Questions and Replies

Reply:

1. (a) On 1 April 2018, when all members of the TMT were appointed. Note that all appointments are only for a limited period, specified in the Regulations as three months after a new Commissioner is appointed, which is expected to be within six months of the date of establishment of the Financial Sector Conduct Authority.

(b) The person was appointed in terms of section 3(1)(b)(iii) of the Regulations published in terms of Financial Sector Regulation Act No 9 of 2017, and Gazetted in Gazette No. 10814 on 29 March 2018. The role of the Minister is as outlined in the Regulations which is to nominate a suitable person.

2. (a) No. The TMT is merely a temporary arrangement pending the appointment of a full-time Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners of the FSCA. The process to appoint the full-time Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners includes an advert calling for applications. The advert was first published on the Treasury website and in selected print newspapers on 8 April 2018. The process for appointing the TMT is specified in Regulations published in terms of Financial Sector Regulation Act No 9 of 2017 and Gazetted in Gazette No. 10814 on 29 March 2018.

(b) The Minister generally seeks the advice of his officials, and in this case, approved the recommendation made by the Director-General of the National Treasury. The recommendation was made based on the person’s extensive involvement in the Twin Peaks reform process, including in developing a draft market conduct policy framework as per the discussion document published in 2014, and in the development of the Financial Sector Regulation Act over the time period 2013 to enactment in 2017.

(3) (a) and (b) Similar information was asked of the Minister of Finance by the EFF in Parliamentary Question NW 168, a comprehensive response was provided. The specified person was first appointed as a Specialist Consultant in Financial Sector Policy on 1 August 2011 for a contract period of 12 months with the option to extend the contract if required. The consultant had previously worked at NT as an employee within the financial sector policy chief directorate prior to this appointment. The contract primarily related to the repeal and replacement of the Securities Services Act and promulgation of new Financial Markets Act and revision of Regulation 28 of Pension Funds Act. Due to extended parliamentary process a two-month contract extension was approved with no additional fees being paid. This process followed all the supply chain rules for a single source technical assistance contracting process.

(4) (a) No, the first contract (as described above) was not renewed. The consultant was subsequently appointed through a new contract from 1 March 2013, over two periods of 24 months each, to establish a policy and legal framework for the new Twin Peaks model, focusing on the policy framework for the coming market conduct regulator, especially to treat financial customers more fairly. This contract was extended by a final 12-month period up to the 31 March 2018, augmented by additional services required, as the Twin Peaks legislation took longer than anticipated to be processed in Parliament. These additional services included but were not limited to the finalisation of a national financial inclusion education policy and monitoring the over-indebtedness project. This process followed all the supply chain rules for a single source technical assistance contracting process. The successive contracts were due to delays in processes, including parliamentary processes to approve the Financial Sector Regulation Bill.

(b) and (c) She has been paid in accordance with DPSA rates for this type of work and at the work level. It should be noted that this approach was significantly more cost efficient than hiring an external consultancy company to do the necessary research, and support the department during the parliamentary process to approve the bill.

Reply:

(1) In line with the Public Investment Corporation’s investment and due diligence processes, the Chief Executive Officer and other members of staff frequently meet with representatives of investee companies. Therefore, meetings were conducted between representatives of the PIC and Dr Iqbal Survé and other representatives of Independent News and Media South Africa (INMSA). The details of these meetings, however, are confidential.

(2) The PIC was approached to invest in Sagarmatha Technologies Limited but, following a thorough due diligence process, the PIC resolved not to invest in Sagarmatha Technologies Limited.

Reply:

A list of state employees who conducted business with government in 2017-18 is provided to the Member. (The list is pending confirmation from Provincial Treasuries on whether listed staff members are employees of the State or if they are appointed as audit committee members, members of Boards or participate on governance structures of professional bodies as representatives of government. Confirmation of data captured on Human Resource Management systems is awaited from Provincial Treasuries)

The list depicts:

A) Names of state employees conducting business with government (data is based on employee records for all national and provincial departments, employee records of 236 of 257 municipalities and 8 public entities);

b) Department, municipality or entity where each of the identified persons are employed;

c) The name of the business entity of which the identified state employee is an owner, director or non-executive director. Business entity type ranges from Public Companies (LTD), Private companies (PTY LTDs), Non-Profit Companies, Personal Liability Companies (INC), Closed Corporations, Co-operatives, Non-Profit External Companies, Partnerships, Joint Ventures, Consortiums, Section Companies, Individuals, Sole Proprietors, Trusts and Voluntary Associations;

d) Nature of the goods or services for which payment were made to the business entity;

e) Rand value of payments made to the business entity.

Reply:

(1)

(i) & (ii) Financial years	(a) Number of accidents	(b) Cost of repairs	(c)(i) Number of vehicles being written off	(ii) Reasons for vehicles being written off
2015/16	One	R23 298.32	Nil	N/A
2016/17	One	R42 682.11	Nil	N/A
2017/18	One	N/A	One	Vehicle was involved in a collision and damaged beyond repair.
2018/19	Nil	N/A	Nil	N/A

(2) No, only one vehicle owned by National Treasury has a tracking device installed.

Reply:

As the question refers to amounts “lent” to state-owned enterprises, the reply to the question will deal only with Private Placements and not normal Bond transactions. The reply to the question is contained in Annexure A to this response.

									Annexure A to PQ533
PRIVATE PLACEMENTS
					PIC			MANNER
COMPANY	BOND CODE	DATE GRANTED	AMOUNT	COUPON	CLIENT	PURPOSE	MATURITY DATE	REPAID	COMMENTS
DBSA	DV13	25/08/2008	R1,8Bln	10,06%	GEPF	Infra structure spending	25/08/2013	Bullet	Repaid
SAA	SAAL01	15/03/2008	R800m	11,77%	GEPF	Working Capital	15/09/2015	Bullet	Repaid prior to maturity date, on 15/05/2009
Transnet	T018	06/07/2004	R6Bln	10,75%	GEPF	Capped losses Oil price import hedges	15/07/2018	Bullet	Repaid prior to maturity date, by converting to normal listed bonds
ESKOM	ECN20	14/09/2015	R5Bln	9,65%	GEPF	Working Capital	14/03/2020	Bullet	Still in place, coupons repaid as agreed
ESKOM	ECN22	14/09/2015	R5Bln	9,75%	GEPF	Working Capital	14/03/2022	Bullet	Still in place, coupons repaid as agreed
ESKOM	ECN24	14/09/2015	R5Bln	9,95%	GEPF	Working Capital	14/03/2024	Bullet	Still in place, coupons repaid as agreed
ESKOM	ECN32(CPI Link)	14/09/2015	R5Bln	2,95%	GEPF	Working Capital	14/03/2032	Bullet	Still in place, coupons repaid as agreed

Reply:

NATIONAL TREASURY

i (a) NUMBER OF CONSULTING FIRMS OR COMPANIES CURRENTLY CONTRACTED	(b)(i) NAME OF CONSULTANT / COMPANY	(ii) DETAILS OF SERVICE PROVIDED	(iii) (aa) START DATE OF EACH CONTRACT	(bb) TIME PERIOD	(cc) VALUE OF EACH CONTRACT	(dd) NAME AND POSITION OF EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO SIGNED OFF ON EACH CONTRACT
33	Amanda Xoliswa Sithebe	Appointment of a service provider for the provision of a Programme Assistant for the City Support Programme.	29 Jul 2016	2 yrs	R684 086.40	Malijeng Ngqaleni DDG: Intergovernmental Relations (IGR)
	Anthea Clare Stephens	Appointment of professional service provider for implementation of the Cities Support Programme.	1-Oct-16	1 yr & 8 months	R3 315 072.00
	DTJ Savage	Procurement of a programme management team for the implementation of the Cities Support Programme.	19-Feb-16	2 yrs & 4 months	R5 223 936.00
	Hunter Van Ryneveld (Pty) Ltd	Procurement of a programme management team for the implementation of the City Support Programme.	19-Feb-16	2 yrs & 4 months	R7 574 707.00
	JD Timm	Procurement of a programme management team for the implementation of City Support Programme.	19-Feb-16	2 yrs & 4 months	R5 485 133.00
	Llewellyn Holtshausen	Procurement of a programme management team for the implementation of the City Support Programme.	1-Mar-16	2 yrs & 3 months	R2 873 165.00
	M Kihato	Procurement of a programme management team for the implementation of the City Support Programme.	19-Feb-16	2 yrs & 4 months	R4 582 400.00	Malijeng Ngqaleni DDG: IGR
	S Naidu	Procurement of a programme management team for the implementation of the City Support Programme.	1-Mar-16	2 yrs & 4 months	R4 179 149.00
	S24 Business Group (Pty) Ltd	Appointment of professional service provider for implementation of the City Support Programme.	1-Oct-16	1 yr & 8 months	R1 948 032.00
	Seth Siyabulela Xolisile Maqetuka	Appointment of professional service provider for implementation of the Cities Support Programme.	1-Oct-16	1 yr & 8 months	R3 762 778.00
	String Communication Cc	Procurement of a programme management team for the implementation of the Cities Support Programme.	19-Feb-16	2 yrs & 4 months	R6 007 526.00
	Suzette Pretorius	Procurement of a programme management team for the implementation of the Cities Support Programme.	1-Apr-16	2 yrs & 2 months	R3 700 166.00
	Yasmin Coovadia Development Consulting Pty Ltd	Procurement of a programme management team for the implementation of the Cities Support Programme.	19-Feb-16	2 yrs & 4 months	R4 907 705.00
	ZN Mncwango	Procurement of a programme management team for the implementation of the Cities Support Programme.	19-Feb-16	2 yrs & 4 months	R4 701 542.00	Malijeng Ngqaleni DDG: IGR
	Aurecon South Africa	Appointment of a resource to implement the IDMBOK through knowledge circles, communities of practice and knowledge management workshops. Contract ceded from DBSA to National Treasury.	1-Feb-15	3 yrs	R743 051.02
	Avani SA Consulting (Pty) Ltd	The infrastructure delivery improvement programmes (IDIP) contracts that are to be ceded from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) to the National Treasury.	1-May-16	2 yrs	R536 085.00
	South African Built Environment Exchange	Appointment of a service provider to support the implementation of infrastructure procurement and delivery management (IPDM) reforms.	1-Dec-16	3 yrs	R914 576.59
	Bowman Gilfillan Inc	Appointment of service providers to support Financial Regulatory Reform.	5-Jun-15	3 yrs	R2 211 600.00	Ismail Momoniat DDG: Tax & Financial Sector Policy
	Eighty Twenty Consulting (Pty) Ltd	Master agreement with Eighty Twenty Consulting PTY LTD.	28-Nov-17	3 yrs	No SLAs have been entered into as yet.
	Bitz Technologies	National Treasury Appoints services provider to provide IFMS PMO.	19-May-14	5 yrs	R39 745 943.00	Michael Sass Accountant-General (former)
	Accenture (South Africa) Pty Ltd	Logis Service Level Agreement.	1-Jul-13	8 yrs	R52 3736 680.00	Freeman Nomvalo Accountant-General (former)
	Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd	Persal - Transversal Legacy Systems	1-Jun-13	8 yrs	R705 747 117.07
	Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd	Vulindlela - Transversal Legendary Systems.	1-Jul-13	8 yrs	R234 616 377.00
	Cool Ideas (Pty)Ltd	Appointment of a service provider for the development of standard operating procedures (SOPS) manuals; the design and development of the training support materials for the long-term advisors (LTA) and the technical advisors (TAS) to build financial management capacity in municipalities.	21-Nov-17	1 yr	R3 236 400.00	Zanele Mxunyelwa: Acting Accountant-General
	H&P IT Empowerment (Pty) Ltd	Appointment of a service provider(s) for the development of a three days high level outcomes based on credit bearing asset management learning programme training material for the health sector.	1-Dec-17	4 months	R485 640.00
	Sekela Xabiso (Pty) Ltd	Appointment of a service provider to provide support pertaining to the implementation of chapter 13 of the MFMA.	24-Jul-17	1 yr	R758 459.71
	Cool Ideas 1016 (Pty) Ltd	Appointment of a service provider for the development of standard operating procedures manuals, the design and development of the training support materials for the long term advisors and the technical advisors.	21-Nov-17	1 yr	R3 236 400.00	Jayce Nair: Acting Accountant-General (former)
	Deloitte & Touche	Appointment of a service provider to provide technical support pertaining to the implementation of chapter 13 of the MFMA.	10-Oct-17	8 months	Panel appointment, only utilised on need basis.	Jayce Nair Acting Accountant- General (former)
	PricewaterhouseCoopers	Appointment of a service provider to provide support pertaining to the implementation of chapter 13 of the MFMA.	24-Jul-17	11 months	Panel appointment, only utilised on need basis.
	Infinitum Software Solutions Pty Ltd	Appointment of a service provider for data mining, cleaning, categorization, integration, visualization, reporting tool and services to the office of the Chief Procurement Officer.	18-Sep-17	1 yr	R4 200 000.00	Willie Mathebula Acting Chief Procurement Officer
	Q Link (Pty) Ltd	Appointment of a Service Provider to conduct research and provide a solution for emolument attachment orders against public servants.	1 July 2016	2 yrs	Payment based on research conducted on emolument orders	Anthony Julies DDG: Asset & Liability Management
	University of Stellenbosch	Appointment of a service provider to conduct detailed confidence measure date and independent and objective economic research.	1-Jan-16	3 yrs	R241 985.97	Monale Ratsoma DDG: Economic Policy
	Soma Initiative	Appointment of a Health Risk Manager	1-Dec-13	5 yrs	Contract in place - no Health Risk Manager appointed, on need basis only.	Stadi Mngomezulu DDG: Corporate Services

ASB

The Accounting Standards Board has no contracts with consulting firms or companies for any consulting services at present.

CBDA

B (i) NAME OF SERVICE PROVIDER	B (ii) SERVICES OFFERED	B (iii) (aa) EFFECTIVE DATE	B (iii) (bb) TIME PERIOD	B (III) (CC) MONETARY VALUE	B (iii) (dd) SIGN OFF ON CONTRACT
					NAME	POSITION
Write Connection CC	Attend as scribe and prepare minutes	28-Jul-16	3 years	396,544.90	O Matshane	Managing Director
					D Nyamane	NT Director: SCM
					S Kubheka	NT: CFO
Mzantsi Leadership Development CC	Leadership and middle management training	2-Aug-16	2 years	499,926.48	O Matshane	Managing Director
					D Nyamane	NT Director: SCM
					S Kubheka	NT: CFO
EOH Mthombo (Pty) Ltd	Implementation of banking system	1-Sep-15	3 years	17,198,867.64	O Matshane	Managing Director
					P Koch	Acting Chairperson
					D Majele	NT: CFO
					L Fuzile	NT: Director-General
Petrolbom Business Solution	Mentorship	1-Mar-18	5month	439,200.00	O Matshane	Managing Director
					D Nyamane	NT Director: SCM
					S Kubheka	NT: CFO
COFISA	Mentorship	1-Mar-18	1 year	400,000.00	O Matshane	Managing Director
					D Nyamane	NT Director: SCM
					S Kubheka	NT: CFO
Clear cut	Mentorship	1-Mar-18	1 year	443,916.00	O Matshane	Managing Director
					D Nyamane	NT Director: SCM
					S Kubheka	NT: CFO

DBSA

Service Provider	Contract Details	Nature of Service	Value Incl VAT	Value Exl VAT	Contract Start Date	Contract End Date	Time Period	Individual Name who signed contract	Individual Position who signed contract
The E-Path	Consultant to conduct the Barrett culture survey 2017	Research and Reporting	1,504,116.00	1,319,400.00	4/14/2017	12/31/2019	32 Months	D. Mashishi	Group Executive: Corporate Services
Capacitate Social Solutions	Consultancy to do research and report for the Development Effectiveness Balance Score Card indicator	Consultancy / Advisory	749,436.00	657,400.00	12/2/2016	5/31/2018	15 Months	M. Hillary	Group Executive: Financing Operations
Infrastructure Options Pty Ltd	Consultant to : Present a workshop on implementation & application of SIPDM Framework Agreements IDD Infrastructure Procurement and delivery policy SIPDM and related matters	Consultancy / Advisory	380,000.00	380,000.00	2/1/2017	2/28/2018	13 Months	M. Bhabha	Acting Group Executive: Infrastructure Development Division
Kaufman Levin Associates	Consultancy Services for Client satisfaction survey	Research and Reporting	817,761.70	716,896.22	3/1/2017	2/28/2020	36 Months	M. Vivekanandan	Group Executive: Strategy
Mobius Services Pty Ltd	Cyber Security Awareness Programme	Advisory and Operational Services ICT	499,468.00	438,129.82	11/1/2017	11/30/2018	12 Months	Z. Mbele	Acting Chief Financial Officer
IDI Technology Solutions Pty Ltd	Provision of a Combined Assurance Application	Advisory and Operational Services ICT	1,726,915.00	1,514,838.00	4/1/2016	3/31/2019	35 Months	D. Mashishi	Group Executive: Corporate Services
Klarib Business Solutions Pty Ltd	Implementation of online ethics system solution	Consultancy on SAP	1,379,400.00	1,210,000.00	7/3/2017	10/6/2017	3 Months	M. Hillary	Group Executive: Financing Operations
Klarib Business Solutions Pty Ltd	Implementation of online ethics system solution	Consultancy on SAP	96,830.00	84,939.00	7/7/2017	10/3/2017	3 Months	M. Hillary	Group Executive: Financing Operations
Ernst and Young Advisory Services	IFRS 9 Project	Consultancy / Advisory	10,569,187.00	9,271,217.00	7/26/2016	4/30/2018	21 Months	K. Naidoo	Chief Financial Officer
KPMG Services	Capital and Balance Sheet Management Support	Consultancy / Advisory	2,484,250.00	2,179,166.67	6/1/2017	5/31/2020	35 Months	K. Naidoo	Chief Financial Officer
Ernst and Young Advisory Services	Board Evaluation Services	Consultancy / Advisory	410,400.00	360,000.00	3/1/2017	3/31/2019	24 Months	B. Sowazi	Company Secretary
Deloitte and Touche	Managed Cyber Security Services	Advisory and Operational Services ICT	2,500,000.00	2,192,982.46	12/1/2016	11/30/2019	36 Months	D. Mashishi	Group Executive: Corporate Services
HKLM Exchange PTY LTD	External Communication Services	Advisory and Operational Services	2,382,663.80	2,090,055.53	9/1/2017	8/31/2020	36 Months	B. Sowazi	Company Secretary
Professional Evaluation	Media Monitoring	Research and Reporting	841,995.93	738,592.92	9/1/2017	8/31/2020	36 Months	M. Vivekanandan	Group Executive: Origination and Client Coverage
South African Bankers Services Company	Support of Hyland Onbase Management System	Advisory and Operational Services ICT	218,880.00	192,000.00	7/1/2017	6/30/2018	12 Months	D. Mashishi	Group Executive: Corporate Services

FIC

(a)(i) The Financial Intelligence Centre currently has 10 consulting firms contracted with details of

(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(aa)(bb)(cc)(dd) as per table below:

(b)(i) THE NAME OF EACH CONSULTANT/COMPANY	(b)(ii) DETAILS OF THE SERVICE PROVIDED	(b)(iii)(aa) START DATE	(b)(iii)(bb) END DATE	(b)(iii)(cc) MONETARY VALUE IN RANDS	(b)(iii)(dd) PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTRACT
Clarity Editorial cc	Annual Report Writer	17-April-18	31-Mar-20	R495 861.60	Ms P Kassan – Head -Communications
Datacentrix	Provision of managed service for Security information and events management solutions (SIEM)	28-Aug-17	27-Aug-18	R1 508 518.35	Mr A Shongwe- Head - ICT
Isolve Business Solutions Pty Ltd	Develop and configure a compliance monitoring and assessment system utilising Microsoft business intelligence tools	21-Jul-17	17-Oct-18	R2 856 696.82	Mr E Cronje – Head –Programme Management Office (PMO)
CSIR	Enterprise Architecture services Phase 2	21-Jul-17	30-Sep-18	R1 505 460.05	Mr E Cronje – Head -PMO
Deloitte Consulting	Implementation of the Organisational Transformation and Development Programme phase 2	11-Oct-17	31-Mar-19	R3 276 360.00	Mr E Cronje – Head -PMO
Microsoft SA Pty Ltd	Data Quality Management Project	1-Feb-18	29-Dec-18	R390 788.40	Mr E Cronje – Head -PMO
Fempower	Data capturing	01-April-17	31-Mar-18	R165 984.00	Mr O Rajnund - Senior Operations Manager – Compliance and Prevention (CAP)
Hlabahlosile	Data capturing	01-April-17	31-Mar-18	R331 968.00	Mr O Rajnund - Senior Operations Manager - CAP
Impact	Data capturing	01-April-17	31-Mar-18	R663 936.00	Mr O Rajnund - Senior Operations Manager - CAP
Shammah Executive Talent	Data capturing	01-April-17	31-Mar-18	R165 984.00	Mr O Rajnund - Senior Operations Manager - CAP

FSCA

a) Two;

b) (i) Magix Integration (Pty) Ltd t/a Magic Software SA (Development and Maintenance of Magic IT system).

(ii) Provision of annual license renewals for Magic eDeveloper (Unipaas) and iBolt software (core regulatory program/software of the FSCA (then the FSB).

Upgrades and software patches for Magic and iBolt

Technical support and development of Magic Software and iBolt as and when required.

(aa) 5 May 2011

(bb) Perpetual (as long as the entity is still using said software as the core software). The relevant resources contracts are renewed each year.

(cc) Monetary value is rates based and there are various resources (individuals) servicing the FSCA (the former FSB).

(dd) Mr. D Seedat (former Chief Financial Officer), signed the original contract and subsequent addendums until June 2014, subsequently, other addendums were signed by Mr. D Tshidi (Executive Officer, in instances where Chief Financial Officer was not in office ), Mr. M du Toit (Acting Chief Financial Officer, from 14 June 2015 to 30 September 2014), Mr. R Harichunder (Acting Chief Financial Officer, from 1 October 2014 to 31 August 2015),and Mr. P Kekana (Chief Financial Officer, with effect from 1 September 2015).

c) EOH Abantu (Pty) Ltd t/a Highveld PFS (Development and maintenance of Magic IT system)

(ii) Programming and development in Magic Software and iBolt as and when required.

(aa) 1 January 2014

(bb) Perpetual (as long as the entity is still using said software as the core software). The relevant resources contracts are renewed each year.

(cc) Monetary value is rates based and there are various resources (individuals), servicing the FSCA (the former FSB).

(dd) Mr D Seedat (former Chief Financial Officer), signed the original contract and subsequent addendums since June 2014, subsequently, other addendums were signed by Mr. D Tshidi (Executive Officer, in instances where Chief Financial Officer was not in office ), Mr. M du Toit (Acting Chief Financial Officer, from 14 June 2015 to 30 September 2014), Mr. R Harichunder (Acting Chief Financial Officer, from 1 October 2014 to 31 August 2015), Mr. P Kekana (Chief Financial Officer, with effect 1 September 2015).

GEPF

The GEPF does not have a contract with any consulting firm.

GPAA

Legal Panel

1. Gildenhuys Lessing Malatji Incorporated 2. Msikinya Attorneys 3. MacRobert Incorporated 4. Mohulatsi Attorneys Incorporated 5. Mpoyana Ledwaba Incorporated 6. Rooth & Wessels Incorporated 7. Moodie and Robertson Attorneys

CONTRACTS SIGNED BY HEAD OF LEGAL SERVICES

Service providers were appointed for various (49) legal services relating to pensioners’ claims

Forensic Investigations Panel

1. Phumlani Mkhize and Associates / Paradigm Forensic Services (Pty) Ltd (JV) 2. Nexia SAB & T 3. Ubuntu Business Advisory Consulting 4. Gobodo Forensics Investigative Accounting (Pty) Ltd 5. Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs 6. Open Water Advanced Risk Solution (Pty) Ltd 7. Business Innovation Group 8. Outsourced Risk Compliance Assessment Inc 9. Exactech (Pty) Ltd 10. Arms Audit and Risk Management Solutions 11. Bowman Gilfillan Inc 12. Grant Thornton 13. KPMG 14. PWC1-07-2018 15. Sekela Xabiso 16. Rakoma and Associates 17. Fundudzi Forensic Services 18. Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo

CONTRACTS SIGNED BY CHIEF RISK OFFICER

The description of the various projects are:

• Forensic investigative services:Modenization services
• INVESTIGATION SERVICES ON NEPOTISIM CONTRIBUTION
• Investigation services On Possible Corrupt Activity
• Investigation services On 21 cases in Eastern Cape
• Investigation services: Verifications and report on the 32 cases
• Investigation services On 18 Case in Limpopo and Gauteng
• 20 Cases for Easter Cape/KZN/North West
• Investigation services On 18 Case in Limpopo and Gauteng - Re-issue
• Investigation services On Possible Corrupt Activity
• Investigation services On 21 Cases KZN
• Investigation services On 23 Cases Limpopo
• Investigation services On Possible Corrupt Activity
• Forensic inquiries & verifications KZN,WC & EC
• Forensic inquiries & verifications GP & NW
• Forensic inquiries & verifications LP & MP
• Forensic inquiries & verifications GP
• Forensic inquiries & verifications FS & KZN
• Forensic inquiries & verifications EC & WC
• Corrupt activity and misconduct
• Forensic inquiries & verifications NC and NW
• Forensic inquiries & verifications EC and WC
• Forensic inquiries & verifications Limpopo & MP
• Forensic inquiries & verifications GP, FS and KZN

Internal Audit Service Panel

1.SAB& T 2.PriceWaterhouseCoopers 3.Outsourced Risk (ORCA) 4.OMA Chartered accountants 5.Ngubane & Co 6.KPMG 7.I-Value 8.Grant thornton 9. Big Business Innovations 10.ARMS Audit Pty Ltd 11.Ubuntu Business Advisory Consulting 12. A2A Kopano

CONTRACTS SIGNED BY HEAD OF LEGAL SERVICES

The description of the projects are:

• INVESTIGATION AND REPORTS ON CASES REGISTERED AS POSSIBLE IRREGULAR EXPENDITURE AND THE REVIEW OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESSES - 2016\2017

• INVESTIGATION AND REPORTS ON CASES REGISTERED AS POSSIBLE IRREGULAR EXPENDITURE AND THE REVIEW OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESSES - 2016\2017

• INVESTIGATION AND REPORTS ON CASES REGISTERED AS POSSIBLE IRREGULAR EXPENDITURE AND THE REVIEW OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESSES - 2018\2018

Kutullo Investigation Services ADRS Seshopo Consulting and Information Center ICTS Mmapro IT solution Wondering Soles Best Enough Trading Catalina Investments Bhopelo Tracing Services KVW Legal Solutions

The service providers were appointed on a panel to trace beneficiaries for unclaimed benefits.

CONTRACTS SIGNED BY HEAD OF LEGAL SERVICES

The panels are not appointed with a ceiling price, but linked to approved budget per financial year.

The expenditure/commitment to date on the respective panels in the financial year 2017-2018 is:

	Expenditure/Commitment	Commencement date of panel	Expiry date of panel
Legal Panel-	R 5,090,513.00	30/06/2013	01/07/2018
Forensic Panel	R 4 527 858.64	15-03-2017	14/03/2020
Internal Audit Services Panel	R 717 330.53	01-03-2018	29-02/2021
Tracing of beneficiaries of unclaimed benefits panel	R 4,376,995.00	15/07/2016	14/07/2019

Other consultant appointments

Service description	Company	Value	Effective Date	Expiry date
Appointment of service provider for the rendering of business advisory services	HRB Advisory	4 375 800.00	01/02/2017	31-01-2019

CONTRACT SIGNED BY CEO

Bids are approved by a delegated Committee appointed by the accounting officer. Subsequent to the approvals to award, contracts are signed in terms of the approved delegation or as delegated by the accounting officer.

IRBA

The IRBA hereby declares that we have no consulting firms or companies contracted by the IRBA.

PFA

The Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator does not have consultants contracted to it.

LAND BANK

Number of consulting firms	NAME OF CONSULTANT	SERVICES PROVIDED	START DATE	TIME PERIOD	MONETARY VALUE: Excl. VAT	Name and Position of each individual that signed off (Activity approved by Procurement Committee)	Actual Cost Incurred to date (Excl. VAT)
19	PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)	REM Channel survey annual subscription	20 Jan 2016	Annual Renewal	R 69 400 00	Mpule Dlamini: HR Executive	R 69 400.00
		On Panel of transaction advisory services	03 April 2018	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R 0.00
	Deloitte & Touche	Human Resources and Social and Ethics Committee workshop	30 October 2017	Once of workshop	R 81 700	Mpule Dlamini: HR Executive	R 76 505.00
		On Panel of transaction advisory services	18 September 2017	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R0
	Sizwe Ntsaluba Gobodo	On Panel of transaction advisory services	23 August 2017	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R 0
	Ernst & Young	Review of AFS	30 March 2018	Once off	R 110 000	Bennie van Rooy: CFO	R 110 000
	Independent Actuaries & Consultants	Investment advisory services in respect of the sinking fund	26 January 2018	5 years	R 720 000 (Ex VAT) per Annum subject to CPI increases	Bennie van Rooy: CFO	R 39 120.24
	Alwyne and Partners	Distressed asset transaction advisory services	25 February 2016	30 June 2018	R 1 500 000	Bennie van Rooy: CFO	R 1 125 000.00
	True North Partners	Loan Origination Project	01 September 2017	1 year	R 1 776 138.75	Procurement Committee (Chairperson: Sydney Soundy, Marketing, Strategy and Communications Exec	R 0
	Bosch Capital	On Panel of transaction advisory services	31 July 2017	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R 0
	Cinga Capital	On Panel of transaction advisory services	17 July 2017	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R0
	Grant Thorton	On Panel of transaction advisory services	17 July 2017	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R 0
	Harvest Chartered Accountants inc.	On Panel of transaction advisory services	17 July 2017	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R 0
	Letsema Consulting	On Panel of transaction advisory services	17 July 2017	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R 0
	Maya Innovative t/a Maya Group	On Panel of transaction advisory services	28 August 2017	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R 0
	ORI Professionals	On Panel of transaction advisory services	17 July 2017	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R 0
	SAB&T Chartered Inc.	On Panel of transaction advisory services	17 July 2017	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R 0
	SekelaXabiso CA IN.	On Panel of transaction advisory services	31 July 2017	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R 0
	Sotobe Chartered Accountants	On Panel of transaction advisory services	17 July 2017	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R 1 433 971.93
	Supply Chain Procurement and structuring solutions	On Panel of transaction advisory services	17 July 2017	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R 665 037.00
	Tamela Holdings	On Panel of transaction advisory services	17 July 2017	3 years	N/a	Gary Conway: Corporate Banking Exec Thabiso Mashungane: Corporate Banking General Manager	R 0

FAIS OMBUD

The Office of the Ombud for Financial Service providers currently has a total of three firms or companies that provide professional services on a consultancy basis. The details requested on each contract is provided below.

Consultants	Name of consultant firm/company	Service provided by consultant	Start date	Time period	Rate charge per hour	Name & position of person who signed the contract
Financial consultant	Asante-Sana Consulting (Pty) Ltd	Finance & Accounting Advisory Services	13 March 2018	5 months	R1 750 exclusive of VAT	NN Bam - Ombud
ICT consultant	ABMI	IT Support Service	23 March 2018	6 months	R1 150 and fixed monthly retainer of R25 000	NN Bam - Ombud
Judge Hussain contract	Judge Hussain contract	Professional services	01 April 2017	12 months	R2 500	NN Bam - Ombud

PIC

See the reply: http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW1106PIC.pdf

SAA

Name of consultant	Details of service provided	Start date	Time period	Contract Value	Who signed off contract
Labournet	Employee Relations Services	23/06/2010	3 years renewable contract	800 000	GM HR
STATUCOR	Company Secretarial Services	10/01/2007	3 years renewable contract	300 000	CEO
Lorge Consulting (Pty) Ltd	AccPac Support services	07/10/2006	3 years renewable contract	140 000	CEO
Ndiza Information Solution	Web development services	01/04/2016	2 years	2 200 000	CFO
SekeleXabiso	IT Audit	01-Dec-14	3.5 years	7 439 199	CIO
Hay Group	Renumeration Services	15-Jan-15	5 years	7 255 309	CFO
Accelya (Zero Octa)	Sales Audit Services	01-Dec-07	10.5 years	42 854 999	CFO
ASA Consortium	Asssistance with Audit findings	2018/03/01	7 months	6 800 000	CFO
Deutsche Securities SA (Pty) Ltd	Transaction Advisor Services	2018/04/16	1 year	25 000 000	CFO
National Positions (Pty) Ltd	Search Engine Optimization	01-Aug-17	1 year	1 415 880	CCO
Vogue HR Services	Skills Assessment Service Provider	01-Dec-14	3.5 years	743 434	CFO
Giotto SA	Skills Assessment Service Provider	01-Dec-14	3.5 years	68 400	CFO
Maccauvlei Learning Academy (Pty) Ltd	Skills Assessment Service Provider	01-Dec-14	3.5 years	129 661	CFO
Deloitte Consulting (Pty) Ltd	Skills Assessment Service Provider	01-Dec-14	3.5 years	516 420	CFO
Emergence Growth	Skills Assessment Service Provider	01-Dec-14	3.5 years	88 646	CFO
Lemasa Trading (Pty) Ltd	Skills Assessment Service Provider	01-Dec-14	3.5 years	841 709	CFO
Motalane Kyariya Inc.	Legal Services	2016/01/01	3 years	966 828	Head of Legal Services
Mothle Jooma Sabdia	Legal Services	2016/01/01	3 years	370 263	Head of Legal Services
Manong Attorneys	Legal Services	2016/01/01	3 years	3 422 014	Head of Legal Services
Adams & Adams	Legal Services	2016/01/01	3 years	634 639	Head of Legal Services
ENS	Legal Services	2016/01/01	3 years	34 924 542	Head of Legal Services
Fasken Matineau	Legal Services	2016/01/01	3 years	443 881	Head of Legal Services
Gildenhuys Malatji Attorneys	Legal Services	2016/01/01	3 years	132 211	Head of Legal Services
Cliff Decker	Legal Services	2016/01/01	3 years	3 092 690	Head of Legal Services
BM Kolisi Inc.	Legal Services	2016/01/01	3 years	11 791 143	Head of Legal Services
De Swart Vogel Myambo	Legal Services	2016/01/01	3 years	129 567	Head of Legal Services
TGR Attorneys	Legal Services	2016/01/01	3 years	1 744 101	Head of Legal Services
Montgomery Assiciados	Legal Services	2016/07/01	3 years	5 000 334	Head of Legal Services
Bichara Advogados	Legal Services	2016/07/01	3 years	30 523	Head of Legal Services

SARS

No	Supplier Name	Service Description	Duration (Start & End date)	Contract Value	Approver NBAC Tier 1, NBAC Tier 2, Procurement, NT
1	Adams & Adams Attorneys	RFP 06/2016 Panel of Legal Advisors / Attorneys Service Description	01/05/ 2017 to 31/03/2021	R 622 279 000	Tier 2
2	Adendorff Attorneys
3	Bhayat Attorneys Incorporated
4	Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc.
5	Dyason Attorneys
6	DM5 Incorporated
7	Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs
8	EG Cooper Majiedt Incorporated
9	Fluxmans Incorporated
10	Garlicke & Bousfield Incorporated
11	Gildenhuys Malatji Attorneys
12	Hajra Patel Incorporated
13	Hogan Lovells
14	Joubert Galpin Searle
15	Karsans Incorporated
16	Klagsbrun Edelstein Bosman de Vries Incorporated
17	Ledwaba Mazwai Attorneys
18	Linda & Mazibuko & Associates

No	Supplier Name	Service Description	Duration (Start & End date)	Contract Value	Approver NBAC Tier 1, NBAC Tier 2, Procurement, NT
38	Salijee Du Plessis and van der Merwe Incorporated t/a SDV Incorporated Commercial & Employment	RFP 06/2016 Panel of Legal Advisors / Attorneys Service Description	01/05/2017 to 31/03/2021	R 622 279 000	Tier 2
39	Stegmanns Incorporated
40	TKN Incorporated
41	Van Hulsteyns Attorneys
42	VDT Attorneys Incorporate
43	Verveen Attorneys
44	Vezi & de Beer Incorporated
45	VZLR Attorneys
46	CSS Credit Solution Services (Pty) Ltd	RFP 29/2017 Panel of Debt Collection Outsourced (Phase 2)	01/03/2018 to 28/02/2019	R 67 500 000	Tier 2
47	ITC Business Administrators (Pty ) Ltd
48	Medaco Revenue Solutions (Pty) Ltd
49	NEW Integrated Credit Solutions (Pty) Ltd
50	Norman Bisset & Associates Group (Pty) Ltd
51	Revenue Consulting (Pty) Ltd
52	Transaction Capital Recoveries (Pty) Ltd
53	Van De Venter Mojapelo (Pty) Ltd
54	Open Text South Africa Pty Ltd	Opentext Professional Services	01/12/2017 to 30/11/2018	R480 624.00	Procurement
55	Professional Evaluation & Research CC	Media monitoring & Analysis	01/02/2018 to 31/03/2020	R 1 600 000.00	Tier 1

No	Supplier Name	Service Description	Duration (Start & End date)	Contract Value	Approver NBAC Tier 1, NBAC Tier 2, Procurement, NT
56	Workforce Healthcare Pty Ltd	Employee Assistance Programme	01/05/2017 to 30/04/2021	R 7 853 461.04	Tier 1
57	ICAS Southern Africa Pty Ltd	Executive Wellness Programme	01/05/2017 to 30/04/2021	R 2 131 412.40	Tier 1
58	Havas Worldwide Johannesburg	Panel of Service Providers for marketing, advertising and related services	01/08/2016 to 31/07/2019	R 36 147 186.00	Tier 2
59	The Jupiter Drawing Room Pty Ltd
60	FCB Africa Pty Ltd
61	MC Saatchi Abel Pty Ltd
62	Ogilvy and Mather South Africa
63	Blue Moon Corporate Communications
64	Event Alchemy Pty Ltd
65	The Communications Firm
66	Ovation Destination Management Co. t/a MCI South Africa
67	Intengu Communications CC
68	Ground Control Connect Pty Ltd
69	Genex Insights Pty Ltd
70	Freshly Ground Insight Africa
71	Grounded Media
72	Harwood Kirsten Leigh McCoy
73	Professor G J Swart	Legislative Research and Development	27/05/2016 to 31/05/2018	R 4 500 000.00	Tier 1
74	SENSEPOST	Security testing for trust and CIT	1 Year	R 499 976.00	Procurement

SASRIA

The below link table (Table 1) outlines Sasria’s consulting fee spend as at 31 March 2018 (unaudited).

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW1106SASRIA.pdf

TAX OMBUD

The Office of the Tax Ombud is not contracted to any consulting firm or company.

Reply:

(1) Honourable Member, I have been informed that all SMS Members in my Department did declare their financial interest for the past year.

(2) Falls away.

(3) I have been informed that one employee in my department has been placed on precautionary suspension pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations levelled against the employee. The suspension took effect on 20 June 2018.

(4) Honourable Member, the precautionary suspension only took effect on 20 June 2018 and I would therefore appeal that my department be given time to deal with this matter without placing it in the public domain thereby infringing upon the rights of the employee concerned.

 

Reply:

NATIONAL TREASURY

1. (a) (i) (ii); (b) (i) (ii) The National Treasury does not own any land.
2. (a) (b) (i) (ii) (aa) (bb) Not applicable

ASB

The Accounting Standards Board does not own any land anywhere.

CBDA

The Co-operative Banks Development Agency does not own land.

DBSA

1. (a( (b) None
2. (a) (b) None

FIC

1. (a) (i) none (ii) none (b) not applicable (ii) not applicable
2. (a) none (b) (i) not applicable (ii) (aa) not applicable (bb) not applicable.

FSCA

1. The Financial Sector Conduct Authority does not own any land.
2. Not applicable.

GEPF

The GEPF owns property and land for investment purposes. Any vacancies in its property portfolio are in the ordinary course of business and may change from time to time. The GEPF invests in vacant land for development purposes. The table below indicates a summary of GEPF’s investments in Property as at 31 March 2017:

GPAA

The Government Pensions Administration Agency does not own any land.

IRBA

The IRBA does not own any land.

LAND BANK

The list below represent the properties bought in by the Bank due to clients defaulting on their loan payments. The intention of the Bank is to sell these properties to recover the outstanding payments on the defaulted loans. In view of the current volatile market conditions and low property valuations, the properties in possession will only be disposed of as and when conditions render it economically viable. The Bank exclusively hold these properties with a view to dispose of them.

	Property address (i)	Property size (ii)	Property use (iii)	Book value as at 31 March 2017 (R)	March 2018 valuation (R)
BP1938 Pietermaritzburg	Ptn 1 of the farm Klipfontein 31 & Ptn 1 of the farm Weltevreden 182 HT; KwaZulu-Natal Province	1103.5 ha	Veld grazing land only	2 800 000	6 100 000
BP2102 East London	Erven 3946, 3947 & 3949 Dimbaza, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (East London)	32,562 m2	Vacant tract of industrial land	100	72 000
BP2107 North West	Ptn 93 & Ptn 99 of the farm De Rust 478 JQ & Ptn 17,30 & Rem Ptn 189 of the farm Broederstroom 481 JQ; North West Province	108.5 ha	The farm is currently utilized as a poultry abattoir and broiler chicken farm. There are no other farming activities.	41 400 000	45 100 000	Sold to Department of Rural department land reform
BP2110 KZN (Valley)	Rem of the Valley Farm 16786 Efunyeni Reserve Empangeni GU; KwaZulu-Natal Province	235.2 ha	The farm is currently not being utilised with the exception of some nomadic cattle grazing.	1 650 000	1 600 000
BP 2112 Pretoria	Ptn 16 of the farm Onspoed 500 JR; Gauteng Province	21.4 ha	The farm is currently abandoned and not used for any agricultural use. The property is considered to be suitable for grazing.	500 000	500 000
BP2114 Saltpeterkranz	Ptn 18 of the farm Salpeterkranz 351 IR; Mpumalanga Province.	173.8 ha	The farm is currently used by the previous workers for residential purposes and a small portion of cropland with maize at the date of the inspection.	1 121 000	3 060 000
BP2115 Limpopo (Portion 1 of Speculatie 139)	Portion 1 (RE) of farm Speculatie 139 LQ. Lephalale Local Municipality; Limpopo Province	257.8 ha	Unused irrigated farm - tobacco and ground nuts.	2 005 000	4 100 000	Sold
BP2116 Free State	Remainder of the Farm Mond Doornrivier 38 District Theunissen, Portion 10 of the Farm Annex Glen Ross 562 District Bloem. Remainder of the Fram Dankbaarheid 16 District Theunissen, Portion 5 of the Farm Annex Glen Ross 562 District Theunissen ; Free State Province.	787.5 ha	Farm land and properties. Remainder of the farm Mond van Doornrivier and Portion 10 of the farm Annex Glen Roos has been leased for private use. The monthly rental is R102 147.43.	464 114	12 280 000
BP 2117	Portion 5 remaining extent of Bultfontein and Portion 64 remaining extent of Bultfontein Province of Gauteng	30.1361 29.3335	Vacant	3 870 000.00	5 950 000
Total				49 940 214

FAIS OMBUD

The FAIS Ombud does not own any land.

PFA

The Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator does not own any land.

PIC

The Public Investment Corporation, as an operating entity, does not own any land.

SAA

1. Total immovable property owned by SAA group in South Africa is:

• Land size= 1 568 038m²
• Improvements/Building area = 373 769m²).

See link table below for the SAA Property portfolio:

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW1715SAA.pdf

2. There is currently no land owned by SAA, being leased for private use.

SARS

1. SARS does not own any vacant land and owns the following two commercial buildings and seven residential houses only in Gauteng and Free State provinces:

Commercial Buildings

A) Stand 419 Nieuw Muckleneuk, Brooklyn, Pretoria in Gauteng. The land area measures 25,498m². It is used for administrative purposes as SARS Head Office.

B) Consolidated Stand 1087, New Redruth Extension 6, Alberton in Gauteng. The land area measures 56,105m². It is used as Administrative Office Blocks.

Residential Houses

a) Stand 799 Ficksburg Extension 20, Free State. The land area measures 1,291m². It is used as residential accommodation (measuring 107m² excluding the outbuildings) for Customs personnel based at Ficksburg land port of entry.

b) Stand 802 Ficksburg Extension 20, Free State. The land area measures 1,122m². It is used as residential accommodation (measuring 107m² excluding the outbuildings) for Customs personnel based at Ficksburg land port of entry.

c) Stand 807 Ficksburg Extension 20, Free State. The land area measures 1,041m². It is used as residential accommodation (measuring 107m² excluding the outbuildings) for Customs personnel based at Ficksburg land port of entry.

d) Stand 842 Ficksburg Extension 20, Free State. The land area measures 1,070m². It is used as residential accommodation (measuring 107m² excluding the outbuildings) for Customs personnel based at Ficksburg land port of entry.

e) Stand 258 Fouriesburg Extension 4, Free State. The land area measures 661m². It is used as residential accommodation (measuring 44m²) for Customs personnel based at Caledonspoort land port of entry.

f) Stand 733 Fouriesburg Extension 4, Free State. The land area measures 851m². It is used as residential accommodation (measuring 125m²) for Customs personnel based at Caledonspoort land port of entry.

g) Stand 748 Fouriesburg Extension 4, Free State. The land area measures 957m². It is used as residential accommodation (measuring 125m²) for Customs personnel based at Caledonspoort land port of entry.

(2) There is no land leased out by SARS for private use.

SASRIA

1. Sasria does not own any land, and such there is (i) neither vacant (ii) nor unused land.

2. Sasria has not leased out any land owned by National Treasury.

TAX OMBUD

1. The Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO) does not own any land.
2. The OTO does not own any land.

 

Reply:

(a) The table below shows the comparison between the Waste Bureau and Redisa in term of waste tyres processed on an annualised basis. It shows that if exports are excluded, then the Waste Bureau performs better than Redisa.

	Oct17-Mar18 Annualised	Dec16-Jul17 Annualised
	Recycled (Tons)
Category	Waste Bureau	Redisa
Re-use	3 277	78
Crumbing	7 945	4 482
Pyrolysis	3 616	6 357
TDF	21 772	14 426
Sub-Total (excl Exports)	36 610	25 343
Exports	0	12 473
Total incl Exports	36 610	37 816
Estimated waste tyres arising	170 226
Recycling as % waste tyres arising (excl exports)	21,5%	14,9%
Recycling as % waste tyres arising (incl exports)	22,5%	22,2%

(b) As shown in (a) above, the recycling rate as % of waste tyres arising is 21.5%. The recycling rate is 22% for both the Waste Bureau and Redisa if exports are included.

(c) The stockpiles created by Redisa as well as waste tyres collected from collection points are sorted and pre-processed at depots prior to being delivered to processors and/or secondary industries. The Waste Bureau is gradually increasing its OTR pre-processing capability by incrementally procuring pre-processing equipment as well exploring markets for the pre-processed OTR material. These efforts will then enable the Bureau to address the post levy stockpiles. Stockpiles which do not fall within the category above (Historical waste tyre stockpiles), are dealt with in terms of Regulations 7, 8 and 9 of the Waste Tyre Regulations of 2017. Owners of Historical waste tyre stockpiles are expected to register with the Minister as well as submit abatement plans to the Minister for approval.

(d) 874 tons of OTR were recycled during the period from Oct 2017 to March 2018.

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Reply:

No, the Minister has not received the outstanding information. The Honourable Member is requested to kindly submit the request directly to the provinces because this detail of information is not collected in the Department.

Reply:

A) Drop-out rate in each province; and

B) The method of calculation in the Department of Basic Education

Currently, the best source of data available for estimating drop-out rates is STATS SA’s General Household Survey (GHS). The most recent data is from 2016. The table below shows the drop-out rates and survival rates for 2 different age cohorts, those born during 1987-1989 (and surveyed between 2011-2013) and those born during 1990-1992 (and surveyed between 2014-2016). These two cohorts provide a justifiable comparison across time, because the individuals would have been the same age when surveyed (between 22 and 26 years old). The specific cohorts were chosen, because individuals aged 22 – 26 years old would have been old enough to have completed school at the time when the GHS data was collected, and we will therefore be able to gauge what percentage of them finished their schooling at which grades. The survival rates in the table show the percentage of individuals who reached each grade. The rate was then converted to show the number of individuals, out of a 1000 individuals who reached each grade. It was then also possible to calculate the percentage of all individuals reaching particular grades who then drop out before attaining the next grade.

Note that the data of several years have been combined for this analysis in order to ensure that there are sufficient sample sizes in each of the cells. It is also important to note that whilst this method provides the most reliable estimates of drop-out rates by grade, it does not reflect the drop-out that happened in a particular year – the data may have been collected from 22-26 year-olds between 2014-2016, but those youths may have dropped out of school in an earlier year.

Interpretation focusing on 2014-2016:

An estimated 0.7% of 22-26 year-olds in 2014-2016 reported to have not even completed Grade 1, whereas 51.5% of this cohort attained Grade 12. It was also calculated that 26% of those with Grade 11 (NB: not of all youths) dropped-out before attaining Grade 12. Similarly, the drop-out rates for grade 7, 8 and 9 were 3.1%, 4.6% and 9.5% respectively.

Drop-out rates for each grade are also reported by province using the same methodology in the tables below, for both the 2011-2013 combined period and the 2014-2016 combined period. It is worth noting that in general the survival rates improved in the more recent period.

Survival rates and drop-out rates, associated with each grade

	2011-2013	2014-2016
	Survival Rate	Survival per 1000	Percentage dropping out with this Grade attained	Survival Rate	Survival per 1000	Percentage dropping out with this Grade attained
Total cohort	100%			100%
No schooling		1000	0.7%		1000	0.7%
Grade 1	99.3%	993	0.4%	99.3%	993	0.1%
Grade 2	98.9%	989	0.5%	99.1%	991	0.2%
Grade 3	98.4%	984	0.4%	98.9%	989	0.5%
Grade 4	98.0%	980	0.7%	98.4%	984	0.5%
Grade 5	97.3%	973	1.0%	97.9%	979	0.8%
Grade 6	96.3%	963	1.5%	97.1%	971	1.5%
Grade 7	94.9%	949	3.1%	95.7%	957	3.1%
Grade 8	92.0%	920	5.2%	92.7%	927	4.6%
Grade 9	87.2%	872	9.0%	88.5%	885	9.5%
Grade 10	79.4%	794	17.1%	80.0%	800	15.5%
Grade 11	65.8%	658	26.0%	67.6%	676	23.8%
Grade 12	48.6%	486		51.5%	515

Data Source: General Household Survey, DBE own calculation

Drop-out rates, associated with each grade by province 2014-2016

Grade	No schooling	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11
Western Cape	1.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.8%	3.1%	4.7%	9.9%	16.9%	22.3%
Eastern Cape	0.9%	0.2%	0.4%	1.3%	1.1%	1.9%	3.0%	5.0%	6.9%	13.7%	23.8%	35.0%
Northern Cape	1.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.5%	1.1%	2.3%	4.0%	8.8%	14.0%	19.3%	23.0%
Free State	0.9%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.4%	0.8%	1.8%	3.4%	5.2%	12.5%	17.1%	21.5%
KwaZulu-Natal	0.7%	0.3%	0.4%	0.5%	0.6%	0.8%	0.8%	2.5%	4.1%	7.8%	13.3%	25.3%
North West	1.4%	0.2%	0.5%	0.3%	0.7%	0.9%	2.1%	2.5%	6.3%	14.5%	20.2%	22.6%
Gauteng	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.8%	2.0%	2.6%	5.0%	10.4%	17.6%
Mpumalanga	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.5%	1.5%	1.6%	3.7%	2.9%	8.1%	16.6%	28.7%
Limpopo	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%	0.7%	0.6%	0.8%	2.5%	4.3%	7.3%	15.6%	19.3%	28.4%

Data Source: General Household Survey, DBE own calculation

Note: data for 2014-2016 pooled together to overcome small sample errors

Interpretation: This means that 28.4% of 22-26 year-olds in Limpopo who completed Grade 11 dropped-out before attaining Grade 12.

Drop-out rates, associated with each grade by province 2011-2013

Grade	No schooling	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 9	Grade 10	Grade 11
Western Cape	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.5%	0.8%	2.7%	5.5%	11.1%	21.1%	23.1%
Eastern Cape	0.7%	0.4%	0.8%	1.3%	1.2%	2.3%	3.6%	5.2%	10.0%	13.3%	23.5%	40.6%
Northern Cape	1.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.6%	1.9%	0.8%	1.4%	4.6%	10.3%	14.1%	20.7%	19.4%
Free State	0.3%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	1.0%	0.4%	1.9%	2.8%	4.9%	12.7%	19.1%	20.3%
KwaZulu-Natal	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	1.1%	2.4%	4.0%	7.5%	15.2%	23.2%
North West	1.8%	0.7%	0.4%	0.5%	0.8%	1.9%	2.3%	5.4%	6.1%	10.1%	19.2%	27.3%
Gauteng	0.6%	0.3%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%	0.4%	0.8%	1.7%	2.8%	4.8%	12.0%	22.2%
Mpumalanga	1.2%	0.1%	0.6%	0.2%	0.9%	1.2%	1.4%	2.9%	6.5%	8.9%	16.3%	29.4%
Limpopo	1.1%	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	1.3%	1.3%	4.3%	5.2%	12.6%	22.5%	33.4%

Data Source: General Household Survey, DBE own calculation

Note: data for 2011-2013 pooled together to overcome small sample errors

Reasons for not attending an educational institution

For children who are not attending school, the GHS asks: “What is the main reason why [this child] is not attending any educational institution?” Responses to this question must be interpreted in the light of research showing that the main predictor of dropping out is poor quality early education. The self-reported reasons for not attending school may act as a trigger for dropping out, but those same factors may not trigger drop out for children who are progressing well in terms of learning levels, especially if they are in a good quality school. Furthermore, it should be noted that this question was only asked of learners who stated that they are not currently attending any educational institution, and the severity of each reason should be interpreted as such. The figure below shows the number and percentage of children aged 7 to 15 years old who reported not attending any education institution. In 2016, 1.1% (roughly 104 000 learners) of all 7 to 15 year olds were reported to not be attending any education institution.

The table below shows that disability is the main reported reason on why children aged 7 to 15 years old are not attending any educational institution. The 28% statistic should be interpreted as 28% of the children not attending any educational institution (which is 1.1% of all 7 to 15 year olds) responded that disability was the main reason. However, as reported in the 2016 GHS: Focus on Schooling report, around 90% of learners with disabilities are currently attending an educational institution. Encouragingly, no respondents in this age group stated that marriage or lack of transport are reasons for not attending any education institution. For the 15% of 16 to 18 year olds not attending educational institutions, the main reasons were because of a lack of money for fees and that they completed their education or are satisfied with their level of education.

7 to 15 year old children who are out of school, 2002 – 2016

Reasons for non-attendance of educational institutions among, 2016

Reason	% of the roughly 104,000 learners aged 7 to 15 who are not in school	% of the roughly 466,000 learners aged 16 to 18 who are not in school
No money for fees	6.8%	21.4%
Other	15.9%	14.8%
Has completed education/satisfied with my level of education/do not want to study	5.9%	13%
Education is useless or not interesting	6.5%	8.3%
Failed exams	2.8%	7.7%
Family commitment (e.g. child minding)	2.5%	7.4%
He or she is working at home or business/job	1%	7.3%
Unable to perform at school	6.3%	6.5%
Pregnancy	2.2%	3.3%
Not accepted for enrolment	8.6%	3%
Disability	28%	2.2%
Illness	7.1%	2%
Too old/young	3.7%	1.2%
Do not have time/too busy	1.1%	0.7%
Got married	0%	0.5%
Violence at school	1.2%	0.4%
Difficulties to get to school (transport)	0%	0.4%
School/education institution is too far	0.4%	0.1%
Total	100%	100%

Data Source: General Household Survey, DBE own calculation

C) Main reasons for learner dropping out as identified by the Department of Basic Education

Main reasons for learner drop-out include:

• The socio-economic situation of communities such as poverty and unemployment
• Inaccessibility of services such as health services
• Teenage pregnancy
• High prevalence of gender based violence and other related developmental problems (most notably HIV infections and reproductive health).
• Institutional barriers (lack of gender budgeting, gender‐biased curriculum and pedagogy, and lack of integration in service delivery);
• Socio‐cultural barriers (poor parenting, cultural factors such as initiation schools, virginity testing & ukuthwala)
• Gendered burden of care in families and communities where girl children are expected to take care of sickly parents and younger siblings.

D) Interventions and actions taken in an attempt to reduce dropout rates in schools

• Learners who drop out of school are categorised as vulnerable learners and are targeted for support through the Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) Programme. Schools ensure that vulnerable learners receive the various pro-poor programmes implemented in schools such as fee exemption, scholar transport, school meals through the National School Nutrition Programme, and school health services through the Integrated School Health Programme.
  • The National School Nutrition Programme provides a meal to more than 9m learners every school day to address issues of hunger and food insecurity that might prevent learners from coming to and staying in school.
  • The Integrated School Health Programme provides health services to more than 1m learners per year, to ensure that learners are not prevented from coming to or staying in school due to health reasons.
  • Considering the shortage of psychosocial professionals in education, the Department of Basic Education together with Provinces are increasingly orientating educators on various psychosocial skills to enable them to support vulnerable learners, especially around trauma support to ensure that learners are not prevented from coming to or staying in school due to emotional distress.
• In addition, relevant Departments such as the Departments of Social Development, Health, Home Affairs, SASSA, non-governmental organisations and the private sector are coordinated through the CSTL framework to render the necessary support to vulnerable learners, either through integrated service delivery days coordinated by the Department of Basic Education or individual referral of learners for services by schools.
• Advocacy programmes to empower learners at risk so that they do not feel unsupported and resort to dropping out. These advocacy programmes include:
  • Speak Out Against Abuse
  • Prevent Violence and Bullying in Schools
  • GEMBEM/ Youth Leadership programme

Reply:

(1). The mandate of the Waste Management Bureau is outlined in the National Environmental Management Waste Amendment Act, Act 26 of 2014 (NEMWAA). Part 7A, Section 34A of NEMWAA refers to the establishment of the Waste Management Bureau.

Section 34D relates to the objects of the Waste Management Bureau as listed below.

“34D. The objects of the Bureau are to—

(a) function as a specialist implementing agent within the Department in respect of matters delegated to the Bureau in terms of this Act;

(b) promote and facilitate minimisation, re-use, recycling and recovery of waste;

(c) manage the disbursement of incentives and funds derived from waste management charges contemplated in sections 13B and 34D for the minimisation, reuse, recycling, recovery, transport, storage, treatment and disposal of waste and the implementation of industry waste management plans;

(d) monitor implementation of industry waste management plans and the impact of incentives and disincentives;

(e) progressively build capacity within the Bureau to provide specialist support for the development and implementation of municipal waste management plans and capacity building programmes; and

(f) support and advise on the development of waste management plans, tools, instruments, processes, systems, norms, standards and municipal waste management plans and capacity building programmes.”

Section 34E relates to the functions of the Waste Management Bureau and is listed below.

“34E. (1) The Bureau must—

(a) implement the disbursement of incentives and funds derived from waste management charges contemplated in sections 13B and 34D;

(b) identify and promote best practices in the minimisation, re-use, recycling or recovery of waste;

(c) progressively build capacity of the Bureau to support municipalities in the development and implementation of integrated waste management plans and capacity building programmes;

(d) support and advise on the development of industry waste management plans, integrated waste management plans and other tools, instruments, processes and systems, including specialist support for the development of norms or standards for the minimisation, re-use, recycling or recovery of waste and the building of municipal waste management capacity;

(e) monitor the implementation of industry waste management plans;

(f) monitor and evaluate the impact of incentives and disincentives; and

(g) perform any other task or function that the Minister may assign or delegate to the Bureau in relation to the implementation of this Act.

(2) The Bureau may—

(a) invest any of its money, after having complied with section 34F(2); and

(b) charge fees for services rendered, other than services rendered in terms of section 13A or to the Minister or the Department.”

(2) The Bureau will manage operations of the tyre industry until there is a new industry waste tyre management plan approved by the Minister. The Bureau will also be monitoring implementation of various other industry plans that the Minister will be approving in due course. The Minister has already called for three industry plans to be implemented in the short to medium term once approved. There will be many other plans that the Minister may approve in future and the Bureau will monitor implementation of all these plans.

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Reply:

The information below relates to adult learners that wrote the Senior Certificate and National Senior Certificate examination at Adult Education and Training Centres.

(a) (i) Senior Certificate

	2015	2016	2017
Number of subjects	33	33	35

(a) (ii) National Senior Certificate

	2015	2016	2017
Number of subjects	41	44	43

(b) (i) Senior Certificate

Subject	2015 Wrote	2016 Wrote	2017 Wrote
ACCOUNTING	821	653	2 893
AFRIKAANS FIRST ADD. LANGUAGE	231	203	1 218
AFRIKAANS HOME LANGUAGE	28	35	242
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES	632	637	2 480
BUSINESS STUDIES	2 083	1 839	8 799
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY	27	25	34
ECONOMICS	1 305	1 087	6 142
ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	2 966	2 613	11 941
ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE	302	284	1 954
GEOGRAPHY	1 475	1 246	6 351
HISTORY	860	797	4 005
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY	3	4	0
ISINDEBELE FIRST ADD. LANGUAGE	0	0	1
ISINDEBELE HOME LANGUAGE	1	0	15
ISIXHOSA FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	4	10	8
ISIXHOSA HOME LANGUAGE	134	179	563
ISIZULU FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	42	42	233
ISIZULU HOME LANGUAGE	815	621	2 086
LIFE SCIENCES	2 327	2 215	9 762
MATHEMATICAL LITERACY	1 411	1 663	9 194
MATHEMATICS	1 411	1 169	4 720
PHYSICAL SCIENCES	892	712	3 184
RELIGION STUDIES	399	419	3 363
SEPEDI FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	1	7	18
SEPEDI HOME LANGUAGE	159	135	988
SESOTHO FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	0	4	15
SESOTHO HOME LANGUAGE	131	103	599
SETSWANA FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	2	8	32
SETSWANA HOME LANGUAGE	80	53	818
SISWATI FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	2	0	2
SISWATI HOME LANGUAGE	5	5	51
TSHIVENDA FIRST ADD. LANGUAGE	0	0	3
TSHIVENDA HOME LANGUAGE	20	9	147
XITSONGA FIRST ADD. LANGUAGE	0	0	6
XITSONGA HOME LANGUAGE	35	17	258

(b) (i) National Senior Certificate

Subject	2015 Wrote	2016 Wrote	2017 Wrote
Accounting	2 418	2 908	2 895
Afrikaans First Additional Language	373	482	511
Afrikaans Home Language	7	8	19
Afrikaans Second Additional Language	8	4	7
Agricultural Management Practices	1	0	0
Agricultural Sciences	592	755	1 098
Agricultural Technology	1	0	1
Business Studies	2 693	3 460	4 028
Civil Technology	3	9	4
Computer Applications Technology	55	68	51
Consumer Studies	21	37	35
Design	0
Dramatic Arts		3	0
Economics	2 997	3 670	4 242
Electrical Technology	9	5	13
Engineering Graphics and Design	34	50	43
English First Additional Language	3 238	4 060	3 957
English Home Language	1 062	1 520	1 715
English Second Additional Language	0	0
French Second Additional Language		1	17
Geography	3 100	4 159	5 232
History	843	1 167	1 274
Hospitality Studies		2	2
Information Technology	4	4	1
IsiXhosa First Additional Language		0	1
IsiXhosa Home Language	8	6	26
IsiZulu First Additional Language	10	19	22
IsiZulu Home Language	48	53	64
Life Orientation	31	55	75
Life Sciences	5 489	6 966	9 034
Mathematical Literacy	3 475	5 508	6 785
Mathematics	7 305	9 022	10 674
Mechanical Technology	11	23	19
Music			0
Physical Sciences	6 212	7 553	8 770
Religion Studies	1	2	4
Sepedi First Additional Language		2
Sepedi Home Language	42	24	34
Sesotho First Additional Language	0
Sesotho Home Language	10	12	23
Setswana First Additional Language	0	0	1
Setswana Home Language	20	24	10
SiSwati First Additional Language		1
SiSwati Home Language	0		1
Tourism	168	234	300
Tshivenda First Additional Language	0
Tshivenda Home Language	0	2	0
Visual Arts		0	2
Xitsonga Home Language	26	21	11

(b) (ii) (aa) Senior Certificate

Subject	2015 Achieved 40 - 100 %	2016 Achieved 40 - 100 %	2017 Achieved 40 - 100 %
ACCOUNTING	15	9	92
AFRIKAANS FIRST ADD. LANGUAGE	58	39	316
AFRIKAANS HOME LANGUAGE	4	13	62
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES	9	22	137
BUSINESS STUDIES	69	70	342
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY	1	1	1
ECONOMICS	39	29	455
ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	417	312	3887
ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE	137	65	503
GEOGRAPHY	66	57	460
HISTORY	97	117	442
ISINDEBELE FIRST ADD. LANGUAGE		0	1
ISINDEBELE HOME LANGUAGE	0		12
ISIXHOSA FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	2	8	4
ISIXHOSA HOME LANGUAGE	118	147	488
ISIZULU FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	40	35	191
ISIZULU HOME LANGUAGE	252	280	795
LIFE SCIENCES	62	60	438
MATHEMATICAL LITERACY	66	101	920
MATHEMATICS	17	16	239
PHYSICAL SCIENCES	7	11	162
RELIGION STUDIES	135	172	1270
SEPEDI FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	0	0	7
SEPEDI HOME LANGUAGE	38	41	497
SESOTHO FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	0	4	9
SESOTHO HOME LANGUAGE	95	79	465
SETSWANA FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	0	6	26
SETSWANA HOME LANGUAGE	35	28	387
SISWATI FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	2		2
SISWATI HOME LANGUAGE	5	2	41
TSHIVENDA FIRST ADD. LANGUAGE		0	2
TSHIVENDA HOME LANGUAGE	10	4	97
XITSONGA FIRST ADD. LANGUAGE	0	0	3
XITSONGA HOME LANGUAGE	14	10	98

(b) (ii) (aa) National Senior Certificate

Subject	2015 Achieved 40 - 100 %	2016 Achieved 40 - 100 %	2017 Achieved 40 - 100 %
Accounting	318	414	302
Afrikaans First Additional Language	51	57	58
Afrikaans Home Language	5	6	3
Afrikaans Second Additional Language	4	1	0
Agricultural Management Practices	0	0	0
Agricultural Sciences	73	113	110
Agricultural Technology	0	0	0
Business Studies	459	624	381
Civil Technology	2	4	1
Computer Applications Technology	19	16	16
Consumer Studies	9	16	11
Dramatic Arts		2	0
Economics	449	431	448
Electrical Technology	1	1	5
Engineering Graphics and Design	5	11	8
English First Additional Language	2 487	3 001	2 736
English Home Language	686	999	1 063
French Second Additional Language		1	12
Geography	627	723	815
History	239	306	230
Hospitality Studies		1	1
Information Technology	1	2	0
IsiXhosa First Additional Language		0	1
IsiXhosa Home Language	6	6	26
IsiZulu First Additional Language	10	17	21
IsiZulu Home Language	43	37	50
Life Orientation	24	41	68
Life Sciences	1 330	1 468	2 115
Mathematical Literacy	871	1 283	1 048
Mathematics	1 178	1 496	1 614
Mechanical Technology	4	1	4
Physical Sciences	945	1 312	1 202
Religion Studies	0	2	1
Sepedi First Additional Language		1
Sepedi Home Language	36	17	26
Sesotho First Additional Language	0
Sesotho Home Language	10	11	19
Setswana First Additional Language	0	0	1
Setswana Home Language	15	22	6
SiSwati First Additional Language		1
SiSwati Home Language	0		1
Tourism	79	155	190
Tshivenda Home Language	0	2	0
Xitsonga Home Language	18	20	7

(b) (ii) (bb) Senior Certificate

Subject	2015 Achieved 30 - 39.9 %	2016 Achieved 30 - 39.9 %	2017 Achieved 30 - 39.9 %
ACCOUNTING	20	16	128
AFRIKAANS FIRST ADD. LANGUAGE	24	38	157
AFRIKAANS HOME LANGUAGE	3	5	96
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES	33	49	293
BUSINESS STUDIES	129	115	722
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY	1	3	0
ECONOMICS	60	72	735
ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	996	761	4 325
ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE	81	90	755
GEOGRAPHY	123	117	791
HISTORY	85	147	791
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY	0	0	0
ISINDEBELE FIRST ADD. LANGUAGE	0	0	0
ISINDEBELE HOME LANGUAGE	0	0	3
ISIXHOSA FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	2	0	1
ISIXHOSA HOME LANGUAGE	15	23	61
ISIZULU FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	0	2	16
ISIZULU HOME LANGUAGE	327	192	809
LIFE SCIENCES	91	101	839
MATHEMATICAL LITERACY	149	127	1 551
MATHEMATICS	25	25	309
PHYSICAL SCIENCES	15	24	254
RELIGION STUDIES	81	85	848
SEPEDI FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	0	4	6
SEPEDI HOME LANGUAGE	67	54	323
SESOTHO FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	0	0	1
SESOTHO HOME LANGUAGE	25	18	82
SETSWANA FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	2	2	6
SETSWANA HOME LANGUAGE	33	24	321
SISWATI FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE	0	0	0
SISWATI HOME LANGUAGE	0	1	7
TSHIVENDA FIRST ADD. LANGUAGE	0	0	0
TSHIVENDA HOME LANGUAGE	8	5	33
XITSONGA FIRST ADD. LANGUAGE	0	0	0
XITSONGA HOME LANGUAGE	9	1	108

(b) (ii) (bb)National Senior Certificate

Subject	2015 Achieved 30 - 39.9 %	2016 Achieved 30 - 39.9 %	2017 Achieved 30 - 39.9 %
Accounting	435	674	489
Afrikaans First Additional Language	87	134	148
Afrikaans Home Language	2	2	12
Afrikaans Second Additional Language	4	3	6
Agricultural Management Practices	1	0	0
Agricultural Sciences	175	262	274
Agricultural Technology	0	0	0
Business Studies	750	929	775
Civil Technology	0	2	2
Computer Applications Technology	15	21	10
Consumer Studies	6	13	14
Dramatic Arts	0	1	0
Economics	696	864	1 039
Electrical Technology	5	2	4
Engineering Graphics and Design	13	12	12
English First Additional Language	675	927	1 035
English Home Language	359	485	608
French Second Additional Language	0	0	4
Geography	936	1 254	1 460
History	249	413	335
Hospitality Studies	0	1	0
Information Technology	1	1	0
IsiXhosa Home Language	1	0	0
IsiZulu First Additional Language	0	2	1
IsiZulu Home Language	4	12	10
Life Orientation	3	12	7
Life Sciences	1 724	2 036	2 329
Mathematical Literacy	1 062	1 555	1 838
Mathematics	1 304	1 715	1 836
Mechanical Technology	4	5	8
Music	0	0	0
Physical Sciences	1 208	1 613	1 675
Religion Studies	1	0	2
Sepedi Home Language	6	7	7
Sesotho Home Language	0	0	3
Setswana Home Language	5	2	3
Tourism	69	58	82
Xitsonga Home Language	6	1	4

Reply:

a) There is no policy that has been put in place to preclude members of the History Ministerial Task Team who contributed to the decision to make history a compulsory subject for high school learners from benefiting financially in any way from the production of textbooks and any other relevant teaching material for the subject.

There is no decision that has been taken by the Minister of Basic Education or any other person regarding the teaching of compulsory History in Grades 10-12. The MTT only recommended that there is a possibility of teaching compulsory History in the FET band provided that there is proper planning by DBE as well as considering issues such as the financial implications, teacher provisioning and training. The DBE is planning to make wider public consultations regarding the recommendations by the MTT before such a decision can be taken.

However there is a policy outlining the Terms of Reference for any publisher to submit material for evaluation and catalogue of core textbooks in the Department of Basic Education. The DBE requests publishers to submit material for evaluation purposes and these materials have to cover the entire curriculum for the whole year, as outlined in the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) of a specific subject.

DBE publishes an Invitation and Terms of Reference (TOR) which outlines the process for submissions. This TOR also informs tenderers of subjects and grades for which submissions are invited and dates as well as other important issues that publishers must comply with, in order for their submissions to be considered.

The DBE is responsible for the development of the national catalogue which is forwarded to provinces, districts and schools. The provinces are responsible for procurement and delivery of books to schools.

Notices regarding submissions of LTSM are advertised on the DBE website www.ltsm.doe.gov.za.

The reason why the MTT members are not precluded, it is because the DBE does not enter into agreement with individual authors but with publishers for the submission of material to be included in the National Catalogue for Grades 10 – 12 core textbooks. Although the DBE approves material to be on the catalogue it does not guarantee their purchase.

Furthermore, submission by a publisher does not guarantee that the material will be successful to be included on the DBE catalogue. The material goes through a rigorous process by a panel of teachers, subject advisers and members of Higher Education Institutions from various provinces. They are selected on the basis of their subject knowledge, expertise and experience in the specific subject. Hence the screening process is regarded as transparent, reliable and credible because it is guided by the five pillars from the National treasury: value for money, open and effective competition, ethics and fair dealings, accountability and reporting, and equity.

b) There is no policy that has been put in place to ensure that any other person who contributed to the decision to make history a compulsory subject for high school learners precluded from benefiting financially in any way from the production of textbooks and any other relevant teaching material for the subject.

The same reasons provided in answer (a) apply in this case as well.

Reply:

1. (a) The Department does not own land; however, it leases two privately owned buildings via the Department of Public Works (123 and 178 Francis Baard Street) and occupies a State-owned building in Olifantsfontein, i.e. the Indlela Trade Test Centre. The Mining Qualifications Authority, South African Qualifications Authority and National Student Financial Aid Scheme reported that they owned land, and the details are provided in the table below.

2. 

Entity	1 (a) Total amount of land owned by the entity in each province	(i) Vacant	(ii) Unused or has no purpose	(b)(i) Location?	(ii) Size of each specified plot of land?	2 (a) Land owned by the entity been leased out for private use	(b)(i) Rand value of each lease	(ii) (aa) Location of each piece of land	(bb) Size of each piece of land
Mining Qualifications Authority	R3 525 Gauteng Province	Not vacant	Used for MQA offices	Erf 917, 7 Anerley Road, Parktown, Johannesburg	3 525 m2	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
South African Qualifications Authority	R515 455 Gauteng province	Not vacant	Used for SAQA head office	1067 Arcadia Street, Hatfield, Pretoria, Erf 637	2 933 m2	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
National Student Financial Aid Scheme	R770 000 Western Cape	Not vacant	Used as offices of the organisation	(Erf #, 66447,66458,66459,66460 and 66461 Wynberg, Cape Town)	2 712 m2	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

Reply:

 

a) EASTERN-CAPE

1. Dudumeni H.School
2. Emdikisweni Junior Secondary School
3. Bizana village High School
4. Mtebele Secondary School
5. Butterworth High School
6. Gwelane Secondary school
7. Mazibuko Secondary school
8. A.M.Zantsi Secondary School
9. Khwaza Secondary Secondary
10. J.A. Calata Senior Secondary school
11. Matthew Goniwe Secondary School
12. Skenjane Secondary School
13. Ngangolwandle Secondary School
14. Dinizulu High school

b) FREE STATE

1. Lephoi Primary School
2. Reikaeletse Secondary School
3. Inoseng Primary School
4. Ipeleng Primary School
5. Trompsburg Primary School
6. Madikgetla Primary School
7. Trompsburg Secondary School
8. Lere La Thuto Secondary School
9. Jim Fouche Secondary School
10. Petunia Secondary School
11. Rosenhof Secondary School
12. Vulamasango Secondary School

c) KWAZULU-NATAL

1. Ikhandlela High School
2. Qantaye Secondary School
3. Phawulethu Secondary School
4. Dlamvuzo High School
5. Siyabonga Secondary School
6. Mphemba High School
7. Vulamuva High School
8. Nomyaca High School
9. Ntongande Secondary School
10. Nqumizwe Secondary School
11. Hlamvana High School
12. Mdlamfe High School
13. Emthungweni Secondary School
14. Mnyakanya High School
15. Sizwesonke Secondary School
16. Matheku Secondary School
17. Bhamu High School
18. Yanguye Secondary School
19. Zinqobela High School
20. Richards Bay Secondary School
21. Dlozilesizwe High School
22. John Ross College School
23. Mphepose Secondary School
24. Dover Secondary School
25. Mthonga High School
26. Amazondi High School
27. Malabela High School
28. Siphosabadletshe High School
29. Mtubatuba High School
30. Kufezile Secondary School
31. Vezobala Junior Secondary School
32. Shengeza High School
33. Thulasibone High School

d) LIMPOPO

1. Kutama Secondary School
2. Luvhivhini Secondary School
3. Denga Tshivhase High School
4. Nwanati High School
5. Ripanabeta High School
6. Silemale Secondary School
7. Mountainview Secondary School
8. Kgakala Secondary School
9. Tubake Secondary School
10. Mosepedi Secondary School
11. Mathomomanayo Secondary School
12. Tshikuwi Primary School
13. Thagaetala High School
14. Phasoane Secondary School
15. Jawe Jawe Secondary School
16. Sekgopetjana Secondary School
17. Solomon Marabo Secondary School
18. Goerge Mbulaheni High School
19. Denga Tshivhase High School
20. Hoerskool louis Trichardt
21. Jim Chabani High School
22. Ditlalemeso Secondary School

e) MPUMALANGA

1. EJ Singwane Secondary school
2. Gedlembane Secondary school
3. Hillaria Mthethwa Secondary school
4. Duma Primary School
5. Tikhontele Secondary school
6. Masitakhe Secondary school
7. Sitfokotile Secondary school
8. Funindlela Primary School
9. Letsakuthula Primary School
10. Sehlulile Primary school
11. Jerusalem Secondary school
12. Khanyisani Secondary school
13. Lungisani Primary school
14. Mshadza Secondary school
15. Phola Secondary school
16. Sakhile Primary School
17. Khumbula Secondary school
18. Victory park Primary School
19. Jacob Mdluli Secondary school
20. Mntungwa Secondary school
21. Phatfwa Secondary school
22. Hlanganani Secondary school
23. Mbuyani Secondary school
24. EbuhleniPrimary School
25. Mhlume Secondary school
26. Sbhulo High school
27. Siligane Secondary school
28. Ngodini Secondary school
29. Emtfonjeni Primary School
30. Fundinjobe Secondary school
31. Zikodze Secondary school
32. Khutsalani Secondary school
33. Vulindlela Secondary school
34. Phakani Primary School

f) NORTHERN CAPE

1. Alexander Bay High
2. Calvinia High School
3. Hantam High School
4. Fraserburg High School
5. Malherbe Human Intermediate
6. Garies High School
7. J.J Lambert Primary
8. Kharkams Combined
9. Concordia High School
10. Nababeep High School
11. Okiep High School
12. Okiep Primary School
13. Boesmanland high School
14. Francois Visser Primary
15. Port Nolloth High School
16. Port Nolloth Primary School
17. Dr Isak Van Niekerk Primary
18. Matjieskloof Primary School
19. Namaqualand High School
20. S.A Van Wyk High School
21. Ferdinand Brecher Primary School

g) NORTH WEST

1. Mokgosi Primary School
2. Moeti Primary School
3. Kameel Primary School
4. Uitspan Intermediate School
5. Monthusi Primary School
6. Kwalakitso Primary School
7. Kitlanang Middle School
8. Itsholetseng Middle School
9. Modisekanono Middle School

h) WESTERN CAPE

1. Breerivier High School
2. Cloetesville High School
3. De Kruine Secondary School
4. Desmond Tutu High School
5. Esselenpark High School
6. Aurial College
7. Bastiaanse Secondary School
8. Beaufort-West Secondary School
9. Bridgton Secondary School
10. Concordia High School
11. Arcadia High School
12. Blomvlei Primary School
13. Bonteheuwel High School
14. Boundary Primary School
15. Crystal High School
16. Hexvallei Secondary School
17. Langeberg Secondary School
18. Orleansvale Primary School
19. Paarl School of Skills
20. Paulus Joibert Secondary
21. Waveren High School
22. Weltevrede High School
23. Fezile Secondary School
24. Ladismith Secondary School
25. Gerrit Du Plessis Secondary School
26. Hillcrest Secondary School
27. Imizamo Yethu Secondary School
28. Indwe Secondary School
29. Downeville Primary School
30. Edendale Primary School
31. Heideveld High School
32. ID Mlkize High School

Reply:

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is responsible for the replacement of unsafe schools built wholly of mud and unsafe materials through the ASIDI program. In addition it assists the Provinces in the areas of water, sanitation and electricity provision. This information can be provided forthwith. Provinces receive an infrastructure grant and their equitable share in terms of the Division of Revenue. The physical planning, audit of needs and costing resides with Provinces and it suggested that the information is obtained from the Provinces.

Reply:

(1) (i) Table 1 presents the total amount owed by Modimolle, Mookgophong and Thabazimbi Local Municipalities in Limpopo at the end of the past four financial years as well as January 2018 as follows:

Table 1: Total amounts owed:

		Financial year
NAME of Municipality	As at Jan_2018 (Rm)	Mar_2017 (Rm)	Mar_2016 (Rm)	Mar_2015 (Rm)	Mar_2014 (Rm)
MODIMOLLE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	133 677 479	89 691 778	30 052 581	6 216 489	5 479 296
MOOKGOPHONG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	123 185 380	98 353 558	64 435 450	38 801 446	19 079 933
THABAZIMBI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	222 470 986	208 018 852	149 351 611	109 226 136	63 239 219
Grand Total	479 333 845	396 064 189	243 839 643	154 244 071	87 798 449

1. (ii) (aa)(bb)

	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
	MM	MM	MM	MM	MM
Thabazimbi	Ntsoane M.E	Ntsoane M.E (Suspended)	Ntsoane M.E (Suspended)	Vacant	T.J. Ramagaga
Mookgophong	Magwala N.P	Vacant	Sebola O.P	Sebola O.P	Amalgamation
Modimolle	Vacant	Bambo N.S	Bambo N.S	Sebola O.P	Sebola O.P
	CFO	CFO	CFO	CFO	CFO
Thabazimbi	Malema L.C	Malema L.C (Suspended)	vacant	vacant	Mhlanga S.N
Mookgophong	Eksteen D	Eksteen D	Eksteen D	Eksteen D	Amalgamation
Modimolle	Mathabatha	Mathabatha	Vacant	EKsteen D	vacant

2. Yes, Eskom was involved in the following actions:

• Various payment arrangements were signed by these municipalities over time, but they were not fully honoured.

• Eskom, with the intervention of national and provincial government (Treasury and CoGTA) have engaged municipalities in order to agree on realistic payment plans.

• Promotion of Administration Justice Act (PAJA) was initiated against the three municipalities in question at different time periods.

• Thabazimbi Municipality entered into several payment arrangements and none were honoured (April 2015, March 2017). Electricity supply was interrupted during October 2017 and November 2017. The municipality has subsequently signed a new payment arrangement with Eskom in December 2017 and it is being honoured monthly.

The municipality is busy with a project of installing smart metering in its residential areas although it is getting resistance from some customers. Upon finalisation of the project, the

smart metering initiative should assist the municipality with its revenue collection efforts.

• Modimolle and Mookgophong Municipalities signed payment arrangements with Eskom in November 2016 and they were not honoured. Thereafter, they signed new payment arrangements in March 2017 and these were also not honoured. PAJA was initiated in November 2017 and the process was suspended after the municipalities entered into new payment arrangements that were signed in November 2017.

They have subsequently failed to honour their agreements and the electricity bulk supplies to the two municipalities are scheduled to be interrupted from 31 March 2018 as published.

3. Eskom has not written off any municipal debt in any of the abovementioned financial periods.