Reply:

In line with National Tourism Sector Strategy (NTSS), the efforts to grow tourism have in the main two interrelated priorities, which are inclusive growth and sector transformation. Inclusive growth will bring about employment creation, investment and GDP contribution. In this regard, in partnership with the industry and other stakeholders we will increase the number of tourists to our country and their expenditure on related goods and services during their trips. Government overall has also highly placed tourism on the priority list and a whole-of-government approach to tourism development and promotion will be applied to maximise on our growth potential. On transformation, there are a number of initiatives aimed at increased participation of black people in sector. These are access to finance, development of capabilities of South Africans in particular youth and women across the tourism value chain, enterprise and supplier development, and implementation of the B-BBEE tourism sector codes of good practice. The department will continue to take advantage of the expanded Public Works Programme to empower youth through development of skills while they also earn a stipend wage through job opportunities.

Reply:

a) There has been an increase in the number of enforcement operations conducted in the Gansbaai, Kleinbaai, Franskraal and Pearly Beach areas which have been identified as hot spots for abalone poaching. During the 2018/19 financial year, 10 (ten) operations took place in the Overberg area in the Western Cape under Initiative 5 of Operation Phakisa (Oceans Economy) — the Enhanced and Co-ordinated Compliance and Enforcement Programme. This initiative has created a platform to achieve an integrated and coordinated approach to ensure compliance with, inter alia, the South African Maritime Legislative and Regulatory frameworks within the coastal regions. These operations are a combination of proactive and reactive operations, focused in some instances on visible policing and, in others, are aimed at disrupting illegal activities and apprehending poachers.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OUESTION NO.33 NW990E

These operations resulted in arrests of some key role players and the confiscation and seizure of equipment used in illegal harvesting. Overall confiscations during Initiative S Phakisa operations for the 2018/19 financial year were R28 022 983, with the value of confiscated abalone and rock lobster being R21 317 365 and R675 050, respectively, with most of the abalone confiscated coming from the Overberg region. Confiscated equipment associated with illegal activity in the coastal region amounted to R5 052 160 for the same period. In the last six months, there have been four operations over 81 days, together with other law enforcement agencies where approximately 539 potential poachers were prevented from diving and 40 arrests were made.

b) The Department will continue to engage the South African Police Services around the approval and implementation of a medium-term deployment plan that will ask for additional resources in the affected areas to increase Government’s response to illegal harvesting of marine resources. In addition, we are looking at the dynamics driving demand, illicit exports and markets for illegal trade and obtaining a comprehensive threat assessment.

Operation Phakisa will also continue to undertake compliance and enforcement operations in the Overberg Region. Both proactive and reactive operations will be planned to ensure Government has a visible presence in the high-risks areas. The ongoing collaboration with the SANDF’s Operation Corona as a force multiplier will continue to have a positive impact on operations.

Regards

MS B D CREECY, MP

MINISTER OF ENYIRONMENT, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

DATE:.. .. ....... :..

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION NO. 33 N\/Y990E

Reply:

a) What number of court intermediaries is currently employed by the department in each province?

In the 2014/15 financial year, the Department created 185 permanent posts of court intermediaries and 9 permanent posts of Assistant Director (ASD) Intermediaries. The periodical recruitment process commenced in the 2015/16 financial year, and by the 2017/18 financial year, the Department had filled 179 of 185 posts of court intermediaries and 5 of 9 posts of ASD Intermediaries. However, due to the declining economy, austerity measures in budget allocations are persistently introduced, and in effect, constraining the Department’s plan to fill the remaining vacant posts. The current demand on social work services in the country has also resulted in the exodus of many intermediaries to better opportunities. As at 31 March 2019, the number of court intermediaries in permanent posts declined from 179 to 153, while the numerical capacity of the ASD intermediaries dropped from 5 to 4.

In bridging intermediary service gaps at our courts, the Department has recently introduced an automated Intermediary Diary Management System to ensure the shared use of the intermediaries within provinces and beyond. Through this system, the existing pool of intermediaries can be accessed by any court in the country, as and when the need arises, to match the special needs of the victim, often relating to language, age, disability, etc.

In strengthening further the existing human capital in intermediary services, the Department also utilises a pool of ad hoc intermediaries- mostly drawn from the NGO sector. This intervention also assists in relieving the pressure of unemployment in the country. In certain provinces, there are social workers employed by the Department of Social Development (DSD) who are released to assist, whenever the demand arises. The Table below gives a numerical spread of these services over all provinces in the country:

Province	DoJ&CD Intermediaries as at 31 Mar 2019	DSD Intermediaries	Total
	Court Intermediaries	Assistant Director Intermediaries	Ad Hoc Intermediaries
Eastern Cape	16	1	-	-	17
Free State	10	-	3	2	15
Gauteng	12	1	27	16	56
KwaZulu-Natal	34	-	1	2	37
Limpopo	17	1	-	-	18
Mpumalanga	14	-	2	-	16
Northern Cape	9	-	-	-	9
North West	18	1	-	2	21
Western Cape	23	-	3	2	28
Total	153	4	36	24	217

b) What courts do the intermediaries serve?

In terms of section 170A of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No 51 of 1977), intermediary services are offered in any criminal proceedings pending before any court where it appears to such court that such proceedings would expose any witness under the biological or mental age of 18 years to undue mental stress or suffering if such witness testifies without support. Among all witnesses appearing in criminal proceedings held at our courts in the country, only children and persons with mental disabilities are entitled to intermediary services. Likewise, section 61(2) of the Children’s Act, 2005 (Act No 38 of 2005) also require the use of intermediary services when children testify in proceedings held in terms of this Act.

At present, intermediaries are spread over and shared between regional criminal courts and children’s courts, where the demand for this service is predominantly high. As at 31 March 2019, the country has 405 regional criminal courts of which 89 are the sexual offences courts. The childrens’ courts are operating at 309 magisterial district courts and some at the 332 branch/ periodical courts. Intermediaries also service our high courts, whenever the need arises. Currently, in South Africa there are 11 high court divisions with 5 local seats. As indicated, the service of intermediaries is subject to demand and may therefore not be a daily occurrence at a given court.

c) What number of cases do the intermediaries attend to each month?

The Department uses the Integrated Case Management System (ICMS) for Intermediary Services to collect data from our courts. Currently, this system collects data of intermediary services offered at regional criminal courts and the children’s courts, where the demand for these services is currently highly concentrated. The statistics are collected in terms of people who receive these services and not in accordance to the cases registered at our courts. The plan is to increase the functionality of the ICMS and extend its scope to other cases. During the period of 12 months (i.e. 1 April 2018 to 31 Mar 2019) intermediaries rendered services to 14 907 children and 261 persons with mental disabilities who appeared in sexual offences and children’s courts proceedings held nationwide. The Table below gives the spread of these services over provinces per annum:

CASES WHERE INTERMEDIARY SERVICES WERE RENDERED: 2018/2019
Province	Sexual Offences	Children’s court
	Child Witnesses	Child Victims	Mentally Disabled Witnesses	Mentally Disabled Victims	Witnesses	Victims	Total
EC	787	1 894	3	105	43	62	2 894
FS	451	890	1	5	54	64	1 465
GP	603	2 114	-	9	16	20	2 762
KZN	392	1 912	2	51	5	16	2 378
LIMP	269	640	6	15	21	23	974
MP	329	1 150	1	13	11	11	1 515
NW	198	585	1	11	61	30	886
NC	216	715	1	16	39	19	1 006
WC	340	915	4	17	4	8	1 288
TOTAL	3 585	10 815	19	242	254	253	15 168

The demand for the intermediary services differs from court to court and from month to month. In each month there are about 1 000 eligible persons who receive these services nationwide. Monthly statistics is only available in services rendered to child victims of sexual offences. Below is the number of child victims of sexual offences who received intermediary services per month in the 2018/ 19 financial year.

d) What languages are the intermediaries proficient in?

Intermediaries are appointed on the basis of proficiency in the language predominantly used at the courts they would be stationed at. With the recent introduction of the automated Intermediary Diary Management System, intermediaries are now booked for cases in accordance with the language needs of the victim/ witness and are shared throughout the country. This system is intended to avoid the unnecessary postponement of cases due to language shortages. Services are offered in all 11 official languages. For persons requiring sign language, ad hoc intermediaries are used. Below is a matrix showing language utilisation in each province:

Province	English	Afrikaans	Setwana	Sesotho	Isizulu	Siswati	Isixhosa	Isindebele	Tshivenda	Sepedi	Xitsonga
EC	216	70	1	27	50	0	257	5	0	0	1
FS	37	25	12	76	11	0	16	0	0	0	1
GP	116	73	72	84	172	6	89	9	17	77	33
KZN	209	9	0	11	275	0	74	0	0	0	1
LIMP	84	4	15	12	17	8	1	7	14	97	24
MPUM	55	10	5	6	63	39	0	23	0	44	11
NC	58	34	94	25	7	0	3	1	1	12	2
NW	55	97	75	0	0	0	22	0	0	1	1
WC	115	147	1	0	2	0	103	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	945	469	275	241	597	53	565	45	32	231	74

Reply:

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has not conducted teacher training for coding, however some PEDs and individual schools have conducted training and this information may be obtained from PEDs. DBE has finalised Plans to deliver training of Teachers on coding. 

Reply:

1. Currently PRASA has an approved Security Operational Plan which is based on five critical issues namely:

1.1 Stop non-compliance with the relevant legislative and regulatory requirements with emphasis on the Private Security Industry Regulating Act (PSIRA) and regulations and the Railway Safety Regulator of South Africa Act (RSR) and regulations to turn PRASA Protection Services around into a professional security service;

1.2 Stop the un-procedural selection and appointment of security officials who do not meet the minimum physical, training, fitness and other PSIRA qualification standards and turn the inefficiencies and other challenges caused by this practice around to comply with PRASA Company Policies;

1.3 Stop the scourge of theft and M.D.T.P (Malicious Damage To Property) which paralyses the business and will destroy our capacity and ability to meet our strategic objectives and performance targets determined by the Department of Transport;

1.4 Stop crime affecting our passengers and staff. Turn it around through joint operations with the police and other law enforcement agencies to meet our constitutional obligations, security performance and targets;

1.5 Stop the escalating operational security cost. Turn ineffective and inefficient security services (and the perceptions) around through the implementation of technology and the correct balance between own and contracted security services.

2. From the 1st of September 2019, Prasa will be employing new security companies, with new performance based contractual arrangement. The new agreements will include a heavy emphasis on reducing the vandalism and theft that is bedevilling our infrastructure.

3. A strong technology roll out is underway, in the form of CCTV, and other surveillance equipment. These are aimed to act as force multipliers to assist in areas where physical security cannot reach.

4. The new approved PRASA Group Security Strategy supports a different security outlook that fosters professionalism and a culture of sensitivity towards commuters and passengers alike.

5. This is supported by a new structure that is dedicated to give credence to the prioritization of security at stations.

Reply:

		PRASA Rail
Metrorail Passenger Trips (Journeys)
	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Western Cape	174 934 932	163 002 997	127 745 294	75 074 682	46 986 046
Kwa Zulu Natal	78 810 656	78 783 593	71 536 136	63 443 383	55 060 960
Gauteng	252 807 231	197 743 040	164 871 194	117 603 876	99 972 237
East London	7 765 109	7 267 814	6 403 992	5 437 730	5 070 622
Port Elizabeth	1 691 877	1 582 061	1 466 963	1 333 550	1 411 218
TOTAL	516 009 805	448 379 505	372 023 579	262 893 221	208 501 083
Main Line Passenger Services (MLPS)
Number of passengers using the service
	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
MLPS	930 881	854 164	658 100	465 862	387 504

Reply:

(a) The Name and Location

i) There are 429 Primary Health Care facilities that do not have 24 hours’ security in place.

ii) There is no hospital that does not have 24/7 security

A list with names and location of each facility is attached as Annexure A

PROVINCE	NUMBER OF FACILITIES
Eastern Cape	112
Free State	129
Gauteng	6
KwaZulu-Natal	22
Limpopo	15
Mpumalanga	15
Northern Cape	75
North West	34
Western Cape	21

END.

Reply:

The Department of Health currently stockpiles the first line treatment regimen (Tenofovir/metrictabine/efavirenze) which 90% of patients are prescribed on. There is adequate supplies of the first line treatment , 10 million units currently with no shortage of API at this time. The stockpile will last for eight (8) weeks.

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Reply:

The South African government remains seized with the modalities of downgrading the South African Embassy in Israel, and we will communicate further actions once we concluded our deliberations.The South African government remains seized with the modalities of downgrading the South African Embassy in Israel, and we will communicate further actions once we concluded our deliberations.

Reply:

(a) There is a shortage of the abacavir/lamivudine and zidovudine/lamivudine combination used in second line. The shortage meant that there was lesser stock than is ordinarily available but we do not have stock. There are 360 000 patients on both combinations that are in short supply. There is currently 558 382 (AL = 177 741 + ZL = 380 641) units of the second line regimen available as at 28 June 2019.

Additionally the contracted supplier is bringing 650 000 units in July 2019. The National Department of Health has implemented stock visibility system where we have sight of the medicine stock holding at facility level. We have managed this situation by asking facilities to reduce the quality dispensed. Some patients receive two/three months supply at a time and we have advice that patients are dispensed only 1 month treatment. Secondly, we have moved stock around between facilities with higher stock levels to facilities with less stock. Thirdly, we have proposed an alternative treatment regimen should the current second line regimen not be available;

(b) The global supply of lamivudine API remains erratic however, the new ARV tender commenced on the 1st July 2019 where we have contracted additional suppliers, which we anticipate will fill the gap.

END.

Reply:

(a)(i)-(ii) Table 1 below provide information on the numbers of alcohol related deaths in South Africa was obtained from the South African Medical Research Council, that was extracted from unit records of deaths provided by Statistics South Africa which are available up to 2016.

Table 1:

Number of registered deaths with underlying causes that is alcohol related by province, 2012-2016
PROVINCE	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	TOTAL
Eastern Cape	47	87	110	116	107	467
Free State	19	26	39	30	33	147
Gauteng	40	53	45	48	57	243
KwaZulu-Natal	65	76	73	83	75	372
Limpopo	20	15	18	23	20	96
Mpumalanga	18	12	16	22	11	79
North West	22	18	16	26	22	104
Northern Cape	21	33	36	30	29	149
Western Cape	118	120	129	123	139	629
TOTAL	370	440	482	501	493	2286

(b)(i)-(ii) Currently, data is available on the prevalence of foetal alcohol syndrome among grade-1 learners which is collected through surveys that were conducted in selected communities. Table 2 below provides a summary of the prevalence data that is available and was provided by the Foundation for Alcohol Related Research[1]

Table 2:	Summary of the prevalence of foetal alcohol syndrome among grade-1 learners
PROVINCE	COMMUNITY	PREVELANCE RATE AS A PERCENTAGE	REFERENCE
Eastern Cape	Bethelsdorp, Port Elizabeth	13,0	Olivier, et al., 2017a
	Burgersdorp	6,2	Still to be published
Free State	Jacobsdal	12,9	Still to be published
Gauteng	Soweto, Diepsloot, Lenasia	2,6	Viljoen, 2001
Northern Cape	De Aar	11,9	Urban et al., 2008
	Upington	7,4	Chersich et al., 2012b
	Kimberley	6,4	Urban et al., 2015
	Renosterberg Municipality	28,2	Olivier et al., 2017b
	Hanover	20,8	Still to be published
Western Cape	Wellington	8,9	Viljoen, Gossage, Brooke, Adnams, Jones, Robinson ... & May, 2005
	Aurora	10,0	Olivier et al., 2013
	Witzenberg Sub-district	9,6	Olivier et al., 2016
	Saldanha Bay Municipality	6,7	Olivier et al., 2016
	Wellington, Montague, Ashton, Robertson	13,5 - 20,8	May et al., 2016

END.

1. Probst, C, Parry C, Wittchen H, Rehm J. The socioeconomic profile of alcohol-attributable mortality in South Africa: a modelling study. BMC Medicine. 2018; 16:97 ↑

Reply:

(1) Yes. I am aware that the MRC Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit (based at the University of the Witwatersrand) is taking part in a multi-centre, multi-country study that aims to provide critical information on the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity profile of the ChAd155-Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine in infants likely to be unexposed to RSV. Sites in European, South American and North American countries are also participating.

Although RSV infection is a leading cause of death in young children, interventions to protect children against RSV infection and to treat children who acquire RSV infection are not available. For this reason, the World Health Organisation ranked a vaccine against RSV as the most important vaccine that needs to be developed in order to protect children in low- and middle-income countries from preventable mortality.

(2) (a) The vaccine should not be regarded as untested. The immunogenicity, safety and reactogenicity of the ChAd155-RSV vaccine in healthy adults has been evaluated and determined to be satisfactory by an Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC). A clinical study is currently being conducted in RSV-sero positive infants aged 12 to 23 months (study 204838 [RSV PED-002]) in Europe. The proposed study will only proceed if the safety profile of the current study is evaluated as being satisfactory by an IDMC. The study will be monitored by an IDMC at each step for safety, and any reports communicated to the regulatory authorities in real-time.

(b) There is no merit in the concern that children are being exposed to a dangerous vaccine, since this is a non-replicating vaccine and the vaccine itself cannot biologically cause any illness. As noted above, the trial will be conducted in line with clinical trial guidelines and will be strictly monitored to ensure the safety and well-being of all participants.

END.

Reply:

(a)-(b) The table below reflects the total number of drug-related deaths in South Africa. This data has been extracted by the South African Medical Research Council from unit records of deaths provided by Statistics South Africa which is available up to 2016.

Number of registered deaths with underlying causes that is drug-related by province, 2012-2016
PROVINCE	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	TOTAL
Eastern Cape	25	24	56	38	34	177
Free State	26	21	23	14	26	110
Gauteng	42	46	56	82	88	314
KwaZulu-Natal	38	52	53	42	65	250
Limpopo	5	12	13	13	17	60
Mpumalanga	5	16	14	13	23	71
North West	13	23	13	12	15	76
Northern Cape	16	25	24	19	19	103
Western Cape	27	39	22	42	24	154
TOTAL	197	258	274	275	311	1315

END.

Reply:

The Department of Health supports the integration of traditional medicine in primary health care and the national health system as follows:

(1) The Department of Health has taken steps towards the official recognition and inclusion of Traditional Medicine in the National Health System through relevant regulatory frameworks;

(2) The Traditional Health Practitioners Act, 2007 (Act No. 22 of 2007) was enacted as one of the tools to assist the Department in achieving this goal. The objectives of the Act are:

(a) to establish the Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council of South Africa;

(b) to make provision for control of the registration, training and practices of Traditional Health Practitioners in South Africa;

(c) to serve and protect the interests of Practitioners and those of members of the public who use the services of Traditional Health Practitioners.

(3) In implementing the Act, the Department has appointed the Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council of South Africa. It was established to oversee the registration and regulation of the practice of Traditional Medicine by setting practice standards. This will assist in eliminating bogus practitioners and charlatans in the practice. The Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council has to ensure safety, efficacy and quality of services provided by Traditional Health Practitioners through the enforcement of the code of ethics and conduct.

(4) The Department has appointed the Registrar of the Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council of South Africa who assumed duty on 1 September 2017. The Registrar is the secretary and accounting officer of the Council and performs the functions assigned to him by the Interim Council in terms of the Act. Amongst his responsibilities is to set up institutional arrangements such as structures and systems for the registration of Traditional Health Practitioners. Registration of Traditional Health Practitioners will commence as soon as this office is capacitated and it is functional to carry out its mandate.

(5) Processes are underway to finalise the draft policy on Traditional Medicine in South Africa. The policy on Traditional Medicine will serve as a guide to avoid a clash between the traditional medicine system and western medicine. Within the context of primary health care, they should blend in a beneficial harmony, using the best features of each system, and compensating for weaknesses in each.

END.

Reply:

a) The department has an inspectorate unit which combats all forms of illegal migration. Improved biometric capability and more effective co-operation with other law enforcement agencies are amongst some of the efforts being improved on to combat illegal migration and department is also finalising the Border Management Authority Bill which will seek to strengthen efforts in preventing undocumented migrants from entering South Africa.

b) Attached is the list of undocumented migrants that have been deported and the countries they have been repatriated to.

END

Reply:

1. The department has developed Youth Policy in the Energy Sector. The policy seeks to attract young people and create an environment that enables youths to reach their potential in the energy sector. The policy is aimed at addressing amongst others; employment creation, youth economic participation and access to business opportunities, speed up transformation in a way that will benefit young people, enhance skills development to ensure that young people are equipped with necessary skills to enter energy sector job market and access to business opportunities throughout the value chain, outreach projects, youth volunteerism on energy projects, and public private partnenhip.
2. There are different measures in place to develop and assist young people to participate in the energy sector:

the measures are as follows:

•  Learners Week (LFW) Programme - The LFW programme is a department’s flagship project focusing on awareness on careers in the energy sector, The programme aims to promote skills development amongst the youth by creating awareness and exposure of career opportunities within the Energy sector for learner doing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The programme targets 250 learners from five provinces per year, whereby the Department of Education in the provinces identifies 50 top Grade 11 12 learners in quintile 1-3 schools doing STEM to pa#icipate in the programme. This year alone the department through our partners (private energy companies) will give 56 bursaries to learners from disadvantage communities to study engineering, computer sciences and other related energy programmes.
• Integrated Energy Centre Programme - The Integrated Energy Centre (leC) is aimed at enhancing access to energy, stimulate enterprise development and job creation. The IeC trades in petrol, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, convenience shop and other services such as internet café in other instances. This programme is a partnership between the Department and oil and gas companies The Depa#rrent has established a youth owned Integrated Energy Centre enterprise which will trade in Liquefied Petroleum Gas in Makhado Local Municipality, Limpopo. This enterprise is expected to be operationalized by July 2019. There are different IeC fuel service stations around the country whose ownership and management include young people.
• Youth in Energy Dialogues - Youth in Energy Dialogue encompasses youth from different facets with interest in the energy industry and encourage youth to participate in the energy sector as entrepreneurs, investors, professionals, and leaders within the energy field. The dialogues take advantage of th opportunities in the energy sector and how to access them. The dialogue further explore how young people fit into the growing industry and I\ow they can better their industry reach and growth potential to take advantage of this growing sector. The programme showcase opportunities in the energy sector,
• School Ener9y Days — School Energy Days is aimed at providing and exposing learners in Grade 09 to 11 rural areas in particular studying Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to careers, opportunities in the energy sector and other energy related information. The department hosts approximately four School Energy Days per year from different provinces in pannership with different Stakeholders and expose them on career opponunities in the energy sector. The event is an appropriate platform to interact with learners on career development, economic development issues and information dissemination on variety of energy issues aimed at:
•  
• Encourage learners who take STEM to choose energy related career development path
• Promotion of sustainable use of energy iesou‹ces; and
• Encourage participation of young people located in rural and developing areas in business opportunities within the energy sector.

In this financial year alone, the Department has already conducted two school energy days in the Eastern Cape with the target of about 700 learners.

 

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works & Infrastructure:

Yes, the Department’s Annual Procurement Plan, which contains a list of all planned tenders for any one particular financial year is published on the National Treasury website on a quarterly basis, as a process of ensuring transparency. This gives service providers a preview of the available/possible tenders that will be published and processed in that particular period and avails to suppliers a mechanism to plan for business opportunities within Public Works.

Transparency within the procurement process is enhanced further through the publication of all tender adverts indicating high level evaluation criteria/methods in four media platforms, namely, the Departmental website; Government Tender Bulletin; National Treasury eTender Portal; and in the case of construction projects in the CIDB iTender Portal as well. Furthermore, as a transparency measure the responses from all bidders for any one particular tender are published in the Departmental website indicating also the offers of the respective bidders. All tender awards are also published through various media platforms, wherein the tenders were also advertised.

The processes to measure the competence of service providers are entrenched in the evaluation criteria that assess functionality/quality levels of all the tender responses received. Further to this a recommended tender within the construction procurement space is subjected to a risk assessment by professional service providers appointed on the respective project. The risk assessment is based on criteria that include technical risk and commercial risk. The technical risk assessment is further sub-divided into two criteria, namely: an assessment on the quality of current and previous work performed by the tenderer in the class of construction work stated in tender document, as well as adherence to contractual commitments demonstrated by the tenderer in the performance on current work and previous work.

a) In an effort to root out fraud and corruption, to support the prevention of collusive practices and SCM abuse, detect possible conflict of interest through ‘connections’ in the SCM system, as well as ensuring compliance to all relevant prescripts and policies a number of controls have been put in place and these include:

All SCM practitioners/officials involved in the SCM processes are required to annually sign a Code of Conduct for all Departmental Officials Engaged in Supply Chain Management (PA00), which specifically enjoins the relevant officials to declare in writing to the Head of Supply Chain Management Unit, to the extent required by their respective positions, any business, commercial or financial interest or any activity undertaken for financial, material and/or personal gain.

In respect of every tender/bid specification/evaluation process that an official or SCM practitioner participates in there is a requirement for the disclosure of their respective financial interest by signing a Declaration of Interest and Confidentiality form (PA18) every time there is either a specification or evaluation meeting in relation to that particular tender.

Further to this and as part of disclosures in the quarterly financial statements all SCM practitioners are required to complete Related Party Declarations in which the official is required to disclose in detail the participation of spouses and close family members in partnerships, close corporations and/or companies.

• Any official failing to adhere to this requirement by declaring his/her interest is subjected to the relevant disciplinary code. Where an official declares interest, that official is required to recuse him/herself from the relevant process.

• All bidders that participate and respond to bids are required to complete a Declaration of Interest and Bidder’s Past SCM Practices (PA11) that stipulates that the bidder or his/her authorised representative declare his/her position in relation to the evaluating/adjudicating authority and/or take an oath declaring his/her interest, where:

• The bidder is employed by the State; and/or

• The legal person on whose behalf the bidding document is signed, has a relationship with persons/a person who are/is involved in the evaluation and or adjudication of the bid(s), or where it is known that such a relationship exists between the person or persons for or on whose behalf the declarant acts and persons who are involved with the evaluation and or adjudication of the bid.

b) Through the implementation of the Preferential Procurement Regulations (PPR) of 2017 new markets and opportunities have been opened for designated groups, with the youth also being provided for in that regard.

c) I am currently busy reviewing the tender procedures that are used in the Department and will in due course introduce measures, including a Procurement Transparency initiative that will, among other features, open up tender processes by way of tender registration and making bid adjudication processes open to public observation.

Reply:

(a) The Republic has rare earth mineral resources (i) Found in the Western Cape Province on the farms, Steenkampskraal and Zanddrift, while surrounding farms are being explored for them (ii) the value of the resources is not known (iii) At the Steenkampskraal mine, the quantity is estimated at 605,000 tons at an average grade of 14.36 percent and total rare earth content of 86, 900. tons but, it is not known for Zanddrift.

(b) None

 

Mineral Policy Promotion

: Ms Ntkozo Ngcwabe Date: @@

Recommended /

Director General: Department of Mineral Resources

. ....../.... ..../2019

Approved

Reply:

Yes. During and post the 2018 Wage negotiations, economic realities and financial pressures were discussed with organised labour. The purpose was to jointly look at tangible measures going forward, to remain within the budgetary ceiling without negatively impacting on job security, as well as ensuring continuous efficient and effective functionality of departments within the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and beyond.

Numerous Human Resources (HR) related areas to reduce the Public Service wage bill have been jointly identified between the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and the National Treasury (NT) as follows:

(i) Organisational structures interim measures

Regulation 25(2) of the Public Service Regulations (PSR), 2016 confers the authority to executive authorities to determine their department’s organisational structures, define and create posts necessary to perform the relevant functions of the department, grade the proposed new jobs and to engage in human resources planning.

Organisational structure of each government departments will be finalised when the National Macro Organisation of Government (NMOG) Project has been concluded by the 6th Administration.

(ii) Creation and filling of posts

Due to the current financial constraints, executive authorities of the 5th Administration were encouraged to align their organisational structures with their respective personnel budgets, and to create posts within the available funds in the current MTEF. Furthermore, executive authorities were encouraged to only fill critical posts in terms of section 9 of the Public Service Act (PSA), 1994.

Where the creation of a post is based on the redirection of funding from an abolished post to another post, the redundant post must first be abolished before the creation of the newly funded post.

(iii) Employment of persons additional to the approved fixed establishment

Regulation 57(2) of the PSR, 2016 states that “an executive authority may, unless otherwise authorised by the Act, within the available budget and at a salary linked to a grade determined through job evaluation or as determined in an OSD, employ persons additional to the establishment”.

The employment of persons additional to the establishment shall not exceed 12 consecutive calendar months unless otherwise directed by the MPSA. Requests made for the extension or continuation of the employment for periods longer than 12 months, must be assessed against the original reasons for the employment of persons additional to the fixed establishment to reduce such expenditure if no longer necessary.

(iv) Posts in the Offices of Executive Authorities

Chapter 3 of the guide to Members of the Executive and regulation 66 of the Public Service Regulation (PSR), read in conjunction with section 9 of the Public Service Act (PSA) 1994, stipulates the standard configuration of Offices of executive authorities and the capacity requirements for such offices.

The DPSA has issued a circular informing government departments that appointment made to private office of Executive Authority or Deputy Minister in terms of Regulation 66 of the PSR should be linked to their term of office of the relevant Executive Authority or Deputy Minister.

(v) Granting of Early Retirement without penalty for employees between 55 and 60 years

Section 16(6) of the Public Service Act, 1994 as amended states that “an executive authority may at the request of an employee allow him or her to retire from the public service before reaching the age of 60, notwithstanding the absence of any reason for dismissal in terms of section 17(2) if sufficient reasons exist for the retirement”.

Granting of Early Retirement without penalty for employees is in response to a need identified by employees who wish to exist the public service before the official retirement age of 60 years.

The provision for applications for early retirement, where National Treasury provides funding support to departments, is limited to the period 01 April 2019 to 30 September 2019. An assessment will therefore be conducted to determine whether a further need for financial support for early Retirement is required by departments.

The DPSA and NT have between April and June 2019 concluded National, Provincial and Sectoral workshops with the relevant human resource officials to support implementation. In addition the requisite governance, financial and administrative tools, documentation and reporting templates have been issued to departments.

(vi) Decremental Budgets allocated for payment of Performance Bonus

Regulation 73(3) of the Public Service Regulations, 2016 states that “the Minister shall from time to time determine a percentage of a department’s remuneration budget that shall not be exceeded for the purpose of granting performance rewards”. This regulation is supported by regulation 73(4) which states that “the Minister shall from time to time determine the maximum percentage reward to be granted to an employee or category of employees”.

A strategy to decrease the percentage of a department’s allocated remuneration budget for the payment of performance rewards has been developed together with the National Treasury.

The approved Incentive Policy Framework (2017), provides that departments may not utilise more than 1.5% of their annual remuneration budget for the payment of performance rewards. The strategy decreases the budget allocation as follows:

Financial Year	Maximum % of Remuneration Budget
2018/19	1.5%
2019/20	0.75%
2020/21	0.5%
2021/22	0%
Post 2022	To be determined based on the comprehensive review of all PMDSs for all categories of employees

The above initiatives are envisaged to support government’s approach to manage the wage bill. The DPSA and NT monitor the public service wage expenditure to identify new and further areas for potential savings.

Reply:

a) The total number of active asylum seekers (section 22 permit valid) as at 31 December 2018 is 184 976.

(b) They are from the following countries:

Countries	Total
Ethiopia	50135
DRC	34754
Bangladesh	27243
Zimbabwe	14861
Pakistan	9383
Congo	8626
Nigeria	6781
Burundi	6425
Uganda	4461
India	4267
Somalia	4152
Malawi	2175
Ghana	2032
Cameroon	1767
Kenya	1081
Rwanda	1015
Eritrea	978
Senegal	899
Niger	818
Mozambique	648
Tanzania	605
Zambia	264
Egypt	227
Ivory Coast	183
Algeria	167
China	126
Mali	120
Nepal	88
Liberia	70
Sudan	57
Benin	55
Lesotho	53
Guinea	52
Burkina Faso	44
Thailand	31
Togo	30
Syria	25
Comoros	23
Swaziland	17
Gabon	16
Afghanistan	16
Sierra Leone	15
Yemen	14
Bahamas	14
Sri Lanka	13
Palestine	12
Gambia	11
Guinea Bissau	10
Morocco	9
East Timor	8
Estonia	8
Angola	7
Iraq	6
Chad	6
Central African Republic	6
Jordan	6
Bahrain	5
Turkey	5
Ukraine	4
Botswana	3
Hungary	3
Mauritania	3
Other	3
Libya	3
Denmark	2
Jamaica	2
Madagascar	2
Malaysia	2
Venezuela	2
Mauritius	2
Iran	2
Solomon Islands	2
Paraguay	1
New Zealand	1
Namibia	1
Suriname	1
Azerbaijan	1
Colombia	1
Wallis and Futuna	1
Kyrgyzstan	1
Uruguay	1
Myanmar (Burma)	1
Bosnia	1
Ireland	1
Haiti	1
Russia	1
Barbados	1
Lebanon	1
Grand Total	184976

END

Reply:

a) The total number of cases processed per year for the past 10 years (First instance adjudication):

Year	Total
2009	157 204
2010	77 071
2011	43 953
2012	63 228
2013	68 241
2014	75 733
2015	60 640
2016	41 241
2017	27 980
2018	18 104

b) The cases granted for the past 10 years per country according to the Departmental system is as below:

Country	Total
Somalia	36512
DRC	25953
Ethiopia	18022
Congo	4859
Zimbabwe	3432
Burundi	2774
Angola	2365
Eritrea	2096
Rwanda	1416
Bangladesh	563
Uganda	443
Cameroon	368
Kenya	143
Sudan	134
Zambia	69
Liberia	51
Syria	47
Palestine	41
Ivory Coast	37
Tanzania	32
Pakistan	28
Sierra Leone	19
Sri Lanka	15
Iraq	15
Russia	13
Togo	12
Nigeria	11
Ghana	11
Solomon Islands	10
Malawi	9
Swaziland	7
Central African Republic	7
Ukraine	7
Turkey	6
Egypt	6
Mali	6
India	6
Afghanistan	5
Other	5
Morocco	4
Estonia	4
Namibia	4
Yemen	3
Mozambique	3
Bulgaria	3
Myanmar (Burma)	3
Lebanon	3
Niger	3
Iran	3
Seychelles	3
China	2
Macau	2
Bahamas	2
Jordan	2
Gabon	2
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2
Comoros	2
Benin	2
Lesotho	2
Kyrgyzstan	1
Guinea Bissau	1
East Timor	1
Poland	1
Colombia	1
Brazil	1
Senegal	1
Chad	1
Oman	1
Algeria	1
Djibouti	1
Sweden	1
Cambodia	1
Libya	1
Principality of Andorra	1
Grand Total	99624

(c) As at 31 December 2018 there were 3 534 cases still to be processed by the Refugee Status Determination Officers.

END

Reply:

1. The departmental legislation does not make provision for ‘waiver certificate’ as stated above. Rather, the department will issue an asylum transit visas to new asylum applicants that declare their intention to apply for asylum on arrival at designated ports of entry. The basic requirement is that a person must declare the intention to apply for asylum.

2. The department has personnel appointed at the Refugee Reception Centres for the above asked function in terms of section 8(2) that reads with section 21(1), (2) and (5) of the Refugee Act.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugee is the UN agency operating in South Africa with offices and implementing partners across the country that is also assisting new and existing asylum applicants through the asylum process. The agency is fully equipped and mandated to provide support to both clients and the department.

(3)(a) The department has five Refugee Reception Centres.

Addresses and contact details that currently exist in the Republic are as follows:

OFFICE	LOCATION	CENTRE MANAGER	CONTACT DETAILS
Cape Town Refugee Reception Office	5th Floor, Custom House, Corner Heerengracht & Table Boulevard Streets, Cape Town	Akos Essel	Phone: 021 421 9173 / 9200 Mobile: Email: [email protected]
Desmond Tutu Refugee Reception Office	Corner Eskia Mphahlele & Struben Streets, Pretoria	Bangwalang Chiloane	Phone: 012 395 4174 / 4000  Email: [email protected]
Durban Refugee Reception Office	137 Che Guevara Street, Durban	Naleen Balgobind	Phone: 031 362 1201 Mobile: Email: [email protected]
Musina Refugee Reception Office	8 Harold Grenfel Street, Musina	Jimmy Malemela	Phone: 015 534 5300 Mobile: 083 852 0104
Port Elizabeth Refugee Reception Office	10A Gidbaud Road, Sydenham, Lakeside	Sabelo Ngxitho	Phone: 041 404 8361/ 3 Mobile: Email [email protected]

(3)(b) The department does not provide shelter to asylum seekers and refugees.

 

(3)(c) Asylum seekers and refugees are not issued with full birth certificates, rather a recognition of birth that must be taken to the centre for a full asylum permit.

(3)(d) This category of decision/rejection does not exist in the Refugee Act.

(4)(a) All Centres have security personnel.

(4)(b) Centres have private security in uniform 24 hours, whilst the Department’s security personnel are present during the day.

(5) There are no difficulties in registering children of asylum seekers born in South Africa. Asylum seekers are issued with recognition of birth document. It is the responsibility of the parents to take such document and submit them to the Refugee Reception Centre with immediate effect to allow their children proper registration and issuance of the asylum permit.

 

END

Reply:

The Draft IRP is undergoing a consultation process with Nedlac. As soon as the process is completed and subject to the outcome of Cabinet, it will then be released.

Reply:

(aa (i) None

(aa) (ii) None

(aa) (iii) None

(bb) (i) 14 buildings

(bb) (ii)14 properties

(bb) (iii) 14 facilities

(b) (i) Value - Not applicable

(ii) The purpose of renting the properties is for office accommodation.

(c) The table below indicates the value, how long has each property been rented, from which building/property and monthly rental fee:

Number	(c) (i) Period of rentals	(c) (ii) Landlord of the property	(c) (iii) Monthly rental fee
1.	01 April 2010	Mowana Properties - Public Investment Corporation	R3,657,813.49
2.	01 November 2009	Old Mutual Properties	R414,363.57
3.	01 February 2009	JHI Properties - Atterbury	R417,359.25
4.	01 May 2009	X Vest Investment	R153,403.57
5.	01 November 2009	Olympic Flame	R534,650.77
6.	01 April 2009	Vaal University of Technology	R549,997.71
7.	01 April 2014	Park with Spark/ Interpark	R36,216.20
8.	01 March 2017	Redefine Properties	R265,436.54
9.	01 January 2016	Hopley Centre	R54,590.01
10.	01 January 2019	ELS Properties	R258,358.99
11.	01 January 2016	Mvulazana Trading	R387,802.42
12.	01 September 2015	Gritpop Investment	R248,533.78
13.	01 January 2016	JHI Properties	R339,938.91
14.	01 January 2017	Public Investment Corporation	R35,929.07

NCooperate Services DDG: Patricia amede Date:

Recommendedl

Director General : Department of Mineral Resources

Approved/ -

Reply:

The MPRDA provides for submission of a Social and Labour Plan (SLP) which is one of the requirements of the granting criteria. The Human Resource Development (HRD) is one of the elements of the SLP. Its key objective is to ensure that mining right holders provides for training of employees and community workers. The training provided is aimed at improving the skills base such that productivity is improved. Furthermore companies must provide portable skills which prepares employees to compete in the broader labour market. In order to realise the HRD objective, mining right holders must invest a minimum 5% of leviable amount (excluding the statutory skills development levy) on essential skills development.

In the event that there might be threatening job losses, the mining right holders should identify and reskill workers with the objective of either adjusting to the new methods of working or competing in the labour market.

 

Recommendedl

Director General: Department of Mineral Resources

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Mr Ma tasher

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Reply:

 

1. The Forensic Report has been completed and will 6e tabled before the Board of Directors of CEF for adoption and submission to the Minister.

2. The assertion of government is that the:

• volume in barrels is - 10 300 000 barrels of Crude Oil.
• average cost in dollars per barrel is - $63.99
• value of the counFy’s strategic fuel reserve currently is - Ma‹tet Value USD 659 Million

3.The Policy on Stock Rotation is being formulated

4. No stock rotation of strategic fuel reserve was undertaken in 20f8-19 financial year.

(b) (i) For 20\&17, (ii) 2017-18 and (iii) 2018-19 financial year them was no stock rotation.

Reply:

The Minister of Public Works & Infrastructure:

(a) (i) The completion date for the Van Reenen Police Station in KwaZulu-Natal was 07 November 2016.

(ii) The name of the contractor who finished the project was Emcakwini Construction & Fencing CC.

(iii) The cost of the renovation was R8 750 523.65.

(b) The number of days since the last renovation is 2 years, 7 months and 17 days (as at 24 June 2019).

2. The police station has had very limited water supply due to the following reasons:

(a) from an altitude perspective, the police station is built in a mountainous area and during the low rainfall season (i.e. winter months) the yield (water supply) of the boreholes drops considerably, as a result of the low water table;

(b) the existing water supply installation consists of 3 boreholes; 2 boreholes are approximately 50 metres outside the fence on the south eastern side of the police station, and a third is in the brick building between the houses in the precinct. All three boreholes were equipped with submersible pumps. The boreholes pump into a 24 000 litre steel tank, which is housed on an elevated (concrete) tank stand, which then supplies the police station with water.

3. (a) (i) There are various reasons that contribute to the police station not having permanent supply of clean water, due to the following circumstances:

• The police station is situated remotely, across the N3 and in a mountainous area that does not have bulk municipal water supply.
• The non-availability of bulk municipal water supply with sufficient pressure is the reason why the police station is fed through 3 boreholes.
• The 3 boreholes, which are placed at 3 different strategic areas are not effective due to the low water table. The continuous recurrence indicates that there is not enough water yield due to the low water table in the mountain (especially in winter and low rainfall season).

(ii) The lack of permanent water supply is currently not resolved as the local municipality does not have a water bulk supply network with adequate pressure feeding the police station. The existing municipal bulk water supply pipeline runs on the opposite side of the N3 whereas the police station is situated across the N3 without access to the municipal supply; hence the use of boreholes.

(b) In order to provide a permanent supply of clean water supply to the police station, an inter-governmental agreement shall be put into place. The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has commenced with an investigation into the permanent supply of clean water supply to the police station by entering into talks with SANRAL and the UThukela District Municipality, with a view to securing an agreement on the modalities to supply water from the municipal bulk water, through a new proposed pipeline that crosses the N3 servitude to feed the police station. At this stage it is anticipated that an inter-governmental agreement will be in place within a period of six months. The process is at an early stage and after the inter-governmental agreement has been reached a feasibility study will be necessary to define the scope, costs and implementation timelines prior to registration of a project for design and implementation.

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available in the Department. The information will be submitted to the Honourable Member as soon as it is available

Thank you

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available in the Department. The information will be submitted to the Honourable Member as soon as it is available

Thank you

Reply:

a) (i) Club development (CD)

In 2004, SRSA launched the Mass Participation Programme to address grassroot sport development.

In 2006, Club Development project was launched. The project is now a programme. It is aimed at establishing a clear and seamless pathway for athletes through which they can progress from the entry level of the continuum to the highest echelons of participation.

Education and Training

Excellence

Performance

Participation

Foundation

Introduction

The major intent of establishing the Club Development (CD) is to facilitate access to sport and recreation for South Africans and to ensure that those with talent and the will to exploit that talent, are channelled into the mainstream of competitive sport.

Through this CD, SRSA is playing an important role/part in the development pathway of talented athletes by providing for the empowerment of their support staff (coaches, technical officials, administrators and managers) from as low a level as the ward and ensure, together with the other role players, the sustainability of the programme.

The focus of CD will be on athletes at the local level and their support staff. The outcomes of the project would be to eventually benefit the provincial and national federations. The SRSA is envisaging to keep the clubs and or association for a three year cycle with the hope that by that time they will be sustainable.

The lack of financial resources has been a major cause of the inability of many sports people to join the mainstream by affiliating to sports clubs. SRSA has decided to provide assistance through this project that will enhance club formation, training of the relevant support staff, provide sport equipment and the basic attire for competitions to take place.

Strategic objectives

The following were identified as the strategic objectives by SRSA:

• Increase the levels of participation of South Africans in sport and recreation
• Develop the human resource potential for the management of sport and recreation in South Africa
• Ensure that sport and recreation bodies achieve their transformation objectives
• Motivate the communities to develop active lifestyles
• Ensure that those athletes with talent are channeled into the competitive areas of sport
• Contribute, from a sport perspective, to integrated planning and implementation of programmes by the three spheres of government
• Advocate, as a starting point, that high capacity municipal municipalities should participate and fund the initiative within their areas of jurisdiction

Strategic intent

To ensure smooth passage of athletes from one level of the development continuum to the next by encouraging participation through league systems.

Focus groups

Athletes

Coaches

Technical officials

Administrators

Partners and stakeholders

Provincial departments of Sport and Recreation

Local Authorities

National Federations

Provincial Federations

Local and Provincial Sports Councils-CONFED

Private sector

Responsibilities: -

7.1 Sport and Recreation SA

 Coordinate partnerships with other tiers and Departments of government

 Provide funding for the project

 Develop systems for the delivery of the project

 Develop monitoring and evaluation systems for the project

 Establish and maintain partnerships

 Conduct all processes as far as procurement is concerned

 Establish and maintain partnerships

7.2 Provincial Departments of Sport

 Coordinate, in conjunction with the provincial sport federations and local sports

councils the identification of sport to be dealt with in that province

 Identify 02 to 06 municipal districts that will be involved in the project

 Establish and maintain partnerships

 Establish and maintain partnerships

 Assist in identifying and provide venues for the different activities to take place

 Provide SRSA with all the necessary information about the programme

7.3 Local Authorities

 Assist in identifying and provide venues that will be used for the project

 Assist the sport codes in developing programmes/time table for the usage of the facilities

 Provide the necessary information for the programme

7.4 Sport federations

 Identify people in their provinces who can perform the following training needs:

 the training of coaches, technical officials, managers, etc.

 Monitor growth of HR development in the programme

 Provide the participation opportunities for all involved in the project

1. The Club Pilot System

Introduction

Recognising the above, SRSA through the Club System seeks to create an integrated and sustainable mechanism for the development of clubs on the basis of common and generally acceptable minimum standards

The Club Pilot System seeks to create an integrated and sustainable mechanism

Issues to being addressed

• Sport and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) through the Sub-Unit Club Development has over the years supported clubs by providing capacity building, equipment and playing attire. The support was intended to assist with the establishment of new clubs and development of the existing ones.
• It was discovered that the clubs are not sustainable and that made it difficult for the Department to be able to have a clear picture of what clubs exist, and where.
• This was caused by the fact that the support was spread too thin among the provinces and sporting codes with minimal monitoring on their progress and sustainability. Also, the enthusiasm to move to other clubs and or areas before ensuring that the supported clubs can be able to stand on their own contributed.
• The model utilized over the years was not based on a common system with all standardized minimum requirements to ensure that the clubs graduate towards being self-sustainable.
• Recognising the shortfalls of the past the Department reviewed its plan by introducing the Club Pilot System that will help the country to have a common club system with standardized protocols for clubs.

Stakeholders 

• Sport and Recreation South Africa
• Provincial Department responsible for Sport and Recreation as the lead institution,
• Academy of Sport
• District Municipality
• Local Municipalities
• Provincial Sport Confederation/Council
• District Sport Council
• Local Sport Councils
• Provincial and District Federations
• Local Association where applicable

Resources set aside to improve the programme in KZN and Limpopo:

2015-16 = R10.5m

2016-17 = R15.4m

2017-18 = R17.1m

2018-19 = R18.5m

2019-20 = R18.6m

Total = R80m

2. Rural Sport Development Programme

Introduction

The Programme was launched back in May 2016 in Mthatha with the objective of reviving sport and unearthing talent in rural areas with special focus on areas that are under the Traditional Authorities and farms.

Rural sport Development Programme focuses on four sporting codes which are: Football, Netball, Rugby and Athletics

Aim

Develop sport and unearth talent in all Provinces and Traditional Councils with primary focus placed on Farming communities under the guidance of the National House of Traditional Leaders.

Outcomes

• To ensure that rural farms/ communities are equally exposed to sport development and are granted the same resources as urban or semi urban communities.
• To further ensure that resources are made available to all rural communities where they can be able to nature and develop sport.
• To further widen the pool of sport development and broaden the search for sport talent. The Aim of the programme is to revive sport and unearth talent in the rural areas. Provinces and Traditional Councils/ Farming communities are therefore to be utilised as vehicle in achieving the desired outcome.

Stakeholders

• Provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
• Provincial House of Traditional Leaders
• Five identified Traditional Councils
• Provincial Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
• Provincial Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
• District and Local Municipalities servicing the identified Traditional Councils
• Provincial SALGA
• Provincial and District Sport Confederations servicing the identified Traditional Councils or Farming Communities
• Provincial Academy of Sport
• Provincial Federations of Netball, Football, Rugby and Athletics

Conclusion

• Through the Conditional Grant, SRSA has over the years allocated funds to provinces for sport development and talent identification. Of the 100% allocation, CD and RSDP get a bigger percentage.
• Provinces organize provincial championships for Club Development and Rural Sport development Programme.
• At the championships, talent is to identified by federations representative with requisite skills and knowledge.
• Strategic Objective 10: To provide formal sports participation opportunities through integrated and sustainable club structure;

ii) School Sport

The department has a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Basic Education. The agreement outlines clear lines of responsibilities between the two departments especially in relation to the establishment of structures. There are six levels of responsibilities which are as follows:

Level 1: Intra School Competition

Level 2: Inter School Competition

Level 3: Area/Cluster Competitions

Level 4: District Competitions

Level 5: Provincial Competitions

Level 6: National Competitions

In terms of the MoU, the Department of Basic Education is responsible for levels 1-3 and Department of Sports, Arts and Culture is responsible for levels 4-6. The department of Basic Education has not provided the data in relation to the structures established as per their responsibility in the MoU. As a result, the School Sport structures that have been established as per the responsibility of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture are as follows:

PROVINCES	PROVINCIAL	DISTRICT	COMMENTS
	Multicoded School Sport Structure (Joint Provincial Coordinating Committee)	Code Specific	Multicoded School Sport Structure (Joint Provincial Coordinating Committee)	Code Specific
Eastern Cape	0	14	8	14 Codes per district	At Provincial: Tennis and Cricket are a challenge. Hockey structures not aligned to geopolitical districts (Still Eastern Province and Border)
Free State	1	12	1 Metro + 4 districts	12	The following codes work as franchises Rugby, Cricket, Tennis and Hockey. There is no single structure for those codes.
Gauteng	1	16	2 Districts and 3 Metros	16 Codes per district	They have also established Multi-coded structures at Regional level as follows: 4 Tshwane 3 Ekhurhuleni 5 Johannesburg 2 Sedibeng 1 West Rand
Limpopo	1	15	5	0	The Province has also established 4 Structures for IG at Province and District. No code specific structures at district level. Provincial DoE and Sport Department will conduct workshops in July
Kwazulu-Natal	1	9	8	9	The province has challenges with establishment of some of the codes. Only Athletics, Aquatics, Chess, Netball, Football, Volleyball, Softball, Hockey, Gymnastics structures are in place. Rugby and Cricket still work as franchises with no District structures.
Mpumalanga	1	13	4	13	The following codes are established in franchise system Rugby, Cricket and Hockey. So there is no proper alignment to the geopolitical boundaries of the province.
Northern Cape	1	13	5	12	The province has challenges of establishing Swimming, Softball, Tennis and Basketball including IG for School Sport. At a provincial level Basketball is still being established.
North West	1	16	3 out 4 Districts	16	Ngaka-Modiri Molema only has structures established at a local level and Not at District. There are Netball and Athletics structures.
Western Cape	1	16	1 Metro and 5 Districts	13	Rugby, Cricket and Athletics Structures are not aligned to geopolitical boundaries. However, they work with the province to organise all the districts.
TOTAL	8	94	5 Metros and 44 Districts	105

b. What systems of scouting to spot talent were put in place in the various phases of these developmental phases since 27 April 1994?

Since1994 there are two approaches that have been used in identifying athletes with potential for further development. These include Talent Scouting and Scientific Talent Identification.

Talent Scouting

Each Federation has guidelines and criteria they use to spot or scout the athletes with potential for further development. These vary based on the nature of the sport and whether it is a team sport or individual sport.

With individual sports the key assessment element is the performance results. With team sport there are number of variables that are considered depending on the sport.

Scientific Talent Identification

It is the responsibility of the Federations as the custodians of each sport identify talent. This is because the Federations have the requisite technical expertise required to identify and nurture talent. Once an athlete has been spotted, individual sport specific tests are conducted by Sport Scientists to determine and scientifically confirm the potential in order to invest or not to invest in that athlete's development.

Medical assessments are then conducted to determine the general medical status of the athlete. Basic Physiological Tests for junior athletes using the set tests batteries for each code conducted by Sport Scientists. The athletes are thereafter looked after by their respective federations.

 

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:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available in the Department. The information will be submitted to the Honourable Member as soon as it is available

Thank you

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available in the Department. The information will be submitted to the Honourable Member as soon as it is available

Thank you

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available in the Department. The information will be submitted to the Honourable Member as soon as it is available

Thank you

Reply:

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is responsible for the development of the National Catalogues of Textbooks. Provincial Departments of Education (PEDs) are responsible for the budget allocation for the procurement of textbooks for schools. The information on the schools must be sourced from the respective Provincial Departments of Education.

Reply:

Currently, the system appoints Learning Support Educators (LSEs). LSEs are appointed at district level, not at school level. This is because the resourcing model in this respect locates support at district level to ensure support provisioning for all schools rather than a few schools.

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available in the Department. The information will be submitted to the Honourable Member as soon as it is available

Thank you

Reply:

The responses are presented on the below table:

Court	Number of Judges  who have left the Judicial system			Number of Judges who have entered the Judicial system
Constitutional Court	4	-	-	-
Supreme Court of Appeal	8	-	2	-
Northern Cape Division (Kimberley)	2	-	-	1
Eastern Cape Division  (Grahamstown)	1	-	1	2
Eastern Cape Local Division (Port Elizabeth)	2	-	-	1
Eastern Cape Local Division (Bisho)	-	-	1	1
Eastern Cape Local Division (Mthatha)	2	-	-	2
Western Cape Division (Cape Town)	6	-	-	8
North West Division (Mahikeng)	1	1	-	1
Free State Division (Bloemfontein)	3	-	1	9
Gauteng Division (Pretoria)	7	1	2	12
Gauteng Local Division (Thohoyandou)	10	-	1	11
Limpopo Local Division	-	-	-	-
Limpopo Division (Polokwane)	-	-	-	4
Mpumalanga Division (Nelspruit)	-	-	-	-
KwaZulu-Natal Division (Pietermaritzburg)	2	-	-	4
KwaZulu- Natal Local Division (Durban)	-	-	1	6
Labour Court	-	-	1	6
Total	48	2	10	65

 

a) The total number of Judges who have left the Judicial system in the last five years is 60.

b) The total number of Judges who entered the Judicial system in the last five years is 65.

Reply:

(a)(i)(ii)(iii)(aa). My Department owns 102 buildings.

a) (i) (bb) My Department has rents four buildings

b) (i) The value and purpose of the rented buildings are as follows:

Building name	Value of rented building	Purpose of rented building
Sechaba House/Van Wijk Louw	R295 million	Office Accommodation
Old Karfo film Archives	Unknown (DPW)	Office Accommodation
Old Library State Building	Unknown (DPW)	Office Accommodation
National Archives	Unknown (DPW)	Office Accommodation
Regents Place	Unknown (DPW)	Office accommodation for Sports and Recreation

Value of the above State owned buildings is still to be determined by Department of Public Works.

The purpose of each state owned building is outlined below:

NO	STATE OWNED	PURPOSE OF THE BUILDING
	Nelson Mandela Museum(3)
1	Bhunga Building	Museum
2	Qunu Youth and Heritage Centre	Museum and accommodation
3	Mvezo Museum	Museum and accommodation
	National English Literary Museum (3)
4	New English Literary Museum	Museum
5	Eastern Star Museum	Museum
6	Schreiner House	Museum
	South African Library for the Blind (3)
7	1 Hemming Street	Library
8	Vacant Erf 3659 - Hemming street	plot
9	112 hemming street	Library
	National Museum Bloemfontein (5)
10	First (Eerste) Raadsaal	Museum
11	Florisbad Research Station	Archeological site and Storage
12	Freshford House Museum	Museum
13	National Museum	Museum
14	Oliewenhuis Art Museum	Museum
	Performing Art Centre of the Free State (1)
15	Performing Art Centre of the Free State	Theatre
	War Museum of the Boer Republic (1)
16	War Museum	Museum
	Market Theatre Foundation (1)
17	Market Square	Offices and Theatre Lab
	NARSSA (4)
18	National Archives (Head Office)	Archives
19	National Archives NFVSA	Archives
20	National Archives and Bureau of Heraldry	Archives
21	National Archives Old Library Building	Archives
	Drakenstein Correctional Centre House (1)
22	Madiba House	Heritage site
	Ditsong Museums of South Africa (11)
23	Ditsong Kruger Museum	Museum
24	Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History (African Window)	Museum
25	Ditsong Piernee Museum	Museum
26	Ditsong Pioneer Museum	Museum
27	Ditsong National Museum of Military History	Museum
28	Ditsong Sammy Marks Museum	Museum
29	Ditsong National Museum of Natural History	Museum
30	Ditsong Tswaing Meterorite Site	Museum
31	Ditsong Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum	Museum
32	Ditsong Ga Mohle Museum	Museum
33	Ditsong Coert Steynberg Museum	Museum
	National Library of South Africa(3)
34	National Library of South Africa (Pretoria)	Library
35	Centre for the Book	Library
36	National Library of South Africa (Cape Town)	Library
	State Theatre (1)
37	State Theatre	Theatre
	Freedom Park Trust (2)
38	ZASM Office Complex	Offices
39	Freedom Park Heritage Site	Museum
	South African Heritage Resource Agency (37)
40	Old Congregational Church	Church & Gravesite
41	Old Residency	Vacant Leased Property
42	The Lookout	Gravesite
43	Old Gaol	Office & Museum
44	Piet Retief's House	Gravesite
45	Moorddrif Monument	Gravesite
46	Verdun Ruins	Gravesite
47	Old English Fort, Mont Mare	Gravesite
48	Mapoch's Caves	Cave
49	Krugerhof Museum	Museum
50	Union Masonic Temple	Church
51	The Old Gun Powder House / Magazine	Vacant Leased Property
52	Old Fort and Cemetery	Gravesite
53	Livingstone's  House	Gravesite
54	Dal Josafat	Office, & Leased Out Property
55	SAHRA  Head Office	Office
56	Concentration Camp / Garden of Remembrance	Gravesite
57	Struisbaai Cottages	Leased Out Property
58	Valkenburg Manor House, Observatory	Leased Out Property
59	Van Riebeeck's Hedge - Bishops Court	Hedge
60	Welcome Cottage - Glencairn	Vacant Leased Property
61	Woutersen Wessels Vault	Gravesite
62	Groenberg Skool	School
63	Ordendaal School	School
64	Vacant Erf 255 Tulbach	Vacant Land
65	Vacant land Erf 255	Vacant Land
66	1816 Hugo Family Vault	Gravesite
67	SAHRA HQ 111 - Harringston Street	Office
68	Birthplace of General Louis Botha	Gravesite
69	Blarney Cottage	Vacant Leased Property
70	Het Posthuys	Vacant Leased Property
71	Kleinbosch Cemetery - Dal Josafat	Gravesite
72	Portion of Old Fort Durban	Museum
73	Piet Retief Monument - Vryheid	Gravesite
74	Spioenkop Battlefield	Gravesite
75	Elandslaagte Memorial	Gravesite
76	Burgher Monument	Gravesite
	Artscape Theatre(3)
77	Artscape Theatre	Theatre
78	Artscape Storage Chappini Street	Storage
79	Artscape Epping Workshop	Workshop
	Afrikaanse TaalMuseum-en Monument(2)
80	Taal Monument and Amphitheatre	Monument and Theatre
81	Gideon Malherbe House	Museum
	Iziko Museums of SA (11)
82	Iziko SA National Gallery	Gallery
83	Wingfield Hanger	Storage
84	Iziko Bertram House	Museum
85	Iziko Bo-Kaap Museum	Museum
86	Iziko Koopmans-de Wet House	Museum
87	Iziko Old Town House	Museum
88	Iziko South African Museum & Planetarium	Museum and Planetarium
89	Annexe building	Offices and Library
90	Iziko Rust en Vreugd	Museum
91	Iziko Slave Lodge	Museum
92	Iziko Social History Centre	Storage, Offices and Library
	Luthuli Museum (1)
93	Luthuli Complex	Museum
	Msunduzi Museum (3)
94	Pietermaritzburg Complex	Museum
95	Boom street House	Museum
96	Ncome Museum	Museum and accommodation
	The Playhouse Company (3)
97	The Playhouse Theatre	Theatre
98	The Playhouse Company Head Office	Offices
99	Mayville Complex	Storage
	Kwa-Zulu Natal Museum(2)
100	Old st Anne Hospital	Old building Will be upgraded to a new Museum complex
101	Kwa-Zulu Natal Museum	Museum
	William Humpherys Art Gallery (1)
102	William Humpherys Art Gallery	Gallery
TOTAL	102

c) Each building has been rented as follows:

	(i)	(ii)	(iii)
Building name	How long has each building been rented	From whom the building is rented	What is the Monthly rental fee for the building (Rand)
Sechaba House/Van Wijk Louw	Seven years	Rebosis Property	2 097 878.49
Old Karfo Film Archives (Union Building)	Permanent	Department of Public Works	Not applicable
Old Library State Building	Permanent	Department of Public Works	Not applicable
National Archives Building	Permanent	Department of Public Works	Not applicable
Regents	Since 2006	Delta Property Fund	monthly rental on the building is R937 000 pm with an annual escalation of 5.5% per annum

The breakdown of monthly rental of State Owned Buildings still to be determined by Department of Public Works in this financial 2019/20 as per National Treasury exemption dated 08 January 2018.

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available in the Department. The information will be submitted to the Honourable Member as soon as it is available

Thank you

Reply:

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) works together with education stakeholders, social partners and the Departments of Social Development, Health and the South African Police Service to address the causes as well as the effects of violence prevalent in schools, as in society. In the implementation of the Integrated School Health Policy by the Departments of Basic Education, Health and Social Development, mental health screening is included in the school health service package. In addition, the Department has developed the draft DBE National Guidelines for Resourcing an Inclusive Education System, wherein social workers are included in the multi-disciplinary team at various levels of the education system.

In implementation, Provincial Education Departments (PEDs) establish partnerships with the Provincial Departments of Social Development (DSD) as well as universities and partners to provide social work services to schools. In addition, PEDs engage and place unemployed social workers as Learner Support Agents.

Reply:

The response hereunder is based on the information provided by the Department responsible for Local Government in Gauteng pursuant to the request made by the National Department of Cooperative Governance (“the DCoG”) to obtain the relevant information as requested by the Honourable Member from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.

1. The details in respect of the (a) number of metropolitan police officers (i) currently employed by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) and (ii) in each division are depicted in the table below as follows:

 

Division	Division Profile
	Members
	Quantity	%
Chief’s Office	1	0.04%
Chief of Staff	7	0.30%
Operations and Specialised Services	2284	96.66%
Security and Loss Control	4	0.17%
Logistics (Auxiliary Services & Support)	67	2.84%
Licensing	-	-
Total	2363	100.00%

 

(b) The EMPD have a centralised budget for the complete department in line with the Municipal Standard Chart of Accounts (mSCOA), which is not possible to be provided per division. The details of the 2019/2020 budget as provided is tabulated hereunder:

EMPD BUDGET 2019/2020
Operational Expenditure (OPEX)	R 1,752,131,804
Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)	R 115,300,000

 

2. The (a) number of persons employed by the EMPD currently receiving (i) full-time and (ii) temporary protection from the Very Important Person division and (b) the (i) names and (ii) professional designations of each specified person are provided in the table below as follows:

 

NO.	NAME	PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION
1.	Mzwandile Masina	Executive Mayor
2.	Patricia Khumalo	Speaker Of Council
3.	Jongizizwe Dlabati	Chief Whip Of Council
4.	Dr Imogen Mashazi	City Manager
5.	Dimakatso Sibiloane	Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC)
6.	Pelisa Nkunjana	Public Transport and Planning(MMC)
7.	Nomadlozi Nkosi	SHRAC and Social Development (MMC)
8.	Makhosazana (Khosi) Mabaso	City Planning(MMC)
9.	Masele Madihlaba	Infrastructure Services (MMC)
10.	Lesiba Mpya	Human Settlement (MMC)
11.	Tiisetso Nketle	Water Sanitation and Energy (MMC)
12.	Dora Mlambo	Corporate and Shared Services (MMC)
13.	Ndosi Shongwe	City Planning (MMC)
14.	Doctor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza	Finance and Economic Development (MMC)
15.	Frans Moko	Community Safety (MMC)

 

Ends…

Reply:

The information requested by the Honourable Member is not readily available in the Department. The information will be submitted to the Honourable Member as soon as it is available

Thank you

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:

 

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:

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