Reply:

(i) The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development does not have any loans with any entity in the People’s Republic of China.

(ii) Entities have reported as follows:

a. Legal Aid South Africa

Legal Aid SA has not sought nor obtained loans from the People’s Republic of China or any other party.

b. National Prosecuting Authority

The NPA has not borrowed any amount of money from the People’s Republic of China.

(i) The Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) has never borrowed any funds form the People`s Republic of China.

(ii) The Department of Correctional Services did not borrow any funds nor does it have any outstanding loans from the People’s Republic of China in the past three financial years and since 1 April 2018.

Reply:

Provincial bus services are operated by private operators but subsidized by government through contracts entered between provinces and these operators. The peak number of subsidized buses per province is as follows:

Province	Number of buses
Eastern Cape	553
Free State	257
Gauteng	2423
Kwazulu Natal	1393
Limpopo	830
Mpumalanga	601
North West	581
Northern Cape	54
Western Cape	1087
TOTAL	7779

Reply:

BUSINESS COFFEE TELEVISION ADVERT

a) The Business Coffee advert flighted from 27 May 2018 to 30 June 2018 on mainstream television stations.

b) The cost to produce the business advert was R10 376 558.00 and the cost for flighting the advert was R9 628 113.00. The advert was also placed on Youtube for additional views. The advert has longevity and will be used again in 2019.

c) An approved strategy guides SANRAL’s marketing and communications and it was informed by and consistent with the National Communication Strategy Framework. SANRAL strives continually to improve our communication engagement with members of the public, to inform them of our work and increase understanding of what the SANRAL brand represents. The good reputation of SANRAL is invaluable to our ability to play a role in promoting national investment, growing the economy and creating jobs. 

We have endeavored to present a comprehensive picture of how we deliver on our mandate to assist road users. The business coffee concept was developed to reinforce the universal truth of how interconnected our lives are, even the everyday things that we may overlook are the products of an interconnected network of people, business, and products that are all woven together by a vast system of national roads. SANRAL manages 22 214km of roads throughout South Africa. These roads are the driving force of South Africa that contribute to the GDP of the south African economy.

Business relies on the infrastructure of the roads to drive the economy. SANRAL has a responsibility to ensure that it delivers roads that are well designed, constructed and maintained. This safely engineered infrastructure aids in the driving experience; assists in prolonging the wear and tear of cars and trucks using these roads and enabling users to get themselves and goods to their intended destinations. This advert is pertinent in the current environment of needing to stimulate economic growth by investing in infrastructure.

The coffee ad was powerful and in line with SANRAL’s Horizon 2030 strategy. The commercial demonstrates the role and impact of road infrastructure in supporting businesses both large and small.

The commercial took the agricultural sector as an example and demonstrated through the harvesting and logistical transportation of coffee beans, bringing them to market and eventually at the consumer's hand to enjoy. It also reaffirms SANRAL’s slogan of beyond roads, as roads are not an end in themselves but a means to improving people's lives.

d) The performance is tracked using the industry performance planning tool that provides the performance of the campaign which is reach, frequency and impact, as indicated below. The campaign was tracked against viewership statistics supplied from the performance.

Audience : AGE 15+ ALL ADULTS (ADS15) U: 34 801 000, S:8134
Total Viewers	TVR	CPP 30"	Total CPP	Reach %	AveFreq
177 058 800	507,13	R10 109	R12 656	70,9%	7,2
Audience AGE 25+, HH INC R 14 000+, U:4 438 000, S:1010
Total Viewers	TVR	CPP 30"	Total CPP	Reach %	AveFreq
12 855 360	289,82	R17 689	R22 145	50,2%	5,8

TVR (television rating) – % of the people / target audience watching the programme/TV

Total TVR – total number of television ratings bought

30” CPP – cost per point for a 30” advert

Total CPP – cost per point for the against target audience.

Reach % - % number of the target audience reached

Ave.Freq – number of times the planned target audience has been exposed/seen the message.

ROAD SAFETY TELEVISION ADVERT

a) The Road Safety 365 TV advert flighted from 23 September 2018 to 8 October 2018 on both Mainstream and Community television stations.

b) The cost for producing the advert was R8 227 302.90 and the cost for flighting on both Mainstream and Community television was R3 037 807.60. The advert was also placed on Youtube for additional views and will is scheduled to fight again in early 2019.

c) Road safety is still one of South Africa’s biggest challenges. Every year 1,24 million people die in the world due to road crashes. South Africa contributes to the highest number of injuries and fatalities due to crashes on the roads. 60% of these victims are young people between ages 15 – 35 years of age. In addition to the effect on the economy it robs the country of skills and future leaders and affects economic growth. Bad and irresponsible behavior cannot be changed without all stakeholders working together (i.e. DOT, roads entities, the public, civil society groups, schools and more). So, when we look at a SANRAL Road Safety Campaign, we look at it from a ‘partners’ view. We see it as SANRAL contributing to the fight against road crashes and fatalities in SA. We look at other campaigns that have the same objectives in mind – and then see how we can add a different voice, a different point of view – that may resonate with South Africans.

While other campaigns are focused on the Easter and Festive Season periods, SANRAL’s approach is that of a year-long campaign. When other campaigns use gory visuals and scare tactics to make their point, we look at a more emotional, more ‘adult’ approach but also relatable to different target audiences – hence the theme of the legacy left by parents for their kids. That as ‘adults’ we should be mindful of our actions as they may encourage the next generation of drivers to do as we do.

The objective of the campaign is to:

• promote safe road practices and behaviour amongst South Africans when travelling on the roads throughout the year.
• increase road user engagement and personalise the message to the road users.
• encourage all road users to respect the rules of the road – they are there for your safety.

As we reframe ‘road safety’ in the hearts and minds of South Africans, we are also reminding them of the results of irresponsible behaviour on our roads. The legacy element – even if you are not a parent but an aunt or uncle, your nieces and nephews also look up to you.

d) The performance is tracked using the industry performance planning tool that provides the performance of the campaign which is reach, frequency and impact, as indicated above. The campaign was tracked against viewership statistics supplied from the performance.

Please note that community TV reach will always be low due to broadcast footprint, especially if it’s compared to the national tv channels that have a bigger foot print and cover almost 99% of the population.

MainstreamTV
		Audience : AGE 15+ ALL ADULTS (ADS15) U: 34 978 000, S:8153
Total Viewers	TVR		CPP 30"	Total CPP		Reach %	AveFreq
44 749 244	127,94		R10 530	R12 779		47,7%	2,7
		Audience AGE 25+, HH INC R 14 000+, U:4 297 000, S:960
Total Viewers	TVR		CPP 30"	Total CPP		Reach %	AveFreq
4 757 462	110,73		R12 166	R14 298		45,8%	2,4
Community TV
		Adults 15+ years
Total Viewers	Total TVR		Total CPP R	30Sec CPP		Reach %	Avg Freq
2 574 785	7,36		62, 784	41, 856		3	2,5
		AGE 25+, HHINC R14 000+
Total Viewers	Total TVR		Total CPP R	30Sec CPP R		Reach %	Avg Freq
428 694	9,74		47, 463	31,642		1,8	5,4

Reply:

(a) The Pilot project for (i) learner drivers and (ii) license applicants was launched on 30 August 2018

(b) At Centurion Driving Licence Testing Centre (DLTC), Tshwane. The service was the rolled out to other DLTCs from 01 September 2018.

(c) The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), one of the entities in my Department, monitors the success through daily reports of the number of slots booked online versus the number of slots of walk-in applicants. Further thereto the RTMC in close co-operation with the Gauteng Department of Transport, monitors the calls logged via its 24-hour call centre and addresses issues raised as soon as practically possible - although the majority of these calls were resolved by guiding the applicant through the process.

Since the end of September (30 days after the introduction of the service), the number of slots booked online has exceeded the walk-in applicants daily.

(d) The system has a 99.99% uptime and availability and there are always slots available throughout the Gauteng province, albeit it might not be at the applicant’s most preferred DLTC.

Reply:

a (i) None

(ii)None

(aa) N/A

(bb} N/A

b N/A

c N/A

d N/A

MS. T. XASA, MP

MINISTER OF SPORT AND RECREATION

DATE: 2018/11/21

Reply:

1. The Department is in the process of conducting a broad study of the spatial and demographic placement of current Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Community Education and Training (CET) sites. These are being linked to multiple indicators as a first step towards determining the possible future expansion of colleges. To date, the spatial footprint of 361 TVET and 1 152 CET sites (out of approximately 3 500 CET sites) has been completed.
2. The criteria at present are linked to ward numbers, population statistics, educational and unemployment levels, as well as poverty indexing based on the South African Multiple Poverty Index (2014).
3. At present, there are no findings on priority beyond the current spatial footprint of the TVET and CET colleges.
4. A list of underutilised State buildings has been compiled for consideration in any future expansion of student accommodation. These are largely linked to the current sites of delivery of the colleges and other PSET institutions.
5. There is no priority list at present for future expansion, and the focus in the immediate term is to complete the above mentioned spatial/demographic study and ensure that current infrastructure is brought to full operational functionality and maximum utilisation before a programme of new construction is put in place.
6. (a) A request for the construction of a new campus in Mitchells Plain has been received from False Bay TVET College.

(b) The request was received on 5 July 2018.

(c) The proposal has not yet been considered in terms of a priority list for state funding.

(d) No formal communication has taken place with the College Council.

COMPILER DETAILS

NAME AND SURNAME: MR STEVE MOMMEN

CONTACT: 012 357 5311

RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that the Minister signs Parliamentary Reply 3175.

MR GF QONDE

DIRECTOR–GENERAL: HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

DATE:

PARLIAMENTARY REPLY 3175 IS APPROVED / NOT APPROVED / AMENDED.

COMMENT/S

MRS GNM PANDOR, MP

MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING

DATE:

Reply:

1(i) a Department of Energy

Date of Upgrade	Name of Company	Monetary Value	Name of System Upgraded	Company Responsible for Maintenance	Value of Maintenance Contract
March 2014	Ubuntu Technologies	R 6 092 074.50	Server, storage and local area network system	DoE maintains ICT systems internally. However, the DoE has an technical support Service Level Agreement with Ubuntu Technologies	Total cost of R 290 700.00 over 36 months. (Ending October 2020)
April 2015	State Information Technology Agency	R 83 500.18 per month	Virtual Private Network	State Information Technology Agency	Monetary value of the contract includes maintenance and support services
April 2012	Gijima	R 4 649 605.69	Design and Implementation of Local Area Network and Voice over Internet Protocol communication system – Head Office	DoE maintains the Voice over Internet Protocol system internally. However, the DoE has an technical support Service Level Agreement with Ubuntu Technologies	Total cost of R 144 000.00 over 24 months (Ending June 2020)
March 2015	Gijima	R 910 451,62	Voice over Internet Protocol communication system – Regional Offices
May 2016	Microsoft	$ 539 278.14	Microsoft Volume Licensing	DoE maintains ICT systems internally.	None
November 2018	Magic	R 4 123 699.20	Petroleum Products Act Licensing System	Magic	The total cost of the contract includes application, design, development, maintenance and support services over 36 months period. (Ending November 2018)
April 2017	Galyx	R 343 393.73 (once off)	Barracuda Secure Web Gateway	DoE maintains the system internally.	None
August 2018	Netsec	R 63 250.00 (once off)	Symantec Full Disk encryption	DoE maintains the system internally.	None

CEF GROUP RESPONSE TO (1) (a) (ii)

CEF (SOC) Ltd – IT Systems Upgrades

	(d)	(a)	(c )	(b)
	IT System /Infrastructure	Date / Year Upgraded	Contract Value	Name of Implementation Partner / Service Provider
1.	Acctech (BPM & VRM) for CEF	0ct 2016	R400,000.00	Acctech Systems
2.	IDU Concepts (Budgeting)	July 2016	R22,000.00	IDU
3.	Telephone system upgrade and Skype for Business Implementation	June 2018	R1,650,617.58	EOH
4.	SharePoint 2016	September 2018	R553,000.00	Global Computing & Telecoms
5.	Boardview Implementation	Aug 2017	R264,900.00	Gijima
6.	Microsoft Exchange and AD upgrade	November 2017	R495,000.00	EOH
7.	Network Cabling	August 2016	R433,458.52	EOH
8.	Video Conference System	Feb 2018	R1,489,998.24	Shellard Media
9	Internet Service Provider	Feb 2018	R 582,337.00	MTN
10	Corporate Screen Savers	Aug 2018	R 44,428.18	Nth Dimension
11	Firewall Management	Aug 2018	R 332,594.40	Galix
12	Cibecs Desktop backup software	Nov 2017	R 319,969.50	Leishan IT

PetroSA – IT Systems Upgrades
	(d)	(a)	(c )	(b)
	IT System	Date / Year Upgraded	Contract Value	Name of Implementation Partner/Service Provider
1	Implementation of Hyper-Converged Platform for Virtualization (DELL/EMC VXRail)	September 2018	R4,627,317	BCX and DELL/EMC
2	DELL Server Infrastructure (5 x R440 Servers)	August 2018	R500,000	Gijima
3	ProSource Front Office 2013	November 2018	$25,954	Schlumberger
4	Windows 10 and MS Office 2016 upgrade	October 2018 (still in progress)	Nil	Gijima
5	Active Directory 2016 upgrade	July 2018 2018 (still in progress)	Nil	Gijima

SFF - IT Systems Upgrades
	(d)	(a)	(c )	(b)
	IT System / Infrastructure	Date / Year Upgraded	Contract Value	Name of Implementation Partner/Service Provider
1.	AccTech Systems	Oct-15	R756, 863.10	AccTech
2.	Business Process Management	Jul-18	R286, 806.10	AccTech
3.	Microsoft licenses	Jul-05	R86, 037.00	Introstart
4.	Dell IT Infrastructure	Mar-16	R2,230, 700.34	Dell
5.	Telephones System	Aug-16	R443, 865.10	VOX
6.	Firewall	Feb-16	R499, 519.10	Reportstar
7.	VMware(1yr)	Jul-18	R15, 756.10	Isquered
8.	Veeam Backup(3yrs)	Aug-17	R33, 702.10	Pronetwork
9.	Printers	Sep-17	R15, 066.10	Xerox
10.	Ysoft(Follow me printer	Oct-17	R4, 300.10	Xerox
11.	Antivirus	Jul-18	R5, 200.20	BVI Network Security Services

AE - IT Systems Upgrades
	(d)	(a)	(c )	(b)
	IT System / Infrastructure	Date / Year Upgraded	Contract Value	Name of Implementation Partner/Service Provider
	DELL Server Infrastructure VMWare	March 2011	R2 500 000.00	Pro-Networks (DELL Reseller)
	SAP All-in-One for Mining	August 2012	R4 500 000.00	Barnstone
	Arcserve for Cloud-on-Demand remote Disaster Recovery System and backups.	June 2016	R 290 000.00	Pro-Networks
	Hosted Internet	March 2014	R 240 000.00	MWEB/Ignite
	Hosted Exchange	July 2018	R 332 364.47	Nkusi IT
	Weighbridge System	March 2015	R 918 000.00	Tontrac System Analytics
	Isometrix System: Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Module; Document Management System Module (DMS).	September 2018	R 583 945.62	Metrix Software Solutions
	Vlakfontein Internet; VPN Link between Head Office and Vlakfontein Mine	March 2011	R2 051 000.00	Vlocity Communications
	BEE tool kit.	February 2017	R 149 000.00	MPowered-Business Solutions
	Telephone Link and PABX Solution	March 2018	R 98 000.00	ST-Solutions

CEF GROUP RESPONSE TO (2) (a) (ii)

	CEF (SOC) LTD	(b)	(a)
	IT System / Infrastructure	Contract Value	Name of Implementation Partner / Service Provider
1.	Acctech (BPM & VRM) for CEF	R400,000.00	Acctech Systems
2.	IDU Concepts (Budgeting)	R22,000.00	IDU
3.	Telephone system upgrade and Skype for Business Implementation	R1,650,617.58	EOH
4.	SharePoint 2016	R553,000.00	Global Computing & Telecoms
5.	Boardview Implementation	R264,900.00	Gijima
6.	Microsoft Exchange and AD upgrade	R495,000.00	EOH
7.	Network Cabling	R433,458.52	EOH
8.	Video Conference System	R1,489,998.24	Shellard Media
9	Internet Service Provider	R 582,337.00	MTN
10	Corporate Screen Savers	R 44,428.18	Nth Dimension
11	Firewall Management	R 332,594.40	Galix
12	Cibecs Desktop backup software	R 319,969.50	Leishan IT

	PETROSA IT SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE	(b)	(a)
	Maintenance / Support Contract name	Contract Value	Service Provider
1.	Infrastructure Outsource	R32,108,763 p/a	Gijima
2.	Infrastructure Outsource (MES & Service Desk)	R20,975,492 p/a	BCX
3	WAN/Voice Infrastructure Services	R28,868,179	BCX(Telkom)

AE - Maintenance & Support Contracts
	Maintenance / Support Contract name	Year entered into	Contract Value	Service Provider
	Weighbridge System Support	March 2018	R 460 per hour (call out fee)	Tontrac
	Cloud-on-Demand remote Disaster Recovery Support	June 2016	R 290 000.00	Pro-Networks
	Hosted Internet	May 2018	R 91 181.76	MWEB/Ignite
	Hosted Exchange	July 2018	Part of Annual License fees	Nkusi IT
	Isometrix System: Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Module; Document Management System Module (DMS);	September 2018	R 180 000.00	Metrix Software Solutions
	VPN, Internet & Maintenance (Vlakfontein Mine)	March 2018	R 120 000.00	Vlocity Communications

National Energy Regulator of South Africa

(1)(a) (ii)

(a)(ii) On what date was IT infrastructure upgraded/updated	b) name of company contracted to do upgrades	c) what was the monetary value of the contract	d) what is the name of each IT system that was upgraded
01 August 2016	Dataworld (Pty) Ltd	R410, 400.00	Licensee Management System
22 November 2015	Esri South Africa (Pty) Ltd	R498 600.00	Geographical Information System (GIS)
06 December 2016	Xtreme Resources CC	R246 240.00	NERSA Website
14 June 2016	Global Computing & Telecoms (Pty) Ltd	R388 535.05	Microsoft SharePoint Document and Records Management System
29 June 2018	Microsoft – Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd	R6 113 960.06	Microsoft software licenses
19 January 2015	Enterprise Services SA (Pty) Ltd	R5 889 220.03	Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery services
25 January 2017	Omega Digital Technologies (Pty) Ltd	R138 827.72	Audio Visual equipment maintenance services
06 December 2017	Electrilabs (Pty) Ltd	R137 185.60	Preventative maintenance services
16 October 2015	Motswako Office Solutions (Pty) Ltd	R3 499 926.12	Supply, Installation & maintenance of multifunctional printers - Rental
16 October 2015	Motswako Office Solutions (Pty) Ltd	R4 329 740	Supply, Installation & maintenance of multifunctional printers - Rental
24 February 2016	Liquid Telecom SA (Pty) Ltd	R471 207.60	NeoBroadband Fibre Internet Access
31 May 2016	Telkom SA SOC Ltd.	R523 260.88	10MB Internet Fibre

2(a) (ii)

Nersa currently maintains the Licensee Management System, the Geographical Information system, and the NERSA website.

The following companies are responsible for the maintenance of its IT systems:

Name of company responsible for maintenance of IT systems	(b) value of the contract
Global Computing & Telecoms (Pty) Ltd	R468 000.00
Microsoft	R6 113 960.06
Enterprise Services SA (Pty) Ltd	R5 889 220.03
Omega Digital Technologies (Pty) Ltd	R138 827.72
Electrilabs (Pty) Ltd	R137 185.60
Motswako Office Solutions (Pty) Ltd	R583 320.48
Motswako Office Solutions (Pty) Ltd	R583 775.80
Liquid Telecom (Pty) Ltd	R471 207.60
Telkom SA SOC Ltd	R523 260.88

National Nuclear Regulator

1(a)(i) N/A

(ii) IT upgrades are done in accordance with a plan which stipulates which parts of the infrastructure need updates in any particular year. The network was last updated in July 2018 and a new server was purchased in March 2018.

b) Sizwe did the network and server

c) R870 000.00 and R378 000.00

d) Network update and server and storage update

2(a)(i) N/A

ii) Infrastructure upgrades usually contain an ongoing maintenance component as part of the contracts. Networks are maintained by Sizwe, Bytes provides SharePoint Support and VOX provides MPLS support. Other maintenance such as server operations are done in-house.

b) Sizwe – included in contract price, Bytes – R2.4m and VOX – R4.3m

National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute

(1)(a) (ii)

(a)(ii) On what date was IT infrastructure upgraded/updated	b) name of company contracted to do upgrades	c) what was the monetary value of the contract	d) what is the name of each IT system that was upgraded
2016	NECSA IT	R24 887.13 monthly	IT (Access to network, resources, security and authorizations)
2016	NECSA Finance and HR	R6 472.73 monthly	Finance, HR and Payroll
N/A	Microsoft Dynamics SL	R22 098.00	Software License
N/A	Aptronics	R48 324.03	Microsoft Office 2016
N/A	CHM Vuwani Computer Solutions (Pty) Ltd	R19 233.48	Microsoft Visio Professional 2016
N/A	CHM Vuwani Computer Solutions (Pty) Ltd	R475 591.34	Microsoft Server software and licenses
N/A	CMH Vuwani Computer Soultions (Pty) Ltd	R146 926.83	Microsoft Server Application and Licenses
N/A	Aptronics	R387 201.38	HPE Rack and Server for file storage, applications and web server
N/A	Neo Technologies	R74 916.25	Network Installation (Cisco Wi-Fi AP and HP Aruba Switch)
N/A	CHM Vuwani Computer Solutions (Pty) Ltd	R26 354.18	Wi-Fi and Network Switching

2(a)(i) N/A

ii) IT infrastructure in relation to internet services, finance, HR and payrolls services are offered and maintained by NECSA IT and NECSA finance and HR. NECSA is paid monthly for these services.

Other maintenance such as server operations are done in-house.

b) NECSA IT is paid R24 887.13 monthly for their IT services and NECSA finance and HR are paid R6 472.72 monthly for finance, HR and payroll services.

South African National Energy Development Institute

1.

(a)(ii) On what date was IT infrastructure upgraded/updated	b) name of company contracted to do upgrades	c) what was the monetary value of the contract	d) what is the name of each IT system that was upgraded
2013	Dell Inc	R2 058 293.00	New IT Infrastructure hardware
2018	Dell Inc	R2 635 426.00	New Storage Device

2 (a)(ii) SANEDI currently oversees its own maintenance with regards to internal applications.

Resolve Immix is a SANEDI partner that oversees its Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 ERP system.

(b) The Resolve Immix contract is R586 385.00.

South African Nuclear Energy Corporation

1(a)

(ii) On what date was IT infrastructure upgraded/updated	b) name of company contracted to do upgrades	c) what was the monetary value of the contract	d) what is the name of each IT system that was upgraded
August 2018	Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd	R156 036.32	HR – ResourceLink*
July 2018	Aptronix (Pty) Ltd	R1 225 764.18
July 2018	NGA Africa (Pty) Ltd	R486 437.14
March 2018	Profound Project Control (Pty) Ltd	R438 446.02	Finance – Microsoft Dynamics SL*
June 2018	Datacentrix (Pty) Ltd	R296 142.91
17 October 2017	Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd	R114 056.63	Microsoft License fees for servers
16 October 2017	Datacentrix (Pty) Ltd	R416 098.14	Isometrix (Servers for Isometrix)
Tender confirmed with SLA dated 28 February 2018	Metrix Software Solutions (Pty) Ltd	R2 828 373.00
June 2018	Aptronix (Pty) Ltd	R680 000	Wifi
August 2018	Pronetworks	R15 900	VPN
May 2018	Pronetworks	R94 790	Firewall
June 2018	Galix Networks	R82 141	Barracuda Proxy
June 2018	Infrasol	R41 100	Disk Encryption
April to October 2018	Various Suppliers	R120 000	Network switches
April 2018	Hextreme	R280 000	SharePoint

2(a)(ii) NECSA maintains all IT systems internally apart from DRL (an HR System) and Microsoft Dynamics (Financial system)

Microsoft Dynamics – Profound Project Control

DRL – North Gate Arinso

(b) Hourly rates of R925 per hour (fixed rate) and R1 031 per hour (ad-hoc rate) apply for 2018/19 for Microsoft Dynamics.

For North Gate Arinso, the hourly rates for 2018 are R890.00.

 

Reply:

(1)(a) According to the information provided to the Department by South African Rugby Union (SARU), the direct amounts spent on the bid amounted to a total of R30, 580, 678.50 (R6,407,711.37 was spent in 2016 and of R24,172,967.13 in 2017). The indirect costs such as staff time and opportunity cost have not been fully calculated and included.

(B) (i) zero

     (ii) R1m

     (iii) zero

     (iv) estimated at :tR37m direct and indirect cost

(2)In any bidding process, more resources, particularly financial resources are always required to mount a successful bid. Several stakeholders were approached to support and fund the bid; and others could not commit what was required at the time. Accordingly, all contributions that were agreed to were then provided by the key stakeholders to the bid.

 

 

 

MS. T. XASA, MP

MINISTER OF SPORT AND RECREATION DATE:

Reply:

1. (a) Nyoni Projects was appointed through open tender process on 23 February 2016 to complete the roadworks at both the Mhlali and Mvoti River crossings, with an estimated completion date of 22 February 2017. The Contractor had experienced significant cashflow problems and went into business rescue on 3rd October 2017. After various meetings between Nyoni Projects, the Business Rescue Practitioner and SANRAL, SANRAL terminated the Nyoni Projects contract on 14th February 2018 after their liquidation. SANRAL had requested National Treasury to approve a deviation to appoint the second lowest tenderer. National Treasury did not approve this, but instead approved that all previous tenderers be invited to submit a price to complete the outstanding works. This process has since started to source the service providers to complete the project.

(b) (i) 22 February 2017

(ii) A date has not been set since the new contractor has not yet been appointed due to unresolved matters with National Treasury. A total of ten months is required to complete the works.

(2) (a) (i) R15 678 620.13 (Excl. VAT)

(ii) For nine months from February 2018 until October 2018, a total of R 562,962.00 (Excl. VAT)

(iii) Latest estimate R65 764 304.37 (Excl. VAT)

(b) As the construction company has been liquidated, the Performance Guarantee to value of R5.7 million was paid by the guarantor to SANRAL for the non-performance by the contractor in fulfilling his obligations to complete the contract.

3. As indicated the company Nyoni Projects (Pty) Ltd has been liquidated and are no longer in existence.

(a) The directors of Nyoni Projects (Pty) Ltd were Macloud Nyoni (Managing), Sibongile Nyoni (Financial), Gugulethu Samantha Nyoni

(b) Identity Numbers:

Macloud Nyoni (Managing) - 660313 5567 084

Sibongile Nyoni (Financial) - 670928 0895 082

Gugulethu Samantha Nyoni - 920601 0812 083

Reply:

The mandate of extractive fisheries resource use and management lies with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF); Branch: Fisheries Management (BFA). The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has a role in the management and maintenance of environmental and ecosystem health, integrity, as well as beneficial and sustainable use of environmental resources.

The demersal shark fishery constitutes a small-scale inshore fishery with a quantified impact which is limited to fish product based on size and species. The fishery is also restricted through regulating fishing effort, as well as spatial restrictions for operations.

The Department of Environmental Affairs does collaborate with DAFF on management areas for these species through initiatives such as the development and implementation of the National Plan of Action for Sharks (NPOA) published in 2012 by DAFF and the National Biodiversity Management Plan for Sharks (BMP: Sharks) published in 2015 by DEA.

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Reply:

Before responding to the question, I deemed it prudent to refer the honourable Alberts to the provisions of section 91(2) of the National Road Traffic Act, 1993 which provides as follows

“91. Delegation by Minister and MEC

(2) The MEC concerned may –

(a) delegate to any other person any power conferred upon him or her by or under this Act; and

(b) authorise any other person to perform any duty assigned to the MEC by or under this Act,

and may effect such delegation or grant such authorisation subject to such conditions as he or she may deem fit.

From my reading and interpretation of section 91(2) as outlined above, it would appear authority of the MEC goes beyond delegation by him or her of the competencies to issue permits but also include “…. any power conferred upon him or her under this Act”

Furthermore, may authorise any other person to perform any duty assigned to the MEC by or under this Act.

Reply:

a) Reasons that the rental for accommodation at train stations has been increased are:

• Tenants at all stations entered into Lease Agreements as prescribed by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (PRASA) Leasing Policy for the use of such premises.
• The rentals paid at the station are market related and are negotiated and agreed upon with the tenant on a lease document signed by both parties.
• PRASA’s lease agreements provides for a rental escalation which occurs at the anniversary of each agreement.
• Such annual rentals escalation are market related researched and determined by the approved registered property valuers serving in the property sector.

b) Date of rental increase:

• Law of contract prescribes the lease agreement to have a start and end date to be a valid contract.
• Each contract will clearly indicate when the lease shall be due for escalation on the annual anniversary of each lease.
• Lease commencement dates will differ from lease to lease depending on when the agreed use of the property is envisaged to take place.

c) The impact of the increased rental on tenants and potential tenants are:

• Payment of increased rental based on escalation rates which is aligned to inflation and increased rates and taxes as well as electricity, the tenants will consider and adopt cost effective ways of doing business.

Reply:

a) The Department and its entities have not borrowed money from any entity in the People’s Republic of China.

b) Not applicable.

c) Not applicable.

d) Not applicable.

Reply:

1(a) Date of last audit of artwork owned by the Department of Tourism

The last audit of artwork was done before 31 March 2018.

(b) What are the details of each artwork under the curatorship of the department?’

The artwork is accounted for in accordance with the Modified Cash Standard issued by National Treasury and applicable to government departments.

(2) Artwork that went missing:

(a) –(b) The Department has no artwork that went missing for the requested financial years.

Reply:

List of school sport programme which receives support from Sport and Recreation South Africa is attached.

 

MS. T. XASA, MP

MINISTER OF SPORT AND RECREATION

DATE: - 1\ - \

Reply:

A) The total number of students at universities in the 2017 academic year was 1 036 984.

B) The table below provides the Instructional Research Professionals by rank and qualification:

Highest most relevant qualification	Professor	Associate Professor	Vice Rector	Director	Associate Director	Senior Lecturer	Lecturer	Junior Lecturer	Below Junior Lecturer	Undesignated/ Other	Total
University Qualification
Undergraduate Diploma or Certificate (1 or 2 years)	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	3	0	1	16
Undergraduate Diploma or Certificate (3 years)	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	1	0	3	19
General Academic first Bachelors Degree	4	8	0	0	2	57	175	65	16	7	334
Professional first Bachelor's Degree (3 years)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Professional first Bachelors Degree	11	9	0	0	0	86	327	87	37	6	563
Post-graduate Diploma or Certificate	2	1	0	0	0	25	76	19	4	2	129
Post-graduate Bachelors Degree	1	7	0	0	0	57	101	41	0	3	210
Honours Degree	17	14	0	0	2	224	654	273	46	15	1 245
Masters Degree	113	179	0	1	24	1 394	4 442	213	66	33	6 465
Doctoral Degree	2 095	1 935	0	2	30	2 910	1 717	35	29	74	8 827
Technikon Qualification
National Certificate	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	7
National Higher Certificate	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	7
National Diploma	0	0	0	0	0	8	76	43	0	6	133
Post-Diploma Diploma	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	6
National Higher Diploma	1	1	0	0	2	13	81	9	0	0	107
Baccalaureus Technologiae Degree	0	0	0	0	1	16	291	196	1	0	505
Masters Diploma in Technology	1	5	0	0	0	21	20	1	0	0	48
Magister Technologiae Degree	1	1	0	1	7	68	441	17	0	0	536
Laureatus in Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doctor Technologiae Degree	12	27	0	0	5	110	50	1	0	0	205
Other Qualification
Pre-tertiary Qualification	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
None of the above	27	11	0	0	0	49	110	23	12	26	258
Unknown	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	1	10
Total	2 285	2 199	0	4	73	5 050	8 598	1 031	212	179	19 631

C) Universities are not funded per faculty. The table below illustrates the public higher education institution's annual budgets from 2015 to 2018.

Institution	2018	2017	2016	2015
	Income	Expenditure	Income	Expenditure	Income	Expenditure	Income	Expenditure
	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000
Cape Peninsula University of Technology	2 338 659	2 407 142	2 227 008	2 226 465	2 016 362	2 022 051	1 981 126	1 978 082
Central University of Technology	808 280	765 765	736 313	689 277	635 675	609 789	593 902	559 954
Durban University of Technology	1 774 001	1 754 608	1 643 635	1 636 974	1 433 150	1 428 665	1 179 974	1 174 113
University of Limpopo	1 537 317	1 517 899	1 479 248	1 411 272	1 297 878	116 176	1 962 168	1 043 105
University of Mpumalanga	328 023	417 127	302 200	363 865	245 924	245 923	244 609	241 808
Mangosuthu University of Technology	777 828	390 893	704 167	344 481	581 170	285 201	548 123	538 151
Nelson Mandela University	1 777 397	1 856 210	1 653 473	1 720 663	1 497 630	1 518 388	1 404 076	1 405 227
North West University	4 213 921	4 161 890	3 859 871	3 820 451	3 598 965	3 568 123	3 453 307	3 397 849
University of Pretoria	6 927 200	6 518 900	6 527 700	6 207 100	6 000 000	5 647 200	5 406 500	5 050 100
Rhodes University	1 159 938	1 182 546	1 101 280	1 079 079	1 061 696	1 049 909	1 013 954	1 005 436
Sefako Makgatho University	1 110 158	1 146 787	820 095	1 031 158	661 919	714 519	862 813	607 635
Sol Plaatje University	310 311	310 127	212 138	212 093	160 346	160 027	78 796	78 434
Stellenbosch University	5 898 273	5 884 679	5 524 307	5 491 538	4 960 303	5 079 174	4 692 971	4 672 801
Tshwane University of Technology	3 364 040	3 423 149	3 174 942	3 234 612	2 760 770	2 942 208	2 827 182	2 824 182
University of Cape Town	3 325 170	3 272 330	3 117 510	3 059 740	2 841 400	2 790 340	2 668 510	2 616 430
Fort Hare University	1 142 451	1 142 452	1 068 497	965 845	953 118	943 118	819 448	817 448
University of the Free State	2 060 212	1 934 329	1 910 068	1 743 969	1 666 139	1 788 638	1 621 665	1 727 661
University of Johannesburg	3 616 267	3 611 930	3 365 875	3 384 945	3 095 982	3 126 319	2 890 520	2 915 510
University of KwaZulu-Natal	3 695 841	3 745 174	3 264 683	3 116 484	3 044 654	2 943 088	2 798 324	2 719 782
University of South Africa	7 170 698	7 136 129	6 972 490	6 968 669	4 493 601	2 957 297	5 752 252	5 586 928
University of Zululand	1 166 795	1 161 696	1 295 907	1 291 107	985 686	901 826	909 391	756 780
University of Western Cape	2 145 683	2 108 723	1 995 757	1 953 412	1 813 812	1 789 073	1 727 346	1 654 180
University of Venda	1 036 021	32 544	999 136	892 079	839 416	818 763	778 474	751 935
Vaal University of Technology	1 319 456	1 358 968	1 167 651	1 202 699	1 193 657	1 229 360	1 077 551	1 093 209
University of the Witwatersrand	4 856 590	4 926 995	4 440 387	4 490 517	3 784 553	3 777 499	3 483 022	3 490 050
Walter Sisulu University	1 683 092	1 680 479	1 543 593	1 544 634	1 299 905	1 299 905	1 578 208	1 250 844

Reply:

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

(1)(a) The terrorist attacks in the landside area of Brussels Airport on 22 March 2016 and Istanbul Airport on 28 June 2016, has brought aviation security sharply into focus from all aviation stakeholders, governments and the media. Ensuring the security of the traveling public is a top priority for ACSA. The appropriate authority has defined “landside.” To include areas of mass gathering inside or close to the terminal, where there is a regular concentration of people. There is collaboration with the appropriate authority responsible for civil aviation security matters and other security agencies to conduct risk and vulnerability assessment of Airports to determine if any adjustments to current security measures are warranted. This requirement is contained in our National Civil Aviation Security programme that allocate responsibilities to state agencies. Engagement with the National and Airport Security Committees on appropriate measures to implement on specific threat scenarios.

i)Metal barriers and bollards are being used to prevent drive-in attacks

ii) The separation of vehicle drop-off and pickup areas from the terminal building

iii) Relocation of vehicle parking close to the terminal building to open areas further from the buildings

iv) Management of crowds around the landside areas to reduce gatherings of meters and greeters has been implemented.

v) Security considerations have been considered for Access areas such as balconies, terraces or windows that open, close to the terminal building where an active shooter or bomber might have access to crowded public areas by enhancement of patrols and CCTV surveillance.

vi) Airport Workers & passenger awareness & communication, there is a continuous reminder through the public-address system to passengers and visitors to be vigilant and report unattended baggage or suspicious behavior.

vii) Security awareness training is provided for all Airport workers (both airport and non-airport employees, including those not involved directly in security) to recognize suspicious behavior, and provide a simple and quick means to report it.

(b) Airports Company South Africa is not obligated under any legal grounds to implement the restricted road access. This road is under the jurisdiction of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan municipality. The municipality is charged with this legal responsibility. The management of O.R Tambo International Airport has raised its concerns and suggested that the airport controls the access and egress onto the airport frontage roads.

(i) Aviation-specific security regulations focus on the airside spaces (non-public spaces of airports accessible only to air passengers who hold a valid boarding pass and to security cleared staff). These regulations are designed to prevent unlawful interference with air transport. Landside spaces (airport spaces accessible to the general public) are subject to general security regulations enacted by national civil aviation authority. It is therefore up to the national civil authority to review and coordinate with airports to identify the appropriate measures that match their specific threat scenario.

(ii) A new set of standards regarding landside security are included in Amendment 15 to Annex 17 (April 2017) which require States to ensure that landside areas are identified, that measures are established to mitigate and prevent attacks based on a risk assessment, that measures are appropriately coordinated, and that responsibilities are allocated within a State’s national civil aviation security programme.

(iii) Accompanying this standard is guidance material within Doc8973, ICAO Security Manual, which provides additional information on how measures might be implemented. DOC 8973 states that no vehicle shall park within 50 meters from the terminal building.

(iv) The following list provides some best practices in detection, deterrence or mitigation of landside threats that reflect current ICAO guidance material and other industry best practices.

(v) Consider infrastructure and airport design features to mitigate the threat from attack. These might include:

(vi) bollards, flowerpots and other structures to prevent drive-in attacks

(vii) the separation of vehicle drop-off and pickup points from the terminal

(viii) Reduce access areas (such as terraces) where an active shooter or bomber might have access to crowded public areas.

(c) Studies was conducted by a traffic consultant in accordance to municipal by laws

(d) Public participation will be done prior to implementation

(e) Workable alternatives are,

(i) the separation of vehicle drop-off and pickup points from the terminal

(2) whether he has been informed that the Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) has been in contact with the SA National Airport Parking Association (Sanapa) and that Acsa has given Sanapa an undertaking to participate in the process regarding the proposed road closures;

(a) none

(3) whether he has been informed of the current form of intimidation being conducted against parking operators by Acsa and the Ekurhuleni metro police, who allegedly are having cars picking up and dropping passengers at the entrances towed and stored, and that this has the result of random removal and storage of the cars of bona fide users of the pickup and drop-off points; if not, will he conduct an investigation in this regard; if so, (a) why is this happening and (b) what steps will he take in order to ensure that individuals are given a reasonable time to pick up or drop off passengers?

i) Acsa and the Ekurhuleni metro police, doesn’t intimidate parking operators at the airports. In terms of ICAO Doc 9873 and national civil aviation program vehicles cannot be left unattended on the roadway and within 50 meters from terminal building.

Acsa must ensure adequate road marking and appropriate signages in accordance to road ordinance act.

Reply:

1. (a)(b) The Department of Transport does not own artwork by Government.
2. (a)(b) Falls away

Reply:

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

(1)(a) After consideration of the first forensic report, the Board agreed that a second report be obtained. The Open Water report was concluded in January 2018 and the previous Board constituted a Board Sub-committee to review the report. The sub-committee met in February 2018, discussed the report and a recommendation was made to the Board in this regard. However, before this could be discussed at a Board meeting, the term of office of the then acting chairman expired and two Board members resigned. That left the Board with two Non-Executive Directors and one Executive Director, namely the Chief Executive Officer. The matter was then held over for the new Board to be appointed.

(b) After the appointment of the new board, the forensic reports have been considered by the Audit and Risk Committee (“ARC”). A Board ad hoc committee constituted by two members each from the Remuneration and Nominations Committee and ARC has been tasked with working on these reports and external advice has been sought in this regard. It is envisaged that the matter would be concluded soon.

(2)(a)(i) The Board members cited various reasons, information of which can be forwarded on request.

(ii) The Minister has appointed six Board members who have assumed their directorships with effect from 1 September 2018. The Board Chairman has subsequently been appointed with effect from 9 November 2018.

(b) In terms of clause 13.1.1 of ACSA’s Memorandum of Incorporation (“MOI”), the Board shall, at all times, consist of a minimum of three directors and a maximum of twelve directors, of which a majority shall be non-executive directors. The decisions taken by the Board have been taken by a fully constituted board in terms of the MOI.

Reply:

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

(a) According to the South African Geographical Names Council Act (Act No. 118 of 1998) the Minister of Arts and Culture is responsible for the approval of geographical names after receiving recommendations from the South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC). The SAGNC is only responsible for geographical features of national concern including, but not limited to, towns/cities, suburbs and any form of human settlement, post offices, stations, highways, airports and government dams. The SAGNC is also responsible for natural landforms like mountains, hills, rivers, streams, bays, headlands and islands. Since airports are administered by National Department of Transport through the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) it is within their mandate to process their renaming through the South African Geographical Names Council

(b)(1) The Minister/Department of Transport through ACSA should initiate consultation in relation to the proposed changes or coordinate any of such process from the public or any stakeholder.

2. A notice in terms of Promotion of Administrative Justice Act of 2000 (where an intention to change the names will be stated clearly and the public will be asked to comment). At the same time there should be consultation with all affected families whose names will be used to give written permission for use of those names and they can also advise on the format in which names should appear on signage (if some of the airports will be named after people). ACSA should also consider staging public hearing around the affected airports, any municipality around each of the affected airports can be an ideal venue and a partner for this exercise.

3. Once all the inputs have been collected the South African Geographical Names Council’s application forms should be completed taking into consideration the inputs from the public and then taken to the relevant Geographical Names Provincial Committees (e.g. if the Airports in Gauteng then Gauteng Provincial Committee, KwaZulu-Natal then KZN Geographical Names Committee, Eastern Cape the Eastern Cape Geographical Names Committee etc.) for processing.

4. The relevant Provincial Committees will then forward the application forms to the South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC) after they have checked that the applications comply with the guidelines as stated in the Handbook on Geographical Names. For example, checking if the name is not offensive or a duplication of an existing one etc.

5. The South African Geographical Names Council will then take a decision on the form or forms of names and recommend them for the Minister of Arts and Culture’s approval.

6. Once the names have been approved by the Minister, they will then be published in the Government Gazette which will mean that they are official. The Department of Transport and ACSA will then have to implement the official names as soon as possible. This can take form of events to unveil the names and installing proper signage.at the airports and on relevant roads.

(c) Public notices proposing the renaming of Cape Town International Airport, Port Elizabeth International Airport, Kimberly Airport, and East London Airport were published in May 2018.

(d) All government departments, provincial governments, local authorities, the SA Post Office, property developers and any other body or person may apply for a name change through the South African Geographical Names Council.

(e) Public notices proposing the renaming of Cape Town International Airport, Port Elizabeth International Airport, Kimberly Airport, and East London Airport were published in May 2018.

(f) The process can take up to 4 months from submission of application for name change to the National Geographical Names Council if there are no legal challenges and objections.The renaming process may be further lengthened or delayed depending on the individual circumstace of each application. The Council meets three times per year.

Reply:

(a) None.

(b) (i) None.

(ii) None.

(aa) Not applicable.

(bb) Not applicable.

(cc) None.

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Reply:

1. The Department granted permission to the South Cape Technical and Vocational Education and Training College to exchange its George Campus for the specified vacant municipal land on 13 December 2017, if both parties enter into a formal agreement.
2. The estimated budget for the construction of the new campus will be R565 million.
3. The College has solicited funding from the Services Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA), which has been approved by its Board. A meeting was held in August 2018 between the College, Municipality and Services SETA where Services SETA reaffirmed their commitment to fund the project.
4. (a) The design and plans of the new campus have already been developed with different phases of construction.

          b) The next phase is addressing the rezoning and bulk services with the local municipality.

          c) The execution of the project will be a joint responsibility between the South Cape TVET College and Services SETA with the Department playing                    an oversight role.

Reply:

1. Our records reflect that in 2017 there was a request for officials to undertake a training programme offered by VITOL, however this was never approved, and as such no departmental official travelled to London or Rotterdam during the period in question to attend the said training.

2. Not applicable, as no training offered by Vitol was attended.

3. Not applicable

4. Not applicable

Reply:

a) Teachers at each (i) primary and (ii) high school in each province. For consistency with the response to Question 2687, all five (5) school categories are reflected.

PROVINCE	PRIMARY	SECONDARY	COMBINED	INTERMEDIATE	SPECIAL	Grand Total
EASTERN CAPE	17 652	14 146	13 773		886	46 457
FREE STATE	10 248	6 916	1 332	2 658	667	21 821
GAUTENG	38 244	23 587	12	33	3 488	65 364
KWAZULU-NATAL	51 296	33 435	8	1 214	1 420	87 373
LIMPOPO	25 111	20 694		19	615	46 439
MPUMALANGA	17 858	11 421	1 847		376	31 502
NORTH WEST	14 106	6 767	1 093	2 016	664	24 646
NORTHERN CAPE	4 671	2 541	427	1 703	208	9 550
WESTERN CAPE	16 095	9 164			1 965	27 224
Grand Total	195 281	128 671	18 492	7 643	10 289	360376

Source: PERSAL, July 2018

Note: The figures reflect the number of teachers (Post Level 1-3) including Grade R teachers/Practitioners that were in the system as at July 2018. It is not the reflection of the number of posts.

(b) principals at each (i) primary and (ii) high school in each province. For consistency with the response to Question 2687, all five (5) school categories are reflected.

PROVINCE	PRIMARY	SECONDARY	COMBINED	INTERMEDIATE	SPECIAL	Grand Total
EASTERN CAPE	2 695	780	1 397		43	4 915
FREE STATE	446	227	53	176	16	918
GAUTENG	1 356	584	1	1	113	2 055
KWAZULU/NATAL	3 753	1 542	1	69	58	5 423
LIMPOPO	2 243	1 282		4	35	3 564
MPUMALANGA	1 084	428	67		17	1 596
NORTH WEST	867	258	61	135	29	1 350
NORTHERN CAPE	282	100	20	96	11	509
WESTERN CAPE	929	326			74	1 329
Grand Total	13 655	5 527	1 600	481	396	21 659

Source: PERSAL, July 2018

Note: The figures reflect Principals that were in the system as at the end of July 2018. It is not the reflection of the number of posts.

Reply:

(a)(b)(c) Mr Dyafta was employed by Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE) until his termination, due to ill-health. As this is a matter between the employer (ECDoE) and employee (Mr Dyafta) affecting his conditions of service, the appropriate procedure is to address the matter directly with the ECDoE.

Reply:

1. The department conduct asset verifications bi-annually in line with the Sport and Recreation South Africa Asset Management Policy. Asset verification includes audit of artwork owned by the department which is part of SRSA Asset Register.

2. No artwork under Minister department’s curatorship have gone missing in each of the past five financial years since 1 April 2018.

 

 

MS. T. XASA, MP

MINISTER OF SPORT AND RECREATION DATE:

Reply:

a) The purpose of the Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT) is to improve management practices within the National and Provincial Departments through the monitoring of defined standards and raising of awareness amongst departmental management. To facilitate the learning and improvement MPAT also identified and captured good practices in 42 case studies and had various events to disseminate the learnings. Some department have made MPAT scores part of their Annual Performance Plans and individual Performance Agreements however MPAT is not part of an annual evaluation cycle.

 

b) The theory of change of MPAT identified that the compliance to policy requirements would result in the improvement of management practices. The baseline data for the number of departments that achieving at least 3 in 50% of the standards assessed by MPAT was 38% in 2013 and this improved to 75% in 2017. An independent implementation evaluation of MPAT in 2015 indicated that “Evidence shows that 97.8% of accounting officers surveyed consider MPAT results to be useful to some extent. Departments tend to utilise these results for raising awareness of management practice strengths and weaknesses, accountability as well as for undertaking improvements and corrections”.

c) The following is a breakdown of the MPAT system development and maintenance cost included in the unit’s cost above:

Year	Cost
2012	561 742,13
2013	633 305,13
2014	790 075,57
2015	470 142,25
2016	325 136,77
Grand Total	2 780 401,85

		Approved	Not Approved	Approved as amended
		Comment:
Dr NC Dlamini-Zuma Minister in the Presidency: Planning Monitoring and Evaluation
Date:

Reply:

a) The anti-retrovirals that were affected were the combination products of Abacavir / Lamivudine and Zidovudine / Lamivudine. The active ingredients for most medicines are produced mainly in India and China. The challenges experienced were caused by the new legislation in China relating to industrial pollution which resulted in the closure of manufacturing sites for the production of Lamivudine and Abacavir.

The injectable contraceptive, norethisterone enanthate, is currently not available. The supplier is the only supplier of this drug in South Africa and supply challenges were experienced because of the quality of the pharmaceutical ingredient.

The demand from provinces on Oxytocin exceeded the supply. As a result, the contracted supplier did not have sufficient capacity to meet the increased demand.

b) The National Department of Health assisted the contracted supplier of Zidovudine / Lamivudine to obtain special authorisation from the regulator (South African Regulatory Authority – SAHPRA) to bring stock into the country in terms of Section 21 of the Medicines Act. The stock arrived in tranches over a period of three months and supply is ongoing.

With regards to Abacavir / Lamivudine, stock has arrived and is being released in tranches as well.

With regards to injectable contraceptives, although norethisterone enanthate is not yet available, another injectable contraceptive, medroxyprogesterone acetate is available and health care workers have been advised accordingly. Furthermore, the National Department of Health assisted the contracted supplier of norethisterone enanthate to obtain special authorisation from the regulator (SAHPRA) to bring stock into the country in terms of Section 21 of the Medicines Act.

The National Department of Health sourced stock from the alternative supplier of Oxytocin in the private sector.

Furthermore, the National Department of Health assisted the contracted supplier of Oxytocin to obtain special authorisation from SAHPRA, to bring in sufficient stock, based on the demand until January 2019. This gives the contracted supplier sufficient time to build the capacity to bring in stock in December 2018.

END.

Reply:

(1 )(a) The Department through the Dual System Pilot Project is still developing the National Occupations Curriculum Content (NOCC) for the 13 priority occupational trades including welding. In the interim, INDLELA and the other trade test centres are still using the legacy trades to train and test artisans.

(b) INDLELA has no other option but to modernise its equipment, which is largely ideal only for the transitional legacy trades. To achieve the transformation, a Recapitalisation Plan for INDLELA was developed in 2016 to cater for the improvement of security and upgrading of the INDLELA facility as a whole, which includes the modernisation of workshop machinery. Sector Education and Training Authorities (SET As) have contributed R26 million towards the upgrading of INDLELA.

(i) The primary difference between the content of legacy trade programme (including welding) and the new occupational trade programmes is in the trade curriculum content, which for the occupational trades emphasises more workplace learning. This is a departure from the legacy trades, which do not emphasise rigorous workplace learning, especially where a workplace contract is absent. Furthermore, the mode of delivery of training for legacy trades uses one of the two approaches, i.e. dual or linear depending on the availability of a workplace contract. Where a workplace contract is available, the training will be of a dual nature. Where a workplace contract is not available, the training will be linear, resulting in the learner initially acquiring theory and practical learning, and later workplace learning when a workplace contract is available.

(ii) No learners have been tested against the reviewed qualifications to date.

(2) INDLELA has sufficient equipment to test only for the transitional legacy trades.

(a) To meet the new assessment standards for welding once the NOCC has been completed, INDLELA will need approximately R20 million to upgrade its existing welding workshops.

(b) The current funding made available by SETAs will allow INDLELA to deliver the trade testing by 2020. It should be noted that INDLELA does not receive voted funds to undertake major capital projects.

3)(a) INDLELA through its Artisan Development and National Artisan Moderation Body Directorates started the advocacy campaign in 2016 when the draft National Artisan Development Strategy was conceptualised. All provinces were visited to conduct workshops on the content of the draft strategy and dual system approach in relation to the new occupational trades. This exercise culminated in the hosting of the Artisan Development Conference on 6 - 7 December 2016. Furthermore, INDLELA established consultative forums, which include Provincial Artisan Development Steering Committees, Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges, SETAs, organised business and labour, and other government departments with the aim to keep every artisan training stakeholder on board regarding artisan development matters, including the devolution of the new trade occupations.

(b) The national advocacy campaign costs INDLELA approximately R5 million per annum.

Reply:

(a} The National Qualification Forum (NQF} is formally constituted through the NQF Implementation Plan 2011-2015 and the System of Collaboration which guides the mutual relations of the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA} and Quality Councils (QCs} as per the National Qualifications Framework Act, sections 13(1 }(f}(i} and 33. Members of the NQF Forum are the Chairpersons and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs} of the Councils/Boards of SAQA and QCs, the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Director-General of Higher Education and Training, and the Chairperson and secretariat of the Inter-Departmental NQF Steering Committee.

(b} The Chairperson of the NQF Forum is the Director-General of Higher Education and Training with SAQA performing the secretariat function.

(c}(i} The role of the NQF Forum is to provide opportunities for the Minister at a strategic level to raise concerns, plans and requests for research and information with SAQA and the QCs. The NQF Forum also provides an opportunity for the Minister to hear the views of the Chairpersons and CE Os of SAQA and the QCs, as well as their challenges and priorities.

(ii}- (iii) Since its inception, the NQF Forum has dealt with and provided recommendations, among others, on the following topics:

- Inter-Departmental NQF Steering Committee: It recommended that an InterDepartmental NQF Steering Committee be established to deal with all matters related to the NQF development and implementation, concerns and questions about the NQF, as well as matters referred to it.

- NQF Forum and related matters: It recommended that the NQF Forum be the vehicle through which complex issues are discussed collaboratively, promote common understanding and ensure the efficient development and implementation of the NQF.

- Determine policy on NQF matters: It recommended that the Minister should publish policies to "drive" the implementation of the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL} and ensure that articulation happened across the NQF system.

- Publish guidelines: It recommended that guidelines which set out government's strategy and priorities for the NQF be published providing a strategic remit including those for SAQA and the QCs.

- NQF Implementation Framework: It recommended the development of the NQF Implementation Framework.

- Determine a dispute resolution process: It recommended that a regulation be published by the Minister to ensure there is a mechanism in place to resolve disputes between the QCs and SAQA.

- Legislation and related matters: It recommended the setting up of the QCTO needed to be fast-tracked and receive funding from the fiscus.

- Private colleges and quality assurance: It recommended the consideration of the registration of skills development providers with the Department of Higher Education and Training.

- Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Credit Accumulation and Transfer (CAT): It recommended that dedicated task groups research CAT and RPL be set up, and the research consider credit transfer within the sub-frameworks.

- Level descriptors: It recommended that the existing level descriptors be submitted for public comment by SAQA by the end of July 201 O and this was subsequently published in 2012.

- Role of Umalusi: It recommended:

o Umalusi's funding model needs to be changed from a reliance on certification fees to quality assurance levies taken from Provincial education budgets.

o Memorandum of Understanding or Service Level Agreement between Umalusi, Departments of Basic Education, and Higher Education and Training was required;

o Umalusi should not be restricted to Level 4, and the delegated responsibility from the Council on Higher Education be considered.

- Policy strategies for coherence and integration: It recommended that the variety of policy strategies required for integration be referred to the NQF Steering Committee for its consideration and recommendations, and issues of nomenclature and terminology be addressed.

- Standard setting models of the three sub-frameworks: It recommended that SAQA should publish policy and criteria for the registration of qualifications and part qualifications.

Research across the NQF: It recommended that research must underpin policy developments and the further development and implementation of the NQF.

- Transfer of the Education and Training Quality Assurance functions from Sector Education and Training Authorities to the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations: It recommended that short-term delegations be implemented to maintain the status quo during the transitional period.

{iv) The NQF Forum took a decision that meetings would only be convened if there were NQF matters that required their attention. The NQF Forum convened on 14 June 2018 and 26 September 2018.

Reply:

(1) The Department is in the process of:

- Rationalising some of the Report 191 curricula, especially where there is poor uptake and where such subjects are no longer relevant. This involves 171 engineering-related subjects and 214 business studies-related subjects;
- Updating subjects, through the review process, where there are consistently high enrolments and where the skills sets are still relevant. Thirty-four subjects from N 1 to N6 are being revised in the current year with additional curricula targeted for 2019;

- Improving and updating several National Certificate (Vocational) [NC(V)] curricula.

The current revisions are in the Information Technology and Computer Science and Safety in Society specialisations; and

- Scaling up the offering of occupational programmes through the establishment of the Centres of Specialisation in colleges.

(2) The NC(V) programmes will continue to be offered for at least the next five years.

(a) Several NC(V) subject curricula have been reviewed and based on feedback received from colleges, and other stakeholders, these NC(V) programmes will continue.

(b) The system of review and implementation generally falls within a two-year period. It takes about six months to undertake the review and finalise the revised curriculum. The development of learning materials is undertaken over approximately eight months.

Lecturer development for 'gap training' is taken between November and December of the year preceding the year of implementation. Where all three levels of the subjects are affected, each successive level is introduced in consecutive years. Finally, the national examinations system has to have a final curriculum at least 18 months before the curriculum is examined. The Department adheres to this requirement in managing the implementation of the revisions.

(c) There is a need to rationalise some of the specialisations and subjects in the NC(V) programme to avoid overlap and duplication with other parts of the education system, such as Basic Education offerings. There are also poor enrolments in about five vocational programmes that have been identified for rationalisation.

(3) (a) Identified subjects in the Report 191 programmes are being reviewed.

Reply:

(1 )(a) The White Paper on Post-School Education and Training makes provision for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET} colleges to offer both higher education and occupational qualifications at NQF level 6 on the Higher Education Qualifications SubFramework (HEQSF). Several colleges already offer Higher Certificates at NQF level 5, and some colleges will progress into the Advanced Certificates at NQF level 6. Three colleges offer a combination of NQF levels 6 and 7, i.e. diploma and degree qualifications, in partnership with higher education institutions, as provided for in section 43(3) and 43( 4) of the Continuing Education and Training Act, 2006 (Act No. 16 of 2006). The scale of the provision at NQF levels 5 and 6 is however still small but will be scaled up from 2020 when the funding flow for such students becomes embedded in the integrated funding plans of the Department.

Regarding occupational qualifications, colleges are not in a position to offer NQF level 6 qualifications as yet, and this will only be offered based on demand and for which funding has been secured for delivery, through the Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) system. In 2018, eight TVET colleges were offering NQF level 5 occupational qualifications. Most occupational qualifications delivered by TVET colleges are at NQF levels 3 and 4. Major planning and funding injections will be required before firm decisions can be taken to scale up the provision of occupational qualifications at NQF level 6.

(b) The naming of occupational qualifications to better align with the HEQSF nomenclature is under consideration but has not yet been finalised.

(2)(a) A reasonable time for the introduction of NQF level 6 qualifications into the TVET system would be January 2021, given the several elements that are integral to their implementation success, i.e. existence of curricula and learning programmes, learning materials, lecturer readiness, and a clear and co-ordinated system of funding for students enrolled in the occupational and higher education programmes at NQF level 6.

(b) For the higher education qualifications at NQF level 6, lecturers will have to be in possession of an honours degree as the minimum academic qualification to teach at this level.

In relation to occupational qualifications, the qualification itself sets out the requirements for delivering the practical instructional component. Currently, pilot programmes are underway to understand the requirement of lecturers.

(3)(a) For the higher education qualifications at NQF level 6, the major requirement apart from physical space and basic teaching tools will be the need for teaching technologies to support innovative teaching methods. For occupational qualifications, the provision of specialised and modern plant equipment, simulators and practicum rooms will be critical.

(b) In planning for the delivery of the occupational qualifications, funding from the various sources, i.e. the fiscus, SETAs, National Skills Fund and private sector, will have to be factored into a coherent plan of delivery before implementation. For the scaling up of the higher education qualifications that will be offered in TVET colleges in partnership with higher education institutions, the Department intends to provide earmarked grants to the colleges to enrol against set targets.

Reply:

DAFF

(a)(i) 2015/16: R 829 000

2016/17: R2 806 000

2017/18: R5 479 000

(b)(i) 2015/16: Total budget: R6 408 750 - percentage: 0.01%

2016/17: Total budget: R6 514 965 - percentage: 0.04%

2017/18: Total budget: R6 847 034 - percentage: 0.08%

NAMC

No Irregular expenditure, unlawful and wasteful expenditure were incurred by NAMC for the past three years.

MLRF

Financial year	Fruitless and Wasteful	Irregular	Budget	% Fruitless & Wasteful	% Irregular
	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000
2015/16	225	12 772	537 276	0.04%	2.38%
2015/17	1 274	103 400	511 280	0.25%	20.22%
2015/18	2 336	172 281	558 841	0.42%	30.83%

PPECB

Wasteful expenditure	FY 2018	FY 2017	FY 2016
Changes in travel arrangements (cancellations, rescheduling)	9,112	4,278	16,000
Charges for late payments to suppliers	55	3,341	77
Inaccurate supplier and employee payments	64,134	-	-
Unapproved expenditure		-	2,864
	73,301	7,619	18,941
% of expenditure budget	0.021%	0.002%	0.006%
Irregular expenditure	FY 2018	FY 2017	FY 2016
Deviation from 3-quote process, prior CEO approval not obtained	32,250	10,226	37,206
Procurement of items on expired contract, prior CEO approval not obtained	-	73,457	-
Deviation on minimum threshold for local content	512,402	-	-
	544,652	83,683	37,206
% of expenditure budget	0.156%	0.026%	0.013%

  OBP

Irregular expenditure as per the audited annual financial statement	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
	R190,636	None	None
Percentage of the total budget constituted	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
	0.16%	0%	0%

ARC

		2015/16 R’000	2016/17 R’000	2017/18 R’000	Total R’000
	Fruitless & Wasteful Expenditure	265	129	199	593
	Irregular Expenditure	205,177	199,263	106,294	510,734
a		205,443	199,392	106,493	511,327
	Total Operational Budget	1,091,069	1,103,000	1,368,991	3,563,060
	Total Capital Budget	82,610	86,988	91,338	260,936
	Total Budget	1,173,679	1,189,988	1,460,329	3,823,996
b		17.5%	16.8%	7.3%	13.4%

Reply:

a)  Kindly refer to Annexure A

b) Kindly refer to Annexure B

c) Kindly refer to Annexure C

d) The following Statistical report are at the risk: Health and Vital Statistics Birthand Dearth Statistics; Labour Statistics; Environmental Economic Statistics; GDP; CPI; Povertyand Inequality Statistics Short-Term Industry Stats; Gender Statistics; Crime Statistics, Social Stats, Private Sector Financial Statistics Structural Industry Stats

 

		Approved	Not Approved	Approved as amended
		Comment:
Dr NC Dlamini-Zuma Minister in the Presidency: Planning Monitoring and Evaluation
Date:

Reply:

The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation has not borrowed any funds since its inception in 2010.

The National Youth Development Agency has never borrowed funds from any entity in the People’s Republic of China.

Statistics SA has never borrowed funds from any entity in the People’s Republic of China.

		Approved	Not Approved	Approved as amended
		Comment:
Dr NC Dlamini-Zuma Minister in the Presidency: Planning Monitoring and Evaluation
Date:

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(ii)(iii) The number of murders, which were reported at the Primrose Police Station, is as follows:

 

2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018
35	45	45

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

(i) 2015/2016		(ii) 2016/2017		(iii) 2017/2018
Cas Number	Conviction	Cas Number	Conviction	Cas Number	Conviction
306/08/2014	10 years imprisonment	257/07/2012	15 years imprisonment	271/07/2016	10 years imprisonment
156/09/2014	10 years imprisonment
447/02/2015	8  years imprisonment
71/03/2015	13 years imprisonment

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

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

 

 

Reply to question 3016 recommended/

TI

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GENERAL UTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Date: 18 11 t

Reply to question 3016 approved/

BH CELE, MP

Reply:

The response to this Parliamentary question can only be disclosed in a closed session of Joint Standing Committee on Defence as it relates to strategic sensitive security capabilities of the SANDF.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(ii)(iii) The number of murders, which were reported at the Bedfordview Police Station, is as follows:

2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018
7	7	1

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

2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018
CAS Number	Conviction	CAS Number	Conviction	CAS Number	Conviction
205/11/2015	10 Years Imprisonment	None	Not applicable	None	Not applicable
91/01/2016	18 Years Imprisonment

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

2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018
Women	Children	Women	Children	Women	Children
1	0	1	0	1	0

 

 

GENERAL TH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Date: ) i8-1)’ j§

Reply to question 3015 approved/

MINIS F POLICE BH CEO, M

Date:

Reply:

REPLY

a) The funds spent with regard to disaster management are for normal operations and the responsibilities for the 2017/2018 financial year within my department.

b) For the 2017/2018 financial year, my department facilitated the approval of and the transfer of disaster funding to the affected organs of state that were unable to cope with the effects of the disaster, by only using their own resources in line with the provisions of the Disaster Management Act (2002). The DCOG through the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) transferred a total amount of R449 786 000 (R449.8 million) from the Disaster Grants, for the implementation of various intervention measures by the affected organs of state. Of the total amount transferred to various organs of state, R26 147 000 (R26.1 million) was made to the Merafong City Local Municipality in Gauteng Province to address the sinkhole conditions. An amount of R341 300 000 (R341.3 million), was further transferred to address the drought conditions in the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and the Western Cape Provinces.

A breakdown of the transferred funds for the 2017/18 financial year from the Disaster Grants is as follows:

MUNICIPAL DISASTER RELIEF GRANT
Name of the municipality	Amount allocated	Amount transferred	Reported Expenditure and Remarks
TRANSFER DATE	28 March 2018
TYPE OF DISASTER	DROUGHT
PURPOSE OF ALLOCATION	Water infrastructure projects within the affected municipalities
EASTERN CAPE
	R'000	R'000	R'000
Dr Beyers Naude Local Municipality (LM)	468	468	467
Koukamma Local Municipality	770	770	770
Kouga LM	1 090	1090	1090
Sundays River LM	2 090	2 090	0* The indication by the municipality is that the delays were due to SCM processes.
Makana LM	810	810	743
Blue Crane Route LM	180	180	180
Ndlambe LM	950	950	31
Amathole District Municipality - Mbashe Local M	1 380	1 380	469
Nelson Mandela Bay Metro	97 000	97 000	1628
Total EC	104 738	104 738	5 378
NORTHERN CAPE
Kareeberg Local Municipality	4 626	4 626	1 441
Richtersveld Local Municipality	15 196	15 196	14 439
Namakhoi Local Municipality	4 542	4 542	411
Hantam Local Municipality	8 500	8 500	8 500
Kamiesberg Local Municipality	3 968	3 968	3 362
Total NC	36 833	36 833	28 153
WESTERN CAPE
Cederberg Local Municipality	7 962	7 962	4 983
Matzikama Local Municipality	7 627	7 627	897
Drakenstein Local Municipality	26 845	26 845	7 932
City of Cape Town	122 507	122 507	85 368
Total WC	164 936	164 936	99 180

PROVINCIAL DISASTER RELIEF GRANT
NAME OF PROVINCE AND DEPARTMENT	AMOUNT ALLOCATED	Amount transferred	Reported Expenditure
TRANSFER DATE	28 March 2018
TYPE OF DISASTER	DROUGHT
NORTHERN CAPE	PROVISION AND TRANSPORTATION OF LIVESTOCK
	R'000	R'000	R'000
Provincial Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development	42 339	42 339	42 339
Total NC	42 339	42 339	42 339

MUNICIPAL DISASTER RECOVERY GRANT
NAME OF PROVINCE AND MUNICIPALITY	Amount Allocated	Amount transferred	Reported Expenditure
RECEIVING PROVINCIAL DISASTER RELIEF GRANT
TRANSFER DATE	07 March 2018
TYPE OF DISASTER	SINKHOLE FORMATIONS
PURPOSE OF ALLOCATION	RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION WORK
GAUTENG PROVINCE
	R'000	R'000	R'000
Merafong City Local Municipality	26 147	26 147	2 230
Total	26 147	26 147	2 230

PROVINCIAL DISASTER RELIEF GRANT
NAME OF DEPARTMENT	AMOUNT ALLOCATED	Amount transferred	Reported Expenditure
RECEIVING PROVINCIAL DISASTER RELIEF GRANT
TRANSFER DATE	31 August 2017
TYPE OF DISASTER	DROUGHT
PURPOSE OF ALLOCATION	Provision and transportation of livestock feed
WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE
	R'000	R'000	R'000
Provincial Department of Agriculture	40 000	40 000	40 000
Total	40 000	40 000	40 000

MUNICIPAL DISASTER RELIEF GRANT
NAME OF MUNICIPALITY	Amount Allocated	Amount transferred	Reported Expenditure
TRANSFER DATE	21 August 2017
TYPE OF DISASTER	DROUGHT
PURPOSE OF ALLOCATION	Water infrastructure projects within the affected municipalities
WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE
	R'000	R'000	R'000
Bitou Local Municipality	10 920	10 920	10 920
Theewaterskloof Local Municipality	3 134	3 134	2 864
City of Cape Town	20 812	20 812	20 812
Total	34 866	34 866	34 596

Reply:

NW3331E

(1)(a)(i)(ii)(iii) The number of murders, which were reported at the Germiston Police Station, is as follows:

2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018
48	45	55

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

2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2 18
CAS Number	Conviction	CAS Number	Conviction	CAS Number	Conviction
648/05/2015	15 years imprisonmen t	650/05/2016	3 years imprisonmen t	None	Not applicable
571/06/2015	3 years imprisonmen t	160/08/2016	Life imprisonmen t
454/01/2016	15 years imprisonmen t	753/12/2016	15 years imprisonmen t

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

2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018
Women	Children	Women	Children	Women	Children
8	4	5	4	5	0

 

 

 

Reply to question 3017 recommended

KJ (SOEG)

Date: ytI18 *»* › ›

Reply to question 3017 approved/n

MINISTER OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date: [[

GENERAL AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply:

The Department did not award any contract to Werksmans Attorney in the period of 01 January 2014 to 31 December 2016.

Reply:

1. Yes

a) Section 7.2 (e) of the Policy for the Allocation and Management of Fishing Rights in the Large Pelagic Longline Sector: 2015. This provision stipulates that because of a lack of suitable South African vessels and South Africa’s limited experience in tuna longlining, joint ventures with non – South Africans may be a necessity; In additi.on, South Africa is a Contracting Member of the International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOCT) and is bound to adhere to respective Recommendations and Resolutions of the respective tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (tRFMOs). One of those is ‘’Vessel Chartering “which allows for fishing vessels to be chartered between Contracting Parties.

b) Combined Fishing Enterprises CC, Ferro Fishing ( Pty) Ltd and Impala Fishing ( Pty) Ltd

c) Three (3)

d) 2005

2. Yes

In accordance with section 39 of the Marine Living Resources Act, 1998 (Act No.18 of 1998) (“the MLRA’’), a foreign vessel license is issued to the vessels before any fishing activity can take place. In addition and in accordance with section 13 of the MLRA, a Permit to Undertake Commercial Fishing of Large Pelagic Longline is issued to the Right Holder, permitting the vessel to harvest the Large Pelagic species allocated to the Right Holder. Lastly, a Fish Processing Establishment permit is issued to the vessels as they process fish on board. The vessels are subjected to the applicable domestic legislation and permit conditions, including a Vessel Monitoring System and additionally, foreign fishing vessels are required to have 100% Observer coverage.

Noting South Africa’s obligations to the ICCAT and IOCT, all the catch and observer data accrues to South Africa.

Reply:

See the link for REPLY: 

 

 

Reply:

a) The NYDA Act identifies the President as the NYDA’s political head, the President has then delegated the oversight functions to the Minister in the Presidency. The Minister receives technical support from the Department.

		Approved	Not Approved	Approved as amended
		Comment:
Dr NC Dlamini-Zuma Minister in the Presidency: Planning Monitoring and Evaluation
Date:

Reply:

(a) What are the relevant details?

There is no water treatment facility in Boiketlong. Part of the Sedibeng Regional Sanitation Scheme is to upgrade the Sebokeng Waste Water Treatment Works, Rietspruit Waste water treatment Works and Leeuwkuil Waste Water Treatment Works. The project is funded by the Department of Water and Sanitation and Rand Water is the Implementing Agent.

Leeuwkuil WWTW Upgrade

A detailed design for Leeuwkuil WWTW is underway and currently at 90% completion.

Upgrade to pumpstation 2 conveyance and pumpstation 4 inlet works: preliminary design is complete and approved. The scope entails the gravity main from pumpstation 10 to pumpstation 2 and the rising main from pumpstation 2 to Leeuwkuil WWTW and the upgrade of pumpstation 4 inlet works.

Basic Assessment Report (BAR): 98% progres, the Environmental Authorisation (EA) was issued and will be advertised.

Waste Licence (WL): 68% Draft scoping report was on public review (05 September – 08 October 2018). Final Scoping report submitted on 12 October 2018.

Water Use Licence: 0% can only commence once approval has been granted for the BAR and WL.

Documentation: 80% in progress

Procurement: 0%. It can only commence upon budget approval.

Geotechnical Investigations: 100%. Report submitted for approval.

Leeuwkuil Catchment: Pipelines and Pumpstations

Preliminary design: 100%. Report submitted and approved.

Way leave requirements for the route and WWTW: 0%. Way leave applications to be lodged for gravity main to pumpstation 2, rising main to the Waste Water Treatment Works.

By what date will the

Equipment be fully operational. The Sedibeng Regional Sanitation Scheme (SRSS) programme has been divided into the following three implementation phases: Short term (2015-2020). Medium Term (2020-2025). Long Term (2025-2035). Leeuwkuil WWTW falls under Short term and medium terms implementation phases.

Short Term:

15 LM upgrade to Leeuwkuil WWTW

WCWDM Leeukuil Catchment

Leeuwkuil Pumpstation repairs

Medium Term:

Leeuwkuil pipe replacement and pumpstation repairs.

(b) By what date will the

ii) Community have access to clean piped water?

The community already has access to clean piped water through communal standpipes, supplied by the Quuagafontein reservior.

Emfuleni is not a district, but a local municipality under Sedibeng District Municipality. Boiketlong is an informal settlement located within the Emfuleni Local Municipality between Sebokeng Zone 10 and Sonland park (Vereeningng). The community has access to water through communal standpipes, supplied by the Quuagfontein reservoir.

Metsi-A-Lekoa, the water services department of Emfuleni, is responsibile for the provision of water and sanitation services, to operate and maintain the infrastructure. Leeuwkuil Waste Water Treatment Works receives sewer inflow from the leeuwkuil catchment which includes Boiketlong. The plant is designed to treat at the capacity of 36 ML/day (Mega Litres per day). Currently the plant operates over the capacity of 56 ML/day when the pumpstations pumping to the works are fully operational.

“Plans to repair and maintain the broken and ineffective water treatment equipment that serves the Boiketlong community”

There is no water treatment facility that serves Boiketlong for portable water,

as indicated that they receive water through communal standpipes. The only water treatment facility for portable water is Vaaloewer Water Treatment Plant which only serves the Vaaloewer community.

In light of the above, the only treatment works in the area is the Leeuwkuil Waste Water Treatment Works which deals with the treatment of sewer.The Leeuwkuil Waste Water Treatment Works requires upgrades in order to accommodate the current capacity requirements. Part of the plant upgrade includes repairs of the equipment.

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Reply:

1. The Department conducted business with one of the companies (Vox Telecommunications) listed in the request.

Financial year	Contracts awarded to VOX telecommunications for	Amount
2014/15	Supply, installation and maintenance of audio-visual and video conferencing systems	R1 848 455.47
2016/17	Supply, deployment, support and maintenance of Firewall	R1 282 933.50

a) Both contracts were awarded through open tender processes.

b) On the list of companies listed in annexure to the inquiry letter, the NYDA has only transacted with VOX Telecommunications. VOX Telecommunications were awarded the contract for support services on the Great Plains accounting system. They were awarded the contract for a value of R422, 471.60. The contract was awarded through a procurement process consistent with the requirements of the Public Finance Management Act.

		Approved	Not Approved	Approved as amended
		Comment:
Dr NC Dlamini-Zuma Minister in the Presidency: Planning Monitoring and Evaluation
Date:

Reply:

Youth Unemployment is one of the largest challenges the world faces, with the challenge particularly high in South Africa. Young workers in South Africa face very low prospects of finding employment. Many job seekers are excluded from these social networks as a result of being in a non-working household, spatially isolated, or racial and gender issues.

The Youth Employment Service (Y.E.S) initiative aims to improve the grim employment outlook for young work seekers, by offering a first chance of quality work experience for young work seekers.

The YES initiative was created for all Unemployed Youth of the country. However, for the purpose of B-BBEE recognition will only be awarded to Entities that employ Eligible Employees which are between the ages of 18 and 35 and meet the definition of “Black People” as defined in the B-BBEE Act 53 of 2003 as amended by Act 46 of 2013.

Signed

………………………… ………………………….

Sipho Zikode Lionel October

DDG: SEZ/ET Director-General

Date:………………….. Date:…………………….

………………………………

Dr. Rob Davies, MP

Minister

Date:………………………..

Reply:

Please find here: Reply

Reply:

The response to this Parliamentary question can only be disclosed in a closed session of Joint Standing Committee on Defence as it relates to strategic sensitive security capabilities of the SANDF.

Reply:

a) (i) The Department did not borrow monies from any entity in the People’s Republic of China in each of the past three financial years and since 1 April 2018.

(ii) South African Local Governement Association (SALGA); South African Cities Network (SACN) and Municipal Dermacation Board (MDB)

a) (ii) SALGA, SACN and MDB did not borrow any money from the People’s Republic of China in the past three financial years and since 1 April 2018.

(aa) (bb) (b) (c) (d) Not applicable as there was no money borrowed.

General, Section 66 of the PFMA directs the Accounting Officer of a Department not to borrow money, issue guarantees, indemnities or securities or enter into transactions that bind the revenue fund to a future commitment.

Furthermore, the Accounting Officer must ensure that appropriate proceedings of misconduct or criminal are instituted against any person responsible for transgressions with regard to borrowings, guarantees, securities or indemnities.

Moreover, should the Accounting Officer be responsible for transgressions with regard to borrowings, guarantees, securities s or indemnities, the National Treasury must, as soon as it becomes aware of the transgression, initiate appropriate misconduct or criminal proceedings against the Accounting Officer.

With regards to the public entities and constitutional institutions. Section 66 of the PFMA restricts borrowing, issues of guarantee and other financial commitments by the public entities and constitutional institutions, unless authorized and or approved by the Minister who is the Executive Authority for that public entity or constitutional institution, acting in concurrence with the Minister of Finance.