Questions to Ministers

02 July 2018 - NW1746

Steyn, Ms A to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

Whether her department commissioned any audits of state-owned land in each of the provinces (a) in each of the past three financial years and (b) since 1 April 2018; if so, (i) in which province was the audit conducted, (ii) which firms were contracted to perform the audit, (iii) what did each audit cost and (iv) who authorised the audit in each case?

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Reply:

(a),(b) No.

(i),(ii),(iii),(iv) Falls away.

02 July 2018 - NW1838

Krumbock, Mr GR to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

(1)Whether (a) his spouse and/or (b) an adult family member accompanied him on any official international trip (i) in each of the past five financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (aa) is the name of the person(s), (bb) was the (aaa) purpose and (bbb) destination of the trip and (cc) was the (aaa) total cost and (bbb) detailed breakdown of the costs of the accompanying person(s) to his department; (2) Whether each of the specified trips were approved by the President in terms of the provisions of Section 1, Annexure A of the Ministerial Handbook; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW1997E

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Reply:

I have been informed by my department:

(1) Yes,

(i) In 2014 total was R173 079.56

(ii) In 2015 total was R377 316.26

(iii) In 2016 total was R608 414.42

(iv) In 2017 total was R467 626.93

(2) All trips were official and received required approvals

Approved/ not approved

Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

02 July 2018 - NW2185

Carter, Ms D to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services

What is the current status of a certain person (name and details furnished) in his department, who was found guilty of rape, bribery and defeating the ends of justice?

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Reply:

The official is on suspension. He was suspended on 08 June 2018, the disciplinary hearing is scheduled for 28-29 June 2018.

02 July 2018 - NW1305

Dlamini, Mr MM to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

(a) Whether he has been informed of the 12 Transnet Employees at the Ngqura Container Terminal in Port Elizabeth (names furnished), who were unfairly dismissed after lodging grievances against their supervisor (name furnished), who had continuously victimised and abused them racially; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what has he done to ensure that (a) the 12 former employees get re-employed, (b) the grievances were investigated and (c) unfair dismissal investigated?

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Reply:

This response is according to information received from Transnet:

(a) The 12 Employees who were dismissed were charged with insubordination, underwent formal disciplinary process, were found guilty and dismissed. At no point were victimization and racism cited during their disciplinary process. The matter followed proper employment law processes and has even been referred to the labour court.

(b) There is currently no suggestion that the employees were unfairly dismissed and at all appeal processed outside the Company, the Company decision has been upheld.

(c) At all material times, the employees have appealed for re-employment but at no time have they ever raised allegations of victimization or racial abuse as reason for dismissal.

02 July 2018 - NW2056

Alberts, Mr ADW to ask the Minister of Energy

1. Whether all members of the Senior Management Services (SMS) in his department had declared their financial interests for the past year as required by the Public Service Regulations; if not, (a) why not, (b) what number of the specified members did not declare their interest and (c) what are the (i) names and (ii) ranks of the specified non-compliant members of the SMS’ 2. Whether non-complaint SMS members have been charged; if not; why so, what are the relevant details; 3. What number (a) of employees in his department at each post level are currently suspended on full pay and (b) of the specified employees at each post level have been suspended for the specified number of days (details furnished); 4. What is the total amount of cost attached to the days of service lost as a result of the suspensions in each specified case

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Reply:

All the SMS members have declared their financial interest for the year 2017/ 2018 as required by the Public Service Regulations, except for three (3) SMS officials (a) this was an oversight from the officials who missed the concession deadline of 31 May 2018 (b) Three (3) officials did not declare their financial interest (c) the names of officials who missed the concession deadline are (i) Mr LF Aphane, Mr P Musekwa and Mr L Phakati and their ranks are (ii) DDG: Energy Planning and Policy, Director and Parliamentary Officer;

The process is currently underway wherein non-complaint SMS members will be issued with written warnings for failure to declare their interests by the due date;

There are currently (a) Two (2) officials that are suspended on full salary both the employees are on post level 15 and (b) employee one was suspended on 19 May 2017 which is a total of 396 days; employee two was suspended on 27 July 2017 which is a total of 327 days.

The total amount of cost attached to the days of service lost as a result of the suspensions is (a) the first official’s total amount of cost attached to the days of service lost as a result of suspension on full pay is R1 453 379.62, the second official’s total amount of cost attached to the days of service lost as a result of suspension on full pay is R1 234 357.92

Approved / Not Approved

Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

02 July 2018 - NW1887

Ketabahle, Ms V to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

(1)What (a) is the total number of incidents of racism that were reported to the human resources offices of (i) his department and (ii) entities reporting to him in (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017 and (b) are the details of each incident that took place; (2) Was each incident investigated; if not, why not in each case; if so, what were the outcomes of the investigation in each case?

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Reply:

I have been informed by the Department and entities as follows:

Only two entities had incidences reported and investigated

(a) SITA : 2016 , One incident - Employee refused to give evidence

2017 , One incident - Resolved through Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

(b) SAPO: 2016 , One incident - Resolved through grievance procedure

2017 , One incident – resolved through with final written warning

SITA

(1)(a)(ii) There were two (2) incidents of racism reported to the human resources office.

(aa) One (1) in 2016 – Investigation done, Employee requested to giveevidence

(bb) One (1) in 2017 – investigation, Employer Assistance Programme

SAPO

(1) The 2016 incident was investigated and resolved through a grievance process and the 2017 incident was investigated and the outcome was final written warning.

Approved/ not approved

Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

02 July 2018 - NW1042

Van Dyk, Ms V to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises

Did a certain company, namely Hernic Ferrochrome conclude an empowerment deal in 2007 that involved a certain persons company namely Colin Matjila’s Matlapeng Resources? NW1043E

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Reply:

DPE RESPONSE

The Department is unable to respond to this question as the information required relates to contracts awarded by Hernic Ferrochrome which is a private company.

Responses are based on information received from the respective SOCs stated below:

ALEXKOR SOC LIMITED

Alexkor is not in a position to comment on Hernic Ferrochrome business and would like to refer the question directly to Hernic Ferrochrome.

DENEL SOC LIMITED

Based on the information made available to Chairperson Hlahla, Denel has never concluded any empowerment deal in 2007 with a company called Hernic Ferrochrome that involved a person called Colin Matjila’s Matlapeng Resources.

ESKOM SOC LIMITED

Eskom is not aware of a company called Henric, however we will respond regarding a company called Hernic Ferrochrome (Hernic).

Hernic is one of Eskom’s Key Industrial Customer since 1996, and subsequently participated in Eskom’s Demand Response (DR) programme where customers are incentivised by reducing their own power consumption on request from Eskom.

Although Eskom is not privy to the details regarding an empowerment deal in 2007, Eskom is aware that Matlapeng Resources and Matlapeng Chrome had a shareholding at Hernic Ferrochrome during Eskom financial years 2014 and 2015. Eskom is also aware that Collin Matjila was a Director at Matlapeng Chrome and a Non- Executive Director at Hernic Ferrochrome, during financial years 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Eskom’s records do not indicate any direct dealings with Matlapeng Resources.

SAFCOL SOC LIMITED

According to SAFCOL’s records, they have not concluded an empowerment deal with the company namely Hernic Ferrochrome nor with the person namely Colin Matjila’s Matlapeng Resources.

SAX SOC LIMITED

SA Express is not aware of any deal concluded with the said company or person.

TRANSET SOC LIMITED

Transnet is not aware of any empowerment deal that Hernic Ferrochrome and Colin Matjila Matlapeng Resources were involved in, in 2007.

02 July 2018 - NW1722

Ketabahle, Ms V to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

(1)(a) What total amount of land owned by his department and the entities reporting to him in each province is (i) vacant and (ii) unused or has no purpose and (b) what is the (i) location and (ii) size of each specified plot of land; (2) (a) how much of the land owned by his department and the entities reporting to him has been leased out for private use and (b) what is the (i) Rand value of each lease and (ii)(aa) location and (bb) size of each piece of land?

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Reply:

The Department and Entities have informed me as follows:

Only two entities are relevant to this question.

SENTECH

(1) None

(2) SENTECH has leased out 96 hectares of the land it owns. These sites are not vacant but used for radio transmission.

SAPO

(1) SAPO has a total of number of 22 vacant sites. The 22 vacant sites are earmarked for development.

(2) None

Approved/ not approved

Dr Siyabonga Cwele, MP

Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Date:

02 July 2018 - NW1979

Robertson, Mr K to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

(1) Whether, with reference to the Mala Mala land claim in Mpumalanga, her department instituted any investigations with regard to the alleged irregularities in the land claim process; if so, (a) what were the findings of the investigations, (b) who authorised the investigations and (c) was any disciplinary action recommended and taken against officials and/or others implicated in investigations; (2) whether the N'wandlamahari Communal Property Association (NCPA) (a) is currently registered in compliance with the applicable Act, (b} has a properly constituted structure, (c) has an appropriate bank account and (d) members have been receiving their fair share of income generated on land administered by the NCPA; (3) whether her department has approved any development applications for the NCPA; if so, (a) on what date was the application for the intended development received by her department, (b) who applied on behalf of the NCPA, (c) what does the development entail and (d) what is the impact of the intended development on the members of the NCPA and the larger community? NW2138E

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Reply:

(1) No. According to information at our disposal there were no irregularities which occurred during the settlement of the Mala Mala land claim.
(a),(b),(c) Falls away.
{2) (a) Yes. The N'wandlamharhi Communal Property Association is a properly constituted legal entity registered in terms of the Communal Property Association Act, No. 28 of 1996.

(b) Yes.

(c) Yes.

(d) No. The Department is aware that some members and or households have not received their share due to disagreements within the CPA.

(3) No.
(a),(b),(c),(d) Falls away.

END

02 July 2018 - NW1332

James, Ms LV to ask the Minister of Health

Whether he has put any mechanisms in place to address the rising number of medical legal claims?

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Reply:

Yes.

Medico-legal Workshop

A Medico-legal Workshop was held in Pretoria on the 13th January 2015 to look at medico-legal claims. The workshop looked at the following issues:

Patient safety;
The impact of medico-legal litigation on the recruitment of specialists and on access to care in South Africa;
Management of claims; and
Ensuring access to justice for patients harmed.

This workshop culminated in the Medico-Legal Summit which was held on 09 -10 March 2015.

Medico-legal Summit

The Medico-Legal Summit was attended by various stakeholders which included medical and legal personnel (public and private sectors); private and public health establishments (hospitals) and the World Health Organisation among others. The Medico-Legal Summit came up with the Medico-Legal Declaration. The Declaration recommended interventions in 3 areas namely: medical (patient safety), administration and legal solutions.

1. Medical Solution (Patient Safety) - This is aimed at reducing the incidences of the negligence, medical malpractice or unethical behaviour and adverse events amongst others.

2. Administrative Solution - This strives to ensure proper record keeping that will minimize the loss or theft of medical records and proper communication with patients and members of the public.

3. Legal Solution - This looks at various legal interventions including but not limited to mediation; contingency fees; the common law rule of “once and for all”; the periodic or staggered payment instead of a lump sum payment.

Medical Solution (Patient Safety)

In implementing the Medical solution (Patient Safety), the following interventions are being implemented:

(a) Ensuring that there is a Patient Experience of Care;

(b) Ensuring that there is Patient Safety Incident and Reporting, Complaints and Compliments Guidelines;

(c) The Office of Health Standards Compliance and the Health Ombud are also critical role players on the compliance with norms and standards for the provision of health services in South Africa;

(d) Ensuring that there are also Committees on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal, Neonatal and Under 5 Deaths; and

Administration

In implementing the Administrative solution, the Department has started with the following interventions:

(a) Improvement of Filing and record systems (from manual record keeping to electronic filling and record keeping);

(b) Patient Record Management;

(c) Patient Registers; and

(d) Health Patient Registration System.

Legal

In implementing the Legal solution, the Department with the assistance of Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is currently busy with the following interventions:

(a) The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) under Project 141 – Medico-Legal Claims has undertaken an investigation on various interventions such as mediation; contingency fees; the common law rule of “once and for all”; the periodic or staggered payment instead of a lump sum payment among others. These investigations will lead to legislative reform. In this regard, the SALRC had issued the Issue paper calling for public comments. The closing date was 30 September 2017.

(b) The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is also introducing the State Liability Amendment Bill, 2018 to introduce periodic or staggered payment of claims instead of a lump sum payment. The State Liability Amendment Bill, 2018 is to provide for the periodic payments instead of lump sum as it is currently and the treatment of Medico-Legal claimants to be provided for in the public sector facilities (Hospitals), free of charge.

The National Health Council (“MinMEC”) passed a resolution to standardize the patient admission forms across Provinces to also include language that allow for mediation as the first compulsory step for resolution of Medico-Legal disputes. This is done with the assistance of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (Judge Cassim Sardiwalla and the State Attorney).

END.

02 July 2018 - NW2150

Khawula, Ms MS to ask the Minister of Energy

What are the (a) Government and (b) relevant entities projected to spend both directly and indirectly on the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programmes; (2) has he found that the Government and the entities can afford the cost; if so, what are the details of how this was determined?

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Reply:

There is no direct or indirect spend by Government or relevant entities exclusively attributable to the Electricity Regulation Act, 2006, Section 34 sanctioned Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPPP). Regulation 10 of the New Generation Regulations enable Eskom, as the single buyer, to recover all costs in respect of the Section 34 Ministerial Determinations and includes payments for the purchase of electricity from Independent Power Producers (IPP) in terms of a power purchase agreement. Eskom only pays for actual electricity evacuated into the grid at a predetermined fixed price that can only escalate by CPI annually.

Approved / Not Approved

Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

02 July 2018 - NW2143

Dlamini, Mr MM to ask the Minister of Energy

Whether he is aware of the development fee to be paid by Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to the National Treasury and to his department in order to set up the Project Development Fund for Baseload Coal Energy (details furnished); if so, what is the (a) total amount in Rand of the development fee and (b) breakdown of all costs that (i) have been incurred and (ii) will be incurred by his department for the procurement of energy from IPPs?

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Reply:

(A) The development fee of the Baseload Coal Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme has been set in the Request for Proposals (RFP) (December 2015) at 1.75% of the Total Project Value. The development fee is utilised as a cost recovery mechanism for costs incurred in the design, development, procurement and implementation over a 30-year contract term. The exact Rand value of the Development Fee can only be calculated once all the preferred bidders have reached Financial Close.

Approved / Not Approved

Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

02 July 2018 - NW1272

Marais, Mr EJ to ask the Minister of Communications

(1)Whether her department has determined the extent of the recent leaking of information of Facebook users in South Africa to Cambridge Analytica; if not, will (a) her department and/or (b) the Government be investigating the leak; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether (a) her department and/or (b) the Government will take any action to address the issue; if so, (i) will the issue be treated as a cybercrime issue, (ii) will she ask the Portfolio Committee on Communications to investigate the issue, (iii) which other entities will be involved in the investigation and (iv) what will the punishment be to address the issue?

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Reply:

Requesting the Honorable Member to refer the question to the Ministers of Police and State Security who will be in a better position to investigate issues relating to cybercrimes.

02 July 2018 - NW1621

Kopane, Ms SP to ask the Minister of Health

(1)(a) What is the total number of doctors who are currently registered with the Health Professions Council of SA, (b) of the specified total number of doctors, what number of doctors are (i) practising in (i) each province and (ii) outside the borders of the country and (c) what is the name of each country that the doctors are practising in; (2) whether any of the specified doctors are facing (a) disciplinary hearings and/or (b) criminal charges; if so, what are the relevant details in each case?

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Reply:

(1) (a) There are 50 538 doctors (Medical and dental) on the HPCSA register.

(b) (i) The following table reflects the details in this regard.

Province	No. of Doctors in Province
Eastern Cape	3494
Free State	2102
Gauteng	18062
KwaZulu Natal	8747
Limpopo	1976
Mpumalanga	2001
North West	1614
Northern Cape	775
Western Cape	11765
TOTAL	50538

(ii) The HPCSA does not keep a register/record of practitioners leaving the country to practice elsewhere.

(2) (a) Total number of doctors facing disciplinary hearing are as follows:

Preliminary- 1523
Professional Conduct – 418

PRELIMINARY

TYPE OF OFFENCE	MEDICAL AND DENTAL
Unethical Advertising	2
Incompetence	607
Over servicing	13
Breach of confidentiality	20
Damaging Professional Reputation of Colleague	12
Insufficient Care/Treatment & Mismanagement of Patients	263
Negligence	2
Unacceptable/Inappropriate Relationship with Patients	25
Refusing to treat patients	53
Misdiagnosis	0
Practicing Outside Scope of competence	0
Fraudulent Certificates/Incorrect Information on Death Certificates	95
Refusing to complete forms / producing inaccurate reports	74
Overcharging / charging for Services not Rendered	56
Issues relating to Consent	23
Fraud and theft	77
Bringing the Professions into disrepute	25
Employing unregistered practitioners	0
Unethical dispensing, using of unregistered medicine and prescribing of drugs	5
Contempt of Council	0
Supersession / Contravening the Hazardous Substances Act, 1973	37
Incorrect Accounts	49
Bad Communication	27
Touting	5
Expose patients to danger	40
Section 51	2
Practicing without registration	11
TOTAL	1523

PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT CASES FOR PROSECUTION

TYPE OF OFFENCE	MEDICAL AND DENTAL
Unethical Advertising	4
Incompetence	51
Breach of confidentiality	1
Insufficient Care/Treatment & Mismanagement of Patients	58
Negligence	98
Unacceptable/Inappropriate Relationship with Patients	18
Refusing to treat patients	4
Misdiagnosis	4
Practicing Outside Scope of competence	14
Fraudulent Certificates/Incorrect Information on Death Certificates	16
Refusing to complete forms / producing inaccurate reports	6
Overcharging / charging for Services not Rendered	40
Issues relating to Consent	14
Fraud and theft	52
Bringing the Professions into disrepute	7
Employing unregistered practitioners	6
Unethical dispensing, using of unregistered medicine and prescribing of drugs	2
Contempt of Council	15
Practicing without registration	8
TOTAL	418

(b) This is a matter for South African Police Services

END.

02 July 2018 - NW2047

Esterhuizen, Mr JA to ask the Minister of Energy

With reference to the cost of (a) Medupi that stands at R86.5 billion from R49.8 billion and (b) Kusile that stands at R83 billion from R57 billion but neither of which are near completion, what are the reasons that Eskom’s finance cost for the current financial year has increased with 82% whereas the specified amount excludes all the capitalised finance cost for work construction, like Medupi, Kusile and all other projects that are still under construction?

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Reply:

I wish to inform the Member that it is not part of the mandate of the Department of Energy to build power stations such as Medupi and Kusile.

Approved / Not Approved

Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

02 July 2018 - NW2050

Ntlangwini, Ms EN to ask the Minister of Energy

What (a) variables were taken into consideration when deciding on petrol price increases and (b) steps is the Government taking to ensure that the price of petrol does not become unaffordable?

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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:

02 July 2018 - NW1936

Paulsen, Mr N M to ask the Minister of Science and Technology

What is the total number of incidents of sexual harassment that were reported to the human resources offices of (i) her department and (ii) entities reporting to her in (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017 and (b) are the details of each incident that took place; 2. Was each incident investigated; if not, why not in each case; if so, what were the outcomes of the investigation in each case? NW2093E

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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

02 July 2018 - NW1896

Esterhuizen, Mr JA to ask the Minister of Economic Development

What (a) is the rationale behind Government’s imposition of import duties on imported steel and (b) has he found to be the impact of the import duties on the amount of steel that was imported in the (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18 financial years?

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Reply:

a) The rationale behind Government’s imposition of import duties on imported steel was to protect local steel manufacturing capacity from the surge of imports resulting from the global oversupply of steel.

South Africa is the only African country with this manufacturing capability and the steel industry is strategic to the country, given its linkages with other sectors of the economy.

The extremely low-priced imports of primary steel products originating mainly from Asia were harming local steel producers, as demonstrated by declining market shares, reduction in sales and production volumes, low capacity utilisation, declining employment and investments. The local producers were in a deteriorating competitive position in part attributable to escalating costs. Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium Ltd, the sole domestic manufacturer of heavy structural steel, ceased manufacturing and filed for business rescue. When industry applied to the State for assistance, Government considered the application and approved a request for increased import duties.

In the case of the largest steel producer, government placed a reciprocal commitment on the company to increase its level of capital spending in order to improve its overall competitiveness; and the company agreed to save jobs that would otherwise have been lost as a result of retrenchments.

b) The overall impact of duties on the amount of steel imported into the domestic industry has been positive between the 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years. This is evident from the decline in import volumes of flat and long steel products over the periods mentioned (see below table). However, imports of certain coated flat steel (galvanised) products are showing an increasing trend. This may be due to the importation of niche products and ultra-thin galvanised flat products which are not locally manufactured or they may reflect in part a circumvention of duties by importers. ITAC has been requested to monitor this and to take appropriate steps where warranted.

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02 July 2018 - NW2142

Dlamini, Mr MM to ask the Minister of Energy

With reference to his statement on 1 June 2018 in which he stated that the two coal Independent Power Producers (IPPs) would give rise to at least 5 000 jobs during construction (details furnished), (a) where did he obtain this figure and (b) can he verify it, as the figures provided by the coal IPPs are different?

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Reply:

In terms of the Request for Proposals (RFP) for coal IPPs, the preferred bidders bid the following in terms of job creation:

	Project 1	Project 2	Total
Jobs during Construction (person years)*	7 943	2 377	10 320
Jobs during Operations (person years)	10 678	4 626	15 304
Total jobs in person years	18 621	7 003	25 624

*(Person years: 1 job = 12 person-months and 1 person-month = 160 working hours)

The quantification of job creation is calculated in terms of the above formula stipulated in the RFP. If one were to assume the Construction period to be 4 years with the Operations period being 30 years, the total direct jobs during Construction would be equivalent to having approximately 2 580 people working for 4 years during Construction and approximately 510 people working for 30 years during Operations. However, since jobs are provided in job years as per the RFP, the figures are likely to be understated given workers who are employed for less than one year, especially during the construction phase.

Furthermore, these job numbers directly associated with the coal IPP plants do not include the indirect jobs created as a result of the new mine which one of the Projects will be dependent on as well as the jobs created in relation to the discard coal supply which the other Project will be utilising. The job numbers further exclude indirect job creation in respect of factors such as manufacturing and limestone supply.

Approved / Not Approved

Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

02 July 2018 - NW1604

Hadebe, Mr TZ to ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs

(1)(a) Whether a certain person (name furnished) occupies any official position in the staff structure of the Waste Management Bureau; if not, why did the specified person make a presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs on 13 March 2018; (2) (a) what official position is occupied by each person who handled the presentation to the committee on the specified date and (b) on what grounds did the Director-General of her Department state that the specified person is acting as Chief Executive Officer; and (3) with reference to the specified person’s statement during the presentation, (a) in whose name (i) were the processors, processing machinery and/or equipment bought, and (ii) was the processing machinery and/or equipment registered, (b) where was it bought and (c) was it locally produced; if so, what are the relevant details?

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Reply:

1. (a) The said person is appointed on the official position of Executive Programme Manager additional to the establishment.

2. (a). The second person reffered to is a Senior Executive Manager: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), and the third person is an Executive Manager: Business Development and Knowledge Management, The fourth person is the Head: EPR General Waste.

(b) The Director-General of the Department did not state that the Executive Programme Manager is acting as Chief Executive Officer.

3. (a) (i) The processing machinery/equipment is in the name of the two awarded companies, thus Treecycle (Pty) Ltd and Mfangano Solutions (Pty) Ltd;

(ii) The registration of the processing machinery/equipment will be done upon delivery.

(b) The processing equipment is made in the United States of America;

(c) No, refer to 3b.

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02 July 2018 - NW1934

Ms L Mathys (EFF) asked the Minister of Public Works to ask the Ms L Mathys (EFF) asked the Minister of Public Works

(1) What (a) is the total number of incidents of sexual harassment that were reported to the human resources offices of entities reporting to him in (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017 and (b) are the details of each incident that took place; (2) was each incident investigated; if not, why not in each case; if so, what were the outcomes of the investigation in each case?

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Reply:

QUESTION (1)

What is the total number of incidents of sexual harassment that were reported to the human resources offices of entities reporting to him in;

QUESTION (1)	Agrément South Africa (ASA)	Council for the Built Environment (CBE)	Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)	Independent Development Trust (IDT)
(a) (i) 2016	None	None	None	None
(a) (ii) 2017	None	None	One	One
(b) What are the details of each incident that took place?	Not applicable	Not applicable	There was a sexual harassment incident wherein a male security officer made allegations against a female employee of CIDB at one of the Provincial Offices. This allegation was not brought to the attention of Human Resources office and the Provincial Manager, but it came about in March 2017 during an investigation on a different matter and upon further engagement with the accuser, he decided not to proceed any further with the allegation.	The employee (applicant) had alleged that her male colleague had acted inappropriately when he embraced her, and regarded it as an unwelcomed gesture. The matter was dealt with through internal process and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) as explained in (2), below.

QUESTION (2)

Was each incident investigated; if not, why not in each case; if so, what were the outcomes of the investigation in each case?

ASA	CBE	CIDB	IDT
Not Applicable		Yes, although the employee had decided not to proceed with the claim, CIDB nonetheless appointed an independent investigator to gather all facts and advice management of the most appropriate action to take. Furthermore, CIDB wanted to afford the accused employee the right of response. CIDB would have liked to finalise this matter as timeously as possible had it not been for the prolonged absence due to illness of the accuser. CIDB expects the final report on this matter before the end of July 2018.	The above-mentioned incident was investigated by the IDT. However, during the investigation the temporary employment contract of the alleged victim came to an end. As a result, the matter was then referred to the CMA because the applicant was no longer an employee of the organisation. In the evidence provided by the alleged perpetrator there was seemingly a misunderstanding of his gesture by the applicant. According to the alleged perpetrator he had got to know that the applicant carried a similar surname to that of his mother and thus, as is normally done in most African cultures, he interpreted it that she was part of his clan or extended relatives. He therefore approached the applicant whilst reciting the clan’s praise names and welcomed her with an embrace. This gesture was unfortunately construed by the applicant as inappropriate and the alleged perpetrator apologised. It was management’s understanding that the matter was resolved when the apology was made. However, when the matter was brought back by the applicant through the CCMA the IDT participated fully in that process with a view to resolve it amicably. Through the counsel of the Commissioner at the CCMA, the parties entered into a settlement agreement where the IDT was directed to pay 6 months’ equivalent of the applicant’s monthly salary. The fact that the alleged perpetrator had taken responsibility, the IDT ordered him pay half of the total 6 months’ pay, while the IDT committed to pay the other portion of the settlement agreement.

02 July 2018 - NW2141

Dlamini, Mr MM to ask the Minister of Energy

What steps have been or will be taken to address the impact of coal Independent Power Producers (IPPs) on Eskom, in view of the fact that Eskom may have to close certain of its own coal plants early to meet the offtake requirements of the coal IPPs, and even earlier in a low greenhouse gas emission scenario, and will be faced with having to sell electricity at very high prices in circumstances where more and more electricity consumers are defecting from the grid?

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Reply:

Eskom is not closing its own coal plants early as a result of offtake requirements of the coal IPPs. Eskom’s policy on the decommissioning of its fleet is informed by an optimal balance of cost efficiencies, reduced capacity and carbon emission considerations. Eskom’s planned decommissioning of the Arnot, Camden, Grootvlei, Hendrina, Komati coal-fired power stations was already projected in the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2010 which indicated that the decommissioned capacity would be replaced by approximately 8 800MW new Coal Generation capacity through Kusile and Medupi. The efficiency of Eskom’s older coal-fired power plants have deteriorated rapidly and these plants cost substantially more to operate, resulting in a spill-over into tariff increases.

Standard impact mitigation measures at a local and regional level can be planned on the basis of Paris Agreement and OECD just transition principles which are largely based on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) just transition guidelines.

Government’s energy policy is, among others, premised on a balanced energy mix recognizing our country’s natural endowment of energy carriers, including coal., Government’s policy also supports techno-economic solutions for power production from environmentally hazardous discard coal stock-piled over years above ground. Notably, one such solution is presented by one of the coal IPP projects as a first of kind in South Africa.

Government’s policy position to reduce carbon emissions as well as continue with the new build coal plants, contained in its 2015 submitted Nationally Determined Contributions, remains unchanged.

Approved / Not Approved

Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

02 July 2018 - NW1873

Khawula, Ms MS to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation

(1)What (a) is the total number of incidents of racism that were reported to the human resources offices in (i) his department and (ii) entities reporting to him in (aa) 2016 and (bb) 2017 and (b) are the details of each incident that took place; (2) was each incident investigated; if not, why not in each case; if so, what were the outcomes of the investigation in each case?

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Reply:

(1)(i) Our Department has reported one (1) incident of racism to the human resource which was investigated and the employee was found guilty and dismissed during the 2016/17 financial year.

(1)(ii) There were no incidents of racisms reported by entities reporting to me during the 2016/17 financial year.

(2) Falls Away.

02 July 2018 - NW1980

Robertson, Mr K to ask the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform

{1) With reference to the Mala Mala Game Reserve land claim in Mpumalanga, what was the (a) role of a certain person (name and details furnished) in the awarding of the claim and (b) total amount of (i) shares held by the specified person in the game reserve at the time of the land claim settlement and (ii) money the person earned when Mala Mala was restituted; (2) whether her department provided any post settlement support; if so, (a) what assistance was provided, (b) who were the intended beneficiaries, (c) what were the outcomes of the support and (d) will any assistance be provided in the future? NW2139E

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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.

02 July 2018 - NW2038

Lotriet, Prof A to ask the Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

(1) What are the details of the (a) number of accidents that vehicles owned by his department were involved (i) in each of the past three financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018, (b) cost for repairs in each case and (c)(i) number of and (ii) reasons for vehicles being written off in each case; (2) Whether all vehicles owned by his department have tracking devices installed?

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Reply:

1. (a)There was only one accident that occured involving a vihicle of the Department in the past three fiancial years. The accident happend on 20th May 2016.

(b) There was no repairs cost incurred by the Department

(c) One vehicle was written off by the Department as it was involved in an accident and it was not cost effective to repair it.

(2) Only the four vehicles of the executive are installed with tracking devices.

APPROVED / NOT APPROVED

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Dr SC Cwele, MP

Minister

Date:

2018/06/

02 July 2018 - NW436

Figg, Mr MJ to ask the Minister of Public Works

(a) What is the current amount that is outstanding in terms of rental income for each Ministerial residence, (b) which Ministers are in arrears, (c) what is the (i) location and (ii) description of each residence with outstanding rental income, (d) what is the cost of monthly rental of each of the specified residences and (e) what processes have been followed to collect outstanding debt?

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Reply:

I appreciate this question from the Honourable Member, as it has brought to my attention a crucial matter regarding the payment of rental costs for Ministerial houses. The officials of the Department of Public Works are currently in the process of verifying the debt owed to the Department with the relevant Ministries. Thus, it would be premature of me to release unverified figures at this stage.

Nevertheless, what is apparent is that there may have been a systemic lapse in terms of the collection of rent from Members of the National Executive, because some amounts are beyond what would be regarded as normal debt (i.e. under 3 months of rental owed).

To this effect I have asked the Departmental officials to reconcile the debt and verify all the amounts owed to the Department of Public Works in respect of Ministerial houses. I have also sought assurance that measures have been undertaken to ensure that rent for Ministerial houses is collected on a monthly basis from all the Ministers and Deputy Ministers who are supposed to be paying that rent.

I can assure the Honourable Member that the Members of the Executive are fully committed to paying their rental costs. What we must ensure is that we address the systemic gap that has caused the debt to escalate for certain Ministerial houses.

02 July 2018 - NW561

Khawula, Ms MS to ask the Minister of Health

(a) What is the (i) name, (ii) location and (iii) patient capacity of each (aa) clinic, (bb) hospital and (cc) other public health facility that does not have electricity and (b) what is the reason for this in each case?

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Reply:

The response is as follows, according to the Provincial Departments of Health:

Eastern Cape (110 facilities)

The table below indicates the facilities that do not have electricity:

Facility Name	Facility Type (Clinic/CHC/Hospital)	District Municipality Name
Mnceba clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Mngungu clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Qobo clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Amantshangase Clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Hlamandana clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Ntlenzi clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Meje clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Zulu clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Qaqa clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Matubeni clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Mwaca clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Tela clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Lugangeni clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Ntlabeni clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Mzongwana clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Qasa	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Ntlola clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Cancele	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Machibini	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Umtumase	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Baleni clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Ndela clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Mpetsheni Clinic	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Sigidi	Clinic	Mzimvubu (Alfred Nzo)
Shepard’s hope clinic	Clinic	Maluti (Alfred Nzo)
Likhetlane clinic	Clinic	Maluti (Alfred Nzo)
Queen’s Mercy clinic	Clinic	Maluti (Alfred Nzo)
Paballong clinic	Clinic	Maluti (Alfred Nzo)
Rolweni clinic	Clinic	Maluti (Alfred Nzo)
Magadla clinic	Clinic	Maluti (Alfred Nzo)
Madlangala	Clinic	Maluti (Alfred Nzo)
Mpharane	Clinic	Maluti (Alfred Nzo)
Makwantini	Clinic	Maluti (Alfred Nzo)
Mount Hargreaves	Clinic	Maluti (Alfred Nzo)
Dundee	Clinic	Maluti (Alfred Nzo)
Daliwe	Clinic	Amahlathi
Cumakala 1	Clinic	Amahlathi
Cumakala 2	Clinic	Amahlathi
Stutterheim Town	Clinic	Amahlathi
Nqabarha	Clinic	Mbhashe
Qwaninga	Clinic	Mbhashe
Keti	Clinic	Mbhashe
Mpozolo	Clinic	Mbhashe
Mahasana	Clinic	Mbhashe
Guba Clinic	Clinic	Emalahleni
Mhlanga Clinic	Clinic	Emalahleni
Tsembeyi Clinic	Clinic	Emalahleni
Xonxa Clinic	Clinic	Emalahleni
Rodana Clinic	Clinic	Emalahleni
Rwantsana Clinic	Clinic	Emalahleni
Lanti Clinic	Clinic	Emalahleni
Sinqumeni Clinic	Clinic	Ngcobo
Eluhewini	Clinic	Ngcobo
Tylenol Clinic	Clinic	Lukhanji
Fransbury Clinic	Clinic	Lukhanji
Braakloof Satellities	Clinic	Lukhanji
Enoch Mgijima Clinic	Clinic	Lukhanji
Sada Clinic	Clinic	Lukhanji
Ncedolwethu Clinic	Clinic	Sakhisizwe
Thembalethu Clinic	Clinic	Sakhisizwe
Mhlwazi Clinic	Clinic	Sakhisizwe
Nieu Bethesda Clinic	Clinic	Camdeboo
Willowmore Clinic	Clinic	Camdeboo
Baviaans Clinic	Clinic	Camdeboo
Rietbron Clinic	Clinic	Camdeboo
Kwanonqubela Clinic	Clinic	Makana
Marselle Clinic	Clinic	Makana
Kenton on Sea Clinic	Clinic	Makana
Nolukhanyo Clinic	Clinic	Makana
Kwanonzwakazi Clinic	Clinic	Makana
Misgund Clinic	Clinic	Kouga
Imizamo Yethu Clinic	Clinic	Kouga
Masakhane Clinic	Clinic	Kouga
St Francis Clinic	Clinic	Kouga
Lukhanyiso Clinic	Clinic	Kouga
Woodlands Clinic	Clinic	Kouga
Loerie Clinic	Clinic	Kouga
Mtambalala Clinic	Clinic	Nyandeni
Ngcoya Clinic	Clinic	Nyandeni
Lutshaya Clinic	Clinic	Nyandeni
Qandu	Clinic	Nyandeni
Kanyayo Clinic	Clinic	Qaukeni
Bala Clinic	Clinic	Qaukeni
Xopozo Clinic	Clinic	Qaukeni
Lubala Health Post Clinic	Clinic	Qaukeni
Nxotwe Clinic	Clinic	Mhlontlo
Shawburry Clinic	Clinic	Mhlontlo
Mdyobe	Clinic	Mhlontlo
Maxhwele Clinic	Clinic	KSD
SOS Clinic	Clinic	KSD
Sonwabile Clinic	Clinic	Elundini
Mangoloaneng Clinic	Clinic	Elundini
Tsitsana Clinic	Clinic	Elundini
Mqokolweni Clinic	Clinic	Elundini
Seqhobong	Clinic	Elundini
Bethania	Clinic	Elundini
Ulundi	Clinic	Elundini
Isikhoba Clinic	Clinic - Paid	Chris Hani
Meje	CHC -Paid	Alfred Nzo
Nkwenkwana Clinic	Clinic - Paid	Chris Hani
Sipetu Hospital	Hospital _ Paid
Magwa	Clinic - Paid	OR Tambo
Ntshentshe	Clinic - Paid	OR Tambo
Sulenkama Hospital	Hospital
Gengqe Clinic	Clinic - Paid	OR Tambo
Mahlubini	Clinic	Chris Hani
Zabasa	Clinic	Chris Hani
Qebe	Clinic	Chris Hani
Nyaniso	CHC
Flagstaff	CHC

Free State (One facility)

Only one facility does not have electricity, but does have a generator on-site.

Facility Name	Facility Type (Clinic/CHC/Hospital)	District Municipality Name
Memel Clinic	Clinic	Thabo Mafutsanyana

Gauteng (One facility)

Only one facility was identified as having no electricity.

Facility Name	Facility Type (Clinic/CHC/Hospital)	District Municipality Name
Thusanong 2	Clinic	West Rand

KwaZulu Natal