Questions and Replies
20 December 2018 - NW1758
Ryder, Mr D to ask the Minister of Public Works
Which construction projects completed by the (a) Property Management Trading Entity and (b) Independent Development Trust (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018 are yet to be handed over to the user departments?
Reply:
(a) (i) and (ii) The Property Management Trading Entity does not have projects that were completed in the last three financial years that have not yet been handed over to User departments.
(b) (i) and (ii) The Independent Development Trust does not have projects that were completed in the last three financial years that have not yet been handed over to Client departments.
20 December 2018 - NW2931
Mathys, Ms L to ask the Minister of Public Works
(a) What (i) is the total number of employees that have been outsourced from private companies and/or contractors by (aa) his department and (bb) each entity reporting to him (aaa) in the past three financial years and (bbb) since 1 April 2018 and (ii) is the name of each company or contractor and (b) what amount is each employee paid?
Reply:
(a) (i) (aa) No employees have been outsourced from private companies and or contractors by the Department of Public Works in the last three financial years and since 01 April 2018 to date.
See below for information relating to the Public Entities reporting to the Minister of Public Works:
Entities:
Name of Entity (bb) |
a) i) Total No. of employees outsourced |
aaa) |
bbb) Since 01 April 2018 |
bbb)(ii) Name of each Company was paid |
Amount Each employee is paid |
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Agrément SA (ASA) |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
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1 |
N/A |
N/A |
1 |
Pako Holding |
R29 000.00 p/m |
|||
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
1 |
Progressive Personnel |
R32 000.00 p/m |
|||
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
1 |
Ntirho Human Capital |
R35 000.00 p/m |
|||
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
1 |
Ada Recruitment |
R32 900.00 p/m |
|||
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
1 |
Human Resource Capital |
R30 000.00 p/m |
|||
Totals |
5 |
3 |
R158 900.00 |
Name of Entity (bb) |
a) i) Total No. of employees outsourced |
aaa) past three financial years
|
bbb) Since 01 April 2018 |
bbb)(ii) Name of each Company was paid |
Amount Each employee is paid |
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Council for the Built Environment (CBE) |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
|||||
1 |
X |
WeFindTalent |
R24 170.96 |
|||||
1 |
X |
Camelsa |
R204 821.00 |
|||||
1 |
X |
Raido |
R6 946.43 |
|||||
1 |
X |
Huvest |
R9 006.00 |
|||||
1 |
X |
Tamdeco |
R4 483.05 |
|||||
1 |
X |
Dante Personnel |
R2 661.08 |
|||||
1 |
X |
2ToneRecruitment |
R2 529.00 |
|||||
1 |
X |
Bogotsi |
R38 422.04 |
|||||
Totals |
8 |
0 |
R293 039.56 |
Name of Entity (bb) |
a) i) Total No. of employees outsourced |
aaa) |
bbb) Since 01 April 2018 |
bbb)(ii) Name of each Company was paid |
Amount Each employee is paid |
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Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
|||||
1 |
X |
Pro Tem Capability (PTY) LTD |
R24 076.80 |
|||||
2 |
X |
Siyaya Placement CC |
R33 600.00 R36 168.00 |
|||||
2 |
X |
Kone Staffing Solutions |
R61 560.00 R4 104.00 |
|||||
2 |
X |
Tee Que Trading Services |
R134 611.20 R78 796.80 |
|||||
1 |
X |
Tee Que Trading Services |
R142 272.00 |
|||||
2 |
X |
Lemon Zest Consulting |
R70 041.60 R39 398.40 |
|||||
2 |
X |
Distinctive Audit Services |
R176 640.00 R95 418.00 |
|||||
1 |
X |
Distinctive Audit Services |
R173 736.00 |
|||||
1 |
X |
Freshminds Resourcing Solutions |
R231 192.00 |
|||||
1 |
X |
Dante Personnel Recruitment-JHB (PTY) LTD |
R193 344.00 |
|||||
Totals |
15 |
3 |
R1 494 958.80 |
Name of Entity (bb) |
a) i) Total No. of employees outsourced |
aaa) past three financial years |
bbb) Since 01 April 2018 |
bbb)(ii) Name of each Company was paid |
Amount Each employee is paid |
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Independent Development Trust (IDT) |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
2017/18 |
|||||
1 |
X |
QUEST STAFFING SOLUTIONS |
R295 475.68 |
|||||
1 |
X |
R53 189.16 |
||||||
1 |
X |
ACCSYS |
R256 883.90 |
|||||
1 |
X |
R63 690.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
|
R154 130.34 |
|||||
1 |
X |
R69 155.01 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R46 103.34 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R63 690.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R116,765.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R48 731.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R616 521.36 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R 233 530.11 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R109 644.75 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R253 568.37 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R253 568.37 |
||||||
1 |
X |
HLABAHLOSILE |
R433 333.32 |
|||||
1 |
X |
R281 205.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R46 103.34 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R19 510.93 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R51 376.76 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R39 021.86 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R308 260.68 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R230 516.70 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R758 333.31 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R204 400.13 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R214 620.23 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R565 144.58 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R209 742.40 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R434 160.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R214 620.23 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R674 892.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R207 575.68 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R69 155.01 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R114 683.25 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R53 075.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R92 905.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R53 075.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R144 000.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
LUMKA HOLDINGS |
R18 581.84 |
|||||
1 |
X |
R37 163.68 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R55 079.5 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R92 909.20 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R74 327.36 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R82 619.25 |
||||||
1 |
X |
PINPOINTONE |
R123 150.00 |
|||||
1 |
X |
R492 600.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R205 250 |
||||||
1 |
X |
PHANDA PERSONNEL |
R5 000.00 |
|||||
1 |
X |
R5 000.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R60 000.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R55 000.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R53 075.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R116 765.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R116 765.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
PROFILE RECRUITMENT |
R123 150.00 |
|||||
1 |
X |
R51 940.50 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R74 305.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R222 982.08 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R63 906.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R53 705.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R72814.84 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R222 982.08 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R58 532.52 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R63 690.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R222 982.08 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R82 080.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R55 745.52 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R25 898.55 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R63. 690.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R190 448.50 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R116 765.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R103 881.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R 204 391.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R34 627.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R 344 049.75 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R204 400.24 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R 117 161.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R 127 380.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R364 074.20 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R188 768.16 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R382 277.50 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R 204 400.24 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R214 619.24 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R127 380.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R109 644.75 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R185 818.40 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R204 400.24 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R150 480.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R204 400.24 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R155 391.30 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R100 780.74 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R100 311.93 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R121 194.50 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R344 049.75 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R 40 669.44 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R111 486.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R116 765.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R44 791.44 |
||||||
1 |
X |
X |
R191 138.75 |
|||||
1 |
X |
R53 075.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R53 075.00 |
||||||
1 |
X |
R55 728.85 |
||||||
Totals |
113 |
R16 250 720.96 |
20 December 2018 - NW3535
Figg, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Public Works
(1 ) Whether any contractors contracted by his department delivered projects that are below set standards; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) Whether any action has been taken against any contractor that delivered substandard projects; if not, why not; if so, what action has been taken? NW4111E
Reply:
20 December 2018 - NW3636
Kruger, Mr HC to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
(a) What number of illegal immigrants who have been residing in Soweto have been deported since 1 January 2014, (b) which countries have they been deported to and (c) what number was deported to each country in terms of (i) gender and (ii) age group?
Reply:
Below are the statistics based on the deportations undertaken by the Soweto Inspectorate Unit.
2014 DEPORTATION STATS
(b) COUNTRIES |
(c)(i) GENDER |
|
(c)(ii) AGE GROUP |
ZIMBABW EANS |
MALES= 226 FEMALES= 10 |
236 |
19 TO 35 |
MOZAMBICANS |
MALES - 436 FEMALES = 04 |
440 |
21 TO 45 |
LESOTHO |
MALES = 49 FEMALES =05 |
54 |
19 TO 38 |
MALAWIAN |
MALES = 144 FEMALES = 03 |
147 |
20 TO 45 |
SWAZILAND |
MALES - 0 FEMALES = 02 |
02 |
19 TO 44 |
CONGOLESE |
MALES = 01 FEMALES =0 |
01 |
22 TO 45 |
NIGERIANS |
MALES =01 FEMALES = 0 |
01 |
21 TO 47 |
GAMBIAN |
MALES = 01 FEMALE = 0 |
01 |
22 TO 45 |
CHINESE |
MALES = 01 FEMALES = 0 |
01 |
23 TO 39 |
INDIA |
MALES = 01 FEMALES = 0 |
01 |
20 TO 44 |
TOTAL DEPORTEES FOR THE YEAR 2014 WAS = 884 |
2015 DEPORTATION STATS
(b) COUNTRIES |
(c)(i) GENDER |
|
(c)(ii) AGE GROUP |
ZIMBABWEAN |
MALES= 147 FEMALES- 12 |
1 59 |
19 TO 35 |
MOZAMBICAN |
MALES - 277 FEMALES - 13 |
290 |
21 TO 45 |
LESOTHO |
MALES - 74 FEMALES =27 |
101 |
19 TO 38 |
MALAWIAN |
MALES = 155 FEMALES = 05 |
160 |
20 TO 45 |
NIGERIAN |
MALES =03 FEMALES - 0 |
03 |
21 TO 44 |
UGANDAN |
MALES = 04 FEMALE = 0 |
04 |
22 TO 45 |
CONGO |
MALES = 01 FEMALES = 0 |
01 |
19 TO 35 |
RWANDA |
MALES = 02 FEMALE =0 |
02 |
23 TO 47 |
SWAZILAND |
MALES - 01 FEMALE =01 |
02 |
22 TO 48 |
CHINESE |
MALES = 01 FEMALE — 01 |
02 |
23 TO 46 |
INDIAN |
MALES =01 FEMALE = 0 |
01 |
21 TO 45 |
BANGLADESH |
MALES = 02 FEMALES =0 |
02 |
22 TO 35 |
MOROCCO |
MALES = 01 FEMALES = 0 |
01 |
21 TO 45 |
TOTAL = 728 DEPORTEES IN 2015 |
2016 DEPORTATION STATS
(b) COUNTRIES |
(c)(i) GENDER |
|
(c)(ii) AGE GROUP |
ZIMBABWEANS |
MALES- 45 FEMALES= 01 |
46 |
19 TO 35 |
MOZAMBICANS |
MALES = 139 FEMALES = 01 |
140 |
21 TO 45 |
NIGERIA |
MALES - 01 FEMALES -0 |
01 |
19 TO 38 |
MALAWIANS |
MALES - 35 FEMALES = 03 |
38 |
20 TO 45 |
ZAMBIA |
MALES = 03 FEMALES = 0 |
03 |
19 TO 44 |
BANGLADESH |
MALES = 01 FEMALE =0 |
01 |
19 TO 45 |
TOTAL DEPORTEES IS = 229 FOR 2016 |
2017 DEPORTATION STATS
(b) COUNTRIES |
(c)(i) GENDER |
|
(c)(ii) AGE GROUP |
ZIMBABWEANS |
MALES =19 FEMALES = 06 |
25 |
18 TO 39 |
MOZAMBICANS |
MALES =45 |
45 |
19 TO 45 |
MALAWIANS |
MALES = 16 |
16 |
18 TO 49 |
EGYPTIANS |
MALE =01 |
01 |
21 TO 49 |
NIGERIANS |
MALE = 01 |
01 |
19 TO 45 |
UGANDAN |
MALE = 01 |
01 |
21 TO 48 |
TOTAL DEPORTEES IS = 89 |
2018 DEPORTATION STATS
(b) COUNTRIES |
(c)(i) GENDER |
|
(c)(ii) AGE GROUP |
ZIMBABWEANS |
MALES= 10 FEMALES = 03 |
13 |
19 TO 45 |
ETHOPIANS |
MALES = 01 |
01 |
20 TO 35 |
MALAWIANS |
MALES = 16 |
16 |
18 TO 44 |
MOZAMBICANS |
MALES = 09 |
09 |
19 TO 36 |
LESOTHOS |
MALES = 04 |
04 |
19 TO 40 |
TOTAL DEPORTEES IS = 43 |
Summary: Number of Deportees in 2014 is 884
Number of Deportees in 2015 is 728
Number of Deportees in 2016 is 229
Number of Deportees in 2017 is 89
Number of Deportees in 2018 is 43
20 December 2018 - NW3725
Mulaudzi, Adv TE to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
What is the number of registered voters at each correctional facility in the country?
Reply:
The registration of persons serving custodial sentences in Correctional Centres will be conducted between 22nd and 23rd January 2019. The initiative will be undertaken with the support of the Department of Correctional Services following a cooperation agreement concluded between the two institutions.
The statistics will be available only after the referenced registration event.
20 December 2018 - NW1718
Mathys, Ms L to ask the Minister of Public Works
(1) (a) What total amount of land owned by his department and the entities reporting to him in each province is (i) vacant and (ii) unused or has no purpose and (b) what is the (i) location and (ii) size of each specified plot of land; (2) (a) how much of the land owned by his department and the entities reporting to him has been leased out for private use and (b) what is the (i) Rand value of each lease and (ii)(aa) location and (bb) size of each piece of land?
Reply:
(1) (a) (i) and (ii) The Department of Public Works has a total of 9653 land parcels across the 9 Provinces of the country that are vacant and currently not in use.
(b) (i) and (ii) Specific property details for each of the 9653 properties are captured in the departments’ Immovable Asset Register (IAR).
(2) (a) The number of immovable assets leased out for private use is approximately 1 060. The number is not static due to the expiry of leases, as well as renewals and new leases.
(b) (i) and (ii) (aa) and (bb) Please refer to the attached Annexure A in order to see the number of properties leased out, the annual cost and income derived from these properties.
Information in respect the Four Public Entities reporting to the Minister of Public Works
Agrément South Africa (ASA)
1. (a) (i) and (ii) Does not own any land
(b) (i) and (ii) Falls away.
(2) (a) and (b) (i) and (ii) (aa) and (bb) Not applicable.
Council for the Built Environment (CBE)
(1) (a) (i) and (ii) Does not own any land.
(b) (i) and (ii) Falls away.
(2) (a) and (b) (i) and (ii) (aa) and (bb) Not applicable.
Construction Industry Development Board
(1) (a) (i) and (ii) Does not own any land.
(b) (i) and (ii) Falls away.
(2) (a) and (b) (i) and (ii) (aa) and (bb) Not applicable.
Independent Development Trust (IDT)
(1) (a) (i) and (ii) Does not own any land.
(b) (i) and (ii) Falls away.
(2) (a) and (b) (i) and (ii) (aa) and (bb) Not applicable.
20 December 2018 - NW3398
Ryder, Mr D to ask the Minister of Public Works
(1)With regard to Acacia Park, Pelican Park and Laboria Parliamentary Villages, (a) what are the criteria used for qualifying and being allocated a housing unit in each village and (b) what number of housing units are (i) available, (ii) currently occupied by Members of Parliament, (iii) occupied by bona fide parliamentary employees who qualify and have been allocated a housing unit, (iv) occupied by persons who do not qualify to stay in the villages and (v) currently vacant; (2) (a) when last was an audit done on all persons having access to each park and (b) what were the findings of the audit?
Reply:
(1) (a) The Parliamentary Villages in Cape Town accommodate Members of Parliament, Party Officials and Sessional Officials. Each Political Party represented in Parliament is allocated housing units for their designated Members in proportion to the number of seats the Parties hold in Parliament. Sessional Officials are Government employees who have been designated as such by the Heads of Departments for purposes of performing Parliamentary duties during Parliamentary sessions.
(b) (i) There are 493 housing units at Acacia Park, 65 at Laboria Park and 108 at Pelican Park.
(ii) 224 housing units are occupied by Members of Parliament at Acacia Park, 55 at Laboria Park and 63 at Pelican Park.
(iii) In terms of the information at our disposal, there are 2 officials designated by Political Parties as aides to Members of Parliament. Our records indicate that there is no Parliamentary employee occupying a housing unit at the Parliamentary villages.
(iv) There are 3 housing units that have been identified to be occupied by persons who are not the registered occupants of those housing units.
(v) There are 50 vacant housing units at Acacia Park, 2 units at Laboria Park and 11 at Pelican Park.
(2) (a) The auditing of persons accessing the Parliamentary villages has yet to be done. What has been done however is an audit of the occupancy of the housing units at each Parliamentary village.
(b) The audit was done partially. The results will be made available once the audit has been done completely.
20 December 2018 - NW3075
Ryder, Mr D to ask the Minister of Public Works
(1) What number of (a) Custodian Immovable Asset Management plans were submitted to the National Treasury in the 2017-18 financial year and (b)(i) buildings and (ii) land parcels are covered by the plans; (2) what number of (a) User Immovable Asset Management plans were submitted to his department in the 2017-18 financial year and (b)(i) buildings and (ii) land parcels are covered by the plans; (3) which departments (a) submitted and (b) did not submit User Immovable Asset Management plans; (4) whether any action was taken against departments that did not submit User Immovable Asset Management plans; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
(1) (a) The Department of Public Works, as custodian of Government immovable assets, submitted the Custodian Immoveable Asset Management Plan (C-AMP) to the National Treasury in the 2017/18 financial year.
(b) (i) The C-AMP covered 92 593 buildings in the portfolio of the Department of Public Works.
(ii) The C-AMP covered 31 146 registered and unregistered land parcels in the portfolio of the Department of Public Works.
(2) 17 User Immovable Asset Management Plans (U-AMPS) were submitted to the Department of Public Works by User departments.
(3)
NO. |
USER |
COMMENT |
Defence |
U-AMP received |
|
Military Veterans |
Draft U-AMP narrative and templates received |
|
Human Settlements |
U-AMP received |
|
Social Development |
U-AMP received |
|
Trade and Industry |
U-AMP received |
|
Science and Technology |
Only draft templates received |
|
Health |
Only draft templates received |
|
Rural Development and Land Reform |
U-AMP received |
|
Higher Education and Training |
U-AMP received |
|
South African Social Security Agency |
No U-AMP received |
|
Transport |
Draft U-AMP narrative and templates received |
|
Sport and Recreation South Africa |
No U-AMP received |
|
Public Works |
U-AMP received only for Land Ports of Entry. For Prestige and DPW only draft U-AMP narratives and templates received |
|
Justice and Constitutional Development |
U-AMP received |
|
National Prosecuting Authority |
U-AMP received |
|
Public Protector |
Only draft templates received |
|
South African Police Services |
No U-AMP received |
|
Independent Police Investigative Directorate |
No U-AMP received |
|
Arts and Culture |
No U-AMP received |
|
Environmental Affairs |
No U-AMP received |
|
National Treasury |
No U-AMP received |
|
Correctional Services |
No U-AMP received |
|
Public Enterprises |
No U-AMP received |
|
Government Pension Fund Administration |
No U-AMP received |
|
Government Communication Information Systems |
No U-AMP received |
|
Statistics South Africa |
No U-AMP received |
|
Water and Sanitation |
No U-AMP received |
|
Home Affairs |
No U-AMP received |
|
Tourism |
No U-AMP received |
|
Labour |
No U-AMP received |
|
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs |
Only templates received |
|
Postal Services and Telecommunication |
U-AMP received |
|
Centre for Public Service Innovation |
No U-AMP received |
|
Public Service and Administration |
No U-AMP received |
|
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
Draft U-AMP narrative and templates received |
|
National School of Government |
No U-AMP received |
|
Women |
No U-AMP received |
|
Government Printing Works |
No U-AMP received |
|
Mineral Resources |
No U-AMP received |
|
Energy |
No U-AMP received |
|
Film and Publications Board |
No U-AMP received |
|
International Relations and Cooperation |
No U-AMP received |
(4) No action was taken against Users that did not submit their U-AMPS. However, letters of reminders were sent to the Users.
20 December 2018 - NW3635
Kruger, Mr HC to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
What is the (a) number of applications for asylum that are outstanding from applicants who reside in Soweto and (b)(i) average delay in processing the applications and (ii) average duration of the applicants’ residence in the country in (aa) years, (bb) months and (cc) days?
Reply:
a) Since the capturing of residential addresses on the National Immigration Information System (NIIS) is currently not mandatory and the fact that asylum seekers are enjoying freedom of movement in the country, statistics on the number of applications for asylum from applicants residing in Soweto are not available.
(b)(i) There is no delay in the processing of applications by the Department (at the first instance adjudication – (refugee status determination stage). Based on cases where the application was registered in 2018 and adjudication was made, the average duration was 10 days (From 1 January 2018 to 30 September 2018).
(b)(ii) The average duration of an applicant’s residence as stipulated in the legislation is 180 days including internal appeals and reviews. However, given capacity challenges and current composition that led to backlogs at Refugee Appeal Board and Standing Committee on Refugee Affairs, it meant that the duration is extended to periods that cannot be predicted.
19 December 2018 - NW3384
Galo, Mr MP to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)Whether the Government intends to use the contingency reserve to bail out underperforming state-owned entities; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether any funds from the contingency reserve have been used before; if so, (a) what government programmes were targeted and (b) at what value; (3) (a) what amount is the gross net amount in the contingency reserve and (b) does the National Revenue Fund and the contingency reserve fall under the same consolidated account of national Government?
Reply:
1. The budget tabled in February provides for a contingency reserve for the three years of the medium term expenditure framework period. The contingency reserve is set aside, but not allocated in advance, to accommodate changes to the economic environment and to meet unforeseeable spending pressures. The contingency reserve for the outer years of the medium term expenditure framework period may also contain funds to effect policy priorities identified in subsequent budget processes which may include support for state-owned companies if the need arises.
In the middle of each fiscal year, the adjustments process provides an opportunity to make permissible revisions to the budget, in response to changes that have affected the planned government spending for that year. The adjusted budget may allocate unused funds, mainly from the contingency reserve, declared unspent funds, provisional allocation for contingencies not assigned to votes and projected underspending to offset additions to spending in form of roll-overs, unforeseeable and unavoidable expenditure, self-financing expenditure as well as any announcements made by the Minister of Finance in the budget speech for which allocations are to be made in the adjustments budget and additional amounts that have been approved for particular types of spending, if that be the case.
2. Yes. The following adjustments were tabled for the 2018/19 financial year:
Adjustments to vote appropriations amount to an increase of R12 063.2 million, of which:
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R 668.6 million |
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R 9 687.9 million |
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R 258.0 million |
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R 1 777.5 million |
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R-328.8 million |
Adjustments to estimates of direct charges against the National Revenue Fund amount to R1 372.7 million more than anticipated at the time of the budget, of which:
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R 975.0 million R 14.9 million |
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R 382.8 million |
The adjustments to vote appropriations (R12.1 billion increase) and estimates of direct charges (R1.4 billion increase) are offset against the R6 billion provisional allocation for contingencies not assigned to votes and R8 billion contingency reserve set aside in the budget. In addition, the revised budget framework makes provision for approximately R2.7 billion in projected underspending at national government level, and R500 million in the local government repayment to the National Revenue Fund. The total estimated adjustments spending for 2018/19 thus decreases by R3.8 billion, from a budgeted R1 512.2 billion to a revised R1 508.4 billion.
The 2018 Adjusted Estimates of National Expenditure publication can be consulted for further information on each of the above adjustments.
3. (a) Over the 2019 MTEF R27billion has been set aside for the contingency reserve as follows
- 2019/20: R7 billion
- 2020/21: R8 billion
- 2021/22: R12 billion
b) The contingency reserve is part of the main budget fiscal framework
19 December 2018 - NW3692
Mathys, Ms L to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training
(a) What number of institutions of technical and vocational education and training colleges have contracts with a certain company (name furnished) and (b) what (i) is the (aa) monetary value and (bb) duration of each contract and (ii) are the relevant details of the goods and services that the specified company provides in each case?
Reply:
This information is being individually sourced from the 50 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges as they are separate juristic entities and given that colleges will be closing for the festive season, the Department will be able to provide this information on or before 31 January 2019.
19 December 2018 - NW3858
Mokgalapa, Mr S to ask the Minister of Tourism
(1)Whether (a) his department and/or (b) any entity reporting to him contracted the services of Bosasa now known as African Global Operations in each of the past 10 financial years; if so, what (i) number of contracts were signed, (ii) was the date on which each contract was signed, (iii) was the duration of each contract, (iv) services did the company render and (v) was the monetary value of each contract in each case; (2) whether any irregular expenditure relating to the contracts was recorded and/or condoned in each case; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. (a) Department
Contracted the service of Bosasa (African Global Operations) since 2008?
The Department of Tourism since its existence (01 April 2010) has never contracted the services of Bosasa (African Global Operations).
(i) – (v) Not applicable.
2.(a) Was there any irregular spending related to the contracts or condoned in each case? – Not applicable
(1)(b) South African Tourism
South African Tourism has not contracted Bosasa (African Global Operations) for any services for the period in question nor during any period earlier.
(i) – (v) Not applicable
(2)(b) Was there any irregular spending related to the contracts or condoned in each case?
Not applicable
19 December 2018 - NW644
Bara, Mr M R to ask the Minister of Finance
With reference to the Minister of Transport’s reply to question 3537 on 23 November 2017, what (a) progress has the National Treasury made with regard to each investigation into irregular and unauthorised expenditure by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, as instructed in the Public Protector’s report titled Derailed and (b) are the total costs to date in this regard?
Reply:
a) National Treasury submitted the draft reports to PRASA on 25 April 2017. The PRASA Board requested time to consider the reports until 31 October 2017. The National Treasury was informed that PRASA had discovered additional documentation that must also be subjected to investigation. However, feedback is still awaited from PRASA on the draft reports that were submitted during April 2017.
b) The total amount spent on the 13 companies was R24 174 529.
19 December 2018 - NW3406
Krumbock, Mr GR to ask the Minister of Tourism
Following the pronouncements by the Government to accelerate the oceans economy, what steps will his department take in order to work with cities and harbour authorities to ensure that dedicated cruise tourism infrastructure becomes the catalyst to unlock the potential of the country as a global cruise tourism destination of choice?
Reply:
Tourism is a competency shared between national, provincial, and local government – and in this case, with the harbour authorities (i.e. Department of Public Enterprises - Transnet). The infrastructure developments and strategies that are part of the Coastal and Marine Tourism implementation plan are thus primarily owned by the two provinces/cities in question, together with Transnet. The objectives in these infrastructure developments were, inter alia, to offer new and modernised terminals that will provide an ideal gateway to a unique South African experience through the Ports of Durban and Cape Town in support of the tourism industry. In addition, this infrastructure served to provide modern reception facilities with safe, reliable and efficient marine services to enhance the visitor experience ensuring that cruise terminals in South Africa have:-
- Sufficient tourist facilities, namely, integration of the creative industry (arts and crafts), retailers, restaurants, suppliers of fresh food, waste disposal facilities, luggage handling;
- Tourist, family and child friendly facilities;
- Sufficient and easy to access parking facilities for various modes of transport such as, metre taxis, shuttle service, tour operators, bus service etc.;
- Safe and free walk ways for tourists / public to walk to the city and back to the terminal (tourist safety), (including city police / SAPS); and
- Fast track the processing of tourist arrivals and departures at the cruise terminals (including Home Affairs).
- Going forward, the Department intends to coordinate the development of a Cruise Tourism Maximisation Strategy, which will include all relevant stakeholders – (all) port cities, provinces, harbour authorities, local tourism authorities and tourism associations. The aim of this strategy will be to collate information, share views and insights and to develop tourism beyond cruise infrastructure. The intended outcomes include: -
- More cruise liners docking for longer periods in South Africa;
- Leverage economic spinoffs for tour operators, hotels, game reserves, lodges and attractions and related industries
- Increased development of tourism and related products such as wine outlets, jewellery, arts and craft in close proximity of arrival facilities;
- Opportunities to support trained chefs through the incubator programme to establish and run their own restaurants); and
- Collaboration with neighbouring destinations along South Africa’s two coasts.
19 December 2018 - NW3407
Robertson, Mr K to ask the Mr K P Robertson (DA) asked the Minister of Public Works:
(1) What are the details of (a) his department’s programme to release departmental property in the Bloubergstrand area, (b) the title of the property and (c) the size of the property; (2) whether the release of the property is for the purposes of restitution claims; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether his department has other properties that are designated to be released for purposes of land reform; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what is the name of each property and (b) what number of hectares is each property?
Reply:
(1) (a) The property in the Bloubergstrand area has been requested and earmarked for human settlements by the Housing Development Agency.
(b) The property is an unregistered portion of Erf 268, Blaauwbergstrand, known as Erf 1117, Blaauwbergstrand. Erf 268 and Erf 1117 share the title deed number: T1606/1953.1117
(c) The property measures 277.6009 Hectares in extent.
(2) No, the property is not required for restitution purposes. As indicated in (1) above, the property has been requested by the Housing Development Agency for human settlement purposes.
(3) Yes, the Department of Public Works has got other properties designated to be released for purposes of land reform.
(a) and (b) See attached hereto the list (Annexure A) with names of each property and extent.
19 December 2018 - NW3724
Dlamini, Ms L to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises
(a) What number of persons are employed by each state-owned enterprise and (b) What is each person’s position?
Reply:
According to the information received from Eskom
(a)
Eskom Group, which includes Eskom Rotek Industries (ERI), as at the end of September 2018 had a headcount of 47 972.
(b)
Annexure A provides each person’s position.
19 December 2018 - NW3849
Rabotapi, Mr MW to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises
(1) Whether (a) his department and/or (b) any entity reporting to him contracted the services of a certain company (name and details furnished), in each of the past 10 financial years; if so, what (i) number of contracts were signed, (ii) was the date on which each contract was signed, (iii) was the duration of each contract, (iv) services did the company render and (v) was the monetary value of each contract in each case; (2) whether any irregular expenditure relating to the contracts was recorded and/or condoned in each case; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
According to the information received from Eskom
(1)(b) Eskom has never had a contract with Bosasa (now known as Africa Global Operations) for the period in question.
(2) Due to Eskom not having a contract with said company no verification is
19 December 2018 - NW3313
Mathys, Ms L to ask the Minister of Public Works:
(1) (a) On what date was the information technology (IT) infrastructure of (i) his department and (ii) entities reporting to him last upgraded or updated, (b) what is the name of the company contracted to do the upgrades, (c) what was the monetary value of the contract and (d) what is the name of each IT system that was upgraded; (2) (a) what is the name of the company that is currently responsible for the maintenance of the IT systems of (i) his department and (ii) entities reporting to him and (b) what is the value of the contract?
Reply:
(1) (a) (i) From 2014 to 2018
(b) the companies are, namely: Technology Corporate Management; Nambithi Technologies; EOH Mthombo; Odirile IT Holdings; Business Connexion; State Information Technology Agency; and Vodacom.
(c) Technology Corporate Management = R19 990 876.57
Nambithi Technologies = R13 626 624.77
EOH Mthombo = R12 131 776.84
Odirile IT Holdings = R20 459 128.48
Business Connexion = R127 418 715.24
State Information Technology Agency = R9 089 726.36
Vodacom = R5 539 284.36
(d) IT systems that were upgrade are as follows:
Name of the System |
Service |
Company |
Value |
1. Backup Infrastructure |
Backup and recovery solution (2014-2017) |
Technology Corporate Management |
R19 990 876.57 |
2. Server Infrastructure |
Regional servers (2014-17) |
Nambithi Technologies |
R13 626 624.77 |
V-Block replacement @ SITA (2017-18) |
Odirile IT Holdings |
R12 642 360.34 |
|
3.Data centres Infrastructure |
Uninterrupted power supply and cooling (Head Office and Regions) (2017-18) |
EOH Mthombo |
R12 131 776.84 |
Odirile IT Holdings |
R7 816 768.14 |
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4. Network and Audio-visual Infrastructure |
Procurement, installation and care pack service for the network equipment (2014) |
Business Connexion |
R127 418 715.24 |
Virtual Private Network (VPN) upgrade (2018) |
State Information Technology Agency (per annum) |
R9 089 726.36 |
|
Unified Communications (least cost routing and other related services): National Treasury Contract RT15 (2018) |
Vodacom (per annum) |
R5 539 284.36 |
|
Access Point Network Solution (User Mobile Data Services): National Treasury Contract RT15 (2018) |
Vodacom per annum – Paid per utilisation @ R0,1550 /MB |
R325 560.00 |
(2) (a) (i)
State Information Technology Agency
Vodacom (Unified Communications (least cost routing and other related services): National Treasury Contract RT15)
Vodacom (Access Point Network Solution (User Mobile Data Services): National Treasury Contract RT15)
(b) (i)
State Information Technology Agency = R9 089 726.36 (per annum)
Vodacom (Vodacom (Unified Communications (least cost routing and other related services): National Treasury Contract RT15) = R5 539 284.36 (per annum)
Vodacom (Access Point Network Solution (User Mobile Data Services): National Treasury Contract RT15) = R325 560.00 (per annum)
Information pertaining to Public Entities reporting to the Minister of Public Works
Agrément South Africa (ASA)
(1)(a)(ii) Not applicable
Thus (b)(c)(d) as well as (2)(a)(ii) and (b) fall away.
Council for the Built Environment (CBE)
(1) (a) (ii) Last Upgrade Date |
(1) (b) Service Provider |
(1) (c) Contract Value |
(1) (d) Details of the Upgraded Service |
Contract Period |
Service Type |
Maintenance (2)(a)(ii)(b) |
September 2017 |
Data Centrix |
R573 189.00 |
2 X Servers – HPE DL 380’s , supply and Setup for Virtual Environment |
Once-Off |
Infrastructure
|
N/A |
April 2017 |
E-Novative Technologies Africa |
R1 053 538.00 |
Network and Telephone Setup New Offices, supply of Cisco Equipment, Wifi and Cabling |
Once-Off |
Infrastructure |
N/A |
1. September 2017 2. October 2018 |
Sage Computers Technologies |
1. R281 786.00 2. R263 580.00 |
Laptop Refresh |
Once-Off |
Infrastructure |
3yrs Warranty OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) |
May 2018 |
IEE (Intelligence Everywhere Enterprise) |
R498 000.00 |
Disaster Recovery as-a-service (DRAAS) - the service procured includes (Hardware, Server Space, Disaster Recovery Team, Monitoring, Backup, Replication and 10 Seats Office Space, Support and Maintenance) |
12 Months (Mar 2018 –Mar 2019) |
Infrastructure |
Included in the contract |
Feb 2018 |
E-Novative Technologies Africa |
R299 221.00 |
Firewall Security Service – Security as-a-service = 24/7/365 Supply, Implement, Support and Maintenance – Fortigate Solution |
36 Months ( Feb 2018 – Feb 2021) |
Infrastructure - Security |
Included in the contract |
Nov 2017 |
Nashua Kopano |
R379 612.00 |
2 X Big Photo Copier/ Printer Rental and 4 x Printers Outright Purchase |
24 Months (Nov 2017 – Oct 2019) |
Infrastructure |
Included in the contract |
May 2018 |
Pulego Communications |
R385 000.00 |
Website and intranet Development, Support and Maintenance |
24 Months (March 2018 – March 2020) |
IT System |
Included in the contract |
Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)
(1)(a)(ii)
The system was upgraded to latest version on the 29th of March 2017.
(b) The company contracted to upgrade the system is nVisionIT as they were awarded a contract to maintain and support the system.
(c) The total amount of the contract was R656 600.00
(d) The name of the system upgraded is Microsoft Dynamics CRM and it was upgraded to a latest version (2016)
(2)(a)(ii)
The name of the service provider currently responsible for the maintenance of the IT systems is nVisionIT
(b) The total value of the contract is R4 912 110.00 for a period of 12 months.
Independent Development Trust (IDT) conducted several IT systems upgrades outlined as follows:
Wide Area Network Infrastructure upgrade:
The IT core network Infrastructure (Wide Area Network Infrastructure) for the IDT was last updated in March 2015. The name of the company contracted to do the upgrade was Telkom/BCX.
The contract value of the upgrade over three years (2015-2018) was R10 150 358.40.
The company currently doing the maintenance on the system is Telkom/BCX. Telkom provides the band width and maintains the network infrastructure for three years’ contract value.
The IDT also had a Financial Systems upgrade:
The financial systems were last upgraded in December 2013. The name of the company contracted to do the upgrade was Praxis. The contract value of the upgrade was R5 000 000. The IT system upgraded was Great Plains.
The company currently doing the maintenance of the financial system is Sethewo Pty Ltd. The contracted support rate is R 940.00 per hour. This includes support and general bugs fixing. The licence fee for Great Pains is R578 998.38 per annum.
IDT also conducted a Human Resources & Payroll Systems upgrade:
The Human Resources and Payroll systems were last upgraded in July 2017. The name of the company contracted to do the upgrade was Sage VIP. The contract value of the upgrade was R1 153 165.00. The IT System upgraded was Sage 300 Peope. The company currently doing the maintenance of the system is Sage VIP. The contracted support rate is R1 020.00 per hour. This includes support and general bugs fixing. The licence fee for Sage 300 People is R266 964.00.
19 December 2018 - NW3918
Yako, Ms Y to ask the Minister of Public Works
Whether, with reference to the reply of the Minister of Public Service and Administration to question 141 for oral reply on 7 September 2018, his department and the entities reporting to him implemented the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council resolution that all persons employed in the Public Service as Assistant Directors must have their salary level upgraded from level 9 to level 10, and that all Deputy Directors must have their salary level upgraded from level 11 to level 12; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The Department of Public Works has implemented the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) Resolution 1 of 2012, which amended PSCBC Resolution 3 of 2009 regarding the grading of posts on salary levels 9/10 and 11/12.
All the affected employees were identified and consolidated submissions were approved and the affected employees were upgraded accordingly.
19 December 2018 - NW3371
Dlamini, Mr MM to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)Whether the SA Revenue Service removed a certain service provider for information technology services (name furnished) and replaced it with other specified service providers (names furnished) as contractors or service providers during the period 1 January 1999 up to 31 December 2009; if so, (a) what was the rationale behind this decision, (b) how was the specified rationale substantiated and (c) on what basis were both these companies selected; (2) (a) why was the contract extended for a period of 12 years, (b) has he found that the extension was legal or compliant with relevant legislation and regulations and (c) did either of the companies go through a tender process for the initial contract or the extension?
Reply:
1 a) Yes, SARS replaced Oracle with BBD through a deviation process;
This was due to the fact that Oracle UK initially offered to review the offering against SARS’ requirements. Alternative proposals were put forward, but it quickly became apparent that SARS’ functional needs as agreed with Siebel, far exceeded what Oracle intended to deliver regarding scope, cost and implementation timelines.
b) The replacement was justified as follows:
Extensive discussions were conducted with Oracle in an attempt to rescue the transaction and bring it back in line with SARS’ original understanding, namely that it:
- be a turnkey solution including all required infrastructure, hardware/networks and integrated costs. The contractor would manage, for a fixed price and delivery timeline, the solution “end to end” and guarantee its performance when in production;
- be capped within the cost limit;
- Includes all the functionalities which formed part of Exco’s original understanding.
- Notwithstanding the fact that it was telephonically confirmed to SARS’ representatives by Oracle, Oracle was not willing to provide SARS with an undertaking in line with the above.
c) Accenture – came into SARS through a tender process in 2005 to appoint a strategic partner to assist SARS with the Modernisation Programme
The 2006 SARS records that have been reviewed by the current procurement leadership team reflects that the selection of the three entities (i.e. IBM, Accenture and BB&D) was based on the industry knowledge of the then Strategy, Modernisation and Technology senior staff. In circumstances relating to the replacement of the Oracle transaction BB&D was then chosen from the listed primarily because of price consideration.
2 a) The reason for not inviting competitive bids and instead extending the service providers’ contracts (i.e. Accenture, BB&D and others) was considered to be due to exceptional reasons which mainly centred on the need for natural continuation of the projects where previous work was carried out by the same service providers, thus presenting a clear advantage over competition. SARS wanted to also ensure consistent engagement with the same service providers in order to avoid a risk of information being disclosed to the public as the project was linked to taxpayer and SARS employee’ information.
b) The extensions of both Accenture and BBD were legal and compliant with the relevant legislation and regulations.
c) Accenture was selected through a tender process. BB&D was appointed through a deviation.
19 December 2018 - NW2262
Figg, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Public Works
(a) What is the current amount that is outstanding in terms of rental income for each Ministerial residence, (b) which Ministers are in arrears, (c) what is the (i) location and (ii) description of each residence with outstanding rental income, (d) what is the cost of monthly rental of each of the specified residences and (e) what processes have been followed to collect outstanding debt?
Reply:
(a) The current total amount outstanding in terms of rental income for Ministerial residences is R1 214 064.23.
(b) In our analysis of how the Ministers ended up being in arrears, we found that there were a number of systemic flaws. The building up of arrears is largely not through faults of or negligence by the Ministers. It would therefore be unfair to name which Ministers are in arrears, save to mention that the problem is being addressed with the departments concerned.
(c) (i) and (ii) For security reasons we cannot disclose the location and description of each residence with outstanding rental income.
(d) The monthly rental cost for Ministerial residences ranges between R988.90 and R1 200.82.
(e) The challenge with collecting rental income for Ministerial residences is a systemic one. Once Ministerial residences have been allocated, the Department of Public Works submits the documents indicating the amounts payable monthly to the client departments, whose responsibility it is to action the stop orders from Ministers and Deputy Ministers’ monthly income. Despite numerous reminders some departments fail to action the stop orders leading to escalating debt. In the past I have engaged with Members of the Executive on the debt owed to the Department of Public Works and this was done with relative success. However, the challenge persists. Ministers are always willing to cooperate in terms of paying their monthly rentals. The challenge that we must resolve is a systemic one to ensure that the monthly rentals are collected without fail on an on-going basis.
19 December 2018 - NW3062
Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)Whether the SA Revenue Service (Sars) conducted any due diligence investigations to check the qualifications of a certain person (name furnished) prior to appointing the specified person to the specified position; if not, why was due diligence not conducted; if so, (2) whether Sars found any inaccuracies; if so, what (a) are the relevant details and (b) action was taken to correct the person’s qualifications for the specified position?
Reply:
1. A certain person (name furnished) was recruited through the utilization of services of an employment agency; she commenced her duties as a Chief Officer - DIST at SARS on May 1, 2017. As per the recruitment policy of SARS in July 2016, prior her appointment a due diligence on her qualifications as indicated on her CV was conducted. A due diligence was conducted on the following qualifications prior her appointment and were Verified:
- Diploma in Practical Accounting, Damelin, 1996
- Diploma in Bookkeeping, Damelin, 1996
- Diploma in Business Organization & Management, Damelin, 1997
- Diploma in Personnel Training and Management, Damelin, 1997
- Masters of Business Administration, University of North West, 2004
A due diligence was not conducted on the following foreign qualifications prior her appointment:
6. General Certificate of Education. University of Cambridge, 1985
7. Diploma in Information Technology, Square one, Data processing College, 1987.
SARS places responsibility for verification of Foreign Qualifications on the applicant through the South African Qualifications Authority and employment is conditional to these verifications.
2. Whether SARS found any inaccuracies; if so, what (a) are the relevant details and (b) action was taken to correct the person’s qualifications for the specified position?
- The General Certificate of Education issued by the University of Cambridge has been evaluated to be equivalent to NQF level 3 Intermediate Certificate by the South African Qualifications Authority. For ease of understanding the NQF level 3 Intermediate Certificate is equivalent to Grade 11 in the South African context. (Reference, SAQA National Qualifications Framework).
- With regards to the Diploma in Information Technology issued by Square one, Data processing College, the employee has not provided SARS with an evaluation result by SAQA of this qualification.
- The matter of the Employee’s qualifications has not yet been concluded as the employee is currently on an extended sick leave.
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19 December 2018 - NW3373
Mkhaliphi, Ms HO to ask the Minister of Finance
(a) What were the reasons for the purchase of a certain company (name furnished) by the SA Revenue Service (SARS), (b) who approved the purchase of the company and (c) what services did the company provide to SARS?
Reply:
a) SARS did not purchase a certain company (name furnished). A certain company (name furnished) was created and registered by SARS as a wholly owned State Owned Company (SOC) for the purpose of purchasing the business of Tatis Africa (Pty) Ltd and to employ the skilled staff of Tatis. Tatis Africa (Pty) Ltd subsequently changed its name to Tatis International (Pty) Ltd (Tatis), which comprised mainly of the intellectual property in the Tatis customs management solution software and its processes. A certain company (name furnished) also had to provide support and maintenance services to ADA (Luxembourg Customs), which at the time already had the software in operation. It was also intended to market the core customs solution through value-added resellers.
b) The Minister of Finance and Treasury approved the purchase of the business and assets of Tatis.
c) A certain company (name furnished) delivered the first phase of the modernisation programme to SARS in 2013, which is referred to as the iCBS (Interfront Customs and Border Management Solutions). It continued to support and maintain the iCBS, whilst at the same time adopting and modifying it by developing software for the new Customs Acts Programme.
19 December 2018 - NW3649
Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Finance
Has the National Treasury, the Government Technical Advisory Centre and/or the SA Revenue Service awarded any contract to a certain institute (name furnished) since 1 January 2009; if so, what (a) was the contract for and (b) amount was paid to the institute?
Reply:
NATIONAL TREASURY
No contract was awarded since 1 January 2009.
GTAC
PARI contracts awarded and payments made up to October 2018 |
||||
Contract Description |
Duration |
Amount paid |
||
1 |
Provision of technical advisory services to the Eastern Cape Department of Education with the schools rationalisation project: knowledge management specialist |
Nov 16 - Apr 19 |
999,798.61 |
|
2 |
The provision of action learning support to the Eastern Cape Department of Education turnaround project, focusing on supply chain improvement and culture change |
Feb 14 - Feb 15 |
829,246.51 |
|
3 |
City Support Programme –Longitudinal studies, Case studies |
Nov 14 - Nov 17 |
2,204,000.00 |
|
4 |
Expenditure and Performance Review of National Language Services - PanSALB, CRL and language services in the Dept of Arts & Culture |
Nov 13- May 14 |
548,700.00 |
|
Total payments made |
4,581,746.12 |
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SARS
a) SARS awarded a contract to PUBLIC AFFAIRS RESEARCH INSTITUTE on 02 February 2011. This was for services to conduct a SARS Corruption study at a National level on a once off basis.
b) An amount of R799 755.00 was paid once off in 2011 for the services rendered.
19 December 2018 - NW3377
Mashabela, Ms N to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)Whether he has been informed that members of the so-called Rogue Unit of the SA Revenue Service were allegedly given R150 million by a certain person (name furnished) allegedly to illegally install cameras and bugs at the offices of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation and the SA Police Services in 2007; if not, what is the position in this regard; (2) whether they obtained the authority to do the alleged illegal installations; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, who authorised it?
Reply:
- I am not aware of an alleged payment of R150 million that was allegedly given to the members of the so called Rogue Unit.
- The Acting Commissioner has consulted with his Finance Team and they have confirmed that there is no record of the alleged R150 million payment flowing through the SARS Bank Accounts.
- The Acting-Commissioner furthermore informs me that to his knowledge, no installation of this nature occurred in the course of SARS operations and that no authority for the alleged installation was, as a result, requested from SARS or granted by SARS.
19 December 2018 - NW3485
Mhlongo, Mr P to ask the Minister of Finance
What qualifications and experience did a certain person (name furnished) have to be considered for appointment in certain positions (details furnished)?
Reply:
A certain person (name furnished) was appointed as Chief Officer Strategy, Enforcement and Enablement (SEE) on the 1/02/2011. The appointment was based on his extensive experience in enforcement within the Security Cluster. When he commenced his employment at SARS in 1999 he was appointed at a Chief Director level.
It is understood that the SARS qualification framework at that time made provision for either minimum qualifications and/or a number of years relevant experience as requirements for appointment. A certain person (name furnished) was then appointed on the basis of his experience.
In the 2009 Financial year three Senior SARS staff were designated as Deputy Commissioners of which Mr Ivan Pillay was one. He was never appointed as Commissioner but only Acted in that role.
According to SARS records, a certain person (name furnished) holds a grade 12 qualification.
Date |
Job Title |
Department |
Grade |
1999/04/01 |
Chief Director |
Investigation Administration |
DPSA Level 14 |
2000/06/01 |
Chief Director |
Comp Si Head Office |
DPSA Level 14 |
2000/07/01 |
GM: COMPLIANCE |
Comp Si Head Office |
9 |
2004/01/24 |
GM:ENFORCEMENT & RISK |
Cmd: Compliance |
9 |
2005/04/01 |
GM:ENFORCEMENT & RISK |
Enforcement |
9 |
2011/01/01 |
Chief Officer: Enforcement & Compl Risk |
Enforcement & Compliance Risk |
9 |
2011/02/01 |
Deputy Commissioner / Chief Officer: SEE |
Office of the Commissioner |
9 |
2012/05/01 |
CO: Strategy Enablement & Enforcement |
Office of the Commissioner |
9 |
2013/10/01 |
CO: Strategy Enablement & Communication |
Office of the Commissioner |
9 |
19 December 2018 - NW3679
Mathys, Ms L to ask the Minister of Higher Education and Training
(a) What number of institutions of technical and vocational education and training colleges have contracts with a certain company (name furnished) and (b) what (i) is the (aa) monetary value and (bb) duration of each contract and (ii) are the relevant details of the goods and services that the specified company provides in each case?
Reply:
The National Department of Public Works (NDPW) has taken a stance that all projects implemented by the department need to contribute towards the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). The NDPW will consider the use of EPWP methodology in the erection of lighting and fencing at truck stops at the precincts of Government buildings and State-owned entities, when such projects are implemented by the Department and its entities.
19 December 2018 - NW3379
Mashabela, Ms N to ask the Minister of Finance
Whether a certain person (name furnished) was given downloaded material during the period 1 January 1999 up to 31 December 2009 of the alleged illegal bugging of the offices of the SA Police Service and the Directorate of Special Operations (Scorpions); if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The Acting Commissioner of SARS has informed me that SARS has no evidence of any such incident(s).
19 December 2018 - NW3922
Rawula, Mr T to ask the Minister of Tourism
Whether, with reference to the reply of the Minister of Public Service and Administration to question 141 for oral reply on 7 September 2018, his department and the entities reporting to him implemented the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council resolution that all persons employed in the Public Service as Assistant Directors must have their salary level upgraded from level 9 to level 10, and that all Deputy Directors must have their salary level upgraded from level 11 to level 12; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The Department of Tourism has implemented the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) Resolution 1 of 2012 as per Department of Public Service Administration (DPSA) circular 4 of 2014. The implementation of Resolution 1 of 2012 was not an automatic upgrade for all persons employed on salary levels 9 and 11, however only those employees whose posts were job evaluated and graded at salary level 10 and 12 but placed at salary level 9 and 11 due to PSCBC Resolution 3 of 2009. All employees who qualified in terms of the PSCBC Resolution 1 of 2012 were upgraded. The total number of thirty-seven (37) employees, twenty (20) Deputy Directors and Seventeen (17) Assistant Directors were upgraded according to the Job Evaluation records.
The above resolution was not applicable to South African Tourism as the entity does not fall under the Public Service Act 103 of 1994.
19 December 2018 - NW3311
Mashabela, Ms N to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)(a) On what date was the information technology (IT) infrastructure of (i) the National Treasury and (ii) entities reporting to him last upgraded or updated, (b) what is the name of the company contracted to do the upgrades, (c) what was the monetary value of the contract and (d) what is the name of each IT system that was upgraded; (2) (a) what is the name of the company that is currently responsible for the maintenance of the IT systems of (i) the National Treasury and (ii) entities reporting to him and (b) what is the value of the contract?
Reply:
NATIONAL TREASURY
(1)(a)(i) 21 December 2016
(1)(a)(i)(b) Storage Technology Services (Pty) Ltd (StorTech)
(1)(a)(i)(c) R13,574,635.87
National Treasury shares infrastructure with Government Technical Advisory Centre and Co-operative Banks Development Agency.
(1)(a)(i)(d) Underlying IT Infrastructure that supports all applications and services, was upgraded.
(2)(a)(i) Maintenance of the IT systems is done within National Treasury.
(2)(a)(i)(b) N/a
ASB
1. The Accounting Standards Board uses off-the-shelf software without any amendments or modifications. All the computers were upgraded to Windows 10 on 26 October 2018. The upgrades were done by ITWindows CC and the cost of the upgrade was R10 062.50.
2. All IT maintenance is outsourced to ITWindows CC and the monthly fee is R5 500. The contract is for a twelve-month period, but can be cancelled with a 30-day notice period.
CBDA
CBDA uses National Treasury IT infrastructure at no cost. Please see information below provided by the National Treasury.
Date when the information technology (IT) infrastructure procurement |
21-Dec-16 |
Name of Service Provider |
Stortech |
Value of Requisition |
R 13,574,635.87 |
Nature of goods |
Underlying IT Infrastructure that supports all applications and services was upgraded |
Maintenance |
In-house |
Note: |
CBDA shares infrastructure with GTAC and National Treasury hence costs are shared |
DBSA
- (a) (ii), (b) (c) (d)
DBSA applies the Supply Chain Management (SCM) processes of reviewing and inviting bidders for ICT services every three years (3 years). Provisions are in place to also re-evaluate sole source vendors on a minimum annual basis. The core ICT systems and ICT infrastructure purchases done is shown on Section 1 of the below table.
Section 1. Update / Term Contracts |
|||||||
Core Infrastructure |
Vendor |
Update Date |
Contract End Date |
Value |
Comments |
||
Servers and Storage |
Puleng Technologies |
Jul-14 |
N/A |
R7,452,017.29 |
Capex purchase of IBM Server/Storage equipment. |
||
Local Area Network |
Bytes Technologies |
Jul-14 |
N/A |
R11,519,640.00 |
Capex purchase of Cisco Network equipment. |
||
Wi-Fi Network |
Bytes Technologies |
Sep-17 |
N/A |
R7,582,621.38 |
Capex purchase of Cisco Wi-Fi equipment. |
||
Telephone System |
Gijima |
Jan-16 |
N/A |
R4,211,373.77 |
Capex purchase of NEC Telephone system |
||
Multifunction Printers |
Dido |
May-18 |
Apr-21 |
R6,874,929.00 |
3 year agreement for the provision of multi-function printers |
||
Backup and DR Services |
Global Continuity SA |
Apr-18 |
Mar-21 |
R3,705,300.00 |
3 year agreement for the provision of data backup and disaster recovery services |
||
Internet Bandwidth and related services |
Internet Solutions |
May-18 |
Apr-21 |
R9,564,256.68 |
3 year agreement for the provision of Internet Bandwidth, hosting, APN, video conference bridge and web content filtering |
||
Core Systems |
Vendor |
Update Date |
Contract End Date |
Value |
Comments |
||
SAP |
SAP |
Jul-16 |
N/A |
R5,133,120.25 |
Last major update on Human Capital, Financials, Loans, Procurement |
||
Quantum (Treasury System) |
FIS Global |
Apr-18 |
N/A |
R3,090,675.00 |
Last major upgrade due to IFRS 9 |
- (a) (ii) (b)
The SCM processes are applied for ICT services for maintenance and support contracts. Section 2 and 3 covers the core ICT systems and ICT Infrastructure maintenance & support and licencing.
Section 2.Licenses |
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Software |
Vendor |
Contract Start Date |
Contract End Date |
Value |
Update Frequency |
Last Update |
Comments |
Microsoft Productivity Tools - DBSA |
Microsoft |
Jul-16 |
Jun-19 |
$597,296.79 |
Monthly |
Oct-18 |
3 year agreement for Microsoft Windows, Office, SharePoint, Skype for Business, Data Centre and Client Access Licenses |
Microsoft Productivity Tools - IDD |
First Technologies |
Oct-17 |
Sep-20 |
R1,705,089.39 |
Monthly |
Oct-18 |
3 year agreement for Microsoft Windows, Office and Client access licenses. Subscription licenses procured to allow for flexibility |
Microsoft Server licenses |
Microsoft |
Jul-17 |
Jun-20 |
$344,355.48 |
Monthly |
Oct-18 |
3 year agreement for Microsoft SQL licenses |
SAP Licenses (ERP) |
SAP |
Feb-09 |
N/A |
R3,653,043.00 |
Annually |
Aug-18 |
Country Legislative Changes (e.g. Tax, Budget, etc.) |
Quantum (Treasury System) licenses |
FIS Global |
Dec-04 |
N/A |
R1,900,000.00 |
OEM release schedule |
Sep-18 |
OEM release schedule and Legislative (IFRS9) |
Section 3. Maintenance and Support |
|||||||
Core Infrastructure |
Vendor |
Contract Start Date |
Contract End Date |
Value |
Update Frequency |
Last Update |
Comments |
Servers and Storage |
IBM |
May-17 |
May-19 |
R1,560,888.60 |
As per OEM release schedule |
Jul-18 |
2 year maintenance contract for hardware and software support |
Local Area Network |
Datacentrix |
Mar-18 |
Feb-21 |
R6,392,728.00 |
As per OEM release schedule |
Aug-18 |
3 year maintenance for hardware and software support, combined into one contract including both Wi-Fi and LAN |
Wi-Fi Network |
Datacentrix |
Mar-18 |
Feb-21 |
As per OEM release schedule |
Jul-18 |
||
Core Systems |
Vendor |
Contract Start Date |
Contract End Date |
Value |
|
|
Comments |
SAP |
Gijima |
May-17 |
Apr-20 |
R14,645,493.55 |
Monthly |
Oct-18 |
3-year support and maintenance of SAP system |
Quantum (Treasury System) |
FIS Global |
Apr-17 |
N/A |
R312,500.00 |
|
Apr-18 |
Annual support and maintenance fee |
FAIS OMBUD
- No upgrades being done.
- (a) Hubtech Investment is currently responsible for the maintenance of the IT System
(b) R263 547.00
FIC
(1) The Financial Intelligence Centre’s information is as below:
(a)(ii) Year |
(b) Supplier |
(c) Value |
(d) Description of Infrastructure Hardware – Last 3 years |
02/11/2015 |
Datacentrix |
R 2 782 641.00 |
Cisco IPS |
23/09/2015 |
Nambiti |
R 169 269.20 |
Dell Server – Extra SQL host |
04/12/2015 |
Sizwe |
R 285 504.04 |
Cisco Routers |
24/11/2015 |
Sithabile |
R 315 903.39 |
Quantum Tape library |
20/11/2015 |
Sizwe |
R 1 534 947.64 |
Cisco Routers and Switches |
24/03/2016 |
DEP Technologies |
R 278 423.81 |
SAN storage upgrades |
30/11/2016 |
Sizwe |
R 2 607 191.95 |
Cisco Routers and Switches |
16/10/2016 |
First Technology |
R 187 567.85 |
VMWare Site recovery Manager |
09/09/2016 |
DEP Technologies |
R 225 818.82 |
VEEAM Backup software |
02/12/2016 |
Edzenel Construction |
R 160 611.06 |
Sophos firewalls |
16/01/2017 |
JOS Electronics |
R 142 249.18 |
Sophos Firewalls |
16/02/2017 |
Dell |
R 457 183.96 |
Dell Server Memory |
23/03/2017 |
Sizwe |
R 1 140 279.44 |
Video Conferencing equipment |
27/08/2018 |
Data Science |
R 6 556 109.01 |
Pure SAN storage |
(2)(ii) The Financial Intelligence Centre’s information is as below:
(a) Supplier |
(b) Value |
Business Connexion |
R 1 188 482.28 |
Tendai Group |
R 124 200.00 |
DEP |
R 166 200.00 |
SITA |
R 522 105.46 |
Sizwe |
R 109 997.00 |
Dell |
R1 419 449.08 |
FSCA
There were several information technology (IT) infrastructures upgrades over the past 3-4 years and this upgrade was driven by the need to refresh the aging technology that was about to reach end of useful and support life and were becoming uneconomical to maintain.
1. (a) The Information Technology (IT) infrastructure at the FSCA was upgraded as follows:
• The server and storage infrastructure in the production and in the disaster recovery environments were upgraded in March 2016 and March 2017;
• The server and storage infrastructure in the development and User Acceptance testing environments were upgraded in March 2018;
• The security and network optimisation and load balancing infrastructure (F5) was upgraded in September 2017 and in February 2018;
• The first phase of the audio visual equipment took place in June 2017 and the second phase of the upgrade is in progress. It is anticipated to be completed in February 2019;
• The network infrastructure is in the process of being upgraded with the anticipated project completion date March 2019.
(b) and (c) The infrastructure upgrades were conducted by different companies and the names of the companies contracted to do so as well as the monetary values are as follows:
( b ) |
( c ) |
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IT infrastructure Upgrade |
Date Completed |
Contracted Company |
Contract Value |
Server infrastructure upgrade for the Production and DR environments |
March 2016 |
Ubuntu Technologies |
R 1 322 706.03 |
March 2016 |
Bytes Systems Integration |
R 697 766.43 |
|
March 2017 |
Nambiti Technologies |
R 2 392 429.09 |
|
Server and storage infrastructure upgrade in the Non production environments. Additional servers for the Production and DR environments |
March 2018 |
Aptronics (Pty) Ltd |
R 13 586 783.61 |
Storage infrastructure for the production and DR environments |
March 2016 |
Dell SA |
R 7 930 160.00 |
Implementation of the wireless network at the FSCA head office |
March 2017 |
Business Connexions |
R 832 778.37 |
Server and storage infrastructure for the new FSCA organization in the production and DR environments |
March 2018 |
Aptronics (Pty) Ltd |
R 7 959 089.16 |
Network virtualisation infrastructure (XSIGO) was replaced in the production environment |
March 2018 |
Eclipse (Pty) Ltd |
R 992 618.27 |
Security and network optimisation and load balancing infrastructure (F5 appliance ) in the production and DR environment |
September 2017 |
XON (Pty) Ltd |
R 3 907 780.18 |
March 2018 |
XON (Pty) Ltd |
R 8 181 600.01 |
|
Audio visual equipment in the process of being upgraded in the production environment |
June 2017 |
VOX Telecoms |
R 564 106.18 |
March 2019 |
AE Solutions |
R 2 372 507.50 |
|
Installation of server racks and network cabinets – Project in progress |
March 2019 |
IT Master |
R 2 005 954.60 |
Network infrastructure is in the process of being upgraded in the Non production, Production and DR environments |
March 2019 |
Sizwe IT Group |
R 4 661 860.89 |
Microsoft Skype for business is in the process of being upgraded pending approval |
March 2019 |
Omega Solution |
R 1 928 943.43 |
2. (a) The company contracted to maintain the IT systems, in particular the provision of desktop and infrastructure support services, is Aptronics (Pty) Ltd and the contract value is R30 million over a period of five years, which commenced on 09 December 2015.
GEPF
The Government Pensions Administration Agency provides ICT services to the GEPF.
GPAA
System |
Last Upgraded |
Name of company |
Monetary Value of contract |
Company currently responsible |
Value of contract for current contract |
1.CIVPEN |
June 2014 (will be phased out/replaced by 2021) |
Accenture |
R 17 538 555 |
IBM (hardware is currently under a maintenance and support agreement with IBM until 30 September 2021) |
R 4 812 506 |
2.ORACLE Infrastructure |
March 2014 (Refresh planned for 2020) |
Accenture |
R 23 651 835 |
ORACLE (Currently under Oracle Premier Support until 31 March 2019 through SITA) |
R 2 307 132 |
3.HP Infrastructure |
April 2014 (Refresh planned for 2020) |
EOH |
R 23 995 085 Plus R 3 369 116 |
EOH (currently the equipment is still under a maintenance and Support contract with HP until 31 March 2020) |
R 6 093 514 for all HP infrastructure |
IRBA
Hardware
(1) (a) (ii) All significant hardware components are subject to the warranties from the manufacturer.
The Warranties still active no upgrades are required.
(b) Manufacturers are Dell and HP.
(c) Due to the warranty in place all defective parts are replaced at the cost of the manufacturer.
(d) Dell servers and HP switch.
(2) (a) (ii) Bytes Systems Integration a division of Altron TMT (Pty) Ltd.
(b) R4, 824 963.00 (Tender value from June 2017 to June 2022, a five year contract)
Software (Significant Systems)
(1) (a) (ii) Windows Server Updates - This is done weekly - 2 November 2018
FlowCentric - When updates are available - January 2016
AccPac - This is done annually - March 2018
(b) Windows Server Updates - Bytes Systems Integration
FlowCentric - FlowCentric (Pty) Ltd
AccPac - Lorge Consulting (Pty) Ltd
(c & d) Windows Server Updates - Included under 2 (b) under hardware
FlowCentric - R131 426.04 (2016)
AccPac - R30 245 (2018/19)
(2) (a) Windows Server Updates - Bytes Systems Integration
FlowCentric - FlowCentric (Pty) Ltd
AccPac - Lorge Consulting (Pty) Ltd
(b) Windows Server Updates - Included under 2 (b) under hardware
FlowCentric - R374 834 (Year to date)
AccPac - R8 115 (Previous financial year)
LAND BANK
Response to questions as follows:
- Question (1) – see link Annexure “A’
- Question (2) – see link Annexure “B”
http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW3311_AnnexureB.pdf
http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW3311_AnnexureB.pdf
PFA
(1) (a) July 2018
(b) Nambiti Technologies Pty (Ltd),
(c) Contract value amounts to R 983 040
(d) Provision of ICT equipment, installation and support for the data centre.
(2) (a)(ii) The Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator has a service level agreement with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority for ICT support and maintenance. The following companies are used for ICT security management support:
- Computer Security and Forensic Solutions Pty (Ltd) – Network protection and events monitoring and management
- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd – Firewall management
- Securicom Ltd – Email security management
PIC
(1)
(2) Other than the companies mentioned above, the PIC does not have any company that is responsible for the maintenance of IT systems.
SARS
Question 1 response
The SARS ICT Infrastructure is used to provide both support functions as well as enabling core business functions (processes). It is a heterogeneous infrastructure landscape consisting of various technology architectures sourced through formal procurement vehicles.
The SARS strategy for ICT infrastructure renewal is based on a rolling upgrade cycle in terms of infrastructure that reaches end of life in a fiscal year. This is used to request budget but actual implementation is subject to final budget approval that is not guaranteed.
Renewal of infrastructure and providing infrastructure support is categorised and handled in the following ways:
SARS follows formal procurement process to establish ICT service provider towers for a minimum of 3 years. Each tower has a formally appointed vendor for the provisioning of ICT services within that category:
Tower |
Scope |
Service Provider |
D |
Data Carrier Services |
IS |
V |
Voice Carrier Services |
IS |
I |
Internet and Hosting Services |
Vodacom |
SMS |
SMS Carrier Services |
MTN & Telkom |
N |
Network Support Services |
Sizwe |
S |
Server Support Services |
Gijima |
E |
End-user Device Support Services |
Sizwe |
From an infrastructure refresh perspective, SARS uses the appointed vendors listed above in combination with formal procurement tenders established by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA Transversals), SARS administered tenders as well as formally approved National Treasury tenders and exemptions to refresh ICT infrastructure that has reached replacement status for each fiscal year.
In terms of question 1) above the following ICT Infrastructure was updated/upgraded.
2015/16 financial year:
ICT Infrastructure CAPITAL Expenditure |
Cost |
Supplier |
Security infrastructure |
R43 593 554,00 |
IBM |
Infrastructure licensing |
R 8 964 259,00 |
Microsoft |
Enterprise data storage |
R 8 160 694,00 |
IBM |
Transport network infrastructure |
R 6 725 590,00 |
Cisco |
IT facility infrastructure |
R9 173 409,00 |
BTS, Merque Communications |
End User Devices |
R 2 342 702,00 |
Dell, Lenovo |
Voice networking infrastructure |
R 7 966 854,00 |
Cisco |
Midrange servers capacity upgrades |
R 3 361 006,00 |
IBM |
Audio visual equipment |
R 517 803,00 |
Other |
Total |
R90 805 871,00 |
2016/17 Financial year:
ICT Infrastructure CAPITAL Expenditure |
Cost |
Supplier |
* IBM Software renewal |
R97 616 255,00 |
IBM |
*Midrange Servers |
R52 728 191,00 |
IBM |
*Enterprise data storage |
R81 829 559,00 |
IBM & Ubuntu |
*Mainframe replacement |
R18 936 395,00 |
IBM |
Commodity class servers |
R17 754 055,00 |
Microsoft |
Digital signage solution |
R13 693 901,00 |
Bytes |
End User Devices |
R12 335 494,00 |
Dell, Lenovo |
Transport network infrastructure |
R 4 017 513,00 |
Cisco |
Contact Centres data storage refresh |
R 3 380 873,00 |
IBM |
Microsoft software licences |
R 2 599 525,00 |
Microsoft |
Total |
R304 891 761,00 |
* These items reflect the 3 year IBM Enterprise Agreement and are the reason for the big escalation in capital expenditure
2017/18 financial year:
ICT Infrastructure CAPITAL Expenditure |
Cost |
Supplier |
Refresh of end of life commodity class servers |
R24 133 311,57 |
Dell |
Backup storage capacity upgrade |
R 4 116 941,60 |
EMC |
IT Facilities and Offices, Generators |
R 4 968 616,30 |
BTS, Merque Communications |
IBM WebSphere renewal |
R 3 955 745,58 |
IBM |
Personal Computers - Monitors, Laptops and Desktops refresh |
R 3 304 820,64 |
Dell, Lenovo |
SAP Licenses |
R32 904 235,00 |
SAP |
Casewise Enterprise Architecture tool |
R5 999 757,00 |
Casewise |
VMWARE software capacity |
R2 675 570,00 |
VMware |
Total |
R 82 058 997,69 |
2018/19 financial year:
ICT Infrastructure CAPITAL Expenditure |
Cost |
Supplier |
Personal Computers - Monitors, Laptops and Desktops refresh |
R15 841 566,00 |
Dell, Lenovo |
Refresh of end of life commodity class servers |
R14 851 195,84 |
Dell |
Renewal of Enterprise Content Management Maintenance Services |
R12 036 532,50 |
OpenText |
Network Infrastructure Refresh |
R10 441 869,38 |
Cisco |
Contact Centre Media Servers Renewal |
R 7 230 810,25 |
Radisys |
Casewise Enterprise Architecture tool |
R 996 511,00 |
Casewise |
IT Facilities and Offices, Generators |
R 4 140 644,32 |
BTS, Merque Communications |
Total |
R65 539 129,29 |
The 2018/19 infrastructure expenditure does not show current projects in execution as this is only shown upon project completion. One such example is the renewal of the eFiling infrastructure and migration to the new data centre with a total estimated value of R 197 m. Another example is the equipment for the Disaster Recovery Facilities with a total estimated value of R54m. Both these projects are expected to be completed in April 2019.
Question 2 response
As per question 2 above and in addition to the infrastructure hardware and software that enables and support the SARS business, the following Business Systems are also maintained and supported by external vendors.
Period covered |
Business System |
Description |
Supplier |
2018/19 Average Annual Maintenance and Support Value |
3 Yrs Contracts values |
||
BAU (Maintenance & Support) |
Project and Capex |
Procurement vehicle Total |
|||||
01.01.2017 - 31.12.2019 |
eFiling |
SARS premier digital channel for the submission of a variety of tax returns including VAT, PAYE, SDL, UIF, Income Tax, STC and Provisional Tax through the eFiling website. |
Shandon Business Solutions |
R 10 713 000 |
R 35 000 000 |
R 140 000 000 |
R 175 000 000 |
01.01.2017 - 31.12.2019 |
e@syFile™ |
SARS offline capability that assists the taxpayer to manage engagement with SARS and validate declarations in offline mode before sending them to SARS. |
Ionize |
R 15 659 000 |
R 50 000 000 |
R 45 000 000 |
R 95 000 000 |
01.01.2017 - 31.12.2019 |
ATP/Service Manager/IVR/Telephony/U3TM |
A collective of integrated systems that offer Case Management, Workflows, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Telephony for Contact Centres and Master Entity capabilities. |
BBD |
R 45 651 000 |
R 128 000 000 |
R 355 000 000 |
R 483 000 000 |
01.01.2016 - 31.12.2020 |
SAP (ERP, SRM, Sourcing, HR) |
A collective of SAP modules that provide both revenue collection accounting functionality as well as corporate ERP (internal) capability. |
SAP |
R 35 196 000 |
R 129 796 838 |
R 160 554 000 |
R 290 350 838 |
01.01.2017 - 31.12.2019 |
iCBS (DPS, CPS) |
The Customs ecosystem of capabilities to ensure processing of Customs declarations and other supporting functions |
Interfront (SOC) |
R 24 763 000 |
R 85 000 000 |
R 400 000 000 |
R 485 000 000 |
TOTALS ** |
R 131 982 000 |
R 427 796 838 |
R 1 100 554 000 |
R 1 528 350 838 |
** The above list does not include any SARS internally developed and maintained systems
** These totals are 3year procurement vehicle value
SASRIA
- Please refer below, at Table 1 for a reply.
Date last updated |
Company responsible for upgrades |
Monetary value |
IT system |
2018/08/01 |
Darktrace and Antegina |
R 500 000 |
New security monitoring system to enhance our security |
2016/09/01 |
AlienVault SIEM |
R 500 000 |
New security management tool for internal and external vulnerability |
2018/10/01 |
Data Guardian |
R 150 000 |
Windows Server Upgrade Project and Commvault Disaster Recovery Live Sync |
2016 -2018 |
Internet Solution |
R 1 200 000 |
Management of comprehensive internet solution. External firewall management |
2017/04/01 |
Metrofile |
R 141 072 |
Backup Storage |
2019/06/ |
Dimension Data |
R 350 000 |
Expansion of the Wi-Fi including new WiFiless devices, WI-FI Expansion Cisco ASA Firewall & VPN |
2017/04/01 |
Ilanga |
R 823 755 |
Annual IMS Services, Licenses and Maintenance |
2018/04/01 |
DCX- Hewlett Packard/ESS Disaster Recovery/ DCX |
R 225 014 |
Disaster Recovery Services and Hosting |
2016/04/01 |
IDI Technology Solutions |
R 23 000 |
GP- Great Plains Micro Dynamic Support and licenses |
2018/04/01 |
Great Soft(Pty) Ltd |
R 378 000 |
Subscription and Support to BoardPad Software |
2017/06/30 |
GX Diesel |
R 16 850 |
Generator Maintenance Services and Power generation |
2014/05/26 |
Software AG South Africa (Pty)Ltd |
R 498 000 |
ARIS Software Licenses, Support, Maintenance |
2017/03/01 |
Seventynine Digital |
R 41 400 |
Website Maintenance & Support |
2016/10/06 |
Fraxion (Pty)Ltd |
R 28 000 |
Fraxion Software License |
2014/05/26 |
Software AG South Africa (Pty)Ltd |
R 490 637 |
Renewal ARIS Software Licenses, Support, Maintenance |
2018/02/01 |
Isometrix |
R 94 000 |
Isometrix Upgrade & Annual Licenses |
2018/04/01 |
Cortell Management Solutions |
R 264 175 |
IBM Cognos Licenses renewals |
2018/04/01 |
Intervate Solutions |
R 980 000 |
Web Rates Calculator |
2018/05/01 |
Dimension Data |
R 110 000 |
WI-FI Expansion |
2018/08/01 |
Dimension Data |
R 150 000 |
Cisco ASA new Firewall & VPN upgrade |
2018/08/01 |
Microsoft |
R 1 100 000 |
New Office 365 |
2018/11/01 |
EOH |
R 100 000 |
Cisco 3850 Catalyst Switches for network connectivity |
2018/11/01 |
Bytes Technology |
R 300 000 |
2x Brocade Fibre Switches to enhance storage capability |
2018/11/01 |
Interconnect Systems |
R 300 000 |
Setting up new office space: 34 Fricker Road, Cisco 3850 Catalyst Switches & WI-FI devices |
TAX OMBUD
- The Office of the Tax Ombud utilizes the SARS IT infrastructure. All updates or upgrades are done by SARS.
- Maintenance of the IT systems is done by SARS.
19 December 2018 - NW3676
Wessels, Mr W to ask the Mr W W Wessels (FF Plus) to ask die Minister of Finance
(1) What is the number of taxpayers who declared capital profits regarding cryptocurrency to the SA Revenue Service during the tax years 2016, 2017 and 2018; (2) whether the National Treasury intends to introduce specific legislation, regulations and/or measures to (a) regulate the mining and trading of cryptocurrency in South Africa and (b) improve the levying of tax on the profits regarding cryptocurrency, as is already in place with the identification and levying of taxes on other traditional capital profits; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details and periods; (3) whether he will make a statement on the matter?
Reply:
1. SARS is not able to accurately trace the number of declaration pertaining to capital progits on cryptocurrency
The existing income tax return forms currently do not make provision for taxpayers to specifically declare capital profits regarding cryptocurrency trades, however work is underway within SARS to consider the amendment of the tax forms for the 2019 tax season in order to cater for the description of other assets (which will include cryptocurrencies) by means of a specific description field on the form.
Taxpayers who have made some form of declarations regarding cryptocurrency trades, have captured such trade as a form of “other trade income” or “other trade loss”, and have made reference to a description of digital/crypto currency trading (e.g. Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin (LTC), Ethereum (ETH), Zcash (ZEC) to name a few).
2. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) issued a media release on 6 April 2018 clarifying that it would apply normal income tax rules to cryptocurrencies.
In line with the announcement made in Annexure C of the 2018 Budget Review, the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, 2018, proposes amendments with respect to the treatment of cryptocurrencies for income tax and value-added tax purposes.
These amendments ensure that that losses on cryptocurrencies may only be set off against profits from cryptocurrencies (otherwise known as ring-fencing), clarify that cryptocurrencies cannot be classed as personal use assets for capital gains tax purposes and treat cryptocurrencies as financial services for value-added tax purposes. Further, National
Treasury does not wish to pre-empt the work of the Intergovernmental Crypto Assets Regulatory Working Group (CAR WG). The CAR WG is looking into all aspects of cryptocurrencies, related blockchain concepts and use cases. This is being done with a view towards developing a cohesive governmental understanding and response to cryptocurrencies.
In keeping with the development of a unified intergovernmental regulatory framework, the CAR WG has broad intergovernmental representation and includes representatives from the Financial Intelligence Centre, Financial Sector Conduct Authority, National Treasury, SA Reserve Bank and SARS. It is anticipated that, following broad industry comment and participation, the CAR WG will be ready to release a final research paper on the subject during the course of 2019. The OECD/G20’s Inclusive Framework on BEPS is also working on the tax challenges arising from digitalisation, which include the issue of cryptocurrencies. An interim report was issued earlier this year (https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/taxation/tax-challenges-arising-from-digitalisation-interim-report_9789264293083-en) with a view to issuing a final report in 2020.
3. N/A
19 December 2018 - NW3884
Mente-Nkuna, Ms NV to ask the Minister of Public Works
What amount has his department spent on repairing buildings it owns and/or has under its custodianship in each of the past five financial years?
Reply:
The department has an infrastructure programme dedicated for repairs, renovations and maintenance (Planned Maintenance) for facilities under its custodianship. There is also have a dedicated sub-programme for repair and maintenance (RAMP) of land ports of entries (LPOE) across the country. The main objective of RAMP is to address the backlog of repair and maintenance required to provide User Clients with effective and efficient facilities. The table below illustrates the expenditure in the past five financial years for both RAMP and the Planned Maintenance programme. It is quite apparent that there is a funding gap as the expenditure has been exceeding the allocations since the 2016/17 financial year, which attests to improved performance by the Department and the Property Mnagement trading Entity (PMTE).
EXPENDITURE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS:
Financial Year |
Planned Maintenance |
LPOE RAMP |
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Allocation |
Expenditure |
Allocation |
Expenditure |
|
2013/14 |
2 360 072 804 |
1 970 927 995 |
202 206 000 |
196 266 797 |
2014/15 |
2 126 616 045 |
2 100 393 417 |
142 000 000 |
137 163 660 |
2015/16 |
1 984 008 482 |
1 984 008 482 |
222 350 000 |
167 907 487 |
2016/17 |
1 947 939 201 |
2 000 192 365 |
169 193 000 |
203 529 542 |
2017/18 |
1 978 058 499 |
1 985 447 290 |
200 664 000 |
340 587 682 |
Total |
10 396 695 031 |
10 040 969 549 |
936 413 000 |
1 045 455 168 |
19 December 2018 - NW3733
Mokoena, Mr L to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)Whether, with reference to some of the departments in the Limpopo Provincial government that were placed under administration, any (a) officials from the (i) National Treasury and/or SA Revenue Service and/or (b) consultants appointed by the Minister of Finance were part of the team that worked in order to get the province out of administration; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (i) what is the name of each official and/or consultant, (ii) on what date was each official and/or consultant appointed, (iii) what position did each official and/or consultant occupy and (iv) what were the responsibilities of each official and/or consultant; (2) whether the Public Affairs Research Institute worked with the administrator and the National Treasury as part of the team that worked for the Government when the Limpopo provincial department of health was placed under administration; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
(1)(a)(i) The Minister of Finance appointed Dr Monde Tom, as the Accounting Officer for Provincial Treasury in terms of section 36(3) of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 01 of 1999). This Head official of Provincial Treasury [Accounting Officer] was also the lead coordinator [Chief Administrator] of the overall intervention team. In turn, Dr Tom, as the lead administrator, was supported by a team of treasury officials who were seconded to the Limpopo Provincial Treasury to lead line function programmes. These officials are, Mr Khaya Ntimbela [Sustainable Resource Management]; Mr Ndoda Biyela [Assets, Liability and Transversal SCM]; Mr Mbuyi Dondashe [Financial Governance]; Ms Venita Haupt [Corporate Services]; and Mr Siphiwe Ndlovu [Intervention Secretariat and Liaison Head Official], but later seconded to lead Corporate Services. .Other officials appointed in terms of section 36(3) as Accounting Officers, included the administrators in Education, Roads and Transport, as well as Public Works departments, with the exception of the Health administrator, whose appointment did not include the replacement, but to support the then Head of Department [Accounting Officer], who had recently been appointed.
The South African Revenue Services (SARS) was working with Office of the Chief Procurement Officer in the National Treasury to support procurement reforms.
(1)(b)(i) The Director-General of the National Treasury appointed consultants such as Deloitte, ESP Consulting, Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC), Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs and Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo Auditors.
(1)(b)(ii) The timeframes for the appointments of the administrators and the secondment of support teams, as well as consultants, ranged from immediate to different intervals.
(1)(b)(iii) The treasury officials listed in paragraph (1)(a)(i) above were tasked to lead line function programmes in provincial treasury at Deputy Director-General level.
(1)(b)(iv) The positions of these officials ranged from lead administrator – heading the intervention and Accounting Officer, supported by the heads of programmes [DDGs] to execute treasury functions in terms of section 18 of the PFMA. These functions ranged from provincial budget preparation and oversight; revenue and cash management, transversal Supply Chain Management; overseeing of financial governance issues, dealing with audit issues; corporate services, to day-to-day treasury operations [HR/M, legal services etc.]; as well as providing secretariat services and liaison with stakeholders supporting the intervention. Each administrator had a team of support staff for effective implementation of the section 100(1)(b) intervention in each of the five provincial departments in Limpopo that were placed under administration.
The consultancy [Deloitte, ESP Consulting, PwC, ENSafrica and Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo], were appointed by National Treasury to support the intervention for verification of contracts and invoices, contract management and document review, and conducting forensic audits as well as forensic investigations where necessary.
The other appointments by the Minister of Finance, were those of administrators as Accounting Officers as requested by the Ministers responsible for those departments, namely, for the Department of Education – Mr Mzwandile Matthews; for the Department of Roads and Transport – Mr Mathabatha Mokonyama; and for the Department of Public Works – Mr B. Matutle, but later replaced by Mr Mbuyi Dondashe. Ms Valerie Rennie was appointed by the Minister of Health as an administrator, but was not recommended to the Minister of Finance for appointment as the Accounting Officer of the Department of Health in Limpopo.
(2) No, the Public Affairs Research Institute did not work with the administrators and National Treasury as part of the team, when the Limpopo provincial Department of Health was placed under administration.
18 December 2018 - NW3753
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
(1) (a) How often does her department conduct inspection visits to sewerage processing plants throughout the country, (b) what are the dates of the latest inspections at each sewerage plant, (c) which plants failed to meet minimum standards and (d) what action was taken in each regard; (2) whether she has been informed of the allegation that 50 000 litres of sewerage flows into our rivers every day (details furnished); if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what action is her department taking in this regard and (b) which municipalities are the biggest culprits in this regard?
Reply:
(1)(a) The Department prioritizes sewerage plants that were found to be critical in terms of their operation and monitors them quarterly.
(1)(b) The latest inspections were done in the previous quarter.
(1)(c) Refer to Annexure A for the list of plants that failed to meet the minimum standards in the last quarter (July-September 2018).
(1)(d) Refer to Annexure B for the Non-Compliance letter issued by Northern Cape Provincial operations for Siyathemba LM associated with the following WWTW refer to:
- Prieska WWTW
- Marydale WWTW
- Niekerkshoop WWTW
2. The Department is aware of these media reports; and, is dealing with this non-compliance through routine inspections of these wastewater treatment works and through administrative action where non-compliance occurs.
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Annexure A
List of Plants which failed to meet the minimum standards in the last quarter (July-September 2018):
- Tugela Ferry WWTW
- Rosendaal (Mautse)WWTW
- Winburg WWTW
- Steynsrus WWTW
- Wesselsbron WWTW
- Heilbron WWTW
- Ekangala WWTW
- Rooiwal East WWTW
- Rooiwal North WWTw
- Flip Human WWTW
- Zongesien WWTW
- Senwamokgope WWTw
- Elandskraal WWTW
- Groblersdal WWTW
- Jane Furse WWTW
- Moroke Mecklenberg WWTW
- Motetema WWTW
- Tubatse WWTW
- Musina Singelela WWTW
- Thohoyandou WWTW
- Balfour WWTW
- Grootvlei Eskom WWTW
- Grootvlei Mine WWTW
- Siyabuswa WWTW
- Ferrobank WWTW
- Riverview WWTW
- Kriel WWTW
- Ruitspruit WWTW
- Delmas WWTW
- Botleng WWTW
- Waterval Boven WWTW
- Belfast WWTW
- Kwazamokuhle WWTW
- Blinkpan WWTW
- Brits WWTW
- Lethlabile WWTW
- Delareyville WWTW
- Atamelang WWTW
- Wolmaranstad WWTW
- Leeudoringstad WWTW
- Rulaganyang WWTW
- Warrenton WWTW
- Jankempsdorp WWTW
- Douglas WWTW
- Griekwastad WWTW
- Hopetown New WWTW
18 December 2018 - NW3857
Motau, Mr SC to ask the Minister of State Security
1. Whether (a) her department and/or (b) any entity reporting to her contracted the services of a certain company (name and details furnished), in each of the past 10 financial years; if so, what (i) number of contracts were signed, (ii) was the date on which each contract was signed, (iii) was the duration of each contract, (iv) services did the company render and (v) was the monetary value of each contract in each case; 2. Whether any irregular expenditure relating to the contracts was recorded and/or condoned in each case; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. For the exclusive knowledge of the State Security Minister and Deputy, the State Security Agency (SSA) has never contracted the services of Bosasa or African Global Operations, as it is know now.
2. Not applicable (N/A)
18 December 2018 - NW3734
Rawula, Mr T to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)Whether the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) was awarded any contracts that a certain person (name furnished) was involved in as a government official; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what date was the tender awarded, (b) what is the total number of bidders who submitted bids, (c) what was the bidding price of each bidder and (d) what was the bidding price of the PARI; (2) whether the specified person declared her relationship with the PARI when each contract was awarded; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. PARI was awarded a contract to complete an Expenditure and Performance review of the duplication of language services in Pan South Africa Language Board (PanSALB), Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) and The Language Services in the Department of Arts and Culture.
a) The tender was awarded on 7 October 2013 by a panel of five officials, of which a certain person (name furnished) was part.
b) The tender was a composite tender across a number of sectoral topics and 47 bids were received. For the topic of language services duplication, PARI was the only bidder.
c) PARI was the only bidder and their bid price was R548 700.
d) PARI’s bid price was R548 700.
2. A certain person (name furnished) did not have a relationship with PARI at the time of the awarding of the contract. Three years after this body of consulting work was completed, she became a Research Fellow at PARI in May 2017. Apart from the Expenditure and Performance Review on language services duplication, she has had no involvement in any other work between PARI and GTAC.
18 December 2018 - NW3651
Mashabela, Ms N to ask the Minister of Finance
Whether, with reference to the reply of the Minister of State Security to question 3378 on 13 November 2018, the so-called spy tapes were produced by the SA Revenue Service’s High-Risk Investigation Unit and handed to Mr Michael Hulley for the defence of the former President, Mr J G Zuma; if not, who produced the tapes; if so, who handed the tapes to Mr Hulley?
Reply:
The Acting Commissioner has no knowledge of the origin of the so-called “spy tapes” other than what has been reported on in certain media articles such as an article of April 2009 in which it was reported that the Inspector General of Intelligence had confirmed an investigation had been opened.
Herewith is link to the M&G Article:
https://mg.co.za/article/2009-04-09-the-spy-who-saved-zuma
News
The spy who saved Zuma
Pearlie Joubert, Adriaan Basson09 Apr 2009 07:10
18 December 2018 - NW3466
Khanyile, Ms AT to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
(1)(a) On what date did his department last conduct an audit of artwork owned by Government which is under his department’s curatorship and (b) what are the details of each artwork under the curatorship of his department according to the Generally Recognised Accounting Practice 103; (2) whether any artworks under his department’s curatorship have gone missing (a) in each of the past five financial years and (b) since 1 April 2018; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The Hounorable Member is requested to note that the Generally Recognised Accounting Practice 103 (GRAP 103) is applicable to Public Entities in the Arts and Culture sector that prescribes the uniform accounting for classifying and recording Heritage Assets and regulates related disclosure requirements. The Hounorable Member is requested to refer the question to the Minister of Arts and Culture.
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18 December 2018 - NW3908
Khawula, Ms MS to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
Whether, with reference to the reply of the Minister of Public Service and Administration to question 141 for oral reply on 7 September 2018, his department and the entities reporting to him implemented the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council resolution that all persons employed in the Public Service as Assistant Directors must have their salary level upgraded from level 9 to level 10, and that all Deputy Directors must have their salary level upgraded from level 11 to level 12; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
No, it should be noted that not all the Assistant Director and Deputy Director posts in this Department are on level 10 and 12. There are some that have been originally graded on post levels 9 and 11. The Job Evaluation information (generated through the Job Evaluation system) has been used to determine the grading of these jobs. Subsequently, the Job Evaluation results are factored into the approved organizational structure of the Department. Hence, the Job Evaluation database is created to reflect all the jobs, inclusive of all the Assistant Directors and Deputy Directors which are on 9, 10, 11 and 12.
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18 December 2018 - NW3861
Mhlongo, Mr TW to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
(1)Whether (a) his department and/or (b) any entity reporting to him contracted the services of a certain company (name and details furnished), in each of the past 10 financial years; if so, what (i) number of contracts were signed, (ii) was the date on which each contract was signed, (iii) was the duration of each contract, (iv) services did the company render and (v) was the monetary value of each contract in each case; (2) whether any irregular expenditure relating to the contracts was recorded and/or condoned in each case; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
(1)(a) No.
(1)(b) No.
(2) Falls away.
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18 December 2018 - NW3488
Alberts, Mr ADW to ask the Minister of Finance
(1) (a) In terms of the legal prescriptions the National Credit Regulator (NCR) relies on for any powers to raise debt counselling fees, which were introduced as an interim measure in 2008, (b) whether the measures are binding in any way and (c) what are the specific legal precepts; (2) why National Treasury has not submitted any amendments in terms of section 171 of the Credit Act, Act 34 of 2005, to Parliament to authorise the Minister to prescribe debt counsellors’ fees in the regulations; (3) (a) on which directives in South African legislation does the NCR rely to enforce any guidelines when article 16(1)(b)(i) of the Credit Act stipulates the NCR's guidelines as non-enforceable and (b) why the guidelines have subsequently, as prescribed in the Constitution, 1996, also not been followed up with public feedback through an official notice in the Government Gazette by the Minister; (4) (a) what company has been appointed by the NCR to conduct the investigation regarding debt counselling fees, (b) whether the tender processes have been followed properly, (c) what is the cost relating to the investigation and (d) how the expense is justified when such investigation has been suspended after four months?
Reply:
The National Credit Act, 35 of 2005 does not fall under the mandate of the National Treasury.
The question should rather be directed to the National Credit Regulator and the Department of Trade and Industry.
18 December 2018 - NW3580
Hlonyana, Ms NKF to ask the Minister of Finance
(a) Who introduced a certain company (details furnished) to the SA Revenue Service and (b) was the specified company issued a contract after a tender process?
Reply:
a) The 2006 SARS records that have been reviewed by the current procurement leadership team reflects that the selection of the three entities (i.e. IBM, Accenture and BB&D) was based on the industry knowledge of the then Strategy, Modernisation and Technology senior staff.
b) A Master Services Contract was concluded.
18 December 2018 - NW3476
Johnson, Mr M to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
Despite the many challenges confronting his department, what are the details of the achievements of his department since 27 April 1994?
Reply:
The Department is in the process of compiling the summary of all the Annual Reports since 1994/1995 to date, where the challenges and achievements are outlined. As soon as this information is ready the information will be made available.
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18 December 2018 - NW3484
Matiase, Mr NS to ask the Minister of Finance
On what legal basis or provisions did the decision of the former Minister of Finance rely in 2012 when he allegedly instructed senior executives of the SA Revenue Service to pursue the tax issues against the President of the Economic Freedom Fighters, Mr J S Malema?
Reply:
SARS cannot disclose taxpayer specific information. In terms of the applicable legislation administered by SARS during the period of 2009 /2010 SARS could identify a taxpayer based on a specific risk identified or alternatively on a random basis. As per SARS’ compliance approach taxpayers would be encouraged to regularize their affairs. Continued non-compliance by taxpayers would then inform the most appropriate SARS Enforcement response.
Legally the Minister of Finance cannot instruct SARS to investigate a taxpayer. SARS is further not aware of such an instruction given to SARS as alluded to in the parliamentary question.
18 December 2018 - NW3424
Chance, Mr R to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)What steps has the National Treasury taken to ensure that (a) government departments and (b) government entities pay their suppliers on time; (2) whether a certain person (details furnished) issued directives instructing (a) departments and (b) entities to pay suppliers timeously; if not, why not; if so, (i) by what date and (ii) to which departments and institutions were the directives issued; (3) whether accounting officers of government departments faced (a) criminal and/or (b) disciplinary actions against them related to the late payments of suppliers (i) in the (aa) 2016-17 and/or (bb) 2017-18 financial years and/or (ii) since 1 April 2018; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?
Reply:
1. In terms of section 38(1)(a)(f) of the PFMA, the accounting officer of a department, trading entity of constitutional institution must settle all contractual obligations and pay all money owing including intergovernmental claims within the prescribed or agreed period.
Treasury Regulation 8.2.3 also requires accounting officers of departments to settle all payments due to creditors within 30 days from receipt of an invoice, unless determined otherwise in a contract or other agreement.
To this end, National Treasury issued SCM Instruction Note 5 of 2016/17 to address outstanding payments due to suppliers/creditors exceeding 30 days after submission of valid invoices for all PFMA complying institutions.
In terms of section 65(2)(e) of the MFMA, the accounting officer must take all reasonable steps to ensure that all money owing by the municipality be paid within 30 days of receiving the relevant invoice or statement unless prescribed otherwise for certain categories of expenditure. To effect this provision, National Treasury issued MFMA Circular 49 of 2009 applicable to all municipalities.
National Treasury continues to support Department of Monitoring, Planning and Evaluation (DPME) in monitoring payment of suppliers.
2. (a) Yes
(b) Yes
(b)(i) 26 March 2018
(b)(ii) departments, constitutional institutions, public entities, municipalities and municipal entities.
3. (a) We do not have this information.
(b) We do not have this information.
(i) (aa) We do not have this information.
(i) (bb) We do not have this information.
(ii) We do not have this information. The DPME is responsible for coordination of this information.
18 December 2018 - NW3513
Wessels, Mr W to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation
(1)What are the current water levels of the dams that supply water to the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality; (2) how many litres of water were lost during the 2017-18 financial year in the specified municipality as a result of leakages, (3) whether he has found that the levels at the specified dams justify changing the current water restriction level; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (4) whether he will make a statement on the matter?
Reply:
(1) Refer to Annexure A for the current water levels of the dams that supply water to the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality.
(2) The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality has lost 13 334 248 000 litres of water during the 2017-18 financial year as a result of leakages.
(3) The Caledon-Modder Water Supply System that supply water for the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality experienced significant drought conditions from around 2015 until 2017 seasons. Although the situation has improved a bit, drought conditions are still lingering into this 2018 season. Hence, some good inflows came into the dams of the system, easing the critical state of total dams’ storage from about 44% in May 2017 to about 57% in May 2018. May is the decision month for the system. Therefore, following the 2018 Annual Operating Analysis, the new system storage level justified changing water restrictions from 20% to 15% level.
(4) The Department held a Stakeholders Operation Forum (SOF) meeting, which involve water users from the system, in Mangaung on 4 October 2018, where results of the annual operation analysis, including the new restriction levels, were presented. Publication of a gazette notice for the new restriction levels is being processed.
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18 December 2018 - NW3642
Mkhaliphi, Ms HO to ask the Minister of Finance
What (a) number of chief directors are in the employment of the National Treasury and (b) is the (i) name, (ii) gender, (iii) race, (iv) experience in years, (v) salary level of each chief director and (vi) in which division is each chief director employed?
Reply:
a) 55 Chief Directors are in the employment of the National Treasury.
b) See below: (i) names furnished to the Member.
DIVISION (vi) |
GENDER (ii) |
RACE (iii) |
EXPERIENCE IN YEARS (iv) |
SALARY LEVEL (v) |
||
TENURE IN GOVERNMENT (YEARS) |
TENURE IN CD POST (YEARS) |
OTHER NON- GOVERNMENT (FOR LESS THAN 5 YEARS’ CASES) |
||||
Office of the Director-General |
MALE |
COLOURED |
19 |
14 |
|
14 |
FEMALE |
AFRICAN |
16 |
10 |
|
15 |
|
FEMALE |
WHITE |
24 |
13 |
|
15 |
|
MALE |
AFRICAN |
7 |
4 |
5 |
14 |
|
MALE |
AFRICAN |
16 |
5 |
|
14 |
|
Asset & Liability Management |
FEMALE |
AFRICAN |
0 |
0 |
6 |
14 |
FEMALE |
AFRICAN |
8 |
3 |
|
14 |
|
MALE |
WHITE |
44 |
16 |
|
14 |
|
MALE |
AFRICAN |
27 |
0 |
|
14 |
|
MALE |
INDIAN |
17 |
0 |
|
14 |
|
FEMALE |
WHITE |
11 |
9 |
|
14 |
|
Budget Office |
FEMALE |
WHITE |
11 |
0 |
|
14 |
FEMALE |
AFRICAN |
18 |
4 |
|
14 |
|
MALE |
INDIAN |
14 |
9 |
|
14 |
|
MALE |
WHITE |
12 |
3 |
|
14 |
|
MALE |
INDIAN |
15 |
11 |
|
14 |
|
MALE |
AFRICAN |
15 |
7 |
|
14 |
|
Public Finance |
MALE |
AFRICAN |
12 |
3 |
|
14 |
MALE |
WHITE |
10 |
4 |
|
14 |
|
FEMALE |
COLOURED |
9 |
9 |
|
14 |
|
FEMALE |
COLOURED |
16 |
16 |
|
14 |
|
MALE |
WHITE |
26 |
8 |
|
14 |
|
FEMALE |
COLOURED |
12 |
2 |
|
14 |
|
Economic Policy |
MALE |
WHITE |
21 |
16 |
|
15 |
MALE |
COLOURED |
5 |
1 |
7 |
14 |
|
FEMALE |
WHITE |
8 |
4 |
|
14 |
|
Intergov Relations |
FEMALE |
WHITE |
31 |
9 |
|
14 |
FEMALE |
AFRICAN |
17 |
2 |
|
14 |
|
MALE |
AFRICAN |
11 |
6 |
|
14 |
|
MALE |
AFRICAN |
1 |
1 |
12 |
14 |
|
MALE |
WHITE |
28 |
16 |
|
14 |
|
Tax & Financial Sector Policy |
MALE |
INDIAN |
9 |
9 |
|
15 |
FEMALE |
AFRICAN |
0 |
0 |
13 |
14 |
|
MALE |
WHITE |
9 |
6 |
|
14 |
|
FEMALE |
AFRICAN |
4 |
4 |
8 |
15 |
|
International & Regional Economic Policy (IREP) |
FEMALE |
WHITE |
13 |
6 |
|
14 |
FEMALE |
AFRICAN |
17 |
2 |
|
14 |
|
MALE |
AFRICAN |
16 |
3 |
|
14 |
|
DIVISION (VI) |
GENDER (ii) |
RACE (iii) |
EXPERIENCE IN YEARS (IV) |
SALARY LEVEL (V) |
||
TENURE IN GOVERNMENT (YEARS) |
TENURE IN CD POST (YEARS) |
OTHER NON- GOVERNMENT (FOR LESS THAN 8 YRS CASES) |
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IREP |
MALE |
COLOURED |
21 |
4 |
|
14 |
MALE |
AFRICAN |
4 |
0 |
6 |
14 |
|
Chief Procurement Office |
MALE |
AFRICAN |
16 |
16 |
|
14 |
FEMALE |
WHITE |
15 |
5 |
|
14 |
|
FEMALE |
AFRICAN |
14 |
2 |
|
14 |
|
MALE |
AFRICAN |
18 |
5 |
|
14 |
|
Corporate Services |
FEMALE |
AFRICAN |
1 |
1 |
11 |
14 |
FEMALE |
AFRICAN |
2 |
2 |
6 |
14 |
|
MALE |
AFRICAN |
7 |
2 |
3 |
15 |
|
FEMALE |
WHITE |
2 |
2 |
10 |
14 |
|
Office of the Accountant General |
MALE |
INDIAN |
23 |
17 |
|
14 |
FEMALE |
WHITE |
7 |
7 |
|
14 |
|
MALE |
INDIAN |
14 |
14 |
|
14 |
|
FEMALE |
WHITE |
15 |
11 |
|
15 |
|
MALE |
INDIAN |
35 |
9 |
|
14 |
|
FEMALE |
AFRICAN |
19 |
15 |
|
14 |
|
MALE |
AFRICAN |
16 |
9 |
|
15 |
18 December 2018 - NW3483
Khawula, Ms MS to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)Whether an intelligence unit was established at the SA Revenue Service (SARS) at any time during the period 1 January 1999 up to 31 December 2009; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) on what legal basis or provisions did the SARS rely for the establishment of this unit, (b) was the establishment of this unit approved by the then Commissioner of the SARS and (c) was intelligence equipment purchased for the intelligence unit; (2) were procurement laws and regulations followed in the purchasing of intelligence equipment for the intelligence unit; if so, (a) was the purchase of such equipment approved by the then Commissioner of the SARS and (b) what are the further relevant details?
Reply:
1. Around 2007 SARS established a unit that provided support to tax and customs investigations of the illicit economy and organized crime. At various times the unit was called the Special Projects Unit, National Resource Group and the High Risk Investigation Unit.
The formation and functioning of the unit has been considered and commented on by the Sikhakhane Panel, KPMG and the SARS Advisory Board. On 28 September 2018 retired Judge Kroon testified before the Commission of Inquiry, headed by retired Judge Nugent, that the establishment of such a unit was not unlawful.
2. SARS is not aware of any equipment procured by the unit that did not comply with the procurement policy.
18 December 2018 - NW3382
Mulaudzi, Adv TE to ask the Minister of Finance
Whether taxpayer and SA Revenue Service information were shared by certain SA Revenue Service officials (names furnished) with certain persons (names furnished) during the period 1 January 1999 up to 31 December 2009; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, who authorised it?
Reply:
I have consulted with the Acting Commissioner of SARS who informs me that:
- The sharing of such taxpayer information would have been a breach of the then provisions of the Income Tax Act (and other legislation administered by the Commissioner) relating to secrecy; and
- Every SARS employee at the time was, and still is, required to take an oath or affirmation of secrecy in respect of all SARS and taxpayer information.
He has no evidence indicating that any such information was shared by the said SARS Officials with the said persons in that period.
18 December 2018 - NW3925
Groenewald, Dr PJ to ask the Minister of State Security
1. Whether a certain person (name furnished) worked at the State Security Agency (SSA) at any stage since 1 January 1994; if so, during which duration; 2. Whether the specified person instituted any claims against the SSA; if so, what are the relevant details of the claims; 3. Whether she intends to pay these claims; if no, why not; if so, by which date; 4. Whether she will make a statement on the matter?
Reply:
Information relating to members of the State Security Agency (SSA) forms part of the broader operational framework of the SSA and therefore remains classified and privileged.
It should however be observed that the SSA is held accountable on such matters by the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) and the Inspector-General.