Questions and Replies

Reply:

(a)(i) On 30 June 2019, the number of reservists in each province, per cluster in the South African Police Service (SAPS), was as follows:

Beaufort West Cluster 18

Tygerberg Cluster 51

Cape Town Cluster 57

Da Gamaskop Cluster 57

Blue Downs Cluster 46

Eden Cluster 52

Overberg Cluster 51

Khayelitsha Cluster 72

Milnerton Cluster 44

Mitchells Plain Cluster 96

Nyanga Cluster 65

Winelands Cluster 36

Vredenburg Cluster 32

Vredendal Cluster 25

Worcester Cluster 101

Wynberg Cluster 64

Eastern Cape Clusters Total: 981

Alice Cluster 35

Aliwal North Cluster 63

Butteiworth Cluster 41

Cofimvaba Cluster 6

Cradock Cluster 20

East London Cluster 40

Elliot Cluster 5

Graaff-Reinet Cluster 27

Grahamstown Cluster 16

Humansdorp Cluster 34

King Williams Town 76

Mdantsane Cluster 92

Motheiwell Cluster 69

Mount Ayliff Cluster 74

Mount Fletcher Cluster 34

Mount Road Cluster 59

Mthatha Cluster 95

Port Alfred Cluster 8

Port St Johns Cluster 12

Queenstown Cluster 44

Uitenhage Cluster 131

Northern Cape Clusters Total: 577

Pixley Ka Seme Cluster 174

Frances Baard Cluster 132

John Taolo Gaetsewe 78

Namakwa Cluster 79

Zf Mgcawu Cluster 114

Free State Clusters Total: 530

Bethlehem Cluster 47

Ficksburg Cluster 25

Kroonstad Cluster 13

Mangaung Cluster 63

Park Road Cluster 14

Phuthaditjhaba Cluster 52

Zamdela Cluster 57

Selosesha Cluster 111

Smithfield Cluster 46

Thabong Cluster 38

Trompsburg Cluster 24

Welkom Cluster 40

KwaZulu-Natal Clusters Total: 831

Ethekwini Inner South Cluster 89

Umzinyathi Cluster 11

Ethekwini Central 33

King Cetshwayo Cluster 48

Umgungundlovo North 29

Ethekwini Inner North 85

Harry Gwala Cluster 48

llembe Cluster 43

Umkhanyakude Cluster 32

Uthukela Cluster 23

Amajuba Cluster 55

Ethekwini Outer North 51

Umgungundlovo South 55

Ethekwini Inner - Outer 47

Ugu Cluster 88

Zululand Cluster 60

Ethekwini Outer South 34

North West Clusters Total: 749

Brits Cluster Commander 129

Klerksdorp Cluster 168

Mahikeng Cluster 145

Pudimoe Cluster 91
Rustenburg Cluster 60

Vryburg Cluster 73

Zeerust Cluster 83

Mpumalanga Clusters Total: 976

Acornhoek Cluster 220

Ermelo Cluster 127

Pienaar Cluster 97

Kwamhlanga Cluster 83

Lydenburg Cluster 1

Middelburg Cluster 69

Piet Retief Cluster 36

Secunda Cluster 79

Standerton Cluster 80

Tonga Cluster 102

Witbank Cluster 82

Limpopo Clusters Total: 1179

Bela Bela Cluster 22

Groblersdal Cluster 73

Lebowakgomo Cluster 316

Lephalale Cluster 31

Giyani Cluster 128

Mahwelereng Cluster 57

Makhado Cluster 92

Modimolle Cluster 20

Polokwane Cluster 2

Seshego Cluster 62

Thohoyandou Cluster 192

Tzaneen Cluster 71

Burgersfort Cluster 57

Mankweng Cluster Commander 56

Gauteng Clusters Total: 2278

Johannesburg North Cluster 113

Ekurhuleni Central 132

Tshwane North Cluster 214

Johannesburg East Cluster 99

Johannesburg West Cluster 141

Johannesburg Central Cluster 126

Ekurhuleni West Cluster 158

West Rand Cluster 151

Tshwane East Cluster 77

Soweto West Cluster, 231

Soweto East Cluster 126

Tshwane West Cluster 166

Sedibeng Cluster 231

Ekurhuleni East Cluster 89

Tshwane Central Cluster 72

Ekurhuleni North Cluster 152

(a)(ii) Since the lifting of the moratorium on the recruitment and selection of reservists, in 2016, the recruitment of reservists is a continuous process and up to date, a total of 11 293 applications have been received.

(b) It takes an average of 30 months, from the time that an application is received, until a person is appointed as a reservist. The recruitment and selection process takes an average of six months and the training takes an average of 24 months.

(c)(i) The SAPS lifted the 2009 moratorium on the recruitment of reservists and since 2016, the recruitment and selection of reservists is an ongoing process in order to ensure that the numbers of reservists are continuously increased.

The SAPS has also relaxed some of the appointment requirements, in terms of National Instruction, 3 of 2014, to ensure that the scope is widened to attract a larger pool of candidates. The recruitment drive, for the 2019/2020 financial year, will be announced shortly.

( c )(ii) The number of SAPS reservists, who are currently in training in each province, is as follows:

Eastern Cape 199

Free State 164

Gauteng 370

KwaZulu-Natal 427

Limpopo 234

Mpumalanga 158

North West 109

Northern Cape 74

Western Cape 123

Total: 1 858
 

Reply to question 297 recommended

GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ SITOLE, SOEG
Date: 2019-08-07


Reply to question 297 approved/not approved
 

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

Reply:

( 1) The suspect was detained at the Bedfordview Police Station for investigation.

(2) The suspect was released on bail.

(3) No, the necessary processes were not followed. The suspect's address was never verified and it was found that his passport had expired, in 2016.

(4)(a) Yes, a Sergeant at the police station.

(4)(b) A departmental investigation into the matter was initiated, as per DR 25/07/2019 and a criminal case of defeating the ends of justice was opened, as per Bedfordview, CAS 27/07/2019.


Reply to question 328 recommended

LIEUTENANT GENERAL

NATIONAL COMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019/08/01

Reply to question 328 approved


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

Reply:

(a)(i){ii) and (b)

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has not installed any closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras at train stations. The Minister of Transport will be in a better position to respond to this question.
 

Reply to question 335 recommended
LIEUTENANT GENERAL

NATIONAL COMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019/08/01

Reply to question 335 approved

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

Reply:

(a) The Rapid Rail Police is a unit and therefore, no police stations are maintained within the Rapid Rail Police environment.

(b) None.

(c) None, Rapid Rail Police is a unit and therefore, no police stations are maintained within the Rapid Rail Police environment.
 

Reply for question 333 recommended/not recommended

LIEUTENANT GENERAL

NATIONAL COMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

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

Reply to question 333 approved


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

Reply:

There are currently a total of 1 151 police stations nationally, of which (i) 436 are rural and (ii) 454 are rural-urban (mix).

(1 )(a)(i)(ii), (b) and (2)(b)

The names and location of the rural and rural-urban police stations, as well as the geographical size, are attached as Annexure A.

(2)(a) Ratio: Police-Population:

• The National ratio of police officers to population, is 1 :375 (Source: SAPS Annual Report - 2018/2019)

• This norm is applied across the provinces and relative to the functions performed by police stations.

• The breakdown of the ratio of police officers to population, at police stations in each province, is currently being addressed and finalised through a study, taking into consideration the specialised units, geographically placed as force multipliers.

(3)(a)(i) and (ii)
The vehicles that were at each police station and those that were undergoing maintenance at each police station, as at 16 July 2019, are reflected in the tables below:

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Reply:

(a) One vehicle will be supplied to the Booysens Police Station, by 30 July 2019.

(b) The Booysens Police Station is overstaffed, by 16 personnel. The staff establishment, is 263 and the current personnel strength, is 279.

(c) No application for additional bullet-proof vests was received from the Booysens Police Station, in 2018/2019. All the SAP-members are in possession of serviceable bullet-proof vests. In addition, there is a surplus stock of 1 O serviceable bullet-proof vests, which are kept in the store room.
Currently, the Booysens Police Station does not have any shortages of bulletproof vests.
 

Reply to question 180 recommended
LIEUTENANT GENERAL

NATIONAL COMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019/08/01

Reply to question 180 approved


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

Reply:

(1)(a)(b) and (c)

No	Names of Police Stations	(a) Number of Vehicles in Workshop	(b) Number of Days in Workshop	(c) Reason
1	Alberton	13	3 to 145 days	Mechanical repairs
2	Benoni	21	2 to 195 days	Mechanical repairs and panel beating
3	Boksburg North	9	2 to 127 days	Mechanical repairs
4	Boksburg	6	40 to 181 days	Mechanical repairs and panel beating
5	Brakpan	9	40 to 123 days	Mechanical repairs and panel beating
6	Crystal Park	4	4 to 35 days	Mechanical repairs and panel beating
7	Daveyton	6	23 to 80 days	Mechanical repairs and panel beating_
8	Dawn Park	6	5 to 107 days	Mechanical repairs
9	Etwatwa	15	2 to 161 days	Mechanical repairs

Find here: (1)(a)(b) and (c) continues

 

Reply:

a) The National Treasury does not differentiate between large and SMME in its report of non-compliance with payment of suppliers.

According to the National Treasury 2018/19 Annual Report - the total Rand value of invoices older than 30 days and not paid by national Departments at the end of the 2018/2019 financial year amounted to R 634 million with the following Departments leading:

• The Department of Water and Sanitation = R492 million or 78% of the total Rand value;
• The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries = R99 million or 16% of the total Rand value; and
• The South African Police Services = R24 million or 4% of the total Rand value.

The total Rand value of invoice older than 30 days that are not paid by Provincial Departments for the 2018/19 financial year amounted to R 6.5 billion with the following Departments leading:

• Gauteng Provincial Treasury = R2.6 billion or 40% of the total Rand value; and
• Eastern Cape Provincial Treasury = R2.1 billion or 32% of the total Rand value.

(b) Steps the Department will implement to address the gap:

(i) The Department is working on a database for SMMEs that will be linked to the Central Supplier Database (CSD) of the National Treasury. When the systems are integrated, the Department will be able to know the amount owed to SMMEs.

(ii) sefa is the largest funder of SMMEs who are not paid and this in turn impacts on the sefa impairment ratio. The Department has requested the National Treasury to authorise cession agreement for sefa and when the cessions for sefa and other Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) are implemented, the DFIs will support SMMEs to collect invoices owed to them.

(iii) In addition, in instances where Departments owing a lot of money to SMMEs, the Department will be engaging with the National Treasury to top-slice from their budgets and enable the National Treasury and various Departments to pay the SMMEs directly.

(iv) The Department is also introducing an application for SMMEs to lodge disputes on their outstanding unpaid invoices.

 

NW1089E

Reply:

(1)(a) The name of the police officer, who is commonly referred to as Gold Tooth, is Constable OM Mapatlare.

(1)(b) He is currently stationed at the Ekurhuleni North Cluster.

(1)(c) He was not promoted, since the Carte Blanche expose.

(2)(a) A departmental case was opened against Constable Mapatlare and was withdrawn, due to the fact that the complainant had immigrated to the United Kingdom.

(2)(b) Constable Mapatlare is working at the Operational Command Centre, performing crime prevention duties.

Reply to question 243 recommended

LIEUTENANT GENERAL

NATIONAL COMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019/08/01

Reply to question 243 approved


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

Reply:

The South African Police Service (SAPS) does not have a plan to deploy static police officers at schools. However, the SAPS does have School Safety Officers, who are linked to schools.

The SAPS reacts to incidents, reported at schools and conducts operations in response to information received about schools. As part of the daily functions of the SAPS, frontline members conduct daily patrols at schools.

Annually, the SAPS, in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education, identifies problematic schools for the implementation of the School Safety Programme. The SAPS also conducts maintenance programmes at the schools where the School Safety Programme was previously implemented.
 

Reply to question 263 recommended/not recommended

LIEUTENANT GENERAL

NATIONAL COMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019/08/01

Reply to question 263 approved

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

Reply:

(a)    Total amount budgeted for the private office of the Minister for the 2019/20 financial year as on 1 April 2019:

	2019/20 FY (1 APRIL 2019)
	R'000
Minister’s Compensation of Employees (CoE)	2 529
Minister’s Office CoE	10 725
Ministry Goods and Services	9 536
Grand Total	22 790

(b)(i)    Total remuneration Ministry budget for 2019/20 = R13, 254 million (R2, 529 million + R10, 725 million).

(b)(ii-v) The table below details employees appointed since I took office in May 2019.

(b)(i)	(b)(ii)	(b)(iii)	(b)(iv)	(b)(v)
TOTAL ANNUAL REMUNERATION	SALARY LEVEL	POST JOB TITLE DESCRIPTION	QUALIFICATION	JOB DESCRIPTION
R1 189 338 PER ANNUM PLUS R7035.00 PER MONTH ROLE-PLAYING ALLOWANCE	14	CHIEF OF STAFF: MINISTRY	POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT (CORPORATE GOVERNANCE)	Annexure A
R1 035 450 PER ANNUM	13	PARLIAMENTARY AND CABINET SUPPORT	B EDUCATION	Annexure B
R936 177 PER ANNUM	11	CABINET AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICER	B ADMINISTRATION	Annexure C
R178 965 PER ANNUM PLUS R1600.00 PER MONTH ROLE-PLAYING ALLOWANCE	5	DRIVER/MESSENGER	SENIOR CERTIFICATE	Annexure D

END

Reply:

1. The appointment and retention of personnel at universities is the responsibility of each institution.

The majority of universities have a normal retirement age of 65. Most of these also allow post retirement employment for a further 3 years (some contract, and some deferred retirement) in selected cases where the expertise is required and under specific conditions. This post retirement employment is specifically allowed to enable the retention of scarce and critical skills.

However, retaining critical and scarce skills post-retirement age is not a long-term sustainable solution, and efforts have to be made to strengthen the academic staff pipeline to ensure that there are academics who can competently replace those who retire.

The Department of Higher Education and Training is implementing the Staffing South Africa’s Universities’ Framework (SSAUF) as part of its comprehensive University Capacity Development Programme. The SSAUF is intended to support universities to recruit, develop and retain academic staff. A number of key programmes are being implemented:

• The New Generation of Academics Programme (nGAP) supports universities to appoint and develop new academics in areas of need, including in critical and scarce skills areas. 473 Posts have already been allocated, and going forward, 100 new posts will be allocated every year.
• The University Staff Doctoral Programme (USD) supports existing academics to achieve doctoral degrees so that they can progress more rapidly along the research and teaching career trajectory. The programme was initiated in 2018, and approximately 200 academics are currently being supported, with a further 60 to be recruited this year.
• The Future Professors Programme supports promising academics who have shown academic and research leadership potential to participate in a two-year development programme that will enable them to apply for professor positions. The first phase of the programme will recruit three cohorts of 28 academics over three years, with the first cohort being recruited in 2019.
• The Supplementary Staff Programme enables the recruitment of skilled retired academics to support the implementation of the other SSAUF programmes and other staff development initiatives. These skilled academics are utilised for example, as mentors, or to replace nGAP and USDP scholars when they undertake mobility opportunities away from the university as part of their development programmes.

The Department intends upscaling these programmes as funding becomes available.

2. The Minister has already communicated to the sector on the need to retain critical and scarce skills whilst new capacity is being developed.

.

Reply:

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

a) (i) The Minister is planning to undertake three international travel missions abroad for 2019/20.

    (ii) The Deputy Minister is planning to undertake two international travel missions abroad for 2019/20.

(b) The table below outlines the (i) destination, (ii) date, (iii) purpose and (iv) number of persons who will travel with the delegation.

MINISTER
Destination	Date	Purpose	Delegation
Paris, France	12 – 16 November 2019	The 40th UNESCO General Conference determines the policies and work of the Organisation. Participation will be in the high-level meeting on the Global Convention on Higher Education.	5 Officials
Nicosia, Cyprus	2020	The Minister has been invited to visit and explore educational cooperation opportunities. The Minister will lead a delegation of senior management from universities as part of strengthening institutional partnerships.	4 Officials
Nouakchott, Mauritania	2020	The Mauritanian Minister of Higher Education visited South Africa in 2017 and extended an invitation for the Minister to lead a delegation of officials and academics to visit Mauritania to strengthen bilateral relations in higher education.	4 Officials

DEPUTY MINISTER
Destination	Date	Purpose	Delegation
Kazan, Russia	22 - 27 August 2019	To lead the South African delegation to the World Skills 2019 Competition focusing on vocational education skills development and transformation of education systems.	23 Officials
New Delhi, India	26 - 27 August 2019	To participate in the India-Africa Higher Education and Skills Development Summit. Specific projects for collaboration in the education sector will be discussed.	Spouse and 6 officials

(c) The table below provides a breakdown of the expected costs of (i) flights, (ii) accommodation and (iii) other expenses.

Destination	Date	Flight	Accommodation	Other Expenses
Paris, France	12 – 16 November 2019	Business Class R25 500 Economy Class R8 100	Suite R12 000 Standard Room R3 500	R1 855 per diem
Nicosia, Cyprus	2020		Suite R6 000 Standard Room R3 000	R1 680 per diem
Nouakchott, Mauritania	2020	Business Class R18 450 Economy Class R10 500	Suite R2 300 Standard Room R1 400	R1 395 per diem
Kazan, Russia	22- 27 August 2019	Business Class R28 350 Economy Class R14 300	Suite R3 100 Standard Room R1 400	R4 757 per diem
New Delhi, India	26 - 27 August 2019	R28 000 Business Class R15 000 Economy Class	Suite R1 750 Standard Room R1 400	R1 200 per diem

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

d) The Minister and the Deputy Minister are invited to meetings and conferences internationally by their foreign counterparts, international organizations and by the Presidency among others intermittently. The list of international engagements below reflects only the engagements that both the Minister and Deputy Minister have accepted. The international travel calendar for the outer years is subject to receiving invitations. All international missions require presidential approval prior to traveling.

(i) The Minister is currently planning to undertake two international travel missions abroad for 2019 – 2020.

(ii) The Deputy Minister is currently planning to undertake one international travel mission abroad for 2019 – 2020.

e) The table below outlines the (i) destination, (ii) date, (iii) purpose and (iv) number of persons who will travel with the delegation as direct support to the Minister and Deputy Minister, which is tentative until approved by the Minister. For the multilateral engagements, additional Departmental officials will participate for example in senior officials’ meetings preparing the ministerial meetings, but not in a direct supporting role to the Minister and Deputy Minister. For the purpose of this reply the number of officials in the delegations assigned to a direct supporting role to the principals is indicated.

DESTINATION	DATE	PURPOSE	DELEGATION
Minister’s Trips
Yokohama, Japan	27-30 August 2019	7th Summit of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VII). Africa-Japan Ministerial Dialogue Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Meeting is convened on the occasion of the Tokyo International Conference for Africa’s Development (TICAD) – South Africa has played a leadership role in in encouraging a science, technology and innovation focus as part of TICAD. The President also invited the Minister to join his delegation to TICAD.	4 Officials
Dresden, Germany	11-13 October 2019	Carnegie Meeting of Science and Technology Ministers and Science Advisors hosted by the German Minister of Education and Research. The Carnegie meeting is a prestigious, informal annual gathering bringing together the government science leaders of the G8 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and the United States); the European Commission; as well as Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa. It provides an opportunity for Ministers to discuss and share experiences in an informal setting with regard to science and technology policy as part of their governments’ and the international agendas	1 Official
Deputy Minister’s Trips
Campinas, Brazil	19 - 20 September 2019	BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Ministerial Meeting – the meeting is the highest inter-governmental BRICS Forum dedicated to decide on and review BRICS science, technology and innovation partnership initiatives.	2 Officials

f) The table below shows the detailed breakdown of the expected cost of (i) flights, (ii) accommodation and (iii) any other expenses in each case?

DESTINATION	DATE	FLIGHT	ACCOMMODATION	OTHER EXPENSES
Minister’s Trips:
Yokohama, Japan	27-30 August 2019	Business Class R66 000 Economy Class R25 000	Suite R8400 Standard Room R3500	R4370 per diem
Dresden, Germany	11-13 October 2019	Business Class R80 000 Economy Class R21 000	Suite R11 000 Standard Room R3 000	R5800 per diem
Deputy Minister’s Trips
Campinas, Brazil	19 - 20 September 2019	Business Class R80 000 Economy Class R25 000	Suite R3500 Standard Room R3500	R4164 per diem

Reply:

1 (a) The reason for the closed down of Kempton Park Child Welfare was due to the non-payment of salaries for the period of November 2018 to January 2019. They received their salaries for January 2019 on the 2nd February 2019. A resolution was taken in the meeting held on the 15th February 2019 with the employees and the board of management to pay February and March 2019 salaries to cover for November and December 2018 salaries not paid. Due to the deficit that led to the unpaid salaries, it was agreed that there will be no salaries paid for 2 months (February and March 2019).

(b) Kempton Park Child Welfare has caseload of 308 cases, which is disaggregated as follows:

• Finalized Foster Care cases: 149

• Children placed in Child and Youth Care Centres: 40

• Lapsed foster care orders: 44

• New Foster care applications: 75

(c) During the strike, Ekurhuleni Social Development Kempton Park office was responsible temporarily for cases referred for social work intervention. Some of the social workers attached to Kempton Park Child Welfare attended to court cases while on strike. The staff/employees went back to work on the 21st February 2019 after they received salaries for November/December 2018 as per agreement.

2 (a) Eight (8) NGOs were closed during 2018.

(b) The name of organisations are as follows: (1) Tshitandani Child Care Foundation in Limpopo and (2) Cafda, (3) four Badisa offices (4) Child Welfare SA in Western Cape Province and (1) Child Welfare East London.

(c) Tshitandani Child Care Foundation is in Vhembe District in Limpopo Province; Cafda, the four Badisa Offices, Child Welfare SA are in the Western Cape Province (places affected is Riebeeck West and Lutzville areas in West Coast Region, Heidelberg and Ladysmith in Eden Karroo Region, Fisantekraal area in Metro North Region) and Child Welfare East London which is in East London.

(d) The reason for closure are voluntarily due to change of strategic focus and economic climate.

(e) 19 cases in Limpopo, between 200 and 4000 cases in Western Cape as informed by the province and 1418 cases in East London.

 

________________________

Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

1. The Department has a Polley on 'The Establishment and Management of New Fisheries In South Africa' that is implemented by the New Fisheries Scientific Working Group, comprising of relevant experts to guide the establishment of new fisheries in a structured manner. The Policy outlines the operational protocol for the development of new fisheries in South Africa. The Protocol consists of three phases, Phase O: Information gatherlng1 Phase1 :  Implementation of the experimental fishery and Phase 2: Commercial fishery.
Each phase comprises of steps that need to be undertaken before a fishery can be classified fully as commercial and rights are allocated.Smoothhound and soupfin sharks are the main target of the demersal shark longline fishery as they were the most abundant demersal sharks, and markets for these were established.

The preliminary (2017) stock assessments Indicated that the soupfin and smooth-hound sharks are subject to overfishing. The Department is In the process of putting In place slot limits relating to length across a number of fishing sectors. This has been assessed as the most appropriate measure to return catches to sustainable levels.

The Department is In the process of conducting the SEIAS (Socio-Economic Impact Assessment Study) In order to tum this proposal into regulation in the commercial linefishery, the sector which is responsible for the majority of catches of these resources. Similar measure will be considered in the demersal shark longline fishery later In 2019.

2. There are:

(a) (i) 6 vessels operating in the sector.

(ii) Approximately 250 employees.

(b) (i) No shark long-line vessels have carried observers since 01 January 2016.

(ii) It Is not mandatory for the vessels In the Demersal Shark Long-line Fishery to carry observers on board. However, provision is made In the Permit Conditions for the Department to deploy observers In the event that unusual landings or fishing practices are detected.

Regards

MS BD CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

DATE: 12/08/2019

Reply:

The Mzimhlope Women’s Hostel is located in Orlando and falls within the jurisdiction of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, through the Gauteng Province of human Settlements, indicated that:

1. In 2006 the cost was R2 476 600

In 2012 the cost was R51 485 997

In 2014 the cost was R5 403 373

In 2016 the cost was R6 353 601

2. The total amount that has been spent since the inception of the project is approximately R140 000 000, inclusive of the costs borne by the City of Johannesburg.

3. The project had an original scope of 186 units which were planned to be constructed as double storey structures but to date only 34 units have been completed. Blockages that have contributed to the delays in the project have since been resolved. The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements has subsequently appointed a contractor and the process of appointing professionals and engineering services are currently being finalised. It is expected that the project will resume in August 2019 and is anticipated to be completed by the end of the 2020/21 financial year. Once this has been completed, the units will be allocated to qualifying beneficiaries for occupation.

Reply:

The National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (Act 10 of 2004) provides for the listing of threatened or protected ecosystems. Listings will be conducted for terrestrial, freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystems.

In December 2011, the national list of terrestrial ecosystems that were threatened and in need of protection was published in the Government Gazette. The assessment methodology for estuarine , freshwater and marine ecosystems had not been sufficiently robust to provide the basis for the listing of estuarine and freshwater ecosystems.

The National Biodiversity Assessment (2018) due to be released In September 2019, will provide a better basis for listing estuarine, freshwater and marine ecosystems.

Regards

MS BD CREECY. MP

MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
DATE; 2019/08/12

Reply:

(i) 824

(ii) 

PROVINCE	Number	Entity or Agency	Number
Eastern Cape	46	Supported Employment Enterprises (SEE)	31
Free State	12	Compensation Fund (CF)	195
Gauteng	138	Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)	60
Kwa-Zulu Natal	49
Limpopo	66
Mpumalanga	66
Northern Cape	31
North West	29
Western Cape	46
SUB-TOTAL	483	SUB-TOTAL	286
GRAND TOTAL	769

(b) By end of Financial Year

 

Reply:

(1) (a) In terms of section 87A of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004) (NEMBA), the Members of the Executive Council (MECs) of the provinces who are responsible for the conservation of biodiversity are the issuing authorities for permits In respect of listed threatened or protected species, which, In this case, Includes the registration of captive lion breeding facilities. The following information is applicable, as reported by provincial issuing authorities in December 2017:

(i) There are approximately 7 979 lions in captivity in South Africa.
(ii) There are 366 captive facilities that are registered in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004):
Threatened or Protected Species Regulations, 2007.

The figures provided in (i) and (ii) are an Indication of all lions In captive facilities, which could be purely captive breeding facilities; or captive facilities that operate as a combination of captive breeding facilities and commercial exhibition facilities (zoos); or captive keeping facilities/zoos that do not specifically engage in breeding.

(b) A permit is required, in terms of NEMBA, to carry out any restricted activity involving a listed threatened or protected species. Since lions are currently listed as a vulnerable species in terms of sectio~ 56(1) of NEMBA, the permit requirements of NEMBA apply to all specimens of African lion, whether those specimens are In the wild or In a captive environment. Further, the Threatened or Protected Species (TOPS) Regulations, promulgated in terms of NEMBA in 2007, require that any captive breeding operation must be registered.

Officials from the provincial conservation authorities who have been appointed as Environmental Management Inspectors (EMls) in terms of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107of1998), are responsible for monitoring compliance with the provisions of NEMBA, as well as conditions of permits issued in terms of NEMBA and registrations Issued in terms of the TOPS Regulations. These EMls are also responsible for taking enforcement action in the case of non-compliance with NEMBA and the TOPS Regulations.

(2) A non-detrimental finding (NDF) made by a Scientific Authority, in respect of African lion and in terms of section 61(1)(d) of the National Environmental Management:

Biodiversity Act, 2004 (copy attached for ease of reference), indicates that there are currently no major threats to the wild and managed lion population of South Africa, whereas minor threats include over-utilisation, disease, poaching and conflict with communities around protected areas. The NDF further states that trophy hunting of captive-bred lions poses no threat to the wild population within South Africa, and .,it is thought that captive lions may in fact serve as a buffer to potential threats to wild lions by being the primary source for hunting trophies and derived products (such as bone).". The NDF was published in the Gazette, No. 41393. on 23 January 2018.

(3) The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries takes the resolutions and recommendations -of the Portfolio Committee (PC) on Environmental Affairs seriously. It is for this reason that the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Is finalising the appointment of a High-Level Panel to review the policies, legislation and practices In respect of the handling, management, breeding, hunting and trade involving, among others, lion.

Regards

MS BD CREECY. MP

MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
DATE; 2019/08/12

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows: -

1. The Minister is not responsible for technology launches and thus does not determine technology launch dates.

Suffice to say, the Minister provides policies that establish an enabling environment and broad frameworks for creating equitable opportunities for all market players.

2. The department is working with various industry players who are rolling out latest 5G technology. As an example, the department recently partnered with Nokia and Vodacom during the recent Digital Economy Summit wherein President Ramaphosa, speaking at Gallagher Convention Centre, had his address simultaneously broadcast as a holographic image to the Rustenburg Civic Centre.

3. The national security agencies and the departments in the security cluster, continuously scan the environment for any potential threats to the State and its people, and if there is any potential security threat, it will be dealt with. Furthermore, the Cybersecurity Hub in the department falls under the Government’s broader security mandate and such engages with other government security institutions and industry players to implement safety standards and measures.

4. With regards to security, 5G is no different from previous generation networks and the same established security principles will need to be applied. As stated, national security agencies and the departments in the security cluster are continuously scanning the environment to deal with any potential threats to the State and its people. The government has legislated the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act (RICA) and the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act. Government has also developed the Cyber Security Policy Framework and the department is currently working on the Data Policy. All these policies and legislation, inter alia, address issues of security.

5. No.

 

 

MS STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS

MINISTER

Reply:

(a) Travel is confined to meetings, which are required in terms of the International Protocols of Agreement to which South Africa is a signatory. Therefore, It is not feasible to provide the detailed Information on official international trips for the 2019--2022 medium-term expenditure framework.

(i) The Minister is planning to undertake four official international trips while;
(ii) the Deputy Minister is planning to undertake five official trips for the period from 01 August to 31 December 2019.

Please find here: (b) (i), II), Iii), and (iv) The detailed information on the destination, date, purpose, number of officials in the delegation for the Minister and Deputy Minister Is listed in the table below.

Reply:

(a) The number is twenty (20).

(b)

Employee Figure	Cost
1	R98 597
2	R947 415
3	R80 403
4	R303 233
5	R491 458
6	R902 912
7	R167 690
8	R175 274
9	R90 231
10	R81 244
11	R243 470
12	R174 013
13	R141 024
14	R25 496
15	R618 468
16	R60 575
17	R143 218
18	R75 905
19	R158 417
20	R687 020
TOTAL	R5 666 063

 

Reply:

I have been advised by the Departments as follows: -

In respect of the budget allocation for the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services:

a) The Advertising budget decreased in the 2017/18 financial year; it was mainly for the marketing and promotional items as well as advertising to fill vacant posts. In the 2018/19 financial year, the budget increased mainly for marketing and promotional items due to the Department hosting the BRICS Summit and International Telecoms Union (ITU) World Telecom in September 2019 at the INkosi Albert Luthuli Conversion Centre in Durban.

b) The budget for Advertising decreased in the 2019/20 financial year; the budget is mainly for marketing and promotional items as well as advertising to fill vacant posts.

In respect of the budget allocation for the Department of Communications:

a) Advertising budget increased during the 2017/18 financial year due to advertising done in respect of the Digital Terrestrial Television Project (DTT). During 2018/19 financial year, the budget increased due increased branding and promotional items that were procured.

b) The advertising budget for the 2019/20 financial year increased mainly for awareness campaigns for the DTT Project.

 

MS. STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS, MP

MINISTER

Reply:

a) otal number of employees who are being paid whilst they are on suspension are two (2)

b) R31 974.22 (cost of suspension of less than a year) and R33 821. 04 (total cost of suspension)

 

Reply:

With reference to the Road Accident Fund (RAF),

a) 328 173 claims were submitted during the 2018-19 financial year,

b) 52 166 cases were disputed and assigned to RAF appointed lawyers for defense and

c) the RAF is not in a position to provide the number of cases under litigation during the 2018-19 financial year which were ruled on in the form of a judgment in court, as the RAF’s reporting systems do not currently distinguish between outcomes resulting from the various court processes.

Reply:

1. Yes.

(a) The Department Intercepted a vessel that was suspected of having illegally operated in the De Hoop Marine Protected Area. The skipper of the vessel was subsequenlty arrested and the catch was confiscated. A criminal case was subsequenlty opened In May 2019 at the Humewood Police Station, Port Elizabeth. The criminal case referred to above involved a vessel that was operating with a Demersal Shark Long-line Catch Permit. The apprehension was collaborative work conducted with other relevant State Security Agencies involving the South African Police Service as well as the National Prosecuting Authority. This case is currently before the courts for prosecution.

(b) While the investigation and criminal proceedings are underway, the Department is In the process of initiating proceedings under Section 28 of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act. No. 18of1998).

2. The Demersal Shark Long-line fishery is not an experimental fishery, but a full commercial fishery that has been regulated separately, and rights have been allocated since 2006.

(a) The numbers of White sharks (i) caught in the demersal shark longline fishery since 2016 was (2) two. The number (ii) landed was (1) one. The first shark caught was released alive, and the most recently caught White Shark In May 2019 has been retained by the Department and will be used as training material in future CITES Appendix II identification Workshops.

(b) The numbers of smoothhound sharks (I) caught and (ii) landed by the demersal longline shark fishery were 17 558 in 2016, 18 298 in 2017, 30112 in 2018 and 11 796 in 2019.

(c) The numbers of other shark species, including threatened, endangered and/or protected shark species (i) O threatened, endangered and/or protected

Find here: (II) other shark species caught and landed by the demersal shark longing fishery were as follows:
 

Reply:

1. (a) The Department has embarked on the review of the sector funding policy and in the revised Policy, the Department has sought to align its policy to include a method of planning and prioritising developmental social services. A list of high priority prevention and early intervention focus areas will be developed within which the provinces must plan, budget and implement specific priority services. The prioritized list of social welfare services will be categorized according to their relative priority. The categorization and prioritization will ensure that services that are most important are ranked high and prioritized during the allocation of funds.

(b) As part of implementing the Funding Policy, the Department is testing the Sector Funding Policy in selected provinces with focus on services that address government’s core constitutional and statutory obligation to provide care and protection to children, older persons, and those who are most vulnerable. During the testing, process mapping will be conducted on the following services namely; child protection, services to older persons; gender-based violence and anti-substance abuse.

2. The Department conducted an audit of social sector employees within the funded NPOs in all nine Provinces earning below the national minimum wage. From this audit, a national database has been consolidated and submitted to National Treasury for analysis in order to determine the funding gap. The results of the data analysis will form part of a motivation on DSD budget submission that the department is preparing for submission to National Treasury for the 2020/2021 MTEF period.

_______________________

Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

(1) (a) Number of persons arrested for rhino poaching from 1 January 2018 to 31July 2019 in:

(i) Kruger National Park: 366 (three hundred and sixty six)

(II) Pilanesberg: 7 (seven)

(iii) any other national park: Mokala National Park, 3.(three)

(b) 15 (fifteen) of the specified persons were employed by SA National Parks

(c) Information on convictions should be sourced from the South African Police Service or National Prosecuting Authority.

 

(2) Number of:

(a) White rhino poached from 1April2018 to 31 July 2019:

Kruger National Park: 472 (four hundred and seventy two)

Mokala National Park: 1 (one)

Marakele National Park: 2 (two)

Pilanesberg: 28 (twenty eight)

(b) Black rhino poached from 1Aprll2018 to 31 July 2019:

Kruger National Park: 32 (thirty two)
Pilanesberg: 3 (three)

(3) Due to the persistent threat posed by rhino poaching, South Africa developed and Is implementing a holistic, Integrated and multidimensional response, involving various government departments, including the Department of Environmental Affairs, SANParks, the provincial conservation and environmental departments and agencies. the South African Police Service (SAPS). the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI), Customs Division of the South African Revenue Service, the South African National Defence Force, the National Prosecuting Authority, the State Security Agency and other stakeholders such as the private rhino owners, the hunting industry and non-governmental organisations. The Implementation of the 2014

Integrated Management Plan combines the use of technology. extensive antipoaching work as well as the management of the rhino population. This approach also involves extensive international collaboration across our borders to ensure that rhino poachers are brought to book. This approach has seen a moderate decline of 91 (ninety one) Incidents from the same period last year.

Regards


MS BD CREECY. MP

MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
DATE; 2019/08/12

Reply:

(1)(a)(i) The total number of bullet resistant vests, in each province, is as follows:

Province	Total
Head Office	34 916
Eastern Cape	19 028
Free State	13 304
Gauteng	37 093
KwaZulu-Natal	25 181
Limpopo	11 616
Mpumalanga	10 844
North West	11 514
Northern Cape	7 224
Western Cape	26 707
Body Armour Store	18 741
Total	216 168

(1)(a)(ii) The total number of bullet resistant vests, in each cluster, is attached as per Annexure A.

(1)(b) The information, per police station, order form and the date on which each bullet resistant vest was procured, is attached as per Annexure B. (Annexure B is attached in the electronic format, due to the size of the document, which consists of more than 3 000 pages)

Bullet resistant vests were only captured as a serialised item, since 2010. Prior to 2010, bullet resistant vests were captured as non- serialised and placed on, either the room inventory or on a members personal equipment sheet (SAPS 108). The SAPS also procured parts for bullet resistant vests parts and assembled them, which were then accounted for, as complete bullet resistant vests. Therefore, the system will not indicate order numbers for the above exceptions.

(2) All bullet resistant vests are captured in the SAPS asset register and the information is reflected in Annexure B.

(3)(a) In accordance with the Supply Chain Management (SCM) guidelines, the life span or useful life of a bullet resistant vest, is determined by the type of operational functions that are performed by the user and not a time frame. Therefore, the lifespan may vary from one day to more than 10 years, depending on the utilisation and treatment, thereof. This is supported by annual physical inspections and conditional assessments.

(3)(b) Since 2009, the SAPS has disposed of the following quantities:

	Disposals	Pending Disposals
57 212	36 624

(4) Yes, the SAPS is currently doing market research and undertaking a process of evaluation, research and development of new generation bullet resistant vests.

 

Response to question 218 recommended

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019-07-26

Response to question 218 approved

 

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER POLICE
Date: 2019-07-26

Reply:

a) R20, 558,000.

b) (i) Total remuneration

• R7,870,773.63

(ii) Salary levels

• L.14x1; L.13x4; L.11x1; L.9x1; L.7x1; L.5x1; and L.3x2.

(iii) Job Tittles

• Chief of Staff
• Private Secretary
• Media Liaison Officer
• Community Outreach Officer
• Assistant Appointment Secretary
• Domestic Worker (x2)
• Administrative Secretary
• Parliamentary and Cabinet Support
• Registry Clerk
• Driver/Messenger

(iv) Qualifications

- Matric/NQF 4 - x1

- National Diploma/NQF 6 - x2

- Degree/B Tech/NQF 7 - x4

- Honours/NQF 8 - x2

- Masters/NQF 9 - x1

(v) Job Descriptions attached

Reply:

(1) The original case docket was sent to the Inquest Court. The case docket was received back from the Inquest Court, with enquiries. As soon as the enquiries have been attended to, the case docket will be returned to the Inquest Court.

(2) Yes, feedback was provided to the complainant, on 5 July 2019.

(3) Yes, a copy of the report is attached.
 

Reply to question 116 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SREVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019-07-26

Reply to question 116 approved 
GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 2019-08-06

Reply:

We are not able to quantify information on the future related to official trips for both the Minister and the Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans. All the international trips are undertaken as per invitation from host countries and serve a specific purpose in relation to the responsibilities and/or tasks assigned to the Executive Authority by the President of the Republic of South Africa.

Reply:

The information that is required is not readily available and the requested information must be sourced and verified before submission. A request is hereby made for an extension of two weeks, in order for this office to submit a response of quality and that is correct.

 

LIEUTENANT GENERAL DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: DETECTIVE SERVICE
TC MOSIKILI
Date: 2019-07-29
Reply to question 430 recommended

LIEUTENANT GENERAL

ACTING DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: CRIME DETECTION
SC MFAZI
Date: 2019-08-05

FOR WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION 430

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTIQN PAPER: 26 JULY 2019

{INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 7·20191

Reply to question 430 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SREVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019-08-05

Reply to question 430 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 2019-08-06

Reply:

The Information that is required Is not readily available. The requested Information must be sourced and verified before it can be submitted. A request is hereby made for an extension of six weeks, in order for this office to provide a reply that is correct and of quality.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: DETECTIVE SERVICE
TC MODIKILI
Date: 2019/07/29

Reply to question 384 recommended

LIEUTENANT GENERAL

ACTING DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: CRIME DETECTION
SC MFAZI
Date: 2019/08/05

Reply to question 384 recommended

GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)

Date: 2019/08/05

Reply to question 384 approved I not approved


GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 2019/08/06

Reply:

(1)(a) The staff establishment for the Parkview Police Station, is 114 and the actual personnel strength, is 117.

( 1 )(b) Not applicable.

(2)( a)(b )(i)(ii)
 

(a) Number of vehicles	(b)(I) Operational	(b)(ii) Non-operational
30	26	Three vehicles are in for repairs. One vehicle has been recommended for boarding.

(3)(a) The staff establishment for the Detective Service, at the Parkview Police Station, is 24 and the actual personnel strength, is 25.

(3)(b) Not applicable.

4)(a) Two state vehicles were following each other, descending a hill on a winding road. The driver of the vehicle in the rear, lost control of the vehicle and collided with the one in front. One South African Police Service (SAPS) member lost his life, as a result of the collision.

( 4 )(b) The vehicles were used to attend the official funeral of the late Constable Shange.

Reply to question 171 recommended

GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)

Date: 2019/07/26

Reply to question 171 approved I not approved


GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 2019/08/06

Reply:

No, the National Treasury has not investigated such impact, as neither the National Treasury nor the South African Reserve Bank have any evidence that any bank has taken part in currency manipulation, as indicated in our previous replies to oral question 57 and 245 submitted on 29 March 2019, and will repeat the essence of those replies below.

We are not aware that the Competition Commission has made any finding on the manipulation of the rand, but is investigating a case of price fixing and market allocation in the trading of foreign currency pairs involving the Rand, which it has referred to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution. The currency market is a deep and liquid market, and it is difficult to determine any material or long-lasting impact of any one transaction on the level or value of the currency.

It is important for members to differentiate between the impact of any transaction on consumers and the impact on the value of the rand – the investigation before the Competition Commission appears to be related more to the conduct of bank traders towards clients, rather than providing evidence of their affecting the actual value of the rand.

We should all await the outcome of the Competition Commission’s investigation before acting on them. I am also happy to invite the Honourable Member to provide any other evidence he may have on any currency manipulation to the Commission and/or National Treasury.

Reply:

1. The National Treasury does not provide financial assistance to municipalities. An operational deficit indicates that the municipality’s operating expenses exceeds the revenue. Failure to contain costs while not realising anticipated revenue collection levels results in operating deficits. The first approach is for the municipality to implement cost containment measures and reduce the operating expenses.

Given that Sedibeng is a delegated municipality, the Gauteng Provincial Treasury will continue to support the municipality to ensure that it adopts a funded budget going forward.

2. Currently the municipality does not have a financial recovery plan. However, reference should be made to chapter 13 of the Municipal Finance Management Act, (Act No. 56 of 2003) on the process to be followed for resolution of financial challenges.

Reply:

(1)(a)(2)(3)(a)(b) and (4)(a)(b)(c)

The requested information is not readily available. It needs to be obtained from the province and verified. A request is made for an extension of two weeks, in order to provide a verified and accurate response.
 

Reply to question 217 recommended/not recommended

GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)

Date: 2019-07-26
 

Reply to question 217 approved




GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 2019-08-06

Reply:

(1 )(a) The information, regarding the number of firearms, which have been reported as losses from the South African Police Service (SAPS), is reflected in the table below:
 

Province	2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019
Head Office	87	86	94	138	95	65
Eastern Cape	134	150	134	148	112	49
Free State	38	22	38	36	32	19
Gauteng	165	140	185	123	145	101
KwaZulu-Natal	167	165	180	164	193	142
Limpopo	45	49	37	36	54	28
Mpumalanga	40	45	36	33	46	38

Find here: (1)(b) The information, regarding the number of rounds of ammunition, which have been reported as losses from the SAPS, is reflected in the table below:

Reply:

1. The financial recovery plan for the West Rand District Municipality was prepared by the Municipal Finance Recovery Service (MFRS) following a request from the Gauteng Provincial Government.

The MFRS has for purposes of the preparation of the financial recovery plan consulted with both the administrative and political leadership component of the municipality (Executive Mayor and Mayoral Committee; Accounting Officer and senior management); MEC’s for Finance and Local Government; Organised local government; Organised labour; and principal suppliers including creditors and the community.

The financial recovery plan is holistic focusing on financial management; organisational structure and institutional matters; human resource management; governance; and infrastructure and service delivery. Moreover, it addresses the municipality’s service delivery model, operations, structure, processes, policies, bylaws, budget, cash flow management, debt collection, expenditure and revenue-raising measures. These collectively will contribute to the turnaround if implemented accordingly. The turnaround of the West Rand District Municipality requires not only internal commitment from the Municipality but support from the Provincial Executive.

2. The financial recovery plan was submitted by the MFRS to the Gauteng MEC for Finance for further processing in terms of Section 143(2) of the Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003.

Reply:

(a) One vehicle will be supplied to the Moffatview Police Station, by 30 July 2019.

(b) The approved staff establishment for the Moffatview Police Station, is 160.The current personnel strength, is 154. There is currently a shortage of six personnel members. A total of 12 newly enlisted constables were allocated to the Moffatview Police Station, in 2018/2019 and no further vacant posts will be filled, in the 2019/2020 financial year.

(c) In 2018/2019 and the first quarter of 2019/2020, 1 April2018 to 30 June 2019, no application for additional bullet-proof vests was received from the Moffatview Police Station.

(d) In 2018/2019, a total of five park homes were delivered to the Moffatview Police Station. No further accommodation shortages were reported after the park homes were provided to the police station.


Reply to question 181 recommended
GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SREVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019-07-26

Reply to question 181 approved
GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 2019-08-06

Reply:

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) is investigating a criminal case of fraud1 in the Free State and the case docket reference number is Heilbron, CAS 4/04/2019. On 1 April 2019, the complainant received a short message service (sms), indicating that money had been deducted from her South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) pension card. It is alleged that approximately 60 beneficiaries were defrauded through the same modus operandi. A total of 20 beneficiaries were traced and their statements have been obtained. Approximately 40 beneficiaries are still being traced. Criminal cases will be registered when the complainants have been identified. The investigation is continuing.

Reply to question 264 recommended/not recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SREVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019-08-01

Reply to question 264 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 2019-08-06

Reply:

(1) Bolobedu CAS 7211212015 was withdrawn in court.

(2) Yes, Investigations Into the case has been conducted by the Detective on standby the same day the case was reported. The complainant and the accused were in court for the first appearance. The complainant agreed to withdraw the case in the presence of the Public Prosecutor.
(a) Not applicable

(b) Not applicable

 

LIEUTENANT GENERAL DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: DETECTIVE SERVICE
TC MOSIKILI
Date: 2019-07-31

Reply to question 400 recommended

LIEUTENANT GENERAL

ACTING DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: CRIME DETECTION
SC MFAZI
Date: 2019-08-01

Reply to question 400 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SREVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2019-08-01

Reply to question 400 approved

GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 2019-08-06

Reply:

The data provided in response to the question is derived from the PERSAL system as at 30 June 2019 and is for National and Provincial Departments in terms of the Public Service Act,1994.

a) Number of employees currently on precautionary suspension in:

(i) National Departments is 29.

(ii) Each Province

Provincial Governments	Total Number of Suspension
Total	16
KwaZulu-Natal	2
North West	2
Eastern Cape	4
Gauteng	1
Western Cape	7

b) Average length of precautionary suspension for employees at:

• National Departments is 2 months,
• Provincial Departments is as follows:

Provincial Governments	Average Length on Suspension months
KwaZulu-Natal	8
North West	2
Eastern Cape	2
Gauteng	2
Western Cape	2

(c) Total cost of precautionary suspension for each (i) year and (ii) month that the employees have been suspended is based on the average salary.

(i) 2017/2018 is R 73 976, 00

2018/2019 is R 1 319 887, 00

2019/2020 is R 26 183 216, 00

(ii) See attached

Reply:

1. The Public Administration Ethics, Integrity and Disciplinary Technical Assistance Unit was established as per Public Administration Management Act Proclamation, effective from 1 April 2019.

2.a) The Unit is not fully operational and b) it is not adequately staffed. (i) as the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) has no funding to staff the unit or to allocate funds for its operations. (ii) The Unit is currently being incubated within the DPSA and is envaseged to be fully operational and adequately staffed by the next financial year, subject to the allocation of funds by the National Treasury.

3. The Unit has not yet conducted any disciplinary process against officials as the Unit is not yet fully operational.

Reply:

a) During the Basic Education Budget Vote 14 debate for the 2019/2020 financial year, it was indicated that the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has committed to developing a comprehensive plan to ensure a phased-in and systematic relocation of the responsibility and leadership for ECD. It was further indicated that this comprehensive plan will include the provision of two years of compulsory ECD prior to Grade 1; as well as the provision of Early Childhood Development (ECD) for 0-4-year-olds. Finally, the Department committed to the costed plan being finalised by March 2020.

The development of these plans is based on two principles:

1. The plans should ensure that both the access and quality of ECD should improve significantly over the next 10 years; and
2. The plans should be sensitive to the current model of ECD provision and not destabilise nor cause confusion in either the ECD or schooling sector.

b) The detailed plan for institutionalising the abovementioned high-level objectives is still being developed.

c) The DBE is working towards finalising a detailed, costed plan by March 2020, while at the same time beginning preparations for implementation.

d) The cost will be clarified through the detailed, costed plan.

Reply:

In terms of its mandate and legal provision, SARS established an interim capability to conduct investigations into the illicit economy. The capability executes integrated enforcement investigations and comprises of data analysis, risk identification, criminal and compliance investigation and audits and debt recovery.

(a) Its current staff complement is 60.

(b) The capability is funded through SARS financial allocation.

The mandate and scope of this capability is currently under review in order to better define and sharpen its focus.

As part of the review by the new Commissioner the following is being assessed:

• SARS’ capability and capacity to monitor and assess the activities within the elicit economy as well as assess the true revenue impact/ risk that the illicit economy presents to the state.
• SARS’ capability and capacity to conduct the investigative and audit work
• The most effective organizational arrangement
• Collaboration with the agencies of State.

Reply:

a) The Plan is to have a Technical High School in each Circuit. Provinces have not yet identified the schools to be transformed into technical schools.

b) The time frame for the transformation and expansion of schools will be over a period of 5 years starting in 2020 – 2025.

c) Details of how the transformation will take place:

• Identification of schools by the 9 Provincial Education Departments;
• Mapping of schools in circuits to be undertaken;
• An onsite audit of schools will be conducted by the National and Provincial Departments;
• Mathematics, Science and Technology (MST) Conditional Grant covers all schools offering Technical Occupational and Technical vocational subjects.

d) Costs that will be incurred in each case will include the following:

• Infrastructure renovation and construction (workshops).
• Provisioning of equipment tools and consumables for the Technical specialisation subjects.
• Human Resource recruitment.

Reply:

(a), (b), (c) and (d).

As part of monitoring, the National Department only collects aggregated information on teacher attendance. The Honourable Member is kindly advised to request the detailed information as requested directly from the Provincial Education Departments.

Reply:

(a) Table 1, 2 and 3 below provides figures for the past three years and (b) since 1 January 2019, (i) 3 632 educators have been trained on various ICT programmes and (ii) all trained educators have completed the training, (iii) 3 632 educators benefitted from ICT training and (iv) the DBE can provide data on how many educators and/ or schools have received ICT devices. However, the data on the usage of these devices lies in Provinces.

The data as captured by the Curriculum Branch on the training provided to educators on how to operate ICT devices, sourced from NSLA reports and the Moodle Platform is as follows:

Province	2016	2017	2018/19
	BASIC	INTERMEDIATE	ADVANCE	TOTAL	BASIC	INTERMEDIATE	ADVANCE	TOTAL	BASIC	INTERMEDIATE	ADVANCE	TOTAL	GRAND TOTAL
Eastern Cape	2 999	782	632	4 413	8 826	14 653	2 852	26 331	4 056	2 667	291	7 014	37 758
Free State	408	8 092	632	9 132	8 172	3 593	6 378	18 143	181	185	39	405	27 680
Gauteng	1 171	502	632	2 305	4 028	6 885	1 326	12 239	1 987	1 700	600	4 287	18 831
KwaZulu-Natal	57	1 555	632	2 244	4 186	8 315	1 507	14 008	4 470	351	295	5 116	21 368
Limpopo	700	300	632	1 632	2 632	4 564	8 828	16 024	343	223	20	566	18 222
Mpumalanga	3 416	12 914	632	16 962	5 599	6 778	1 226	13 603	1 236	592	321	913	31 478
North West	2 638	1 307	632	4 577	8 615	14 592	2 787	25 994	296	4 675	266	5 237	35 808
Northern Cape	374	1 187	632	2 193	4 131	7 888	1 458	13 477	301	121	266	688	16 358
Western Cape	38 314	250	632	39 196	7 760	7 206	23 416	38 382	6 973	3 221	3 245	13 439	91 117
TOTAL	50 077	26 889	632	77 598	53 949	74 474	49 778	178 201	19 843	13 735	5 323	37 665	298 620

Table 1

The data as captured by the Teacher Development Branch sourced from the NSLA on the ICT integration into teaching training programmes:

PROVINCE	2017/18	2018/19	2019 (Quarter 1)
Eastern Cape	2 334	4 661	1 750
Free State	995	1 205	43
Gauteng	11 574	216	0
KwaZulu-Natal	359	234	368
Limpopo	950	1 480	200
Mpumalanga	1 928	1 605	0
North West	1 547	806	137
Northern Cape	250	727	0
Western Cape	3 832	1 879	634
Total	23 769	12 813	3 132

Table 2

Training provided on the Professional Development Framework for Digital Learning since 2018.

PROVINCE	Target Group	Date
KwaZulu-Natal	405 (Provincial Core Training Team)	July 2019
Gauteng	200 subject advisors (3 hour workshops)	August to September 2018
North West	91 (Provincial Core Training Team)	July 2018
Western Cape	30 (30 e-learning specialists, Curriculum Support and Teacher Development)	April 2018
Total	371 provincial and district officials

Table 3