Reply:

The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), recently approved a rationalised organisational structure and is in the process of matching and placing employees, in terms of the structure. As a result, the (a) number of vacancies in the SA Police Service, in each province and (b) details of each vacant position in each province can only be determined after the matching and placing of the employees has been concluded.

Reply to question 45 recommended/

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ER: TH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 45 approved/

MI R OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date:

Reply:

(1) (a) None;

(b) N/A

(2) Reasons for non issue of licences

Readiness of applicants – lack of Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs), lack of Quality Management Systems to be employed at their facilities, applicants do not have plans of where and to whom they are going to sell their produce, lack of basic security features. All these findings and other deficiencies of applications have been communicated to the applicants to address.

END.

Reply:

According to information we have received from Provincial Departments of Human Settlements and Local Municipalities as at December 2018 we had repaired or re-built a total of 49 745 state subsidy (post-1994) houses.

The details of these interventions per province are:

PROVINCE	NUMBER OF HOUSES REPAIRED OR RE-BUILT
EASTERN CAPE	25 640
FREE STATE	2 513
GAUTENG	6 050
KWAZULU-NATAL	6 011
LIMPOPO	124
MPUMALANGA	605
NORTHERN CAPE	2 860
NORTH WEST	2 600
WESTERN CAPE	3 342
TOTAL	49 745

Reply:

Government needs to adopt a transformative approach to programming for women’s access to justice. This includes developing interventions to challenge underlying socio-cultural norms and contexts of inequality that perpetuate discrimination against women, enable and normalise Gender Based Violence (GBV) as we have recently seen with the Omotoso trial.

During the trial, the Department of Women (DOW) made a commitment to revisit the Sexual Offences Act, the Domestic Violence Act and the Criminal Procedures Act. This will be done in conjunction with the relevant lead department(s), in an e€ort to strengthen these laws in order to protect women.

The amendments will seek to invest in strengthening justice systems to investigate and prosecute Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases effectively; as well as invest in strengthening data collection systems, so that there is clarity on the extent and depth of the problem.

Domestic violence is currently not recorded by the police as a specific crime category; when cases of domestic violence are reported to the police, they are recorded under a range of diFerent categories such as assault, assault Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH), malicious damage to property, pointing a firearm, murder etc. In 2017/18 women were victims of the following:

• Murder 2930
• Total sexual offences 36 731

• Attempted murder 3554
• Assault with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm 53 263
• Common assault 81 142

However, merely knowing the number of contact crimes perpetrated against women and/or children does not give us enough intormaGonto understandtheextentandcomplexiGesot domestic violence in South Africa. Even though the 2018 SAPS report indicates a list of domestic violence statistics, this is not the true reflection of the magnitude of domestic violence as most police stations still do not indicate a domestic relationship when cases of assault are reported. It has been estimated that abused woman stay in an abusive relationship for an average period of 10.5 years before seeking outside assistance.

Although the Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998 requires police stations to record incidents of domestic violence in a register, compliance is minimal: the last compliance audit conducted by the Civilian Secretariat for Police (CSP) in 2014 found that only two of the 145 police stations under audit were fully compliant to the Act, a mere 1.40/ of the sample size.

South Africa played a historical role in pushing for the promotion and protection of the human rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and intersex, queer, asexual and other (LGBTIQA+) community. It is the first African country to recognise same sex marriages.

However, the LGBTIQA+ community in South Africa continue to experience widespread discrimination, harassment and violence, despite the Constitution guaranteeing their rights to safety; and regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Lesbians and gay men are raped to 'make them straight’ or to 'correct’ their sexual orientation. Although there are no accurate statistics for these hate-crimes, it is estimated that more than ten lesbians are raped or gang-raped weekly and at least 500 lesbians become victims of corrective rape annually. Once again, crimes of violence against LGBTIQA+ people are oXen under reported due to fear of secondary victimisation by the police and other service providers because of their sexual orientation. The government established a task team in 2011 to develop a legal framework to end violence and discrimination against LGBTIQA+ people. However, there is a lack of information regarding progress made by the task team and its programme and strategies to end this violence.

In trying to address Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), we need more detailed recording, analysis and dissemination of disaggregated statistics on sexual and domestic violence, so that SGBV can be tracked methodically and responded to e€ectively. There should also be a shift in focus from the reduction of sexual and domestic violence crimes reported to the police, to encouraging prevention, protection and reporting; and providing quality services to all victims of these crimes. This will necessitate a change in how police performance is measured.

The amendment of the above legislations to institute these changes is therefore necessary. Coupled with this, strategies to improve enforcement and to change social norms and attitudes need to be strengthened if we are to see effective improvement in the management of gender based violence.

Approved by the Minister on

MINISTRY IN THE PRESIDENCY: WOMEN REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

Reply:

a) Granting of the cultivation license of cannabis for medicinal use in SA is not limited to greenhouse cultivation. Cultivation can take place in various settings either, indoor or outdoor. The applicant should meet the good agricultural practices as determined by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) for food producing plants intended for human consumption. Measures to be considered during cultivation include but are not limited to:

• Soil and fertilizer or alternative growth medium/ substrate

• The reliance on irrigation

• The appropriate use of approved herbicides and pesticides

The applicant should ensure that crop integrity is maintained. This will ensure the correct quality control and identification of specific marker compounds at pre-determined concentrations for the Cannabis species. The applicant should ensure that cross-pollination of outdoor crops or where an enclosed air filtration system is not present have appropriate minimisation strategies in place. Furthermore, volunteer plants or rogue plants should be eradicated to ensure that the permitted crop size is not contaminated.

Security arrangements deployed at the proposed site will form an integral part of the conditions to be considered prior to the SAHPRA licence being issued and the Department of Health permit being granted. In addition, manufacturing of the products must be done in line with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) applicable to medicines which are further described in the SAHPRA Guideline, Guide to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) for Medicines in South Africa. Applicants are invited to scrutinise specifically Annexure 7 which deals with the agricultural aspects relating to the production of starting materials derived from a plant.

(b) No limit has been determined yet. The applicant has to state in the application the size of the land to be cultivated which is linked to the off take agreement which have to be in place between the applicant and their customers. The customers will also be assessed for the suitability of handling the product.

The quantity required by the applicant as reflected in the off take agreements will then be used to determine the country requirements of medicinal cannabis which will eventually be used to feed into the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) quota. INCB is an international body responsible for the control of narcotics and psychotropic substances which are required for therapeutic and research purposes.

END.

Reply:

Temba, CAS 643/09/2015, theft of a motor vehicle.

(1) The case was closed as undetected.

(2)(a)(b) No suspect was questioned or arrested, The suspect is unknown.

(3) The particulars of the investigating officer cannot be divulged, to ensure that the case is investigated without fear or favour.

(4) The case was closed as undetected.

Temba, CAS 557/08/2017, business robbery.

(1) The case was closed as undetected.

(2)(a)(b) No suspect was questioned or arrested. The victim could not give a clear description of the suspect.

(3) The particulars of the investigating officer cannot be divulged, to ensure that the case is investigated without fear or favour.

(4) The case was closed as undetected.

Temba, CAS 270/06/2018, burglary at business premises.

(1) The case was closed as undetected.

(2)(a)(b) No suspect was questioned or arrested. The complainant could not provide a description of the suspect.

3. The particulars of the investigating officer cannot be divulged, to ensure that the case is investigated without fear or favour.

4. The case was closed as undetected.

Temba, CAS 448/09/2018, burglary at business premises.

(1) The case was closed as undetected.

(2)(a)(b) No suspect was questioned or arrested. The victim could not provide a description of the suspect.

(3) The particulars of the investigating officer cannot be divulged, to ensure that the case is investigated without fear or favour.

(4) The case was closed as undetected.

Temba, CAS 333/12/2018, burglary at business premises.

(1) The case was closed as undetected.

(2)(a)(b) No suspect was questioned or arrested. The complainant could not provide a description of the suspect.

3. The particulars of the investigating officer cannot be divulged, to ensure that the case is investigated without fear or favour.

4. The case was closed as undetected.

Reply to question 103 recommended/

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Reply to question 103 approved/n

MINISTE F POLICE BH CELE, MP

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN REPLY

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Internal Ref Number:

Submission Date:

0036

04.02.2019

- 3019

Question Asked By: Question Asked To:

Mr M S Shackleton

Minister of Police

Question:

1. What is the current status of the investigation into (a) CAS 643/09/2015, (b) CAS 557/08/2017,

(c) CAS 270/06/2018, (d) CAS 448/09/2018 and (e) CAS 333/12/2018 opened at the Temba Police Station in Gauteng;

1. whether any suspects have been (a) questioned and/or {b) arrested; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case,
2. what are the names of the investigating off cer(s) that was or were assigned to Investigate tf›e charges;
3. whether the case has been finalised; if not, what is the envlsaged date for the finalisation of the case; if so, what are the details o( the outcome of the case?

Itesearcher: Ruan van der Walt (3161 or [email protected] )

Reply:

I have been advised by the department as follows:

1. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (the Authority/ICASA) is in a process of finalizing the regulatory framework for Community Broadcasting. The regulations are currently undergoing quality check process within ICASA. It is expected that the regulations will be published by 22nd of March 2019.

2. No, the moratorium has not been lifted.

No date has been set for lifting of the moratorium.

_____________________________

Ms. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, MP

Minister

Date:

Reply:

(a) The total number of South African Police Service (SAPS) members, who were employed to secure Metrorail operations, is as follows:

	Gauteng South	Gauteng North	” .	Western Cape	Eastern Cape	KwaZulu  Natal		Total
2013/2014	742	825		514	363	614		3 058
2014/2015	750	916		553	301	654		3 174
	2015/2016	722	955	524	307	640		3 148
	2016/2017	713	938	547	308	615	3 121
	2017/2018	787	903	561	282	677	3 210
(b)

	Gauteng South	Gauteng North	Western Cape	Eastern Capa	Kwazulu- Natal	Total
1 April 2018 to 11 February 2019	768	879	549	278	666	3 140

Reply to question 98 recommend/be

TIQ CO LE (S

Date: 2tl19 02 1 9

GENERAL TH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 98 approved/we

F POLICE

BH CELE, MP

Date: @

Reply:

The report was received by the department and is currently being reviewed.

“Except as explicitly state herein the Ministry: Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) does not express an opinion in respect of any factual representations. The opinion /memo provided is limited to the matters stated in it and may not be relied on upon by any person outside the dti or used for any other purpose neither in its intent or existence. It must not be disclosed to any other person without prior written approval other than by law. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting the rights of the dti to defend or oppose any claim or action against the dti."

It

Reply:

(1) The 10111 number is not linked via South African Police Service (SAPS) Radio Towers to police stations. The 10111 number is connected to the Telkom infrastructure and there are currently no reported incidents of disruptions affecting Telkom’s infrastrucure.

(2)(a) Not applicable.

(2)(b) Not applicable.

Reply to question 13 recommended

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GENERAL

NE TH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

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Reply to question 13 approved/

MINISTER OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

30/1/4/1(201900025)

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION 246

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 15 FEBRUARY 2019 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 2•2019)

246. Mr S P Mhlongo (EFF) to ask the Minister of Police:

Whether there has been any arrests by the SA Police Service with regard to currency manipulatlon of the Rand that has been uncovered by the Competition Commission investigation; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?

NW257E

REPLY:

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) is not investigating any matter in relation to the currency manipulation of the Rand.

Reply to question 246 recommended/

NER:

GENERAL FRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 246 approved/

OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date: & O

Reply:

Detailed information (per station and per salary level/rank) as per annexure.

Salary levels relate to the following ranks:

SALARY LEVEL	RANK
Salary Level 13	Brigadier
Salary Level 12	Colonel
Salary Level 10	Lieutenant Colonel
Salary Level 8	Captain
Salary Level 7	Warrant Officer
Salary Level 6	Sergeant
Salary Level S	Constable
Salary Level 1-4	Student Constable

Summary of information requested below:

POLICE SERVICE ACT PERSONNEL AT STATIONS: JANUARY 2019 (PERSAP)

	TOTAL POL ACT
WESTERN CAPE	13318
EASTERN CAPE	11497
NORTHERN CAPE	4390
FREE STATE	6823
KWAZULU-NATAL	15414
NORTH WEST	5330
MPUMALANGA	6199
LIMPOPO	6775
GAUTENG	22146
TOTAL:	91892

 

TOTAL PROV's:	TOTAL POL ACT
15	0
14	0
13	119
12	584
11	0
10	2295
9	0
8	7514
7	17426
6	18333
5	44404
4	1
3	5
2	0
1	1211
TOTAL:	91892

KWAZULU-NATAL	TOTAL POL ACT
15	0
14	0
13	18
12	101
11	0
10	385
9	0
8	1289
7	3135
6	3182
5	6957
4	0
3	0
2	0
1	347
TOTAL:	15414

WESTERN CAPE	TOTAL POL ACT
15	0
14	0
13	18
12	82
11	0
10	349
9	0
8	1122
7	1909
6	3S71
5	6265
4	0
3	2
2	0
1	0
TOTAL:	13318

NORTH WEST	TOTAL POL ACT
15	0
14	0
13	5
12	30
11	0
10	123
9	0
8	434
7	1158
6	995
5	2575 0
4
3	0
2	0
1	10
TOTAL:	5330

 

EASTERN CAPE	TOTAL POL ACT
15	0
14	0
13	8
12	61
11	0
10	263
8	871
7	2560
6	2328
5	5393
4	0
3	2
2	0
1	11
TOTAL:	11497

MPUMALANGA	TOTAL POL ACT
15	0
14	0
13	7
12	36
11	0
10	132
8	461
7	846
6	1439
5	3152
4	0
3	0
2	0
1	126
TOTAL:	6199

NORTHERN CAPE	TOTAL POL ACT
15	0
14	0
13	4
12	17
11	0
10	68
9	0
8	244
7	608
6	1024
5	2218
4	0
3	1
2	0
1	206
TOTAL:	4390

LIMPOPO	TOTAL POL ACT
15	0
14	0
13	6
12	38
11	0
10	156
9	0
8	645
7	1763
6 5	1231
	2935
4	0
3	0
2	0
1	1
TOTAL:	6775

 

FREE STATE	TOTAL POL ACT
15	0
14	0
13	6
12	30
11	0
10	122
9	0
8	447
7	1693
6	949
5	3384
4	0
3	0
2	0
1	192
TOTAL:	6823

GAUTENG	TOTAL POL ACT
15	0
14	0
13	47
12	189
11	0
10	697
9	0
8	2001
7	37S4
6	3614
5	11525
4	1
3	0
2	0
1	318
TOTAL:	22146

 

 

LIEUTENANT GENERAL ISIONAL COMMISSIONER: PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

NTSHIEA

Reply to question 18 recommended

\ LIEUTENANT GENERAL

DEPUTY NATI L COM ISSIONER: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BC MGWENYA

Reply to question 18 recommended/

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Reply to question 18 approved/

OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date: @ @

Reply:

(1) Yes, Honourable Member, we have been kept informed of the investigation on the death of Col Patrick Karegeya who was found dead in a hotel room at Michelangelo Towers in Sandton on 31 December 2013. The National Prosecuting Authority and the Hawks are handling the matter to the extent that the case was recently submitted to the magistrate for an inquest.

(2) The Honourable Member would recall that on 6 March 2014 following the attempted assassination of Gen. Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, our Government declared three Rwandan diplomats and one Burundian diplomat persona non grata and expelled them from South Africa, for illegal activities inconsistent with their diplomatic work which was in violation of Article 41 of the Vienna Convention and Article 9 of the Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges Act. Our Government took that decision based on evidence from our security agencies pointing to the involvement of these diplomats in illegal activities.

Reply:

The Department of Higher Education and Training is not responsible for the payment of travel privileges as contained in the 2007 Ministerial Handbook regarding former political beneficiaries in terms of Chapter 10 of the Handbook (Annexure A) travel privileges are administered and paid for by Parliament and the Secretary of Parliament may accordingly be approached or contacted for the provision of relevant details and administration relevant to these privileges.

In terms of Chapter 9, Paragraph2.2.1 approved travel expenditure defined within the application parameters of “special privileges” for former Ministers, Deputy Ministers and their spouses respectively, are indicated as follows:

(a)(i)  Minister, Dr B Nzimande:2017/18 financial year – R92 328 – 00; and

         Minister, Prof HB Mkhize: 2017/18 financial year – R47 472 – 00

(a)(ii) None

(b)(i) None

(ii) None

©(i) None

(d)(i) None

(ii) None

Reply:

Honourable Member, the official referred to in your question is amongst a number of officials from the Department of State Security whose expertise are required back home. The Minister of State Security requested me to release them and in the interests of our country, I acceded to her request.

Reply:

The departments and entities have advised me as follows:

The departments of Communications and Telecommunications and Postal Services as well as entities that report to me have not borrowed any money from the People’s Republic of China.

_____________________________

Ms. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, MP

Minister

Date:

Reply:

(1) There is no crime in South Africa punishable by death.

2. Since there are no capital crimes in South Africa, the table below contains the information with regard to contact crimes.

(a)(i) Number of Cases Successfully Resolved	(a)(ii) Convictions Obtained In each Year	(b) Jail Sentence and or Sanction in each Specific Caae
2014: Six caaes	Six convictions
Murder	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
Murder	Guiltv	20 years imprisonment
Possession of unlicensed firearm	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
Armed robbery	Guilty	25 years imprisonment
Car hijacking	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
Attempted murder	Guilty	25 years imprlsonment
2015: 10 caaea	16 convictions
Business robbery	Guilty (four suspects)	20 years imprisonment each
Robbery aggravating	Guilty	10 years imprisonment
Murder	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
Robbery aggravating	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
Robbery	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
Business robbery	Guilty	15 years imprisonment

(a)(i) Number of Cases Successfully Resolved	(a)(ii) Convictions Obtained in each Year	(b} Jail Sentence and or Sanction In each Specific Caee
Murder	Guilty	10 years imprisonment
Hijacking	Guilty	26 years imprisonment
Business robbery	Guilty (four suspects)	20 years imprleonment Each
House robbery and rape	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
2016: J4 cases	18 convictions
Murder	Guilty (two suspects)	The first suspect was sentenced to 10 years impnsonment and the second suspect was sentenced to three years imprisonment, suspended for five years.
Robbery	Guiltj/ (two suspects)	Five years imprisonment each
Robbery	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
Robbery	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
Attempted murder	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
H)acking and murder	Guilty	Life sentence and 25 years imprisonment
Armed Robbery	Guilty	4O years imprisonment
Armed robbery	Guilty	Seven years imprisonment
Robbery aggravating	Gvilty	25 years imprisonment
Robbery aggravating	Guilty	18 years imprisonment
Robbery aggravating	Guilty	15 years Imprisonment
Possession of unlicensed firearm	Guilty	14 years imprisonment
Armed robbery	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
Armed robbery	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
2017: 12 cases	13 convictions
Business robbery	Guilty	53 years imprisonment
Armed robbery	Gullty	14 years imprisonment
Armed robbery	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
Murder	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
Armed robbery	Guilty	15 years impn"sonment
Robbery	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
Murder	Guilty	Eiqht years imprisonment
Armed robbery	Guilty	13 years imprisonment
Armed robbery	Guilty	15 years imprisonment
Murder	Gullty	Five years imprisonment
Murder	Guilty	Life imprisonment
Robbery aggravating	Guilty (two suspects)	15 years imprisonment each
2018: Three caees	Thrae convictions
Murder	Guilty	10 years imprisonment
Murder	Guilty	Eioht years imprisonment
Murder	Guilty	15 years imprisonment

Priority Crimes	Key Actions	Performance Indicator
Drug related crimes	Increased stop and search actions.	Weekly operations held at identified hotspots.
Prostitution	Increased visible patrols in identlfied hot spot areas.	Number of operations held: Stop and search Patrols

(3) Cluster interventions focus on the following:

• Illegal mining operations in Benoni, due to the high number of mining-related murders.
• Inner city operations, focusing on second-hand goods outlets, to prevent the receiving of stolen goods.

(4)(a) The Benoni Police Station is currently overstaffed with five members (101.52%).

(4)(b) Posts are advertised for promotion purposes and allocations are determined by the National Commissioner.

(5)(a) Captain Sekele was appointed as the Corporate Communication Officer, on 1 February 2012.

(5)(b) The post is not vacant and the duties are performed by the incumbent.

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Date: t019 -!J2- 2 6

Reply to question 6 approved/

R OF POLICE BH CELI MP

GENERAL FRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department of Communications as follows:

The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) has provided funds for websites for its print and broadcast projects through supporting the rollout of two digital news projects, as follows:

a) Name of digital project	b) Date project rolled out (funded)	c) Province in which project rolled out	d) Cost at which the projects were rolled out (MDDA funding)
Joburg Post Online	2016/2017	Gauteng	R 825,200.00
Kleva Nkeva Online www.clevankeva.co.za	2017/2018	Eastern Cape	R 935,979.00

_____________________________

Ms. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, MP

Minister

Date: 08/03/2019

Reply:

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) is not investigating any matter in relation to the currency manipulation of the Rand.

Reply to question 246 recommended/

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NER:

GENERAL FRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 246 approved/

OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date: @

Reply:

NW229E

(1)(a) The number of murders, which were reported at the Norkem Park Police Station, is as follows:

2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018
8	11	9

(1)(b) The number of murders, which resulted in successful convictions, is as follows:

2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018
CAS Number	Conviction	CAS Number	Conviction	CAS Number	Conviction
222/02/2015	Life imprisonment	158/05/2016	Found guilty and declared a patient of the State.	None	Not applicable

2)(a)(b) The number of women and children, who were murder victims, is as follows:

2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018
Women	Children	Women	Children	Women	Children
3	0	2	0	4	0

 

Reply to question 219 recommended/

GENERAL AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Date: 2fifg -gj- j $

Reply to question 219 approved/

MI TER OF POLICE BH’CELE, MP

Date: @

Reply:

(a) All SANDF capabilities were utilised.

(b) From various units of the SANDF in the country

(c) The total costs relating to the activities and exercises of the 2019 Armed Forces Day cannot be disclosed currently as the Department is busy with reconciliation of all the expenses related to the Armed Forces Day.

(d) In 2012, the former President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency JG Zuma declared the 21 February of every year as Armed Forces Day which coincide with the sinking of the SS Mendi 101 years ago.

The proclamation has since seen the defence force holding this celebration of Armed Forces Day and commemoration of the tragic sinking of the SS Mendi.

In addition, this event is also used to test the ability of the SANDF to mobilise and move equipment and manpower to defend the country from any position in accordance to the doctrine.

Reply:

In accordance with Chapter 10 of the Ministerial Handbook, 2007: Travel Privileges of Former Ministers/Deputy Ministers and their Spouses, no expenditure was incurred by the Department of Public Works, as such expenditure is covered by Parliament. Therefore, the Secretary to Parliament is better placed to provide details in that regard.

Reply:

Parliamentary question 87

87(1) The incident was an explosion at Wilmar SA PTY LTD. The following individuals suffered injuries as follows: NAME INJURIES SUSTAINED STATUS OF CLAIM PROGRESS Brandon Hylen Fatal Liability accepted. Partial dependency documents requested, last dated request 2018.11.02. Documents still not submitted by beneficiary. R.T.P Berry Smoke inhalation and soft tissue injury of back Liability accepted Final medical report requested Resumption report requested 09.07 2017. Documents requested still not submitted. No payment can be done without the requested documents. Danie van Graan Multiple superficial injuries sustained Liability accepted Final medical report and resumption report requested 09.07.2017. Documents still outstanding. No payment can be done without the requested documents. Izelad van Graan Foreign body in eye, ear and lung injuries. Liability was accepted. Final medical report and resumption report requested 09.07.2017. Documents still outstanding. Payment cannot be done until submission of the requested information. Final medical report received without date fit for duty and no indication of any PD. Thabo C. Lephale Smoke inhalation , bronchospasm and lower back muscle Liability accepted Final medical report and resumption report were requested on the 09.07.2017. Final medical report was submitted with no date of fit for duty and any permanent impairment indicated. Edward K Mokotsi Smoke and inhalation, soft tissue of the back. Liability accepted. Final medical report and resumption report requested on the 09.07.2017 Documents are still outstanding. .

Reply:

The Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS) was introduced by the Department of Education in 2000 and started capturing information from the 1999 academic year onwards. Data for 1997 and 1998 has been sourced from archived documents, and the numbers include all graduates in teacher education.

Year	University and Technikons	Colleges of Education
1998	32 526	20 474
1997	16 148	20 578
1996	19 060	Not available

The data for 1999 to 2017 is only for initial teacher education. Teachers who have upgraded their qualifications are excluded.

Year	Initial Teacher Education Graduation Totals
2017	25 212
2016	22 150
2015	20 698
2014	19 124
2013	16 808
2012	13 740
2011	10 518
2010	7 863
2009	6 856
2008	5 939
2007	6 746
2006	5 909
2005	4 765
2004	4 994
2003	3 744
2002	5 416
2001	4 137
2000	3 783
1999	2 581

Reply:

Buildings, properties and facilities of the SSA are acquired for purposes of operational requirements. Out of necessity, the operations of SSA are mostly and mainly covert in nature. It is therefore illegal to disclose the asset base of the SSA to non-members.

The SSA also operates on the basis of need to know that essentially dictates that any disclosure of classified information should only be for purposes of achieving operational objectives.
 

Reply:

1. (a) The function of Adult Education and Training (AET) was transferred to the Department of Higher Education and Training on 1 April 2015.

(b) The Post Provisioning Norms Task Team was established in April 2016.

(c) The finalisation of the post-provisioning model is subject to an extensive consultative process with stakeholders and bargaining councils scheduled to be completed by 30 September 2019 for implementation on 1 April 2020.

2. (a) The work was approached with urgency as the Task Team was set up within a year of the function shift.

(b) Immediately after the function shift, the Department undertook a process of understanding the challenges within the Adult Education and Training system. The scope of work for the task team is extensive given that Provincial Education Departments had varied approaches to the following matters:

• Application of the minimum requirements for appointment
• Nature of appointment
• Salaries and types of payment
• Working Hours
• Leave
• Performance management
• Allowances

Reply:

The B-BBEE Commission received the complaint on 16 July 2018 and expects to finalise its investigation by 31 May 2019.

“Except as explicitly state herein the Ministry: Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) does not express an opinion in respect of any factual representations. The opinion /memo provided is limited to the matters stated in it and may not be relied on upon by any person outside the dti or used for any other purpose neither in its intent or existence. It must not be disclosed to any other person without prior written approval other than by law. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting the rights of the dti to defend or oppose any claim or action against the dti."

Reply:

The Prudential Authority of the South African Reserve Bank has indicated to the National Treasury that the South African Reserve Bank did not serve VBS Mutual Bank with any (a) notice, (b) directive and/or (c) other correspondence in terms of section 5 of the Mutual Banks Act, Act 124 of 1993, in the period 1 January 2016 to 31 March 2018.

Section 5 of the Mutual Banks Act, 1993 (Act No. 124 of 1993) deals with the furnishing of information by mutual banks to the South African Reserve Bank (to the Prudential Authority or before 1 April 2018, the Registrar of Banks). It empowers the Prudential Authority (or previously, the Registrar) to direct a mutual bank or the holder of any interest in a mutual bank to provide it with information specified in a notice given to the mutual bank or the holder of the interest in the mutual bank, that the Prudential Authority (or previously, the Registrar) may reasonably require for the performance of the Prudential Authority’s (or previously, the Registrar’s) functions under the Mutual Banks Act.

The Prudential Authority (or previously the Registrar) may also direct a mutual bank or the holder of any interest in a mutual bank to provide it with a report by a public accountant as defined in section 1 of the Public Accountants’ and Auditors’ Act, 1991 (Act No. 80 of 1991), or by any other person with appropriate professional skill, on any relevant matter, to provide it with such information.

Reply:

a) The total number of students who have been approved for funding in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college sector is 382 888.

b) (i) The total number of students who received the standard upfront allowance of R1 950 on or before the 08 February 2019, based on registration confirmations, was 186 199.

(ii) The number of students who received allowance payments by 21 February 2019 was 23 238. This was due to administrative delays on the part of colleges.

The detailed breakdown per institution is reflected in the table below:

TVET College	Approved for funding	Upfront allowance payments by 8 Feb 2019	Allowance payments by 21 Feb 2019
1. Boland	7 424	4 140	57
2. Buffalo City	5 858	2 491	135
3. Capricorn	13 091	6 458	159
4. Central Johannesburg	5 557	3 534	104
5. Coastal KZN	11 997	5 855	1 122
6. College of cape town	7 852	3 237	701
7. Eastcape Midlands	6 796	3 924	194
8. Ehlanzeni	8 063	402	3 325
9. Ekurhuleni East	8 979	1 127	3 680
10. Ekurhuleni West	14 779	7 970	414
11. Elangeni	10 030	5 781	151
12. Esayidi	6 128	3 488	100
13. False Bay	5 073	2 625	160
14. Flavius Mareka	4 092	2 469	111
15. Gert Sibande	11 692	5 844	380
16. Goldfields	3 523	2 366	93
17. Ikhala	5 289	2 588	313
18. Ingwe	5 460	3 128	201
19. King Hintsa	3 459	1 788	201
19. King Sabata Dalindyebo	7 765	3 627	833
20. Lephalale	2 485	1 592	138
21. Letaba	5 991	3 167	88
22. Lovedale	4 378	0	0
23. Majuba	16 353	9 103	27
24. Maluti	8 983	4 746	254
25. Mnambithi	4 393	2 429	178
26. Mopani South East	6 582	3 791	205
27. Motheo	9 026	2 409	46
28. Mthashana	4 720	2 574	98
29. Nkangala	8 867	4 570	161
30. Northern Cape Rural	3 025	1 858	-
31. Northern Cape Urban	5 863	3 829	531
32. Northlink	12 629	6 627	371
33. Orbit	8 780	4 115	233
34. Port Elizabeth	5 900	3 469	100
35. Sedibeng	12 070	6 553	299
36. Sekhukhune	4 677	2 688	92
37. South Cape	5 107	2 755	143
38. South West Gauteng	15 616	8 035	602
39. Taletso	3 014	1 500	192
40. Thekwini	6 503	2 680	815
41. Tshwane North	11 725	5 920	389
42. Tshwane South	5 579	3 521	-
43. Umfolozi	8 239	4 238	248
44. Umgungundlovu	6 718	2 302	88
45. Vhembe	13 277	6 217	772
46. Vuselela	4 992	2 747	61
47. Waterberg	5 926	2 874	-
48. West Coast	7 256	-	4 305
49. Western	11 307	7 048	368
Total	382 888	186 199	23 238

It must be noted that the number of students “approved for funding” means provisionally funded. NSFAS is still waiting for registration data from colleges to confirm their final funding status. The upfront allowance was only paid to students whose registrations have been verified. Due to administrative difficulties experienced at colleges, some students were paid after 8 February 2019.

Reply:

(1) The total costs relating to the activities and exercises of the 2019 Armed Forces Day cannot be disclosed currently as the Department is busy with reconciliation of all the expenses related to the Armed Forces Day.

(2) Environmental studies are conducted by our environmental division and environmental officials of the local authorities where the event will take place, and we always abide by the stringent bi-laws of each given municipality on environmental matters.

Reply:

The SANDF is the result of the successful integration of statutory and non-statutory forces during the 1990’s.  It is one of the best examples of integration in South Africa following our liberation struggle and those who integrated undertook to defend the country and sacrifice their lives in the ultimate confirmation of patriotism.  I will therefore not provide a response that seeks to break the SANDF down into individual components, whereas the SANDF represents a unified force and a unified South Africa. 

Reply:

 

(1) In terms of the manner of calculation of benefits as per the Compensation for Occupational Injuries & Diseases Act (Act), pensions are paid to all persons with a disability of 31% - 100% permanent disablement. The person in question was assessed to have a permanent disablement of 45% and qualified for a monthly pension paid to permanently disabled beneficiaries.

(2) In terms of the Act, the Director General prescribes the maximum amount that can be paid in lieu of a portion of the pension.

The current prescribed maximum is R 800.00 paid in lieu of the of the pension amount per month, which is referred to as commutation of the pension. This means that a portion of the monthly pension is paid as an advance, and future pensions are paid less the advanced amount.

The person applied for commutations as part of his monthly pension and it was approved on

(i) 04 August 2018 the person was paid an amount R74 718. An amount R400.00 was set off against his monthly pension

(ii) 02 August 2010 the person was paid an amount of R72 366. Further amount of R400.00 was set off against his monthly pension. A total amount of R800 was deducted from his monthly pension and currently receiving a monthly pension R 1764.08.

 

 

Reply:

(1) The Community Education and Training (CET) colleges continue to be funded as they were before migration from the Provincial Education Departments. At the moment there are no measures applied to calculate both the number of students and cost allocation. The CET system continues to rely on headcount enrolments, as there has not been a determination of full-time equivalents. The Department is in the process of developing funding norms, which will inform the calculations, cost-effectiveness and the ranking colleges in terms of funding.

(2) Verified data for the 2018 exam cycle is not yet available.

2016 Academic Year
CET College	Number of Candidates	Wrote	Passed	Completion Rate (%)
Eastern Cape	11 155	6 937	2 720	39.2
Free State	4 216	3 682	1 205	32.7
Gauteng	14 392	10 792	3 381	31.3
KwaZulu-Natal	24 057	16 934	6 845	40.4
Limpopo	22 103	19 485	7 213	37.0
Mpumalanga	10 101	7 882	2 696	34.2
Northern Cape	2 165	1 856	519	28.0
North-West	9 226	8 116	2 502	30.8
Western Cape	3 075	2 421	943	39.0
Total	100 490	78 105	28 024	35.9
2017 Academic Year
CET College	Number of Candidates	Wrote	Passed	Completion Rate (%)
Eastern Cape	12 695	8 970	3 945	44.0
Free State	4 214	3 556	1 538	43.3
Gauteng	14 437	10 810	4 202	38.9
KwaZulu-Natal	21 560	15 013	6 296	41.9
Limpopo	9 121	8 783	1 968	22.4
Mpumalanga	10 436	7 949	3 113	39.2
Northern Cape	2 178	1 616	498	30.8
North-West	7 992	6 968	2 495	35.8
Western Cape	2 503	1 560	702	45.0
Total	85 136	65 225	24757	38.0

Reply:

REPLY ORIGINATOR:

Name:

Designation:

Contacts:

E-Mail:

Recommended / Not recommended

__________________

Prof. Richard Levin

Director General: Public Service and Administration

Date: _____________

Recommend / Not Recommend

_______________________

Dr Chane Pilane-Majake, MP

Deputy Minister for the Public Service and Administration

Date:

Approved/ Not approved

__________________

Ms Ayanda Dlodlo, MP

Minister for the Public Service and Administration

Date:

Reply:

According to the B-BBEE Commission:

(a) The matter has been investigated and the parties agreed to consider alternative dispute resolution in terms of regulation 15 (11) of the BBBEE Regulations. The draft alternative dispute resolution agreement was sent to the parties following a round-table meeting on 4 December 2018 and the B-BBEE Commission still has not received input on the draft alternative dispute resolution agreement from the complainant.

(b) The B-BBEE Commission received the complaint on 31 July 2017 from Mr. Aobakwe Tabe on behalf of his ailing mother Ms Ida Tabe.

(c) During the investigation, Hotazel Motors (Pty) Ltd requested the B-BBEE Commission to facilitate the resolution of this through regulation 15(11) of the B-BBEE Regulations. The complainant was consulted, both parties agreed to consider alternative dispute resolution, and it was made clear that in the event that this process fails to resolve the matter, the B-BBEE Commission will proceed to finalise the investigation and issue its findings, with or without recommendations. A round-table was held with all the parties, and the draft alternative dispute resolution agreement was drafted by the B-BBEE Commission as agreed and sent to all parties for their input and response on 4 December 2018. The alternative dispute resolution agreement was signed by Hotazel Motors (Pty) Ltd on 12 December 2018, however, Mr Aobakwe Tabe requested several additional documents which were duly furnished to him. The B-BBEE Commission still awaits feedback from Mr Aobakwe Tabe despite numerous follow-ups to date. If the B-BBEE Commission concludes that Mr Aobakwe Tabe has been afforded sufficient opportunity to respond but has not done so, the B-BBEE Commission will have no choice but to declare the alternative dispute resolution process unsuccessful and proceed to make its findings, with or without recommendations, on the matter as required in the B-BBEE Regulations and the B-BBEE Act.

(c)(i) The B-BBEE Commission will make its findings any time after the alternative dispute resolution process is declared unsuccessful. Meanwhile, the B-BBEE Commission has been affording indulgence to Mr Aobakwe Tabe to provide his input and response to the alternative dispute resolution agreement.

(c)(ii) The B-BBEE Commission is required to afford the respondent thirty (30) days to respond to the findings in terms of regulation 15 (13) of the B-BBEE Regulations prior to issuing its final findings, and thereafter it may publish its findings. The B-BBEE Commission is, however, not permitted to publish its findings if the respondent institutes a judicial review or if the period allowed for such process has not lapsed.

“Except as explicitly state herein the Ministry: Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) does not express an opinion in respect of any factual representations. The opinion /memo provided is limited to the matters stated in it and may not be relied on upon by any person outside the dti or used for any other purpose neither in its intent or existence. It must not be disclosed to any other person without prior written approval other than by law. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting the rights of the dti to defend or oppose any claim or action against the dti."

Reply:

(a) (i) In respect of the Department of Public Works, 513 tender were held in 2018 and (b) 449 of the tender briefings were compulsory.

In respect of the Entities reporting to the Department of Public Works the information is as follows:

Name of Public Entity	(a) Number of tender briefings held in 2018	(b) Number of compulsory tender briefings in 2018
Agrément SA	4	4
Council for the Built Environment	None	Not Applicable
Independent Development Trust	97	97
Construction Industry Development Board	None	Not applicable

Reply:

(a) On 25 September 2018, the Department of Home Affairs announced that discussions were taking place to conclude Visa Waiver Agreements with the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Sao Tome & Principe, Tunisia, Saharawi, Ghana, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Belarus, Georgia & Cuba.

(b) Negotiations are being finalised to conclude Visa Waiver Agreements by April 2019. An Official announcement will be made in this regard once the relevant countries have been notified through Diplomatic Channels.

Reply:

REPLY ORIGINATOR:

Name:

Designation:

Contacts:

E-Mail:

Recommended / Not recommended

__________________

Prof. Richard Levin

Director General: Public Service and Administration

Date: _____________

Recommend / Not Recommend

_______________________

Dr Chane Pilane-Majake, MP

Deputy Minister for the Public Service and Administration

Date:

Approved/ Not approved

__________________

Ms Ayanda Dlodlo, MP

Minister for the Public Service and Administration

Date:

Reply:

Number of tender briefings held in 2018 by

(a) (i) the department (SRSA) has held SIX (6) TENDER BRIEFING SESSIONS.

(ii) the entities reporting to her department (SRSA) - NONE

(b) the specified briefings were compulsory? ALL THE TENDER BRIEFINGS WERE COMPULSORY

MS T. XASA, MP

MINISTER OF SPORT AND RECREATION DATE: IQ

Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

(a) and (b)

The smart meters installed do allow for checking when not being used and whether these are being bypassed.

The details are:

Fully-fledged smart meters (but not all functions are enabled, as the system to manage these will only be finalised during the course of the next financial year) are installed in Sandton and Midrand and split meters with communication are installed in Soweto.

The fully-fledged smart meters do provide a signal when bypassed but these meters go offline and staff are then sent out to investigate, as there is no real time monitoring systems.

The installations in Soweto only provides a signal if there is tampering with the meter but the system has to be interrogated on a regular basis to check for tampering as there is no real time monitoring.

Meters in Soweto are installed in cubicles however these are continuously vandalised and in many cases, staff are not allowed/prevented to attend to the repair of the faults. This then prevents information been sent via the communications network to the system for fraud detection.

There are plans to install a Meter Data Management System (MDMS) that will have full control of the smart meter that will allow the customer to purchase electricity online, customers to view their usage, enable Eskom to see usage patterns, disconnection for non-payment and notification to the customer to reduce usage in case of low capacity. This system will provide real time monitoring.

Reply:

(i) The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) conducted nine (9) tender briefing sessions in 2018 and seven (7) were compulsory tender briefings.

(ii) The entities under the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services informed me as follows:

A. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)

The NPA advertised 16 tenders in 2018. Of these, there were 10 compulsory briefing sessions. Six (6) tenders did not require briefing sessions.

B. Legal Aid South Africa

The Legal Aid SA held 52 briefing sessions in the 2018 calendar year and only two (2) required compulsory tender briefings.

C. Special Investigating Unit (SIU)

The SIU advertised 38 tenders during the period, 1 April 2018 to date, and none required briefing sessions.

The Department of Correctional Services number of tender briefings were held in 2018 are as follows:

(a) Tender briefings held in 2018	(b) Number of briefing sessions compulsory
(i) His Department; and (ii) Entities Reporting to him	Number of briefing sessions held in 2018
Head Office	5	5
Eastern Cape	7	7
Free State and Northern Cape	16	16
Gauteng	2	2
Kwazulu Natal	4	4
Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West	26	26
Western Cape	15	15
Total	75	75

The Office of the Chief Justice:

1. (a) Three (3) tender briefings were held during the 2018/2019 financial year;

(i) by the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ).

(b) Three (3) briefing sessions were compulsory.

Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

Yes, Eskom has measures in place to address non-payment of electricity by municipalities.

Eskom has an electricity supply agreement (ESA) with each of the municipalities that it supplies electricity to in bulk. This agreement specifies the terms and conditions and obligations of the parties. On 01 July 2017 Eskom implemented a concession to the municipalities that allows them to pay their Bulk electricity account in 30 days from the date that it becomes due and no longer 15 days as per the original agreement (except for Metro’s). This was done in an attempt to allow the municipalities more time to collect their revenue from their customers before they have to pay Eskom.

Should the municipality not pay their account on time Eskom implements credit control measures that could end up in the municipality’s electricity supply been disconnected. The Eskom process also makes provision for negotiations to enter into a repayment plan over a period of time.

Should the municipalities fail to enter into such an agreement and/or fail to honour the terms of such agreement Eskom initiates an administrative process in line with the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (PAJA) before the supply to the municipality can be terminated.

In terms of the ESA Eskom may disconnect the supply to the municipality completely however due to the impact to the customers and the economy Eskom opted to interrupt supply for limited hours of the day only.

Unfortunately, municipal customers, customer groupings, business chambers or even the municipality are getting interdicts against Eskom that prevents Eskom from interrupting the supply and thus from implementing its credit control measures. An escalation of the debt is very noticeable when this happens as the municipalities seem to take a payment holiday as soon as the interdict application is successful.

Notwithstanding the above, government continuous, through the Inter-Ministerial Task Team, Chaired by Minister Mkhize, developing and implementing plans to increase the capacity of municipalities to collect revenue.

Reply:

(a) (i) –(iii) (aa) The department does not own any buildings, properties or facilities.

(bb) The Department of Tourism has a rental agreement with the Department of Public Works.

(b) What is the value and purpose of each

1. Not applicable as the department does not own a building.
2. As the department rents the property from the Department of Public Works the value of the property is not known.

(c ) (i) The department has rented the building since June 2011.

     (ii) The building has been rented from the Department of Public Works.

     (iii) The Department of Tourism pays the Department of Public Works a monthly rental fee of R 3 414 078.96

Reply:

In total, an amount of R978 550.19 was spent for the Committee of Inquiry into the Governance Affairs of the South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee which is broken down as follows:

Stenography and transcription services:                  R171 450.00

Catering:                                                              R  37 500.00

Venue:                                                                 R  61 560.00

Fees of Committee Members:                                R580 254.99

Public Relations Branding:                                     R  70 338.00

Witness costs:                                                     R  57 447.20

 

TOTAL COSTS:                                                    R978 550.10

MS. T. XASA, MP

MINISTER OF SPORT AND RECREATION DATE: & “ /

 

Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

1. Eskom cannot provide a financial estimate for the cost of load shedding. The last relevant study was conducted in 2008, where Deloitte was commissioned by Eskom to look at the economic impact and how to reduce the short-term economic losses. Various key assumptions used in this study are no longer applicable e.g. GDP contributions by various industries have changed drastically. The study indicated that the cost of load shedding was R9 515/MWh for all industries. However, this study is outdated and cannot be used to estimate financial impact of load shedding in 2019. The 2008 study is provided as Annexure A.

Eskom can confirm that for the period 01 January 2018 to 12 February 2019 there was a total of 316 030.33 MWh (over certain periods of the day over 18 days) that were impacted by load shedding.

Reply:

DPE response

a) The Department has decided to grant the request by Mr IE Lebelo for a copy of the Sale and Purchase Agreement.

b) No provision is made for Aventura employees to receive shares in the agreements entered into between the Department, Aventura and Forever Resorts Siyonwaba Consortium.

Reply:

According to information confirmed with Provincial Departments of Human Settlements, the Provinces in conjunction with their respective Local Municipalities built a total of 86 006 partially or fully subsidised houses (excluding 50 309 Serviced Sites) across the various national housing programmes. Of these houses that were built, 76 929 houses may be deemed to be categorised as Reconstruction Development Programme (RDP) houses, implying that they were fully state-subsidised, and provided at no cost to the approved, qualifying beneficiaries.

The total number of the Reconstruction Development Programme houses that were built in each province in 2017/2018 (01 April 2017 to 31 March 2018) is as follows:

PROVINCE	NUMBER OF RDP HOUSES BUILT: 2017/18
EASTERN CAPE	10 664
FREE STATE	2 935
GAUTENG	14 562
KWAZULU-NATAL	18.781
LIMPOPO	9 077
MPUMALANGA	8 574
NORTHERN CAPE	780
NORTH WEST	5 770
WESTERN CéPE	5 786
TOTAL	76 929

Reply:

In total, an amount of R978 550.19 was spent for the Committee of Inquiry into the Governance Affairs of the South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee which is broken down as follows:

Stenography and transcription services:      R171 450.00

Catering:                                                   R  37 500.00

Venue:                                                       R  61 560.00

Fees of Committee Members:                      R580 254.99

Public Relations Branding:                           R  70 338.00

Witness costs:                                            R  57 447.20

TOTAL COSTS:                                            R978 550.19

 

 

 

MS. T. XASA, MP

MINISTER OF SPORT AND RECREATION

DATE: 06/03/19

 

Reply:

The travel privileges of former Ministers/Deputy Ministers and their spouses are paid for and administered by Parliament and I would therefore suggest that the Honourable Member approach Parliament in this regard.

Reply:

In response to the Honourable Members’ question, my department advised as follows:

(a) (i) Eight (8) tender briefings were held in 2018 by the department.

(ii) One (1) tender briefing was held in 2018 for entity reporting to DIRCO.

(b) Eight (8) compulsory tender briefing were conducted in 2018.

Reply:

We do not have any former Ministers or Deputy Ministers for the time periods requested as the current appointees hold their portfolios since before the dates mentioned in the question.