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:

(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:

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)(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:

(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:

(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

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(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:

(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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

(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 Department has not failed to implement the budget resort concept. Properties identified in the budget resort audit completed by the Department of Tourism are not owned by the department but by Local and/ or Provincial Government. Commercialisation of these tourism assets remains the responsibility of the owing entities and not the Department of Tourism. If requested, the Department of Tourism remains committed to supporting the efforts of Local and/or Provincial Government with regards to these facilities. One form of such support is in the 2018/19 financial year the Department will develop an ownership and operational model for the budget resorts.

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:

a) The details of the properties identified for human settlements, restitution and land reform in relation to address, value, size and current use of each property are contained in the attached lists of properties, marked as A (Human Settlements), and B (Land Reform).

b) The identified properties will be released as and when official requests are received with all the supporting documents, including confirmations of funding from the following: the Department of Human Settlements and its provincial counterparts, the municipalities, the Housing Development Agency, as well as the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (represented by the Land Claims Commission and its regional offices).

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:

Department

(1)(a) The Department does not own any land.

(i) - (ii) Not applicable

(b) (i) - (ii) Not applicable

(2) (a) The Department does not own land

(b) (i)-(ii) (aa) and (bb) Not applicable

SA Tourism

1. (a) SA Tourism owns land only in Gauteng.

(i) – (ii) Not applicable

(b) (i) Bojanala House, 90 Protea Road, Chislehurston, Sandton.

(ii) 5345 sq. meters

2. (a) Not applicable

(b) (i) - (ii) (aa) and (bb) Not applicable

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:

Department

a) The department has so far identified critical posts that are funded and to date sixty-nine posts have been advertised and are in different stages of being filled

b) The department experience budget cuts on compensation of employees during 2015/16 Financial year and this had an impact on the filling of posts since not all vacant posts could not be filled with the current budget

(c) The functions of vacancies are being executed by other employees on the same salary grading and in some instances of a person appointed to act in a higher post. The acting appointments are based on the Department’s operational requirements, to ensure continuity in service delivery and efficient and effective functioning. An acting appointment is only applicable when service delivery will be hampered.

(d)(i) The total cost implication of vacancies in the Department since the implementation of the new structure, i.e. from 1 April 2012 to date amounts to R361 051 457.08.

(ii) R9 760 335.72.

Airports Company South Africa SOC Limited (ACSA)

The Airports Company South Africa approaches resourcing within the context of its approved Manpower budget. Where employee terminations are relevant, and a vacancy occurs, the company proceeds in recruiting for such positions within the shortest possible time thereby ensuring efficient continuation of operations.

In instances where a position is vacant, whilst recruiting for such position, it may be required to appoint an employee to act in such position. The acting of the employee in another position is regulated by a Board approved Acting Policy which includes the payment of an Acting Allowance, which is aligned with market practice.

Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS)

Occupational Levels	Peromnes Grade	Number of vacancies
Top Management	1	1
Senior Management	2 -3	2
Professionally Qualified and Experienced Special	5 - 6	4
Skilled Technical Workers Junior Managers	7 - 8	28
Semi-Skilled and Discretionary Decision	9- 12	9
Unskilled and Defined Decision Making	13 - 17	2
Total		46

(b) Positions are in the various stages of recruitment, ranging from advertising, shortlisting, interview stage, offers extended to successful candidates and candidates serving their notice periods with current employers.

(c) For critical positions an acting employee is appointed in the interim. The acting employee must perform all the duties of the higher position. The acting appointment must be in writing and communicated. Payment of Acting Allowances will be motivated by the Line Executive, and approved by the Executive Human Capital, for all acting appointments below executive level. Acting for executive positions must be approved by the Chief Executive Officer.

Non-critical positions are absorbed by current employees.

(d) Recruitment costs where applicable.

(i) ATNS pays retrospective ex-gratia payment to employees acting in the higher positions for a period of two (2) months and more. Employees acting on higher position will be paid 15% of own current Cost to Company as ex-gratia payment. Employees acting on higher position with another employee acting in that employees’ position, will be paid 5% of own current Cost to Company as ex-gratia payment. However, the acting allowance are offset against the salary for the vacant position.

(ii) Cost as per the Peromnes grade and the ATNS remuneration Policy.

South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)

a) All vacant positions as per the approved organisational structure of the South African Civil Aviation (SACAA) have been advertised on multiple platforms. Trainee positions have also been created to build capacity and fast track the filling of positions. As existing positions become vacant they are advertised immediately.

b) The SACAA had undergone a restructuring exercise about two years ago and as a result additional positions were created. The filling of the new positions is staggered over a period of three (3) years, i.e. 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 financial years. In the current financial year, i.e. 2018/19, all positions as per the new structure need to be filled. Vacancies often occur as a result of the newly created positions being filled by existing staff who have applied for the new positions and this then opens up new vacancies. As soon as these vacancies occur they get advertised immediately. In addition, occasionally there would be a shortage of certain scarce and critical skills, which results in those positions taking longer to fill.

c) The vacancies have not resulted in performance issues or gaps as the work gets planned based on the staff complement approved for the particular financial year. In instances where there is a specific need for additional staffing, fixed temporary employees are appointed to deal with the additional work load in order to fulfil the specified projects.

d) (i)during the vacancy period

All vacant posts are budgeted for. In some instances, staff is appointed to act in critical positions and in terms of the SACAA remuneration policy an acting allowance is paid to these employees that act in higher positions. The costs relating to vacancies in the 2017/2018 financial year are:

1. Acting allowances paid to employees acting in higher positions R 720 766.00
2. Recruitment and placement fees; and R1 530 837.00

(ii) once a vacancy has been filled?

There is no additional cost implications because all positions are budgeted for.

Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (CBRTA)

a) The Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (CBRTA) not all vacant positions would be filled in any financial year except those that are budgeted for and are identified as critical positions.

b) Due to budget limitations and financial constraints, only identified critical positions are given preference.

c) Operations continue with the current employees in positions. Only in instances where it has been proven that the function will require at least someone to act will an employee be appointed to act in the vacant position.

d) The implications of vacant positions in the organisation has financial impact in instances where acting arrangements exist. (ii) Once a vacancy is filled, there are no extra costs outside the remuneration and rewards cost.

Road Accident Fund (RAF)

a) The Road Accident Fund (RAF) utilises various methods to fill vacancies at all levels and grades which includes, inter alia, Linked-In, the RAF website, recruitment agencies appointed through the RAF’s supply chain management processes and the use of head hunters from the RAF’s panel of service providers in the event where the above-mentioned resourcing methods prove to be unsuccessful,

b) the reasons for the vacancies not being filled includes; interviews not yielding positive results for senior positions, resulting in the positions having to be re-advertised; job applicants have to work a notice periods at their current employer; and instances where the successful candidate declines the employment offer and the second best candidate is not suitable, resulting in the position having to be re-advertised,

c) suitably qualified employees are appointed to act in vacant positions, to perform the necessary functions. The RAF’s Resourcing Policy provides that the relevant Executive is responsible for appointing employees to act in vacant positions up to TASK grade 20 and the CEO, for vacant positions above TASK grade 20; and

d) the cost implications (i) during the vacancy period includes an acting allowance of 15% of the basic salary paid in respect of the acting employee’s substantive position, provided that the entitlement to the acting allowance arises only from the third month of the acting period and (ii) there are no costs incurred once the vacancy has been filled, save for the cost of employment related to the successful incumbent.

Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC)

a) Strides have been made to reduce vacancies in the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) in line with the available funds. As one of our measures and KPI’s the vacancy rate is kept at 10% which is a universally acceptable standard to ensure capacity within an institution.

b) The filling of vacancies is determined on the basis of available funds and strategic objectives of the Corporation.

c) Employees are appointed to act in positions which have been identified as critical, to ensure that mthe work that would have been performed by those employees continues.

Where the positions are vacant but not critical, employees within the units are alternatively utilised through job enrichment and or enlargement to perform such functions as part of employee career development.

d) (i) During the vacancy period, there were two employees who were appointed to act in key positions namely, Acting Company and Secretary and Regional Manager Mpumalanga. The cost of the acting assignment is R246 549.97.

(ii) The financial implications for filling of vacant and funded positions during the 2017/18 is R3 252 329.40.

AARTO

a) The steps taken to fill the vacancies were first to finalise the organisational structure, in line with what would be required for the national rollout and the new requirements as a result of the AARTO Amendment Bill provisions. After the organisational structure was approved, it was followed by the subsequent grading of all post levels, prior to embarking on the recruitment process to fill those positions, which were scheduled to be filled during the 2018/19 period;

b) The Agency was working on the new organisational structure to support the RTIA strategy;

c) The existing staff members; and

d) None. (i) None and (ii) None.

Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA)

1. The steps taken by the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) to fill the vacancies were first to finalise the organisational structure, in line with what would be required for the national rollout and the new requirements as a result of the AARTO Amendment Bill provisions. Once the organisational structure was approved, it was followed by the subsequent grading of all post levels, prior to embarking on the recruitment process to fill those positions, which is scheduled to be filled during the 2018/19 period;
2. The Agency was working on the new organisational structure to support the RTIA strategy;
3. The existing staff members; and
4. None. (i) None and (ii) None.

South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL)

a) South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) Corporate Services cluster advertises open roles on a continuous basis to fill any vacancies, as and when they become vacant in line with our policies.

b) Recruitment delays can occur from time to time if right skills, that are in line with our Employment Equity Plan, are not readily available from the market. This may necessitate SANRAL to re-advertise and thus delay the finalisation of the recruitment process.

c) In the interim acting or temporary arrangements are made until positions are filled.

d) (i) -There are no quantifiable costs as SANRAL does not pay acting allowances.

(ii) Other than the cost of recruitment, there is no other costs associated with vacancies.

Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA):

a) PRASA has a moratorium on appointments except for core and critical skills as well as vacancies that have transpired because of natural attrition. The vacancies that are not affected by the moratorium are duly advertised and filled, however, there are vacancies at an executive level that are yet to be filled.

b) The number of Board changes have affected the finalization and filling of the executive positions.

c) The Human Capital Management function performs vacancy management, and other employees are employed in an acting capacity to fill the vacant positions.

d) (i) The cost implications for critical vacancies are either the acting or responsibility allowances paid to individuals taking care of the role whilst there is a vacancy.

(ii) The agency or advertisement costs are the costs incurred in filling the vacancies and the salary of the successful candidates is the cost incurred once the vacancies are filled.

Railway Safety Regulator (RSR):

a) All vacant positions are advertised on the RSR’s website and national newspapers simultaneously in order to ensure that the entire South African population is reached.

b) Some positions are not currently filled as per the approved Organizational Structure due to the RSR’s turn-around plan that was approved at the beginning of the financial year.

c) Filling of vacant positions is the responsibility of the line manager in consultation with the HR and Finance departments. Responsibilities are spread across the employees in that department or section to ensure continuity of service delivery.

d) (i) There are no cost implications because no one is paid acting allowances in those vacant positions.

(ii) Once the vacancy has been filled, the applicable remuneration is paid to the incumbent. This would have been budgeted for.

South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)

The SAMSA Board made a recommendation to the Shareholder Minister on the CEO appointment, appointment is the Shareholder’s prerogative. The Board appointed the Acting CEO for twelve months and the incumbent could not act in the role for over twelve months. Decisions are made by EXCO, supported by the COO in the absence of the CEO.

Ports Regulator Of South Africa (PRSA)

a) The Ports Regulator cannot fill all vacancies as it is limited by the transfers received from parliamentary appropriations and the DOT budget, and in terms of the National Ports Act, it is not currently allowed to generate funds from other charges or levies. The DOT is currently working on an Amendment to the National Ports Act in order to facilitate a self-funding model for the Ports Regulator, to allow it to better capacitate itself.

b) In the absence of a self-funding mandate in the Act, the filling of remaining unfunded vacancies on the organogram requires a revision to the baseline allocation from appropriation. The vacant positions have been unfilled as the baseline has not been revised upwards at a reasonable rate, and the entity can not appoint employees using its small reserves as this option is not sustainable going forward. Non-recurrent or lump sum funds cannot be used for recurrent expenditure such as the filling of posts.

c) The current workforce works much harder to perform tasks that would have been performed by people in vacant positions. Also, the Ports Regulator has hired interns on a one year contract basis using non-recurrent funds. Thus far the Regulator has (with difficulty) managed the situation such that the vacant positions have not reduced the overall performance of the entity in that for the past four years, the entity has always achieved 85% to 100% of the KPI’s on the annual performance plan, as well as a clean audit over the past three years.

d) The cost implications has been communicated during the MTEF budget process to indicate the employee cost funding gap, unfortunately the gap has not been filled thus no appointments made. Currently it is estimated that approximately R10 million per annum revision to baseline is required to fill the organogram with respect to salaries and other employee related costs.

Reply:

a) The Department is a member of the National Transport Forum and engages on all matters affecting tourism. This includes recent engagements with all relevant departments in the Tourism Strategy Implementation Work-Stream focusing on facilitating ease of access broadly.

b) The Department of Transport is also working on establishing the Single Transport Economic Regulator (STER) to consolidate the economic regulation of transport. The STER will, amongst others, promote transparency in the setting of transport fees and stakeholders will have a mechanism to provide their views. The Department of Tourism was engaged in respect of this process and provided its inputs.

• In the previous year, ACSA announced the reduction of airport fees by 35% from April 2017.

-Passenger service charge per departing domestic passenger: R82 (from R127)

-Passenger service charge per departing international passenger: R223 (from R346)

-Passenger service charge per departing passenger for an airport within Botswana, Namibia

and Swaziland: R169 (from R263)

• The 35% reduction in prices is in line with UNWTO’s calls for destinations to avoid stifling tourism growth with exorbitant charges.

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:

(a) (i) 2

 (ii) 8

(aa) 10 (8 from PLAS ALHA, 1 from Branch Land Tenure and Administration, 1 from Deeds.

(bb) 0 from Commission on Restitution of Land Rights

       0 from Office of the Valuer General

       0 from Ingonyama Trust.

(b) (i) The South African Police Services is investigating 2 cases that were referred to them by DRDLR in terms of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act 12 of 2004 and the DPCI is investigating 8 cases.

(ii) DRDLR is following up on all the cases that were referred for investigation in terms of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act 12 of 2004.

(iii) The cases have not been finalised.

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.

Reply:

For the period commencing 2015/2016 to 2017/2018 financial year SSA has recorded forty-one (41) motor vehicle accidents of which nine (9) vehicles were found to be uneconomical to repair.

Repair costs were as follows:

Description	2015/2016	2016/2017	2017/2018
Total Accidents	8	20	13
Total Written Off	1	8
Total Repair Costs	R758 934.31	R462 140.04	R11 100.00

Vehicles were written off when the value to repair exceeded the vehicle value. Hence, it did not make economic sense to repair them.

Currently, there is not tracking system installed in the official vehicles for SSA. Research with regard to systems is currently being conducted to find the most suitable system for the SSA.

Reply:

(aa) DEPARTMENT

(a) Number of cases referred to the

(i) SAPS: 6

(ii) DPCI: 1 of the 6 referred to SAPS was also referred to DPCI

(b) (i) Investigated by SAPS and DPCI: 1

(ii) Followed up by accounting officer: All 6 cases.

(iii) Resulted in conviction in each specified finance year since 2004:

2004 – 2018 No convictions were made as yet.

(bb) SA TOURISM

(a )(i) SAPS: 1 One case has been referred to SAPS. The matter is still under investigation.

(ii) DPCI: 0

(b) Number of specified cases

(i) Investigated by SAPS and DPCI = 0

(ii) Followed up by accounting officers – N/A

(iii) Resulted in conviction in each specified finance year since 2004 – 2018 N/A

Reply:

No, the conditions of the 10% tariff increase on primary steel products produced by ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) does not include conditions that the price of steel must not increase.

The conditions of the tariff adjustment are subject to a signed agreement between AMSA and government which includes a requirement for AMSA to abide by steel pricing principles and reciprocal commitments. These are the retention of jobs, maintaining industrial output and an independent settlement with the Competition Commission to invest R4.6 billion to raise competitiveness.

The agreement is based on an international basket price calculated using the domestic prices of steel in countries South Africa competes with in downstream steel intensive products. The basket is aimed at achieving a fair flat steel price that is priced appropriately to ensure that steel-dependent industries are competitive, while at the same time ensuring that the upstream steel mills remain sustainable. AMSA has complied with the basket price which changes as global prices increase or decrease in an environment where global market prices and input costs are volatile, but generally increasing. This process is monitored by the Department of Trade and Industry (thedti) and the International Trade and Administration Commission.(ITAC)

Excess steel capacity, unfair trade and increased steel imports are challenges, not only for the domestic economy, but globally. These problems are exacerbated by structural problems, weak economic recovery and depressed market demand. This has resulted in the increasing deployment of large-scale trade measures by a host of countries. In SA, the tariff increases are part of an integrated set of measures deployed by the SA government to respond to the challenges and support the steel industry as a whole.

In 2015 with the onset of the steel crisis, an interdepartmental task team was established to develop short to medium term measures to save the industry from the threat of closure, loss of capacity and job losses. The outcomes of the work to date are the following measures currently being implemented and monitored:

1. Increase in the general rate of customs duty on primary steel products to 10% and safeguard measures for a period of 3 years on hot rolled coil and plate products,
2. Tariff increases on a range of downstream products and the deployment of rebates where products are not manufactured or additional value added, before export,
3. As set out above an agreement on a set of principles for flat steel pricing in SA,
4. Local procurement by government to raise aggregate domestic demand by:
   • • ‘undeeming’ of primary steel in designated products (requiring the use of locally manufactured primary steel)
     • designation of downstream steel intensive construction steel products and components,
5. A settlement by the Competition Commission on a range of issues with AMSA,
6. Establishment of a R1.5bn Steel Development Fund to support key downstream steel sectors/sub sectors, housed at the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
7. Investment support through 12i tax incentives and incubation support for SME development.

Other measures are currently being considered and processed. These include the development of a short term negotiated electricity pricing framework for energy intensive users and a SARS/Customs reference price system for downstream products.

The inter-departmental steel task team is also engaged with developing medium to longer term interventions. Announcements on these will be made in due course.

Reply:

(a)(i) The following number of permanent staff were appointed by the Road Accident Fund and	in the 2015-2016;	2016-2017;	2017-18 financial year; and	(ii) from 1 April 2018 to 31 May 2018
	379	333	267	not applicable
(ii) each staff member was appointed in each grade on the following dates	as set out in Annexure A	not applicable
and (b) the Total Employment Cost in each financial year was	R 97 335 538.24	R 92 783 390.06	R 72 861 794.40	R1 765 753.39.

Annexure A

In response to (a) (ii) to PQ 1805

2015/16 Financial Year Date each staff member was appointed and grade (TASK grading system).

2015/04/01	10	2015/04/01	10	2015/05/01	10	2015/06/01	10	2015/08/01	13	2015/09/01	12
2015/04/01	06	2015/04/01	13	2015/05/01	12	2015/07/01	15	2015/08/01	10	2015/09/01	12
2015/04/01	12	2015/04/01	13	2015/05/01	10	2015/07/01	06	2015/08/01	13	2015/09/01	12
2015/04/01	06	2015/04/01	10	2015/05/01	12	2015/07/01	10	2015/08/01	10	2015/09/01	12
2015/04/01	06	2015/04/01	12	2015/05/01	10	2015/07/01	14	2015/08/01	06	2015/09/01	10
2015/04/01	10	2015/04/01	15	2015/05/01	13	2015/07/01	05	2015/08/01	15	2015/09/01	10
2015/04/01	10	2015/04/01	15	2015/05/01	12	2015/07/01	16	2015/08/01	07	2015/10/01	12
2015/04/01	10	2015/04/01	13	2015/05/01	15	2015/07/01	15	2015/08/01	12	2015/10/01	10
2015/04/01	10	2015/04/01	10	2015/05/01	06	2015/07/01	06	2015/08/01	15	2015/10/01	06
2015/04/01	06	2015/04/01	06	2015/05/01	12	2015/07/01	13	2015/08/05	06	2015/10/01	06
2015/04/01	10	2015/04/01	12	2015/05/01	10	2015/07/01	09	2015/09/01	10	2015/10/01	12
2015/04/01	10	2015/04/01	10	2015/05/01	10	2015/07/01	12	2015/09/01	10	2015/10/01	18
2015/04/01	06	2015/04/07	08	2015/05/01	12	2015/07/01	10	2015/09/01	06	2015/10/01	20
2015/04/01	10	2015/04/07	06	2015/05/06	06	2015/07/01	13	2015/09/01	06	2015/10/01	14
2015/04/01	08	2015/04/08	09	2015/05/06	06	2015/07/01	10	2015/09/01	16	2015/10/01	16
2015/04/01	08	2015/04/08	10	2015/05/08	09	2015/07/01	12	2015/09/01	14	2015/10/01	14
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2016/17 Financial Year Date each staff member was appointed and grade (TASK grading system).

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2017/18 Financial Year Date each staff member was appointed and grade (TASK grading system).

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