Questions and Replies

Reply:

Projects are not evaluated on the directorship of participating companies but rather on the shareholding of each project company to ensure that the bid criteria in respect of South African Entity and Black ownership participation are met. Thus the persons (names furnished) were not required to declare directorship.

All bidders are bound by rules against collusion which may result in disqualification. The commonality in directorship in the specified project companies refer to a group of companies with the same shareholding structure. Thus, collusion with another bidding group or developer is not relevant. The individual bids by the named project companies competed with multiple other bids in respect of the unique offering of each underlying project, in terms of a combination of factors that inform their pricing, for example location, size of plant and technology.

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Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

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Reply:

Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) projects are procured and contracted pursuant to Ministerial Determinations issued by the Minister of Energy, in consultation with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) in terms of Section 34 of the Electricity Regulation Act, No 4 of 2006. Considerations include issues of carbon emission reduction commitments, new technology uncertainties such as costs, operability and lead time to build, water usage, localisation and job creation as well as regional development and integration and security of supply.

Each Independent Power Producer (IPP) participating in the tender process is responsible to undertaking a feasibility of its own project before bid submission to ensure the bankability of the project. At bid submission the IPPs have to comply with various qualification criteria which can only be complied with if they did undertake feasibility studies.

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Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

Reply:

(1) No. According to information at our disposal no irregularities were identified and/or discovered during the selection of beneficiaries; as a result the Department has not incurred financial losses in this regard.

(2) The first rental income which the community received every month was R700 000 from 1 December 2013 to end of February 2016. This was a transition period. The total amount received during this period is estimated to be R18 900 000. The amount was R560 000 from 1 March 2016 in line with the lease agreement signed. The total amount received from 1 March 2016 to date is estimated to be R14 300 000. The total rental income received from the first payment to date is estimated to be in the region of R33 200 000. In addition to the rental income the CPA has received dividends in the amount of R12 000 000 in 2017 and subsequent payment of dividends of R10 000 000 in 2018.

(3) The claim was finalised in accordance with section 2 of the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 as well as research conducted which found the claim to be valid.

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Reply:

A) The impact of the REIPPPP on the South African economy is not about costs, but rather about benefits. The highly competitive procurement conditions of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPPP), combined with excellent domestic natural resource potential, policy support and technological progress has resulted in rapid cost reductions and competitiveness of renewable energy technologies.

The South African government established the REIPPPP in 2010 as an urgent intervention to support the transition to a low-carbon economy, enhance and diversify South Africa’s electrical power generation capacity and accelerate private-sector participation in the energy industry through a competitive bidding process. The programme design, implementation and operational requirements further makes significant contributions to broader national economic development objectives, such as job creation, social upliftment, enterprise development, increasing economic ownership opportunities for black people, foreign direct investment, technological progress, climate change mitigation, alleviating pressure on the fiscus and lower electricity costs.

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Mr J T Radebe,MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

Reply:

Projects are not evaluated on the directorship of participating companies but rather on the shareholding of each project company to ensure that the bid criteria in respect of South African Entity and Black ownership participation are met. Thus the persons (names furnished) were not required to declare directorship.

All bidders are bound by rules against collusion which may result in disqualification. The commonality in directorship in the specified project companies refer to a group of companies with the same shareholding structure. Thus, collusion with another bidding group or developer is not relevant. The individual bids by the named project companies competed with multiple other bids in respect of the unique offering of each underlying project, in terms of a combination of factors that inform their pricing, for example location, size of plant and technology.

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Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

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Reply:

Eskom is not required to produce less electricity as a consequence of Independent Power Producers. 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 Wind and Solar Photovoltaic technologies introduced through the renewable energy programme do not displace coal-fired power stations as these technologies do not provide base load capacity.

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Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

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:

Reply:

Projects are not evaluated on the directorship of participating companies but rather on the shareholding of each project company to ensure that the bid criteria in respect of South African Entity and Black ownership participation are met. Thus the persons (names furnished) were not required to declare directorship.

All bidders are bound by rules against collusion which may result in disqualification. The commonality in directorship in the specified project companies refer to a group of companies with the same shareholding structure. Thus, collusion with another bidding group or developer is not relevant. The individual bids by the named project companies competed with multiple other bids in respect of the unique offering of each underlying project, in terms of a combination of factors that inform their pricing, for example location, size of plant and technology.

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Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

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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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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:

Reply:

Projects are not evaluated on the directorship of participating companies but rather on the shareholding of each project company to ensure that the bid criteria in respect of South African Entity and Black ownership participation are met. Thus the persons (names furnished) were not required to declare directorship.

All bidders are bound by rules against collusion which may result in disqualification. The commonality in directorship in the specified project companies refer to a group of companies with the same shareholding structure. Thus, collusion with another bidding group or developer is not relevant. The individual bids by the named project companies competed with multiple other bids in respect of the unique offering of each underlying project, in terms of a combination of factors that inform their pricing, for example location, size of plant and technology.

Approved / Not Approved

Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

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Reply:

To prevent collusion, bidders declare that in submitting a Bid Response that each of its members, its Lenders, the Contractors and all other participants in any Bid Response certifies that there has not been communication with a competitor or potential competitor that would amount to collusive bidding.

If the Department becomes aware of or is of the opinion that any of the collusive activities have been undertaken by any Bidder or any of its Members, Lenders, Contractors or Advisors, the Department shall be entitled to disqualify such Bidder, its Members, Lenders, Contractors or their Advisors and to bar any or all of them from participating further in the Renewable Energy Power Producers Procurement Programme. No collusion has been found.

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Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

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:

Reply:

Projects are not evaluated on the directorship of participating companies but rather on the shareholding of each project company to ensure that the bid criteria in respect of South African Entity and Black ownership participation are met. Thus the persons (names furnished) were not required to declare directorship.

All bidders are bound by rules against collusion which may result in disqualification. The commonality in directorship in the specified project companies refer to a group of companies with the same shareholding structure. Thus, collusion with another bidding group or developer is not relevant. The individual bids by the named project companies competed with multiple other bids in respect of the unique offering of each underlying project, in terms of a combination of factors that inform their pricing, for example location, size of plant and technology.

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Mr J T Radebe, MP

Minister of Energy

Date:

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Reply:

(1)(a) What steps has the Surgeon General taken to address the long delays in procurement of needed medical equipment for military hospitals and

The SA Military Health Service is not a single role player in the tender-procurement process and is largely dependent on the placing of authorised procurement on external entities. The SA Military Health Services has streamlined internal logistics processes and aligned these processes to respond speedily to concerns from the Central Procurement Services Centre. Furthermore additional funding from National Treasury are being utilised to procure medical equipment. Monitoring of these processes are addressed in the weekly Command Council of the SA Military Health Service.

(b) what are the reasons that the procurement of a computed tomography scanner at 2 Military Hospital took eight months?

The procurement of the computerised tomography (CT) scanner took place in 2009. The delay was not linked to the initial procurement process, but to the procurement process in the repair of the CT scanner. The procurement process for repair was above the SAMHS delegation and was therefore referred to the Central Procurement Service Centre. The Central Procurement Service Centre referred the initial procurement request back with questions regarding the preferred supplier. This resulted in a delay of the repair of the equipment.

Reply:

1. All 160 Senior Management Service members had declared their financial interests by 31 May 2017 in terms of Regulation 18 of the Public Service Regulations 2016. The Department is currently processing the Public Service Commission verification report.

2. None.

(3)-(4) The table below provides a breakdown of officials on suspension and the cost attached to the days of service lost.

(a) Number of employees that are currently suspended on full salary	Salary level	(b) Number of days	(4) Cost attached to the days of service lost
1	13	43	R82 991.39
1	10	76	R90 912.65
1	6	69	R34 700.00
2	5	266	R118 232.99
1	3	120	R37 112.54
Total	R363 949.57

Reply:

(1)

Ambient air quality has been monitored at 14 stations in the EThekwini Municipality for 12 years to date. A range of pollutants are measured. Two stations, Southern Works and Wentworth are located in the South Durban Basin. Since 2008, particulate matter concentrations at these stations have come down and are now in compliance with South Africa national ambient air quality standards. Ganges ambient monitoring station, which falls outside the basin, is however in non-compliance with particulate matter ambient standards, and this is mostly due to the vehicle emissions from the busy Southern Freeway close to this station.

In terms of sulphur dioxide, the three stations in the basin, namely, Settlers, Southern Works and Wentworth have also reported significant decreases in the sulphur dioxide annually over the years. The reduction in pollution seen in most stations since 2008 to 2010 over eThekwini are as a result of regulatory interventions such as the Scheduled Trade Permitting system and Atmospheric Emission Licensing programs implemented by the city, to target industrial emissions within the South Durban Basin.

(2) Health studies require special scarce skills and are relatively expensive to undertake. In the recent years, the Department of Environmental Affairs has spent over 8 Million Rands on health studies. Unfortunately, for financial reasons, the department has to prioritise study areas to focus on at a given time. To date, the Department has completed a health study in the Vaal Triangle Priority area. The department is currently conducting a health study in the Highveld Priority Area (HPA). In addition to being costly, these studies also takes time to complete. The current HPA health study will only be completed in late 2019, and only after then can the Department consider other priority areas. In the meantime, provinces and municipalities are encouraged to conduct local health studies.

A South Durban Health study was conducted in 2007 to determine the health status of the Durban South residents with specific focus on respiratory diseases and to determine an association between these diseases and environmental pollution. The study also assessed the range of ambient air pollutants to determine the potential risk they pose on the health of the Durban South community. The study revealed that moderate ambient concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitric oxide (NO) sulphur dioxide (SO2) and PM10 were strongly and significantly associated with decrements in lung function among children with persistent asthma and/or polymorphism associated with the ability to respond to oxidative stress. Children attending school in the south of Durban as compared to the north, were significantly associated with the increased risk of persistent asthma and for marked airways hyper reactivity. For adults, residing in the south was significantly associated with hayfever and marginal associated with chronic bronchitis, wheeze, shortness of breath and hypertension.

In addition, a joint Health study was completed in the early 2000’s. This study included National, Provincial, and the Local sphere of government as well as academia, industry and international partners. The primary intervention post the study was to reduce the levels of SO2 in the area as this pollutant is a known trigger for asthma. Significant reductions for this pollutant have been achieved. The eThekwini Municipalities AQMP which has a five year life span has included a further Health study in the financial year 20/21. This will need to include multiple stakeholders as the municipality could not fund a study of this nature in isolation.

(3)(a) Since the study, a number of interventions have been deployed at national, provincial and municipal level. Below are just a few.

• A tightening of controls on large industrial emitters with specific reference to SO2, Benzene, NOx and PM.
• The Department of Environments Affairs developed Minimum Emission Standards to control industrial emissions. The notice in this regard was published in 2010 and finalised in 2013. There were no previous standards in this regard and this promulgation and this allows for far tighter regulation of industries. Regulatory air quality management including the assessment of all new developments by means of Specialist Studies together with the Licensing of all Listed Activities as defined in NEM; AQA (39 of 2004) have resulted in an improvement in the air quality in the area.
• Enforcement inspections are being conducted to ensure compliance with the legislation and that conditions of the atmospheric emission licenses are adhered to.
• Continuous monitoring of criteria pollutants to determine if the national ambient air standards are not exceeded. Since then there has been some improvements as shown below:

(b) is the role played by the licensing authority in addressing the cumulative impact of air pollution in the area:

• The licensing authority continue to monitor the industry to ensure that they adhere to conditions of the atmospheric emissions licenses.
• Cumulative impacts are generally considered during the approval of new developments. This is often approached by the introduction of specialist studies conducted during the EIA process

(4) The minutes of the AQO forum can be obtained from the Provincial Air Quality Officer at the provincial department responsible for environmental affairs.

(5) The intervention for addressing air pollution and therefore reducing the health risks posed are stipulated in the eThekwini Metro’s air quality management plan (AQMP). According to the said AQMP, the eThekwini Municipality Health Study is planned for 20/21. The National Department will support this process.

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Reply:

a) The Department has filed its supplementary affidavit, and the Office of the Public Protector is yet to file its answering affidavit. The attorneys for the Public Protector intend filing a condonation application for the late filing of its answering affidavit, where after the Office of the State Attorney will set the matter down for hearing.

b) As the Clerk of the Court determines the court dates, the Department is unable to indicate when the case will be finalised.

Reply:

(1)(a) What is the level of medical stock in the pharmacy at 1 Military Hospital,

Pharmaceuticals and medical consumables for emergencies and life-threatening situations are fully stocked and available at 1 Military Hospital. The medical stock levels at the 1 Military Hospital pharmacy stands at 75%. The stock levels should improve to 85% by the first week in July when more deliveries of stock are expected. Some challenges are experienced with the suppliers of pharmaceuticals at a national level.

(b) Why has this very important indicator been removed by her department and

The performance indicator that refers to the stock levels of pharmaceuticals and medical consumables has not been removed by the department. A decision was made to register the performance indicator as classified as stock levels are regarded as sensitive strategic information.

(c) What is the direct impact of the medical stock level on soldiers and military veterans?

The impact of medical stock levels is minimised by alternative arrangements such as the buying-out of medication that is not available in the SA Military Health Service. There is thus no direct impact on soldiers and military veterans, except the increased cost to the Department of Defence of the buy-out from private pharmacies.

Reply:

The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) did not spend money for the OR Tambo campaign

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		Comment:
Dr NC Dlamini-Zuma Minister in the Presidency: Planning Monitoring and Evaluation
Date:

Reply:

a) (i)      The following campaigns were undertaken leading up to Easter :

Driver workshops – road safety education workshop was conducted among drivers of major bus companies that were scheduled to transport people to different places of pilgrimage. The emphasis of the workshop was on fatigue management, pre-trip inspections, safe vehicles, impaired driving as well as reckless driving. Drivers were exposed to public transport accident scene that took place during the 2017 Easter Period. The Department of Health and the Road Accident Fund provided information on issues related to health fitness and wellbeing.

 

Road Awareness at institutions - road safety awareness activities were undertaken at churches, Taxi Ranks, Schools, places of entertainment, as well as filling stations along the major routes.  The purpose of the awareness activities was to increase knowledge and skills among travellers in relation to vehicle safety, overloading of passengers and goods, as well as substance abuse. Road safety officials were deployed at various transport public hubs which were known to be congested during Easter period as a result of travellers to raise awareness about safety on the roads.

Pedestrian Awareness - heightened pedestrian awareness activities were undertaken in areas, which are identified as hazardous locations. The focuses of the pedestrian activity were primarily on visibility, the safe crossing of roads, impaired walking as well as jay-walking.

 Youth road safety - Young people are largest group involved in reckless and negligent driving due to their attitudes towards safe road usage.  Road safety education campaigns were undertaken leading up to Easter at institutions of higher learning and the focus was on impaired walking and driving, dangerous walking and pedestrian visibility.

  

The activities were supported by a strong media campaign that included interviews and social media activations.

 (ii)     The following campaigns were undertaken during the Easter period:

• Intensified law enforcement operations by national, provincial and local traffic authorities took place during the Easter period focussing inter alia on speed management, drunken driving, reckless and negligent driving, overloading, vehicle roadworthiness and cross-border operations.

• Road safety education activities were staged on all routes that were identified.

• Radio and television interviews were conducted on local, regional and national stations throughout the period to sustain the messages on safe Easter travel. Social media interactions were also intensified to reach young travellers.

(iii)   The following campaigns were undertaken after the Easter period:

Media interactions continued after the Easter period on all the platforms including TV and road interviews and social media platforms. The campaigns continued over the Worker’s day (May 1)  long weekend.

(b)     The objectives of the campaigns were to reduce fatalities on the identified hazardous routes and improve road user behaviour.

(c)       There was a reduction in crashes on identified hazardous routes however new hazardous routes emerged in other areas. The number of passenger fatalities were reduced although pedestrian fatalities increased suggesting that more work is still required.

(d)    This was measured by analyzing crashes and fatalities and comparing the outcome to the similar period in the previous years.

(e)    The campaigns took place at churches, institutions of higher learning, taxi ranks, halfway station along major routes, premises of major bus operators, on the roads in the form of roadblocks and on various media platforms.

(f)     The campaigns were targeted at drivers of public transport vehicles, passengers, pedestrians, the youth and faith-based organisations.

(g)   The campaigns were undertaken with approved operational budgets of provincial departments and municipalities.

 

Reply:

1. (a) Yes, the Department of Basic Education has a sexual harassment and assault policy in place.

(b) (i) The policy has been in place since 2014. The policy stipulates the procedure which should be followed in the reporting and investigation of allegations of sexual harassment in the Department. Clauses 19.1 to 19.3 of the policy provide a detailed procedure that must be followed in the investigation of alleged reports of sexual harassment. The procedure includes both formal and informal investigation. The formal procedure involves the following:

• The sexual harassment complaint must be reported to the Director-General or the Sexual Harassment Advisor in writing and the statement must include:

(i) The name of the respondent;

(ii) Date when the incident occurred;

(iii) Where it occurred; and

(iv) Details of how the actual sexual harassment occurred.

(ii) In the event where the grievance procedure has been finalised, and management is of the view that there is a prima facie case against the respondent, disciplinary steps must be instituted as per the provisions of the Disciplinary Code and Procedure in the Public Service (PSCBC Resolution 1 of 2003 read with Chapter 7 of SMS Handbook).

The sanctions provided in clause 19.4 of the policy include, should the respondent be found guilty of the offence: a) Counselling, b) Verbal warning, c) Final written warning, d) suspension/fine, e) demotion or f) dismissal.

If the Director-General is the perpetrator, the Executive Authority becomes the authority that appoints the Sexual Harassment Advisor and makes decisions on the case. Once the Sexual Harassment Advisor has been appointed, all terms and procedures set out in the policy for subsequent action shall apply without exception, read with the necessary changes.

A complainant of sexual harassment has the right to press separate criminal charges and/or civil claims against the respondent if they so wish. The legal rights of the complainant are in no way limited by the DBE policy.

2. (a) (i) Financial years 2014/15 to 2016/17: No incidents of sexual harassment and assault reported.

(ii) Since April 2017: No incidents of sexual harassment and assault reported.

(b)(i) Not applicable. No cases reported.

(ii) Not applicable. No cases reported.

(iii) Not applicable. No cases reported.

(c) Not applicable. No cases reported.

Reply:

The Competition Commission is investigating a number of cases of collusion and other uncompetitive behaviour in different sectors. However, as a matter of policy, the Competition Commission does not disclose which sectors it is currently investigating nor which sectors it is not investigating, unless such disclosure is warranted and in the public interest. Disclosing such detail may risk compromising any current or potential future investigation if prematurely released.

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Reply:

(a) (i) In the 2015/16 financial year, one vehicle was involved in a major accident and written off.

In the 2016/17 financial year, one vehicle was involved in a major accident and written off.

In the 2017/18 financial year, five vehicles were involved in minor accidents.

(ii) No accidents have been reported since 1 April 2018 to date.

(b) The table below shows the total repair costs for each of the five vehicles involved in minor accidents in the 2017/18 financial year.

Vehicle Make	Registration	Cost for Repairs
1. Toyota Condor	RYJ 186 GP	R 18 129.25
2. Toyota Corolla	FXN 411 EC	R 16 210. 00
3. BMW 335 GT	FF 18 RB GP	R 51 235.69
4. Mercedes Benz E 200	BB 36 GR GP	R 7 008.25
5. Toyota Corolla	BV 60 ZZ GP	R 4 111.82
Total	R 96 695.01

(c) (i) Two vehicles, i.e. VW Polo models with registration numbers DN 35 DP GP and DN 35 DL GP, were written off respectively in the 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years.

(ii) The vehicles were damaged beyond repairs.

2. The Director-General has approved the installation of tracking devices, and the process is at the implementation phase.

Reply:

(1) The assessment by Military Psychological Institute (MPI) and the South African Air Force’s Directorate Management and Renewal Service (DM&RS) did not make its findings on an individual, however conducted an organisational diagnosis on the entire Division. The assessment’s findings were far reaching ranging from strategy and purpose, structure, rewards and recognitions, helping mechanism, relationships, leadership, and external environment.

(2) The following recommendations were recommended by the MPI intervention:

a. It was recommended that the CAE works with an executive coach of senior status.

b. A strategic planning session needs to be conducted, followed by the implementation of a supportive organisational structure and culture.

c. The CAE should operate in a more strategic and functional capacity and focus on intern development, project output and quality control.

d. Staffing of critical positions to avoid staff burnout.

e. The appointment of Divisional Chief of Staff to act as a link between the Divisional Head and staff members.

f. All members (including the CAE and her management team) should be given the opportunity to see a clinical psychologist to debrief.

(3) Yes, one of the recommendations was that the CAE works with an executive coach.

(a) Prof Frans Cilliers, Phd, an Industrial & Organisational Psychologist from the University of South Africa was appointed as an executive coach.

(b) The executive coach gave a report on his coaching task.

(c) The Department is still processing the report of the executive coach.

(4) The department is still processing the various intervention reports for recommendation of the way forward to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans. The matter is therefore not yet concluded.

Reply:

(aa) According to information kept by the Forensic Audit Unit (FAU), the statistics being provided are from 2005 until 2018. However, only few records for the years 2005 – 2009 could be retrieved and provided. The statistics for the year 2007 and 2010 could not be retrieved at all.

The FAU then provided the statistics for the years 2011 – 2018 with the exception of those cases that were referred to the South African Police Service (SAPS) and those that were referred to the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI). All the statistics for the years 2005 - 2009 were largely stated as only being referred to the SAPS.

The presentation of the statistics was done in four categories to indicate (i) successful prosecution (ii) Withdrawn and closed by either the SAPS or DPCI (iii) Feedback not being provided by (in most cases the SAPS) despite several efforts trying to contact them and (iv) Investigation is still in progress and further update was never provided.

It must be noted that there has been and still is a problem as far as the communication between the SAPS and those directorates in the Department of Justice & Constitutional Development to obtain the feedback on all the matters/cases referred to the SAPS. It appeared to be a bit effective between the DPCI and the directorates of the Department to provide feedback on the matters/cases referred to the DPCI.

The table representing the statistics of the cases referred to either the SAPS or DPCI (or both) for the years 2005 until 2018 (excluding 2007 and 2010):

Financial Year	Number of cases reported to SAPS/DPCI	South African Police Service (SAPS)	Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI)
2005	5	(i) Three (3) successful prosecution (ii) Two (2) feedback never provided	0
2006	6	(iii) Six (6) feedback never provided	0
2008	4	0	Four (4) closed by the commercial crime
2009	5	(i) One (1) successful prosecution (iii) Four (4) feedback never provided	0
2011	3	(iv) One (1) still being investigated	Two (2) further update was never provided.
2012	3	(i) One (1) successful prosecution (ii) One (1) withdrawn (iii) One (1) feedback never provided	0
2013	8	(i) One (1) successful prosecution (iv) Five (5) investigation still in progress	Two (2) investigation still in progress
2014	15	(i) Four (4) successful prosecution (ii) One (1) withdrawn (iii) Three (3) feedback never provided (iv) One (1) investigation still in progress	Two (2) successful prosecution Two (2)withdrawn Two (2) investigation still in progress
2015	27	(i) Three (3) successful prosecution (ii) Five (5) withdrawn (iii) Seven (7) feedback never provided (iv) Ten (10) investigation still in progress	Two (2) investigation still in progress
2016	13	(i) Four (4) successful prosecution (iii) Three (3) feedback never provided (iv) Six (6) investigation still in progress	0
2017	25	(i) One (1) successful prosecution (ii) Five (5) withdrawn (iii) Two (2) feedback never provided (iv) Seven (7) investigation still in progress	One (1) successful prosecution Three (3) withdrawn Six (6) investigation still in progress
2018	16	(i) One (1) successful prosecution (ii) Two (2) withdrawn (iv) Eleven (11) investigation still in progress	Two (2) investigation still in progress

The Honourable Member should kindly note that all the category of cases that are being reflected as “investigation still in progress” on the above table, is due to unavailability of case dockets in certain instances and also the fact that the key officers could not be located within the Law Enforcement Agencies. These cases are still kept open even though they are more than three (3) years old, due to the fact that the Law Enforcement Agencies are of the view that evidence may still come to light.

(bb) The entities reporting to me have reported as follows:

A. National Prosecuting Authority: Questions (a)(i); (ii); and (b)(i) are not applicable to the NPA.

(b)(ii) The table below indicates the number of cases investigated by the Integrity Management Unit within the NPA which were referred to diferrent Agencies within the Justice Cluster since 2012.

Agency	No. of cases
SAPS	12
SCCU	1
DPP offices	3
Hawks	4
ACTT	1
IPID	1
Magistrates Commission	1

The table below indicates the number of matters referred to the Labour Unit within the NPA involving officials for dishonesty/corruption, the number of officials dismissed as well as matters that were referred by the Unit to the SAPS since 2012.

Number of disciplinary actions	Number of Officials Dismissed	Number of matters referred to the SAPS
28	20	26

(b)(iii) The table below indicates the number of officials convicted from the various Departments within the Justice Cluster. The corruption was measured only since 2011 and no data is available to include before the 2011/2012 financial years.

Financial Year	Total Convicted DoJ&CD Cluster	DoJ&CD	JUDICIARY	LASA	NPA
2011/12	9	5	1	1	2
2012/13	18	16	0	0	2
2013/14	17	16	0	0	1
2014/15	11	8	0	0	3
Grand Total	55	45	1	1	8

Since the financial year 2015/16 the reporting template of the NPA was altered without differentiating between specific Departments. Apart from NPA, information pertaining to other Departments was not measured separately. The only information that is available consists of the number of officials from the NPA convicted of corruption since 2015/16 as indicated on the table below:

FINANCIAL YEAR	NPA
2015/16	0
2016/17	3
2017/18	4
Grand Total	7

B. Legal Aid South Africa: Legal Aid SA has not referred any cases relating to the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004, as amended to the (i) SA Police Service (SAPS) and (ii) Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) for further investigation since the Act was assented to.

C. Special Investigating Unit: The table below provides details of the SIU’s response:

ACHIEVEMENTS FROM INCEPTION TO DATE
	2005/6	2006/7	2007/8	2008/9	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	Total
Total Cases Referred	632	2 675	4 204	3 930	3 797	2 809	2 213	865	170	-	21 295
Convictions	355	2 215	3 625	3 605	3 345	2 477	2 258	855	-	-	18 735

Reply:

a) The report was received on 09 April 2018.

b) The report will be released as soon as the process of developing a policy response to key policy messages as contained in the report has been finalised. Such requires consultation with affected sector departments, provincial conservation authorities and relevant stakeholders. However, there is a special publication on the African Biodiversity and Conservation Journal (open access) titled “Contributions to the National Status Report on Biological Invasions in South Africa” consisting of various scientific papers that informed the development of the status report.

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Reply:

a) Only the University of Johannesburg submitted an approved plan and strategy for the phasing in of the minimum norms and standards by June 2016. The Department is developing a process to monitor compliance as part of its implementation of the new Macro Infrastructure Framework (MIF). Universities will be required to upload relevant policy documents, plans and reports on the MIF.

b) 14 Universities reported on their level of compliance with the norms and standards on student housing and 11 universities reported on their student housing target achievements but did not specify their compliance to the norms and standards on student housing. The University of South Africa was not required to report on student housing as it is a distance education institution.

Reply:

Since the Department of Traditional Affairs started transacting on its own at the beginning of 2014/15 financial year, the following are the tables depicting the types of services enlisted and the amounts paid to the appointed service providers:

See link belo for 2015/16 FY; 2016/17; 2017/18 

http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/RNW144TABLE.pdf

ENTITY: Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission).

The Honourable Member is requested to note that information from the CRL Rights Commission is not readily available, but the Department will provide the Honourable Member with the information as soon as it becomes available.

Reply:

(a) (i) EThekwini Municipality has a total number of:

• fourteen (14) continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations;
• ten (10) non-continuous “bubbler SO2” stations; and
• six (6) Dust Fallout Monitors.

(ii) The non-continuous and dust fallout network are working optimally. However, the continuous monitoring network is ageing and requiring more attention from both an Operational and Capital perspective.

(b) Of the fourteen (14) continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations, nine (9) are fully operational, one (1) has an electricity supply problem at the moment whilst four (4) stations have problems with the NOx analysers. A service provider has recently been appointed to repair, service and calibration of these analysers. In addition, a service provider was awarded the contract to upgrade the Data Acquisition System and ensure that the stations are communicating reporting information online. Capital Funding has been made available in the 2018/2019 financial year to commence the replacement process.

The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has initiated a project of establishing the new South African National Air Quality Indicator (NAQI) stations across the country. In this program, four (4) stations from eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality located at City Hall, Ganges, Settlers and Southern Works were identified as suitable stations to be utilised for the reporting of the NAQI. DEA has appointed a service provider to assist with implementation of this project over a period of five (5) years of which the four (4) stations listed above form part of this project. Some of the activities to be undertaken by the service is to carry out activities relating to this project which include, but are not limited to the following:

• Installation and commissioning of new PM10, PM2.5 and SO2 instruments;
• The assessment of the NAQI stations;
• Development of an Air Quality Monitoring Plan;
• NAQI stations data management and reporting; and
• Capacity building for handover to network owners.

(c) The Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) was approved by council during May 2018 together with a Capital and Operational Budget over a five (5) year period commencing on 01 July 2018. This includes a five year capital recommendation to refurbish the entire network over the period of the AQMP.

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Reply:

Details of vehicle accidents/incidents owned by the Department over the three financial years are as follows:

• 2015/16 - Four (4), three incidents involved chips/cracks on windscreens, and the 4th vehicle was written off. Total cost of repairs in 2015/16 amounted to R20 876.13

• 2016/17 - 2 (Two) - one vehicle was involved in a pile-up accident, and the other one involved a windscreen replacement. No vehicle was written off. Total cost of repairs for 2016/17 amounted to R36 534.03

• 2017/18 - 3 (Three) - one vehicle had bumper repair, and the second vehicle a fog light and bottom bumper grill had to be repaired. The third incident involved repair of rear light glass. No vehicle was written off. Total cost of repairs for 2017/18 amounted to R12 918.00

• Since 1 April 2018 - No accidents have occurred.

Details on tracking devices are not made publicly available.

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Reply:

a) During the period of June 2015 to end of 2017-18 Financial Year, DPME received 404 SEIAS reports with proposals from Departments of which 375 were analysed and related feedback was provided to departments for improvements. It should be noted that the above figures exclude re-submissions of updated reports and proposals. The table below provides a summary of proposals per each financial year:

Period	Total SEIAS reports Received by DPME from Departments	Proposals that were subjected to the Socio-Economic Impact Assessment System (SEIAS) by Departments and analysed by DPME per stated period.	Total Processed by DPME
		Bills	Regulations	Policies	Frameworks	Strategies	Others[1]
01 June 2015 to 31 March 2016	117	58	14	21	1	1	4	99 (85%)
01 April 2016 to 31 March 2017	135	39	24	29	1	11	23	127 (94%)
01 April 2017 to 31 March 2018	152	44	37	31	5	13	19	149 (98%)
Total	404	141	75	81	7	25	46	375 (93%)

Others refers to High Impact and cross sectoral Plans, Programmes, Rules, Norms and Standards, Concept Notes, Research Reports and Business Cases ↑

(b) Which ones were found to have a negative socio-economic impact since 1 September 2015?  

It should be noted that DPME does not reject proposals. Proposals that were found to have potential negative socio-economic impact were sent back to departments for improvements. Cabinet would not approve any proposal that contradicts the Constitution and the National Development Plan. Examples of key ones in the public domain which were referred back by DPME for further processing and improvements particularly on mitigation of identified risks (possible unintended consequences) are the Regulations of Agricultural Land Holding Bill which still need to be processed by Parliament and the Mining Charter which is being currently being revised.

DPME working together with custodian departments encourages stakeholders to participate and provide factual comments to the Liquor Amendment and the proposed Tobacco Products and Electronic Systems Bills which have been perceived as having unintended consequences by various groupings.

Other common challenges where DPME referred back or intervened on departments’s SEIAS reports and proposals included the following:

• Lack of evidence based policy making including use of evaluations, research and other references to inform amendments or development of new proposals.

• This became evident with challenges around problem identification and choice of policy options to address such problems (articulation on Theory of Change);
• Limited consultation with affected stakeholders both internally within departments and across;
• Inability to quantify costs related to the implementation of the proposals; and
• Poor mitigation strategies to minimise associated costs and identified risks.

 

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		Comment:
Dr NC Dlamini-Zuma Minister in the Presidency: Planning Monitoring and Evaluation
Date:

 

Reply:

a) Environmental Management Inspectors (EMIs) of the Department of Environmental Affairs investigates non-compliance with Regulations under the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act and the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act such as the Threatened or Protected Species Regulations (ToPS) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The department has not been informed of the neglect of Clivia plants by Customs officials at OR Tambo International Airport. Please note that only one Clivia species, namely Clivia mirabilis or "Oorlogskloof" Bush Lily is listed on ToPS as protected. If the plants which were neglected by Customs at OR Tambo International have been identified as Clivia mirabilis then the departmental EMIs can investigate what has transpired and why the plants were neglected.

b) As indicated above, the Department of Environmental Affairs is responsible for the regulation of restricted activities relating to species listed under, among others, ToPS and CITES. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) Customs and Excise is the only body which can clear goods being imported into the country. You will thus need to request SARS Customs and Excise to assist with (i) clearance procedures for these Clivia plants and to ensure that (ii) due diligence is practised to ensure their well-being when these plants are being held in the Customs area.

c) It is not possible for the department to give any assurance to breeders attending the International Conference of Clivia Breeders taking place in South Africa in September 2018, that their Clivia plants will be treated with the necessary care by Customs. This request needs to be made to SARS Customs and the Department of Finance.

d) Similarly, the question would need to be referred to SARS Customs and the Department of Finance in relation to any recourse that plant breeders may have if an entire consignment is lost due to neglect at Customs.

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Reply:

(1)(a) How is the loss of scarce skills being addressed at 1 Military Hospital,

The loss of scarce skills has decreased dramatically over the past three years. In the past 24 months, 24 medical doctors have been appointed, three of these being specialists. However, the total number of health care practitioner (HCP) posts available for all the hospitals (specifically with regard to medical doctors, specialised nurses, technicians in the laboratory, radiology and technologists to undertake the repair and maintenance of equipment) will be reviewed to ensure that the SA Military Health Service takes full advantage of the results of the refurbishment and medical equipment procurement.

(b) Why is the appointment of medical doctors delayed while the hospital is experiencing a high vacancy rate,

As stated in the response to the first part of the question, the personnel acquisition process has improved dramatically and no delays are currently experienced in the appointment of HCPs. Hence the appointment of 24 health care practitioners in the past 24 months.

(c) Has the occupational-specific dispensation been implemented fully at the hospital, and

The occupational-specific dispensation has been implemented fully with respect to medical doctors. Some challenges are being experienced in the application of the occupational-specific dispensation with regard to nursing personnel.

(d) How does the SA Military Health Service plan to minimise outsourcing the ostensibly expensive medical services that can cause a significant over-expenditure at the expense of other medical services?

The SA Military Health Service has put management interventions and measures in place to minimise the cost of outsourcing whilst awaiting the completion of the refurbishment project. The management interventions include the case management (or concept of “managed health care”) of all patients who are outsourced in order to control and manage the level of care and ‘hospital stay’ as ‘hospital stays’ are a major cost driver. The managed health care concept furthermore ensures that each patient receives the level of health interventions and care as approved. In the event that any additional health interventions or care is required, further approval within the managed health care concept takes place.

Further management interventions include negotiated and preferred agreed tariffs with particular health providers. Also, in cases where particular specialist interventions are required that could be performed at the military hospitals, the specialist is encouraged to perform the procedure in the military hospital. As the sustainment of stock levels for pharmaceuticals and medical consumables is also critical in minimising cost, the matter has been registered as a standing agenda point on the weekly SA Military Health Service Command Council meetings.

Reply:

I am informed that the Economic Development Department and its entities: the IDC, ITAC, Competition Commission and Competition Tribunal, do not have sexual harassment cases reported during the 2016 and 2017 financial years.

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Reply:

(1)– (2) All senior management service (SMS) members have declared their interests.

(3) – (4) Nil

Approved/ not approved

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Dr SC Cwele, MP

Minister

DATE:

Reply:

1. (a) and (b)

The Parliamentary question should be answered by the Department of Water and Sanitation as it does not fall within the mandate of Environmental Affairs.

2. The Parliamentary question should be answered by the Department of Water and Sanitation as it does not fall within the mandate of Environmental Affairs.

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Reply:

1. The provisions of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 or the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998, do not give any local government the authority for external service providers to forward fines and notices on their behalf.

(3) The National Road Traffic Act, 1996 provides for the appointment of a proxy that must deal with the affairs of the motor vehicle owner particularly in a case where the owner is not a natural person.

(4) There is no need for an action against service providers since there seem to be no transgression of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996.

Reply:

1. (a)

Vehicles owned by the Department	Vehicle registration	Number of accidents vehicles were involved in the last 3 financial years and 1 April 2018 to date
		2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	1 April 2018 to date
Toyota Corolla	BW16JG GP	None	None	None	1

1. (b)

Vehicles owned by the Department	Vehicle registration	Cost for repairs in each case
		2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	1 April 2018 to date
Toyota Corolla	BW16JG GP	Nil	Nil	Nil	R 9 614.07

1(c) (i) and (ii)
No vehicle was written off.

2. Yes, vehicles owned by the Department have tracking devices.

Reply:

(1) (a)

(i) No rhinos were translocated by South Africa to the Republic of Chad in the past five financial years.

(ii) Six black rhinos were translocated on 03 May 2018.

(b)

To the Zakouma National Park in the Republic of Chad.

(2) The six black rhinos were part of the Custodianship Programme with the Republic of Chad for the purpose of reintroducing black rhinos in the Republic of Chad following the loss of their native subspecies 46 years ago. Secondly, the reintroduction of six black rhinos in the Republic of Chad is also aimed at growing the continental meta-population of black rhinos and to contribute to the conservation of black rhinos on the African continent. This is in line with the African Range States African Rhino Conservation Plan aimed at re-establishing rhino populations in former range states.

The Custodianship Agreement was part of the other two Co-operative Agreements, namely:

• Memorandum of Understanding on Biodiversity Conservation and Management; and
• Memorandum of Understanding on the Reintroduction of Black Rhinoceros in the Republic of Chad.

Key to the Custodian Agreement are the following arrangements:

• South Africa will continue to own the black rhino while their offspring will be owned by the Republic of Chad.
• Chad (in case of a dire need for re-introduction of black rhinos to South Africa in the future) will make available the progeny/offspring of the black rhinos, either to supplement or re-establish South Africa’s black rhino population.

(3) The Government of the Republic of Chad paid for the transportation costs in line with the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Governments of South Africa and Chad.

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Reply:

The Intensive Care Unit at 2 Military Hospital is at present functional and the admission of patients has been re-established.

Reply:

1. The response to this question contains classified information and can only be disclosed in a closed session of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence.

Reply:

1(a) The following list of municipalities constitute the 7% well performing municipalities:

			Audit opinion
Municipality	Province	District	2016-17	2015-16	2014-15	2013-14
Senqu	EC	Joe Gqabi	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
Midvaal	GP	Sedibeng	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
King Cetshwayo District	KZN	uThungulu	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
uMhlathuze	KZN	uThungulu	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
Umzumbe	KZN	Ugu	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
Ehlanzeni District	MP	Ehlanzeni	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
ZF Mgcawu District	NC	ZF Mgcawu District	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
Breede Valley	WC	Cape Winelands	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
Cape Agulhas	WC	Overberg	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
Cape Winelands District	WC	Cape Winelands	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
Drakenstein	WC	Cape Winelands	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
George	WC	Eden	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
Hessequa	WC	Eden	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
Langeberg	WC	Cape Winelands	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
Mossel Bay	WC	Eden	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
Overstrand	WC	Overberg	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
Swartland	WC	West Coast	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
Theewaterskloof	WC	Overberg	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
West Coast District	WC	West Coast	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings
Witzenberg	WC	Cape Winelands	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings	Unqualified with no findings

All of these municipalities obtained an unqualified audit report with no findings for at least the past 4 years.

(b) Over the past few years it has become clear that there could be three root causes for distress in local government:

(i) A municipality that finds itself in distress due to failures in governance, financial management and administration (i.e. The institutional performance context), and

(ii) A municipality that finds itself in distress because it spatially and socio-economically was and always will be a financially non-viable entity (i.e. the socio-economic context);

(iii) A municipality that finds itself in distress as a result of systemic issues around powers and functions, fast growth in urbanization with expansion of capital infrastructure to fulfil increasing demand and an inability to grow operational revenue concurrent to ensure sufficient maintenance and operation of the infrastructure.

The manifestation of these root causes is however complex and often difficult to pinpoint. Distress could be a result of all three root causes or a combination of any two.

Whilst the above list focuses on sound financial management practices, it happened that a municipality such as Langeberg, for example, finds itself in the well-performing list with regard to financial management practices (audit outcomes), but simultaneously reflected on the distressed list of 87 because the Municipal Infrastructure Agent identified it as part of the 55 municipalities that are struggling to spend its Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG).

2) Yes, the Department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Treasury. Municipalities will be monitored continually and receive joint support from the National Treasury in the form of:

(i) Financial Recovery Plans - the Municipal Financial Recovery Service (MFRS) was established in 2007 as a Directorate in the National Treasury within the Office of the Accountant- General, Chief Directorate MFMA implementation in line with section 157 of the MFMA. In terms of section 158, the functions of the unit include:

• Preparation of financial recovery plans;
• Monitoring the implementation of the recovery plan;
• Assisting municipalities to identify the causes of and potential solutions to the financial problems;
• Information is collected on municipal financial problems and on best practices in resolving such problems.

Assistance is based on requests received from the municipality or the province and provided in a collaborative and coordinated way with other national or provincial departments. In order to support municipalities with financial recovery, National and Provincial Treasuries use the Financial Management Capability Maturity Model (FMCMM)

(ii) The Financial Management Capability Maturity model (FMCMM) is a tool (comprising 21 modules) to drive improvements in the financial, institutional and capacity disciplines in municipalities. The objective is to ensure that support is directed to areas most in need, with changes resulting in progressive maturity assessment improvements.

The project involves NT working in conjunction with Provincial Treasuries to promote actions to support, monitor and report on FM issues in specific municipalities. Actual reviews/ reassessments will be conducted through the Provincial Treasuries, who will ensure the preparation and implementation of action plans to address remaining areas of weakness. (FMCMM support is included in the MFIP Technical Advisors activities.) Assistance, where required and requested, will be provided by NT in the re-assessment process to support the development of appropriate action plans and to monitor progress within established timelines.

(iii) DCoG has identified a strategic intervention aimed at enhancing the municipal revenue management and debt collection system in local government. The intervention comprises the following stages:

• Implementation planning and conducting an “As Is’’ assessment
• Development of an improvement plan (municipal-specific simplified revenue plan)
• Implementation of the municipal-specific simplified revenue plan

(iv) The Department of Cooperative Governance’s Provincial coordinators will provide support in the form of coordination of the technical task teams that work with municipalities to address the challenges identified.

Reply:

The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation is still investigating the matter.

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		Comment:
Dr NC Dlamini-Zuma Minister in the Presidency: Planning Monitoring and Evaluation
Date:

Reply:

(1) (a) The findings and recommendations of the investigation by Military Psychological Institute (MPI) were as follows:

(i) Findings. More than 90% of the members at Internal Audit Division were interviewed by Industrial Psychologists of MPI and consultants of the South African Air Force’s Directorate Management and Renewal Service (DM&RS) Renewal Services and the findings were confirmed by more than 75% of members interviewed. The results of the quantitative data supported the findings of qualitative data. The Weisbord Six Box Model was used as a departure point in the psychologists’ approach to the Organisational Diagnosis (OD). The model focused on six dimensions in an organisation and provided key information on the dimensions that might impact on an organisation’s effective functioning. Information obtained from individual interviews and focus groups was thematically analysed and integrated in order to identify main themes according to the model used. The positive aspects within each dimension were also addressed in congruent with developmental aspects. The main themes of the findings were as follows:

1. Strategy and Purpose. Members of the Division were found to be clear on what internal audit entails, however, in most cases, there were no clear written job descriptions and performance appraisal documents.
2. Structure. Insufficient structure and lack of clearly defined command channels leads to role ambiguity and confusion in the work place.
3. Rewards and recognition. Absence of formal reward and recognition system made members feel unappreciated.
4. Helping mechanisms. The lack of formalised and clearly communicated policies and procedures create confusion within the Division.
5. Relationships. Management of differences and conflict was identified as a concern. Some of the relationship challenges related to centralised decision making process, lack of communication and post-conflict relationship management.
6. Leadership. Members of the Division were aggrieved by the leadership style adopted by top management.
7. External environment. Long process of audit reports finalisation, recruitment process and support from higher headquarters was were found to be a concern.

(ii) Recommendations. The following recommendations were made:

1. It was recommended that the CAE works with an executive coach of senior status.
2. A strategic planning session needs to be conducted, followed by the implementation of a supportive organisational structure and culture.
3. The CAE should operate in a more strategic and functional capacity and focus on intern development, project output and quality control.
4. Staffing of critical positions to avoid staff burnout.
5. The appointment of Divisional Chief of Staff to act as a link between the Divisional Head and staff members.
6. All members (including the CAE and her management team) should be given the opportunity to see a clinical psychologist to debrief.

(b) The entities’ intervention was requested on 14 November 2016.

(c) The entities reported to Major General M. Sitshongaye, Chief Director HR Strategic Direction and Policy.

(d) The organisational diagnosis was conducted over the period 23 November to 05 December 2016.

(2) (a) The entire OD has been finalised.

(b) The Department has implemented some of the recommendations of the OD and is in the process of processing others.

(c) The timeframes for the implementation of the OD recommendations is continuous. Other recommendations have been implemented, while others are in progress.

Reply:

1. In terms of the National Transport Master Plan (NATMAP) 2050 approved by Cabinet in October 2016, there are proposed high speed rail passenger systems for the following routes :

a) Johannesburg-Durban ; and

b) Pretoria –Polokwane.

2. The proposed high speed rail between Gauteng and Kwazulu Natal is a recommendation of NATMAP 2050 and nothing in a form of pre-feasibility study or commitment from any authority has been done.

3. There is no recommendations of high speed rail in Western Cape or City of Cape Town.

Reply:

1. According to reports received from REDISA, the 2016 volumes were impacted by shortage of depot storage space and slow uptake in demand. The figures also excluded the OTR tyres, and the reporting in the late 2016/17 excluded waste tyre exportation; and when we include the figures for export, the performance exceeds the target.

2. Yes, OTR tyres are included in the target.

(a) Refer to a response in 2 above.

(b) The OTR tyre collections is already taking place, although at the slow pace. The new equipment for pre-processing of OTR tyres has been procured and is expected to be delivered in a month or two. This, together with Waste Bureau actions, will improve waste tyre processing capacity in the near future; and will also enable the organisation to improve OTR collections and processing capacity.

3. The budget will not be sufficient and, in this regard, National Treasury is being engaged.

4. The collection and recycling of OTR is currently taking place, but at a small scale. When the new equipment arrives (referred to in 2b above), then the Waste Bureau will be able to increase the OTR collection and pre-processing rate. The current initiatives by the Waste Bureau to increase the processing capacity (including going out on tender) will lead to an improved OTR recycling rate.

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Reply:

(1) a) There were no cases of sexual harassment reported in the past three years. However, there is one case of assault which has been reported and is still pending.

(ii) There were no cases of sexual harassment opened since 2017

(b) (i) There were no cases opened and concluded

(ii) There were no cases that were withdrawn

(iii) There are no cases which remains open

(c) There were no sanctions issued

(b) The Department does have a Sexual Harassment Policy. Cases of assault are dealt with in terms of the PSCBC Resolution 1 of 2003 (Disciplinary Code and Procedures). Allegations of sexual harassment are reported through the Sexual Harassment Adviser who with consent of the victim assists in bringing allegations to finality. The perpetrators of sexual harassment are subjected to formal disciplinary proceedings should grounds for misconduct be established after an investigation. An appropriate sanction for such an offence is dismissal as contained in paragraph 4 of PSCBC Resolution 1 of 2003.

2) Not applicable.

Reply:

R million	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18
Budget	21.1	21.4	25.8	31.0
Expenditure	21.1	21.4	25.8	27.8

(b) 

(i) Remuneration – (R6, 395,682 PA)

(ii) Salary levels of staff in the Private Office of the Minister:

1 X Chief of Staff L14

1 X Private Secretary L13

1 X Spokesperson L13

1 X Cabinet and Parliamentary Officer L13

1 X DD: Cabinet Support L12

1 X ASD: Admin Secretary L9

1 X Ministerial Aid Cape Town L7

1 X Registry Clerk L5

1 X Snr Messenger / Driver Pretoria L5

(iii) Job Titles of staff in the Private Office of the Minister:

1 X Chief of Staff

1 X Private Secretary

1 X Spokesperson

1 X Cabinet and Admin Secretary

1 X Parliamentary Officer

1 X DD: Cabinet Support

1 X ASD: Admin Secretary

1 X Registry Clerk

1 X Snr Messenger / Driver Pretoria

 

(iv) Qualifications of staff in the Private Office of the Minister:

Position	Name	Qualification	NQF Level
Chief of Staff L14 (Remuneration P/A is R1,127 334)	TP Mhlongo	B Com: Commerce Honours: Psychology	8
ASD: Admin Secretary L9 (Remuneration P/A is R334 545 PA)	Machogo D	Advance Diploma Certificate: Public Administration	6
		Post-Graduate Diploma	7
Private Secretary L13 (Remuneration P/A is R991 500 PA)	M Mbele	Bachelor of Admin: International Relations Bachelor of Arts Honours: Journalism Master of Arts: Political Science	9
Deputy Director: Cabinet Support L12 (Remuneration P/A is R814 884 PA)	D Mokgohloa
		BA: Youth Development	7
		MPhil: Youth Development	9
Media Liaison Officer/Spokesperson L13 (Remuneration P/A is R948174 PA)	M Mtshali	Post Graduate Diploma: Management	8
Deputy Director: Admin Support L12 (Remuneration P/A is R877 866 PA	B Ngobeni	Bachelor of Arts: Social Work	7
Parliamentary Officer/Cabinet L13 (Remuneration P/A is R948174 PA)	N Nqaba	BA Honours: Development Studies Master of Arts: Development Studies	8 9
		B Admin: Sport Science	7
Snr Messenger / Driver (Pretoria) L5 (Remuneration P/A is R169 647 PA)	W Zwane	Senior Certificate(Gr 12)	4
Secretary L6 (Remuneration is R183 558 PA)	N More	Senior Certificate(Gr 12)	4

(v) Job Description of each employee appointed in the Private Office of the Minister:

The Job Descriptions indicating the job functions and duties are attached.

		Approved	Not Approved	Approved as amended
		Comment:
Dr NC Dlamini-Zuma Minister in the Presidency: Planning Monitoring and Evaluation
Date:

 

 

Reply:

ARMSCOR

Armscor has not undertaken any lifestyle audit in the past three financial years. Lifestyle audits are being considered by management and the process of planning will be undertaken as part of the new financial year audit process after all necessary considerations such as the legislative and resources requirements. Considerations, include, the use of the service provider in the approved panel of service providers, the basis for the lifestyle audits being management request, special assignment and the whistleblowing system and direct reports, as well as the cost benefit analysis. To date no request has been made for a lifestyle audit.

DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY VETERANS

Lifestyle audit has not been conducted in the Department of Military Veterans. There’s no plan in place.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

The Department of Defence has not conducted any lifestyle audit during the past three years.

MILOMBUD

The office of the Military Ombud to date has not exposed the head of the institution, nor senior management service members to a lifestyle audit over the past three financial years.

CASTLE CONTROL BOARD

None of the CCB's Management Team has undergone life style audits during the past five years. 

DEFENCE FORCE SERVICE COMMISSION

No lifestyle audit was conducted in the DFSC in the past three financial years.