Questions and Replies

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:

1. Yes, all National Treasury SMS members declared their interest for the 2017/2018 financial year.

(a) (b) (c)(i – ii) Not applicable.

2. Not applicable.

(3 & 4)

3	3 (a)	3 (b)	(4)
1	13	55 days	R 147,194.92
1	13	270 days	R 775 605,73
1	12	358 days	R 746,401,91
1	11	270 days	R 679,046,30

Reply:

NATIONAL TREASURY

(1) (a) (i) (aa-bb) Nil

(b) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable.

ASB

No incidents of racism were reported to the human resources officer in the Accounting Standards Board during 2016 or 2017.

CBDA

CBDA did not have incidents of racism which were reported to the human resources offices in 2016 and 2017.

DBSA

1. (a) (b) None
2. (a) (b) N/A

FIC

1. (a) (ii) (aa) (bb) (b) Zero incidents were reported to the Human Resources business unit of the Financial Intelligence Centre.
2. Not applicable.

FSCA

(1) The FSCA and its predecessor the FSB, has no record of reported incidences of racism during the periods mentioned.

(2) Not applicable.

GEPF

 

There were no incidents of racism reported to the human resources office of the GEPF during the period in question.

GPAA

1. There was 1 (one) incident reported in 2016. Where a supervisor referred to a subordinate as a monkey.
2. A final written warning was issued and the supervisor was also relieved from supervisory duties with immediate effect (22 November 2016).

IRBA

The IRBA hereby declares that no incidents of racism were reported to the human resources offices in (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017.

PFA

No incident of racism was reported to the human resources office of the OPFA.

LAND BANK

There were no incidents of racism reported to the human resources office in 2016 and 2017 at the Land Bank.

FAIS OMBUD

The Office of the Ombud for Financial Services Providers has no recorded incidents of racism for the period as requested.

PIC

(1)(a)(ii)(aa) No incidents of racism were reported at the PIC in 2016.

(1)(a)(ii)(bb) No incidents of racism were reported at the PIC in 2017.

(1)(b) This part of the question falls away.

(2) This part of the question falls away.

SAA

There has been no formal reported disciplinary cases or grievances lodged involving incidents of racism in the period specified.

SARS

Over the period 2015 to 2017, 7 cases of Racism have been reported in SARS.

The table below sets out these cases in more detail containing a high level summary of the details of the incident/s, whether it was investigated and the outcome of the formal disciplinary case.

Year	Type	Nature of Case	Details of Incident	Investigated	Outcome
2015	Formal Misconduct Hearing	Racism	Uttered racist remarks to fellow employees calling them "white trash"	Yes	Final Written Warning plus Suspension Without Pay: 10 Days
2016	Formal Misconduct Hearing	Racism	Posted on Facebook comments that are racially insensitive, derogatory and offensive towards Whites	Yes	Employee resigned
2016	Formal Misconduct Hearing	Racism	Sending an e-mail with racially insensitive content referring to Black people as "Apies" (monkeys)	Yes	Dismissal
2016	Formal Misconduct Hearing	Racism	Sending an e-mail with racially insensitive content referring to team members as monkeys	Yes	Final Written Warning plus Suspension Without Pay: 10 Days
2017	Formal Misconduct Hearing	Racism	Posted on Facebook a comment that is racially insensitive, derogatory and offensive relating to Blacks and Arabs	Yes	Final Written Warning
2017	Formal Misconduct Hearing	Racism	Sending a WhatsApp message with an image of a monkey with commentary of "wonder wat die volk vandag gaan brand"	Yes	Dismissal
2017	Formal Misconduct Hearing	Racism	Making a comment to colleagues for them not to act "like monkeys"	Yes	Dismissal

SASRIA

Sasria has in the (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017 financial years not had incidents of racism reported to the Human Resources (Human Capital).

TAX OMBUD

The Office of the Tax Ombud did not have any incident of racism reported to the human resources offices I the period of 2016 and 2017.

Reply:

(1) At the outset it should be stated that the amount that was borrowed to Eskom is not R50 billion. The PIC advanced a loan of R5 billion to Eskom because it was within the PIC’s client mandate. The existence of a guarantee by the South African Government on the bridging facility was an overriding factor in the wake of Eskom credit rating downgrades. See further detail under item 2 below.

(2) The investment was duly considered in terms of the Mandate of the Client as well as the PIC’s Investment Policy and Delegation of Authority, and is justifiable on the following grounds:

Character of the loan

The loan to Eskom was in the form of short-term bridging facility for one month. The pricing on the facility was relatively attractive at Jibar plus 75 basis points, translating to 7.65% for a period of one month. Over and above this, there was an undertaking from the government of South Africa to provide a guarantee on the loan facility. The borrower had provided satisfactory evidence that Eskom had secured financial commitments to meet all of the borrower’s funding requirements up to March 2019. It is important to note that Eskom paid the principal amount of R5 billion in full plus the interest amount on 28 February 2018.

Governance

In approving the loan facility, the PIC also took comfort from the fact that National Treasury, the Department of Public Enterprises and Eskom jointly developed a going-concern plan, seeking to address the challenges faced by Eskom. There was also confirmation that all required approvals had been obtained for Eskom to appoint a permanent Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

(3) No. The PIC issued a joint statement with the Government Employees Pension Fund to announce the decision to advance the R5 billion loan to Eskom. The repayment of the loan was also widely covered by the media.

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.

 

Reply:

The Waste Bureau has to issue new tenders for storage and preprocessing facilities because most of the contracts with current owners are expiring on 30 September 2018 and cannot be extended further due to the fact that National Treasury only permitted the contracts to be for a maximum period of
12 months, which 12-month period now expires on 30 September 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) 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:

(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:

a) (i)(ii)(iii) No annual reports were developed and published on the website because the Department had resolved to scale down on high cost of design and layout for publications. The data of all annual reports published in previous years derives from the consistent annual reports submitted to the National Council of Provinces, National Treasury and Portfolio Committee for Education.

b) There are no copies of annual publications.

Reply:

The response in NA 2512 has reference.

The Department of Basic Education (DBE) does not collect or collate this information. The Honourable Member is requested to direct the question to the relevant provinces as such data is in their possession.

Reply:

The information requested by the honorable member is not readily available in the department. However, the Department has engaged the 9 Provincial Departments responsible for local government to obtain the relevant information from all municipalities in the country. The information will be submitted to the Honourable Member as soon as it is available.

Reply:

Department of Environmental Affairs

1) (a) (i) Nil

(ii) Four (4).

(b)	Two (2) Incidencies reported	against the same manager, of sexual assault and/or harassment.
	One (1) incident reported	against a manager making sexual advances.
	One (1) incident reported	against an official, of touching of shoulders when walking by/past the complainants work station.

(2) Yes.

	Two (2) Incidencies reported	Basis established.
	One (1) incident reported	Basis established.
	One (1) incident reported	Mediation to caution the implicated officials to refrain from touching the complainant.

iSimangaliso

(1) (a) (i) Nil

(ii) Nil

(b) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable

South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

1) (a) (i) Nil

(ii) One (1).

(b)

One (1) Incident reported

A male staff member allegedly touched a female intern in an inappropriate manner.

(2) Yes.

One (1) Incident reported

An investigation was conducted and the offender (a male staff member) resigned immediately, before the institution of the disciplinary process.

South African National Parks (SANParks)

(1) (a) (i) Nil

(ii) Nil

(b) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable

South African Weather Service (SAWS)

(1) (a) (i) Nil

(ii) Nil

(b) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable

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Reply:

a) The school has 5 blocks of face brick Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) latrines as well as 2 blocks of plaster brick Pit Latrines.

b) Yes.

c) Construction of toilets to replace the 2 blocks of pit latrines is underway as well as a donation by MTN for renovations to existing structures.

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:

2015/16 = 0

2016/17 = 0

2017/18 = 0

(i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018, (b) cost for repairs in each case and

2015/16 = 0

2016/17 = 0

2017/18 = 0

Since 01 April 2018 = No repairs

(c) (i) number of and (ii) reasons for vehicles being written off in each case;

No vehicles were written off since 2015/16 financial year to date.

(2) whether all vehicles owned by his department have tracking devices installed?

Not all the vehicles owned by the department are installed with trackers. Five vehicles are installed with trackers and two are in the process of being installed.

NW2189E

 

 

Reply:

(a) The sustainability of the remuneration to participants is dependent on budget allocation.

(b) Redisa did not adequately address the recycling of waste tyres. 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 as 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.

(c) The Bureau has lease agreements in place with the depots in the attached list.

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Reply:

(a) The process to fill the key positions in the Waste Management Bureau is underway and this is in line with Section 34D of the National Environmental Management Waste Act. The department is anticipating to conclude the process once the listing of the Bureau is effected.

Section 34D of the Act states that “the objects of the Bureau are to –

(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.”

(b) The Bureau does not have the Board due to the delays with the listing process.

(c) Currently the Bureau does not have the Chief Executive Officer.

Section 34A states that;

“in the event of absence of a functional Bureau or a Chief Executive Officer, the powers and duties of the Bureau revert to the Director-General of the Department contemplated in section 34G(1), who, in such a case, must exercise those powers and perform those duties until the Bureau is functional or a Chief Executive Officer is appointed. Therefore, the Director-General is currently performing these duties.”

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Reply:

Yes, the below response is based on the outstanding information submitted to the Department of Cooperative Governance by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Gauteng Province (“the Province”).

The following status prevails in respect of the number of persons that worked in each of the various political offices in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Council:

(a) Mayor

Date	Number of Persons that Worked in the Office
As at 1 August 2016	54
As at 1 August 2017	63

(b) Speaker

Date	Number of Persons that Worked in the Office
As at 1 August 2016	8
As at 1 August 2017	8

(c) Chief Whip

Date	Number of Persons that Worked in the Office
As at 1 August 2016	20
As at 1 August 2017	35

(d) Mayoral Committee Members

There were ten (10) mayoral committee members as at 1 August 2016 and as at 1 August 2017.

Date	Number of Persons that Worked in the Office
As at 1 August 2016	10 Political Advisors
	10 Personal Assistants
	10 Administrative Assistants
As at 1 August 2017	10 Political Advisors
	10 Personal Assistants
	10 Administrative Assistants

(e) Chairperson of a Committee

There were fifteen (15) chairpersons of committees as at 1 August 2016, and seventeen (17) chairpersons of committees as at 1 August 2017.

Date	Number of Persons that Worked in the Office
As at 1 August 2016	6 Researchers
	15 Administrative Assistants
	6 Committee Administrators
As at 1 August 2017	6 Researchers
	17 Administrative Assistants
	6 Committee Administrators

In summary, the total number of staff members as at 1 August 2016 was 139, and as at 1 August 2017 it was 165.

1. The below background is based on a report submitted by the City of Ekurhuleni to the Province.

Parliamentary question relates to the previous reply to question 3529 on 3 November 2017

2. The Municipal Human Resource Systems unit in the Department of Cooperative Governance has developed draft regulations on the Local Government: Municipal Staff Regulations.

As per Chapter 2, Item 5(b)(2) of the above-mentioned draft, the following posts may be provided on the approved staff establishment in the offices of the political office bearers, subject to the category, size and affordability of municipality, including approval by council of the municipality:

Executive Mayor / Mayor	Deputy Executive Mayor/ Deputy Mayor	Speaker	Chief Whip / Whip	Councillor Support
				Member of Executive Council/ Mayoral Committee/Chairperson of a subcouncil	Party Offices
Chief of Staff Executive Secretary Community Liaison Officer Senior/ Registry Clerk Driver	Head of the Office of Deputy Mayor Executive Secretary Driver	Head of the Office of the Speaker Public Participation and Outreach Coordinator Public Officer: Petitions and Hearings Ward Coordinator Coordinator: Community Development Workers Senior / Administrative Officer Executive Secretary Driver	Support Officer Secretary	Manager: Councillor Support Executive Support Officer per POB Secretary per POB	Manager: Councillor Support Executive Support Officer per POB Researcher per POB Secretary per POB
Possible Shared Resources: 1. Researcher and Speech Writer 2. Committee Support (Administration)

Reply:

(a) There is no total budget allocated to Mogalakwena project. The service provider is contracted to preprocess post levy tyres at an agreed rate per kilogram.

(b) (i) Refer to a

(ii) Refer to a

(iii) Refer to a

(iv) Refer to a

(v) Refer to a

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Reply:

a) (i) No, the stockpiles must be dealt with by the stockpile owners who must fund the management of their stockpile.

(ii) No, the Waste Bureau has not issued any such authorisation.

b) The stockpile owners, on approval of their stockpile abatement plans, are issued with an approval letter, with conditions. These conditions include time-frames for the implementation of the abatement plan. The letter requires the submission of annual reports to enable the Department and the Waste Management Bureau to track progress.

c) 3 stockpile abatement plans were submitted and approved by the Minister. Only 1 plan has submitted the annual report. Letters of non-compliance have been issued to the remaining 2 approved abatement plan owners requesting submission of the report by July 2018.

d) Letter requesting annual reports have been sent to the owners for submission by July 2018.

e) DEA is engaging with historical stockpile owners (stockpiles before November 2012) with regard to their responsibility on submission of receipt of the annual reports as per their approved abatement plans. Site visits are part of the standard operating procedures for compliance monitoring to verify the information contained in the annual reports, and consequent compliance against the Waste Tyre Regulations is determined accordingly.

f) 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 preprocessing 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.

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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:

The fence at Klerksoord Depot was erected in March 2018. The depot landlord has arranged to be in compliance with fire safety requirements by end of June 2018. The process of erecting a borehole following a lack of response to an application for water connection from City of Tshwane is underway.

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Reply:

(a) (i) Since the Department of Higher Education and Training became operational on 1 April 2010, six cases were referred to the South African Police Services for further investigation comprising two from the Department and four by public entities based on the information submitted to date.

(ii) The Department referred no matters to the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations, while the public entities referred four cases for investigation.

(b) (i) Both the Departmental and three of the eight public entity cases have since been investigated by the South African Police Services and Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations.

(ii) In respect of the Department, one of the two cases has been followed up by the Accounting Officer, while the second matter is currently under investigation. The public entity cases are still under investigation.

(ii) None of the investigations has resulted in convictions to date.

Reply:

The process associated with the time-frames for possible take-over of contracts will depend on my decision as the Minister, relating to the submitted plan/s, once the current process is complete.

The approval and/or rejection of Industry Waste Management Plans is regulated by section 32(1) of National Environment Management: Waste Act (Act no 59 of 2008) as amended. The Department is currently consolidating the comments received and as the Minister I will consider the four (4) tyre Industry Waste Management Plans received in terms of section 28(1) terms of section 28(2) or 29(2), and may:

a) approve the plan in writing, with any amendments or conditions, and give directions for the implementation of the plan;

b) require additional information to be furnished and a revised plan to be submitted within timeframes specified by the Minister for approval;

c) require amendments to be made to the plan within timeframes specified by the Minister; or

d) reject the plan with reasons if it does not comply with the requirements of a notice in terms of section 28(1).

The final decision will be issued and communicated in terms of section 32(6), which requires that such notice be given in the Government Gazette.

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Reply:

The Member may be aware that key contributing factors to the local fuel price is the performance of the rand versus leading currencies, as well as the international cost of petroleum. We have advised motorists to avoid unnecessary journeys, make use of car-pooling, and practice economical driving techniques.

Approved / Not Approved

Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

Reply:

1. The Department statistics stand as follows:

(i) Zero· from the department.

(ii) Entities.

(aa) 2016· two incidents.

(bb) 2017- two incidents.

(b) Yes.

2. Was each incident investigated, yes: what were the outcome of the investigation in each case? In 2016, the employee was dismissed during the disciplinary hearing process and in another incident, the employee resigned. In 2017, one employee resigned and another was given a final written warning and suspended for one month to attend a rehabilitation centre

Reply:

1(a). Two (2) vehicles, namely BMW 520i 2016 Model and ML 400 MERC 2014 Model

(i) 2016/17 and 2017/18

(ii) None

(b). R39,339.87 and R7,656.05

(c)(i) None

(ii) None

2. Yes, all vehicles owned by my department have tracking devices installed in them.

Reply:

I have been advised by the Competition Commission that since 1 January 2017, nine law firms have been briefed on cartel cases, at a cost to date of R16 600 363. Details on law firms and number of cases can be found below.

Law firms briefed	Number of cases	Amount paid per law firm
1. Ndzabandzaba Attorneys	7 cases	R 10 519 266
2. Ndobela Lamola Incorporated	4 cases	R 567 736
3. KBK Attorneys	1 case	R 114 244
4. Mokwana Attorneys	3 cases	R 1 062 232
5. Mogaswa Incorporated Attorneys	3 cases	R 1 266 873
6. Tiyani Vukeya Attorneys	1 case	R 83 215
7. Morare Thobejane Incorporated	5 cases	R 1 074 747
8. Le Roux & Du Plessis Attorneys Inc.	1 case	R 1 650 734
9. Madlanga & Partners Inc.	1 case	R 261 316

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Reply:

Department of Environmental Affairs

1. (a) (i) (aa) None

(bb) None

(b) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable

iSimangaliso

1. (a) (ii) (aa) None

(bb) None

(b) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE

1. (a) (ii) (aa) None

(bb) None

(b) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS

1. (a) (ii) (aa) None

(bb) None

(b) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable

SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE

1. (a) (ii) (aa) None

(bb) None

(b) Not applicable

(2) Not applicable

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Reply:

1. (a)(i). To date, no incident of sexual harassment was reported to the human resources offices of my department.

(ii). No incident of sexual harassment has been reported to the human resources offices of the department by any of the Entities reporting to my department.

 

Reply:

I have not found out if my relatives have shares in these companies. Ministers declare their financial interest annually through the appropriate platforms.

Approved / Not Approved

Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

Reply:

Responses were received from the following Provinces. We are still waiting for responses from the remaining six Provinces and will submit such as soon as we get them.

1. GAUTENG PROVINCE

a) (i) The total number of items of medical equipment that each hospital has is 61 884 (sixty one thousand, eight hundred and eighty four); and

(ii) The total number of items of medical equipment that each clinic has is 10 151 (ten thousand, one hundred and fifty one).

The information is as at the 6th March 2018 per the consolidated departmental asset register.

(b) (i) These equipments fall under the category of medical and allied medical equipment;

(ii) The dates of the equipment for both hospitals and clinics range from 15 March 2000 to 27 February 2018; and

(iii) The total purchase price for the hospitals' equipment is R3 477 066 479.41 (three billion four hundred and seventy seven million, sixty six thousands and four hundred and seventy nine rand and forty one cents) and in respect of the clinics, the total purchase price is R264 962 790.54 (two hundred and sixty four million, nine hundred and sixty two thousands, seven hundred and ninety rand and fifty four cents).

(c) (i) The total number of the dysfunctional equipment and / or require service for the hospitals is 668 (six hundred and sixty eight); and

(ii) The total number of the dysfunctional equipment and / or require service for the clinics is 165 (one hundred and sixty five).

2. EASTERN CAPE

(a) (i) The total number of items of medical equipment that each hospital and

(ii) each clinic combined are 233 206 (two hundred and thirty three thousand two hundred and six).

(b) (i) These equipments fall under the category of medical and allied medical equipment ;

(ii) The dates of the equipment for both hospitals and clinics range from prior 2011/2012 to 2016/2017; and

(iii) The total purchase price is R1 834 734 38 (one billion eight hundred and thirty four million seven hundred and thirty four thousand three hundred and eighty eight).

(c) (i) (ii) The total number of the dysfunctional equipment and / or require service for the hospitals and clinics not indicated.

3. FREE STATE

a) (i) The total number of items of medical equipment that each hospital and

(ii) each clinic combined are 28 594 (twenty eight thousand five hundred and ninety four).

(b) (i) These equipments fall under the category of medical and allied medical equipment ;

(ii) The dates of the equipment for both hospitals and clinics are available

(iii) The total purchase price is R749 691 340 (seven hundred and forty nine million six hundred and ninety one thousand three hundred and forty).

(c) (i) (ii) The total number of the dysfunctional equipment and / or require service for the hospitals and clinics are 365.

END.

Reply:

(1) (a) The individual was involved in the process of negotiations and was part of the delegation with the previous landowner, his management team and his legal representatives.

(b) (i) The Department has no knowledge of shares that were held by the individual in the game reserve at the time of settlement.

(ii) The Department has no knowledge of money earned by the individual when Mala Mala was restituted. However, the Honourable Member is welcome to submit any information he might possess to my Office.

(2) Yes.

(a) Post settlement support was provided in the form of negotiating the comanagement agreement to run the Mala Mala lodge with the assistance of Vumelana Advisory Fund.

{b) Claimants.

(c) New company whose claimants are shareholders.

{d) Yes if necessary.

Reply:

I am not privy to the required information.

Approved / Not Approved

Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

Reply:

A total of 1 291 South African medical practitioners who were eligible for community service were appointed. From month-to-month new interns complete and are accommodated as we become aware of them. To date an additional 37 have been allocated.

 

END.

Reply:

The shareholding of BTSA Netherlands Cooperatie U.A, Ramizest and Friedshelf 1294 are the same across all four projects. Refer to table below for detail per shareholder.

 

Company	Shareholders	Shareholding
Main Street (RF) (Pty) Ltd	BTSA	60%
	Ramizest (on behalf of the Letsatsi Trust)	37.5%
	Friedshelf 1294 (on behalf of the relevant Local Community Trust)	2.5%
Ramizone (RF) (Pty) Ltd	BTSA	60%
	Ramizest (on behalf of the Letsatsi Trust)	37.5%
	Friedshelf 1294 (on behalf of the relevant Local Community Trust)	2.5%
Amstilinx (RF) (Pty) Ltd	BTSA	60%
	Ramizest (on behalf of the Letsatsi Trust)	37.5%
	Friedshelf 1294 (on behalf of the relevant Local Community Trust)	2.5%
Amstilite (RF) (Pty) Ltd	BTSA	60%
	Ramizest (on behalf of the Letsatsi Trust)	37.5%
	Friedshelf 1294 (on behalf of the relevant Local Community Trust)	2.5%

Approved / Not Approved

Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

Reply:

(1). All forty nine [49] senior managers employed by the Department of Arts and Culture as at 30th April 2017 disclosed their financial interests for the 2016/17 financial year .

(2). Falls off as all SMS complied.

(3) (a). Only one employee has been suspended

(b). The employee is at an SMS level. The suspension was effected on 1 December 2017. To date, 29 June 2018, the suspension is for seven (7) months.

(4). The total cost amounts to R 595 855.75

 

Reply:

I am not privy to the required information.

Approved / Not Approved

Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date

Reply:

Government employees declare their financial interest in companies annually as required by the Public Service Regulations.

Approved / Not Approved

Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

Reply:

Government employees declare their financial interests in companies annually as required by the Public Service Regulations.

Approved / Not Approved

Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

Reply:

The response is based on information received from Alexkor SOC Limited. The breakdown of the expenditure incurred for Alexkor’s Corporate Head Office amounting to R225 406 938.00 during the period 01 April 2012 to 31 March 2017 is detailed in the table below:
SPEND CATEGORY:	AMOUNT
1.  Bursaries	R    1 687 360	The amounts include Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives as well as bursaries awarded to learners in the field of mining, geology and environmental management
2. Corporate Costs	R   47 442 391	Salaries of employees and head office operational costs
3. Mining Operations	R   14 846 968	Alexkor SOC Limited was mining in Alexander Bay prior to the PSJV being established, in terms of the Deed of Settlement. Hence the mining operations cost of R14.8m. Related revenue against the Mining operating cost was R27.4m
4. Town Maintenance	R   85 988 049	The DoS directed that once the township had been established, the municipal engineering services are to be upgraded and Alexkor is to hand over the municipal services to the Alexander Bay Municipality; however, that has not yet occurred. Alexkor has assumed the responsibilities to maintain the Township of Alexander Bay as if they are a municipality.
5. Discontinued Operations and Other	R     9 735 795	The discontinued operating cost of R9.7 million relates to the cost of transferring the farming operations to  the community.
6. Environmental Management	R   41 343 822	Implementation of Phase 1  of rehabilitation of historically disturbed areas
7. Directors Remuneration	R   24 362 554	Fees paid to directors serving on both Alexkor and Alexkor RMC PSJV boards
TOTAL	R 225 406 938

Reply:

(a) The Department refers to the Waste Pickers as Micro-Collectors.

(b) refer to (a)

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Reply:

(a) Please refer to Annexure A.

(b) The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR), is leading the implementation of the Agri-parks programme, which aims on transforming the rural economy through agricultural production and processing in the rural areas. Central to the Agri-parks programme is the establishment of Farmer Production Support Units (FPSUs), which are the first line of contact for farmers. Fully equipped mechanization centres are a main feature of the FPSUs.

In relation to the mechanization centres, government provides the equipment and machinery for the benefit of all surrounding farmers for their mechanization requirements. DRDLR has identified FPSUs in all local municipalities in the Eastern Cape, and out of the identified FPSUs in the Province, each district had to select the two prioritised FPSUs per district. The equipment is delivered at strategic points to enhance the production in support of the Agri-parks programme. Areas that have been identified for beneficiation were selected based on their active involvement in agricultural primary production. Benefiting farmers are ranging from communal, subsistence and small holder farmers mainly in the Sarah Baartman District.
 

Reply:

1

	(ii) 2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018	2018/2019
(a)	(i) 01 (one)	N/A	01 (one)	01 (one)
(b)	R14 112.76	N/A	N/A	R11 469.94
(c)	(i)	N/A	N/A	N/A
	(ii)	N/A	Disposed through Auction	N/A

2. YES