Reply:

We wish to reply to the Honourable Member as follows:

a) The International trips for Minister are based on the requests for support from the Presidency and other key stakeholders such as the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, for essential issues of national interest related to justice and legal co-operation matters. However, the Departmental requests for international trips are based on the requirements of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD)`s Annual Performance Plan as well as fulfilling prior commitments in multilateral engagements such as the United Nations (and its Special Agencies dealing with crime prevention and criminal justice matters such as the UNODC), African Union (AU) Ministerial meetings, engagements with the UN and AU Human Rights Mechanisms. Southern African Development Community (SADC), International Criminal Court (ICC) Commonwealth, Brazil, Russia, India, Chief and South Africa (BRICS) to advance South Africa`s position on international legal matters.

b) The size of the delegation to any Departmental international trip is governed by the DoJ&CD`s Travel Policy and approved by the Director- General. The delegation for Ministry is determined in line with the Public Finance Management Act and in line with the Ministerial Handbook.

c) The flights, accommodation costs and other expenses are as per National Treasury Guidelines for the applicable job levels.

Furthermore, it is impossible to accurately state the number of trips and persons making up the delegations as invitations arise from time to time , and are dependent on budgetary considerations and personnel capacity.

Reply:

I have been informed by the NDPP as follows:

“Paragraphs 8.2 and 9.4 of the Report of the Public Protector (Report), read together, order the NDPP to conduct an investigation into ‘prima facie evidence of money laundering’, and to submit an implementation plan for the approval of the Public Protector, within 30 days of publication of the Report (“the orders”). The Public Protector has agreed to stay the orders, pending the review of the Report.

In the spirit of co-operative governance, as is peremptory under Section 41 of the Constitution, the NDPP wrote to the Public Protector seeking clarity on whether the orders were meant merely to constitute notifying the NDPP of her opinion that the facts disclose the commission of an offence, as contemplated in s6(4)(c)(i) of the Public Protector Act.

The Public Protector responded by stating that the order in paragraph 8.2 is a referral to the NDPP on the basis of her opinion that the facts disclose a commission of an offence as, contemplated by s6(4)(c)(i), and that the order requiring the NDPP to submit a report for her approval, is a logical and legal consequence of paragraph 8.2 (read with paragraphs 7.1.3 and 7.3.3).

The NDPP understands that response to mean that the Public Protector persists with the orders. These orders impact on and infringe the constitutional and statutory mandate of the NPA to investigate and prosecute crime, free of supervision or interference by another party and without fear or favour.

The mandate of a Public Protector vis a vis an NDPP, in terms of the Constitution and the Public Protector Act is restricted to notifying the authority charged with prosecutions of his or her opinion that the facts disclose the commission of an offence. It is therefore a constitutional issue that requires the NDPP, in the interests of the independence of the NPA, to file an affidavit supporting the review to set aside the remedial orders against the NDPP in paragraphs 8.2 and 9.4 of the Report.

The NDPP will file an affidavit after having seen the record of decision and any supplementary affidavits by the applicants.

It must be emphasised that this is purely a legal issue and does not in any way impact on the NDPP’s consideration of the matter in light of the opinion of the Public Protector that the facts disclose the commission of an offence”.

Reply:

a) The processes for the appointment of the second Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council of South Africa are underway and Minister will announce names after appointment.

b) Constitution of the Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council is provided for by section 7 of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act, 2007 (Act No. 22 of 2007). The Criteria used in appointing members of the Council is detailed in the Regulations relating to the appointment of the interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council of South Africa, Government Gazette No. R 685 of 22 August 2011 as follows:

Nomination of members of the Council

1. The Minister must by –

a) Notice in the Gazette;

b) An advertisement placed in at least two newspapers with national and regional circulation; and

c) Any other means considered necessary by him or her.

Invite nomination for persons to be considered for appointment of the Council.

2. The notice contemplated in sub-regulation (1) must state –

a) The requirements for consideration for appointment;

b) The period within which the nominations must be submitted; and

c) An address to which the nominations must be sent.

3. The Minister must request nominations of one person each from –

a) The Director-General for a person to be considered for appointment as a member contemplated in section 7 (d) of the Act;

b) The Health Professions Council of South Africa for persons to be considered for appointment as a member contemplated in section 7 (f) of the Act; and

c) The South African Pharmacy Council of South Africa for a person to be considered for appointment as a member contemplated in section 7 (g) of the Act

 

Selection process

1. The returning officer must, not later than 21 days after the close of nominations, submit all valid nominations to the Minister.

2. The Minister may appoint a panel comprising of at least four people, whom at least two shall be persons who have experience in traditional health practice, to consider and advise the Minister on the nomination received.

3. The Minister may call for further nominations if no nominations are received in a particular category or an insufficient number of nominations were received within the period specified in the notice for invitation contemplated in regulation 2 (1).

4. The panel may use a screening process and interviews of nominees in selecting candidates to be recommended for appointment by the Minister.

5. The panel must submit a report of the recommended candidate together with the list of all nominees and supporting documents to the Minister for consideration of appointment to the Council.

6. The Minister’s power to appoint members of the board is not limited to the recommended candidates.

END.

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:

 

Response to Parliamentary Question
QUESTION NO.:	513/NW1506E
TO:	MINISTER
FROM:	DIRECTOR-GENERAL
SUBJECT:	QUESTION 513/NW1506E FOR WRITTEN REPLY BY MRS A STEYN (DA) TO THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
CLASSIFICATION:	CONFIDENTIAL

An export protocol is located at the end stage of a continuum of activities aimed at securing market access. An export protocol can only be concluded once the trade negotiations are finalised. At any given stage there are trade negotiations with trading partners and these are invariably at different stages of advancement within the market access continuum. Some market access requests for some commodities are at questionnaire (initial) stage, others are at health certification (final) stage. However, there are requests where negotiations have stalled. Trade negotiations on sanitary and phytosanitary matters do not unfold in a straight-line trajectory as there is consistent exchange of notes on scientific and technical facets. Moreover, any projected or assumed pathway or timeframe may be impeded, interrupted or curtailed by a range of factors. The table provided responds to questions 1 (a) (b) (c).

The dates given in this response are dependent vary depending on the complexity of the matter, and therefore the time it takes for the importing country to complete its risk analysis processes. For example the request to export beef to the USA had been going through a “Rule Making Process” of the USA for almost 10 years and was not even concluded when South Africa reported its 2011 Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in KZN; following this South Africa was told to start the process from beginning.

With negotiations, the department sends a reminder shortly after the initial communication, if there is no response from the trade partner. If after one (or two) reminders there is still no response, the file is closed unless there is an indication of interest from the local industry.

Export Protocols

Country	Commodity Protocol outstanding	From which dates have the protocols been outstanding (application date)	Why is each protocol still outstanding	By what date is each outstanding protocol expected to be finalised?
QUESTIONNAIRES
Australia	Ruminant semen and embryos	April 2015	Submitted FMD questionnaire response 20 April 2015. Australia has informed us on 23 July 2015 that they will not be able to evaluate the information for the next year, as resources had already been allocated elsewhere. Awaiting a response from Australia	Unknown
Indonesia	Beef	January 2016	Submitted questionnaire response on 29 January 2016. VPH still to submit dossiers on the establishments. Waiting for a response from Indonesia.	Unknown
Israel	Beef	May 2010	Beef questionnaire sent to Israel in May 2010. On 28 October 2015 Israel informed us that information is too old and process will only be restarted if there is interest from Israeli importers. Waiting for confirmation from Israel that there is Israeli interest.	Unknown
Japan	Beef	December 2015	Received questionnaire for completion. However, during prioritisation workshop with industry it was decided that it is an unlikely market, so it is on hold unless re-prioritised.	Unknown
Philippines	Beef	June 2016	Questionnaire in process of being completed.	Unknown
Singapore	Beef	April 2015	Singapore has indicated that they cannot allow importation from a country without negligible risk status for BSE. In January 2019, Singapore sent updated import requirements for BSE undetermined risk status countries. Singapore has expressed an interest in an inspection visit. However, South Africa has lost its OIE recognised Foot and Mouth Disease status and therefore, South Africa cannot host Singapore for the export of beef until the FMD free status has been regained.	Unknown
	Lamb		Questionnaire was received. Was not prioritised at workshop with industry.	Unknown
Sri Lanka	Beef	August 2015	Sri Lanka indicated that they cannot import from a country without BSE negligible risk.	Unknown
Taiwan	Beef	July 2014	Sent information to Taiwan regarding the South Africa BSE status to check whether they would consider importing beef. Awaiting a response.	Unknown
Thailand	Beef	July 2017	Sent information on the FMD and BSE status of South Africa on 27 July 2017. Still awaiting a response.	Unknown
Vietnam	Beef	March 2015	Completed questionnaire submitted on 7 June 2016. Further information was requested which was sent on 17 March 2017. Awaiting a response.	Unknown
INSPECTION VISITS
Russia	Beef and mutton	March 2015	Inspection visit took place in March 2015. Inspection report indicated many concerns. South Africa cannot comply with Russia’s import requirements.	Unknown
Saudi Arabia	Beef and mutton	July 2016	Questionnaire response was submitted on 15 July 2016. An amended format of the questionnaire was requested. This was completed in 2017. Inspection visit to be arranged. Proposed dates for March 2017. The inspection visit had to be delayed due to lack of human resources. Thereafter, South Africa lost its Foot and Mouth Disease free status	Unknown
VETERINARY HEALTH CERTIFICATE NEGOTIATIONS
Malaysia	Beef	September 2014	Inspection visit took place in October 2017. A VHC was prepared according to the requirements received from the Malaysia Veterinary Authority and is awaiting inputs from management. VHC must then be circulated to the Provincial Veterinary Services and can then be proposed to Malaysia for negotiation.	Unknown
Brazil	Bovine semen and embryos and ovine semen	June 2016	Proposed veterinary health certificates were submitted to Brazil for negotiation in 2017. A response requesting amendments was received on 22 March 2018. Preparing the amendments.	Expect to send amended VHCs to Brazil by the end of 2019.
Argentina	Bovine semen and embryos	March 2018	Proposed veterinary health certificates on 16 July 2018. Received a request for amendments on 2 August 2018. Preparing the amendments.	Expect to send amended VHCs to Argentina by the end of 2019.
MARKET ACCESS NEGOTIATIONS FOR PLANT AND PLANT PRODUCTS
China	Pears	2008	The draft Protocol was received from the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China on 26 July 2019 and is being evaluated; upon confirmation of the whether South Africa is in a position to comply with the protocol, it will be taken through a consultation process with Industry.	Unknown
China	Soyabean	14 February 2019	Additional information on certain pests of concern had been requested by China; South Africa is currently compiling the required additional technical information.	Unknown
Japan	Avocado	17 December 2014	The draft Protocol and annexes with comments from MAFF were received in April 2019; feedback is being finalised.	Possibly by the end of September 2019, depending on when the response is completed and sent , and on feedback from Japan
Mexico	Table grapes	February 2006	Research on pest surveillance still needs to be conducted as requested by Mexico for one of the quarantine pests which occurs in the Table grape production areas of SA.	Unknown
Philippines	Citrus	August 2008	Feedback on the draft Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) report, draft phytosanitary requirements and proposed mitigation treatment measures for citrus fruits was provided to the Philippines on 11 July 2019.	Unknown
Taiwan	Avocado	November 2015	Additional information on certain pests of concern had been requested by The Taiwanese National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) Bureau of Animal and Plant Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ); the relevant technical experts in SA are currently collating the information.	Unknown
Thailand	Apples	05 August 2016	Feedback on the pest list of Apples from South Africa to be exported to the Kingdom of Thailand had been communicated to Thailand on 24 May 2019.	Unknown
South Korea	Table grapes	September 2011	Additional information on specific risk management measures on listed quarantine pests of concern had been requested by the Republic of Korea in March 2019; research/ surveillance still need to be conducted in SA.	Unknown
USA	Avocado	23 July 2008	Mitigation measures for pests of concern were communicated in a letter of response to the USDA-APHIS on 28 June 2019.	Unknown
USA	Maize/ corn seed	12 June 2012	Additional information on specific risk management measures on listed quarantine pest of concern had been communicated on 17 May 2018; feedback is awaited from the USA.	Unknown

Reply:

(A) What investigations into the suspension of a certain person (details furnished) have been undertaken

A forensic investigation was instituted following allegations of impropriety made against the person received through the SA Tourism whistle-blowing hotline and protected disclosure.

(B) On what date did the specified investigations commence

6 May 2019

(C) Who is undertaking the investigations

Bowmans’ Forensic Investigations

(D) What are the costs of the investigations so far

The costs will be communicated in due course once process is concluded

(E) By what date will a final report in this regard be finalised

As Minister I gave concurrence to the request from board on the 15 July 2019

(F) Why have no charges been laid to date against the specified person

The specified person has been charged. An internal disciplinary enquiry is set-down for 5 – 10 days in the month of September 2019.

Reply:

1. (a) The Department of Transport spent R 10,199,673-88 in the 2013/14 and R7,680,457-17

in the 2014/15 financial year’s on undertaking a detailed feasibility study that was concluded in October 2014.

(b) (i) No funding was transferred by the Department of Transport to Gauteng Province for the development of the Moloto Railway Corridor project.

(ii) No funding was transferred by the Department of Transport to Mpumalanga Province for the development of the Moloto Railway Corridor project.

(iii) No funding was transferred by the Department of Transport to Limpopo Province for the development of the Moloto Railway Corridor project.

2. Please refer to the response in 1(a).

(a) The feasibility study on the Moloto Rail Corridor project was undertaken in terms of Treasury Regulation 16 of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 29 of 1999 (PFMA) and the Public Private Partnership Guidelines.

The feasibility considered the main axis of commuter movements in the study area along the R573 Moloto Road and R568 serving the numerous settlements located between Moloto village and the Siyabuswa area. The feasibility study came to the conclusion that the preferred solution is a 117 km Rapid Rail line on the line-haul section, a fleet of 226, 40-seater buses to provide the feeder and distribution services and 46 train sets to reduce the current 4 hours peak to 2 hours at operating speeds of a 120 km/h on a cape gauge network.

 

In October 2014, the feasibility report was endorsed by a Political Oversight Committee, with a directive that PRASA should submit a Treasury Approval 1 (TA 1) application to National Treasury for funding considerations. PRASA, subsequently submitted the TA 1 application to National Treasury on 30 October 2014.

(b) The Moloto Rail Corridor feasibility study has not been made available publicly. Access can be requested via the provision of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000.

3. (a)&(b) The Department appointed a consortium with SMEC as lead consultant and transportation

expert, Deloitte (Financial experts) and DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (Legal experts), assisted by sub-consultants SiVest (Environmental experts) and Demacon (Demographics, mapping and economics).

(c) The Consortium was appointed to undertake a detailed feasibility in terms of Treasury Regulation 16 of the PFMA and prepare a Treasury Approval 1 (TA1) application to National Treasury. The consortium met all the project contractual obligations, resulting in the feasibility and the TA1 application approved for submission to National Treasury in October 2014.

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:

1. The Department of Public Service and Administration did not host any event and/or function related to its 2019 Budget Vote debate.
2. N/A

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:

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. The Department’s position is that rapid rail provides the most feasible long term solution to address the transport challenges being experienced in the Moloto corridor. For the Department to pursue the implementation of the Moloto Rail Corridor project, funding will have to be reprioritised within Government.

(a) The construction of the rail line can only be undertaken once the detailed design of the rail line has been concluded and the required funding has been secured for construction.

(b) See (a) above.

2. (a) Seven (7) public engagements in the form of Imbizos were conducted with the Siyabuswa, KwaMhlanga, Moloto and surrounding communities. These were conducted as part of providing progress on the planned Moloto Rail Project and the overall exposure of the service delivery by Government and the Department of Transport’s public entities.

(b) The Department did not spend any amount on the hosting of the public engagements. As per the last part of the response in 2 (a), The costs of the public engagements were covered by the entities of the Department namely SANRAL, the Road Accident Fund and PRASA.

(c) The last public engagement was held on 5 June 2017.

Reply:

(a) The evidence presented when I appeared at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture was based on information that was available to me at the time. Subsequent to my representations at the Commission, new information was brought to light by the forensic investigations completed by them estimating that R50-60 billion was stolen from them. The evidence presented before the Zondo Commission estimates the amount stolen to be within the R50-60 billion range.

(b) In my written reply to PQ No 11 that was published on 20 June 2019, I mentioned several successful civil recoveries registered by Eskom and Transnet, the amounts involved as well as the names of the companies that were ordered by the courts to return the funds stolen from the two SOCs. Therefore, in due course we will provide relevant details as some of the unfolding investigations are successfully concluded and specific companies and/or individuals held liable by the courts.

(c) Forensic reports concerning SOCs have been handed over to the Hawks and the SIU in order to determine those that must be held liable for the amounts stolen from the state.

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:

 

 

Response to Parliamentary Question
QUESTION NO.:	545/NW1541E
TO:	MINISTER
FROM:	DIRECTOR-GENERAL
SUBJECT:	QUESTION 545/NW1541E FOR WRITTEN REPLY BY MR M BAGRAIM (DA) TO THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
CLASSIFICATION:	CONFIDENTIAL

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DAFF’S RESPONSE:

PQ.  545/NW1541E Mr M Bagraim (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development:

1. Regarding the amendment of the Animal Improvement Act, Act 62 of 1998, which places more than 30 wild animals within the legal purview of agriculture and, essentially, farming, (a) what are the reasons this has been done, (b) was there a public consultation process and (c) what research was undertaken by scientists in planning the amendment;
2. whether, in view of the Animal Improvement Act, Act 62 of 1998, allowing improvement of genetically superior animals to increase production and performance, permitting breeders to manipulate breeding outcomes and also allowing artificial insemination to be used, her department has considered the implications of the change for the 33 species of wild animals listed in the Amendment; if not, why not; if so, what are the implications? NW1541E

1 (a)The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) received a request from the industry in a letter dated 15 January 2017 to have game animals declared in terms Animal Improvement Act, 1998 (Act 62 of 1998). DAFF added the wildlife species to the list of Game animals regulated to under Animal Improvement Act, 1998 (Act No. 62 of 1998) for game farming production. The species were then declared in the government gazette dated 17 May 2019. Industry is registered in terms of the Animal Improvement Act, Act 62 of 1998 to represent game breeders societies to ensure genetic purity and sustainable utilization; do research on feeding and nutrition; define and measure traits of economic importance; and study regulatory gaps on game for food production.

(b) The DAFF did not conduct public consultation on the declaration of these animals.

(c) No research was undertaken by scientists in planning to have the game animals

declared in terms Animal Improvement Act, 1998 (Act 62 of 1998). These animals are landraces (endemic) to South Africa, hence the declaration of landrace (a kind of animal indigenous to or developed in the Republic). However, research will be executed on the species based on research questions in areas such as genetic purity, feeding and nutrition.

2. The Animal Improvement Act, Act 62 of 1998, provides for improvement of genetically superior animals to increase production and performance. This act is progressive, and can therefore not be implemented to the detriment of animal (biological) genetic resources. Declaration of the animals is aimed at ensuring that these landraces are conserved. It is also important to indicate that, due to changing farming systems in South Africa, game animals are included as these are already part of farm animal production systems in the country.

Reply:

The departments of Economic Development and Trade and Industry did not host any event or function for the 2019 Budget Vote. No gifts were distributed.

-END-

Reply:

The total number of Manual Train Authorisations (MTA’s) issued by the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) since August 2018 are as follow:

MTA’s per province:

PROVINCE	NUMBER OF MTA’s
Eastern Cape	0
Gauteng	917 666
KwaZulu-Natal	322 885
Western Cape	248 783
Grand Total	1 489 334

MTA’s per province per month:

MONTH/ YEAR	GAUTENG	KZN	WC	TOTAL
August 2018	63,600	16,754	19,134	99,488
September 2018	67,063	22,111	19,715	108,889
October 2018	66,772	23,742	20,429	110,943
November 2018	84,358	26,589	17,873	128,820
December 2018	60,816	29,984	19,623	110,423
January 2019	92,046	32,424	27,574	152,044
February 2019	80,687	25,742	17,856	124,285
March 2019	87,279	28,297	32,929	148,505
April 2019	50,974	21,626	25,216	97,816
May 2019	90,215	24,621	16,184	131,020
June 2019	88,934	37,128	14,569	140,631
July 2019	84,922	33,867	17,681	136,470
TOTAL	917,666	322,885	248,783	1,489,334

Reply:

1. (a) (i) The work is currently suspended due to contractual disputes between

Gauteng Provincial Department of Roads and Transport and the contractor. In September 2018 progress was measured at 83%.

(ii) The amount spent to date by PRASA on the consultants is R13,508,685-00.

(iii) The scope of the work contracted is for designs and construction

supervision, as well as occupational health and safety monitoring for the intermodal facility.

(b) Payment was last made on 27 April 2017.

(2). The contractor did not complete the work and as such, the work were suspended pending the way forward by the Gauteng Provincial Department of Roads and Transport.

Reply:

 

The departments of Trade and Industry and Economic Development have not invested money in the Highveld Industrial Park. The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) provided loan funding to the structural steel mill located at Highveld Industrial Park during Business Rescue.

The Industrial Park currently has 51 tenants and 1 141 are jobs created.

Government through the IDC, sefa and the various incentive schemes on offer will consider suitable support upon request from individual businesses planning to locate or those that are located at the industrial park.

-END-

Reply:

DAFF’S RESPONSE:

PQ.  721/NW1766E Ms H S Winkler (DA) to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development:

Why has there been no attempt to draft legislation around companion animal welfare in terms of backyard breeding when there is a huge problem with stray companion animals in the Republic? NW1766E

Animal welfare in South Africa, except for performing animals, is administered under the Animal Protection Act, 1962 (Act No.71 of 1962). The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development has not considered drafting a separate legislation relating to companion animals.

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:

NAME OF ENTITY	VACANCIES
SANRAL	1 Vacancy
C-BRTA	There are currently 4 Vacancies The Board term expired in May 2016 and was extended until 31 October 2019
RTIA	7 Vacancies
RTMC	None
RAF	12 Vacancies (Currently there is an Interim Board appointed)
ACSA	2 Vacancies
SACAA	None
ATNS	None
PRASA	12 Vacancies (Currently there is an Interim Board appointed)
RSR	2 Vacancies
SAMSA	2 Vacancies Board term expired 31 March 2019 and extended until 30 September 2019.
Ports Regulator	The whole Board 12 Vacancies

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:

Provision is made under Schedule 4 of the Customs and Excise Act, 1964, that allows for tariff exemptions on goods imported under certain circumstances, including for charitable and welfare organisations. Attention is drawn on rebate item 405.04 as an example of this. The International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) administers this provision to ensure that local jobs are not negatively affected and that markets are not disrupted. This is achieved through the application of set criteria.

South Africa is a Member of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) that establishes a common customs area amongst Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. SACU has a common external tariff for imports coming into common customs area, and goods within SACU circulate freely without any tariffs. Changes to the external tariff – either increases or reductions - can be effected through the due process established under South Africa’s International Trade Administration Act. Nothing in the SACU Agreement prevents tariffs from being removed following the agreed process under the Act.

In terms of the Trade Protocol in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), over 99% of goods imported from the other SADC countries that are party to the SADC Trade Protocol enter South Africa/SACU free of any duty if those goods meet the terms of the agreed rule of origin.

Provision is already made for the rebate of duty for goods imported for humanitarian use. I am advised that the department currently has no plans to make any changes to this dispensation.

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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 number of companies, both domestic and foreign-owned, have local manufacturing or related factories in South Africa. The following are some of the key local companies that assemble; refurbish; and/ or maintain locomotives, wagons and passenger trains:

1. Transnet Engineering (TE) manufactures, refurbishes and maintains all classes of rail rolling stock at its various facilities across South Africa.2
2. Gibela Rail Consortium is manufacturing the new trains for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) at their facility in Dunnottar, Nigel.
3. Alstom Ubunye is previously known as Union Carriage and Wagon (UCW). They have capacity to manufacture and refurbish both locomotives and passenger coaches.
4. TMH Africa is previously known as DCD Rolling Stock plant. This facility has the capacity to do the assembly, maintenance and modernisation of locomotives and wagons.
5. Naledi Rail Engineering (Pty) Ltd has the capacity to refurbish passenger coaches for PRASA at their facility in Germiston.
6. Wictra Holdings (Pty) Ltd has the capacity to refurbish passenger coaches for the PRASA and locomotives at their facilities in Cape Town (Brackenfell) and Boksburg (Dunswart).
7. Traxtion Sheltam is involved in locomotive rebuild and overhaul at their facility in Rosslyn.
8. African Rail and Traction Services (Pty) Ltd – the previous Grindrod facility – is involved in the repair, reconditioning and upgrading of locomotives and track-mobiles at their facility in Pretoria West.
9. Amsted Rail (formerly owned by SCAW Metal) based in Boksburg produces cast wheels for the domestic rail industry
10. Highveld Structural Steel produces rail-lines currently supplying to the mining industry.

There is a further number of companies in the supply chain at various levels that support the above mentioned companies with sub-systems; components; materials and associated services.

 

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Reply:

Neither the Department nor Statistics South Africa, the national statistics agency of South Africa collects data on the production or export of Rooibos tea.

The South African Rooibos Council, is an independent organization, which collects information from its stakeholders on the industry. According to the Rooibos Council, South Africa has produced and exported the following amounts of rooibos in each of the last five years:

Produced Rooibos tea during the past 5 past years:

	Quantity in tonnes
Year	Annual production	Annual export
2014	12 500	7 057
2015	11 500	6 561
2016	12 700	6 417
2017	13 000	7 728
2018	14 000	7 235

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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 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:

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 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:

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:

(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:

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:

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:

(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 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:

(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 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:

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:

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

b) No gifts were distributed.

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:

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:

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:

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:

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