Questions and Replies

Reply:

(1) (a) The current ratio of Environmental Health Practitioners (Inspectors) in each Municipality is as per Table A below:

(b) The ideal ratio of environmental health inspectors to population size employed in each municipality in the country is in terms of the World Health Organisation and the National Environmental Health Policy one (1) Environmental Health Practitioner to service 10 000 people (1: 10 000).

(2) (a) The number of EHP

(i) Employed (See Table A)

(ii) Required in each Municipality in the country (See Table A)

(aa) 2015-16, (See Table A)

(bb) 2016-17 (See Table A); and

(cc) 2017-18 financial years (See Table A) and

(b) The number of employed inspectors (Environmental Health Practitioners) who were registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa in each case is as tabled in Table A below.

END.

Reply:

(1) (a) Internally within the Department of Public Works (DPW) all deviations recorded, processed and approved are reported on a monthly basis to the internal Standing Accountability Management Committee (AMC).

Deviations that are above the threshold of R1 million procured from a single source / supplier or arising out of an emergency and approved by the relevant delegated authority within the Department, are reported to the National Treasury and the Auditor-General within the prescribed 10 days of such approval in each case.

Deviations other than the sole source or arising out of an emergency are considered by the relevant delegated authority within the Department and then recommended to the National Treasury for approval. The National Treasury approved deviations are then reported to the Auditor-General within 10 days of approval.

All reported deviations of the DPW are published on the National Treasury website after approval.

(b) Internally within the DPW registers of deviations and reported thereof are presented to the AMC.

(c) The Chief Director: Supply Chain Management (CD: SCM) or his/her delegate accounts for all deviations that are presented to the AMC. The Deviation Reports to the National Treasury and Auditor-General for all sole source procurements and those arising out of emergencies and which were approved by the relevant delegated authority are signed off by the CD: SCM. Reports to the Auditor-General for deviations that are neither sole source, nor arising out of emergencies, which are supported by the National Treasury are signed off by the CD: SCM.

(d) There is currently no specific regulatory provision or stipulation that provides for the reporting to the Portfolio Committee on Public Works. However, the Department, with the oversight role of the Portfolio Committee acutely in mind, can and shall provide reports on these deviations as and when they are requested by the Portfolio Committee.

(2) The recent report to the AMC is attached as Annexure A.

The deviation reports to the National Treasury and the Auditor-General for sole source and emergency transactions above R1 million are attached as Annexure B.

Deviation reports to the Auditor-General for deviations that have been supported by the National Treasury are attached as Annexure C.

Reply:

(1) (i) (a)-(b) No patients at Noordgesig Clinic are examined at the local south African Police Service Station.

(ii) The patients were temporarily seen at a satellite clinic which was at the fron portion of the Police Station and at the Community Centre. this was during the construction of the Clinic. The construction started in July 2015 and the clinic started operating from the new brick and mortar building in March 2018.

(2) The current building is a permanent brick and mortar structure.

END.

Reply:

 

Response

(a) (i) Two Languages

(a) (ii) Two languages

(b) English and Afrikaans

Reply:

1. The following table reflects the details in this regard

		Linen Item	Quantity
	(i)	Gowns	2,596
	(ii)	Bed Sheets	5,619
		Pillow Slips	6,210
		Bed sheets	2,490
		Blankets	2,226

(b) Yes

(c)	Day Shift	Night Shift
	69	45

(d)	Ward	Operational Manager	Day Shift	Night Shift
			Professional Nurses	Enrolled Nurses	Enrolled Nurses Assistants	Professional Nurses	Enrolled Nurses	Enrolled Nurses Assistants
	ICU	1	7	1	0	3	1	0
	Casualty	1	7	3	0	5	2	0
	Operating theatre	1	12	4	2	2	1	1
	Female Medical Wards	1	2	3	5	3	3	4
	Surgical Wards	1	2	2	4	1	2	4
	Orthopaedics	1	3	2	4	1	2	4

END.

Reply:

I have been informed by SAPO as follows:

     

1. Kidd’s Beach

Kidd’s Beach was an Agency which closed down because the owner no longer wished to provide postal services. The post boxes have remained in the same location and continue being serviced.

A new shopping centre is in the process of being built. SAPO has approached one of the tenants and negotiations are currently underway to establish an Agency.

1. Seavale

There are no postal outlets at Seavale. Some of the residents of Seavale have their post boxes at Kidd’s Beach. Mail for street delivery are left in a box for some of the residents at a shop.

Currently, ownership of the shop is changing and SAPO will make arrangements with the new owner in the interim. SAPO intends to introduce street delivery in Seavale.

Approved/ not approved

Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

I have been informed by SAPO as follows:

     

The Mondeor Post Office originally operated from a company-owned building along Columbine drive. It was, however, vacated approximately 15 years ago and relocated to a shopping centre.

During the tenancy at the shopping centre, the available space was reduced and the lease eventually terminated by the landlord. The company-owned building currently requires renovation for the Mondeor Post Office to be re-established, however due to budgetary constraints, this has not yet taken place. The Mondeor Post Office operations have been moved to the Southdale Post Office, approximately 5km from the Mondeor Post Office.

Approved/ not approved

Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

(a)(i), (ii); (aa)(aaa), (bbb), (ccc) and (ddd); and (bb)

Item	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	1 April 2018
Food shortage	No food shortage	No food shortage	No food shortage	No food shortage	No food shortage
Medicine shortage	No medicine shortage	No medicine shortage	No medicine shortage	No medicine shortage	No medicine shortage

(iii) VACANCY RATE

CATEGORY	No of Posts	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
Medical officers	13	54%	62%	31%	31%	23%
Allied Clinicians	26	26%	26%	35%	46%	42%
Nursing	451	62%	61%	70%	61%	60%
Administration	248	57%	50%	40%	52%	53%

(b)

APPOINTMENTS

CATEGORY	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
Medical officers	NIL	2	4	1	1
Allied Clinicians	NIL	NIL	1	1	1
Nursing	13	14	31	14	9
Administration	NIL	20	30	18	5

The following posts were advertised in 2018

• 9 x Laundry Workers and interviews have been conducted
• 3 x Laundry Supervisors were interviewed on the 23rd October 2018
• 1 x Trade Labour the advert was closed on the 19th October 2018
• 1 x Property Care Taker – the advert closed on the 19th October 2018
• 6 x Professional Nurse Speciality have been advertised (no suitable applicants)
• 5 x Enrolled Nurses have been interviewed

2 x Nursing Assistants have been interviewed

END.

Reply:

1. Silvertown clinic is 728 M2 with 8 consulting rooms;

(b) (i) The number of patients that are seen in each month is ± 2500;

(ii) (aa) There are 11 staff members that are on duty in each shift at the clinic;

(bb) The designations of the staff are as follows: four professional nurses, one enrolled nurse, one enrolled nursing assistant, two admin clerks, and three general workers.

END.

Reply:

(1) and (2) The property in question is under the custodianship of the Gauteng Provincial Government, which falls under another sphere of Government. Therefore, the National Department of Public Works is not in a position to respond to the question by the Honourable Member. The Honourable Member can through colleagues at the provincial legislature have the question posed to the Member of the Executive Council (MEC) responsible for Infrastructure Development in the Gauteng Province.

Reply:

REPLY:

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) is the custodian of State properties located abroad and accounts for them accordingly. It is therefore suggested that the Honourable Member redirect this question to the Minister for International Relations and Cooperation.

Reply:

A) Disciplinary Action Taken

From October 2017 to 30 September 2018 the SABC has instituted 65 Disciplinary cases against employees at all levels within the corporation. The charges in these Disciplinary cases ranged from dishonesty, negligence, contravention of rules and policies, gross negligence, non-compliance, dereliction of duties, etc. 8 Permanent and 27 Non-permanent employees have been dismissed after having been found guilty of the charges laid against them. Other outcomes consisted of verbal warning, written warnings and final written warnings.

B) Criminal Action Taken

Certain cases are currently under investigation by the SIU. The SABC is dependent on the guidance and advice of the SIU in these cases for example former CFO and former COO.

Criminal charges were laid against:

• A case of fraud has been laid against an ex-employee as per SIU
• 52 ex-employees dismissed for Medical aid fraud. The charges were laid by SABC Medscheme.
• These criminal cases are still ongoing.

Reply:

(1) (a) The following table reflects the details in this regard

	Total number of investigations for period	Corruption (i)	Maladministration (ii)
	Financial Year 2014/15	None	None
	Financial Year 2015/16	None	None
	Financial Year 2016/17	None	None
	Since 01 April 2018	None	None

(b) No investigations were conducted.

(2) (a) The following table reflects the details in this regard.

	Names of Medical Professionals subjected to disciplinary processes
	(i)	Financial Year 2014/15	None
		Financial Year 2015/16	None
		Financial Year 2016/17	None
	(ii)	Since 01 April 2018	None
	Not applicable.

(3) (a) The following table reflects the details in this regard

	Names of members of Senior Management Team subjected to disciplinary processes
	(i)	Financial Year 2014/15	None
		Financial Year 2015/16	None
		Financial Year 2016/17	None
	(ii)	Since 01 April 2018	None
	Not applicable.

END.

Reply:

Patients at Tembisa Hospital are assessed according to the means test to determine affordability to pay for health care.

Persons in the following categories are exempted from paying for health services and are eligible to free health care:

• 1. Vulnerable groups; formally unemployed;
  2. Pregnant and lactating women;
  3. Children under six (6) years of age;
  4. Persons with disabilities; and
  5. Persons who are recipients of a social grant.

For all other patients the Uniform Patient Fee Schedule (UPFS) which is deermined by the Minister of Health is used to determine fees to be paid.

END.

Reply:

 

a) SASL subject advisors have not yet been appointed by Provincial Departments of Education;

i) N/A

ii) N/A

(b) SASL subject advisors have not yet been appointed by Provincial Departments of Education.

(c) SASL subject advisors have not yet been appointed by Provincial Departments of Education.

Reply:

(1) (a) (i) The packages of the previous Executive Directors were as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          i) Group Chief Executive Officer - R7, 2 million if you take into consideration payment in lieu of the premature termination of the contract of employment.

ii) Chief Operations Officer – R15, 4 million (R 3, 9 million if you exclude the R11 million bonus pay out).

iii) Chief Financial Officer - R4, 1 million.

(a) (ii) The annual remuneration packages for each of the current Executive Directors of the SABC are as follows:

• Group Chief Executive Officer - R 5,133,378
• Chief Operations Officer – R 4,035,732
• Chief Financial Officer – R 3,000,000

These packages are significantly lower than those of the previous Executive Directors and amount to 1.1% of the current salary bill.

(1) (b) (i) & (ii) The overall annual remuneration and benefits of the current SABC’s 10 Group Executive amounts to R24, 7 million. On average a Group Executive’s remuneration package is R2, 474,636.00 per annum. Previous Group Executive’s remuneration is contained in the SABC’s FY2017/18 Annual Report.

Reply:

(1) (a) There is currently no full-time Chief Education Specialist at the Department of Basic Education (DBE) responsible for schools for the Deaf. The Project Manager for the implementation of SA Sign Language (SASL) is fulfilling this role and supporting schools for the Deaf. She has 11 years experience of the education of Deaf learners as well as 8 years experience in managing curriculum adaptations in schools for the Deaf.

(b) The project manager has the following qualifications:

• B.Ed. Hon: Support teaching; and
• MEd: Psychology of Education – Alternative and adaptive methods of assessment for learners with barriers.

(2) (a) and (b) None

(3) The duration of the training of teachers is sufficient to prepare them for the implementation of CAPS for SASL.

The training conducted by DBE focused on the SASL CAPS as well as the basic skills that teachers and Deaf Teacher Assistants need to teach in the implementing Grades. The training conducted to the first group of Foundation Phase teachers was more elementary to align with the curriculum in that phase, while the training offered to the higher grades, increased in terms of depth and scope. The teaching and assessment of the four key skills were emphasised, namely, Observing and Signing, Visual Reading and Viewing (literature), Recording and Language Structure and Use.

Reply:

Attachecd herewith as Annexure A, is a table indicating when was the last time public healthcare institutions were inspected by relevant authorities (Environmental Health Practitioners from Municipalities) as of October 201e. Some Municipalities (who are the sources of this data by virtue of being competent authorities), had not rsponded to us at the time of generating this document Annexure B.

 

See attached link for Annexure A and B: http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW2889-2018-11-05.pdf

 

 

 

PARMANENTARY QUESTION NO: 2BB9 FOR WRITTEN REPLY BY THE MINi6TER OP H s T BER 20

Chief Dtrectoo Environmental Health and Port Health 5ervk›es

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRIOA

 

Reply:

I have been advised by the Department as follows:-

(a) Yes

(b) Yes

The organisational structure is being revised. Currently there are acting appointments in these positions, pending the finalisation of the Departmental structure.

Approved/ not approved

Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

I have been informed by SAPO as follows:

     

The number 710-53598-1-13933114-15/1 indicated as a tracking number is unfortunately not a valid tracking number which makes it difficult to determine where the item was delayed as items go through a number of processes between different postal operators, ground handling agents and airlines.

Approved/ not approved

Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

1. Reports are requested in line with the Safety Management System (SMS) and this entails one (1) report per year. Reports are submitted per discipline, i.e. Perway, Level Crossings, Stations, Electrical, Signalling and Telecoms. The status of the submission is outlined as per the attached annexure.

1. See attached annexure
2. See attached annexure

(aa) See attached annexure

(bb) For 2018/19, information was not available or PRASA Rail was awaiting Regional inputs. The Railway Safety Regulator has advised that reports would be submitted by 30 September 2018.

1. (i) & (ii) See attached annexure

1. (i) & (ii) See attached annexure

1. (i) & (ii) Reports were requested. However, due to PRASA’s internal challenges with a lack of continuity in various areas, reports were not submitted. Furthermore, it should be noted, for the same reason that PRASA is lagging in providing the RSR with the requested information, the RSR has now made the reports requirement of the safety permit which was recently issued to PRASA.

PERWAY

No.	(aa) Year	(a)(i) No. status reports requested by RSR (per Discipline)	(a)(ii) Report Issued by PRASA	(d)(i) & (ii) Comments report not issued or late submission	(b)(i) No. Maintenance reports requested by RSR	(b)(ii) Report Issues by PRASA	Comments report not issued or late submission	(c)(i) Other Report	General Comment
1.	2013/14	16	12	No historical records	4	4	n/a	n/a	n/a
2.	2014/15	16	12	No historical records	4	4	n/a	n/a	n/a
3.	2015/16	16	12	No historical records	4	4	n/a	n/a	n/a
4	2016/17	16	15	No historical records	4	4	n/a	n/a	n/a
5.	2017/18	16	15	Awaiting info ration from regions	4	4	n/a	n/a	n/a

LEVEL CROSSINGS

No.	(aa) Year	(a)(i) No. status reports requested by RSR (per Discipline)	(a)(ii) Report Issued by PRASA	(d)(i) & (ii) Comments report not issued or late submission	(b)(i) No. Maintenance reports requested by RSR	(b)(ii) Report Issues by PRASA	Comments report not issued or late submission	(c)(i) Other Report	General Comment
1.	2013/14	12	4	No records	4	4	n/a	n/a
2.	2014/15	12	4	No records	4	4	n/a	n/a
3.	2015/16	12	4	No records	4	4	n/a	n/a
4	2016/17	12	4	No records	4	4	n/a	n/a
5.	2017/18	12	7	Awaiting information from Regional offices	4	4	n/a	n/a

STATIONS

No.	(aa) Year	(a)(i) No. status reports requested by RSR (per Discipline)	(a)(ii) Report Issued by PRASA	(d)(i) & (ii) Comments report not issued or late submission	(b)(i) No. Maintenance reports requested by RSR	(b)(ii) Report Issues by PRASA	Comments report not issued or late submission	(c)(i) Other Report	General Comment
1.	2013/14	4	0	Not yet available	4	4	n/a	n/a
2.	2014/15	4	0	Not yet available	4	4	n/a	n/a
3.	2015/16	4	0	Not yet available	4	4	n/a	n/a
4.	2016/17	4	0	Not yet available	4	4	n/a	n/a
5.	2017/18	4	0	Not yet available	4	4	n/a	n/a

ELECTRICAL

No.	(aa) Year	(a)(i) No. status reports requested by RSR (per Discipline)	(a)(ii) Report Issued by PRASA	(d)(i) & (ii) Comments report not issued or late submission	(b)(i) No. Maintenance reports requested by RSR	(b)(ii) Report Issues by PRASA	Comments report not issued or late submission	(c)(i) Other Report	General Comment
1.	2013/14	8	0	Asset information not available yet/Historical info not available	8	2	Substations Information not yet available from Regions	n/a
2.	2014/15	8	0	Asset information not available yet/Historical info not available	8	3	Substations Information not yet available from Regions	n/a
3.	2015/16	8	0	Asset information not available ye/Historical info not available	8	2	Substations Information not yet available from Regions	n/a
4.	2016/17	8	1	Asset information not available yet//Historical info not available	8	2	Substations Information not yet available from Regions	n/a
5.	2017/18	8	2	Asset information not available yet	8	4	Substations Information not yet available from Regions	n/a

SIGNALLING

No.	(aa) Year	(a)(i) No. status reports requested by RSR (per Discipline)	(a)(ii) Report Issued by PRASA	(d)(i) & (ii) Comments report not issued or late submission	(b)(i) No. Maintenance reports requested by RSR	(b)(ii) Report Issues by PRASA	Comments report not issued or late submission	(c)(i) Other Report	General Comment
1.	2013/14	4	4	n/a	4	3	Information not available from the Regions	n/a
2.	2014/15	4	4	n/a	4	3	Information not available from the Regions	n/a
3.	2015/16	4	4	n/a	4	3	Information not available from the Regions	n/a
4	2016/17	4	4	n/a	4	3	Information not available from the Regions	n/a
5.	2017/18	4	4	n/a	4	3	Information not available from the Regions	n/a

TELECOMS

No.	(aa) Year	(a)(i) No. status reports requested by RSR (per Discipline)	(a)(ii) Report Issued by PRASA	(d)(i) & (ii) Comments report not issued or late submission	(b)(i) No. Maintenance reports requested by RSR	(b)(ii) Report Issues by PRASA	Comments report not issued or late submission	(c)(i) Other Report	General Comment
1.	2013/14	4	0	Historical records not available	4	1	Historical records not available	n/a
2.	2014/15	4	0	Historical records not available	4	1	Historical records not available	n/a
3.	2015/16	4	0	Historical records not available	4	3	Information not available	n/a
4	2016/17	4	0	Historical records not available	4	3	Information not available	n/a
5.	2017/18	4	4	n/a	4	3	Information not available	n/a

Reply:

1. (a) (i) (aa), (bb), (cc), (dd) and (ii);

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	1 April 2018
Name of person awarded the tender to run the boiler	Boiler operated by Komani Hospital (In house)	Boiler operated by Komani Hospital (In house)	Boiler operated by Komani Hospital (In house)	Outsourced to Flat Foot Engineering for supply of coal and maintenance of boiler (started in April 2017 and terminated in September 2018 due to poor performance)

(b) 22 days due to truck driver’s strike (during March/April 2018) and since September 2018 due to contract termination. Where there is no water supply from municipality, the boiler is not able to be operated and therefore urns are used.

(c) Though the boiler is not working, patients are using warm water from the urns for bathing. The contract for the supply of coal in the province was terminated due to poor performance and an interim arrangement has been made for delivery, pending the finalization of the new tender.

1. (a) (i)(aa), (bb), (cc), (dd) and (ii)

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	1 April 2018
Name of person awarded the tender to run the laundry	OTJ Laundry Services	OTJ Laundry Services	OTJ Laundry Services	OTJ Laundry Services	OTJ Laundry Services

Although the department goes on open tender for the services, but due to rural nature of the area there is only one competent service provider.

(b) There have been no stolen patients’ clothing at the facility.

(c) There are no patients wearing dirty and torn clothing at the hospital. If linen is brought by service provider dirty, it is returned back and this usually happens when there was a break in water supply.

END.

Reply:

The following information is currently available. Some data is still to be verified and will be made available as soon as the information can be verified by the department.

The registration information, received stockpile abatement plans and engagements with stockpile owners indicate the following:

a) Number of tyres and/or area of historical and/or legacy stockpiles storage	b) Contact details of the owners
	Owner’s name	Tel	Cell
To be verified	1. SA Tyre Recyclers (Pty) Ltd	021 577 1704	------------------
Estimated at 6000 tonnes but not yet verified	2. Makhubu Logistics (Pty) Ltd	021 854 7904	------------------
170 tyres covering 3525 m2 area	3. Foskor (Pty) Ltd	015 789 2000
To be verified	4. Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation Ltd	013 690 8880	-------------------
Estimated at at least 12000 tonnes but to be verified	5. Finsch Diamond Mine (Pty) Ltd	053 385 2345	-------------------
0.048 ha	6. Afrisam Dudfield Factory 4	018 633 6026	------------------
820 m2 (0.082 ha)	7. Afrisam Dudfield Factory 3	018 633 6026	------------------
962 m2	8. Afrisam Dudfield Factory 2	018 633 6026	------------------
To be verified	9. Afrisam Dudfield Factory 1	018 633 6026	------------------
To be verified	10. Tyreking Worcester	023 347 4214/5
To be verified	11. De Beers Consolidated Mines - Namaqualand	027 807 3252	------------------
2 000 tyres covering 9 973 m2	12. Cullinan Diamond Mine (Pty) Ltd	012 305 2911
To be verified	13. Middelburg Mine Services	013 249 3232	082 776 6616
To be verified	14. Middelburg Mine Services (North Hard Park)	013 249 3232	-------------------
396 tyres covering 10 000 m2 area	15. Sishen Iron Ore, Thabazimbi Mine	014 777 3137	-------------------
To be verified	16. D Nienaber		-------------------
3961 tyres covering 19 818 m2 area	17. PMC Palabora Mining Company	015 780 2537	-------------------
To be verified	18. Leslie David Woest		--------------------
54 tyres on 1 200 m2 area	19. PPC Lime Ltd	053 385 8200	--------------------
To be verified	20. Exxaro Coal (Pty) Ltd Grootgeluk Coal Mine	014 763 9288	--------------------
Estimated to be at least 700 tyres but not yet verified	21. Sishen Iron Ore Company	053 739 2800	--------------------
To be verified	22. Marico Chrome Corp	018 350 9906	--------------------
1245 tyres	23. Transhex Group (Ltd)	027 831 8138	--------------------
To be verified	24. L A Crushers (Pty) Ltd	015 781 6000	--------------------
To be verified	25. Emmerentia S.M. Pretorius		--------------------
To be verified	26. Transnet National Ports Authority Saldanha	022 703 5450	--------------------
To be verified	27. Transnet National Ports Authority Richards Bay	035 905 3310	--------------------
To be verified	28. Assmang Limited Black Rock Mine Operations	053 751 5555	--------------------
Estimated at 2 000 tyres but not yet verified	29. Anglo Operation (Pty) Ltd	013 693 0256	--------------------
To be verified	30. Isibonelo Colliery	017 620 2714	--------------------
To be verified	31. Anglo American Ltd: Mogalakwena Platinum Mine	015 418 2518	--------------------
To be verified	32. Venetia Mine (Pty) Ltd	015 575 2004	--------------------
To be verified	33. Wolvekrans (36)	013 689 4028	--------------------
To be verified	34. Wolvekrans (37)	013 689 4028	--------------------
2332 tyres	35. Black Mountain Mining	054 983 9687/66	--------------------
810 tyres covering an area of 895 m2 area	36. Dwarsrivier Chrome Mine	013 230 4877	--------------------

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Reply:

1. (a) (i) The Department of Public Works’ (DPW) Main Vote has got four stand-alone Branches, i.e: Professional Services; Inter-Governmental Relations Co-ordination; Expanded Public Works Programme; and Policy, Research and Industry Regulation. Three positions of Deputy Director-General are filled and one is vacant, but there is a Chief Director acting as Branch Head. The DPW Main Vote has also got three Branches that provide shared services between the DPW and the Property Management Trading Entity (PMTE), i.e: Corporate Services; Finance; as well as Governance Risk and Compliance. Two positions of Deputy Director-General are filled and one (Chief Financial Officer) is vacant.

The PMTE has got five Divisions: Real Estate Investment Management Services (REIM); Facilities Management Services (FM); Real Estate Management Services (REMS); Real Estate Information and Registry Services (REIRS); and Construction Management Project Services (CPM). There are three Deputy Directors-General that are permanently employed in the PMTE.

(ii) The DPW Main Vote has for 28 Chief Directors. PMTE has got 22 Chief Directors.

(aa) Two Chief Directors are acting as Deputy Directors-General in DPW and four Chief Directors are acting as Deputy Directors-General in the PMTE;

(bb) As stated above, within DPW Main Vote three of the Deputy-Director-General positions are filled with permanent employees. In addition to that, the two Deputy Director-General posts that provide shared services between the DPW Main vote and the PMTE are filled in permanent capacities. At the Chief Director Level within the DPW Main Vote, 25 of the 28 Chief Directors are permanently employed.

Within the PMTE three Deputy Directors-General are permanently employed; and at the Chief Director Level 21 of 22 positions are filled.

(b) In the DPW Main Vote one woman is permanently employed as a Deputy Director-General and one woman is in an acting position. Within the PMTE two of the three permanently employed Deputy Directors-General are women. At the Chief Director level in the DPW Main Vote, nine women are permanently employed, and in the PMTE nine of the Chief Directors are women.

(2) Information in respect of the Entities:

QUESTION	Agremént South Africa	Council for the Built Environment	Construction Industry Development Board	Independent Development Trust
(i)	1	1	1 (Vacant – there is a male acting person)	1
(a)(ii)	2 (Executive Managers)	10 (Chief Financial officer, Chief Operations officer , Manager: Finance Manager: Human Resources Manager: Research and Policy Manager: Strategic Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager: Skills Development Manager: Transformation Programmes Manager: Knowledge Management and IT Manager: Regulations and Legal Services )	4 (all vacant – there are 3 male acting persons and 1 acting female person)	3 (all vacant – 2 male acting persons and 1 female acting person)
(b)	2 (Permanent female Executive Managers)	5 (1 female Chief Executive Officer and 4 female Executive Managers)	1 (Acting Chief Operations Officer)	1 (Acting Chief Financial Officer)

Reply:

The plan is to demolish the current Asbestos cement building which was built in the 80s and replace it with an Ideal Clinic. The clinic will meet the Ideal Clinic requirements. The new facility will be a primary health care facility providing HIV, AIDS and TB-related treatment. In the next financial year 2019/2020 the construction of the new clinic starts by the Northern Cape Department of Health.

During the course of the last 18 months maintenance works have been carried out to avoid distribution of the fiber while a 3-room “Dr Consulting Room” has been erected by the National Department of Health through the DBSA to improve the space availability for the patients and staff of the clinic. The Northern Cape Department of Health also installed back-up water tanks and pump for the clinic recently.

END.

Reply:

(a) (i) The National Health Insurance (NHI) Pilot Projects were related to a number of interventions that were intended to improve the performance of the public healthcare system.

• These interventions included the development of the ideal clinic model so that all public healthcare clinics comply to an agreed set of norms and standards. This approach has resulted in significant improvement in the quality of services rendered at clinics and we now have 1507 clinics that have reached ideal status.

• The Health Patient Registration System HPRS system was developed to address the absence of a national health information system with an integrated data platform that would allow for the interoperability of various systems, using a unique identifier (ID). The HPRS system was developed and rolled out to 3023 Primary Health Care facilities and 3 Hospitals. By 25 October 2018, a total of 25 million people have been registered on the Patient Beneficiary Register.

• District Clinical Specialist Teams were established in all pilot districts to support facilities in improving maternal and child healthcare services.

• Municipal ward based Primary Heath Care Outreach Teams were established in all the NHI districts. A total of 3323 teams have been established and are functional

• Integrated school health teams were established and learners have been screened for problems until vision, speech, hearing and oral health.

• To improve the availability of medicines, the stock visibility system, Rx solution and CCMDD were implemented which significantly improved medicines availability and also improved access to medicines as over 2.1 million patients are registered to receive their medication close to their home.

• General Practitioners were also contracted to deliver services in public healthcare facilities which reduced the need for patients to be referred to Community Health Centre’s (CHCs) or hospitals.

The public sector strengthening projects were successful and a number of these projects have been expanded beyond the NHI districts.

(b) The NHI Bill is intended to establish the NHI fund as outlined in the White Paper published by Cabinet in June 2017. The pilot projects are intended to strengthen the public healthcare system hence the results of the pilot projects do not find direct expression in the Bill. Remember the Bill is a translation of the policy framework into law.

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Reply:

1. a) The pension fund amount is unknown to the SABC because of Pension Fund

Governance prescripts.

a) The SABC has interdicted the SABC Pension Fund as well as the individual’s bank account.

2. To date no legal action has been instituted against the SABC by this individual with regards to this matter.

Reply:

a) There are four (4) ambulances based at the EMS station located at Komani Psychiatric Hospital.

b) All four ambulances are in working order.

END.

Reply:

I have been informed by the Department as follows:-

1. A relevant post graduate qualification at National Qualifications Framework (NQF) level 8 as recognised by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)

(b) 8 to 10 years of experience at Senior Management Level of which at least 5 years of experience must be with International Relations and in foreign policy.

 

1. Yes

(a)(i) Baccalaureus Artium Honores in International Studies

(a)(ii) Rhodes University

(b) 1999

Approved/ not approved

Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

Reply:

The following table reflects the details in this regard.

((a)	Period	Overbilling (i)	Overcharging (ii)
	(aa)	Financial Year 2014/15	None	None
		Financial Year 2015/16	None	None
		Financial Year 2016/17	None	None
	(bb)	Since 01 April 2018	None	None

(b) No specified investigations were conducted.

(c) The Department of Health did not lose any income.

(d) Not applicable.

(e) No funds were recovered.

END.

Reply:

Table 1: Full-Time Candidates – NSC 2018

Province	Enrolled
EASTERN CAPE	85 371
FREE STATE	29 253
GAUTENG	107 168
KWAZULU NATAL	151 932
LIMPOPO	96 834
MPUMALANGA	57 907
NORTH WEST	34 716
NORTHERN CAPE	12 195
WESTERN CAPE	53 765
TOTAL	629 141
Source: Table 2: Part-Time Candidates - NSC 2018
Province	Enrolled
EASTERN CAPE	21 466
FREE STATE	5 675
GAUTENG	43 753
KWAZULU NATAL	35 405
LIMPOPO	29 120
MPUMALANGA	11 833
NORTH WEST	5 606
NORTHERN CAPE	2 067
WESTERN CAPE	12 476
TOTAL	167 401

Source:

Reply:

a) The Group Executive: News, Ms Phathiswa Magopeni

b) None

c) None

i) Ms Magopeni travelled to meet with the ZNBC ahead of the Zimbabwean general

elections, which took place in July 2018.

ii) Zimbabwe

iii) The value of the trip was R10,659.52, (including accommodation R4,944.89, flight R5,444.63, travel insurance R270.00).

Reply:

1. Komani Psychiatric Hospital has four hundred and forty (440) beds.
2. The following table reflects the details in this regard:

Post details	Current Organogram
	Total posts	Total occupied posts	Total vacancies
Head: Clinical Psychiatry	1	1	0
Chief Physiotherapists	1	0	1
Specialists	2	0	2
Clinical Psychologists	4	4	0
Social Workers	5	5	0
Pharmacists	4	2	2
Occupational Therapists	3	2	1
Physiotherapists	1	1	0
Professional Nurses (Specialty)	57	10	47
Professional Nurse (General)	193	74	119
Nursing Assistant	166	77	89

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Reply:

a) The trees belong to the Komani Psychiatric Hospital.

b (i) The trees that were taken down in the facility were only those that were old and about to fall and obstruct drive ways or fall on buildings, steam pipes and electric wires.

(ii) The trees were sold to the person who was cutting.

c) Each tree was sold at R2.00 per meter and a total of R15 000 was raised.

d) Money was deposited into the institutional recreational fund account

e) The funds are used for recreational related activities e.g. soccer kit was bought

END.

Reply:

Several assessments have been done on the National Department of Health (NDOH) and its work including:

1. The following organisations and Ministerial Task Teams have done assessments on the NDOH:

1. The Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA);
2. The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA);
3. The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Ministerial Task Teams;
4. Health Systems Trust (HST)

1. (i) An external assessment of the NDOH human resources structure and organogram was done by the DPSA. This assessment led to the approved current approved structure, and currently the NDOH is engaging the DPSA on the proposed NHI restructuring;

(ii) The AGSA annual assessments of performance information of human resources, finance, information technology and procurement systems management and adherence to required regulations and prescripts. The NDOH develops and implements and improvement action for each audit, such that it has obtained and unqualified financial audit from 2010 to 2017. For performance information several investments have been made to facilitate improvement in performance in the NDOH and the health sector. Key initiatives include implementation of the health patient registration system (HPRS);

(iii) Evaluations and assessments are often conducted for new initiatives introduced by the NDOH in the provinces, e.g the NHI pilot initiatives. With regards to the latter annual assessments have been done by independent organisations such as CHAI and CDC. Assessments are also done by expert committees established by the Minister, e.g the Ministerial Task Team I appointed in July 2015 to investigate the allegations of mismanagement, poor service delivery and unacceptable conditions in hospitals;

1. Annual reviews of various components of the health system are done annually and published in the South African Health Review (SAHR). This has been done since 1995, and contents are written by health policy systems research experts. The SAHR is an accredited journal which covers a range of topics including policy, legislation, health systems, diseases, finance human resources, leadership, governance and others. This publication is unique to the health sector in South Africa, and is accessible at the HST website:.

http/www.hst.org.za/publications/Pages/HSTSouthAfricanHealthReview.aspx

 

       

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Reply:

According to the Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Health, the bulbs in the lifts are often vandalised or removed for theft. As a temporary measure, the Department has installed the fluorescent bulbs to avoid theft as they are not prone to theft.

Air-conditioning equipment are out of order. However the maintenance contractor is on-site and is being assisted by the manufacturer of air-cons (Samsung) to install new parts.

END.

Reply:

1. The following table reflects the details in this regard

Financial Year	Amount
2014-15	R117,662,317
2015-16	R124,481,884
2016-17	R187,623,537
2017-18	R190,857,000

2. Yes, all established psychiatric care services that Komani Hospital should offer were funded.

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Reply:

(a) ICASA received a complaint from Mr. Kobus van Zyl (the complainant) on 06 August 2018 wherein he mentioned that he has a fault complaint against Telkom. He indicated that his Telkom line had fault and was reported to MWEB on the 26 July 2018 and ref number MWB8173751 was allocated to his complaint. The relief sought by the complainant was to have a stable ADSL connection and that there must be no noise on the ADSL line.

(b) The complaint was acknowledged and escalated to Telkom for a response on 07 August 2018 in line with the End-User and Subscriber Service Charter Regulations of April 2016 (Regulations No.39898 of 2016). The complaint was allocated ref number GAU2882/18. Telkom was reminded of the pending matter on several occasions.

i) ICASA received a response from Telkom on the 11 September 2018 which was provided to the complainant on 12 September 2018. Telkom’s response confirmed the following:

• that the fault was cleared and the line is repaired;
• that the complainant confirmed that the line has been repaired;
• that the credit amount of R175.72 has been arranged; and
• that the complainant was advised of the outcome of his complaint.                                                                                                                       ii)  ICASA received a response from the complainant on 12 September 2018, acknowledging the resolution of his complaint.
• ICASA is in the process of investigating Telkom’s non-compliance to the requirements of section 12 of the End-User and Subscriber Service Charter Regulations.
• Mr Van Zyl will be appraised of the outcome of ICASA’s investigation and possible way-forward.

Reply:

1. The Professional nurse dispenses the medicine in accordance with the Rules that allow nurses on the delegation of accounting office to dispense medicines prescribed by a doctor in the ward. The Assistant Nurse, on instruction of the Professional Nurse administers the medicine to the patient under the supervision of the Professional Nurse. The Professional Nurse is responsible for ensuring that the right medicines, at the right quantities are administered to the right patient and she or he has to be present at all times during this process;

2. (a) The Department is not aware of a patient at the facility who ate faeces;

(b) Not applicable;

3. The Department is not aware of any tender awarded by the facility to an entity that offered a bribe.

END.

Reply:

No allegations of corruption and/or maladministration were brought against Ms Nosisana Toni in the period 2014 to date.

 

END.

Reply:

The following table reflects the details in this regard

Table 1.

Number of doctors on duty	Specialists on duty
Weekday shift	Week night shift	Weekend night shift	Weekend night	Weekday shifts	Night/Weekend shifts
49	13	13	13	16	9

END.

Reply:

a) see attached link: http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW2007-2018-09-17.pdf

(b)(i) There are 10 ambulances attached to Mount Ayliff Hospital.

(ii) There are 6 functional ambulances out of the 10 ambulances that are allocated to service the district.

(c) The functional ambulances are fully equipped and do not experience any shortages of medical equipment, surgical sundries and fuel.

 

 

 

Reply:

After hours from 16h00-20h00 there are two (2) Internship doctors and one (1) Medical Officer and from 20h00-08h00 the following day there is one (1) Internship doctor and one (1) Medical Officer.

END.

Reply:

Holy Cross Hospital Administrator, Mr Qhinga on the 25th October 2018 said that he has been at the facility since July 2018 and there was no water problem at the facility at any point between the time of his arrival there or at the present moment. Neither were there any issues reported before his arrival.

Regarding the doctors, he confirmed that they have 8 doctors of which 2 left in September 2018 and they are in the process of replacing them. There are currently only 6 doctors at the facility.

With regards to shifts, there are no issues at present, the doctors work day shifts and are on all call in the evenings and on weekends.

Holy Cross Hospital Quality Assurance Officer, Sister Lupondo was also contacted on the 25th October 2018 and she indicated that there are no issues with water at the facility. She also indicated that there are eight (8) doctors at the facility and that they do not have any issues with shifts.

The above information was also corroborated by the Eastern Cape Department of Health General Manager for Infrastructure, Mr Tuswa; the Eastern Cape Department of Health Director of Maintenance Mr Lamkelo Mdingi; as well as the Eastern Cape Department of Health Chief QS and Portfolio Manager for the OR Tambo District Municipality, Mr Theo Rugeiyamu.

 

END.

Reply:

The following information in the table below were abstracted on 26-10-2018 from the PMIS of the NDoH Infrastructure Unit and confirmed by relevant personnel of the EC Department of Health

 

Project Title	Project budgetary allocation in various F/Y	Total Budgetary allocation	Project Expenditure	Project status	Comments
Komani Hospital Wards C and D renovation	20113/14 F/Y R 32307000 2014/15 F/y R 13261000 2015/16 F/Y R 52080	R 46088850	According to project final account issued by EC department of Public Works dated 2 June 2015 R 44136114.83	Completed
Phase 2B Laundry upgrading	2013/14 F/Y R0.00 2014/15 F/Y R0.00	R0.00	R8137519.26 ( R1216547.95 in 2013/14 and R6920971.31 in 2014/15)	Unfinished
Ward 15 and 2 houses	2017/18 f/y R 5735859 2018/19 f/y R10000000	R15735859	R0.00	Just Started- Hand over of site mid Oct. 2018
Laundry Completion Contract	15/16 f/y R5068915 16/17 f/y R9600000 17/18 f/y R 5500000	R20168915	R 17191115 including fees	Building works completed-Equipment to be completed end Nov. 2018	Equipment part of the contract was ceded to Lead Laundry and catering PTY LTD due to cash flow problem of Keilake Investments CC
Upgrading of state patients				To Commence in May 2019
Up grading of water reservoir				Currently on hold

 

END.

Reply:

Yes , the details of the staff approved for Remunerative Work Outside the Public Service (RWOPS) are as follows:

	Name	DESIGNATION
1.	Mr T Mahoje	Physiotherapist
2.	Ms Pikili	Social Worker
3.	Ms N Peterson	Occupational Therapist
4.	Ms Maqela	Clinical Psychologist
5.	Ms N Salman	Clinical Psychologist
6.	Dr T Seshoka	Specialist Psychiatrist
7.	Dr Shrestha	Medical Officer
8.	Mrs Sharma	Pharmacist
9.	Mr Pal	Pharmacist

END.

Reply:

1. What training and skills transfer programmes to small enterprises does the SA National Roads Agency Ltd offer?

SANRAL offers the following skills transfer programmes:

1. Conventional Projects

• All conventional projects make provision for the utilization of SMMEs (As per the PPPFA regulations of 2011 and 2017).
• All conventional projects make provision for the general, entrepreneurial and technical training of these SMMEs.
• Following a training needs assessment, SMMEs are provided with SAQA and CETA accredited, NQF level 2 to 4 training.

2. Routine Road Maintenance Projects

• RRM projects are management contracts and the main contractor, depending on its B-BBEE status, sub-lets 40% to 80% of the work to SMMEs. These contracts may also be considered contractor incubator projects.
• RRM projects makes provision for the general, entrepreneurial and technical training of these SMMEs.
• Following a training needs assessment, SMMEs are provided with SAQA and CETA accredited, NQF level 2 to 4 training.
• Full time mentors are provided on the projects to assist and guide the SMME’s.
• Depending on various project factors, many of these training programmes consists of Full Learnerships, where SMMEs obtain a formal SAQA accredited qualification on successful completion of the training.

3. Community Development (CD) Projects

• CD projects are training programmes where SANRAL contracts with a Construction Manager who subcontracts SMMEs to construct 90% of the work. These may also be considered contractor incubation projects.
• SMMES are provided with SAQA and CETA accredited, NQF level 2 to 4 training, and usually consists of Full Learnership where SMMEs obtain a formal SAQA accredited Qualification.
• SMMEs receives theoretical training, which is followed by practical training and the subsequent construction of the work under the mentorship of the Construction Manager.

b) What:

i) Programmes and

All the programmes mentioned in response to question (a) above have been offered continuously over the past three (2016/2017, 2017/2018) financial years.

ii) Number of programmes offered in the past three financial years.

In addition to SANRAL’s conventional and RRM projects (80 in number), 83 Community Development projects were initiated over the past three (2016/2017, 2017/2018) financial years and are in various project stages (2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018).

c) How:

are the small enterprises identified to whom such programmes are offered and?

•  

a) Where many SMMEs are available, use is made of tests called the Learning Ability Battery (LAB) of tests to select the best candidates. These tests assess the candidates’ literacy, numeracy and entrepreneurial ability. This technique is mainly used on projects in large urban areas such as Tshwane.

b) Following a resource audit and liaison with the Project Liaison Committee, Targeted Enterprises are identified from the Designated Groups from the vicinity of the project as per the PPPFA regulations in the rural areas.

•  

c) Provision for the utilisation and development of SMMEs is allowed for in all SANRAL contract documents and project types.

ii) is the success of such programmes ascertained and

a) SANRAL keeps record of every SMME that is contracted or sub-contracted on SANRAL projects.

b) SANRAL can thus track on how many contracts a specific SMME worked on, over what period, and monitor growth of the SMME by its ascension up the CIDB grades where the lowest grade is 1 (entry level) and the highest grade is 9.

This is the measure of success used by SANRAL. The programmes are however not without challenges and SANRAL’s new transformation policy seeks to address some of the shortcomings that have been identified in previous interventions.

d) (i) Budgeted and

a) Training is a component of conventional, RRM and CD projects and varies between 0,1% and 2% of the contract value, depending on the project category.

b) Skills transfer (coaching, mentoring and guidance) are budgeted in several items which forms part of a contract and is not reported separately.

c) Note that the value of the work done by SMMEs and is not included in a. and b. mentioned above.

i) Actually, spent on the specified programmes in the past three financial years?

a) Actual spent on training only in the past three (2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019 – to date) financial years is as follows:

	IT IS Table 4	IT IS Table 1	IT IS Table 3
Year	No. of SMMEs Employed (CIDB 1 – 6)	Value of SMME Work (CIDB 1 – 6)	No. of SMMEs Employed (Total)	Value of SMME Work (Total)	No. of Trainees	No. of Courses	Rand Value
2015/2016	518	R 1 422 552 987	2 070	R 2 244 367 775	4 668*	7 075	R 13 658 275
2016/2017	561	R 1 654 903 707	1 658	R 2 371 048 028	4 737*	9 461	R 23 750 185
2017/2018	793	R 2 238 679 556	2 064	R 3 287 650 418	3 532*	7 000	R 21 522 928
					* Includes SMME owners, employees and labourers.

The figures in this table are generated on 24/10/2018.

Reply:

No allegations of corruption and/or maladministration were brought against Ms Nosisa Toni in the period 2014 to date.

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Reply:

SABC has an extensive sound and audio visual archive of material which is available to the public and is in the process of being digitized so as to ensure its continued existence and accessibility.

Members of the public can buy material that the SABC owns rights to from the SABC local sales department. Additionally that content is also available to film/programme makers and other broadcasters to license for re-transmission.

Reply:

The prospect of recovering the bonus is dependent on the advice which will be provided by the SIU. This case is currently still under investigation.