Reply:

1. The municipality spent an amount of R415 640.00 on decor, catering for 2000 people, entertainment and sign language interpreter for the State of the Municipal Address (SoMA).

(2) a) The Emfuleni Local Municipality has, in line with the executive and legislative authority, adopted the hosting of annual SoMA as part of the broader public participation programme aimed at developing and maintaining a culture of community participation. The Local Government Municipal Systems Act (Act 32 of 2000) Chapter 4, sections 16 and 17, enables the municipality to determine various mechanisms, processes and procedures for fostering participation by the local communities and to this effect use its resources and allocate funds as may be appropriate for this purpose.

b) The Municipal Manager, in the discharge of his fiduciary duties must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the resources of the municipality are used effectively, efficiently and economically.

c) Being conversant with the existing financial and service delivery challenges of the municipality, the imposition of parts of Section 139 of the Constitution of the RSA and at the same time the need to encourage active citizenry, it is for this reason that the financial implications of the SoMA were effectively reduced to an amount of R415, 640 from the originally planned expenditure.

d) The SoMA is an effective mechanism or model that continues to address Emfuleni's multi-stakeholders including citizens, business sector, NGO, Government Institutions, the Clergy and various other key stakeholders. Stakeholder engagement will further remain a critical component for the successful implementation of the Provincial Intervention Programmes and essential in promoting social cohesion. The various ongoing social innovation and economic development initiatives currently taking place in Emfuleni were extensively engaged on as part of the 2018 SoMA, and it has been an excellent platform for feedback and re-commitment to the Communities of Emfuleni amongst various others that continue to unfold.

Reply:

The response to this question is attached as Annexure.

Reply:

a) Majola tea estate received funding to the tune of R 28 953 209, 00 since 2011 to date from equitable share.

b) Magwa tea estate received funding to the tune of R 115 625 289.56 since 2011 to date from equitable share.

• It should be noted that funding for the two enterprises was not sourced from the Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) conditional grants;
• The response was provided by the Eastern Cape Department of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR);
• The DRDAR appointed their State Owned Entity the Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA) to manage the turnaround strategy of these tea plantations and;
• A report as submitted by ECRDA on activities and financial break down is attached.

Reply:

The project of upgrading Kwa Masiza Hostel was done by the Provincial Department of Housing and not Emfuleni Local Municipality. Emfuleni Local Municipality is not undertaking any capital projects relating to upgrading of Kwa-Masiza hostel. No project was done within the precinct since 2010.

Reply:

According to the information provided by the municipalities through the Limpopo Provincial CoGHSTA, Ba-Phalaborwa, Tzaneen, Maruleng and Greater Letaba local municipalities have a number of municipal councillors and officials on arrears for municipal rates and services for a period of more than two months. Breakdown in terms of each municipality is specified on the tables below.

(aa) BA-PHALABORWA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

Number of councillors and municipal officials in arrears on municipal accounts	Total outstanding debt	Name of councillor/s and officials in arrears for (2) months or more	Any action, if any, has been taken to recover the amounts in each case?
A total of 124 which consists of 113 municipal officials and 11 councillors	R2, 879 735.76	List attached as an Annexure A to the reply	Deductions are effected every month for the outstanding debt

(bb) MARULENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

Number of councillors and municipal officials in arrears on municipal accounts	Total outstanding debt	Name of councillor/s and officials in arrears for (2) months or more	Any action, if any, has been taken to recover the amounts in each case?
Six (6) officials	R27,490.68	Sithole K.V, Maponya B, Mohlasedi A, Mphela S.K, Mokonyane M.L Thompson S.	Issuing of a monthly statement and no arrangement has been made to date

(cc) GREATER TZANEEN LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

Number of councillors and municipal officials in arrears on municipal accounts	Total outstanding debt	Name of councillor/s and officials in arrears for (2) months or more	Any action, if any, has been taken to recover the amounts in each case?
Four (4) which consists of 3 municipal officials and one councillor	R131, 830.10	Ramatseba JM owing R3 041.91	Payment agreement have been signed with officials and honoured on monthly basis
		Maholovela TC owing R41 638.84	Payment agreement have been signed with officials and honoured on monthly basis
		Ledwaba SA and NP owing R13 842.50	Payment agreement have been signed with officials and honoured on monthly basis
		Councillor Makhubela MJ owing R73 306.85	Payment agreement have been signed with officials and honoured on monthly basis

(dd) GREATER LETABA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

Number of councillors and municipal officials in arrears on municipal accounts	Total outstanding debt	Name of councillor/s and officials in arrears for (2) months or more	Any action, if any, has been taken to recover the amounts in each case?
Two officials and one councillor	R41 666. 85	Moshobane TMP owing R 7 994.50	Entered into a payment arrangement of R2000.00 per month
		Malatji SS owing R 27 813.45	The councillor did not make any payment arrangements. The municipality will inform the councillor about deductions to be made from her salary.
		Malatji Mathaba wing R5, 858.90	Entered into payment arrangement of R3,800 per month

Section 96(a) of the MSA, states that municipalities must collect all monies due and payable to it, while Section 96(b) empowers a municipality to undertake this debt collection in terms of adopting a credit control and debt collection policy. Even though that legislative provision is very clear, municipalities are in general still encountering challenges on collection of outstanding debt and amongst its debtors are the municipal councillors and municipal officials who are in arrears for municipal rates and services. It is evident that non- payment of municipal debtors is mostly due to the weaknesses on the municipal systems in implementing relevant sections of the legislations and the implementation of their credit control and debt collection policies.

In respect of debt owed by municipal officials, it has been evident that municipalities in most instances does not make an effort to uphold Section 103 of the Municipal Systems Act, No. 32 of 2000 that makes a provision for employers to have agreements. This further gives a permission that a municipality may with consent of a person liable for payment of rates and services enter into agreements with that person’s employer to deduct from the salaries or wages of other persons-

• any outstanding amounts due by the person to the municipality; or
• regular monthly amounts as may be agreed;
• and provide special incentive for employer’s to enter into such agreements and for employees to consent such agreements

Furthermore, Schedule 2 of the MSA also specifies a Code of Conduct for Municipal Staff Members that makes provision for the municipality to deduct amounts outstanding for more than three months from employees’ salaries.

Councillllors are also not immune in terms of having arrear debt even though, the MSA’s Schedule 1: Code of Conduct for Councillors, Section 12A, states that a Councillor should not be in arrears with the municipality for a period longer than three months.

Reply:

(a) What is the Vetting Process Followed by the SA Council for Educators when an Individual applies for a Teaching Certificate?

SACE RESPONSE

Firstly, all registration applicants are required to declare their fitness-to-practice status when they apply as follows:

“I declare that all information provided (including copies) is complete and correct. I also hereby give SACE permission to check if there are no previous convictions against me by any tribunal. I understand that any false information supplied could lead to my application being disqualified or my de-registration from the roll, and I subscribe to the Code of Conduct of Professional Ethics”.

Where an applicant has disclosed any misconduct case or criminal record, the Fit-to-Teach Hearings are held prior to any processing of the application form.

Secondly, currently the fitness-to-teach process is assessed against the submission of the Police Clearance Certificate by the foreign educators. The authenticity of the police clearance is verified against the SAPS online portal available on its website.

Finally, as indicated previously, the process for the submission of the Police Clearance by all South African applicants, will commence on 1 January 2019 onwards as prioritised by Council.

(b) are any certificates issued on the spot without (i) vetting or (ii) verification of qualifications?

Certificates of registration are issued in line with the current Council’s Fitness-to-Practice measures as outlined above.

All these measures in (a) and (b) will be enhanced further, once the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development’s register of sexual offenders is available and the necessary systems and logistical arrangements are in place to facilitate the registration turn-around time process.

Reply:

The Honourable Member is requesting information residing with a municipality. Requests for such information is done through the Promotion of Access to Information Act, no. 2 of 2000 (PAIA). The Member is requesting for records in the form of reports commissioned, and PAIA is used by the public to access records of government. Each sphere of government will have an information officer. For National Government departments the Information Officer is the Director-General. At provincial level it is the Head of Department and at municipal level the Information Officer is the Municipal Manager.  

Reply:

No. 1	Number of SMS members at the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Number of SMS members at the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Disclosed their financial interests for 2017/18	Number of SMS members at the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries who did not disclose their financial interests for 2017/18
1.	112	112	0

Reply (Q2)

None, according to the records.

Reply (Q3 & 4)

No.	Salary level	Q(3)(a): Number of employees suspended at each salary	Q(3)(b): Number of days suspended	Reason for continued suspension beyond 60 days (if applicable)	Q(4): Total amount of cost of suspension
	Salary level 1 to 6	None (0)	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Salary level 7	Nine (9)	38 days (x 9 employees)	N/A	R249590.56
		One (1)	340 days	Necessitated by nature of misconduct (assault)	R245085.4
	Salary level 8 to 12	None (0)	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Salary level 13	One (1)	20 days	N/A	R55898.79
		One (1)	45 days	N/A	R123911.87
	Salary level 14	None (0)	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Salary level 15	One (1)	74 days	Chairperson of disciplinary hearing granted extension of the suspension.	R265081.26
	Salary level 16 to 17	None (0)	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Total	Thirteen (13)	776 combined total number of days suspended for all employees.		R 939567.88

               

Reply:

(a) Umhlali Police Station. (1 January 2014 to date)
(i)(aa) Stolen from members	=	3
(i)(bb) Lost by members	=	0
(ii) Recovered	=	0
(b) KwaDukuza Police Station. (1 January 2014 to date) (i)(aa) Stolen from members	=	8
(i)(bb) Lost by members	=	1
(ii) Recovered	=	2

 

 

Response to question 2425 recommended/

GENERAL

UTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Response to question 2425 approved/

MINISTE OF POLICE BH CELE, M

Date: /

Reply:

a) Regarding the investigation into the matter that has been referred to the South African Police Service (SAPS) by the Honourable Member, fingerprints, which were found on the vehicle, have not yet been linked to anyone on the Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). In addition, the recovered cartridges have also not been linked on the Integrated Ballistic Identification System (IBIS). They have, however, been stored on the IBIS’s latent system. The IBIS will automatically respond in the event of a match being made. Comprehensive investigative strategies have been applied through the use of Section 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No 51 of 1977). Information has been received from members of the community, family members and other sources. Follow-ups have been made throughout the country but nothing of evidential value, which links to the case, has surfaced. Various informers and sources have been utilised and tasked to assist with the gathering of information. The case is still active and is receiving the required attention.

b) The particulars of the investigating officer cannot be disclosed to ensure that the case is investigated without fear or favour.

 

 

Response to question 2608 recommended/ co ende

OLE (SOEG)

GENERAL ION . SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 2608 approved/ r

MINISTE OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date:

Reply:

(1)(a) The KwaDukuza Police Station is old and due for maintenance. The Department of Public Works (DPW) has been engaged, in this regard.

(1)(b)(i) The KwaDukuza Police Station should have a total of 172 police officers.

(1)(b)(ii) The KwaDukuza Police Station currently has a total of 147 police officers.

(2)(a)(i) A total number of 50 police vehicles should be available to the KwaDukuza Police Station.

(2)(a)(ii) A total number of 38 police vehicles are in working order.

(2)(b)(i)(ii)

(i) Reasons	(ii) Number of days
Brakes	21
Steering	21
Brakes and lights	21
Power loss	31
Air leak and gear selection	25
Certificate of Fitness	21
Certificate of Fitness	21
Transmission	2
Collision	16

 

 

Reply to question 2235 recommended/

TIO CO

LE (SOEG)

GENERAL TH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 2235 approved/not approved

MINIS OF POLICE BH CELE, M

Date: / 0

Reply:

The Division: Detective Service, Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit, was established, in 2014/2015. Prior to 2015, cases relating to the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004 (Act No. 12 of 2004), were investigated by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI).

(a)(i)(aa)

The number of cases referred to the South African Police Service (SAPS), is as follows:

Year	Total
2013/2014	1
2014/2015	24
2015/2016	66
2016/2017	120
2017/2018	169
1 April 2018 – 30 April 2018	9
TOTAL	389

(b)

Year	(i) Investigated	(ii) Followed up	(iii) Conviction
2013/2014	1	0	0
2014/2015	24	16	5
2015/2016	66	44	10
2016/2017	120	70	21
2017/2018	169	64	3
1 April 2018 – 30 April 2018	9	0	0
TOTAL	389	194	10

 

(a)(i)(aa)

Prior to the establishment of the DPCI, in 2009, investigations relating to the PreVention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004 (Act No. 12 of 2004), were conducted by the then Commercia! Crime Units, which were part of the Division: Detective Service, within the SAPS.

The number of cases (including reports), which were referred to the SAPS, from 2004 to 2009, is as follows:

2004/2005		642
2005/2006		1 520
2006/2007		2 073
2007/2008		2 328
2008/2009		1 931
Total		8 494

(a)(ii)(aa)

The number of cases, which were referred to the DPCI, since the establishment of the DPCI, in 2009, regarding the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004 (Act No. 12 of 2004), is as follows:

Year	Total
2009/2010	1092
2010/2011	889
2011/2012	835
2012/2013	884
2013/2014	713
2014/2015	1950
2015/2016	2590
2016/2017	3080
2017/2018	1970
TOTAL	14003

(b)(i)(ii)(iii)

A IabOUr intensiVe and time consuming manual exercise, will be necessary in obtaining this information, thereby necessitating the redeployment of personnel, to gather the required information. This exercise may be to the detriment of essential duties or service to the community, since members will have to be withdrawn from other duties, to be specially allocated to peruse dockets and registers.

The information can only be obtained by the physical perusal of archived files, in order to establish case reference numbers of case dockets, relating to the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt ActiVities Act, 2004 (Act No. 12 of 2004). Correspondence will then have to be directed to all the relevant police stations, country-wide, in an effort to determine the required information of each case, thereby placing an extra burden on limited human and financial resources.

(a)(bb) To be responded to by the other entities, who report to the Minister of Police.

 

 

 

 

 

Reply to question 1659 recommended/

GENERAL AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Date:

4

Reply to question 1659 approved/not approved

MINISTE F POLICE BH CELE, MP

Reply:

Yes, the details of the consultants are illustrated below:

Name	Directors	Contract Value
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Role: For the compilation of the technology costs used in assumptions	EPRI is an independent, nonprofit organization for public interest energy and environmental research, focusing on electricity generation, delivery, and use. www.epri.com	R0.00 Eskom is a member
CSIR Role: For the development of the electricity demand forecast	www.csir.co.za	R0.00 Used existing agreement with Eskom
Africa Power Ventures (Pty) Ltd Role: For the development of the electricity price path for the scenarios tested by the DoE during IRP update.	Maree Roos, Karl Lawrenz and Marc Goldstein www.afripow.co.za	R224 440
Formeset Role: For language editing of Draft IRP report compiled by the DoE	www.formeset.co.za	R29 445

Reply:

(a)(i) The average response time to crimes is 9 minutes and 22 seconds.

(a)(ii) The total budget for the KwaDukuza (Stanger) Police Station, for the current financial year, is R9 965 000,00.

(b)(i)(ii) and (iii)

Post Description	Salary Level	Police Act or Public Service Act	Number of Posts	Period Vacant
Section Commander: Support Services	12	Police Act	One	Six months
Sub Section Commander: Finance	10	Police Act	One	One year
Sub Section Commander: Supply Chain Management (SCM)	10	Police Act	One	Three months
Administration	8	Police Act	One	One year
Finance (Budget and Expenditure Control)	8	Police Act	One	One year
Human Resource Development (HRD)	8	Police Act	One	Two months

Post Description	Salary Level	Police Act or Public Service Act	Number of Posts	Period Vacant
Human Resource Utilisation (HRU)	8	Police Act	One	One year
Loss Management	8	Police Act	One	Three months
SCM Acquisition Management	8	Police Act	One	Six months
SCM: lmmoveable Asset Management Officer	8	Police Act	One	Post not funded yet.
Sub Section Commander: Communication	8	Police Act	One	Seven months
Finance	7	Public Service Act	Three	Post not funded yet.
HRD	7	Public Service Act	One	Post not funded yet.
HRU	7	Public Service Act	One	Post not funded yet.
Loss Management	7	Public Service Act	One	Post not funded yet.
Management Information Centre	7	Public Service Act	One	Post not funded yet.
Personnel Management	7	Public Service Act	Three	Post not funded yet.
SCM	7	Public Service Act	Three	Post not funded yet.
Detective Service Support	S	Public Service Act	One	Eight months
Visible Policing Support	S	Public Service Act	Three	Post not funded yet.

 

Reply to question 2236 recommended/ooh

GENERAL TH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Date: " '

3

Reply to question 2236 approved/n

MINIS OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date: ,/

Reply:

1. The total cost paid on legal fees, towards the Constitutional McBride v Minister of Police and Another (CCT255/15) Department: Civilian Secretariat for Police Service is R 9 041 232.47

In the matter of McBride v Minister of Police, the Minister has been cited in his official capacity. Even though cost orders have been given against public officials who have been deemed to have acted mala fide (bad faith), in this matter both the High Court and the Constitutional Court did not order the

Minister to pay the costs of the proceedings de bonis propiis (out of his own pocket).

3. So there are no plans for the former Minister to face any consequences, including legal or financially reparatory consequences

 

MR. PM JOANA

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CSPS)

CHIEF DIRE TOR: LEGISLATION

DATE: ( @

Reply to question 2240 recommended/men

MR. AP R EA

SECRETAi I POLICE SERVICE

DATE: /", @

Reply to question 2240 approved/note

2

Reply:

According to the information received from Eskom

Yes, Eskom has launched investigations into the incidents of violence and intimidation, the destruction of property and acts of outright sabotage during the current Eskom wage dispute.

(a)

The investigations are in progress.

(b)

Eskom has undertaken to ensure that all matters of a disciplinary and criminal nature are duly subjected to investigations as necessary. Identification of all the employees, through video footage and information from victims, who participated in acts of intimidation has commenced.

Table 1 provides criminal cases on Eskom’s records to date that have been reported to the South African Police Services (SAPS) for further investigation.

Table 1: Details of criminal cases that have been reported to the SAPS for further investigation

Site	SAPS station and Case No.	Nature of crime	Status
KZN region – Distribution sites	Richmond SAPS CAS V72/06/2018 Wartburg SAPS CAS 2069/06/2018 Umkomaas SAPS CAS 290/06/2018 Margate SAPS CAS 216/06/2018	Housebreaking with intent to damage equipment Sabotage x 4	In progress
	Alexandra Road SAPS CAS 403/7/2018	Bomb Threat	In progress
	Empangeni SAPS CAS 27/08/2018	Bomb Threat	In progress
Generation division – Mpumalanga Matla PS	Kriel SAPS CAS 108/07/2018	Theft	In progress
Generation division – Mpumalanga Matla PS	Kriel SAPS CAS 134/08/2018	Sabotage	In progress
Generation division Hendrina PS	Hendrina SAPS CAS 01/08/2018	Malicious damage to property	In progress
Generation Division- Mpumalanga Duvha PS	Witbank SAPS CAS 21/08/2018 Witbank SAPS Enquiry no. 01/08/2018	Bomb threat	In progress
Generation Division- Mpumalanga Tutuka PS	Standerton SAPS CAS 17/08/2018	Malicious damage to critical infrastructure	In progress
Generation Division- Mpumalanga Kusile PS	Phola SAPS CAS 50/08/2018	Arson	In progress
Generation Division- Mpumalanga Grootvlei PS	Balfour SAPS CAS 02/08/2018	Public Violence	In progress
Generation Division- Mpumalanga Arnot PS	Details TBC by complainant	Intimidation and malicious damage to property	In progress
Generation Division- Mpumalanga Arnot PS	Victim refused to prefer criminal charges	Intimidation and malicious damage to property	Closed

Reply:

a) Kempton Park, CAS 277/05/2018 - Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm. The case was put before the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court, on 15 August 2018 and has been remanded, to 29 August 2018.

b) Kempton Park, CAS 279/05/2018 - Fraud. The alleged suspect in this case is untraceable at this stage. The inVestigating officer will continue to trace the alleged suspect.

 

Reply to question 2298 recommended/

Date:

CO ONE (SO

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GENERAL

OUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 2298 approved/n

MINIST OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(aa) The total number of deputy directors-general employed in an acting capacity is one (1).

(1)(a)(ii)(aa) There are no chief directors appointed in an acting capacity.

(1)(a)(i)(bb) The total number of deputy directors-general employed in a permanent capacity is six (6).

(1)(a)(ii)(bb) The total number of chief directors employed in a permanent capacity is twenty-six (26).

(1)(b) The total number women employed in a permanent capacity as deputy directors-general is three (3) and as chief directors fourteen (14).

REPLY: NDA

(2)(a)(i) The total number of chief executive officers in NDA is one (1)

(2)(a)(ii) The total number of Directors is ten (10)

(2)(b) Chief Executive officer is One (1)

Directors who are women is seven (7)

REPLY: SASSA

(2)(a)(i) The total number of chief executive officers is one (1)

(2)(a)(ii) Not applicable

(2)(b) Chief Executive Officers is zero (0)

Not applicable (0)

________________________

Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

The President has a constitutional obligation to satisfy him or herself, independently, that any legislation brought to him or her for assent is constitutional. This necessarily requires, among other things, a review of all relevant documentation, consideration of any submissions and the sourcing of legal opinion.

I am currently considering the Public Audit Amendment Bill, together with other Bills received from Parliament, to satisfy myself that it indeed passes the test of constitutionality.

Reply:

Not applicable

________________________

Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

(1) The revised draft Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID} Amendment Bill has been completed. The draft, Bill will initially be submitted to the Minister in order to obtain approval to process it through the various Justice, Crime Prevention and Security working group.

(2) The draft Bill has not yet been processed to Cabinet. The Department needs to obtain approval to process it through the V\lrious Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) working group.

(3) The Constitutional Court ordered Parliament to correct the defects in the IPID Act, 2011 within 24 months from the date of the order which was handed on the 6th

FOR WRITTEN REPLY: QUESTION 2241: DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 17 AUGUST

2018: (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 23-2018)

September 2016. The process by the Department to draft the amendments to the Act commenced in February 2017. However, taking into account the finding made by both the High and the Constitutional Court relating to the operational structural independence of the IPID, the process of amending the IPID Act, 2011 was extended to other provisions of the Act. This process took longer than anticipated.

As a result, and taking into consideration the timeframes set by the Constitutional Court, the Portfolio Committee suggested that a draft Bill which focused solely on the Constitutional Court Judgment, should be processed as a Committee Bill.

(4) After the first briefing of the Committee Bill by the Parliamentary Legal Adviser, a copy of the draft Bill that was drafted by the Department was made available to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police.

ADV. DA BELL
CHIEF DIRECTOR: LEGISLATION
DATE: 24/09/2018

Reply to question 2241 recommended


MR. AP RAPE
SECRETARY FOR POLICE SERVICE
Date: 07/09/2018


Reply to question 2241 approved/

MINISTER OF POLICE
HONORABLE BH CELE, MP
DATE: 10/08/2018

Reply:

a) The incorrect format of the case number has been provided for Verulam, CAS 2016/03/01. The South African Police Service (SAPS) records case docket numbers on the Investigation Case Docket Management System (ICDMS) and they are written in the following sequence: Reference/Month/Year. Verulam, CAS 1/03/2016, relates to a charge of house robbery and not a taxi- violence murder. The Honourable Member is respectfully requested to provide the correct Investigation Case Docket Management System number.

b) The incorrect format of the case number has been provided for Verulam, CAS 2017/10/20. Verulam, CAS 20/10/2017, relates to a charge of driving a motor vehicle whilst under the influence of liquor and not a taxi-violence murder. The Honourable Member is respectfully requested to provide the correct Investigation Case Docket Management System number.

(b)(i) This part of the question cannot be answered, due to the wrong case number having been provided.

(b)(ii) This part of the question cannot be answered, due to the wrong case number having been provided.

(b)(iii) This part of the question cannot be answered, due to the wrong case number having been provided.

 

 

Reply to question 2421 recommended/

TIQ

LE (SOEG)

GENERAL UTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 2421 approved/not approved

MINIS R OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date:

Reply:

(1)(a) The two (2) case dockets (Worcester CAS 259/10/2015 and 261/10/2015) were submitted to the Senior Public Prosecutor on several occasions and received back with guidance on further investigations to be conducted. The last date that the case dockets were received back was on 5 September 2018 and the Investigating Officer is busy dealing with instructions issued by the Senior Public Prosecutor.

(1)(b) The Ombudsman on Policing in the Western Cape reports to the Provincial Government and not to the South African Police Service. This office can therefore not respond to this question.

(1)(c) The complexity of these cases vastly differ from one to the other and therefore a standard acceptable timeframe cannot be determined.

(2) This office has found that the delay is not intentional. The case was nolle prosequi and was only re-opened by the police after the complainant approached the NPA seeking clarity.

(2)(a) Not applicable.

(2)(b) Not applicable. 

 

 

 

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Date:

LIEUTENANT GENERAL MISSIONER: DETECTIVE SERVICE

FOR WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION 2539

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 31 AUGUST 2018 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 28-2018)

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 28-2018)

Reply to question 2539 recommended / the

LIEUTENANT GENERAL DEPUTY ATIONAL COMMISSIONER: CRIME DETECTION LJ TSUM NE

Reply to question 2539 recommended /

GENERAL OUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 2539 approved /

MINISTER OF +! ** BH CELE, MP

Reply:

a) In the 2018/19 financial year National Department has introduced a new approach for funding NPOs over a period of three (3) years. A call for proposals for multi-year funding (2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21) was issued by the National Department of Social Development in order to solicit services of suitable NPOs to assist the Department in the implementation of various programmes in line with the core mandate of the Department.

This new approach resulted in delays as funding templates and internal processes had to be amended to accommodate the three year funding approach. This approach is expected to result in improved timing in the 2019/20 and 2020/21 financial years and payments will be made on existing contracts and the processes for call for proposals, shortlisting, contracting will not be repeated.

In addition, delays in transfers to NPOs was due to the National Treasury Circular 21 on classification of expenditure as either transfer payments, goods and services or capital assets, the Department has to review its transfer payments budget as some of the planned transactions with NPOs should be classified as goods and services rather than transfer payments. This may result in shifting of funds from Transfer Payments to Goods and services. The Department is still in discussions with National Treasury for the way forward to resolve these challenges.

However, the delays in the transfers for HIV/AIDS organisations amounting to R62, 560 million has been proposed to be shifted to goods and services. The process is underway for National Treasury to effect such changes.

b) The Department’s transfer payment budget has not been reduced. The budget has increased from R132, 614 million in the 2017/18 financial year to R154,191 million in the 2018/19 financial year.

________________________

Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

(a) One arrest has been made with respect to stolen goods which were sold at pawn shops in the jurisdiction of the KwaDukuza Police Station, since 1 April 2018.

(b)()(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(v)

	Crime	Reported	Cases to court	Convictions
(b)(i)	Murder	74	42	2
(b)(ii)	Rape	151	80	10
(b)(iii)	Housebreaking	828	87	5
(b)(iv)	Hijacking	27	5	0
(b)(v)	Theft of motor vehicle	106	3	0
(b)(vi)	House robbery	89	14	1

 

 

 

Reply to question 2234 recommended/

TIO CO OLE (SOEG)

GENERAL NE UTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

2

Reply to question 2234 approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date:

Reply:

The reported employment data provided for the 6 (six) SEZs (Coega, East London, Dube Trade Port, Richards Bay, Maluti-A-Phofung and Atlantis) that have operational investments, indicates an aggregate cumulative number of direct jobs created by investors to be at 13 722, as of the end of Q1 of the 2018/19FY. The employment contribution per zone is as follows:

1. Coega – 7243
2. East London – 3435
3. Dube Trade Port - 2655
4. Atlantis – 312
5. Richards Bay – 63
6. Maluti-A-Phofung – 14

The available employment data that is currently provided by the companies located in each operational SEZs does not classify employees along countries of origin or nationalities.

Reply:

The details provided with regard to this question, are too limited to enable the South African Police Service (SAPS, to provide a response. The Honourable Member is, therefore, requested to supply additional information relating to the question, such as the name, surname and identity number of the person who opened the cases, the Investigation Case Docket Management System (ICDMS) reference numbers and the name of the police station where the cases were registered.

 

 

Reply to question 2274 recommended/

TIO L CO

LE (SOEG)

GENERAL NE OUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 2274 approved/

MIN OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date:

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(aa) The total number of deputy directors-general in the South African Police Service (SAPS), which are employed in an acting capacity, is five.

(1)(a)(i)(bb) The total number of deputy directors-general in the SAPS, which are employed in a permanent capacity, is 35.

(1)(a)(ii)(aa) The total number of chief directors in the SAPS, which are employed in an acting capacity, is two.

(1)(a)(ii)(bb) The total number of chief directors in the SAPS, which are employed in a permanent capacity, is 189.

(1)(b)(i)(aa) The total number of women deputy directors-general in the SAPS, who are employed in an acting capacity, is two.

(1)(b)(i)(bb) The total number of women deputy directors-general in the SAPS, who are employed in a permanent capacity, is 14.

(1)(b)(ii)(aa) The total number of women chief directors in the SAPS, which are employed in an acting capacity, is one.

(1)(b)(ii)(bb) The total number of women chief directors in the SAPS, which are employed in a permanent capacity, is 74.

(2)(a)(i)(ii)(b) This part of the question should be responded to by the entities who report to the Minister of Police.

 

 

Reply to question 2570 recommended/not-rasornmed

GENERAL SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

OLE (SOEG)

Reply to question 2570 approved/

MINISTER OF POLICE BH CEL * +

Date: /

Reply:

1. The table below provides a list of products that have been designated for local production with minimum local content thresholds. The table also provides commencement dates in which the National Treasury circulated instruction notes which regulate the environment within which government departments and public entities may advertise, evaluate, adjudicate and procure designated products.

	Designated Products	LC Threshold	Date
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.	Railing Stock Power Pylons and Substation Structures Bus Bodies Canned/ Processed Vegetables Textiles, Clothing, Leather & Footwear Sector Certain Pharmaceutical Products Set-top Boxes Furniture Products Electrical and Telecom Cables Valve Products and Actuators Working Vessels (Boats) Residential Electricity Meters Steel Conveyance Pipes Transformers and Shunt Reactors (class 04) Two Way Radio Terminals Solar PV (components) Rail Signaling System Wheelie Bins Solar Water Heaters Fire Fighting Vehicles Steel Products and Components for Construction Rail Per way (Track) Infrastructure Pumps & Medium Voltage Motors	65% 100% 80% 80% 100% Per tender 30% 85-100% 90% 70% 60% 90% 80-100% 10-90% 60% 15-90% 65% 100% 70% 30% 100% 90% 70%	16-07-2012 16-07-2012 16-07-2012 16-07-2012 16-07-2012 07-12-2011 26-09-2012 15-11-2012 08-05-2013 06-02-2014 01-08-2014 01-08-2014 28-09-2015 28-09-2015 30-06-2016 30-06-2016 30-06-2016 18-08-2016 19-07-2012 21-11-2016 13-01-2017 13-11-2017 12-12-2017

2. Both the dti and National Treasury’s teams have worked together in finalising the draft guidelines the local procurement of non-designated products. The guidelines were approved by the Minister of Trade & Industry for onward transmission to the Minister of Finance in March 2018. The National Treasury, as the custodian of supply chain policy in government is vested with the powers to circulate the guidelines to the organs of state.

Reply:

	2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019 since 1 Apr
	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000	R'000
ATTACHÉ ACCREDITATION	3,360	973	2,485	761	1,229	144
ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES	6,111	1,944	2,301	3,783	2,513	778
TOTAL	9,471	2,917	4,786	4,544	3,742	922

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

Entertainment Expenditure by Financial Year

DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY VETERANS.

Entertainment Expenditure by Financial Year
	2013/14 FY	2014/15 FY	2015/16 FY	2016/17 FY	2017/18 FY	2018/19 FY	2019/20 FY	2020/21 FY
	Audited AFS	Audited AFS	Audited AFS	Audited AFS	Unaudited	Budget	Budget	Budget
R'000
Budget	478	669	264	-	-	105	111	117
Actual	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Reply:

This response is according to information received from South African Airways:

1. The aircraft was delayed due to delays in insurance approvals. The Defence training similators also required cargo permits from OR Tambo and not Waterkloof as was in the permit documentation.The similators were initially authoritised and permit issued to depart from Waterkloof Airport in Pretoria.

Once the departure point for the flight changed and was scheduled to depart from OR Tambo, the place of departure on the permit was not in complaince with insurance approvals and regulations.

This resulted in the delay. However, the simulators were no longer transported by SAA.

(2) The cargo on the flight was passenger luggage.

(3) Once insurance was obtained, SA2952 - Charter left on the 27th July and had passenger luggage/cargo.

Reply:

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has provided the following responses to the questions posed.

1. UCT intends to construct an Art Gallery. However, this has not yet materialised due to competing capital projects and other priorities.
2. UCT has not made any apologies to individual artists. However, UCT has condemned the vandalism and violence that led to the destruction of the Art Gallery.
3. UCT does not censor artwork. Where artworks have been removed from public spaces on campus, this was to protect the artwork against possible damage during times of tension and facilitate on-going consultative processes around curatorial policies that are informed by the context of the university’s public spaces, which have become a subject of contestation.

UCT welcomes these debates while recognising the moral rights of artists and the need to balance the rights of various parties. The University does not acquire artwork with any condition, requirement or understanding that it will be on display forever. It remains the University’s prerogative to determine when, where and for how long it will display the artwork.

In respect of the Sarah Baartman sculpture, UCT will host an exhibition at the Ritchie Gallery from 20 September 2018 to 4 October 2018. In preparation for this exhibition, the sculpture has been removed from the Chancellor Oppenheimer Library. UCT remains committed to its programme of public debates about the display of artwork.

Reply:

The Department does not collect such information as a matter of routine.

The Department requested all universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college to respond to the question. The table below provides the responses received from 20 universities.

University	Number of rape incidents
1. Cape Peninsula University of Technology	1
2. University of Cape Town	9
3. Central University of Technology	0
4. Durban University of Technology	1
5. University of Johannesburg	4
6. University of Limpopo	0
7. Mangosuthu University of Technology	0
8. University of Mpumalanga	0
9. Nelson Mandela University	5
10 North-West University	1
11. University of Pretoria	1
12. Rhodes University	2
13. Sol Plaatje University	0
14. University of South Africa	1
15. Stellenbosch University	0
16. Tshwane University of Technology	6
17. University of Venda	0
18. Walter Sisulu University	7
19. University of Western Cape	2
20. University of the Witwatersrand	1

The table below provides the responses received from 4 TVET colleges.

TVET College	Number of rape incidents
1. Umfolozi TVET College	1
2. Majuba TVET College	2
3. Vuselela TVET College	1
4. Northlink TVET College	3

Reply:

 In terms of the current legislation, the mandate for regulating hemp lies with the Department of Health in terms of the Medicines and Related Substances Act of 1965 as well as the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development in terms of the Drugs and Drugs Trafficking Act of 1992. Thus, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries’ has mainly engaged these two departments.

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) is leading the inter-departmental team that is developing a new regulatory framework for hemp. The team is made up of the following departments: DAFF, Health, Trade and Industry, Environmental Affairs, Justice and Constitutional Development as well as the South African Police Services. The team also include state owned entities (SOEs) like Agricultural Research Council (ARC) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The engagements between DAFF and other departments as well as SOEs take place through this platform. Much progress had been made in terms of dealing with technical matters regarding production of hemp, research and technology development, commercial feasibility and other related matters.

DAFF and the Department of Health are developing guidelines for regulating the cultivation and manufacturing of hemp and hemp products. As a result of the ongoing engagements amongst the different departments, DAFF has already formally requested the departments of Health and Justice and Constitutional Development to consider the necessary legislative amendments to allow for the commercialisation of hemp in South Africa. DAFF awaits a response from these departments.

Reply:

This response is according to information received from South African Airways:

(1)(a) 2000 learners and 8 exhibitors participated in the summit.

(1)(b) The summit is aimed at making previously disadvantaged learners aware of various career opportunities within the aviation sector. SAA currently has an apprentice in SAA Technical who applied after attending the summit in the past.

(1)(c)(i) The institutions that participated in the summit are: Ekurhuleni East College TVET; Ekurhuleni West TVET College; Ratanda and Lesedi-Khanya High Schools both in Lesedi, Heidelberg; Fumana High School in Katlehong; Siyabonga High School in Soweto and Umqhele High School in Tembisa.

(1)(c)(ii) SAA with other organisations in the aviation sector are members of the Department of Transport’s Joint Aviation Awareness Program (JAAP) which works closely with the Department of Education and Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) in taking aviation to previously disadvantaged schools. The institutions and schools invited during the June summit are selected through the JAAP process, based on proximity, and to cover schools that have never been reached during the JAAP country-wide visits as SAA strives to cover all disadvantaged learners.

(1)(d) The summit is aimed at commemorating National Youth Month, and to make it relevant, SAA only hosts the summit during the final week of June when grades 9 – 11 learners have concluded their exams and before the June holidays, as the learners are not available during the holidays.

(2) No cash was disbursed to any suppliers for either transport, catering or materials as these costs were covered by TETA and other partners. There were no accommodation costs as learners are from Gauteng. The material used and distributed during the summit was printed at SAA Technical and also brought by the exhibitors.

(3)(a) The following were contracted to render services for the summit:

- TETA sponsored transport for learners;

- Birchwood contributed food packs;

- MTKR contributed sound;

- Airchefs contributed refreshments for exhibitors;

- Material provided to learners was printed internally for SAA, and provided at own cost by exhibitors.

(3)(b)(i) There were no cash disbursements; Birchwood Hotel and MTKR were offered 20 non-revenue tickets and 12 non-revenue tickets respectively as a token of appreciation.

(3)(b)(ii) SAA requested sponsorship from various companies and these were the ones that responded positively.

(3)(b)(iii) TETA provides funding for the SAA Technical Apprentice Program and one of SAA’s Technical officials, Mr. Saki Tlou, serves on the TETA board.

Reply:

a) (i) The Minister has through engagement with the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) in 2018, raised serious concerns about the failure of NSFAS to effectively confirm funding for students and disburse funding timeously to students in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges and universities. The Department with experts from the sector and support of the Board has provided support to the entity during 2017 and 2018. However, despite this support, the entity continues to face serious challenges in its business processes, IT systems, capacity, policies and controls.

(ii) These challenges have had a grave effect on the student-funding environment since 2017 and have been exacerbated in 2018. Should these matters not be addressed urgently, the challenges facing the entity will continue to negatively impact on the effective implementation of government funding for poor and working-class students to enable them to access higher education and training, and succeed in their studies.

(b) The Administrator will take over the governance, management and administration of NSFAS for one year. The general and specific Terms of Reference of the Administrator during this period will be to:

• Ensure the effective close out of the 2017 and 2018 student-funding cycles. This involves resolving data integration challenges as a matter of urgency, finalising all necessary funding decisions, ensuring reconciliation of funding data between universities and TVET colleges and NSFAS, ensuring that all the necessary agreements are in place, students are accurately funded and recorded, and ensure that all NSFAS qualifying students receive funding;
• Oversee the opening of the 2019 online applications process, ensure that all necessary partnerships for managing the applications process are in place and can be effectively monitored, and develop and manage a communications plan for the application period;
• Develop, in consultation with the Department, universities and TVET colleges, an effective and realistic plan for the 2019 funding cycle and ensure that all parties understand all their roles and responsibilities, and any necessary implementation support is made available as needed;
• Ensure that the entity pays adequate attention to both TVET colleges and universities in all aspects of its core business processes;
• Put in place the necessary management and governance controls to ensure that all risks for the 2019 student funding cycle are appropriately managed, with the support of the Department and institutions as necessary;
• Ensure that adequate plans are in place to make funding decisions at the earliest possible time of the year and as close to the period of registration as possible;
• Manage the day-to-day work of the entity, and steer NSFAS to address its operational challenges fully. This will include the strengthening of structures, systems and policies that will ensure good governance and effective management of the core operational mandate of NSFAS;
• Oversee all necessary forensic and other investigations necessary for the effective operation and management of the entity;
• Work closely with the Ministerial Committee of Inquiry appointed by the Minister to review the business processes of the entity and make long-term recommendations on the future models, structures, systems and business processes necessary for an effective NSFAS; and
• Maintain a close and productive working relationship between NSFAS and universities and TVET colleges, with a view of re-establishing a NSFAS presence on campuses from 2018 onwards.

The Administrator will report to the Minister of Higher Education and Training or her delegated officials. In addition to other forms of communication and interaction with the Ministry and Department, the Administrator is expected to submit a written report every three months on the progress made regarding the issues mentioned above. The Administrator may appoint technical experts where necessary to assist in the different areas.

Reply:

Yes, SAPS have access to the HANIS system via the interface between Integrated Justice System (IJS) and Department of Home Affairs (DHA). DHA has developed a “DHA-IJS HUB” used by SAPS for verification or identification of SAPS clients whose biometrics are stored on HANIS.

If the person of interest’s biometrics are stored in HANIS, the following fields are returned as requested:-

Person Name; Person Facial Image; Person Contact Information; Person Birth Date; Person Birth Country Code; Person Living Indicator; Person Death Date ; Person Gender Code; Person Marital Status Code; Person Marital Type Code ; Person Marriage Date; Person Identification; Person Residential Address; Person Postal Address.

Reply:

The department has started engaging in the drafting of a new Animal Welfare Act since the current legislation in South Africa (the Animal Protection Act, 1962 and the Performing Animals Protection Act, 1935) which are the principal Acts governing the protection of animals are outdated and do not comprehensively address some animal welfare issues and are also not compatible with international standards.

The draft Animal Welfare Bill is still to undergo consultation and other legislation development processes and once promulgated its regulations and schemes will be implemented as per the objectives of the Act. The transporting of live animals will form part of the identified areas that need to be well encompassed in the legislation review process.

Until the time the new Act is promulgated, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) has committed to draft guidelines on key identified areas, and these include the transportation of animals by sea. These guidelines will be based on the OIE minimum standards which include key aspects that seek to address the exporter competency as well as the vessel requirements that transport the animals.

Reply:

a) The development of inclusive education competence begins in initial teacher education programmes, and deeper specialisation is developed through continuing professional development programmes.

Universities offer initial teacher education and continuing professional development qualification programmes for teachers based on the policy requirements stipulated in the Policy on Minimum Requirements for Teacher Education Qualifications (PMRTEQ) (Department of Higher Education and Training 2011, revised in 2015).

The PMRTEQ makes it possible for universities to offer the following initial teacher education programmes:

• Bachelor of Education (BEd) (480 credits, NQF level 7); and
• Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) (120 credits, NQF Level 7).

The PMRTEQ requires that all BEd and PGCE graduates “must be knowledgeable about inclusive education and skilled in identifying and addressing barriers to learning, as well as in curriculum differentiation to address the needs of individual learners within a grade.”
(PMRTEQ, page 25 and 29)

The PMRTEQ specifies 11 basic competencies for beginner teachers. One of the competencies requires that “Newly qualified teachers must understand diversity in the South African context in order to teach in a manner that includes all learners. They must also be able to identify learning or social problems and work in partnership with social providers to address these.” (PMRTEQ, page 62)

To support the implementation of these policy directives, the Department is implementing the Teacher Education for Inclusive Teaching (TEfIT) Project. This project involves the collaborative development of knowledge and practice standards for inclusive teaching and supporting curriculum frameworks, courses and course materials that universities can use for the development of new and existing teachers’ inclusive teaching competence. The goal is that all new teachers graduating from initial teacher education programmes are able to address inclusive education competently in their practice.

A further component of the TEfIT Project involves support for three universities to develop as centres of specialisation for special needs education in three areas. The University of Pretoria is being supported to develop as a centre of specialisation for Visual Impairment Studies, the University of the Witwatersrand for Deaf Studies, and the University of Johannesburg for Neurological-Developmental Learning Needs. These centres will have the function of training specialist teachers who work/will work in special schools, special schools resource centres and full-service schools, and of leading research in these areas to inform policy and practice.

The three universities are developing programmes aligned with the PMRTEQ and Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework.

Table 1: Continuous Professional Development programmes under development by the three universities

University	Programmes under development	Target date for offering of programmes
University of Pretoria	Advanced Certificate: Inclusive Education (Barriers to Learning: Learning Difficulties)	2020
	Bachelor of Education (Honours): (Special Needs and Inclusive Education)	2020
	Advanced Diploma in Education: Visual Impairment Studies	2020
University of the Witwatersrand	Post Graduate Diploma in Deaf Education (South African Sign Language as a language specialisation )	2020
	Bachelor of Education Honours (Deaf Education)	2020
University of Johannesburg	Advanced Diploma in Education: Remedial Education	2020
	Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Inclusive Education)	2020

Other universities are also active in this area. The latest audited 2016 data received from universities indicates the following Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) programme offerings.

Table 2: Headcount Enrolments (HC), Full-time Equivalent Enrolments (FTE) and Graduates (Grads) in active inclusive education/special needs education in 2016.

University and ACE Specialisation	HC	FTE	Grads
Nelson Mandela University	Education: SNE: Remedial	3	1	3
North West University	Learner Support	209	68	97
University of South Africa	Inclusive Education	41	15	28
University of Pretoria	Special Needs Education	71	41	50

The number and range of ACE programme offerings were much higher a few years ago, and many teachers completed their ACE qualifications with an inclusive education/remedial education/special needs education focus. The number of graduates are now declining because the ACE is not aligned to the HEQSF and being phased out. Universities will replace the ACE specialisations with Advanced Diplomas in Education and Postgraduate Diplomas in Education.

The scale at which the new Advanced Diplomas and Postgraduate Diplomas will be offered will be dependent on the extent to which the Department of Basic Education signals a need for them and teachers are supported to enrol for the specialist programmes.

It is not possible for the Department of Higher Education and Training to predict future numbers of teachers who will undertake these specialist programmes. This is dependent on the extent to which teachers choose to do these courses, or are specifically supported by the Department of Basic Education and provincial education departments to register for these programmes.

Reply:

There is no provision in the relevant laws and regulations which allows for intervention or support by Ministers in the processing of Presidential pardons.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb)

DPE	TOTAL No.	Permanent	Acting DDGs	Acting CDs	WOMEN
DDG	3 1 male 2 females	3 1 male 2 females	4 4 males 0 females	0	2 (67%) 0 Acting
CD	31	31	0	1 1 female	5 (16%) 1 female acting
TOTAL	3 DDGs 31 CDs	3 DDGs 31 CDs	4 male acting DDGs 0 female DDGs acting	1 female Acting CD	2 female DDGs 6 females CDs

(2)(a) (i) (b): The details of the total number of Directors on the State Owned Company (SOC) Boards of the DPE portfolio, namely Alexkor, Denel, Eskom, Transnet, SA Express and SA Airways are listed on the table below. Note that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the entity is a member of each Board. Hence, the total number of Directors on each Board includes Non-Executive Directors (NEDs), the CEO and CFO, with the exception of SAA, where the Interim CFO is not a member of the Board. In addition, the composition of the SAFCOL and Alexkor Boards are under review. The vacancies listed in the column for Directors refers only to NED vacancies.

SOC BOARD	CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO)	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO)	DIRECTORS	WOMEN
ALEXKOR	1 male	1 female	7 (3 vacancies)	3 (42%)
DENEL	1 male (Interim)	1 male (interim)	16 (no vacancies)	6 (37.5%)
ESKOM	1 male	1 male (Interim)	14 (1 vacancy)	6 (43%)
SAFCOL	1 male	1 male (Interim)	10 (2 vacancies)	3 (30%
SA EXPRESS	1 Female (Interim)	1 male (Interim)	12 (no vacancies)	5 (42%)
SA AIRWAYS (SAA)	1 male	vacant	10 (4 vacancies)	2 (20%)
TRANSNET	1 male	1 male (Interim)	14 (no vacancies	6 (43%)
TOTAL	6 Males and 1 Female	6 males and 1 female	83 (10 vacancies, 12%)	31 (37%)

Reply:

The Department and entities responded as follows:

(i) Department of Home Affairs

(a-b) The Department of Home Affairs does not own any land and therefore the question as to who invested on land owned by the Department cannot arise.

(ii) Government Printing Works

1. None
2. Not applicable

(iii) Electoral Commission

1. None
2. Not applicable

Reply:

RESPONSE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION:

(a) The Department does not own any land.

(i) N/A

(ii) N/A

(b) (i) N/A

(ii) N/A

(ii) N/A

Umalusi Response

(a) (ii) There is no investing campany that has invested on land owned by Umalusi.

SACE Response

(a) (ii) SACE has no investing company, which has invested on land owned by it.

(b) (i) N/A

(ii) N/A

(iii) N/A

Reply:

a) (i) According to the information received from the Provinces the budgets on LTSM for each province for the 2017-18 financial year were as follows:

Province	Total Budgets	Budget for LTSM- 2017-18 Financial year
		Stationery	Textbooks
EC	R526 661 340.00 Combined
FS	R116 185 754.00 Combined
GP	R986 724 340.09 Combined
KZN	R884 339 622.04 Combined
LP	R575,343,000.00 Combined
MP	R280 488 516. 97 Combined
NC	R84 748 480	R48 323 480.00	R36 425 000
NW	R536, 183 000.00 Combined
WC	R177 713 000.00 Combined

a) (ii) The expenditure on Learning and Teaching Support Materials is as follows:

Province	Expenditure-2017-18 Financial year
	Stationery	Textbooks
EC	R298 000 000	R111 875 617.66
FS	R14 190 809.84	R41 335 130.00
GP	R287 817 616.59	R  3 897 650 894.87
KZN	R379 002 695	R505 336 926.88
LP	R165,912,983.84	R400,673,084.69
MP	R  231,833,301.64	R  48,655,215.33
NC	R48 323 480.00	R28 897 438.7(this excludes accruals from the 2016/17 financial year)
NW	R190 981 000	R263 639 000
WC	R 49 925 269.03	R131 757 759.76

b) The percentages of delivery for 2017-18 financial year were as follows:

Province	Delivery percentage of the LTSM
	Stationery	Textbooks
EC	100%	100%
FS	100%	100%
GP	100%	100%
KZN	100%	100%
LP	100%	100%
MP	100%	100%
NC	100%	100%
NW	100%	99.8%
WC	100%	100%

Reply:

The Department hosted the 6th BRICS Education Ministers Meeting on 10 July 2018 under the theme “Deepening BRICS Education Partnerships and Exchanges”. The meeting aimed to reflect on the successes and challenges related to earlier education commitments made by the BRICS countries. The meeting ensured the exchange of best practices to improve education and training systems as well as pursuing opportunities for skills development.

Collaboration in higher education and training with BRICS countries is based on mutual learning and knowledge sharing. The cooperation facilitates the exchange of skills, expertise and knowledge between BRICS countries and various agencies in the education system to build long-term relations of mutual benefit. BRICS cooperation also promotes system-to-system cooperation whereby policymakers, institutions, academics and students have access to relevant, high-quality international practices, research, experiences and expertise.

The meeting reflected on how Workplace-Based Learning can support improved learning and employability and shared their best practice models. The meeting also highlighted the importance to develop innovative approaches to vocational education provision, guaranteeing workforce integration into the future labour market and consequently, increase economic productivity and social inclusion.

The meeting also discussed experiences on digitisation where India developed a massive Open Online Course platform known as the SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active – Learning for Young Aspiring Minds). This is a holistic learning platform, which can be accessed anytime. It comes in an e-Content self-instructional material, e-Books, illustrations, case studies and presentations.

This experience together with international research strongly suggest that in pursuing the shift towards an open learning orientation will also encourage the post-school sector towards taking on board evident changes in the way a new generation of learners are beginning to view learning, education and training as well as how they are using technology in teaching and learning.

The meeting noted that Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) provision has a direct role in supporting the skills needs of industry, and the employment and career needs of workers, however, TVET- industry partnerships in South Africa have been weak. The BRICS platform will assist members in positioning TVET in a way that not only addresses the skills sets required to improve productivity and economic growth but also to reduce poverty and inequality in society. As such, workers need to have both general and more defined skill sets, with the capacity to adapt these skill sets in the face of evolving industry demands.

The interaction was aimed at promoting university partnerships with the need to strengthen academic exchange and student mobility among the BRICS member states. A representative of the BRICS Network University indicated that successful collaboration of the BRICS universities on research and teaching, student and staff exchanges is already a significant contribution to global knowledge production. South Africa is already receiving scholarship offers from BRICS countries and have students studying in China, Russia and India. Negotiations are underway way with Brazil.

Through its teaching partnerships, the BRICS Network University will promote academic programmes that produce the kind of graduates that can lead the BRICS societies into the future. The thematic areas for the BRICS Network University, i.e. energy, information security, climate change, water resources and pollution treatment have been carefully selected to exploit the knowledge strengths of the BRICS member states.

The work of the BRICS Network University is in alignment with that which the post-school education and training system is aiming to accomplish; that is to build a stronger and more cooperative relationship between education and training institutions and the workplace. BRICS gives a real opportunity for effective learning and knowledge diplomacy to make a difference to the lives of its citizens.

The BRICS Education Ministers meeting resulted in the signing of a joint declaration with tangible outcomes in different areas. Brazil offered to host a workshop on innovation among TVET institutions in BRICS countries. India offered to develop a proposal, which will focus on e-learning across BRICS countries, and share best practices, South Africa offered to develop a doctoral BRICS Network Programme, and lastly, Russia offered to put together a proposal for the establishment of a coordinating process for the BRICS Network University.

Reply:

The relevant information pertaining to correctional centres that were operational as on 23 August 2018 is reflected in the table below.

PROVINCE	(a) NAME OF CORRECTIONAL CENTRE	(b) LOCATION	(c) CAPACITY	(d) INMATE POPULATION
Limpopo	Kutama-Sinthumule	Thohoyandou	3024	3024
	Makhado	Makhado	324	637
	Modimolle	Modimolle	364	477
	Polokwane	Polokwane	557	1782
	Thohoyandou Female	Thohoyandou	134	211
	Thohoyandou Medium A	Thohoyandou	691	1236
	Thohoyandou Medium B	Thohoyandou	219	588
	Tzaneen	Tzaneen	67	128
Mpumalanga	Barberton Farm Maximum	Barberton	845	1179
	Barberton Medium A	Barberton	137	188
	Barberton Medium B	Barberton	631	946
	Barberton Town	Barberton	517	413
	Belfast	Belfast	58	70
	Bethal	Bethal	771	1068
	Carolina	Carolina	110	160
	Ermelo	Ermelo	513	633
	Lydenburg	Lydenburg	81	84
	Middelburg	Middelburg	317	371
	Nelspruit	Mbombela	816	1277
	Piet Retief	Piet Retief	261	446
	Standerton Medium A	Standerton	265	312
	Volksrust	Volksrust	211	276
	Witbank	Emalahleni	1278	1568
North West	Christiana	Christiana	107	114
	Klerksdorp	Klerksdorp	1098	1397
	Lichtenburg	Lichtenburg	291	261
	Losperfontein	Brits	808	1025
	Mafikeng	Mafikeng	108	120
	Mogwase	Mogwase	572	656
	Potchefstroom	Potchefstroom	867	1800
	Rooigrond Medium A	Mmabatho	757	1016
	Rooigrond Medium B	Mmabatho	266	261
	Rustenburg Medium A	Rustenburg	629	318
	Rustenburg Medium B	Rustenburg	182	97
	Wolmaranstad	Wolmaranstad	105	145
	Zeerust	Zeerust	143	134
Free State	Goedemoed Medium A	Aliwal North	813	966
	Goedemoed Medium B	Aliwal North	539	732
	Bethulie	Bethulie	51	46
	Edenburg	Edenburg	72	49
	Fauresmith	Fauresmith	57	53
	Zastron	Zastron	64	54
	Groenpunt Maximum	Vereeniging	1418	1916
	Groenpunt Medium	Vereeniging	734	690
	Groenpunt Youth	Vereeniging	281	263
	Frankfort	Frankfort	165	109
	Heilbron	Heilbron	58	93
	Parys	Parys	84	109
	Sasolburg	Sasolburg	349	438
	Vereeniging	Vereeniging	699	835
	Grootvlei Medium A	Bloemfontein	890	1532
	Grootvlei Medium B	Bloemfontein	244	289
	Brandfort	Brandfort	141	140
	Boshof	Boshof	60	45
	Ladybrand	Ladybrand	47	47
	Wepener	Wepener	147	82
	Winburg	Winburg	148	154
	Mangaung	Bloemfontein	2928	2928
	Bizza Makhate Medium A	Kroonstad	1447	1133
	Bizza Makhate Medium B	Kroonstad	528	793
	Bizza Makhate Medium C	Kroonstad	216	208
	Bizza Makhate Medium D	Kroonstad	67	34
	Bethlehem	Bethlehem	180	280
	Ficksburg	Ficksburg	87	76
	Harrismith	Harrismith	267	392
	Hennenman	Hennenman	210	590
	Hoopstad	Hoopstad	92	54
	Lindley	Lindley	78	56
	Odendaalsrus	Odendaalsrus	453	731
	Senekal	Senekal	128	109
	Venterburg	Venterburg	254	200
	Virginia	Virginia	415	590
Northern Cape	Colesberg	Colesberg	186	224
	De Aar Male	De Aar	264	343
	De Aar Female	De Aar	33	29
	Hopetown	Hopetown	51	61
	Richmond	Richmond	61	61
	Victoria West	Victoria West	92	123
	Kimberley	Kimberley	801	918
	Tswelopele	Kimberley	3021	2548
	Barkley West	Barkley West	61	51
	Douglas	Douglas	297	312
	Upington Males	Upington	725	867
	Upington Females	Upington	73	42
	Kuruman	Kuruman	316	308
	Springbok	Springbok	150	123
Gauteng	Baviaanspoort Maximum	Pretoria	349	560
	Baviaanspoort Medium	Pretoria	759	1161
	Emthonjeni	Pretoria	640	331
	Boksburg Medium A	Boksburg	2000	2508
	Boksburg Juveniles	Boksburg	274	350
	Heidelberg Male	Heidelberg	553	837
	Johannesburg Medium A	Johannesburg	2630	4230
	Johannesburg Medium B	Johannesburg	1300	2293
	Johannesburg Medium C	Johannesburg	329	508
	Johannesburg Female	Johannesburg	605	1007
	Krugersdorp	Krugersdorp	1645	2765
	Leeuwkop Maximum	Johannesburg	785	1197
	Leeuwkop Medium A	Johannesburg	1057	1048
	Leeuwkop Medium B	Johannesburg	706	847
	Leeuwkop Medium C	Johannesburg	719	1137
	Modderbee	Benoni	2492	4421
	Devon	Devon	679	517
	Nigel	Nigel	333	436
	Kgoši Mampuru II Local	Pretoria	2171	2385
	Kgoši Mampuru II Central	Pretoria	1563	2513
	Kgoši Mampuru II Female	Pretoria	166	284
	Odi	Mabopane	891	1443
	Atteridgeville	Pretoria	609	1162
	Zonderwater Medium A	Cullinan	872	1402
	Zonderwater Medium B	Cullinan	773	1080
KwaZulu/Natal	Durban Medium A	Durban	2501	2754
	Durban Medium B	Durban	1975	3408
	Durban Medium C	Durban	689	999
	Durban Female	Durban	251	354
	Durban Youth	Durban	629	527
	Umzinto	Umzinto	477	720
	Ingwavuma	Ingwavuma	109	83
	Stanger	Stanger	133	142
	Empangeni	Empangeni	307	377
	Mtunzini	Mtunzini	161	159
	Eshowe	Eshowe	642	761
	Maphumulo	Maphumulo	77	79
	Qalakabusha	Empangeni	1392	2217
	Glencoe	Glencoe	666	416
	Dundee	Dundee	113	135
	Pomeroy	Pomeroy	88	78
	Ladysmith	Ladysmith	344	504
	Bergville	Bergville	29	41
	Greytown	Greytown	105	72
	Kranskop	Kranskop	113	92
	Ebongweni	Kokstad	1440	1035
	Port Shepstone	Port Shepstone	150	288
	Kokstad Medium	Kokstad	340	541
	Matatiele	Matatiele	83	100
	Umzimkulu	Umzimkulu	66	0
	Nongoma	Nongoma	54	70
	Ncome Medium A	Vryheid	487	825
	Ncome Medium B	Vryheid	753	1196
	Melmoth	Melmoth	46	56
	Vryheid	Vryheid	273	339
	Nkandla	Nkandla	36	44
	Pietermaritzburg Medium A	Pietermaritzburg	2499	3379
	Pietermaritzburg Medium B	Pietermaritzburg	356	517
	Sevontein	Pietermaritzburg	831	1428
	New Hanover	New Hanover	231	321
	Ixopo	Ixopo	165	258
	Waterval Medium A	Utrecht	603	1010
	Waterval Medium B	Utrecht	613	1059
	Utrecht	Utrecht	38	46
	Newcastle	Newcastle	283	333
	Ekuseni	Newcastle	600	463
Eastern Cape	Fort Beaufort	Fort Beaufort	168	75
	Grahamstown	Grahamstown	309	654
	King William's Town	King William's Town	536	608
	Middledrift	Middledrift	646	1194
	Stutterheim	Stutterheim	50	74
	East London Medium A	East London	836	1525
	East London Medium B	East London	543	857
	East London Medium C	East London	273	300
	Mdantsane	Fort Jackson	582	1556
	Graaff-Reinet	Graaff-Reinet	63	137
	Jansenville	Jansenville	31	35
	Kirkwood	Kirkwood	787	1175
	Somerset-East	Somerset-East	167	217
	Bizana	Bizana	47	95
	Elliotdale	Elliotdale	49	16
	Flagstaff	Flagstaff	37	117
	Lusikisiki	Lusikisiki	109	295
	Mount Ayliff	Mount Ayliff	85	0
	Mount Fletcher	Mount Fletcher	86	224
	Mount Frere	Mount Frere	32	94
	Mqanduli	Mqanduli	107	131
	Nqgeleni	Nqgeleni	108	172
	Tabankulu	Tabankulu	64	156
	Mthatha Remand	Mthatha	634	809
	Mthatha Medium	Mthatha	720	1481
	Barkly-East	Barkly-East	67	115
	Burgersdorp	Burgersdorp	149	303
	Butterworth	Butterworth	266	209
	Cofimvaba	Cofimvaba	101	69
	Cradock	Cradock	253	453
	Dordrecht	Dordrecht	92	112
	Engcobo	Engcobo	99	123
	Idutywa	Idutywa	62	163
	Lady Frere	Lady Frere	46	95
	Middelburg	Middelburg	317	413
	Nqamakwe	Nqamakwe	39	0
	Queenstown	Queenstown	125	243
	Sada	Whittlesea	261	446
	Sterkspruit	Sterkspruit	62	74
	Willowvale	Willowvale	52	83
	St Albans Maximum	Port Elizabeth	1468	1715
	St Albans Medium A	Port Elizabeth	706	1387
	St Albans Medium B	Port Elizabeth	929	1790
	Patensie	Patensie	353	490
	Port Elizabeth	Port Elizabeth	625	534
Western Cape	Allandale	Paarl	336	824
	Hawequa	Wellington	208	218
	Obiqua	Tulbagh	234	424
	Staart van Paardeberg	Paarl	261	355
	Brandvlei Medium C	Worcester	693	537
	Brandvlei Youth	Worcester	346	411
	Brandvlei Maximum	Worcester	960	696
	Drakenstein Medium A	Paarl	556	778
	Drakenstein Medium B	Paarl	474	623
	Drakenstein Maximum	Paarl	386	562
	Stellenbosch	Stellenbosch	71	81
	Beaufort-West	Beaufort-West	76	176
	George	George	563	1019
	Knysna	Knysna	179	378
	Ladismith	Ladismith	54	103
	Mosselbaai	Mosselbaai	346	508
	Oudtshoorn Medium A	Oudtshoorn	300	625
	Oudtshoorn Medium B	Oudtshoorn	78	105
	Prince Albert	Prince Albert	52	82
	Uniondale	Uniondale	52	100
	Goodwood	Goodwood	2115	3043
	Buffeljagsrivier	Swellendam	245	415
	Caledon Remand	Caledon	215	277
	Helderstroom Medium A	Caledon	755	1178
	Helderstroom Maximum	Caledon	589	853
	Malmesbury Medium A	Malmesbury	1392	1569
	Malmesbury RDF	Malmesbury	178	354
	Riebeek-West	Riebeek-West	205	198
	Pollsmoor Remand	Cape Town	1786	2519
	Pollsmoor Medium A	Cape Town	1111	2111
	Pollsmoor Medium B	Cape Town	437	1653
	Pollsmoor Medium C	Cape Town	577	690
	Pollsmoor Females	Cape Town	485	787
	Calvinia	Calvinia	41	63
	Vanrhynsdorp	Vanrhynsdorp	492	469
	Vanrhynsdorp Females	Vanrhynsdorp	32	22
	Voorberg Medium A	Porterville	534	518
	Voorberg Medium B	Porterville	1560	1887
	Dwarsrivier	Wolseley	232	364
	Robertson	Robertson	234	364
	Warmbokkeveld	Ceres	520	503
	Worcester Males	Worcester	573	932
	Worcester Females	Worcester	142	251

Reply:

(1) Most teachers in Multi-Grade schools have no formal training in Multi-Grade teaching and consequently have limited skills in managing different content at different levels as well as classroom management of multiple groups. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) jointly with the Provincial Education Departments has since 2010 been training teachers in Multi-Grade teaching. In March 2018, the DBE in c ollaboration with Teacher Unions trained 2 083 teachers and 214 subject advisors in Multi-Grade teaching and the Multi-grade Toolkit. The training is geared to equip teachers with skills and knowledge that they require to mediate the curriculum effectively and efficiently in Multi-Grade schools. The training covers concepts such as Introduction to Multi-Grade teaching; Teaching strategies; Classroom management; Classroom organization; Timetabling; Display techniques; School Based Assessment; Lesson management; and the Multi-Grade toolkit.

(2) (a) The PEDs supported by the DBE are immersed in the rationalisation process that is aimed at discontinuing schools that have become unviable due to enrolment decline, while still guaranteeing the right to basic education of all learners as enshrined in section 29(1) (a) of the Constitution. Some schools with Multi-Grade classes with very low enrolment fall in this category. In order to strengthen the rationalisation process, the DBE has developed and adopted Guidelines on Rationalisation. The workshop on these Guidelines was conducted in all the provinces.

All provinces have drawn up plans with timeframes indicating the number of schools targeted for both merger and closure.

(b) Plans are being implemented by the respective provinces and there are dates already decided and unlikely to change on which the rationalisation processes must be concluded.

Reply:

The Department Of basic Education (DBE) does not provide senitary towels to schools and neither has such provision been budgeted for . The hounourable member is advised to request the infomation directly from the provinces.

Reply:

a)  The combinations of grades and the number of grades that are taught in a single classroom vary from one province to the other. The recommendation that the Department of Basic Education has made is that schools can only have a maximum of three grades in single classroom; and where applicable the Grade R and Grade 7 classes should always be standalone classes. The combinations should be in terms of the phases as follows:

• A foundation Phase Class (Grades 1, 2 and 3);
• An Intermediate Phase Class (Grades 4, 5 and 6);
• Senior Phase Class (Grades 7, 8 and 9) where it is applicable.

b) The data on the various combinations of grades in each province is not available. That information can be obtained from the Provincial Education Departments.