Reply:

During the period 1994 to 2011 there were no transformation targets other than a loosely prescribed ‘quota’ of at least 50% ‘black’ (African, Coloured or Indian) representation for national representative entities without a measurement system and penalty.

In 2011 sport adopted a transformation Charter based on prescribed ‘targets’ in seven categories and recommended the establishment of a ministerial appointed independent transformation Commission in 2011 to monitor, report and make recommendations on the rate and extent of transformation on an annual basis.

This was followed by introducing a ‘Barometer’ process in 2015 in which federations set and projected forward their ‘own’ targets in relevant charter areas as described in a MoA with SRSA and SASCOC. Failure of a federation to achieve at least 50% of its ‘self-set targets could lead to the imposition of one or more prescribed penalties.

Since 2011 six voluminous transformation reports (a seventh is in progress) for sport have been published outlining a progressive individual and comparative profile of sport’s transformation status.

The following table reflect the transformation status of audited federations in terms of the two measurement systems – the Charter and Barometer scorecards in ranking order. As expected, the self-set (more conservative) barometer % target achievement is higher than the prescribed charter targets in most codes.

Federation	% Prescribed one-size-fits-all Charter Targets Achieved	% Self-set and forward projected Barometer Targets Achieved
Football	89	73
Table tennis	67	76
Volleyball	67	33
Cricket	61	59
Amateur boxing	61	10
Softball	56	35
Basketball	56	23
Netball	50	54
Athletics	50	31
Chess	44	27
Rugby	28	60
Baseball	22	50
Gymnastics	17	73
Tennis	17	65
Swimming	17	39
Hockey	11	37
Jukskei	6	39
Bowls	0	-
Rowing	0	-

Nine federations have achieved 50% or more of the pre-set Charter targets whereas eight have achieved 50% or more of their self-set Barometer targets. The latter performances will improve as federations become better skilled in setting and projecting forward targets.

Except for rowing, bowls, jukskei, swimming, tennis and to a lesser extent hockey (all faced with not insignificant sustainability challenges because of resource structures built on a declining predominantly White resource base), demographic transformation progress has been noteworthy over the past five years. In this regard cricket, rugby and netball have responded in exemplary fashion in the way transformation is in the process of being institutionalised in their respective organisations.

Reply:

Table 1: Number of learners that Failed Grade 12 (2014 – 2018)

Province	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
EASTERN CAPE	23 158	37 615	33 734	23 667	19 340
FREE STATE	4 541	5 745	3 157	3 499	3 108
GAUTENG	15 231	17 115	15 448	14 458	11 464
KWAZULU- NATAL	42 223	63 897	49 616	33 728	27 667
LIMPOPO	19 811	34 629	38 212	28 603	23 476
MPUMALANGA	9 466	11 751	12 450	12 210	9 387
NORTH WEST	4 005	6 168	5 597	6 330	5 483
NORTHERN CAPE	2 079	3 559	2 139	2 127	2 645
WESTERN CAPE	8 472	8 232	7 153	8 427	9 404

Source: National Integrated Examinations computer system (IECS)

Table 2 below indicates the number of learners who repeated a grade per province between 2014 and 2018. Please note that number of repeaters are used as proxy for failure as the department does not collect data in this format.

P

rovince	Province	Grade R	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11	other	Grand Total
	Eastern Cape	14 066	28 564	24 952	19 778	18 726	14 234	11 614	11 766	10 629	17 803	34 687	31 193	10	238 022
	Free State	365	4741	3757	2770	5289	4452	4529	4447	8706	13986	12423	6176	0	71 641
	Gauteng	1 472	19 693	14 348	10 098	11 098	8 623	6 947	3 195	9 595	20 801	41 596	18 437	285	166 188
	KwaZulu-Natal	8 422	38 940	23 967	18 159	17 427	13 326	11 218	8 392	22 820	27 467	57 075	43 211	295	290 719
	Limpopo	2 354	18 755	16 563	13 722	15 740	12 962	11 214	6 580	10 980	58 612	71 992	34 999	0	274 473
	Mpumalanga	1 722	17 965	14 406	11 651	11 764	10 137	8 308	7 856	13 416	13 697	22 348	18 128	297	151 695
	Northern Cape	438	4 533	2 788	2 273	3 412	2 351	1 963	1 788	3 282	5 068	6 890	4 175	0	38 961
	North West	1 711	14 746	12 177	9 675	10 567	7 827	5 949	4 142	6 374	17 068	21 587	10 012	0	121 835
	Western Cape	3 766	15 273	8 778	4 624	9 265	5 375	3 403	1 541	4 060	12 321	10 992	4 805	188	84 391
2014	Total	34 316	163 210	121 736	92 750	103 288	79 287	65 145	49 707	89 862	186 823	279 590	171 136	1 075	1 437 925
	Eastern Cape	14 260	38 391	26 949	21 375	19 841	14 843	11 863	12 206	15 013	18 114	37 482	27 212	22	257 571
	Free State	475	3934	3110	2680	5156	3898	3060	5140	8883	9541	10937	5444	0	62 258
	Gauteng	1 543	21 194	15 259	11 269	12 526	7 395	5 856	5 231	18 413	22 370	39 127	21 729	207	182 119
	KwaZulu-Natal	7 344	34 623	24 754	19 882	19 510	13 468	12 023	11 078	24 136	28 735	51 157	45 248	30	291 988
	Limpopo	2 533	17 969	16 355	13 289	15 501	10 108	8 728	7 667	15 862	35 155	54 002	28 337	0	225 506
	Mpumalanga	2 755	18 461	13 178	10 590	10 648	7 828	6 237	7 623	13 973	13 212	22 585	17 014	51	144 155
	Northern Cape	700	4 343	2 901	2 743	3 185	2 526	2 118	2 351	3 595	3 688	3 967	2 843	0	34 960
	North West	890	7 222	10 162	12 368	5 791	3 057	2 344	2 206	8 174	7 732	11 881	4 983	21	76 831
	Western Cape	3 757	12 341	7 727	4 295	9 830	4 052	2 395	3 108	7 313	13 131	10 343	5 439	159	83 890
2015	Total	34 257	158 478	120 395	98 491	101 988	67 175	54 624	56 610	115 362	151 678	241 481	158 249	490	1 359 278
	Eastern Cape	13 931	44 332	24 546	19 087	18 992	12 861	9 817	9 027	13 421	12 199	37 755	28 245	0	244 213
	Free State	1076	2171	2509	1756	3973	3076	2851	4914	15010	11176	14342	6255	0	69 109
	Gauteng	1 816	27 142	15 723	11 530	12 407	6 915	4 783	4 921	19 804	18 835	47 658	27 343	1 005	199 882
	KwaZulu-Natal	6 659	38 073	26 099	21 186	21 992	15 545	12 057	11 177	26 373	29 941	59 895	54 856	317	324 170
	Limpopo	1 836	16 884	14 742	12 059	15 262	9 769	7 254	7 102	19 560	29 489	71 703	40 541	608	246 809
	Mpumalanga	3 942	11 161	12 897	12 118	17 716	13 460	13 234	18 278	26 708	22 284	19 105	13 274	3	184 180
	Northern Cape	630	4 661	3 445	2 435	3 592	2 831	2 304	2 451	2 894	3 078	5 390	3 955	12	37 678
	North West	1 251	11 075	9 699	7 062	10 056	6 055	4 245	4 273	15 465	12 645	22 834	9 929	0	114 589
	Western Cape	3 851	11 433	8 346	4 692	9 222	3 685	2 036	2 836	8 741	8 941	10 907	6 663	100	81 453
2016	Total	34 992	166 932	118 006	91 925	113 212	74 197	58 581	64 979	147 976	148 588	289 589	191 061	2 045	1 502 083
	Eastern Cape	5589	17038	11844	11210	17041	12147	9169	9859	12393	10783	25108	18903	0	161 084
	Free State	584	6131	4463	3349	7445	4562	3329	5975	7521	5795	11868	5769	0	66 791
	Gauteng	814	12363	11968	12626	18310	14561	14314	20756	17609	16629	28011	17589	0	185 550
	KwaZulu Natal	1485	21451	20792	29450	33490	25818	23104	22293	27952	29641	43054	46692	0	325 222
	Limpopo	509	10659	10383	10693	17374	11259	8707	7118	18070	23056	44264	32711	0	194 803
	Mpumalanga	227	5052	5272	5503	7045	4537	3490	3386	5224	6530	12622	11861	0	70 749
	Northern Cape	51	2419	1574	1153	3045	1559	1247	1510	2151	1700	3890	2022	0	22 321
	North West	77	1707	3606	4433	8711	4085	3840	3205	4224	4013	12926	6397	0	57 224
	Western Cape	140	257	626	1644	8128	11191	7528	6406	7188	8012	8753	5727	0	65 600
2017	Total	9 476	77 077	70 528	80 061	120 589	89 719	74 728	80 508	102 332	106 159	190 496	147 671	0	1 149 344
	Eastern Cape	10 141	25 955	16 721	13 009	16 401	9 445	6 478	7 008	12 329	9 895	29 151	22 348	0	178 881
	Free State	2 114	8 518	5 309	3 432	7 627	4 183	2 499	4 809	9 026	5 537	11 192	5 248	0	69 494
	Gauteng	2 675	23 080	18 130	12 390	14 444	8 714	5 529	5 138	21 946	19 583	44 043	24 831	0	200 503
	KwaZulu Natal	3 749	29 636	16 902	15 717	17 489	11 400	7 565	6 551	24 134	21 642	44 804	43 067	0	242 656
	Limpopo	2 150	17 888	16 457	6 493	24 300	14 663	10 300	9 423	36 520	36 104	70 872	52 203	0	297 373
	Mpumalanga	1 219	11 781	8 483	13 766	7 023	3 967	2 773	3 440	9 042	8 404	19 785	16 805	0	106 488
	Northern Cape	299	3 961	2 820	2 013	3 904	2 396	1 868	2 193	3 334	2 624	5 040	2 602	0	33 054
	North West	747	6 964	6 128	5 174	9 490	4 114	3 733	2 845	11 008	6 455	14 319	6 701	0	77 678
	Western Cape	4 327	9 405	7 660	5 486	8 562	3 514	1 781	2 352	6 625	4 547	11 167	5 993	0	71 419
2018	Total	27 421	137 188	98 610	77 480	109 240	62 396	42 526	43 759	133 964	114 791	250 373	179 798	0	1 277 546

Source 1: 2014-16 Annual School Survey

Source 2: 2017-18 LURITS

Reply:

 

1. South Africa produces millions of vehicle components or parts that find their way into locally built vehicles, export markets for fitment into the assembly of vehicles as well as domestic and foreign replacement and aftermarket parts.

The number of local parts utilised ranged from 800 to 20 000 units per klocally assembled model, as reflected in table 1 below. Models that have been in production for longer utilise more locally sourced parts.

Table 1

Number of locally produced parts utilised in Local Vehicle Assembly
Isuzu	853
MBSA	2 199
BMW	3 298
Ford	20 217
Toyota: Hilux & Fortuner	2 635
: Corolla (New)	646
: Corolla (Quest)	547
: Quantum	125
Nissan: N/A
VWSA: N/A

However, in value terms, the local vehicle assemblers sourced local components or parts to the value of R51.1 billion in 2018. Additionally, components or parts worth R51.3 billion were exported from South Africa with the top ten exports listed below;

Table 2

Component category	2018 export value (R’000)	% of total export value
Catalytic converters	19 220	37.5%
Engine parts	4 162	8.1%
Tyres	2 547	5.0%
Engines	1 874	3.7%
Radiators/parts thereof	1 659	3.2%
Transmission shafts/cranks	1 112	2.2%
Automotive tooling	1 056	2.1%
Filters	637	1.2%
Gauges/instruments/parts	635	1.2%
Shock absorbers/suspension parts	618	1.2%
Total (R million) including BLNS data	51 296		100%

1. A total of 610 854 vehicles were produced in South Africa in 2018. Below is a list of light motor vehicles (LMVs) produced in 2018 excluding medium and heavy commercial vehicles (MHCVs).

Table 3

Vehicle Make	Units Produced in 2018
BMW 3-series	10 365
BMW X3	40 870
FORD Everest	5 284
FORD Ranger	102 508
ISUZU KB	20 237
Mercedes Benz C-Class	105 040
Nissan NP200	19 962
Nissan NP300	15 359
Toyota Corolla	6228
Toyota Corolla Quest	11889
Toyota Fortuner	14683
Toyota Hilux	89095
Toyota Quantum	14100
VW Polo	99687
VW Polo Vivo	26694

Reply:

Number of first-time entering undergraduate students in public HEIs, by institution, from 2013 to 2017.

Institution	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	7604	7595	7343	7980	7186
University of Cape Town	3748	3877	4105	4235	4102
Central University of Technology, Free State	3408	3795	3683	4316	4995
Durban University of Technology	6842	7568	7687	7062	7825
University of Fort Hare	2276	2718	2950	2792	3153
University of the Free State	5533	5680	4918	7966	8027
University of Johannesburg	10142	11902	10443	11311	9784
University of KwaZulu-Natal	8684	10586	8108	8037	8894
University of Limpopo	4861	5291	4514	4878	4716
Nelson Mandela University	5226	5955	5600	5769	5088
North West University	8770	9029	9359	11166	11595
University of Pretoria	8497	8648	8773	7868	7519
Rhodes University	1372	1491	1472	1267	1339
University of South Africa	33828	34897	43181	19164	54434
University of Stellenbosch	4553	5161	5285	5025	5200
Tshwane University of Technology	13593	13901	13053	13727	14822
University of Venda	3457	3579	3460	3488	3086
Vaal University of Technology	4010	3841	3300	4937	4513
Walter Sisulu University	5956	5809	7113	7488	6960
University of Western Cape	3896	4109	4047	5056	4575
University of Witwatersrand	5418	5921	5475	6439	5907
University of Zululand	3832	4055	3814	3806	3673
Sol Plaatje University, Northern Cape	n.a.	124	220	408	444
University of Mpumalanga	n.a.	140	310	589	775
Mangosuthu University of Technology	2883	2684	2791	3138	3677
Sefako Makgatho Health Science University	n.a.	n.a.	926	979	993
Total	158389	168356	171930	158891	193282

Source: 2017 HEMIS database, November 2018.

Note: A First-time entering undergraduate student is defined as a person who is (a) registered for an undergraduate or prediplomate course and (b) has not registered at HEI in the past.

The above statistics are audited figures.

Audited data for the 2018 academic year will be available in October 2019.

Reply:

On 27 June 2016, the Registrar of Private Higher Education Institutions cancelled the registration of the Centre for Fine Art and Design (CFAD) for its failure to submit a complete 2014 annual report, after a due legal process was followed requesting CFAD to submit its annual report. The submission of the annual report is a legal requirement for the maintenance of registration as a private higher education institution as it allows the Registrar to establish if the institution has discharged its responsibilities as a private higher education institution. Subsequently, on 15 September 2016, the appeal lodged by CFAD with the Minister of Higher Education and Training was successful.

For the second time, on 20 November 2016, the Registrar cancelled the registration of CFAD for its failure to submit its 2015 annual report, after a due legal process was followed requesting CFAD to submit its annual report. Subsequently, on 7 April 2017, the appeal lodged by CFAD with the Minister of Higher Education and Training was unsuccessful, for the following reasons:

1. Failure to submit the institution’s administrative data;
2. Failure to provide staff and student data;
3. Failure to submit audited annual financial statements;
4. Failure to submit the financial surety which had expired;
5. Failure to comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations;
6. Failure to provide proof of certificates awarded to students;
7. Failure to comply with the requirements of the National Learner’s Records Database;
8. Failure to provide the updated record of the directors of the company as approved by the Consumer Intellectual Property Commission;
9. Failure to submit the list of premises on which teaching and learning is provided; and
10. Failure to submit the declaration signed by every student.

The Department received a request from parents to extend the phase-out period for CFAD to

31 December 2017 so that final year students would not be affected. At the time, the Department contacted Dr N Soobben, who is the owner and Principal, and requested him to make a formal request to the Director-General, for an extension of the phase-out period from 31 December 2016 to 31 December 2017, which he did and was approved by the Director- General.

The Department has visited the institution in August 2017, January 2018 and April 2018 to assist the institution. At the last site visit in April 2018, an improvement plan was requested from CFAD, which has not yet been submitted.

In an accreditation report dated 28 February 2017, the Council on Higher Education (CHE) withdrew the accreditation of the institution and its programme. The outcome on a subsequent application for accreditation with the CHE is pending. The application for re-registration submitted to the Department is awaiting proof of accreditation from CHE and the submission of an improvement plan as requested on 25 April 2018.

In 2018, the High Court in Durban acceded to CFAD’s request to operate in 2018 and 2019 to teach out its pipeline and final year students. The High Court also ruled that no new students should be enrolled.

CFAD has filed papers with the High Court in Durban to suspend the Registrar’s decision to cancel its registration and suspend the Minister of Higher Education and Training decision to dismiss the appeal. The Minister and Registrar are awaiting the ruling of the High Court.

Reply:

The following response was received from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).

As at 20 June 2019 for the 2019 funding cycle, NSFAS had 565 011 students on record that met the eligible criteria for funding and for which NSFAS received registration data for approved courses. Funds have been disbursed to 536 848 students in the form of allowances, leaving 28 163 students still to be paid, i.e. 22 410 university students and 5 753 Technical and Vocational Education and Training college students.

University Sector

The affected students in the university sector have outstanding National Bursary Agreements (NBA) and disbursements can only be effected once students have signed their agreements. NSFAS is liaising with institutions to assist in:

• ascertaining whether the student still requires funding or has received alternative funding support; and
• if the student still requires funding, the institutions have been requested to assist in contacting the students to sign their NBA online.

Technical and Vocational Education and Training Sector

The affected students in the TVET sector is due to NSFAS Wallet payments not being effected successfully as the cell phone number provided during the registration period is incorrect or invalid. NSFAS is in the process of prioritising the resolution and payment of these allowances by ensuring that the correct contact number is available on the system by:

• confirming if the correct cell phone number can be provided to the NSFAS Wallet team to utilise when creating NSFAS Wallet accounts; and
• where no correct cell phone number can be found, the student is contacted to update the correct number online.

University Sector

Institution Name	Registration Data Received	Students Disbursed	Unsigned NBAs Not Paid	Total Amount of Allowances Paid
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	9 567	8 404	965	R170 370 555.00
Central University of Technology	9 909	6 995	1 364	R183 079 962.00
Durban University of Technology	16 663	14 590	1 367	R340 452 638.00
Mangosuthu University of Technology	8 145	6 906	959	R179 634 638.00
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	11 003	10 269	479	R303 089 278.00
North West University	17 275	16 944	265	R563 652 785.00
Rhodes University	2 272	2 078	171	R101 041 822.00
Sefako Makgatho University	2 802	2 754	35	R109 951 908.00
Sol Plaatjes University	900	623	240	R13 897 981.00
Tshwane University of Technology	34 138	30 515	2 331	R641 917 744.00
University of Cape Town	3 424	3 302	91	R180 042 551.00
University of Fort Hare	7 195	5 825	856	R271 461 102.00
University of Free State	17 399	16 702	314	R442 981 472.00
University of Johannesburg	20 865	18 800	954	R320 182 630.00
University of Kwazulu-Natal	21 347	18 304	2 926	R631 674 722.00
University of Limpopo	14 188	12 333	1 776	R372 904 612.00
University of Mpumalanga	2 349	2 040	148	R46 320 332.00
University of Pretoria	8 947	8 097	674	R380 409 104.00
University of South Africa	67 073	64 046	1 999	R508 769 797.00
University of Stellenbosch	3 180	2 970	150	R130 837 657.00
University of Venda	11 782	10 390	830	R276 972 366.00
University of Western Cape	7 407	6 554	729	R164 175 426.00
University of Witwatersrand	7 810	7 234	310	R303 385 672.00
University of Zululand	11 843	11 670	130	R303 346 159.00
Vaal University of Technology	8 757	7 988	670	R187 741 797.00
Walter Sisulu University	17 820	14 139	2 156	R470 377 137.00
Total	344 060	310 472	22 410	R7 598 580 868.00

TVET Sector

Institution Name	Registration Data Received	Students Disbursed	Number of Students not paid	Total Amount of Allowances Paid
Boland College	5 086	4 277	0	R25 575 648.00
Buffalo City College	2 915	3 016	140	R22 527 564.00
Capricorn College	6 827	6 756	0	R51 785 368.00
Central Johannesburg College	3 515	3 695	276	R16 889 743.00
Coastal College	7 358	7 107	242	R37 767 170.00
College of Cape Town	5 672	4 154	0	R20 764 665.00
East Cape Midlands College	1 551	4 134	0	R17 346 383.00
Ehlanzeni College	6 755	4 774	1 307	R43 704 942.00
Ekurhuleni East College	6 497	5 556	128	R25 571 165.00
Ekurhuleni West College	9 367	8 107	695	R39 695 199.00
Elangeni College	7 895	6 452	151	R38 959 862.00
Esayidi College	5 998	4 081	89	R32 312 590.00
False Bay College	3 348	3 040	0	R14 238 858.00
Flavius Mareka College	2 489	2 591	0	R16 103 991.00
Gert Sibande College	7 049	6 359	0	R48 517 726.00
Goldfields College	2 715	2 759	157	R16 034 443.00
Ikhala College	3 510	2 958	0	R22 105 219.00
Ingwe College	5 703	3 414	120	R20 013 472.00
King Hintsa College	827	2 011	74	R10 074 176.00
King Sabata College	5 127	5 117	0	R47 088 656.00
Lephalale College	1 741	1 775	0	R11 333 670.00
Letaba College	3 858	3 359	0	R17 753 419.00
Lovedale College	3 002	2 154	0	R22 665 975.00
Majuba College	10 056	9 616	238	R67 101 366.00
Maluti College	6 278	5 203	0	R35 805 418.00
Mnambithi College	4 173	2 552	197	R13 190 695.00
Mopani College	3 857	4 007	182	R33 251 137.00
Motheo College	7 774	6 093	149	R34 675 665.00
Mthatshana College	3 078	2 823	137	R16 806 558.00
Nkangala College	5 901	5 193	0	R43 968 353.00
Northern Cape Rural College	3 292	2 081	0	R13 583 278.00
Northern Cape Urban College	5 377	4 439	0	R35 389 420.00
Northlink College	7 337	7 285	0	R39 311 295.00
Orbit College	4 171	4 591	0	R28 235 046.00

Institution Name	Registration Data Received	Students Disbursed	Number of Students not paid	Total Amount of Allowances Paid
Port Elizabeth College	3 390	3 570	169	R20 061 945.00
Sedibeng College	8 306	7 123	0	R37 834 683.00
Sekhukhune College	3 377	2 841	81	R4 158 137.00
South Cape College	2 660	3 139	0	R22 189 964.00
South West Gauteng College	8 367	8 711	0	R42 489 924.00
Taletso College	1 913	2 003	151	R8 459 548.00
Thekwini College	4 479	3 535	96	R19 546 829.00
Tshwane North College	6 266	6 543	0	R37 931 075.00
Tshwane South College	3 523	3 603	0	R27 366 247.00
Umfolozi College	6 171	5 262	329	R33 897 554.00
Umngungundlovu College	3 727	3 011	89	R18 161 601.00
Vhembe College	8 519	7 530	299	R41 514 943.00
Vuselela College	3 141	2 869	198	R19 749 332.00
Waterberg College	2 792	2 834	59	R19 960 271.00
West Coast College	5 414	4 484	0	R34 136 123.00
Western College	8 519	7 789	0	R53 548 635.00
Total	250 663	226 376	5 753	R1 468 317 082.00

Reply:

University	Number of Nurses
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	10
Central University of Technology	3
Durban University of Technology
Fort Hare University
Free State University
Mangosuthu University of Technology	4
Nelson Mandela University
North-West University	65
Rhodes University	5
Sefako Makgatho University	4
Sol Plaatje University	1
Stellenbosch University	67
Tshwane University of Technology	38
University of Cape Town	97
University of Johannesburg	20
University of Kwazulu-Natal
University of Limpopo	4
University of Mpumalanga
University of Pretoria
University of South Africa	5
University of the Western Cape	2
University of the Witwatersrand
University of Venda	34
University of Zululand	9
Vaal University of Technology	6
Walter Sisulu University	10

Reply:

 

 

		2015 (Industry, Report)	2016 (Industry Report)	2017 (SoWI?)
(a)	Glass	286 thousand tonnes	278 thousand tonnes	1,9 million tonnes
(b)	Plastic	352 thousand tonnes	310 thousand tonnes	480 thousand tonnes
(c)	Paper	1,06 million tonnes	1,1 million tonnes	1,2 million tonnes

Regards

 

MS B D CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

DATE:.... . .*..) .t... .

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION NO. 48 NW1005E

Reply:

(a) Information on the exported timber for 2018 is currently not available. This information becomes available annually, around the month of November, through a Report on Commercial Timber Resources and Roundwood Processing in South Africa together with an Abstract of South African Forestry Facts. The only available reports are for the year 2016/2017.

(b) Information on tonnage of the timber kept in the country for beneficiation for 2018 is currently not available. This information becomes available annually, around the month of November, through a Report on Commercial Timber Resources and Roundwood Processing in South Africa together with an Abstract of South African Forestry Facts. The only available reports are for the year 2016/2017.

Regards

MS B CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT FISHERIES AND FORESTRY

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION NO. 57 NW1O14E

Reply:

 

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) indirectly manages 230 264 hectares of State plantations (Category A) through lease agreements signed with four forestry companies. The companies are MTO Forestry (Pty) Ltd; Amathole Forestry (Pty) Ltd; SiyaQhubeka Forest (Pty) Ltd; and Singisi Forest Products (Pty) Ltd. In addition to this, an area of 187 320.27 hectares is managed by the South African Forestry Company (SAFCOL), which is a State-owned company.

In January of every year, the forestry companies pay lease rental into the DAFF bank account. The lease rental money is then transferred and invested with the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) in an interest bearing account which is administered by DAFF. The balance as of 31 March 2019 is R788 397 015.

Rental Money collected during the 2018/19 financial year

Forestry package	Leaseholder	Date of lease signature	Extent (ha)	Lease rental collected from 01 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 in Rands
MTO	MTO Pty Ltd.	24 Jan 2005	57 061(ha)	4 708 502,31
AMATHOLE	Amathole Pty Ltd	24-Jan-2005	25 405(ha)	3 273 446,00
SQF	SQF Pty Ltd	06 Mar 2001	21 956(ha)	14 113 388,54
SINGISI	Singisi Forests Products Pty Ltd	06 Mar 2001	76 563(ha)	10 485 743,67
Total	32 581 080,40

Source: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Regards

 

MS B CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT FISHERIES AND FORESTRY

DATE: . . ...

Reply:

 

1. Total value of all furniture produced in the Republic in 2018

Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) is the national statistics agency of South Africa established under the Statistics Act (Act No. 6 of 1999). StatsSA does not collect data on the value of furniture production. However, StatsSA does provide statistics on the total value of furniture sales in South Africa.

The Department of Trade and Industry’s Trade Statistics portal reports the value of furniture imports and exports (HS94) for 2018, respectively.

(b) Total value of all furniture sold to South African consumers in 2018

According to StatsSA Statistical Release P3041.2: Manufacturing Production and Sales, downloaded on 26 June 2019, furniture sales in 2018 amounted to R16.5 billion (R16,546,529,000).

Reply:

The National Environment Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998), contains specific provisions under section 44 which controls single-use plastic products. The National Environment Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008), contains specific provisions under sections 17, 18, 28 and 29 to control the disposal of plastic products.

It is a matter of public record that the management of plastics in the world generally and in our own country, is sub-optimal. Consenquently this is an important area to which we must respond if we are to proctect our oceans.

The World Economic Forum and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, observed could be “more plastics that fish (by weight) in the ocean by 2050 if no action is taken immediately”.

The department has initiated a process to review the effectiveness of our policies relating to the management of plastic waste and to consider whether it is necessary to have a new policy direction.

This review includes discussions with the retail, pharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors as well as the paper and packaging industries on ways to combat the use of one time plastics and their disposal management.

We expect to conclude this process within the current financial year. At this point we will make further announcemnets on our approach to this important matter.

 

Regards,

Regards

ITIS B D CREECY, M

MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

 

Reply:

1. (a) The Minister of Employment and Labour accompanied the President.

(b) (i) The President was accompanied by seven officials. (ii). This information can be obtained by the Honourable Member directly from the Ministry of Employment and Labour.

(c) Six of the seven officials were in Geneva for one day, while the seventh official, who advanced, was in Geneva for five days.

2. The Minister did not travel with a spouse. None of the officials that formed part of the President’s delegation travelled with a spouse.

3. (a) The total cost incurred for the President’s delegation is approximately R133 200.

(b) The breakdown of the costs incurred for the seven officials that accompanied the President are: accommodation – R66 500; return flights for one official – R35 300 (the other six officials travelled with the President and the flight costs were paid for as part of the mandate of the South African National Defence Force); and daily allowances for all seven officials – R31 400.

 

Reply:

(a)

(i)  Number of Clinical Psychologists currently employed by SAPS?

SAPS has 6 Clinical Psychologists in its employ, however, SAPS has other 108 Psychological Services professionals which are registered in other categories like Counselling, Industrial, Research and Educational Psychologists. Beyond Psychologists, SAPS also employs Registered Counsellors and Psychometrists, and altogether as at the 26! h June 2019, the number of Psychological Services professionals add up to 114.

(ii) Number of Social Workers currently employed by SAPS?

There are 202 Social Workers currently employed by SAPS.

(b)

Number of Official languages does each specified person provide services in

SAPS uses English as its official language and both Psychologists and Social Workers use English and Afrikaans to offer counselling services. In different provinces, these professionals offer counseling services in the African Language mostly spoken in that particular province like IsiZulu in Kwa- Zulu Natal, isi Xhosa in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape etc.

Over and above the use of English and Afrikaans, professionals in Metropolitan Areas like Gauteng and Western Cape uses more than one African language guided by the need of the member requiring services at that time

(c) What is the average case load of each person in each month?

Case load handled by the different professionals differs from month to month depending on new cases for the month, and follow up cases from the previous months. On average a Psychological professional handles 45 individual cases and Social Workers has an average of 61 individual cases per month. These average case loads are over and above other activities that they offer like group interventions, awareness raising through programs presentation, research, article writing, member education and assessments on health and wellness matters.

 

LIEUTENANT GENERAL ISIONAL COMMISSIONER: PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

NTSHIEA

QUESTION NO 21: DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 20 JUNE 2019 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 1-2019)

Reply to question 21 recommended

DIVISIONAL COM FN VUMA

LIEUTENANT GENERAL ER: ASSET AND LEGAL MANAGEMENT

Reply to question 21 recommended

KJ S OLE (SOEG)

GENERAL UTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 21 approVed/ roved

GEN H CELE (MP) MINIST R OF POLICE

Date:&!

Reply:

A total number of 1 005 arrests have been made, since the Anti-Gang Unit was deployed, in October 2018.

 

 

Reply to question 55 recommended/dded

GENERAL

: SO H AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

E (SOEG)

Reply to question 55 approved/n

Reply:

SAPS does not allocate specific counsellors to police stations, a pool of Counsellors that consists of Psychologists, Social Workers and Chaplains get allocated to Provincial or Cluster Office with the intention of offering services to the different stations under that Cluster. The allocation to Clusters or Provincial offices is guided by the following:

• Number of stations under that cluster
• Counsellors employed in the province
• Nature of crime within an area that exposes members to traumatic events and the frequency at which members seek services of a counsellor

One Counsellor can be allocated to service more than two Clusters, especially in rural areas where there is a limited number of counsellors employed by SAPS. Head Office divisions get serviced by a pool of Counsellors who are based at Head Office but get allocated to divisions based on the need.

SAPS currently employ 114 Psychological services professionals, 202 Social Workers and 217 Chaplains country wide.

In areas where there are no SAPS permanent counsellors available, members’ needs are attended to through a Psycho- Social network of proViders contracted to SAPS medical aid POLMED.

 

TSHIEA

LIEUTENANT GENERAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

QUESTION NO 78: DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 20 JUNE 2019 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 1-2019) ”'"

Reply to question 78 recommended

LIEUTENANT GENERAL DIVISIONAL COM I SIONER: ASSET AND LEGAL MANAGEMENT FN VUMA

Reply to question 78 recommended

AL C

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)

Reply to question 78 approved/n

GEN RA CELE (MP) MINI OF POLICE

Date: /

GENERAL UTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply:

In line with international developments, we expect 5G commercial deployments to take place from around 2020 in South Africa.

Minister will give full and further details of the roll out when she makes her pronouncement on the policy direction.

Ms. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, MP

Minister

Reply:

There are no direct plans for Government to take part in the rollout of 5G. Suffice to say, Government has been involved in a global multilateral process under the auspices of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to identify and allocate radio frequency spectrum for IMT2020 or 5G. This process will be concluded at the ITU World Radio Conference which will take place at the end of 2019.

Ms. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, MP

Minister

Reply:

We do not have specific plans for the former homelands. However, we do have plans for the country as a whole. The Department’s approach for development and enhancement of attractions is across all provinces with a sharp focus on nodes. It may happen that some of these nodes fall within the former homeland areas. Our nodes are based on Coastal Marine Tourism nodes as approved by cabinet, the inland waterways, rural areas, hot springs, areas boarding National Parks and other iconic sites such as World Heritage Sites as well as township precincts, ensuring that the tourism value chain impact is maximised. In the future, we will also look into areas in and around Special Economic Zones (SEZ’s).

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:

The investigations into the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) were confirmed by the Portfolio Committee on Communications during the oversight visit to the Agency on 2 May 2018. It is the understanding of the Department that the investigations were going to be conducted by the PCC, not by the Department. Consequently, the Department does not envisage to conduct investigations at MDDA.

Ms. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, MP

Minister

Reply:

To support tracking of domestic climate change policy imperatives, South Africa, as a Non-Annex I Party to the UNFCCC, prepares and regularly updates a National Greenhouse Gas Inventory which provides an account of current emissions levels and trends. The latest official greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, approved officially by the late Minister of Environmental Affairs and submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), covers a period of 2000 – 2012. However, the Department has prepared preliminary GHG estimates for the period 2000 – 2015, which have gone through an independent review and public consultation process. Thus, in responding to the question raised, the preliminary estimates of 2000 – 2015 are provided by the sector. In terms of South Africa’s GHG inventory, four sectors are covered, and these include the Energy Sector; Industrial Processes and Product Use Sector; Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use Sector; as well as the Waste Sector.

According to the 2000 – 2015 GHG inventory, the net emissions are currently 510 694,09 Gigagrams of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (GgCO2eq). The Energy Sector contributed 84% of these emissions in the year 2015.

The table below provides a breakdown of the 4 sectors and their respective contributions to the national emissions profile across the time series of 2000 – 2015.

	Energy	IPPU	AFOLU (excl. FOLU)	AFOLU (incl. FOLU)	Waste	Gross total	Net total
Emissions (Gg CO2e)
2000	341 494	34 071	50 600	35 306	10 838	437 003	421 709
2001	339 566	34 057	50 286	33 617	11 502	435 412	418 743
2002	350 968	36 141	50 886	33 258	12 137	450 132	432 504
2003	374 586	35 607	49 252	33 674	12 755	472 199	456 622
2004	390 091	35 784	49 179	35 301	13 355	488 409	474 531
2005	384 329	39 118	48 200	34 825	13 940	485 587	472 212
2006	391 155	40 173	48 529	34 803	14 511	494 368	480 642
2007	419 689	38 223	47 931	35 486	15 069	520 912	508 467
2008	411 802	36 048	49 424	38 082	15 616	512 890	501 548
2009	419 841	34 352	47 656	32 970	16 150	517 999	503 313
2010	433 688	36 442	48 803	30 890	16 671	535 605	517 691
2011	412 992	40 228	49 169	34 590	17 282	519 670	505 091
2012	425 532	38 955	48 224	25 429	17 866	530 577	507 782
2013	445 187	41 349	49 841	20 609	18 387	554 764	525 532
2014	436 363	41 878	50 269	19 148	18 965	547 475	516 354
2015	429 872	41 882	49 592	19 407	19 533	540 878	510 694

The table below provides the emissions for the base year 2000, the 2012 GHG inventory and the year 2015. It also provides the changes in emissions, in terms of emission levels and percentage, for each of the four sectors.

Sector	Emissions (Gg CO2e)	Increase 2000 to 2015	Increase 2012 to 2015
	2000	2012	2015	Gg CO2e	%	Gg CO2e	%
Energy	341 494	425 532	429 872	88 377	25,9	4 340	1,0
IPPU	34 071	38 955	41 882	7 812	22,9	2 927	7,5
AFOLU (excl. FOLU)	50 600	48 224	49 592	-1 008	-2,0	1 368	2,8
AFOLU (incl. FOLU)	35 306	25 429	19 407	-15 899	-45,0	-6 022	-23,7
Waste	10 838	17 866	19 533	8 695	80,2	1 667	9,3
Gross total	437 003	530 577	540 878	103 876	23,8	10 302	1,9
Net total	421 709	507 782	510 694	88 985	21,1	2 912	0,6

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Reply:

The Department does not collect information on the number of counsellors employed by institutions of higher learning. The Department has requested institutions to provide information on the number of counsellors employed at their various campus clinics/counselling centres. This will take some time to compile, and as soon as the data is available, the information will be provided.

Reply:

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) provided responses to the questions posed.

a) Number of 2019 applications for funding: 555 708.

b) The breakdown of applications and approved applications (funding eligible) per institution are attached as Annexure A.

(i) Number of approved 2019 applications: 445 054.

(ii) Number of students allocated funding: 433 516.

Annexure A

2019 APPLICATIONS FOR NSFAS FUNDING
TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TRAINING COLLEGES
INSTITUTION	APPLICATIONS RECEIVED	FUNDING ELIGIBLE
BOLAND	3 942	3 454
BUFFALO CITY	2 505	2 285
CAPRICORN	5 162	4 427
CENTRAL JOHANNESBURG	3 800	3 380
COASTAL KWAZULU-NATAL	5 844	5 308
COLLEGE OF CAPE TOWN	4 238	3 803
EAST CAPE MIDLANDS	2 701	2 486
EHLANZENI	4 720	4 360
EKURHULENI EAST	4 780	4 310
EKURHULENI WEST	6 715	6 240
ELANGENI	4 999	4 545
ESAYIDI	2 739	2 544
FALSE BAY	2 405	2 133
FLAVIUS MAREKA	1 569	1 428
GERT SIBANDE	6 600	6 107
GOLDFIELDS	2 280	2 109
IKHALA	1 917	1 778
INGWE	2 156	2 018
KING HINTSA	1 616	1 461
KING SABATA DALINDYEBO	3 159	3 009
LEPHALALE	1 036	956
LETABA	1 875	1 700
LOVEDALE	1 406	1 261
MAJUBA	6 960	6 686
MALUTI	4 024	3 594
MNAMBITHI	1 642	1 586
MOPANI SOUTH EAST	2 036	1 866
MOTHEO	4 677	4 301
MTHASHANA	2 064	1 945
NKANGALA	4 274	3 871
NORTHERN CAPE RURAL	2 164	1 936
NORTHERN CAPE URBAN	4 684	4 469
NORTHLINK	5 408	4 904
ORBIT	4 135	3 464
PORT ELIZABETH	3 065	2 763
SEDIBENG	4 320	3 905
SEKHUKHUNE	1 830	1 659
SOUTH CAPE	2 875	2 617
SOUTH WEST GAUTENG	5 659	5 137
TALETSO	2 310	2 020
THEKWINI	3 373	3 039
TSHWANA NORTH	5 140	4 476
TSHWANE SOUTH	3 733	3 299
UMFOLOZI	4 256	3 897
UMGUNGUNDLOVU	4 427	3 902
VHEMBE	6 150	5 642
VUSELELA	3 535	3 114
WATERBERG	2 364	2 209
WEST COAST	3 668	3 428
WESTERN	5 768	5 230
UNIVERSITIES
CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	10 040	7 195
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	8 143	6 045
DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	17 267	13 871
MANGOSUTHU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	7 478	6 003
NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY	11 514	8 478
NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY	15 789	11 527
RHODES UNIVERSITY	1 532	999
SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY	2 125	1 509
SOL PLAATJE UNIVERSITY	848	646
TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	29 558	23 573
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	5 178	3 587
UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE	6 047	4 405
UNIVERSITY OF FREE STATE	20 063	15 485
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG	34 966	27 522
UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL	24 921	19 849
UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO	15 246	12 331
UNIVERSITY OF MPUMALANGA	1 453	1 192
UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA	8 543	5 781
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA	95 444	66 546
UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH	2 912	1 801
UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE	7 594	5 281
UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND	8 532	5 555
UNIVERSITY OF VENDA	6 911	5 301
UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND	11 138	9 218
VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY	5 901	4 345
WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY	13 860	10 948

Reply:

(1) The agreement has not been brought to the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs.

(a) South African National Parks (SANParks) is still completing internal approval processes for the agreement; and

(b) the agreement will be tabled to the next Board meeting during 2019. Upon the completion of internal approval processes, the agreement will also be submitted to the Minister of Environmental Affairs for consideration, since the authority to establish new national parks rests with the Minister. Once the Minister has considered and given SANParks the green light to proceed with the project, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) and SANParks will be ready to bring the agreement to the Committee.

(2) The agreement between the National Research Foundation (NRF) and SANParks for the possible establishment of a new national park around the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio astronomy facility in the Northern Cape, should be considered as ongoing. The Business Plan for the establishment of the new national Park was considered and approved by the Board in 2018. The Board provided the Chief Executive Officer of SANParks with a mandate to negotiate the draft Contractual Agreement between SANParks and the NRF.

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Reply:

The Parliamentary question has been forward to Eskom and the Department and the Ministry of Public Enterprises awaits their response. Further information will be conveyed to Parliament as soon as the response is received.

Reply:

The provision of access to markets and logistical support to emerging farmers have been mainly the mandate of the Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries.

However, the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform provided support for access to markets to farmers who received land under section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa through the implementation of the Recapitalisation and Development Programme (RADP) since 2011. Through RADP, the Department supported those farmers in co-operation with strategic partnerships to assist them with agricultural infrastructure, inputs and access to markets. Funding provided to projects include on-farm infrastructure, such as road maintenance for ease of access and marketing costs. Moreover, the support was a collaborative effort between sector departments and commodity organisations.

Reply:

The information will be provided to Parliament as soon as it has been recieved and verified by the department and ministry.

Reply:

(1) (a) The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has constantly struggled to upgrade its computer capabilities due to budget constraints over the last few years. The nature of the business of the SAWS is heavily reliant on computing power and storage in executing its mandate to South Africa. This reliance is mostly on High Performance Computing (HPC) and high end server infrastructure in processing and generating products required for Disaster Risk Reduction in South Africa related to Weather and Climate.

(b) The South African Weather Service has in the last eighteen months upgraded its HPC Facillity to the following:

• 336 CPU’s that equates to 4032 cores that gives a speed of 73.8 Terra Flops; and
• Storage Capaicity on the HPC is 2 Petabytes.

The current upgraded HPC is used at 90% capacity at 90% of the time to fulfill some of the South African Weather Service operational needs. The South African Weather Service has a Memoradum of Understanding (MoU) with CSIR, Meraka Institute to use its Center for High Perfomance Computing (CHPC) for research work and Business Continuty Processes (disaster recovery). With the South African Weather Service increased opertional requirements to run Numerical Weather Predictions (NWP) models i.e additional Regional NWP models, Ensembles NWP models, Oceans and Coasts models, Air Quality Models, new and enhanced Climate Prediction models, etc. Due to this increased operational workloads, the South African Weather Service is looking into replacing its HPC capabalities within 2 to 3 year time frame , as well as looking at alternatives including using HPC as service in the Cloud.

(c) The HIGH-END Servers used in SAWS is to run its Virtual eniviroment for all its production enviroment related to weather and climate, as well as all its back office enviroment. Currently, the enviroment consist of 23 high-end servers and 800 Terra Bytes which runs 250 virtual servers for the South African Weather Service. The IT enviroment at SAWS Head Office is currently in the process of being upgraded, with SAWS regional offices being done in the next 6 to 12 months. For BCP requirements the South African Weather Service also needs to upgrade its disaster recovery infrastructure over the next 12 to 18 months. The South African Weather Service is also looking into cloud offering to compliment server requirements and reduce costs for infrastructure.

(2) (a and b)SAWS is not involved in astronomy, this lies completely outside SAWS and perhaps it could be traced back to DST with the SKA project. However, SAWS is working with South African National Space Agency (SANSA), the agency under Department of Science and Technology. SANSA has recently been designated by International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) as Regional Space Weather Centre to provide space weather products in support of Avaition industry. The capabilities and product development lies with SANSA. SAWS is working with SANSA as the provisions of space weather are included as the standard and recommended practices in ICAO which is under the custodianship of SAWS for the provision of aeronautical meteorological services to international air navigation.

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Reply:

The Parliamentary question has been forward to State Owned Enterprises and the Department and the Ministry of Public Enterprises awaits their response. Further information will be conveyed to Parliament as soon as the response is received.

Reply:

1. (a) The National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Forum held eight meetings in the past eight years.

(b) One NQF Stakeholders Forum meeting was held on 2 March 2019.

2. The NQF Forum is an important structure providing the Minister and Director-General with the opportunity to meet with the Chairpersons of the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and Quality Councils to discuss important issues regarding the strategic direction of the NQF, as well as barriers and challenges experienced in the further development and implementation of the NQF. The NQF Forum promotes dialogue and creates a common understanding to ensure the efficient development and implementation of the NQF. I was concerned about the lack of activity of the NQF Forum and actioned the NQF Stakeholders Forum meeting on 2 March 2019 to identify critical issues and continue with the annual NQF Forum meetings.

The Chief Executive Committee is a permanent sub-committee of the NQF Forum and has met quarterly over the past years. It reports to the Minister, Director-General and NQF Forum.

3. The Director-General will ensure that the NQF Forum meetings are held. SAQA, as the secretariat of the NQF Forum is tasked to develop a schedule of meetings. Furthermore, Recommendation 4.3 of the Improvement Plan for the Evaluation of the Implementation of the NQF Act (Act No. 67 of 2008) compels the NQF Forum to schedule meetings in advance and the fulfilment of its mandate will be monitored through the Department of Higher Education and Training, and the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation.

 

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NAME AND SURNAME: BELLINAH MOLAUDZI

CONTACT: 012 312 5703/5081

RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the Minister signs Parliamentary Reply 770.

MR GF QONDE

DIRECTOR–GENERAL: HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

DATE:

PARLIAMENTARY REPLY 770 IS APPROVED / NOT APPROVED / AMENDED.

COMMENT/S

MRS GNM PANDOR, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

DATE:

Reply:

The Parliamentary question has been returned to the Member of Parliament for clarification with regard to which scanners are being referred to. Once we receive this clarification, a reply will be sent Parliament.

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:

1. The Avatar Digital Agency was contracted from 2014 to 2017 and was mandated to provide strategic input and guide the positioning of the brand on digital platforms. The scope of work included amongst others, management of website properties and social media platforms, content development, campaign development and execution as part of the Service Level Agreement (SLA) and contract agreed upon by both parties. A copy of the contract including SLA is attached herewith with full details.

2. The Chairperson of Brand South Africa and Avatar Digital Agency’s Chief Executive Officer belong to the same church denomination, but attend different branches in Pimville, Soweto, and Tsakane, East Rand respectively.

3. Avatar Digital Agency won a 3-year tender in 2014 to provide services as described in reply 1 above. Hetzner is not a digital marketing agency, but a web hosting services provider. To run the website properties, hosting is required amongst other services such as Search Engine Optimisation, Server set up and monitoring, framework and software updates, back up, security and quality assurance which were all encompassed in Avatar Digital Agency’s quotation. Website hosting is a sub element of digital marketing which Avatar Digital Agency outsourced to Hetzner. In 2017 when the Avatar Digital Agency contract came to an end, Brand South Africa outsourced only the website hosting services directly to Hetzner. Brand South Africa currently remains without digital marketing capability pending the conclusion of the Avatar Digital Agency matter.

4. The awarded tender amount for Avatar Digital Agency was for R18 million inclusive of vat. This vat inclusive amount was in line with the tender specifications. The amount increased to R33 million as follows:

DESCRIPTION/COMMENTS	AMOUNT	IRREGULAR AMOUNTS
Original Tender Price	R18, 000, 000
10% year on year increase	R1, 860, 000	R1, 860, 000
14% Vat charge year on year	R2, 780,400	R2, 780,400
Online digital marketing fees (3yrs)	R4, 803, 439
Website Hosting fees (3yrs)	R3, 003,176
Retainer fee for 4 months extended period	R2, 758,800
TOTAL	R33, 205,815	R4,640,400

As per the AGSA Management Report dated 17 July 2018, the AG found that this contract was irregular to the tune of R4.6 million.

5. Brand South Africa is taking the necessary steps to recoup the R4.6 million of overpayment from Avatar Digital Agency. Brand South Africa Management allowed Avatar Digital Agency to change the SLA to include 14% vat and 10% escalation in contravention of the original bid

document which resulted in this R4.6 million overpayment. An investigation is currently being finalised to determine those employees responsible and hold them to account.

Ms. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, MP

Minister

Reply:

The Parliamentary question has been forward to South African Airways and the Department and the Ministry of Public Enterprises awaits their response. Further information will be conveyed to Parliament as soon as the response is received.

Reply:

The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform does not keep its data on disposals in the manner that would enable it to immediately identify the nature of the person to whom the land was transferred, as required by the question. Information on all land parcels that were disposed by the Department in the past 25 years is available. However, the Department is unable to immediately distinguish whether the new owner is/was a developer. Every possible attempt has been made to achieve this. However, it is just not possible within the available time limits for this response to be submitted.

Reply:

I have been advised by the Departments as follows

Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services:-

(i) (aaa) No vehicles were purchased for the former Minister in the 2016-17 financial year.

(bbb) No vehicles were purchased for the former Minister in the 2017-18 financial year.

(bb) A land Cruiser 200 4.5 V8, VX 6A/T, Model 26U was purchased for the former Minister for R1 298 945.70 in the 2018/19 financial year.

(ii) (aaa) No vehicles were purchased for the former Deputy Minister in the 2016-17 financial year.

(bbb) An Audi Q7 3.0 TDI, Quattro model, was purchased for the former Deputy Minister in the 2017/18 financial year for the amount of R 910 928.40. The vehicle was purchased for use in Cape Town.

(bb) An Audi Q7 3.0 TDI, Quattro model, was purchased for the Minister for the amount of

R 1 025 640.13 in the 2018/19 financial year. The vehicle was purchased for use in Pretoria.

Department of Communications:-

The department bought two vehicles for the former Deputy Minister Ms T Mahambehlala during 2017/2018 financial year.

Vehicle 1: Cape Town

(a) Jaguar XF 2.0d R Sport

(b) 2017 Model

(c) R 748 941.00

(d) 02 August 2017

(i) None

(ii) Former Deputy Minister – Ms T Mahambehlala

(aa) None

(bbb) 2017-18 Financial Year

(bb) None

Vehicle 2: Pretoria

(a) Mercedes Benz GLC 250 (X253)

(b) 2017 Model

(c) R 755 888.01

(d) 28 July 2017

(i) None

(ii) Former Deputy Minister – Ms T Mahambehlala

(aa) None

(bbb) 2017-18 Financial Year

(bb) None

Ms. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, MP

Minister

Reply:

a) The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has appointed forensic investigators and investigations are currently underway.

b) Appropriate action will be taken once the investigations have been completed.

Reply:

The Parliamentary question has been forward to South African Airways and the Department and the Ministry of Public Enterprises awaits their response. Further information will be conveyed to Parliament as soon as the response is received.

Reply:

The Parliamentary question has been forward to Eskom and the Department and the Ministry of Public Enterprises awaits their response. Further information will be conveyed to Parliament as soon as the response is received.

Reply:

(a, b, c and d) (i) (aa) (aaa) None.

(bbb) None.

(bb) None.

(ii) (aa) (aaa) None.

(bbb) None.

(bb) None.

The Department of Environmental Affairs did not procure any vehicles for the use by the former Minister and her Deputy Minister in the financial years: 2016-2017, 2017-2018 and since 01 April 2018.

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Reply:

The latest audited and verified data is for the 2017 academic year and the information is provided in the tables below.

Number of students enrolled in public higher education institutions, by qualification type and institution in 2017:

Institution	Qualification Type
	Occasional Students	Undergraduate Qualifications	Postgraduate Qualifications	Total
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	140	32 426	2 136	34 702
University of Cape Town	975	16 899	10 850	28 724
Central University of Technology	118	16 815	1 252	18 185
Durban University of Technology	0	28 533	1 254	29 787
University of Fort Hare	32	11 538	3 856	15 426
University of the Free State	496	30 350	7 256	38 102
University of Johannesburg	81	41 779	8 587	50 447
University of KwaZulu-Natal	669	34 309	14 118	49 096
University of Limpopo	0	17 827	2 781	20 608
Nelson Mandela University	326	23 002	4 293	27 621
North West University	228	49 065	13 265	62 558
University of Pretoria	463	34 536	15 696	50 695
Rhodes University	63	5 598	2 416	8 077
University of South Africa	15 659	272 411	55 945	344 015
University of Stellenbosch	1 087	19 403	10 624	31 114
Tshwane University of Technology	222	59 829	2 981	63 032
University of Venda	0	13 967	1 738	15 705
Vaal University of Technology	292	18 363	563	19 218
Walter Sisulu University	0	28 656	1 861	30 517
University of Western Cape	0	17 238	5 205	22 443
University of Witwatersrand	498	24 621	13 261	38 380
University of Zululand	104	15 409	1 695	17 208
Sol Plaatje University	0	1 063	0	1 063
University of Mpumalanga	0	1 736	35	1 771
Mangosuthu University of Technology	0	12 422	243	12 665
Sefako Makgatho Health Science University	5	4 556	1 264	5 825
Totals	21 458	832 351	183 175	1 036 984

(bb) There are no categories of graduates and post-graduates for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college programme enrolment. Reflected in the tables below are the enrolled numbers for 2017 as were published in the statistical publication of the Department. These enrolment numbers are the latest officially released numbers.

TVET college name	NC(V)	Report 191 (N1-N6)	Occupational Qualifications	Other	Total
1.    Boland	1 468	5 958	2 501	162	10 089
2.    Buffalo City	3 098	5 186	0	0	8 284
3.    Capricorn	7 755	29 376	88	0	37 219
4.    Central Johannesburg	1 716	13 601	1	40	15 358
5.    Coastal	4 767	8 980	0	50	13 797
6.    College of Cape Town	2 901	9 395	0	3 992	16 288
7.    Eastcape Midlands	2 880	7 934	0	0	10 814
8.    Ehlanzeni	4 120	9 438	0	0	13 558
9.    Ekurhuleni East	3 537	13 211	0	25	16 773
10.  Ekurhuleni West	6 864	11 147	0	261	18 272
11.  Elangeni	3 492	4 452	269	25	8 238
12.  Esayidi	3 409	12 217	15	90	15 731
13.  False Bay	1 672	7 022	1 124	2 147	11 965
14.  Flavius Mareka	686	10 307	0	291	11 284
15.  Gert Sibande	5 593	7 033	0	0	12 626
16.  Goldfields	1 362	7 133	0	0	8 495
17.  Ikhala	1 894	6 182	0	0	8 076
18.  Ingwe	3 563	10 701	0	0	14 264
19.  King Hintsa	1 718	3 475	0	0	5 193
20.  King Sabata Dalindyebo	3 518	8 674	0	40	12 232
21.  Lephalale	623	8 865	69	28	9 585
22.  Letaba	2 223	4 399	0	107	6 729
23.  Lovedale	1 083	4 008	0	343	5 434
24.  Majuba	4 561	18 434	0	0	22 995
25.  Maluti	3 663	7 014	0	12	10 689
26.  Mnambithi	1 664	7 084	0	125	8 873
27.  Mopani South East	3 443	6 372	0	81	9 896
28.  Motheo	1 291	18 943	0	518	20 752
29.  Mthashana	1 263	5 358	204	0	6 825
30.  Nkangala	3 275	16 166	0	0	19 441
31.  Northern Cape Rural	981	4 340	356	0	5 677
32.  Northern Cape Urban	571	3 363	308	448	4 690
33.  Northlink	2 218	18 630	2 732	1 851	25 431
34.  Orbit	3 481	10 521	224	0	14 226
35.  Port Elizabeth	2 652	7 502	84	1 555	11 793
36.  Sedibeng	3 979	16 422	0	30	20 431
37.  Sekhukhune	1 905	7 398	26	0	9 329
38.  South Cape	1 359	3 356	0	1 068	5 783
39.  South West Gauteng	8 495	16 628	30	276	25 429
40.  Taletso	2 064	6 836	0	0	8 900
41.  Thekwini	1 681	10 264	197	135	12 277
42.  Tshwane North	3 137	19 075	0	2 471	24 683
43.  Tshwane South	2 184	19 189	0	4 143	25 516
44.  Umfolozi	3 521	9 044	511	543	13 619
45.  Umgungundlovu	1 936	8 197	473	313	10 919
46.  Vhembe	5 472	25 106	0	0	30 578
47.  Vuselela	1 813	6 794	281	303	9 191
48.  Waterberg	1 985	1 344	291	101	3 721
49.  West Coast	2 622	5 503	1 185	2 640	11 950
50.  Western College	1 215	22 576	0	319	24 110
Total	142 373	510 153	10 969	24 533	688 028

Sources: Statistics on Post-School Education and Training in South Africa, 2017.

Reply:

The system that generates data for the TB programme does so in quarterly (3 months) cohorts. Data before the end of the quarter is always incomplete, and in fact, its is global standard practice to report TB data a quarter behind. Notwithstanding, the programme reported data in 2018 as follows:

(a)	01 January 2019 to 31 March 2019
	Eastern Cape	11,842
	Free State	2, 665
	Gauteng	8,007
	KwaZulu-Natal	11,976
	Limpopo	2,751
	Mpumalanga	3,040
	North West	3,257
	Northern Cape	2,160
	Western Cape	8,980
	TOTAL SA	54,678

(b) The table below shows the number of Pneumonia new cases among under-5 children diagnosed in public health facilities and number of severe Pneumonia cases among under-5 children admitted to hospital 2018 and January 2019 only. (Data source: DHIS).

(b)(i)	01 January 2018 to 31 December 2018
	Province	Pneumonia new cases among under-5 children diagnosed in public health facilities	Number of severe Pneumonia cases among under-5 children admitted to hospital
	Eastern Cape	11,141	4,395
	Free State	9,088	2,347
	Gauteng	22,907	4,362
	KwaZulu-Natal	53,099	10,683
	Limpopo	11,124	5,836
	Mpumalanga	2,234	3,034
	Northern Cape	2,718	983
	North West	3,391	2,222
	Western Cape	46,249	13,150
	TOTAL SA	161,951	47,012
(b)(ii)	01 January 2019 (ONLY)
	Province	Pneumonia new cases among under-5 children diagnosed in public health facilities	Number of severe Pneumonia cases among under-5 children admitted to hospital
	Eastern Cape	1,761	688
	Free State	357	111
	Gauteng	1,128	307
	KwaZulu-Natal	4,050	1,236
	Limpopo	469	272
	Mpumalanga	86	123
	Northern Cape	133	62
	North West	178	110
	Western Cape	2,249	751
	TOTAL SA	10,591	3,660

(c) Number of persons 40 years and older screened for diabetes and number of new persons diagnosed with diabetes reported in 2018 and 2019 (January only) (Data source: DHIS)

(c)(i)	01 January 2018 to 31 December 2018
	Province	Client 40 years and older screened for diabetes	Diabetes client 40 years and older new
	Eastern Cape	2,412,674	19,078
	Free State	697,852	9,157
	Gauteng	2,908,672	49,485
	KwaZulu-Natal	5,261,552	18,498
	Limpopo	2,048,233	15,684
	Mpumalanga	1,110,747	16,190
	Northern Cape	176,988	2,423
	North West	808,038	7,543
	Western Cape	247,705	9,853
	TOTAL SA	15,672,461	147,911

(c)(ii)	01 January 2019 (Only)
	Province	Client 40 years and older screened for diabetes	Diabetes client 40 years and older new
	Eastern Cape	438,872	4,365
	Free State	69,307	596
	Gauteng	259,459	4,680
	KwaZulu-Natal	499,803	1,301
	Limpopo	178,356	1,102
	Mpumalanga	97,935	910
	Northern Cape	18,421	192
	North West	79,044	938
	Western Cape	23,632	772
	TOTAL SA	1,664,829	14,856

(d)(i)-(ii) According to the pathology-based National Cancer Registry 2014 report total number of cancers diagnosed in South Africa: 75,577.

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