Reply:

(1)(b)(c)

The following provinces are currently experiencing shortages of ammunition, specifically with regard to firearm training:

•  Eastern Cape.
• Gauteng.
• KwaZulu-Natal.
• Mpumalanga.
• North West.
• Western Cape.

Police stations are not responsible for firearms training and therefore, do not present firearm training to their members. The ammunition that police stations have on hand, is specifically to provide for thelr day-ta- day operational needs. Police Stations have adequate ammunition for this purpose.

 

 

Reply to question 1763 recommended/

GENERAL

AL SS 1SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE KJ SfTOLE (SOEG)

Date: i ‹ JUN a

Reply to question 1763 approved/notapp_ygdro

MINIST F POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date:

Reply:

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

 

Police Station	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
Germiston Sector Policing	72	51+(21)	During the 2017/2018 financial year, seven student was allocated to the police station

 

 

Reply to question 1782 recommended/id

GENERAL UTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 1782 approved/not approved

MINI TER OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Reply:

Information relating to the regulation of the intelligence services is governed by the Intelligence Services Act, 65 of 2002 (as amended). The questions raised by Dr Groenewald would be better ventilated through the oversight bodies such as the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI), Inspector-General of Intelligence, among other regulatory bodies.

Reply:

(a) A tender in this regard has not been approved. The South African Police Service (SAPS), is currently leasing the Cloetesvllle Police Station, through the National Department of Public Works (NDPW), from the Western Cape Provincial Government, on a lease that expired, on 2016-11-30. The NDPW informed the SAPS that the lease could only be extended, from 2016-12-01 to 2017-11-30. The SAPS was served with a notice to vacate the premises, because the Western Cape Provincial Government required the property for their infrastructure developments. The lease is currently dealt with, on a month to-month basis.

The SAPS has issued a needs assessment and a procurement instruction to the Cape Town Regional Office of the NDPW, on 2017-05-16, for the acquisition of alternative accommodation.

The conclusion of lease agreements for the SAPS, is undertaken by the NDPW, as the mandated institution. The Cape Town Regional Office of the NDPW has indicated that the procurement processes must still be followed.

The NDPW did not provide a date when the matter would be placed on an open tender for the acquisition of alternative office accommodation.

(b) The station is currently leased from the Western Cape Provincial Government and no plans have been communicated to the SAPS, which indicate proposals to replace the station.

(b)(i) By virtue of the dependency on the NDPW, for the conclusion of leases, the SAPS is not in a position to comment on the duration of the procurement processes that the NDPW will follow to conclude the new lease agreement for alternative accommodation, as requested.

(b)(ii)The SAPS has requested that the leased accommodation be procured centrally, within the precinct of the current Cloetesville Police Station. By virtue of the SAPS's dependency on the NDPW for the conclusion of leases, the SAPS is therefore, not in a position to comment on the location of the facility to be procured, up until such a time that the lease has been concluded by the NDPW.

Reply to question 1594 recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2018-06-13

Reply to question 1594 approved

 

Reply:

I am advised that the Economic Development Department and its entities, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), ITAC, Competition Commission, and Competition Tribunal do not have incidents of racism reported to Human Resources in 2016 and 2017.

-END-

Reply:

According to the Public Service Commission, the letter has been received and a response thereof was sent to the author.

Reply:

1. No, the stated Judge is no longer serving as a Judge of the Gauteng Division of the High Court.

2. The Judge was discharged from active service in August 2015 in terms of section 3(2)(a) of the Judges’ Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act, 2001 (Act No 47 of 2001) after completing 15 years and having attained the age of 70 on 11 February 2015.

3. The Judge was not well at the time of his retirement but his discharge from active service was due to the attainment of the retirement age of 70 years and completion of 15 years active service as prescribed in section 3 and 4 of the Judges’ Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act, 2001.

The questions relating to (b) and (c) can only be answered by the Judge medical practitioner.

4. In view of the fact that the judicial authority is vested in the courts that are independent, I would suggest that the Honourable Member approach the Chief Justice regarding the work and judgments of the judge.

Reply:

1. 146 members of the senior management service (SMS) had declared their interests for the past year (2017/18 financial year) as required by the Public Service Regulations of 2016. Only five (5) out of 151 SMS members appearing on the February 2018 Departmental Persal report did not disclose their financial interests. All five (5) SMS members have either retired, resigned or contract expired. Their names are indicated in the table below:

(i) Rank	Reason
Chief Director	Retirement (31/03/2018)
Chief Director	Resigned (31/03/2018)
Chief Director	Retirement (31/03/2018)
Director	Retirement (30/04/2018)
Director	Contract expired (31/03/2018)

2. The above SMS members have not been charged since they have either retired, resigned or contract expired.

3. None.

4. None.

Office of the Chief Justice

1. All members of the senior management service (SMS) in the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) had declared their interests for the past year as required by the Public Service Regulations.

2. Not applicable, as all members of the senior management service (SMS) complied with the Regulations.

3. None.

4. Not applicable.

Reply:

(1)(a)(b)

Province	(a) 2015/2016	(a) 2016/2017	(a) 2017/2018	(b) 1 April to 1 June 2018
Western Cage	339	187	190	34
Eastern Cape	222	169	183	30
Northern Cape	106	61	58	8
Free State	131	99	115	19
KwaZulu-Natal	325	207	166	24
North West	195	122	123	12
Mpumalanga	135	69	70	13
Limpopo	200	110	95	17
Gauteng	484	331	294	55

(2)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb)

Police Station	(aa) 2015/2016	(aa) 2016/2017	(aa) 2017/2018	(bb) 1 April to 1 June 2018
(I) Mitchells Plain   ii) Lentegeur	9   2	2   3	6   2	0   1

(

 

(2)(i)(b)

2015/2016

 

Number of Police Officer	Reason
6	Better Remuneration
3	Personal Grievances

2016/2017

Number of Police Officer	Reason
1	Age
1	Other occupation

 

2017/2018

Number of Police Officers	Reasons
2	Marriage
2	Nature of work
1	Unhappy about management style
	Management not assisting members properly

 

(2)(ii)(b)

2015/2016

Number of Police Officer	Reason
1	Better Remuneration
1	Personal Grievances

2016/2017

Number of Police Officer	Reason
1	Better Remuneration
2	Personal Grievances

2017/2018

Number of Police Officer	Reason
2	Better Remuneration
1	Personal Grievances

 

2018/2019

Number of Police Officer	Reason
1	Personal Grievances

 

 

Original signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER: PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT L NTSHIEA

Date: 6 June 2O18

Reply to question 1764 recommended/

Orig/na/ signed LIEUTENANT GENERAL DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: HUMAN RESOURCE IgANAGEMENT BC MGWENYA

Date: 6 June 2018

Reply to question 1764 recommended/not recommended

AL

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)

Date: ›› JUN 2»‹

GENERAL SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 1764 approved/ éd

R OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date:

2015/2016

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv) and (c)

Kempton Park	(b)(i) 1- 100 000 kms		(b)(ii) 100 001 – 200 000kms		(b)(iii) 200 001 -300 000kms		(b)(iv)over 300 000kms
	Number of vehicles (SAPS Numbers)	Days out of working order	Number of vehicles	Days out of working order	Number of vehicles	c)Days out of working order	a) Number of vehicles	c)Days out of working order
Kempton Park	BTR869B BTRB90B BTN690B BTZ074B BTY171B	15 1 5 95 120(vehicles was stolen)	BSK630B BTG393B BTF419B BTM207B BTB511B BSK220B BSK488B	6 32 60 17 15 23 65	BSY840B BSZ513B	66 35	BSX553B	6

 

 

 

 

Reply to Question 1629 recommended

OLE (S

Date: {$ j[jjj ]gjg

GENERAL UTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

” 2

Reply to Question 1629 approved/red

MINISTER F POLICE BH CELE, MP

Reply:

(1) All SMS members have declared their Financial Interest. In this regard see attached a printout from the Public Service e-Disclosure System confirming submission.

(1) (a) Not applicable.

(1) (b) Not Applicable

(1) (c) (i) Not Applicable

(1) (c) (ii) Not Applicable

(2) Not Applicable.

(3) (a) There are no employees currently on suspension.

(3) (b) Not Applicable.

(4) Not Applicable.

(5) Minister will not be making a statement on the matter.

Reply:

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

Police Station	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
Tembisa South Sector Policing	24	59(-35	During the 2017/2018 financial year, no students were allocated to the police station. The entry level allocation demand was submitted to the National Commissioner and once the allocation is received, priority will be given to police stations, in order to address shortages and fill the projected service terminations.

 

 

 

Reply to question 1787 recommended/ e

GENERAL

UTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Date: j§]g -g$• (I 8

2

Reply to question 1787 approved/n

MINIST OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Reply:

This response is according to information received from Transnet:

(1)(a)(i) To the best of Transnet’s knowledge the family named has not been involved in the RFP,

(1)(a)(ii) To the best of Transnet’s knowledge the families and associates and/or company has not been involved in the RFP.

(1)(c) To the best of Transnet’s knowledge the person has not been involved in the RFP.

(1)(d) To the best of Transnet’s knowledge the companies named did attend the briefing.

(2)(a) The current total value of Transnet’s core properties is R4billion.

(2)(b) The current total value of Transnet’s non-core properties is R30 billion.

(3)(a)(i) seven companies responded.

(3)(a)(ii) The names of the companies that responded are:

1. Tirhani Auctioneers

2. Tholisiwe Consulting

3. Sigpro (Pty) (Ltd)

4. Pamoja Capital

5. LDM Consulting

6. JM Cres

7. Fuel Property Fund Managers (Pty) (Ltd)

(3)(b)(i) The RFP was published on National Treasury e-Tender website.

3)(b)(ii) The RFP was published on 26 April 2017.

(3)(c) The tender closed on 13 June 2017.

Reply:

(a) to (c) The geographical distribution of the human resource capacity in the provinces, categorised as per members appointed in terms of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Act and members appointed in terms of the Public Service Act, is attached. It should be noted that the national human resource capacity, reporting to the National Commissioner's Office, the Deputy National Commissioners' offices and the relevant National Divisional Commissioners/Component Heads, are included in the provincial totals.

Please find her: The salary levels for SAPS Act personnel, are as follows

Reply:

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

Police Station	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
Sebenza Sector Policing	17	13 (+4)	During the 2017/2018 financial year, one student was allocated to the police station

 

 

 

 

Reply to question 1780 recommended/

GENERAL TH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

2

Reply to question 1780 approved/cot.apgfoved

MIN ER OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Reply:

1. (a) There was no decision taken regarding a fixed date to implement the South African Language Practitioners’ Council Act, Act 8 of 2014 because there is no budget to implement the Act.

2. According to the Act, the Council should be funded with the budget appropriated by Parliament. In line with this aforesaid requirement, the Department has approached Treasury for the budget to establish and fund the Council, but to no avail.

3). The Department will make a statement on the matter when the budget is available.

Reply:

1. Neither the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the Office of Chief Justice nor related entities such as the National Prosecuting Authority, and Special Investigating Unit own any land. All immovable assets belonging to the State resort under the custodianship of the national Department of Public Works, and is governed by the Government Immovable Asset Management Act, 2007 (Act No 19 of 2007) and the State Land Disposal Act, 1961 (Act No 48 of 1961).

However, I have been informed that Legal Aid South Africa does not own any vacant and unused land but owns seven (7) pieces of land where there are properties that are used as local offices as per my reply to question 988.

2. Falls away.

1. The Department of Correctional Services and the entities does not own any land. All the land and buildings that the department and these entities are using belongs to the National Department of Public Works, as the custodian of all state immovable assets.
2. (a) (b) (i) and (ii) falls away

Reply:

The Economic Development Department, ITAC, Competition Commission and Competition Tribunal do not own land and currently rents office space.

The IDC owns property which is retained as part of its overall investment portfolio.

Details on land owned by the IDC has been provided in Parliamentary Question 3605 in November 2017 and Parliamentary Question 978 in March 2018.

-END-

Reply:

The response is based on information received from Alexkor SOC Limited.

(1)	(a)	The position was advertised in the Sunday Times on 26 February 2017. A panel was established comprising of board members to interview the short listed candidates. The preferred candidates were then put through a set of psychometric tests. The process followed was in line with Alexkor’s recruitment and selection process.
	(b)	26 February 2017
	(c)	(i)	The names of the candidates who applied for the position is in the possession of the Department and the members are welcome to request sight of said list. The challenge in publicly disclosing the names is that application for these level positions is done on a confidential basis, and disclose may negatively affect the current employment relationship of the applicants. Besides, the disclosure cannot be done without the candidates giving the Department consent to disclose their names.
		(ii)	As per (1)(c)(i) above.
	(d)	(i)	Minimum of 5 years mining experience (diamond or coal mining experience preferable).
		(ii)	At least 5 years senior management experience.
		(iii)	Executive Management experience.
		(iv)	Comprehensive knowledge of the PFMA and Treasury Regulations (3 years SOC/SOE experience would be an advantage)
		(v)	Extensive strategic leadership experience.
		(vi)	Business rescue or turnaround strategy implementation experience.
		(vii)	Relevant Mining Qualifications preferable (BSc Mining Engineering or Equivalent).
	(e)	(i)	Ms H Matseke	(Chairperson of the Board of Directors)
		(ii)	Mr T Matona	(Member of the Board of Directors)
		(iii)	Ms B Makwetla	(Member of the Board of Directors)
		(iv)	Mr S Danana	(Member of the Board of Directors)
		(v)	Dr R Paul	(Advisor to the Board of Directors)
		(vi)	Ms L Mphahlele	(Leadership Talent, Service Provider as observer)
	(f)	(i)	Mr Pitsoe has 23 years mining experience, including Diamond or Coal Mining;
		(ii)	9 years senior management experience
		(iii)	4 years executive management experience
		(iv)	Extensive strategic leadership experience
		(v)	He was involved in a turnaround strategy at Hernic Ferrochrome (Pty) Ltd
		(vi)	He as a BSc Mining Engineering degree
(2)	The question was not asked of Mr Pitsoe as it was not relevant to the employment criteria. For the record, Mr Pitsoe was employed as a General Manager at Hernic Ferrochrome (Pty) Ltd, and did not have a direct relationship with the Gupta family. JIC, a Gupta company was as service provider to Hernic which relationship was in place long before Mr Pitsoe joined Hernic, which is owned by Mitsubishi a Japanese conglomerate.

We will be looking into these matters more closely in the coming months.

Reply:

The response is based on information received from Alexkor SOC Limited.

(1)	(a)	The response to the PQ that I have received from the CEO of Alexkor, Mr Lemogang Pitso, is that he attended the said weddings while he was in the employ of Hernic Ferrochrome (Pty) Ltd. Mr Pitsoe was representing Mr Johan Swanepoel, who is the CEO of Hernic, who could not attend due to unforeseen circumstances.
	(b)	As per 1(a) above.
(2)	(a)	The position was advertised in the Sunday Times on 26 February 2017. A panel was established comprising of board members to interview the short listed candidates. The preferred candidates were then put through a set of psychometric tests. This was done in line with Alexkor’s recruitment and selection policy.

	(b)	26 February 2017
	(c)	(i)	(aa)	The names of the candidates who applied for the position is in the possession of the Department and the members are welcome to request sight of said list. The challenge in publicly disclosing the names is that application for these level positions is done on a confidential basis, and disclose may negatively affect the current employment relationship of the applicants. Besides, the disclosure cannot be done without the candidates giving the Department consent to disclose their names.
			(bb)	Same as (2)(c)(aa) above.
			(cc)	Same as (2)(c)(aa) above.
		(ii)	(bb)	Ms H Matseke	(Chairperson of the Board of Directors)
			(cc)	Mr T Matona	(Member of the Board of Directors)
			(dd)	Ms B Makwetla	(Member of the Board of Directors)
			(ee)	Mr S Danana	(Member of the Board of Directors)
			(ff)	Dr R Paul	(Advisor to the Board of Directors)
			(ff)	Ms L Mphahlele	(Leadership Talent, Service Provider as observer)
	(d)	Mr Pitsoe has extensive marine mining experience which he accumulated while employed by De Beers.
(3)	Yes. Mr Pitsoe was employed at Hernic (Pty Ltd as a General Manager. Hernic and JIC Mining had a customer-supplier relationship, where HIC was a mining contractor to Hernic. The information was not disclosed as it was not requested either in the job application forms of the interview. It can be recalled that Hernic and JIC are private companies and did not have a relationship with DPE’s SOCs. We will be looking into these matters more closely in the coming weeks.

Reply:

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

Police Station	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
Edenvale Sector Policing	31	35(-4)	During the 2017/2018 financial year, no students were allocated to the police station. The entry level allocation demand was submitted to the National Commissioner and once the allocation is received, priority will be given to police stations, in order to address shortages and fill the projected service terminations.

 

 

 

Reply to question 1787 recommended/

LE (SOEG)

Date: " " " '

GENERAL UTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

2

Reply to question 1787 approved/not approved

MINIS : OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date:

Reply:

This response is according to information received from Transnet:

1. Transnet SOC Ltd (Transnet) has electric locomotives (9E electric) fleet which used to operate on the Ore Line (Sishen-Saldanha). These 9E locomotives were unique to the Sishen-Saldanha line and were not to be used elsewhere in Africa.

The first of these old locomotives arrived in 1978. These locomotives reached the end of life six (6) years ago and the last ten (10) locomotives were eventually staged in 2016 and have not been operating since then, as their components were obsolete and were uneconomical to maintain. Any remaining parts were subsequently sold off.

They were subsequently replaced with 15E locomotives, the first of which arrived in 2010.

(2) This is an operational decision within the powers of Transnet management under the supervision of the Board of Directors. There is also a Significance Materiality Framework which gives guidance and thresholds on such matters.

(3) The Minister is on record that the contract will be investigated. If foul play is established, appropriate action will be taken. To date two forensic reports are available. The new Board of Transnet is discussing these reports and will soon be announcing its plans to act on all those guilty of corruption or any other malpractices.

Reply:

(1)(a)(b) The South African Police Service (SAPS), achieved a submission rate of 99,45% (909 out of 914), for Senior Management Service {SMS) level disclosures. All disclosures were done on the Electronic E-disclosure System of the Department: Public Service and Administration {DPSA).

Five officials, at SMS level, submitted their disclosures late and in the manual format, as they had difficulty submitting it in the electronic format.

Four of these officials were newly appointed SMS members, at the level of Brigadier (Director) and one employee, at the level of Major General (Chief Director), was on extended sick leave.

Please find here: (1)(c)(i)(ii) and (2)

 

Reply:

(1) and (2)

(1 )(a)(b)(c)(d)(e) and (2)(a)(b)

The following information can be provided in terms of procurement contracts entered into by the South African Police Service (SAPS), above the value of R30 000 000,00, for Movable Government Property and Services as well as, Facility Management: Capital Works:

Movable Government Property and Services
The information is reflected in Annexure A.

Facility Management: Capital Works
The information is reflected in Annexure B.

Attached please find here: Reply continue

Reply:

In the 2018 State-of-the National Address, the President alluded to a review of configuration of government departments, this reconfiguration of government departments will amongst others reduce size of the public service, which will in turn reduce an increases of public service wage bill. The Department of Public Service and Administration is also putting together measures to contain huge increases of the public service wage bill, these measures include (i) employee-initiated severance package, (ii) early retirement without penalties, (iii) review of performance management and incentive system, (iv) centralised job grading and evaluation, (v) more effective management of allowances, including base amounts and frequency of adjustments, (vi) review of structure of government to reduce fragmentation, duplication of functions and elimination of redundant posts, amongst others, (vii) careful management of earnings growth including allowances, performance incentives and other benefits and also management of both headcount and earnings of public servants

All these measures will be implemented in a manner that avoids negative impact on the capacity of the state to deliver quality public services.

Reply:

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

Police Station Bedfordview Sector Policing	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
Bedfordview Sector Policing	24	23+(1)	During the 2017/2018 financial year, one student was allocated to the police station

 

 

Reply to question 1778 recommended/

nu

KJ (SOEG)

Date)‹1z-› - 0

Replylo question 1778 approved/n

MINI OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

GENERAL

AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply:

DPE response

a) The Special Investigating Unit is currently working with a team comprising the DPCI and State-Owned Companies’ (SOC) Forensic Units to inter alia address current and historical allegations of corruption in the SOCs. Among others, the team is seized with reviewing forensic reports that have been commissioned by the SOCs in order to:

(i) Ascertain the number and status of matters that have been referred to SAPS;

(ii) Ascertain the number and status of matters that have been referred to DPCI.

The efforts are meant to ensure that where prima facie case of corruption exists, the law enforcement agencies move to seize assets that are proceeds of corruption. Furthermore, the work is also meant to establish matters that the Boards and Executive of SOCs failed to refer for criminal investigation by relevant law enforcement agencies and matters that could expeditiously result in the conviction of those implicated in allegations of corruption concerning SOCs.

(aa) The question relates to a period that spans 14 years. Consequently, at the time of responding to the question, the Department had confirmed that one case of corruption and fraud was referred to the SAPS and the related investigation is still underway.

(bb) To date seventy nine forensic reports commissioned by SOCs concerning matters of malfeasance, fraud and corruption have been referred to the SIU for review. The team comprising SIU, Asset Forfeiture Unit and the DPCI is seized with the review of the reports. Furthermore, the SIU is currently conducting work in line with Proclamation No 11 of 2018 that authorizes investigation into allegations of malfeasance, fraud and corruption in Transnet and Eskom. A motivation will be submitted to Denel to address allegations of corruption in Denel.

b) (i)(ii)(iii) The review and reconciliation of records being done independently by the team led by the SIU should assist in ascertaining the completeness and status of all matters that have been referred to law enforcement agencies and convictions if any, which have been registered to date.

All the efforts mentioned above are fully aligned to the commitment made by the President during the State of the Nation Address that this is the year to turn the tide of corruption in public institutions. Therefore, the team led by the SIU should be allowed to continue its work in order to reveal facts behind the questions posed and the information that the SOCs has over the years submitted to the Ministry.

Reply:

(1) The South African Police Service (SAPS) has entered into an agreement with Tracker Connect (Pty) Ltd. A Memorandum of Understanding was concluded between the two entities, as per reference 19/1/9/1/114 TR (13). The above agreement was compiled in accordance with the required prescripts.

(1)(a) The contract was concluded, on 15 February 2017.
(1)(b) The advantages for SAPS of working in partnership with Tracker Connect (Pty) Ltd, are the following:

The fast recovery of stolen and hijacked vehicles, which are fitted with a tracking device.

The arrest of criminals found at the scene of a crime, with stolen or hijacked vehicles, which improves the detection rate for stolen and/or hijacked vehicles.

(2) Tracker Connect (Pty) Ltd, renders the service free of charge to the SAPS, as part of the agreement.

(3) Tracker Connect (Pty) Ltd, as a partner in the combating of vehicle-related crime works jointly with the SAPS and has, in consultation with SAPS management, come up with an initiative called, "Tracker Connect/SAPS Awards".

The aim of the above initiative is to recognise SAPS members, who have gone the extra mile to assist during Tracker activations or deactivations on stolen and hijacked vehicles.

The recognition certificates are awarded to SAPS members, who are actively involved, when the Tracker device is activated and who respond promptly, in attending the scene of crime where stolen or hijacked vehicles are found. No incentives apply to SAPS members.

(4) Currently, Tracker Connect (Pty) Ltd is the only company that has entered into an agreement and signed the Memorandum of Understanding with SAPS.

Apart from Tracker, there seems to be no other company involved in this capacity. However, the invitation was extended to other companies with a vested interest in this capacity. The Bid Committee, at the Division: Supply Chain Management (SCM), after careful consideration of other factors, nominated Tracker Connect (Pty) Ltd, as the SAPS Private Partnership in this capacity.

(5) The Minister of Police will decide if he would like to make a statement, in this regard.

Reply to question 1499 recommended


GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2018-06-05


Reply to question 1499 approved/not approved


MINISTER OF POLICE
BH CELE, MP
Date: 17/06/2018

Reply:

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

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

 

 

 

Reply to question 1786 recommended/

Date: »1g -„- i ,

GENERAL H AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

2

Reply to question 1786 approved/not approved

MINISTER OF POLICE BH CELE, P

Reply:

The response is based on information received from Alexkor SOC Limited.

(1)	(a)	The position was advertised in the Sunday Times, shortlisted candidates were interviewed and the successful candidate was required to undergo a psychometric test. The preferred candidate was then referred to the Minister of DPE for appointment. This was in line with Alexkor’s recruitment and selection process.
	(b)	26 February 2017
	(c)	(i)	The names of the candidates who applied for the position is in the possession of the Department and the members are welcome to request sight of said list. The challenge in publicly disclosing the names is that application for these level positions is done on a confidential basis, and disclose may negatively affect the current employment relationship of the applicants. Besides, the disclosure cannot be done without the candidates giving the Department consent to disclose their names.
		(ii)	As per (1)(c)(i) above
	(d)	(i)	CA (SA) with commercial experience, preferably within mining
		(ii)	Diamond and coal mining experience will be an advantage
		(iii)	At least 5 years’ experience relating to managing finance operational teams
		(iv)	Experience in an Executive Management position would be an advantage
		(v)	Comprehensive understanding and proven track record in the implementation of PFMA and Treasury Regulations (3 years SOC/SOE experience would be an advantage)
	(e)	(i)	Ms M Lehobye	(Member of the Board of Directors)
		(ii)	Mr T Matona	(Member of the Board of Directors)
		(iii)	Mr S Danana	(Member of the Board of Directors)
		(iv)	Ms Z Ntlangula	(Member of the Board of Directors)
		(v)	Dr R Paul	(Advisor to the Board of Directors)
	(e)	The names of the selection and interview panel for this position have been disclosed to the Department; however, due to the confidential nature of this information, no further details will be disclosed.
(2)	The question was not asked during the interview with the candidate whether there was any litigation process that she was involved in. At the time the offer of appointment was made in August 2017, the information relating to the litigation was public knowledge.

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(ii)

Province	(i) 2013/2014	(i) 2014/2015	(i) 2015/2016	(i) 2016/2017	(i) 2017/2018	(ii) 2018-04-01 to 2018-05-31
Eastern Cape	40	43	54	52	70	1
Free State	19	37	17	4	14	0
Gauteng	84	51	57	19	28	8
KwaZulu-Natal	48	34	56	45	32	0
Limpopo	11	10	3	3	10	0
Mpumalanga	29	44	45	34	36	0 0
North West	39	16”	35	23	11	0
Northern Cape	13	7	11	1	31	0
Western Cape	138	98	111	93	19	0
Total	421	340	*89	274	251	9

(1)(b)(i) From 1 April 2018 to 31 May 2018, no cases have been withdrawn.

(1)(b)(ii) From 1 April 2018 to 31 May 2018, all nine cases are still pending.

(2)a)()			2
Province	2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018
Eastern Cape	31	39	43	23	23
Free State	16	27	15	0	2
Gauteng	81	48	43	8	12
KwaZulu-Natal	28	17	31	24	15
Limpopo	11	3	3	1	8
Mpumalanga	23	30	28	28	25
North West	17	6	14	9	11
Northern Cape	13	5	3	1	17
Western Cape	72	51	37	28
Total	292	226	217	122

(2)(a)(ii)

Province	2013/2014	2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018
Eastern Cape	9	4	11	29	47
Free State	3	10	2	4	12
Gauteng	3	3	14	11	16
KwaZulu-Natal	20	17	25	21	17
Limpopo	0	7	0	2	2
Mpumalanga North West	6	14	17	6	1
North West	22	10	21	14	0
NorthernCape	0	2	8	0	14
WesternCape	66	47	74	65	14
Total	129	114	172	152	133

(2)(b)

2013/2014

Province	Counselling	Dismissal	Verbal warning	Written warning	Final Written warning l	Suspended without pay	Suspended	Suspended sanction	Fines
Eastern Cape	0	0	0	4	3	1	11	3	9
Free State	0	2	0	0	0	2	6	0	6
Gauteng	0	7	0	1	3	0	28	0	42
KwaZulu-Natal	2	1	0	5	2	3	1	0	14
Limpopo	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	6
Mpumalanga	0	0	0	3	0	4	4	1	11
North West	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1
Northern Cape	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	9
Western Cape	4	0	9	15	20	0	9	0	24
Total	6	12	9	39	32	12	61	4	126

214/2015

 

	Counselling	Dismissal	Verbal warning	Written warning	Final Written warning	Suspended  without pay	Suspended	Suspended sanction	Fines
EasternCape	0	1	0	10	3	1	12	0	12
FreeState	0	1	0	1	3	0	17	0	5
Gauteng	0	4	0	1	3	0	17	0	23
KwaZul-u Natal	0	0	0	5	4	2	3	0	3
Limpopo	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Mpumalanga	0	0	0	0	3	7	2	0	18
NorthWest	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1
NorthernCape	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
WesternCaoe	3	0	1	17	14	0	7	0	9
Total	3	6	1	39	31	10	58	2	76

2015/2016

		Counselling	Dismissal	Verbal warning	Written warning	Final Written warning	Suspended  without pay
								Suspended
Eastern Cape		3 '	0	1	3	3 1	1 1	20 i	0	13
Free State		0	1	1	0	2	0 |	6	1	4
Gauteng		0	5	0	2 ’	7	2	12	0	15
KwaZul-u Natal		2	0	0	0	14	0	6	2	7
Limpopo		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Mpumalanga		0	1	0	0	0 '	5	0	0	22
NorthWest		0	0	3	1	4	0	2	1	3
NorthernCape		0	0	0	2 '	0	, 0	0	0	1
WesternCape		3	0	0	12	9	0 '	6	0	7
Total		8	7	5	20	39	8	52	4	75

 

2016/2017

Province	Counsilling	Written Warning	Final Written Warning	Suspended  without pay	Suspended	Suspended sanction	Fines
Eastern Cape	1	1	0	8			1
Free State	0	0	0	0			0
Gauteng	0	0	0	0
KwaZul-u Natal	2	0	0	7				3
Limpopo	0	0	0	0
Mpumalanga	0	1	8	3
North West	0	0	0	5
Northern Cape	0	0	0	0
Western Cape	0	1	3	13
TotaI	3	3	11	36

 

2017/2018 -

Province	Counselling	Dismissal	Verbal warning	Written warning	Final written	Suspended without a pay	Suspended	Suspended sanction		Fines
EasternCape	1	0	0	6	6	7	0	0	2
FreeState	0	0	0		0	1		1		0	0	O
Gauteng	0	0	0		5	6	"1		0	0	0
KwaZulu-Natal	2	0	0	6	7	0	0	0	0
Limpopo	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	0
Mpumalanga	0	0	0	15	9	1	0	0	0
NorthWest	0	0	0	9	2 14	0	0	0	0
NorthernCage	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0
WesternCape	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0
Total	3	3	2	45	51	13	0	0	2

 

 

 

 

Reply to question 1762 recommended/

Date: z018 -«- ‹ •

Reply to question 1762 approved/

."OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

GENERAL TH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Provinces	CounsellingDismissal	Dismissal	Verbal warning	Written warning	Final Written warning	Suspended without pay	Suspended	Suspended sanction
EasternCape	0	1	0	10	3	1	12	0	12
FreeState	0	1	0	1	3	0	17	0	5
Gauteng	0	4	0	1	3	0	17	0	23
KwaZul-u Natal	0	0	0	5	4	2	3	0	3
Limpopo	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Mpumalanga	0	0	0	0	3	7	2	0	18
NorthWest	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1
NorthernCape	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
WesternCaoe	3	0	1	17	14	0	7	0	9
Total	3	6	1	39	31	10	58	2	76

Reply:

DPE response

a) In 2007 the then Department of Minerals and Energy which is currently known as the Department of Mineral Resources (“DMR”) entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (“MoA”) with De Beers in connection with the State interest pertaining to lease consideration, claims and other obligations payable to the State in terms of the 1979 lease (“Cullinan Lease”) and the 1990 lease (“Venetia Lease”). The Cullinan Lease and the Venetia Lease collectively will be referred to as “Lease Agreements”.

Prior to the enactment of the Minerals Act of 1991 (“Minerals Act”) and as inferred by the MoA, the State had an uncontested interest and claims which were payable and arising out of the Lease Agreements. However, once the Minerals Act was enacted, De Beers contested the State interest and claims under the Lease Agreements and contended that the State interest and claims were no longer payable.

On the other hand, the State was of the firm view that the coming into effect of the Minerals Act does not extinguish its rights flowing out of the Lease Agreements. In order for DMR and De Beers to settle the above dispute, an MoA was concluded as a full and final settlement of any and all claims that the State may have had against De Beers in terms of the Lease Agreements and as part of the settlement a 20% shareholding in Namaqualand Mines (NM) was allocated to DMR pending transfer to a proposed transaction structure involving Alexkor.

The protracted Richtersveld community land claim against the Department and Alexkor (“Land Claim”) complicated the deal as the resolution of the matter was vital to the proposed transaction structure. The Government took a decision to protect the 20% shareholding in NM pending the resolution of the Land Claim. Eventually, the proposed deal structure failed to materialise and whilst the Government was negotiating a resolution of the Land Claim, De Beers was proceeding with its business rationalisation process.

b) As a result, several steps were taken by De Beers to sell NM which was eventually acquired by Trans Hex and the State maintained its 20% shareholding under the custodianship of the Department of Public Enterprises. The NM operations lay dormant for several years until 2015 when West Coast Resources was formed to exploit the NM asset. The 20% shareholding of the State is warehoused in a Special Purpose Vehicle while the State determines how to leverage its stake.

 

Reply:

(1)(a)(i)(ii)(b)(i) and (ii)

The South African Police Service (SAPS) does not own land. The National Department of Public Works (NDPW) is the custodian of all government properties. As mandated in the devolution agreement between the SAPS and the NDPW, the following sites have been identified and acquired for the proposed construction of new police stations:

Police Gtation	9tatua	Province	Site Descrlptlon	Size	Municipality
Bloemsprult	In progress	Free State	ml 10 737, Heidedal Ext 19	1,8007 hactaree	Mangaung Munlclpallty
Kutlwanong	In progress	Free State	Erf 7 277, Kutlwanong	1,54 hectares	Mathjabeng Municipality
Magobkweng	In progress	Free State	Erf 711, Tshiame	1,1483 hectares	Maluti a Phofung
Reigerpark	Finalised	Gauteng	Erf 479, Reiger Park Ext1	1,Z08 hectares	Ekurhuleni Municipality
Riemvasmaak	Finallsed	Northern Cape	Erf 369, Molopo Road, Rlemvasmaak	1,000 hectare	Kail Garib Municipality
Makhaza	Finalised	Western Cape	Erf 75 169 portion of Erf 59 037, Khayelitsha	1,0229 hectaias	City o Cape Town
Tafelslg	In progress	Western Cape	Erf 36 151, Mitchells Plain	2,307 hectares	City of Cape Town

The entities which report to the Minister of Police, do not own land. The following sitRS for the proposed construction of new deep rural stations are leased and donated by the various stakeholders.

Station	Province	Lessor/Donor	Site Description	Siae	Municipality
Huku	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Mandileni/Huku Tribal Council	Portion 7 of the farm Mandileni No 88	7 374 square meters	Umzimvubu Municipality
Mdeni	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Headman NP Njeje Traditional Council	Portion 10 f the farm ' Kaka's No 21	6 405 square meters	Matatiele Munlclpallty
Mthombe	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Prince Mdamasi Tribal Council	Portion 6 of the farm Mtombi No 36	5 770 square meters	Nyandeni Municlpallty
Ntamonde	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Amantshangase Traditional Council	Portion 13 of farm Ntshangase no 63	6 301 square meters	Mbizana Municipality
Pholile	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Lupindo Traditional Council	Portion 3 of the farm Ncaywa No 7	1,2002 hectares	Matatiele Municipality
Qhasa	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Headman of the Qhasa Tribal Council	Portion 9 of the farm Qhasa No 45	1.1020 hectares	Mbizana Municipality
Tabase	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Jumba Traditional Council	Erf 1 528, Tabase	1,1795 hectares	Klng Sabata Dalindyobo Municipallty
Tafalehashe	Eastern Cape	Donated by the Engonyama Tribal Council	Portion 5 of the farm Nkwalini No 45	1,012B hectares	Mbashe Municipality
Bhosiki	KwaZuIu- Natal	Leased from the Ingonyama Trust Board	Portion of the farm Nkumblni No 16 908	9 672square meters	Ray Nkonyeni Municipality
Kilmun	KwaZulu- Natal	Leased from the Ingonyama Trust Board	Por£on of Upper Umkomaas farm 18 415, Location No 1	6 057square meters	Ingwe Municipallty
Mfekayi	KwaZuIu- Natal	Leased from the Ingonyama Trust Board	Portion of the farm Reserve No 3, farm 15 822	9 109 square meters	Mtubatuba Municipality
Msinsini	KwaZulu- Natal	Site clearance progress , site to be procured from the Ndelu Community Trust	Portion of the farm Clifton Park No 9 219	1.0 hectare	Umzumbe Munlclpallty
Ntshongwe	KwaZuIu- Natal	Donated by tf›e Ntsfiongwe Tribal	Portion of the farm	9 767 square metera	Umhlabuyalingana Munlclpallty

		Council	Makhathini Flats No 16 533
Osuthu	KwaZulu- Natal	Leased from lngonyama Trust Board	Portion of the reserve farm No 12 ,farm No 15 832	9 311 square meters	Nongoma Municipality
Sokhulu	KwaZuIu- Natel	Donated by the Sokhulu Devalopment Trust	Portion of the reserve farm No 4, farm No 15 823	9 561 aquare meters	Mfolozi Municipality
Bapong	North West	Donated by the Bapo-ba Mogale Tribal Authority	Remainder of portion 5 of the farm Boschfontein 458 JQ	5 006 square meters	Madibeng Municipality
Dwarsberg	North West	Donated by the Makuntwane A Kgotoe Tribal Authority	Remainder of the farm Kameelnek No 278KP	5 002 square meters	Moses Kotane Munlclpality
Mabieskraal	North West	Donated by the BatIahLako-Ba- Mathuthu Tribal Admistration	Portion 1 of the farm Tambotlerand No 143JP	5 002 square meters	Moses Kotane Munlclpality
Mareetsane	North West	Donated by the Barolong Bo-ora Tehldi Tribal Councll	Remainder of the farm Setlagoli No 640 IO	5 002 square me(ers	Ratlou Municipality
Moeka-Vuma	North West	Donated by the Moeka-Vuma Community Tribe	the ferm Kromkuil No 99JR	4 909 square meters	Moretele Municipality
Ga-KgatIa	Limpopo	Donated by the Bahananawa Tradltlonal Communlty	Portion 2 of the farm Langlaagte No 279LR	5 707 square meters	Bloubelg Municipality
Khubvi	Limpopo	Donated by the Randima Traditlonal Crunch	Portion 150 of farm Chlbase f4o 123 MT	4 007 square meters	Thulamela Munlclpallty
Moletlane	Llmpopo	Donated by the Ndebele Tribe	Portion 31 of the farm Zebediela location No 123 KS	7 907 square meters	Lepela Nkumpi Municipality
Phaudi	Limpopo	Donated by the Bakwena Moletsi Traditional Council	Portion of the farm Lanark 199 LS	1 434 hertaros	Aganang Municipality
The Oaks	Llmpopo	Donated by the Bakone-Ba- Mamaet]a Traditional Council	Portion 31 of the farm, The Oaks, No 198 KT	6 002 square meters	Maruleng Municipallty
Oon Donald	Mpumalanga	Donated by the Mpislkazi Traditional Council	Portion 24 of the farm Dundonald No 210 IT	7 500 square meters	Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality
Driefontein	Mpumalanga	Donated by the	Portion 24 of	1.0 hectare	Mkhondo

		Mkhondo Local Municipality	the farm St Helana No 306 IT		Municipality
KwaMfiluehwa	Mpumalanga	Donated by the Matsamo Tribal Authority	Portion 24 of the farm Vlakbult No 450 JU	5 796 square meters	Nkomazi Municipality
Marltl	Mpumalanga	Site clearance in progress, site to be procured from the lnjaka- Waterval Communal Property Association	Remaining extension of the farm Waterval 273 JU	7 461 square meters	Busfibuckrldge Municipality
Phungutsha	Mpumalanga	Donated by the Kalkfontein B&C Community Trust	Portion 24 of the farm Kalkfontein No 143 JR	1,5491 hectares	Nkangala Munlcipality

(2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb) Not applicable.

 

 

Reply to question 1700 recommended/

L C

KJ OLE (SOEG)

GENERAL

ER: TH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 1700 approved/

OF POLICE BH CELE, NIP

Reply:

The response is based on information received from Denel SOC Limited.

The Minister of Public Enterprises on 18 April 2018 directed the Board to investigate the awarding of the bursary awarded to the son of the Premier of North-West, Mr Supra Mahumapelo, to check whether the process was conducted in line with Denel policies.

The Board has commissioned the investigation and on its conclusion will take appropriate action against anyone within Denel who has flouted applicable policies. Further action to recover the funds expensed towards the bursary will need to be taken, if it is found that proper procedures were not followed.

On conclusion of the investigation, the Board has undertaken to share its contents with the Minister and at that stage the Minister shall be in a position to answer the questions that the Member has asked.

Reply:

(a)(b)(i) The Minister of Public Enterprises was not accompanied by the spouse and/or an adult family member during official international trips for the period 2013/14 to 2017/18.

(ii) Since 1 April 2018 the following are the details:

(aa) Minister travelled with his spouse, Mrs Vanitha Gordhan.

(bb)(aaa) Purpose of the trip

The Minister of Public Enterprises, Mr Pravin Gordhan received an invitation to attend and participate at the World Bank/ IMF Spring Meetings. The meetings attended by the Minister are as follows:

• Semi-Annual Workshop of the Advisory Finance Group (AFG) on 19 April 2018;
• Annual Havard Ministerial Leadership Forum for Finance Experts at Havard University on 23 April 2018;
• Workshop on The country Challenges of Institutionalized Corruption: Lessons for South Africa, 25-26 April 2018;
• To Strengthen country-to-country relations between South Africa and the United State of America;
• To interact with strategic stakeholders and to explore possible areas of

collaboration between the South African and United States of American companies.

(bb)(bbb) Destination of the trip is United States of America.

(cc)(aaa) Total cost of the trip in respect of the spouse is R132 418.61.

(cc)(bbb) Breakdown of the cost

The cost of R132 418.61 is only for the air ticket and there are no other costs incurred.

(2) The trip was approved by Presidency.

Reply:

The Bid Submission for REIPPP Projects in Bid Window 4 was on 18 August 2014, a total number of 77 bids were received and evaluated based on stringent qualification and evaluation criteria. Accordingly these four projects were selected as preferred bidders based on the outcome of the evaluation. The shareholding of each project company was disclosed at bid submission as bid criteria include South African Entity and Black ownership requirements. Bidders are not precluded from submitting more than one project for evaluation. All bidders are bound by rules against collusion which may result in disqualification. As the four specified project companies have the same shareholding structure collusion with another bidding group or developer is not relevant. The individual bids by the four 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.

Reply:

There is one (1) case from South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI). It is currently being investigated by SAPS.

Reply:

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) continues to work with Eskom to advise on Eskom’s pricing model, in line with Electricity Regulation Act, 2006 (Act No. 4 of 2006). The aim is to safeguard and meet the interests and requirements of present and future electricity customers and end users.

Reply:

Energy is the lifeblood of any economy. This is why the purpose of the Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) is to provide a roadmap of the future energy landscape for South Africa which guides future energy infrastructure investments, policy development and alignment. The IEP provides an overarching planning framework for electricity, liquid fuels and gas sector plans such that the development of these plans are done in a coordinated and integrated manner. Following the Cabinet decision of December 2017, the department is steadily working towards concluding the review of the IRP this year (2018).

Reply:

a) (i) 1 768 270

(ii) 5 177 013

b) (i),(ii) The competency for this function lies with a municipality in terms of Section 24 of the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (Act No 16 of 2013). A municipality as part of its land use scheme is required to record the use of land as part of its land use scheme. Therefore, the DRDLR Deeds Office does not have records of information on the various land use parcels in the municipalities.

Reply:

The Department owns seven (7) vehicles of which six (6) of them have tracking devices and one (1) vehicle is currently in the process of being installed with tracking device. No road accidents were reported in the period in question.

Reply:

All international trips involving my family and I in the period in question were in total compliance with the applicable prescripts that govern such trips, including costs, destinations and approval by the President.

Reply:

(1) The Department of Public Works has not conducted any lifestyle audits in the categories stipulated by the Honourable Member. Nonetheless, Government uses a system of financial disclosures as prescribed by the Public Service Regulations of 2016. The system provides for the disclosure of shareholding; directorships and partnerships; equities; income generating assets; sponsorships; remunerative work outside an employee’s formal employment; gifts and hospitality; and other financial interests. Additionally, employees are required to make related party disclosures.

Financial interests disclosed by senior managers are verified by the Public Service Commission (PSC). The same is monitored by the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) and any situation hinting at a conflict of interest is identified and addressed with the employee concerned by first informing the Executive Authority. Moreover, the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA), has unfettered access to financial disclosures of employees by virtue of Section 15 (1) of the Public Audit Act, 2004 [Act No. 25 of 2004]. The AGSA is therefore empowered to conduct an audit on the lifestyle of any public service employees to verify the financial position of such persons and establish conflicts of interests, if any.

One of my key priorities as the Minister of Public Works ever since my appointment to this portfolio in 2011 has been zero tolerance to fraud and corruption. To this extent, through the Turnaround programme, systems have been put in place to deal with these challenges with visible successes. We have established the Anti-Corruption Unit, which has conducted a number of investigations on suspicious activities. In some instances, the cases were investigated together with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). We therefore support the call by the President, His Excellency, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, to conduct lifestyle audits and believe that these will be an effective tool in the fight against fraud and corruption.

(2) No. There are no reports of such audits, since the lifestyle audits, in the strict sense of the term, have yet to be conducted by the Department. Once the guidelines are finalized on how these audits should be conducted we will be in a position to implement them.

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Reply:

The Question was referred to the Department and entities which responded as follows:

(aa) Department of Home Affairs

(a) 286 cases were submitted to (i) SA Police Service (SAPS) and (ii) Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation DPCI)

(b)(i-ii) 286 cases of fraud and corruption were investigated and arrests were effected. The number of arrests are as follows:

2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
40 arrests	No stats available	9 arrests	4 arrests	19 arrests	6 arrests	54 arrests	125 arrests	29 arrests

(b)(iii) The Department does not readily have the number of convictions.

(bb) Electoral Commission

(a) No cases were referred in terms of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, Act 12 of 2004, as amended to:

(i) The SAPS, and

(ii) Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI)

9b) (i-iii) Not applicable

(bb) Government Printing Works

(a) (i) Two were referred to the SAPS – Case numbers (CAS 1201/09/2011) and CAS 688/11/2016)

     (ii)0

(b) (i) Two

(ii) Two

 (iii) One

Reply:

a) There is currently no maintenance budget set aside specifically allocated to the Umhlali Police Station. The Department of Public Works (DPW) has a consolidated day-to-day maintenance budget and attends to emergencies and defects for all State-owned buildings utilising this budget.

b) There neither major renovations nor an upgrade project planned for the Umhlali Police Station in the current financial year. Should the South African Police Service (SAPS) prioritise and request that DPW execute upgrading works to the infrastructure, a procurement instruction along with confirmation of funding from the SAPS CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) budget will have to be forwarded to the DPW.

In the interim, the DPW attends to emergencies and day-to-day maintenance requests from the station when reported.

The DPW has also implemented annual maintenance contracts for the following disciplines, of which the Umhlali Police Station is covered:

• electrical maintenance;
• air-conditioning for HVAC (Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system) / Plant systems; and
• lifts.

The Department is also currently planning for the implementation of the following maintenance contracts for the following disciplines within this financial year:

• fire-fighting equipment;
• generators;
• plumbing; and
• general building repairs and maintenance.

c) Officials from the DPW do visit State facilities when inspections have to be conducted to compile specifications reports and for planning purposes

_________________________________________________________________________

Reply:

(1)(a) There is only one Refugee Appeal Board. RAB was established in terms of Section 12 of the Refugees Act no 130 of 1998 (the Act).

(1)(b) Currently there is three persons serving on RAB, two members and a member who is also the Chairperson. The amount of members has fluctuated over the years since 2000. The most members at any one time were six in total.

(1)(c) RAB meets on average three times in formal meetings to discuss and decide on its Rules and Practice Note, Regulations and other administrative decisions about its hearings and decisions. RAB had three annual formal meetings during financial year 2017/2018. RAB meets informally before each hearing week. For financial year 2017/2018 RAB conducted six hearing cycles in all five regions.

(1)(d) The number of cases dealt with on an annual basis by the RAB since 2010 are listed in the table below.

(2)(a-b) Various categories and number of decisions taken by the RAB annually are tabulated hereunder:

RAB DECISIONS 2010-2017
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Hearings conducted	0	2266	1497	2543	2743	1020	124	399
Condonations Dismissed	109	166	85	302	65	22	518	268
Condonations Granted	71	56	119	232	145	247	2	7
Dismissed	900	3982	1461	1537	1580	1310	159	193
Upheld	84	110	48	66	70	118	56	21
No Show	0	107	12	69	24	108	135	50
Cancelled	0	46	109	23	0	67	19	2196
Member	5	7	5	6	6	6	2	3
Quorum	Single member hearings	Single member hearing	Single member hearings	Single member hearings	Single/Three member hearings	Single/Three member hearings	Not operating for most of 2016	Three member hearings

 

Reply:

1. All SMS members of the Department of Defence declared their financial interests for the 2016/2017 financial year as required by the Public Service Regulations. The administration regarding the 2017/2018 financial disclosures has not yet being finalised.

2. All members complied.

3. a. There are currently twenty three (23) SANDF members on leave on instruction of the Chief of the South African National Defence Force (C SANDF) and 08 Public Service Act Personnel (civilians) on leave on instruction of the Secretary for Defence at the following post/rank levels:

i. SANDF members:

(1) 1 x Maj Gen.

(2) 1 x Brig Gen.

(3) 1 x Col.

(4) 3 x Lt Col.

(5) 1 x Lt Cdr.

(6) 1 x WO2.

(7) 1 x S Sgt.

(8) 1 x Sgt.

(9) 1 x Cpl.

(10) 2 x Able Seamen.

(11) 10 x Airmen/Riflemen.

ii. Public Service Act Personnel (civilians):

(1) Food Service Aid.

(2) Prov Admin Clerk.

(3) Admin Clerk.

(4) Senior Internal Auditor.

(5) Prov Admin Clerk.

(6) Supply Support Driver.

b. Number of the specified SANDF members on leave on instruction at each rank levels for the specified number of days as on 01 June 2018.

S/NO	RANK	DATE OF SUSPENSION	PERIOD SUSPENDED	AMOUNT PAID FOR PERIOD OF SUSPENSION
	a	b	c	d
1	Maj Gen	12-Dec-17	5 mnths 19 days	R500 029
2	Brig Gen	12-Dec-17	5 mnths 19 days	R414 346
3	Col	12-Dec-17	5 mnths 19 days	R358 076
4	Lt Col	09-Dec-15	2 yrs & 5 mnths 21 days	R1 319 715
5	Lt Col	09-Dec-15	2 yrs & 5 mnths 21 days	R1 293 848
6	Lt Col	24-Jan-18	4 Mnths 7 days	R175 962
7	Lt Cdr	04-Apr-18	2 Mnths	R61 602
8	WO2	21-Jun-11	6 years & 11 mnths	R2 252 355
9	S Sgt	07-Jun-11	6 years & 11 mnths	R1 741 152
10	Sgt	17-Jun-11	6 years & 11 mnths	R1 707 027
11	Cpl	24-Jan-18	4 Mnths 7 days	R78 129
12	AB	17-Apr-18	1 Mnth 14 days	R15 401
13	AB	24-May-18	7 days	R3 593
14	Trp	21-May-07	11 years 10 days	R2 073 621
15	Rfn	10-Feb-11	7 years 3 mnths 18 days	R1 319 577
16	Pte	28-Dec-09	8 years 5 months	R1 478 520
17	Amn	09-Apr-14	4 years 1 mnth 22 days	R656 448
18	Rfn	24-Jan-18	4 Months 7 days	R60 396
19	Rfn	24-Jan-18	4 Months 7 days	R60 396
20	Rfn	24-Jan-18	4 Months 7 days	R61 605
21	Rfn	24-Jan-18	4 Months 7 days	R60 396
22	Rfn	24-Jan-18	4 Months 7 days	R60 396
23	Rfn	24-Jan-18	4 Months 7 days	R56 914

c. Number of the specified civilian members on leave on instruction at each rank levels for the specified number of days as on 01 June 2018.

S/NO	RANK	DATE OF SUSPENSION	PERIOD SUSPENDED	COST OF SUSPENSION
01	Food Service Aid	19/08/2016	21 Months 19 days	R186 003.40
02	Prov Admin Clerk	19/08/2016	21 months 19 days	R346 020.84
03	Prov Admin Clerk	19/08/2016	21 months 19 days	R346 020.84
04	Admin Clerk	27/11/2017	6 months 8 days	R135 309.24
05	Senior Internal Auditor	11/12/2017	5 months 26 days	R154 987.36
06	State Accountant	11/12/2017	5 months 26 days	R178 736.80
07	Prov Admin Clerk	23/05/2018	14 days	R8 408.40
08	Supply Support Driver	23/05/2018	14 days	R 4 726.12

4. An estimated total amount of R17 169 717.00 has been paid to members and employees who are placed on leave on instruction.

5. No.

Reply:

Department of Environmental Affairs

1. (a) (i) None

(ii) None

(b) (i) Not Applicable.

(ii) Not Applicable.

(2) (a) None

(i) Nil.

(ii) (aa) Not Applicable.

(bb) Not Applicable.

South African Weather Service (SAWS)

1. (a) (i) Nil, SAWS has no vacant land (SAWS owns 59,29 hectares in Gauteng Province).

(ii) None.

(b) (i) Not Applicable.

(ii) Not Applicable.

(2) (a) None.

(i) Nil.

(ii) (aa) Not Applicable.

(bb) Not Applicable.

iSimangaliso

1. (a) (i) None.

(ii) None.

(b) (i) Not Applicable.

(ii) Not Applicable.

(2) (a) None.

(i) Nil.

(ii) (aa) Not Applicable.

(bb) Not Applicable.

South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

1. (a) (i) No land owned by SANBI is vacant. All land owned by SANBI is used as national botanical gardens for environmental education, nature-based tourism, conservation, display and research purposes.

(ii) No land owned by SANBI is unused or has no purpose. All land owned by SANBI is used as national botanical gardens for environmental education, nature-based tourism, conservation, display and research purposes.

(b) (i) Not Applicable.

(ii) Not Applicable.

(2) (a) Two (2) 3-year leases with a combined land area of 612 ha.

(b) (i) Lease 1- R134 280 per annum

Lease 2 - R12 480 per annum

(ii) (aa) Both leases are located in the Hantam National Botanical Garden, Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape.

(bb) Lease 1 - 500 ha

Lease 2 - 112 ha

South African National Parks (SANParks)

1. (a) (i) No land owned by SANParks is vacant. All Land is used as National Parks or for Conservation Purposes (3 721 192 hectares owned).

(ii) No land owned by SANParks is unused or has no purpose.

(b) (i) Not Applicable.

(ii) Not Applicable.

(2) (a) 7 146 hectares leased to private entities. These are farms that were purchased as part of the expansion plans of the national parks. They are leased out because they are currently detached from the national park boundaries and will only be incorporated into the national park once the properties that join them to the national park boundary have also been acquired.

(b) (i) Not applicable

(ii) (aa) Not applicable

(bb) Not applicable

Park	Description of Property: farm, portion	District	(2) (b) (ii) (bb) Size (Ha)	(2) (b) (i) Rand Value
Mt Zebra NP	Farm 387	Cradock	857.9595	R196 992.00 (Vat Incl.) p.a.
	Remainder of Farm 385	Cradock	94.2214	R92 340.00 (Vat Incl.) p.a.
	Portion 6 of Stapelbergskraal 239	Cradock	521.9335
	Remainder of Groot Hoek 267	Cradock	1181.5530	R120 000 (Vat Incl.) p.a.
	Portion 3 of Middelwater 415	Cradock	317.2380
	Portion 4 of Middelwater 415	Cradock	1034.4265
	Portion 1 of the Farm No.413	Cradock	325.4822
	Remainder of the Farm No.413	Cradock	312.0060
Addo Elephant NP	Remainder of Zuurkloof 17	Uitenhage	180.5959	R35 000 (Vat Incl.) p.a.
	Portion 2 of Farm 52	Uitenhage	396.8827
	Portion 1 of Wortel Kuil 225	Jansenville	613.4796	R35 000 (Vat Incl.) p.a.
	Erf 142; Waterford	Jansenville	1311.1482	R35 000 (Vat Incl.) p.a.

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Reply:

With respect to the Department of Public Works:

(a)

1. 46 cases have been referred to the South African Police Service (SAPS) for further investigations.
2. The Department does not refer cases directly to the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI). The SAPS is the one that decides which cases it will refer to the DPCI.

(b)

1. 46 cases been investigated by the SAPS;
2. The 46 cases reported to the SAPS have been followed up by the respective accounting officers;
3. to date none of the cases referred to SAPS for further investigation has resulted  in a conviction.      

With respect to the 4 Entities reporting to the Minister of Public Works:

(a) (bb)

Name of the Entity	(i)	(ii)
Agrément South Africa (ASA)	N/A	N/A
Council for the Built Environment (CBE)	2 cases referred to SAPS	None
Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)	One case was referred to the SAPS	None
Independent Development Trust (IDT)	N/A	N/A

(b)

Name of the Entity	(i)	(ii)	(iii)
ASA	None	N/A	N/A
CBE	Two (2)	Two (2)	None (both cases are still under investigation)
CIDB	One (1) has been referred to SAPS	One (1) has been followed up by the respective Accounting Officer	None
IDT	None	None	None

Reply:

Ministers’ spouses are allowed to travel with their partners abroad on official trips as per Ministerial Handbook. The policy applies to all executive members and there is no provision currently that talks of repayment.