. These areas will protect vulnerable and over-exploited species of linefish, subtidal and intertidal resources and thus support fisheries recovery and enhanced species abundance in fished areas.

(4) The regulations applicable in the inshore restricted (no-take) areas are that collection of marine resources is not allowed. Specifically Regulation 7 (1) states No person may fish, or attempt to fish, in any Restricted Zone, including spearfishing and fishing for invertebrates or collecting or harvesting of intertidal organisms including any bait species. Further regulations give effect to this by restricting fishing gear and possession of fish in these areas.

(5) Yes. Off-shore fishermen launching their boats from within the marine protected area may only be in possession of or have on board a vessel the species listed in Annexure 2 to the regulations. They may not return to the MPA with any fish, except for the species listed in Annexure 2 to the regulations, even if these fish were caught outside the protected area.

 

Regards

MS B D CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

DATE: 03/09/2019