Questions and Replies

Reply:

I have been informed by the Electoral Commission as follows:

There are 26, 774 102 million voters registered in 22 924 (twenty two thousand nine hundred and twenty four) voting stations in the Republic. The details are set out in the attachment marked as annexure A.

Reply:

Refer to Annexure A for the dams with location and capacity where the information was supplied in full.

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

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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

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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

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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

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Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

(1) Yes, there has been three (3) incidents where negligible amounts of radioactivity were, or were assumed to have been released to the environment through an unmonitored pathway since 1 January 2014; May 24, October 2015 and November 2015

Releases to the environment are closely monitored and have to respect regulatory limits.Any release that is unmonitored is taken seriously and would be treated as a leak or spillage of radioactive waste.

(1)  (a) (b)

• All these incidents were reported to the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) in the quarterly Radio Waste and Effluent Report;
• The normal radio activity levels of what was released were of such levels that there was no impact to staff, members of the public or the environment.

(2)     Assessments have conducted that the maximum amounts of radioactivity that could have been released were well below any regulatory limit and did not require a response or notification of the public.

(3)     Each incident is reportable to the regulator and is thoroughly reviewed by Koeberg to identify the causes, and to determine the appropriate corrective actions.

The following actions were taken and fully implemented in order to prevent human error from happening again when these activities are performed:

• Malfunctioning equipment was repaired as priority.  The instruction sequence for changing over between Reactor Building ventilation when connected to the plant ventilation system was improved.  Cautions and limitations were added for changing over between modes while performing Reactor Building ventilation system filter efficiency tests during outages before or after reloading fuel into the reactor core.
• A plant modification to route the water to the Nuclear Island Vents and Drains System in the event of a tank overflow was done in the next Refuelling Shutdown in 2015.
• The controlling procedure to include a description on the removal and refitting of caps and blanks (outage and non-outage periods) has been updated on any system that is being drained or vented.

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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

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Reply:

1. (a) Mr (details provided) provided his services for free to the Nugent Commission of Inquiry and was therefore not paid for the work that he performed for the duration of the Commission.

(b) worked up to 30 November 2018 without remuneration.

2. (a) Advocate was paid a total amount of R1 869 300.00 at a rate of R18 000.00 per day for the work of the Commission and for 104 days.

(b) Advocate last day of remunerated work paid was 30 October 2018, and must still submit an invoice for work performed in November 2018.

3. (a) has not been remunerated to date, however he has submitted invoices in January 2019 for the amount of R842 292.00

(ii) has performed remunerated worked until 11 December 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

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Reply:

Auditing process on the amount and number of employees currently on suspension since 1 April 2018 has not been completed

 

 

Reply:

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

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

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Reply:

(1)

Springbok Region
Station	2-Person Crew	1-Person Crew	Comments
Springbok	Yes
Komagas	Yes
Port Nolloth	Yes
Steinkopf		Yes	One person crew when personnel on vacation or sick leave
Pofadder	Yes
Garies	Yes
Alexander Bay		Yes	One person crew when personnel on vacation or sick leave

Hantam Region
Calvinia	Yes
Sutherland	Yes
Brandvlei	Yes
Williston	Yes
Loeriesfontein	Yes
Niewoudsville	Yes
Fraserburg	Yes

(2) 14 Stations

(3) (a) Yes

(b) Springbok Control Centre covers the Nama Khoi District Municipality

      Calvinia Control centre covers The Hantam District municipality

(4)

Control Centre	Permanent Staff	Volunteer Staff	Training
Springbok	4	2	None
Calvinia	2	4	None

(5) (a) Staff receive new uniform according to policy every 2 years.

(b) 2016

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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

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Reply:

(a) The number of:

(i) buildings: 2

(aa) own: 0

(bb) rent: 2

(ii) properties: 0

(iii) facilities: 0

(b) The value and purpose of each:

(i) owned: n/a

(ii) rented property:

• Maponya Mall: Office Accomodation
• Batho Pele House Office Accomodation

(iii) Value of the properties unknown

(c) (i) for how long has each property been rented,

• Maponya Mall: February 2010
• Batho Pele House December 2015

(ii) from whom is each property rented:

• Maponya Mall: Department of Public Works
• Batho Pele House Department of Public Works

(iii) what is the monthly rental fee for each property?

• Maponya Mall: R510 889.88
• Batho Pele House R3 227 378.00

Reply:

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

Reply:

(1) (a) (i) (aa) R1030

(bb) R1030

(cc) R845

(ii) Fees for nursing staff are regulated by South African Nursing Council and not Health Professions Council of South Africa. The fees for nurses are as follow:

• Registered Nurses and Midwives: R640
• Enrolled Nurses and Midwives: R380
• Enrolled Nursing Auxiliaries: R270

(b) Fees are determined by the respective regulatory bodies annually after due consideration of annual budgeting processes. Income received for these regulatory bodies is solely from member fees.

2. (a) Okiep is a fixed Primary Health Care clinic which is currently operational. The clinic did not burn. It operates from 7:30 till 16:00 from Monday to Friday and provides a one-day-a-week satellite Health Care Services to Rooiwinkel and Bulletrap.

(b) The PHC facility that burnt is Steinkop Fixed Clinic and with operational hours from 07:30 to 16:00 from Monday to Friday. No afterhours services are available due to shortage of staff. The services have been moved to a temporary accommodation while waiting for the clinic to be fixed.

3. Springbok Hospital is surrounded by three clinics that reduces patient load on the hospital. These are Springbok Clinic within Springbok, Bergsig Clinic approximately 2km away and Matjieskloof Clinic about 5km away from the hospital.

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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

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Reply:

(1) (a) Dispute from HOSPERSA was regarding unpaid overtime and one-person crews being used.

(b) There was a limited provision of service resulting in prolonged response times.

(c) The overtime issue has been settled, however the issues regarding the staff shortages has not been resolved.

(2) (a) 5

(b) 29

(3)

 

MUNICIPALITY	NUMBER OF MINIBUSES	LOCATION
(i) Nama Khoi,	2	Springbok Steinkopf
(ii) Richtersveld	1	Port Nolloth
(iii) Khai-ma	0	-
(iv) Kamiesberg	1	Garies
(v) Hantam	1	Calvinia
(vi) Karoo Hoogland	1	Fraserburg

(4)

YEAR	NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS	REASON
2016	5	Wild animals
2017	9	Wild animals and human error/fatigue
2018	3	Wild animals

(5) 120

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Reply:

1. I have been informed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development that the Offices of the State Attorneys do not categorise cases that are dealt with and their cost thereof, and do not keep such information separately. Additionally, the South African Police Service could be the relevant Department to provide the Honourable Member with the requested information.
2. Falls away
3. Falls away
4. No.

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

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Reply:

The Hounorable Member is requested to refer the question to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs who will be in better position to respond to the awarding contracts for the transport and supply of water by road tanker to consumers by the Uthukela District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal.

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a) What number of (i) buildings, (ii) properties and (iii) facilities does his department currently (aa) own and (bb) rent, (b) what is the value and purpose of each (i) owned and (ii) rented property and (c)(i) for how long has each property been rented, (ii) from whom is each property rented and (iii) what is the monthly rental fee for each property?                                                                                            

(a) (i) The Department of Public Enterprises does not own any building

(ii) The Department of Public Enterprises does not own property 

(iii) The Department of Public Enterprise does not own any facility

(b) (i) Department of Public Enterprise is renting a building for monthly rental of R 902 928. The purpose of the lease is office accommodation for the Department

(c) (ii)The storage facilities is leased for monthly rental of R 12 550, the purpose     of the storage is to store excess and old furniture

(d) For how long has each property been rented and from who?

(i) The building Office Accommodation is rented through DPW for a duration of 36 Months from Delta Property Fund and Storage Facility is rented through MIJA Investment for 6 months.

This company, Delta Property Fund, has been hopelessly incompetent in providing a properly refurbished office block. Thus far, responses from the company have been less than adequate.

Reply:

The table below provides details of Capital Projects under Construction:

PROVINCE	PROJECT DESCRIPTION	PROJECT AMOUNT	TIMEFRAMES
Limpopo	1. Limpopo High Court: Construction of a new building including additional parking	Original contract amount was R447 383 961.96 The amount has increased to R602 094 608.08 due to variation orders submitted.	Project start date: August 2013 Contractual end date: August 2015 Original contract period: 20 months Expected completion date: March 2019.
Mpumalanga	2. Mpumalanga High Court: Construction of a new building	The original contract amount was R613 023 401.37 but has increased to R776 198 203.32 due to variations orders.	Project start date: August 2013 Contractual end date: August 2015 Original contract period: 20 months Expected completion date: March 2019.
	3. Evander Magistrate’s Court: Refurbishment and additional accommodation for the Director of Public Prosecutions, Judiciary and Administration	R 36 998 712.88	Start date: October 2016 Original Completion date: October 2018 Contract period: 24 months Anticipated completion date: May 2019
Gauteng	4. Booysens Magistrate’s Court	R242 545 707.17	Start date: June 2016 Original Completion date: December 2017 Contract period: 19 months Project was handed over on 13 February 2019
	5. The Palace of Justice: Security Measures Upgrade	R29 856 526.00	Project start date: July 2014 Contractual end date: January 2016 Original contract period: 18 months Practical completion to be confirmed as the new contractor still needs to be appointed by the Department of Public Works (DPW)
	6. Mamelodi Magistrate’s Office: Construction of a new building	R94 742 592.85	Start date: June 2014 Original Completion date: May 2015 Contract period: 18 months. Expected completion date is April 2020.
	7. Pretoria Magistrate’s Court: Refurbishment of Burned Building (DPW funded)	Original contract amount was R118 217 794.14 but was revised to R135 870 516.60 due to removal of the black mould and extension of time.	Start date: February 2015 Original Completion date: August 2016 Contract Period: 18 months Anticipated practical completion: To be confirmed as the new contractor still needs to be appointed.
Eastern Cape	8. Mthata High Court: Additional Accommodation & Repairs and Renovations	R102 000 000.00	Project start date: July 2017 Contractual end date: July 2019 Original contract period: 24 months Practical completion is expected in August 2019.
	9. Dimbaza Magistrate’s Court: Construction of a new building	The original contract amount was R81 749 948.40, and but was revised to R97 682 551.11 due to variations issued.	Start date: December 2014 Original Completion date: December 2016 Contract period: 24 months Expected completion date is April 2019.
	10. Bityi Magistrate’s Court	R67 534 574.00	Start date: July 2016 Original Completion date: January 2018 Contract period: 20 months Expected completion date is April 2019.
Western Cape	11. Plettenberg Bay Magistrate’s Office: Construction of a New Building	The original contract amount was R226 338 588.12 but has increased to R248 898 211.53 due to variation orders.	Start date: October 2015 Original Completion date: July 2017 Contract period: 20 months Expected date of completion is April 2019
Kwa-Zulu Natal	12. Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Office: Construction of a new building	R 285 523 818.60	Start date: September 2014 Original Completion date: September 2016 Contract period: 24 months Anticipated completion date: October 2019.
	13. Chatsworth Magistrate’s Office: Additional Accommodation including repairs	R 167 176 880.00.	Start date: June 2016 Original Completion date: Dec 2018 Contract period: 30 months Anticipated completion date is September 2019
	14. Pietermaritzburg NPA: Rehabilitation of old DPW workshop.	R 206 736 589.86	Start date: January 2017 Original Completion date: July 2019 Contract period: 30 months Anticipated completion date: September 2019
	15. Vulamehlo Magistrate’s Court: Repairs and Renovations to office buildings	R 19 529 511.00	Start date: March 2015 Original Completion date: March 2017 Contract period: 24 months Anticipated completion date: December 2019
	16. Umbumbulu Magistrate's Office: Additional accommodation and alterations	R 33 504 000.00	Start date: December 2013 Original Completion date: June 2015 Contract period: 18 months Anticipated completion date: March 2019
Northern Cape	17. Fraserburg Magistrate’s Court: Construction of additional accommodation	R 21 454 313.00	Start date: October 2016 Original Completion date: April 2018 Contract period: 18 months Anticipated completion date: Extension of time is still under adjudication by the Principal Agent.

Reply:

Refer to the table below for Main Account Allocated Budget for Drought Relief:

		(a)	(b)	(c)
Financial Year	Province	Adjusted Budget R’000	YTD Expenditure R’000	Expenditure Items
2015/16	Kwa-Zulu Natal	50 500	50 500	Transfers & Subsidies: Water Services Operating Subsidy (WSOS) 5B grant reprioritised for Drought Relief Intervention
		106 270	111 836	Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structures
Total	156 770	162 336
2016/17	Eastern Cape	5 883	5 725	Goods & Services: Contractors – Water tankering
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	290 700	301 168	Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structure
	Free State	21 100	20 363	Goods & Services: Contractors – Water tankering
	North West	24 512	24 512	Goods & Services: Contractors – Water tankering
Total	342 195	351 768
2017/18	Eastern Cape	17 548	17 548	Goods & Services: Contractors, Water Tanks and Travel & Subsistence – Water tankering
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	10 432	10 432	Goods & Services: Contractors, Water Tanks and Travel & Subsistence – Water tankering
	Free State	11 498	11 498	Goods & Services: Contractors, Water Tanks and Travel & Subsistence – Water tankering
	North West	545	545	Goods & Services: Contractors and Travel & Subsistence – Water tankering
	Mpumalanga	1 093	10 93	Goods & Services: Contractors and Water Tanks– Water tankering
Total	41 116	41 116
2018/19	Eastern Cape	647 214	49 021	Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structures, Transfers & Subsidies
	Kwa-Zulu Natal	122 366	-	Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structures
	Limpopo	97 475	-	Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structures
	Mpumalanga	56 800	56 800	Buildings and other fixed structures, Transfers & Subsidies
	Northern Cape	9 788	-	Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structures
	North West	309 649	10 000	Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structures, Transfers & Subsidies
	Western Cape	58 919	-	Payments for capital assets: Buildings and other fixed structures
Total	1 302 211	115 821
Grand Total	1 815 292	671 041

Refer to the table below for Water Trading Entity (WTE) Allocated Budget for Drought Relief:

		(a)	(b)	(c)
Financial Year	Province	Adjusted Budget R’000	YTD Expenditure R’000	Expenditure Items
2016	Kwa-Zulu Natal	306 278	302 910	Boreholes, Water Tanker Rental and Programme Management
2017	Kwa-Zulu Natal	2 961	2 597	Boreholes, Water Tanker Rental and Programme Management
2018	Kwa-Zulu Natal	Nil or no budget was allocated
Total	309 239	305 507

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Reply:

The Competition Act sets out a clear ‘public interest’ set of criteria that the competition authorities are expected to apply when considering an application for approval of a merger or acquisition. These criteria include the impact of employment. In addition, other criteria include the impact of a merger on industries and regions, as well as small business and the export performance of South Africa.

When considering a merger, the authorities are also expected to consider the impact the transaction will have on competition in a sector, which may serve as a proxy under certain circumstances, for economic growth.

In undertaking the assessment of mergers and acquisitions, the Commission considers among others, public interest issues such as the impact on smaller businesses and envisaged jobs losses. Where there is a possibility of employment losses from a merger or acquisition, the Commission will typically look to prevent that. In this way, mergers that simply aim to generate efficiencies from shedding labour can be prevented from doing so through conditions aimed at preventing retrenchments. Similarly, mergers and acquisitions may enhance employment by requiring that merging parties create enterprise development funds.  

The new Competition Amendment Act, 2018, strengthens the public interest provisions of the legislation that impact employment and economic growth considerations. This is inter alia through the new provisions on economic concentration and market structure; the improved role for the executive on public interest matters; and changes to the prohibited-practices regime that can help to open up markets to new entrants and young entrepreneurs.

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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

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Reply:

(a)(i) A total of four (4) tender briefings were held in 2018 by the Department.

(a)(ii) A total of 187 tender briefing were held in 2018 by the entities reporting to me.

(b) All four (4) tender briefings held by the Department were compulsory and a total of 186 tender briefings were compulsory and only one (1) briefing was non-compulsory for the entities reporting to me.

 

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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

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Reply:

a) The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development did not contract the services of Diambu and Phezulu companies in the past ten (10) financial years. However, the DoJ&CD entered into a contract with Sondolo Information Technology (Pty) Ltd, and the detailed information is tabulated below:

Past 10 Financial years	Number of contracts	Date which contract was signed	Duration of contract	Description of service Services	Value of the contract
2018/2019	1	23 September 2015 (SBD 7.2)	36 months	Provision of corrective and preventative maintenance as per RFB 2008 15 to Department of Justice and Constitutional Development for period of 36 months	R373 709 412.00
2017/2018
2016/2017
2015/2016
2014/2015	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2013/2014	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2012/2013	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2011/2012	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2010/2011	1	15 July 2009	The Service Level Agreement does not have a duration period. It makes reference to project definition report. It further states that maintenance will endure for a period of 36 months after warrantee period expires.	Integrated security infrastructure for Department of Justice and Constitutional Development	R 601 863 308.80
2009/2010
2008/2009

b) I have been informed by the Legal Aid South Africa, National Prosecuting Authority and Special Investigating Unit that they did not enter into any contract with Diambu, Phezulu and Sondolo Information Technology during the past ten (10) financial years.

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

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Reply:

The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961 and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963 read in conjunction with applicable local legislation, in South Africa's case the Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges Act, 2001 (Act 37 of 2001), are the definitive legal instruments that regulate the standing of Diplomats and Consular Agents globally.

Article 41.1 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961 and Article 55.1 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963 state as follows: “Without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, it is the duty of all persons enjoying such privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving State. They also have a duty not to interfere in the internal affairs of that State.”

In accordance with the stipulations of the Act, as well as the Vienna Conventions, having force of law in the Republic, no diplomatic immunity shall exempt a diplomatic or consular agent from the consequences of the commission of any crime in the Republic of South Africa.

I wish to point out that the case referred to by the Honourable Member does not belong in the category of persons who enjoy diplomatic immunity. Further enquiries into this matter should be referred to the Minister of Police and/or the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development.

Reply:

The Hounorable Member is requested to note that the response provided in NA 242 of 15 February 2019 on drought relief to each province from 2017-2019 was adequately responded to.

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Reply:

Yes, there is an approved plan to renovate the Cleveland Police Station, in Johannesburg.

(a) Falls away.

(b) The anticipated date for the release of the tender advert is May 2019 and the site handover should take place before the start of October 2019. The budget earmarked for the project is R106 million.

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

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Reply:

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

Reply:

The Department does not own any buildings, properties or facilities. Since 2009, the department has been accommodated in the dti Campus together with 3 of its 4 entities.

The dti campus is an ideal location which hosts 3 of the Economic Cluster Government Ministers, departments and their entities in close proximity making it an ideal economic campus.

The value of the rental is R1 006 539 per month and the purpose is for office accommodation, parking and storage.

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Reply:

The National Prosecuting Authority has informed me that 5 419 sexual offences cases were finalized with a verdict during 2018/19 financial, i.e. during the period April 2018 – January 2019. Convictions were obtained in 4 034 of these cases, representing a conviction rate of 74.4%.

A break down in respect of each province for the 2017/18 financial year and current 2018/19 financial year (up to the end of January 2019) is provided in the table below:

Sexual Offences (SO) conviction rates per province for the past two (2) financial years

Province	Financial Year		SO Convicted Cases	SO Acquitted Cases	Total SO Finalised	Sum of SO Conviction Rate
Eastern Cape	2017/2018		798	214	1 012	78,9%
	2018/2019		742	192	934	79,4%
Free State	2017/2018		697	238	935	74,5%
	2018/2019		504	161	665	75,8%
Gauteng	2017/2018		725	301	1 026	70,7%
	2018/2019		531	184	715	74,3%
KZN	2017/2018		899	393	1 292	69,6%
	2018/2019		660	262	922	71,6%
Limpopo	2017/2018		298	162	460	64,8%
	2018/2019		232	148	380	61,1%
Mpumalanga	2017/2018		367	123	490	74,9%
	2018/2019		309	72	381	81,1%
North West	2017/2018		327	126	453	72,2%
	2018/2019		263	87	350	75,1%
Northern Cape	2017/2018		171	70	241	71,0%
	2018/2019		181	70	251	72,1%
Western Cape	2017/2018		722	248	970	74,4%
	2018/2019		612	209	821	74,5%

NB: Definition of Sexual Offences

Any case involving offences committed in terms of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 32 of 2007, and may include common law rape or indecent assault. Statistics reported in this response are in terms of this definition.

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

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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

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Reply:

1. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) has indeed engaged with the Department of Public Works (DPW) on various occasions, during the past five (5) financial years, in respect to the severe lack of maintenance at the Klerksdorp Magistrates Court housed at the PC Pelser Building.

(a) Major challenges relate to malfunctioning lifts, aircons (HVAC, heating, ventilation and cooling system), constant tripping of power and plumbing.

(b) The Mafikeng Regional office of the Department of Public Works will, after receiving the call log, appoint contractors to attend to the incidents at the court. With regards to the HVAC and electricity challenges, DPW undertook to appoint a contractor for major repairs and refurbishments of both services. DPW further undertook to replace the lifts.

(c) In June 2014, the Mafikeng Regional office of Department of Public Works appointed Sebushi Somo Construction and Projects to execute a repair electrical reticulation and mechanical installation project to the value of R39 500 000. This project was for the rewiring and upgrading of the electricity, and for the installation and reticulation of new HVAC system.

Regarding the lifts, there was a project that was on site from 14 September 2016 to 02 October 2017, this was a maintenance project of lifts in the North West. DPW Regional Office used this short term contract to service the lifts of the Court. Since its expiry, it has been a challenge for the lifts to be serviced to a point where the Department of Labour has now issued a contravention notice. The internal Engineers of DPW have recommended that all lifts be replaced since they have reached their life span. Given that the processes of replacing the lifts will take longer, DPW opted to run two processes where a service provider will be appointed to, in the interim, fix the lifts and also appoint Engineers to start with the planning for the major project of replacing the lifts.

A plumbing project will be registered by DPW to attend to all challenges of blocked sewerage pipes and toilets, as well as leaking reticulation pipes.

(d) The contractor for the electrical reticulation and mechanical installation is still on site working on the electricity and HVAC systems.

A service provider has since been appointed by DPW to repair lifts in the short term whilst a project to replace all lifts is being registered as a long term solution. An advert has been placed by DPW for the appointment of the Engineers for the long term solution of replacing the lifts. These Engineers will then start with the planning and design of the project in the 2019/20 financial year.

A separate project, relating to all the plumbing challenges at the Court including the basement water spring, is being registered by DPW for planning in the 2019/20 financial year.

2. The PC Pelser Building is a state owned building, and therefore the DoJ&CD pays what is referred to as accommodation charges from the devolved budget. The DoJ&CD is paying DPW accommodation charges on quarterly basis an amount in the tune of approximately R92 million without any breakdown per property from DPW as per Devolution of Budget Framework of 2006. National Treasury has given DPW an exemption to invoice client departments on accommodation charges without supporting documents because DPW has not yet finalised government immovable asset register. The quarterly amount mentioned above is for the entire state owned portfolio currently occupied or utilised by the DoJ&CD, and not per individual building. This payment is meant to pay for property rates, maintenance and rehabilitation/refurbishment, and for the provision of professional services provided by the DPW.

3. The DoJ&CD is aware of the conditions at PC Pelser Building as this project is on the portfolio of the Department. The Regional Office of DoJ&CD together with the National Office have been attending site meetings at the Court to resolve the maintenance challenges. After the Department of Labour issued the contravention notice regarding the lifts, the matter was escalated to the Deputy Directors-General and professionals within DPW. This led to numerous visits to the Court by the DoJ&CD’s Chief Director: Facilities Management and the professional team from DPW National Office. The visits were between June and November 2018 where it was agreed that a service provider be appointed in the interim whilst a major project for the replacement of the lifts is being planned.

I will further engage the Minister of Public Works on our bilateral meetings to ensure that the projects regarding lifts and plumbing works at this Court are expedited.

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

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Reply:

According to the Head of the National Prosecutions Service, although the National Prosecuting Authority does not keep data according to specific crime typologies due to lack of electronic systems, it does record information related to corruption in respect to persons who have been convicted or acquitted. Unlike the normal calculation of conviction rates based on cases, the conviction rate is measured on the number of persons. 

Therefore, the 2018 convictions, acquittals and percentages are indicated in the table below:

Period	Persons Convicted	Persons Acquitted	Percentage of Persons Convicted
January	10	0	100.0%
February	21	3	87.5%
March	28	3	90.3%
April	19	1	95.0%
May	30	0	100.0%
June	39	1	97.5%
July	25	0	100.0%
August	35	1	97.2%
September	36	0	100.0%
October	34	0	100.0%
November	40	0	100.0%
December	15	1	93.8%
Grand Total	332	10	97.1%

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

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I am informed by the National Prosecuting Authority that the regions only started to track and report on what is called gang-related offences during the 2018/19 financial year. It is important to note that there is no such crime or charge in our law. Therefore, statistics in this regard are not automatically tracked and recorded in the system.

Gang related offences are mostly prevalent in the Western and Eastern Cape Divisions.

During this financial year (April 2018 – February 2019), these two regions indicated that 87 verdict cases were finalised, obtaining 65 convictions. This therefore represents a conviction rate of 74.7%.  

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I have been informed by the Electoral Commission as follows:

(1)(a) The ballots cast at the Toronto mission in Canada arrived in the Republic after counting of votes had been concluded and the determination of the election results finalised. The late arrival arose, in part, as a result of the delays encountered with ballot packages being cleared at the Canadian customs. In addition, the impact of the International Workers Day holiday on 1 May on the operations of courier companies caused additional delays.

(1)(b) The date for South Africans to vote by special votes abroad has been determined for 27 April 2019 in the election timetable. This means that voting abroad will take place ten (10) days before voting in the Republic and no longer seven (7) days as was the case in 2014 elections. The additional three (3) days will ensure that the cast ballots arrive in time for counting and will avoid the impact of the International Workers Day holiday. Secondly, the Electoral Commission has agreed with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) on the use of diplomatic channels to transport the cast ballots. This will obviate delays related to custom clearances.

(2) Three (3) other missions out of a total of hundred and twenty one (121) missions.

(3) The ballots were not counted. For this reason the votes cast have not been determined. The numbers of approved special votes in each mission are instead provided (this does not necessarily equate to votes cast).

Canada; Toronto [267]

Cuba; Havana [395]

Democratic Republic of Congo; Lubumbashi [11]

Spain; Madrid [78]

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(1) (a) (i) 14

(ii) 75

(b) Ambulances in Northern Cape is not bound by district borders and may be deployed anywhere within the Province when needed. However, the average coverage radius of ambulances is in the range of 100 to 150km depending on location of the town.

(2)

MUNICIPALITY	TOWN	NUMBER OF AMBULANCES
(i) Nama Khoi,	Springbok Komaggas Vioolsdrift Steinkopf	1 1 0 1
(ii) Richtersveld	Port Nolloth Alexanderbay Kuboes	1 0 0
(iii) Khai-ma	Pofadder Pella	1 0
(iv) Kamiesberg	Garies Hondeklipbaai	1 0
(v) Hantam	Calvinia Brandvlei Nieuwoudtville Loeriesfontein	2 1 1 1
(vi) Karoo Hoogland	Williston Fraserburg Sutherland	1 1 1

(3) (a) 19 ambulances, 6 in Namaqualand and 13 for Northern Cape

(b) All vehicles have COF and Roadworthy certificates.

END.

Reply:

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