Reply:

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

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Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

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

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

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

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

Total registered learners per sector

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

Total Competent learners per sector

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

Reply:

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT:

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

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

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

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY:

Both 1 and 2 are not applicable

SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIAL SECURITY AGENCY:

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

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

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

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

________________________

Approved by the Minister on

Date……………………….

Reply:

Background of Amahlathi LM

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

Political Management

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

The majority party is the African National Congress.

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

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

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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

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

Table1: CoE liability profile

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

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

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

1. The simplified revenue plan

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

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

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

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

2. Property and consumer database

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Project objective

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

Support to municipalities through the SRP

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

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

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

Impact thus far:

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

Challenges

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

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

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

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

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

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

Annexure A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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

(a) Budget

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

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

(b) Expenditure

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

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

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

ANNEXURE A

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

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

Reply:

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

2. The table below provides information received:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

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

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

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

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

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

a) and (b)

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

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

Source: School Realities and PERSAL, March 2018

Reply:

a) (i)

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

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

Source: PERSAL, January 2018

a) (ii)

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

b) (i) (ii)

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

Reply:

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

Replacement of Inappropriate Structures

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

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

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

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

Reply:

(a), (b) and (c)

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

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

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

Source: PED Quarterly Reports

Reply:

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

Reply:

1. (a) & (b) (i) & (ii).

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

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

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

4. The requested information has been provided.

Reply:

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

Reply:

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

Reply:

1. All SMS members submitted their Financial Disclosure forms

(a) Not applicable

(b) Not applicable

(c) (i) Not applicable

     (ii) Not applicable

2. Not applicable

3. (a) Not applicable

(b) Not applicable

(4) Not applicable

Reply:

(a)

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

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

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

(c)

R455 million.

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

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

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

Table 1: Debt owed by the Top 20 defaulting municipalities

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

Reply:

(1)

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

(2)

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

Table 1: Coal supply for April 2018

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

(3)

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

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

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

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

Reply:

1(a)(b) 

The vehicle, with registration number CF52060, is a white Chevrolet Optra, which is attached to the Kuilsrivier Detective Service. It is currently parked at the Faure Base which is a South African Police

Service (SAPS) training facility.

(2)(a) No, the vehicle in currently not operational. The vehicle was involved in a collision, a case docket was opened and registered at the Khayelitsha Police Station, GAS 215/05/2018 and the charge is reckless and negligent driving.

(2)(b) The vehicle will be towed to the Maitland SAPS garage for repairs and it is not possible to say on what date it will be operational again.

Reply to question 1802 recommended/not recommended

GENERAL NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KL SITOLE (SOEG)
Date: 2018/06/08

Reply to question 1802 approved

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

Reply:

1. (a) – (e) (i) – (ii). Details furnished.

2. Yes.

(a) 3 September 2015.

(b) Yes.

3. No

Reply:

Normally a Conference of this nature would cost in excess of a million rand for travel of an international speaker, fees associated with the speaker (a Nobel Laureate in Economics), flights for local delegates, accommodation, venue and catering.

The Ministry arranged to have the event done in partnership with the University of Witwatersrand, who provided the venue and certain costs associated with the event.

The Economic Development Department paid R46 124 for the event, to cover part of the cost of catering and travel for local delegates. The Economic Development Department did not incur any costs at all for Professor Stiglitz, as he was already in the country at his own cost on business unrelated to the Department and he did not charge a speaker’s fee for speaking at the EDD event.

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Reply:

(a) to (e)(i)

Name of Police Station	Number of Active Police Officers - Actual	Number of Pollce Officers - Granted
(a) Stellenbosch	183	196
(b) Cloeiesville	48	56
(c) Kayamandi-sub	12	13
(d) Groot-Drakensteln	28	30
(a) Franschhoek	28	32

(a) to (e)(ii)

Name of Pollce Station	Operational Vehicles • Actual	Operational Vehicles • Granted
(a) Stellenbosch	44	55
(b) Cloetesville	20	12
(c) Kayamandi-sub	1	1
(d) Groot-Drakenstein	10	7
(e) Franschhoek	14	e

 

(a)to(e)ii) Yes,victims friendly rooms are established at a fully fledged stations

i.e. Stellenbosch, Cloetesville, Groot Drakanstain and Franschhoek.

(a) to (e)(iv) Yes.

(v)(a Stellenbosch Police Station - 17 Community reported serious crimes.

1 April to 31 March
201412015	2015/2016	2016/2017
7 603	9 503	9 298

(v)(b) Cloetesville Police Station - 17 Community reported serious crimes.

1 April to 31 March
2014/2015	201512016	2016/2017
1 782	1 669	1 705

(v)(c) Kayamandi-sub Police Station - 17 Community reported serious crimes.

1 April to 31 March
2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017
1 250	1 423	1 425

(v)(d) Groot-Drakenstein Police Station - 17 Community reported serious crimes.

1 April to 31 March
2014/2015	2015/2016	2016/2017
687	564	815

(e) Franschhoek Police Station - 17 CDmmunity reported serious crimes.

1 April to 31 March
2014/2015	2016/2016	2016/2017
742	810	823

Reply to question 1595 recommended/

L C

LE (SOEG)

GENERAL

R: OUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 1595 apprDved

MINISTER OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Date: “ "

Reply:

1. (a) Spouse accompanied the Minister on her international trips (b) No other family member accompanied her

(i) in the financial year 2017 /18 spouse qualified for two trips and he accompanied Minister on one trip to Germany

(ii) Since April 2018 Minister travelled with her husband to Switzerland, as per the Ministerial Handbook Chapter 6:3.1

(aa) Mr. S J Ngubane

(bb),(aaa) in the financial year 2017/18 Germany attending G20 Summit and the year 2018/19 Switzerland, Genava to attend the United Nations

Commission on Science and Technology for Development;

(bbb) Germany; and Switzerland, Geneva;

(cc), (aaa) R121, 139.25;

(bbb) Germany R55,042.49; and Switzerland R66, 096.76.

2. Both trips were approved by the Honourable President and there are no

further details.

MS MT KUBAYl-NGUBANE, MP

MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DATE: 15/06/2018

Reply:

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

 

Police Station	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
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:

(1) The latest date, on which an audit was done of the actual number of vehicles, which are allocated for the exclusive use of the Sedgefield Satellite Police Station, was on 1 June 2018.

(2) Yes, the information, which was provided by the South African Police Service (SAPS), is accurate. The verification of the number of vehicles revealed that there were four vehicles, which were utilised on a rotational basis, due to the age and mechanical status of the vehicles at the time. These vehicles have now been replaced with two new vehicles, which are utilised for the Sedgefield Satellite Police Station.

Reply to question 1754 recommended

GENERAL

NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

KJ SITOLE (SOEG)

Date:2018-06-14

Reply to question 1754 approved


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

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:

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.

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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) and (2)

 

Police Station	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
Norkem Park Sector Policing	29	23+(6)	During the 2017/2018 financial year, two students was allocated to the police station

 

 

 

Reply to question 1783 recommended/

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KJ LE (SOEG)

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GENERAL ER! H AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

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Reply to question 1783 approved/ e

MINISTER OF 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
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

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Reply to question 1787 approved/n

MINIST OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

Reply:

(a)(b)(i)-(vii)

The information required in reply to this question, must be drawn from a live system. Therefore, an extension, of one month, is requested to extract and analyse the raw data to provide effective feedback.

 

 

Reply to question 1545 recommended/

OM

E (SOEG)

GENERAL R: S AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 1545 approved/

MINISTER OF POLICE BH CELE, MP

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:

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

2013	2014	2015
Number of Cases	Quantity Confiscated	Number of Cases	Quantity Confiscated	Number of Cases	Quantity Confiscated
8	11995,70 kg	5	11471 kg	9	11906,02 kg

 

2016	2017	2018
Number of Cases	Quantity Confiscated	Number of Cases	Quantity Confiscated	Number of Cases	Quantity Confiscated
12	8809,42 ka	7	6326,30 ka	2	1536,50 ka

(1)(b) The abalone is handed over to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Marine and Coastal Management), in terms of the Marine Living Resource Act, 1998 (Act No 18 of 1998).

Please find here: (2)(a)(i)(ii)(b)

Reply:

As indicated in Parliament, I have met with both the Minister of Public Enterprises and the Minister of Transport to raise concerns regarding local procurement and to advise of the availability of local production capacity. Both Ministers support the drive to localize production of rolling stock and components.

The Honourable Member will be aware that changes have been effected recently to the boards of both affected State-owned Companies, namely Transnet and PRASA.

Further announcements will be made when additional developments occur or policy pronouncements are made.

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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. Only one employee at level nine (9) is currently suspended on full salary for longer than 120 days

2. The service provision in relation to the suspended employee is being shared amongst DPSA employees, who continue to provide the required services during this period of suspension.

Reply:

(1)(a)Yes. Steps were taken to effect the rule of law, by registering a case of defeating the ends of justice, as per Diepsloot, CAS 74/12/2017. The details are as follows:

A case of intimidation was opened by Mr Theba Mgabe, as per Diepkloof, CAS 487/08/2016. The docket was transferred to the Gauteng Provincial Investigation Unit, for investigation.

During the investigation of Diepkloof, CAS 487/08/2016, it was alleged that Colonel Pienaar, of the Dobsonville Police Station, did not submit all the relevant statements and exhibits, which were relevant to the aforementioned case.

A case was then opened against Colonel Pienaar for defeating the ends of justice, as per Diepkloof, CAS 74/12/2017. The case was presented to the Director of Public Prosecution (OPP), who declined to prosecute, due to a lack of evidence.

The Station Commander of the Diepkloof Police Station did not want to initiate any disciplinary steps against Colonel Pienaar, due to the fact that the OPP declined to prosecute in the criminal matter. However, an instruction was issued from the Provincial Office that the matter should be investigated, departmentally.

The departmental investigation was completed and referred for a disciplinary hearing. Currently, functionaries are being appointed to conduct the departmental hearing.

(2)(a) Yes. The former South African Police Service (SAPS) member's complaint has been dealt with. The administrator for the Soweto Pension Fund, found that the former member was not eligible for the benefits and advised that in respect of the demutualisation shares, the former member should engage with the relevant financial institution; namely, Old Mutual. It was established that the former member was not eligible for the top-up benefits and that there was no irregularity in respect of the former member's pension lump sum payment.

It is common cause that the SAPS has no jurisdiction on these matters.

Furthermore, the former member's complaint was also attended to by the Financial Services Board and the findings were similar to those made by the administrator for the Soweto Pension Fund.

In terms of the allegation of corruption, the former member is advised to open a criminal case at a police station.

(2)(b)No. The complaint has been addressed, however, it appears that the complainant is not satisfied with a response, which does not suit his expectations.

(3)(a)The reservist system in the SAPS is regulated by National Instruction 3 of 2014. In terms of the reservist dispensation, members of the community volunteer to assist the SAPS in the fight against crime, without any expectation of being permanently employed and without any payment, unless called up for special duties. Reservists are not automatically employed or absorbed into the SAPS. Permanent employment as new police officers or support/clerical staff in the SAPS, is governed by legislative/regulatory framework/prescripts.

Reservists must comply with the necessary enlistment/appointment criteria to be employed permanently.

According to records kept by the SAPS, Ms K Mafuna was subjected to the psychometric assessment on eight different occasions and did not fit the prescribed profile to be a permanent police officer. As a result, her application for enlistment was not favourably considered.

Reply to question 1496 recommended

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

Reply to question 1496 approved

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

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:

H&M is reportedly the world’s second largest clothing retailer, with stores ion a number of countries, including in South Africa. Earlier this year, the company featured an advert of a black child wearing a sweatshirt with the words “coolest monkey in the jungle” etched on the front.

The company was widely criticized for insensitivity and some responded with outrage. The company issued a public apology and hired a diversity leader to strengthen company sensitivities.

It had been known for some time that the company has not used South Africa as a source for the manufacture of clothing. EDD reached out to the company to draw to their attention to the fact that the African continent is not purely a consumer market for goods but also a source of clothing and textiles. The Swedish ambassador also facilitated discussions between the company and government as well as NGOs.

During the discussions, it was acknowledged that every single item in a H&M store from assets, stock in trade and consumables is imported. The Department and some of the NGOs pointed out that a full and complete mea culpa would preferably include using South Africa as a source for clothing and other consumables, which would create local jobs and help to bring down levels of unemployment in the country.

Government is encouraging a number of retailers to localize more of their sourcing as a means of creating local jobs and some retailers have already responded positively, as reported to Parliament on more than one occasion, with positive results for the country.

H&M acknowledged it had not previously considered South Africa as a sourcing market and undertook to send a technical delegation to South Africa to identify local capacity. EDD arranged a meeting between H&M and a retailer who had invested in local sourcing to show the opportunities in local industry. EDD arranged for H&M to visit a number of factories in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban in late May 2018.

We are engaging the company further and look forward to a positive response based responsible corporate sourcing that creates manufacturing jobs in South Africa.

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Reply:

The Ministerial Handbook outlines provisions for international travel for members of the executive and their family members. Members of the Executive are regularly invited to participate in international conferences or forums in order to promote a South African agenda and brand that benefits or showcases the country.

Ministers and Deputy Ministers must approach the President in writing, two weeks in advance of a planned official visit abroad, to request approval for the intended visit and the appointment of an acting Minister.

Section 3 stipulates provisions that allows for Ministers and Deputy Minister’s to be accompanied by their spouses or an adult family member, subject to relevant processes and approvals of an official trip abroad.

The department covers the cost of travel once all processes, policies and approvals have been adhered to and applied and this is subject to the availability of funding.

However, the Auditor General audits, amongst others, expenditure related to travel expenses borne by the department and produces audited opinions on departmental Annual Reports, which is tabled in parliament annually.

Reply:

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

Police Station	(1)(a) Actual	(1)(b) Optimal (Ideal)	(2) Date when full complement will be reached
Elsburg Sector Policing	31	23+(8)	During the 2017/2018 financial year, no student was allocated to the police station

 

 

 

Reply to question 1781 recommended/

year, no students were allocated to the olice tat one

KJ ROLE (SOEG) Date: 8 .,‹- 18

GENERAL TH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

Reply to question 1781 approved/not approved

MINIST OF POLICE BH CELE, MP,

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