Questions and Replies

Reply:

(1)(a) (i) and (ii)

Total domestic trips see th link below:

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW321Total_domestic_trip.pdf

Note: Data reported in millions

Source: South African Tourism domestic surveys

Domestic holiday trips see th link below:

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW321Holiday_domestic_trip.pdf

Note: Data reported in millions

Source: South African Tourism domestic surveys

1. (b) Where did the tourist travel each month?

Provincial distribution cannot reliably be reported on at a monthly level. Data is provided at an annual level.

(c) What targets were set in this regard?

Targets on the number of total domestic trips per destination are set on an annual basis not on a Monthly basis

(d) How did the targets set, measure up to actual number of arrivals at domestic travel destinations each month?

Not Applicable. Refer to response (c)

(2) (a) what is being done to ensure the targets that were set are met?

Refer to response 1(c)

(b) How are these targets measured?

Refer to response 1(c)

(3)(a) How is SA tourism marketed

Marketing the South Africa a tourist destination is the responsibility of the Department of Tourism and this responsibility is shared between the department and its implementation entity South African Tourism. The latter devices programmes aimed at marketing the country with the support of the department. In addition, SAT has established stations in almost all the major regions of the world to implement marketing programmes tailored to suit each region and in some instances to suit countries within a region. South African Tourism’s marketing approach is two-pronged focussing on building a unified brand and marketing communications plan and leveraging synergistic partnerships

(i) Countries abroad

South African Tourism has a defined selection of prioritised markets that have been shortlisted for dedicated in-market marketing investments, based on their tourism potential and SA Tourism’s ability to win in these markets.

South African Tourism’s strategy is to market a unified brand in order to improve brand awareness and positivity by building brand appeal among first-time and repeat tourists, through the provision of information that shows South Africa as a value-for-money, safe and secure destination that offers unique and varied experiences.

This is achieved in the following ways:

• Marketing South Africa in its different markets and segments using different channels that provide user-friendly and fit for purpose content to consumers as well as trade and partners that sell South Africa as a tourism destination;
• Implementing an enhanced 360-degree global communications plan that conveys appealing messages to consumers, trade and media; and
• Supporting Brand SA’s reputation management strategy.

Marketing campaigns in countries are localised based on the global brand campaign and target the following segments:

• Wanderluster Segment who are older wealthier and experienced international travellers between the ages of 40 and 60
• Next Stop South Africa (NSSAs) Segment who are younger singles or couples between the ages of 25 and 50 with considerable travel experience.
• Niche Market Segments such as Millenials, LGBTQ+, African Americans and others.

Key Business drivers for international tourism marketing are:

• Hostings
• In-Country Roadshows
• Domestic and International Trade Platforms
• Trade Training and
• Strategic Partnerships

(ii) Locally

The Domestic Tourism Marketing Strategy focusses on inspiring the targeted segments of travellers to take more trips by showcasing a variety of affordable, desired experiences in a clear and accessible manner using the Domestic Sho’t Left Campaign. The Campaign is executed through a mix of various channels such as social media, radio and television, out of home marketing as well as a number of various consumer and trade activations and partnerships.

For domestic tourism, target travel groups are identified based on the degree of holiday-taking culture, which can be differentially targeted according to the behaviour that underpins the segment. The focus segments targeted through domestic tourism marketing initiatives are:

• The Build Segment has the appropriate socio-economic background and is not travelling and thus there is a need to build a culture of travel within this grouping.
• The Convert Segment are people who travel for a number of reasons, but not necessarily and need to be converted to travel for a holiday.
• The Defend Segment is mature in terms of holiday travel and there is therefore a need to defend this market and up-sell where possible.

SA Tourism also partners with and educates the distribution channel (traditional and non-traditional) to package and promote relevant deals supporting affordable, consumer-desired holiday and business events experiences, to encourage our prioritized segments to book and travel.

 

(b) What budgets have been allocated in this regard for the next three years

Name of the Programme	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23
	Budget	Budget	Budget
	(R’000)	(R’000)	(R’000)
1	Corporate Support	135 033	140 926	146 483
2	Business Enablement	90 743	94 704	98 438
3	Leisure Tourism Marketing	1 083 397	1 130 676	1 175 257
4	Business Events	135 029	140 922	146 479
5	Visitor Experience	69 494	72 526	75 386
Total	1 513 696	1 579 755	1 642 043

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:

1. Yes.

2. Yes. Producers have to provide a list of the principle performers. There is no clause in the SABC Freelance Contract for Performers that reflects this.

3. No, the SABC has records of contracts captured on its CRM system dating back to 2009 only. If actors for older programmes are claiming fees, the SABC will ask for a copy of the contract and if they don’t have a copy, an affidavit will be required. The SABC Content Drama department will watch the programmes and check the onscreen credits to establish the actors that were principled.

4. (a) A contract is only valid when all parties sign.

(b) No, the SABC cannot sign the contract as it is not the Producer of the

programme. The SABC commissions the content but does not produce it.

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER

Reply:

a) The budget information for Minister’s private office is contained in the Annual Performance Plan.

b) Salary of staff range between level 5 and level 14, and staff component is tabulated below:

JOB TITLE	LEVEL	REMUNERATION	QUALIFICATION/S	JOB DESCRIPTION
Chief of Staff	14	R1 251 183.00	Snr Certificate, B Com Accounting and Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management.	Manage, create and maintain systems and procedures for tracking and following up on all correspondence related to the portfolio of the executing authority. Co-ordinate and ensure the compliance with requests and instructions from the executing authority, including the elimination of unnecessary duplication of activities and serve as the main link between the office of the executing authority and the institutions falling under the portfolio of the executing authority. Providing content support to the executing authority regarding Cabinet matters, meetings, conferences and documents received from the institutions falling under the portfolio of the executing authority. Ensure that the executing authority timeously receives the correct documentation and briefing notes for meetings. Responsible for strategic planning, human resource and financial management in the office of the executing authority. Ensure strategic leadership and co-ordination of communication with the media on activities pertaining to the portfolio of the executing authority. Conduct research and manage special projects on request of the executing authority. Follow and be guided by all instructions as prescribed in the ministerial handbook. Oversee the management and maintenance of the executing authority’s official residence through liaison with Public Works. Manage VIP Security through liaison with Commissioners at SAPS.
Administrative Secretary	13	R1 057 326.00	Snr Certificate, Public Management	Ensure timeous acknowledgement and appropriate referral of all EA’s correspondence. Oversee administrative correspondence to assist the EA with her/his administration. Assist the EA with the preparation of briefing notes, memoranda (confidential and highly confidential) and other documentation required by the EA, through inter alia: Edit and comment where necessary on submissions prior to submitting to EA. Provide content direction and input to enquiries made to the EA. Facilitate, and ensure the distribution of Cabinet memoranda/ submissions to the Cabinet, the legislature and/or various standing/ portfolio committees to ensure that key issues are adhered to. Liaise with heads of components in the Department, external and internal clients, service providers, other governments, and other Departments to co-ordinate the activities of the EA and its Office. Manage all administrative activities in the office of the EA through inter alia-The management and maintaining of work flow systems in EA’s office, including tracking and monitoring of work. Ensure that registry, filling and document management systems are maintained effectively. Ensure that staff is able to operate administrative systems through continuous training. Ensure maintenance of office equipment. Manage all procurement and logistical support within the Office of the EA to ensure that an effective support service is rendered to the EA. Brief the Chief of Staff on matters pertinent to the EAs portfolio on the agenda of the Cabinet to ensure that the EAs prepared regarding all issues affecting the department.
Parliamentary and Cabinet Support	13	R1 057 326.00	Snr Certificate, National Diploma Public Management	To monitor events in Parliament, as well as represent the Department in Parliament. To monitor Parliamentary question papers (i.e. identifying questions addressed to the Minister, especially those that impact in his/her functional terrain, ensuring that the responses are done in a format prescribed by Parliament and tabling of the approved responses in Parliament). To monitor the meetings of committees of houses of Parliament relevant to the Departmental portfolio. To act as a link and/ or facilitate the movement of information between Parliament, the Department and the Ministry. Conduct personal liaison with officers of the department, other departments, MPs, MEC’s, ministries and other organizations on departmental/functional matters. Compile secret documents and cabinet memoranda and ask for comments from the department. Handle draft acts, prepare documents, and keep a register thereof. Make and receive telephone calls on general parliamentary and departmental matters. Maintain the filing system of secret documents and cabinet memoranda and control the safekeeping thereof. Control the overall packing and dispatching of official documents and equipment for the parliamentary session and the recess, and manage the movement of equipment and households to and from Cape Town. Follow current affairs and bring relevant information to the attention of the Executing Authority. Provide support to the department in respect of key parliamentary events, such as the budget vote.
Media Liaison Officer/Spokesperson	13	R1 057 326.00	Snr Certificate, B. Law	Develop, implement and manage an effective media liaison service. Liaison with the media on subjects, conditions and events of the department through different mediums of communication to market the activities of the Executing Authority. Liaison with the communication component of the department to ensure co-ordination and alignment with the political priorities and programs of the Executing Authority. Monitor public attitudes in order to plan and execute actions to project a positive image of the office of the Executing Authority/department. Monitor media reports to ensure that the Executing Authority is well informed on current affairs that impacts on the department. Write speeches for the Executing Authority for all events. Issue media statements and press releases for purposes of communicating departmental information to the public on behalf of the Executing Authority.
Parliamentary Officer	11	R733 257.00	Snr Certificate, National Diploma, B-Tech Public Management	To monitor events in Parliament, as well as represent the Department in Parliament. To monitor Parliamentary question papers (i.e. identifying questions addressed to the Minister, especially those that impact in his/her functional terrain, ensuring that the responses are done in a format prescribed by Parliament and tabling of the approved responses in Parliament). To monitor the meetings of committees of houses of Parliament relevant to the Departmental portfolio. To act as a link and/ or facilitate the movement of information between Parliament, the Department and the Ministry. Conduct personal liaison with officers of the department, other departments, MPs, MEC’s, ministries and other organizations on departmental/functional matters. Compile secret documents and cabinet memoranda and ask for comments from the department. Handle draft acts, prepare documents, and keep a register thereof. Make and receive telephone calls on general parliamentary and departmental matters. Maintain the filing system of secret documents and cabinet memoranda and control the safekeeping thereof. Control the overall packing and dispatching of official documents and equipment for the parliamentary session and the recess, and manage the movement of equipment and households to and from Cape Town. Follow current affairs and bring relevant information to the attention of the Executing Authority. Provide support to the department in respect of key parliamentary events, such as the budget vote.
Appointments/Private Secretary	12	R869 007.00	N2 Business Studies, N4 Human Resource Management	Manage the diary of the Executing Authority, which include: reception of visitors; the arrangement of appointments, interviews and appearances; and the compiling of programmes of appointments and journeys. Assist the Executing Authority with logistical arrangements, which include: handling of travel and accommodation arrangements; provision and maintenance of office and living accommodation and furniture; and making arrangements for movements to attend meetings. Assist the Executing Authority with executive obligations, which include: the requesting, receiving and checking of documents for meetings, draft replies, speeches and comments; the arrangement for placement of items on the agendas of meetings, and circulation of accompanying memoranda including Cabinet memoranda to other ministries; the monitoring of order-papers, lists of questions and minutes of the relevant executing authority; the collection of replies to questions; and accompanying the Executing Authority to official functions and on official journeys. Assist the Executing Authority with representative obligations, which include: the arrangement of absence from meetings; taking care of enquiries and representations from members of the public; making arrangements for the attendance of meetings and other gatherings; taking care of accompanying correspondence and records; and accompanying the Executing Authority on visits. Assist the Executing Authority with constituency work, which include: support with party political activities; and liaise with constituency. Assist the Executing Authority with diverse private obligations of a routine nature. Liaise with Parliament, stakeholders and constituency. Supervise Assistant Appointment Secretary (if there is any).
Assistant Appointments and Administrative Secretary	10	R758 537.50	Snr Certificate, B. Accounting	Assist the Appointments and/ or Administrative Secretary to manage the diary of the Executing Authority, which include: the arrangement of interviews, appointments and appearances; the reception of visitors; the arrangement of admission to the Executing Authority; the compiling of programs of appointments and journeys; and taking care of accompanying correspondence. Assist the Appointments and/ or Administrative Secretary with logistical matters, which include: handling of travel and accommodation arrangements; provision and maintenance of office and living accommodation and furniture; making arrangements for movements to attend meetings; and handle arrangements for meetings. Maintain an efficient filling system. Attend to correspondence in the office of the executing authority. Liaise with Parliament, stakeholders and constituency in consultation with the Appointment Secretary. Assist the Executing Authority with his/her personal matters to enable her/him to attend to her/his other duties.
Driver/Messenger	5	R237 973.10	Grade 10–	Collect mail and documents from and to the department. Collect and deliver correspondence/parcels for the Executing Authority at various collection and distribution points. Provide a transport service for the office of the Executing Authority. Maintenance of the vehicle.
Registry	7	R368 909.50	Snr Certificate, B-Tech Public Management	Maintain the electronic correspondence management register. Record keeping of all documentation (correspondence and submissions) processed and received in the office of the EA to ensure an efficient and effective flow of information. Ensure the updating and safekeeping of the filing system to ensure easy access to information. Ensure that all documents are filled in accordance to the prescripts of the National Archives Act and the Ministerial filling system. Draft reply of acknowledgement to all letters received. Assist with the distribution of Cabinet/Executive Council Memoranda. Control stocks and stationary as chief user clerk for the EA’s office.

Department of Correctional Services

01 May 2019

No.	Job Title	Salary level	Remuneration	Qualification
1.	Special Projects and Stakeholder Relations	13	R1 183 932	National Senior Certificate B comm
2.	National Council on Correctional Services (NCCS)	13	R 1 017 972.00	National Senior Certificate BA Bachelor of Laws
3.	Parliamentary Officer	11	R733 257	National Diploma : Public Management B-Tech Public Management
4.	Personal Assistance	10	R470 040	National Senior Certificate
5.	Registry Clerk	07	R257 508	National Senior Certificate
6.	Driver	05	R173 703	National Senior Certificate

Office of the Deputy Minister

No.	Job Title	Salary level	Remuneration	Qualification
1.	Head of Office	13	R1 183 932	Certificate of exemption Lower Diploma in Library and Information Science(UWC) MA: International Studies (Stellenbosch University) MA International Politics (University de Paris XI)
2.	Technical Specialist	13	R1 183 932	Matric Master of Management Diploma in Labour Law
3.	Private Secretary	12	R869 007	National Senior Certificate BA in Philosophy Post graduate dip in Personnel Management
4.	Parliamentary Cabinet Liaison	12	R869 007	National Senior Certificate ND Public Management
5.	Community Outreach Officer	11	R733 257	National Senior Certificate B Admin (University of Transkei) Postgraduate Dip in Social Research Methods
6.	Secretary/ Receptionist	07	R303 339	National Senior Certificate ND Administrative Management
7.	Registry Clerk	07	R257 508	National Senior Certificate
8.	Messenger Driver	05	R173 703	National Senior Certificate
9.	2X Domestic Workers	03	R122 595	No Matric

Reply:

1. (a) The department’s relationship with other government departments:

(i). We work with other departments on a whole of government approach through the cluster systems as part of both the Economic Sector, Investment, Employment and Infrastructure Development Cluster (ESIEID) and International Cooperation, Trade and Security Cluster (ICTS). We also engage with individual departments on a case by case basis.

(b). What is the nature of the relationship in each instance?

(i). The relationship that exist is that of an intergovernmental relationship where government departments work with its counterpart on intergovernmental matters.

(c). How are these relationships monitored and measured in each instance?

(i). Through Cluster systems

2. (a). The department’s relationship with provinces

(i). The department works closely with provinces and SALGA through the Tourism MINMEC. We also engage with individual municipalities and provinces on a case by case basis.

(b). What is the nature of the relationship in each instance?

(i). The relationship that exist is that of an Intergovernmental relationship where the Department of Tourism meets with provincial departments and with municipalities through SALGA to discuss intergovernmental matters and solutions to tourism challenges at provincial, local and district level.

(c). How are these relationships monitored and measured in each instance?

(i). Through intergovernmental forums e.g. MINMEC

Reply:

a) R26,369,000

b) (i) Total Remuneration (ii) salary level and (iii) job title

Component	Subcomponent	Post Description	Post Salary Level	Post Costing
Office of the Chief of Staff	Private Office	Private Secretary	13	1 005 063
Office of the Chief of Staff	Private Office	Community Outreach Officer	11	733 257
Office of the Chief of Staff	Private Office	Assistant Appointment Secretary	9	376 596
Office of the Chief of Staff	Private Office	Secretary/Receptionist	7	257 508
Office of the Chief of Staff	Private Office	Domestic Worker	3	122 595
Office of the Chief of Staff	Private Office	Domestic Worker	3	122 595
TOTAL	2 617 614

(b) (iv) highest qualification and (v) job description

Post Description	Post Status	Highest Qualification	Job description
Private Secretary	Filled	B.Com (HRM)	Provide a direct secretarial support service to the Executive Authority.
Community Outreach Officer	Vacant		To facilitate Member’s interface with Citizens on matters falling within portfolio
Assistant Appointment Secretary	Vacant		Assist the appointments/private and administrative secretaries to provide a direct support service to the executive authority.
Secretary/Receptionist	Filled	BA Art (Hons) Psychology	To render a secretarial and receptionist service to the office of the Executive Authority
Domestic Worker	Vacant		The main purpose of this position is” To provide household service aid
Domestic Worker	Vacant		The main purpose of this position is” To provide household service aid

Reply:

(1) We are unfortunately, unable to avail the Policy on the Benefits of the Executive Office as it contains sensitive information about security and private residences of former principals;

(2) The benefits in the policy apply to the following former principals and their respective spouses, as indicated below: -

a. Former President De Klerk and spouse;

b. Former President Mbeki and spouse;
c. Former President Motlanthe and spouse;

d. Former President Zuma and spouse/s;

e. Former Deputy President Mlambo Ngcuka and spouse; and

f. Former Deputy President Mbete and spouse.

DRAFTER OF THE REPLY

Name: Ms Linese Pillay
Designation: Administrative Manager: Former Principals Unit
Contacts: (012) 300 5581

Recommended

Director-General and Secretary to the Cabinet
Date: 22/08/2019

Recommended

Hon. Thembi Siweya, MP

Deputy Minister in The Presidency

Date:

Approved

Hon. Jackson Mthembu, MP

Minister in The Presidency

Date: 22/08/2019

Reply:

Minister Jackson Mthembu, MP

Below is a few known and planned international trips and there could be additional as per invitations and mandated by the President.

Month	Destination	Trip Purpose	Number of Persons	Estimated Costs
2020/2022 (yearly programme)	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the	Estimated 5 persons	Not known rates of the flights and accommodation

Find here: table

Reply:

1. During the Fourth Quarter of the 2018-19 financial year there were no expenditure incurred on the development of the Rail Safety Bill and therefore there was no reporting.

2. The Railway Safety Bill was submitted to Cabinet (a) on 7 February 2018 and (b) approved for public consultation.

3. (a) Work on the development of the Railway Safety Bill commenced on 15 September 2015 and was concluded on 31 March 2019.

(b) The Railway Safety Bill has been developed.

(c) (i) The specialist drafting of the Bill was assigned to external contractors

(ii) R2,421,796-62

Reply:

a) 349

b) Currently the earliest (long serving) case dates back to 1998. It becomes difficult to state how long a case can stay at the Land Claims Court solely because a litigant sues the department or Commission based on a decision taken by a Commissioner. Once that decision is reviewed/ set aside or corrected, for example, in acceptance/ gazetting of a claim, such a litigant will then compel referral of the claim to the Land Claims Court under the same case number as the initial case, then there might be other interlocutory applications on the same case requiring a number of various actions or directives to be issued by the judge or bring certain things to be done e.g Research / Mapping or valuation of lease rights.

c) The total number of the Land Claims Court Judges known to the Commission is (Four) being:

1. Acting Judge President Justice Meer
2. Acting Judge Molefe
3. Acting Judge Ngcukaitobi
4. Acting Judge Canca

d) The Department of Justice via the Land Claims Court can be the relevant institution to respond to this question as the Commission does not know the time period a judge requires to fast-tract the finalisation of the cases.

 

END

Reply:

Procurement of learner transport service providers and payment of these service providers take place at a provincial level, as such, the information on these payments, or lack thereof is located in provinces. Information has been requested from all the Provincial Departments responsible for the provision of Learner Transport Programme and will be provided as soon as it is received. The Honourable member must also note that the Learner Transport Programme is provided by both the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Transport and that in some provinces the function resides with the education sector whilst in others resides with the transport sector.

Reply:

1. The National Education Infrastructure Management System Report dated January 2018, is information of NEIMS condition Assessment done in the years 2013 to 2014, also information of completed projects which the Provincial Education Department submit every quarter.

2. Yes, DBE have engaged with Provincial Education Department requesting them to make budget allocations for the financial year 2019/20 to ensure that NEIMS condition assessments are done for the updating of the system.

Reply:

The Branch Deeds Registration does not have a record of the use of land. However the table below reflects the land owners of the top 10 largest farms, according to its extent per province. Various municipalities are the custodian of the land use.

Province	Property/ Land Owner
Eastern Cape	1. Geyer Hermanus 2. Mun Ikwezi 3. South African National Roads Agency S O C Ltd 4. National Government Of The Republic Of South Africa 5. Moravian Church In South Africa 6. South African National Roads Agency Ltd 7. Watt Handrie Van Der 8. Roelofse George Frederik 9. National Government Of The Republic Of South Africa 10. National Government Of The Republic Of South Africa
Free State	1. Macholo Moramang Simon 2. Plessis Jacoba Johanna Du 3. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Padagentskap Ltd 4. South African National Roads Agency Soc Ltd Mangaung Local Municipality Zwarts Johannes Jurgens Oppermansgronde Communal Property Association Universiteit Van Die O V S Eskom Holdings Ltd National Government Of The Republic Of South Africa
Gauteng	Joubert Christel Dorothea South African National Roads Agency Ltd Marine Civil Pty Ltd Nekiap Prop No 5 Cc In2food Prop Pty Ltd Far West Rand Dolomitic Water Assoc Technicrete I S G Pty Ltd Chessboard Trade & Invest 67 Pty Ltd National Government Of The Republic Of South Afric Chris Vlok Prop Services Cc
Kwazulu Natal	Delport Andries Christoffel Emcakwini Community Trust The Shawe Family Trust Wild Dog Estate Pty Ltd Roman Catholic Church-Dundee Nodunga Communal Property Association Stein Walter Mark Izimbiwa Coal Proprietary Limited Ingonyama Trust-Trustees Kuzwayo Witness Bongane
Mpumalanga	Pretorius Maria Sophia Capstone 33 Pty Ltd Paardekop Boerdery Pty Ltd Welgelegen Communal Prop Assoc Vos Johannes Botes Gemma Louise South African National Roads Agency Ltd Roos Gysbert Johannes Nic Grobler Familie Trust South African National Roads Agency Ltd
North West	Linda Trust Pieter Ernst Familie Trust Wolverand Trust Hennie Pieters Trust Botha Theunis Louis Rietfontein Trust Bluebird Farm Pty Ltd Hennie Pieters Trust Klipkop Boerdery Familie Trust Martha Theunissen Trust
Limpopo	Limpopo Landowners Pty Ltd Tygerfontein Beleggings Cc Republiek Van Suid-Afrika Tokmar Familie Trust Boukrag Eiendomsbeleggings Pty Ltd Schut 4 Now Pty Ltd Boschplaats Boerdery Pty Ltd Lema O Phele Group A Trust Lema O Phele Group A Trust Kruger Petrus Jacobus
Northern Cape	Duikerfontein Trust Gemeenskap Van Richtersveld Gemeenskap Van Concordia Frances Baard Distriksmunisipaliteit Republiek Van Suid-Afrika Nasionale Regering Van Die Republiek Van Suid Afri National Government Of The Republic Of South Africa Riemvasmaak Gemeenskapsontwikkelingstrust Richtersveld Sida Hub Communal Prop Association Gemeenskap Van Komaggas
Western Cape	Wit Maria Dorathea De Garden Route Gateway Plaza Pty Ltd Brand Adri Ronel Plessis Jacobus Lodewicus Du Garden Of Eden District Pty Ltd Republiek Van Suid-Afrika South African National Roads Agency Ltd Sanbona Game Reserve Pty Ltd Hoon Trust Gemeenskap Van Ebenezer

Reply:

(a) (i) the annual multilateral engagements that may be attended at Ministerial or Deputy Ministerial level are:

• African Union (AU) Summit
• Migration Dialogue for Southern Africa (MIDSA) Ministerial Conference
• SADC Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) meeting on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation
• Executive Committee meeting of the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees’ (UNHCR) Programme

(ii) annual or biannual bilateral meetings with the neighbouring counterparts

(iii) bilateral meetings with other international counterparts and other multilateral meetings are attended if relevant to the mandate of Home Affairs

(iv) international workshops, seminars, conferences, etc will be attended if relevant to the mandate of Home Affairs

AU Summit

(b) (i) Ethiopia

(ii) Dates to be announced by the AU

(iii) Migration related

(iv) Support staff, and experts on issues tabled for discussion

 

MIDSA Ministerial Conference

(i) SADC member state – rotational basis

(ii) Dates to be announced by the IOM and hosting country

(iii) Migration related

(iv) Support staff, and experts on issues tabled for discussion

SADC MCO

(i) SADC member state – rotational basis

(ii) Dates to be announced by SADC Secretariat and hosting country

(iii) Migration and civics related

(iv) Support staff, and experts on issues tabled for discussion

 

UNHCR EXCOM

(i) Switzerland

(ii) Dates to be announced by the UNHCR

(iii) Asylum seeker and refugee related

(iv) Support staff, and experts on issues tabled for discussion

All other engagements as listed above

(i) Bilaterals take place in host’s country and for remaining engagements, the host will announce.

(ii) To be announced by hosts

(iii) Migration and / or civics related

(iv) Support staff, and experts on issues tabled for discussion

(c) Costs cannot be pre – determined as dependent on duration of engagement, available flights, accommodation and ground transport, size of delegation, etc.

END

Reply:

(a) The total amount Budgeted for her private office is R 9 342 585.00

Incumbents from 31 May 2019 to date	(b)(i) Total Remuneration	(b)(ii) Salary Level	(b)(iii) Job Title	(b)(iv) Qualification	(b)(v) Job Description
PRIVATE OFFICE
P Sehlabelo	1,308,345.00	14	1 X Chief of Staff	Baccalaureus Artium (BA), University Education Diploma,	Chief of Staff
S Mabua	978,924.00	12	1 X Private Secretary	Diploma Office Administration, Diploma Secretarial Skills & Computer Software	Private Secretary
W Mncube	1,089,294.00	13	1 X Media Liaison Officer	Bachelors Degree In Technology Journalism, National Diploma Journalism	Media Liaison Officer
MJ Letsoha-Mathae	1,023,645.00	12	1 X Community Outreach Officer	Diploma: Project Management	Community Outreach Officer
EN Mbatha	553,677.00	10	1 X Assistant Appointment Secretary	National Diploma: Hospitality Studies	Assistant Appointment Secretary
JN Skwatsha	303,339.00	7	1X Principal Ministerial Typist	Grade 12 & Certificate In Introduction	Principal Ministerial Typist
PM Mphigalale	234,960.00	6	1X Secretary/ Receptionist	Bachelor of Social Science	Secretary/ Receptionist
DR Kunene	122,595.00	3	2 X Domestic Worker	Grade 12 Matric	Domestic Worker
PT Mashaba	122,595.00	3		Grade 12 Matric	Domestic Worker
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
MB Masuku	1,245,495.00	13	1 X Administrative Secretary	Bachelors Degree in Paedagogia, Masters of Law	Administrative Secretary
NM Ramahuma	908,694.00	12	1 X Parliamentary and Cabinet Support	Primary Teachers Diploma, Further Diploma In Education, Baccalaureus Educationis Honoribus, Master Artium (MA)	Parliamentary and Cabinet Support
T Mohlala	869,007.00	12	1 X Cabinet and Parliamentary Officer	N4 Certificate: Business Studies, UNISA - Executive Leadership Municipal Development Programme	Cabinet and Parliamentary Officer
A Segakweng	261,372.00	7	1 X Registry Clerk	Grade 12 Matric	Registry Clerk
MA Mashaba	218,109.00	6	1 X Driver/Messenger	Grade 12 Matric	Driver/Messenger
SM Hlatshwayo	102,534.00	2	1 X Food Aide Services	Grade 11	Food Aide Services

Reply:

(a)(i)(ii)The official international trips that the Minister and her deputy might undertake in 2019-22 depends on, as and when the Department of Basic Education receive an invite, the invitation is then assessed and accepted subject to the president’s approval, or declined if it’s of little value to the department for consideration.

(b)(i)(ii)(iii) Dependant on (a) above, therefore currently not available.

(c)(i)(ii)(iii) Dependant on (a) above, therefore currently not available.

Reply:

1. a) The Foundation Phase policy on promotion requirements is stipulated in the National Policy Pertaining to the Programme and Promotion Requirements of the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) and the National Protocol on Assessment (NPA), which state that a learner may only be retained once in the Foundation Phase in order to prevent the learner being retained in this phase for longer than four years.

• In the Basic Education Budget Vote Speech for the 2018/19 Financial Year, it was announced that the progression and promotion policies, especially in the lower Grades needed to be reviewed, a policy proposal that is currently under consideration.

 

b) The international literature on this topic demonstrates very little evidence for repetition policies actually benefitting children. At best, these policies appear to have no effect on learner achievement and dropout, despite the immense financial stress they place on the schooling system. However, in many cases they have a negative effect on child outcomes.

Two early meta-analyses (Holmes, 1989; Jimerson 2001) showed strong negative effects of retention policies on academic achievement and socio-emotional adjustment. A recent and more rigorous meta-analysis (Allen 2009), indicated that on average repetition either had a negative effect or a null effect on academic achievement.

As such, support for automatic progression within the South African context is being considered as a possible policy position, given that repetition is regarded as being associated with learner dropout and poor academic performance (Branson, Hofmeyr and Lam, 2013; Hartley, 2006).

Indeed, many scholars (Jimerson et al., 1997) hold the view that the negative effects of repetition far outweigh automatic promotion.

Within this debate, we must also consider issues of efficiency and human rights aspects of over-sized classes, as well as the unaffordability of bringing the learner/educator ratio down substantially via hiring of additional teachers.

Many school systems in both developed and developing countries have adopted automatic promotion policies which stipulate that all learners who complete a given school year be promoted to the next grade, regardless of their levels of achievement.

2. The Minister will not make a statement. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is putting plans in place to make the necessary policy amendments which could give effect to automatic progression in the Foundation Phase:

• Every learner will be supported to achieve the expected levels of performance for the grade. There will be adequate support for learners at risk throughout the phase.
• For the breadth of foundational skills across the phase, there will be an identified set of skills per grade to focus on, thus making it possible to give more opportunities to demonstrate competence in the next grade on the same skills if there is a need.
• Learners who experience barriers to learning will be given the opportunities to demonstrate their competence in ways that suit their needs. This has the following implications:
• Some learners may need concrete apparatus for a longer time than their peers.
• Assessment activities, especially written activities, may have to be broken up into smaller sections for learners who cannot concentrate or work for a long time, or they may be given short breaks during the tasks.
• A variety of assessment instruments should be used, as a learner may find that a particular assessment instrument does not allow her to demonstrate her true competence.
• In the Foundation Phase the inability to read should not prevent learners from demonstrating their mathematical competence, because this produces misleading results that are of no use to the learner, the teacher who has to plan the learner’s learning sequence, and the education authorities who have to identify problems in the education system.
• The usage of Mathematical terms should not be confined to the Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT), the knowledge of Mathematical concepts in other languages should be accepted as correct.
• Reporting will be comprehensive, giving the teacher in the next grade and the parents a clear indication of strengths and skills that need further development.

Reply:

(1) 42

(2) (a) 85 (This figure refers to only 2018/19 financial year as the Commission had previously not categorised the capturing of offers according to land purchases and financial compensation.

(b) 32 from April 2019 to date.

(3) There is no average turn-around time since the process involves valuation (by OVG), and purchase price negotiations with land owners.

Reply:

(1) Of the proposed 44 Agri-Parks, none have been fully completed. Please refer to Annexure A for a list of projects under implementation and planning status.

The following 4 Agri-Hubs are partially operational:

• Nchora: EC;
• Springbokpan: NW;
• Witzenberg : WC; and
• Mkhulu Agri-Hub: MP.

The following 23 Farmer Production Support Units (FPSUs) are partially operational:

• Qamata-Bilatye - FPSU (EC);
• Emalahleni – FPSU (EC);
• Makholokoeng – FPSU (FS);
• Sediba FPSU (Mangaung, FS);
• Tarlton – FPSU (GP);
• Bakkerdals - (Westrand: GP);
• Ndumo FPSU (KZN);
• Makhatini FPSU (KZN);
• Nsuze FPSU (KZN);
• St Paul FPSU (KZN);
• Mapela FPSU (LP);
• Nwanedi FPSU (LP);
• Tshiombo (LP);
• Huntington FPSU (MP);
• Dundonald FPSU (MP);
• Sybrandskraal FPSU (MP);
• Heuningsvlei FPSU (NC);
• Eksteenskuil FPSU (NC);
• Taung FPSU NW);
• Ebenaeser FPSU (WC);
• Napier FPSU (WC);
• Suurbraak PFSU (WC); and
• Haarlem FPSU (WC)

(2) (a),(i),(ii) Please refer to Annexure B.

(b) There is no fully completed Agri-Park to date.

(3) (a) Invoices are paid as per job completed/ satisfied.

(b) Please refer to Annexure A for projects still under implementation or retention and still to be paid.

Reply:

(a) The major responsibilities of the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation is managing South Africa’s relations with the International World. This includes bilateral relations with countries across the globe, also engaging in the various multi-lateral institutions that deal with issues ranging from Peace and Security, Human Rights, Environmental Protection, Nuclear Non -Proliferation and Trade and Development. This means that over the course of MTEF, the

(i) Ministry inclusive of the Minister and

(ii) two Deputy Ministers would need to undertake various trips, to deal with Issues emanating from the bilateral and multi-lateral environments.

Some of the trips are standard, for an example we know that on annual basis, the South African President supported by the Minister of International Relations would be expected to travel to the United Nations, for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).So of course these kinds of trips we can pencil in and plan for well in advance. However, many of the trips arise from specific required interventions in the arena. Therefore it is not possible to provide a detailed schedule of trips on the MTEF as required by this question.

What I can undertake is to ensure that there are no trips that are undertaken when they are not necessary or relevant. I can also undertake that we would ensure that delegation sizes are not larger than what is needed to conclude diplomatic engagements successfully. I can undertake to ensure to keep the Ministry’s and the Department’s travel within the budget outlined in the MTEF. This may be difficult as South Africa has been asked as to serve as the Chair of the African Union during the year 2020. This will require additional funds which are not provided for on the MTEF. The Department will engage with National Treasury on this matter urgently.

Reply:

I am advised by the B-BBEE Commission and the Director-General for Trade and Industry that no costs that are separately-accounted for were incurred for the investigations on the above mentioned cases.

They advised further that the cases were investigated internally by the investigator who was already on the payroll, no legal fees were incurred as no external advisors were used and no separately accounted-for travel costs were incurred as the pool car of the dti was used to conduct site visits and to serve documents.

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Reply:

a) Honourable Member, I undertake international travel at the request of the President, or in response to an invitation received from an international organisation or my counterparts, or when there is a strategic international event that addresses human settlements and/or water and sanitation issues. Therefore, it is not easy at this stage to predict a number of international trips be undertaken as per the Honourable Member’s question.

b) Falls away.

c) Falls away.

Reply:

No, because of the provisions of section 36 (Disclosure of Information) Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 (“The Act”), which prohibits disclosure of any information concerning the affairs of any other person obtained in carrying out any function in terms of the Act.

 

Reply:

The answers for the SOEs in my portfolio are as follows:

1. An application for funding to be allocated to Denel from the contingency reserve announced by the Minister of Finance during the 2019 Budget Speech has been made, with additional funding requested over the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF).

(a) Denel requires recapitalisation because of the liquidity challenges it faces.

(b) The amount of the total recapitalisation is still being considered by Government.

(2)(a) & (b) As per the South African Defence Review (2015), Denel is a national security asset, with the primary purpose of designing, developing, manufacturing and supporting defence matériel. In addition, Denel is charged with:

• • The custodianship of assigned sovereign or strategic defence capabilities, technologies and abilities, inclusive of those that may be at risk, the loss of which would threaten South Africa’s required defence capability.
  • The design, development, manufacture and support of important capabilities.

Denel is busy with the implementation of a turnaround plan.  The strategy was approved by the Board of Directors in February 2019 and is aligned with the expectations of the shareholder.  The immediate focus will be on disposing of non-core assets on an urgent basis and establishing strategic equity partnerships across the various divisions of the company.

Nevertheless, Denel is constantly exploring economically viable new revenue streams as part of its profitable growth strategy as well as new technologies to grow its business and technology base. These include both technologies adjacent to its current product portfolio technologies and new “green fields” technologies. Denel continues to and intends to further grow its collaboration with local and international Universities and research institutes. Some of the technology and expansion areas being explored include security and cyber technology solutions, system of system level integration capabilities, advanced software solutions and an enhanced offering to the South African Police Service.

Denel is one of the few, if not the only, level 5 System integration capability for Military solutions in South Africa. Denel intends to play an active role in 4th Industrial revolution solutions in South Africa.

(3) Denel’s expansion into new technology areas will be funded through a combination of self-funding projects and R&D investments. No specific additional State funding is foreseen for this technology expansion.

Reply:

(1) The Department of Water and Sanitation has advised me that it does not have direct contractual obligations with the company referred to by the Honourable Member. However, the Amatole District Municipality; which has been funded by the department through the Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) & Water Services Infrastructure Grant (WSIG) for Water Infrastructure and Sanitation Projects; is the Water Service Authority that engaged the services of the company.

(2) & (3) I will look into the matter now that it has been brought my attention.

Reply:

(1)	(a)	As a matter of clarity, the Minister, with the concurrence of Cabinet, appoints the Board of Directors of the State-Owned Companies (SOCs). He appoints the CEOs and CFOs on the recommendations of the Boards. Only where Boards seek the Minister’s concurrence on appointments of other Executives at subsidiary level, does the Minister express a view. There are various reasons for resignations at the SOCs, such as end of contract terms, personal reasons and the difficulties posed by the damage caused in the institutions.
	(b)	The rot within SOCs is deep but can be overcome. This is demonstrated by among others, the following achievements that have been registered under the leadership of the current boards:
		(i) Eskom McKinsey repaid R902 million against a civil claim Eskom instituted against the company. Eskom successfully pursued the recovery of R600 million that was illegally paid to Trillian. A full bench of the Gauteng High Court ordered that the funds be returned to Eskom to be used for the benefit of the country’s citizenry. SIU is currently in court on behalf of Eskom to set aside the Tegeta Brakfontein coal supply agreement to the value of R2.7bn.
		(ii) Transnet China South Rail (CSR) repaid R618 million to Transnet in relation to an irregular prepayment for locomotive maintenance. Civil claims have been lodged against former Executives to recover losses that were incurred as a result of their irregular conduct.
		(iii) State Capture Inquiry The Minister, the Chairs of the Boards of Eskom and Transnet and an executive within the DPE have led evidence at the Commission in order to shed light on events that led to some of the challenges that trace their lineage to State Capture and how the department is working hard to root corruption out of all SOCs.   Eskom: The current Board, led by the Chairperson Mr Jabu Mabuza, led evidence at the Commission. Transnet:  The current Board, led by the Chairperson Dr Popo Molefe, numerous executives and senior managers led evidence covering the Locomotive deals (95, 100 & 1064) and supporting contracts, such as advisory services; loan transaction services; consulting; funding; and Treasury functions.  Denel: Submissions were made to the Commission and the Board is waiting to lead evidence. Former officials have already led evidence that shed light on some of the irregular conduct that has resulted in the challenges the company is currently facing.  SAFCOL: Officials will be leading evidence in due course. SAA: Among others, previous Ministers, the former Chairperson of the Board (Cheryl Carolus) and former CFO and CEO (currently acting CEO of SAX) have appeared and/or will be appearing before the Commission to give evidence. Alexkor: Commission is investigating matters and the Board is fully cooperating with the investigators.
	(c)	The progress highlighted above and the preparedness of the current leaders in each SOC demonstrated that: there is a plan in place in each SOC to root out corruption; each Board, supported by other officials is heavily seized with executing the plan; the plans are beginning to yield tangible results; and However, to be frank, overcoming the full impact of State Capture and corruption requires vigorous effort and courage from Boards and Management.
(2)	SOCs within DPE portfolio are experiencing financial difficulties. The process to turn-around SOCs is ongoing. This will culminate in the review of the operating models of the SOCs. Furthermore, in some SOCs Strategic Equity Partners (SEPs) will be brought in to partner with SOCs in improving some operations. In that vein, SOCs will provide the Minister with proposals on areas where private partnership are required. Denel has a few examples of this kind of partnerships

Reply:

The workers under the Expanded Public Workers Programme are already included within the scope of the National Minimum Wage Act albeit at a lower tier/percentage of the NMW as is the case for domestic and farm workers. The minimum wage for these workers has been set at R11 per hour or 55% of the national minimum wage as contemplated in item 2 (c ) of Schedule 1 of the Act, taking into account the ability of the State to fund these work opportunities, retain the number of participants and provide some level of income security as an integral part of the Governments plans to address poverty alleviation. Section 4 (3) of the Act provides that the minimum wage in respect of these workers will be increased proportionally to any adjustment of the national minimum wage

Just as any other piece of labour legislation it is the employer’s responsibility to implement and comply with it. The Department is enforcing the NMW in all its facets.

 

Reply:

As the cases referred to relate to alleged crimes in which the Hon TW Mhlongo or his brother Mr L Mhlongo is the complainant or at least personally involved, it is requested that the Hon TW Mhlongo take the matters up directly with the SAPS or the NPA and not make use of Parliamentary Questions to deal with personal matters

Reply:

a) There is an Employer Registration Form. This is referred to as W. AS.2 Form. An employer who wishes to register with the Compensation Fund must duly complete this form. There are documents that must accompany a correctly completed W. AS. 2 Form. These documents vary depending to the business type. In case of companies and close corporations the registration form must be accompanied by Companies Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) issued registration certificate, the certified Identity Documents (IDs) of Owners and certified copies of IDs of Directors.

In case of Sole Proprietors, Partners in Partnership must attach copy of Partnership Agreement and certified copies of all Partners IDs.

Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) must attach copies of NPO Registration Certificate issued by the Department of Social Development and certified copies of IDs of the responsible persons.

In case of Trusts, the Registration Form must be supported by an Appointment Letter issued by Magistrate Office and certified copies of all Trustees IDs.

Compensation Fund has the online platform option, Employers may go to https://www.cf-filing.co.za to register

b) It takes an average of 10 days to finalise a manual new registration form which have complete information from the date the complete documents were received by the Processing Office.

It takes on average one calendar day to finalise a new registration through the online compensation filling platform.

c) The following are reasons causing unnecessary delays on finalising the new Employer Registration:

1. Multiple entries for manually submitted registration forms, such as Compensation Fund (CF) Call Centre, Labour Centres and Provincial Offices which all expected to forward the received documents over to the Processing Centre in the CF Head Quarters (HQ) in Pretoria.

2. Employers failing to provide complete documents and/or information required in the registration form as listed in (a) above.

3. A duplicate registration by employer to avoid paying for outstanding assessment

4. Employer declaring their industry classified code that is inconsistent with the actual industry they are operating in in order to reduce the levies payable.

Reply:

Annually, there are several standard meetings which the Ministry is obliged to attend. These include the Arlac Governing Council, SADC Labour and Employment Ministerial Meetings, G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meetings, BRICS Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting (LEMM), ILO Governing Body and International Labour Conference, possible BI-National Commissions held at Head of State level and whose programme is determined by Dirco and departmental bilateral engagements which are determined on an ongoing basis.

Apart from the ILO meetings which are permanently held in Geneva, venues for other meetings are determined by the rotating hosts and this information is only available as the hosts take over the Presidency. The rotating Presidency of these meetings makes it difficult to deduce any costs associated with attendance until the venue and hosting city is decided and communicated.

For example, Saudi Arabia will host the 2019 G20 and the venue of the LEMM is unknown till possibly next year March. Russia will take over the Presidency of BRICS; similarly, the venue of the LEMM will be communicated sometime next year. For the Geneva meetings, the costs of accommodation are negotiated annually via our Embassy and this normally takes place towards the end of the year.

It should also be noted that attendance of Departmental delegations to these meetings is determined by agenda issues for consideration. As such, it is currently impossible to determine the number of delegates nor associated costs.

Further it should be noted that there are obligatory statutory requirements to cover the costs of participation of the business and labour constituencies to some of these meetings. Again, the numbers are determined by the technical issues under consideration.

 

Reply:

The Ministry is required to undertake international travel to carry out the core mandate on trade, industry and competition. These will normally focus on areas such as export promotion, investment promotion and showcasing South African products and companies, participation at Summits with economic partners, participation in international trade negotiations, attendance at multilateral economic engagements and bilateral relations missions and promoting economic South Africa’s interests.

At the request of the President, the Minister and Deputy Ministers may be requested to attend to international engagements and accompany the President and/or Deputy President on State and Working visits abroad, in accordance with the protocols normally followed by national states.

International travel is not planned three years in advance. Costs pertaining to international travel is provided in the Annual Reports for the specific year concerned. Attendance by officials will depend on the nature of the national economic interests being pursued during a given visit and the nature of the events and engagements.

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Reply:

I am advised by the Department that the industrial parks initiative will be scaled up, based on work that has been done to date; and I have been furnished with the information that follows:

To date (until 31 March 2019) the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) has spent R 511 million on the Industrial Parks Revitalisation Programme.

No concessions have been made available from provincial or local government as yet.

The Revitalisation Programme was instituted because of insufficient resources available at local and provincial government to maintain the Industrial Parks. the dti has been facilitating annual symposia involving all the Industrial Parks as well as the local municipalities and provincial representatives, to strengthen collaboration across the different spheres of government, including the development of future funding models for the sustainability of the Industrial parks. Concessions and other forms of support from local and provincial governments are envisaged to form part of the funding models. However modalities for such funding still requires appropriate consultation.

There are no special incentives available to business in Industrial Parks, other than the suite of incentives available to businesses through the dti. A number of workshops have been hosted by the dti in Industrial Park to raise awareness of these incentives. The Department is also considering the viability of extending some of the incentives available to investors in the Special Economic Zones to existing and potential investors in Industrial Parks.

Investment promotion for the Industrial Parks falls under the investment promotion drives for Special Economic Zones, as well as the investment promotion services provided by the dti in general. The Department is currently developing an investor handbook for the various Industrial Parks, and an investment promotion trip has been planned to parts of Asia for October 2019.

Support is provided to businesses in Industrial Parks by Invest SA. This complements the work done by various provincial agencies.

the dti has also initiated the Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production Programme whose objective is to optimize the use of water and energy and thus improve the competitiveness of the businesses in Industrial Parks.

An exercise is currently underway to obtain a list of the new businesses that have invested in the Industrial Parks. This will be made available when completed.

The revitalization of the Industrial Parks was initiated following a call by the President to address the infrastructure needs of the rural and township industrial economy. The implementation of the programme was informed by a scoping exercise in 2015 which was followed by a detailed assessment conducted in 2016. Funding is awarded to applicants based on successful applications by the respective Industrial Parks. In this context therefore, no business plan has been drawn up at national level to support the industrial parks, as each park has to operate with its own business plan and this has in the past been associated with provincial and local government. The dti initiatives have been aimed at improving existing industrial parks. However, as the Department increases its level of support for industrial parks, it will be necessary to ensure that the business plans for individual parks are improved, so that the social and industrial return increases.

The program is a developmental initiative with the objective of decentralizing industrialization and improving the industrial capacity of the rural and township economy.

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Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

(a) The frequency of inspections of pylons varies between 3 monthly to 10 yearly, depending on the categorisation of the infrastructure.

(b) Eskom currently has 7281 inspectors.

(c) Eskom has a total of 11 599 773 pylons across the country.

(d) Eskom conducts extensive condition monitoring time based maintenance on pylons, and powerlines according to prescribed maintenance standards. Preventative maintenance includes:

• Vegetation management - monitor vegetation under or near the powerlines to ensure that safety clearances are not compromised.

• Visual aerial inspections and ground patrol - determine the physical integrity of towers, stays, foundations, insulators, conductors, shield wires and fibre optic system.

Reply:

Support for the importation and production of motor vehicles, under which electric vehicles would ordinarily fall, is covered under the Automotive Production and Development Program (APDP).

Under the APDP, light motor vehicles including electric vehicles can be imported into the country with the use of rebate credit certificates earned. Such certificates allow the importer to offset import duties, where the importer assembles vehicles locally. This incentivizes the development and expansion of vehicle production in South Africa.

The Department advises that fewer than 1 000 electric vehicles have been imported to date; and no auto manufacturer currently assembles electric or hybrid vehicles in South Africa.

I am in discussion with the automobile sector in South Africa regarding the production of electric or hybrid vehicles locally. We are keen to ensure that South Africa develops production capacity in what is anticipated to be a growing part of the car market. On conclusion of the discussions, a formal statement will be made.

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Reply:

The rankings of countries in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business are a relative measure in that it measures a country’s performance relative to the number of regulatory changes that other countries have undertaken. Johannesburg is used as the proxy for South Africa.

While South Africa has undertaken some reforms over the past decade, its ranking declined over the period. As the World Bank Survey at times affect investor perceptions of a country, there has been a focus on country improvement in the rankings. More importantly, some of the indicators used in the Survey coincides with our own domestic goals to make it easier for small and medium businesses to start up and stay in business.

President Ramaphosa announced South Africa’s commitment to improving its investment climate and ease of doing business, and set a target to be in top 50 of the Ease of Doing Business Rankings. This goal was set in order to make South Africa an attractive investment destination. the dti through InvestSA signed a co-operation agreement with the World Bank on the 11th March 2019 to address issues of investment climate reform over the next 2-3 years.

The national reform effort is being carried out collaboratively with relevant government departments, agencies and the private sector.

In order to operationalise the national reform initiative, Invest SA with the technical support of the World Bank prioritised five of the ten indicators based on the Doing Business report. The prioritised indicators are: (i) Starting a Business; (ii) Registering Property; (iii) Paying Taxes; (iv) Trading Across Borders and (v) Dealing with Construction Permits.

Specific reforms for each of the prioritisation indicators have been identified. These indicators were selected on the basis of their comparative low ranking in the World Bank’s Survey as well as usefulness to local entrepreneurs. Technical Working Groups have been established on these indicators and comprise of members from both business and government, for the following indicators:

• Enforcing of contracts
• Getting access to electricity
• Resolving insolvency
• Getting credit
• Protection of minority shareholders

A road map has been developed with short term reform action plans (6-8 months) and medium to long term (18-24) months.

the dti together with National Treasury have been working with the World Bank and the private sector to increase the pool of respondents and have hosted workshops to familiarise respondents with the survey questionnaire as it is detailed and requires an understanding of the case study and the core assumptions related to the methodology.

We are further pioneering E-Government Services and to improve the process to starting a business.

Government is expected to go live with a business portal by October 2019. The new business portal will allow domestic firms to get company registration, domain name registration, B-BBEE certificate and SARS registration online at the same time. In addition, Invest SA is working with UIF and the Compensation Fund to integrate these processes into a single online platform which will be a first for South Africa.

Annex: How the World Bank Doing Business survey rank is measured

The annual World Bank Doing Business survey measures Johannesburg as the proxy city for SA and it surveys private sector practitioners responsible for engaging in business regulatory procedures in each of the 10 indicators measured in the Johannesburg geographic area (SA’s largest city in terms of population density).

The Doing Business report presents results for two aggregate measures: the distance to frontier score and the ease of doing business ranking, which is based on the distance to frontier score.

The ease of doing business ranking, ranks economies against each other in terms of reforms implemented; the distance to frontier (DTF) score benchmarks economies with respect to regulatory best practice, showing the absolute distance to the best performing economy on each Doing Business indicator. When compared across years, the distance to frontier score shows how much the regulatory environment for local entrepreneurs in an economy has changed over time in absolute terms, while the ease of doing business ranking only shows how much the regulatory environment has changed relative to that in other economies.

More information on South Africa’s ease of doing business scores may be found in the latest World Bank Doing Business 2019 report: https://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/doingBusiness/media/Annual-Reports/English/DB2019-report_web-version.pdf.

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Reply:

Since 1994, neither the Department nor its entities have conducted a study into the possibility of procuring 100% of food consumed locally.

There was no compelling reason for undertaking such a study. However, the Department undertakes studies on food security levels, agricultural production trends, and agricultural trade patterns. In circumstances where there is comparative disadvantage and domestic consumption exceeds production such as in the case of wheat, the country imports the balance.

Reply:

(a) (i)(ii) (b )(i)(ii)(iii)(iv) ( c )(i)(ii)(iii)

There are no planned official international trips by Minister and his Deputy to undertake in the 2019-22 medium term expenditure framework.

Reply to question 367 recommended I not recommended

GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)

Date:

Reply to question 367 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 2019-08-15

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works & Infrastructure:

a) The total number of government employees in the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure on long period incapacity leave are 20

b) The total cost in terms of salary is R2 253 929.80 on average and it is R 112 696.49 per case

Reply:

a) What measures are put in place to meet targets for tourism as per the SoNA on 20 June 2019?

Work on breaking down the 21 million international tourists by 2030 target provided by the President has produced a target of 14.5 million international tourist arrivals by the end of 2024. Engagement with the private sector and other stakeholders is already underway in order to increase market penetration of identified critical growth markets such as China, India, Nigeria and Russia. There is also ongoing work that relates to defending our current strong inbound markets while increasing market penetration in markets that we have identified as strategic in meeting the target provided by the President. Constant engagement is being maintained on matters relating to online Visa applications and Visa wavers with the department of Home Affairs.

The Department of Tourism and SAT are in the process of institutionalizing the achievement of the 21 million international tourists by 2030 through the incorporation of the 2024 annual international tourist arrivals of 15 million in the five-year strategic plan and the annual targets.

Measures also include ongoing engagement with the private sector, other government department and other stakeholders in their respective roles in achieving the target set by the President given the supply side and demand side conditions and interventions that need to prevail in order for the target set by the President in the June 2019 State of the Nation Address to be achieved.The targets will form part of the Strategic Plan 2020/21 – 2025/26 of the Department and SA Tourism.

b) What are the:

(i) Time lines

The time lines will be included in the 5-year Strategic Plans that are currently being finalized and will then be broken down into annual targets and then incorporated in the Annual Performance Plans.

(ii) Time frames

The targets will be broken down into years and within each year, into quarters.

(iii) Deadlines

The deadlines for achieving the targets will be aligned to the Strategic Plan and the National Development Plan.

c) Who will be responsible?

The responsibilities will be determined as the Programmes in the Strategic Plan is finalised.

d) How will the targets be measures and monitored?

Performance is measured through the tourist arrivals statistics as reported monthly by Statistics SA through the report P0351 Tourism & Migration and SA Tourism’s monthly departure and domestic surveys.

• Monthly EXCO meetings where each executive provides a monthly update on the implementation of the APP;

• Organisational Performance Reviews held quarterly chaired by the CEO;
• Quarterly Performance Reports which show the performance of SA Tourism against its APP targets and are reviewed by Board and the Department of Tourism.

e) Who will measure and monitor the targets?

    Answered in point (d) above

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

Minister de Lille was appointed on 27 May 2019.

(a) The Private Office of the Minister includes the salary of the Minister plus her 2 advisors, totalling R17 144 000

(b) (i) to (v). Please refer to table below

Job Title	Salary Level	Total Remuneration	Qualifications	Job Description	Start date
Chief of Staff	14	R1 251 183	Bachelor of Arts in Human and Social Sciences	To manage, provide strategic and administrative direction within the office of the executing authority of the Department of Public Works	12 June 2019
Administrative Secretary	13	R1 057 326	Diploma in Education Performer’s Diploma in Speech and Drama	Manage the administrative activities within the office of the Executing Authority	15 July 2019
Private/ Appointments Secretary	13	R1 057 326	Bachelor of Commerce in Human Resources	To effectively assist in managing the flow of information in and out of the Minister’s office and also assist in managing the Minister’s office diary at Head Office.	11 July 2019
Cabinet and Parliamentary Officer	13	R1 057 326	Bachelor of Arts Honours in Journalism, Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies and History	To offer Cabinet/ Parliamentary Support to the Department of Public Works including the Ministry, the Head of the Department and their Entities as well as enhancing Stakeholder Relations significance to the Department.	29 July 2019
Cabinet and Parliamentary Officer	11	R733 257	Senior Certificate National Diploma, Journalism	To offer Cabinet/ Parliamentary Support to the Department of Public Works including the Ministry, the Head of the Department and their Entities as well as enhancing Stakeholder Relations significance to the Department.	22 July 2019
Community Outreach Officer	11	R733 257	Diploma in Public Administration and Local Government	To effectively coordinate liaison/ interaction between the minister’s office, stakeholders and the community.	8 July 2019
Assistant Appointments Secretary	09	R376 596	Senior Certificate with 5 years’ experience in administration	To effectively assist in managing the flow of information in and out of the Minister’s office and also assist in managing the Minister’s office diary at Head Office.	3 July 2019
Registry Clerk	07	R257 508	NQF Level 4 certificate in Office Administration	To provide registry services and administrative related services	22 July 2019
Secretary/ Receptionist (Cape town)	07	R257 508	Performer’s’ Diploma in Speech and Drama	To provide reception and secretarial services to the Office of the Minister.	21 June 2019
Secretary/ Receptionist (Pretoria)	07	R257 508	Bachelor of Arts in Politics	To provide reception and secretarial services to the Office of the Minister.	24 June 2019

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

No upgrades or changes were made by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure to any of the offices of the Ministers and Deputy Ministers since 29 May 2019 to date.

(a) (i), (ii) and (b) Fall away.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works & Infrastructure:

The recorded total number and extent of state owned land parcels under the custodianship of Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) which are illegally invaded are as follows:

(a), (b),(i), (aa)	(a), (b), (i), (bb)	(a), (b), (i) (cc)	(a), (b), (ii)
2016/17 Financial Year	2017/18 Financial Year	2018/19 Financial Year	1 April 2019
No. of Properties	Extent (Ha)	No. of Properties	Extent (Ha)	No. of Properties	Extent (Ha	No. of Properties	Extent (Ha)
38	3554,16	4	705,21	8	715,61	6	1331,64

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works & Infrastructure:

(a)

(i) Response in respect of the Department:

Department	Number of Vacancies	(b) What date will the vacancy/vacancies be filled
Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI)	95	DPWI Main Vote has advertised 29 positions to be filled within the next six months (starting from July 2019
Proper Management Trading Entity (PMTE)	450	PMTE has advertised 234 positions and will be filled within the next six months
TOTAL: DPWI & PMTE	545

(ii) In respect of provincial Department responsible for Public Works:

Name of Province	(a)(ii) What is the total number of vacancies each of the provincial departments reporting to her	(b) by what date will the specified vacancies be filled
Gauteng	There are 370 vacant positions	The Department as guided by the Provincial Budget Committee (PBC) has implemented cost containment measures to ensure that there is no/minimal overspending on the compensation budget. To this end the Department has implemented a decision to “Prioritise the Filling of only identified Critical Vacant Positions”, if not filled, will result in the collapse of operations. It also be noted that the Department is currently finalising its Strategic Plan and this has prompted the “review of the organisational structure” in line with the new mandate and service delivery targets.
KwaZulu Natal	There are 181 vacant positions	It is envisaged that these vacant posts will be filled within the next 8 months.
Limpopo	There are 465 vacant posts in its establishment which is 15% vacancy rate.	The department is planning to fill the 84 posts out of the 465 posts during the 2019/ 20 financial year as approved by the Provincial Personnel Management committee and Treasury. The remaining posts will be filled when the process of reviewing the structure is completed as directed by the Provincial Treasury
North West	There are 371 vacant positions	The anticipated date to fill the vacancies will be 31 March 2020
Mpumalanga	The Executive Council resolved to implement a Moratorium on filling of vacant positions in the Provincial Administration with effect from February 2015 to date in an effort to reduce the provincial wage bill. All provincial departments were directed to rationalise functions and this process has led to the identification of 64 critical technical posts for the Building Infrastructure Programme.	The posts have been submitted to the Executive Council for consideration; The department will fill these posts within 6 months should approval be granted by the Executive Council.
Western Cape	There are currently 95 vacant, established posts, out of a total of 449 posts in the Public Works Infrastructure domain.    Of these vacancies, 67 are currently in a recruitment process, while one (1) post was funded to facilitate appointment in an acting capacity.  The remaining 28 (6%) vacancies are unfunded, and due to COE upper limits.	Based on standard recruitment time of 90 days, it is expected that these recruitment processes will be concluded by end of September 2019, and given the required notice periods, that the candidates will be able to assume duty by October/November 2019
Eastern Cape	As per the 2019/20 approved Annual Recruitment Plan this provincial department has 150 vacant funded posts (vacant).	The department intends is to ensure that all the posts are filled by 30 November 2019.
Northern Cape	There are 99 vacant positions	The posts will be filled by February 2021.
Free State	In terms of the approved Annual Performance Plan the province has 60 vacant funded posts;	The posts were planned for filling in this financial year, in accordance with HR Planning processes aligned to the appropriate compensation budget.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

a) In the 2018/19 financial year, a total of 183 work opportunities were reported by the Walter Sisulu Local Municipality. The work opportunities reported were from the Environment and Culture and the Infrastructure Sector projects.

b) The average duration of work opportunities that were created in the municipality is 84 days.

c) The monthly wages paid to each worker differs from project to project. The minimum daily wage paid to participants in the municipality was R90 per day, whilst the maximum daily wage was R150 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, there are guidelines on recruitment available, 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) No funding was provided by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) in assisting the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) entities to create the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) work opportunities in the past five years (2014/15 – 2018/19) in any province.

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) is the overall coordinating department for Government’s Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). The EPWP is comprised of four (4) sectors, namely: Social; Environment and Culture; Infrastructure and Non-State Sectors. Each of the sectors are coordinated by specific national Lead Sector Departments as per the Cabinet approval. The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) is one of the departments within the Environment and Culture Sector (E&C) which is coordinated by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries.

Reply:

The Information requested by the Honourable member is not yet available, as decision has not yet been made.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

The Minister and Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure may travel on official visits abroad if these are essential, in the national interest and with due regard to the availability of Departmental funds. International trips are planned on a case by case basis and when the need arises for them to travel on official business abroad. At this point in time there are no planned official visits abroad in the 2019 – 2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) for the Minister and the Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure.

(a)(i) and (ii), (b) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) and (c) (i), (ii) and (iii) Fall away.

 

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) and government will act as a catalyst for the private sector and the construction industry to grow and create jobs while transforming the industry.

An infrastructure investment fund of R100 billion has been established as a commitment from Government. It is Government’s hope that the private sector will come on board to contribute towards a “crowd-funding” effect. To improve Infrastructure in our country we will need the help of all sectors in society especially the private sector.

As part of the reconfiguration of Government, over and above the historic role of the Department of Public Works, the function of infrastructure co-ordination was assigned to my Department which is now called the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI).

In addition to this function, the Department has been assigned the responsibility to coordinate the Infrastructure Delivery Management System (IDMS) – a function previously performed by the National Treasury as well as the transfer of the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission (PICC), previously performed by the former Department of Economic Development.

Reply:

(a}(b)(i) to (vi)

The provincial departments responsible for safety and security are funded from the Division of Revenue Act, which directs funding to Provincial Governments. The SAPS is, therefore, not in a position to provide this information.
 

Reply to question 382 recommended/not recommended
GENERAL

NATIONAL COMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019/08/07

Reply to question 382 approved


GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 13/08/2019

Reply:

The total amount of R23 871 051,60 has been spent since the deployment of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Gang Unit, Cape Town and the details are as follows:
 

Expenditure item	Amount
Overtime Remuneration	R199 976,00
Goods and Services	R4 876 156,00
Vehicle Licences	R27 516,00
Payment for Capital Assets	R18 767 403,60
Total	R23 871 051,60

Reply to question 439 recommended/not recommended

GENERAL

NATIAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)

Date: 2019/08/07

Reply to question 439 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF PLOCE
Date: 13/08/2019

Reply:

(a) Yes, foot patrols are still being used by the South African Police Service (SAPS), to prevent crime in areas such as shopping malls, complexes, railway stations, beaches, parks and holiday resorts, as determined by the crime threat and pattern analysis.

(b) Yes, vehicle patrols are still being used by the SAPS, to prevent crime in areas identified as high crime hotspots, as determined by the crime threat and pattern analysis, including sectors in police station precincts.

(i) Office-bound 'police officers are utilised to conduct crime prevention operations, to increase the number of personnel, during weekly, monthly and targeted disruptive operations, as determined by the crime threat and pattern analysis and as, per the initiative of station commanders.

(ii) In view of the above, there are no stipulated hours for office-bound police officers to conduct crime prevention duties.
 

Reply to question 431 recommended/not recommended

GENERAL

NATIONAL COMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019/08/07

Reply to question 431 approved


GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 13/08/2019