Reply:

(1)(a)(i) and (ii) as tabulated hereunder:

	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Number of State owned DHA vehicles involved in accidents	69	72	50	5
Number of State owned vehicles written off	15	21	5	1

Please note ‘accidents’ involve all incidents where damage is caused to a State owned vehicle. This includes cracked windscreens and burst tyres.

(1)(b) For detail see schedule attached marked annexure A.

(1)(c)(i) See table above

(1)(c)(ii) Uneconomical to repair

(2) None of the State owned DHA vehicles are fitted with tracking devices.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb) and (2)  

See theclink for REPLY: http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW1916-2018-06-27.pdf

 

 

Reply to question 1916 recommended/not recommended

GENERAL ’COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ (SOEG)

Reply to question 1016 approved/not approved

MINIST OF POLICE BH CEEE, MP

Reply:

(1) The information provided to me by my department is as follows:

(a)(i) and (ii)

Year Head Office Missions

2015/2016: 10 accidents 3 accidents

2016/2017: 5 accidents 13 accidents

2017/2018: 4 accidents 4 accidents

2018/2019: 4 accidents 0 Accidents

(b) Year Head Office Missions

2015/2016: R202 372,13 No cost, insurance covered the damages

2016/2017: R108 076,99 No cost, insurance covered the damages

2017/2018: R139 011,73 No cost, insurance covered the damages

2018/2019: R18 108.32 No cost, insurance covered the damages

(c) (i) Two Head Office vehicles were written off, no Mission vehicles were written off.

(ii) One vehicle was written off due to severe structural damage to the chassis. One vehicle was not economical to repair due to high mileage and value compared to quoted repair costs.

2. In view of the cost versus risk, the current fleet at Head Office does not have tracking devices fitted. It is not standard practice for vehicles in Missions to have tracking devices installed. Vehicles are insured where required by local legislation.

Reply:

(a) According to section 27(a) (i) of the Children’s Act, no. 38 of 2005,

An applicant who has to provide an ECD programme has to possess the National Certificate in ECD at National Qualification Framework (NQF) level 4 as a minimum requirement specified by South African Qualifications Authority.

(b) (i) NQF level 4 training is provided for 18 months.

(ii) 18 981

(c) There is currently no minimum salary level for practitioners. Each ECD centre remunerates its practitioners based on their available budget.

________________________

Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

It is important to note that INDLELA is the only public trade test centre accounting for 25% of the national trade tests conducted across all economic sectors related to artisan training. The INDLELA records on the number of candidates assessed and found to be competent in each trade registered for in the 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years are as follows:

Trade	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
	Assessed	Competent	Assessed	Competent	Assessed	Competent
Aircraft Maintenance Mechanic	21	19	52	41	37	0
Aircraft Structures Worker	0	0	15	11	0	0
Armature Winder	19	19	11	11	14	0
Automotive Motor Mechanic	200	95	129	71	161	87
Avionics Mechanician	0	0	4	4	0	0
Blacksmith	0	0	1	1	12	0
Boiler maker	610	305	413	356	556	416
Bricklayer	169	22	107	35	172	61
Carpenter	168	74	135	90	181	118
Carpenter and Joiner	0	0	0	0	2	0
Diesel Fitter	1	0			0	0
Diesel Mechanic	465	159	355	139	535	142
Electrician	1517	996	1175	886	2015	1504
Electrical Equipment Mechanic	1	0	0	0	0	0
Electronic Equipment Mechanician	3	3	11	9	50	36
Fitter and Turner	83	50	45	23	207	43
Gunsmith	4	2	0	0	0	0
Heavy Equipment Mechanic	3	0	63	32	31	0
Instrument Mechanician	26	7	18	15	21	16
Joiner	0	0	0	0	1	1
Mechanical Fitter	806	301	360	298	572	394
Metal Machinist	49	37	19	15	32	13
Millwright	58	19	39	34	95	69
Painter	121	27	101	54	158	74
Panelbeater	13	13	17	10	19	0
Plasterer	7	4	5	1	2	2
Plumber	711	503	639	594	1035	631
Radiotrician	19	8	13	8	5	12
Refrigeration Mechanic	52	22			3	7
Rigger	195	52	164	105	320	128
Sheet Metal Worker	0	1	1	1	0	0
Structural Plater	0	0	0	0	21	0
Toolmaker	26	16			68	0
Tractor Mechanic	1	0	0	0	0	0
Transportation Electrician	7	1	62	33	127	70
Vehicle Body Builder	1	1	2	2	7	0
Vehicle Painter	3	1	21	14	24	1
Welder	387	253	380	300	393	317
TOTAL	5746	3010	4357	3193	6876	4142

There are 341 accredited trade test centres across the country delivering various historical/legacy trades in terms of the repealed Manpower Training Act and the Skills Development Act. These trades derive their theoretical alignment from the NATED 191
(N2 – N6) engineering programmes, National Certificate (Vocational) (Levels 3 – 4) engineering programmes, and Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETA) based Competence Based Modularised (Level 4) programmes. The list of accredited trade test centres is attached as Annexure A.

INDLELA uses a different template, as compared to the requested information. Therefore, the information regarding the number of apprentices in each trade at each of the 341 centres would require more time to consolidate. The SETA aggregated information is provided in the table below.

Total registered learners per sector

Artisan Learners Registered
SETA	Sector	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority	Chemicals	3372	4263	3 423
Construction Education And Training Authority	Construction	1 737	2024	8 748
Food And Beverages Manufacturing Industry Sector Education and Authority	Food Processing	45	178	168
Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority	Local Government	1 020	888	647
Mining Qualifications Authority	Mining and Minerals	1 848	1978	1 952
Manufacturing Engineering And Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority	Manufacturing and Engineering	8 130	8038	6 863
Safety and Security Sector Education and Training Authority	Safety and Security	467	401	77
Agriculture Sector Education and Training Authority	Agriculture	347	227	193
Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority	National and Provincial Government	33	34	20
Services Sector Education and Training Authority	Services Sector	1 127	1416	1 470
Transport Education and Training Authority	Transport	1 778	1314	1 004
Fibre Processing and Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority	Fibre Processing	459	419	295
Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Education and Training Authority	Tourism and Hospitality	514	683	639
Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority	Wholesale and Retail	532	269	0
Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority	Health and welfare	119	87	76
Totals registered	21 528	22 219	25 575

Total Competent learners per sector

Artisan Learners Competent
SETA	Sector	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018
Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority	Chemicals	743	936	1110
Construction Education and Training Authority	Construction	504	1350	2225
Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority	Energy	470	697	684
Food And Beverages Manufacturing Industry Sector Education and Authority	Food Processing	0	13	63
Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority	Local Government	87	233	543
Mining Qualifications Authority	Mining and Minerals	1382	1807	1932
Manufacturing Engineering and Related Services Sector Education And Training Authority	Manufacturing and Engineering	8352	9661	8443
Safety And Security Sector Education and Training Authority	Safety and Security	0	227	187
Agriculture Sector Education and Training Authority	Agriculture	154	228	208
Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority	National and Provincial Government	30	15	42
Services Sector Education and Training Authority	Services Sector	550	1247	1503
Transport Education and Training Authority	Transport	714	1359	1168
Fibre Processing and Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority	Fibre Processing	101	124	141
Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Education and Training Authority	Tourism and Hospitality	0	0	364
Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority	Wholesale and Retail	39	3	5
Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority	Health and welfare	36	74	99
Total competent	13 162	17 974	18 717

Reply:

a) There is a total of 7 667 active pay points that SASSA utilizes as social grant distribution points. The number of pay points is broken down in the table below per province.

Region	Pay Points
Eastern Cape	2 399
Free State	192
Gauteng	145
KwaZulu-Natal	1 617
Limpopo	1 744
Mpumalanga	384
Northern Cape	349
North West	604
Western Cape	233
Total	7 667

b) The location of each specified cash pay point is in the attached spreadsheet “National list of pay points” per province.

________________________

Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

1. Since 2009 to date, the City of Ekurhuleni has not taken any long-term loans. However, the city has funded its capex programme through the issuance of bonds (EMM02 to EMM07P).

The schedule of the total debt profile is shown in Table 1 below.

2. The balance outstanding for all the loans and bonds was R6.162bn as at 31 December 2017.

Table 1 see the link: http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW48TABLE_1.pdf

(3) The loan agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the Republic of South Africa. In the case of these loans, the in duplum rule applies under common law, which forms part of the law of the Republic of South Africa.

(4) (a) & (b) The last interest payment dates and amounts are shown in the table 3 above, and the loan references are 76,77,78 and 79.

Please take note that questions 3455 of 2010, 2018/47 and 2018/48 are inter-related in that all seek to probe the usage of borrowing instruments by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality to raise additional revenue.

Reply:

1. The maximum number of students that can be accommodated in student residences under the control of public Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges is 18 574.
2. 16 467 Students were accommodated during the first quarter or trimester of the 2018 academic year in student residences, i.e. 6 821 National Certificate (Vocational) and 9 646 Report 191 students.
3. There are 2 107 unoccupied beds in college residences of which 352 were due to vandalism, 814 were due to a lack of maintenance, and the remaining 941 were due to refurbishments being undertaken.

Reference to factors such as a shortage of students or financial limitations did not lead to the underutilisation of student accommodation. There are sufficient numbers of students enrolled in TVET colleges to fill student residences to capacity. Furthermore, the increased bursary allocation from R2.437 billion in 2017 to R5.164 billion in 2018 is adequate to support students with accommodation allowances to fill student residences to capacity. Some colleges have found that the maximum allocation of R21 000 per annum is insufficient to accommodate students within the colleges’ residences. This amount will be reviewed for the 2019 academic year through a task team that has been established to make recommendations on the allocation of travel and accommodation allowances.

Reply:

The response below was provided by the municipality.

1. One forensic investigation was completed in 2017-18 financial year. The Municipal Council approved the appointment of an independent audit firm to conduct the forensic investigation as per Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC) recommendation in line with the recommendations by the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA).

(i) (aa)The forensic investigation was instituted to investigate allegations of gross negligent, misconduct and fraud.

(bb)The findings of the forensic investigation highlighted correction measures in the following areas:

• Disposal of Land
• Allocation of curo stalls in Graskop
• Revenue collection
• Supply chain management practices
• Legal services fees
• Back payments to section managers
• Housing and human settlements
• Human resources practices
• Municipal infrastructure grants projects
• Unauthorised, irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure 
• Completeness and reliability of the Asset Register

(ii)The forensic investigation report was tabled before Council on 28 February 2018.

(iii) The Council approved that the Accounting officer must execute the implementation plan based on the recommendations for each finding.

2. There is no forensic investigation currently underway at the municipality.

3. I will request the municipality to submit a copy of the forensic report and the progress report on the implementation of the recommendations emanating from the forensic report to the Department for assessment. Based on the outcome of the assessment, I will then take the necessary action to ensure that the matter is finalised.

Reply:

1. The Minister undertook two official international trips since her appointment as the Minister of Higher Education and Training. On none of these trips was the Minister accompanied by members of her family.

The Minister travelled to Tunis in Tunisia to participate in the Islamic Development Bank Scientific Advisory Board meeting from 31 March 2018 to 4 April 2018. The organisers covered all flights and accommodation costs, while the Department only covered the daily allowance of the Minister.

The Minister also travelled to the Netherlands to attend the 15th Anniversary Celebration of the Prince Claus Chair on 12 April 2018 and was accompanied by two Departmental officials.

2. The President approved both trips.

Reply:

(a)(b) (c) Annexure A: Attached provide details of total amount owed as at 30 September 2017, interest amount included in the total debt and age of debt for each of the 61 specified Municipalities.

Numerous requests were sent to Eskom requesting latest available information, to date we were not able to get the requested information.

With regard to the municipalities that are struggling to pay Eskom, the department is implementing the following interventions:

1. The simplified revenue plan

During the period 2016/17 financial year to 2017/18 financial year, the department has identified a total of 30 municipalities countrywide support on development and implementation of simplified revenue plans, from these 30 municipalities, three were from the North West Province i.e. Ditsobotla, Moses Kotane and Naledi local municipalities. The simplified revenue plan is aimed at achieving improved revenue management, reduction of municipal consumer debt, protection and enhancement of the municipality’s revenue collection potential.

The municipalities supported were assisted with the following initiatives that resulted on improvement of debt collection:

• Focused initiatives on the highest owing debtors per municipality
• Data authentication and purification of billing information
• Review of credit and debt collection policies and by laws;
• Development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
• Tariff setting model for electricity and water and tariff policies
• Indigent management.

The project has been extended to four more municipalities in the North West Province for the period 2018/19 to 2019/20 financial years, these are Kgetlengrivier; Maquassi Hills, Mamosa and Tswaing.

2. Property and consumer database

The department has also initiated a project on development of spatially enabled integrated property and consumer database for municipalities. The project focus is on municipal data integrity which will provide municipalities with a platform to access up to date data from a central point hosted by the department and once fully implemented will assist on improving the revenue collection.

3. Executive Intervention on the non-payment of Eskom and water service authorities

At an Executive level; the minister of CoGTA chairs an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMTT) which provides political direction on the non-payment of electricity and water debt. The IMTT was established to deal with Constitutional, Systemic and Structural Challenges in electricity reticulation. The scope was further extended to include bulk water related debt.

The IMTT was established based on the principles of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, 2005 (Act No 13 of 2005) and the members are: the Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (as Chairperson). The Minister of Finance, the Minister of Energy, the Minister of Water and Sanitation, the Minister of Public Enterprises, the President of SALGA; and the Chairperson of the Eskom Board. The IMTT has so far achieved the following in making the bulk payments more affordable:

• Reducing the interest rate charged on overdue municipal bulk accounts from prime plus 5% to prime plus 2.5%;
• Payment terms being extended from 15 days to 30 days for municipal bulk accounts;
• Payments received from municipalities being allocated to capital first then interest;
• The rationalisation of municipal tariffs from eleven to three has been approved by the ESKOM Board and will be submitted to NERSA as part of the tariff approval process.

The South African fiscal framework is built on a clear set of functional (expenditure) assignments for basic local infrastructure services delivery such as water services, electricity distribution, solid waste, and local roads and transport in addition to important regulatory authority over spatial planning and development control. These functions are financed predominately through locally controlled revenue sources, such as user fees and the property tax.

Section 96(a) of the MSA, states that municipalities must collect all monies due and payable to it, while Section 96(b) empowers a municipality to undertake this debt collection in terms of adopting a credit control and debt collection policy. Even though that legislative provision is very clear, municipalities are in general still encountering challenges on the collection of outstanding debt.

Some municipalities are failing at effectively delivering services, billing for services and collecting the revenue due. Consequently, outstanding debtors are increasing and they are not able to maintain positive cash flows to pay creditors within the thirty days timeframe as legally prescribed.

The “culture of non-payment by consumers to municipalities affects and results to inability of municipalities to service its creditors. This has been evident in the increase in municipal creditors and debtors book.

It is evident that non- payment of municipal debtors is mostly due to the weaknesses on the municipal systems in implementing relevant sections of the legislations and the implementation of their credit control and debt collection policies.

The Department (DCoG) identified a strategic intervention aimed at enhancing the municipal revenue management and debt collection system in local government. The development and implementation of municipal-specific revenue plans was identified and is currently being rolled out in selected municipalities.

The selected municipalities are identified to be part of the Simplified Revenue Plan Project through the Back to Basics (B2B) programme and by assessing the level of outstanding debt of each of the municipalities. The funding for the project has been set aside from the Municipal Systems Improvement Grant (MSIG).

Project objective

The objective of the Simplified Revenue Plan Project (SRP) is to assist municipalities through Service Providers (SPs) to review and improve the generic replicable model of the revenue plan. Once that is done, the reviewed model would be rolled-out or implemented at each of the participating municipalities. The successful implementation of the revenue plan would result in improved revenue management, reduced municipal consumer debt and protection of municipal revenue.

Support to municipalities through the SRP

The following on-going support and assistance has been provided to municipalities:

• Review and update of revenue policies and by-laws
• Billing (accurate reading/capturing of electricity and water meters).
• Monitoring of consumer/debtors accounts (debtors management)
• Data cleansing and analysis
• Indigent register management
• Customer relations management
• Administration ( Procedure manuals and implementation thereof)

The above support is informed by the initial assessment conducted by the SPs at the inception of the project; the assessment is made by testing the entire revenue management value chain of a municipality; identifying deficiencies and then developing a municipal specific plan to address them.

Impact thus far:

• Continuous increase of municipal collection rate in most of the municipalities supported on phase 1 of the project during the implementation phase.
• Data authentication and purification which translates to billing credibility going forward.
• Substantial recovery of outstanding debt from all consumer groups.
• Focused revenue collection initiative on the municipal the highest owing debtors resulted in the reduction of debtors over 90 days.
• Payment of government debt to municipalities was also recorded.

Challenges

Lack of capacity in the revenue management cycle, be it metering, billing, customer care, disconnections, credit control and debt collection, etc.

• A joint project with NT is being initiated to assess and define the revenue management minimum skills for municipalities.

The state of trading services’ infrastructure is a serious cause for concern; this infrastructure has been neglected over many years when it comes to maintenance and replacement where necessary.

• The infrastructure challenges are being referred to MISA and the municipal infrastructure plans are reviewed to reflect the revenue producing infrastructure upgrades and maintenance.

Lack of political and management buy-in in some instances to play an active role on municipal revenue collection.

• In phase 2 we have made it a requirement that the revenue function be a standing item on the council committee responsible for finance

Annexure A

Table 1: Detail of Total amount owed as at 30 September 2017; Interest amount included in the total debt and Age of debt for each of the 61 specified municipalities

	(a)	(b)	(c)
MUNICIPALITY	TOTAL DEBT 30_Sep_2017	INTEREST	CURRENT DEBT	30 DAYS	60 DAYS	90 DAYS	>90 DAYS
EASTERN CAPE DEMARCATED PROVINCE
DR BEYERS NAUDÉ LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	34 314 514	144 721	16 113 394	13 948	10 014 233	8 172 939	0
INXUBA YETHEMBA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	44 366 135	1 708 631	8 143 502	0	8 691 147	4 476 280	23 055 206
KING SABATA DALINDYEBO MUNICIPALITY	101 074 779	2 519 227	26 047 098	23 608	36 482 726	28 979 573	9 541 775
MAKANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	80 692 139	1 068 315	13 518 941	23 608	57 916 854	9 232 737	0
RAYMOND MHLABA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	86 036 077	10 664 307	8 878 971	0	9 965 114	7 555 083	59 636 909
WALTER SISULU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	138 606 259	10 634 195	59 771 861	0	13 292 532	12 707 811	52 834 055

	(a)	(b)	(c)
MUNICIPALITY	TOTAL DEBT 30_Sep_2017	INTEREST	CURRENT DEBT	30 DAYS	60 DAYS	90 DAYS	>90 DAYS
FREE STATE DEMARCATED PROVINCE
DIHLABENG MUNICIPALITY	180 180 663	7 778 783	14 569 059	8 839	20 812 109	19 303 722	125 486 935
MANTSOPA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	108 883 481	6 073 916	11 363 022	0	136 829	14 222 622	83 161 009
MASILONYANA MUNICIPALITY	52 211 702	1 491 006	3 257 380	0	4 982 672	8 633 701	35 337 950
MOQHAKA MUNICIPALITY	208 988 335	2 121 533	50 004 209	0	31 607 857	31 584 934	95 791 336
NALA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	182 907 109	503 670	19 559 469	0	63 016	19 976 571	143 308 054
PHUMELELA MUNICIPALITY	91 174 674	11 407 608	3 778 192	59 839	4 481 108	4 601 654	78 253 880
TOKOLOGO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	35 490 407	397 632	2 575 726	0	3 105 772	5 171 899	24 637 009
GAUTENG DEMARCATED PROVINCE
EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	887 902 806	16 073 844	361 793 520	48 399	274 406 346	208 496 392	43 158 149
MERAFONG CITY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	190 998 296	6 661 933	48 148 792	18 957	14 313 275	90 307 680	38 209 592
MOGALE CITY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	144 676 691	4 549 116	51 367 949	0	93 251 256	57 486	0
RANDFONTEIN LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	129 670 297	6 257 784	34 979 634	0	94 690 663	0	0
WESTONARIA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	19 740 642	19 509	19 664 995	0	37 574	38 073	0

	(a)	(b)	(c)
MUNICIPALITY	TOTAL DEBT 30_Sep_2017	INTEREST	CURRENT DEBT	30 DAYS	60 DAYS	90 DAYS	>90 DAYS
KWAZULU NATAL DEMARCATED PROVINCE
EDUMBE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	10 010 826	155 547	4 589 779	0	5 218 004	42 456	160 588
MPOFANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	54 310 218	394 313	7 062 182	0	47 248 035	0	0
ULUNDI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	80 148 282	1 895 049	9 790 153	0	13 606 716	12 057 302	44 694 112
ZULULAND DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY	1 227 575	2 403	539 316	688 259	0	0	0
LIMPOPO DEMARCATED PROVINCE
MODIMOLLE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	125 112 498	7 928 502	11 079 943	0	13 757 075	13 478 997	86 796 483
MOOKGOPHONG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	116 524 854	9 243 943	6 142 486	0	7 012 013	7 011 834	96 358 520
MUSINA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	108 486 434	5 712 634	12 913 565	0	10 890 200	12 683 955	71 998 715
THABAZIMBI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	234 082 664	18 052 760	12 678 566	613 799	0	8 976 294	211 814 005

	(a)	(b)	(c)
MUNICIPALITY	TOTAL DEBT 30_Sep_2017	INTEREST	CURRENT DEBT	30 DAYS	60 DAYS	90 DAYS	>90 DAYS
MPUMALANGA DEMARCATED PROVINCE
ALBERT LUTHULI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	32 604 094	1 138 051	13 552 319	0	10 633 117	5 474 041	2 944 617
DIPALESENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	43 090 511	1 985 290	14 288 462	315 662	10 737 751	7 737 832	10 010 804
EMAKHAZENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	49 448 289	2 170 952	6 046 095	0	5 850 586	9 615 724	27 935 885
EMALAHLENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	1 394 152 980	41 896 695	91 266 170	0	133 250 603	145 596 329	1 024 039 878
GOVAN MBEKI MUNICIPALITY	625 058 977	15 680 191	61 169 490	0	81 305 996	83 750 718	398 832 772
LEKWA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	419 338 081	12 584 465	44 370 553	790 601	49 036 497	45 445 515	279 694 916
MKHONDO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	87 115 135	3 773 920	12 660 480	0	16 713 987	17 065 493	40 675 175
MSUKALIGWA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	142 222 603	3 390 920	24 270 565	0	117 952 038	0	0
THABA CHWEU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	428 302 648	7 861 794	34 778 688	0	19 489 235	17 817 195	356 217 531
VICTOR KHANYE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	39 493 244	1 289 041	10 265 317	0	14 711 919	14 516 008	0

	(a)	(b)	(c)
MUNICIPALITY	TOTAL DEBT 30_Sep_2017	INTEREST	CURRENT DEBT	30 DAYS	60 DAYS	90 DAYS	>90 DAYS
NORTH WEST DEMARCATED PROVINCE
CITY OF MATLOSANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	213 038 425	5 843 412	36 505 037	0	176 291 541	241 848	0
DITSOBOTLA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	253 931 599	13 839 721	20 025 581	25 121	17 181 418	16 473 194	200 226 285
KGETLENGRIVIER LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	61 344 312	4 565 248	7 408 245	0	4 592 008	4 590 027	44 754 032
LEKWA - TEEMANE	34 906 738	858 489	7 952 252	0	16 693 998	4 456 863	5 803 625
MAMUSA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	61 720 073	3 516 650	3 903 160	15 335	4 949 245	4 585 970	48 266 364
NALEDI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	254 809 233	17 819 567	10 305 481	0	23 983 445	13 684 245	206 836 062
RAMOTSHERE MOILOA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY (including Zeerust Waterworks)	25 011 848	1 085 610	5 786 046	0	19 056 027	169 776	0
TSWAING LOCAL MUNICIPALTY	74 347 281	5 578 434	8 763 774	41 290	5 510 089	5 848 426	54 183 702
VENTERSDORP LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	28 487 985	9 961	11 028 213	0	17 063 189	396 584	0

	(a)	(b)	(c)
MUNICIPALITY	TOTAL DEBT 30_Sep_2017	INTEREST	CURRENT DEBT	30 DAYS	60 DAYS	90 DAYS	>90 DAYS
NORTHERN CAPE DEMARCATED PROVINCE
DIKGATLONG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	57 144 069	4 571 615	3 094 917	0	4 004 001	7 394 627	42 650 524
EMTHANJENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	25 499 235	674 932	6 679 526	160 137	8 128 160	8 113 536	2 417 876
GAMAGARA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	64 306 601	1 535 503	21 144 252	0	13 205 830	13 343 265	16 613 254
GA-SEGONYANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	45 088 792	3 087 214	15 755 328	0	10 775 231	9 475 887	9 082 346
KAI !GARIB LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	117 636 009	6 325 057	15 786 644	0	7 642 127	7 008 675	87 198 563
KAMIESBERG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	7 071 005	277 195	953 374	96 019	970 848	760 389	4 290 375
KHAI-MA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	9 646 955	356 218	940 134	0	946 180	931 858	6 828 783
MAGARENG MUNICIPALITY	34 787 020	1 975 667	2 094 612	0	2 467 163	2 351 992	27 873 254
NAMA KHOI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	86 363 718	2 637 868	8 514 448	0	10 416 388	8 355 357	59 077 524
PHOKWANE MUNICIPALITY	13 477 667	204 232	10 780 967	0	409 185	395 067	1 892 449
RENOSTERBERG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	51 519 365	7 022 946	1 606 651	0	1 849 124	1 794 376	46 269 214
SIYANCUMA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	105 818 693	7 375 505	9 867 262	0	5 627 054	5 639 561	84 684 816
SIYATHEMBA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	23 837 846	1 365 590	1 885 459	0	2 209 734	2 350 199	17 392 454
TSANTSABANE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	86 966 733	5 775 730	8 768 969	0	5 539 969	5 678 174	66 979 621
UBUNTU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	37 885 994	1 982 834	2 129 956	0	2 342 064	2 366 392	31 047 581
WESTERN CAPE DEMARCATED PROVINCE
KANNALAND LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	10 152 055	132 753	10 106 523	0	45 532	0	0
OUDTSHOORN LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	19 115 523	102 139	11 542 110	0	7 573 412	0	0

Reply:

1) (a) The process followed for all development applications are found in the Okhahlamba Planning by-law in Schedule 4 of the Okhahlamba Planning Bylaws, (Schedule 4 is attached).

(b) The approval of the application granted is in accordance with:

Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, in favour of the Cathkin Town Planning Scheme, the zoning of the said property allows for the development of a Petrol filling station, in line with the Municipal IDP and SDF, and it addresses the gap in development within this area.

2) Yes objections were received from the notice which was placed on the local newspapers but were not Town Planning - related or environmental planning- related and seemed rather personal.

Even though the objections were not Town Planning or environmental planning- related, the municipality did take some of the objections to consideration. They were addressed or included when the municipality drafted the conditions for the approval of the application.

The municipality had a meeting with the Cathkin Ratepayers representatives, 100m radius neighbour, Ezemvelo KZN wildlife, Department of Environmental Affairs, uThukela District Office and the uThukela District Municipality planning section. The purpose of the meeting was to explain to the concerned neighbours how the decision was made and where the process is currently.

The neighbour representative from Champagne Sport resort did not raise any issues at this meeting or did not raise issues objecting to the development.

The application for the Petrol Filling station is now waiting for the approval of the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs where an Environmental Impact Assessment is currently being processed.

Reply:

1. Government has not signed any agreement for the construction of the Moloto Rail Corridor with any company or government which binds the Government to any financial commitment.

2. Please refer to the response in (1) above.

3. Please refer to the response in (1) above.

4. Government will comply with the provisions of Section 217 of the Constitution and will not enter into any agreement without first following a competitive public procurement process.

5. The Moloto Rail Corridor project has concluded a conceptual design as part of the 2014 Feasibility Study. The detailed design and construction of the Moloto Rail Corridor will only commence once funding for the project has been secured.

Reply:

(a) and (b) Municipalities invested funds with VBS Mutual Bank

In terms of the MFMA a municipality must establish an appropriate and effective cash management and investment policy in accordance with any framework that may be prescribed by the Minister, acting with the concurrence of the cabinet member responsible for local government.

Section 6 of the Municipal Investment Regulation, state that a municipality or municipal entity may invest funds only in any of the following investment types: (c) deposits with banks registered in terms of the Banks Act, 1990 (Act No 94 of 1990).

Municipalities are allowed to, amongst others, to deposit with banks registered in terms of the Banks Act and the investment with mutual banks is not permitted in terms of the Municipal Investment Regulation.

The table link below depict the list of Municipalities that invested with VBS mutual bank.

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW928_Table.pdf

Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality confirmed that the capital investment of R20 million plus interest was withdrawn from the VBS in February 2018. However, through internal reconciliation, the municipality identified that there is interest of R48 246.51 that is due and it is not yet paid.

(2)(a) Polokwane, Elias Motsoaledi, Makhuduthamaga and Dr JS Moroka Local Municipalities managed to withdraw their investments (capital plus interest) of R81million, R20million, R31 million and R10 million respectively.

The investments of the 14 municipalities and the interest portion of Elias Motsoaledi Municipality reflected in the table above were not recovered/withdrawn before VBS was placed under curatorship. The preliminary report back from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) on the curatorship process revealed that the available equity cannot cover the deposits. The stakeholders (National Treasury and Cogta) were advised to work with the assumption that it is highly unlikely that the municipal deposits will be recovered. Where possible they could receive about 10% of their deposits once the process is concluded in about 5 to 7 years’ time.

(2)(b) The municipalities as well as the three affected provinces have instituted investigations which will inform the disciplinary actions as well as criminal charges to be instituted against responsible official and/or political office bearer responsible for placement of funds with VBS Mutual Bank. Furthermore, the SARB has also instituted a forensic investigation in to the VBS Mutual Bank matter, a preliminary investigation was conducted and the report will be handed over to the hawks and made public once it has been concluded.

In terms of the MFMA a municipality must establish an appropriate and effective cash management and investment policy in accordance with any framework that may be prescribed by the Minister, acting with the concurrence of the cabinet member responsible for local government.

Section 6 of the Municipal Investment Regulation state that a municipality or municipal entity may invest funds only in any of the following investment types: (c) deposits with banks registered in terms of the Banks Act, 1990 (Act No 94 of 1990).

Municipalities are allowed to, amongst others, to deposit with banks registered in terms of the Banks Act and the investment with mutual banks is not permitted in terms of the Municipal Investment Regulation.

PROGRESS ON CURATORSHIP

• SARB instituted a forensic investigation in to the VBS Mutual Bank matter;
• Preliminary investigation was conducted will be handed over to the hawks or made public;
• The investigation revealed that +/- R20 million was paid in commission for soliciting deposit to VBS Mutual Bank and that false deposits were made by related parties to VBS Mutual Bank, however, deposits by municipality appear to be real.
• The availability equity cannot cover the deposits;
• The exercise revealed that the situation at VBS Mutual Bank is worse than when the curatorship commenced;
• Currently withdrawal limits of the amount deposited have been implemented; the limit for individuals is R1000 and Burial Societies’ limit is R7000;
• The stakeholders (National Treasury and Cogta) were advised to work with the assumption that it is highly unlikely that the municipal deposits will be recovered. Where possible they could receive 10% of their deposits;
• The curator withdrew the Statements of Account / Financial Statements because they are not a true reflection of the financial status of VBS Mutual Bank;
• The curator will redo the Statements of Account/Financial Statement and the statements are expected to be finalized within three months;
• The Internal Auditor for VBS Mutual Bank was PWC;
• The external Auditors were KPMG;

Reply:

The Honourable Member, Mr K J Mileham, is kindly requested to direct the question to the Department of Health. Municipal Health Services is the responsibility of the Department of Health as the Municipal Health Services are regulated under Section 32 of the National Health Act, 2003 (Act 61 of 2003) as Municipal Health Services.

Reply:

Province	a) (i) Total No of Social Workers	a) (ii) Forensic Social Workers	a) (iii) Other professional care workers	b) Ratio per case
Eastern Cape	1997	0	254	Varies : 1:10 -1:61
Free State	768	0	113	Varies: 1:100 – 1:400
Gauteng	1245	0	628	1:60
KwaZulu Natal	1814	0	181	1:62
Limpopo	1599	0	89	1:20 – 1:300
Mpumalanga	474	0	77	1:6 – 1:141
North West	815	0	51	1:40
Northern Cape	349	0	86	1:80 -1:120
Western Cape	642	0	406	1:75 - 1:80

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Reply:

Yes, with reference to the reply to question 1541 on 4 June 2018, the six individuals referred to are listed on the Child Protection Register as part of the 1 188 stated in the reply to question 884 on 10 April 2018. The Department has not received information from courts on individuals who have been found unfit to work with children as a result of a disciplinary hearing.

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Reply:

My department has advised me that the reply to both (1) and (2) of the Honourable Member’s question is: None.

Reply:

The Honourable member Mrs E N Ntlangwini, should kindly direct the question to the Department of Energy, as they are the competent department to respond to the question.

Reply:

1. (a) (i) The total number of incidents of racism that were reported to the Human Resource offices of the Department are as follows:

(aa) 2016 - one incident and two allegations; and

(bb) 2017 - one incident.

(ii) In 2016, one incident of racism was reported to the Human Resource offices of the Services Sector Education and Training Authority.

(b) In 2016, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union alleged that there were practices of racism and discrimination within the National Examinations and Assessment Chief Directorate of the Department.

In 2016, an incident involving an official who sent a text message containing racist remarks to a colleague was reported at the Western Technical and Vocation Education and Training (TVET) College.

In 2016, an official allegedly used racist remarks to students at the Mthashana TVET College.

In 2017, an official allegedly sent a letter to the Council of the Ikhala TVET College containing racist remarks.

A subordinate within the Human Resource unit of the Services Sector Education and Training Authority made an allegation of racism against a manager.

2. In response to the allegations, the Department in 2017 conducted diversity management workshops. It also recommended that the allegations of racism and discrimination within the National Examination and Assessment Chief Directorate be referred to the Human Rights Commission for an independent investigation.

The incident involving an official who sent a text message allegedly containing racist remarks to a colleague was reported and investigated by the Western TVET College. The investigation was finalised, and the decision to institute a disciplinary hearing was taken wherein the official was found guilty, and the Chairperson issued a sanction of dismissal on 30 May 2016. The official filed a notice to appeal, which was dismissed by the Minister of Higher Education and Training on the advice of the Appeal Committee on 27 October 2016. The official thereafter lodged a dispute with the Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) for unfair dismissal. The ELRC confirmed the dismissal on 26 April 2017.

The matter involving an official who allegedly used racist remarks toward students in 2016 at Mthashana TVET College, has been investigated and finalised. A decision to institute a disciplinary hearing wherein the official was found guilty, and the Chairperson issued a sanction of dismissal on 18 July 2016. The official filed a notice to appeal, which on review by the Minister of Higher Education and Training, and on the advice of the Appeal Committee, the sanction of dismissal was replaced with a final written warning on 27 October 2016.

The Ikhala TVET College instituted a disciplinary hearing without conducting an investigation. The disciplinary hearing commenced on 26 July 2017, the matter was finalised on 28 February 2018 wherein the official was found guilty, and the Chairperson issued a sanction of dismissal. The official has filed a notice to appeal on 07 March 2018. The outcome of the appeal is pending.

In relation to the Services Sector Education and Training Authority, the matter was investigated, and it was found that the issue of racism could not be substantiated.

Reply:

Yes, (a) the Gauteng Provincial Government and (b) Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Council provided information on measures they will put in place to address the reported situation. However further inputs were received from the National Department of Environmental Affairs which committed its support to clean the invasive alien species and maintain the streams in Eastleigh, Modderfontein and Illiondale to Dries Normandy dam in Kempton Park. Additionally, the Gauteng Provincial Government and Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality will clean the debris and desilt the areas affected by floods.

Reply:

1. Department

(1)(a) There was no incident of sexual harassment that were reported in the Department

(aa) (bb) (b) Falls away

2. Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

Three cases of sexual harassment were reported during the 2016/2017 Financial Year

(1)

Worksite	No : of Incidents	Reported to HR	Details of Incident
OR Tambo	1	Yes	On the 15 February 2017, a Fire Fighter at Cape Town International Airport touched a female colleague inappropriately on her breast whilst he was told to stop his behaviour
Kimberly	1	Yes	During May – July 2017, a Manager used inappropriate verbal and physical behaviour towards his subordinate. He was told to stop but continued.
Cape Town	1	Yes	During January – July 2017 a Supervisor continuously harassed 11 employees, male and female subordinates. He spanked and touched woman inappropriately. He also touched male employees on their heads.
Total	3

(2)

Worksite	Investigation Conducted	Outcomes of Investigation
OR Tambo	Yes	The matter was referred to disciplinary hearing. Hearing was conducted on 23 March 2017. Employee was found guilty and employment was terminated. He referred an unfair dismissal dispute to CCMA. An arbitration was held on 20 December 2017. The CCMA gave an award in favour of employer.
Kimberly	Yes	The manager was suspended on 13 December 2017. The investigation process was conducted and a decision to discipline the manager was confirmed. The Manager subsequently resigned on 07 March 2018, terminating his employment with the Company.
Cape Town	Yes	During July 2017 an investigation was conducted. Investigation established and confirmed prima facie evidence against the perpetrator and a disciplinary process was engaged. The Supervisor resigned on 02 Feb 2018, terminating his employment with the Company.

3. Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

1. (ii) Air Traffic & Navigation Services SOC Limited: ATNS has a Sexual Harassment Policy that is applicable to all employees. The Policy is implemented in compliance with acceptable statutory requirements and is based on fairness and consistency. No sexual harassment charges shall be instituted against an employee until such time that an investigation into the allegations is concluded. A climate is also created and maintained in which victims of sexual harassment will not feel that their harassment complaint is ignored or trivialized, or fear reprisals. Sexual harassment may also be reported through the Whistle Blowing Policy and therefore not reported to Human Resources.

(aa) 2016

Incident Date	Details of the incident	Incident investigated	Outcome of Investigations
13 January 2016	Unsolicited flirting with a married colleague.	Matter investigated, and a formal disciplinary hearing was conducted on 8 February 2016.	The employee was found to have a substance abuse problem. ATNS arranged for rehabilitation at a rehabilitation center for his own costs as well as receiving a Final Written Warning for a period of one (1) year.

bb) 2017: Zero (0) Sexual Harassment incidents reported to Human Resources for 2017.

4. South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

(a) (i) Is not applicable (N/A), (ii) There were no reported incidents of sexual harassment reported to the Human Resources Division of the South African Civil Aviation Authority in (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017 and (b) is not applicable (N/A).

Not applicable.

5. Cross-Border Road Transport Agency

1. (a) (ii)The Cross-Border Road Transport Agency does not have any sexual harassment incidents that were reported to the human resources office in (aa) 2016 and (bb)2017; and (b) Not applicable

2. Not applicable

6. Road Accident Fund (RAF)

1) (a) (ii) the Road Accident Fund (RAF) were (aa) two (2) in 2016 and (bb) one (1) in 2017 and

(b) the details of each incident that took place are	(2) each incident was investigated and the outcomes of the investigation in each case was as follows:
a male RAF employee was alleged to have inappropriately touched a female RAF employee	a formal disciplinary hearing was held, which resulted in the male employee being dismissed
a male RAF employee was alleged to have prevented a female RAF employee from entering her office and proceeded to kiss her without her consent	a formal disciplinary hearing was held, which resulted in the male employee being dismissed
a male RAF employee was alleged to have made an inappropriate sexual comment to a female RAF employee	the matter was investigated by an independent third party. The allegations of misconduct could not be proven or substantiated, and no further steps were taken.

7. Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA)

1. (a) (ii)The Road Traffic Infringement Agency does not have any sexual harassment incidents that were reported to the human resources office in (aa) 2016 and (bb); and (b) Not applicable

2. Not applicable

8. Road Traffic Management Corporation

1. (a) (ii)The Road Traffic Management Corporation does not have any sexual harassment incidents that were reported to the human resources office in (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017; and (b) Not applicable

2. Not applicable

9. South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL).

1. (a) two (2) incidents of sexual harassment that were reported to the HR Offices of (ii) The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL). All incidents were investigated and concluded as described below

(ii) SANRAL Region	(1) (aa) 2016	(1) (bb) 2017	(1) (b) Details	(2) Outcomes
Eastern Region – KZN (PMB)	17 August 2016		A Sanral employee was sexually harassed by an engineer that was working for consultant service providers.	As the accused was not employed by Sanral, the service provider held a disciplinary enquiry. The accused was found not guilty. Sanral removed its affected staff member from the site in light of the outcome.
Northern Region – Pretoria		July 2017	Sexual harassment was reported through a third party to Sanral’s Tip-off line.	The investigation was conducted by Audit & Risk Management Solutions (ARMS). No further action was taken against the employee based on the findings.

10. South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

South African Maritime Safety Authority does not have any sexual harassment incidents that were reported to the human resources office in (aa) 2016 and (bb); and (b) Not applicable

Not applicable

11. Ports Regulator South Africa (PRSA)

1. (a) (ii) There were no incidents of sexual harassment cases that were reported to the human resources department in (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017.

(b) N/A

2. N/A

12. Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA):

1. Please refer to table below.

2. Please refer to table below.

PERIOD	INCIDENT	COMPLAINANT	ALLEGED OFFENDER	REGION	INVESTIGATION and OUTCOME
2016	11 October 2016	Human Resources Manager	Protection Official	Metrorail Eastern Cape	Incident was investigated alleged offender was exonerated. Matter was referred to the CCMA and award was in favour of the Offender/Employer. The complainant has taken the matter to Labour Court on review.
2016	October 2016	Office Admin Assistant	Executive Manager	MLPS	Matter was investigated internally (Corporate Protection Services) and referred for external legal investigation (Bowmans and Gilfillan Attorneys). Alleged perpetrator also lodged an internal grievance for false accusation (20 September 2017).
2017	October 2017:	Protection Official	Area Manager	Metrorail Western Cape	Internal Disciplinary Hearing concluded employee found not guilty.
2017	8 June 217	Office Admin Assistant	Maintenance Fitter	Metrorail Western Cape	Internal Investigation indicated there was no substantial evidence of sexual harassment. Case closed.
2017	6 April 2017	Admin Official	Protection Official	Metrorail Western Cape	Grievance lodged internally, both parties and management did not show up for several scheduled hearings Case withdrawn
2017	October 2017:	Protection Official	Area Manager	Metrorail Western Cape	Internal Disciplinary Hearing concluded employee found not guilty.

13. Railway Safety Regulator (RSR):

There were no sexual harassment incidents reported to the Human Resources Department in the 2016/17 financial year.

Reply:

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT:

1(a)(i) There was one case of alleged sexual harassment reported in 2016/ 2017 financial year.

1(b) Allegations were levelled against an SMS member making remarks against an official’s dress code.

2 Investigations were conducted by an internal and external investigators who both gave reports to the effect that the allegations were unsubstantiated.

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY:

Both 1 and 2 are not applicable

SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL SECURITY AGENCY:

1. (aa) 2016 - There was one (1) case reported within SASSA. It was alleged that an official hugged, kissed and touched the buttocks of a cleaner without her consent.

(bb) 2017- There was one (1) case reported within SASSA. An official allegedly placed his hand on an official’s private part without her consent and further made comments with sexual overtones about the official’s body and hairstyle.

2. 2016 - The incident was investigated by a team of two investigating officers who discovered inconsistencies in the statement of the complainant. No wrong-doing was established against the alleged perpetrator.

2017 - The incident was investigated. The outcome of the investigation resulted in the perpetrator being charged and found guilty on the above stated charges.

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Reply:

Background of Amahlathi LM

The Amahlathi local municipality is a Category B municipality situated in the Amathole District in the Eastern Cape. It is bordered by the Chris Hani District to the north, Buffalo City Metropolitan municipality to the south, Mnquma and Great Kei to the east and Raymond Mhlaba to the west. Amahlathi municipality is an administrative area and it one of the six municipalities in the Amathole District. Amahlathi is an isiXhosa name that means “a place where many trees are grouped together to form a forest. It covers 4 505km² of land. The names of Cities and Towns surrounding the municipality are: Cathcart, Kei Road, Keiskammahoek and Stutterheim. The economic sectors active in the municipality are, namely: Community services (37%), finance (27%), manufacturing (18%), trade (10%), agriculture (4%), construction (2%), and transport (2%).

Political Management

African National Congress	Democratic Alliance	Economic Freedom Fighters
24 seats	3 seats	3 seats

The majority party is the African National Congress.

(a) The Ministry of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs visited the area of Keiskammahoek twice during 2018, and facilitated a coherent response to community concerns. The leadership of SANCO and the community committed themselves to work with the Provincial Government and an inclusive task team has been established, which is meant to monitor the implementation of the support plan by the Province and National Government.

It was discovered that the source of public unrest was as a result of the lack of feedback meetings between the municipality and the community including the sector department work planned for the community. It’s regrettable that a life was lost during the protests and the matter is being investigated by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate.

(b) During the meeting with the community of Keiskammahoek delivered a petition that outlines their concerns regarding the services, namely; status of roads, hospital and housing projects. A follow-up feedback meeting with the community happened on the 13 May 2018, whereby all the provincial sector departments expected to address the pace of service delivery were present at the meeting to engage the community. As a result of the Minister’s intervention in the community of Keiskammahoek, a provincial Technical Task Team, led by the Head of Department of CoGTA in the Eastern Cape, was established to facilitate responses and the MEC is the overall political coordinator of the feedback given his responsibilities in the Provincial Executive Council.

The Petition Response Plan Document has been completed and the community representatives were engaged about the contents of the document for further improvement on the responses. Provincial Government is already dealing with some service delivery challenges in consultation with community representatives.

Reply:

Eastern Cape	71
Free State	25
Gauteng	138
KZN	91
Limpopo	22
Mpumalanga	8
North West	74
Northern Cape	9
Western Cape	62
TOTAL	500

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Reply:

(a) The Department has advised me that it has contracts with twenty two (22) companies and our entity, the African Renaissance Fund, none.

(b) I wish to encourage the Honourable Member to refer this matter to the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation in order obtain the details we are not authorised to give in replies to parliamentary questions.

The Honourable Member would recall that there is an established practise applicable to parliamentary questions contained in the document titled, “Guide to Parliamentary Questions in the National Assembly. The document referred to prohibits Members of Parliament, including the Executive, from divulging names of persons, bodies when asking or responding to parliamentary questions. It specifically states the following:

“Questions are to be framed as concisely as possible. All unnecessary adjectives, references and quotations are omitted. Names of persons, bodies and, for example, newspapers are only used in questions if the facts surrounding the case have been proven. As the mere mention of such names could be construed as publicity for or against them, it should be clear that this practice is highly undesirable. If a question will be unintelligible without mentioning such names, the Departments concerned are notified of the name (-s) and this phrase is used: ".......a certain person (name furnished)”

Reply:

1. The Minister became aware of this matter when the Honourable Member posed this question to him.

On receipt of the question, the KwaZulu Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs was requested to facilitate a response from the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality (“the Municipality”).

The Municipality subsequently provided their responses below:

a) The Municipality has indicated that it has rental properties within the central region, accommodating eleven councillors. These councillors have entered ino a lease agreement with the Municipality.

b) The provision of accommodation was based on security concerns for the councillors and their families, and damages to their properties.

2. The MEC for local government in KwaZulu Natal Province is investigating whether the alleged occupation of subsidised municipal flats by the councillors constitute a breach of conduct. The outcome of this investigation will inform the steps to be taken to rectify the matter, if necessary.

Reply:

Yes, the City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) has repaid some of the loans since December 2010.

(a & b) The following loans have been fully paid at the respective maturity dates (See table 1 below):

• 1. December 2001- R150 million from INCA @ 12.25% (Annuity Loan)
  2. March 2002- R150 million from DBSA @ 13.5% (Annuity Loan)
  3. March 2003 – R291 million from DBSA @ 12.2% (Annuity loan)

The CoE follows a scheduled interest and capital repayment regime on its long-term liabilities. The outstanding balances are due to the fact that loans and bonds have not yet reached their redemption/maturity dates. Refer to table 1 below.

Table1: CoE liability profile

(c) Cumulative interest paid on the loans and bonds from the original date of attainment to 31 Dec 2017 is shown in table 2 see link below:

Table 2: http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW47TABLE_2.pdf

Cumulative interest paid to date on CoE loans and bonds amounts to R3.5bn. The new bonds, EMM07 and EMM07P were taken in July 2017 and their first interest payments were due in January 2018.

(d) The last interest payment dates and amounts are shown in table 3 see link below:

Table 3: http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW47TABLE_3.pdf

The reply to question 2018/47 is a follow-up to question 3455, which was published on 3 December 2010.

Reply:

The Honourable Member, Mr K J Mileham is kindly requested to direct the question to the Department of Health. Municipal Health Services is the responsibility of the Department of Health as the Municipal Health Services are regulated under Section 32 of the National Health Act, 2003 (Act 61 of 2003) as Municipal Health Services.

Reply:

Housing projects are implemented by the Department of Human Settlements in the Municipalities in the Province. The Department of Human Settlements in the Mpumalanga Province was contacted and confirmed the information below as correct.

The Thaba Chweu Local Municipality was contacted to assist with the response to the question. The response is as follows: (Annexure A)

No.	Project Name	Financial	Total Units	Start Date	Status	Budget
	No Allocation	2014/15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	No Allocation	2015/16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Chryselda	2016/17	200	01/11/2016	In progress	R20 600 000
	Mgugwana	2016/17	100	01/11/2016	Completed (08/12/2017)	R10 300 000
	Lwakhiti JV	2017/18	150	22/09/2017	In progress	R15 450 000
	Fenekwane	2017/18	100	22/09/2017	In progress	R10 900 000

As per the comments of the Deputy Minister to provide background/ explanatory notes to the matter, the following additional information was obtained.

Housing projects are implemented by the Department of Human Settlements in the Municipalities in the Province. The Department of Human Settlements in the Mpumalanga Province was contacted and confirmed the above information as correct. As implementers of the housing projects, the Department allocates the budget, appoints Service Providers and monitors them in collaboration with the affected Municipality. The Municipality’s responsibilities include the identification of beneficiaries.

2016/17 financial year includes the following:

• The Chryselda housing project experienced challenges as it is reported that about 24 houses were invaded. Municipality still engaging with the affected individuals to vacate the affected properties.
• Mgugwana Housing Project was completed but the units are not yet occupied as the programme to service the completed units is still ongoing.

Reply:

A response from Thaba Chweu Local Municipality is narrated here under:

Thaba Chweu Local Municipality doesn’t budget for operation and maintenance per ward, it instead budgets per services sector, such of roads and stormwater, and electricity and its network including street lights that cover all the wards. The three settlements of Lydenburg, Sabie and Graskop fall within wards 1, 2, 3, 7 and 10.

The following is the operation and maintenance budget for each service sector, according to the Municipality, for the financial years (aa) 2014-15, (bb) 2015-16 and (cc) 2016-17.

(a) Budget

(i) and (ii) Roads and stormwater: The adjusted budget for the financial years 2014-15 was R 7,84 Million, 2015-16 was R 10,00 Million, and 2016-17 was R2,61 Million.

(iii) Eletricity: The adjusted budget for the financial years 2014-15 was R6,18 Million, 2015-16 was R8,87 Million, and 2016-17 was R10,83 Million.

(b) Expenditure

(aaa) and (bbb) Roads and stormwater: Reported expenditures for 2014-15 was R2,75 Million, 2015-16 was R2,41 Million, and 2016-17 was R4,37 Million.

(ccc) Electricity: Reported expenditures for 2014-15 was R1,32 Million, 2015-16 was R14,74 Million, and 2016-17 was R9,41 Million.

The budget and actual expenditure report as provided by Thaba Chweu Local Municipality is attached as Annexure A.

ANNEXURE A

DETAILED OPERATIONAL BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE FOR 2014/15, 2015/16 AND 2016/17 FINANCIAL YEARS

See the link: http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW123_ANNEXURE_A.pdf

Reply:

Province	(a)Social Worker	(b) Other Professional Care worker	(b)(i) Full Names	(b)(ii) Position	(b)(iii) Office	(b)(iv) Crimes
Eastern Cape	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Free State	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gauteng	ONE	N/A	Nozipho P. Mvalese	Social Worker	JHB Metro	Theft (Later cleared by SAPS)
KwaZulu Natal	One	N/A	N.G Mkhize	Social Worker	UMgungundlovu	Fraud
Limpopo	TWO	TWO	Bidzha T.L.; Mahlare M.S.; Mashumu T.J.; Sebona M.	Social Worker Social Worker CDW CDW	Vhembe Sekhukhune Sekhukhune Waterberg	Public indecency shoplifting Road Traffic Act Road Traffic Act
Mpumalanga	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
North West	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northern Cape	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Cape	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

The Emakhazeni Local Municipality was contacted to assist with the response to the above. The response is as follows: (Annexure A)

No.	Project Name	Financial Year	Total Units	Start Date	Status	Budget
	Siyathathuka Ext. 6 & 8	2014/15	104	15/09/2014	Not Completed (53 units completed and 54 not completed)	R11 912 967
	Sakhelwe	2014/15	110	15/09/2014	Completed (30/12/2017)	R12 485 717
	No Allocation	2015/16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Siyathuthuka Ext. 7	2016/17	240	26/04/2016	Not Completed (11 units completed)	R31 382 684
	No Allocation	2017/18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

As per the comments of the Deputy Minister to provide background/ explanatory notes to the matter, the following additional information was obtained.

Housing projects are implemented by the Department of Human Settlements in the Municipalities in the Province. Consequently, the Department of Human Settlements in the Mpumalanga Province was contacted and confirmed the above information as correct. As implementers of the housing projects, the Department allocates the budget, appoints Service Providers and monitors them in collaboration with the affected Municipality. The Municipality’s responsibilities include identification of beneficiaries.

 

Additional project specific information includes the following:

• The Siyathuthuka Housing Project in extension 6 & 8 was reported to have experienced severe challenges that affected the smooth implementation thereof. The challenges include the invasion of the incomplete houses by the community and the now litigation between the Developer (Touris Garden) and the Department of Human Settlements.
• The Siyathuthuka Housing Project in extension 7 was also reported to have progressed very slow. As part of the intervention, the Department of Human Settlements has reduced to scope of work for the developer (Bongela Development Project) from 240 to 40 units. The remaining 200 units have now been allocated to another developer (T&Z Construction) to expedite the completion of the project.

Reply:

The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) was not involved in the drafting of the contingency plans for the water shortages currently being experienced in the (a) Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan,(b) Buffalo City Metropolitan and/or (c) Kouga Local Municipalities in the Eastern Cape province. It is important to indicate that the responsibility regarding the development of contingency plans on water shortages falls within the department of Water and Sanitation and the relevant water services authorities.

(i) Not applicable since the department was not involved in the drafting of the contingency plans for the water shortages in the above municipalities.

(ii) Not applicable as indicated above.

In terms of section 9 of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002) (the Act), the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) is established with an objective to promote “an integrated and coordinated system of disaster management, with special emphasis on prevention and mitigation, by national, provincial and municipal organs of state, statutory functionaries, other role-players involved in disaster management and communities”. This strategic role should therefore be multi-disciplinary in focus and continuous in nature. Disaster Management is defined by the Act as “a continuous and integrated multi-sectoral, multi-disciplinary process of planning and implementation of measures aimed at-

a) preventing or reducing the risk of disasters;

b) mitigating the severity or consequences of disasters;

c) emergency preparedness;

d) a rapid and effective response to disasters; and

e) post-disaster recovery and rehabilitation

Therefore, sections 25, 38, 39, 52 and 53 of the Act place explicit responsibility on national, provincial organs of state and municipalities, and other institutional role players involved in disaster risk management, to develop and implement disaster management plans including contingency plans. In this case, the Department of Water and Sanitation and relevant water service authorities share the responsibility to ensure sustainable water supply applying disaster risk reduction as well as response and recovery principles. It is on this basis that the development and implementation of contingency plans fall within their mandate.

Reply:

1. The following response is based on the information received from Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Northern Cape Provincial departments responsible for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, North West and Western Cape Provincial departments responsible for local government did not meet the extended deadline for submission of responses.

2. The table below provides information received:

Province	Municipality	(1)(a) Number of qualified engineer appointed in (a) the works department	(b) Number of qualified engineer appointed in infrastructure development department	(c) Number of qualified engineer appointed in the water works department	(2)(a) Whether an engineer has been appointed in the specified divisions	(2)(b) Reasons for non-appointment of engineer
Free State	Tokologo LM	None	None	None	No	The municipality is very small and is unable able to afford services on full time basis
	Nketoana LM	None	5	None	None	None
	Dihlabeng	None	1	None	Yes	Technical Director oversees all Infrastructure units and is aided by the Water Works Manager.
	Moqhaka LM	None	1	None	Yes	Technical Director oversees all Infrastructure units and is aided by the Water Works Manager.
Gauteng	City of Tshwane MM	None	169	5	Yes	N/A
	Ekurhuleni MM	None	1	26	Yes	N/A
	City of Johannesburg MM	None	8	7	Yes	N/A
	Lesedi LM	None	12	4	Yes	N/A
	Merafong LM	None	None	None	No	Unable to attract qualified registered Engineers
	Midvaal LM	None	1	2	Yes	N/A
	Randfontein LM	None	None	None	No	The municipality is unable to attract qualified registered Engineers
	Westonaria LM	None	2	None	Yes	N/A
	Emfuleni LM	None	5	6	Yes	N/A
	Mogale City LM	None	None	None	No	Unable to attract qualified registered Engineers
Limpopo	Lepelle-Nkumpi LM	None	6	None	Yes	N/A
	Molemole LM	None	3	None	Yes	The municipality is not a water service authority
	Blouberg LM	None	3	None	Yes	The municipality is not a water service authority
	Vhembe DM	None	4	None	Yes	N/A
	Thulamela LM	None	16	None	Yes	The municipality is not a water service authority
	Musina LM	None	1	None	Yes	The municipality is not a water service authority
	Collins Chabane LM	None	1	None	Yes	The municipality is not a water service authority
	Makhado LM	None	1	1	Yes	The available Engineer is for both Works and Infrastructure departments.
	Greater Giyani LM	None	2	None	Yes	The municipality is not a water service authority
	Ba-Phalaborwa LM	None	9	None	Yes	N/A
	Greater Tzaneen LM	3	3	3	Yes	N/A
	Maruleng LM	None	3	None	Yes	The municipality is not a water service authority.
	Elias Motsoaledi LM	None	None	None	No	The municipality is unable to attract qualified engineers due to financial constraints.
	Ephraim Mogale LM	None	None	None	No	Grading system which determines the salary scale makes it difficult to appoint Engineers.
	Waterberg DM	None	1	None	Yes	The municipality is not a water service authority
	Thabazimbi LM	None	1	1	Yes	N/A
	Lephalale LM	None	None	None	No	Due to affordability and the organogram does not cater for such posts.
	Bela-bela LM	1	3	1	Yes	N/A
	Modimolle-Mookgophong LM	4	7	4	Yes	N/A
	Mogalakwena LM	None	13	None	Yes	It is one of the scarce skill.
Northern Cape	Sol Plaatjie LM	1	1	None	Yes	Lack of funds to appoint engineers
	John Taolo Gaetsewe DM	None	3	None	Yes	N/A
	Pixley Ka Seme DM	None	2	6	Yes	N/A
Mpumalanga	Gert Sibande DM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Chief Albert Luthuli LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided e
	Msukaligwa LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Lekwa LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Mkhondo LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Dipaleseng LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Govan Mbeki LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Nkangala DM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Victor Khanye LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Emalahleni LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Steve Tshwete LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Emakhazeni LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Thembisile LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Dr JS Moroka LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Ehlanzeni DM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Thaba Chweu LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Mbombela LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Nkomazi LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided
	Bushbuckridge LM	None	1	None	None	No information was provided

3. Whether he will make a statement on the matter?

As part of the Department’s support intervention to municipalities, especially the 87 distressed municipalities, the Municipal Information Support Agent will deploy engineers and other technical officials to assist municipalities in managing their infrastructure projects.

A Parliamentary question was received regarding the vacancies in the works department, infrastructure development and the water works department. The Honourable member wants to know the number of municipalities a qualified engineer has been appointed in the works department, infrastructure development and the water works department.

In the preliminary response, the Honourable Member was informed that provinces did not meet the deadline for submission of responses and that the information will be provided as soon as it has been received.

The Ministry received a follow-up from the Honourable member regarding the outstanding information.

The response above is based on the information received from Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Northern Cape Provincial departments responsible for local government. Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, North West and Western Cape Provincial departments responsible for local government did not meet the extended deadline for submission of responses.

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

Education is a concurrent function, Chapter 3 section 12 of the South African schools Act stipulates that provinces must provide for schools and the education of learners. The information requested above must be directed to the respective provincial legislatures given that provinces are responsible for the provision of internet connectivity for schools.

Reply:

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

Reply:

a) (i) & (ii) and (b) (i)(aa) & (bb), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) & (vii) is as per the attached spread sheet.

Replacement of Inappropriate Structures

With regard to the Inappropriate Structures, a total number of 367 schools are being implemented under the ASIDI Programme; 202 projects have been completed since inception, 175 projects are at various stages of completion.

Sanitation: 741 projects have been identified, 585 projects have been allocated to IAs. 470 schools have been provided with sanitation. Due to scope changes, 586 projects are different stages of implementation.

Water: 1120 projects identified, 959 allocated to IAs; 685 schools have been provided with water. Due to scope changes, 539 projects are in different stages of implementation.

Electricity: 916 projects identified, 372 of the 535 allocated to IAs have been provided with electricity. Due to scope changes only 372 projects have been implemented and the others were addressed through the provincial programmes.

Reply:

Education is a concurrent function, Chapter 3 section 12 of the South African schools Act stipulates that provinces must provide for schools and the education of learners. The information requested above must be directed to the respective provincial legislatures given that provinces are responsible for the provision of computers for learners.

Reply:

a) (i)

The total number of State-paid teachers employed per province as per the PERSAL record of January 2018 is given in a table below. The Department can make available a database of the number of teachers in each school and location of such schools. This information will be made available on a CD due to the volume of information.

Province	Grand Total
EASTERN CAPE	52 468
FREE STATE	22 897
GAUTENG	68 264
KWAZULU-NATAL	95 226
LIMPOPO PROVINCE	51 886
MPUMALANGA	33 040
NORTH WEST	25 946
NORTHERN CAPE	10 149
WESTERN CAPE	31 411
Grand Total	391 287

Source: PERSAL, January 2018

a) (ii)

Table 1 below indicates the number of learners in ordinary and special schools, by province and district. A detailed list of schools is attached as Annexure A. Please note that the 2018 data is not yet available at a national level, as provinces are still uploading their data into Learner Unit Record Tracking System (LURITS). 2018 data will be available after 30 June 2018.

b) (i) (ii)

The response is attached in a detailed list of schools as Annexure A on Excel spreadsheet.

Reply:

1. (a) & (b) (i) & (ii).

Find attached Annexure for the number of schools built since 2014/15 Financial Year and their full details, including their language of instruction.

2. The Gauteng Department of Education has a backlog in relation to the supply of new and replacement schools. This is perpetuated by the constant influx of learners into the province. A number of factors have had adverse impact on delivery of schools. These include but are not limited to: Budgetary constraints, under-performance by Contractors, Community disruptions and inclement weather.

3. The planned number of schools is not adequate to address overcrowding and the severe shortage of schools in the province. In an attempt to find an alternative solution, the Department is working with the Gauteng Infrastructure Fund Agency (GIFA) to explore alternative funding methods that will expedite the delivery of schools in the province.

4. The requested information has been provided.

Reply:

1. All SMS members submitted their Financial Disclosure forms

(a) Not applicable

(b) Not applicable

(c) (i) Not applicable

     (ii) Not applicable

2. Not applicable

3. (a) Not applicable

(b) Not applicable

(4) Not applicable

Reply:

a) and (b)

The Table below shows the average teacher to pupil ratio per province. The full list of all primary and secondary schools indicating teacher to pupil ratio per school can be provided on a CD due to the volume of information.

Province	Average of LER Primary	Average of LER Secondary
Eastern Cape	37.9	31.3
Free State	36.6	25.7
Gauteng	37.5	26.7
Kwazulu-Natal	32.6	27.0
Limpopo Province	35.0	26.2
Mpumalanga	34.9	26.5
North West	32.2	26.2
Northern Cape	32.3	25.3
Western Cape	38.4	33.2
National Average	35.2	27.7

Source: School Realities and PERSAL, March 2018

Reply:

(a), (b) and (c)

As part of the monitoring of vacancies at schools in Provincial Education Departments (PEDs), the National Department of Basic Education requests and obtains aggregated reports on the number of vacancies on a quarterly basis. The Honourable Member is requested to direct the request on the detailed information on vacancies per school to the PEDs as such data are in their possession.

The number of posts and vacancies for the PEDs that have reported as at the end of March 2018 is shown below.

Province	Number of Posts	Number of Vacancies
Eastern Cape	50 296	4 742
Free State	20 808	337
Gauteng	58 754	312
KwaZulu-Natal	90 057	Report outstanding
Limpopo	48 856	3 082
Mpumalanga	34 777	250
Northern Cape	10 651	105
North West	28 744	551
Western Cape	32 147	480
Total	375 091	9 859

Source: PED Quarterly Reports

Reply:

a) According to National Education Infrastructure Management System (NEIMS) as at March 2018, below are the figures:

PROVINCE	NO COMPUTER LABS	INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
	PRIMARY SCHOOLS	HIGH SCHOOLS	PRIMARY SCHOOLS	HIGH SCHOOLS
Eastern Cape	4 049	685	2456	1 322
Free State	388	144	306	171
Gauteng	235	154	280	107
KwaZulu-Natal	2 950	935	2 342	1 964
Limpopo	2 138	1 119	2 546	838
Mpumalanga	735	291	852	679
North West	644	161	281	275
Northern Cape	216	31	0	0
Western Cape	503	70	250	13
Total	11 858	3 590	9 313	5 369

b) An estimated amount of R 16 billion is required to provide computer labs with connectivity.

*Note 1: The cost of physical infrastructure to erect a building/ space for a lab needs to be surveyed by a quantity surveyor per site. However, it should also be noted that due to technological advancements, it is no longer necessary to provide a computer laboratory to all schools. Further, the provision of mobile computer facilities has reduced the need for these.

*Note 2: The cost of infrastructure for connectivity requires an individual assessment for fibre, wireless, satellite or others depending on location and other factors.

Reply:

(1)

On 7 June 2018 Eskom launched the weekly system status report. This report, which is hosted on Eskom’s website, gives a weekly view of energy sent out, peak demand, performance of generating units in terms of the energy availability factor (EAF) and an outlook of three months ahead. Eskom’s media statement is attached.

(2)

The current level of coal supplied to the specified power stations is provided in the Table 1 below.

Table 1: Coal supply for April 2018

Power Station	April 2018 coal supply (kilo tonnes)
Arnot	517
Camden	449
Hendrina	358
Komati	184
Kriel	489
Majuba	1086
Tutuka	576

(3)

Currently Eskom does not have sufficient coal supply for the remainder of the year.

Eskom is currently negotiating tenders for 100Mt of coal that is required for the next five years. Eskom has issued 9 other RFP’s since 1 April 2017 to procure additional coal for different power stations. Apart from a number of contracts already being concluded and delivery of coal commenced, various other agreements are in different stages of conclusion.

Plans in place to improve coal stockpile levels at the six power stations that are below the minimum stock level include the following:

• Limit production at these critical stations – off peak and weekend units shut down.
• Coal transfers away from destination stations with healthier stock level – monitored and optimized daily.
• Limit performance deviation of the rest of the fleet, including new build.
• Conclude interim coal supply agreements with the Tegeta Business Rescue Practitioners, to enable coal supply to Hendrina Power Station.

Reply:

(a)

R20 061 454 892 is the total debt owed to Eskom by municipalities as at 31 March 2018. This includes the total overdue debt of R13 569 922 454.

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

Annexure A provides a list of municipalities with accounts in arrears and indicates municipalities that had payment arrangements with Eskom as at 31 March 2018.

(c)

R455 million.

It is to be noted that this amount in based on the top 20 defaulting municipalities, which make up about 92% of the total arrears amount, as at 31 March 2018.

The risk of prescription is limited due to it being interrupted by a by court order; summons; and /or acknowledgement of debt i.e. payment arrangements.

Table 1 provides details of debt owed by the top 20 defaulting municipalities, as at 31 March 2018.

Table 1: Debt owed by the Top 20 defaulting municipalities

Top 20 defaulting municipalities	Total Debt (R’M)	0 to 90 days	>90 days <= 1yr	>1yr but <= 2yr	>2yr but <= 3yr	>3yrs but <=4 yr
DIHLABENG MUNICIPALITY	184.0	34.4	R 136.2	R 13.5
DITSOBOTLA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY (incl. Lichtenburg)	296.7	35.1	R 122.5	R 139.2
EMALAHLENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY (MP)	1 661.4	228.7	R 906.1	526.6
EMFULENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	873.2	504.8	R 368.3
GOVAN MBEKI MUNICIPALITY	561.6	123.4	438.2
KAI !GARIB MUNICIPALITY	129.0	20.3	56.2	52.6
LEKWA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	502.3	79.9	301.3	121.1
MALUTI A PHOFUNG MUNICIPALITY	2 754.8	187.0	768.7	814.2	629.3	355.6
MANTSOPA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	119.4	16.4	42.3	56.8	3.9
MATJHABENG MUNICIPALITY	1 815.0	198.8	480.6	636.6	499.1
MERAFONG CITY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	156.0	51.8	104.2
MODIMOLLE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	130.8	23.6	107.2
MOOKGOPHONG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	118.2	11.5	52.8	53.9
MOQHAKA MUNICIPALITY (incl. Steynsrus)	230.4	74.0	156.4
NALA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	178.0	24.3	57.5	96.3
NALEDI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY (NW)	279.2	28.8	95.7	121.2	33.5
NGWATHE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	937.7	66.2	250.4	287.0	234.3	99.8
NKETOANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	171.0	23.1	52.7	73.6	21.6
THABA CHWEU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	444.2	50.0	134.6	179.4	80.2
THABAZIMBI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	217.5	12.8	61.0	95.7	48.1
WALTER SISULU LOCAL MUNICIPALITY	141.2	23.7	85.7	31.8
GRAND TOTAL	11901.8	1818.7	4778.5	3299.3	1550.0	455.3

Reply:

(1)(a)(b) and (2)

Police Station	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
Boksburg Sector Policing	32	24 (+8)	During the 2017/2018 financial year, six students were allocated to the police station.

 

 

 

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