Reply:

1. (a) The Directorate Food Safety and Quality Assurance does not have positions or designations of inspector posts in their establishment since in the main it is the policy development unit. The Directorate utilizes a matrix of inspectors residing within the Directorate Inspection Services and the designated assignees to enforce the two legislations (Agricultural Product Standards Act 119 of 1990 and the Liquor Products Act 60 of 1989). There are currently 39 inspectors who are responsible for inspection of certain regulated products and the exercise of an oversight role over the activities of the designated assignees. (b) there is a total of (i) 30 (thirty) filled posts and (ii)  9 (nine) vacant posts.\
2. (a) There is no work of the Directorate Food Safety and Quality Assurance that has been outsourced. However, the Agricultural Product Standards Act 119 of 1990 does allow the designation of assignees to complement the inspection services. There are currently seven assignees in terms of the Agricultural Product Standards Act (b) the designation does not cost the department anything.

Reply:

1. The NYDA has not subsidised movie tickets for the viewing of the film Black Panther.

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

Reply:

a) The department did not award any contracts and/or tenders to certain companies (names and details furnished) from 1 January 2009 up to the latest specified date for which information is available.

• 1. N/A
  2. (aa) (bb) N/A
  3. N/A
  4. N/A

b) The Commission Gender Equality is a Chapter 9 institution that reports to Parliament.

1. N/A
2. (aa) (bb) N/A
3. N/A
4. N/A

 

Ms BO Dlamini, MP

 

Reply:

 

1.1 Yes, The Board of the National Research Foundation (NRF) was appointed in line with section 6(3) of the NRF Act,1988 (Act No 23 of 1988) as amended by the Science and Technology Laws amendment, 2014 (Act No 7 of 2014). In terms of the Act, members of the NRF Board must all be persons who havs achieved distinction in the fields of research, technology, technology management, business or civil society, and they must broadly represent the higher education, broad scientific disciplines the business sector and civil society.

1.2  The three Board members from the University of Johannesburg were appointed to represent the sectors, namely; Higher Education; Broad Scientific Disciplines and Governance. Due consideration was also given to, among other things, the capacity of an individual to influence preferred outcomes (internally and externally) through his/her involvement on the Board, and the availability to meaningfully contribute their time and abilities to the affairs of the Board irrespective of their institutional association.

Reply:

(i) The Department did not borrow any amount from any entity in the People's Republic of China.

(aa) N/A (bb) N/A

(ii) The Commission Gender Equality is a Chapter 9 institution that reports to Parliament.

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

b) N/A

c) N/A

d) N/A

 

 

Ms BO Dlamini, MP Minister in the Date:

Responsible for Women

 

Reply:

The Department and the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights have not yet received the final report on the originally dispossessed individuals from Somhlolo Trust verified by the University of Pretoria. This report will then inform the verification of all beneficiaries of this land claim.

Reply:

For the past ten (10) financial years artwork was not identified as a high risk area to be audited and therefore no internal audits were conducted of artwork owned by Government which is under the Minister’s department’s curatorship. Although no internal audits were done there are regular stock takes of assets performed by the Directorate: Asset Management. The latest stock take conducted on the artwork in the Ministry office in Cape Town was on 20 September 2017 and no discrepancies were found.

Currently there are five artwork paintings and all five of them are currently in room 106 in Cape Town. Please refer to the attached document for the details as per the stock take conducted on 20 September 2017.

Reply:

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

 

END.

Reply:

1. No.

(a),(b)(i)-(ii) Falls away.

2. Falls away

3. (a),(b) Falls away

4. (a),(b),(c) Falls away

Reply:

Response from the Department

ICT Infrastructure	(a) Date Upgraded	(b) Name of Company responsible for upgrades	(c) Monetary Value
Network Infrastructure	2014	Dimension Data	R10 282 962.96
Telephony	2015	ATIO	R20 523 626.31
Server Infrastructure	2017	Aptronics	R4 852 563.03
Backup Infrastructure	2017	XON	R21 134 379.99

ICT Infrastructure	(a) Name of Company responsible for current maintenance	(b) Monetary Value
Enterprise Content Management	We solve ECMS	R4 611 068.25
Novell / Email Infrastructure	Micro Focus	R3 977 445.62
Microsoft Enterprise Agreement	Microsoft	R27 864 735.78
Architecture for Integrated Systems (ARIS)	Software AG	R343 101.97
CA Service Desk Solution	Computer Associates	R346 560.00
Network Operating Centre	Alteram Solutions	R8 148 256.96
Antivirus Software	Datategra	R488 203.02
Web Gateway Security -MacAfee	Dynamic Recovery Services	R192 802.50
Vulnerability tool	XON	R1 431 965.40

Response from the Entities

Entity	(1)(a)(i)(ii)	(1)(b)	(1)(c)	(1)(d)	(2)(a)(i)(ii)	(2)(b)
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)	The CIPC (IT) infrastructure was last upgraded or updated on 21 May 2018	DAC Systems	R2 942 731	Design, implementation and support of Microsoft Sharepoint 2013	DAC Systems	R2 942 731
Companies Tribunal (CT)	CT (IT) infrastructure was last upgraded or updated on 1 April 2018	Sage VIP	R22 218.00	VIP Payroll license renewal	All maintenance of the IT systems are done internally by CT IT staff at no extra cost to CT	Not applicable
Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC)	The ECIC (IT) infrastructure was last upgraded or updated is due to expire end of February 2019	-The Network and Server Hosting’s contract with Internet Solutions -The BoardPacks solution contract with Faranani IT solutions - AccTech	-R6 452 404.92 -R993 623 -R 3 768 637,17	- To administer and manage committee meetings -Microsoft AX 2012 in May 2015	-Internet Solutions -Faranani IT solutions -Bytes Solutions -AccTech -Jasco	-R6 452 404.92 - R993 623 -R1 920 000 -R3 768 637,17 -R894 502
National Consumer Commission (NCC)	The NCC had no upgrade of IT infratructure since its inception. Server donated by the dti in 2018 and integrated into IT infrastructure	- Sage VIP -Lar & AssociatePs -SOC Services	-R396 502.25 -R491 717.17 -R484 777.14	-VIP Premier -Sge 300 -NCC Contact Centre	-The SOUTH AFRICAN BUREAU OF STANDARDS (Servers hosting and maintenance) -SAGE VIP Premier -LAR &Associates -SPOC Services	R65 069.00 R396 506.25 R 350 400.00 R163 698.30
National Consumer Tribunal (NCT)	The NCT was last upgrated or updated 2 October 2018	ITATEC	R209,535.24	Access Control System	-LanLogix -E-Software	-R484,416.00 -R447,390.00
National Credit Regulator (NCR)	The NCR was last upgrated or updated in 1/09/2015	VODACOM (PTY)LTD	R1 824 578.12	20MB FIBRE line AND 20 MBMICORWAVE LINE	NAMBITI TECHNOLOGIES	R4 366 694.59
National Empowerment Fund (NEF)	The NEF was last upgrated or updated in 2017	-Internet Solutions -Leichan IT -Vukani Technologies	-R 90 100.00 -R321 204.12 -R 356 142.44	-Upgrade from ADSL to Fibre line installation for nine (9) provinces over the period 3 years - Server Infrastructure upgrade -Server storage upgrade	-PWC -Key Concepts	-R 374 980.20 -R 141 000.00
National Gambling Board (NGB)	The NGB was last upgrated or updated in September 2018	-Server Hardware was supplied by Sizwe IT Group; and -Server Operating System Software was supplied by EOH JustNet Solutions	R340 770.06 R470,855,58 R326,769.00	- HP Server Generation 8 SL2500 x 2; - Microsoft Windows Server Datacentre 2012; - Microsoft Active Directory 2012; - Microsoft Exchange 2010; - Microsoft Office 2016 Professional Plus Microsoft Exchange, and Active Directory user Client Access Licenses
National Lotteries Commission (NLC)	TheNLC had an Oracle Infrastructure Upgrades including Disaster Recovery Provisioning Microsoft Infrastructure Upgrade	Oracle South Africa EOH Mthombo (PTY) LTD	R5M R388K	Oracle Fusion ERP (On Premise) – HCM,FIN,SCM, GMS (Grant Funding Management)	Oracle South Africa	R5M
National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA)	The NMISA was last upgrated or updated in September 2018	EOH	R37 142.72	HP Virtual Datacenter	- EOH -Tintri - EOH -Lemcon Likusasa -EOH - CSIR - Yneldo Electronics - ACCTECH Systems -ACCTECH Systems -Microsoft through Neo Technologies -Microsoft through Greendata ICT Solutions -FlowCentric SA -Sage South Africa -Scientrix -Rhinoforce Protection Services -Bytes -TENET -AvePoint -Executive Solutions -DAC Systems -EOH	-R 3 065 793.68 -R2 137 242.13 -R 129 026.34 -R 49 143.95 -R 21 007.35- Exnsion of IPs for Aruba wireless -R 478 800.00 -R 1 256 349.00- Tender amount -R 35 921.40- Upgrade: Additional Connection Points -R 19 317.70 -R 263 951.89 -R72 33.70 185 licenses -R 18 433.80- 30 licenses -R 498 430.80- E-Tendering System: Sizwe Africa IT Group -R 11 491.20- User licenses & annual maintenance -R 47 202.60- Annual license fee -R 246 184.00- Sage people 300 upgrade -R 78 472.00- Sage people 300 Hosting -R 718 200.00- Tender amount -R 552 763.60- Annual enterprise licenses -R 499 765.17 -R 1 394 057.80 -R 454 752.00 -R 233 126.282 R 66 574.33- DocAve Complete 15 months license R 300 456.72 -R 197 461.18 -R 1 312 617.20
National Regulator For Compulsory Specifications (NRCS)	The NRCS was last upgrated or updated in 17 May 2018	Trillcom	R22 462 946.25	-IBM blade servers -IBM storage -Fortigate Firewall 200d -new 6 Cisco LAN Switches, -MPLS to link 5 regional offices (Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, Durban), Internet line - Disaster Recovery site and Corporate APN.	- Netscreen Consulting - Resolve Red: JDE Financial System Support - Sithabile Technology	- R6,201,746.58 - R349,200.00 -: R2,229,142.80
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)	The SABS was last upgrated or updated in 2017/18	Telkom sa Pro Networks	-R26 000.000 -R2000.000	-Telkom MPLS -Fortigate Firewalls	Microsoft system support (FIM, Systems Centre) support	R342 000
South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)	The SANASA was updated from May 2018 and is ongoing till September 2019	-EOH Mthombo -Core Focus	-R 1 508 374.67 -R 4 875 423.75	-Supply of 3 new servers, 1 new SAN device, 4 new network switches, 1 new switch cabinet and 1 new UPS as well as the setup and commissioning of Windows server 2016) - EOH Mthombo Upgrade -SharePoint Environment upgrade and further automation of accreditation processes- Core Focus	-EOH Mthombo (Servers) and -Core Focus (Sharepoint Environment SLA)	-R 1 577 416.32 for 36 months -R 481 536.00 for 24 months

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

Reply:

1. The remainder of the Farm Groot Zalze 998 in Stellenbosch was defined as an agricultural land prior to the publication of 2 March 2018, gazette 41473.

2. Following engagement with the Western Cape Provincial Department of Agriculture, Stellenbosch Municipality and public consultation through gazette, the Farm Groot Zalze 998 was excluded in terms of section 1 of SALA

Reply:

1. Minister has never been –

(a)(i) Influenced by any person; nor has

(a)(ii) Minister ever influenced any member of staff in his department to take any official administrative action on behalf of any –

(aa) member;

(bb) employee; and/or

(cc) a close associate of the Gupta family.

 

(b) Minister has never attended any meeting where any of the specified persons were present.

Reply:

The Department and its entities have not outsourced any employees from private companies/or contractors in the past 3 years including 2018.

 

Reply:

Names of companies, which have been awarded contract and or tender by the Department and its entities, including details of contracts and or tender, such as services provided were submitted to Parliament in the form of Annual Reports, which were tabled in Parliament.

Reply:

Parliamentary document entitled Announcements, Tablings and Committee (ATC) Report dated 25 November 2016 state that “Questions may not refer to matters under consideration of a parliamentary committee….” Therefore, allegations have been submitted to the Parliament Joint Ethics Committee on the Minister in relation to the family referred to in this Parliamentary Question.

Reply:

(a),(b)(i),(ii) No, the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform is not aware of any arms of Government that may have earmarked any land for foreign investment and/or to serve as security for deals with foreign business investments.

(aa),(bb),(cc),(dd) Falls away.

Reply:

Yes, the Public Service Commission received a response dated 26 June 2017 from the former Minister of Water and Sanitation Ms NP Mokonyane.

Reply:

Since this parliamentary question is on public servants, therefore, every state department, which has public servants as its employees, is in a better position to account to Parliament on any damage and or legal cost incurred by the state due to actions of the specified public servants in their employ.  

Reply:

Department

(a)(i) The Department of Transport has not borrowed any money from the People’s Republic of China since 1 April 2018.

(ii) None of the Entities borrowed money from the People’s Republic of China since 1 April 2018.

(aa) The Department and its entities have not borrowed any money from the People’s Republic of China over the past three years.

(bb) As per response above.

(b) As per response above.

(c) As per response above.

(d) As per response above.

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

Airports Company South Africa did not borrow money from any entity in the People’s Republic of China in each of the past three financial years and since 1 April 2018.

Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

Not applicable to ATNS.

South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

NIL (i) N/A (ii) South African Civil Aviation Authority did not borrow any amount from the People’s Republic of China (aa) N/A (bb) N/A (b) N/A (c) N/A (d) N/A.

Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (CBRTA)

The (a) (ii) Cross-Border Road Transport Agency did not borrow any amount from any entity in the People’s Republic of China (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2018 and (b), (c) and (d) are therefore not applicable.

Road Accident Fund (RAF)

The (a) (ii) Road Accident Fund did not borrow any amount from any entity in the People’s Republic of China (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2018 and (b), (c) and (d) are therefore not applicable.

Road Traffic Management Corporation

The (a) (ii) Road Traffic Management Corporation did not borrow any amount from any entity in the People’s Republic of China (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2018 and (b), (c) and (d) are therefore not applicable.

Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA)

The (a) (ii) Road Traffic Infringement Agency did not borrow any amount from any entity in the People’s Republic of China (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2018 and (b), (c) and (d) are therefore not applicable.

South African National Road Agency Limited (SANRAL)

The (a) (ii) South African National Road Agency Limited did not borrow any amount from any entity in the People’s Republic of China (aa) in each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2018 and (b), (c) and (d) are therefore not applicable.

Railway Safety Regulator (RSR)

(a) No amount was borrowed by the RSR from any entity in the People’s Republic of China,

(aa) in any of the past three financial years, and

(bb) since 1 April 2018;

(b) Not applicable, refer to (a)

(c) Not applicable, refer to (a)

(d) Not applicable, refer to (a)

 

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)

(a) No amount was borrowed by PRASA from any entity in the People’s Republic of China,

(aa) in any of the past three financial years, and

(bb) since 1 April 2018;

(b) Not applicable, refer to (a)

(c) Not applicable, refer to (a)

(d) Not applicable, refer to (a)

Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA)

(ii) The Ports Regulator does not have borrowing powers in terms of legislation and has not borrowed from any institution in the past and has no plans to borrow in the medium term.

(aa) N/A

(bb) N/A

(a) N/A

(b) N/A

(c) N/A

South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

Not Applicable as no amounts were borrowed from any entity in the People’s Republic of China

Reply:

None

Reply:

DAFF’S RESPONSE:

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries entered into the following contracts with the service provider: VOX Telecommunications PTY (LTD)

What was the service provided	What was the value of the tender or contract	What was the length of the tender or contract	Who approved the tender or contract	Was the tender or contract in line with all National Treasury and departmental procurement guidelines
4.4.12.2/5/14: Appointment of a service provider for the supply, delivery and implementation of audio visual solutions for Forestry board room at 110 Hamilton building and Imbizo board room at Harvest House building for DAFF for a period of 3 years	R1 269 881.30	1 October 2014 to 30 September 2017( 3 years)	The Departmental Bid Adjudication Committee	Yes. The prescribed Departmental Bid process was followed, in line with the National Treasury guidelines.
4.4.12.4/1/15: Appointment of a service provider to perform an Internet Service Solution to DAFF for a period of 3 years	R 10 664 205.85	1 October 2015 to 30 September 2018 (3 YEARS )	The Departmental Bid Adjudication Committee	Yes. The prescribed Departmental Bid process was followed, in line with the National Treasury guidelines.
RFB 1653-2017: Appointment of a service provider to provide an internet service solution to DAFF for a period of 5 years	R10 553 922.39	1 October 2018 to 30 September 2023	The acting Director General confirmed the recommendation of the bidder via the SITA bid process.	Yes. The SITA bid process was followed and confirmed by the Acting Director- General.

NAMC

OBP has never awarded contracts or tenders to any of the companies listed as per attachment.

OBP

OBP has never awarded contracts or tenders to any of the companies listed as per attachment.

ARC

ARC has never awarded contracts or tenders to any of the companies listed as per attachment.

MLRF

No response

PPECB

Period: 2009 - 2018				Compliance
No.	Supplier	Service Provided (i)	Value of Tender (ii)(a)	Length of Contract (ii)(b)	Approval (iii)	National Treasury (Yes/No) (iv)	Procurement Guidelines (Yes/No) (iv)
1	Vox Telecommunications	WAN Infrastructure	R       17,880,527	5 years	PPECB Board	YES	YES
2	Vox Telecommunications	Supply of APN Services	R             340,715	24 months	CEO	YES	YES

Reply:

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), donated tractors to the Provincial Departments of Agriculture (PDAs) eight years ago as a once off support. On delivery these tractors became the ownership and responsibility of each PDA to distribute within their respective provinces.

DAFF has conducted an investigation to verify the status of all tractor assets for each PDA focusing on the condition and usability of each tractor. During this investigation some tractors were found to be unavailable or missing. To date DAFF has compiled a status report that indicates the state of tractors in each province and the missing tractors have been captured as such. Currently communication to get responses on the missing tractors is in progress amongst the Engineers that were part of the investigation. The next steps are that in November DAFF will share the report and liaise with the Executive officials from PDAs to embark on further investigations to track these missing tractors with the intention of locating these back into the pool.

Reply:

In respect to the CAS numbers opened and recorded at Orlando Police Station, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has reported as follows:

a) The case docket, CAS 535/05/2018, has been returned to the South African Police Service (SAPS) with an instruction to finalise investigations.

b) The NPA is waiting for a case docket, with CAS 490/05/2018, from SAPS before a decision can be made.

Reply:

a) The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) recorded progress on all cases of sexual offences over the past five (5) years. The table below depicts progress is:

	Financial Years	Change over previous year	Change over period 2013/14-17/18
	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
Sexual Offences	67,1%	69,0%	70,1%	71,7%	72,7%	1,1%	6,9%
Convictions	5 484	5 084	4 978	4 780	5 004	4,7%	-8,8%
Verdict	8 174	7 372	7 098	6 669	6 879	3,1%	-15,8%

Sexual offences are defined as “any case involving offences committed in terms of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act No. 32 of 2007, and may include common law rape or indecent assault.”

b) From the 2017/18 financial year, The NPA started to measure murder convictions, a 77.7% conviction rate was achieved at the end of that financial year.

Reply:

Minister of Labour’s Response;

1. At the disposal of the current management of the province, there is no record of the initial response to the 2016 enquiry. The current senior management started after the initial query and was not able to retrieve the original response. Notices were served on the school in June 2018 and a follow up inspection conducted in August 2018.
2. The structural damage has not been repaired. The structural damages and the non-repairs pose a danger to both the learners and the staff.
3. The roof does not seem to have been repaired and is still leaking, alternatively it is still not maintained as the whole asbestos block is affected.

WAY FORWARD

Prosecution will be recommended to the NPA for non-compliance.

Reply:

1. In response to the question, it is best to consider each Protocol separately.

a) Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civic and Political Rights (ICCPR)

There are two Optional Protocols to the ICCPR, and South Africa has ratified both. The first Optional Protocol’s Preamble states,

“The State Parties to the present Protocol,

Considering that in order further to achieve the purposes of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (hereinafter referred to as the Covenant) and the implementation of its provisions it would be appropriate to enable the Human Rights Committee set up on part IV of the Covenant (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) to receive and consider, as provided in the present Protocol, communications from individuals claiming to be victims of violations of any of the rights set forth in the Covenant.”

As such, the first Optional Protocol allows direct claims to be made by individuals who believe that rights they are guaranteed under the ICCPR have been violated by the State, to the ICCPR Committee, but only once all domestic remedies have been exhausted. Thus, by ratifying the first Optional Protocol, South Africa has accepted the jurisdiction of the Committee to accept direct claims from individuals who have exhausted their domestic remedies. No further legislative amendments are required to our domestic law. In fact, the Committee has heard direct claims from South African applicants, and South Africa has responded as required in the procedures of the first Optional Protocol.

With regards to the second Optional Protocol, this Optional Protocol is aimed at the abolition of the death penalty. Our Constitution and jurisprudence from the case of the State versus Makwanyane (1995), has abolished the death penalty. No further legislation is required to give effect to the second Protocol.

b) Optional Protocol of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

South Africa ratified the ICESCR on 12 January 2015 and has not ratified the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR.

This Optional Protocol allows the same type of direct access by individual claimants to the ICESCR Committee. South Africa is in the process of considering the Optional Protocol’s consistency with domestic and international law to which South Africa is obligated, with a view to ratifying the Optional Protocol. Any consideration of legislative changes, if any will be considered at the appropriate time

.

2. No further statement is necessary at this stage.

Reply:

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)
PRASA Railway Train Station	Number	Date not being used	Reason for not being used	Current use
Ireagh	1	2010	Train service rationalised	None
Rolle	1	2010	Train service rationalised	None
Cottondale	1	2010	Train service rationalised	None
Acornhoek	1	2010	Train service rationalised	None
Hoedspruit	1	2010	Train service rationalised	Restaurant Lease
Zeerust	1	2015	Train service rationalised	None
Vryburg	1	2015	Train service rationalised	None
Total	7

Note: The above information only reflects PRASA properties. All these stations were identified for transfer with Main Line Passenger Service in 2009 from Transnet. These stations are on the Kaapmuiden-Hoedspruit line or Johannesburg-Mafikeng-Kimberley line. Stations not in use is not the same as being decommissioned.

2. (a) The option to link King Shaka International Airport (KISA) via the existing North Coast Rail

Corridor was considered along with other rail alignment options during earlier planning activities because of its proximity to KSIA. It was however not preferred, because such a service would result in lengthy journey times and inability to compete effectively with other modes of transport.

(b) As mentioned in (a), the option of linking to the North Coast Rail Corridor was not preferred. In addition, the passenger demand for such a service in the short term, is considered relatively low from a passenger rail perspective. A road-based feeder service from Verulam and/or Tongaat stations is considered more viable in the short term to provide access to KISA from the North Coast Line.

In the medium term, a more direct rail connection to KISA, with potential of linking to current and new growth areas in the northern section of eThekwini, is considered more viable.

(c) The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa concluded a conceptual planning study in 2015 around potential rail linkages to KISA and surrounds.

(d) The outcome of the study in 2015 is in support of (2)(b).

Reply:

(1) The department was not consulted or given an opportunity to comment on the release of the Thai kingpin. It should however be noted that the sentence that he was serving was not 40 years. Although the Magistrates Court had sentenced him to 40 years imprisonment, this was reduced to 30 years in the Gauteng Local Division of the High Court in Johannesburg and then reduced to
13 years imprisonment by the Supreme Court of Appeal.

(2) The department has not found that there is a pattern of the appeal courts reducing sentences for wildlife crime.

(3) The department is of the view that generally the penalties provided for relating to wildlife crimes in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004) (NEMBA) are sufficient, which are currently as follows:

a) A person convicted of an offence in terms of NEMBA is liable to a fine not exceeding
R10 million, or an imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years, or to both such a fine and such imprisonment; and

b) If a person convicted of an offence, involving a specimen of a listed threatened or protected species, or an alien species or commencing the commercialisation phase of bioprospecting without a permit issued in terms of NEMBA, a fine may be determined. This may take place either in terms of (a) or equal to three times the commercial value of the specimen or activity in respect of which an offence has been committed, whichever is the greater. The department is however, strengthening national legislation by adding a category for those species that are specifically threatened by wildlife trafficking and which require preferential protection and stricter penal provisions. In addition, the department continues to support structures (Justice College and the South African Judicial Education Institute (SAJEI)) which are responsible for training of prosecutors and magistrates.

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Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

Yes, the Group Chief Executive (GCE) of Eskom received a letter from Martin Kingston, Chief Executive Officer of Rothschild.

Yes, the GCE responded to the letter. In the letter the GCE appreciated the interest shown by Rothschild in assisting with the challenges faced by Eskom and mentioned that the Eskom’s Executive Management Committee was in the process of developing its own strategic map for the organisation. The GCE undertook to advise Rothschild on next steps once there is internal alignment.

It must be noted that the said letter did not result in any business deals between Eskom and Rothschild.

Reply:

(a) (i)	Correctional centres being repaired
	Project	(b) Anticipated Completion Cost	(c) Capacity	(d) Province
1.	Rustenburg	R174 026 987	812	LMN
2.	Glencoe	R34 150 721	669	KZN
3.	Emthonjeni Youth Centre Baviaanspoort	R187 709 485	640	GAUTENG
(b) (ii)	Correctional centres under construction
1.	Pretoria C Max	R217 434 500	284	GAUTENG
2.	Standerton	R408 552 598	1468	LMN
3.	Estcourt	R368 527 072	500	KZN
4.	Tzaneen	R62 819 109	504	LMN

Reply:

1. The Minister was not informed neither was she aware of any allegation of irregular and or unlawful appointments that occurred during the hiring of persons for the Senior Staff Officer National Codification Bureau in 2015 since there has never been hiring of Senior Staff Officer at National Codification Bureau over the period mentioned. During the said period only contractors were hired and trained to be codifiers. Allegations pertaining to alleged irregularities during the acquisition of contractors were never reported through appropriate channels set up by the Department of Defence, and only came to the fore by a media enquiry from Rapport subsequently followed by an article published by Rapport and City Press on 21 October 2018.
2. The SANDF prides itself as a well-structured and disciplined force with adequate structures in place to resolve any inconsistency, malicious deeds, ill-discipline, or any other activity that might put the organisational name into disrepute warrants disciplinary processes as regulated in our policy. It should be noted that proper channels were never used to report any irregularity regarding hiring of any member by National Codification Bureau. The Department of Defence only became aware of these allegations regarding alleged irregularities when it received a media enquiry subsequently followed by the publication of an article pertaining the same matter by Rapport and City Press newspapers on 21 October 2018. This practice is contrary to the Department of Defence’s code of ethics. Following the publication of an article pertaining alleged irregularities an investigation was launched and is still ongoing.
3. National Codification Bureau (NCB) went on a project to acquire contract workers in support of the National Youth Development Policy Framework. All requirements were approved by the Chief of the Division and appointments of contract workers took place from 2015, 2016 and 2017. This was done in line within the prescripts of the National Youth Development Framework which encourages development of youth from the root level where opportunities for furthering education were not afforded due to different reasons stemming from non-affordability because of poor background. During the said period only contractors were hired and trained to be codifiers. The total amount of contractors employed is 71.

The Bill of Rights is a cornerstone of democracy, enshrining the rights of all people in the country and affirming the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom. This is inclusive of the appointment of youth from any cultural background and association without discrimination. No member can be disqualified when he/she meets the necessary requirement to be offered equal opportunities like any other youth in the country. By placing young people and their development in the broader context of reconstruction and development, common developmental goals and a spirit of cooperation and co-ordination is encouraged.

4. This should be done in line with Government’s broad approach to fundamentally address poverty and underdevelopment through comprehensive, integrated, cross-sectoral and sustainable policies and programmes. Young people ought to enjoy all the rights, responsibilities and obligations that all normal citizens of South Africa enjoy as contained in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, so are contractors who are related to members of the Department of Defence, unless it can be said they are not supposed to have rights that are accorded every citizen of this country which were attained through blood and sweat of their fathers, mothers brothers and sisters who had to face oppression by a brutal regime. The Department of Defence policy clearly states that a member of a selection board may recuse himself/herself if his/her familiarity with the candidate might affect his/her objective judgement. In the aforementioned case, no family member was directly involved with the acquisition of contract workers. DODI C PERS NO 8/99 stipulates that applicants should not be discriminated due to their status. The policy further states that all candidates should be measured against the same objective criteria.

5. The South African National Defence Force has systems in place to deal with issues regarding all ill-discipline aspects at all levels. Necessary internal processes are always followed regarding any irregularity or ill-discipline related behaviour. In order to ensure that checks and balances within the department are in place, staffing is handled as follows:

(a) Vacant funded posts are advertisement and this is done according to C Pers [DCM (PSAP)] by Human Resource Division.

(b) Shortlisting of applicants is done by Human Resource of the requesting authority.

(c) The Staffing Board identifies the suitable candidates according to the criteria.

(d) The decision of the Staffing Board is sent back to C Pers [DCM (PSAP)] for final endorsement.

Regarding the aforementioned criteria, posts were not advertised due to the fact that, contract appointments do not meet the advertisement requirement, as per DODI C PERS NO 8/99. However in an event where shortcomings or irregularities occur, the SANDF as the organisation will not hesitate to implement corrective measures as directed by the Defence Act.

Reply:

According to the Unemployment Insurance Fund records, Shoprite Checkers PTY LTD has employed the most people in the past five financial years, totalling 355 932 employees.  Shoprite Checkers operates in the Retail sector.

Reply:

1. (a) VEREENIGING INTERMODAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITY

CONTRACT NUMBER DRT: 24/07/2013

PRASA appointed the consulting engineers (AECOM/Khuthele Projects (AECOM)) to execute designs for the following:

• Vereeniging Station
• Commercial development around Vereeniging Station
• Vereeniging Intermodal Facility

(b) (i) PRASA has set aside R15 million for the fees of the project. The fees include for the following:

• Professional Services for Stages 1 to 6;
• Environmental studies
• Occupational Health and Safety; and
• Specialised professional services (e.g. Geotech, etc.)

(ii) The amount spent to date is R13,508,685-00, being for designs and construction supervision, as well as Occupational Health and Safety monitoring for the Intermodal Facility.

(c) (i) The main contractor appointed by the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport ( GDRT) for the construction works, is Moreteng Investments CC.

(ii) GDRT Contractor: Moreteng Investments CC

Registration number: 2005/004671/07

Sub-Contractor: FlyBrotherSA CC

Registration number: 2010/133800/23

PRASA Consultant: AECOM/Khuthele Projects Pty (Ltd)

Registration number: 2010/013644/07

(d) The works are currently ongoing and are measured at 83% progress. However, due to contractual disputes between GDRT and the contractor, the works have been suspended since 7 September 2018.

(e) The completion date will only be known once the contractor is back on site.

2 (a) PRASA has not lodged any dispute with a service provider.

(b) Not applicable.

3. (a) Not applicable as no disputes were lodged by PRASA.

(b) Not applicable as no disputes were lodged by PRASA.

Reply:

(a) (i) No.

(ii) (aa), (bb) and (cc) No.

(b) No. I am not aware of any meeting which I attended where any of the specified persons were present. However, I cannot exclude the possibility that unbeknown to me, these individuals may have been present at large functions that I attended.

Reply:

The non-compliances that were reported in the response to Parliamentary Question 161, on 10 April 2018, were initially investigated by the Compliance team in the Department, and the matter was then referred to the Chief Directorate: Enforcement, around July 2018, to take enforcement action. An enforcement notice, as contemplated in section 31L of the National Environmental Management Act, has been prepared and is in the process of being reviewed, before it is issued. In order to undertake this process, the Department must comply with the provisions of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (PAJA), as well as sub-regulation 8(2) of the EMI regulations contained in GNR 480 of 31 May 2017, by providing SANRAL with an opportunity to make representations in response to the allegations of non-compliance as well as the intended instructions prior to moving forward with further enforcement action. The decision as to whether the non-compliances have or have not been addressed and so forth, and also what type of final enforcement action will be taken, is dependent on various factors such as the submissions that are made by SANRAL in response to the enforcement notice.

 

Reply:

Response;

The information is as follows;

DoL / Public Entity	(a)(i)(aaa) What is the total number of employees that have been outsourced from private companies and/or contractors in the past three financial years	(a)(i)(bbb) What is the total number of employees that have been outsourced from private companies and/or contractors since 1 April 2018	(a) (ii) What is the name of each company or contractor	(b) what amount is each employee paid
DoL	None	None	None	None
CCMA	Fourteen (14)	Nine (9)	1. Multilead 2. ebustech-consulting 3. Human Communication	1. 2 x P03 (R1 805 012.94 pa) 2. 4 x P06 (R 699 155.12 pa) 3. 1 x P07 (R 561 386.32 pa) 4. 2 x P08 (R454 297.90 pa
UIF	None	None	None	None
CF	None	None	None	None
NEDLAC	Six (6)	Two (2)	Thokazani Ntshingila	R30 000.00 per month ( 2015/2016)
			Tiaan Rosslee	R30 000.00 per month (2015/2016)
			Modiegi Mooko	R20 000.00 per month (2016/2017)
			Portia Kekana	R72 430.66 per month (2017/2018)
			Lorraine Mofokeng	R55 000.00 per month (2017/2018)
			Tidimalo Chuene	R78750.00 per month (2017/2018 & 2018/2019)
			Clarinda Simpson	R104 000.00 per month (2018/2019)
SEE	None	None	None	None
PSA	None	None	None	None

Reply:

(1)

(a) Although the department does monitor the cases in the Kruger National Park (KNP) Court; the department is provided with the information related to these cases and does participate in the relevant structures and attends the Mission Area Joint Operational Centre (MAJOC) meetings where monthly feedback is provided on progress related to the deployment within the area, arrests, seizures, cases and other related matters are discussed.

(b) The department has not taken the issue regarding lenient sentencing in the KNP District Court up with the Chief Magistrate of Mpumulanga. However, the South African National Parks (SANParks) has engaged with the Judge President of Mpumalanga and expressed concerns around the drop in the nature of the sentences in the district court, aspects related to bail, transfer of cases and other aspects related to cases in the KNP.

(2) The department is aware that bail has been granted to repeat offenders in some cases.

a)The South African Police Service is the custodian of this informaiton.

b) The National Prosecuting Authority and the Department of Justice determine relevant conviction rates and should be approached in this regard.

(c) The department has not formally campaigned for stricter sentencing but is amending current legislation to make provision for priority crimes linked to wildlife trafficking and to increase penalties for such crimes.

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Reply:

 

(1) (a) On what date did his department last conduct an audit of artwork owned by Government which is under his department’s curatorship and (b) what are the details of each artwork under the curatorship of his department according to the Generally Recognised Accounting Practice 103;

(2) whether any artworks under his department’s curatorship have gone missing (a) in each of the past five financial years and (b) since 1 April 2018; if so, what are the relevant details? NW3953E

Reply:

THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS REPLIES:

FINANCIAL YEAR	NO. OF MATTERS	DETAILS	RELIEF SOUGHT	TIME PERIODS
2015/2016	nil	n/a	n/a	n/a
2016/2017	nil	n/a	n/a	n/a
2017/2018	1	NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS VS THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND ANOTHER (LION BONES QUOTA) This is an application brought by the National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA). It is an application which seeks to review and set aside the decision made by the Minister of Environmental Affairs in respect to setting a quota (2017, 2018) on the number of lion bone skeletons, with or without the skulls that may be exported in a calendar year. The application is a PAJA review, alleging that the decision made on the quotas is administrative action.	The application is seeking an order in the following terms: PART A 1 Prohibiting the first respondent and/or the second respondent from issuing permits for the exportation of lion bone pending the finalisation of Part B of the application, PART B 1 Declaring unlawful and unconstitutional the determination of the quota for 2017, 2018 and any further extension of the lion bone exportation quota as indicated and presaged in the notice, issued on 28 June 2017. 2 Reviewing and setting aside the quota under PAJA, alternatively under the Constitution.	Application received: 10.01.2018 Notice to Oppose: 12.02.2018 Record filed: 22.03.2018 (by agreement with applicants) The record of decision has been filed, along with a supplementary record. The NSPCA has not indicated formally whether they intend supplementing their papers. A “without prejudice” meeting was held between the Department of Environmental Affairs and its legal representatives, and the NSPCA and their legal representatives. The purpose and intention of the meeting was to explain to the NSPCA how the 2018 quota for the export of lion bones was established and to possibly reach a settlement out of court, however this could not be achieved. The NSPCA has since indicated its intention to supplement its papers and to join all the relevant permit holders and applicants for permits for the export of lion bones and to have the matter set down and to bring an urgent application in terms of Part A of the original application. We await such supplementation and set down from the NSPCA.
From 01 April 2018	nil		n/a	n/a

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Reply:

The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) Report on Adult Prostitution (Project 107) (the Report) was published on 26 May 2017. Since its publication, the Report was discussed in various forums and engagements with interest groups, amongst others are:

A) Conference on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism;

B) Combined SANAC and Mail & Guardian Critical Thinking Forum on the decriminalization of “sex work”, in which the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development participated;

C) Conference on Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism as invited by the acting National Executive Director of Child Welfare South Africa and ECPAT International;

D) The Human Rights Baseline Assessment Inception meeting jointly organised by SANAC and the Global Fund;

E) Engagements with the Global fund baseline assessment on human rights-related barriers to HIV and TB services for key populations in South Africa (including people who provide sexual services for reward);

F) The SANAC Government Task Team (GTT) meeting;

G) Roundtable Discussion on 'Prostitution/Sex Work: Is it work and is it a choice?: SACBC Parliamentary Organization, Embrace Dignity and the Hanns Seidel Foundation;

H)The Multi Party Women’s Caucus; and many more.

The Department closely followed the views expressed during these discussions. The Department also responded to various representations by interest groups, amongst others, representations by Cause for Justice, Stop Trafficking in Person Group and the Sex Worker’s Education and Advocacy Taskforce.

The report is currently being considered by the Department with a view to advising Cabinet on the proposals with regard to legislative reform on adult prostitution. In order to do this, the Department will draft legislation which will be published for public comments. During the drafting process, the Department may further consult with interested parties. Although the Report seems to be comprehensive, the recommendations that were made on legislative interventions to deal with adult prostitution as well as other non-legislative intervention proposed in the Report are not universally accepted by different interest groups. As a result of the divergent views, further research is necessary to explore, in detail, the recommendations made in the Report in order to make legislative proposals that are acceptable to the different interest groups. In particular, there must also be extensive consultation with government departments on the implementation of the non-legislative recommendations, which has financial and other implications, before Cabinet is approached to endorse the said recommendations.

Reply:

(a) (i) (ii) (aa) (bb) (cc) and (b), I would like to inform the Honorable Member that I never influenced any person, department`s employees to take any official administrative action on behalf of any member or employee and neither have I been influenced by any close associate of the Gupta family and attended any meeting.

Reply:

Response:

(a) All companies in the country are registering their business through the Department of Trade & Industry & SARS for tax purposes and therefore the Department of Labour does not have direct access to such information nor, does the department of labour have jurisdiction in this regard.

(b) The Black Economic Empowerment Act is administered by the Department of Trade and Industry and as such, compliance thereto is also monitored by the Dti.

(c) Our Inspection and Enforcement Services through its Annual Performance Plan, targets workplaces to be inspected in various sectors to determine level of compliance with employment law. The laws of the Department cover every person that is within the borders of SA, including foreign Nationals. In addition to companies that are identified for inspection, the Inspectors also conduct inspection on companies as and when complaints are lodged in our various labour centres.

(bb) There are Provincial Chief Inspectors in all 9 Provinces who are in charge of the Inspectorate and would take steps to address reported non-compliance. To this end, citizens are encouraged to report any suspected non-compliance to our Inspectors.

The Contact details of the Provincial Chief Inspectors are as follows:

NAME OF PROVINCE	NAME OF PROVINCIAL CHIEF INSPECTOR	CONTACT DETAILS
Eastern Cape	Adv. Lucky Mkhonto	0829082318
Free State	Ms. Amanda Mantutle	0829086809
Kwa-Zulu Natal	Mr. Edward Kambula	0609859286
Gauteng	Adv. Michael Msiza	0829008131
Mpumalanga	Ms. Nonyaniso Njwambe	0824157083
Limpopo	Mr. Phaswana Tladi	0845043801
Northern Cape	Mr. Solomzi Vass	0828026796
North West	Mr. Boikie Mampuru	0829082308
Western Cape	Mr. David Esau	0827914485

 

Each Province has Statutory Services personnel who handle litigations on behalf of the Director-General to refer non-compliant employers to the Courts. In addition, there is a statutory component in Head Office that deals with enforcement of workplaces that do not comply with notices and Director General’s Recommendations.

Reply:

I have been informed by the National Prosecuting Authority that:

1. The senior prosecutor was of the view that a prima facie case had not been made out. However, they relied on the wrong section of the relevant Act. The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) reviewed the matter and decided to prosecute.
2. This question falls away as the DPP has overruled the decision of the senior prosecutor and decided that prosecution should be instituted. The matter is on the court roll of the Germiston Regional Court and has been remanded to 16 November 2018.

Reply:

In responding to questions (a), (b), and (c), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has reported as follows, as per the case number opened at Orlando Police Station:

1. CAS 636/6/2010: This relates to an incident of drinking in public. A J534 form was issued. No docket was opened, only a control document was issued.
2. CAS 730/1/2018: This is an invalid CAS number according to the South African Police Service (SAPS) system.
3. 133/10/2015: This is a docket on trespassing. The docket, Orlando CAS 133/10/15, was not enrolled on 9 October 2015 as further investigations were requested. The said docket was brought back on 10 November 2016, but there were still investigations outstanding. The investigating officer was once again instructed to comply. The docket was only submitted to the prosecution during July 2018 at the the prosecution request. Investigations are still continuing. This docket is linked to Orlando CAS 130/10/15 (not 130/01/15, as indicated on the question paper).
4. CAS 130/10/15: This docket relates to an incident of malicious damage to property, with the same complainant. Further investigation was requested, but the docket has not been presented to the prosecution.
5. CAS 95/07/18: The same complainant, opened another docket for trespassing against the same suspect. This docket also required further investigation, again surrounding the same eviction order.
6. 366/07/2018: The docket relates to the alleged kidnapping and assault of a minor child. This matter was enrolled on 24 July 2018. The matter is in court 13, Protea and is now set down for trial for 12 November 2018. The accused is represented by Legal Aid South Africa.
7. CAS 244/10/2018: This relates to a housebreaking incident. There is only a statement by the complainant, with nothing to indicate who the suspect might be. This docket was not presented to the prosecution.
8. CAS 66/10/2018: This is an assault docket opened against a member of SAPS. There are two (2) complainants in the docket. This docket was not presented to the prosecution.

Reply:

(a) (i) and (ii)	(aa)	(bb)	(b)	(c)	(d)
	2015/16 R’000	2016/17 R'000	2017/18 R'000	Since 1 April 2018 R'00O
Department of Science and Technology(DST)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	N/A	N/A
Technology lnnovationAgency(TIA)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	N/A	N/A
South African National Space Agency(SANSA)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	N/A	N/A
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	N/A	N/A
National Research Foundation(NRF)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	N/A	N/A
Academy of Science of South Africa(ASSAf)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	N/A	N/A
Human Sciences Research Council(HSRC)	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	N/A	N/A	N/A

 

Reply:

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) Oversees six entities, namely, the National Reseamh Foundation (NRF), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). Currently 6 967 researchers and scientists are supported by the DST and its entities through a number of projects and programmes. A total investment of R2.5b has been made towards this in the current year, details are provided in Table 1, below.

 

Table 1: DST and entitiss’ support towards scientists/researchers

Source of Funding	Number	Researcher/Group	Funding (R)
DST	403		212,087,703
	144	Sector Innovation Fund	73,593,241
	41	Water Technologies Demonstration and Management Programmes	19,248,499
	43	Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) Catalysts, Infrastructure and System	1,000,000
	5	USAID Peer Projects	218,000
	08 10	European Union Collaborale P acts Indigenous Knowledge System	7,285,863 26,360,000
	39	Strategic Health Innovation Partnership	SHIP)	66,588,000

 

Source of Funding	Number	Researcher/Group	Funding (R)
	15	Nuclear Technologies in Medicine and Biosciences Initiative (NTeMBl)	3,000,000
	4	Sterile Insect Technique for Malaria Mosquitoes Project	1,273,000
	4	Wheat and Breeding Platform	13,500,000
NRF	4708		1,684,293,868
	31	Academic Statistics Programme	6,130,126
	7	African Coelecanth Ecosystem Programme	3,217,949
	31	Academic Statistics Programme	6,130,126
	7	African Coelecanth Ecosystem Programme	3,217,949
	29	African Origins Platform	14,337,917
	1	African Origins Platform - Research	147,499
	1	Astronomy in Africa (Newton Fund)	1,500.000
	15	Astronomy Sub-Agency Funding Programme	1,919,625
	25	Blue Skies Research Programme	9,968,239
	5	Centre of Excellence (CoE) Grants	59,601,428
	1	CoE: Indigenous Knowledge Systems	8,000,000
	40	Community Engagement Programme	13,507,ze2
	477	Competitive Programme for Rated Reseamhers	127,486,515
	244	Competitive Support for Unrated Researchers	43,403,363
	11	Development Grant for Knowledge Fields Development (KFD)	1,345,679
	1	DST-NRF CoE in Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis	8,445,635
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Biomedical TB Research	11,862,714
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Birds	7,161,899
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Catalysis	s,ses,oo
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Integrated Mineral Resoumes and Analysis	12,151,063
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Invasion Biology	10,334,033
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Strong Material	14,287,643
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Tree Health Biotechnology	7,161,899
	1	DST- NRF CoE in Tree Health Biotechnology	4,268,445
	1	DST-NRF CoE in Palaeoeciences	12,155,063
	20	DST-NRF Conference Fund	13,934,819
	9	Education Research in South Africa	481,657
	4	Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)/NRF Collaborative Research: Urban Transformation in SA	1,528,268
	5	ESRC/NRF Higher Education In Africa	3,519,957
	4	ESRC/NRF International Centre Partnership	610,150
	54	Foundational Biodiversity Programme	9,788,293
	2	French South Afnca Institute of Technology/ Cape Peninsula University of Technology	2,760,548
	40	Global Change Grand Challenge	47,104,215
	18	Human and Social Dynamics in Development	7,432,663

Source of Funding	Humber	Researcher/Group	Funding (R)
	4	Human Capital Development for Multi- Wavelength Astronomy	282,500
	2	IEPD - Institutional Engagement and Partnership Development	509,632
	1	Institutional Engagement and Partnership Development (IEPD) Flagship - UKZN	1,084,909
	1	IEPD Flagship - UWC	830,407
	1	IEPD Mobililty Support for UMP	150,000
	3253	Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers	146,ses,s37
	36	Indigenous Knowledge Systems	9,798,034
	24	International Council of Scientific Unions	1,150,263
	122	International Science and Technology Agreements	38,723,226
	5	International Research Grants (IRG) - Argentlna / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	673,458
	8	IRG - BRICS Multilateral Joint Call	847,183
	6	IRG - China / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	1B4,678
	14	IRG - Egypt / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	1,307,71g
	3	IRG - Finland / South Africa Reseamh Cooperation Programme	879,580
	6	IRG - Flemish / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	2,698,674
	14	IRG - France / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	1,249,520
	12	IRG - Germany / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	3,391,626
	14	IRG - India / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	2,238,121
	8	IRG - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science / NRF Research Cooperation Programme	2,145,635
	11	IRG - Kenya / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	1,081,289
	10	IRG - Namibia / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	1,095,444
	3	IRG - National Natural Science Foundation of China / NRF Research Cooperation Programme	389,905
	3	IRG - NEPAD Flagship Programme	10,223,799
	5	IRG - NRF/International Centre for Theoretical Physics Joint Collaboration for Science Advancement	216,081
	6	IRG - Poland / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	847,378
	10	IRG - Romania / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	1,194,403
	16	IRG - South Africa / Austria Joint Scientific and Technological Cooperation Programme	1,976,553

 

 

Source of Funding	Number	Researcher/Group	Funding (R)
	6	IRG - South Africa / Canada Research Chairs Mobility Initiative	459,053
	2	IRG - South Africa / Canada Research Chairs Trilateral Partner9hips initiatives	431,907
	6	IRG - South Africa / Uganda Cooperation Bilateral Programme	1,023,46e
	4	IRG - South Africa / Wallonia-Brussels Federation Science and Technology Research Collaboration Programme	369,899
	1	IRG - South Africa/China Joint Science and Technology Research Collaboration (Water Research Flagship Projects)	6,660
	5	IRG - South Africa/Tunisia Research Cooperation Programme	800,312
	12	IRG - South Africa-Joint ln9titute for Nuclear Research (SA-JINR)-Grants for JINR Student Practice	277,531
	20	IRG - Sweden / South Affica Research Cooperation Programme	4,679,652
	12	IRG - Switzerland / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	5,065,o7e
		IRG - Taiwan / South African Research Cooperation Programme	1,149,283
	12	IRG - UK / South Africa Rasearchar Links Grants for Travel	1,961,770
	4	IRG - Zambia / South Africa Research Cooperation Programme	187,201
	447	Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration	11,390,207
	4	Nanotechnology Flagship Programme	389,348
	22	National Bioinformatics functional Genomics bursary & research granting	7,167,714
	59	National Equipment	154,914,522
	1	National Institute for Theoretical Physics	8,000,000
	3	Natural History Collections Funding Instrument	715,747
	4	NRF - European Research Council Partnership	367,827
	1	National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)/NRF Awards (Under Thuthuka)	1,492
	1	Palaeo/Anthropology Trust	2,050,000
	6	Research and Innovation Reward Programme	11,050,240
	81	Research and Technology Fund	22,651,474
	77	Research Development Grants for Y-Rated Researchers	8,094,221
	87	Research Equipment Programme	6,977,415
	29	SA National Antarctic Programme	38,680,172
	15	SA Research Chairs	44,615,506
	1	SA Research Chairs - Indigenous Knowledge	1,822,144
	3	SA Research Chairs - Maths Education Chair Initiative	7,326,367
	2	SA Research Chairs - Nano Technology	8,683,390
	2	SA Research Chairs - Numeracy Chairs Initiative	6,92g,593

 

Source of Funding	Number	Researcher/Group	Funding (R)
	171	SA Research Chairs - Open	443,833,663
	1	SA Research Chairs - PBMR	3,336,198
	4	Sancor	214,843
	17	Special Transformation Awards	1,572,537
	101	Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP)	72,331,645
	624	Thuthuka	66,200,126
	5	Vulnerable Disciplines - Developing Health Sciences Research	700,000
CSIR	1664		530,010,802
	84	Biosciances	77,437,020
	159	Bullt Environment	52,132,354
	382	Defence, Peace, Safety and Security	53,398,900
	220	Implementation Unit	8,80,5000
	72	Integrated Energy Centre	43,073,000
	236	Materials Science and Manufacturing	106,818,631
	86	Modelling and Digital Science	32,675,450
	174	Meraka Institute	37,333,700
	72	National Laser Centre	39,839,756
	179	Natural Resources Environment	78,496,991
	12		7,799,635
SANSA	1	Rhodes University	40,000
	1	Universlty College London	150,000
	9	NRF Funding	7,033,710
	1	European Commission	576,025
TIA	180	TIA Programmes	115,000,000
HSRC	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable Not applicable
ASSAf	Not applicable	Not applicable

Reply:

(1) (a),(b),(c) The information is not readily available in the Department of Basic Education and it should be requested from the Provincial Education Departments.

(2) The information is not readily available in the Department of Basic Education and it should be requested from the Provincial Education Departments.

(3) (a)(i), (ii),(b),(c) and (d) The information is not readily available in the Department of Basic Education and it should be requested from the Provincial Education Departments.

Reply:

1. The department does not apply GRAP 103 in recognising any of its assets, and therefore is not required to apply the standard to any of its artwork.  Furthermore, SSA does not have heritage assets as defined and recognised by GRAP 103.  GRAP 17 is however used to recognise assets.

 

2. Artwork is included in the SSA assets register.  Verification of artwork occurs with the normal verification of other assets’ classes and have been audited as part of the statutory audit by the Office of the Auditor General.

 

Reply:

(a) No

(b) No. However, I have been invited and did attend a Diwali celebration at the Gupta residence.

Reply:

Response

(1)(a) The development of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) for South African Sign Language (SASL) prior to the 2009 court case of Springate and others versus the Minister of Basic Education and others was impeded and limited by challenges faced by government which had not yet been finalised. This is in reference to the fact that SASL is not yet the Official Language of government which essentially means it may not be provided at Home Language level in Basic Education, which is what it is for Deaf learners. However, it must be noted that the South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 already recognised Sign Language for use as language of learning and teaching (LoLT) for Deaf learners. Following the court case, the Minister instituted a process of developing SASL CAPS which is already being implemented even though the Department of Arts and Culture and the Pan South African Language Board have not yet concluded the process of making SASL one of the official languages of government.

(b) In addition to the response in (1)(a) above, it must be noted that there is nothing in legislation that prevents right holders from claiming their right from those who have a hold on it. This claim was inadvertently directed to government largely than it was directed to Basic Education given the response in (1)(a) above.

(2)(a) In preparation for the first Grade 12 NSC examinations and in an effort to prepare candidates for the exit examination, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has set and released SASL HL exemplar question papers for Grade 10 and Grade 11 in 2017. In 2018, the DBE has set the preparatory examination question papers for SASL HL in Grade 12, so that learners have full exposure to an examination that is equivalent to the final examination.

(b)The DBE appointed a panel of experts to set and internally moderate question papers for the Grade 12 NSC examinations. These question papers were externally moderated and approved by Umalusi. In preparation for the implementation and administration of examinations in SASL HL, the DBE established a task team to ensure that all schools, teachers and learners are fully prepared for the November examination. This task team developed Guidelines for the Implementation and Conduct of Examinations in South African Sign Language Home Language and this document was issued to schools prior to the preparatory examination. The DBE and PEDs also conducted an audit of all centres where SASL HL examinations are to be conducted. In cases where there were deficiencies, these were addressed. In addition, the DBE took a decision to mark the preparatory examination papers nationally in Pretoria. Teachers from schools that offer SASL HL in Grade 12 were appointed as markers. The DBE appointed a national team for the moderation of School-Based Assessment in SASL HL. All portfolios of candidates that offer SASL HL were moderated and feedback was given to schools.

On the basis of the above initiatives, the DBE is confident that we are adequately prepared to examine Deaf learners in SASL.

(3) (a) There are six (6) suppliers of South African Sign Language (SASL) learning and teaching support material in the DBE database.

(b) The DBE puts a call for submission of SASL materials to all suppliers. The following are the only suppliers that have responded: Sign Language Education and Development (SLED), National Institute for the Deaf (NID) and University of Stellenbosch. These are the only institutions that have developed and submitted SASL materials over the years.